yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate General] nbs11:
I put it as a PDF because then I can format it better so it is easier to look at. Additionally it can be printed. I did not post it on the wiki yet because it seems like no one has been using the wiki lately and it hasn't been updated.
[Captivate General] asrrin29:
so be the one to update it! I used the kaiser wiki a lot because it had tons of info. If you build it, they will come.
[Captivate General] garyHal:
Good to hear the guide has been updated. I am getting my phone in a few weeks.
[Captivate General] cajuncartfan:
In your guide you say that a person may possibly return there phone to stock to get the Samsung updates for the GPS fix and Lag fix. How does one do this? I have not installed any other ROMS. I have only used the Pimp My Captivate Guide.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
No. I said that if you use the lag fix or GPS fix you will probably have to use odin to go back to stock or else something will happen when you install the official OTA update.
[Captivate General] cajuncartfan:
Oh sorry. I misunderstood. One more question. I f I decide to return the phone to ATT do I just go through the normal recovery process. The ATT store here doesn't really check anything.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
The best bet would be to run Odin. I don't really know how to do that but thats the only 100% way to undo mods.
[Captivate General] AllTheWay:
I'm confused???

Maybe I'm missing the point but don't you already have a sticky about this in the same forum? Do you want this as a replacement to other one?
[Captivate General] max_warheads:
lol ATW, his post says that ;) RTP ;) :p
[Captivate General] Stein357:
Yes, this one replaces his older one.
[Captivate General] jbright44:
Awesome job putting this together. I will definitely reference it (and donate) when I get my unit in.

One thing though, it appears that your link under the "how to root" section doesn't work. It tries redirecting but never resolves. You might want to check that out. It wouldn't pull up in FF, IE, or Chrome
[Captivate General] nbs11:
ok sure. I will replace it later today. Also I may add some battery and performance optimization tips. The unlocking guide also needs to be updated with my new Mac unlock tool and the newer version of the PC one. Is there any guide that you would like me to specifically add?
[Captivate General] Shwiggie:
I appreciate what you did with the previous guide. It helped me quite a bit in getting started with learning the ins and outs of the Android system and my Captivate.

I tried to install the super circle battery mod a few nights ago, and I made a terribly n00bish mistake in using the wrong build (not style) version for my phone, blanking the screen and making it unuseable. This necessitated a hunt on how to return the setting to stock, so this mandated a hunt for how to use Odin. And, of course, the forums were in maintenance mode when I was ROM hunting, making a stressful situation even more fun :D But it's back on, SuperRootered, and lag-fixed, and running better than ever before.

The wiki was a great idea, but the wiki was a pain to navigate...it was often just easier to search the forums. I'm probably going to blog on using Odin for flashing in the near future (if nothing else than for my own reference), but it'd be nice for some sort of introductory article on Nandroid and Titanium and how to use them as well. It'd be easier for me if the SDK would ever install on my machine, but I'll have to take time and dedicate a day to setting all this stuff up.
[Captivate General] snarkq:
Pdf is fine, but there is no reason all the information can't be listed in the original post. thanks for the work though, the wiki helped me out when I got the phone.

I think it is a mistake to include sideload wonder machine as the only pc option for simplicity reasons, especially since you go into command line with the circle battery
[Captivate General] nbs11:
I'm confused about what you are trying to say about this guide.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Ya I just gave up on the wiki because no one edited it and it was hard to navigate.
[Captivate General] spwx:
Great!

Thank's a lot for this guide! i followed it yesterday with awesome results.

Are you planning on updating it with other information? Or will i have to learn about ROMs and what titanium does on my own? lol

I would also like to know how to set everything back to stock on a Mac.

Thanks again!
[Captivate General] nbs11:
I am planning on updating it. There are several things that are wrong on it that I have found (the mac unlocking). At the moment though I do not have time to. Later today maybe.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
I will not be able to update it until tommarow
[Captivate General] spwx:
Thanks for the effort!
[Captivate General] halfsoul:
I made an update to the wiki. To say 'nobody' used/updated is inaccurate.

