yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Ok... so now you want gingerbread? You don't need to incrementally update... but...

#1 Keis is garbage.

#2 stock is boring.

#3 use the search up top, search "captivate stock gingerbread"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elyotbuang:
thanks man... and im on stock gingerbread for now. i want more thou!! can u help me on how to get the AT&T apps on my fone or so called bloatware apps???
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Titanium Backup Pro.

Or flash a custom Developer's Rom. Use this Guide by TRusselo to get that Rom of your choice flashed.

:thumbup:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naamanlima:
This method solves error?

"E: failed to verify whole-file signature"

"E: signature verification failed"

when installing kernel speedmod, freeze on home screen samsung

another member say i need PIT file to correct partition broken

My system now

Firmware version

2.3.3

Baseband version

I897UCKF1

Kernel version

2.6.35.7-I897UCKF1-CL273832

Build number

GINGERBREAD.UCKF1
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
The Speedmod Kernel is not meant to boot your phone...only to give you CWM Recovery. Don't try to boot the phone up. Just reboot into cwm with the button combo.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naamanlima:
this is error ou broken partition? how recover?

ty
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
No. No. No. No....

Boot into recovery mode.

Read post 1 and 2.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellboyborn:
bootloader

Hi friends

I had completely stock captivate, I just used 1 click heimdall without bootloader, now its running gingerbread but I see those rainbow colors when it boots up. So I guess its still on froyo bootloaders. Now I want to upgrade the bootloader to gingerbread. Please link me to the bootloader file that I need to flash.

Edit- I downloaded this file i897 GB BL.zip. It has a file name PDA.tar.md5. Do I need to flash this as it is or remove the .md5 from the last and then flash.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
U can flash that either way. U don't have to remove the .md5 in order to flash it. If u got it from the OP of this thread u can trust it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellboyborn:
First of all thanks for quick reply now

When I am trying to flash as it is, I am getting this message-

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> PDA.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0

It made no changes to the device.

what to do?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
R u in download mode ? (no offense...gotta ask though). And there is a stickied thread in the General forum that has helpful info as well..."Captivate Connection Issues and Download Mode Help"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellboyborn:
No offence taken my friend, I have seen people making this silly mistake over here :)

Yes I am in download mode, few minutes back only I flashed it via heimdall and it is totally recognized by PC.

This is what I did-

1. I put phone in download mode.

2. Unzip the i897_GB_BL.zip file I found PDA.tar.md5 this file upon unzipping.

3. Lauch the odin and clicked on pda, and selected the file PDA.tar.md5.

4. Clicked on start and I got those details in odin box.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Use a different usb port than the one u used when u used Heimdall, because it uses different usb drivers. Heimdall only installs it's drivers to the specific port u r connected to at the time of the install.

Should be good after that hopefully.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellboyborn:
Didnt work that way, downloaded another ROM with GB bootloaders. Now everything is as I wanted :D

Thanks for your replies
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm.waffles:
Thanks for the easy to follow guide. I've lurked this site for ages and finally decided to get into customizing my phone. Odin method was simple and smooth. I think the hardest part now is going to be sticking to one rom! (picked hellybean 4.1.1 9/20 to start off with)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddybux:
Hi! This is actually for my son, he just got a captivate and is currently unrooted. Could you please provide the rooting and unrooting zip files and instructions? I own a sgy and am familiar with the process on that phone. But I see that with the captivate zips get placed on the internal card and not the external sd so if that's different I assume that other things will be too. So thank you in advance for the zips and instructions.

Proverbs 20: 7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm.waffles:
The steps in the first post can be done from an unrooted phone. All files are copied to the internal card (no micro sd required). Downloads are in first and second post. Grab a rom from the dev section and make sure to read its instructions to work alongside the ones in the first (possibly added steps like flashing gapps or wiping prior).

The first post is not a rooting your captivate guide. The thread is for flashing a custom rom and acquiring root in the process is an added bonus. I'm sure your son would like a faster custom rom on his new captivate instead of just root access.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddybux:
Thank you, I wanted to teach him from scratch, I mean rooting the phone then flashing the rom via cwm and so forth, more of sharing an experience with him. Is it possible to flash a rom on the captivate the long way, thanks again.

Proverbs 20: 7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm.waffles:
AFAIK I'm not sure of a better way of doing it. After verifying bootloaders, you're using Odin to do a kernal swap and from there you use CWM to flash a new rom along with a replacement kernal for the initial one you loaded with Odin. I suppose the only difference is that you don't root and boot into stock with this method or install something like Rom Manager to do so.

