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[Captivate Android Development] eviling:
alright, well i'm having a bit of a problem with the reinstall packages part, when i go to hit that, it just flashes the screen , a short second of a load bar, than goes back to the menu instead of rebooting with this action, like i'm told it should be doing. what am i doing wrong?

edit - got it, it was named the .zip, it just wanted it to be named update apperently. once i chanegd that it did the install. not completly sure how to use this yet but i did something :\ lol i'm trying an install of an apk file i got ahold of, that is for a black market that allows all apps to be free. but i can't seem to find it :( it told me it was a sucessfull install. i simply put it in the tools folder of the adb files, and told it to install blackmarket.apk it said successfull, so i don't understand where it went or where it is but it should be in my app list but it is not ;(

edit take 2 : turns out the app did install, just changed names lol. now the app i'm attempting to install of course is the black market, but shh don't tell anyone :) the problem with it is that even thought i managed to get it installed, the apps that it tries to install are not going through for the same reason i had to root the phone origonaly.. i tried using the toururial for making it allows none market apps but i got confused :( and couldn't completely figure it out.
[Captivate Android Development] blackjackboy:
This thread is ancient, it needs to be closed.
[Captivate Android Development] T3ChN1QU8:
I used this method to root so how do i unroot someone please reply
[Captivate Android Development] fizzel:
root on 2.2?

I apologize for being a noob..

but is this method of rooting work for a captivate that I just recently updated to 2.2? because it worked when i did 2.1. however after installing 2.2 firmware. when i am on the recovery menu when i attempt to reinstall package "update.zip" (which i did save to root memory) it says it cannot find the file and gives me an error.

can someone please be more specific and answer if wheather or not i can root the 2.2 firmware? if so how?
[Captivate Android Development] millman:
one click root doesn't work on latest Captivate

Just replaced a Captivate that was stolen with new. OneClick would say it would work yet i could not get past "install packages" step because of verification failure. Got further with SuperOneclick in that I had Superuser and Rom Manager installed and indicated the phone was rooted. Still, couldn't get access to Clockwork because of verification failure.

Long story (hours and hours) short, I had to Odin back to prior favor of "stock" rom, re-root using OneClick which worked this time, then I was able to get into Clockwork recovery. Flashing my favorite rom now so hoping all is OK.

The really sucks because I had just bragged in another forum about how easy it is to root a Captivate. Open mouth, insert foot....
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
^ Rooting official Froyo 2.2

^ This worked for me......View attachment SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse.zip but if this doesn't work...

then u still have the issue of the 3e recovery because of the 2.2 froyo update which prevents u from using ClockWorkMod Recovery---so the easiest way i found around that is to just flash, through Odin3, a Dev tweaked KB1 kernel of your choice and ... success---u will have root and other things that are included in that tweaked kernel, that will be much better than the stock one.

Hope this helps. :D
[Captivate Android Development] IMGetwired:
Yay -- thanks! Needed to get this little network-starved Captivate rooted for work here, and SuperOneClick worked great on this Froyo-running AT&T GS. Was starting to getting a little pissed when I couldn't get the old method to work. Funny how SuperOneClick was done by "ShortFuse", because that's totally me today...lol! Thanks, cloud! ;)
[Captivate Android Development] phat_cow:
File has a virus...."Exploit:Unix/Lotoor"
[Captivate Android Development] Cview:
I have a captivate.

I have a captivate and when I run the update I get this: e: /mt/sd update.zip no such file, then it says no signature verification, update failed.

Any clue or idea what I should do next?

