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[XPERIA X10 Android Development] tigger69:
2.1 update? post a pic of your phone and we might be able to help.

An update should not really take that long at all, i would say half an hour at most.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] stylus1828:
Bul****! Stop openning threads like this you stupid f###. This is absolutely stupid and juvenile. Grow up.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ballubas:
admins please close thread
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] cvchetan:
any one claiming to have got the 2.1 update.. pls before opening a thread make a proof of it..
[Captivate General] joeybear23:
*UPDATE*

Designgears has captured the OTA update and packaged it up for anyone who is having trouble with the download applying.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=790080

Software Updates and Maintainence Releases

1.09/21/2010 - Firmware Over the Air (FOTA) software update changing software version from I897UCJF6 to I897UCJH7. A 12MB download is being pushed to Samsung Captivate owners starting on 09/21/2010 and will continue Tuesday through Friday at 15K customers per day until complete. This is NOT an operating system update. This update includes the following software updates:

•Preinstalled software - QuickOffice for Android will allow users to edit various Microsoft Office documents.

•Messaging - Exchange 2003 support, MMS and other messaging enhancements.

•Voice - Improved calling experience.

•Media - media scanning time improvements.

Note:

This firmware update is not intended to resolve all device reset or freezing issues, which may be caused by:

•Corrupted files

•Device memory becoming filled and leaving insufficient room to run applications.

•Use of incompatible 3rd party applications on the Samsung Captivate.

http://www.wireless.att.com/answer-center/solutionDisplay.jsp?solutionId=KB110797

scroll to the very bottom of the link
[Captivate General] chupacabrachus:
No gps fix?
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
Mention of GPS strangely absent.
[Captivate General] pmpntl:
been running JH7 since it came out with SRE.

WTF is this? JH7 doesn't fix GPS nor does it come close!

(battery life is AMAZING THOUGH!)
[Captivate General] joeybear23:
Well, since GPS is not mentioned, I doubt this is meant as the fix for GPS issues...

But it IS a good sign that AT&T is actually working on our device, since they are releasing this FW to the public.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
Very odd. They guaranteed a GPS fix by end of Sept. We already have used JH7 and it doesn't fix our GPS. I can't imagine them putting out another update before the end of September...

Is it possible that the update from AT&T will somehow include more file update or be different from the JH7 version that we have? Beyond that, I can't understand how they are finally releasing an update but NOT fixing the biggest issue. Especially since they apparently fixed it on the Vibrant and know how to fix it.
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Looks like I got it. I definately have to test Exchange now. Maybe it'll work properly.
[Captivate General] whitenerj:
Check the GPS....
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
actually, before I get too crazy, let me verify something:

I had JF6, I made a backup image using ROM Manager/Clockwork Mod. I then applied the JH7 found here, had problems (no sideloading), and restored the image. I am ASSUMING that put me back on Baseband JF6, but I don't remember checking afterwards.

Is it possible that the JH7 I have is left over from my manual update? I don't wanna lie to everything thinking I got the official push and really didn't.
[Captivate General] joeybear23:
You can flash back to JF6...

I will do it if need be but it will have to wait until tonight.

My GPS works fine and I have none of the other issues that this is supposed to fix, so I couldn't tell you whether the update will fix those or not.
[Captivate General] Rhiannon224:
Did you have to look for updates on your phone or was it sent auto? Were you running stock when you got it?
[Captivate General] joeybear23:
They are pushing it, but you should be able to get it if you search for updates and your phone meets the criteria...
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
I'm running a backup now. I'm need to test a few things. I just happened across this thread and had a quick look at my basband number and it shows JH7. I *should* be stock. But that assumes that when I restored back to my original image, it also restored JF6

I'll get back with you. I don't feel like I'd be one of the lucky ones to get the update first (unless it goes by purchase date, I did get mine early).
[Captivate General] iceman4357:
LOL...fail. I went to check for update, said no update and that I can not check for another 24 hours. WTF? why cant I check for updates when I want.
[Captivate General] Ikonomi:
Noob question: Is it necessary to un-root and un-lagfix before attempting to download or install this update?
[Captivate General] Rhiannon224:
Me too, lol, I'm already running JH7 that was leaked. According to the AT&T site they are looking at your firmware version and that's how they determine who's getting it.
[Captivate General] NOSintake:
Hmmm, debating if this update is even worth it. Doesn't fix GPS, and it's not Froyo
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
OTA update process usually takes days or weeks. It pushes in batches so that only limited number of phones will download the update so that the update server don't get overloaded. No, maunally check for update does not speed the process up at all or change your position in the queue. Basically, you have to wait for your turn.

