[Samsung Captivate Glide] albsp15:
Finally got brave and go for it... but, got stuck... :(

Hi again;

After lot of thinking, I got brave and realised that it's time to move further, so I go for the SGH-I927R upgrade to the ATT latest firmware... But I'm afraid I need even further help (sorry for the simple questions, it's my first firmware upgrade, and still got lots of doubts...)

Please, let me comment you what I've done up to now (thanks to all your help!):

- Downloaded Odin3_v3.09 (SW to flash the firmware).

- Downloaded I927RUXKJ5_I927RRWCKJ5_RWC (Rogers firmware, the same I have now, but downloaded in case something goes wrong, I can go back to my current state) (...Yes, I go for it, but just in case... :angel:)

- Downloaded I927UCLJ3_I927ATTLJ3_ATT (AT&T firmware fom 2012 October: This is the one I have to flash, after backing up the EFS)

- Downloaded the EFS_Professional_2.1.73 (SW to backup the EFS, found in other thread on this forum, in case this is easier that using the EFS backup commented commands (here I see how to backup, but not sure about how to restore, so, thought that this SW might be usefull to restore the EFS after AT&T firmware is flashed)

- Downloaded the "CarrierIQ FREE kernel" (SW to remove the AT&T Spyware.. Not sure if I need it, as I have the Rogers version).

- Tried to download the "Rogers rooted based rom" from the "[GUIDE] Rooting the Samsung Captivate Glide i927/i927r" thread... but link is death, so, could not download it.

- Downloaded the Android Terminal Emulator (Jack Palevich) and enabled USB debugging under application: I've checked I find files under /efs, but I have no permissions to read them (cat /efs/imei/mps* => Permission denied ; also su command is "not found") => I believ reason is I'm not root, so, I can't backup my efs neither from the EFS professional (gives me message "Your device is NOT Perm rooted" and exits) neither from the su commands commented in the other thread:

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su

busybox cp -a /efs /sdcard/efs/

su

busybox tar zcvf /sdcard/efs/efs-backup.tar.gz /efs

su

cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 > /sdcard/efs/efs_dev-block-mmcblk0p1.img

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/efs/efs_dev-block-mmcblk0p1.img​

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So, this is where I'm now, please, let me comment the steps I plan to follow and the doubt/question I have on each step:

1.- I believe I just got stuck due to the dead link "Rogers rooted based rom"... Could you, please, point me to a link where I can find the "Rogers rooted ROM"?

2.- Once I get this ROM, I'll follow the steps on the "[GUIDE] Rooting the Samsung Captivate Glide i927/i927r" to root the phone... But do I need to load the "CarrierIQ FREE kernel" on the phone, or maybe I should skip it (as I understand this SW is just to remove the AT&T Spyware, and my mobile is Rogers)?

3.- I'll load the "Rogers rooted based rom" and wil get acces to "su" commands and will be able to backup my /EFS directory, either by command or by using the EFS_Professional_2.1.73... it looks easier to use the EFS Professional, but, do you think the "su" commands are more reliable? (mainly, I'm not sure how to restore the efs after using the commented "su" commands)

4.- After efs is backuped, I'll flash the I927UCLJ3_I927ATTLJ3_ATT file (AT&T firmware fom 2012 October). At this point I'll have the AT&T firmware but no EFS information.. Could you, please let me know if my phone will boot at this moment, or will be hung ad I'll need to follow some steps to boot it and restore the EFS?

5.- Once phone boots, I'll restore the efs backup with efs_professional (or... which commands should I use to restore the previous backups?)

6.- Voila... hopefully, at this moment, I'll have upgraded my phone! :good:

Sorry... I know I look scared... I just have this phone now... :fingers-crossed:

THANKS!