Thanks. I have been working this phone for a year. Cant root or unlock it. But I am trying.
[Captivate Android Development] dmuntean:
Will rooting the phone delete contacts and apps you may have installed?
[Captivate Android Development] kletiz:
I rooted mine last night and it kept everything the way it was.
[Captivate Android Development] :
Hi,

are you now after rooting able to install any samsung galaxy ROM?
[Captivate Android Development] Balthazar B:
As far as I know, few have tried and nobody has succeeded yet. There are still enough physical differences between the various SGS flavors that I would want a ROM customized for the Captivate before inviting a lot of unintended consequences, all of them bad.
[Captivate Android Development] TexUs:
No, but you should always be backing your stuff up anyway.
[Captivate Android Development] _Opiate_:
I will be rooting as soon as I get the phone. I'm sitting outside of AT&T now waiting for them to open!
[Captivate Android Development] systoxity:
thanks for the post, ill give it a go as soon as i try this root method
[Captivate Android Development] kletiz:
I have not tried. I am going to wait until there is a specific ROM for the Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] systoxity:
this. I believe someone tried a galaxy rom and got into some kind of pickle over it.
[Captivate Android Development] blazewit:
hey on the vibrant fourum it was found that you dont need to use adb, that you can just put it on the root or the internal storage then hold volume up + down then power the phone up to boot into recovery then you can just flash the update.zip w/out needing adb. can any one confirm if it works on the captivate as well? I'll be getting mine on tuesday so i can try it then but it would be nice to know if it works first.
[Captivate Android Development] blazewit:
NO! do not install foreign galaxy s roms!!!!! the international version only has 3 buttons, so its super buggy and can make it very hard to get back! there are a couple threads in the vibrant section where their phone gets f'd up after flashing an i9000 rom. thats why the us versions are separate from the i9000 on the forums.
[Captivate Android Development] centex99:
I've gotten ADB to work with my phone/setup... but haven't tried to root yet...

Does anyone know how to make a complete rom backup? I'd like to know I'd have a way to recover before I start mucking with anything... :)

I've messed around with WM but am new to android... but excited of things to come.
[Captivate Android Development] wpb2:
On a Mac?

I have done all the required SDK install, and "adb reboot recovery" but the update.zip fails to install in recovery mode. Any ideas, should I download the file in windows, then transfer it over, or do I need to adjust the permissions of the file before I upload it to my SD card?
[Captivate Android Development] zorac1229:
I just rooted my Captivate. Very easy and Painless thanks to this thread, but there is an easier way to boot into recovery. If you hold down both the up and down volume as the phone is booting you'll get into the recovery rom with out having to install adb on your computer.
[Captivate Android Development] dontshakepandas:
Edit: nvm I got it to work. I have the superuser permission in my apptray now.

Do I need to leave update.zip on my SD card or can I delete it now that I am done?
[Captivate Android Development] GermanGuy:
Can not get the rooting to work. I put the update.zip file in the "SD" folder on the phone. After rebooting, I get an error message: sdcard/update.zip - no such file or directory found. What am I doing wrong?

Edit: Nevermind. Figured it out. I did not put the file in root directory.

Other question. How do get contacts and calender info from my exchange account? I enabled it in settings, but it does not show up.
[Captivate Android Development] Byrus:
Is the android folder where the update.zip file go?
[Captivate Android Development] blackjackboy:
No, make sure you put it in the "root" directory, or the area on the internal (NO NAME) SD card. The root directory just means in no folders.
[Captivate Android Development] Byrus:
I tried that and it says no update file?
[Captivate Android Development] :
Guys,

I have done everything in terms of putting the "update.zip" right in the SD card after I formatted it which means no folders but it doesn't install it, please tell me what exacttely the "Root directory"?
[Captivate Android Development] Byrus:
This might help other people, when u rename to update don't put the .zip. That's what I was doing wrong. Thanks to everyone. I've just jumped to android from iphone. I'm really impressed so far, if I had visual voicemail it would be perfect.
[Captivate Android Development] Citznfish:
Finally got it to work. There definitely needs to be clariication. The update.zip file does NOT go into the /sd folder. Even though the error msg says it's looking for th file in that /sd folder.
[Captivate Android Development] :
can you please tell me what should I do after rename it to "update.zip" & just dump it in the SD with no folders on, what should I do please?

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] cellgeek:
I believe there are some physical differences between the Galaxy S and the Captivate (i.e. no FM radio). That would imply that the stock rom for the Galaxy S might not run well on the Captivate. As systoxity indicated - no one has tried it yet. I'm sure that once the Captivate becomes more widely spread, there will be a Captivate Stock Rom built - which is what I will load. I'm anxious to get Android 2.2 on this device.
[Captivate Android Development] derek4484:
Just simply follow the directions step by step and it works perfectly.

