yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Make sure you are plugged into a USB port on the back of your computer (#1 on a laptop).

What ROM were you running before trying this?
[Captivate Android Development] guilleglad:
I was running Darkys 10.2 GB. Is there any chance that the file system is locked? or something? because everytime i try to write the boot.ini or the sbl.ini even the factoryfs, it just gets stuck. thank you.

I'm on Win7 64 bits, i was thinking if the drivers are messing around too :(

The only way i can get into Download Mode is using the plug usb-press vol up+vol down,insert baterry
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
So you tried flashing stock? Try on a different computer. I used to have the same problems on my PC, but the laptop wasn't a problem. Try flashing the safe kf1 in my sig on a different computer. Make sure you use the best USB port as I mentioned earlier. Make sure you have a good cable. Reboot everything before you try flashing. Open Odin before connecting phone. That's everything I know to do.
[Captivate Android Development] guilleglad:
Man i really appreciate your help, finally i did it, the data cable has some problems, i'm going to buy another one. THANK YOU!
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
I would not recommend trying to flash bootloaders until you have a good cable. That's an easy way to hard brick your phone.
[Captivate Android Development] owlkind:
Thank you, Cezar, for the great GB bootloader for i897
[Captivate Android Development] ajh5408:
Is anyone running this with the latest Cyanogen nightly build? I know they added compatibility with i9000/i897 bootloaders a while back, but it would be good to get confirmation that it works with this package specifically.
[Captivate Android Development] brandon_L:
I'm using these bootloaders with the nightlies and everything works fine.
[Captivate Android Development] Smasher816:
I have a blue line when clicking selections in a list on cm7 if that matters...
[Captivate Android Development] RockRatt:
I have been using the i897 gingerbread bootloaders with cm7 and miui for at least two months. No issues here, works perfectly.

Sent from My KickAss Captivated CM7 OC'd 1.5Ghz/Undervolted
[Captivate Android Development] zuN!:
Are these the KJ2 bootloaders?
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
Nope. They are from i897uckf1 firmware.

Sent from i897uckj2
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
If only it said that in the op of the thread...
[Captivate Android Development] viny2cool:
i am stuck on param.lfs.....been there for more than 5 mins...wat shud i do?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Both the loaders should be written by that point ( i think). You only have two options. Pull the cable and start over, or sit there and stare at the screen. Its up to you. If you reflash, try the ones in my sig ( same ones as page 11, i think, in this thread). They are not one click, but a single file made for full odin(included in the dl)
[Captivate Android Development] viny2cool:
it went through after some time, but didnt reboot....its rebooting to the CWM recovery...I tried flashing again and now its stuck on white "att world phone" screen.....

the bootloader u said will help me?

---------- Post added at 08:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:54 PM ----------

it stuck on sbl.bin now????
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Here is my opinion. You should have both loaders flashed. It wouldn't have rebooted if you didn't. If you pull the cable, you should be ok. But, I don't know that for sure. I'm not standing there with you. Also, I think you need a new cable, provided you have followed all the other precautions in the op of this thread.
[Captivate Android Development] viny2cool:
i am on phone-!-computer....this is some colorfull images with this line "try using recovery mode"...my jig not working now....cant get into DL mode...i am screwed
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
No your not. Use that screen as a type of dl mode. Sounds crazy, but open Odin and plug in on that screen, you should get a yellow com box.
[Captivate Android Development] viny2cool:
i did thanks...Now I am confused...its been long time that I went to JF6...not sure where to go from here....can u suggest me best method to flash GB bootloader?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Are you going back to apex? If so, just use watsa's flasher pack.
[Captivate Android Development] icedd:
This soft-bricked my phone. I thought this worked with any version of the Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Have you ever used a one click successfully in the past?
[Captivate Android Development] justin860:
works great thank you
[Captivate Android Development] icedd:
No, so I am assuming thats why. I see.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Try the ones linked in my sig. They are the same bootloaders, but in a pda.tar.md5 file to be used with Odin (just put it in the pda slot, not the bootloader slot). My package usually works for those that have problems with the one click.
[Captivate Android Development] icedd:
I will try that once I get out of soft-brick somehow lol..thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
So after reading all 37 pages and seeing people are using GB bootloaders on Miui I decided to load them as well. Unfortunately after loading, I was taken to the recovery menu and it would go no farther. I selected my rom and flashed and rebooted and it kept going to recovery. Back to JF6 and I will try the process over to see what may have happened. Any suggestions as I must have clearly missed some info in the thread.:confused:

Edit: Seems to be working now, I flashed bootloaders from JF6 and loaded Miui. Went through a loop and flashed Miui again and it is up. How do we check the bootloaders though? Is it on the about phone screen or something? That is just for my curiosity, it doesn't really matter to me.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Were you already running MIUI when you tried to flash the GB bootloaders?
[Captivate Android Development] jeep77:
I just flashed the GB bootloaders with MIUI already running. The phone only boots to recovery.

Any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
Yes. I was on the latest Miui release with Proto's tweaks.

---------- Post added at 10:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:54 AM ----------

I went back to JF6, flashed the full ODIN pda that MrHaley has in his sig, then I flashed Miui. It bootlooped so I 3-button combo back to recovery to reflash Miui and I am up and running.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
So far, I haven't heard of anyone being able to change bootloaders while running MIUI. A flash to stock is needed. I think it has to do with the file system being ext4/yaffs. The next time you have to flash stock, you should be able to change your bootloaders then.
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
That is what I did, I edited my original post about my question. Hopefully the guy below reads that and does the same thing. Now, how do we check to see about the bootloaders?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
I don't know of a way to check them. If you flashed the JF6 Odin 1 click, from Designgears, you have eclair/froyo bootloaders.

After rereading your last post, I can say you are on the GB bootloaders. I noticed you said you reflashed the bootloaders in my sig.

Also, when initially flashing MIUI from a Samsung ROM, you have to flash through cwm 2 times. The first time you flash it, it boots into recovery and you have to flash it again. Got something to do with the file system/partition change.
[Captivate Android Development] jeep77:
Thanks to you both. I did what you said an am back on MIUI again.
[Captivate Android Development] pietro_spina:
In Heimdall 1.3.1 the options are

IPL+PBL

SBL

SBL2

PARAM

KERNEL

RECOVERY

FACTORYFS

DBDATAFS

CACHE

MODEM

EFS

So presumably

param.lfs ----> PARAM

Sbl.bin ----> SBL

boot.bin ----> ??

can someone clarify?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
IPL+PBL, i think. I have never had anyone ask that before. If you aren't 110% sure, wait for someone with more experience than me with Heimdall.
[Captivate Android Development] holeindalip:
Yes ipl+pbl is the primary boot loader sbl is secondary boot loader
[Captivate Android Development] jmtheiss:
One other thing - the heimdall package doesn't include a .pit file. Heimdall seems to be unhappy about that fact. (Not necessarily a big deal, as I pulled a .pit file from another GB stock package, but it could be an issue if I was actually flashing the bootloaders.)
[Captivate Android Development] smully1:
Are there any differences between KF1 and KJ3 bootloaders?
[Captivate Android Development] pietro_spina:
My understanding was that you were supposed to use Heimdall to download your own pit from your device. then it knows where to put all the components even if you have some screwball partitioning scheme.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Honestly, this is only the second time anyone has ever asked about the Heimdall files. The first time was the person requesting the Heimdall file. As for a pit, I would say use the one that comes with the kf1 package, since that's where the bootloaders came from.

