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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnMersault:
Flashing modem.bin To Cognition

What is the easiest way of flashing the Rogers modem.bin onto a Cognition 2.4.1 ROM? I assume I could just replace the modem.bin in the zip with the Rogers one, but is there a way that doesn't involve wiping the whole ROM as well?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
I just flashed it with Odin right over my 2.41 but didn't make a difference for my gps, I can't get a signal, even after waiting 5 minutes.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DAGr8:
please witch fix ? tehy are many post in here related to that thx for linking me ..

actually are you sure ppl can stil hear you well after you done this ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
Yes, I've flashed it over many roms, never had an issue. It's almost like it doesn't affect the rom whatsoever, there's no point to flashing it i feel.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
It is my understanding that the rogers files available out there to "return to stock" are incomplete. They are missing param.lfs and sbl.bin. Someone who knows how to do these things SHOULD be able to generate a true stock restore, possibly even a 1click, for your phones, from a stock build. Unfortunately, I do not know who to recommend.

Try searching "creating odin", "custom odin", "extract and restore sbl.bin" and "extract and restore param.lfs"

hope that is helpful
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zuNcHAN:
I've rooted (I see the Superuser in my applications) and installed RyanZa's lagfix 2.2+ after installing EXT2. The issue is

OneClickLagFix V2.2+ failed with error: Could not mv playlogos1 to playlogosnow – mv: can’t rename ‘/system/bin/playlogos1’: Read-only file system

An issue for this is that OneClickLagFix V2.2+ and Undoing it are both red

I tried re-rooting and that didn't help with the lagfix. When I click "OneClickLagFix V2.2+" it says "You do not have enough free space in /data to use this fix. Please free up space before using this fix". When I click "Undo OneClickLagFix V2+", it says "You do not appear to have a lagfix installed. (/system/bin/playlogos1 greater than 5KB).

edit: issue solved
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
Strange thing happening to my Captivate

After flashing back using the Stock Rom from here, the PDA file and PIT file. Back to Rogers but with a At&t splash screen. When I get into the market and set it up, down load stuff. Then I turn the market off, for some strange reason it starts downloading stuff from the Market all by itself. I can see the download icon on the top of the screen and at times there are three of them. What is going on is there a ghost downloading stuff or is this Rom been comprised by a virus?

:mad:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VGMStudios:
Ma brother got a new Galaxy S from Rogers. He wants me to root it. Ive rooted my N1. But this is a little different from mine.

So I have a few questions.

Do I need to use this tutorial first to get SU then install RyanZA lagfix and any ROM that he may want? (the one click SU does not work)

OR

Can I just use RyanZA lagfix from the market to get SU and Root?

Also everytime he pushes the power button to turn on the phone it reboots and shows the I896 screen. Why is this happening?

VGM out...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DAGr8:
there is a thread hee step by step rooting guide for i896
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VGMStudios:
i dont understand your reply.

it doesnt answer my question. :/

could you elaborate.

btw what is "hee"?

VGM out...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DAGr8:
hee meant 'here' r was missing , and by here I meant in this same section but since you can not seem to use the search button here is a little help :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=827544
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvertag:
Probably just your profile synching up. I did see this behaviour on my Magic when switching ROM. The market would go into download mode on apps i had on previous ROM but was not reinstalled at the moment. Market it does it for you for a few apps nothing to be scared off.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VGMStudios:
heh.. interesting how you mock me. Ive searched. Its why I am asking for help.

Im not your run of the mill user who doesnt do their homework first.

So dont mock me. OK! :)

Ive posted this same tutorial in my OP. I only posted the link to the source where that tutorial came from. So giving me a link to the same thing doesnt help me much.

As I said I am unsure if I should use that tutorial first or can I just go directly to RyanZA lagfix? So do I need to get SU first or can I go directly to the lagfix? I ask cause I read lagfix gives you SU?

Can someone with knowledge about this sort of thing answer me please?

Also everytime he pushes the power button to turn on the phone it reboots and shows the I896 screen. Why is this happening?

VGM out...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DAGr8:
heheh :P

im sure you knew im was not mocking was just bein a tiny bit sarcastic ..

so yea you need root in order to apply lag fix if hes stuck on some sort of boot loop try master clear using odin one click ( assuming you already tried factory reset ) worst case scenario you ll have to flash the att f/w using the same one click odin , you can also try to flash stock rogers first its vailable in previous page .. hope this helps ..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
Thanks for the replay there, but actually I know the syncing up thing with Market. I really is downloading stuff I haven't even downloaded myself like Adobe Reader, strange stuff like that something that I'd never think of downloading. Nevertheless I went back to At&t 2.2Rom although this rom is ok for now because it's froyo I still can't get over the fact that it's not Rogers Branded. I now have an At&t phone damnit, which I will address in another post.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
IMEI number change warning when flashing roms.

