Hello all,
I've had a LG990 since februari 2011 and installed some ROM's on it and had my fun. But I wanted to sell it a couple of months ago and I've putted the original ROM back on and unrooted it.
Now the problem is my USB has died, I can't make a USB connection, it still charges thou but the cable always falls out so I think the connector is broken.
The original ROM sucks really hard, I'm having major issues with it and its really frustrating, it has a terrible battery life, camera and is slow as hell. I also can't get any updates so yes I'm stuck with the first version of the original ROM and no USB.
Anybody has any clue how I could get CM7 back on there? If this isn't possible I'm gonna sell it or throw it against a wall, probably the second because nobody would want it anyway.
Thanks!
Just put an external micro SD card into the card reader of your computer (most likely you'll need an adapter), download the ROM on your computer and place it on the micro SD. Then take it out, put it in your phone, boot into CWM and flash it.
Other option: download it directly from your phone and flash it like that.
Edit: I just realized that your phone isn't even rooted. Are you on Froyo or Gingerbread?
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I'm on Gingerbread 2.3.4
Also I don't have CWM installed neither.
Is it possible a USB connector breaks but still charges? I have no problem getting the files on the device but I can't root or install CMW without USB right?
Try this, might help you and shoukdn't take long as you are already in stock rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33870935
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I tried it but it did not work so I guess its a hardware problem.
I once installed CMW by putting an .apk file on my SD card and it rooted itself, it was an app which also made possible to install cmw7 nightlies and others with one tab.
Anybody any idea? I can put files on my card thru ftp or dropbox and open them
I just need to get inside cmw install something new and get over with this nightmare ffs lol
Brmm_ said:
I tried it but it did not work so I guess its a hardware problem.
I once installed CMW by putting an .apk file on my SD card and it rooted itself, it was an app which also made possible to install cmw7 nightlies and others with one tab.
Anybody any idea? I can put files on my card thru ftp or dropbox and open them
I just need to get inside cmw install something new and get over with this nightmare ffs lol
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I think you're thinking about GingerBreak and RomManager. I'm not sure though, if GingerBreak would work with 2.3.4. I have the same problem with the USB, but I was on 2.2.2, GingerBreak worked nicely, had no problems with flashing new ROMs afterwards.
You can get RomManager for free in the Google Play store.
Here's the link for GingerBreak, hope it works with the O2X on 2.3.4 (didn't work with an Xperia Arc on 2.3.4)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
Make sure you format your SD card. Just in case, I did format both of them, maybe unnecessarily
Gingerbreak still runs after one hour so I don't think it's working :-/
Any other ways to root my phone without USB?
Guess nobody has an idea. I'm screwed. Anyone want to buy an O2X ?
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So the USB port on my Captivate died :\ i dont know if there's a broken pin, or what, but i've tried it on many different computers and cables for my phone none work, Odin doesnt work so i cant flash abck that way, i need to find a way to de-root and flash the stock ROM WITHOUT using USB in any way. I havent been able to find a JH3 ROM .zip file that i can download on my phone, or a de-root tool for on my phone. i'm almost tempted to just go try my luck and hope they gimme a new device (it worked before, but my device was shorted at the time)
AgrahamLincoln said:
So the USB port on my Captivate died :\ i dont know if there's a broken pin, or what, but i've tried it on many different computers and cables for my phone none work, Odin doesnt work so i cant flash abck that way, i need to find a way to de-root and flash the stock ROM WITHOUT using USB in any way. I havent been able to find a JH3 ROM .zip file that i can download on my phone, or a de-root tool for on my phone. i'm almost tempted to just go try my luck and hope they gimme a new device (it worked before, but my device was shorted at the time)
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Are you using the stock AT&T cable that came with the phone? I know for a fact the secondary cable they sell at the store will not work for Odin. A buddy at work got conned into that cable and had to use my "nokia" cable for it to finally go here at the shop.
