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So, I broke my phone and a buddy had an MDA laying around. However, when you turn it on a ton of errors come up:
Init_Tray.exe
CapNotify.exe
WiFiInit.exe
CheckAutoRun.exe
all are missing or cannot be found.
I tried the hard reset and no go. I was able to get it into bootloader mode and attempted to try the T-mobile ROM upgrade in hopes that I could fix this phone and I got error 274. Does this mean the phone cannot be fixed?? WM runs all goofy and I'm hoping that someone can provide some insight on this phone. TIA.
In the words of the immortal Johnny Five from the movie "Short Circuit"-INPUT! NNNEEEDDD INPUT!!! But seriosuly man, download the Wizard Service Tool, and tell us what information it displays, such as your IPL/SPL, if its a G4 or G3 and whatnot...than we can help yah!
Got the tool and at first it would not let me run the ENAB RAPI + UNASSIGNED APPS, but finally it let me. (just so you know, from time to time when connected to ActiveSync it will disconnect on it's own). Got ENAB + APPS to work, but when I hit DEVICE INFO I get the following:
Warning!
A device was detected but one (or both) of RAPI
Communications and Applications Policy isn't
enabled.
Use first button for that purpose and try again
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So, I ran it (ENAB+APPS) again and it was successful again, but when I hit the DEVICE INFO I get the same error.
Is there any possible way to flash the ROM via the SD card??? I think one the biggest problems is the Active Sync connectivity.
bane126 said:
Is there any possible way to flash the ROM via the SD card??? I think one the biggest problems is the Active Sync connectivity.
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Nopes ! sdcard rom flash is only possible,if you already had backed up the present rom on a sdcard and secondly, if the phone is already CID unlocked.
You can manually copy and paste the two cabfiles 'EnableRapi' and 'Cert_SPCS',in your phone and execute,they can be found in the installation folder of the Wizard Service Tool...> files folder in the program files in C:\ drive,if you are able to establish connection with Activesync.
To verify the connectivity,get your phone into Bootloaders mode (multicolor screen) and hook up the phone with pc via usb,check if small usb appear at the bottom of the Bootloaders,if its there,than its establishing connection,otherwise,your usb cable or mini usb port of the phone is faulty.
Many connections problems are also related to weak battery,get the battery fully charged.
If it establishes connection in Bootloaders,than download the official carrier's rom and flash it in Bootloaders,it'll work out.
Cheers!
I was able to put these files 'EnableRapi' and 'Cert_SPCS' on there, but when I go to execute it does it super fast and I don't get a verification. Is that normal?
I will charge the battery and try that too. Thanks.
Yes, that is normal..all they do is tweak 2 settings, they dont actually write anything, and no, they dont have any kind of confirmation screen to go along with them.
Finally!!!!
So, I was finally able to bring this badboy back to a usable state. After many failed attempts at flashing the ROM I tried something that I hadn't done before. I killed the wcescomm process and disabled ActiveSync via USB before I connecting the MDA in bootloader mode. Once I did this the ROM update began working and I almost jumped out of my seat at work. Was able to get it going without and crazy errors and now have a usable MDA. Thanks for everyones advice.
Kill the wcescomm process!!!! and disable USB AS!!!!
When you start to flash and run RUU,it automatically disables and stops Activesync,but yes,sometimes it helps out by manually disabling and or altogether stop activesync running by stopping wcescomm process.
Anyway,glade you got it working.
I apologize first off for another boot problem thread.
First, I have never messed with my rom. I never flashed it or anything. The most I have done is load KaiserTweak and TomTom. Basic stuff.
I went to turn on my phone this morning and it stayed on the AT&T boot screen. It just freezes. I kept trying to soft reset the phone and at one point it loaded with like the default settings but nothing worked. The start menu only had the Today listed. The phone wouldn't work either. From then on, it always sticks on the AT&T boot screen.
I tried removing the battery and the sim card for a few hours and that didn't help. I tried turning on without the sim.
I am hoping to fix without a hard reset. I don't want to lose all of my contacts and all the data saved on the phone. Is there any way to save this stuff?
That's why you should always have scheduled backups at least once a week. I don't see this being fixed without a hard reset. You did everything that i would have personally suggested (taking out battery and everything for a few minutes). If all fails, you can always go into bootloader mode and reflash the ROM.
Is there no safe mode way to access the device? How about any work around so the computer can access the flash data without the device being in active sync mode?
Highly doubt it and i've never read anything about accessing the device when it's not on. It seems so sporadic and from the looks of it, only a reflash will get you going again.
