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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akone2:
I did a bit of searching and found lots of threads similar to this in one way or another like these:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-.../72938-cant-enter-download-recovery-mode.html

http://androidforums.com/captivate-all-things-root/312637-recovery-mode.html

And a search of xda using "captivate recovery mode" turned up many hits.

Edit-Like this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=776446

There was mention of Odin messing up the 3 button combo on some phones. :confused:

Here's a guide with different techniques for download and recovery:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1953930

Good luck.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Yes, but I thought flashing non-eclair bootloaders fixed that...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
Froyo uses the same boot loaders as Eclair, does it not? Why is it that I can't even upgrade to froyo then? I've tried flashing B1 /B2 and then a kernel like speedmod, but recovery seems broken there too (haven't tried the 3 button fix because I wan't to upgrade to the GB BL's). I've read somewhere that mentioned problems with the phone you have based on the model number you had. For instance, the # on the back of my phone reads 1010. Does this factor into anything regarding recovery?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
No, the problem was/is with SoD (Sleep of Death). The phone would go into a black screen during Idle and never wake unless you pulled the battery. It's still seen a bit around here but more carriers offered replacement to those phones back when it happened.

As for Eclair and Froyo, yes they use the same BLs. If you're using the old one click, then you already have the Eclair BLs. Your phone has something wrong with it, most likely something corrupted or simply bad. You should be able to get in recovery (with the right button combo) no matter what ROM/version you're running. And you're obviously able to get in download mode if you're flashing with Odin.

Have you tried rooting the phone (superoneclick) and using ADB to get in recovery?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
I can root and boot into recovery using both adb and recovery when I'm plain old using 2.1 Eclair, but the second I flash 2.2, or 2.3, or any custom ROM, stuck at AT&T screen and the 3 button combo doesn't work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
I know I've said it before but... This makes no sense :confused:

So let's say you flash Speedmod kernel with Odin 1.85 (don't forget the .pit), try to get in recovery = you get nothing?

Same thing happens if you were to let's say, flash Firefly 3.0 directly from 2.1? This is assuming you're waiting a few minutes to let it boot (I had first boot take up to 10min).

I understand it must be annoying to go over these steps and being asked those questions none stop but it's the only way we might be able to find a solution.

PS.: 3 button combos (both volume+power) is on GB and up. You could try (if you haven't already) after flashing and that it doesn't fully boot, to pull the battery, try to get in recovery with: Battery out, USB plugged in, hold volume up+home button, put the battery in. There are a couple other weird ways like this that might get you in recovery. Another one being: Battery out, USB plugged in, volume up + power button and put the battery in. *Plugging the USB cable often counts as holding the power button*
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
What PIT file are you referring to? All I see is a .tar file that goes into the PDA slot in ODIN. Plus since I have an i897, I don't have a home button to press for your recovery techniques... :/

In order to even want to flash the kernel, I need to be in Froyo, which I'm not... Should I use a oneclick to flash B1 or B2 and then reboot into download again to flash the kernel?

Also, flashing firefly with CWM doesn't work either, even after waiting 10 minutes at the AT&T logo screen.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Umm, I haven't used Odin 1.85 in a while but did think it had a .pit file. My bad if it doesn't (at work, can't check right now).

As for the home button, I meant the capacitive one (bottom on your screen). Either way, it was more of a shot in the dark.

Flashing a kernel can be done with Odin (or in recovery, depending on the file format). If you can flash Firefly, then you can flash Speedmod (Speedmod is cooked into Firefly.zip).

I do have another shot in the dark: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13503747&postcount=2 (Disclamer (for other readers): Read before flashing!)

The download link is a Odin packaged Mosaic IX, flashable from Eclair. Know that the flash

can't

be interupted, just like most Odin flash.

Also, I'm pretty sure you already are but when flashing KK4, you're using the bootloaders version right?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
Yes, when flashing KK4, I am using WITH Bootloaders.

Also, when I tried flsahing Mosaic, this is what happened:

And stuck here, never booted into recovery. I tried manually, couldn't boot into recovery.

EDIT: I should also add that I needed to hold down the volume down button to enter Download mode for some reason. Volume up or both doesn't appear to do anything.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
What was the Odin report? Did it say complete and rebooted the phone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
<ID:0/007> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> M9.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..

<ID:0/007> File analysis..

<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/007> Initialzation..

<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/007> factoryfs.rfs

<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/007> cache.rfs

<ID:0/007> modem.bin

<ID:0/007> zImage

<ID:0/007> boot.bin

<ID:0/007> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/007> param.lfs

<ID:0/007> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/007> RES OK !!

<ID:0/007> Completed..

