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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betadan:
Yes i had tried it in admin

then i tried it in my wifes netbook (32-bit) and am happy to say i am running cognition now :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FutureSix:
Would anyone know how to take French Canadian language out of Rogers Captivate, to integrate it into any rom? (aka Cognition?)

French in AT&T only comes with an AZERTY keyboard...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
I'd like to have your /system/app/Swype.apk PLEASE :D

I really need it because it has French/Qwerty keyboard instead of Azerty.

Thanks in advance!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] integrasaurus:
Sure, I just don't know how to do it! Please, can somebody give me some instructions on how to upload system files?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
The simplest way is to use Root Explorer (~4$ on the market) to copy the file to your sd card then to your computer.

Or with adb and the Android SDK.

You can also buy Root Explorer and uninstall it after you get the file, so you would get your money back.

It's up to you, in both way I will tell you how to do it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnMersault:
This is a quick version of the steps to use adb, there are more detailed guides all over XDA. You can use root explorer for some of the requests people have, but not all.

On the computer:

Download the AndroidSDK (I can't link to anything, since I'm too new of a member). Unzip it to your home directory (C:\Users\<username>\AndroidSDK on Windows, /Users/<username>/AndroidSDK on Mac OS X, for example). Open a command line (Terminal.app on Mac, or cmd.exe on Windows) and navigate to the tools folder inside the AndroidSDK folder.

On the phone:

In the phone's Settings, go to Applications -> Development and enable 'USB debugging'.

On the computer:

Now you need to get a shell going with root privileges.

adb shell
su

You'll need to have your phone screen unlocked and open so you can grant the 'su' program root privileges when prompted. You should see the prompt change from a '$' to a '#'. You're now sitting at a root shell prompt.

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

That will get us a virgin copy of the boot partition, I think. Next up, we need to find the swype.apk file for froli13:

cp /system/app/Swype.apk /sdcard/

On the phone:

Pull down the notification bar and 'Select to copy file to/from your computer' and mount the internal SD card on the computer. You should be able to grab the files from the SD card and upload them to the forum.

Final Step:

Await further requests for files :)

Oh, and create a proper NANDROID backup of the ROM. I'm sure a quick google will turn up the relevant howtos.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
For my request you can simply do

adb pull /system/app/Swype.apk
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vicvondoom:
I got mine yesterday at Rogers! ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnevets27:
Done. You've been trying hard to get this. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JStar1033:
For anyone thats tried out cognition's rom on the I896, just how bad is the GPS?

I'm really debating about flashing it, but I'm not sure how worth it, it really is.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
It's very bad. I was able to lock onto on Satellite only. Mine locks on after about 3 mins but always places me about 5 blocks away:(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flipbwoi:
Hey guys first off want to thank opcow and sean for their posts it had helped me get on rogers software finally on the at&t and it is amazing so much better.

But now got one problem still and that is the gps does not work as well as posted by many others. I came off they at &t firmware and wanted the rogers because of all the gps reviews about its gps working amazingly.

Anyone coming off of at&t and gonna rogers software and their gps doesn't work? Any help would be appreciated thanks again everyone

Sent from Tapatalk on my Samsung Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_joe:
Any luck with the files below?

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

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnevets27:
I'm not exactly sure what you are looking for me to get. I just used root explorer to get the .apk

adb doesn't want to work on my comp. I can't even get my captivate connect through mass storage. So far the drivers aren't working all that well for me on win 7 x64.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbrummell:
To get mass storage to work, when the Samsung screen pops up with the 3 options....CLOSE IT. From the Android nav bar, select USB option, and select Mount USB. Then you can access the drive in Windows.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FunkyMcBain:
How's this phone work and how are the ROMs for it? I've got my eye on a Galaxy S phone, I'm currently on a Nexus One and the screen drives me f%$^ing crazy but the ROM support for that phone is incredible.

Is this thing running Froyo? Does it overclock? Sorry for the basic questions, I'm going to look into it a bit more but would just like to get some quick feedback on how this phone is performing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Thanks for recognizing all the work myself and opcow have done. We are all trying to help here lol. I am having the exact same issue as you are. Loaded the AT%T ROM then flashed back to the Rogers firmware and GPS is horrible. I wish I knew a solution. Nobody seems interested in creating a ROM for us which is crazy since the AT&T firmware/rom is crap and Rogers is amazing. I really want to go back to full stock. We need developers!!!!!! I even supplied the info to DesignGears about our awesome rom and donated money with no response. What a joke.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
I asked someone to dump that a few days ago, but got no response.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnMersault:
I'm using Windows 7 64bit and have had no troubles with adb or my Captivate. Here are what you need (replace the hxxp with http):

Captivate Drivers:

hxxp://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201007/20100716004231953/SGH-i897_Captivate_USB_Drivers_5_02_0_2.zip

USB Drivers:

hxxp://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x64.shtml

The other thing you might need to do is change which USB port you are using. Some people are reporting that USB ports at the front of their computer aren't working correctly. Make sure you're plugging into a USB port that is on the motherboard.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FunkyMcBain:
Do Vibrant ROMs run on this thing?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deacfire:
The GPS is HORRIBLE using any other rom unfortunately.

