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[Captivate General] El Niche:
I'm running the leaked KK4 version in a custom ROM and the stock KK4 kernel. It has been perfect so far except after about 3-4 days when the phone starts kinda running slower and apps take some time to open. A reboot will fix it. Anybody experience this with the leaked KK4 or with the new one release by ATT?

Thanks!
[Captivate General] c0ldburn3r:
Lol wow... as I typed that I thought to myself... check to see if it's on the SD card... Nah can't be.
[Captivate General] Time_Zone:
Just ran the upgrade and captured the tar. Ran a windiff comparison with the november leak. The leak and the release are identical.

.\i897uckk4_i897uckk4_i897uckk4_home.tar.md5	identical

.\ss_dl.dll	only in C:\Users\user\Desktop\8604.tmp.zip.folder

.\i897uckk4_i897uckk4_i897uckk4_home\boot.bin	identical

.\i897uckk4_i897uckk4_i897uckk4_home\cache.rfs	identical

.\i897uckk4_i897uckk4_i897uckk4_home\factoryfs.rfs	identical

.\i897uckk4_i897uckk4_i897uckk4_home\modem.bin	identical

.\i897uckk4_i897uckk4_i897uckk4_home\sbl.bin	identical

.\i897uckk4_i897uckk4_i897uckk4_home\zimage	identical
[Captivate General] :
Well than.....time to go back to roms.
[Captivate General] stoobie-doo:
Good to know. Now I don't need to do yet another wipe and flash.

Scary... that it took AT&T almost two months to certify the build.

Sad... that the reboot when too many apps are installed to SD bug will probably never get fixed, since I am sure this is the last official update we will see for this phone.

Now to wait for SGSICS or CM9 to get stabler.
[Captivate General] Cor-master:
Hey here's a question. if you update and your out of warrenty and Kies bricks your phone will AT&T replace it? Seems like they should IMO if they provide an update and it bricks your phone, but somehow I doubt it, because AT&T sucks. No I haven't bricked my phone, just curious.
[Captivate General] nkrick:
This is probably why the update is not an OTA. If AT&T pushes the update OTA and bricks your phone, they have some responsibility. If you go to Samsung's website, see there is an update available, and manually perform that update, it is all on you. I don't think AT&T has even distributed any information that the GB update is available...
[Captivate General] Cor-master:
No they have, I found out about the update from at&ts facebook page
[Captivate General] mcala:
I have never had a problem with at&t replacing my phone while out of warranty, I've done it twice in the past. Must be careful how it's worded, can't say I bricked it trying to flash a rom. You will receive a refurbished.
[Captivate General] dgarcia114:
anyone who has done the official update, is this confirmed? one of the reasons im hesitant to do the update is i dont want to lose any of my data (ie texts, apps) because i'm not very good at backing up and restoring that stuff. any input would be appreciated
[Captivate General] :
It doesn't wipe data. Everything will stay.
[Captivate General] spectrasez:
Hi everyone,

When I connect my phone to kies mini, it says unregistered device and doesn't give me the option to upgrade the phone. Does anyone know what the problem is?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Captivate General] aver2one:
I had the same issue, I restored the back up of my /efs folder and that worked for me. I hope you made a backup of your /efs if not you may have to edit yours using a hex editor.

Theres a thread on it HERE
[Captivate General] spectrasez:
Thanks for the reply. However, I am not verse on this stuff. I didn't back up the efs ( I don't know what that is) and I don't know what a hex editor is. Please point me in the right direction to find these things.

didn't notice you included a link. Sorry. I will check it out.
[Captivate General] pacaya007:
I had the same issue as well. A custom rom had changed my product code so I had to edit my nv_data.bin file with a hex editor. An efs backup would do the same thing. It will also correct your Emei if it was changed. There is a thread about how to do it manually if you don't have an efs backup. I can't post links yet but search and google are your friend. After the edit the phone was recognized and I updated from there.
[Captivate General] spectrasez:
Thanks for all the information guys. I will work on it when I go home. As far as my IMEI number, it is correct as far as I can see. Again, thank you all for information.

