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[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
What exactly are you trying to do?
[Captivate Android Development] shizzy1427:
I need the update.zip. Had clockworkmod recovery installed, but moved the update.zip and now i cant get back into CWM recovery. And i'm stuck in a bootloop. I can fix it if i get the update.zip but i dont see anyway for the phone to be in recovery and enable USB mass storage so i cant get to the internal storage on the phone to move the clockworkmod update.zip to the root of my sdcard.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
2 choices, I think:

1 - If you are trying to restore to a known good backup why not just Odin yourself ANY of the firmwares and then get into your internal memory (/sdcard). There should be a clockwork folder there. Inside is a file called RECOVERY-UPDATE.ZIP. COPY (don't move) that to the root dir, then rename it to update.zip. Now you can boot into recovery mode and choose reinstall packages to get to the nandroid menu.

or

2 - Odin any firmware. Root. Go to market and download QUICKBOOT and ROM MANAGER. After you install rom manager you can go into it's menu and choose MANAGE AND RESTORE BACKUPS. Pick one and restore away.

hope this helps....
[Captivate Android Development] momulah:
I flashed sre v1.2.1a. Should I flash this also on top of it?
[Captivate Android Development] DOAlaboratories:
for me, when i try to make a backup, Clockwork always stalls at backing up my lag fixes and then all the code dissappears leaving just the android icon. i can't flash an older version of CWM because it makes an error every time.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Huh? Flash what? I'm very confused by your question.....
[Captivate Android Development] PMad:
So i'm totally new to the android scene. I went from windows mobile devices, to the iPhone, and switched to the captivate once the crappy and depressing iPhone 4 was released.

So I have a few issues with the guide here. It keeps talking about the clockworkmod recovery thing, at first i had no clue what it was. The rom manager said i had to have it installed to choose that option, so finally after searching everywhere, i just tapped it, and it downloaded it.. Didnt know that was how you got it!

So then i did the normal backup as the guide said, chose Captivate, and my phone restarted. Well it came to the recovery screen and wasnt doing anything. The guide said i might have to manually select Reinstall Packages, so since nothing happened i selected it... Screen flashed and i was back at the same menu... Guide said i should only have to do this once, but i was back at the menu again and nothing was happening so i did it again and came to the clockworkmod recovery menu (its all in green text).

So then the guide said its all automatic, but i had to pick from the options.. Figured with all the Nandroid talk i was seeing, that was probably the right option, so i selected it.

I hope i didnt just screw anything up, its doing the backup right now... ugg!!! Did i do something wrong?
[Captivate Android Development] PMad:
Ok it finished, here's what the log says word for word, it kinda worries me!!!

Did it even back anything up?
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
You are on the right track now. Once the process is complete you will be able to create new backups and/or restore to backup. All right from inside Rom Manager. Just scroll down in rom manager to the manage section and either backup or restore.

If you mess up your setup and cant boot normally you boot into recovery mode and choose install packages. That will give you the green clockworkmenu. Pick your backup and there you go.

Read this whole thread, but I think I summed up well enough for you.

Hope rhis helps....
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
I dont know why, but it looks like it couldnt find your memory. Check and see. You may not be mounted. If you are plugged in, try in both debugging mode and not, mounted and not, etc. Trust me, it will eventually work.
[Captivate Android Development] durrence:
Clockworkmod backup only 544MB

I understood from reading this thread that Clockworkmod backs up the entire phone, but my backup is only 544MB. Mapdroid alone is 1.6GB. How is this possible?

I planned to restore the backup of my Captivate to my wife's identical phone but am skeptical because of this.
[Captivate Android Development] tone_la:
To my understanding, Clockworkmod backs up everything, except the sdcard itself. Maybe the data for your Mapdroid app is located on the sdcard and therefore, it isn't wiped out during a flash. If it's untouched during flash update, it doesn't need to be restored either.

So, in conclusion, you'd have to do a Clockworkmod/Nandroid backup and sdcard backup to backup EVERYTHING. Does this make sense? I'm a noob myself, so just trying to help... Corrections are appreciated.
[Captivate Android Development] joedon3:
A Nandroid backup will backup you ROM and any data that is in the system folders. the Captivate has a built in SD Card that is not included in the Nandroid backup. This data is also not modified when flashing a new ROM so a backup is not necessarily needed.

