yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] smokarz:
ok, got a little hiccup here.

i downloaded the rom manager app.

i then flashed clockworkmod recovery. got the successful message.

then i tried to reboot into recovery, click the OK button but it's not doing anything.
[Captivate Android Development] BAleR:
same here, kinda, flashed then I tryed to make a backup, rebooted to recovery and it was the stock one?
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
What okay button?
[Captivate Android Development] sixstringsg:
On official froyo?
[Captivate Android Development] gboybama:
I've looked high and low for this.

Clockworkmod isn't working for me.

When trying to flash to recovery on my Captivate, the only options are Nexus and Galaxy 9000. I assume choosing either of these would mess up the button mapping in recovery if I chose them.

I'm running 2.3, official UCKF1, with the rooted UCKF1 kernel.

What dumb thing have I done? Is CWM only installable in 2.2?

It seems that now that I'm on 2.3 official, without CWM, I'm stuck there. The link to go back to stock Froyo was broken. ROM Manager doesn't give me the option to flash for Captivate. Running update.zip from stock recovery gives me the 'unsigned' error. All other 2.3 ROM packages I see require CWM.

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After doing a couple more days of research, I guess there's no way to get there from here. There's no Captivate 2.3.3 kernel out there that will enable CWM and is flashable in Odin. So, the only possibilities are to flash back to 2.1 (where the unsigned error doesn't happen) or to go for 2.2 where a kernel solution is available. Am I getting close?

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Edit yet again. I decided to take a risk and flash Cognition Beta 3 KF1 kernel. No system instability now and suddenly when booting to standard recovery, I get the CWM recovery. Guess I can go wherever I like from here.
[Captivate Android Development] Loremonger:
Installing Clockworkmod on Captivate 2.3 Gingerbread Phones

I was kind of in the same boat.

No. Clockworkmod is not officially supported for Gingerbread on the Captivate. Which means you cannot install Clockworkmod from ROM Manager in 2.3. You have to install a kernel that includes Clockworkmod using Heimdall or Odin or SGS Kernel Flasher.

Everything is so specific with 2.3, I don't think you can just install CWM and go anywhere from there. I think you have to install the specific kernel you need for the ROM you want to flash, and that kernel will have CWM included. I think the real advantage of having CWM-flashable ROMs at this point is for upgrades to the next version of that specific ROM, not moving between ROMs.

For example, to get to Cognition 5, this is what I did:

Install stock 2.3 Gingerbread and root it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1127249.

Download the .zip file kernel and the .zip file of the ROM. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1127578

Install SGS Kernel Flasher from the Market.

Flash the Cognition kernel.

Use the 3-button combo to get into recovery and install the ROM.

Hope this helps.
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
So hopefully someone will bake clockworkmod 4 into the new KH3 kernel, if I knew how to do it, I would.
[Captivate Android Development] poolemit:
+1000

KH3 + CWM would be killer
[Captivate Android Development] simbill:
question: since cwm isnt compatible with 2.3.3 (im on uckf1 stock) can i manually install a cwm flashable file if i just move everything from the "system" folder inside the zip to their respective places and just ignore the "META-INF"?
[Captivate Android Development] prbassplayer:
Just flash Cognition 5 Initial Kernel (step 2 in op) Gives you cwm and works on stock.
[Captivate Android Development] simbill:
did that via odin and it did nothing. still no cwm :-\. only reason i want cwm is to flash the usas tweak found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1236779 because of GB dropping my fps
[Captivate Android Development] prbassplayer:
2 things. 1 You did something wrong because Cog 5's kernel works. 2 that wont work on your phone because a) that one specifically scriped for Tmobiles 4g phone (theres a Captivate version somewhere in dev here) b) You need kernel support wich sadly no native Gingerbread for captivate will have.
[Captivate Android Development] b-eock:
Go to KH3 and flash boogs CWM kernel! Works great!
[Captivate Android Development] isaiah33:
I tried that but i got

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signaature verification failed

Installation aborted.

Any help?
[Captivate Android Development] boog:
Anything past eclair will fail with the signature verification. I think there was a fix for froyo floating around. But, flashing a kernel with clockwork built in would be a better solution.

