yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
The version in the op has the GB bootloaders built in.
[Captivate Android Development] matase:
I don't know why, but odin got stuck at file analysis part and nothing else happened, I had to downgrade to 2.1 using odin to get it working again. so what exactly do I need to do, just get the phone in download and try this odin again?
[Captivate Android Development] matase:
so anyone, is this the correct procedure, I first get my cappy into download mode, I do this by using AIO Restart in Download, then I disconnect the phone, launch odin 1.81, reconnect the phone and just hit start?
[Captivate Android Development] TheShackSpecialist:
I got a captivate from a friend who flashed the zimage tar file first without converting to stock coming from cognition 2.2(ver unknown but it was 2.2) and as a result he bootloops between the att/fugu screen..... and when you plug the usb in it goes straight to the charging screen. If he did this is he screwed or can i get it to download mode?? I also cant see it in adb devices either.

Edit: read further back attempted it remove battery and then rockers + power and still nothing.... do i need a jig???
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
^ Yeah, u need to get back into download mode, so that u can Odin back the original kernel or whatever the Cog kernel was that u may want back.

Did u try pull battery, reinsert, then volume +/- and then insert micro usb to get into download mode ( with USB end already plugged into computer and Odin already open beforehand ) ?
[Captivate Android Development] TheShackSpecialist:
Yes and I've had no luck
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
^ Then sounds like a Jig is needed. Or try Leaving battery out, opening Odin, plugging in USB end, micro usb into phone, then pop in battery while holding volume +/- and replace cover. I've read that that works when other method does not.
[Captivate Android Development] starche_old:
I'm on i9k BL and i'd like to try KH3, so I need Cappy BL. I flashed this ROM and while I try to flash either NuclearFusion, either Cognition5 v2 - I'm getting signature error. I tried to find the answer here, no luck though. Pls give me a link how to fix that.
[Captivate Android Development] TheShackSpecialist:
Thanks For2ndtwin!!!! your second post is the solution!!!!! In download mode right now!!
[Captivate Android Development] crxmax:
i cant install clockworkmod after this. im trying through rom manager and i cant figure it out..little help?
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
^ Ur not gonna be able to. U will have to wait for one of the Devs to get it done. U just can't flash CWM through Rom Manager... not in the world of Gingerbread. Johnsondr80 and his team are working on getting this done over in the NuclearFusion Rom. And DG of the Cognition 5 may b workin on this as well for his Rom.

edit: that is, the Devs are workin on this for 2.3.4
[Captivate Android Development] prbassplayer:
This is 2.3.3 Cognition 5 initial kernel gives you CWM. 2.3.4 doesn't have CWM just yet (In testing before release)
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
^ Thanks... forgot where I was for a second (got uckh3 2.3.4 on the brain). And yeah he can get CWM 4.0.0.5 through DG's Cog 5 Beta 2 kernel... or he can go to the latest Kernel for 2.3.3
[Captivate Android Development] prbassplayer:
I know right? 2.3.4 is like OMG *spaz* lol.
[Captivate Android Development] crxmax:
so after i follow all the steps i should have cwm? when i boot into recovery (vol up+down+power) it takes me to stock recovery screen (blue screen) im not new to flashing and i know what cwm looks like the screen i get to certainly isnt it..

btw thanks for your help guys
[Captivate Android Development] Crash:
Guys is there a way to make work the hotspot because it says you are not on ATT account :D
[Captivate Android Development] prbassplayer:
The steps are for root. for CWM flash DG's Cognition 5 kernel (step 2)
[Captivate Android Development] kalex12:
You have to freeze tethering manager.
[Captivate Android Development] Hunt3r.j2:
Does this wipe the internal SD card too?
[Captivate Android Development] kdwolf85:
Just system files. It won't do a Master Clear.
[Captivate Android Development] umanko:
Does this method work for stock 2.3.4 ?
[Captivate Android Development] kdwolf85:
For root? Yes.
[Captivate Android Development] hooshman:
Sbl.bin flashing AFTER the rom?

I noticed boot.bin flashes, then cache, the rom, etc. flashes, then Sbl.bin flashes. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it might be safer to flash Sbl.bin right after boot.bin, to prevent bricking in case odin were to fail?