If that doesnt work, get JH7 zip file from the forums here- its a flashable zip, stick that on a 1GB (or whatever size) MicroSD and use the secondary SD slot under the battery cover. Then to transfer to the main SD's root and flash from the factory recovery....
However if your USB doesnt work how are you charging? External battery charger? I sorta doubt you have a bad usb since I have seen the same issue with crappy cables... have you tried multilpe cables and USB ports? Multiple PC? How much troubleshooting have you really done?
I don't think they are going to know one rom from another. Just add some home launcher to it. I don't they would check in the settings to see what you are running
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If under insurance drop in the pool...
Get the dropbox app, and put all the needed .zips in the account. Download them to the phone and install from the internal SD.
Hope that helps.
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nooomoto said:
I don't think they are going to know one rom from another. Just add some home launcher to it. I don't they would check in the settings to see what you are running
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I've seen people post on here about getting hit with a 500 charge for voiding on their next bill after receiving a warranty replacement. They check. So go to stock at all costs....or pool.
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Buy WiFi file explorer pro and upload a dg's jh7 ota and flash with Rom manager.
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Krad said:
Buy WiFi file explorer pro and upload a dg's jh7 ota and flash with Rom manager.
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No need to buy anything, download qtadb and install adbwireless. You'll be able to browse your phone on the pc with ease over wifi.
Ok, so i just flashed this rom and so far so good, no problems flashing, which i am surprised as this is the first time i've done this.
The only issue i have is that there is no email app. I guess i should of gone into the kitchen and got that, but i was overwhelmed and just plain forgot.
Is there anyway that i can get that without having to reflash the rom completely?
Thanks
Sure. Just download the zip from the kitchen. Reboot into recovery and flash the zip. Any of the add-ons can be flashed. You don't have to reflash the rom again.
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Hey thanks. I thought by adding those it would include the complete rom also. I'll give it a try.
Ok so i went to the kitchen and got what i needed. It all seemed to work properly except the Samsung keyboard. I really don't like theis roms keyboard. I like the colors and stuff. Should i try and reinstall that or does that go hand in hand with Samsung mms apk too?
I'm not sure about that. There's a "Serendipity Q&A" thread at the Captivate Q&A section. You'll get a quick reply there.
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mthayer1 said:
Ok, so i just flashed this rom and so far so good, no problems flashing, which i am surprised as this is the first time i've done this.
The only issue i have is that there is no email app. I guess i should of gone into the kitchen and got that, but i was overwhelmed and just plain forgot.
Is there anyway that i can get that without having to reflash the rom completely?
Thanks
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should be in the serendipity Q & A if it isnt go there and ask it, not in the themes and apps forum.........
Sorry didn't notice a section for that here. I didn't see a section for roms specific to the captivate. Themes and apps were the closest thing. Anyway....
I found the problem. Thanks. So far so good with this rom
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I have noticed one thing with this rom so far. Maybe it's me but i can't get picture or video messages. It has a button to download but it never downloads. Will try going back to samsung mms and see what happens. I'm thinking of switching to Di11i's rom. But we will see.
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Can't mount SD with serendipity 5.12
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate.
I'm just starting to flash roms and I stumbled upon this old version of this ROM and I really like it. I would like to flash the version 6.2, but I'm have a dilemma.
My computer is not recognizing my phone at all. I'm not able to mount my SD card onto my computer so I can transfer files. I do have an external SD and I'm gnna try to put it on there and then use it to transfer it to the internal SD and then flash it. (that is if I find my mini SD adapter thing...)
Can anyone help me? please.
May have to get the usb drivers.
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LionSteel1 said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate.
I'm just starting to flash roms and I stumbled upon this old version of this ROM and I really like it. I would like to flash the version 6.2, but I'm have a dilemma.
My computer is not recognizing my phone at all. I'm not able to mount my SD card onto my computer so I can transfer files. I do have an external SD and I'm gnna try to put it on there and then use it to transfer it to the internal SD and then flash it. (that is if I find my mini SD adapter thing...)
Can anyone help me? please.
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Got another computer you can use?