Edit

I have edited the above quoted post to include a recommendation for a pit file, should it be necessary.
[Captivate Android Development] smully1:
Does anybody know the answer to the question below?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Someone, don't remember who, said there was a difference in the sbl.bin, but that was based solely on the basis if a different md5 sum for the two. So, I don't know. But now you know as much as I do about it. Just remember, it's always safer to flash bootloaders in matched pairs. Trying to mix and match bootloaders is a good way to get a hard brick.
[Captivate Android Development] smully1:
Can someone make an odin for the kj3 bootloaders?
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
Aren't they the same bootloaders from the package in the OP?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Someone said the Sbl.bin in the KJ3 is slightly different, based on the fact it has a different md5 sum.
[Captivate Android Development] lilbigdude1:
I downloaded your link with the I897 bootloaders...I wanted to see if they're the AT$T ones and the PDA file that was in the zip was the bootloaders themselves....I'm trying to make sure I've bricked one phone over bootloaders...lol

SGH-I897

2.3.5

I897UCKJ3

RED NEBULA V1 AGGRESSIVE

ILLUMINANCE 1.1

TEGRAK UOC 1.3 ghz
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
One in my sig are the same as Cezars. They are from the KF1 ROM. I dl'd the ROM directly from samfirmware.
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
I looked over this thread 10-15 pages and could not find any mention you can update bootloaders from a clockwork mod flashable zip. Is this correct?

I'm at work and want to drop Gingerbread bootloaders on my Captivate so I can have a look at Galnet Miui based on Ice Cream Sandwich.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
I'm running Continuum with new loaders as I swype. No problem s.
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
Did you try the key combo in the OP?
[Captivate Android Development] olo567:
None of the Gingerbread bootloaders work for CM7, the CM7 thread warns you of that.

What did you do after seeing that you couldn't get past recovery? Did you try to use Odin to flash original bootloaders?
[Captivate Android Development] tarheelblueboy87:
Might be a ridiculous question, but will these bootloaders work with CM7 now because they are for the i897, or does it still not work with those? I'm guessing it doesn't work with CM7.

Ok NVM, they don't work, I see that above, thanks, that's what I figured!
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
I9000 Button combo's:

Vol up +power-->recovery; Vol Down+ power Download mode

Phone powered off>> vol down then plug in usb cable=download mode

ATT I897 Button Combo's:

Vol up+vol down+power= recovery

Vol up+vol down, then plug in usb= download mode

Vol up +power= reboot

These are all the ones I know
[Captivate Android Development] tarheelblueboy87:
Buy 3 100k resistors from Radio Shack, then follow the instructions in this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0aoabVtPJ8

In the meantime, order a jig, its worth it, but it doesn't fix everything. Only being extremely careful and detail oriented fixes everything.
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
I believe another one is to remove battery, plug in USB, hold vol up-vol down and power, then put the battery back in. It may take a bit to hold the phone with one hand while holding the volume rocker and power button down but try until you know you did it right.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
dont think your supposed to hold power button while you do it. Try it without the power button, its easier and it works. Thats how i used to do it before the I9000 loaders and my jig.
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
You mean I grew a 3rd arm for nothing?? Well at least the wife likes it :D

Thanks for the info!
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Double check, for both our sakes. My phone is charging or I would try it now.
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
You were right. And I am on the new ATT GB bootloaders. The method in the OP works also, and is much easier.
[Captivate Android Development] blackwolf13:
dude you are the best. love your work.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Never hurts to know as many as you can. May be one day that all of them don't work, except the one everyone else forgot to tell you about.
[Captivate Android Development] blackwolf13:
The Suckage........

Got this 3 times in a row:

<ID:0/010> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/010> Odin v.3 engine (ID:10)..

<ID:0/010> File analysis..

<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/010> Initialzation..

<ID:0/010> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/010> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/010> boot.bin

<ID:0/010>

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
Flashed with no issue. Thx cezar!

Sent from my 2.3.3 Ext4 Fresh Ginger Blue equipped Samsung Captivate. Yea I get 2000+ on quadrant. Yea ive pulled 5.17 mbps down from a tower. I appreciate XDA helping me turn this phone into a beast.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Download it again, then try again. Also check the usual stuff (usb plugged into back of computer or #1 port on laptop, good cable, lucky rabbits foot(jk)).

