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[Captivate General] mcomet:
Thank you for posting this...

I've been trying for months to get my wifes phone updated via the online download. It seemed the "failed to connect to server" error for built in update has plagued that phone and it was never going to update. (My own phone I had replaced after it bricked itself with a half install/update that it decided to do... and the replacement easily DL'd the firmware. I know there has been discussion of some phones not wanting to update themselves)

This original phone needed the Kies-Mini to do it.

Basic info:

- Stock phone, no root etc...pure stock JF6

- Running Windows Vista Ultimate sp2 on computer (yes my 64 bit os worked here)

- Downloaded and installed Kies Mini from link provided here.

- Installed, started it, computer decided to install drivers when I plugged in phone... took a little while..computer drives installed but kies refused to detect phone.

- Set phone to Settings | Applications | USB Settings | Ask on Connection

- Plugged phone back in and choose kies... (did this each time from here out)

- I found things worked better when I plugged in phone FIRST then started Kies Mini after... however..

- I had to reboot computer after install of software...because...

I got the ""Upgrade cannot continue: not connected to the internet, or cannot connect to server"

I rebooted my entire computer, started kies, tried phone, remembered to do phone first, unplugged phone, quit kies, reconnected phone, then started kies... this time it all worked and updated my phone...

Note to people definitely takes a while to both update and restart phone... be patient ... phone will reboot twice...just wait for it to get all the way done, it may stay on the "S" screen during bootup for several minutes...

yay.

Now...when will officail Froyo be released???? ;)
[Captivate General] AndroidKaboom:
will this clear everything on my phone like after odin3?
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
No. It is a minor update.
[Captivate General] NISMOFO:
So is the point of this JH7 for those looking to go back to stock, but wanting the 2.1-update1?

I currently have the JH7 (stock), but I'm looking to do a new ROM. Just wondering if this is my saving grace to truly get back to where I am now if I'm not happy with any ROMs available.
[Captivate General] halfsoul:
Yes, if you flash back to stock jf6 then this will bring you back to jh7. But, if samsung releases 2.2 or 2.3 then this method will go to that instead (since it queries samsung for the latest version)
[Captivate General] NISMOFO:
Now I see the big picture....so if an official release comes out.....go back to stock (unroot) and do an over the air or Kies update instead of messing with a custom ROM. Nice.
[Captivate General] House3272:
Its not 32-bit operating systems. Its all windows 7 versions. Kies mini (the version given on tmobile forums) does not support windows 7. It will work with 32-bit vista and all xp versions however.
[Captivate General] runbuh:
Not sure what problems other people are having, but I have gone back to stock at least 5 times with ODIN3 and updated to JH7 using Mini Kies on my Dell D830 running Windows 7 64-bit just fine. You must make sure your device is properly recognized by Windows before you do anything. Incorrect drivers could be a major source of problems.

(Just for clarity: I have an AT&T Captivate using it on the AT&T network)
[Captivate General] Shacho:
Q: What are the major difference between official Froyo 2.2 and leaked version? After reading all the posts concerning installation procedures (problems), I wonder if is it really worth to flash back to the stock rom in order to get a clean installation via Kies Mini.
[Captivate General] TheCatsPajamas:
Samsung is not the problem, AT&T is not the problem, we are!

I finally got this all figured out… I had installed the froyo 2.2 Oct 2010 leak…

The first thing I realized is my main router firewall had to be turned off in order to install kies mini successfully. Now I also finally ‘disabled’ that mass storage controller that would not install. I’m not saying uninstall – just disable it. With these changes kies mini successfully installed. I rebooted my computer as per the instructions.

The next big mystery was why I could not unmounts my internal sd card – kies will not connect if this is mounted and the froyo 2.2 leak had no way to accomplish this. So, I went back (via odin stock 2.1) to 2.1 Éclair.

