yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbogdanmircea:
Quick question: After more than 1 year my cm10 is really lagging.

I would like to go to recovery and delete all cache dalvik and user data and apps but without reinstalling cm10.

I have Titanium Backup weekly for my apps.

Waiting for steps, I know first is power button and then Reboot to Recovery but what should I do after I get to the recovery screen ? Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Well it really depends on which recovery you are using. But go into recovery and look for the option "factory reset"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbogdanmircea:
I have the cwm recovery, the one with lots of options that also allows you to rei stall cm for sd zip. Only problem that when I installed it for the first time it was really scary, crashed at some point, I thought I bricked the phone, then I made it work somehow. That's why I only want to clean as much as possible my current cm so it works as freshly installed.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KruciFFF:
Go with the 'Factory Reset' in the Recovery along with Keeping Backup of your Own Apps(Optional: Sync your data like Contacts,Calendar data,etc with Google Account), It will make your Phone as fresh as New install! :)

Cheer!:good:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbogdanmircea:
Well I have TB so no problem backing up data .

So factory reset from recovery will just wipe all data and all apps ?

How it is different from factory reset from phone menu ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KruciFFF:
Factory Reset

The 'lighter' of the two reset options. It can be done either in settings or via recovery menu. It wipes all user data and firmware settings, but leaves the contents of your internal SDcard intact.

Hard Reset

Restores a smartphone to its basic factory settings, which erases all applications that were installed by the user as well as all user data. Hard Reset wipes everything including the contents of your internal SD Card(used for OS files storage). Whatever firmware you last flashed will be the firmware you get back, but everything else will be wiped

Hope you're cleared with it. Cheers! :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arqam249:
Phone Stucks

Hey

I Have Installed speedmod kernal but my phone stucks at Galaxy S Boot Screen

Please Tell Me What To Do..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Boot into recovery and do a factory reset. Just like it says in the instructions on the first page
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spac3c4t512:
Great tutorial!!

WOW!! Thanks for this very easy to follow tutorial. I didn't have much confidence that I'd be able to get it right on the first attempt, but your instruction was clear enough for even a dumb 'ol hillbilly like me. My old captivate is resurrected and running faster than a spotted-butt ape.(I've never seen one of these creatures, but according to my late grandad they exist and move very quickly) I now have CWM recovery and CM-10.0.0-captivatemtd installed and I can't thank you enough.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moo113:
Does anyone have any live links for the one-click heimall from the first post?

http://www.teamkomin.com/Captivate/i897-Speedmod-K13E-GBbootloaders-One-Click.jar

The teamkomin site is long dead, and their goo.im only had TalonDEV one-click that freezes. Hoping to upgrade this little bugger.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Golden Hawaiian:
Heimdall - "Device not Detected" on Mac 10.9 - (i897 with 2.1 Eclair)

I wanted to flash my old i897 captivate with a custom rom. It still had original stock 2.1 Eclair and it needed to be on 2.3 Gingerbread. I work on a mac (10.9.5) and decided the best way to get this upgrade to 2.3.5 was to use the Heimdall oneclick I897UCKK4 with bootloaders(no cell service on the phone). While in download mode, I kept getting the same problem "device not detected". I tried installing Heimdall frontend 1.4 and tried to access from the terminal but was still getting "device not detected". Hours and hours researching left me with .....bootloader problem on Eclair, try another USB cable, try other USB ports, uninstall Kies drivers, disable mac USB drivers etc. After trying some suggestions with no success, I borrowed a Windows 8 laptop. On Windows, I thought I should try Kies 2.6. That was wrong! After a conversation with Samsung, I tried Kies Mini (it is supposed to update Eclair and Froyo devices to GB). It looked like it was working until after download mode and then it aborted multiple times. Since I work on Mac and will be using Heimdall in the future, I decided to download the same Heimdall oneclick I897UCKK4 to the Windows laptop that I had downloaded to my Mac. This time it worked, "device detected"! I did the second flash for the GB bootloaders, SUCCESS! I tested the Heimdall oneclick, heimdall frontend and terminal on my Mac and the 2.3.5 device is detected. Thanks!