This is all very new to me so please correct me if I'm wrong! (edit: see below - definitely a different way to go about it!)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
it is possible to do it the long way...depending on what stock you have....

froyo and eclair (any carrier) and ROGERS gingerbread (basically any stock except AT&T gingerbread) you can root with pc program "SuperOneClick root" (find on xda).

then you must replace stock 3e recovery with a modded 3e recovery to remove signature verification, this will allow you to flash any OLD update.zip through recovery to flash froyo based roms and kernels...

**after gingerbread, cwm recovery (and cwm zip files) changed to a different install script language that stock 3e recovery wont understand.

to find the 3e recovery fix, search xda for the term " captivate verification error fix " or "captivate 3e recovery fix ". there is a bat script that you run from your pc to replace recovery even if you dont have root. it uses a temp root exploit. or if you are already rooted you can just manually copy the recovery file.... search and read for more info on that.

so root, replace stock recovery with modded stock recovery, then flash a rom from stock recovery (which will include a CWM kernel. note on the captivate CWM is built into custom kernels, therefore not needing to install recovery separate.)

or replace stock recovery using bat script, then flash a root.zip file from stock recovery, then flash a kernel or rom ect...

but most of this info is over 2 years old, so... search and dig deep. the past year, everyone uses My Method in post 1 here.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
^

Whew !!! I am out of breathe just reading all of that. :eek:

Plz for the love of all that is right and easy.....Choose Post #1 !!!! :thumbup:

:D New is Better... just sayin (that is, after u teach ur son the old, hard way, daddybux)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm.waffles:
Very informative. Thanks for the breakdown on that. I'm definitely glad I went the newer easier route!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackjack078:
Hey TRusselo,

I just wanna thank you for your guide here.... again. You have been always helpful.

I was following your instructions 2 yes ago to flash from stock 2.1 to firefly. And now I based on this guide to flash to jelly bean.

Again, I just wanna show my appreciation here, for all the time and your work hard.

Sent from my reborn captivate powered by Helly Bean
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsaxena:
Great info

Great info

I tried couple of them at different times and they all worked perfect
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MDMonster:
I would, but the download link for the heimdall is a no go :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellenicboy:
GB bootloaders

How do I know if I have GB bootloaders? If am on GB that means I do?

IF i am on GB and install the GB bootloaders would that harm anything?

Also does this procedure work for Jelly Bean too? Can I go from ICS to Gelly Bean?

Thank you
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
If you are on stock gingerbread, then yes, you have them. Flashing them won't do any harm unless something goes wrong, which will brick your phone, so it's not recommended unless you know you need them.

As long as you have GB bootloaders, it doesn't matter what rom you flash.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pad10:
I want to flash from the devil kernel back to cam. So somebody adviced me to flash my phone again via Odin. Now I'm confused because I don't know if Gingerbread is running on my phone. So which steps should I do?

Here is the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1827835&page=2

:o
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Well... what Rom are you using? I think devil kernel is for ics roms or jelly bean roms...

But this guide is for flashing from stock, you aren't on stock, are you?

I suggest reading and learning before doing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BAleR:
so will this work if im on 2.2? never rooted but not out of the box?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Yep.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BAleR:
odin is not seeing the kernel.tar file, it will see the zip but not the file inside. do i direct it to the zip? or the tar file?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
U must unzip the file on ur pc and copy the .tar out to ur desktop or wherever u want. Then run Odin, select PDA and navigate to the .tar kernel and select it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BAleR:
ok thats what i did, odin isnt seeing the file, i got it any way. for the first flash it wont let me wipe data, is that ok?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
If u flashed the speedmod kernel, u ought to be able to do a factory reset/wipe data in that cwm recovery and then proceed with the install of ur Rom of choice per that Rom's install instructions.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phoenixfriend:
This post helped me a lot. I was running firefly 3.0 and tried to flash helly bean over it with no luck. From there I reflashed the onyx kernel. Flashed the GB boot loaders then helly bsan and bam it worked great. Also flashed it to my wife's unrooted running stock 2.3.5. Thanks guy great job.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BAleR:
well, i dunno I just directed it to the speedmodkernel zip and it worked. dunno if it was supposed to but it did. before I flashed the rom, in the temporary CW recovery it wouldnt let me wipe anything, it would just freeze at formatting data. but I just flashed CM10, it flashed the new recovery, rebooted recover, flashed the rom again then it let me factory reset and wipe cache and all that good stuff, so all is well now.;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derukun:
So I flashed the speedmod kernel provided in the OP, but I forgot to put the actual rom on my internal SD before doing that. Now when I boot my Captivate, it shows the SGH-I896 screen, then switches to Galaxy S SGH-1897 screen and just hangs there.

I have an I896 Captivate (obviously) and was running 2.3 Gingerbread before flashing the kernel.