I vote for wiki over pdf - not to diminish anyone's contribution or complain, but as a suggestion.

Thanks for putting this together!
[Captivate General] itpromike:
Will the root method in this guide erase all my data and apps etc...?
[Captivate General] snarkq:
Root won't erase anything
[Captivate General] itpromike:
Which firmware versions does this guide work for or does it not matter? Are you guys having the best performance on JH2, JH3, or JF6?
[Captivate General] Undergrounded:
This is awesome!!! I wish I had this guide handy when I was researching all these enhancements (still worth it coz I learned a lot). This is perfect for people new to android :)
[Captivate General] nbs11:
No problem. I am updating it now, but after that the amount of donations I receive will determine the update frequency (if at all).
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Sorry it took me so long (I got caught up in another project. The new version will be up shortly.
[Captivate General] xdadro:
Nice guide, thanks.

Consolidates a lot of useful info in one place. IMO, PDF is fancier than

necessary, but looks nice and gets the job done.

If you'd like a nicely formatted plain text version, perhaps with some of my

own comments interpolated into it, I'll be happy to contribute that if

you like. Up to you, just let me know. (Don't want to do it without your

concurrence first.)

G
[Captivate General] nbs11:
No it is fine. i will create a basic (No graphics or other formatting) guide. I will still make it PDF though because that is the only format I can make sure people don't just copy any paste the the whole thing and put their name on it. It will take me a little while but I would prefer to do it myself because then updates can translate easily.
[Captivate General] Shival:
Scared to Root

I am a little scared to root my phone. In the guide it says it may brick my phone and I am new to Android.

Should I worry?

I just got my phone and have not even turned it on yet. I figure I will want to root it after I get it going. Its just charging right now.

Already activated it online.

I am really sorry if this is not the right place to pose this question.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
No it is. Rooting comes down to this. It itself is not dangerous at all. However once it is rooted you can delete things that shouldn't be deleted. If you are really careful when you are rooted then you should be fine. If you are coming from the iPhone world it is the equivalent of jailbreaking.
[Captivate General] sweetvine:
Patched ?

I need someone to confirm this.

I work at at&t store and time to time I been rooting the phone for friends some customer.

As of Sep 2010 Batch I can not access Reboot recovery mode by pressing volume and power key access.

"Hold both Volume Up and Volume Down while powering on the device to enter the recovery menu(note: let go of the power button after seeing initial boot screen, otherwise it'll continue to power cycle)"

I tried with 4 different Captivate since yesterday.

Can someone confirm this ?

I haven't try to use the dos prompt yet. ( ADB reboot recovery)

Any Idea of doing this from the phone?

Thank you !
[Captivate General] lempfla:
couple of points for noob's

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[Captivate General] lempfla:
couple of points for noob's

copy the file (update.zip) to the SD folder or the root will not work.

When restarting your phone hold all 3 buttons down until the ATT logo screen comes on then release only the power button until you see the blue screen.

All I have found to this point. Will edit if I find anything else.

If you are using windows remove the .zip from the file as windows doesn't allow the changing of file type so the file appears on the captivate as "update.zip.zip"

I messed with this for 30 minutes before I found out why....
[Captivate General] :
Check your links for the super circle battery section. I could not get them to work. I got the files from another thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=756627
[Captivate General] Shival:
Market Enabler Opps

How bad is it for you if you forgot to backup your sim cards value with market enabler before you changed it? lol
[Captivate General] nbs11:
You will have to figure out what the default AT&T numeric is or just restart your phone (assuming you didn't put it on emulate on boot)
[Captivate General] kolosy:
is there a means of/need for backup? i'm coming from the iphone world, and when jailbreaking there, there's almost always the get-out-of-jail-free card of restoring from backup. is there a counterpart with rooting? is that odin?
[Captivate General] nbs11:
If you are on a PC then it is Odin. It restores to factory. If you want restored to backup (but keep root) then look into clockwork recovery
[Captivate General] waghoba:
one question, when samsung will release froyo for captivate, what will be the procedure for upgrading if phone is rooted. How can I reset the phone back to factory with all att crap loaded if anything goes wrong with rooting? if possible could you please give me a link which has all this info.

