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Hi Guys
I am hoping that someone might be able to help me.
I have a Galaxy S+ that just randomly reboots. It is running 2.3.3 i believe (Friend is using the phone atm)
I got the phone on contract and actually went through 5 phones (and entire stores stock) only to find that all of them have this issue.
No i believe that its a software problem and not hardware as Samsung themselves have said nothing about it and the Samsung Specialist @ Vodacom (my cellular provide) has said that there isn't anything that they have heard or that they know of.
I have already rooted the phone, obviously the problem was happening before the rooting of it.
So my question is that does anyone think if i updated the rom to 2.3.6 or whatever else is available it might fix the problem?
I would prefer to keep the rom stock but will go with idea's that anyone would have.
Secondly where would i be able to get updated stock Samsung i9001 roms?
O really wanna give me gf this phone at the end of the month so please if someone could help me i would appreciate it!
Many thanks in advance
Random_Sheep
Random_Sheep said:
Hi Guys
I am hoping that someone might be able to help me.
I have a Galaxy S+ that just randomly reboots. It is running 2.3.3 i believe (Friend is using the phone atm)
I got the phone on contract and actually went through 5 phones (and entire stores stock) only to find that all of them have this issue.
No i believe that its a software problem and not hardware as Samsung themselves have said nothing about it and the Samsung Specialist @ Vodacom (my cellular provide) has said that there isn't anything that they have heard or that they know of.
I have already rooted the phone, obviously the problem was happening before the rooting of it.
So my question is that does anyone think if i updated the rom to 2.3.6 or whatever else is available it might fix the problem?
I would prefer to keep the rom stock but will go with idea's that anyone would have.
Secondly where would i be able to get updated stock Samsung i9001 roms?
O really wanna give me gf this phone at the end of the month so please if someone could help me i would appreciate it!
Many thanks in advance
Random_Sheep
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i'm not sure about the rebooting problem, but 2.3.3 had other problems in my country, u couldn't send an sms if u had 3G ON , so t-mobile updated all the devices to 2.3.5 , it might be a sign that 2.3.3 has some bugs. my opinion would be to flash one of the stock roms out there , or check if u have an update through kies (although i don't recommend updating with kies as there's a big chance it will freeze during instalation - ya , another crappy samsung software).
Thanks mate i think i will def but i am looking for a uk stock rom?
All i can find is german and polish and balkin.
Random_Sheep said:
Thanks mate i think i will def but i am looking for a uk stock rom?
All i can find is german and polish and balkin.
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Most of the versions if not all include the english language, the european ones surely have UK. It wad already asked in the stock rom thread i think.
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Thanks for the help bud.
I downloaded 2.3.5 gonna have a play around tonight.
Ok so loaded a stock 2.3.5 rom and it going 100's now!
Random_Sheep said:
Ok so loaded a stock 2.3.5 rom and it going 100's now!
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nice to see it worked out fine for u
rayiskon said:
nice to see it worked out fine for u
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Just wanna find either a completely stock rom or a decent custom one.
Any idea's?
Random_Sheep said:
Just wanna find either a completely stock rom or a decent custom one.
Any idea's?
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it depends on what u're looking for, i personally prefer stock with a few tweaks here and there. u can check the custom roms available in our dev section, it's not a big choice ,but u can see if any of them suit ur needs.
sudden restart
i am new around here,i got a i9001 and it sudden restarts on every rom i installed, costom or stock. first i taught that it restarts because of its ram, like the memory dump on pc, but then i saw, that i rebooted it and after 10-15 min it sudden restarted. i've been to my carrier for warranty, and what they did it was only a flash of rom version 2.3.6 and they gave it back to me. after about 2 hours since i got it back, it did the sudden restart again. srry for my english.
icstrim702 said:
i am new around here,i got a i9001 and it sudden restarts on every rom i installed, costom or stock. first i taught that it restarts because of its ram, like the memory dump on pc, but then i saw, that i rebooted it and after 10-15 min it sudden restarted. i've been to my carrier for warranty, and what they did it was only a flash of rom version 2.3.6 and they gave it back to me. after about 2 hours since i got it back, it did the sudden restart again. srry for my english.
