[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thinkpolitics:
Hey folks new to this house and it seems like you folks know what you are doing. Big thanks to the developers of the Paranoid (2) devs. and all of the support peeps out there through the post. Read through themes and roms section but I not seeing answers to my confusion. Looking for some help understanding the features described above and how to get the most out of it..very cool though..just would like to know how to really put it to the test! :(:eek: I was able to get this far from the original FW to gingerbreak, to ICS to Paranoid based on the threads her and I appreciate it much folks..now I seem to be at a brick wall..need help trying to figure this out. I appreciate that the phone isn;t the latest thing on the market but it what I have right now. Would appreciate any and all help just trying to get a grip on this puppy! Thanks Smitty

Oh, every time I see something that looks like it should work on my phone besides not knowing how to install..LOL why does it come up Nexus! Are they similar phones or something!! Thanks again

What's on the phone as of now!

Samsung captivate SGH I897

Android Ver. 4.11

Baseband 19000XXJVU

Kernal: 3.0-.31-01749-gf84bc96

Cyanogen Mod: 10.0.0-RCO-capitvatemid

Paranoid Ver. 2.16

Build# pa-capativate-userdebug 4.1.1 JR003R eng.

Now my question is I want to load on different roms to the phone and be able to go back and forth between these ROMS as I like. I have attempted to use Goo Manager ..that was loaded when I installed Pananooid Ver. 2.16. When I boot into recovery it states that mt recovery ver. is : CWM-based Recovery v. 6.0.1.4.

I was trying to load some of the roms that are a part of the Paranoid install and I when I choose from one of these options:

Browse compatiable rom

Browse all files

check for updates..(says there are no updates)

Download gapps packages

Root recovery

flash roms

Copatiable roms:

aokp/devs/aokp

BAKED /devs/BAKED

cm/devs/cm

LronLyons/dev/IronLyon

If I choose any of them you get another list and then another list..it says:

EX: aokp_captivatemid_jb_build-4.zip..just one example ..there are many listed below that as well for each of the roms listed above.

Then I see the file name as above and below that : Begin download and then below that Download Gapps..how do I know which one to download?

Under browse all files :

devs/devs

gapps/gapps

ruu/ruu

stock/stock..choose the first one and get a list of all these different names ..such as adhvanit/devs/advanit..in these cases are these all the groups who produce ROMS?

I also attempted to use ROM Manager( no clue) and it kept saying that I must have clockwork-recovery installed in order to flash a rom..I choose yes and it say I don't have it..but on my phone it says I have as listed above for the phone and what is on it: CWM-based Recovery v. 6.0.1.4. ..is this not what they are asking for..or is it that it is looking for one that is not CWM "based" but the really official ver. of CWM Recovery.

What I am looking for is an explanation of what I can now do with this phone the way it is and also how to load ROMS of different kinds that stay on my phone and how I go back and forth from one to another with ease. Additionally, how to put different themes on the phone and any other tricks that can trick the phone out. My bro and sister all went out and purchased new Galaxy S3 phones..I am keeping mine and want to "trick" it out as much as possible to" one up them"

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated folks..thanks in adv.!! Smitty