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[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
i am a 29 year old engineer with a very good understanding of what needs to be done but can't find simple step by step instructions better than

step 2: Root the phone.

If you are already rooted skip this step. Note that rooting BEFORE using ODIN does not mean you are still rooted.

1. To begin, mount your phone by plugging it in to the computer (you must have the drivers installed in step 1.1)

2. Go to the root file in the downloaded folder. It is called root.zip. Drag it onto your phone's root directory.

3. Rename the root file to update.zip and then turn your phone off.

4. Unplug your phone and hold down both volume buttons and the power button until a strange menu with blue items pops up. This is called the recovery menu.

5. Use the volume keys to scroll to 'reinstall packages' and press the power button to select. When it is done you will be rooted and then you can just scroll to the restart phone menu item.

step one tells me that i have to be rooted to get the drivers. what do i do with the drivers after downloading them from where ever the come from, just leave on the computer and ignore them, shouldn't i already have these drivers if i haven't done anything to my phone. i just want a simple set of instructions that includes all this stuff that needs to be first hand!!!
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
so... i downloaded the drivers from step 1.1 and it has a lot of stuff in it but i am having trouble locating the "root file in downloaded folder called root.zip"
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
where is the root directory on my phone?? i plugged it in and nothing is labled root directory??
[Captivate General] andyondroid:
The guide you are following has clear instructions on how to install a custom rom, which at some point includes rooting, however you seem to be skipping ahead and ignoring a lot of information for the sake of trying root first, which this guide was not specifically written for. Firstly, you appear to have skipped over the 'downloads' section in that guide which has links to all the things you've been confused and asking about, including drivers, and 'the root file'. Re-read the guide without skipping sections and you'll find it.

If you want to root first before following that guide in order to use titanium backup, then as its been mentioned, use superoneclick. Install the requirement of '.net framework' if you don't have it by googling for it. Then follow the instructions in the superoneclick thread to root the phone.

You should have a clear understanding of what you're doing to your phone, so i suggest you continue to read through the forums to have a better understanding of what's going on with those steps, otherwise you risk making your phone unusable.

If people are ignoring or criticizing you here, its because its strongly encouraged that people do their own research before asking questions, because its likely your questions have been asked and answered countless times before.
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
i have finally gotten someone to help with me with this issue!!!! so here is my new problem..... i downloaded the root.zip, i drug it to my phones directory and renamed "update"(i tried "update.zip" and it couldn't locate it), then i shut the phone off, waited for it to disconnect itself from the computer, unplugged it from the computer, and then held down both volume buttons and hit the power button to restart in recovery mode, used volume buttons to go to "reinstall packages" and it fails evreytime. what else should i do/what am i missing??
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
i have been researching since march and about 2 weeks ago is when i decided to take the plunge to rooting, been searching and searching all over this site, just created this account last night because i've spent countless hours searching and hit a point when i was ready to ask. as far as the instructions.... i was refereed to them by a developer for this site and i have downloaded EVERYTHING in that downloads list even ClockWorkMod(which i have no use for)
[Captivate General] andyondroid:
The root.zip should be renamed update.zip, but besides that, what you're missing is that the guide has you restore to stock firmware (2.1) before rooting. I'm going to make some assumptions here. I'll assume you've skipped step 1 of the guide, and i'll assume you're running 2.2. That rooting method does not work on 2.2 afaik. Like i said, don't skip steps.

In order to root and install titanium backup, use superonclick like i said before. Then after you've backed up your apps, follow the guide over again from step 1.

I could give you a bunch of other steps that don't follow the guide, but in order to keep things simple you should root with superoneclick, install titanium backup, backup, then follow the 'how to flash a custom rom' guide from step 1.
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
so...there is no root for 2.2? sorry, i've been looking and this is the closest thing that i've found. if there isn't a root for 2.2 then i'll wait until there is, it seems WAY easier to wait then to go back to 2.1
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
holy fail. wtf?

you are an engineer but you dont know how to do a simple search on google?

dude, calm the hell down, you post more in the thread than anyone can keep up with.

