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[Captivate General] r_3:
I am driving from Worcester MA to the coast of Maine this weekend and will test it on a long trip and report back.
[Captivate General] 88EVGAFTW:
I have a question. The second captivate we have is running the first Unleash the Beast. From what I read here quickly, it seems that some people were having trouble updating while running Unleash the Beast, but I am not sure if had used Odin to flash the phone back or not. So if the other captivate was brand new stock and just Rooted + bloatware removed with Unleash, would that change the kernel at all since it seems that the problem updating is that people don't have the original kernel.

in short

: would using Unleash the Beast change the stock kernel and prevent the phone from properly updating?

The other captivate is completely stock and 2 days old so I expect that one to update just fine.
[Captivate General] iamcgn:
Has anyone else seen the update and then when it failed you just get a no updates message?
[Captivate General] chasesavestheday:
yes please! :D:D
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Can you look at your software settings and post the firmware version...etc....for us. There are many on here who are unsure about what is STOCK. err...wait, I've got a stock one around here somewhere....what am I thinking....
[Captivate General] TechMizer:
I was just looking for the correct kernel version number for stock, in order to verify whether I'm running it or not.
[Captivate General] keitht:
For me, accuracy was so bad while using Google Navigation I could not even use it. This was from day 1 of owning the phone. After the update, although it made it to 100% with a fail message, the google navigation while driving is perfect so far so I am happy. I did just try My Tracks for the first time and it tracked me walking through a building when I was on the sidewalk. I am not sure if this is just something that should be expected or not. Does not bother me as long as driving navigation is accurate which so far, it is after the update.

In attachment, the red line I drew showing my actual track compared to the blue line which is My Tracks GPS.
[Captivate General] ewingr:
Good luck! :D
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Eh, there's another captivate that hasn't been messed with floating around here somewhere.....just need to find the user....I'll get back to ya
[Captivate General] connectx:
unrooted, stock kernel - still cant update. I postoned it once and resumed the update, but it failed

Baseband I897UCJH7

Kernel 2.6.29 jetek.lee@sep-11 #2
[Captivate General] JamesR913:
Ok I was able to down load their update but it said the update failed. I then went in and looked and I was running jh7. How is this? I did do the one click lag fix and unleash the beast along with the first root method. Could being rooted be causing my issue with now being asker to apply the update
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
Can someone who's update actually worked and said "Success" Please please please post your kernal version number???
[Captivate General] chasesavestheday:
white screen, Software Update. Preparing... Never gets to 1%, this OTA thing is such a PITA POS.
[Captivate General] WD333:
2.6.29

jetaek.lee@sep-11 #2
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
Well apparently Odin is not actually getting everything back to stock. This sucks.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
Thank you WD333. This means the rest of us really do have the stock kernel. The only other thing I can think of is clockworkmod. I think it leaves its recovery on the phone even after ODIN. I don't know how to remove it. Any thoughts?
[Captivate General] carporsche:
Hi Guysss..

Just saw the article on engadget

1. Rushed to settings -- software update

2. The software was available -- gave me an option to postpone update (apparently you can postpone only 3 times).

3. Phone rebooted-- installed updates (successful message) and phone rebooted again

4. After reboot the phone was stuck on the galaxy S logo for a good 2-3 minutes.

5. Got the messages saying Updates installed :D

6. Baseband version : I897UCJH7

Build Number : ECLAIR.UCJH7

Did not get a chance to test the GPS.. Will update once i do it!
[Captivate General] SacTilt:
Is there a chance that the ClockworkMod Recovery is causing the conflict, and not allowing us to apply this update in full?
[Captivate General] back2honda:
Happened to me too. I'm gonna remove the lag fix and do the update again. When the update failed and when it booted up, the lag fix was allowed in superuser permission.
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
According to Koush:

This recovery is *very* safe to use. It does NOT flash your kernel; it is a completely uninvasive recovery method.

How it works: The recovery is packaged as an update.zip that you run from STOCK recovery. The update.zip unpacks Clockwork Recovery onto the ramdisk and restarts recovery. When you reboot, it reverts back to the original, unmodified, stock recovery.
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
I gotta roll with Soprano (can I call you Soprano?) on this. Clockwork SEEMS to be the link between most of the failures. Grrrrrr..........
[Captivate General] nr2134:
Mine updated fine, while I was on the can. :)

GPS locks onto 10 sats within 20 seconds, slower than my N1, but at least it locks on. I was lucky to get 2 last week after 5 minutes. Will test in car later on today.

