yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] DK63:
Rafdroid was one of those I tried that didn't work. I did all the procedure regarding formatting the sD card, 2 partitions, both primary, second one 1Gb in size. Copied RafDroid to the root of the first partition (my understanding is the phone uses the second partition as extended memory?) and then installed as directed. Everything goes ok, until I select 'reboot', as after it sits at the 'RafDroid' loading screen, and nothing else happens. I know you have to wait, so I left it for well over 30 mins, still the same. Currently have HyperDroid GBX installed, which appears to be working fine, minus Sense which I would have liked.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lukesan:
Did you use the recovery 400MB ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] DK63:
No. I didn't see it in the 'how to' I was following, so didn't know about it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lukesan:
number 3 in the to follow guide

After the partition are created, you need to flash MAGDLR 1.13 and the 400mb Recovery for MAGDLR that you can find here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=898913 follow the instructions on the thread
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] DK63:
Many thanks to all those that tried (and succeeded) giving me help. I think I finally worked out the problem I had with the failing installs. It appears I managed to somehow create an 8Mb partition at the start of the sD card I was using. This was too small to notice in Windows, I just saw a 7.5Gb sD card, and was able to copy to it with no problems. However, as I've now got HyperDroid GBX running sweetly, I'm going to leave well alone for now. However, once I buy a Sensation, I may well play with other, different builds. (But at £500 for the phone, it will be a while until I save enough! :eek: )
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acsi007:
Rooted with the "check this out even if" thread. Worked fine, found out that gfree doesn't root, but that visionary is what actually roots you when using it for teh second time after gfree turns radio security off. (had su denied in terminal a few times after gfree until I ran visionary and rebooted twice- it finally took)

So a big thanks to everyone.

The question is- at the end of the above thread, it says 0.85 bootloader is not necessary to flash a rom (i'm on royal ginger now so i know that), but that it would help avoid bricks in the future. Meanwhile, on the CM wiki for MT4G, it goes thru the abd rooting method, and it says that bootloader is not recommended.

Now, which is it? I don't want one of these

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1028615

where I read that there's people who flash one rom a single time like royalginger 1.6, then want to goto CM7.02 or vice versa, and that's all it takes to get in some boot loop. Now it might be that they're not wiping everything they should wipe, or wipe once instead of twice (which shouldnt be necessary), but it still makes you wonder.

Should I flash the 085 bootloader? Running fine on RG1.6, but may try CM 7.02 or RG2.0 when it's out of testing...

Thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
The engineering bootloader is not required, but some of us do recommend it. IF you should have something go south you can flash recovery images, sections of the ROM, erase sections of the ROM, clear stuff. It helps if you should run into a problem. Their have been a few threads that people would of bricked their devices if they didn't have it.

The final choice is up to you. But if it were my phone i'd do it. If you are worried about the code you have to punch in to unlock it, just double and triple check it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acsi007:
hmm... what is it specifically that i cant do if i don't flash the engineering bootloader?

my partial answer to my own question is that i cant use fastboot commands thru adb, right? but i dont fully know what the heck fastboot is anyway.

also, what about the pdimg15 thing? is that not possible to flash back to stock with pdimg15 if i dont have the 085 bootloader?

anything else i cant do without H085?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
You cannot flash specific sections of the ROM if something should go south. You cannot flash recovery images via the HBoot, and you cannot flash splash images.

fastboot = hBoot = Engineering Screen.

Basically it what allows you to flash items via the Engineering screen. You cannot mount sections of the ROMs, nor can you clear stuff out if you should so choose.

You can flash the PD15IMG via either recovery image. but it appears that if you use the 3.0.0.5, 3.0.0.6, or the 3.0.2.4 recovery image while trying to flash the PD15IMG (via the HBoot) it will brick your device. So that is not always a fail safe method.

basically the .85 HBoot a BIG tool to help you not brick your device.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acsi007:
thanks so far.. ok, im getting convinced. here's my reference for an eventuality where i'd need to rescue myself from some boot loop and reflash stock

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=924923

so, in continuing to try to understand recoveries and boot screens here, i saw that after step three in the above thread, it says

"Some times at the end it will boot into fastboot rather then hboot. If this happens just scroll to bootloader and boot into it."

but then you wrote "fastboot = hBoot = Engineering Screen."

so why does the guide say "rather"? (indcating "does not equal")

second, you wrote

"You can flash the PD15IMG via either recovery image. but it appears that if you use the 3.0.0.5, 3.0.0.6, or the 3.0.2.4 recovery image while trying to flash the PD15IMG (via the HBoot) it will brick your device. So that is not always a fail safe method."