What rom are you running?
[Captivate Android Development] gunderbum:
So why does mv6 not come with cwm3 ?
[Captivate Android Development] gunderbum:
Oops wrong forum
[Captivate Android Development] EthanMG:
i noticed that the soft keys at the bottom of the phone (back, home, menu, and search) have an effect when pressed while in this recovery menu. i am curious what they do, but hesitate to just press them, since i dont know what they do. can anyone tell me what they do?
[Captivate Android Development] morrty:
I want to flash CM7 on my phone for the first time and I'm following these directions: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=978150

I flashed stock 2.2 rogers on my phone and am unable to proceed past the clockwork recovery step because the phone isn't supported. What are my options here? I need to be on stock to flash CM7, right?
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
stock ish.

just odin flash a kernel that has CWM built in. any kernel will do, #1 it doesnt need to boot to get into CWM to flash CM7 #2 it gets replaced when you flash... so any kernel with CWM built in, odin flashable will do
[Captivate Android Development] morrty:
I tried flashing the odin version of Cog5 v2 kernel but everytime it boots I get some scrambled colors on the screen and a boot loop, it's ****ed. I am able to get back into download mode and reflash stock 2.2 again.

I guess I can try sgs kernel flasher. What version of the kernel do I need for that? the odin or the CWM?
[Captivate Android Development] b-eock:
you need gingerbread bootloaders
[Captivate Android Development] morrty:
Ok, thank you.
[Captivate Android Development] morrty:
Alright, this is ****ed.

I'm still having boot loops after installing the kernels.

Here is what I've done.

I flashed stock 2.3.3 odin 1 click from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=979133

I factory reset phone

At this point, the phone is in perfect working condition, no boot loops

I downloaded Cognition5 v2 kernel odin 1 click from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1127578

I flashed (in the PDA slot with re-partition off) the kernel with Odin3v1.85

The phone boot loops

After the above failed, I did this:

I flashed stock 2.3.3 odin 1 click from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=979133

I factory reset phone

At this point, the phone is in perfect working condition, no boot loops

I downloaded serendipity kernel from here: http://serendipity7.weebly.com/download.html

I flashed (in the PDA slot with re-partition off) the kernel with the odin package provided with the serendipity download

The phone boot loops

What the **** am I doing wrong or what is wrong with my phone? Currently I'm sitting on the stock 2.3.3 again.

Thank you.
[Captivate Android Development] keller.jeff:
Morrty,

What worked for me... (Cm7 likes i897 boot loaders). Pulled sd and sim, I flashed atomic fusion 1.0 since I had it handy, then flashed cm7 over it.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Android Development] xboxhaxorz:
i have eclair on my captivate i tried rom manager but it doesnt seem to put the update file on my sd card, i tried 2 cards i hard resetted my phone and tried again

phone is fully rooted and just now unlocked but i cannot get this recovery on it

when i select captivate it says something about i need to install it manually but i clicked yes that i did anyways and selected v3 and the next time v2 and it does not work when i reinstall packages

it says no zip found
[Captivate Android Development] morrty:
I forgot to mention that I had also tried Heimdall's One click which is an i897 stock ROM. I'm downloading Atomic Fusion 1.0 and will give that a shot.
[Captivate Android Development] morrty:
Atomic Fusion 1.0 worked for me. I now have this ****ing AT&T boot screen again but I can deal with it. I am able to boot into CWM Recovery now so I should be good to go to flash CM7.

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] xboxhaxorz:
i have done this fine on 3 captivates on my 4th however it says failed to verify signature

i am doing everything exactly the same as before, i tried multiple times
[Captivate Android Development] Pick_A_Name:
I'm having the same issue. Did you fix it?

Nvm. Sorry. I got to a desktop that I can search from.
[Captivate Android Development] mik3x1:
when i try i'm not getting captivate on the list of devices.... what should i do now...?
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
Instead of this thread....

Use this...TRusselo's Flashing Guide.