Sooner or later someone will figure out the URL to download the update directly. Only when that happens, you can go and download the update and manually put that file to internal SD card, boot the phone into recovery mode and apply the update.

If that's too much work for you, wait for your turn.
[Captivate General] SkitchBeatz:
same question here. Anyone know if I'll lose root/non-market apps if I apply this update?
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
One thing I did notice about the leaked version was the new YouTube app styling. I kinda liked it. Came in handy at the gas pump.
[Captivate General] SiL3nTKiLL:
**** this is crazy! should of fixed gps though :/
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
The problem is not root. It's that most of us don't have the stock kernel.
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
This - can't get in either.
[Captivate General] jhego:
I have a rooted phone, (see specs below), it downloaded up to 100% then restarted, then a progress bar with a white background for installation came on, it went to 100% as well. Then my phone rebooted. After it, there's a message saying "No update was installed". Does that mean it was succesful?
[Captivate General] climber1872000:
I have a rooted phone and a nonrooted phone and they both updated just fine. From what I'm reading it seems like you'll have to flash back to the stock kernel before you can access and apply this update. It does seem like my GPS is performing much better than it did before the update or at least for now.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
Does anyone know what the Stock JF6 Kernel version is?
[Captivate General] Krad:
can someone who has applied the update go to the phone and type...

*#*#1234#*#*

tell us what pda, phone and csc are...

thanks
[Captivate General] Ikonomi:
I'm running the update as I type. I un-did my One Click Lag Fix and un-rooted. Stock kernel. I uninstalled QuickOffice as well, just to be safe.

The update hung at 50% for 30 or 45 seconds, and is currently counting up to 100. I'll post back with results in a moment.

OLCF, rooted, stock ROM, never flashed.

Edit: This thing is sitting at the big, shiny "S" for quite a long time.

Edit 2: "Congratulations! New software update for phone installed. Phone is ready for use"

All my widgets and apps are the same. Looks like it went off without a hitch. Could the common factor for failures be flashing to a different ROM and then flashing back to stock?

Don't see a difference with media scanning whatsoever. In fact, it's still scanning since the phone powered up a few minutes ago. I'll have to go outside later this afternoon and test the GPS, or maybe on my way home.

PDA: I897UCJH7

PHONE: I897UCJH7

CSC: I897ATTJF6

Does that look right?
[Captivate General] Stephenv1971:
I had the voodoo lagfix and have a copy of the backed up kernel it did. Instructions are scary, can brick your phone, anyone tried this?:

adb shell

su

redbend_ua restore bml7-zImage-kernel-backup.img /dev/block/bml7
[Captivate General] tico1986:
Well this is not good. I just did the update and when it rebooted the phone never came back on. I tried taking out the battery and putting it back in to turn it back on and nothing! Just got the phone a couple weeks ago. What do I do return it to radioshack?
[Captivate General] Krad:
I just undid the voodoo fix by adding that externionless file... once revereted back to rfs... just reflashed the phone with odin one click to JF6
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Ah, crap, my bad. One click does it automatically from what I've heard.
[Captivate General] JvKintheUSA:
Strange, my version is already 2.1 version 1, but shows JF6.
[Captivate General] phr00t:
I used One-Click restore back to JF6, cleared the internal memory, and then did the update.

It failed during the progress bar after a reboot to finalize installation... wtf.

Trying again by setting the calendar ahead.. :-\
[Captivate General] ZeroG1:
I had no problems installing the update. Just took forever. I'm running stock everything.

Pda/phone I897UCJH7

Csc I897ATTJF6
[Captivate General] mjgunn:
Running on stock kernel and the stock JF6 firmware that came on the phone. Had it rooted, clockwork installed, and a bunch of the at&t garbage removed using titanium, but that's about it as far as modding goes.