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Take the phone back, tell them it is still happening.
When i had my problem i just flashed another version and it worked. What custom roms have your tried?
Random_Sheep said:
Take the phone back, tell them it is still happening.
When i had my problem i just flashed another version and it worked. What custom roms have your tried?
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i have tryed all the brood roms, non oc version. at warranty they told me they know that i9001 has problems, but not the one described by me. which rom resolved your problem? now i got the kq1
I tried xxkpu and xxkq1, no problem so far.
If your phone is under warranty, ask for replacing new one.
spectrum011 said:
I tried xxkpu and xxkq1, no problem so far.
If your phone is under warranty, ask for replacing new one.
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they said when the phone came back "the phone did not present the problem sent for" on the warranty paper. They know about this problem, but they dont wanna lose money with extra costs for i9001 owners, it was a mistake made by samsung on this model and they dont want to assume it. I read more about this snapdragon oc processor used on i9001 (1.4 Ghz) and it says that it overheats sometimes rarely in first months, but after some heavily daily use it enters a restart loop ( probably after your warranty expires) and the phone becomes useless. sorry to say that for i9001 owners.
"Recently, a growing number of smartphone users experience temperature-related CPU failures that seem to be inherent in Snapdragon-powered devices, and typically manifest only after several months of smartphone use. Symptoms of this hardware failure are unexpected reboots of the phone, especially in higher ambient temperatures and under high CPU load and/or Wifi use. The phone may then enter a "reboot-cycle", which can only be stopped by removing the battery and cooling the phone. Over the period of several weeks or months, this behavior becomes increasingly frequent and occurs at progressively lower ambient temperatures and CPU loads, until it reaches a point where the phone can only be used in refrigerated and/or air-conditioned environments. It is speculated that deteriorating solder bonds of the BGA matrix (i.e., a lost connection between the Snapdragon-CPU and its motherboard) due to thermal stresses occurring in normal operation is the underlying problem for these failures, and CPU re-heating procedures have been proposed to remedy this problem, but so far with mixed results.[23] These hardware issues have not yet been officially acknowledged by companies that use the Snapdragon processor in their smartphones, even though a very large number of devices (HD2, Desire, Evo, Droid Incredible, Xperia, Galaxy S, etc.) seem to be affected. "
this thing is copied from a romanian site, which was meant to be a review for the snapdragon processors.
Sorry for beeing that silly, but did you resetted your phone?
sure I did, like i said, i tryed everything possible, formattin' partions, hard reset, wipe dalvik cache..
HELP
icstrim702 said:
sure I did, like i said, i tryed everything possible, formattin' partions, hard reset, wipe dalvik cache..
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does anyone solved this problem, I have the sam problem and I can't fix it , what to do? I tried to install several ROMS but same problem again
Hello Guys,
starting with a ton of thanks to all of you, that let this place be the wonderful place it is for people looking for some news and advices etc. etc. etc.
and absolutly sorry in advance if i havent find what i'm looking for, boring people with the noob thread,but that's it, i've a couple of questions.
i finally got my LG Thrill 4G and i live in Italy and quite everything is working fine with the stock rom, but i've yet customized my old (bad) Motorola Backflip with a GB Rom,and i would like to test some customized Rom,but for example is hard to find the Rom, cause dead links, and i have a couple of questions:
1-i've rooted the phone and installed the CWM (and it works, cause i accidentally delete some system file and done a restore with a saved backup through the recovery) i've also downloaded from market the Rom manager ,but doesn't recognized my recovery and ask me again to flash the cwm, but it shows just the Optimus v and the Optimus 2x options not the thrill or the O3D. so the question is, how is it possible that it doesn't recognize it? is a problem between the download from the market,i'm pretty sure to have followed instructions in the right way, cause it works. why there isn't the right choiche for the thrill?some suggestions? Thanks in Advance
2-i'm in Italy so i can't use a lot of bloat like every kind of at&t stuff and i was wondering if ,like for the Rom customized,there is a way just to trash all of this things i never use,cause sometimes i received message you cant trash it.