Honestly stick with stock for now! Once rooted and lagfixed it is much faster and more reliable then Cognition's roms right now (My quadrant scores were ~1200 with Cog 2.2 and ~2200 with stock lagfixed). And plus you get a useable GPS with the stock rom!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsphoto:
Files requested

ran the commands you requested, files attached.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] integrasaurus:
Sorry for the late response guys, I pulled the files, but seems like I'm too late! Thanks jsphoto for filling the requests :)

Out of curiosity, why do you need stl6? Is the file related to the GPS?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
I extracted the files fron that stl6.bin and they are identical to the ones in AT&T firmware (in fact the AT&T logo is there). Have you ever flashed you phone with AT&T firmware?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsphoto:
My phone is the stock rogers firmware, haven't flashed anything else, just rooted it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Param.lfs get written there when you flash AT&T firmware. The Rogers firmware which was posted in this thread recently doesn't include a param.lfs. If we could get a dump of /dev/block/stl6 then (I think) it would allow the creation of an update to get the AT&T logo off of Rogers phones which once had AT&T firmware installed.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
That's interesting.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Here are the extracted files from stl6.bin posted above. As you can see, there is an AT&T logo in there and also i9000 and Vibrant logos.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
I agree with you opcow very suspect. There isn't even a Rogers pic in there. If this device was never flashed with AT&T then i'm confused.:confused:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Did you get the device straight from Rogers? Just wondering if maybe you grabbed it from Kijiji or ebay? I wonder if the lagfix added the AT&T and Vibrant pics to the file? I don't know enough on that to determine or not, but when I lagfixed with RyanZA it did change my wallpaper but not boot logo. I flashed an AT&T rom so i'm stuck with the AT&T logo for now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Thanks for the info anyways I really appreciate it. Looking forward to a custom rom whenever one is created.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
The only thing we need from the i896 is the modem.bin(if it does have hsupa), the rom itself doesn't have anything new on it, its just a rogers 2.1 rom, same as ours but with rogers stuff.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheTodFather:
yes, thank you sean for your efforts we have waiting on this for months 3 maybe...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cropythy:
You know, personally I se this a fine since this keeps the I9000 reorient kernel relavent and the kernel makes getting dev stuff ported from I9000 that much quicker.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swapnil:
and less bloatware :P
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
how would I get the modem.bin off of my device? I'm interested now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
root + busybox + adb shell + dd if=/dev/block/bml12 of=/sdcard/modem.bin
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
I dont even know how to root lol. I'm that new to this, but really would like to know how to?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
The one click lag fix has a one click root option. Also there is a signed update.zip that runs in recovery mode. Search how to root captivate. busy box is in the market but I don't know how to use it (i use cognition so that stuff is pre setup). Adb is part of the development kit search google for android development kit. There will be some instruction for how to install it and run adb.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatttire:
So I guess Rodgers just wanted to use what AT&T had on their modem....

Any chance this is just an early build (since he said he's had it for a month)? Anyone seen it on a final, sold phone? Just got released today just asking...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonArtist:
Apperently it wasnt. Went to many stores and even called Rogers Wireless...All say tomorrow except that one idiot who said early november(worked at Rogers)...

I just hope that when i get it tomorrow, i'll be able to unlock and root with ease and no problems. Currently looking for a guide to root the Rogers Captivate because its a different model # than AT&T.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Please post here is you do find a way to root the Rogers Captivate, i've been looking everywhere for that. The I897 one's don't work on the I896. Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
traditional rooting methods for the captivate didn't work for me either. I hope it's an easy fix and not some sort of rogers block.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
don't have my captivate as yet...will be calling rogers to get one tomorrow when it is launched and in the system.

Just thought I would drop a line and introduce myself to the community. I was hoping to root and install the voodoo lagfix. I guess I would need to see if this is possible on the Rogers ROM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonArtist:
Its out tomorrow for sure. I called Rogers wireless and they checked for me. Call a store and see if they have it in stock.

If there is a block for rooting...I will be VERY mad. I hope i can still unlock it though...