Unrooted it before doing the install. It went to the white screen, hung at 50% for about a minute, got to 100% and said update failed. Phone rebooted fine and popped up a message saying the install wasn't successful, yet here I am on JH7. Rerooted the phone and it's working fine, so, root definitely isn't the problem. I'm thinking maybe it's attempting to update one of the at&t apps that I had removed and that's why it's giving an error for some of us but still working?
[Captivate General] Krad:
i get unable to connect to att server... and i have 4 bars.
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
WTF is so persistent in these MODs? Something is hanging around....wish I just knew what it was....hmmm...lunch time, time to play!
[Captivate General] mchimney:
i was getting that as well, now i can't even get the time to change =/
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
As I try flashing ODIN 1-click for the 5th time today...I just noticed that after the flash completes, ClockworkMod flashes its recovery to the phone...this happens every time I restore. This is probably what is messing us up. Any idea how to get rid of it and make it stop doing this?
[Captivate General] ndtrek07:
Ok, just got successful install, after a failed first attempt.

This is a stock, rooted phone, originally with AT&T bloatware removed.

First attempt:

1. Set date ahead, downloaded

2. Install hung at 50%, then finished.

3. Phone restarted, message indicated update failed, but baseband version was updated to say I897UCJH7

I didn't notice anything different, so I:

1. Removed Quickoffice, so I could tell if an update in the future did anything

2. Set date ahead, Downloaded update again

3. Update stayed at "Preparing", and several minutes later said that it failed (still on the white update screen)

tnayrbj's post got me thinking, so I added back all my bloatware. I had renamed all the .apks to *.apk.bac, so this was trivial. Then:

1. Set date ahead, downloaded update, and postponed

2. Rebooted manually(bloatware was then back)

3. Resumed update

4. Phone rebooted itself, install started

5. Hung at 'Preparing'. I figured it would fail again, but after a few minutes, it jumped to 38% complete, and eventually completed.

6. Phone rebooted, and message indicated update was successful.

I don't know if this means that the update expects the bloatware to be there, or if I just got lucky, but it worked.

I can confirm that the following occurred as a result of the update:

- quickoffice was added

- made it so *#*#1472365#*#* no longer gets me to the GPS settings.

I'll be checking GPS performance over lunch in a bit.
[Captivate General] hankito:
preparing update

My problem is that I tried the update the first time around, I got 50% and it failed. pushed the date ahead, un-did lag fix, ext2 tools, and OCLF, but I have Rom Manager installed and its rooted. Tried again now it says preparing, never moves beyond that and says update failed rebooting phone.

I havent done anything else except OCLF and Clockwork ROM Manager and root.
[Captivate General] mikejames07:
I'm getting this too, I've reverted back to stock everything and still no luck. Anyone know why this is happening?
[Captivate General] emuneee:
My guess is its not time for your device to be updated. Remember AT&T isn't pushing the update to all devices, just 15,000 per day.

On that note, has anyone found the update.zip associated with this update?
[Captivate General] mjgunn:
So are you saying that even though the about phone indicates that it's JH7, it doesn't necessarily mean the update went through? Mine acted like yours, update failed, etc, and is saying it's on JH7. I can however still access GPS through *#*#1472365#*#*, is that a giveaway that the update did not actually succeed?
[Captivate General] jhego:
I reverted back to JF6 using one click Odin. Updated and says ATT can't connect to server. Tried doing it again and now it says "No firmware". what gives?
[Captivate General] JvKintheUSA:
http://www.mobileburn.com/chtml/mobile_story.jsp?Id=10907

Seems official now.
[Captivate General] srfernsd:
I downloaded and installed the update and when I type in *#*#1234#*#* pda and csc are jf6 but phone is jh7. Why is this? Is that normal?
[Captivate General] sicwan:
My update fails.

Rooted with the first root that was available the 2nd they the phones where out

Clockwork installed.

NO LAGFIXES

i did the GPS fix in the gps menu.

removed all ATnT apps.

first attept to install bat was at 60%, the download was ok, it rebooted the phone, got to 50%, and stopped. then rebooted, told me updated failed.