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

<ID:0/007> Removed!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Ok so I went to ask a bit higher up and got another shot in the dark.

Turn off your anti-virus and re-download Odin KK4 with bootloaders, then flash it (keeping your anti-virus off).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Nobody else caught this? These are i9000 bootloaders. Power or USB + vol down is download mode, power or usb + vol up for recovery. I thought you were flashing kk4 with bootloaders? Quit flashing between the two because you are going to get your combinations all mixed up! When you flash KK4, make sure you have the AT&T World Phone screen, not the one in the picture.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
These may be the i9000 bootlaoders but previous attempts were using i897 bootloaders. I tried USB+vol up for recovery and it didn't work but vol down takes me to download mode.

And BWolf, I'll try that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Just saw the edit. Although, I made him flash those with M9 hoping there would be some change. Sorry should've mentioned that your button combo was gonna change.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
No luck. :/

Obviously, recovery is broken somehow because after flashing i'm supposed to boot into recovery, but it never does; attempting to do it manually seems repetitive and unnecessary, wouldn't you say?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Actually, after flashing KK4, it should fully reboot the phone. There's no reason for it to reboot in recovery as KK4 is used for 2 things: Flashing back to stock (to use on stock) or Flashing back to stock to clean install another ROM. In both case, you won't need to access recovery on stock KK4. It will only be needed after you flash Corn kernel to flash a custom ROM or root (if you plan to stick to 2.3.5).

I'm really outta idea here.. I don't know why it won't boot in recovery nor why it doesn't seem to want to flash anything other than JF6. Without having the phone in our hands, there's only so much we can do/guess :/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
Would me showing you guys what I have tried help you at all? Like a video or something showing all my attempts so that if I'm doing anything incorrectly, you can point it out?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Maybe.

Chances are that you aren't though if your bootloaders are changing, then there's something else making it that it's not fully flashing. My guess is that something is corrupted. But if you go ahead and make a video, make it as clear as possible and don't talk in it, just have the pc/phone sound (assuming you got a mic). Clear view on Odin process would be great as well.

I'll be able to look at it after work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j9aBZKWVG8&feature=youtu.be
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
^

newbkilla,

Thx for takin the time to put the video together. Good job on it.

According to what i saw that Odin flashed with kk4 and the i9000 firmware, they were successful flashes of the whole firmwares.

A few things i noticed that when u were trying to get into recovery on kk4 and with the i9000 firmware is that u gotta release the volume button(s).

If u r on kk4, pull the battery, replace it, hold volume up & volume down & power button together until u see the 1st att screen and then release All 3 buttons. Does that give ya recovery?

On i9000 firmware, pull battery, replace, hold power button and volume up together, release Both buttons after the i9000 screen. Does that give u recovery ?

(side note...see ur sportin the old silver speaker mod :thumbup:...that was one funny thread)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BxingFetus:
I've a suggestion visit TRusselo's page, he has all the Canadian Odin one clicks, with uxkh2 bootloaders, that's what I have, but it does need it's own param.lfs file(which is also in .tar format) which is the att screen. you could try the uxkh2 bootloaders and seeing where that gets you if any, His Odin downloads come with a .512pit file as well. dunno if any of this will help your haunted Cappy, but it should give you some more tools to help in the battle.

Sent From The Land Of Frag
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
Unintentionally, I found his page not knowing that's whose thread that was... lol. So anyways, I proceed to install the 2.1.1 version. ---> Works. yay, okay less bloatware. I try 2.2 oneclick, stuck at first screen like usual, no recovery. I then tried 2.3.3 w/ BL, nope stuck again.

Had to look that joke up 4-2ndtwin, haha, yeah i don't think it's previous owner scratch it to death with his fingernail.

Anyways, went back and tried what you said ^^ and still no luck. :/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
newbkilla,

After u flash the kk4 odin that i put together...when it finishes the flash, it should display info on ur captivate about the install of the firmware. If ya want and when ya have time, can u video that and just post here in this thread all that it says. I say video it just because the words will go by fast and with the video u can pause it and see what it says and then post. I'm curious as to what it says on ur phone because that may give an insight into whats goin on after the install of kk4.

Thx.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Great video! Couldn't have asked for much better.

I did notice one thing, and maybe it won't change much but when you flash, you don't re-partition. I couldn't see which version of Odin you used to flash M9 but I *believe* a re-partition is needed coming from stock 2.1 (JF6). That would be done by having the .pit file (usually comes with the Odin zip) in the PIT section (it should auto-check re-partition as you add it).

The one click Odin re-partition on their on so perhaps it won't change anything if you do it with M9 seeing as both are GB version.