Heimdall oneclick i897UCKK4 with bootloaders from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remmons:
Bricked 2x by speedmod kernel

I have gone through to procedure to install the speedmod kernel 2x with the same results - a phone that will not boot. I re-flash ROM with an Odin-click-stock i897uckk4 ROM to unbrick it since the phone will go into download mode. The phone was running Gingerbread v2.3.

After flashing speedmod, I have to try 3 or 4 times to get the bricked phone into recovery mode. It keeps freezing at the Samsung i897 boot screen, but eventually enters recovery. I tried to install cm-10.2.0-RC1-captivatemtd, and cm-11-20150208-NIGHTLY-captivatemtd. Both fail with an "Installation Aborted" message.

How can I get this phone rooted? It not seem to work with speedmod. Is there some other kernel I can flash?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remmons:
It seems like I was able to get the phone rooted by flashing an old CornKernel_UCKK4_v706.tar (attached):

1) Downloaded the attached file

2) Launched Odin on my computer

2) Connected phone in download mode to my computer

3) Clicked "Reset", and "PDA" on Odin

4) Browsed to the file and click "Start" on Odin

The phone was seems to be rooted with ClockWorkMod recovery installed. I was subsequently able to install CyanogenMod 11. However, if I access the phone with ADB, the prompt is a "$", not a "#".

Does a rooted phone always show a "#" prompt instead of a"$"?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
News flash! You do not need to root the phone first, if you are going to flash a custom rom. And most custom ROMs come pre rooted so you don't need to root your phone afterwards
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Flash a custom recovery

Preform a factory reset

Flash your custom ROM

reboot
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remmons:
Thanks for the info. I wanted to make full backup before flashing a custom ROM. So, ASFAIK, I had to root first.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
If you are making the backup through recovery you don't need to root either. Only if you were booting back into the ROM to make backups with an application

Flash a recovery

Make a backup in recovery

Factory reset

Flash rom

Reboot

Anything that the recovery can do, does not require being rooted. It supersedes root in a way.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FerociousAndroid:
Unable to flash roms less then KitKat

Hello all,

Followed these steps and I'm unable to FLASH any Rom less then KitKat. "Slim-captivate-4.4.4.build.9.0-WEEKLY-8328" flashes without any issues but my IMEI and baseband disappear. I tried flashing the following Roms via the CWM in the speedmod-kernel-i897-k13e-500hz.tar, CornKernel_UCKK4_v706.tar, cm7-galaxys-initial-kernel_CWM3005.tar with out luck

UNSUCCESSFUL ROM FLASH:

cm-7.2.0-captivatemtd.zip

cm-9.1.0-captivatemtd.zip

cm-10.1.3-captivatemtd.zip

Android_JZO54K_4.1.2_stock_captivate_B.zip

Legend_v6_KK4_JB_FW.zip

Get the following error:

-- Installing: SDCARD:cm-10.1.3-captivatemtd.zip

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

E:Can't open /mnt/sdcard/cm-10.1.3-captivatemtd.zip

(bad)

Installation aborted.

I had to copy the file to the internal SD since speedmod-kernel is unable to access or mount the external_SD. I'm on GB 2.3.5 (I897UCKJ3_withBL). So not sure what I'm missing?! Been awhile since I flash a Captivate. Do I have convert the file system to MTD? Any help would be great!

Thanks in advance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FerociousAndroid:
SON OF A GUN! Spent the entire day on this yesterday toying with this. Don't ever recall it being this complicated to flash a Cappy. Turns of the Micro SD I was copying the Rom files was defective and would corrupt them. Tried a different card and was able to flash cm-10.1.3-captivatemtd.zip!

:victory:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
or just follow instructions in OP.... adams heimdall method
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GaryOkie:
OK, got it. It flashed perfectly and reboots GB 2.3.4 KH3 just fine. I can also now go into CWM recovery mode, and was just about to flash Illuminate 2.1.1 but caught myself.

