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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael Carleone:
What is the most reliable method to install CM 7.01

I was in the cyanogenmod site and I see a couple of different methods of installing CM 7.01.

I have the stock Rogers Rom with Gingerbread 2.3.3.

I am confused which method should be used to install CM 7.01.

Some are saying there are issues with installing Heimdall.

There is also some conflicting info which I am unable to sift through that you need the appropriate kernal for my phone. I have no idea which that is other than those provided in the links on cyanogenmod's site.

There was a report that someone bricked their phone using a kernal from Heimdall. Obviously, I want to avoid that.

I'd be grateful if I can get steered in the right direction. Or perhaps I should just ditch the idea of installing 7.01 and wait for the Samsung Galaxy III next month?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
whenever flashing ANYTHING there is ALWAYS risk of bricking. Accept it or dont proceed.That being said.. it is extremely hard to permanently brick a captivate. there are also (and not exaggerating) thousands of people that "think they bricked their phone" but didnt.

With the captivate, flashing the wrong kernel, or having odin or heimdall give you a bad flash of a kernel, wont permanently brick your phone. just reboot and flash kernel again, or reboot and flash the right one.

CM is a whole other beast. I have never really liked it and dont have much useful information for you, but, they are installed on tens of thousands of peoples phones, they have a huge team that works on the rom and their own site and have official instructions for a reason.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael Carleone:
Thanks bro. I really appreciate your opinion. There's not much activity over on the cyanogenmod site. Information is dated and doesnt appear to be updated. I wasn't able to find any info on the pros and cons of the cyanogenmod either. It looks like I'd have to downgrade my stock rom from 2.3.3 to Froyo in order to update to cyanogenmod. I think it's best I dont do anything for now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
ok that part isnt totally correct...

just follow this guide and install cm7 as your "neat-o rom"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael Carleone:
which part should I follow? the instructions in the first post of this thread (just making sure). Thx
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
first post odin method i prefer.

many other people swear by heimdall. i have no experience with it, but the instructions and package was put together by a development GOD.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael Carleone:
gracias. :)

Is there any reason why u dont prefer CM? What do u use in your i896?

I just read that that there are random speaker issues with CM. :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
I am very happy with the "beta "ice cream sandwich ics sgs aosp build. But moving the kang ics from my test phone to my daily phone as i like it more.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
But for ics sgs I highly recommend finding build 23. I like that one the best. Pm me if you need a link
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcmille290:
Proud user of ICSSGS

Wow. After lusting after an ICS for my Cappy, followed the directions, and bang! Got it, worked like a charm. I cannot thank you enough for helping me get this done the first time out. After flashing the speedmod kernel I was magically able to use CWM. Then flashed the ICS and that's it. Great job!!!!! :)

Here's what I have now:

SGH-I897

Android ver. 4.0.3

Baseband I9000UGJL2

Kernel ver 2.0.8 NEO-3.0-Team ICSSGS-257179-gb5a9c78-dirty

All I can say is Wow! This is very slick.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outcastrc:
Apologies for another frustrating newb question but I have been at this for hours.

I was running Rogers stock 2.3.3. I rooted using superoneclick2.3.3, confirmed I was rooted, then added cwm using the heimdall method following post 1 in this thread. I can get into cwm no problem but I keep getting a status 7 errors every time I try to install a rom. I have tried downloading the files again, tried different links, and even different ICS roms. They all fail during install. I can no longer boot into the original os so I am kinda stuck at the moment and need to figure out how to proceed from here.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
you can still download roms and copy them to the phone through cwm > mounts and storage > mount USB.

what ICS roms were you trying to flash?

if all else fails use the rogers stock rom link in my sig. sorry gotta get to work. someone else will be along soon.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outcastrc:
CM9 alpha and AOKP ICS roms. Downloaded multiple times and sent to the phone through mounting the phone with cmw.

The errors I keep getting are:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Try flashing glitch kernel first let it boot loop a couple times and take out the battery and flash ICS
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Screw flash this it's my personal version of kang aokp

Slightly modded better GPS files better modem , glitch kernel already installed I think.. Few modded apps... Status bar date... Ad blocking.. No assert checks!!PM you link
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outcastrc:
Same error. :( Tried a few times...

I then installed glitch kernal 13.1, went fine. Gave me cwm v5.5.0.2 (from 2.5.whatever it was)

tried to install your Kang package, but am still getting the status 7 error.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Cm always has a long list of bugs.. I use what i just posted.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Are you still getting the error after installing glitch kernel? Are you using a captivate or captivate glide?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Oh f*ck I just remembered what your problem probably is... if you get an error then you have to restart recovery Otherwise even good packages will give you an error. If it errors out reboot recovery and try a different package...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outcastrc:
Captivate. Yes its the same error as before.