THERE IS A FREAKING VIDEO IN THE SUPERONECLICK THREAD (in the first post nonetheless) that EXPLAINS HOW TO FREAKING DO THE WHOLE DAMN THING!!!

jesus, this is just lazy. by you offering to pay someone 200 bucks to root, sounds like you are just trolling us.

if you are trolling, please go away. if you really are this dumb to not be able to follow basic directions that are already posted, you shouldnt be doing anything to your phone.
[Captivate General] andyondroid:
superoneclick will root 2.2..
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
give up. he is not interested in learning how to do anything on his own. there obviously isnt a way to root 2.2

/sarcasm
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
HA i searched this site with keywords "superoneclick samsung captivate" and this was the first posting......still not finding "how to use superoneclick on samsung captivate".......not trolling seriously wanting to root my phone and its easier to pay someone to do it because 2 weeks of researching and still not finding the simple info is irritating.....would you like to make $200 and root my phone for me??
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
also i'm using windows xp w/o .net framework!!!! so how can i get superoneclick to work???
[Captivate General] andyondroid:
that was actually my final post. but yeah, wasn't planning on holding anyone's hand. the guide is pretty clear and instructions are just being repeated at this point.
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
uhhh....go to fkn microsoft.com and install .net framework??

seriously....google
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
rude a$$ people, just keep your remarks to your self unless you want to be useful.......downloaded and installed superoneclick, did what it wanted me to do, installed busybox, ran and passed SU test, unplugged and rebooted phone, what else should i do now? no snide comments please, i am fully curious and interested in doing this properly
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
i installed terminal app on my phone, typed in SU <enter>, it propted a "#", at that sign i typed in "cd /data/app-private", it came up with an error....doesn't that mean that it's not rooted?? where did i mess up?? i followed superoneclick and that said that the root was successful!!
[Captivate General] jmtheiss:
The terminal emulator won't tell you if you're rooted or not, because that's just an emulator.

You should have an app on your phone now called "Superuser". If that comes up, and says that you are rooted, congratulations. You're rooted. :D

If you have any more questions, just post them up, and we'll do what we can to help.
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
congratulations. now install titanium backup and see if it works. if it does, then you are rooted......now really, was it that hard??? i mean for pete's sake, you spent more time ranting on and on about nobody helping hours after people told you what you needed.

its hard to help someone that wont help themselves....
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
its harder when the steps on this forum leave out a few little things that make what i'm reading confusing....the android forum was WAY better AND clearer about what needed to be done.....thanks for the no help at all and i would suggest that people use the android forum over this one ANY day!!!! instead of just saying ""SUPERONECLICK"" it actully listed out other things that needed to be done BEFORE superoneclick........get upset with yourselves for not being clear and precise with your directions!!!
[Captivate General] hatchetly_wikked:
now i'm off to the EASIER part....flashing Cognition!!!!
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
why?

because you failed to comprehend the pre-requisites for superoneclick?

.net framework isnt something new, and its not something specific for that application. there are MILLIONS of desktop and web applications that require .net framework.

if you need someone to lay it out step by step, then android isnt for you. you have to take initiative to help educate YOURSELF on what some of the terminology means. all the info is already here. its not our fault that you cant follow COMMON SENSE and try and figure something out.

you know what i would have done if someone pointed me to that application?

i would have downloaded it, tried to run it, if i got any errors, i would have tried to figure out what that error was caused by and fix it until i got the procedure down.

perhaps you need to look at yourself and figure out why you require EVERYTHING be handed to you on a silver platter. do you think that you are that special? do you have a hard time comprehending simple problems? you might want to consider that out of the thousands upon thousands of people that root and rom their captivates every day and have been doing so for nearly a year, you are the only one making demands of us, the people that give up our free time to help people help themselves.