there is a particolar procedur to follow to don't lose some system file uninstalling them?
and finally the third
i've seen that some of the Rom of the O3D i can use on the thrill,there some problems with the radio,or some advice in using an "european" Rom in an usa phone?
thanks to all
Return it as quick as you can..i'm serious
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eg94 said:
Return it as quick as you can..i'm serious
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i'm here you have some news?
thanks
Install a terminal emulator and find the 5.0.2.7 cwm
Link is in the development section, run the script.then
U can flash the 5.8.1.5 full touch cement.its badass
I m also using the v6 supercharger script and it works
Great as well.read as much as u can,it is possible to work
With the thrill
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eg94 said:
Return it as quick as you can..i'm serious
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It's a fantastic phone as far as hardware. The majority of us are a bit bitter over the lack of software support from manufacturer/carrier in the US. If you have the 30 day return policy, I'd give the phone a chance.
I really like mine. Stick with the stock ROM, just remove all of the bloat ware. Other ROMS aren't ready yet. Maybe they never will be, but at least stock works.
I used the Galaxy One-Click Root program and(yes it worked) then removed all of the garbage AT&T junked it up with. Runs great other than the camera acting wonky every now and again. I agree about staying with official build rom. As bad as I want Gingerbread, I'm not wanting the headache of what works, and what doesn't work.
jball said:
Install a terminal emulator and find the 5.0.2.7 cwm
Link is in the development section, run the script.then
U can flash the 5.8.1.5 full touch cement.its badass
I m also using the v6 supercharger script and it works
Great as well.read as much as u can,it is possible to work
With the thrill
Sent from my LG thrill p925
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intresting, and thanks to all for a lot of answers.
now i'm in a trouble, i'm trying a couple of rom,the Thriller, and now i'm on the Thrill seeker, and i've done a backup from the cwm but now on this rom it doesn't recognize it, some suggestions?
i've had a lot of games and a lots of setting on the pages and i dont want to reorganize everything.
let me know.
thanks in advance
nuclearwinterxxx said:
It's a fantastic phone as far as hardware. The majority of us are a bit bitter over the lack of software support from manufacturer/carrier in the US. If you have the 30 day return policy, I'd give the phone a chance.
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i think it too , and here in italy we dont' have a policy like this, here the O3D costs about 600 euros, and is really not affordable.
but in any case i've got mine and i'm really happy with it.
just the battery is a bit sad,but nothing major looking at galaxy s2 or other smartphone.
i'm very glad about it.
emilianopaz said:
now i'm in a trouble, i'm trying a couple of rom,the Thriller, and now i'm on the Thrill seeker, and i've done a backup from the cwm but now on this rom it doesn't recognize it, some suggestions?
i've had a lot of games and a lots of setting on the pages and i dont want to reorganize everything.
let me know.
thanks in advance
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What i was trying to say is that i would like to restore a backup
Made on stock rom in a customized rom,is possible?
i've solved the md5 mismatch thanks to the procedure.
But now i have again my stock rom,with battery sucking a lot
And bloatware,some suggestions?
emilianopaz said:
just the battery is a bit sad
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extended battery (haven't tried it, though)
Another silly question:
I've tested a couple of roms and i'm trying using a O3D,but i've read that GB Roms have 3d issues.
Wich is one Froyo based Rom that goes fast and stable,without battery draining and can still use 3d and hdmi?
If i update the baseband to GB,i can restore or install Froyo Roms,without change it?
Many thanks to all.
P.s.
Just to let you know, in Italy,on my thrill,
Thriller,and Thrill_seeker are good,but also the doomed Froyo.