---------- Post added at 11:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:39 AM ----------

Just tried that a dozen times. Reboot recovery/install zip/error status 7.... repeat indefinitely...:confused:

Sorry for being such a bother and thanks for helping. Didn't think I would run into this much trouble...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Try... Format system, flash again.. ?

I have rogers capt. ... I've done this a million times
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23483555

Try this method 2. I don't want to type it again.. Lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outcastrc:
Tried reformatting 3x and didn't work. On to method #2.

---------- Post added at 12:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:29 PM ----------

Method 2 got rid of the status 7 error. But all I get now is "installation aborted"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Flash to stock with odin. No bootloaders
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outcastrc:
That got me back to 2.3.3

Thanks for all your help getting me back online. Now the big question, do I try again or just take a month to get over the trauma first. lol:D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Opps! the download i sent you earlier didnt have the assert check removed... my bad.

well you know how to get back to stock, and if you arent flashing bootloaders (you have NO reason to) there is no real risk of bricking the phone.

play, have fun, try flashing some gingerbread roms... then ICS..?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outcastrc:
Just tried the whole thing over again and ended up in the same mess as before... Just going to leave it on 2.3.3 for awhile.

Just thought that since I have my GS now I could spend some time playing with the captivate roms.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
here follow this guide

odin method

with

this

version of kang

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19201431/Files/Kang-M4-me.zip

I just fixed the assert check that i thought was included. im home now!!

i just tried it all on my spare cappy. odin method. cwm the above package TWICE.

***the first time it installs glitch and reboots, glitch will run a quick script and reboot INFANITLY. it only needs to run once. pull battery and reboot into CWM and flash package again.***

"WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET" in CWM after flashing 2nd time.

install nstools from android market, it lets glitch kernel work ALOT smoother . and mentioned in the glitch kernel OP

IT WILL WORK, I JUST DID IT.

remember this kang version has google apps pre installed, if you ever update from their site you will have to flash google apps separately.. plus all the other goodies i included.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
re-read post above... added more info...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outcastrc:
That worked! It did take 3 tries to get the encryption part done.

First thing I notice is the capacitive buttons aren't working. Is that normal?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
umm no.. are they not working or not vibrating>?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outcastrc:
not working at all. I can't load any app without having to reboot the phone to get back to the main screen.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
ok the zip may have corrupted when i dropped in the updated updater-script.

i pulled the version off my phone that i used, extracted it, installed nstools, took out the 2nd google gallery. and re packaged.

wait 15 minutes and download from the last link again. re-uploading right now.

everything should work this time... if not flash something else from your current recovery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outcastrc:
It works.

I actually think it prolly worked last time, but when the os first fired up I was asked to choose between 2 startup apps. I chose the other one this time and I have the buttons.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruzstyle:
so once cyanogen finishes its install i go to reboot and phone goes stright to recovery mode. i cant get to to go anywhere else??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
That sometimes happens, try flashing cm again. If that doesn't work, you might have to Odin back to stock and start from scratch.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruzstyle:
flashed back to stock 2.2 and stock works fine, tried again with ODIN and samething. no responise.

flashed back to stock again and used hermese metod and it gets stuck at teh talon load screen.

now im back on 2.2 froyo
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Is this your first time flashing a custom ROM? cm may not be the best first rom.

Who is hermese? And what is his method? Did you read the instructions for CM ROM?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruzstyle:
sorry i meant heimdall after i used ODIN. no this is not my first tie. i actually have to cappys and the other first one worked just fine. then i tried the second one and im having nothing but issues
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Oh ok. Try flashing a cm kernel, reboot LET IT BOOT LOOP ONCE. then reboot to recovery and flash cm
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suganthan6a:
Downgrading ROM without usb

Hi all,

I am quite new but in need of help. My Samsung captivate does not get detected by PC. I am on gingerbread and would like to root my phone. However, I understand I need to be on Froyo to root. I will like to know how to downgrade my rom to froyo from gingerbread without using usb. I can bluetooth files from PC and etc. I know you can root straight from the phone using ROM Manager but I need to downgrade to Froyo first. Please advice.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
this thread has nothing to do with needing root.

you do not need to downgrade to root. This suggests you should do more research before doing anything to your device. Do you know what bricking a device means? it means a 600$ lesson.

installing drivers helps computers detect devices.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruzstyle:
im having a horriable time with this. if you can email me and give me a more in depth step by step and help point me to a walk through this from start to finish. my phone has this on it now

100% complete stock ( i was rooted but couldnt get anythign to work so falshed back to a stock cappy)

2.3.5

base-i897uckk4

kernal 2.6.35.7 i897uckk4 cl614489
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
here at XDA we highly discourage hand feeding people. all the information is here for you to read and learn yourself, Just as we did.