I've tried that and it still doesn't work. I've flash 6.3, but I had to download the zip file directly to phone and do everything from there.
I'm gnna try to flash a different rom and see what's up.
ok guys here is the deal. I just flashed teamhacksung's CM9 ALPHA for Captivate (BUILD 16) and faced multiple problems :
-no service at all
-phone doesnt recognize internal sd card, and keeps asking to insert sd card to be able to use camera and media player
-no option to choose wifi that i want to use
-cannot connect phone with computer via usb even mass storage is on
I need help desperately guys as soon as possible!!! can someone tell how to fix these problems, or tell me how to fix connection problems so i can copy another rom to my phone, or maybe how to go back to stock settings and stock rom !!
try flashing different ROM, may be?
Nostalgia 2.1 is out.
Check the sticky in the dev section for an odin flashable stock rom. Don't use cwm. Start back at kk4, flash a cwm kernel (corn or similar), then try cm9 again.
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GFunkOfLex said:
Check the sticky in the dev section for an odin flashable stock rom. Don't use cwm. Start back at kk4, flash a cwm kernel (corn or similar), then try cwm9 again.
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Do this and try again. But before you go and flash things, make sure you know the way out first.
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Thank u guys, i found my way out of this...now i have icsgs rom installed and ive got encryption unsuccessful problem than broke my internal memory, and now i have to deal with that...this phone really hates me :Thanks u guys for help
There is a thread in the Dec section with instructions for a work around for the sd card failure problem.
Can't find the link atm since I'm on my phone.
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Hey guys i got new question for u, well now while im dealing with encryption problem i used the guide that yall mentioned and im having little problem (i hope its little) so heres the deal : whenever i try to pull or push file using adb i got device not found error. Im trying to push vold.flstab file that i somehow got out system/etc folder on my phone without using oull command since it wasnt working. I got it out and modified it but i cant push it back. How can i fix this error or how can i create a zip file to flash this file to my phone using cwm ???
Nevermind guys, figured out how to change that file (using root explorer) but now when i changed i was supposed to restart phone (thats what guide said) but phone now stucks on boot screen. really dont know what to do -.-
My friend says to me all the time... "your doing it wrong" and "just stop hacking your phone and u won't have that problem"
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Yeea, I figured out that way now when my phone is totally busted, im gonna get new one (Captivate again) and not gonna mess a lot with it as I did with this one.
Really you shouldn't have to worry about completely messing up(but don't hold me to it) I thought I was done a couple times, but even when my captivate was soft bricked and my computer wouldn't recognize it, a USB jig pops it into download mode that we all know and love ... and from there you can flash back to whatever you like.
By the way...when is the last backup you have made? If it was right before you flashed, just go into download mode, flash to whatever you were on, restore your nandroid, then start over the right way(or choose not to flash that again)
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Hey everybody, new to the forum.. glad to be here!
Here's the deal.. I have googled and searched xda as well as other forums and can not seem to find the answer I am looking for,,
Here's what happened...
I was running 2.3.6. Used CWM and root zip to root my phone. That all worked fine, but next, like a dummy, I went through and started deleting stock apps and accidentally deleted my Live Wallpapers and Wallpapers. So, I used an app (I feel bad for not being able to remember which one, but in the midst of panic I went into last night, it slipped my mind) to unroot it.
When I did this, the stock apps didn't return. I'm guessing because I didn't back them up. So, next I tried to install Flash2stock, thinking that would get me back to where I needed to be. Well, somehow in the menu, I thought it would be a good idea to wipe the rom and everything else.
So, now when I turn my phone on it will boot to "Samsung Galaxt Exhibit 4g" screen and then just boot loop.
In my googling yesterday, I found a page about using ODIN and how I could use it to flash back to stock with my phone. I tried and tried, but Odin will not recognize my phone. I have the correct drivers installed (as far as I can tell) but no luck..
So, I'm here to ask you root gurus about solutions. Are there other methods to restoring my stock rom and getting my phone working again?
or am I just missing something with the Odin stuff?