The stock Rom of O3D is good too,but still drain batt.
Thanks to all.
Stavo pensando se c'e' bisogno di qualche traduzione in italiano per i miei compaesani,che come me hanno acquistato un bel Thrill.
Saluti.
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Since a last few days, I've been seeing a lot of threads in Q&A where users are complaining that their device stopped working after flashing recovery via ROM Manager. I created this thread so that people dont end up bricking their devices. ROM Manager does not work on ace. Do NOT trust any sites telling you to flash CWM recovery via Rom Manager. We have a working and stable unofficial CWM recovery already, you can download it from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18167974
Note to MOD - Please sticky this thread and copy it to Android Development section if possible.
ROM Manager is pretty much a fail for ALL devices. After I got my first Android, and was a n00b of rooting, I used ROM Manager to dl and flash CM7. Guess what?
Bootloop. Never touched it again. Of course, it was only a soft brick, and it was a simple fix, but since it was my first ever ROM and first ever Android and first ever root, naturally I freaked
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Shouldn't this go in General section?
POTATO!!!!
Yes. It's a General thread. The ROM Manager thing is posted across this forum many times, so I don't see the point of making a sticky. About Q&A questions - there always were newcomers and always will be.
Prawesome said:
Shouldn't this go in General section?
POTATO!!!!
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I know. I thought of putting it in development section because many people dont read general section before rooting. A lot of other device forums have similar types of thread in Development and Original development section. So, I felt like creating one for ace too.
As for the sticky thing, a lot of people dont care to go through the guides properly. A warning thread especially for Rom manager would make sure no one uses rom manager. I created this thread ecause a lot of people were ending up bricking their devices. If its useless, mod can delete it.
I agree with tj_droid, there are more and more cases coming up where the users try to flash cwm with rom manager and hard brick their phones! Threads like this could save many Ace's!
+1 to make it sticky!
First thing i do when i finish installing CyanogenMod roms is deleting Rom Manager, haha
Galaxy Ace Killed Dead
I hard bricked my Ace a couple of weeks ago. It has been sent for repair as it is still in warranty. I would have really appreciated this thread.
Thanks to this!..I was wondering what could be the other use of that "Rom Manager" i mean it also contains how to back up and flash rom like in CWM..but i didn't know that its dangerous if i use this to flash.. anyway thanks so much..:good:
I also bricked my ace but it was brand new (bricked within 2 days of buying). So they replaced it. I think i was lucky
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I also bricked my ace but it was brand new (bricked within 2 days of buying). So they replaced it. I think i was lucky
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Once they knew that you rooted your phone they'll send you the bill.
You'll pay for it.
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RatusNatus said:
Once they knew that you rooted your phone they'll send you the bill.
You'll pay for it.
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This all happened a year ago.
And i don't think they will send me the bill now.
Moreover they never tried to repair their devices they just throw them in trash.
According to manufactures repairing a device is more costlier than making a new device
Don't inatall rom manager
I too bricked my lovely ace because of rom manager ! hard brick !! had to go to service center.. don't ever use it if you love your ace.. if you want a custom rom use cwm which can be downloaded from the following thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
press thanks if i helped...
cwm manager
friends,
Does CWM manager which came pre-installed with a custom rom can brick Ace?
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friends,
Does CWM manager which came pre-installed with a custom rom can brick Ace?
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It's still ROM manager, still same problems
I'm guessing it's cyanogenmod? Since I know they bundle in ROM manager. Just uninstall the app
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Ok now that I've bricked my Ace, I have a question. If I take it in to a repair shop to have it Jtagged for repair (full brick, no response at all) can they save the software that was loaded on my phone or does the process eliminate the entire phone's contents and return it back to factory state? I had a lot of stufff on it, that I should've backed up and didn't....
be a whole lot easier if google play would show it as not being compatible. it would save alot of Ace's
what happen if we touch?
It will brick your Ace.