16 months ago I had never touched an android phone. Want to know how I got where I am? I read things.

If you can't understand instructions that are already posted you probably shouldnt proceed until you do.

Fyi posting your e-mail address in public forums asking questions like that is a good way to get your inbox full of spam
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruzstyle:
i think that it is more that im frustradted with teh set up of the way things get poseted. there is TONS and TONS of great info on this site but its all scattered so much. also it seems that every thread is posted to show the seasoned rooted what to do but everyone sees post after post after post of i dont understand or im lost or i dont get this or that. im a admin on a few car modding forums and in the 4 sites im admin on everythign is explained in detail so it is easy to follow so no matter how much u know or dont know anyone can follow. it snot osted with just buy this part and install. have anice day like things i see on here. i know that this is a different world of things but even i get tired of seeing the noob post and im a noob my self and sometimes it seems i have no choice but to post a HOW do i do...post because theres no real help. ive rooted my SGT's with no issues my other cappy with no issue and this one seems to be giving me a world of hurt and ive flahsed re-flashed wiped and re wiped and i still cant seem to figure out whats wrong or if im doing something wrong.even with all the treads i did through its rare you find a step by step. most are built put together for the advanced users but i think theres a lot of wasted post because of this. i just want this phone to work and i cant seem to get it to do so.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
if you dont understand, dont do.

sorry but this is complicated stuff, if you dont understand, you are going to learn some expensive lessons. and we dont have a couple weeks to personally teach you.

do you know how much reading i did before rooting my phone? 8-16 hours per day for 4 DAYS (while off work) before rooting, and i still bricked my first phone.

your phone is on stock, un-rooted. it works. leave it like that.

and its hard to believe an "admin of 4 car forums" would post their personal email on a forum requesting to pay for information that is already posted. And this thread has nothing to do with rooting, why are you posting here for rooting help? this thread is for installing custom roms. Custom roms come rooted, and following this guide you dont need root to flash a custom rom. But thats all the help you are getting from me, I'm sorry but if you don't understand what you are doing you are just going to be coming back to us for more help and more problems and a broken device. If you don't understand the steps to start the process, you won't have the troubleshooting skills to figure out the rest... which we all have to do!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Perhaps this is a better way of explaining without sounding so nasty...

What if in your automotive forum, a new user came in and said someone gave them a car and gave them an in-line nos system,

They barely know how to drive stick

and they have no idea what a fuel rail is, let alone how to replace one. They can't afford to have it professionally installed but they can afford to fly a user from the forum to their house to install and adjust it for them...

Now as a forum admin what would you recommend to the new user? And the other users of the forum? Taking into account liability... Ect.

Let's face it you would tell them that they are going to blow themselves up, and anyone that does it for them can be held responsible..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruzstyle:
Its pretty normal for members to come together to install new parts for other members. It helps the forum because it makes it easier to put together a detailed HOW TO and gives members an excuse to get together show off there cars and go on a cruise. I recall one time a member had a nos system installed at one of these gatherings and the system went off while he was at a stop light just idling and thecar caught fire. The owner knew the risks before the work was do e as all members do and we still have these gatherings throughout the year and a huge meet everyyear. With hundreds of attendees
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
[facepalm] - i Phail at life
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincelee007:
Can't copy to internal sd card

Hi TRusselo, I can only copy the files to the external sd card, but not the internal card. When I try that it promts me an error message with an error code "0x80070057: the parameter is incorrect", and thus I still can't find the rom.zip file in the recovery. Why?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
You don't have a choice it must be on internal card that is why you can't find it..

Where is it telling you parameter incorrect?

I don't even remember that last message how old was that?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Wait you're trying to get me to remember something from November 19 ?? you're going to have to start at the beginning again
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdithug:
Using Rogers Captivate stock GB

Ive been reading on this site for a while now looking through all the different ICS roms for my captivate. Ive rooted my phone, but have been stuck trying to load CWM on my phone using Heimdall. Ive read that Odin is not the safest way to flash CWM on my phone, but Heimdall is. Im using Heimdall Suite 1.3.1 I believe, on Windows 7, 64-bit. When running Heimdall-frontend to flash "Corn kernel" sp? with CWM included, i get the following message:

"Failed to detect compatible device"

When I search that message, all I can seem to find is people who have had the same problem, but they end up flashing with Odin instead of dealing with the problem. If Odin is not as safe as Heimdall, I would prefer to stick with the Heimdall method of flashing. What am I doing wrong? I have my phone rooted, USB debugging is on, and Im following all the correct steps in every tutorial I find, but none of the tutorials talk about what error messages you may have.