It is up to date.
[Captivate Android Development] modest_mandroid:
dudes, maybe I'm going blind but I don't see a link anywhere in the first post to download clockwork. Where is it?
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
Go to the Market and download ROM Manager. Install it and it has the Clockwork Recovery within in.
[Captivate Android Development] THATTON:
Thanks Koush. Always a fan of your work! You have saved my Sexy Nexy MANY, MANY times!!!
[Captivate Android Development] modest_mandroid:
oh cool, thanks
[Captivate Android Development] decepticon:
Had to manually reinstall packages but after that it worked like a champ! Thank's Koush as soon as it reboots from making the backup I am going to buy the premium version.

BTW on a future update could we be able to specify if the backup goes to the internal storage or SD card?
[Captivate Android Development] tat2me2:
What are the extras?
[Captivate Android Development] fatalsync:
Can I use the stock Odin flasher to undo this if. I don't like the results?
[Captivate Android Development] cyrux004:
does koush also build custom roms ?
[Captivate Android Development] THATTON:
Why would you not like the results? Do you know what a Recovery image allows you to do? Odin is pointless once a recovery image is in place! The is good shiot! Bring on the custom ROMs so I can stop using my Nexus already!
[Captivate Android Development] BA_Flash_GOD:
Dude

Koush as always thanks bro, donation be made, terrific work!!
[Captivate Android Development] fatalsync:
In case I need to return the phone for whatever reason
[Captivate Android Development] _Opiate_:
AMEN...
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
Awesome work! Things went smoothly after I had to reinstall package in manual mode.

Then restarted the phone and did a backup again and its all good....

Bought a premium version too! Whats the cool extra stuff do? I just downloaded and installed the eclair/froyo... is that correct?

Also how would one recover from a brick with this? Use adb or anything?
[Captivate Android Development] BoostedSR20:
Worked perfectly. Easier and faster than using Amon-RA on my Nexus...

Bring on the ROMS...
[Captivate Android Development] tat2me2:
I was wondering about the Extras too, I don't notice anything different.
[Captivate Android Development] fatalsync:
This is basically what I was asking...
[Captivate Android Development] :
When you flash the recovery from Rom Manager it changes the phones default recovery...and once you do a Nandroid backup, you just reboot your screwed up phone into recovery mode and you have the option to restore the Nandriod back up...all from within your phone without ever having to hook it up to a PC again. And it will do a full backup and restore, even restoring saved texts and browser bookmarks. It is the first and biggest (IMO) step on our way to flashing custom roms without the fear of bricking our phones...and you can do it all from Rom Manager. More roms and goodies will show up in Rom Manager as time goes by ( and as soon as they are developed). My Nexus had everything under the sun on Rom Manager....kernals, radio images, roms and stock firmware, also some themes and goodies. I could download a rom in my phones browser and use RM to flash it. Its just awesome!
[Captivate Android Development] fatalsync:
I understand the power, I just want to make sure it is possible to put the phone back to factory condition if I do this.
[Captivate Android Development] rajendra82:
Actually the phone's recovery does revert back to factory conditions once you reboot after the clockwork recovery session. Pressing vol up+vol down+power will display the normal recovery. To regain access to clockwork recovery on a messed up phone you have reapply the update.zip by selecting reinstall packages, which will start a clockwork recovery session. Once you revive the brick, you can then remove all offending evidence of the clockwork recovery update.zip.
[Captivate Android Development] _Opiate_:
Yep and it works great!
[Captivate Android Development] decepticon:
He should call it the stealth recovery :)
[Captivate Android Development] :
Yeah I stand corrected...I thought it would be a one time deal like in Rom Manager, but its not. I guess as long as you keep the update.zip on there its all good.
[Captivate Android Development] systoxity:
So to recover after a flash does one select apply sdcard: update.exe or does one select install zip from sdcard?
[Captivate Android Development] warri:
Lets get a MOD, to sticky this please, by far the fastest easiest way to custom recovery
[Captivate Android Development] :
Please Help,

I need to flash my phone back to stock ROM, it this custom Recovery for that?

Thanks alot
[Captivate Android Development] :
Does that return my phone to "Stock" status?

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] magicdanw:
The Odin3 stock package will, yes. Your data will be lost, and your phone will be indistinguishable from a brand new one.
[Captivate Android Development] :
Hi,

Are you talking about this thread or somwhere else? I bought the premium "ROM Manager" & don't know yet how to put it back to "Stock", any help please?