BTW your guide is the best thing I have ever seen for rooting...simple and straight ..! :cool:
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Look in the android dev section for ODIN that is what you use to restore to the factory with att crap etc. If the phone is rooted you will still get updates as long as you do not install a custom ROM
[Captivate General] Nightmare66:
Multiupload having problems?

Multiupload seems to be having problems any way you can provide another link to download guide or wiki?
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Its working for me, but here is another link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/417578725/Samsung_Captivate_Guide.pdf
[Captivate General] Strealy:
Are there any real advantages to rooting your phone, other than having super user access and being able to flash roms?
[Captivate General] Nightmare66:
SU access

SuperUser access is the big one for me I had major lag fixes on the Samsung Captivate that required root.
[Captivate General] Nightmare66:
Pure Awesome

Thanks I will be donating soon this has been extremely helpful in rooting and securing my Captivate.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Thanks, I really appreciate it! If you have any suggestions for the guide please either write it here or PM me I'd be glad to hear it.
[Captivate General] Strealy:
I just don't want to go and brick my phone because I want to remove some bloatware D:
[Captivate General] phoophan:
One more question to make sure......

Just to be absolutely sure.... If I root my v2.1 Captivate, and AT&T update to v2.2 should be no problem as long as I don't change the MOD?

What is a MOD?
[Captivate General] nbs11:
MOD is just short for modification :D

It isn't a specific thing. I just mean don't install any custom firmwares, ROMs etc.
[Captivate General] phoophan:
I meant to say "ROM", not MOD. What is a ROM?
[Captivate General] nbs11:
A rom is like a build of android. I can't really explain it so I am copying someone elses:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/

currently there are no stable ones for the Captivate.
[Captivate General] phoophan:
Still looking for answer to original post....

If I root my v2.1 Captivate, and AT&T updates to v2.2, should be no problem as long as I don't change the ROM?

Is this True? If not, what do I do if I choose to root and change the mod for v2.1 and want to upgrade to v2.2?
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Yes. You will still get the upgrade. Worst case something goes wrong and you just restore to factory default with ODIN. Then you will get it for sure.
[Captivate General] phoophan:
Thank you!
[Captivate General] logocreator:
Wi-Fi do not disable 3G after rooting?

Hi,

I just followed your guide and rooted my captivate and could remove the AT&T bloatware successfully. Thanks for the step by step guide!

Only problem I see now is that even when Wi-Fi is connected, 3G is showing as active. The 3G icon used to disappear when connected to wi-fi before rooting and appear only when wi-fi was not connected.

Though the phone gets IP address from wi-fi, and when I browse, communication sure goes thru wi-fi (as the 3G arrows don't blink), doesn't this drain the battery?

Thanks,
[Captivate General] nbs11:
It is probably a device specific glitch. I have no idea how to fix it.
[Captivate General] :
My captivate was doing that before I started the guide. I was curious and installed a 3G data monitor. As long as WiFi is connected no 3G data was used. 3G data is only used when you see the arrows light up in the 3G icon.
[Captivate General] mmarquis:
Cannot install Market enabler

I have rooted and installed ClockWork. I was trying to install the "market enabler" by scanning the QR code. The instructions say that root is required but after scanning the QR the app pulls up a link to some .ru site. When I try to install it there is a message to the effect of not allowing me to install it for my safety (or something like that). I never am prompted for root.