"root folder" is the upper most level of the directory tree. When you mount the internal sd card so you can view it in windows just cut and paste update.zip into the uppermost folder. Not sure why people are having trouble understanding this part, its actually the easiest part of the whole thing.

Also, after installed the usb drivers for the phone, adb didnt work for me, I had to reboot the computer. After that adb worked fine. Did "adb devices" from the cmd window and it recognzed the phone. Then I did the "adb reboot recovery". I didnt try the holding down the vol up and down buttons while powering on.

Now what I really want is a stock android 2.2 ROM to run, to get rid of touchwiz 3.0 and to get the faster speed of 2.2, this phone will fly then.
[Captivate Android Development] Shadow77895:
This thread should be stickied.
[Captivate Android Development] Byrus:
Rename folder update not update.zip. drop the zip file where u see android and allthe other folders. Now I've rooted but still can't install from my sd card. Is there something else I need to do? Says install blocked when I try to install. Also holding down volume keys works great, just release power and volume keys, when the Att white screen appears.
[Captivate Android Development] :
My phone doesn't go to "Recovery Mode" at all, while the phone off, holding volume up, down or both while powering on, tried all situations it didn't work, any help please?

Thanks alot
[Captivate Android Development] tdusen:
same here.

adb shell reboot recovery returns:

reboot: Operation not permitted.
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
Win 7

Ok I've tried everything to get my phone to connect to my laptop...Any ideas on how to make it work in Win 7..It won't see my phone...

Update:

Well I final got it.. I had to download the driver from the Samsung website, once I install them everything worked fine...I now have the superuser app in my menu...:)
[Captivate Android Development] _MuLder_:
Must I have an SD card in order to install non-market apps?
[Captivate Android Development] :
Hi & Appreciation,

I have had a very tough 3 hours to Root my phone but with all your help finally got it, thanls alot for all who replied to me. To benifit from the way I did it, I have done "All in one" I installed the "Update.zip" + "update" on both SD Card & internal memory & thats how it worked with me.

Now, anyone knows how to get rid of all AT&T" stuff or some of it?

Thanks again
[Captivate Android Development] tdusen:
Solved my problem. I was able to get into recovery mode using the press the keys method.

press Volume Up, and Volume Down, then press power. When the White ATT screen come up you can let go.

Then the update worked fine.

abd shell reboot recovery doesn't work. After you're rooted, you co into abd shell, do an su, then you can reboot recovery.

In any case, I have root. Now I'm off to restore by titanium backup.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
So just to be clear, if i root, can I still receive official OTA updates? Like OTA update for froyo?
[Captivate Android Development] derek4484:
Just because you root doesn't allow you to install from SD card. You still have to use adb to install or do the database edit hack. I did that and it now works great.
[Captivate Android Development] Shadow77895:
I know you fixed your problem, but for the future, the command is "adb reboot recovery". adb shell is something separate.
[Captivate Android Development] madjsp:
Running a mac, this is what I did.

First, enabled USB debugging (settings, applications, development, usb debugging)

Plugged my phone in.

brought the notification bar down

mounted my USB.

Downloaded the update.zip file

renamed it to update

put it on my root

turned my phone off

held both volume keys, then hit power

let go on the white screen

scrolled down to reinstall packages

hit power

Now, I have a ninja in my apps! WOOHOO!

So.... What can I do now?
[Captivate Android Development] tdusen:
Oh, I tried that too. "abd reboot recovery" did that same as "adb help" My adb is version 1.0.20
[Captivate Android Development] kennethpenn:
Thank you for the tutorial! Really really easy to do... my first root. Super easy! Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] poulosjr:
I accidentally after being rooted installed modaco newest Rom not knowing it was a euro version, and not for the Captivate! Is there a ruu aka Rom out for tghe Captivate to restore back to factory and start fresh bc I keep getting Android force close errors once the phone is on...... or being I bought it outright from a corporate ATT am I best off just saying all these errors were on my screen overnight and I've tried everything to stop it from a battery pull to reset and get an exchange as defective
[Captivate Android Development] skizzz:
Just got my phone yesterday.