I have the leaked KK4 running on my phone. I wanted the official release because I have some bugs in the ROM that I am running. I wonder if it is worth it since in an earlier post it was determined that the leak and the official release is the same except for one digit in the kernel. However, it is always good to know how to resolve these issues.
[Captivate General] fmind:
You have to downgrade your phone to kb2.
[Captivate General] mrhaley30705:
got alink for that manual update? I have looked but haven't found it.
[Captivate General] Red_81:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00024051&fm_seq=24219
[Captivate General] 4-2ndtwin:
Go to att's facebook page. That is where i saw it.

Ooops...didn't f5 the page before posting :/

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[Captivate General] mrhaley30705:
thanks for the link, but there isn't anything there for a manual download, simply an installation guide for Kies Mini. I was hoping to get my hands on just the official firmware, not just the leak.
[Captivate General] Time_Zone:
The leak and the official release are IDENTICAL.

---------- Post added at 04:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:43 PM ----------

This is causing me confusion. Can someone who has not rooted their official KK4 give me their kernel version? (someone other than mastergflash that is) I know for a fact on the update I was provided through kies mini, the kernel versions from the leak and the official version matched. I wonder if early adopters got the wrong version by mistake?
[Captivate General] mastergflash:
How did u capture the tar?
[Captivate General] Time_Zone:
I document this here
[Captivate General] spectrasez:
Hi guys,

I was on earlier regarding unregistered device in kies mini. I was able to get the upgrade without have to edit the esf folder and going through the steps.

I read somewhere that the server was probably busy and to try again (which I did). It said no upgrade available because I was on a KK4 rom already.

I downgraded to Froyo and was able to get the official update. I used the fugu swap and rooted with the leaked kernel. I didn't pay attention to the official kernel.

Thanks again for all the help provided. Right now I am reinstalling my apps through Titanium Backup.
[Captivate General] 24fan4life:
Glad all of you are having fun with the official Gingerbread. I tried to update by Samsung Kies mini, and my phone bricked on the second attempt. Then eventually it hard bricked, as in a download jig won't even work.

I was on KJ3, flashed back to stock Eclair with the one-click, and then master cleared. Kies mini had no problem recognizing my phone, said I had to update to Froyo first, and then update to Gingerbread. I started the update process, and it hung right after the download completed. It then told me I could not update, and try again. I waited a few minutes, and started it again. This time it actually got to the update process, stopped at 4%, and my screen turned solid green. Told me to unplug my phone, and put it into Emergency Recovery. Well going back to Eclair, must've killed that, because I could not obtain Emergency Recovery by the instructions I was given, which was hold volume up/down while plugging in the USB. I tried many times.

When I plugged my download jig in, it went to download mode instead of Emergency Recovery, so I tried to one-click eclair again. It would get so far, and then the screen would go to a solid color. After the second or third try, I even lost the ability to use my jig.

Wondering if I should send it to someone to have it unbricked, and the unbrickable mod applied, or just use my insurance to get a refurb?
[Captivate General] Cor-master:
Personally I would call at&t and tell them you applied update and now your phone doesn't work at all, and try to get a replacement for free before you spend $125 on an insurance claim. Worth a shot anytime you can save money.

I have a question. My wife's phone has cognition 4.5 installed. At its core its just an altered kb2 rom. Obviously I'd have to disable voodoo lagfix but if I just upgraded straight to gingerbread afterwards would it work?
[Captivate General] Razzman:
SO i did the official KK4 upgrade via Kies on the wifes cappy today from 2.2 and it went flawlessly. Anyone figured how to root this as of yet?
[Captivate General] plwalsh88:
This would be what he's talking about....

Same thing happened to me multiple times last night. First it froze right after Kies finished the downloading. Phone still rebooted normally. Changed USB ports. Tried again. This time the Kies upgrade made it to 21% and froze. Screen turned solid light blue. Phone wouldn't reboot. Went to the soft-bricked screen. However it wasn't the usual "phone-!-pc" graphic I am used to; it was higher quality images of a phone and pc. And I was actually able to flash back to KB2 (using AdamOutler's Heimdall one-click) from this screen. Tried the Kies upgrade again. Froze after download. Rebooted normally. Tried again, froze at 15% - got another solid grey-ish screen. Flashed back to KB2. And the cycle just continued. Never got it to work.

This actually happened to me with Kies way back during the official Froyo update. However, it only happened the first time. Screen turned solid green. Flashed back to stock. Tried the Kies upgrade again and it worked. So I don't know why I can't get it to work this. I'm thinking it could be my data cable, as that has been the issue for me before. But what confuses me is that the Heimdall one-clicks work flawlessly. It's just Kies that won't work. Eff.