I use Titanium backup from the market to backup my apps, comes in quite handy.
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
Koush, this is awsome, I have the paid version becaue this makes effing up the phone impossible not to be able to restore it.

Question, I checked the Advanced and then I clicked download ROM and I see two options Super User 2.3.1cd Cupcate/donut and Superuser 2.3.1 ef Eclair Froyo.

Are these the Roms I am seeing in the developers section? I'd like to try one out, if I knew what they are and a lttle detail. Thanks.

Has anyone tried these?
[Captivate Android Development] Nightmare66:
backup

Had the same issue here but reinstall and reboot fixed Rom Manager. I was able to back up my rom, going to update su soon.
[Captivate Android Development] joedon3:
I like Clockwork much better than stock, but Clockwork still has can't install all the update packages. There are a couple that I need to use the stock recovery for. If that could be fixed, I'd welcome the Clockwork only!
[Captivate Android Development] gunnyman:
Nothing comes close to the awesome AmonRa recovery. I miss that form my hero. it just worked.
[Captivate Android Development] elghouchd:
I flashed Clockwork mod recovery, then i booted into recovery mode and it was the stock recovery..but then on the bottom it said "E:Cant open /cache/update.zip(bad) Installation aborted". Why did this happen and how can i fix it?:confused: PS: im a noob at this stuff
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
Was this the first time using clockwork? I have to finish copying Clockwork folder to my external and unmount the phone so that I can run through it for you real quick to give you the proper steps. Gimme a few.

It is my understanding that if you put any other update.zip into the root and that is the last thing you put into your root when you reinstall packages, it isn't seeing the Nandroid Recovery.zip. If you have put any other update.zip in there you have to make sure to rename your recovery.zip to something else. After you intall whatever you were installing you have to then rename that one and rename your recovery.zip back to update.zip. Also make sure you didn't rename it in your root to update.zip, just rename it update or it will read it as update.zip.zip and you will get an error message.

Crap, I need to use my Nandroid backup now, lol. I just Flashed with Odin to install the new version of SRE v1.2.1a and when I went to use the one click root the update.zip isn't on my root, lol, when I boot into recovery I choose reinstall packages I have the Clockwork Recovery menu and I am not sure which option to choose.

here is the menu

-reboot system now

-apply sdcard:update.zip

-wipe data/factory reset

-install zip from adcard

-nandroid

-partition menu

-advanced

*******Go Back*******

which do I select? Pleae help.
[Captivate Android Development] kamots:
Im sure you already figured in out but you go to nandroid and there is a backup/ restore option there
[Captivate Android Development] vinunleaded182:
Please forgive me for being a newbie. I did a backup on my device. Now if I flash a new firmware version and do a restore. Does it restore my device to the previous firmware?
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
I have been doing back ups with this without issues until today.

Now I get a no space left on device error even though the SD card has 4GB and the phone space is 260MB.

Any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
I may be wrong or missing something but are there currently no Roms available for the captivate through Rom manager? When I click on download Rome I just see options to download super user. Is this because the custom roms are still in development?
[Captivate Android Development] xfernand:
Check this page often for your ROM availability. No ROM for the Captivate. The 1st one to come out will likely be for the Vibrant.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aledx886TFpZdHdwNzNKZzJLczJjTnA5ekFWRzNxX2c&hl=en&authkey=CNf7ie8G#gid=0[/URL]
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
EXT4 support coming tomorrow!!
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
WOOHOO!!! That is fantastic!!

DG, are you also putting out the final release of SRE? I saw that the thread was closed and assumed you would be starting a new one when it was ready.

Or, dare we dream, they are coming out together so we just update clockwork and then apply new SRE through it? I am NEVER gonna be able to sleep tonite.....
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
I dont understand how this helps but I assume it is good news so I am in :D
[Captivate Android Development] tazman171:
Awesome! Been waiting for that ever since my earlier flash had issue's. The performance was through the roof with that file system.
[Captivate Android Development] warri:
Sweet This means Voodoo wont have to be disabled to use ROM Manager and CWM Correctly!!