I would like to not only get CWM flashed on my phone so I can eventually flash ICS on there, but before I flash ICS, I would like to know in general on average, the most reliable, stable ICS Rom for Captivate that is out to date. Im aware there is going to be bugs with no matter what rom i choose, Im just curious as to what most people recommend for someone who prioritizes stability as the number one concern.

If anyone can help with either one of my two questions, it would be much appreciated.

Thank You

Carrier: Fido

Phone: Rogers Captivate SGH-i896

Firmware: 2.3.3

Baseband: i896UXKH2

Kernel: 2.6.35.7-i896UXKH2-CL296008 se.infra@SEP-50 #2

Build: GINGERBREAD.UXKH2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
there is NOTHING wrong with odin. i have actually NEVER used heimdall, and dont plan to.

just follow post 1 of this guide and you can do whatever you want.

for heimdall did you install the heimdall driver?? its not the same as the regular captivate driver.

if you did install heimdall driver, odin wont work on that usb port, unless you UNinstall heimdall driver and reinstall the captivate driver... or just use different usb port for odin,.

all ICS are the same level of stability since they are all built off eachother and share the same fixes. i love AOKP kang ics. not kang CM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdithug:
Thank you. From what Ive read, I was leaning towards AOKP Kang ICS, already had it copied to my phone, but still cant get past this CWM.

Yes I did install the heimdall driver, with no issues. I just dont understand why it doesnt recognize my device when I have all the prerequisites and followed every step to a tee. Im thinking of trying it on my desktop which has Windows XP Pro, and if that doesnt work, I might have to try in ubuntu. Would rather stay away from my XP machine as it is very slow.

Edit: Would the fact that my phone is locked to rogers create an issue with heimdall?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gammonjoshua:
Ive just flashed two captivates using the method in the first post of this thread and it when very smooth and i had no problems. Im using AOKP kang ics as TRusselo suggested. So far so good. Way better then stock gb!!!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Having a Rogers phone means nothing. trust me. Try Odin. take a look at new driver info in post 2 i just added.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdithug:
Sorry I didnt clarify. I meant more so that my phone is locked. I thought I read once somewhere (of course cant find the same page again) that you need the phone to be unlocked in order to install cwm and flash roms, but i find that hard to believe.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
having the phone locked to a sim card (carrier) stops you from doing nothing except using someone elses sim card.

in some cases depending on your end result you must be ROOTED, which some noobs consider a form of "unlocking", but that is a HORRIBLE way to explain it.

if you read the first paragraph of the first post of this thread. it says this method will let you install a rom FROM STOCK. hell FIRST STEP.... " Take phone out of box ".

if you need to do something,

its in the instructions

.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdithug:
Wow, I feel like a complete idiot after figuring out what I was doing wrong. When I was trying to load the kernel on my phone through heimdall, I had my phone booted into recovery mode instead of download mode. Got AOKP Rom loaded up, now my phone is fast as ever!

Just curious, has anyone noticed the battery drains just a little faster with ICS AOKP compared to Gingerbread Stock?

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Lol FACE<<<<PALM.

Give your phone a few battery charge cycles before you start judging.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rohit29:
Ive read through the thread and would like to flash my phone with this ICS rom, but Im running a rogers captivate i896, which is running the following:

GB 2.3.3

I896UXKH2-baseband version

Kernal: 2.6.35.7

I did the GB update via kies quite a few months ago. I read through this thread and understand that I dont need to use CWM to do this(I dont think it will work with my current firmware).

Do I just flash with the GB bootloaders via Heimdall and then proceed to copy the rom zip to the internal sd card from my computer.

Put the phone into boot mode(volume up+down+power button) and select the rom in the sd card..Should I back any of my contacts up, Im not too concerned about apps, I can also reinstall them via the market.

This is my first time doing this. Ive done a lot of reading about this, Im just not clear with how important the CWM mod is, and the fact that it isnt available for my current firmware. Please advise, it wont go in vain:):)

Thanks,

Rohit
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
You are running gingerbread right now so you already have gingerbread boot loaders you don't need them.

Also I, who wrote the guide have a Rogers captivate nothing changes for you. Just follow the guide, you use Odin to flash CWM, then you use CWM to flash your rom.