What am I missing?
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Search Market Enabler on the android market.
[Captivate General] mmarquis:
The search response was

"There are no matches in Android Market for the search: Market enabler"
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Sorry I mispoke. I meant market access. Try that or sideload it from http://amip.tools-for.net/wiki/android/marketaccess
[Captivate General] rvt1000:
Awesome resource! Thanks a million....donation coming through!
[Captivate General] mmarquis:
I still get a message that says:

"Install blocked--For security, your phone is set to block installation of applications not sourced in the Android Market"

I have root. I think I have missed something dumb.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Have you followed the how to sideload part of the guide? Use the APK you download from that website (to your PC/Mac) and then follow the guide.
[Captivate General] dcar101:
Clockwork Recovery

Hi,

This guild is great, thanks for putting it together. I was able to get my phone rooted no problem at all. I'm stuck at Clockwork Recovery. I keep trying to "Backup Current Rom", but boots to the Blue Menu every time instead. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for any help.

This is what the error says on the blue screen:

-- Install from package...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

E :Can't open /cache/update.zip

(bad)

Installation aborted.

Hope that helps you help me :-)
[Captivate General] mmarquis:
I didn't know that I was sideloading the MarketAccess app.

A suggestion: You might want to add that to the PDF to remind users to sideload the MarketAccess. Since I was just trying to access different parts of the Android Market (non-ATT) and not trying to sideload, it wasn't clear that this was required.

Thanks for the help. I will try this soon.
[Captivate General] mmarquis:
Sideloaded the MarketAccess and all is good. Thanks.
[Captivate General] Viper714:
You mentioned about restoring the Captivate back to AT&T defaults using ODIN. can you please add to your pdf guide how to do that? This would help should you wish to get warranty on the phone from AT&T.

Awesome guide!!!
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Yeah sure. The only reason I haven't so far is that I have a Mac and ODIN doesn't work on a Mac so first I need to figure it out. Shouldn't be that hard but I am busy this week.
[Captivate General] nycdan1:
Phone won't boot to blue menu

Okay I've tried everying and now I need advice.

I installed the USB drivers and copied the update.zip file into the root of the phone. I confirmed this.

However, when I unplug the phone and reboot it - holding down the up and down volume buttons, the phone just boots back to the regular startup screen.

I also tried using the SDK and typing "adb root recovery" but I get a message "cannot run as root in production builds".

I am completely stumped. Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

-Dan
[Captivate General] PixelPerfect3:
Edit: Nevermind
[Captivate General] pop9595:
I cant download the PDF file. Any advices??

I cant download the PDF file. Any advices??
[Captivate General] ramor71:
Unrooted after firmware update

I havent seen yet reports on that.

Last night I rooted sucessfully, saw superuser in applications. After I was following the procedure (install clockwork, titanium backup) on my way to remove ATT apps and enable sideloading. Unfortunately I was unable to enable sideloading - I was constantly getting the error "applet not found" while trying to access settings.db

Eventually I gave up and decided to update using Samsung Kies. Surprisingly, now I can not see Superuser icon anymore, and when I tried to start Titaium it gaves me the message " you have to unroot".

BTW update itself was succesful, now GPS is working fine.

Have any of you encounter this before?

Should I just go back and root again?

Thank you!!!
[Captivate General] nytvd:
sim unlock worked, used the Froyo unlock app even though i have the 2.1 update1 from att

thanks! donation is in.
[Captivate General] worldbound4now:
Just finished following the guide. All worked well. I used the new Kies Mini available on the samsung website at samsung.com instead of using the driver link download in the .pdf guide. Thank you for the great how-to guide!