It looks like there are 2 files (sbl.bin and param.lfs) not mentioned.
[Captivate Android Development] Time_Zone:
Guess I'm one of the lucky ones. Flashed like a champ. Thanks Cezar!
[Captivate Android Development] blackwolf13:
If i could get the files i would just flash like ceazar told use the first time. if downloaded it 3 times with 5 fails. the only thing i can think of now is to just go back to the i9000 loaders
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Well, you could dl and flash KF1, then reflash your rom. Also, if this didn't work, you still have whatever loaders you started with. Just to be sure, hold volume down and power. If it goes into download mode, you got I9000 loaders.
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
Flawlessly flashed. Thanks cezar

Sent from my 2.3.3 Ext4 Fresh Ginger Blue equipped Samsung Captivate. Yea I get 2000+ on quadrant. Yea ive pulled 5.17 mbps down from a tower. I appreciate XDA helping me turn this phone into a beast.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Bootloaders cant be flashed through cwm. Have to use Heimdall/Odin. If your on MIUI/cm7, I would recommend going back to an rfs based ROM first. Most likely bootloop if you don't.
[Captivate Android Development] rwells813:
You can use galnets ics on froyo BL.
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
I was afraid of that, and trying Galnet miui ice cream sandwich on froyo bootloaders isn't very spirited.
[Captivate Android Development] jel7:
Okay, so I followed all directions and it doesn't move from this:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

It's been about 5 minutes already. My phone is a replacement that didn't have the 3 button combo and I followed a thread to here that said GB BL had the fix.

Edit: okay I closed it and redid it, but I'm still stuck.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Sounds like a connection issue. Check my sig. Connection issues
[Captivate Android Development] rwells813:
Yea I know it. I prefer it though ATM. I use team hacksungs ICS & Miui Scotland's ICS both on froyoBL. Edit: however I do use GB BL at different times. All Gravy in My World
[Captivate Android Development] sola fide:
First off...Thanks! Sorry if this is listed somewhere else, looked around and didn't find an answer.

Are kernels included in bootloaders? I just used this to flash my bootloader (worked perfectly!) and I'm trying to figure out if my kernel is now changed or if it was the same before I flashed.

Thanks in advance. -SF
[Captivate Android Development] Wdustin1:
no bootloaders are the only thing this flashed everything else will stay just the same as it was
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
I just flashed the Gingerbread boot loaders while on Miui 12.2 and the Glitch Kernel v13. Installation was successful, phone rebooted to recovery so I re-flashed Miui 12.2 and rebooted. Phone went to recovery again. Then I formatted system and cache and reflashed Miui. Rebooted phone and it went to recovery again.

Sigh!
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
will it not boot to android? only to recovery?might have to re-flash bootloaders. if that doesnt work might have to flash stock
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Flash stock, then flash bootloaders, then flash MIUI.
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
I've got to get to work, but I'll give it another shot. Going back to stock for me means copying everything onto the computer. Then copying back once on stock. This is similar to a nandroid backup. Takes a while.

To recover, I one clicked to JF6, flashed update.zip, flashed miui, flashed glitch kernel v13 and restored the nandroid backup.

(To everyone, always nandroid backup **AND COPY TO COMPUTER** before messing with a new flash!!)
[Captivate Android Development] jhogal1:
After I see ATT logo what is supposed to happen?.
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
The device is supposed to boot into recovery if this is the very first reboot after installing the bootloaders.

Try to reflash the bootloaders, or return to stock using ODIN, flash bootloaders then flash a custom rom.

-And no need to quote the original post.
[Captivate Android Development] jhogal1:
to:askpcguy

I did this but my phone gets stuck at ATT logo.
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
You have a Samsung Captivate?

