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I know this sounds stupid to everyone but i am gonna try a new modem and i understand everything except FLASH. What exactly does that mean? What do u do when u flash ? I have put off asking this question for about 2 months and tried reading up on it but lol... here i am
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Yes i am way new to all of this but really need this modem
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You need clockwork recovery
Dl modem
Place on internal sd
Power phone off
Three button combo to recovery
(volume and and down and power, when at&t comes up let go)
Install zip from sd
Choose zip
Find modem file
Select
Confirm
Back
Boot
Done
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mcord if she doesnt understand flash, i dont think she has clockwork recovery.
there is alot to learn. please read the stickies at the top of each forum there is a few for modems.

TRusselo said:
mcord if she doesnt understand flash, i dont think she has clockwork recovery.
there is alot to learn. please read the stickies at the top of each forum there is a few for modems.
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I thought the same as I was typing, so why continue, I got nothing
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but to flash is to write information to the internal system memory.

Thank you that makes more since to me . Just one more question. I dont have a computer can i download the modem straight to my phone (on the sd) . And u mean clocwork mod in rom manager ?
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bobbi1972jo said:
Thank you that makes more since to me . Just one more question. I dont have a computer can i download the modem straight to my phone (on the sd) . And u mean clocwork mod in rom manager ?
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DO NOT use ROM manager, it was created with the best of intentions but ultimately causes more problems than it helps with.

ridethelight said:
DO NOT use ROM manager, it was created with the best of intentions but ultimately causes more problems than it helps with.
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whoah.....this is false!
ROM manager has been around a lot longer than the captivate has.....and it works great on other android devices that ARENT samsung

rom manager is PERFECT for stock roms.
rom manager is bad when you have ClockworkMod built into the kernel already.!
ridethelight is on a bad roll today.

So how do i know if its built in?
Perfect 3g..little to no edge.. live in edge area.. bought the phone from a craigslist user needless to say in a 3g area.
About phone :
2.1 js5/I900 zsjpg
Kernel version- 2.6.32.9
[email protected] #27
Build#phoenix 6.0 js5..
Any suggestions ?
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you would check out the page for your kernel but yes it does have it.
and looking at your rom... ect. you have already flashed a rom/kernel/modem (all in one) package.
so ya go back to post 3 instructions. also to get into recovery just long press the powerbutton then press 'recovery' it is easier than the button method in post 3.

Ok thanks alot. U all have been a big help !
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Hay bobbie
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I want to say thanks to you all ! This worked! Just flashed the jk4 and have a full signal ! It wasnt hard at all ! Cant believe i waited this long now ! Once again , thank you so much !!!
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Thanks jlg19753! U did an awesome job! We did this together! Couldnt have done it with out u!
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Answers

In this thread I will try try to answer all of your questions that are retaining to the Samsung Captivate!
Ask away!
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I just installed DLEV 5 and it doesn't have asian font support. Can't change the system locale to the korean. I was wondering how I could solve this problem

Languages have to be in the ROM or built to add to the ROM in a CWM flashable ZIP. I can't make that, sorry. ..
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what steps do I have to take to go back to a froyo rom if i'm on a gingerbread ROM with at&t bootloaders

Well flash to stock using Odin one click
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Which odin

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Which odin
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
if you have a later build phone that came with froyo on it, odin one click may cause a bootloop. if that happens:
1.calm down
2. at the bottom of the op of the thread i linked there are links to other firmware packages usewd in the pda slot of full odin. get back into download mode and flash one of those.
Or you can just flash a froyo kernel with odin and then flash the froyo rom in recobery and keep the gb boots as they are backward compatible.

I just got my captivate. Before this all I have had is HTC Androids. It was already rooted and I put cm7 on it but I want to try other roms and I can't flash any other ROM. It just stays on cm7. How can I flash another ROM on here? I think I have the Froyo boot loader on it. I hope I don't have to use Odin because I only have a Mac and haven't been able to find Odin for Mac
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bfinch said:
I just got my captivate. Before this all I have had is HTC Androids. It was already rooted and I put cm7 on it but I want to try other roms and I can't flash any other ROM. It just stays on cm7. How can I flash another ROM on here? I think I have the Froyo boot loader on it. I hope I don't have to use Odin because I only have a Mac and haven't been able to find Odin for Mac
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Have to use odin. Or Heimdall, idk if that works on MAC
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
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Thanks I was gone for a while and didn't see that.
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b-eock said:
Have to use odin. Or Heimdall, idk if that works on MAC
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i think heimdall is cross platform, linux, windows, and mac

Yes it is! Should work!
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b-eock said:
Have to use odin. Or Heimdall, idk if that works on MAC
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Heimdall works on MAC. Odin doesnt.
if you are going to be supplying answers to noob questions, please try and answer with actual knowledge rather than 'maybes'. your reply that someone needed to use ODIN one click could lead them to a bootloop, but you didnt think about that, did you? then you would be to blame for it when he comes crying back on the forum when hes freaking out about his phone not working after following your advice.
not trying to be rude, because i know you mean well, but you need to fully understand the captivate before you can open a thread like this.