Hey guys, I just want to let you know that I found out the hard way that after flashing my Captivate I'm left with a useless IMEI number. In fact I believe everyone who has flashed their phone has this same IMEI number. There could be hundreds of us having this strange number it's got zeros in it. Look through the threads and you know what I mean. The Rogers Rom in the forums is not the Stock Rom in fact it's just a firmware part of the full Flash we need to get a true Rogers Stock Captivate.

Please please read through the forums as a word of advise as I found out the hard way that not only will you void your warranty you also may end up with a branded phone from another carrier, worst yet a useless IMEI number.

Question: If there is anyone here with knowledge about Rogers and IMEI numbers please message or reply. As we know we use SIM cards but does Rogers care about the IMEI number on our phones to use the network or is the SIM enough for us to be on the network?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HH007:
Well..it looks like I was the 'lucky' one to get a broken phone

Hello,

This is a message to all the readers — My captivate has just died on me. It can call out and receive calls, but it cannot send or receive data anymore. I have called Tech support, and after an hour of trouble shooting, and checking my SIM card on my old phone — we have realized that is it the PHONE that is the issue. 3g, edge, nothing works. Virtually no data is sent or received. And I didnt even root the phone. Its all stock.

I bought the phone from Futureshop less than 30 days ago, so the tech support has promised me that I can exchange it for a brand new one. The only problem is I don’t think the Futureshop has it in stock anymore. Now the question is, what am I supposed to do if they don’t have stock?

Sigh...

I was one of the first people to post about the Captivate on this forum...and..it saddens me to see my phone give out like this...

WHYY?? :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvertag:
Bad karma? "Pure luck"? In any case you have to remember cellphones are mass produce piece of electronics. We can all stumble on a defective device soon or later.

You should go back to FutureShop and ask them to retain one if they don't have it in stock. Your defective Captivate falls into return policy. You can always call the FS around your location and ask if they have some in stock before you go out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m37h:
What's the funny number that you see on yours and how did you show it? Mine seems to be fine (*#06#)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
The number that appears when I enter *#06# is 004999010640000 which is what other people are showing on theirs after they flashed their phone with the leaked ROM.

I did contact Rogers about my phone and what I've done and they assured me that the IMEI number is not used to enter the network. However it does identify what phone you have nothing more, but if you have a data plan it doesn't matter what phone you have as long as it's a smartphone. Also they assured me that the SIM is more important and it holds most of your information and ability for the phone to make calls. They also informed me that of course my warranty is void, I knew it is void since I found that Stupid AT&T branding that is on my phone forever until someone gets a full ROGERS Rom uploaded.

I hope someone creates a warning page warning would be flashers to backup their NV_data.bin since it gets over written by firmware. I take it these phones are more like computers and if you flash a firmware which essentially is actually software OS it overwrites everything, I don't think the phone has a hardware based IMEI number otherwise it will never be overwritten. Also one thing that the tech rep told me is that the IMEI number he sees when he pulls up my phone from his computer is this strange number, and not whats under the battery.:(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
Your lucky because at least you can say your phone is defective, was it kept stock rom? If so at least you can get a new one and run with the stock Rogers Rom which is very stable and in fact does have some of the stuff Froyo has like tethering and AP. The only difference I can see with Froyo is the voice enable searches and color menu options in settings, also maybe the Flash 10.1. Other than that the Rogers Eclair 2.1 is probably good enough to work with until they roll out the actual Rogers 2.2 update.

By the way HH007 was your phone working and couldn't make calls and stuff, have you checked the APN settings? I guess it is dead if it has no radio, not sure if you tried a different Modem.bin file to see if that would of helped.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HH007:
Yea, I didn't do any modifications on it. Honestly, the only reason I'd want to root is to get RyanZA's lag fix. I mean, I had the phone only for 3 weeks -- and the lag is UNBEARABLE! But, I'm hoping for Rogers to release the 2.2 build by January, and hopefully that will take care of the lag issues.

The voice enabled searches -- I just worked around that by using Vlingo. It's decent enough. The phone itself was working, and able to make and receive calls - but the 'data' component was shot. I couldn't access any webpages, the market, or even the 'My Rogers App'.

I took it down to FS today, and at first they said it couldn't be replaced. So I had to explain to them about Robbers' 30 day policy of being able to exchange a product for the same product. Eventually they accepted it, and now I have a new Captivate. The only down side is I lost all my apps and all my hard work on Angry Birds!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
RyanZA's OCLF completely messed my Captivate up. I wouldn't recommend it.

Does anyone know where I can get the FULL Roger's stock ROM for the i896? I'd really appreciate it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legend 23:
Hey everyone,

I just got my captivate and I'm new to the smartphone stuff, but I have been reading around the forums. To my understanding, 2.2 froyo isn't out yet so we're stuck with the 2.1 still and the first thing you guys would recommend to do would be rooting the phone? What else would you guys recommend doing?

