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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_joe:
Here's what I did.

Before you perform any of the work below, be sure you have Clockworkmod rom manager installed and working as well as your backup rom from rogers as you will perform the restore from recovery mode. In my case I have the stock Froyo (2.2 ) installed and have to downgrade to stock AT&T before CWM can become operational in recovery mode. If you have the Cog installed I believe you don't need to downgrade to AT&T stock as CWM works in recovery there. If you have other variants of froyo installed, I can't be of help with regards to CWM working in recovery mode under that firmware.

Get Odin and pit at the address as I am not allowed to post link, change " xx " to " tt " ( hxxp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=818439 ) might as well read through the thread to spot potential problems to avoid

Extract files and ran Odin as administrator ( just to cover all the bases )

Click and point pit to folder where you extract pit then click pda and point to the Rogers rom ( it's zipped so have to extract it as well, it has a .tar extension ) where you extracted it

Power off your phone ( I did removed the battery, sim card and external sdcard although it might not matter but that's how I did mine, of course put the battery back in )

Hold Vol up and down key as you plug the usb cable and keep holding until you see the yellow downloading image on the phone screen and let go. Keep in mind though that there might be different ways to put the phone in download mode by reading somewhere, but that's how it worked in mine. Let Odin do it's job and the phone will reboot.

If at this point, you got your Rogers Rom back good for you and enjoy. If not boot into recovery mode, press Vol up and down key and the power key at the same time. AT&T splash screen will show but keep pressing all 3 buttons then screen will go blank then another AT&T logo will show up now let go of the power button but keep pressing the Vol keys until the recovery mode shows up then you can let go. If you have the CWM recovery installed and working before performing the above steps, then you can restore your backup from here. Please note that you might have to go to " reinstall package " before the CWM menu will load then restore from there.

Hope this will help other unfortunate adventurers like me get back to stock Rogers :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Flashed my AT&T to Rogers using the Odin flasher. I flased back to the stock AT&T stock 2.1 firmware using this first and then flashed the Rogers I896UXJI2. On the flash to 2.1 I checked the repartiton box. I don't even know what it does, but I know I had to do that in order to get a JH7 flash to work, so I did it for this.

I briefly get the AT&T logo and then I get an i896 logo (looks very much like the i9000 white text on black logo), then the Rogers logo.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
errrrrr i'm sooooo frustrated. I was lucky to get a Captivate from a connection before it was released and mine has the ECLAIR.UXJH4 official Rogers build on it (last build they tested before releasing ECLAIR.UXJI2) and it's amazing but want to flash the Official ROM now. I have tried everything and can't get it to flash. Not sure what i'm doing wrong lol. Any help?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Forgot to mention that i'm being held up at "Installing update......". How can I get this to load. I've even left in for over 30 mins and no change.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enhanced:
Does anyone know if lag fixing affects the ability to firmware upgrade from Rogers/Samsung? If it does, can the phone be reverted to accept updates again?

I really do you want to lag fix but don't want any complications to arise when Froyo is available from Rogers. While my phone has notably slowed down, I think I can still stick it out if it means that Froyo can easily be obtained without any complications. First half of 2011 isn't THAT far away.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
I used the version of Odin linked in the first post of this thread. It also contains a pit file with I used.

Try this:

Close any running copies of Odin.

Unplug your phone.

Start Odin as administrator (right-click->Run as administrator) and select the PIT.pit file for the PIT slot and I896UXJI2-homebinary.tar for the PDA slot.

Hold down both volume buttons on the phone while plugging in the USB cable and continue to hold the buttons until you see the download mode screen (yellow triangle with a shoveling android).

Click start in Odin when you see that the phone has been detected (the box labeled "ID:COM" will turn yellow and show the com port).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
I tried what you said but Odin3 just sits at File analysis.. ????
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
I don't know what it is. The most common problems I see are:

The phone is in the wrong mode (e.g. recover mode instead of download)

The person didn't really run as administrator (they thought they were because their user account had administrator rights so they didn't do the right-click thing)

The phone wasn't cleanly detected by Odin (which seems to be finicky about having a device plugged in and then unplugged and plugged in again)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zuNcHAN:
How is the battery life now? Also, is there an ideal amount of days to fully drain the battery?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnMersault:
So let me get this stright, even after using Odin to flash back to the stock Rogers ROM, we're still seeing the AT&T logo at bootup? There's got to be a way to get these phones back to *actual* stock Rogers state, without this AT&T stuff still lurking around.