"either recovery image" -- you're referring to Clockwork Mod recovery and hboot?

And if you've seen that 3005 - 3024 may brick a PD15IMG flash, then what-- you dont go through Clockwork mod screen at all, you boot into hboot instead?

thanks for slogging thru this so i can get to my "aha!" moment....
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
when we are talking about booting into Recovery, or the Engineering screen. Fastboot, hBoot, and Engineering screen are all pretty much one in the same. Just like some people call softdrinks, "pop", "soda", or "coke". It's terminology. the reason for the

"Some times at the end it will boot into fastboot rather then hboot. If this happens just scroll to bootloader and boot into it."

Is even though are in a "bootloader" screen the phone must pick up and recognize that you want to use fastboot. so sometimes, not typical though, you must select the "fastboot option".

Correct there have been several threads popping up that are pointing to people have bricked their devices by flashing the PD15IMG in the Engineering screen but they are using the wrong recovery image. It always said something to the degree of "fail -PU". One guy was able to fix his by flashing the 2.5 recovery image from the Engineering screen then flashing the PD15IMG.

Yes to flash the PD15IMG you need to be in the Engineering Screen. but from reading that other thread you need the 2.5 recovery image to do it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acsi007:
Wow- so I have to get rid of 3024 and flash cwm2545 (or whatever that exact number is) to use the pd15img that's so important to regaining control over a hypothetical borked flash?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
i think we are on two different wave lengths.

one of the first Clockwork recoverys that came out where for 2.2 style ROMs, where store information in an EXT3 format. When Google released 2.3 we needed a new recovery image to flash the EXT4 design that the 2.3 ROMs bring. 3.0.0.5 will only handle 2.2 ROMs 3.0.0.6 and 3.0.2.4 will do both.

The problem lies in the fact that EXT3 and EXT4 ROMs store and handle information differently.

using the recovery image while trying to load the PD15IMG will cause the load to fail.

Now if you have the engineering screen loaded you can manually load the 2.5.1.4 recovery image via the Engineering screen then flash the PD15IMG and all should be good.

But this is only if you need to revert back to 100% stock.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acsi007:
we're not on 2 wavelengths, i'm just talking like an inebriated baby on no sleep!

thanks for the patience you display toward everyone, all the while having a guide which spells all this stuff out...

so the file system rules, and since 2.3's obvious big upgrade was the F/S, it borked previous recoveries.

so i'm on CWM3024, the latest, which i installed via rommanager, and it flashed it, and i nandroid backed up.

so im set for ext3 and ext4 incl pd15img, (which is ext3). right?

also, flashing pd15img- that reverts the bootloader from 085 to 086 again?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmdub:
Um...neidlinger, fastboot and hboot are two totally different things. Keep in mind, I am not picking on you...

Appreciate your enthusiasm, but you are wrong a lot.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
then i'm out....
[Nook Color General] mattdavis523:
I have made a CWR backup of my rooted 1.1 stock rom with all my installed apps. I tried out the new 1.2 update and then tried to restore my backup. Everytime I connect to Wifi I get a message about problem authinticating and having to reflash to stock. How can I get my backup to restore correctly? Wipe data/cache? Won't that take out all my apps? Or am I stuck going back through 1.1 stock, autonooter, install apps/titanium restore?
[Galaxy 3 General] Sushil79:
quake 3 Running Smooth on

Samsung Galaxy Apollo

Download quake 3 Arena from the attachment and install than create

folder on the root of your SD card.

/sdcard/quake3/baseq3

Download All 9 PAK files

below individually and put them to

sdcard/quake3/baseq3

Screenshot:-

watch Video here:-

http://goo.gl/YNyfq

Download PAK FILE:-

pak0.pk3

pak1.pk3

pak2.pk3

pak3.pk3

pak4.pk3

pak5.pk3

pak6.pk3

pak7.pk3

pak8.pk3

http://www.sudroid.com

NOTE: If you are downloading from

your phone browser, Long-Press and hit

"Save Link" instead of tapping on the

link. Then change the extension from .txt to .pk3.
[Galaxy 3 General] Rapier07:
It could be for him..was it so necessary to mock !
[Galaxy 3 General] dilzo:
Do you just download all the files and the apk and just install? because i've done what you said like putting it into baseq3 but all that happens is i install it and theres no open just done.
[Galaxy 3 General] Rapier07:
Comon man maybe he is new to all this..he just wanted to share his finding..let people use and decide whether he is right or wrong..don't be harsh..peace:)
[Galaxy 3 General] Fikul:
omg... downloading ^^
[Galaxy 3 General] neo1691:
does it works for anyone!!!