2nd attempt, bat was at 89% update downloads ok, reboots. stays at white screen for 1-3min, then said update is failed. and reboots.
[Captivate General] life2monkeys:
can someone post a download link to the stock kernel? gonna try that, but shouldn't ODIN restore EVERYTHING to stock? yet I still get the 50% failure, except im not even fortunate enough to shot JH7 afterwards
[Captivate General] SacTilt:
Would you be willing to share the apk's, or point me to a place where I can get them? Unfortunately, I don't have backups of those files and thus far my update has gone exactly as yours started out. So now I want to try reinstalling the bloat and try that.

Thanks.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
The problem seems to be Clockwork. Has anyone gotten the fail message at 50% and NOT had clockwork installed? We need to figure out how to get rid of the clockwork recovery and restore the stock one.
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Good thought, however, I (and a few others) have done a restore using Odin One Click which pretty much puts everything back to stock (except for having a bunch of junk still on the drive). My bloatware is back, quickoffice is nowhere to be found, no longer rooted, yada yada yada......

Lagfixes.....I'm thinking I may have tried a couple and maybe something is still hanging around. does it have to do with Clockwork? Something has been altered and will not return to stock state. Guess if I had time (lunch is almost over) I could rip the update package off the phone and see if it is possible to unpackage (perhaps a clue inside?). Probably not possible knowing my luck, but I can hope.
[Captivate General] tpliquid:
i'll need the att bloat ware files also. seems like i lost it in my titanium backup
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
You ninja........I did try renaming my update.zip file thinking it might be conflicting. I'm not familiar enough with Clockwork to know how it resides on the system. Perhaps we need to hit up the Dev.
[Captivate General] LiqudDeth:
Is anyone getting to 100% then receiving the update failed message without having Fightspit's Super Circle Battery Mod installed?

I'm thinking that it is failing because the framework-res.apk is being updated, but is not stock because of the battery mod.
[Captivate General] jhego:
Can't someone extract the JH7 that ATT is pushing so we can just do a manual update instead of waiting for it to be pushed out?
[Captivate General] Phlip00ws6:
Update failed, but prior to updating my gps would not lock, now showing locks and accurate mph readings.
[Captivate General] StrmChsr:
Tried to get update, had been running original JF6. I had installed RYANZAEXT2LagFix Beta 2-3, removed lag fix and unrooted, prior to attempting JH7 update. Over anxious I guess, changed date to tomorrow so I wouldn't have to wait. Update downloaded and at the infamous 50% mark it said update failed and rebooted. Once it was back up I checked and it showed the Baseband Version as JH7, but I don't think it done anything but change the version number. Tried doing ODIN restore to original JF6 using ODIN one-click downloader just to see if that helped, no go, still fails at 50% mark. Did a master clear from ODIN and reinstalled JF6, no help. Also, noticed that installing JF6 from ODIN would reset update clock and wouldn't have to wait 24 hours to check again.
[Captivate General] Krad:
agreed!!! can someone post the update.zip so us folks who can't get the update can run it manually?
[Captivate General] ph00ny:
Stock everything and updated ota just now

It stayed on the galaxy s logo during boot much longer than usual but everything works fine

Going to test the gps after work
[Captivate General] mikejames07:
Yes i know, however, when I tried to check for updates in the past, I've gotten "your phone is up to date" as well as couldn't connect to server.
[Captivate General] life2monkeys:
I have now ODIN'd 3 times, deleted my clockwork and titanium backups, basically screwed up all the work I had done on my phone, and still get the failure message, WTF!?!?!?!?!?!?
[Captivate General] phr00t:
I am in the same boat here. 50% fail on reboot... I keep trying, but running out of options :-( Someone needs to do a Nandroid backup after a completely successful update and give us it!
[Captivate General] iceman4357:
Im searching on how to make an update.zip for you guys. Any help?
[Captivate General] r_3:
I tested the gps while driving around at lunch. Worked perfectly. Locked into my location in seconds and followed my location precisely for 5 miles Kudos to Samsung/Att for fixing it!
[Captivate General] mchimney:
any thoughts as to why communication has failed for me?
[Captivate General] phr00t:
I just checked my internal SD card and couldn't find an update.zip file after it said it downloaded the update... not sure where it is, or if it exists as we know it.
[Captivate General] life2monkeys:
says the one who is actually able to GET the update, the rest of us are not feeling very "kudos"-ish right now
[Captivate General] phr00t:
I had the communication failure... I just reflashed back to stock (again) and tried again. It connected and downloaded the update, but still I get stuck at 50% update.
[Captivate General] phr00t:
Did it tell you the software update completed successfully? Can you do a Nandroid backup of your phone and share it with us? :D You'll have to clear out all your personal stuff first... but hey, we'd all really appreciate it! :D:D:D
[Captivate General] iamcgn:
Grrrr This is really annoying... I can one click back to JF6 but now I decided I just wanted to give up and go back to the leaked JH7... when I flash with Odin I get a fail when it's doing the factoryfs.rfs deal. I feel like I just can't win today :-/
[Captivate General] ph00ny:
stock everything, unrooted