Alternatively, anyone know how I can mod this Cognition install to remove the AT&T logo and use the Samsung boot animation that came with the phone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
I think you got my problem with this "The phone is in the wrong mode (e.g. recover mode instead of download). Thats got to be my issue. I am always in recovery mode. Okay whenever I hold down both volumes and power at the same time it reboots and shows the I896 with Samsung below so I keep holding but it just keeps looping showing the I896 with Samsung below. When I do let go after it loops and loops it then boots into Android system recovery where I can reboot, reinstall etc..... so what am I doing wrong? How do i get into Download mode? Thanks for your help
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Power down the phone. Disconnect the USB cable (go ahead and start Odin after disconnecting). Hold both volumes but don't touch the power button. While holding both volumes plug the USB cable into the phone and continue to hold the volume buttons and do not press power. The phone should start in download mode after a second or three.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Thanks that got me into download mode quickly. I flashed the firmware but now when it boots to the Rogers screen the dots just load and load for like 30 secs or more and then the phone goes black. Am I bricked?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alybhaloo:
"then flashed the Rogers I896UXJI2"

what does thaat step require .

so i was with rogers orignally , then had 2.2 at&t , downgraded to 2.1 at&t

and now im stuck

i dont know how to get the rogers rom

can someone give me a step by step from here

"On the flash to 2.1 I checked the repartiton box. I don't even know what it does, but I know I had to do that in order to get a JH7 flash to work, so I did it for this."
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
My phone is definitely Bricked!!! Help Please
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Not if you get that far. Mine stayed at the Rogers logo for a long time first boot after flashing. Not sure how long.

What ROM was on your phone before you flashed the Rogers firmware? I flashed back to AT&T 2.1 from the 2.2 ROM I was running before flashing the Rogers firmware.

The sequence I used was like this:

Was running Cognition b9.1.3

Odin flashed to stock AT&T 2.1 using this (I didn't use the one-click version because it can remove your ability to start download mode using buttons). I ticked the repartition box in Odin. I have no idea whether that is needed, but it was needed when flashing to stock and then subsequently to the AT&T 2.1 update (JH7) and I reasoned that the updated 2.1 from AT&T may have a lot in common with the Rogers version of the firmware.

Flashed the Rogers firmware and did not tick the repartition box.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
If you can still get into download mode it isn't bricked. Remove that battery and try again using the sequence from my last post (a pain in the ass, I know).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Sorry, the Rogers I896UXJI2 was linked a few posts earlier in the thread:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TT4RYLDZ
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] integrasaurus:
Battery life is good! Last charge lasted 13hrs with HEAVY use (music, lots of browsing, games -- screen was pretty much on all the time). I do not think there is an ideal amount of days to full drain the battery. I have done it 5-6 times, and now I charge the phone whenever I can.

I'm trying to slow down the use today to see how long the battery can last in "real world" conditions. Here's the info:

Battery Status: 70%

8h 16min since unplug

Voice calls - 45% - 23min

Display - 20% - 32min

Standby - 16% 7h 56min

Idle - 11% - 7h 28min

Android System - 5% : CPU usage: 14min CPU foreground: 15s
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
It's the same for me, but don't worry Fido won't charge your roaming fees, it's only the phone that "thinks" he's roaming. It was the same with my Hero and VillainRom
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enhanced:
Wow, 8 hours in and at 70%. I would kill for that battery life.

I've done the charge and drain 4 times and it's not looking too great. I think people place a bit too much emphasis on the initial charging and draining exercise. I bet most of the time, it's the luck of the draw on whether you will get good/bad battery life depending on the battery supplied to you.

Just hoping that the battery will improve from here on out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Thanks a ton for all your help. I got it fixed now and i'm back in business. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m37h:
Just repeating the same question from another poster, I noticed that the AT&T logo flashed the 1st time after the reload of the Rogers ROM. The question is do you still see the AT&T logo at all after the 2nd reboot?

Thanks, I will try this when I got home today.

Also, does anyone know if I can restore titanium restore from 2.2 to 2.1 ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
I think mine continued to show the AT&T logo briefly, then the i896 logo, but I've already flashed another ROM--just wanted to do some GPS testing with the Rogers firmware.

You should be ok restoring apps+data, but don't restore system data.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
I already asked this question, but is there someone using the Rogers stock rom that could upload the /system/app/Swype.apk file please? I need it because it has French+Qwerty keyboard wich is rare! :p

And I'm wondering if I have to install it or just move the apk to /system/app/ ??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clemix:
does the [PROGRAM]One Click Unlock / All Models (Mac & PC) from the android captivate development thread works on rogers captivate?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
How has the testing turned out for the firmware I posted earlier that you flashed. Ever since I flashed the AT&T stock, then flashed my Rogers one (one i posted today) my GPS is horrible. How about yours?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
Yes it works.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Mine improved significantly when running the rogers firmware.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
Hey, I heard theres an application that eliminates ads if I root my phone, but how much bandwidth do application ads take up? I don't have an unlimited data plan, so every bit counts. Please respond and thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eliteowner:
Have you gotten it work? I go the error saying it could not find the nv_data.bin
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
It worked for me with absolutely no error. There's an other way to get root explained in this thread. It's a bit more complicated but 100% working. It's between page 46 and 50 I think.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alybhaloo:
ALMOST !

