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[Captivate General] daveyian:
I was able to flash from the "phone ! pc" screen (kinda) May be useful for bricks?

If this post proves to be useful and would serve better in another section then please move it.

Yesterday (June.09.2011) I got a refurb replacement for my Captivate, it was actually a new phone though and as far as I can read it's an 1105 build.

It came with Froyo 2.2 and no software updates from AT$T were available when I checked from the phone.

GPS didn't seem to do so well according to My Tracks recording a 22 mile motorcycle trip home.

I was going to try Cognition (Froyo based)

I was able to use the buttons on the phone to get into recovery 3e but it checks for signatures and I couldn't figure out how to root the phone and replace recovery.

I would have used one click root from my pc but I didn't have the proper windows drivers (net framework?)

I decided to flash Odin one click to stock (Eclair 2.1)

I also have the Odin stock 2.1 with 3 button fix that I had used on my other refurb captivate successfully.

This is where things went bad for me.

I used the 3 button fix version of Odin (I don't know if my result would have been different if I had used One click Odin instead and I'd like to know for later)

After the flash the phone would only boot to the phone ! pc screen no matter how many different button, battery, power button, usb cable, jig combinations I tried (Yes I have a jig)

Anyways, I had Odin one click (not the three button fix version) open and even though I only ever saw the ! screen on the phone I noticed that Odin was showing the device connecting and disconnecting when I pulled the usb cable.

What the hell, I thought I was bricked anyways so I hit Start. The phone showed a progress bar that mirrored what Odin was showing me, right below the ! icons on the phone.

After that I was able to use the jig to enter download mode, I tried both Odin (stock 2.1) versions I had and they ran the flash but the phone boot looped when I tried to start it up.

I then tried the method to update the bootloaders and move onto Gingerbread and I was successful, Running Serendipity VII now (Thanks MikeyMike01, ChanceM)

It was a nerve racking experience and I'm nervous if I decide to try to go back to Froyo again.

Maybe this info isn't new, maybe it's helpful. I may summarize later.

Any thoughts or tips to get back to Froyo if I want to later?
[Captivate General] studacris:
not weird at all.

here's what happened:the phone...!...pc screen just signifies that a flash was incomplete, the first flash with the 3 button fixed failed before it ever loaded any firmware, therefor the image for when download mode is initiated was missing, all that is is a .png. since it was missing the incomplete flash screen was the only thing there for it to call upon when DL mode was started.

odin one click bootlooped you cause it just does that to new phones...to get back to stock bootloaders use odin one click then use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=995143... or just use that and go back to stock eclair with the GB bootloaders. DO NOT FLASH THE 3 BUTTON FIX PACKAGE WITH GB BOOTLOADERS THAT WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
[Captivate General] daveyian:
Thanks for the explanation!
[Captivate General] AdamOutler:
Is there a reason they don't just include the intended PBL with that SBL for the 3 button fix? it would solve all the problems... I'll go figure this one out.
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
they dont have the PBL file. all they have had is the SBL
[Captivate General] nybmx:
A similar thing happened to me on my replacement. It came with stock 2.2 and when I tried to use Odin one click it failed. I pulled the plug and after that nothing was getting me into download mode. No button combinations or jig worked. When I was trying more combinations I had left odin open and realized it was showing as connected even though I was only getting the phone ! pc screen. So just like you I figured what the hell and went for it. 2 minutes later I was at stock 2.1.
[Captivate General] daveyian:
What build number on yours?

I'm still having problems, post to follow...
[Captivate General] daveyian:
I just tried to go back to Froyo from Gingerbread.

I followed the instructions linked to in this thread (thanks) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=995143...

The following 4 flashes just left me in a boot loop but I was able to use my jig to get into d/l mode each time.

I did get a random Odin 3 v1.3 from the net that had GT-P1000 instead of i897 or i9000 on it's title when run. I don't think it was the issue though since OneClickDownloader also failed the same way for me.

Odin 3 v1.3 JF6 Secure

Odin 3 v1.0 OneClickDownloader

Odin 3 v1.3 JF6 Secure

Odin 3 v1.7 JF6 Secure (This Odin came with the Gingerbread installation package I got from Cezar/icezar1 (I think)

Now I am running a fever and I'm generally slow but I think I'm following your suggestions.

edit; I wrote 1.2, I meant 1.3
[Captivate General] AdamOutler:
God damnit.... NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER flash a PBL without a matching SBL.... This is the cause of bricking for 90% of captivates.
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
yep. but the sbl was all that was needed when that package was created months and months ago. we didnt have any need to worry about pbls at that time...then 2.3 came along
[Captivate General] daveyian:
DG said somewhere that Gingerbread (2.3) bootloaders are backward compatible with Froyo (2.2) ROMs.