I then ran kies mini, and performed the update to stock 2.2 from AT&T.
[Captivate General] wallace_askew:
If you are still getting the "Unregistered" device message in Kies, I found this thread very useful. Once I rebuilt my EFS info, the update ran fine.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=881162
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Way to bump a JH7 thread. JH7, really? : confused:

Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.
[Captivate General] wallace_askew:
After flashing Serendipity VII, I could only get a GSM connection. No 3G or HSPA at all. I Decided to go back to stock.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Try a different modem maybe?
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
So I was messing around with settings.db - hoping i could enable PIN Lock from Exchange - yes I want a PIN and no none of the 3rd party tools work correctly.

Anyway - I caused the phone to come up and ask for a password, I put in the wrong thing 3 times and it erased my data - all my 3rd party apps gone, but stuff installed via update.zip (Frameworkres, Root, and Voodoo stayed - although Voodoo scared me when it started talking and re-applying itself).

Anyway, all is back and running, but i have a default wall paper that is not in the gallery of built in wallpapers. Does any know where this came from? I have not themeing apps installed prior to the wipe..... Running JH7 that was installed from Stock JH6.
[Captivate General] Justinph5:
Don't know, but I want it!!!
[Captivate General] jhego:
I believe it came with Cognition.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
PIN policy comes from Exchange server. If your exchange server doesn't require it, there is no way to enable it because it is not part of Android system. Even if you do get a PIN, there is no way to change it anywhere later on. It's a bad implementation in Samsung's exchange email client. Actually, the leaked document from Verizon list this as a critical bug. Imagine your Windows desktop ask you to setup a password but won't ever let you change it.

Stock firmware is JF6, not JH6.
[Captivate General] smeltn:
That wallpaper is the stock Cognition wallpaper.

You can find it here

http://www.zedge.net/wallpapers/6080248/rain-designs-hd-wallpaper/?pos=5&search=rain
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
I never installed cognition but i did install the battery mod framework-res that is packaged in it. The wallpaper must be in there; but the wallpaper chooser doesn't see it.

As for pin lock, i have it on moto android phones so i was hopimg a simple props change would expose it. I guess i have to wait on froyo. Why it is not stock 2.1 i will never know.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freeza:
Not the splash screen, not the boot animation, but the screen that appears shortly after your phone loads and you unlock it. the white HTC screen, or on fresh EVO, the black fresh screen that loads just before Sense is loaded.

I'm not using any Kitchen, just manually editing everything by hand.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nukedukem:
The png is located somewhere in the framework-res.apk I believe. Look under /drawable-hdpi I think I saw it there.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freeza:
Thank you :)
[Nexus One General] Big_O:
Sorry moved to appropriate forum.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Big_O:
Any app to disable the 2.2.1 OTA Push? Like to disable the annoying system update until ready to go through the process of re-rooting. Any script or app that will turn this notification off?
[Epic 4G General] TX2000:
is there any way to do this?
[Epic 4G General] davouge:
I have estrongs file explorer installed, so when I select a video to play I get a choice to use es player or stock player. Es player works below 15%. Also, camera magic works below 15% if you need to take a quick pic with low bat. Hope this helps.
[Epic 4G General] Firon:
use mvideoplayer. It's a hardware accelerated player just like the stock one, except it also supports subtitles.
[Epic 4G General] TX2000:
Thanks for the info I will try that.
[Epic 4G General] los1223:
Any way to do this without using different apps? There's gotta be a hack that disables this limitation.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GLO:
Hi,

I have partitioned my MicroSD card so that i can run Android of a 4Gb primary partition, and WM off the rest of the card.

I now find that when i connect to the PC, and set it to Disk Drive, it only shows the first partition (which i have assigned as the Android) partition.