I was talking to Koush 2 days ago, and he had given me a test recovery for ext4 support, but it was broken, and i havent seen him around since, i hope this is a true statement DG!
[Captivate Android Development] kamots:
Right on! Turning out to be a good day!
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
Great news, glad to hear, I guess there will be no need for me to create a .zip remove lagix once this update releases on ROM Manager. I ran a Nand backup the other night while half asleep after flashing your v2b7 voodoo without reading the Voodoo thread all the way through and didn't creat the .text in my root, so I am now under the impression that if I try to install that backup I will bork my phone. I guess if I need to use Nandroid I will create a .text first. Anywho, I will be checking ROM Manager for updates. Thanks for all of the hard work.
[Captivate Android Development] supercurio:
Nice ! You talked with Koush ?
[Captivate Android Development] :
It not coming yet....he talk't out of excitement i guess...
[Captivate Android Development] watatek:
New to the forum and ran into some problems.

Removed the update.zip from my sdcard after the oneclick root method.

Opened ROM Manager and got "You must have Clockworkmod Recovery installed before continuing...."

Did that and got Confirm Phone Model so I chose Galaxy S Captivate.

Got the allow Superuser window and the checkmark was on and clicked Allow.

Got "Successfully downloaded Clockworkmod...." and shows as Clockwordmod 2.5.0.4.

Ran Backup Current Rom>Backup name>2010-09-19-20.47.25>rebooted.

Got to recovery console with blue fonts and chose reboot and nothing really ran.

Found the following on my sdcard:

F:\update.zip 1226KB 09/19/2010 8:45pm

F:\clockwordmod\recovery-update.zip 1226KB 09/19/2010 8:45pm

F:\clockwordmod\download\some stuff inside

There was no backup folder anywhere.

Ran adb reboot recovery and got the stock bootloader.

Ran adb reboot bootloader and the phone just rebooted.

When I opened ROM Manager I got recovery something is broken.

Don't remember the exact verbage. There were 3 options and I think I clicked on Other but not sure.

Rebooted and got to the new bootloader with green fonts and rebooted.

Opened ROMManager again but this time no error.

Ran Backup Current Rom again.

And this time the backup ran.

Got the backing up...

backkup up.. stuff, etc.

Now on the the sdcard I have the following.

F:\clockwordmod\recovery-update.zip 1226KB 09/19/2010 8:45pm

F:\clockwordmod\download\some stuff inside

F:\clockworkmod\backup\2010-09-20-06.48.45 and contains the following:

cache.img

data.img

datadata.img

nandroid.md5.img

system.img

My questions:

1. Was the "F:\update.zip 1226KB 09/19/2010 8:45pm" the original bootloader since no backup ran?

2. After the backup ran there is no boot.img and recovery.img.

Will this backup contain the original bootloader as in stock?

Just wanted to get your opinion before I run a trial restore of my backup.

Didn't want to brick my phone.

Thanks for the help.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
That update.zip is what clockwork looks for and needs to run it's recovery. DO NOT DELETE IT!! Sometimes, you may have to temporarily rename it so something can be installed as "update.zip", but you would then IMMEDIATELY rename or delete that file and bring the clockwork one back. The file inside clockwork folder called "recovery-update" is just a copy of this update.zip, in case you lose it.

And those are the proper 5 files it needs to restore in the backup/2010-.... folder

In other words... long story short, you are good.... test that backup, but it should be fine.

and Welcome to the forums!!
[Captivate Android Development] watatek:
Thanks for the quick response techmik67.

I think I'm with you so far.

If I do a restore it will revert it back to stock with the original boot loader and still rooted right?

And afterwards how do I change it back to the new bootloader with the green fonts? Is that bootloader installed by the

oneclick root process or is it made by clcockworkmod?
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
The backup you create is a "snapshot" of your phone COMPLETELY. The restore will put you EXACTLY where you were when you clicked BACKUP.