"Rogers I896UXJI2"

I flashed my 2.2 to at&t 2.1 and

so now i downloaded that above file ...

can someone tell me what to do from here

i just had the biggest scare i bricked my phone ... 4 hours later after trying to get it download mode i got it back up on the 2.1 for at&t ... please i can feel it im almost there can someone walk me through what to do with "Rogers I896UXJI2" like what files to put in odin , what to click .. please
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spores:
I got the nv_data.bin file using adb shell...

are you trying to unlock the phone? I tried, but there's no unlock code after you search for SSNV.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alybhaloo:
I got it !!

i love this forum ! thanks so much guys ! everyone who posted the solutions.

I guess im in the same boat now how do we get rid of that at&t bootup launcher or whatever ??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eliteowner:
Are you talking about rooting the phone? I am talking about unlocking the phone. I am really new to this...do i need to root the phone to use that unlocking? tool?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_joe:
If you have the Rogers' one I don't think the unlock program will work. Didn't work with mine nor have I read somebody ( with Rogers captivate ) successful in unlocking theirs. I could be wrong though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
Didn't work for me, I tried the one click unlock from the market, and I tried the manual method with the hex editor. Instead of a code, its a bunch of 9's and other random characters that don't make up an unlock code.

Good thing I'm on fido, I still get to use the phone until this is figured out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inningsdefeat500:
Can someone show me how ot go back to original Rogers Mode, like out of the back as I need to exchange the phone and I still have superuser app in the apps but unrooted
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BTTNext:
Is anyone else still having the issues with the text message time stamps? Every text message that I get is 4 hours behind. Called in, they said they know about this and no ETA for fix. Damn it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koreancanuck:
Download "SMS Time Fix" from the market. It works for me :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BumRush:
I'm running cognition 2.2.beta.9.1.3. Is there anyway to get the i896 logo and the galaxy S boot animation back?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
Sorry I misread, I thought you wanted to root... My bad
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnMersault:
If you figure out a way, please let me know. I want to get rid of this AT&T logo and get the rather nice Samsung animation back.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deacfire:
So I was finally able to root the other night. I am working on a step by step for everyone who can't seem to get SuperOneClick to work for them!

Also once rooted and installed Lagfix my Quadrant scores went from ~850 to ~2500. I saw a HUGE difference in speeds. Then i installed Cog 2.2 for kicks and my score went down to ~1200 :(. Has anyone else seen the same kinda results?

Also having some major problems with Cog unfortunately (Data and wifi stops working randomly). Really wish I could get back to stock but still trying to figure that out!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o_ssie:
For those looking to change the icons in the dock for the stock launcher:

From home screen

Click applications

Click menu

Click view type

Choose customizable grid

Click menu again

Click edit

Click and hold the icon you wanna move, and move it

When you are done all your changes, click menu again and save

Hope this helps
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
If someone with original firmware, is rooted can do the following:

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/stl6 of=/sdcard/stl6.bin​

and then post stl6.bin

I'd like to look into fixing this.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnMersault:
Wouldn't that be 'dd if=/dev/block/stl6 of=/mnt/sdcard/stl6.bin'? At least on Cognition the sd card is mounted at /mnt/sdcard, but perhaps not with Rogers stock.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s44:
Put a file called .nomedia in the folder you have the audiobooks in and Android's media scanner won't pick them up.

Of course, then you need an audiobook player that works off of directories and not the media list.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Just a Tip for Everyone:

If your happy with your GPS DO NOT change your ROM right now. My GPS is now the ****s. Everything was 100% when I decided to check out the stock AT&T rom so I loaded it and it was terrible compared to the rogers rom. I then flashed the Rogers firmware back onto my phone and now GPS is horrible. I have tried everything and nope it sucks!!! Really regretting that I changed my ROM. Stay with your rogers rom and just enjoy rooting and lagfix for now till someone can create Odin for us.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_joe:
Sorry to read about the issue you have but mine didn't seem to be affected once restored to Rogers stock. Accuracy is at 900m at startup and after about 5-7 sec later it goes to 10m sometimes even to 5m.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
On 2.1 I ROMs believe it was mounted at /sdcard.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deacfire:
Just a little fyi. I have written up a full tutorial on how to root the rogers captivate for those who can't get the SuperOneClick to work.