Was following the reads from the T-mobile version.

And like the Vibrant i was able to root the AT&T captive wihout ADB Installed.

Like the OP decribed:

1 - download file

2 - rename to update.zip

3 - copy to device. If you running win 7, go to the Samsung site, download and install the Samsung Kies software. The drivers are in this program.

4 - Like many other above me, i've had issues connecting the device to my computer. The phone sometimes would not show up in "My computer". Come to find out if you have apps open and running on the phone, it will never show up in "My Computer".

I recommend to download a task killer or do a regular reboot prior to connecting to computer.

Also, having Samsung Kies app open, helps the computer "sync" with the phone so you can look at the folders. Once the "sync" is done, close the Kie app and browse to the root of the internal mem and paste the update.zip in here.

5 - so a recovery reboot and reinstall packages.

6 - once the phone back up, you'll find a superuser app and root access.

Easiest root eva
[Captivate Android Development] WeAreVenom:
Woohoo! Root succesful!

Um..... Now what?:D
[Captivate Android Development] rabbivj:
ok so i was able to run the update that it found, all it said was it found the update, ran it and rebooted device. So how can I tell if my device is rooted or not? im new to android which is why im asking.
[Captivate Android Development] blackjackboy:
Well, there are a lot of cool apps in the market, just search"root". Also, if you hang around captivate development, you'll be the first on android 2.2 with a custom recovery image (that's where you went to root, and with a custom, you can install TONs of stuff). Right now, like I said, you can't do a whole lot.
[Captivate Android Development] rabbivj:
thx man...yeah i did do that and i installed a couple of apps, it works very well...thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] arthurdent3:
Yes, on Linux and Mac you need to specify if ./ is not in your path. You could alway add ./ to your PATH and you won't need to type the ./ before adb.
[Captivate Android Development] Toast2120:
Ok, I want to get my Captivate rooted, but I am having the darndest time getting it to connect to my computer. I have DLed the Galaxy S 64 bit drivers for my Windows 7 machine and installed them. But my phone still will not connect, any advice or did I miss something?
[Captivate Android Development] tbae2:
Check your device manager, are there any devices that have not installed ?

Also have you enabled usb debugging on the phone?
[Captivate Android Development] rootcaptivate:
Question about rooting and AT&T updates

If I root the Captivate but DO NOT flash a custom image, can I still receive operating system updates from AT&T?
[Captivate Android Development] Toast2120:
My phone is labled as "Unspecified" by Windows, but it shows that all devices are install correctly. I also installed that Samsung Kies bloatware to see if that would help and it didn't. How can I get the phone as a device so I may copy the files to it?

Will the Captivate appear as a storage device on "My Computer"?
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
I was asking the same thing, haven't found a answer.
[Captivate Android Development] :
Guys,

Afer Rooting the phone, what kind of AT&T restrictions we still have on our phone? I appreciate the answer
[Captivate Android Development] Toast2120:
Got it.

Instead of connecting the phone to my computer I used a microsd card and moved the file on the phone. Yeah, that part was easy. The previous 2 hours were not.
[Captivate Android Development] dewt:
A lot of your guys' questions are not specific to this phone (Other than the actual rooting procedure) and have been answered in the forums for the other android phones. If you do a search or go browse those forums, I'm sure you will find all the stuff you have questions about has already been answered.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
I have searched that is why i posted.
[Captivate Android Development] systoxity:
Hey guys, to the best of my knowledge roots should be undoable:

That was posted at androidcommunity.com by user DJUNIO.