Also, something I wanted to make sure of.. does this odin-1-click re-partition? My understanding is that re-partitioning should probably be done whenever flashing bootloaders, to make sure that none of the bootloader goes in the rom portion of flash. Again, correct me if I'm wrong.. just want to make sure I don't end up flashing over my bootloader when I try to flash another rom via clockworkmod recovery.
[Captivate Android Development] bulletproof1013:
this will handle all of your problems with bootloaders and bricking...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1242466
[Captivate Android Development] hooshman:
Right. Even though this hardware mod exists though, I think it's still important to try to make things safe, since the vast majority of people installing custom roms on their captivate most likely don't feel comfortable with opening up their phone and soldering it. Why fix it if it's not broken?..
[Captivate Android Development] bubuphonik:
like me haha took me 2 times looking for what i did wrong thank u
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
stock kh3 zImage

View attachment stockKH3zImage.tar

Stock i897uckh3 Gingerbread 2.3.4 kernel for those that need it after rooting with the FuguRoot. :)

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[Captivate Android Development] reventon1500:
I am trying to follow the steps in first post.

Here is my problem.

After putting zimage root in pda slot, when i put my phone in download mode, odin doesn't recognize my phone. neither does a red fish comes up. but my phone is showing 'downloading' with android & a shovel.

Also i don't get the point 2. Do i connect phone to pc while its switched on?

What's happening. Where did i go wrong? Please advise thanks

P.S: I am on Gingerbread 2.3.3 UCKF1
[Captivate Android Development] donharden2002:
Anyone that buys or already owns a samsung galaxy line phone should have a jig. It can and will save you a lot of frustration.

And to all the others asking the same questions over and over again, lets try a little reading, its truly amazing what you can learn.

I'm not talking about the op of this reply.

My wifes captivate
[Captivate Android Development] donharden2002:
Flash back to stock froyo or eclair and then try again.

My wifes captivate
[Captivate Android Development] donharden2002:
Read, that has been covered already.

My wifes captivate
[Captivate Android Development] HijoProdigo:
Same happened to me. Is there anything I can do on this end, instead of sending it in? Problem is I live outside the country... Jig perhaps?
[Captivate Android Development] prbassplayer:
If the phone doesn't show signs of life, odds are it hard bricked. If its hard bricked u can jtag or apply unbrickable mod. If phone shows signs of life then jig should work
[Captivate Android Development] HijoProdigo:
No luck - nothing on boot, nothing on charging either. Guess I need to look into the hardware hacking methods... :eek:
[Captivate Android Development] Markolic:
Just to be sure before i try this

I have a captivate with Andromeda3, if I want to get gingerbread safely on this phone, i should flash stock eclair with odin one click and then this odin one click correct?
[Captivate Android Development] metalchef:
So, I have an AT&T [SGH-i897] ... unlocked.

I flashed back to stock 2.1-1, then flashed the 2.3.3 leak (I897UCKF1) from samfirmwares -- no problems. device boots, etc etc.

however, when I try to flash the zImage-root.tar, odin fails, and then I have to flash back to stock 2.1-1. to get device functional again.

so -- has anyone else had this issue? or, better yet: does anyone else know _why_ Odin is failing? (gingerbreak won't root the device either).

>> am I not supposed to use the pit file with this? if that's the case, then I suck.

>>>> OK. so...WTF??!!?? I took the zImage-root.tar file from the i9000 re-orient release of 2.3.3 that was posted for SGH-i897 (several months back), flashed it, and it worked/was successful. the one offered in this post failed/f'ed my cappy every time i tried to flash it.

[[ SOLVED ]]
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
Reboot ur computer. Connect the usb end of your cable to the back of ur computer. Right click and run Odin as administrator first, then put ur phone in download mode and flash the root kernel. This may help. If success then u will see the fish bootloop on ur screen. Pull battery and load the stock kernel in odin and get back into download mode and flash it and you will be good to go.
[Captivate Android Development] metalchef:
thanks for the reply...but I already tried that before posting my quandary (I'm not a noob).

the issue is clearly the zImage-root.tar file attached/included in this post... "CASE CLOSED"
[Captivate Android Development] kdwolf85:
It works for everyone else. Could have been a bad download.
[Captivate Android Development] metalchef:
(with all due respect):

I downloaded it on two different PCs and directly onto my phone...so, I have a hard time believing it's a bad download...