Thank you in advance!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DAGr8:
reading .. a lot !
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geokilla:
I got my Galaxy S Captivate last night and it's an excellent phone. However I'm having a couple problems. I've searched on Google and here and couldn't really find an answer to it.

1. How do I send text messages? As dumb as that may sound, I tried sending one text message to a couple people this morning, and after it finished, it said it was a draft. I clicked the conversation list that I had imported from my W715 using MyPhoneExplorer and indeed the new text message wasn't stored in there.

2. For text messaging, how do I get rid of the SIM and Google contacts when trying to send a text message out?

3. I can't seem to find the radio... Did it get disabled just like the other carriers?.

4. How do I make the menu automatically rearrange itself? I was able to do that for my sister's Samsung Wave, but I can't seem to figure out a way to do that with the Captivate.

Thanks.

Edit: Does the lagfix make that much of a difference? If so, which one is the best one? It seems that RyanZa and OneClickLagFix are the ones that get mentioned a lot here. Aren't they all the same since they like rearrange the files or something?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sshvetsov:
Yes, unfortunately it's disabled. Not sure if it is possible to enable it by flashing a different firmware/ROM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvertag:
Yep it's disabled. It's also not the same chip model as the one on the vibrant. So lib/app drafting from another rom will not do the job. We have to wait and see if someone can hack up drivers for it or if Samsung plans to develop it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
Gallery

Im scared to go into the phones gallery. It freezes almost everytime. Stockrom, rooted plus lagfix. This happen to anyone else?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sshvetsov:
Are you connected to the net (via WiFi/3G)? I find that because Gallery is trying to pull pics from your Picasa account it acts funny when you're not connected to Internet. It's slow and looks almost as if it's frozen. Otherwise I don't have any problems with stock rooted phone. I haven't installed lagfix yet, so I don't know if that could be causing problems.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BumRush:
Can someone post the Rogers modem.bin file? I had to reformat my computer and forgot to save it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
I have had this problem too...not sure what causes it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
Im usually connected to wifi, ill will try to recreate it when im off internet and see if thats the issue. I called rogers and they suggested i do a reset, i convinced them to send me a new phone, so we'll see if it continues to happen when i get the new phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rnewton01:
I have the same problems with the gallery. rooted and lag fixed. everything else is perfect as is.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mik101:
Rogers Modem file. Will work when the upload finishes.

http://www.multiupload.com/P20RZH3B8O
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geokilla:
Are there any radio streaming apps you would recommend? I just need one that has the Toronto radio stations.

And can someone help me with the other questions I have earlier? The battery battery lasted for only 10 hours or so before the phone shut off by itself, so I won't be able to play with it tonight as I'm going to recharge it overnight for the first time. I charged it last night via USB via at the same time copying and pasting some music over to the internal SD.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
GPS fix Captivate

Hello everyone, I'm happy I finally figured out how to fix my GPS after flashing to At&T leaked Froyo. In fact I was skeptical about many of the fixes I tried every single one until I stumbled on my own fix. Now I get almost 9 Satellites working and never lower than 3 outdoors. In doors I get at least 5, then 3 and never lower than 3 with a min. of 49 feet accuracy. In the secgps.conf file I changed the accuracy to 70 or 80. In fact before the fix I wasn't getting anything at all even after waiting for over 1 min., nothing.

Here's what I did, copied the CSC files only the .xml from the Rogers Stock Rom. Inside the CSC folder and jupiter.xml outside I think the system folder. Copied into SDCARD/MEDIA folder for transfer back later. Then I took the files for the GPSD folder, GPS folder and System folder including the jupiter.xml folder and copied those. What I noticed is that in the At&t froyo there wasn't glgps_samsungJupiter file in the gpsd folder.

Once I got these copied I then reflashed back to At&T froyo from Stock Rogers. When you flash back it seems the Flash doesn't erase files in the Internal SD Media folder so those files are safe unless you do a complete wipe of the phone.

After put the files back where they were originally copying them using Root Explorer after you have rooted your phone and super user has given access to Root Explorer.

If this doesn't work try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=782242

in the data folder do not use the secgps.conf instead use rogers if your on rogers,

place the Halgps.conf.cfg in the data root folder

didn't use the etc/gps.conf file instead used Rogers stock

in the lib folder transfer these files into their appropriate folder

in the bin folder put this file in it's folder

I hope I explained this well but this worked for me maybe I only needed the CSC files but I got the GPS working I'm not about to attempt to remove the other files since I don't know which one step actually got it working funny huh...

By the way I used both of these methods to arrive at my fix, except not copy his CSC files since those are specific to Tmobile or AT&T, if your on Rogers you need the Rogers CSC files including the .XML in the system folder customer.xml feature.xml others.xml I copied these just in case.

