yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
Okay thanks! but I have a question. When exactly do I do step #3?

3.) Launch into ClockWork Recovery by holding the "VOL UP", "VOL DOWN", & "Power" release those buttons after you see the second Vibrant screen.

do I launch it after its fully charged? or do it right after its empty then plug into utlet and start steps 3/4/5/6 etc?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
Superoneclick

It seems that superoneclick works for the rogers activate but i cant seem to get it working for me. I have a stock rogers rom, its in debugging mode and the storage is unmounted. I plugged it in and clicked root, but it just keeps looping this:

<q>Killing ADB Server...

OK

Starting ADB Server...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

OK

Waiting for device...

OK

Pushing rageagainstthecage...
69 KB/s (5392 bytes in 0.076s)

OK

chmod rageagainstthecage...

OK

Running rageagainstthecage...
OK
</q>

Can anyone help? I wanna root this to apply the lagfix.:(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
Actually sorry about that, once i minized chrome, a dial box came up saying your device is rooted. I guess it was just taking some time. I just want to confirm, will lagfix work (voodoo or OCLF) now that its rooted?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tstevado:
I've been trying to root today too, but having issues. I *think* that maybe an SD card is required? Can somone confirm if this is the case?

Either way I'll try again later tonight once I get a card and see how it goes then.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
you do not need an SD card to do any of the hacks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HH007:
lol... as per my previous post, I second that motion!

=) And it would be great if its Ryan's Lagfix and not Voodoo (unless I am wrong about Voodoo). Currently getting 870 on Quadrant.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o_ssie:
Hey guys just wanted to check in. I installed cognition 9.1.2 last night and so far so good. GPS isn't working as good as it was on the rogers ROM but nevertheless it is working. Locks on in under 30 seconds.

I'm having issue with the text msgs and their time stamps. Received msgs are coming in 4 hours earlier so they are totally out of order which sucks. changing the time zone to 0:00 GMT helps but it messes up gtalk lol.

Voicemail notification also has an issue, comes to my phone as a notification and as a text as wellbeing sent by _@ whoever that is lol.

Battery life is a lot better than on the rogers rom but I'm guesting I only ran the original ROM on the first run.

Other than that its working perfectly. 2.2 brings alot on the table so I'm happy.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
I used the SuperOneClick that someone provided on previous pages and rooted without any issue.

Next I downloaded Quadrant Standard(free) from the Market and ran it. Scored around 850. Run this after you get the lagfix on and you will see it blow past the Nexus One running Froyo!

Lastly I went back into the Market and searched for RyanZA and downloaded the free version and applied the OneClickLagFix V2.2+ and boom your device is a beast lol!!! Before applying the LagFix you have to Install EXT2 Tools (you will see it in the app) Kepp me posted if anyone has any issues. Good Luck!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleither:
I was having the same text timestamp issue...turning off auto time in time settings fixed it up for me. :-)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Root and LagFix info

All the root and lagfix info is also on the following page, link below. I have updated the info for all to enjoy.:)

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-I896#Rooting
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
K so i did what this guy said above and it worked great, I went from a score of 850 to 2279. Now i can finally do my homework!:D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Cool happy to hear that it worked for you. Keep us updated if you flash any ROM's or discover anything we should know.:)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
I have rooted my Captivate and applied the RyanZA Lagfix. I have a (noob) question though...

Do I have to re-apply the Lagfix if I flash a new ROM or if I wipe the device?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
As far as I know, yes you would have to apply again. I could be wrong though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
Thank you, i will update if there are any problems or things i have noticed. So far it seems to work really great and smoothly and i have noticed less lag, but i just did it like an hour ago so ill update when i use it more intensely. I don't plan to flash any roms for at least the next two weeks as i am very busy with school but i just want to mention im really happy (and surprised) with Rogers stock rom. From when i got it it's run really well (GPS included) and there is very little bloatware. And they havent done anything to prevent us from rooting or anything. They have really given me less incentive in flashing to a new rom, so kudos to them....but getting the phone to the market in the first place was a complete fail (had to mention that lol).