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First of all, Sorry. I HAVE looked for specific help on this for the past couple of days, and i just cant make head nor tail about it. I can root my phone.. wipe data etc, but when it comes to actually installing the roms is where i become a total fail. If you guys could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. I have a samsung Galaxy ace "s5830i". I really dont like the plain boring menu's etc i just really want a change. So if somebody has some spare time to take me through it and tell me exactly what to do, I'd be very happy....
The rom i would like for my phone is located here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997863
Thanks for reading, and again sorry for newbness.
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First of all, Sorry. I HAVE looked for specific help on this for the past couple of days, and i just cant make head nor tail about it. I can root my phone.. wipe data etc, but when it comes to actually installing the roms is where i become a total fail. If you guys could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. I have a samsung Galaxy ace "s5830i". I really dont like the plain boring menu's etc i just really want a change. So if somebody has some spare time to take me through it and tell me exactly what to do, I'd be very happy....
The rom i would like for my phone is located here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997863
Thanks for reading, and again sorry for newbness.
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you can't install that ROM on your phone since that ROM was made for "Galaxy Ace S5830".
Your phone is Galaxy Ace S5830"i". there's a different forum section for your phone.
here's the link. CLICK ME! Galaxy Ace S5830"i"
Thanks
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you can't install that ROM on your phone since that ROM was made for "Galaxy Ace S5830".
Your phone is Galaxy Ace S5830"i". there's a different forum section for your phone.
here's the link. CLICK ME! Galaxy Ace S5830"i"
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Thank you, i searched s5830i roms, and i came across the site unlockr..?? it was in a variety of Galaxy ace roms, but they did not specify, i do have one installed now, but do you know of any links with more of these roms? I seen that there is very little, but is this true? :good:
ChaoticMonkeh said:
Thank you, i searched s5830i roms, and i came across the site unlockr..?? it was in a variety of Galaxy ace roms, but they did not specify, i do have one installed now, but do you know of any links with more of these roms? I seen that there is very little, but is this true? :good:
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Sorry but I don't know any other sites that has ROMs for an Ace i.
Unfortunately, yes. There's not a lot of developers/users of ace i compared to the first generation of galaxy ace(which is the s5380 w/o the letters).
there's a couple of good roms that are available on the section i gave you tho. you should try them out.
I checked a couple of threads there's an on going CM7 project for your phone.
If you're not going to upgrade phone yet, maybe you should try a custom stock rom and wait for the cm7 to reach its beta.
anyway, you're very welcome to ask me through PM. I can guide you and teach you the basics(since I got nothing to do and I'm bored).
Cheers.
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Sorry but I don't know any other sites that has ROMs for an Ace i.
Unfortunately, yes. There's not a lot of developers/users of ace i compared to the first generation of galaxy ace(which is the s5380 w/o the letters).
there's a couple of good roms that are available on the section i gave you tho. you should try them out.
I checked a couple of threads there's an on going CM7 project for your phone.
If you're not going to upgrade phone yet, maybe you should try a custom stock rom and wait for the cm7 to reach its beta.
anyway, you're very welcome to ask me through PM. I can guide you and teach you the basics(since I got nothing to do and I'm bored).
Cheers.
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I've had a look, just back from college, so gonna have a proper look, as i got into trouble, never mind though, thanks for the help. I managed to install the xperiatized one last night. But gonna have another look. Thanks again.
I'm new to the captivate , I just bought a captivate off ebay with cm 10.1 , i just bought it to learn more about android , and i would like to know how i can
Unroot (which way (one click etc) to use? , because i do not know which way was used to root the phone ? )
Reason i ask this is , coz i was reading some of the stickies , i read somewhere that if u are on CM , then when u restore to stock , i have to do something to the root partition?
ALSO , The phone is running CM 10.1 , i would like to downgrade to 2.1 or 2.1 so that i can sim unlock the phone?.. how do i downgrade?
Here is the Stock One Click Master Collection... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370235
The other Stickied threads in the Dev and Q&A forum will prove useful as well.