Thanks for the quick answers. looks like I've got a project for today.
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Pirateghost said:
Heimdall works on MAC. Odin doesnt.
if you are going to be supplying answers to noob questions, please try and answer with actual knowledge rather than 'maybes'. your reply that someone needed to use ODIN one click could lead them to a bootloop, but you didnt think about that, did you? then you would be to blame for it when he comes crying back on the forum when hes freaking out about his phone not working after following your advice.
not trying to be rude, because i know you mean well, but you need to fully understand the captivate before you can open a thread like this.
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Hey dude I know what I'm talking about cuz he didn't mention that He had Mac not windows. Also if he did flash with odin it would only soft brick which is Totally recoverable, only hard brick would be flashing the 3 button fix, that would hard brick him.
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I did mention that I only have a Mac
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bfinch said:
I did mention that I only have a Mac
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Sorry wrong person my b
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b-eock said:
Hey dude I know what I'm talking about cuz he didn't mention that He had Mac not windows. Also if he did flash with odin it would only soft brick which is Totally recoverable, only hard brick would be flashing the 3 button fix, that would hard brick him.
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Soft bricks are recoverable, but what if he has the bad luck and his key combos dont work for what ever reason (it happend to me once) You just made that noob freak out and spend unnecessary time to make/ buy a jig when it could have been avoided. Don't get me wrong Im one that believes everyone should have atleast a jig.
And show a little more respect Pirateghost is a dev with 3,000+ post I think he knows more then us... Just saying.

I was about to say that i'm not
a noob. But I guess I am to Samsung. Lol.
I do know that if I mess my phone up its my fault. Trust me, I won't come back pissed at anyone.
But thanks again for the help!
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Din't mean anything against you.

Which version of ParanoidAndroid to flash??

Hi guys,
I wanna flash PA. Which version of PA do i install? STAXXTANIUM-PARANOIDANDROID? or the original one by imilka?

Akshay Ravi said:
Hi guys,
I wanna flash PA. Which version of PA do i install? STAXXTANIUM-PARANOIDANDROID? or the original one by imilka?
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Staxx is dangerous. it crashes like crazy. Flash it but keep abyss kernel and other ROM in sd card handy just in case. Try both and share your experience. All the best.and do not restore back up in either.go ahead.
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Thanks buddy!
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Vishal_Pratap singh said:
Staxx is dangerous. it crashes like crazy. Flash it but keep abyss kernel and other ROM in sd card handy just in case. Try both and share your experience. All the best.and do not restore back up in either.go ahead.
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I think u have done something wrong with staxx... It runs smoothly here without any problem. I tried both of them my friend... And they are really good u can try which one u want...
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PA 0.4a
Dude go for imilka's PA 0.4a its stable and have a fantastic battery life.

v4uluv2004 said:
Dude go for imilka's PA 0.4a its stable and have a fantastic battery life.
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+1 for v0.4a, version 0.2 is also excellent.
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adamskoc said:
I think u have done something wrong with staxx... It runs smoothly here without any problem. I tried both of them my friend... And they are really good u can try which one u want...
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Absolutely nothing wrong. I just went looking for my movie folder on my sd card. Nothing other then this. staxx crashed suddenly. What ever brief movement I spent on staxx I enjoyed it but I couldn't dare try it again at least not until I find out what I did wrong. Have you tried to access files on sd card through ol file manger that comes with this wrong. In the recovery I tried 'report error' option and the error was some thing like PATH TO SD CARD. Any ways I am happy you are enjoying it. Hopefully I will try once my confidence in the ROM is back.
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Vishal_Pratap singh said:
Absolutely nothing wrong. I just went looking for my movie folder on my sd card. Nothing other then this. staxx crashed suddenly. What ever brief movement I spent on staxx I enjoyed it but I couldn't dare try it again at least not until I find out what I did wrong. Have you tried to access files on sd card through ol file manger that comes with this wrong. In the recovery I tried 'report error' option and the error was some thing like PATH TO SD CARD. Any ways I am happy you are enjoying it. Hopefully I will try once my confidence in the ROM is back.
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What do you mean by "crash"? You need to be more specified.
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Leechoonhwee said:
What do you mean by "crash"? You need to be more specified.
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Crash in this case means my note suddenly slipped into boot animation screen of paranoid and hung there for a very long long time. I had to shut down the phone by removing battery after rebooting. .. again I was struck. ..then I rebooted to recovery installed staxx again but I never got passed the boot screen. This is what I meant when I said staxx crashed.
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Akshay Ravi said:
Hi guys,
I wanna flash PA. Which version of PA do i install? STAXXTANIUM-PARANOIDANDROID? or the original one by imilka?
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P.A 0.5 is the one i use with Thor pre4 1.8 kernel....overall very good experience