Mine is stock, no mods. Didnt want to play with it until Froyo comes out.

Kernel Ver. 2.6.29 jetaek.lee@sep-11 #2

The phone seems quicker and it looks like I have more memory available.
[Captivate General] hankito:
According to a post on XDA called "How to get to stock recovery menu if I have CLOCKWORK Recovery installed" you delete the update.zip that it uses and your phone boots into stock recovery. I did this thinking this was the problem but nothing... I get white screen, says preparing, doesnt even make it to 1% (the first time it at least made it to 50%) fails and reboots thats it.
[Captivate General] life2monkeys:
I had deleted my clockwork recoveries off of the SD card and still get the failures....
[Captivate General] ukulele_ninja:
Mine finally downloaded, got to 100% and said it failed...

rooted with bloatware removed. No custom roms.
[Captivate General] iceman4357:
If someone will answer my question, I will create the Update.zip. How do I create teh update.zip?

I found this site:

http://blog.coralic.nl/2010/01/25/how-to-create-update-zip-using-your-build-aka-system-img/

Is the system.img the only thing needed to make the proper update.zip for you guys?
[Captivate General] maerlim:
That's funny. I did the update, it said it failed, my baseband says JF6, but my kernel says 2.6.29 jetaek.lee@sep-11 #2.
[Captivate General] Stephenv1971:
Never Did Clockwork mod, just OCLF, removed OCLF, Voodoo ext4, removed voodoo ext4. Then I did oneclick odin. Updates to 50% and says update fails.

Things I've tried afterward:

factory reset

Odin 3 with jf6 and repartition

Master Clear

Praying

Nothing seems to work so far

So clockworkmod is probably the unlikely monster here.
[Captivate General] ndtrek07:
Note that I have no proof that restoring the bloatware actually helped - you may just end up with AT&T apps that you don't want, and an update that still doesn't work.

Here are the ones I restored. Max file upload is 8mb, had to split them up.

StockAPKs1.zip:

ATT_Radio_2.1.07.apk

attmaps20-1094.apk

ATTNav-Samsung-Vega-1488.apk

ATT-P11_PROD.apk

MobileVideo.apk

MobileVideo.odex

MobiTV.zip:

MobiTV_800x480_320_20100610_1.0.0.15-118829.apk
[Captivate General] lexudv:
Weird, I got a message saying update did not install. But phone shows the following:

Kernel version

2.6.29 jetaek.lee@sep-11 #2

Baseband version

I897UCJF6

Did the update work or not? Shouldn't it show JH7? :confused:
[Captivate General] dwmoss:
stock phone non rooted no lag fixes (ever)

received and installed update today (success message)

new info

firmware version: 2.1-update1

baseband version: I897UCJH7

kernel version: 2.6.29 jetaek.lee@sep-11 #2

build number: ECLAIR.UCJH7
[Captivate General] lexudv:
Haha. I just posted the same thing. Mine has the exact same issue.
[Captivate General] boxcar:
I updated over wifi ( i think... it was on)

went in to settings > check for updates

downloaded, gave the option to postpone 3 times

phone reset, update applied (took a while at 50%) and booted back up. (maybe 5 minutes total)

(edit:) got a message saying update was not applied, but software screen shows otherwise.

The only thing I've done to mine is rooted and installed droidwall, both of which still work, will check gps later on when I get a clear sky view.

gps seems to take about 5 minutes for the initial lock after rebooting, about 1 min to re-acquire. i was driving so don't have exact times
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Damnit! I finally got to a point with being rooted and all tha I could attempt to try the update, but no I've bumped my date up so much it just tells me no update.......bollocks....perhaps I should just give up.
[Captivate General] Palmetto_X:
Same here

I am getting failed also at 50%. Odin>factory reset>update > update failed

My experience is limited with this so I have no idea if this will help or not.

I did a logcat before (PT1) and after the restart (PT2)
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
This might actually be extremely helpful. You rock!
[Captivate General] ukulele_ninja:
Anyone else have an issue with widgets after the update failed? None of my widgets are working, just keep saying loading?
[Captivate General] joeybear23:
I just flashed back to JF6.