Gonna run to work shortly to grab my trusty-er data cable and try it again. Surprisingly enough, that cable is some Verizon cable I found one day. And it seems to work better than my stock Samsung cable. I'll let you know, 24fan4life, if that solves it.
[Captivate General] 24fan4life:
Thanks Cor-master,

I called AT&T, and I have a Free NEW Captivate on the way. Since my Warranty was out in November, they signed me back up for another 2 years, but they're not going to take my upgrade discount away.

Think I might still send my bricked one in to get it unbricked for a backup.

Thanks plwalsh88,

...but my Captivate is way beyond a data cable, even though it might have been a bad one on my end too. Though like yours, I was able to use Odin just fine beforehand to go back to stock.
[Captivate General] Cor-master:
Thank you! That answers another question of mine. I was hesitant to go to a gingerbread rom because of bootloaders and figured I'd wait for the official update so if my phone bricked it would be covered by warrenty, and then well my warrenty expired before the update came. Now I know it's safe to use the official update regardless though I might wait until a weekday when the warrenty exchange center is open so I don't have to go without my phone for a bit.
[Captivate General] 24fan4life:
plwalsh88,

Is your Captivate unlocked by any chance?

Mine was at the time I tried to update. Is there any chance that maybe the update sensed the phone was unlocked, and wouldn't update? Probably should've re-locked it before I tried.

Either way, let me know what happens with yours.
[Captivate General] plwalsh88:
Nope, I have never unlocked it. But I will let you know for sure.
[Captivate General] jack man:
My phone is unlocked. Updated mine a few days ago. No problems with Kies mini or the upgrade.
[Captivate General] froggy3hope:
Razzman

Have you checked this out yet? Rooted my Stock Gingerbread 2.3.5!
[Captivate General] Cor-master:
Hey I gotta ask again, can you upgrade from cog 4.5 to stock gingerbread? Seems possible as long as you disable the lag fix
[Captivate General] plwalsh88:
Finally had success! Still took two tries though. Grabbed my secondary data cable from work, got home and plugged it in. Being lazy/impatient, I tried to just go for it, hitting the Upgrade button right away. Hung up after downloading, so I unplugged. Proceeded to uninstall everything on my computer with the word Samsung in it. Kies and any drivers I could find. Rebooted twice. Opened Kies, let it update. Plugged in the phone, let it automatically find the drivers. Hit Upgrade, booted it into DL mode, automatically found those drivers successfully and proceeded flawlessly to completion.

Now I just wish there was a way to root this without having to go to the leaked kernel....
[Captivate General] melvinaury:
I install Corn Kernel with Odin, then go to recovery and install root. Done. Now you're rooted and have CWM and lagfix.
[Captivate General] 4-2ndtwin:
^^

The leaked and official firmwares are one and the same.

This has been proven already.

So Rooting through the FuguRoot Mod would mean you would have Root on complete Stock KK4.

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[Captivate General] plwalsh88:
How come I keep reading people saying that they noticed official to run more stable than leaked? Have you experienced that?
[Captivate General] 4-2ndtwin:
I don't know. Maybe placebo effect.

I did not upgrade to the "official" KK4. Been running the "leaked" KK4 since it came out. Right now just daily running the KK4, with Corn Kernel 6.03, Rooted, Debloated and it is very stable as far as I can tell. No problems whatsoever. :D
[Captivate General] plwalsh88:
Did you use any of the tweaks/reformatting I see with Corn Kernel 6.03??
[Captivate General] 4-2ndtwin:
Nope. Just the "Install Root".
[Captivate General] slownut:
just updated 2 cappys from froyo. kernel 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489

Menu-->Settings-->Applications now gives the option to allow installation of non market applications. definitely a much quicker phone than it was with froyo. moving between screens/apps much quicker
[Captivate General] jack man:
I doubt it will work. But all you need to do is open Kies Mini (make sure it checks for updates first) and then connect your phone. If it says Update Available it may work. I once before connected my captivate to kies mini while it had Cognition on it and Kies did not recognize it.