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4-2ndtwin said:
Here is the Stock One Click Master Collection... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370235
The other Stickied threads in the Dev and Q&A forum will prove useful as well.
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Thank you so much for your reply
Just to clarify - can i use the odin one click packages found in this post (am not sure whether i have to use with or w/o bootloader?) ? , if i just flash them to my phone via odin one click , everything will go back to stock? (am on cm 10.1 , internal sd card will be partitioned right?) , and will i lose root too?
On a totally different topic , what if i dont want to go back to stock , unroot , but want to keep the root , and try out different roms on other versions (GB,ICS) (i am currently on cm10.1 jb) , what do i have to do?
Sorry for being a pain , but i read through the threads , im just confused , because i read everywhere about the not to flash gb bootloaders etc , so even if the rom is jellybean , its based on a gb bootloader?
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Thank you so much for your reply
Just to clarify - can i use the odin one click packages found in this post (am not sure whether i have to use with or w/o bootloader?) ? , if i just flash them to my phone via odin one click , everything will go back to stock? (am on cm 10.1 , internal sd card will be partitioned right?) , and will i lose root too?
On a totally different topic , what if i dont want to go back to stock , unroot , but want to keep the root , and try out different roms on other versions (GB,ICS) (i am currently on cm10.1 jb) , what do i have to do?
Sorry for being a pain , but i read through the threads , im just confused , because i read everywhere about the not to flash gb bootloaders etc , so even if the rom is jellybean , its based on a gb bootloader?
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Bootloader: GB = GB, ICS, JB / Eclair = Eclair, Froyo.
Flashing Odin3 one click downloader will flash the Eclair bootloaders, unroot and bring you back to stock. If you want to root on stock 2.1, simply flash a custom kernel in recovery. From 2.2+, they added the signature verification and you'll have to use Odin 1.87 to flash a custom kernel (to get cwm), which will also root your device.
To get back to GB+, you'll have to flash Odin KK4 with bootloaders. From there, follow this guide to get on whichever ROM you want. Remember to always follow the FULL ROM instructions (I'd suggest to avoid ICS due to the EU bug).
For any JB ROM, you'll have to flash the ROM twice as the first time, it has to repartition. Also, a few JB ROM don't include the Gapps so you'll have to flash them after flashing the ROM.
For any ROM, you can use the kernel that is provided or flash another one, just make sure it is compatible with the ROM you're running (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.0, 4.1.2, 4.2.2).
P.S.: The reason why you see not to flash bootloaders everywhere is cause that's the only way to hard brick your phone, if it goes wrong that is (USB unplugs, bad connections, etc.). Also, you'll notice it fast enough but JB is seriously the best you can do to that phone beside Froyo Firefly with Speedmod kernel (less features of course).
P.S.: The reason why you see not to flash bootloaders everywhere is cause that's the only way to hard brick your phone, if it goes wrong that is (USB unplugs, bad connections, etc.). Also, you'll notice it fast enough but JB is seriously the best you can do to that phone beside Froyo Firefly with Speedmod kernel (less features of course).
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This pretty much sums up what I was going to say. I can honestly say I'd never want this phone to go back to stock after trying out the JB ROMs. The phone doesn't suffer from speed issues at all, you can OC (depending on hardware, mine really can't but some people have theirs clocked at 1.4ghz/140%). Unless you were selling the phone back to AT&T or taking it in for repair or what not, I see no reason to be on 2.2 not-rooted etc.
x0ne215 said:
This pretty much sums up what I was going to say. I can honestly say I'd never want this phone to go back to stock after trying out the JB ROMs. The phone doesn't suffer from speed issues at all, you can OC (depending on hardware, mine really can't but some people have theirs clocked at 1.4ghz/140%). Unless you were selling the phone back to AT&T or taking it in for repair or what not, I see no reason to be on 2.2 not-rooted etc.