Downloading update now.

I have done just about anything and everything that can be done to one of these phones thus far, so this should be a fairly good test.
[Captivate General] brandonb81:
I don't think this is very helpful but I'm experiencing the same problem. Update goes to 50%, says failed, reboots.

Says sep-11 # 2 but everything else says JF6 and Eclaire. No dice it seems. :(
[Captivate General] dmnall:
I am updating mine via 3G and it is fine at 72% so far! Updating from JF6!

HTH,

Charlie
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
You put your sim card back in?
[Captivate General] jhego:
I believe this kernel version 2.6.29 atin@thor #147 is the one that came with ATT. I re-flashed back to JH7 (that came from samfirmware) and kernel is 2.6.29 jetaek.lee@sep-11 #2
[Captivate General] Krad:
I still can't even connect to the att server and I am in jersey suburb. wtf
[Captivate General] cincy1020:
Hi:

Sorry to ask a dumb question. I have read this entire thread and am still confused. When I install this update (if it even works), will it unroot my phone (rooted with Unleash the Beast)? Does anyone know, if it does in fact unroot the phone, will Unleash the Beast work on the new version?

Thanks so much!
[Captivate General] nmoline:
How do I remove the Tayutama Lag-Fix. I can't find it on here?
[Captivate General] ceebz:
Any trick to getting Mobile Video to install? It fails for me.
[Captivate General] chasesavestheday:
i also had this happen the first time. though i did notice mine now says JH7 where it use to say JH6. so million dollar question, did it work or not?
[Captivate General] back2honda:
doh I forgot to remove the sim card to do the update. thanks for the reminder. :D
[Captivate General] chasesavestheday:
i dont think it will work, many tried this in the beginning of the thread. do update with your experience though.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
How can you do the update AND remove the sim? If the sim isn't in the phone, it won't even let you enter the update menu...
[Captivate General] Palmetto_X:
This one is a little bit before the end of the download

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): POST https://mdm3.mycingular.net:443/opm/ht/fota?ID=E19383277 HTTP/1.1

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): Host: mdm3.mycingular.net:443

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): User-Agent: SyncML_DM Client

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): Cache-Control: no-store, private

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): Connection: Keep-Alive

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): User-Agent: SyncML_DM Client

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): Accept: application/vnd.oma.dd+xml

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): Accept-Language: en

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): Accept-Charset: utf-8

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): Content-Type: application/vnd.oma.dd+xml

I/DBG_WSS_TP( 2577): Content-Length: 11
[Captivate General] Stephenv1971:
atin@thor is most definitely the Voodoo ext4 lag fix kernel, username atin, his computer is named thor.
[Captivate General] life2monkeys:
thinking that flashing back to cognition might be the best move now...
[Captivate General] SkitchBeatz:
i dont think anyone with a rooted phone has actually got it to work.
[Captivate General] back2honda:
DOH x2. what was I thinking. I guess I read the procedure from samsung wrong.
[Captivate General] SkitchBeatz:
don't know. 3-button recovery works for me now (didn't work before) even though the update fails at 50%
[Captivate General] back2honda:
I give up. I'm gonna wait until someone find a way to get it to work with a rooted phone to do the update. I can live with it the way it is right now. The phone performs really well. I don't need GPS right now when I have one in my car. :p
[Captivate General] ndtrek07:
Not sure - all the files came from /system/app. Actually, I might not have removed that one this time...I can't recall if I had to reinstall that one or not. Let me know if you get it working.
[Captivate General] snarkq:
I get unable to connect to AT&T server. Any workarounds? This has happened like 10x in a row with reboots and reflashes back to stock. Thanks for any help!
[Captivate General] life2monkeys:
do you have wifi on?
[Captivate General] snarkq:
Yeah, does it with and without wifi on.
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
I'm thinking there's a problem with Odin 3 or the JF6 rom from samfirmware. Using Odin 3 at some point seems to be the only commonality between those of us who can't successfully update.
[Captivate General] Stephenv1971:
Yeah, that is kind of what I am saying.
[Captivate General] emuneee:
People, the kernel version doesn't change between JF6 and JH7. I have JF6 and my kernel version is identical to people running JH7. :)
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
I think you might be on to something. We all "think" we are back to JF6 but perhaps there is a slight difference between the software you get from using ODIN versus what truly comes with a brand new phone.