This reminds me of back when I was trying to flash my Kaiser to 6.1... had exactly the same issues. Even worse actually since the problem started when I flashed a ROM wrongly, also without having an original to fall back to. Cue a night of trying to flash over my mistakes!!
I recall having some success with some specific mtty commands... argh, I'd bookmarked hundreds of threads on it back then but have since lost them all. All I know is there are a few commands you can type which may just get the phone booting again. Bit useless of me but it's a start!!
Ah, check these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=371154 This one will erase all data
And post #2 demonstrates use of using the mtty boot command here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1765045&postcount=2
Those kinds of commands I managed to get my phone working with.
I figured out how to boot to the tri-color boot screen. The computer regonizes it and the boot command in mtty just does the same thing as turning it on.
Since my computer is now linked to the phone, isn't there some way to access files? Any commands in mtty that will work? Any other program out there that might help access the memory?
No one has any ideas about how to access the memory?
Did you manage to fix this in the end?
Got the very same problem with mine which hasn't been flashed in any way.
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Did you manage to fix this in the end?
Got the very same problem with mine which hasn't been flashed in any way.
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Never was able to figure it out. I had to reload from scratch.
Good luck with your issue. Hopefully some of the suggestions around here and elsewhere will get you back up and running.
ANY help regarding this would be a lifesaver. I have called t-mobile customer support and they are as useful as (insert analogy here)
Since the last over-air update, more than a month ago at this point, my phone is unable to connect to the PC via usb. When I plug my phone in, it doesnt prompt me to mount but it does charge.
I have tried almost everything including: Factory reset, USB Debugging mode, formatting the SDmini, changing the SDmini, changing the usb cord, using different computers. . .I have searched many other forums and others have had the same issue but no results. T-mobile told me that NO ONE can connect via usb since the update (which I find hard to believe)
Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I would like to mod my device but can not without this feature.
ayanti said:
ANY help regarding this would be a lifesaver. I have called t-mobile customer support and they are as useful as (insert analogy here)
Since the last over-air update, more than a month ago at this point, my phone is unable to connect to the PC via usb. When I plug my phone in, it doesnt prompt me to mount but it does charge.
I have tried almost everything including: Factory reset, USB Debugging mode, formatting the SDmini, changing the SDmini, changing the usb cord, using different computers. . .I have searched many other forums and others have had the same issue but no results. T-mobile told me that NO ONE can connect via usb since the update (which I find hard to believe)
Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I would like to mod my device but can not without this feature.
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Sounds like you need to root now. You can mod your device just load up RC29 on your sd card thru a card reader and start the process from there.
supremeteam256 said:
Sounds like you need to root now. You can mod your device just load up RC29 on your sd card thru a card reader and start the process from there.
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OK. Just dumbfounded Tmo had NO help for me other than the CS rep telling me that I am screwed. I will definately do this. Thanks!
No problem, its a easy process and you got plenty of help here.
We have two Galaxy S Captivates. One connects to the computer fine, the other no longer does.
First the phone started randomly rebooting or becoming locked up. Then we had external SD issue and couldn't mount the "emmc" which, since it was using Cyanogenmod 9, was the external_sd. Pretty soon the phone was stuck at the boot animation, wouldn't get any further. So obviously I needed to reflash it, but now suddenly the USB did not even work either (it only charges). I did a factory reset and was able to get back into the OS, but when I connect the USB cable, no message pops up to connect, no matter what setting I use.
So I did a CWM restore to a much older backup. But in that one, USB is not working either now too.
I don't think it's physical, it suddenly stopped as I was trying to fix it. So is there any way to do the kind of reflash Odin and Heimdall do, but without USB? I can solder if some sort of serial cable needs to be made..
Or perhaps, if I know what COMORT it's connected to, I can do a manual choose, instead of letting Odin do it automatically? Since I can connect my other Captivate and see the name of the port...
Many thanks, I hope I really hope I can get this fixed...
Kakkoister said:
We have two Galaxy S Captivates. One connects to the computer fine, the other no longer does.
First the phone started randomly rebooting or becoming locked up. Then we had external SD issue and couldn't mount the "emmc" which, since it was using Cyanogenmod 9, was the external_sd. Pretty soon the phone was stuck at the boot animation, wouldn't get any further. So obviously I needed to reflash it, but now suddenly the USB did not even work either (it only charges). I did a factory reset and was able to get back into the OS, but when I connect the USB cable, no message pops up to connect, no matter what setting I use.
So I did a CWM restore to a much older backup. But in that one, USB is not working either now too.
I don't think it's physical, it suddenly stopped as I was trying to fix it. So is there any way to do the kind of reflash Odin and Heimdall do, but without USB? I can solder if some sort of serial cable needs to be made..