I know a bit confusing but I hope you get the idea.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
Not stupid question, only if I understood correctly you don't know how to text message on the Captivate?

To text message anyone in your Contact list if you have their cell number tap on their name or picture. Then it gives you a dialogue box with SEND MESSAGE SEND EMAIL, tap on either to text SEND MESSAGE it then asks you for a phone number that's it start typing. In the Applications folder go to the Messaging Envelope picture and tap NEW MESSAGE then type their phone number or select Contact or Contacts you can send text to various people I think. This then asks you for which phone number of the contact or contacts to use for your Text Message.

Don't know what you mean about SIM and Google Contacts, all I know is that you don't sync the Google Contacts when you setup your email address under accounts.

The Radio what Radio, don't remember it had an FM radio? Why use that when you can use TunerRadio for streaming radio or other apps they are way better if you have a data plan

To rearrange the Menu which menu the menu for applications? All I know is when I tap the leftmost button looks like a small note pad it comes up with a dialogue box asking ViewType you choose from there.

I use the RyanZA seems more intuitive but then again I never tried the onclick either.

I love this phone I just hope I don't fry it by flashing roms constantly.

My suggestion is read and read all the threads and forums, also don't get trapped into the Froyo 2.2 trap, it's an AT&T branded and it'll brand your phone. My suggestion is wait until Roges Froyo comes out or at least when someone creates a full ROM backup of the Rogers so you can revert to stock just in case you don't like the At&t froyo build.

I'm enjoying this phone quite a lot hope you do too..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geokilla:
Grats on the GPS fix!

Well I thought the text message didn't go through cus after I sent a "hi. XXX" message to 4 friends, I pressed back and the texts didn't fall into any of the Conversations that I had imported from my W715. Instead, it had it's own, new Conversation and it was marked "Drafts". Te text was sent out though since my friends replied back after a couple hours. I guess the only way to do this is to send em one by one?

In Messaging, when I'm composing a text message and have to select who I want to send the message to, I get a huge list of contacts, which includes Google contacts and SIM contacts. Now I found out that the only workaround is to delete SIM contacts. However, how do I hide my Google Contacts? I use Phone Contacts and have barely any Google contacts at the moment. The only Google contacts I have already exist in Phone contacts.

Yea I'm searching for a radio app at the moment that has all or most of Toronto's radio stations.

Yea I want to rearrange the Applications menu so that it auto arranges itself. I also want to get rid of the 7 pages of Samsung TouchWiz (widgets?). I only need like 4. Both things were much easier to do on my sister's Wave in my opinion.

I'm starting to think I should make my own thread instead of "threadcrapping" here...

Edit: About the battery life, I dunno if you guys saw this yet or if I'm reposting, but it seems that there's a problem with the Captivate not sleeping? There's also some tips that I found here. I can't seem to find the other posts atm...

Also, it seems that I have some music files that won't show in the music player, yet it shows in the My Files? What's up with that? All my songs are MP3 format. Did I place them in the wrong place? It's in its own folder called Music and not one of the default folders on the internal SD.

Edit: Totally missed the Wiki page on the first post >.>. I have to root first, then apply lag fix correct?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnMersault:
Can you zip up all the files you copied from the Rogers ROM and post them in a zip? Ideally with the correct directory structure, so I know where they go...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvertag:
FYI: Froyo 2.2 coming soon (mid-dec)

And that is Samsung "soon" rather then Rogers "soon" ;)

http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/11/17/s...getting-upgrade-to-os-2-2-froyo-mid-december/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sshvetsov:
z4root

Has anyone tried RyanZA's new z4root (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833953) app to root Roger's Captivate? I just re-rooted my phone with it and I think it is the easiest method so far. No need to mess with drivers or SDK just install the app from the market and press "Root" button. The only other button on the app is "Unroot", which removes su, and Superuser apps.

I had done my root manually, using the rangeagainstthecage guide from theUnlockr.com (http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/26/universal-android-rooting-procedure-rage-method/). Unfortunately, that method is not easy and my root was not fully successful. The su command would work fine, but other apps that require root (like Titanium Backup) would complain. I used z4root to re-root and now my root is perfect. The app actually detected previous root and offered to "re-root", in case the old one was "mulfunctioning". I think I'm gonna try unrooting and rooting my phone again just to see if it works.

I think it might be a perfect solution for people that just want to root and unlock or root and lagfix without changing stock rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keithyv`:
Yeah I tried it and it worked flawlessly. It even installed busybox automatically as well. Highly recommended.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer23d:
Unless you really hate the i9000, I think Bell's i9000 is a better device (at the same subsidized) given that it is the "international" version, and dev works do not have to be ported and worked right away.

My gf just went for the Bell i9000 and I will be doing the 2.2 ROM for her later.