I'm a new poster to xda-developers.com, so I'm sorry but I'm unable to post the link to the actual location on the samsung website for the Kies Mini.
[Captivate General] waghoba:
Even I second that. It would be really great if the procedure to restore back is there in PDF.
[Captivate General] andrewjrr:
great guide! has some useful stuff for a beginner like me
[Captivate General] veener79:
Agreed. I down loaded the PDF last night and gave a lot of a read though. I down loaded the drivers (have XP 64bit) but for some reseason the EXE file that is in the zip file did not install the drivers it stated. I will give that anouther try tonight. Then I wil get to play even more with this phone. :)
[Captivate General] erezak:
Great guide indeed. Kudos.
[Captivate General] sschrupp:
How should a person go about getting the guide when download sites are blocked at some peoples place of work? When all the information was in the forum post it was wonderful since it was easy to access. Now there's no way for them (me included).

Sounds like there are a couple other people having troubles getting it now too.

I appreciate that you don't want people giving advice to other people without you getting recognition, but considering this community is about sharing information and ideas it seems a bit odd to try and lock up information that you have. Especially since I'm sure some of the information you have was gleaned from other sources in some way or another. Maybe not directly, and most likely not word for word but I can't believe you came up with all the answers all by yourself (and if you can honestly say you have then that's awesome and I apologize).

And of course if someone wanted to take credit for information in your PDF nothing is stopping them from simply typing it out anyhow. Although I don't think that sort of behavior is very common in this community thankfully. At least I hope it isn't!
[Captivate General] gatorp003@aol.com:
You mentioned about restoring the Captivate back to AT&T defaults using ODIN. can you

I used oclf to root and then unroot my device, then put the jh7_ota on the root of my internal sd preformed adb reboot recovery to the captivate(make sure usb debugging is on) then update the above file is the fix for gps and office this will restore back to at&t stock rom with bloatware then put oclf back on and root from there. This worked for me :cool:
[Captivate General] gatorp003@aol.com:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=760571

this is the link for oclf

and this is the link for jh7_ota file to flash rom jsut follow instructions found within
[Captivate General] gatorp003@aol.com:
http:designgears.com

sorry here is the link for the JH7_ota At&T rom
[Captivate General] erezak:
Don't worry, it is actually very easy once you read the instructions.
[Captivate General] drearg:
Thanks for the useful info. I just got my captivate and needed a starting point. You gave me a big hand. Much thanks!!!:)
[Captivate General] klpv82:
Thanks for this great guide. I have a few questions though. I have a Samsung Captivate right now, and when I upgrade to 2.2 (through AT&T hopefully later this month) will there be any problems because I rooted my phone? And will I have to do all these steps again after I upgrade?

And thanks again for the great guide. My phone was super laggy before I rooted my phone and followed your guide. And now it's running a lot faster.
[Captivate General] gatorp003@aol.com:
you should be able to click unroot in oclf and then go to settings/software update check for updatae then apply. then go back into oclf and root again i am guessing but will try when st&t puts out the update and post again
[Captivate General] drearg:
Just finished rooting (used one-click rooting instead), backing up rom, titanium backup and other tips in guide. All worked like a charm. Thanks alot.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
I am putting up a new version soon. Any last minute suggestions?
[Captivate General] veener79:
Are you going to have something about the 2.2 like rooting it? I knwo there are good posts about it. They are hard to find at times.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Eventually. I took a long break from XDA and it is overwhelming to go through all these posts right now. As it is most of the guide only works with Eclair (the actual hack parts). Therefore I will probably need two different versions of the guide. It shouldn't be incredibly difficult because anyone with Froyo should know the basics of an android phone because they knew how to flash Froyo. However I would probably make it future proof and just include everything for when everyone gets the OTA update.
[Captivate General] erezak:
Waiting for the new guide :-)
[Captivate General] Picsman:
Yours is an awesome contribution to the community. Thank you!
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Its already up. I'm going to make a new guide for 2.2 sometime this week.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
The 2.2 Guide is up. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=805789
[Captivate General] kevrocks:
What's the difference between the driver files in this PDF guide vs. the driver files from the Samsung website? Which should I use?
[Captivate General] m7ia:
This.

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