[ As stated previously: I'm not wet behind the ears when it comes to flashing/rooting/recovering/restoring/un-soft-bricking my device(s) -- I'm not a DEV, but I'm not a noob/novice. ]

Also, I solved this issue anyway, with a different version/download of the zImage-root.tar file (from the i9000 re-orient leak)...

thanks again though.
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
attatching the stock ki2 kernel .tar and kj1

For those that need it, here is the ki2 stock kernel .tar Enjoy.. :D

View attachment stocki897ucki2.tar

And here is the stock kj1

View attachment stocki897uckj1-zImage.tar
[Captivate Android Development] nismoasfuh:
ok. So i really want to do this. My phone is on the stock 2.1 eclair but i believe it has a lagfix because my kernel version reads "2.6 29 atin@thor #Voodoo_lagfix_3.0v1.10, And i read the OP where he mentions i shouldn't flash this ROM if i already have a lagfix. so what do i do so i can use this ROM?!!!
[Captivate Android Development] nismoasfuh:
ok so i did this and i hit a problem. I got up to the red fish, i turned off the phone to get it into download mode again. and i did, Placed the kernelKF1.tar file in the pda slot and hit start on odin my phone reboots and right after the AT&t logo my screen goes crazy. it looks as if my screen is tripping on acid... and it just keep looping att logo then that. What should i do? i need the files on my phone atleast its not completly bricked
[Captivate Android Development] nismoasfuh:
bumping for a reply to my question please.
[Captivate Android Development] xfernand:
Try starting from the beginning. I followed the steps as recommended and had no problem...
[Captivate Android Development] nismoasfuh:
well i did have a lagfix previously on my phone, and i didnt use odin one click or flash a rom before i started the steps. But i thought that would have been fine for some reason..
[Captivate Android Development] whitesox311:
dude, what is this?

the very first thing this thread says to do for root immediately bricks your phone?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Pull the battery, reinsert battery,then flash the kf1 kernel. The fugu kernel won't boot the phone completely. It simply roots the phone. Since your stuck in boot loop, i'm assuming it goes to the red fish, then starts over.Right?
[Captivate Android Development] whitesox311:
NM figured it out
[Captivate Android Development] whitesox311:
Problem #2: Anybody have luck flashing MIUI of CM7 from this? I finally got CWM on it, but trying to install MIUI = instant bootloop = startover from scratch
[Captivate Android Development] metalchef:
I had the same problem trying to flash MIUI ... no matter what I tried flashing it form (stock 2.3.3, stock 2.3.4, pinnacle 1.3, and stock 2.1-1), I got same bootloop/start over problem. (as yes, my cappy has the i897 bootloaders)
[Captivate Android Development] gramme66:
I was trying this method and got stuck in the download mode and nothing happened. I turned off the phone and now I am not able to boot. Stuck in phone to computer image only.

What can I do?

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
If it looks like this... View attachment 851226 then it is an alternate download mode, so just treat it as such.

If other problems with connections or download mode, then go here... Captivate Connection Issues and Download Mode Help
[Captivate Android Development] gramme66:
Hi, I could use some help ASAP! I just did this Fugu method to try to root installed GB2.3.3 then I opened Odin v.3.18 and placed the zimage.rar in download mode. I saw the fish. Turned off the phone. Went back into download mode and put the KK4 kernel in the PDA slot and flashed..now it boots up to media scanning complete and just REBOOTS!!

Can anyone tell me what to do now?

I tried to do it again but the same results!

gramme

I put the kk1 on since the kk4 would NOT install...all worked fine and I was ROOTED!

Thank you everyone on here and other forums for all the help and posts that got me though all of this.

I have learned from you all...
[Captivate Android Development] gramme66:
I first put this on: I897UCKF1_withBL.exe

Turned phone OFF

FOLLOWED THIS:

Root method:

1. Extract and open Odin3 v1.81.zip and place the zImage-root.tar file in the pda slot.

2. Connect your phone to your PC.

3. Put your phone into download mode (Same as eclair/froyo 3-button combo or adb reboot download)

4. Phone will boot and show the fugu fish.

5. Power off and put your phone into download mode.

Phones won't power off had to remove battery

6. Place the kernelKK4.tar file in the pda slot and hit start. Phone will reboot.

Reboots looping I then put in the K1 kernel and it boots rooted.

7. You are now rooted with Stock 2.3.3 Gingerbread.

Why would the KK4 NOT work? What did I do wrong?