The green text menu is the clockwork menu. You get that by choosing REINSTALL PACKAGES in recovery mode. That is why you need the update.zip file. Regular recovery mode (yellow text) does not need it. When you choose reinstall packages in the yellow menu, it looks for ANY file in /sdcard called update.zip. The one created by clockwork takes you to the green menu.
[Captivate Android Development] watatek:
So you're saying the regular recovery mode WILL ALWAYS be there and I can just toggle on the clockwork menu(green fonts) when I want to by

choosing Reinstall Packages from the stock/regular/yellow text recovery mode?

Thanks for being patient. I'll get it soon I hope.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Yellow texted recovery mode is the phone itself. As far as I know you CANT disable that (knock wood). As long as you have that update.zip in the right place (/sdcard/update.zip) and clockwork installed, when you choose reinstall packages in yellow text it will bring you to green text (clockwork's recovery menu). This GREEN menu WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE if you delete update.zip or remove rom manager/clockwork.

And no problem... happy to help! =)
[Captivate Android Development] watatek:
If I want to test and restore my only backup after rooting, is it required to do a wipe first? What is your recommended procedure when doing restores?

I was planning on trying out Cognition, should I do a wipe prior to using it?

I purchased the premium edition this afternoon. Saw Superuser 2.3.1 cd and Superuser 2.3.1 ef in the ROM Download. Is this something that I can use?

rejendra82 had mentioned that if you loose the Clockwork update.zip, type patch recovery in ROM manager and the right update.zip will get copied to the /sdcard location. How do you type this in RomManager? I dont' see any options for this. Is this the same update.zip that I got right after I ran my first backup after rooting?

Thanks for your help!
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
You need to read this WHOLE thread, as well as the cognition thread if you are planning to use that. it really will save you a lot of trouble....

1 - you don't need root to test your backup if you have the update.zip. just boot into recovery and reinstall packages. Then you'll be on the clockwork menu. Choose nandroid, then restore. You will see your backups. Pick 1 and off you go....

2 - don't know about patch recovery. If you can see your phone, then you can always copy RECOVERY-UPDATE.ZIP from /sdcard/clockwork to /sdcard and rename it to update.zip. That's what it's for.
[Captivate Android Development] watatek:
I was able to read the whole thread however.

I was able to find some info on installing custom roms and will

read the Cognition thread.

Thanks..
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Happy modding!!
[Captivate Android Development] foofiebeast:
With all the problems people have been having with odin, I was wondering if there was a way to flash stock using clockwork. That shouldn't be different than flashing anything else right?
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
If you flashed a backup of stock with Clockwork it would be possible. Stock with root of course.
[Captivate Android Development] foofiebeast:
shoot, not exactly. My stock has been modified slightly, I took off some of the bloatware, other than that it's stock.
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
To get back the bloatware and be in an out of box staate Odin one click is the only way. The problem isn't Odin, it's people not knowing how to get into download, having the correct drivers, or phones that have button combo problems. Does three button combo work for you to get into recovery? If it does you will be fine with Odin. Just use the one click and follow the instructions in the OP.
[Captivate Android Development] foofiebeast:
Interesting, I guess I don't really understand why it can't be done through clockwork, but I'll take your word for it.

When I turn on the phone holding all 3 buttons it just keeps reloading and reshowing the att world white screen, until I let go of the buttons and then it boots into recovery mode. That means my buttons work right?

I guess maybe I'll just wait until the official 2.2 upgrade comes out and if it doesn't work with my phone then I'll worry about going back to stock with odin. Normally I wouldn't mind playing around and trying to get it to work, but I'm away at school now and have no back up phone in case I can't get it going right.
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
Yes you got into recover using button hold volumu buttons and power at the same time when the sceond AT&T screen appears release only the power button while still holding the volume buttons and after about 20 seconds you will see the recovery screen.
[Captivate Android Development] Pmac25:
Any update on when the ext4 update is coming out?
[Captivate Android Development] Zeimus:
2nd on this ^^
[Captivate Android Development] hatlessman:
Is there any chance I could get a link to the update.zip for clockwork recovery? I Had it installed, and attempted to flash voodoo, but, something went wrong, and now I'm in the stock recovery mode.