Apparently this is not true with CM7 ROM (I dunno)

Can I keep my Gingerbread bootloaders and safely flash a Froyo ROM such as Cognition? (will it work?)
[Captivate General] leezrd:
Well I know 4.5 and above for cognition doesn't have boatloaders in it. You might want to unzip roms and check for bootloaders just to be safe.
[Captivate General] boog:
It will work. I am running firefly 3.0 at the moment, on GB bootloaders. I have not tried cyanogen yet. I'm sure eventually all the little bugs will get worked out of gingerbread, and I'll be back on it.
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
wow i posted about this MONTHS ago....

heres the link.....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=988927&highlight=flash+from+soft+brick
[Captivate General] NascarFastcar:
I got that phone ! pc last night while trying to odin back to 2.1 from stock. Odin didnt make any progress for 10 mins and I removed battery. Thought I was screwed. Removed the usb and pulled the bat. Opened odin and plugged it back in and the same screen came right up. Just held down the volume keys and power button till the screen flashed once and noticed odin recognized the com port. Then tried odin again and it worked fine... even displayed the little blue progress bar on that screen lol.
[Captivate General] nybmx:
A refurb 1008
[Captivate General] jerkysh:
true story!

happened to me 2!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xstyle:
Hey WP7 users ! :D

Tomorrow I wil join you ^^ (finnaly)

I've checked the threads about hacking and stuff but one thing is unclear. Putting homebrew on the phone happens with Sideloading if I'm right ? Does this mean that it just puts the app on the phone temporarily ? Or just for evahhhhhh and evaahh xD.

Well hopefully I will get my Lg Optimus 7 tomorrow !
[G Tablet General] whabadoo:
I have loaded and reloaded many ROMs and always end up in a boot loop. I can get the ROM loaded and fully configure the device but eventually I will find myself in a boot loop after a reboot. I did load and use Vagan 5.1 for a long time but decided to try try Gingeredition. Yes I have restored to factory using NVflash everytime.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Sounds like a conflict between a 1.1 and 1.2 to me.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neofury212:
Well I got the dreaded deadspot on my screen :( would flashing CM7 and a new gapp help?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianoob:
I'm pretty sure mine was hardware related since I was bouncing around ROMs, but it can't hurt to check
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neofury212:
You are correct, was hardware related. I did a screen swap from another eris and was able to proves this point....not worth 50 bucks to fix.-AT
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gillesguinet:
im writing a rom and i cant figure out how to incorporate the website for the stock browser to go to instead of google.com..

ive been asking around here with no reply and im kind of desperate for help..

thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lttldvl:
Would that involve changing the default bookmark to your site?

I haven't created my own rom yet, so I don't know the ins and outs of them.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gillesguinet:
yes it most likely does but then again i cant find those bookmarks to change em.
[Atrix 4G General] darknessrise1234:
I currently have an HTC aria and am looking to make a huge upgrade. But which would be a better option?
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
I have the Atrix, my wife has the Inspire. Definitely the Atrix unless you just want a big screen. She loves her Inspire, but the Atrix beats it hands down imo.

Beamed in from WinBorg 4G via XDA Premium app
[Atrix 4G General] RootTheNoob:
The Inspire has better roms IMHO and I love the way it moves and acts when it comes to program and it's OS/Sense when it comes to the home screen and applications, I had a choice to either get the Atrix or the Inspire and I purchased the Inspire.
[Atrix 4G General] zerv:
Yeah I'm looking at the kind of the same thing. I have the aria and want to upgrade next month but I was more looking at the Atrix and Infuse. My friend went through all three of these phones as they came out and says the Infuse is the way to go. Still kind of on the fence on what way I may go. Leaning toward the Infuse but still have a month to decide unless something else comes out.
[Atrix 4G General] jimmer411:
Get the infuse.
[Atrix 4G General] ethantarheels123:
Well, the infuse's screen is kind of overkill: no way you need 4.5 inches. your hands are gonna get sore after a while. The inspire's cpu, although less ghz, has better clock for clock performance and is better than the hummingbird in the infuse. The atrix, which i have right now, imho, is the best of the three. 4 inches is the sweet spot between comfort and screen real estate. not to mention it's dual core so it's more future proof. one downside is that it slightly overheats at the lower portion of the phone, but using a case can easily remedy that.