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] magicdanw:
Check out this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989&highlight=odin3

You can run this on Windows with the USB drivers installed, and it'll flash your phone back to stock (or so I've read - haven't tried it myself because it doesn't work under Linux.)
[Captivate Android Development] :
Thanks alot trying to help, however that "Odin3" isn't working at all. Id there any other way so far to flash it back to stock?
[Captivate Android Development] magicdanw:
Not that I know of, but what's not working about it? We should be able to get it to work for you if you can give some details about the situation.

It's a little tricky, you've got to put the phone in download mode (not recovery mode - the easiest way I've found is to get adb working, and run "adb reboot download"). Then, unplug the phone, open Odin3 (in that order!), and plug the phone in. Odin3 should recongnize it on some port, and click the start button.
[Captivate Android Development] :
I graetly appreciate the time you taing to hep me. I just followed your order 200% & as usual "Odin3" didn't recognize anything!!
[Captivate Android Development] magicdanw:
Very strange. Are you sure you were in download mode (the screen had the yellow download image)? And you had the USB drivers installed (I don't use Windows, but it sounds like if adb works, then the drivers are installed)? Sorry to second-guess you, it's just a shame that it's not working out for you.

Anyone else have any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] :
Let me break it down:

1- Yes, very easy for me to get the big yellow triangle with a shovel & download word but Odin3 never recognized my phone at that status.

2-Once I plug in my phone to computer I'm always asked what type of connection I want such as "USB storage" & it works great so that means the Drivers installed properly.

2- I dont have the "ADB" where can I get it from?
[Captivate Android Development] lgkahn:
Using this on I 9000 worked ok for backup,but I like to leave the update.zip for root on the SD card. Is their any way to have yours have a diff name and copy then copy back the original. Zip back after using?
[Captivate Android Development] magicdanw:
ADB is a tool that comes with the Android SDK, it's used for debugging and other purposes. You don't need it if you can get to download mode, but it would help verify that the drivers are installed correctly. I'm doubtful that the correct drivers would show the device in download mode as a storage device, but again, not a Windows user here, so I could be wrong. Finally, are you plugging the device in after starting Odin3?

Any Windows user want to help out here?
[Captivate Android Development] derek4484:
I bought the premium version. I tried this 3 or 4 times, never worked. Everytime I would work through the steps in the OP, everything was fine until I got to "Use ROM to create backup" I would do this and it would reboot into recovery mode. I would select reinstall packages but it would give me an error message "E: Cant open /cache/update.zip (bad). The phone would reboot fine, then I start up ROM Manager and as soon as it would start I got an error message telling me "Recovery Mode is broken, ROM Manager doesnt reboot, Other". I deleted and downloaded the clockwork recovery several times. I uninstalled and reinstalled the ROM Manager program several times. Finally after like the 5th or 6th time it finally worked.

I dont understand why it took so many uninstall/reinstalls just to get working. I havent done much to my phone, just rooted it and performed settings.db mod and then uninstalled a few AT&T apps. Nothing radical.

But it works finally and I've made two backups without problem and the OP got a little beer money so all is well.
[Captivate Android Development] Koush:
You had a bad download. Clear your download cache via the menu and reflash.
[Captivate Android Development] NOSintake:
Thanks OP for this! Also, thanks to everyone for their help. Just rooted and did a backup of my first android phone :). So I'm assuming I can start side loading, and playing with some "risky" files, without much worry?
[Captivate Android Development] mjgunn:
Just to make sure I did this right, first android phone and want to make sure I have this set up correctly.

I downloaded Rom Manager and opened it. Picked the first choice, Flash ClockworkMod Recovery (and now in that space it shows the latest and current recovery as ClockworkMod 2.5.04). At that point I went down to "Backup Current Rom", the phone rebooted and I got the standard recovery screen, so I chose reinstall packages. When I got into Clockwork after that, I didn't see any obvious way to continue the backup and I didn't want to just start pressing buttons, so I chose reboot the phone, and reopened Rom Manager. Chose "Backup Current Rom" and this time the phone rebooted into clockwork and appeared to backup the phone, took about 10 minutes. Sound like I did everything right?