and hope it is moved to apps sections
[Galaxy 3 General] dilzo:
It works, but you can't move.
[Galaxy 3 General] neo1691:
thats some sentence!!!:D

how to play then??
[Galaxy 3 General] dilzo:
You don't.
[Galaxy 3 General] neo1691:
Cool.. Hope some expert makes it work

Acid lestitious 2.0. Fugumod 2.2
[Galaxy 3 General] jihaa:
Looks awesome
[Galaxy 3 General] V!KR@M:
Wen i start the game, it says 'unable to locate sdcard/quake3/baseq3/pak0.pk3. Plz help. I really want to play this game
[Galaxy 3 General] xxxTarkanxxx:
It work great!!!

I play it with wifi keyboard vety well!!!!
[Galaxy 3 General] V!KR@M:
didn't u get the error which i got?
[Galaxy 3 General] akash.gpta:
I lolled at this :D

anyways,does it really work??
[Galaxy 3 General] akash.gpta:
I lolled at this :D

anyways,does it really work?? ;)

EDIT: sry for the double post, pls mod delete this
[Galaxy 3 General] Rapier07:
One of your pk files is missing.... download tha data and copy it in the correct path..
[Galaxy 3 General] Sushil79:
Its work and moveable download APK and all PAK file from first page and try again
[Galaxy 3 General] Sushil79:
Download all 9 Pak file and put

/sdcard/quake3/baseq3 folder

and download new moveable APK.
[Galaxy 3 General] ckravi72:
Hi, It works but seems very difficult to play because of the screen size and also the navigation.copy all the files to your pc first including the apk file and then copy to your SD card \baseq3 folder and execute the apk file from baseq3 folder itself.
[Galaxy 3 General] V!KR@M:
i downloaded all 9 files frm my mobile. I long pressed on every link and selected save link. After that i have changed the all the extensions from. txt to. Pk3. I have rechecked now again. I am hvng all 9files in the folder which u specified

still same error. I thnk i need pak0.pk3 also. Can any1 provide me?
[Galaxy 3 General] Sushil79:
Pak0.pk3 :- http://goo.gl/7UUno

Check all file on sdcard/quake3/baseq3 folder look like this

1. pak0.Pk3

2. pak1.pk3

3. pak2.Pk3

4. pak3.Pk3

5. Pak4.Pk3

6. Pak5.Pk3

7. pak6.Pk3

8. pak7.Pk3

9. Pak8.Pk3
[Galaxy 3 General] V!KR@M:
After seeing this post it striked my mind. Actually wen i download frm mobile, files names were like this 7Uuno.txt, etc.

I have changed only the extension to. pk3 and tried in the beginning. Now i changed the whole name as pak0.pk3, pak1.pk3, etc. Sushil bro u need to add this info in ur 1st post for the people downloading frm mobile.
[Galaxy 3 General] ckravi72:
Hi if u would have downloaded to your pc and then moved it to your mobile there would be no necessity to rename any file.
[Galaxy 3 General] V!KR@M:
S but there r people like me who wil download it from mobile. So that info must b mentioned in the 1st post.:)
[Galaxy 3 General] ckravi72:
S i did mention in my first post to download from pc ;-)
[Galaxy 3 General] V!KR@M:
I am speaking about the first post of Sushil in the first page. People would obviously see the first post of sushil in the first page not urs 1st post in the 3rd page:)
[Galaxy 3 General] vishnu:
The screenshots look amazing! But does it lag too much?
[Galaxy 3 General] ckravi72:
That post was exclusively replied to you as you were facing problems. I dont know if other people read my post or not :-)
[Galaxy 3 General] V!KR@M:
I dont have pc. So only way of downloading is thru mobile. Anyway thanks for ur reply

peace:)
[Galaxy 3 General] fallensoldier:
why dont you guys download the data from the app instead of trying to put the data in the directory manually, thats what i did when i had it.
[Captivate General] BWolf56:
+1

This must be stickied :cool:

Thanks for writting this up OP!
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
TRusselos 3e fix (clean)

there is another method i modded here it is (the child friendly version)

it is a batch script.

no root needed!!!!