hope i helped :)
[Atrix 4G General] rjayflo:
Atrix
[Atrix 4G General] darknessrise1234:
Well I've been leaning toward the atrix due to me using my phone like a computer. But the inspire caught my eeye first because of sense.
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
My wife's Inspire is good, smooth, but i tell you what, when they are side by side the Inspire screen is very grainy compared to the Atrix. She loves it, but she doesn't want to mod where I do. Atrix is definitely the geekier of the two.

Beamed in from WinBorg 4G via XDA Premium app
[Atrix 4G General] darknessrise1234:
Yeah it's got the beautiful qHD screen and dual core. Oh yes that dual core. I basically use my phone as a laptop, but for not as serious tasks and that'll help a huge deal. I've heard that blur makes it painfully slow, but the current roms it has helps a lot? Any feedback?
[Atrix 4G General] rboone18:
Well I have both Atrix and Inspire for me. I use inspire more only because I get bored and want to rom it to something new all the time. With atrix, I always use different launchers. I think inspire screen looks better then atrix. Atrix I got better battery life but not as good as everyone else.

-illusion
[Atrix 4G General] MassMurderer25:
Dump at&ampt T and go to sprint or Tmobile. At&t is the worst company customer service wise and there super root unfriendly.
[Atrix 4G General] darknessrise1234:
I can't go to any other company besides US Cellular because we're in the **** stain of my state. (Sorry for the languageXD) Verizon is roaming and doesn't work half the time.
[Atrix 4G General] OSNPA:
My wife has the Inspire, she likes it because she wants it to work without messing with it. Sense is way better than Blur. You can change out the operating system at will with the Inspire, so that's an advantage at the moment, but with bootloader bypass on the horizon, I am very happy with my choice. Once an updated Ubuntu can be loaded in webtop, dayum!
[Atrix 4G General] darknessrise1234:
Yeah that would be very nice if I ever got the webtop. I doubt I will, but I need a future proof phone so I don't have to get a phone every 6 months T.T
[Atrix 4G General] Tikerz:
I made that choice today and went with the Atrix. I went into the store intent on getting the Inspire for $29.99, but the guy said that he'd give me the Atrix for $49.99. I wanted the Inspire to play with different ROMs, but decided to go with the Atrix to try something new, never had a Moto phone before. I'm interested to see what the Gingerbread update will do to performance. It's pretty nice for the hour that I've played with it so far.
[Atrix 4G General] darknessrise1234:
Yeah, I've heard that it's pretty sluggish because of Froyo. Atleast it's not Eclair, right? xD But I think I'ma be dead set on the Atrix because I need the raw power.
[Atrix 4G General] jimmer411:
Atleast you didn't pay $200. My father in laws aria is smoother and more responsive than my atrix.
[Atrix 4G General] darknessrise1234:
That's crazy. My phone has to be on cm!
[Atrix 4G General] caverhuff@gmail.com:
I decided on the inspire over the infuse and atrix. If I was buying a phone for my mom or daughter I would get the infuse if they wanted a big display and atrix if they wanted a not so big display. I need 100% freedom with my phone. The other two have a better battery life and a better screen and speaker. I had to download and flash 8 different roms before I found one that gave me EVERYTHING i wanted. The inspire has way more options. I downloaded 90gb last month through my phone onto my pc. I doubt I would have on my atrix or infuse. I played with the atrix and inspire for 1 hr each but ive never messed with the infuse.
[General Questions and Answers] umar.techboy:
Hi!

After searching the forum, it comes up with no info on what i need to know.

HTC touch diamond have resources like GSM, GPS, G-Sensor, 528 MHz Clock and a big block of RAM.

Microcontrollers have resources like, 2 to 4 8-Bit, input, output registers,using which, i can nearly make any control device. but they are difficult to be interfaced with LCD displays, GPS IC's etc.

What exactly i;m trying to do is, give and take orders between these two devices. I can't buy another windows phone because that will cease my project budgets :p

So, please tell me a way to make Diamond, a serial port equipped device, Not all the pins of port are necessary, like in PC, just RxByte, TxByte and gnd are importent.

I've read about bluetooth Serial adapters, but em not sure, they will do the job for me.