I think it would be a mistake to install a 2.3.5 KK2-based ROM onto KH3, so will hold off.

I guess what I will need to do now is use Odin to get KK2, and maybe Corn kernel as well, before Illuminating.

Thanks very much for your help!

Thanks very much for your help!

---------- Post added at 01:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:22 PM ----------

Yep, that's exactly what I did. Followed the instructions very carefully, and repeated the process twice to make sure. The GB bootloaders installed fine with Adam's heimdall 1-click. It appears that the Talon kernel was the issue, but the boog kernel w/CWM in jmtheiss KH3 heimdall worked just fine.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
Unless I'm mistaken, the Illuminance rom, when flashed, should set you up to be on the Illuminance setup you'll need. No need to Odin anything.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GaryOkie:
I realize that flashing Illuminance_v2.1.zip is done with CWM, not Odin. However, I thought Illuminance required KK2 before flashing. I figured I was asking for trouble flashing it over KH3. This ROM doesn't upgrade to KK2 as well, does it?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
the only reason to use odin is if you don't have c w m, or need to upgrade bootloaders.

when you flash a rom they are usually "wipe roms". the wipe whatever is on your phone.

there is no need to flash to stock if the rom is going to be "wipe it" away...

I said that in the instructions. if you have c w m you don't need to odin anymore
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GaryOkie:
Please ignore this question - "This ROM doesn't upgrade to KK2 as well, does it?" I know that can't be true. So my apologies for not understanding your comment that flashing the Illuminance setup is all I will need when it is clear from the installation information that GB 2.3.5 is a prerequisite.

There does not appear to be an Odin KK2 1-click available anywhere, nor a Heimdall KK2 other than Adam's (which has a Talon kernel that does not work for me).

---------- Post added at 02:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:23 PM ----------

Thanks very much for your patience explaining this to me. I did not understand that CWM could do so much - including fully replacing Odin except for BL's.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
In looking at Illuminance's webpage, it appears that 2.1.1 is based on KK2. So, all you should have to do is backup your stuff, download the rom, put it on your internal SD card, boot to CWM, do the wipes (wipe dalvik, wipe cache, format user data), and then install the zip file. Once you're there, download the Corn Kernel CWM version, put that on your internal SD, and flash it from CWM. That should give you the setup you're hunting for.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
the manual wipe of those partitions in cwm is totally optional. (as in I NEVER have)

the edify install script of any correctly made cwm rom has:

delete_recursive("/system");

delete_recursive("/dbdata");

delete_recursive("/cache");

delete_recursive("/data");

and delvik is in one of those partitions, so that would just be redundantly redundant.

download rom to sdcard/anywhere

boot to cwm

flash from cwm

done

and again to clearify earlier, odin would only be needed to go back to a 2.2 cwm2 rom/kernel combo, or upgrade bootloaders
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
Good point - hadn't considered that. I'm a little paranoid/overcautious, so I do the manual wipe each time, but as TRusselo pointed out, it's not really necessary.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GaryOkie:
Fantistic! I've now reached the goal of having KK2/Corn/Illuminance running along with an ICS/Illuminance theme. Quite a big jump for me coming from stock - and a lot to comprehend.

Thanks so much jmtheiss & TRusselo for all your advice!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
Great to hear that you got where you were going.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] askpcguy:
I been searching around for anything that explains if it is possible to Clockwork Mod flash Gingerbread boot loaders on the Captivate. Reason is, I am at work and want to try out Gingerbread bootloaders. I'll keep searching.

Also, can nandroid backup restore Froyo bootloaders over the gingerbread bootloaders? Or is that only asking for a hard brick?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
no it must be done with odin.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snow.Goose:
Hey, I've got a question.... I used to be running cm7 but yesterday, I tried out some other roms. I flashed back to stock, and installed some roms, but now I have the at&t splash at boot.