Do you know how to show both in Disk Drive mode? I can see both in ActiveSync, but thats a painfully slow xfer method when you have 4 or more gb of data to transfer!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eeeeeeeeek:
I love using the LCARS boot screen/audio. Whenever I flash it on cm6 it doesn't work. When I flash LCARS on other roms it goes through and works. Has anyone experienced this? I've searched other threads but they haven't addressed what I'm looking for, or I missed it. Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gqstatus0685:
I have the same issue with CM6.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowe343:
Try this program. You'll need ADB to use it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=701295&highlight=bootscreen
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eeeeeeeeek:
So I read through the whole post and was able to get the animation to work but no sound. So we could consider this partially closed I guess. As there is a solution for the animation but none for the sound.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowe343:
I think I read somewhere that CM6 wasn't designed to use a boot sound.

Sent from my SUPERSONIC
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Right, CM6 doesn't have sound in the boot animation, and custom scripts don't always work right. I asked Cyanogen about it, and he quite plainly said that he doesn't want his phone making sounds when he turns it on (and if you've ever gone through bootloops/diagnostics while at work or some place public, while still having the Sprint 4G boot animation+sound, you learn why).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowe343:
Haha. I feel the same way.

Sent from my SUPERSONIC
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Addicted2Droid:
Hello all. First off, I have searched around but either I'm terrible at searching or I'm asking a completely stupid question.

I would love to install a theme for my Inc, but it is not rooted. So, is rooting required to use themes?

If not, where can I find instructions on how to do it and are only certain themes usable for non-rooted phones?

I'm so confused. :confused:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PartyGurle:
I too have this same question....
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iakamand:
Yes you do have to be rooted

look in the android Developement forum and find how to root your Inc.

it's easy
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_1000:
Yes, you have to be rooted: Here are the easy and safe instructions: [GUIDE] One Click How to Root the Incredible with Unrevoked 3.21 :):D
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Samsung supports are typically clue less. Don't take their words for anything. For all I care, you might just chatted with a bot.
[Captivate General] Krad:
great bot! check out the link the bot sent me... clearly it says gps update.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Yes, that's what the info they got. Remember Samsung publically said the same thing when JH7 is first released. Support CSRs are the last person to know any upcoming updates. That shows how bad Samsung support really are.
[Captivate General] dajeoo:
Great, Samsuck totally screwed us with this
[Captivate General] Zysoclaplem:
I'll give Samsung/ATT until the end of September to get an actual GPS fix out, like they said they would.

I have already called AT&T about the issue and they are prepared to give me another phone of my choice if I decide to send it back to them.

Otherwise, I will probably sell it and go back to a Nexus One or maybe attempt to get a Telus Desire. I think it has the ATT 3G bands.
[Captivate General] Justinph5:
Alice seems to frequent these forums from Samsung chat logs. She never seems to know whats going on either. :P
[Captivate General] topshelf95:
I just went up through the ranks of Samsung customer support right before posting this. Chat first, won't waste your time posting it here as it has already wasted enough of my time. Second, phone call to "tier 2" support, had me do a battery pull and restart, obviously a waste of time, got transferred to "tier 3" support, apparently the highest level of support and where I was really trying to get anyway. Had me go into settings and turn on "wireless networks", yet another complete waste of time. However, I wasn't looking for him to fix it over the phone, I only wanted information.

Believe me when I tell you I held his feet to the fire looking for some information on whether or not there was ANY information or ANY update coming out AFTER the JH7 OTA update. He assured me there was no information on any other update in the pipe other than JH7 which had obviously already been released. I did get him to divulge that they have had "a few" other calls from people who's GPS was still not working even after the update and that the calls that had come in so far were only for the samsung captivate and that they hadn't had any other calls in regards to the other Galaxy S phones on the other carriers which seems suspect to me since to the best of my knowledge, all the other Galaxy S phones share the same GPS problems. He said all he could do was take down my information and pass it on to "research and development". I even tried to get him to transfer me to research and development to no avail. :D

In the end, the only recourse I had was to mail a letter to "Customer Relations" or some such thing in Texas explaining my situation. I really believe that the only thing I took from the conversation that was of any real use is that the only way they are going to do anything about the problem is if they get enough people calling and complaining about it.