If this is the case, are we screwed? Is there anyway to get a true JF6 Stock flash?
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
I removed mine after I downloaded the update, as it rebooted and before it actually installed. I guess it's not necessary, but I was trying to follow the instructions to the letter.
[Captivate General] iamcgn:
I think that this is all that we were looking for someone to say... Thanks for the info.
[Captivate General] belyle:
Screwed? If this is the same JH7 that has been available for a couple weeks now, why not just use ODIN to flash to JH7 manually (or use cognition for that matter)? Or is something "special" about the OTA update? I don't know, so maybe I'm asking a really stupid question.
[Captivate General] gunnyman:
Someone needs to explore their phones with root explorer or Droid Explorer and pull the update.zip off their phone so the devs can take a crack at it.
[Captivate General] ceebz:
All I have done to my Cappy is root, remove bloatware and enable the uncrippled market.

I unrooted this morning and the update fails.
[Captivate General] chasesavestheday:
oh lord, i cant imagine what this forum is going to be like when 2.2 Froyo comes out and it fails to install.
[Captivate General] iamcgn:
For a second I thought you said IF... So I was going to correct it for you and say WHEN but you already got it right ;)
[Captivate General] crupp:
Did you run Odin?
[Captivate General] phr00t:
I couldn't find an Update.zip after my phone said it was done downloading the firmware. I haven't been able to install the firmware yet, 50% fail.

What we need is for someone to do a ROM backup after a successful install, and then share it.

I'm hoping that the JH7 OTA update is different (somehow) from SamFirmware's JH7... because the GPS still sucks in SamFirmware's JH7.
[Captivate General] mchimney:
well i turned on wifi and now it says "Software update Communication in progress" been here for about 5 mins. Ihope its working
[Captivate General] Shival:
Yay!

I do not know if anyone else has said this yet (I did search the thread)

But if you want the update now, just goto the AT&T website and do a chat with tech support and just ask for them to push the update to your device.

I was having problems getting my device to find it.

Mine installed perfectly on EDGE lol Took a bit at first for it to connect to the DM server.

My phone is Rooted but nothing else.
[Captivate General] tico1986:
Great I tried to do the update. Next thing you know it "reboots" except that now it is just dead. Nothing turns it on! Did this update really brick my phone? Note that it was not rooted or anything, it was stock.
[Captivate General] mjgunn:
Anyone else getting "communication failed" when attempting to check for the update now?
[Captivate General] nmoline:
Yes, this is all I get now. I don't know what the deal is. I am going to flash and remove the lag fix tonight and give it a go.
[Captivate General] ceebz:
I have never used Odin on my Cappy.
[Captivate General] tysj:
Getting communication errors now after restoring back to stock even though I was able to download the OTA about three times where they all failed installing. Firmware did not change in the info either. Sad day.
[Captivate General] matthewpapa:
Anyone know how to de flash clockwork recovery?

Haven't tried the update yet; I want to get as close back to stock as possible before I attempt the update.

I have never installed any lag fixes or custom roms. All I've done is

Enable side loading

Root

Clockwork

De bloat via titanium backup

All of which I know I can reverse except for clockwork recovery.
[Captivate General] vintagephone:
Just updated. Went fine. My phone is unlocked. But I never rooted or did anything else. Did take a while at 50%.... wait a couple minutes there. And then rebooting did take a long time. Otherwise went fine and completed successfully. Testing GPS now.
[Captivate General] phr00t:
Can you please now use ROM manager to do a ROM backup, and then share that backup with us? We will be eternally grateful!! :D:D:D (well, at least for a week, right guys?) :p
[Captivate General] elteebee:
Got a month old captivate, unrooted. Didn't do the gps fix workaround.

downloaded the patch today via 3G.

updated it. It paused at 50% for about a minute or so, I thought it was hosed. But then it continued and completed and automatically rebooted.

Reboot took a little longer. The S came up and looks like hung but then noticed the S animation still running. After a while, I pressed the power button and the keyguard shows up, and scanning was still running. Left it alone for a while longer and as soon as the scanning done, phone was back online. Verified JH7 is in.