- (disable antivirus for 5 minutes.)

unzip on pc

click the install.bat

follow on screen instructions!

here's the link!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19201431/Files/3e_fix-Unzip-ClickInstall.zip
[Captivate General] KMan94:
Congradu-****ingla-tions!!!!

Now that was easy.
[Captivate General] Dani897:
ill add to op. thank you!
[Captivate General] Dani897:
bump

new details in the op.
[Captivate General] Dani897:
thank you mods for the sticky! i will try to edit it and clean it up a bit more in the near future.

thank you TRusselo for the reference to the mods and bwolf56 for suggesting that it should be stickied!
[Captivate General] BWolf56:
Least I could do, your thread is gold to us :D Less people to which we have to answer the same question about signature failed on froyo 2.2 :rolleyes:
[Captivate General] c-eling:
holy son of a hoar,i just flashed my first rom,many many thanks to everyone here for the great tit-orials,ff 3.0! GPS fixed,super fast,now this is what a cappy was made for :)i
[Captivate General] 98XJ:
very helpful, added to bookmarks.
[Captivate General] MoRedStar:
Thank you so much! I have been searching for this all night! I did not want to use Odin, but I will try one of the other methods suggested here.. many thanks!
[Captivate General] MoRedStar:
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I tried TRusselo's easy method, and it did not work for me. I followed the instructions. I get "system cannot find specified path". I disabled my anti virus as well. Any suggestions are welcomed... thanks again..
[Captivate General] Dani897:
did you root before you tried manually? you will need superoneclickroot if not. make sure you properly change the file system to read write. are you using adb? or working from the phone?

if all else fail you can swap kernels right from the phone in sgskernel flasher(after you have root that is), just download a kernel that is built off kb1 and has cwm baked in
[Captivate General] MoRedStar:
I was working from the phone, without adb because I didn't see that in the OP. I am rooted with superoneclick root already...Where can I find the sgskernel? (I really should have payed closer attention in those programming classes). I apologize for the newbie questions...I have had my Cappy awhile just decided to start modding it.

EDIT: I have the sgs kernel flasher... it dawned on me to check the market.
[Captivate General] MoRedStar:
Dani897 thanks a MILLION! I have it figured out! I am now running Phoenix Ultimate! I am so excited...I truly appreciate it. I am going back to see if you have a donate button to donate to you!
[Captivate General] Dani897:
i dont take money as i dont develope. notice the whole threas is just a collection of links to other threads. i just know where to find the stuff because i have been around here for a while
[Captivate General] MoRedStar:
I see now, thanks again..
[Captivate General] mafo5000:
I wish this was here when i needed it last week! or i probably just didnt see it... took me forever to find a sloution but i found it! I used sgs kernel and flashed speed mod. fixed it perfectly :D
[Captivate General] Rjpover81:
I tried doing the child friendly version,it did not work for me, all went through except temp root,i am rooted,and it wouldnt let new try again what am I doing wrong need help desperately
[Captivate General] OldmanInterwebs:
I haven't tried this yet but expect it's exactly my issue since my phone is only a few weeks old. The update.zip file gave that exact error and I had to use SuperOneClick to root my phone.

After I try this I might get brave enough to load a new fancy rom but we shall see. I'm in no hurry.
[Captivate General] markp99:
Used the install.bat approach described above, but see an ERR:

"E:check_point2: /data//com.samsung.dun is not directory", followed by

"Install default apk-files. finished"

Anything here to be concerned about?

ED03

Rooted

CWM

Thanks for the assist
[Captivate General] fordac:
3e_fix-Unzip-ClickInstall didn't work for me

Same here....I am on the new leaked Gingerbread 2.3.3. :confused:

Is there any other way ???
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
those fixes arent for gingerbread! check the dates...
[Captivate General] rocky8888:
ty 4 this thread.
[Captivate General] pcguy23:
thank you

very helpful info for a new captivate owner that came with froyo and 3e
[Captivate General] pandakh:
heeeey i keep getting an error phone not found or timed out....WHAT DO I DOOO?
[Captivate General] gramme66:
AWESOME! My husband and I have been 2 weeks trying to root our Samsung Captivate 2.2 never knew about this 3e fix.....Worked like a charm.

We have sent you a donation with great pleasure.