It is working rooted with the K1 kernel but when I was using my Titanium Backup at one point I was told to UPDATE SUPERUSER...when I tried to do that I was told the package had a wrong signature and I should uninstall the one I have and reinstall the new one.

Should I do that? I don't want to cause any problems....

Thanks for any help on this so I can find out what I did wrong that it was not like instructions.

PS I did this on my husband phone the SAME way because the instructions caused the SAME things...

gramme
[Captivate Android Development] prbassplayer:
Ok forget fugu method. Just flash corn kernel or samurai kernels both have SU. Corner kernel has the su installation scrip in recovery. Samurai you just need to download the apk since its rooted by default.

Sent from my ICS powered i897
[Captivate Android Development] gramme66:
Didn't work...

I flashed this: CornKernel_UCKK4_v603.tar and it booted in as far as media scanning complete and started all over again....

Note: I already have Rom Manager installed and CWM works EXCEPT when I try to back up my current rom it has the esignature verification FAILED...

Still can't up date SU something about packages...

my about phone says this:

Model Samsugn_ SGH I897

Firmware version 2.3.3

Basebane version

I897UCK1

kernel version

2.6.35.7-I897UCK1-CL273832

Build number

GB.UCKF1

I wound up in the boot looping...put back on UCK1 phone working but still has esignature problem!!

Thanks for you responses. I sure do appreciate your time.

gramme
[Captivate Android Development] prbassplayer:
OMG... I thought you where on KK4 not KF1. Why are you using ROM manager? you need to READ a ton and understand a few concepts.
[Captivate Android Development] gramme66:
UKK4 via KF1

Someone on another thread said it was backward compatible...I have been using Rom Manager since we got our phone in June 2011. Someone flashed Cognition on my phone along with VooDoo!

I wasn't really happy about that since I was not familiar with the phone let alone doing that kind of stuff. I was able to use Rom Manager to restore my backed up rom but it always still came up with the cognition splash screen. I didn't know what Voodoo was but there was a folder on there with Voodoo....

It is now gone. I originally put on AT&T upgrade for GB 2.3.5 the day it was released....I was not able to root using SuperOneClick like I did for Froyo 2.2 kept saying it could not verify signature FAILED....

That was when I started to do more research on how to root...finally figured out I had to have GB 2.3.3 in order to do this...so I put on a leaked version from here when I went to root was told to use FUGU method..then told to do the easier way and put on a custom rom that was already rooted....

I finally did this...fugu method with the leaked version 2.3.3 when I went to put in the kk4 kernel it would just boot loop so I then flashed the k1 and it booted ROOTED...

I went to Rom Manager to back up my rom and it gave me the esignature verification failed. Something else I did said I did NOT have the updated SU I went to update it and it said something about invalid signed packages.

I then searched and found an 3e fix for the signature but when I went to do that (I followed a video) my recovery file was NOT in /system/bin it was in the root along with another recover file with a .rc extension.

I did tried to place it in the /system/bin...didn't work still esig no verfied...I then put it in the ROOT where my recovery file already was...didn't work still esig no verfied.

After my last post of doing that corn kernel and it didn't work, I just flashed the K1 kernel back to my phone and it works now but I can NOT backup my rom with Rom Manager. (I have PREMIUM).

My thoughts are that most of my problems are maybe from not knowing how to get around in here. Looks like I have posts in wrong threads, in different places so when I thought I was follow ONE person suggests I find out I have to do too many different things... I am now copying the link into a place that allows me to get back to the same place. Maybe that will help.

I do have XDA premium on my phone and find that very easy to find my posts and read and reply.

Thank you for any help you can offer me for this mess I seem to have created. (I am almost 70, disabled in a wheelchair, post stroke 13 yrs and know enough to get me in trouble (smile). I do LOVE my phone and computer and not a total dummy so I am will to learn and capable of doing this I am sure.

Thanks appreciate you and your time.

gramme
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
Don't use the Rom Manager because it does not cooperate with our Captivate.

For the SU update problems that you mentioned, there is a

Superuser Update Fixer

in the Android Market.
[Captivate Android Development] gramme66:
Thanks I found that last night and both my husband and myself ran it. Works like a charm. Our su is now updated. I really want to use rom manager and I want tonget this esignature problem corrected. I will continue to read and learn more.