I'm curious about 4-2ndtwin idea though, perhaps it will bring some insight! :good:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
Are you referring to the Heimdall ones?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Odin will do. Just need to know what info it displays on ur phone after the odin one click kk4 flash.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
I'm not quite understanding what "info" you're wanting since i posted what info odin gave me on post 31?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
I think he means what is shown on your phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
The only thing shown on my phone is the AT&T screen... lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
^

When the kk4 Odin one click is finished flashin to ur phone, immediately look at ur phone and there should be short phrases on ur phone explaining about the install before it goes to the att screen...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQDTANtMuKk&feature=youtu.be
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
^

Thx again for workin with us here by making the video.

So, this answers one big question of the kk4 flash...

Odin shows success, but lookin at this video, the kk4 firmware is Not getting installed on ur phone. As to the other question of why...well i don't know. But at least i can see that it is Not gettin installed.

Ur phone would normally display that it is doing --- "wipe data, wipe dbdata, wipe cache, finding update package, opening update package, installing update package..." and etc. Not necessarily in that order (can't remember exactly), but u get the point.

Anyway thx again for the video. Wish i knew the answer to ur phone's problem. :confused:

By the way, (cant remember if u have said) but have u tried a different micro usb/usb cable ? Cables that i thought were good before for me have all of the sudden stopped workin correctly. And not just me but many others have found the fix with flashin problems to be that of using a different cable.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
Well, I tried a different cable, and I tried a different USB port and the connection between the phone and the cable felt more snug than my other cable. Thought for sure it would make a difference--still stuck at AT&T screen. When I flashed the 2.1 stock ROM, it displays clearing cache and other things and then it applied the multi CSC file (looked like recovery). When I flashed the KK4 ROM, no such thing occurred.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Well...i would say internal issues with the phone is the problem then...that is the only guess i have. But still even that is confusing because of the success with eclair flashes...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbkilla:
It's almost as if my phone rejects anything other than 2.1, like there's an internal lock on flashing where only the phrase 2.1 works. I've tried I897UCJH7 and it works fine, this is the final version of 2.1 that samsung released before 2.2. I've tried the 2.1.1 version on Rodgers and it worked, but as soon as I tried 2.2+, boom, didn't work. This is super frustrating because besides sucking, the captivate can't update the gmail, youtube applications, facebook doesn't work on 2.1 anymore for some reason, the battery life is marginal at best, gpu driver updates. ughhhhh.

This all just confuses me :confused:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
We're just as confused as you are eh.

At some point, I though it was from corrupted boot but it flashes the bootloaders, just not the firmware.. So probably something else is wrong.

If you think it's worth the investment, you should contact AdamOutler or Connection2005 (mobiletechvideos.com), their JTAG/riftbox might be the solution (he provides this service for a small fee). It's usually used for (hard) bricked captivate, brings them back.

As a last shot in the dark, have you tried flashing on a different pc and without the sim/external card (if you have one)? *fresh download would be recommended*
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akone2:
Another shot in the dark. I stumbled on this while doing other reading:

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/samsung-captivate-gets-official-gingerbread-update/

Maybe when the manufacturers software (Kies mini) applies the rom, it will see the problem and fix it or tell you what it is.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craobhruadh:
So I was pondering this the other day as I looked at my TF300 with its keyboard dock and USB port. Has anyone cracked the code on using a smart card reader with the TF300?

Now my understanding is that Droid is basically Linux. This being said their are linux drivers that run smart cards. Can those be ported over to be used in Android? And being that many of the military sites are web based and require CAC pass through via the browser are there any cac capable browsers made for androids.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zeiss74:
i rooted my NT about a year ago when i got it (i don't recall the specific method used), and have been clunking along with it for months, but now i want to install CM 7, 9, or 10.

most of the guides start with "Stock 1.4.3" but my software version says "9.9.9" after root (iirc, it was 1.4.1 when i received it).

can i use these guides with the rooted 9.9.9 version i have?

or are there special instructions for 9.9.9 (maybe an abbreviated version since i am already rooted?)

or do i somehow have to go from 9.9.9 back to 1.4.1 or 1.4.3?

thanks for any assistance, and if you need more information from me, i'll see if i can provide it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] asawi:
That 9.9.9 just means that you've blocked ota update and it doesn't matter at all.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
See this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2056626 for how to install CM10; if you'd like to use a different CM10 build just substitute in the zip file for that ROM build in step 2(c).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zeiss74:
thanks!! now that you say that, that definitely rings a bell! i remember blocking OTAs after having major issues with them on my phone.

thanks!! i'll follow your guide (there are so many floating around that i never quite know which are still considered applicable. yours looks great.). is that applicable to both rooted and stock? i have a buddy who got a NT recently, so i am trying to test out CM10 before recommending it, but mine is rooted stock and his is unrooted stock.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Yes, the installation will over-write whatever is currently in emmc (and that's why it's recommended that you back up the current config).

