[Samsung Captivate Glide] mnemotronic:
I am trying to follow the "Very easy steps" on

Re: [GUIDE] Rooting the Samsung Captivate Glide i927/i927r

Steps so far:

Downloaded:

KiesSetup.exe ( 70,227,456 bytes, md5sum=3891cd32e2bc467f77f4d65f0244faf )

Odin3-v1.85.zip ( 203,676 bytes, md5sum=14e3af7c4c01e21527aeaab65e68a75 )

boot2.zip ( 3,944,864 bytes, md5sum=64a78f6f86e13eedba20c2d5243d651 )

i927_factoryfs_rooted_img.tar (432,711,680 bytes, md5sum=2b913a5480008d8ae4c3138411cf099 )

usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip ( 19,780,425 bytes, md5sum=2378aa7a2f5191eeb832ce5c86b03b1 )

(following file was not initially downloaded)

SGH-I927R_insecure_bootimg.zip ( 3,938,408 bytes, md5sum=09b01d3e49f2a2b7b5817f3fb59c6b9b )

Installed the usb drivers as per the AT&T forums. This is a waste of time. Windows installs it's own USB drivers as soon as I plug in the phone.

I unzipped Odin3-v1.85 to it's own subdir.

Copied i927_factoryfs_rooted_img.tar to Odin dir. Unzipped boot2.zip to get a TAR and copied that to Odin dir.

With phone on and connected via USB, run Odin.

(From the GUIDE) Step 5. Put phone in Download mode.

Turn off phone (check)

Press volume UP, keep it pressed, press power button (check)

Phone boots up - no Download mode screen.

Do much searching on web....

GUIDE instructions to get phone into Download mode are probably fine if you already know what to do. I don't, so here's suggestion:

To get into Download mode:

Press and Hold

Volume Up

.

While keeping

Volume Up

pressed, Press and Hold the

Power

button. Keep both buttons pressed until the Download option screen appears. This may take up to a minute.

Release

Volume Up

and

Power

buttons.

If you want to download, press the

Volume Up

to Continue.

I could have used some hints about when to connect the phone via USB or more importantly, when the phone should NOT be connected. I'm still not sure. Obviously it needs to be connected to download F/W.

It would have been helpful/reassuring for me if the had explicit description of phone status at beginning of procedure (On/Off? Connected/Disconnected via USB? SIM card in/out? memory card in/out? Battery in/out?). I still can't guess.

It took several tries to get Odin3 running, the phone connected, and Odin3 to recognize the phone.

*** GUIDE needs to give me a clue when phone and Odin3 are talking, or tell me where to find that info.

I'm guessing that a yellow "ID:COM" box with "0:[COM4]" means something.

GUIDE step 7-9. In Odin, select the "boot.tar" file in PDA and click Start. Fails almost immediately.

NOTE:

The GUIDE does not explicitly say which TAR file to use - I guessed.

The f/w coder part of my brain really wanted to use BOOTLOADER instead of PDA (I didn't).

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.

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

GUIDE says wait for the phone to reboot. I waited several hours before deciding that nothing was happening.

I turned phone off.

Turning it back on *OR* plugging in the USB, phone says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again".

Starting the phone in Download mode gives me the ODIN3 Download Mode screen:

----- cut here -----

ODIN3 Download Mode (Protocol v2.1)

Reason: Force Key

Secure Mode: Secure

Check Signature: Check

Custom Binary downloaded: No (0 counts)

Current Binary: Samsung Official

Waiting USB Cable....

==> Connected! Press the [Start] of Odin3

(android graphic)

Downloading...

Do not turn of target!!

* <--- about 3/4s of a blue dot.

----- cut here -----

As per GUIDE step 11:

Download and unzip SGH-I927R_insecure_bootimg.zip. Unzip TAR to Odin3 dir.

Repeat above steps but select the "insecure" TAR. Download fails:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.

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

Starting the phone tells me to run Kies in "recovery" mode.

Kies cannot connect to the phone and Kies "Firmware emergency recovery" mode does not see a device.

Kies "Troubleshoot connection error" has me disconnect the phone then it reinstalls device driver.

Connecting the phone causes Windows to install it's own device drivers.

Starting the phone in Download mode gives me the ODIN3 Download Mode screen.

I am stuck but not suicidal (yet). Phone seems partially functional. I can't figure out how to get either Odin or Kies to do anything useful.

Please help. I'm hearing a voice that sounds like Steve Jobs ... Paul .... give in to the dark side ... :)

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

Update:

I can get the phone into "Android system recovery <3e>" mode, but still have no idea what to do next....

reboot

apply update from sdcard

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

-- Copying media files...

Successfully copied meida files.

# MANUAL MODE #

-- Updating application...

Successfully updated application.

-- Applying Multi-CSC...

Installing Multi-CSC

Can't access to '/system/csc/ATT/system/'.

Successfully applied multi-CSC.

Thx in advance.