Anyone know if its still possible to unlock the Rogers Captivate?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
Do you really think Rogers will block rooting? I know for the most part they haven't locked down many of their phones. On the RedBoard site they mentionned Rogers won't be making much changes to the phone except "optimizing" the GPS. I guy over at HowardForums posted about his unit:

For whatever that is worth...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonArtist:
Took 2 months just to optimize the gps? lol They have something up their sleeve. With more people buying the phone, a lot of questions will be answered about it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swapnil:
Samsung said it was delayed because of the shortage of Super AMOLED screens.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonArtist:
Fair enough. Picking mine up tomorrow after work....i hope its in stock still when im off :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swapnil:
I am hoping to transfer my contract to someone tomorrow and getting a new one with the captivate at the subsidized rate. Let me know if you get it and if they made any major changes!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsphoto:
I have it rooted, and lagfixed, but not flashed.

Straight from Rogers on HUP

It give an I896 logo and Rogers screen on boot.

Any other files that will help?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
I've never seen a Roger Captivate boot, but my AT&T flashed with Rogers firmware didn't display the Rogers logo until near the end of the boot process. I assumed it was just added as part of the boot animation (in fact it was animated with cycling red dots).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Upon further review, the files aren't all identical. param.blk is different (a single byte).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
When all was stock on mine i got the I896 then rogers logo with the dots.Now I have the exact same boot as you opcow. AT&T then I896 then Rogers logo with dots. Thanks jsphoto for your work, very much appreciated. Sounds to me like Rogers used the AT&T ROM but tweaked it to their standards.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsphoto:
Boot screens

Boot screenshots taken with DDMS
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
I'd like to see the SBL from a stock Rogers Captivate.

dd if=/dev/block/bml4 of=/sdcard/bml4.bin bs=4096​
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
First off, I just want to thank everybody for all their work messing about with the Rogers Captivate. No way am I going to be able to get through the 59 (at the moment) pages in this thread any time soon, so maybe somebody will be able to fulfill my curiosity. What, exactly, does the rageagainstthecage root do when it's rooting your phone? I'm always wary of running unknown binaries willy nilly.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsphoto:
bm14.bin

I trust that nobody's asking me for a file with my e-mail password in it :o
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
LOL thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Well, just for gits and shiggles I flashed the Rogers param.lfs and sbl.bin to my phone, but nothing interesting happened.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoni45:
For the record (and in case this helps anyone), I was able to use the Odin approach to flash Rogers' stock ROM straight from cognition's 2.2 ROM without a hitch. No need to flash to a 2.1 ROM; kept the re-partition option unchecked.

Everything's stock Rogers -- someone mentioned that even when they flashed the Rogers ROM they still had the AT&T startup logo? I have nothing of the sort -- everything seems 100% Rogers.

All this said, way to go Rogers. I don't know what they did with Samsung, but the stock Rogers ROM rocks. Obviously, GPS is fixed (for one), but on top of that (disclaimer: I'm an android n00b, so if some of this stuff is already available, forgive my ignorance):

Call display seems to work as well (I've read this being an android issue, and my cognition ROM didn't have it either -- I'm referring to call display from numbers not saved in phone book). I'm not sure how pervasive of an issue this was, but my friend's X10 had the issue as well so it seems it's at least somewhat pervasive (in fact, that's how I found out about the issue in the first place).

The Rogers ROM has integrated Facebook Sync into the contacts. I was looking for a solution to no avail -- at best, there was a 'photo sync' app I could find. This fully syncs your Facebook contact information, photos and all, into your contacts, and joins them with your existing contacts where applicable. Anyone familiar with the Facebook Blackberry app knows what I'm talking about.

Mobile Hotspot is built in, upto 3 connections -- this was available in cognition's ROM, but it's description made it seem like it wasn't generally available in stock.

I'm still fooling around with it, but the GPS, call display, and facebook integration alone make this ROM downright badass. I'm kicking myself for jumping ship the same day I got it.

Also: Thanks opcow for the instructions -- great help!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
@bnevets27 @jsphoto: Thanks for you help guys, but unfortunately, it doesn't work. I uninstalled my version of Swype then installed the Rogers version and when I start Swype for the first time a message pops up and tell me that this version of Swype isn't made for my phone model so it won't work properly.

I can type, but there's no dictionnary and there's nothing in the language selection menu.

Someone knows if there's something to do?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Nice. I just tried flashing from my 2.2 ROM to Rogers and it didn't work, bit I flashed a different 2.2 (Cognition 9.1.3) and then Rogers and it worked that time.