Is Kies working for everyone? I've had problems using it and gave up. I'm doing fine without it but still would be nice to have it working.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Did you get a Kies CD in your box?? I didn't and I have been waiting for Samsung Canada to put it up on the website for us to download. They told me it's coming soon. The US Kies for Captivate won't work for us:( i've tried. We have different model numbers.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleither:
Turns out I didn't have my SMS timestamps fixed after all. Luckily there's a market app called SmsFixTimes that did fix it for me once and for all.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
No i tried the US one i guess, and that didnt work. The drivers wouldnt install once plugged in or something. I dont understand how they can ship a product with the CD and drivers for it? Is that legal?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
Handcent SMS can do it too, if you use it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
Hey, I am really new with this android stuff, so I am not sure about the ROMS and rooting and all those things. I do not want to brick the phone trying stuff out that I do not know much about, so what exactly should I do FIRST/2nd etc to ensure everything is safe? I have the Rogers I896 and didnt do anything with it yet besides downloading some apps. Please reply and thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
Yea actually Id love to know the answer to that, i rooted and applied lagfix but i really dont know how to protect myself incase i screw something up while trying other things in the future.

Also, i came across this tread a while back when i was looking into the phone, it might be useful to new people.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788093
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
Can someone upload the Swype apk from Rogers ROM for me please? It has French Qwerty keyboard. It's the only thing missing for me in Cognition (except GPS)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
Problems with Rooting Roger Captivate?

I couldn't get root to work...so after some searching I found my answer.

Turns out I didnt have the Samsung drivers installed so I tried the below instructions and it worked.

Close the program and unplug the phone. Download and install PDANet and follow it’s on screen directions to get it to install the drivers manually for your phone. Once it is done installing, plug the phone in and reopen the rooting program.

(Taken from: How To: Root Your Android Phone (SuperOneClick Method) )
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subrock:
I'm interested in doing the oneclick root and lagfix when I get my device (still waiting :mad:) should I do those 2 things before backing up or do I have to do them after? What should I use to back up?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
I downloaded the quadrant app and got a score of 870, is this normal? and how much further can it go?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robotlover:
Hey guys, received my cappy today from rogers. A couple of thoughts:

A: the superoneroot does work, i was getting a bit frustrated with it but it turns out i was just being impatient... Just have to make sure you follow the dev mode steps and be sure the "successfully rooted" window is hiding behind something else as it was for me :-P

B: my received text message stamps are coming in 4 hours off, any idea what's up with that?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
870 is normal. If you root and apply the lagfix you will jump up to 2000 or more. follow instructions from this page. http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-I896
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koreancanuck:
Don't know why it would be 4 hours off when you are using Rogers stock app. You can either use handcent sms which displays messages in the order they are received or use a program like "SMS Time Fix". This one works wonders for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
Do you need to install the samsung drivers? are they important?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BTTNext:
I'm experiencing the same problem as you are, but I'm already running Cognition on mine and was wondering if that had anything to do with it. Are you running on stock?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manoly55:
To fix that, download and install "SmsFixTimes" from the android market. Then in the settings set the offset to +4 hours (its default at +2).

I had the same problem on my stock rogers and found this fix after much googlin'. Apparently its a pretty common issue with Rogers/Fido network only. Other devices have had the same problem but fixed with a firmware update download from Rogers Tech Centre website. But there is none for the captivate yet since its too new.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
Hey, how do I transfer files from captivate-pc and vice versa? when I plug in the usb as mass storage, my pc does not even show the captivate drive.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
im trying to remember how in eclair. i know the usb drivers are a little funny. on froyo there is a notification in the status bar, you pull it down and mount the phone from there. i cant remember if you get the notification in eclair.

even though you may have selected mass storage you may still need to mount the phone like i discribed, try it both in debugging mode and not in debugging mode. these phone can be very odd with usb connections with an eclair rom. then if it still doesnt work try to manually install the drivers.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
ah never mind, it works now :) I switched the setting from ask on connection to Mass storage, the mounting option did not come up when I was using the first setting.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
ugh so where exactly do I put my music? should I jus drag and drop anywhere? and how do I access the app storage?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
You can make a folder called "Music" on the external or internal SD and put all your music there. Technically you can just put them anywhere, the music player will detect all mp3s
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
The built in sd has a folder called media, I just keep all my stuff there. Seems best for organization.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
Quoted wrong post my bad
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
Ah I see. Btw isnt there TWO drives for the captivate? how come the one with the Apps does not show up?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
Because with great power comes great responsibility:)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HH007:
F!@k...damn us Canadian's getting scrwed

lol..

Sorry, I just needed to vent, and I thought Id share with my Captivate brothers. One of the reasons I bought the Android is because of its support for Google and its products (since they make it!)

But I was severely disappointed to find out that Google Voice App does NOT work for us Canadians. And here I was SOOO looking forward to using that App to call all over Canada and give a big middle finger to Rogers.