Do yourself and all of us a favor and call in to voice your concern with getting the problem fixed. It only takes a couple of minutes and maybe someone will be able to get more information than I was able to. 1-888-987-4357. Sorry I don't have better news to report.
[Captivate General] boborone:
What city, I might drive there:)

From a phone on an app
[Captivate General] SiL3nTKiLL:
samsungs crappy support ftw!
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Another post about an uninformed service rep - taken as gospel.

I really wish all the people that posted and believed this stuff would actually jump ship - then the forums would have less junky alarmist posts.
[Captivate General] k2snowboards88:
I have to say, that was somewhat painful to read. You pretty much railroaded her. You kept making multiple unrelated statements and mixing them with multiple questions before giving her a chance to respond. I don't feel like you could learn anything that way.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Good point, it was really hard to read that. It may be an automated bot it may not be, but the questions were so all over the place that it was impossible to tell what was going on.

Again, if this was a person making matter of fact statements - it is not someone in the know. It is just a 1st or 2nd level tech support person and they never know what is really happening in the dev world.
[Captivate General] Krad:
I didn't think there would be such a backlash against me about this thread. I was trying to be helpful and let others know that according to support, there isn't another update for GPS.

If you want to believe it is a robot, or canned, or some dumbass they put on the chats is your right. But my bubble has been burst and I don't think another fix is coming.

My strategy was to try and see if Alice would slip and let me know if there was a gps update coming out. She did not falter.

I would love to be proven wrong and would love to see the magic bullet gps fix, but i have zero hopes of that now.

The gps is big for me, but the rest of the phone is great.

I think everyone can agree this was a debacle for Samsung, and my next phone will probably be an HTC.

I will also keep most things to myself as well because clearly they are unhelpful in this forum.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
We all know there is Froyo update that will be coming in a month or two. Samsung has the time to tweak the GPS more or even fix it in Froyo build.

But I don't think there is any Eclair 2.1 GPS fix in the works. All indications are Samsung has decided to move on.

Nothing personal against OP but I personally will not trust anything Samsung support said over the phone or in a chat session. Have been there many many times before.
[Captivate General] andoh:
Today a Samsung rep told me the sky would be falling...

Okay all jokes aside and as someone who has worked support before, reps are bottom feeders. They do not know anything about their company, their companies mission, or current development/progress. They are given a task, and their task is to find a way to keep you from calling in again while making sure that you buy a product from them in the future.

From the responses, she is not a bot. Thinking it is a bot is just silly, however, this does look scripted. Likely samsung is using India, the phillipines, etc.

If you allow this interaction to shape your feelings about your phone, I would like to question your intelligence. You're going to get this from any company. The grass isn't any greener on the other side.
[Captivate General] k2snowboards88:
Don't expect better from htc. The evo was capped at 30 fps. All the reps told anyone who asked that this would be unfixable in software because it was a hardware cap. They stuck to their story until a few days ago, when they removed the cap in software. That's not an isolated incident either. I remember when they sold phones with great gpus and advertised that fact. They didn't actually have drivers for it in the phone, so the gpu just say there inert. They never fixed that. Htc regularly lies to their customers, just like samsung.
[Captivate General] derek4484:
I'm curious as to how you "know" a Froyo update is coming in a month or two? AT&T has never once officially committed to releasing a 2.2 update. The only thing that's been official is that the I-9000 was supposed to get 2.2 by the end of september, and now that's slipped back to some time in October, probably the end of the month. Samsung has to get any updates approved by AT&T. Maybe I'm missing something, but I have not seen one official word from AT&T concerning this, just speculation on top of conjecture from people on here "in the know"...
[Captivate General] lanisan:
Alice and Kies-Min