I'd really rather not try odin. I have not had good luck with it in the past.

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
You have to choose reinstall packages twice to get into ClockworkMod recovery. Before you go near Clockwork you have to locate the Voodoo folder in the root of your device, open it and create a new folder, name it disable lagfix. ClockworkMod doesn't recognize ext 4, that is what probably went wrong. Even if you flash with Odin there will still be a voodoo folder in your root.
[Captivate Android Development] anneoneamouse:
Rhiannon- one click odin is not "out of the box", it is close, but does not allow ota update.

AoN
[Captivate Android Development] ant1pathy:
Any news on the Voodoo support for Clockwork?
[Captivate Android Development] maerlim:
Is anybody else seeing an update to ROM Manager in the market, but unable to download it? I'm seeing version 2.5.0.2 in the market, but I get "Download Unsuccessful" every time. I've tried over wifi and 3g.

Nevermind! I cleared my download manager cache, and it's working fine again.
[Captivate Android Development] :
The Ext4 support is already done, but it wont be released with voodoo lagfix beta4, instead it will go into the ultra slim and sexy beta5 >;D
[Captivate Android Development] creepyncrawly:
How large is a typical nandroid backup on captivate?

Couple of weeks ago I had sre v1.3.1c installed and did a nandroid backup. I now have Cognition v2.1.1 installed and did a nandroid backup. There is a very large difference in the file size. The backup of the sre configuration is 1.3 GB in size, while the backup of the Cognition configuration is 424 MB. That's almost a Gig of difference. The main difference is in the data.img file. The other img files are approximately the same size, although the cache.img is also somewhat smaller.

I did disable the voodo lag fix before doing the cognition backup. With sre, I had enabled ext 2 lagfix, and I don't think it was disabled when the backup was done. However, I don't remember reading that it was necessary to disable it to make a backup.

I'm just wondering what would account for the difference in the file size, and if the current Cognition nandroid backup is likely to be complete? Would one of these backups likely be *not* good?

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] :
EXt2 backups are huge! thats why your getting 1.3gb nandroid.
[Captivate Android Development] creepyncrawly:
Thanks for the info. Are you suggesting that both the backups should restore correctly?
[Captivate Android Development] hwibowo:
Noob question

I recently rooted my captivate and used clockworkmod to backup current ROM. My question is which update.zip file that contains the Stock ROM (in my case)? I got 2 kinds of update.zip, one in SD root folder and the other one is in clockworkmod folder, call recovery-update.zip.

Can anyone help me to clarify? I'd like to copy the stock ROM to my PC for emergency backup.

Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
The update.zip that is currently on the root of your phone should be an identical copy of the recovery-update.zip that is inside the ClockworkMod folder. If you make any mods to your phone that require you to place an update.zip in the root of your phone just simply rename the exsisting update.zip to something else, I rename it recoveryupdate. After you finish updating your phone delete the update.zip, and rename the original back to update.zip. Also, as an extra precaution I make a copy of my ClockworkMod folder and store it on my external sd and my pc in case I have to swap my phone, I don't loose everything.

If you haven't flashed any other ROMS then the ROM you backedup the stock ROM.
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
The update.zip is not your backed up ROM...Look in the clockwork folder under backups and you will find your backed up ROM
[Captivate Android Development] hwibowo:
So all I gotta do is backup that entire folder (e.g. 2010-09-29-23.43.02)
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
Yes........:)
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
It should be once flashed with Clockwork and a backup of current ROM was done. If I remember correctly when I first got my device and rooted, then flashed ClockworkMod and backed up current ROM, my root update.zip became update1.zip. If I don't remember correctly delete the update.zip and then copy the recovery-update.zip to your root and rename it update.zip.
[Captivate Android Development] hwibowo:
How do you copy that folder? I was not able to do that. I mounted the internal SD to my PC but it didn't let me copy the folder. It stopped right at the beginning.
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
Put you phone is debug mode than connect to your PC..slide the notification bar down and select mount..wait for it to mount and then navigate to the directory and copy and pate to your PC...That's how I did it.