*sighs*

Ok. I feel a little better now...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
Hey is it possible if someone post a step by step guide on how to root, then lag fix, and how do I back up my phone? like contacts, apps, etc? can I backup before the root? or can I backup anytime?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleither:
I really hope my battery life improves...last night I fully charged before I went to bed, used the phone for about 10m (battery meter read 98%), woke up no 8.5 hours later and my battery is now 54%. There's no way that the phone should be burning through that much power in standby.

I'm in a pretty good area for coverage and usually have between 3-4 bars. Any ideas?

Edit: I should mention that I'm at home on wifi, and I have been leaving GPS on (though not using any gps apps). Should I leave the GPS in the off position?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flipbwoi:
Hey uys I downloads that Rogers stock rom that was posted got into clockwork recovery and was able to restore to that rom but after rebooting I was just stcuk at the AT&T world phone logo.

For those with the i897 and were able to load the Rogers rom how did you go about doing so? I hav flashed back to my AT&T backup but would like the Rogers rom. Please help, thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flipbwoi:
Oh and not sure where I read it but you don't really need the smstimefix just turn off the auto date and time update in time settings and it will use the clock on your phone. This worked for me jut an FYI
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkancho:
ugh.. been trying to root using the superoneclick method but I'm getting the loop as well. I tried uninstalling drivers and doing the

"Close the program and unplug the phone. Download and install PDANet and follow it’s on screen directions to get it to install the drivers manually for your phone. Once it is done installing, plug the phone in and reopen the rooting program.

(Taken from: How To: Root Your Android Phone (SuperOneClick Method) )"

but that isn't working either... frustration..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
The loop is actually normal. it took me a couple of tries before it worked but i think it's just that i was being impatient. It could actually take up to 30minute so give it some time. Make sure you are in debugging mode and that you have unmounted your drives. TO unmount, just go to settings, storage and something and you'll see the option to unmount. Good Luck.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkancho:
Yeah I tried leaving it on for at least 30 mins. At one point it just stops looping and stays at 'waiting for device'
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
On my captivate it took me about 6 tries of trying to plug/unplug, remove/add debugging during the loop for it to finally work.

My friends captivate took me about 30 tries and 2 hours for it to work, I don't know why some take longer than others, I did the exact same process, when it finally worked my eyes didn't believe it, it's like the computer was laughing at me.

So keep trying, it will eventually work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Download Titanium Backup from the Market first and perform a backup. Next go here for the download links for rooting and lagfix. Root first, then install lagfix.

All info is provided on this link: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-I896 use SuperOneClick for rooting, not sure about the other methods. Post if you have any issues.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
I had the same issue till I did this:

If you're having issues with "wait for device" or if RATC is looping, try this

Do Not close the program when stuck, just do steps below.

Unplug your USB Cable

Go to Settings > Applications > Development

Uncheck USB Debugging

Plug in your USB Cable

Unplug your USB Cable

Check USB Debugging

Plug in your USB Cable

After doing this I was rooted. I never used or downloaded that PDANet thing nor needed it. Just download and install the Captivate USB Samsung Drivers for your machine before doing anything.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eliteowner:
Darn, everyone here on the i896 thread has been posting only about rooting.. Has anyone unlocked the phone or even tried to FLASH with AT&T and then try finding the unlock code? I am getting the phone on monday and I am on Bell so this would be greatly appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mik101:
FLASH CLOCKWORK from the stock recovery

Use the rogers modem.bin and put it in the cognition 2.2 latest beta (If you have problems with the stock one -- i couldnt get a mobile data connection).

Fill in your APN settings (I can post them later if someone needs it -- or just write them down before you flash)

Then you're already rooted, no need to worry about superoneclick or any of that jazz, plus its Froyo. ;)

Enjoy guys.

Edit: GPS probably doesn't work -- my friend is reporting back (was his phone). Will update as I know more.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clemix:
so can we unlock the rogers version of the captivate?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koreancanuck:
Titanium backup won't work when he doesn't have root access. Best bet is to maybe just save apk's using astro or another backup program. I don't know a backup program other than Titanium though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BakedGoodsX:
This is where I messed up. I did the AT&T Froyo but now cannot connect to 3G/data. What exactly is the rogers.bin and how do I put it in cognition/AT&T ROM? Also, the APN settings would be amazing. Also, how would I go about flashing to the original Rogers ROM if I decide to do that instead?