this community is made up of volunteers. if you dont like what you see, leave.
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
LOL...you didnt even need to root for that. but whatever
[Captivate General] Superalpaca:
Just a little irony:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=919816

*cough*

Suddenly it seems so obvious why people are "acting like dicks" to somebody that has "searched the forum for days".
[Captivate General] nsxalwayz:
i don't know about other noobs, but it only took me 2-3 days of reading and searching to find out how to root and unlock my phone. it isn't that hard people.... there are a bunch of threads that are stickied that will lead you to how-to threads! must say... one of the best forums out there with the wealth of information here!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jorgemvo:
This is my first post, hope you can understand what happens to my phone (SE X10 mini pro - U20i).

When I connect it to my wall charger, it starts charging normally, no problem. If I charge it overnight, what it is supposed to happen is that it charges to 100%, then it stops automatically the charging process, "waits" untill the battery drops a given percentage, not sure how much, and then charges again, and repeats this process until I disconect the phone. This is the normal process, and usually does this.

But some times, what it does is charging to 100%, stops charging and it remains in the 100%!!! Never drops, and it discharges the battery much more rapidly!! I have System Pannel, and when this happens I see that the processor is allways in the 10%, which is not usual in standby... and as the battery is discharging, the % doenst change, still shows 100%, when it is maybe in the 3800 mV. When I disconnect my phone, the % starts decreasing rapidly, as if it was trying to "compensate", ah in maybe 30/60 minutes reaches 50%... This is not normal, and I think it is some process that stops associating the % of the battery with the voltage.

Ever heard of something like this...? My phone is temporarily rooted with Z4mod, with stock firmware. 2.1
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] s0ftcorn:
try this:

install xrecovery

make sure your battery is at 100% (let it charge over night)

go into xrecovery (press back while the SE logo appears while booting)

go to "advanced options"

delete battery stats

and drain your battery till your device turns off, doesnt matter how ;)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jorgemvo:
No go. Doesn't solve it... Going to try to charge it tonight with the background data option turned on. Have it turned off to save battery. Probably won't solve it, but it doesn't hurt to try.

This weekend I've charged it WHILE turned off, during the night. Got it off the charger, symbol in screen appeared with full charge, turned it on, it immediatly shown 18% battery left... This is really weird. Can it have anything to do with not using the original charger? I'm using the original as a travel charger, in my bag, in case I need it at work, and at home I use a Nokia charger, with an output of 890 mA, and with the adapter to microUSB (which actually gets very hot). Do you think it can have anything to do with this issue?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] charlles765:
Turn off data traffic and "sync now", you will save battery.

With data traffic and sync on, my phone last just one day ( about 24h ).

With it off, It last about 2 ~ 3 days.

Result: I just turn it on, when is needed.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] samanvai:
try turning off data traffic and as ur phone is rooted use SetCpu and auto killer memory optimiser....nd never over charge ur phone....charge it only when the battery is <10% and charge it until it gets completely charged....nd as soon it gets charged disconnect it.....nd set the SetCpu to ondemand and auto killer to optimum...see if that works for u..:-)

lso get ur battery checkd if thats ok...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x10i Grant:
Hey, So i hate the fact that when i set my wallpaper i need to crop it. Is their a way to get around this so it can just be the original size ?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vysak:
wow.. none has answered it till now?? its pretty simply man.. when that cropping box appears just touch and drag any of its corner and you can inscrease the size of the crop..