It can be found here
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
Yea i did some research and found out how to do it last night. It works, i heard some ppl has their files deleted when doing this but im fine so far. Im using Astro Player for my Audiobooks, it allows me to actually go to the directory were i want to play my Audiobooks and it does a good job of bookmarking my progress.

For those interested in the .nomedia file:

1. Open Notepad

2. Save As

3. Name it ".nomedia"

4. Dont save it as .txt, save it as "All files"

5. Copy it to wherever you dont want media players to pick up files.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhrProfess:
DEACFIRE FTw

...Bah: Can't lag-fix.

--RyanZA's OCLF V2.2+ returns error:

Could not mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 onto /dbdata/rfsdata: mount: No such file or directory

--OCLF V1+ returns error:

Could not create /data/linux.ex2 - dd: can't open '/data/linux.ex2': Permission denied

Other user reports same problem
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iceyflare:
Anyone know how can I manually check firmware update on the Captivate?

From my last Android phone (Droid). I went to "Setting" > "About phone" and there's a button I can click on to manually check update available or not. However I couldn't find that anywhere in the Captivate.

That meant I must go through Kies (I heard Kies doesn't work on Canada version Captivate yet)

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
Are you running Cognition?

It doesn't work for me but not the same error message, but I guess it's because Cognition uses Voodoo lagfix by default. I may be wrong too I don't know much about that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deacfire:
Yes Cognition does have lagfix installed so RyanZa's would not work. However RyanZa should work with the stock Rogers rom, at least it did for me. You did grant RyanZa's superuser permissions correct?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
I am using Cognition now, but RyanZa worked when I was using Rogers Rom. Do you know if I could disable Voodoo lagfix from Cognition and install RyanZa's ? (It was faster with RyanZa's lagfix)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mik101:
Got to play with my friends phone again today so I want to clarify a few things for you guys.

ClockworkRecoveryMod backup and restore DOES work -- the rogers image I had posted was corrupt. The exception being the \data\ folder (meaning apps arent backed up and most settings and whatnot). The system partition and whatnot seem to be restored correctly. I was able to intentionally brick the phone and restore it using my NANDROID. Filled in settings again, reinstalled apps and off I went.

What you do have to know is the backups are made on the INTERNAL sd in the CLOCKWORKMOD folder, and this is where backups you want to restore have to be as well.

I didnt have a usb driver on hand to see if I can access the internal memory from windows directly as a mounted drive but I was able to ADB shell into it and push my backup to the internal flash (as well as pull the one I had previously made).

YOUR ACTUAL SDCARD IS NOT SEEN IN THE BACKUP/RESTORE MENU.

If someone with a stock Rogers Captivate could install CWM and get a proper NANDROID that would be great (even if you wanted to PM me and get it to me another way I can host it).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhrProfess:
Oh, crap—that's probably it. How would I do that? At no point do I see a dialog or s prompt.

I'm attempting to run OCLF from my device, with the app I got from the market. Is there an alternate route to take?—a way to do this through ADB Shell or Terminal Emulator...?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deacfire:
Should ask for permissions first time you run OCLF. You can check to see if you granted it permission or not in Superuser. Open Superuser, and It should be on the first page under apps. If you granted it permissions a green dot should be by it. If you denied it then a red dot is by it. Make sure it is allowed (click on it and press allow)

If it is not in the list, honestly I do not know how to add it. Anyone have any idea?

Also in superuser, go to settings and make sure notifications are turned on.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalmar72:
Thanks for the step by step, the rooting took a few tries, also did not ike running out of "documents and settings" copying over the superuser.apk needed to run superoneclick from the c:\directory. but the explanation of the lagfix install really helped.

Quadrant score 875 pre lagfix 2183 post lagfix:)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] integrasaurus:
I'm glad it helped!

Anybody out there need anything? I'm rooted and on the stock rogers firmware.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
Can u do me a favor, would you be able to pull the galaxy clock for me, I'm using a different rom that has the stock android clock, I prefer the galaxy.

It would be greatly appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] integrasaurus:
Sure, just tell me what to do.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betadan:
Odin challenges

I followed your instructions and i cannot get this to work for the life of me.

Odin can see my i896,

There are no devices in device manager that needs drivers

I am at the "downloading..."Screen

when i run odin i get:

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> Can't open the serial(COM) port.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

could this be due to me running windows 7 64-bit?

Thank you for any help
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTFO!:
How can you get a circle battery app to replace the one on the upper bar? is there a way to do it unrooted or rooted? without having to flash roms?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Did you try running Odin as administrator (right-click->Run as administrator)?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] integrasaurus:
Alright, so how do I go about pulling the stock clock, and stock Rogers ROM?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BumRush:
Any new development on the whole removing of the AT&T logo on bootup?