What i'm trying to do is, communicate b/w an HTC touch Diamond and microcontroller, like, ATMEGA16. The only medium of transfer is RS232 protocol, USART. But, i don't know whether diamond can do so or not. I can write codes in C# for my diamond and on the other hand, have a good skill on Microcontroller programing.

So, both cities at the sides of river are ready to be populated, just their llinking bridge is missing.

Help me, please !
[Wildfire Android Development] anonimo95:
It takes about 10 minutes to the first start. Is recommended to wipe sd-card, or delete this folders: ANDROID, LOST DIR,ANDROID SECURE.

​

Change log:

V7.1 pain ass:

framework mod

added 2 themes (theme choser)

more apps

kernel mod overclock (768)

added some wallpapers

​

How to install it??

​

Go into recovery

wipe all -->install update and just reboot !

(optional, if you want 150mb free memory on the phone)

after reboot, go into terminal and type:

$ su

# a2sd cachesd u enter

it will reboot and we'll have 150 free memory

Credits to ruymanca, I only translated this

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.wuala.com/ruymanca/roms%20wildfire/Ruymanca%20V-7.1%20Pain%20ass.zip/​

https://twitter.com/Ruymanca​
[Wildfire Android Development] makaaaa:
Anyone tested this rom?
[Wildfire Android Development] mysql2779:
Download in progress.. gonna try this out..!!!
[Wildfire Android Development] vadella:
Almost there is no any changes between V7.0 to V7.1

I think there is no reason to upgrade to v7.1.

Except of some apps like Viber and Appstore reminder,everything is same.

BTW many "Force Close" during first installation of the ROM unlike in V7.0

So going to restore back V7.0.
[Wildfire Android Development] anonimo95:
Did you upgrade from 7.0 or you did all wipes and new installation of the rom???

Enviado desde mi HTC Wildfire usando Tapatalk
[Wildfire Android Development] Z3US911:
everything works fine in this ROM..????
[Wildfire Android Development] anonimo95:
yes :cool:
[Wildfire Android Development] windywoo:
I downloaded this around the time I downloaded the new Joker ROM. After I've finished testing Joker I'll have a go at this.
[Wildfire Android Development] vadella:
I did fresh installation.
[Wildfire Android Development] anonimo95:
ok, ruymanca says on his twitter that is recommended to wipe sd, but i don't know exactly, because as i said before , im not the creator of the rom
[Wildfire Android Development] ViperHTC:
Thanks for you work, man.

But power consumption is too hight. LuncherPro crashes permanently. Few other services crashes too but not so often.

But ROM is nice, I gonna try next release.
[Wildfire Android Development] anonimo95:
ok, but as I said before, this is not my rom ,I only translated this from spanish to english..
[Wildfire Android Development] badanas:
It looks nice !!!

To stable this rom please clock at 691 and not 768

Thanks
[Wildfire Android Development] Gomo:
Wow major thumbs up for the translation!! dude this rom is awesome, running very smooth on both my htc wildfires! I think it's running even faster then CM7.. I notice though there are only 3 home screens compared to 7 or more that CM7 have.. this might be an advantage as to speedup??

I hardly use home screen so this is perfect for me! :D Seems to be running perfectly fine with wipe cache / reset factory settings etc,

I just deleted those few selected folders on the SD Card, took the usual 5 or so minutes first boot but now it's zippy as!! Give it a try guys! top effort to those responsible for the dev work!

Oh and bonus it even comes with the CM7 Torch my fav! :D

Also! on that note of bonus.. seems the speaker volume is MUCH louder.. I got a fright when I got an email notification haha .. was set to some real loud noise lol.. :)

http://youtu.be/97L4PhKZdFA
[Wildfire Android Development] rahulkrathod:
had a few force closes.. but not launcher pro.

Moved dalvik. feels OK now.

But one problem is the sound from the loud speaker.

Its louder than what the tiny speaker can even handle.. its very shrill and not pleasant. Had to lower the treble to ground in dsp manager to bring it to okay.

Hope this is just some config changes. Pls change if possible.

earlier version of this ROM (6.1?) had an amayzing battery life. This one too feels good so far. 5 hours and at 99 now. will update on battery life later.

Thanks for the ROM :)
[Wildfire Android Development] JaegerStriker:
brilliant ROM no problems, no force closes, running perfect, speaker nice and loud i can now hear my phone going off :D
[Wildfire Android Development] Karting06:
I have never seen it, I will test it :)
[Wildfire Android Development] spudata:
Does anyone know how to disable the unbelievably loud speaker volume on this ROM?
[Wildfire Android Development] lo2ay:
Is this rom dead ??