Ed (grampnl) & Donna (gramme66)
[Captivate General] maizein:
I did the 3e fix and I'm pretty sure it worked. Before doind the fix, I got:

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E: signature verification failed

Installation aborted

After the 3e fix, everything looks like it's gona install CM7 via Rom Manager, but then I get this:

E:Can't open /cache/update.zip (bad)

Installation aborted

Some people said it's probably because the rom I downloaded is corrupted/incomplete. So I did a did a "Clear Download Cache" on Rom Manager Premium, dowloaded other CM7 builds via Rom Manager and even directly from the CM7 website but no matter what I do, I always get the same error:

E:Can't open /cache/update.zip (bad)

I guess the problem is not the downloads. Any ideas? By the way, the files, when download are named "update-cm-7.1.0-RC-Captivate-signed.zip", not "update.zip". Could that be related to the problem?

I'm on Froyo (Rogers) and that's why I did the 3e fix.

Thx!
[Captivate General] Rickygotskills:
Many thanks to the OP and TRusselo for the info! I was stuck trying to get updated on 3E, and this was a 90 second fix. Many kudos!

All the best,

RH
[Captivate General] rayacer:
+1
[Captivate General] artvandalay22222:
Heres what I did. First, I did the odin 1 click to stock (jf6 I believe)

Then I did the odin one click stock gingerbread.this gave me gingerbread bootloaders.

Them I put the rom I wanted to flash on sd card- in this case continuum 6.2.1)

Then I flashed a kernal with recovery on it via odin WITH AUTO REBOOT UNCHECKED. When odin says pass, pull battery, boot into recovery and flashed afore mentioned rom.

I'm sure theres easier ways, but this worked for me without too much trouble
[Captivate General] artvandalay22222:
Probably could have flashed right to stock gingerbread direct
[Captivate General] immortalm:
The Cognition Kernel with CWM works just fine for KH3 users with the 3e sig verification problem/...

Just flash the attached file using ODIN and phone in Download mode.

(select it in the PDA section and keep the re-partition box UNCHECKED)

EDIT:

Do keep EVERYTHING precious backed up...it seems to cause problems on some phones...as in the CWM gets installed but the phone loses all the data
[Captivate General] neOnduck:
Thank You!

Just what I've been looking for..............Thank you!
[Captivate General] reddaemon16:
I have a problem with your method

I have a problem with the method of TRusselo

"temp root failed! install can not continue.

debugging and check your cable, if possible use original Cable!

also try disabling anti-virus, Norton does not like the root temp file. "

follow all the steps, I've tried several times.

I can do?

:confused:
[Captivate General] Santoshkamnani:
Guys! I need help...I am in great problem. I just wanted to update my captivate froyo to ICS. So, I upgraded to CMW 2.5 without rooting, made a backup and tried to install ICS v.17 but it failed it says 'installation aborted.' Now, even if I restore that package it does restore successfully but after restarting it just stuck on samsung screen. I tried a lot of things like use odin upgrade, used super one click root, 3e recovery mode. Nothing working plz help me.
[Captivate General] Red_81:
To restore from your backup you first have to be back on the ROM that the backup was made on. This assumes you are talking about a nandroid backup.
[Captivate General] Orie88:
Question

Hi,

I have froyo 2.2 3e, and i tried 4 ways rooting this phone and i was unsuccesfull.

I have samsung sgh 879 captivate from AT and T.

I am just trying your way, but it takes about 15 minutes and it stuck in "installing modified recovery" and my phone does not reebot.

Do you have any suggestion?

Thx a lot,

D.L.
[Captivate General] 4-2ndtwin:
Try this... SuperOneClick to get Root.

Or just see TRusselo's Guide in the Q & A forum, if you are just wanting to flash a Developer's Rom. It is a Stickied thread.
[Captivate General] Litatus:
any ideas?

I have froyo 2.2 and the 3e stock recovery.

Also my USB port is not working anymore. I can not charge my phone and nothing happens when I connect it to the computer.

How can I root or install the CWM recovery or the 3e modified in my situation?

THANKS!
[Captivate General] 4-2ndtwin:
^

If ur micro usb port is gone...then u can't get Root or cwm recovery since u r on stock firmware. That is just the facts with the Captivate.

Check out mobiletechvideos.com if u wanna get the port fixed/replaced.
[Captivate General] Rhadu23:
Same problem, but more difficult

ok. here is my problem: i got a Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000 with the usb broken. I'm using bluetooth for file transfer. It's rooted all in there but one: can't install custom recovery. Please help me with this.
[Captivate General] thebulletfromhell:
Mobile Odin can flash kernel I'm pretty sure