updated without a hitch. It was a bit slow during boot (stuck on galaxy s logo for much longer) but everything seems to be same as before. I will test out the gps after work

live in nyc and regular gps units like tomtom has issues in the city sometimes
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
I don't think you can blame Samsung or AT&T for your hacked phone...

However, am not convinced that GPS is totally fixed. I went out at lunch and the position indicator was lagging behind my actual location. I will have to wait and see if that is just because it was a little cloudy or its truly laggy.
[Captivate General] TechMizer:
+1

What is the JF6 (stock) kernel version number? Is it "2.6.29 jetaek.lee@sep-11 #2" or something different?
[Captivate General] thunder8671:
i have unrooted my captivate and and i stil have the stock rom installed and i have removed the sim card but it is still coming up update failed anyone have any thoughts? thanks
[Captivate General] life2monkeys:
Ive tried master clearing in ODIN and it just locks up at "starting master clear..."
[Captivate General] r_3:
lol sorry... As an FYI I am unrooted and stock
[Captivate General] r_3:
I was wondering how mine would be too. I tested it with overpasses and coordinating it with my location. It was perfect. Really happy with this!
[Captivate General] ewingr:
Sounds encouraging, but if you've been following any of the GPS threads, you will realize it will take more of a test than that, over a week or two, to be sure it is 'fixed'.

It does seem most posts say it has improved, but a few have said accuracy still is not that great.

Hoping to see positive info on the GPS fix, but I'm a bit skeptical. Still keeping my fingers crossed.
[Captivate General] mchimney:
ahh thanks, i tried tried the flashing back but i still get the same error. I guess it's just a waiting game now
[Captivate General] life2monkeys:
wow, looking back that actually sounded a bit more hostile than i meant it to...
[Captivate General] Lunged:
I am wondering the same thing. My kernel version number is also "2.6.29 jetaek.lee@sep-11 #2" - I did flash my kernel once, but thought I changed it back. Perhaps I didn't after all...

edit: Didn't mention my update is also failing at 50%
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
I just did master clear. I had trouble at first because I was trying to do it in download mode like when you flash ODIN. You need to be booted up in USB debugging mode. I'm not sure if master clear will help though. What I really want to try is flashing JH6 with the Not 1-click odin so I can select "repartition". But the link for JH6 on Samsung Firmwares gets blocked by my firewall at work and I don't know of any mirror. I will report back if the master clear did anything for me.
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Guys, There is a post about stock kernel somewhere. I have it, it is downloadable (just do a search for stock captivate kernel). You'll find it. I've tried it and it didn't help me.

I'm going to try to find some time to work on pulling the actual update file off my phone (its not just an update.zip). If I can get my restore done and find the file in a timely fashion (if someone already knows the location, that'd help), I'll do what I can to post it (not sure it'd help, but why not, right?). I have a feeling its not on the /sdcard, but the root.
[Captivate General] iheartyourgirl:
Update

Okay so I checked for the update and it went ahead and started downloading the update. It went to a white screena and showed the progress bar and paused at 50% then went on with its business and then at 100% said failed.

I currently have a rooted captivate which i used the Pimp My Captivate PDF to root my phone. So now i guess i just need some help telling me what i need to do in order to get this update applied to my phone.

Please let me know...thank you!:):)
[Captivate General] ewingr:
Personally I don't think clouds should affect it. I only say that because of my past 3 years of excellent performance of the GPS on my old Tilt. Maybe I've just been lucky.