Took the phone out of the building and tried GPS status app. It locked in about 3-4 seconds, which was way faster than before.

What I don't like so far, the youtube widget downloads Most viewed links and removed the Video Camera button.
[Captivate General] mattsternc:
Success!

I have a rooted phone, almost ALL bloatware removed (still examining a couple of things, but will probably remove those pieces soon!), and NO ROM or clockwork recover enhancements. I have not changed out the kernel. I did try some of the GPS workarounds and did not change those back to the original settings. I did load LauncherPro, but I reverted back to the original launcher (thank you Home Switcher!) before I checked for and downloaded the update. Who knows if that had anything to do with failures. Also, I did not reload any of the bloatware.

Here's what happened:

1. The update dowloaded successfully (took about 2 minutes)

2. A prompt appeared stating the phone would reboot

3. A white screen with a progress bar appeared and went all the way to 100% (it did stop at 50% for about 30 seconds or so), and then it said update OK.

4. Rebooted

5. Once things were just about done booting, it went to the device management page and said the update was successful.

I've not tried the GPS yet, but will do that a little later today when I have a few moments to step outside.

After the update:

PDA & Phone both show JH7

CSC still shows JF6

I can also confirm that I can no longer get to the GPS settings screen.

Hope this helps......
[Captivate General] chasesavestheday:
does factory reset remove root?
[Captivate General] eelton:
My Captivate is rooted, unlocked, bloatware removed, sideloading enabled, one-touch lag fixed, and has some of the GPS settings changed. My first update attempt (while rooted) failed, although it now says it's on JH7.

I then unrooted, set the date forward, and tried again. It downloaded the update, rebooted, went to the white screen saying "preparing," and after 2-3 minutes said "update failed."

Not sure what to try next.
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
Have you rooted, removed any of the stock apps, done any lag fixes, or flashed any kernels though? That seems to prevent a successful update as well. You need to be completely stock and Odin won't get you there it seems.
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
Shouldn't have to do anything to remove clockwork. Just make sure the update.zip isn't on your internal sd.
[Captivate General] crupp:
Chatting now. Person is telling me I already have it?? typical
[Captivate General] Mike S.:
Tried it on my device.

I have the VooDoo lagfix, which I disabled.

I did not revert back to the stock kernel.

Downloaded the update, phone rebooted, got to 50% on the progress screen (really quickly, btw) and then got "update is failed" message.

Phone rebooted, got the usual No Update For You messages and true to form nothing had been changed.

Guess I need to find a Windows box around here so I can flash back to the stock kernel?

I might try again, before reverting the kernel, just to see if it was a fluke.
[Captivate General] phr00t:
Good luck... reverting back to stock hasn't helped anyone yet. I don't think anyone has found a way around the "update failed" error once you get it :(
[Captivate General] LamboDroid19:
Hi guys.....i have hung around the captivate forums for awhile and i have finally decided to post......OK back on the subject.....just recently checked for the update and found the update and it downloaded and hung on 50% for 2-3 min then continued on to 100% and it said update failed......my phone was not rooted, or have a lag-fix at the time of download of the update but i was running unleash the beast V.2...i have never used Odin to flash with before...before i decided to check for the update i was rooted,RyanZA's OCLF, and had baseband version jf6.....after the failed update(at least that's what the phone told me) i now have baseband jh7 but no quickoffice so i don't know if the update actually worked. more info about the update process and how to make it install successfully would be much appreciated....thanks
[Captivate General] phr00t:
It didn't work and nobody knows how to make it work successfully (if it didn't work the first time).
[Captivate General] cesierra:
Why did AT&T and Samsung did not mention that this included a GPS fix yesterday when the update was first announced?
[Captivate General] jwkicklighter:
Worked on Rooted Cappy

Just installed update on rooted cappy with sideloading enabled. Worked fine, rebooted & told me everything worked.

Boot-up did take much longer than normal, so beware that this is normal behavior. Baseband is JH7, Firmware is unchanged. Have seen no issues so far :)

I'll have to check GPS later though. Will report any findings. On a positive note, media scanning seemed quicker than usual (if anyone cares.) I'm hoping this improves batt. life.

*Edit* Just read on Engadget that they had confirmed with AT&T that this update includes GPS fix(es)... Not sure how reliable this is, but it could be good news :)