If you want to update it though, I would still flash back to stock, update to stock froyo, then to the Stock GB. After all the problems I've heard of people having with it, trying to update from Cognition may be a gamble.
[Captivate General] Cor-master:
Thanks, that's all I needed to know. I'll flash back to stock with heimdale, and then update. Its my wife's phone, mine is on cyanogenmod 7.1 Kang
[Captivate General] Natureboyhcg:
my question is this since i put the leak my gps functions have sucked and thats the only problem i had .i saw people on here complain and get no reply ...firmware2.3.5 i897uckj2

if this is bit by bit the same is there any way to get my gps working and location working for google maps and such.. it can find my location off by a block if im not moving but when im driving it doesnt track with me ....i reflashed it 3 times back in november. so if its not bit by bit the same that might be a fixed bug. but if thats not comfirmed i dont want the hassle of resetting up my phone again and have a non functioning gps...any suggestions ...i wouldnt mind using some of the other custom roms but i dont really understand what version of software i have and which are compatible roms i could flash.
[Captivate General] 4-2ndtwin:
For the GPS... Turn GPS on, go into Angry GPS (*#*#3214789650#*#*). Under Settings/ Supl Settings/ Change the Server to supl.google.com and change the Server Port to 7276 . Select Done. Then hit back twice and select Delete GPS Data. Then hit back twice and u should be home. Install the free GPS Test app from the Market and check it. U should be a whole lot better now.

Mine is good after doing this. Tested inside my home and locked 7 out of 9 Sats in about 15 seconds with 30 feet accuracy. (on kk4)

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[Captivate General] slownut:
installed update now i keep getting "tethering manager force close" at random times. also phone keeps shutting off randomly. have to reinstall battery to get it to come back on. anyone else having problems like this?
[Captivate General] Time_Zone:
You'll need to flash corn or samurai and clear the dalvik cache. If you are not fond of this method, you will need to do a factory reset.
[Captivate General] slownut:
ill give the factory reset a shot. thanks.
[Captivate General] El Niche:
I wonder about this. My GB runs OK, but after a few days it becomes a bit laggy at times... I wish there were more people that confirmed it was smoother as I dont feel like doing a bunch of stuff to get to the official KK4. I'm in Sparko BTW and tried Illuminace 3.01 which were from the leaked KK4 (both had same problems)
[Captivate General] jimrusling:
A factory data Reset should fix this problem, at least it did for me.
[Captivate General] 4-2ndtwin:
The "leaked" I897UCKK4 and the "Official" I897UCKK4 have already been confirmed to be one and the same. KK4 is KK4.

Credit to Time_Zone and his post here (and related posts)... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21379268&postcount=145

And I personally downloaded his capture of the mini kies update and compared it with the "leaked" KK4 and can confirm 100% with Time_Zone that they are

identical

.

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[Captivate General] mikegy2002:
Doesn't seem worth not sticking to leak for me. Especially If all default settings as well are identical between leaked and official version.

Apropos of nothing.. If people don't want to remember Angry GPS code for few times you need it then, add to contacts. If you then dial no. and cancel it will be in call log. You can then go to call log and long press on no. When big menu pops up press edit number. Angry GPS will start.
[Captivate General] sola fide:
If you haven't already done a factory reset I have another option for you. I was also getting the Tethering Manager Force close after the update to GB and I was able to eliminate the problem. AND I did it

without

a kernel swap and

without

a Factory Reset. Unfortunately, I did two things back to back and I don't know which fixed it.

Step One - Changing Tethering Manager Option:

Go to Settings > Applications > USB Settings = Switch to Mass Storage.

Click Home and go back to home screen

Plug in USB cable into computer and then into phone; but do not initiate the USB Storage.

Click Home to go to Home Screen

Go to Settings > Wireless > Tethering and portable Hotspot> Click USB Tethering.

Click USB Tethering Again. For most this will turn it on, and then turn it off. (If you turned it off and then back on, click it again to turn if off)

Click Home and Unplug.

Step Two - Recognizing through Kies Mini

Go to Settings > Applications > USB Settings = Change to "Ask on Connection"

Make sure you're using TouchWiz Launcher and not a 3rd party Launcher

Plug the Captivate into your computer that has Kies Mini

On the phone screen select Kies Mini as your connection option.

On the computer launch Kies Mini

Kies Mini should recognize the phone and that you're running GB. It will confirm that you are up to date and that there is no update available.