Galaxy tab i957 AT&T

[Q] is CM10 ready to use by normal user or still under construction ??????
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azaza852 said:
[Q] is CM10 ready to use by normal user or still under construction ??????
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still under construction. as of right now you have to build it yourself, although nrvate may be releasing something depending on how stable it can become.

azaza852 said:
[Q] is CM10 ready to use by normal user or still under construction ??????
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Its stable now check it out.
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Thank u for your reply
& I have a request from u
I want a full steps to instal it from A to Z because i am a normal user not dev
& i will be grateful for u
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Up up up
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Use TWRP
azaza852 said:
Up up up
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Hey you need to get TWRP installed and then you should be good from there. Find the TWRP forum back a page then follow the instructions there. If you have never flashed a recovery before there are really good instructions in the CWMR thread. You might try flashing CWM first if you are a noob (I used CWMR for a while and it's a great recovery too) . Basically you need to get odin, and the adb drivers for your device. Turn your device off and put it in download mode (Power button and both volumes, then release power once it vibrates). Have odin ready with your custom recovery in the PDA slot. Once your device plugged in and in d/l mode odin will recognize it (if not you did something wrong).

pussyliquor said:
Its stable now check it out.
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Depends on what you mean by stable. While most features seemed to work okay, for me video play-back was horrible. Videos skipped and lagged. Since video playback is a major thing for me it's a deal breaker as it stands. I hope it in the future it gets fixed. Other than that though.. all was good with it

[Q] phone is ded

*EDIT* i successfully fixed my phone, the problem has now been resolved, thank you for those who responded and sorry for those who thought they wasted their time
I have a white Galaxy Ace, and tried doing the usual (installing better software=cyanogen) but because I'm not the brightest bulb in the packet i somehow FUBAR'd the phone, so trying to do anything through the menu when you use the buttons to choose options (the part where you can format and do other stuff) will NOT work, and the phone freezes at the screen showing the phone model version, if anyone has any idea on how to fix it without paying le moneys, id be much appreciative
Thanks to whoever answers

Flash stock via odin. Use search to know how to do this. There are like a million guides for it.
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Venomous Viper 119 said:
Flash stock via odin. Use search to know how to do this. There are like a million guides for it.
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well, i would but the phone doesnt connect to the computer and doesnt register itself as plugged in, neither does the computer (sorry i didnt put it, im really stupid) and yes ive used kies but it doesnt pick it up, so i have no idea what to do apart from basically use the phone as a paperweight

Install the latest Samsung USB drivers & then try.
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AzeraCoffee said:
I have a white Galaxy Ace, and tried doing the usual (installing better software=cyanogen) but because I'm not the brightest bulb in the packet i somehow FUBAR'd the phone, so trying to do anything through the menu when you use the buttons to choose options (the part where you can format and do other stuff) will NOT work, and the phone freezes at the screen showing the phone model version, if anyone has any idea on how to fix it without paying le moneys, id be much appreciative
Thanks to whoever answers
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I wasn't aware the ace gt-s5830 came in white. Your sure its not a 5830i?
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alex_is_the_1 said:
I wasn't aware the ace gt-s5830 came in white. Your sure its not a 5830i?
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maybe he mean the white plastic thing?
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Blackbox421 said:
maybe he mean the white plastic thing?
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nonono, its def a GT-S5830, I made sure, plus I have had the latest samsung drivers installed, so its either totally a paperweight or its a really damn good perfect copy-cat of it, or just a really bad phone, idk

Try flashing stock rom with someone else cable on another pc it may work as it worked for me

AzeraCoffee said:
nonono, its def a GT-S5830, I made sure, plus I have had the latest samsung drivers installed, so its either totally a paperweight or its a really damn good perfect copy-cat of it, or just a really bad phone, idk
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First of all worng section, next time go to Q&A Thread
If you can boot you device you can try Mobile odin MOD for galaxy ace to flash a stock rom
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35049645