Or perhaps, if I know what COMORT it's connected to, I can do a manual choose, instead of letting Odin do it automatically? Since I can connect my other Captivate and see the name of the port...
Many thanks, I hope I really hope I can get this fixed...
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This would be the first step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
BWolf56 said:
This would be the first step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
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Thanks, but I've read that whole post. I've tried all possible regular solutions you can find around the net. My main question now is, is there a way to flash all those core components without using Odin or Heim. Can I use my CWM? Or perhaps ADB? Is there a way to specify a specific COMORT I'd like to connect to? Or any more tech savvy solutions like a serial cable connection? I need a solution for flashing without Odin or Heimdall.
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Thanks, but I've read that whole post. I've tried all possible regular solutions you can find around the net. My main question now is, is there a way to flash all those core components without using Odin or Heim. Can I use my CWM? Or perhaps ADB? Is there a way to specify a specific COMORT I'd like to connect to? Or any more tech savvy solutions like a serial cable connection? I need a solution for flashing without Odin or Heimdall.
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Not on the Captivate. Everything is done by Odin or Heimdall using the usb port. There's a mobile Odin but it doesn't flash bootloaders and you can't get root with it.
Have you tried cleaning the usb?
Either fix the USB by cleaning it or replacing the port, or have fun with a barely usable Captivate :\. I don't understand why they made the port so flimsy if it was such an important part of the phone, seems kinda dumb imo.
If you do happen to find a fix, please let me know, kind of in the same boat .
Hi Everyone,
First off I am a total novice and I put my hands up to say I should not have tried to root my phone. I merely wanted to root so that I could actually use the space on my SD card, which the HTC Desire doens't.
I did try to do this manually by reading a few guide and walkthroughs with no success. So then I used the sunshine app to unlock my bootloader and then WinDriod to load TWRP recovery and then hopefully root the phone. It does say ***unloacked*** on the fastboot menu. However, I sort of messed up my phone.
I cannot load into recovery mode - it goes to a HTC load screen then right back to fastboot usb menu.
I cannot factory restore the phone either.
Can anyone advise me how to return my phone to its normal state or advise on how to fix this problem?
Appreciate any help anyone can give me!
bbop107 said:
Hi Everyone,
First off I am a total novice and I put my hands up to say I should not have tried to root my phone. I merely wanted to root so that I could actually use the space on my SD card, which the HTC Desire doens't.
I did try to do this manually by reading a few guide and walkthroughs with no success. So then I used the sunshine app to unlock my bootloader and then WinDriod to load TWRP recovery and then hopefully root the phone. It does say ***unloacked*** on the fastboot menu. However, I sort of messed up my phone.
I cannot load into recovery mode - it goes to a HTC load screen then right back to fastboot usb menu.
I cannot factory restore the phone either.
Can anyone advise me how to return my phone to its normal state or advise on how to fix this problem?
Appreciate any help anyone can give me!
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Hello,
Since you asked for help with returning the phone to it's normal state I have some questions. Does the phone work normally? Can you make calls, text, and do other things when you simply power your phone on or is the OS deleted? Are you just referring to obtaining stock recovery or do you still want to get TWRP? It sounds like some error happened when you tried to flash TWRP and now you have no recovery. Here is a great guide that shows you how to flash TWRP. You can use that same guide to flash the stock recovery. That channel also has videos with an alternate method to unlock your bootloader and how to root the phone.
My phone works fine, makes calls, texts etc, I just can't boot into recovery. I tried several methods, following online videos etc to no avail, but ill give this one a go this evening. I mentioned returning it to its original state so I could start over with the flashing process as nothing seems to allow me to load into twrp, so i wondered if there was a corrupt file or something preventing me from doing so. The phone's bootloader is unlocked I believe as it says so on the hboot screen.
Thanks for the suggestion, ill let you know how it goes.
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My phone works fine, makes calls, texts etc, I just can't boot into recovery. I tried several methods, following online videos etc to no avail, but ill give this one a go this evening. I mentioned returning it to its original state so I could start over with the flashing process as nothing seems to allow me to load into twrp, so i wondered if there was a corrupt file or something preventing me from doing so. The phone's bootloader is unlocked I believe as it says so on the hboot screen.
Thanks for the suggestion, ill let you know how it goes.
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The method in that video should work perfect. I doubt there was a corrupt file, but we'll find out soon enough. I have a love/dislike relationship with WinDroid. I love it, because of how easy it is to use and it requires little to no knowledge of what you are actually doing and it is just a beautiful looking program. I dislike the fact that you pretty much learn nothing when you use it, as it does all of the work. Also, if you use the adb drivers it provides and you already have adb drivers, you will receive an error that the adb server is out of date.