Use I897UCJF6 - Odin3 One-Click Downloader:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989

To put back Froyo JF6 onto your phone, then see if it boots normally.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Flying 3G symbols, then an S forms. And you wait.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Hold up, KB2 would be a better recommendation without knowing build number it what the phone originally shipped with.
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
I totally can't remember the firmware revisions after being on miui for so long. I use jf6 myself,why not ji6 which was newer than jf6. Ji6 is android 2.2 while jf6 is android 2.1
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
JI6 was a buggy leak for 2.2. KB1 was the first official Froyo release (through Kies). KB2 was actually shipped on units, both new and refurb. Units shipped with kb2 usually have a problem trying to flash JF6, but all captivates can flash KB2 with no problem.
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
That rings a bell. I probably should delete my JI6 and get KB2 haha. I still use JF6 since it was on my Captivate straight out of AT&T. -Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] jhogal1:
to:askpcguy

This is what is the problem, I have replaced my Reocovery file with the file from 3e Recovery Modded w/ No Verification

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=887525

with original Recovery file I can get into recovery mode using ADB(not the button combo). I want to flash CM7.1 and I cant do it if i have the original recovery file as it verifies the update.zip

I have flashed back to Froyo at least 4 times using Odin one click. and when u and mrhaley30705 discuss about KB2 i assume its about Odin version?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
No. Heimdall. It does the same thing as Odin, only better.

If you follow the install instructions from the cm thread, you can install it without having to mod the 3e recovery.
[Captivate Android Development] ThisWasATriumph:
Are there any newer bootloaders than KF1? Does KK4 include newer ones or are they the same?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Kk4 does have bootloaders. A few of the leaks had bootloaders in the download. Someone else (not me) claims the sbl is different in the newer leaks than the kf1 package.
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
If you have the original recovery, the blue text with only a few options. One of which is Reinstall packages. You'll need clockwork mod and it's UPDATE.zip. ADB push update.zip /sdcard/ then reboot into recovery and keep selecting Reinstall packages until you are in Clockwork Mod Recovery. I trust CM7 zip is also on your /sdcard (/sdcard means the devices internal SD card) since you are in Clockwork Recovery, you can flash CM7.
[Captivate Android Development] csingh:
How come in the OP it says for Cyanogen Mod users to stay away? Is there something different in CM where this wouldn't work, or is it just because the OP is old and maybe there were significant changes between CM and Samsung roms at the time?

Basically, my friend is running the MIUI4 port (WEUI), but with the I9000 bootloaders. I was wondering if I would be able to use this odin-package to flash the AT&T bootloaders for him?

Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] RichMD:
Yes, it is just that the OP is OLD... You can use the KF1 BLs with anything now. There was a problem that they weren't supported by CM7 way back but that isn't a problem.
[Captivate Android Development] b-eock:
That and you cant flash bootloaders while on any MTD rom(CM7,MIUI,CM9,ICSSGS)
[Captivate Android Development] csingh:
So are the bootloaders in the OP KF1?

And to make sure I'm getting this right.. I can use KF1 BL with any ROM, but in order to flash I have to be on a Samsung-based ROM?

Thanks for the help guys
[Captivate Android Development] b-eock:
Correct
[Captivate Android Development] csingh:
Okay great, thanks a lot for the help :)
[Captivate Android Development] dawei213:
Hmmm, I used the One-Click to be able to get back to Recovery. I am able to perform what I need to do in recovery but once I reboot, it always takes me back to CWM. Everything I've done, it just keeps taking me back to Recovery after a reboot. Anything thoughts?

EDIT: Nevermind, I flashed back using one of the GB stock files located in the Stock ROMS - OneClicks master list. It does remove whatever this oneclick did.
[Captivate Android Development] zzmomo73:
PLEASE HELP!!!

i was running ics infinitum 2.2. so i decided to install GB boot loaders to flash some GB roms.. but when i installed this through odin i got the at&t logo then i icy glitch kernel logo and it took me directly to recovery.. i wiped data and cache+dalvik cache..i installed a ics rom b\c i didnt have a GB rom on my phone.. it installed successfully but when i rebooted my phone it showed the at&t logo the glitch kernel logo and took back to recovery.. i tried reflashing the bootloader but samething happened.. so i went back and installed the I9000 boot loaders and reflashed the ics rom but the same thing happened. did i brick my phone??? PLEASE HELP!!!