And one last question I've seen a few times from other people that are new to this like myself, but that I haven't really seen an answer to yet, is this a complete backup of the phone, apps and all, or just the firmware?
[Captivate Android Development] DanteDrac:
Its a complete backup of everything including applications. Both preloaded att crap and user applications.
[Captivate Android Development] AllTheWay:
Done and done.
[Captivate Android Development] tnt533:
thanks to the OP for a wonderful job on this software!

I followed the instructions and everything worked perfectly the first time.

Noobs like me please keep in mind that once you click the flash button for the first step after installing the software it could take up to two minutes for the process to start. At least it did for me when I did it.

As with others, all I have to say is bring on the roms! I can't wait!
[Captivate Android Development] Koush:
Yep, if you notice, there's a little progress bar up top. It's actually downloading the recovery. So, better to be on wifi.
[Captivate Android Development] tnt533:
Actually it took a few minutes before the progress bar showed up.
[Captivate Android Development] J4CC3B:
Thanks Koush! great job. Nandroidin now! cant wait for the custom roms to get here :D
[Captivate Android Development] natty407:
where is the link for the recovery mod
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
You have to download it from the Market...Look for ROM Manager and download it...
[Captivate Android Development] davidusr:
You got my money.

You should add the word "SWEET" in the parenthesis in the title.

(FINAL! SAFE! SWEET!!)
[Captivate Android Development] cliffgardner:
Worked for me with no issues -- definitely going to buy the full app to show support. Keep up the great work.
[Captivate Android Development] Circazero:
There is no way this will delete my personal info from my phone or my external ad card right?
[Captivate Android Development] rajendra82:
This is the opposite of delete. This backs up everything to restore on a later date if you need it.
[Captivate Android Development] sfernandez:
Question? in the free and premium version its states

Turn off ads in settings if you want! For free edition

Turn off ads in settings! (Because I am a nice guy) Premium edition

Does this turn of the ads in all programs& phone or just Rom Manger? and how do you do turn them off?
[Captivate Android Development] homegeek:
Thanks Koush you now have my support. Well worth the money.
[Captivate Android Development] sl8125:
i9000 Rom with Captivate

Okay i installed the JM2 rom with my captivate. I like how everything is running so far. Now i want to install clockwork recovery and do a nandroid backup.

Since i have the captivate with this euro rom, which option do i chose when i need to apply the clockwork recovery. i9000 or the captivate. Or does it matter?
[Captivate Android Development] ndtrek07:
Sorry, for the n00b question guys...

I've got the Rom Manager installed w/ClockworkMod v2.5.0.4, and have successfully backed up my current ROM.

So my question is:

1) Should I be seeing anything besides the 2 'Extras' ROMs (SuperSuer cd/ef) in the Download ROM menu? I have the Premium Version (2.0.1.5) installed.

2) Will the stock ROM be available at some point through ROM Manager? I know there's another way (Odin3) to get the Stock ROM, but RomManager is a much simpler solution.

Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] rajendra82:
I'd like the stock Rom available as well. That way someone could restore to factory settings for warranty repair purposes with a couple of clicks.
[Captivate Android Development] bird333:
WARNING: NOOB HERE

I am not totally understanding how this works. I 'flashed ClockworkMod recovery'. Then I did a 'backup current rom'. It didn't seem to work the first time so I did the backup again (it worked this time). Ok so I assume I have a good backup. If I can't get into the phone, I assume I go into the recovery console and choose 'reinstall packages'? If that's the case, then what is all the discussion about a 'nandroid' backup? Is there something else I need to do? If I do another 'backup current rom' again, will it just replace the current one I have? This rom manager will let you install different roms correct? How do these different roms get on the phone?
[Captivate Android Development] dougp.me:
Well, CWM seems to make my reinstall the packages every time I launch into recovery. Anyone have a fix?
[Captivate Android Development] rajendra82:
That's the way it is supposed to work. When you don't select reinstall packages from the normal recovery session, clockwork recovery will not launch. The benefit of this method is that you are installing the software using a safer and temporary way. Much easier to remove it later oif you need to.
[Captivate Android Development] madjsp:
From my understanding, you need to go with i9000 when you put the stock galaxy s firmware on it.
[Captivate Android Development] rahlquist:
Love this app, paid for full version with no regrets!