FWIW, your buddy can keep his stock ROM and try running CM10 off an SD card (see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35946501#post35946501), and decide later whether to replace his stock ROM with it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TechNinja49:
I have complete stock 1.4.3 and have been running off of a CM7 sd card since the beginning of summer. I'm ready to upgrade to the emmc version of CM10, but do I need to root the BN ROM first? I want to install this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1773362 I would "burn" the recovery.img to my sd card and install the .zip onto the emmc, right? This is my first time flashing an internal ROM and want to be sure.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
No you don't need to root the BN ROM first.

No, you need to first create a “bootable” clockworkmod (CWM) recovery SD, then rename the referenced recovery-0.08.3.img to recovery.img and copy it as well as referenced cm10-acclaim-0.08.3-full-of-bugs.zip and the file gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip from http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip to the card. See http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35669871&postcount=1 for an overview of the process for installing CM10 ROM on the NT internal emmc.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TechNinja49:
Thanks for the help! I'm a little confused though, do I use the SD card or the emmc version of CWM to make the bootable SD? Does the emmc version flash CWM to the nook and from there do I install the files from a SD, or does it boot from the SD and allow me to flash ROMs to the emmc?

Also, if I'm using the CWM .img what's the purpose of the recovery.img on the card if all I'm flashing are the .zips? I would imagine the ROM .zip instructs it to flash the recovery.img but the CM10 thread says you can use an older CM9 recovery.img.

Sorry for all the questions! Thanks again!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
The recovery version you need to put on the SDcard is the sdcard version (not the emmc version); recovery is the tool that manages the flashing of the ROM/gapps zip files onto the NT, clearing of cache, backing up current ROM & apps, etc.

The emmc version of recovery is for flashing onto the NT and is used presumably for "performing recovery" without external SDcard. Some ROM packages include a recovery.img but not all do (in which case the recovery.img on the NT remains the stock recovery).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TechNinja49:
I just spent the last hour and a half trying to get a bootable CWM 6 sd card. First I thought I would need to boot into CWM but couldn't get that to work (I vaguely remember doing that to set up my CM7 SD card). Then I realized I can boot into cyanoboot and flash it through that. Using various methods, including the link you provided, I can't find a definite step-by-step guide. In the guide you provided I followed the steps but am stuck on step 5. When I go into SDC Recovery I don't see backup options anywhere, I see a list of recovery options. Here's what I see http://i3.minus.com/inttvFzHpVF88.jpg

Here are the files on the SD card http://i1.minus.com/ibgXFOKRf8DObb.png

Do you have any idea what's going on?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Did you press the Home button "N" to select SDC Recovery? If so, do you have screen-capture of resulting screen?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TechNinja49:
I tried to get back to the same screen to take a pic when it finally booted into CWM! I guess it takes a few tries to get it to boot. I chose the backup option and it started copying files for a few minutes until it got stuck on a file. It's been stuck on it for the last hour. http://i.minus.com/ivJa6tBF5tl9i.JPG

If I turn it off I have the chance of corrupting the file but since I don't really plan to go back to stock it wouldn't really matter anyway. The card might be full, but I only had like 100 MB of files on there.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
If you don't plan to go back to stock, there is no need to back up (worst case you can get the stock ROM from https://github.com/succulent/acclaim_recovery_sdcard).

If you have more problems you might want to check out your sd card (if need be reformatting it with sd formatter https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TechNinja49:
I finally got everything to work! Thanks for helping me!

The CM10 thread says to now install CWM to emmc using fastboot. I know it's optional but I want it just in case. I looked it up and installed fastboot but which recovery should I use? The recovery-0.08.3 from the thread or the CWM recovery?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Yes, although it's probably easier to use your same CWM SD (which you just used to flash CM10 ROM and gapps) to flash one of the two flash_CM9-10_CWM_v6.0.1.2_8-16gb_tools_emmc.zip or flash_CM9-10_TWRP_v2.2.2.0_8-16gb_tools_emmc.zip from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1640958.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TechNinja49:
Oh so I can just flash the CWM zip and it won't interfere with cyanoboot?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
No it should not.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TechNinja49:
Works like a charm, thanks again!

I have one last question: Is there a way I can increase the 1GB data partition? I know android needs space for apps and such but I think a 4GB data partition is reasonable. I have a DVD of Ubuntu so I can access GParted if I need to. If you don't know or don't think I should mess with it that's completely fine, I have a 32GB micro SD that I'm going to use (my current CM7 card) but just want the extra internal space.