I'm in the USA so technically according to *Alice* with which I also chatted online, Kies is not supported. (of course that person provided the link to Kies Mini anyways) I was clearly told this is the JH7 update which WILL fix the GPS. From other forums I have read I will lose PC/Internet (tethering). Alice indicated yes, I'd lose that then.. oh wait, no I wouldn't.. it'd be a choice I could chose. So I downloaded and installed KiesM. I connected my phone and no surprise it didn't recognize it. I rebooted the phone. I am rooted, 1click lag fix and att bloatware removed. The KiesM found my phone and said it was unregistered and would not allow me to update it. I then closed the app and opened up normal Kies. It found there was a new version of Kies (assumed it included the JH7 update) and it downloaded etc. It also said it could update my firmware. When i attempted I get an error showing my pda, phone and software versions and states (while none are jh7) that it could not be updated. I also have tried the over the air option and continue to get no updates available. So, I can't even get this (what about half say sucks other half love) update even if I wanted to. Pretty disappointing. I really do love this phone EXCEPT that it doesnt connect to my alpine ida-x001 which I have scoured forums everywhere to see why the usb continually connects and disconnects and this second issue, poor, terrible GPS functionality. Last night was the first time I actually needed it but fortunately I can read a map and street signs fairly well and didnt need the locator beacon, just the actual address. Point of my long post, if you know how to get the update via kies let me know. If you know that it being rooted and ATT's bloatware will prevent it from installing, respond to let me know and I can try the update. I'm not opposed to it... however reluctant i am according to the negative posts..
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
In the US Galaxy S release party, Samsung publically promised Froyo 2.2 for all US Galaxy S variants. AT&T didn't say otherwise. So, we will take the Samsung's PR or marketing's words for granted.
[Captivate General] shadow65781:
Im going to go with the phone with the best hardware and right now its the captivate, yes I know the gps is wonky but it works well enouph to get me there as long as I use the navigator its always worked for me so far, and I dont really need it its just there as an extra toy for me.

I understand some people rely on gps and thats a different situation than mine.

For me its the usb connectivity. Im on my second captivate and it is buggy also when I connect to my windows 7 64bit the first one finally gave out completely and would not connect to save my life. my current one connects most of the time and for me that is a bigger issue than gps but even so it is still better than all the rest.
[Captivate General] Bjd223:
I am glad that there is not another 2.1 update after this. There really is no reason for them to release any more updates for 2.1 when they are going to release a 2.2 rom soonish (october sometime I hope).

I would rather them spend more time on the 2.2 update so we get it faster. And hopefully they can make the GPS work in 2.2 for everyone.
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
I would rather have the GPS fixed and never get Froyo than no GPS fix and Froyo at Christmas time (mark my words, we'll be lucky if we have Froyo by Christmas).
[Captivate General] bigdaddy4u:
I agree - Give me a phone that WORKS! Forget Froyo - I'm done with Samsung - Think about it - They Promised a GPS fix and then there's an At&t update that at first didn't contain the fix - Then it Mysteriously had the fix in it - Then it failed to update the phone - then the update was through Kies - now Kies Mini - It may work it may not. When they promised a FIX for the GPS (which was crucial to the Samsung USA Line) and supposingly combined it with BS fixes - that let me know that THERE WILL BE NO 2.2 UPDATE! They will sale you the New Tablet (which i'm sure the GPS won't work on the tablets either, but they will be Froyo). Google ANY Samsung phone that has GPS - google whatever phone problems/issues and ALL of their phone GPS has never worked at some point or another (Just Wish I had known).

Please do yourself a favor and don't wait for Froyo from samsung coming to the captivate - At&t won't press them to do so (it's not their precious iphone) and Samsung sure won't because you can buy their New 7in tablet through At&t with Froyo already on it. Samsung doesn't fix - They Sell!
[Captivate General] Nimocone:
I'm with ya, BigDaddy. With all the contradictory information put out there by Samsung and AT&T, I'm happy I haven't been prompted to upgrade yet. My gps works, but I have the shutdown issue. I'll live with what I got because I still love this phone more than my BlackBerry and for what I'm using it for, it works.