Thanks.

gramme
[Captivate Android Development] jchurch06:
doesnt work for me

ok i followed this exactly step by step from a stock 2.2 flashed galaxy s, after i do the root, the fish pops up and the phone chain restarts showing the battery charging, after that i try the next step in odin and then the phone restarts with a rainbow screen like it got smashed then i have to reflash fresh 2.2.... any suggestions? please help. ive tried this over and over like 20 times.
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
U need the Gingerbread Bootloaders.

Sent by XDA Premium App
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
1# garbage screen means you dont have gingerbread bootloaders.

2# kf1 2.3.3 isnt official, it was beta release. kk4 2.3.5 is the newest official (last official) stock software.

HINT: read stickies
[Captivate Android Development] xdadooder:
I don't understand this at all. Why would you put the zimage-root.tar file in the pda slot only to later change it to the kernelkf1.tar file in the pda slot? When are you pushing a file to the phone? Putting it into download mode doesn't do anything unless you actively tell it to push a file to the phone. Nowhere in the instructions does it say to click start on Odin, and I don't want to risk when to press it. I am confused.
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
Step "3.5" = Tap the Start button...it was just understood that that was the logical next step.
[Captivate Android Development] Lancez:
will do! is it best time to ask a gingerbread theme for KF1? :p
[Captivate Android Development] F1reEng1neRed:
Awesome work guys!

Does anyone who's currently running this setup have any feedback of how it is as far as lag issues or fc's or anything? Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] Ostate24:
Yeah I was wondering the samething?
[Captivate Android Development] jerkysh:
how's it?

please tell that it's awesome and lag-less!
[Captivate Android Development] Dnorwood:
What about moving to this when I am currently running the overstock voodoo kernel?
[Captivate Android Development] Lancez:
sorry about quoting myself, just wanted to let you guys know that i flashed on top of S7 and working really well.
[Captivate Android Development] SnakeHaveYou:
CB650? Honda? :p
[Captivate Android Development] kdwolf85:
Awesome! I'll include that in the OP.
[Captivate Android Development] kdwolf85:
I'd suggest undoing the voodoo lagfix before flashing.
[Captivate Android Development] kdwolf85:
Wow! Finally someone guessed it. Yes I took my username from the model of my first and current motorcycle, 1981 CB650.
[Captivate Android Development] Lancez:
fr4gg0r's tweaked TW4 working on KF1 as i'm running it right now :D
[Captivate Android Development] ou812bkewl:
I tried my first flash attempt coming strait from Apex 7 with Ext4 disabled and during the "factory.rfs" step, the screen on the phone turned bright red and Odin's activity stopped. Odin didn't say it was disconnected until I actually pulled the usb cable out about 15 minutes later.

Upon reboot, I got the dreaded soft brick screen. So I OCD'd back to JF6 and attempted a second flash. This time, I removed sim card, mem card, restored my backed up efs, rebooted into download mode via adb command, crossed all toes and fingers and clicked start. It never made it past the establishing connection step Odin does before setting pit and all that.

So, I still had download mode capability and OCD'd back to JF6 once again. I'm gonna hold off on flashing with Odin for a while. Nerve racking. I need a stiff drink...
[Captivate Android Development] Ostate24:
One click worked great for me, then rooted and all seems great so far.....smooth as butter!
[Captivate Android Development] Lancez:
made a JazzK's batt icon by UOT kitchen for those who want to try, working good for me. you have to manually replace these files into /system by using root explorer or something.

1. framework_res gose to system/framework

2. systemUI gose to system/app.

after you replaced framework_res, the phone will freez for a few sec. don't panic, it'll reboot then everything will be fine.make sure you restart your phone after all this. enjoy :D
[Captivate Android Development] kdwolf85:
sounds like you might want to try another port.
[Captivate Android Development] jlsesler:
I flashed and rooted this. It is really smooth! No sign of the wifi toggle reboot bug (toggled 8 times straight no problem). Modem is crystal clear for me and satellite is working great too.

I do miss my lock screens with music controls though! :(

Someone who knows a lot more of this than I needs to take this one and turn it into a custom rom!
[Captivate Android Development] kdwolf85:
DG is working on Cognition 5 right now.
[Captivate Android Development] ou812bkewl:
*Facepalm* OK I'll try that.
[Captivate Android Development] Ostate24:
Lets go DG.......but I can bet we are gonna see alot Roms hit within about a week! I'm pumped.