..but the aspect ratio cannot be changed..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x10i Grant:
Yeahh i know that you drag the box.... sorry i explained it wrong, i ment the aspect ratio :/
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eugene1991:
I hate that problem too even resizing on windows to 960x800 makes it look bad on the phone.. Maybe it's due to the 65k colour screen?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaisan1:
lol.. buddy.. you arrent on windows mobile or ios. you are on android.. and that means you can do whatever you want.. i've attached an application.. install it.. and youre ready to go..

enjoy.!:D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rykoshet:
Looking forward to this...hope it makes panoramic pics like I want :)

IT WORKS!!!! I was so excited to have a beautiful panoramic picture as my wallpaper...and now I can! Scrolls all the way from one end to the other!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaisan1:
Glad it helped.. :)
[Droid X General] tgrantjr:
I have been looking all over the internet to try and figure out what files i need to download. I have my x rooted and am tired of waiting for big red to release the ota update. I believe there are 3 different versions of the leak out there. Does anyone know which version is the newest? Im a little confused. thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] escort82:
So the strangest thing started to happen..ma battery status on home screen went gray with warning sign??!?! What does that mean?i turned of the phone turn on again and it's normal green color and than after i while again turns to gray with warning..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] escort82:
Anyone?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reaper7881:
Install battery calibrator and check the health of the battery %
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] escort82:
The problem is that my phone isn't rooted so i cant use any battery calibration app..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] escort82:
In the phone is original battery..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reaper7881:
U don't need to be rooted. Its just reading the life of the battery
[HD2 Android NAND Development] iconata:
All thanks to XDA User Football.

It's the release version, so it should be way better than the Kingdom base.

http://www.multiupload.com/JA5Q481LJZ

BIG thanks to user Diamondback2010 from the DHD forums for uploading & posting the mirror!

devs.. do your magic ;)

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FLASH IT DIRECTLY TO YOUR HD2!!! I'M NOT SURE IF IT WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE, BUT IT WON'T INSTALL FOR SURE!!! THE IDEA BEHIND THIS THREAD IS TO PUT THE DEVS ON NOTICE THAT AN OFFICIAL ROM IS AVAILABLE!!!
[HD2 General] hdalto:
i have htc hd2 512 mb french orange rom inside. before a while i try to install costum roms and its pass good i try some roms and evrithing past good until i try w7 rom for hd 2 i note my sd card with this rom make problems so i try and see its just waisting of time and i quit i remove hspl and magloder flash my mobile with stock rome orange via sd card

and now i have huge problem when i boot telephone for meni time its vibre and it stock on htc logo on start up i try flash it from sd again again sometime it boot some time it freeze as i see i have problem with booting i try to run task 29 boot not sucses

please help im reading treads but no sucses any idea ????

thank you
[HD2 General] hdalto:
i put htc hd2 in frigo

and after 10 minutes cooling i reflashe and it boot. and while its on no problem but when i try to off and on its make problems on boot freezing on start up and vibrating for few times and i cant boot remove batery wait a while and boot again. is someone now what is problem am i brick my phone. i try task 29 its not help also hard reset but still problems on booting.

thanks for reponse
[HD2 General] hdalto:
please help. more information how its posible one time enter in boot loader its show spl 1.42 second time enter its show 3.03

its stack and vibrating is there solution im one step from breaking it

please help
[HD2 General] hdalto:
thank you for ansvers.
[HD2 General] connexion2005:
This shows full signs for a faulty on board NAND chip. The main board will need to be replaced. I see this issue very often as I fix a ton of HD2's.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audino:
Hi,

which one is the latest speedmod with oc?

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audino:
? Any link?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] gs980:
Hello everyone,

I just got my new 10.1v and was wandering where I could find an hdmi adopter.

Is there a docking station with hdmi out or something?

Thanks a lot
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] seraphimserapis:
I think we'll have to wait for the 10.1 and have to hope that the accesoires are compatible
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] RaindancerAU:
All of the cables from the original Galaxy Tab work with the 10.1v (according to a Samsung rep in Australia), including the composite video out. Hopefully this means the cables for the 10.1 will work with the 10.1v too.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] gs980:
thanks guys,

probably stupid question, but do you know when these cables will be available for the 'original' tab?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] Chandelure:
You mean the 7"?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] RaindancerAU:
I think they are already available and have been for some time.