What this means is that if you root it, you can always take off the root if it stops you from being able to update once a patch is released.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
Thank you! So it is possible to do OTA updates while being rooted?
[Captivate Android Development] systoxity:
if samsung offers u an ota update, id come check out the forums here first just in case. People would have already tried it and would report if it bricks or not. Worst case scenario you'd have to remove the root as stated above b4 installing the ota. Most likely scenario would be a good install of ota updates. This is assuming that the only modification to your system that you made was root acess and not installing patched kernals and roms.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
For now I am not going to install roms or anything I just really need tethering, but still want to update to official froyo.
[Captivate Android Development] systoxity:
wgarrio as of right now there are no roms or custum kernals that work with captivate. Just go ahead and root and do your own thang. Whenever the ota update comes just hop on here, tell us what you got on your phone and people will tell ya if anything is a problem or if you should make any changes.
[Captivate Android Development] anosis:
Please make this a sticky
[Captivate Android Development] blackjackboy:
Unfortunately, we don't have a moderator as of now, I would like to be one *hint hint* but its not up to me.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
So I just rooted my phone, so any side loading you have to do via desktop PC? Is there anyway to do it on the device?
[Captivate Android Development] blackjackboy:
Search before asking, but no. use the search button to find the answer yourself.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
Quite being a jerk, i search all the time before i ask stuff, that is why i have hardly any posts.

anyways i got it working except i am reading that i can't even tethering till 2.2. darn it!
[Captivate Android Development] V DidDy 210:
well he's being a jerk to show he'd make a good mod :-p

but yeah the other thread on that is basically the second most commented thread in this section, so I have to side with him on this one...

p.s. root working excellent
[Captivate Android Development] domin8:
yeah root was real simple and quick. Got titanium backup installed and took out the ATT crapware also. :) It's good to see that with the little community we have here that things are getting done right away :)
[Captivate Android Development] :
Please tell me how you were able to get rid of any "AT&T" stuff, I'll be grateful to you.

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] GumboChief:
he used titanium backup
[Captivate Android Development] skamus:
Once rooted, is there a way to use another carrier? i live in Mexico, this seems to be the only galaxy S with 850hz 3g which is what my carrier uses. I want to buy it, but i need to know if it will work with other carriers after this.

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
The only problem with Ti Backup is it doesn't backup the apk for system apps, which include the AT&T apps.
[Captivate Android Development] dewt:
No, read more here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7244366
[Captivate Android Development] djgleebs:
When I try and run reinstall packages I get an error that says "Cannot install E:/update.zip (bad)"

EDIT: If you are running Snow Leopard, you may have to manually go into the update.zip folder and highlight both of the files, right click, hit compress, then rename the new "Archive.zip" to "update.zip" and then put than into the root of the phone.
[Captivate Android Development] jel7:
backing up?

Hey guys, after quite a bit of work I got everything working fine. F yeah! Thanks.

How would I make a complete backup in case I need to return my phone or send it in for a replacement?
[Captivate Android Development] bern_tm:
thanks for posting this!!!!!!
[Captivate Android Development] miketurner:
wont find update.zip

I have mounted the SD internal memory , copied the root file and renamed it update.zip and tried rename to just update . rebooted the captivate in recovery mode , selected reinstall packages and everytime it says E:can't open /sdcard/update.zip

(No such file or Directory)

Installation aborted.

Anyone now the fix for this ??
[Captivate Android Development] tnayrbj:
quick question

if I root will I be able to OTA 2.2 when it comes out???

big question for me.

Thanks

Jon
[Captivate Android Development] moji8608:
same problem

I'm having the same problem, I even went into the updater script and changed the phone model number to 957. I still get the same error.
[Captivate Android Development] rahlquist:
Ok so is there a way to manually back them up?
[Captivate Android Development] Main Target:
What USB mode should I have set up to get adb set up? I cannot seem to get the device to show up when I run adb devices. Can anyone give me a hand getting ADB set up on Win7 32bit?
[Captivate Android Development] decepticon:
Just gotta chime in and say root went smoothly, just copy the zip to the internal storage, boot to recovery, apply update.

I had a harder time getting the battery in
[Captivate Android Development] warri:
Simple and Easy Root.. works, Thanks for the Find!
[Captivate Android Development] BRich:
This is my first Andrcoid phonce. The root worked great - thanks!