I really like the sound volume but will it damage the speaker ??

Sent from my still alive, ICS capable HTC Wildfire.
[Wildfire Android Development] spudata:
It might do, I managed to put it back to stock volume just in case. Quite like the rom though, nice and quick.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] idle0095:
Were do I find city id for thunderbolt running gingerbread leak?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] dirtyfingers:
This is not the official city Id app, but it is a free app that works the same way. Try if you like... http://db.tt/u6wWNQz
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] idle0095:
i tired that app and it dont work at all. it wont even do the test call.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] idle0095:
Bump bump .
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Richardbsweeny:
Works here using bamf rc4
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] hairydawg75:
The app that dirtyfingers listed has been working great for me.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] gadget!:
The app works great, the test call has never worked for me though.

I've been using it for months on both froyo and gb roms.

das BAMF 3.0
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] idle0095:
what app you talking about? city id or city caller id? I want city id because its 100 times better. Plus I get the $1.99 a month for free so I want it. I had it for froyo.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] allchannels99:
You guys should google True Caller. It is ghetto dope!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] doibugu2:
So what are the benefits of all the different apps?

True caller

City ID

City Caller ID

???
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] idle0095:
well city id is $1.99 a month billed to your wireless acct. is the best out there.

City caller id was shut down for a patent mess with city id.

true caller I believe is junk.
[HTC ChaCha] theloginwithnoname:
Hi all, I am keen to get a port of CM7 to this phone after having just taken delivery of one. If anyone else has any interest in this and/or has previous experience in porting CM7, I'd be interested in hearing from you!
[HTC ChaCha] Whoareyou:
You will need root and custom recovery first...
[HTC ChaCha] cocaice2009:
you may want to run z4root first if you have one on hand...
[HTC ChaCha] xivius:
Would be great to have CM7 on the ChaCha; lets hope that DEVS find the ChaCha interesting enough to start creating custom roms ....
[HTC ChaCha] birdbird83:
any1 managed to root it? want to know before i try ...
[HTC ChaCha] Moody:
I have interest, given that the bootloader is open. Another issue is money, so I guess you won't be seeing me around anytime soon around this parts, but I might buy the device eventually sometime later.

Edit: Try z4root, gingerbreak and superoneclick to root. If you are able to root it, there might be hope for y'all.
[HTC ChaCha] Andrw00:
Oh yes please, custom mod or something to be able to change the "facebook button" functionality! :)
[HTC ChaCha] limestar:
Ditto...

A Vanilla rom with Launcher Pro etc and ability to assign button would be amazing.

I love my ChaCha but I think it would be even speedier with a vanilla rom.
[HTC ChaCha] theloginwithnoname:
Just install Launcher Pro and set it as your default home screen - I have and it's brilliant.

Agreed!
[HTC ChaCha] drowningchild:
its has a msm7227 so the kernel, give or take the board files, is there ;)
[HTC ChaCha] cocaice2009:
i'm also using launcher pro on my chacha now, much better than sense
[HTC ChaCha] Moody:
If you root the phone somehow, (anyone tried gingerbreak, superoneclick and z4root?) Cm would be possible. A fake recovery hijack could be made, allowing you to retain your real recovery, eliminating the need to have an s-off device. Root it and you'll see cm7.
[HTC ChaCha] birdbird83:
tried z4 but didnt work ...maybe i did it the wrong way
[HTC ChaCha] theloginwithnoname:
Had a quick read of Koush's guide to creating a new recovery image - feels fairly doable so I'm going to press on with attempting root. A bit short of time at the moment so it might be a few weeks before I report back...
[HTC ChaCha] dvfk:
tried universal root, z4root and gingerbreak - no luck :( perhaps root via USB then - superOneClick is next up.
[HTC ChaCha] Moody:
Try fre3vo

Sent from my Milestone 2
[HTC ChaCha] mashi:
HTC didn't release the src yet.. and i can't get at&t status ruu yet. I flash mine with asia rom with root.. work nice
[HTC ChaCha] osahiro:
How did you get rooted?
[HTC ChaCha] ergobarbus:
Its not possible to root with any of the tools used here.

Just dont Work. What about discussing how to root in one thread, not in all?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1141380