It's weird that you have no leftover AT&T logo while others do. I wonder if it has something to do with the method you used to flash and/or the specific 2.2 firmware you used.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkancho:
Is there a rogers specific odin or do I just download the file mentioned in the thread [STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader and Drivers CAPTIVATE ONLY

and get the gets rom?

**edit**

n/m stopped being lazy and found it

woohoo.. back to rogers rom
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
The flasher in that thread will load AT&T firmware on to your phone. You want this if you are trying to flash stock Rogers: I896UXJI2. The odin flasher attached to post #1 of this thread will work for flashing it and it comes with the pit file you'll need.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eliteowner:
Has anyone figured out how to unlock the phone yet? Or is no one even bothered to unlock this phone?? Seems like no one is taking a look into this anymore.:(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
There's always a way to unlock a phone. Anybody can unlock the Rogers Captivate, but by now you have to pay.

Go to this website and follow the steps, it will calculate your unlock code. There's only one unlock code for one IMEI. It cost less than 10$ I think.

It worked for me with my HTC Hero before I got my Captivate.

EDIT: I do not guarantee anything, I'm not responsible if it doesn't work. I haven't use this site to unlock my Captivate since it already works with Fido without unlocking.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swapnil:
Did exactly the same thing. But I still have the AT&T logo. Doesn't make a difference but if I want to get something repaired it will cause a problem!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swapnil:
I have a backup from ROM manager when I had stock firmware (rooted). Let me know if I could pull out some info from that!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DAGr8:
also afaik all sgs roms can be easily ported to the cappy no ?

IMUI is what I have in mind ...

P.S I just read all 60 pages just now so forgive me if my head is full and I missed a few things , I ll be modding this baby tomorow tho its late now .
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magatron76:
loading rogers rom on vibrant

Just curious if I can load a Rogers rom on my samsung vibrant? I unlocked my phone and have it on Rogers network but unfortunately only get edge speeds and not 3G don't know if a Rogers rom would make a difference or if it is hardware not firmware?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnevets27:
Thanks DamnMersault, I did have those drivers but I forgot to install one. All working now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spores:
Not yet. Rogers has tweaked the firmware to fix the many issues that other android systems are having, but has also fixed the unlock "issue" as well.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Okay since I flashed the Stock AT&T ROM then flashed the rogers firmware my GPS has been the ****s like everyone else who tried what I did. I just gave my Captivate to my father and took his Nexus(he hates it lol, but i love it). I went to Privacy then did the Factory data reset (note that this will wipe out your apps and setting but not your SD stuff etc.....) and went into the GPS and got an instant lock. Then tried the Navigation part of google maps and my GPS is back in business. I was soooo happy to figure this out and i'm sure everyone else will as well.

1. Backup your apps or write them down so you can download them again after the reset.

2. Go to Setting, Privacy, then do the Factory data reset.

3. After reset is complete check the Google Maps and see if it locks onto you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mik101:
Thats awesome sean -- probably a good idea to add a factory reset step after flashing new roms on this phone then. Please keep us posted.

I'm working on a modified version of cognition v2.3b3 this time hopefully with working 3g out of the box, proper ids in the about sections, etc etc. Hopefully my buddy will drop by later so I can give it a try before I distribute it. I really need to just get one of these phones, but I see no reason to replace my nexus and I'm sure not made of money haha.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbrotherbear:
once someone finds a real fix for the wifi problem, the captivate will be a solid phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DAGr8:
Im sorry witch wifi problem again ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
My wifi is flawless, what issue?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jung-na:
is it possible to get froyo 2.2 on this phone? I896? leaked or something
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_joe:
Just an update regarding the AT&T splash screen on Rogers phones. It can be removed by flashing with odin and ticking the repartition box but the problem after that seems to be that the install isn't finishing because unlike the stock AT&T floating around, the Rogers stock we use doesn't have param.lfs file and it's stalling somewhere. I tried adding that and another file ( sbl.bin ) which I extracted from stock AT&T 2.1 to the Rogers rom but the splash screen appears again after the install. The CWM is still functional and can do restore up to the data part but when it gets to datadata it seems it can't mount something and gives an error. I'm guessing as a result of the repartition? Now if only somebody can find a way to make the rogers rom complete the install while the logo isn't there. I don't know anything about adb and all that stuff so can't go past using CWM and odin to load files to the phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_joe:
Yes of course but better if you read through the forum before diving in.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbrotherbear:
i made a post on general:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=827988

I don't quite understand the whole issue myself, i just know that there's an issue =P

Same Problem over here:

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s/107859-wifi-galaxy-s.html