Please, please, please help! I thank you so much in advance. Not having a phone sucks!
Try uninstalling the drivers and re-installing the ones from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Exhibit_4G
PS: Have you put your phone into download mode before connecting it to your computer? Volume down and power should get you there.
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Try uninstalling the drivers and re-installing the ones from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Exhibit_4G
PS: Have you put your phone into download mode before connecting it to your computer? Volume down and power should get you there.
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Thank you for sending me that link. I did not know that I needed a different driver for download mode.. unfortunately both links provided in the wiki page do not work. I am going to google it again and see if I can find them somewhere else.. or if you know of another link that would rule.
And yes I did. I believe I did so correctly. Once the screen with the yellow "!" came up, I pressed the Vol up to get into download mode, then I plugged in my phone, then started Odin. Odin showed the message "Please connect Phone".
I'm running Windows 7 32-bit. And my computer thinks the other driver is called "mtp driver". This is draining, but I am determined to not let a phone beat me
I have done this before, since you have cwm on your phone, all you need to do is download the flash2stock zip to your external sd. Flash via cwm and wait for it to finish, then reboot and let your phone sit for roughly 10 mins. You should be good after that
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Thanks again guys. I finally found the srivers I needed and got Odin ti recorgnize my phone.
The method with the sd card would have worked perfectly, but i do not have an sd card reader for my computer. Will definitely be investing in one soon!
When Odin set this guy back up, it install 2.3.5 bavk on here, which is fine because I plan to root and customize anyway.
Any suggestions for kernels/roms i should check out? I have done minimal looking at the ones for my drvice, but intend to.
My main concern is functionality. I need my camera and other apps to work. If they dont, then to me it defeats the purpose.
Also, I do remember the joy os rom that looks like an iphone-ish layout.. Has anybody made one that looks like a windows phone? Ive used the launchers in the past, but it would be cool if there was a rom out there.
Thanks again yall!
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ts0rock said:
Thanks again guys. I finally found the srivers I needed and got Odin ti recorgnize my phone.
The method with the sd card would have worked perfectly, but i do not have an sd card reader for my computer. Will definitely be investing in one soon!
When Odin set this guy back up, it install 2.3.5 bavk on here, which is fine because I plan to root and customize anyway.
Any suggestions for kernels/roms i should check out? I have done minimal looking at the ones for my drvice, but intend to.
My main concern is functionality. I need my camera and other apps to work. If they dont, then to me it defeats the purpose.
Also, I do remember the joy os rom that looks like an iphone-ish layout.. Has anybody made one that looks like a windows phone? Ive used the launchers in the past, but it would be cool if there was a rom out there.
Thanks again yall!
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If you want a windows phone look you could get Cyanogenmod and install a windows phone theme. Then just get Launcher 8. The theme is pretty extensive and does the whole system. Then just get apps like metro messaging to replicate core apps. Also there is a Windows phone keyboard out there somewhere.
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Ok, so I tripped over the power cord when doing a heimdall on my sph-p100 and originally thought It was hard bricked because nothing would happen when charging, connecting usb anything. A few tablets later I found this one laying around and decided to try getting it back to life. I am now able to get into download mode, flash via heimdall/odin, install cwm, install packages with cwm. But the only rom that works is [ROM][JB 4.2.2][GSM/CDMA] AOKP SGT7 - JB MR1 (latest: 02/05/2013) And it seems almost every link here is outdated (to be expected with the short lifespan of android devices) but basically. I get the symptoms of damaged internal memory when trying to flash anything else. However the tablet inside of AOKP is extremely glitchy and not functional, all the internal memory seems to be fine (camera works, save image with no sd, root explorer). Does anyone have any ideas how to return this to a stock sprint tablet? Thanks
have you tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275031
Yes definitely, I've tried other sites as well. Most of the links from rapidshare no longer work. Just hoping for fresh ideas.
Sorry if I sounds like condescending.
But have you really tried to read to the end?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42913151
Insanity213 posted files in his new hosting
I can see them there.
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