How would I go back to the black sgh-i896? Should I go back to Rogers 2.3 stock w/o BL and get root+cwm?

If I get cwm, I can just restore back to my backup before I started flashing other roms
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
are you seeing i896 then ATT or just ATT? ( actually ATT twice, but you can't tell)

the first screen is fixed or customized with the link in my sig. Captivate Bootscreen Replacementand if this is the case you didnt flash to stock with MY ROGERS STOCK flashes. because my stock flashes specifically fix that issue except the 2.3.3 ONEclick odin the other NONoneclick method works fine. and other 6 flash packages work fine too

the second ATT splash screen is built into the kernel, and you are probably on a custom rom built on At&t and we dont have the kernel source code to fix that. you would have to find a custom rom built on ATT 2.3.3 and flash a Rogers 2.3.3 kernel to fix that issue (not worth it). or almost

any

custom 2.2 kernel and rom (we had the source back then). the second screen you are just going to have to live with if you want new custom roms. Rogers wont update past 2.3.3 (doubt they will)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snow.Goose:
it's the first screen. Running glitch kernel, so it's not the second screen... I haven't flashed your stock yet, just wondering how I should go about it. The first time I ever put cwm on my phone, I followed cyanogenmod's wiki (heimdall and speedmod kernel). It's almost bricked way to many times, so i'm looking for a different method. Sorry if I wasn't clear on what I meant.

I'm on cm7 with at&t boot screen, I want to be on cm7 with the black boot screen.

Edit: So it's just bootloader that is different right now? Reading your link right now
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
the bootloader points to a file in the params.lfsparams.lfs can only be flashed by odin.

you must have at some point flashed an Att one click...

either way the bootscreen replacer will work.

go for the i897 bootloader version. logo_ATNT.jpg youll find out...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snow.Goose:
Okay. Thanks for your help!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kayen:
Hey, so i've been meaning to upgrade to GB for awhile, been running Fasty 2.5 for awhile, but decided it was time to move up into the GB world.

I did steps 1-10, with Odin 1.7, first i put the phone into download mode, and then placed PDA.tar.md5 into PDA, pressed start.

Closed ODIN, and reopened it.

Then after phone rebooted, i put it in download mode again - placed "Samurai-1.3.tar" into PDA, pressed start. Phone went into AT&T boot screen after uttering a random voice for abit. I waited till it finally rebooted. The phone seems to be stuck in a bootloop now.

Any solutions?

EDIT: 593048 bootloops later, I somehow ended up in recovery mode, and flashed my rom...

And now it works.

Thanks man, GREAT guide!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
yes you must boot STRAIGHT into recovery at that point. that kernel wont work with the rom that you WERE on, that kernel is only used to cwm flash your next rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hunt3r.j2:
Sorry to ask such a basic question, but I've installed "SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_designgears_v1_3_2360_0" for the Galaxy S2 SGH-i777 (AT&T GS2). This came from a link under the SGH-i777's KJ4 ROM for "New USB Drivers". Will this work with the Captivate and not brick anything?

Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
It's not designed for the Captivate, do not use it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hunt3r.j2:
I get the following message upon trying to install the Captivate drivers linked in the OP:

Samsung USB Driver for Mobile phones is already installed on your computer. Do you want to proceed with the installation anyway?

Do I proceed, or are they really all the same driver anyway?

To be crystal clear: I've already installed the drivers for the SGS2 earlier, for an AT&T SGS2. Do I install the Captivate drivers even though it's giving me that message?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Have you tried connecting the phone to the computer via USB?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
yes.

i have NEVER had to install the drivers manually. i plug in to a new installation of windows 7 and it downloads from internet for me. installed in seconds.

try running windows update with phone plugged in.

or

open device manager and look for Android Device. if its there (while plugged in) its installed. if there is unknown device, right click it and select update drivers. then choose automatically from internet.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hunt3r.j2:
I've flashed a kernel on a Captivate without installing the Captivate USB drivers, but I'm flashing another phone and going from Froyo to GB bootloaders, and I do not want a brick.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
if it worked before it will work now.

drivers just let odin see your phone.

if it sees your phone you can move to next step.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hunt3r.j2:
Okay then. I just wanted to make sure that this would not cause any problems.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
you need to worry about odin not your drivers. use a newer version of odin like this one.... odin 1.85

DO NOT USE THE BOOTLOADER BOX!

USE PDA
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cablegooru:
can anyone tell me how to go from MIUI back to stoxk leak I.E. KK4, i have infuse but my other half has a cappy and on MIUI, I flased he KI2 leak with cwm injection and then installed MaxQ, then went to MIUI... just want to make sure make correct steps without bricking. thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
coming from CM7 or MIUI,

you

MUST

flash back to stock with an odin one click or regular odin WITH pit file and re-partition checked.

what kind of leak?? a tar odin file? or the deodexed cwm zip file? both are available in captivate>Development section.

to flash the cwm version follow this guide after flashing back to stock.

to flash the tar odin version put it in PDA box while in download mode and press start, same way you flash the kernel in this guide.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majidshahab091:
Need guidance to install custom rom

HI there. i need to install some good custom rom. my captivate is on uckj2 (2.3.5) gingerbread which is stock. What steps should i follow as i am confused in boot loaders. I dnt know what boot loader i have in my cappy.

I need simple guidance to instal some good custom rom, which is cabale of overclocking.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
if you are running gingerbread running then you have gingerbread bootloaders. you don't need to worry about them ever again. just skip the boot loader step
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majidshahab091:
Need guidance to install custom rom

i have samsung captivate 2.3.5 uckj2 gingerbread (AT&T). What steps are needed for me to install custom rom and which rom is good as i need fast speed with good battery life
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
instructions are in the first post. read them. the thread wasnt called [guide] for no reason.

all custom roms are good. what you will like depends on YOU.

different roms have different options. to find out the options, read the first post of the rom thread.

speed and battery life depend on what YOU DO on your phone, and what apps you install.

also read this XDA NEW USER GUIDE
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aftabbabar:
I did just that and now I am stuck in talon logo and won't go into recovery no matter what I do. how can I istall a rom on it.

I had rooted stock froyo 2.2 on it before. please help
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Instructions for recovery mode:

have phone shut off

hold both volume buttons

press and hold power button

KEEP ALL 3 BUTTONS HELD for 3-5 seconds after screen comes on

after kernel bootscreen you will see clockwork recovery menu

if you already had the

i9000

gingerbread bootloaders installed and skipped the steps in these instructions, the button combo would be different.

hold volume up then hold power
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I've been wondering if its possible to install an i9000 ROM from the the i9000 android development section not the i9000 based ROMS. Would it work or is there some driver incompatibilities or something?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
i9000 based roms and i9000 roms are the same thing. only with a different kernel.

if you flash an i9000 rom everything will work fine but the screen will be upside down, and the home capacitive button wont work until you flash an i9000 "re-oriented" kernel.

an i9000 based rom is just an i9000 rom pre-packaged with a re-oriented kernel for captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baby Liz Sandra:
Nice! Done with some help, but nice guide!!!;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Virtual Techie:
I am running stock gingerbread on a Rogers Samsung captivate. I want to put the ice cream sandwich rom on this phone but I need clockwork recovery. I tried to put clockwork recovery on my phone through Rom Manager but it did not work due to an error: signature failure. Please help...point me to which kernel I have to flash my phone with using ODIN thank you
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
ANY

kernel with cwm 3 4 or 5 will let you start the

instructions for ICS.

or use the search for " captivate signature verification" find the 10000000 threads about it.

or read the links in my signature (below) for "3e recovery fix" then you wont get "signature verification failed"

also make sure to read the new user guide in my sig, and watch the vid.,
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Virtual Techie:
k cool

I now have Clockwork recovery version 5.x

thanks for the help!