Any more info is much appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flipbwoi:
hey guys can anyone tell me why when trying to load the rogers rom on the i897 I get stuck at installing update.... I've tried the pull battery and putting it back in and it still gets stuck. And yes I did wipe data and cache before trying to load the rogers rom zip

Only way I got it to load was un zipping and doing restore from the folder but then after rebooting I get stuck at the at&t screen.

Can anyone or has anyone had this problem and know how to solve it please let me know thanks

Sent from Tapatalk on my Samsung Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koreancanuck:
One search of google would've helped ;)

http://thekidd.ca/blog/2009/05/rogers-apn-configuration-for-android-phones/

I've tested this with my friend's Rogers SIM and 3g worked fine for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BakedGoodsX:
Thank you. I actually found that information and tried it. Unfortunately the AT&T 2.2 I have seems to delete the Rogers APN when I enter any number into MCC.

So I'll go create APN > Enter info > Save > brings back to APN screen with no rogers.

If I add rogers without entering in MCC data it saves fine. Really strange. Might try cognition instead.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mik101:
I messed with that for a while earlier. I'll upload a build for people to try if someone could mirror it or throw it on 4shared/megaupload or something that'd be great.

Even with the APN settings set correctly, I couldn't get a working data connection out of the Captivate without flashing the Rogers modem file.

I haven't touched the build.prop or anything because I don't want to brick anyones phone (and my test captivate is an hour and a half away at the moment) so it still shows up as an ATT Model Captivate.

ClockworkMod Recovery(Flash from stock recovery, then when you boot into the stock recovery the next time goto 'rebuild' or whatever it says there, I forget exactly, but you'll know when you see it):

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10481943/clockwork_recovery.zip

Then you can flash:

Cognition 2.2b9.2.13 with Rogers modem.bin

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10481943/Cognitionv2.2BETA9.1.3Rogers.zip

Please note: The GPS probably won't lock but I didn't have any time to test it before my friend left town earlier.

Good starting point anyways -- once you flash cognition you'll be rooted.

APN settings (if its not listed here, leave it at the default setting):

Name: Rogers

APN: rogers-core-appl1.apn

MMSC: http://mms.gprs.rogers.com

MMS Proxy: 10.128.1.69

MMS Port: 80

MCC: 302

MNC: 720

APN Type: Internet + MMS

Atleast thats what I pulled off my other X10 and has been working haha. My Nexus running CM6.1RC1 has quite the list of APNs.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BakedGoodsX:
Thanks for the info!

Just to be clear, I rename clockwork recovery file to 'update.zip' and place it (and the cog .zip) on the root of the phone the boot into recovery (volume up and down on boot)

-> hit reinstall updates

Then what? How do I tell it to use the cog.zip? Do I go into the clockwork app and select 'rom from SD card'?

Alternately, could I try and instead the modem.bin into their ODIN rom and use that instead?

Thanks again for all your work and info.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mik101:
Yep thats all correct, sorry I was in a bit of a hurry there.

When you go to reinstall updates its going to take you to the Clockwork recovery menu. From there you can "install zip from sdcard" and and then choose zip from sdcard and install the cog.zip.

From there you reboot, wait a few minutes, and 2.2 will boot up. :)

I'm sure you could try using the modem file with ODIN and another rom. I'm new to the Samsungs, so I'm not sure how much variation there is between galaxy versions and software revisions. From what I've read I don't see why it wouldn't work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BakedGoodsX:
Awesome! Except well when I hit 'reinstall packages' I get:

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

Any ideas? I've had this problem in clockwork before, not sure how to fix it.

I'm going to try and insert the modem.zip into the Cog ODIN package and see if that works.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mik101:
No chance you already have root? You can try reinstalling clockwork through rom manager off the market if you do. If not-- SuperOneClick root is still working on the Rogers Captivate -- its just a pain in the butt.

I'm trying to find another link for the clockwork recovery, might be a checksum error after all the times I moved things around this afternoon.

You can try this one here: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=429127&d=1288330229

Also be careful about where your update files are because you can see both the internal memory and the sdcard from the flasher.

I'm definitely nowhere as skilled as some of the talent we have on here, but I'll try to do what I can. More than anything I'm hoping to get the ball rolling for us Canadians on Rogers. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BakedGoodsX:
Thanks. I tried the new file--same problem. I get the error even when I use the recovery file directly from clockwork. And yes, the device is rooted.

When it mounts the SD card I just but it in the root folder. How do I access the internal memory files instead?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koreancanuck:
I should've mentioned I tested it out using cognition.