On your phone click Home (This disconnects the phone from Kies Mini)

Unplug your phone from the computer.

I went through these steps this morning. Since then I've plugged it into 2 different computers, my regular travel charger, and my desk dock both before a reboot and after a reboot. I have not had the Force Close window yet.

I hope this is good news to some of those out there who don't have the option to wipe the dalvik cache with a kernel swap or performs a factory reset.
[Captivate General] grmcgee:
The official Gingerbread update bricked my Captivate. I had previously upgraded successfully to FROYO. I reinstalled drivers on WinXP just to make sure. Kies Mini recognized my phone and said the upgrade to GINGERBREAD was ready to go. When I pushed the button, the firmware downloaded from the internet, but instead of loading it onto the Captivate, Kies Mini hung and the phone screen was stuck in download mode. I waited about an hour. Result: soft brick. Used the buttons to put phone in download mode again, but Kies Mini emergency recovery would not do anything.

Then I started over. I used ODIN3 Oneclick to reflash back to ECLAIR stock. Then I repeated the above procedure. Kies Mini found my Captivate with ECLAIR, then successfully flashed it to FROYO. Then I followed the directions to disconnect USB and reconnect. Kies Mini again found my FROYO and said it was ready to flash GINGERBREAD. I hit the button and got almost the same result: soft brick was indicated on the phone screen (phone icon -- ! -- computer icon). However this time the button presses would not put the phone in download mode.

I called AT&T and they were no help at all. No warranty, no insurance, no help. I argued that my phone bricked because I followed the AT&T recommendation to upgrade. No love. Told me my only options were to upgrade to a new phone or call Samsung about the bricked phone.

Samsung was better. When I explained how the phone bricked and that it would not enter download mode, the tech immediately wrote an RMA ticket for me to send the phone to Samsung Repair, where they will force flash it with GINGERBREAD. He even sent me a prepaid UPS label. By the way, the tech said "I can't recommend this, but I am running Cyanogenmod on my Captivate."

I'm just trying to hang on to this Captivate for a few more months because my employer is getting ready to revamp the employee phone program. The phone I get for work will affect the phone I choose for an upgrade.

One final note. I love what I see in many of the Captivate ROMs on this site. However, with a full time job and two little kids, I just don't have time to learn how to flash and support my own phone. I was proficient at flashing Windows Mobile phones, so I'm not scared to read, learn, and execute. But frankly I find the documentation and tool sets for Android to be much more fragmented and complicated. I have much admiration for the ROM and tool developers and for the XDA community in general. However, flashing Android ROMs is not for the faint of heart or for those who can't devote lots of time to learning.
[Captivate General] oztrich:
Option 1 worked for me!

Upgraded with Kies Mini last night to AT&T Gingerbread from stock FROYO unrooted and get the "tethering manager" force close everytime I get close to the USB cable, to charge or otherwise. Looking for another answer besides Factory Reset.... and Option 1 DID IT! Yippee!!! No more tethering manager errors!!!!

Thanks so much, sola fide!!
[Captivate General] sola fide:
FYI...Last night I had to reboot my phone and the messages came back. Did step one alone and it fixed the problems. Looks like it's a temporary fix....at least it's something.

Glad it helped.
[Captivate General] aww.W.T.F?:
If you're not going to tether and you're rooted freeze it or uninstall with tibu.

appearently I need to read closer... I see your're not rooted, my bad.
[Captivate General] melvinaury:
Just in case, kies mini has a bug that don't work with internet explorer 9, you need to uninstall ie9 and then upgrade the phone. When you finish you just upgrade ie ti verion 9.
[Captivate General] fldude99:
Anybody been able to get a GPS fix after GB update? LBS test mode is not available anymore
[Captivate General] gbalwing:
Did u try the post on PG 10? It worked for me.
[Captivate General] fldude99:
Thank you! I was going crazy trying to find LBS test. I would add that when in SUPL settings you can scroll to the bottom and click SSL.. there you can try different servers including Google. When selecting whichever one you want there, it seems to automatically change the SUPL server. I actually selected the spirent server and it appears to work well.
[Captivate General] redeuxx:
Does anyone know if I can remove TetheringManager using Titanium? ... or if will I get a cascade of things not working if I remove it?
[Captivate General] fldude99:
Why not just freeze it with TIBU?
[Captivate General] redeuxx:
Good call. Thanks!