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Thank you so much!!! This helped me and i can see a lot of other people too , Thank you Great support guys Cheers
P.S : Man! am i an aidiot for buying a captivate , everywhere i look it just seems like i see only one word - BRICK BRICK BRICK! , i should have got someother phone
galaxys3lover said:
Thank you so much!!! This helped me and i can see a lot of other people too , Thank you Great support guys Cheers
P.S : Man! am i an aidiot for buying a captivate , everywhere i look it just seems like i see only one word - BRICK BRICK BRICK! , i should have got someother phone
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If you read carefully and understand everything you're doing before doing it, you won't brick it. That stands for every devices. The problem is that people are too eager (impatient) to hack it and rush into it without knowing what they're doing. And remember, the only way to actually brick it if something goes wrong while flashing the bootloaders and even then, it's recoverable with JTAG service.
galaxys3lover said:
P.S : Man! am i an aidiot for buying a captivate , everywhere i look it just seems like i see only one word - BRICK BRICK BRICK! , i should have got someother phone
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What are you talking about? You'll need to do something extremely stupid to hard brick the Captivate. And its still repairable even after hard brick. All ROM change procedures are very well documented, just follow the instructions and your Captivate will live long life. Not too many phones have same great support like Captivate.
I love my cappy, there are so many guides here and people with knowledge there should be no reason you brick your phone other than:
1. If you get lazy and try to skip steps
2. You don't ask when you don't know
Check out the rest of the Q/A section, there are step by step guides on rooting/flashing that are pretty much brick proof if you follow along.
galaxys3lover said:
Reason i ask this is , coz i was reading some of the stickies...
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Please, read carefully all stickies, not just some of them. Many knowledgeable people here put a lot of time to explain everything about Captivate in an easy to understand way. You'll quickly find all the answers to your questions, including different ways to achieve same results. I got my Captivate with stock 2.3 ROM and 2 days later it was rooted, with CWM and running custom JB ROM. I also managed to soft brick it twice (playing with it and trying almost every ROM available) but recovered for minutes using the great info here on XDA.
Val D. said:
Please, read carefully all stickies, not just some of them. Many knowledgeable people here put a lot of time to explain everything about Captivate in an easy to understand way. You'll quickly find all the answers to your questions, including different ways to achieve same results. I got my Captivate with stock 2.3 ROM and 2 days later it was rooted, with CWM and running custom JB ROM. I also managed to soft brick it twice (playing with it and trying almost every ROM available) but recovered for minutes using the great info here on XDA.
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This ^
And even if you manage to hardbrick one, you can still recover from that. The only thing that might not be fixable is if you run it over in your car
BWolf56 said:
If you read carefully and understand everything you're doing before doing it, you won't brick it. That stands for every devices. The problem is that people are too eager (impatient) to hack it and rush into it without knowing what they're doing. And remember, the only way to actually brick it if something goes wrong while flashing the bootloaders and even then, it's recoverable with JTAG service.
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Val D. said:
What are you talking about? You'll need to do something extremely stupid to hard brick the Captivate. And its still repairable even after hard brick. All ROM change procedures are very well documented, just follow the instructions and your Captivate will live long life. Not too many phones have same great support like Captivate.
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x0ne215 said:
I love my cappy, there are so many guides here and people with knowledge there should be no reason you brick your phone other than:
1. If you get lazy and try to skip steps
2. You don't ask when you don't know
Check out the rest of the Q/A section, there are step by step guides on rooting/flashing that are pretty much brick proof if you follow along.
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Val D. said:
Please, read carefully all stickies, not just some of them. Many knowledgeable people here put a lot of time to explain everything about Captivate in an easy to understand way. You'll quickly find all the answers to your questions, including different ways to achieve same results. I got my Captivate with stock 2.3 ROM and 2 days later it was rooted, with CWM and running custom JB ROM. I also managed to soft brick it twice (playing with it and trying almost every ROM available) but recovered for minutes using the great info here on XDA.
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JUST KIDDING
Yeah i understand , i just thought since everywhere i saw i only read the word BRICK , i must have made a mistake buying the phone , turns out this is one of te few phones that have a lot of solutions if your phone does get 'BRICK'ed , MY BAD ! :cyclops: and also probably one of the few phones , that even after everybodys moved onto other phones , there are so many people giving support to newcomers! Thanks Guys ! :good::good: :laugh::laugh:
x0ne215 said:
This ^
And even if you manage to hardbrick one, you can still recover from that. The only thing that might not be fixable is if you run it over in your car
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Haha , ! hopefully i dont end up doing that
galaxys3lover said:
JUST KIDDING
Yeah i understand , i just thought since everywhere i saw i only read the word BRICK , i must have made a mistake buying the phone , turns out this is one of te few phones that have a lot of solutions if your phone does get 'BRICK'ed , MY BAD ! :cyclops: and also probably one of the few phones , that even after everybodys moved onto other phones , there are so many people giving support to newcomers! Thanks Guys ! :good::good: :laugh::laugh:
Haha , ! hopefully i dont end up doing that
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It surprised me too how many people still offer support and help for this phone, it's almost 3 years old now
No problem, and unfortunately I've had the pleasure of doing that to 2 phones I've owned....
Pro tip: Don't wear basketball shorts and put your phone without a rubber case or similar in it....it will most likely fall out and you won't notice
x0ne215 said:
It surprised me too how many people still offer support and help for this phone, it's almost 3 years old now
No problem, and unfortunately I've had the pleasure of doing that to 2 phones I've owned....
Pro tip: Don't wear basketball shorts and put your phone without a rubber case or similar in it....it will most likely fall out and you won't notice
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Exactly , ! i wasnt expecting even a single reply anytime soon , and i ended up getting so many replies and all of them extremely helpful ! took me by surprise! I Did pick the right phone! 2 phones of yours got run over by carss?!!?! Reallyy?? 2 ? WOw!
Well i m getting the phone with a body glove , so i guess thatll help!
4-2ndtwin said:
Here is the Stock One Click Master Collection... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370235
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BWolf56 said:
Bootloader: GB = GB, ICS, JB / Eclair = Eclair, Froyo.
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x0ne215 said:
This pretty much sums up what I was going to say. I can honestly say I'd never want this phone to go back to stock after trying out the JB ROMs. ], I see no reason to be on 2.2 not-rooted etc.
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Val D. said:
Not too many phones have same great support like Captivate.
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Hey guys! :laugh::laugh:
JUst got my Cappy , locked with at%t , anybody can help me unlock?.. i tried galaxysimunlock and it keeps sayin unable to read nv_data , am running cm10.1 4.2.2 ... any help guys???
galaxys3lover said:
Hey guys! :laugh::laugh:
JUst got my Cappy , locked with at%t , anybody can help me unlock?.. i tried galaxysimunlock and it keeps sayin unable to read nv_data , am running cm10.1 4.2.2 ... any help guys???
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I think you have to be on stock to unlock.
BWolf56 said:
I think you have to be on stock to unlock.
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Crap! alright , so back to stop using odin one click kk4 package without bootloaders , root it using galaxysimunlock and then flash cm 4.2.2 to get back to where i am ? right?
galaxys3lover said:
Crap! alright , so back to stop using odin one click kk4 package without bootloaders , root it using galaxysimunlock and then flash cm 4.2.2 to get back to where i am ? right?
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Stock with odin kk4 without bootloaders.
Unlock with galaxysimunlock.
Then there's a guide to follow to get back to cm 4.2.2 in the stickied: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266
【Guide】How To flash ANY Captivate ROM from Stock (including ICS)
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BWolf56 said:
Stock with odin kk4 without bootloaders.
Unlock with galaxysimunlock.
Then there's a guide to follow to get back to cm 4.2.2 in the stickied: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266
【Guide】How To flash ANY Captivate ROM from Stock (including ICS)
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Thanks for being so patient and kind God Bless