Any idea what to do?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikey199:
You have cwm if you installed the kernel. You can take sd card out and put in your PC. Should be able to adb push a file too
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Reboot ur phone into cwm recovery and connect to ur pc. Then navigate in the recovery to "mount usb" storage and u can copy the Rom over to ur phone. Unmount. And install Rom.

The speedmod kernel is not gonna boot ur phone. It is only so u will have a cwm.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikey199:
Yes! Or fast boot your phone adb push "file" /sdcard

I'm a command type guy. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Microman1934:
Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU (I had sooooooo many problems with stock captivate seeing my dad has jb on his nexus)

:good:;):):cool::laugh::D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kippu:
i had ics and encountered a problem when trying to go to JB, then i went back to stock froyo firmware ,

now if i had to install Clockword recovery , do i install gingerbread bootloader or not?

thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mon5trum:
I am not rally sure why but you do need to get the gb bootloaders it is a requisite for you to be able to Install ics or jb. I all you need to do is download the rom you want and just flash the speed mod kernel with odin then boot in to recovery and flash the rom you want
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
The gingerbread boot loaders were only needed for gingerbread from my experience. I have not needed them to run ICS board jellybean, however some users experience less issues using the gingerbread boot loaders from the I9000
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kippu:
So i just flash the speed mod kernel with odin or heimdall and i will get the clockword recovery?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mon5trum:
Yep and after you go through that just boot in to recovery by holding both volume up and down and power buttons together then let go of power button after the at&t or whatever carrier you have splash screen then you can go from there
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] For_the_moves:
Hey TRusselo, I'm having a bit of a problem in flashing. I'm new to the whole flashing/rooting thing so bear with me. I rooted using superOneClick then installed ROM manager and attempted to installed ClockworkMod 2.5.1.2 from there. I ran into an issue when installing:

-- Install /sdcard ...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E: signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

Search the forums to resolve this brought me to your guide. I did everything in the ODIN METHOD up to step 11. But when I attempt step 12, there is no option to "select flash zip from SD card". Did I do something wrong?

Phone details:

Model #: SAMSUNG-SGH-I897

Firmware version 2.2

Baseband Version: I897UCKB1

Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9

Build #: FROYO.UCKB1
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
First, Rom manager does not support captivate. But now that you have followed the guide... you should be looking at cwm recovery, it should say, clockwork mood recovery at the top, and the writing should be green if i remember correctly, the second option down should be "flash zip from sdcard", the first option being reboot device.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] For_the_moves:
Oh, it doesn't? Strange then, i saw a another highly recommended guide in this sub forum that spoke of using it to install CWM. When i boot into recovery mode it doesn't say clockwork mod recovery at the top, it says 'Android system recovery'. So that my be an indication that it didn't install in the first place. Any ideas on what I may have done wrong? I followed your guide to the step.

-- Edit --

Looks like i figured out what was wrong. The phone was never recognized by my PC, i was using the USB ports at the front of my machine rather than the port on my mobo.

Just a tip TRusselo that you should mention in your guide, when using odin, the device must be seen by it first which is indicated by filling the the box below ID:COM. Also, at the end of each step should show a green success notification.

Thanks for your guide man! It's great!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
It does say the box should turn yellow...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surendar1863:
Not able to flash any Custom ROM on i897

I was on Gingerbread 2.3.6 and i tried to install a custom ROM after rooting installing CWM etc.,

I tried to port these ROMS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1817084

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1867484

after flashing this kernel

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1816087

But when i tried out both ROM i get

E:Error in /sdcard/<filename.zip>

(status 0)

Installation aborted

message :(

I tried this kernel too http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1811313

But same result !!!

What could be wrong with this ??

Now flashed

I897UCKI2 Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread With Bootloaders - Link to thread - Second Post [With CWM Injected Kernel from Boog]

ROM... and its working normally.. I mean i could not port Custom ROM :(

Am i missing something??

Pls Help..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
One thing for sure is you don't know what porting means.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surendar1863:
Help me then :)

I don't own a captivate..

I have flashed my Xperia Arc more than 100 times...

Think i am flashing the wrong way...

Pls provide brief instructions or any link that i could follow...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AmericanJoe:
For me, those issues cleared up when I installed a different kernel. Not that it's any better than the others, but I'm using Corn Kernel. Worked great for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Well if you don't have a captivate obviously this guide won't work for you.. You are in the wrong thread buddy. peace
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phoenixfriend:
Worked great for me. Went from stock 2.3 to firefly 3.0 now to helly bean. What is it about GB thatbsucked so bad in these cappys.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surendar1863:
Thanks

I told that i don't own a captivate..