Anyway, it looks like an HDMI adaptor for the 10.1 is on its way:

http://samsung.mobilefulfilment.com...ct.aspx?ProductVariantId=FC276A98D9D5458B820F

I would bet these work fine with the 10.1v - though until they are released, we won't know for sure.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] NZtechfreak:
Will the 30 pin one from the Galaxy Tab 7 work?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] NZtechfreak:
Just got my Tab 7 inch HDMI dock in the post today - can confirm it works with the I/O 10.1 Tab :)

...there is already a youtube video from someone else showing this working, so search there if my good word is not enough for you!

Was just playing some Mario Kart 64 with my Datel Retro Wireless controller on my 42 inch television. Nice!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] yeche:
Galaxy TAB 10.1 HDMI

Hi

Do you need to do any setup?

I have connect the HDMI connector for 10.1 to my tablet and connect the HDMI to my TV and could not see any signal

Any idea?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] psedir:
You have to plug the usb/ac cable to the adapter and power source to work. Just the adapter and HDMI cable doesn't work.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] kordellas:
I missed you. Can you be more specific ?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x10i Grant:
Hey, So i want my phone to vibrate with every touch of the screen. I've been told to turn on Accessibility but when i got into it from settings its un-selectable... How do i turn it on? This is probably a really noob question :(
[Galaxy S II General] Gilg@mesh:
Hello

Just noticed that the music turns off and I have to manually turn it on after taking pictures .. this is very annoying, any solution to that. Im using PowerAMP.
[Galaxy S II General] pulser_g2:
Yeah. I'm working on fixing it :) Any testers who use IRC and wanna hang around in #villainrom might get some APKs thrown at them :)
[Galaxy S II General] Gilg@mesh:
Great! Im at work atm so I cant test anything sorry
[Wildfire General] Popples:
Can someone explain me why the contacts do not synchronize anymore with Facebook? In fact, they don't change the status updates or photos profile of my friends when they're changed in their FB profile :(

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] deanr1977:
Hi can anyone help me with this problem? i am using a HTC Desire Hd phone & am trying to add a android_audio.zip to my boot animation but what ever i do i cant find a way of doing it? I add boot animations via Root Explorer & then dropping the file in my phone like this ( system/media/bootanimation.zip )& that is easyly enough done but i would like to add a sound with the animation.

I have been looking on the forums & only found ways of doing it via SDK on my PC but i would like to find an easyer way because i cant seem to sync properly & for some reason the CMD wont let me type, i also have the correct drivers installed but i must be doing something wrong there but i cant figure out what? Anyway i found a way of using a program for changing the boot & sound with terminal on my phone & it sounded great & easy but it was only for use with a Vision phone & not for the Desire HD, this is the link for that Vision sound/boot changer & does anyone know if there is a Desire HD version of this? Custom boot sound link http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/18910-mod-enable-custom-boot-sounds/

So does anyone know a way to change that is an easy & safe method? :confused:

Please help if you do, & thankyou in advance

Dean
[General Questions and Answers] Dandavadel:
Do a search before asking

look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1364636

or here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1420991
[Xperia Play General] kenshindono:
Gingerbreak seems to be the only solution to be able to enjoy the Root without unlocking bootloader and modifying the phone. I know for sure that people who used the unlock are now unable to install the update from Sony Ericcson and will risk a brick of their Play if they do.

With ICS coming and announced i strongly advice people to keep their bootloader locked :rolleyes:
[Xperia Play General] Deleted member 2488575:
No rooting wont brick it even when an update comes. What does brick it is the removal of some apps after rooting.

Can some tell me if I am correct? I'm 95% sure that is the case.

I also think you can unroot if you want.
[Xperia Play General] awoken:
Whats ICS ?
[Xperia Play General] Deleted member 2488575:
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andwich its the next version of Android.