That doesn't mean that i should not try flashing friend's mobile and ask ur help...

I am not that much noob to ask help at captivate forum using an Arc :p

Anyhow i figured it out and the phone is working fine now with AOKP JB build 5 ...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowVlican:
guide from OP worked perfectly! now running AOKP JB 5 on my roger's captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobcov:
Captivate 3e recovery procedure

Baseband i897UCKF1

Firmware 2.3.4

Kernel 2.6.35.7-i897uckh3-cl461307

Build number Gingerbread.uckh3

Unlocked from ATT to TMobile using hex editor on nv_data.bin file

Problem: Microphone stopped working. So, I thought I would try Ice Cream Sandwhich and see if that fixes the mic. However, 3e recovery doesn't allow installation.

The instructions at the start of this thread say "find a neat-o ROM." Is that just the regular old saying "neat-o" or is that actually technical jargon for some specific type of rom? You never know when you're new when a word is a word or when it's something else. For this step, can I use "ICS_4.0.3_MR1-RC4.2_Captivate.zip"?

I will skip steps 4-6 because Gingerbread is running.

And now, it would appear I have managed to unroot the phone. Hitting the 3e recovery problem trying to re-root it. More studying ahead. Meanwhile, if there's a fix I missed for this microphone problem, I'd like to know so I can just skip the whole ICS upgrade.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Yes I neat o ROM is any rom you think is neat... Especially considering the title of the thread is flash ANY rom.

I had no idea what ROM "ICS_4.0.3_MR1-RC4.2_Captivate.zip" is, that is a filename not the name of the Rom, having issues installing it I would consider reading the first post of that ROM.

As for the microphone issue I have never heard or come across it except when the device is broken.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobcov:
Hey, thanks a lot for responding. I've been through some interesting adventures, but basically back to where I was, except 2.3.3 instead of 2.3.4.

I'll start reading again, but just for reassurance, it is possible (given proper reading) to get around the 3e thing and load ICS? I tried speedmod kernel i897-500hz.tar, and then went to the ICS tar file mentioned above on the SD card. If you don't recognize that ICS file, then maybe that's where things went off the tracks. Phone just began to reboot in the middle of decompressing files. It would say "google" in the middle of the screen, start decompressing stuff and then reboot.

Does it sound reasonable to repeat the steps, but find an ICS file with a better pedigree? I have a feeling you're right, that my mic problem is hardware, but strange it came after unlocking which was same experience for a few other folks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Unfortunately it's too late now but there's an app on the Google play market that will unlock your captivate if you are rooted....

Try and flash aokp ( android open kang project ) it's one of the best ROMs around in my opinion
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loloban:
bluetooth headset

does anybody has problem with bluetooth headset?

i love this rom, everything's working

just when i collect a bluetooth headset, it gets connected, but it has no sound and it only connects to "phone audio" doesn't have the choice of "media audio"

i've tried reboot, but that doesn't work either

oh, the bluetooth was working fine before i root to this rom
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
^

Wt???

U obviously posted in the wrong thread... :eek:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loloban:
why is it in the wrong thread?

it's after i installed this rom

if it's the wrong thread? then might you put me to the right place to post this question.

thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
^

This is a Guide thread. Not a Rom thread.

There may be a Q & A thread specific to ur Rom u flashed in the Q & A forum. If not, then maybe search a little within the Rom thread of the Rom u flashed.

What did u flash anyway ?? If u want help u gotta give more info and in the appropriate thread. Thx
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidgreenhorn:
flashing / rooting concerns ?

my (rooted) captivate WAS running on ICS this thread of yours seems to be exactly what i need! except for it's gear'd towards froyo & gingerbread.

Now correct me if i'm wrong please ! isn't ICS ( version ? don't get me lying! ) superior to the froyo & Gingerbread ?

Unhappy Stuck on bootscreen

!!! HELP !!! I'm very wet behind the ears when it comes to this!!! HENSE my username. this started after connecting my cap. to a pc with intentions of exporting some pics. that initial (1st) and Only pc notification about detecting a usb device, my cousin sitting down at the monitor clicked outside the bubble message. Now from this point on which was several attempts i would get could recognize device msg. I did not know this was gonna be the results, i can actually remember noticable gliches and flaws progressively worse and worse. icons looking like they had a bulb burning out, awful lag in dialer and or any commands. I know now after reading similar posts my attempts to back-up,recover, i did several restore sessions,wiped data & system in a last ditch effort to get my phone back! i was on the road out of my state. not a comforting situation. I'D REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP! I'M LEARNING AS I CRAWL ALONG HERE, WITH THAT BEING SAID I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ALOT OF THE LINGO! symbols , abbreviations , etc :confused: