yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
Alright thanks for letting me know. I'll lock the file so not everyone can download it. But for other people that still want to try it, pm me I'll send you the password.

*Password removed!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
You can install launcher pro just fine, why are you waiting for root? I've been on launcher pro since saturday.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
If you use odin you don't need root.

Just flash a rooted rom over the stock one. Design gears is building his froyo roms with odin flashable versions.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
For those that have the phone...do you find it laggy?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Little Dragon:
one click lag fix
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
apparently this doesnt work for the rogers captivate...the rom is a little different from the ATT version
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hallandale:
I'm thinking of picking this up at Best Buy today, switching from an Acer Liquid E.

My hesitation is Skype. Apparently skype doesn't work on Galaxy S phones. However, this may be confined to USA Galaxy S phones. Can someone with a stock rogers captivate confirm for me whether or not Skype works?

Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geokilla:
Anyone had any problems with the Captivate arriving DoA or having issues like the Bell Vibrant? Anything from freezing issues to the dying internal SD to whatever else issues there were?

And why is this thread in the development section? Shouldn't it be in the general section?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
KIES software

Does anyone have the Samsung KIES software for the SGH-I896? Samsung hasen't posted it on the website yet and i'd like to use it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony2345:
Great.

Would love to see answers on the Wiki to common newbie questions here (being newbie myself):

- Is the Galaxy GPS issue fixed? My understanding is that the answer to this is 'Yes' - the GPS works normally.

- Is it unlockable? I guess this means, can it be unlocked using the standard GSM method: using an unlock code based on the IMEI?

- Are the unlock codes available yet?

- Is there any bloatware? My understanding is that the answer to this is 'no'. I gather that "bloatware" refers to software installed by the carrier that can't be removed by the end-user. (Sorry to hear about the nasty stuff that AT&T has done to this phone.)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayloooo:
I bought a AT&T Captivate when I visited the US and Skype actually works on this phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eXterkTi:
Anyone knows if Captivate has been available in the ROGERS Customer Relations Dept. ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dellins451:
I was able to order mine this morning but now i believe they dont have any more.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
I placed my order this morning and got the order confirmation. just waiting on the tracking info.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eXterkTi:
You mean from the Customer Relations? Actually, I ordered with no-term price last night at ROGERS website.I just hope CxR can purchase it now so I can enjoy a much lower price with Early Hardware Upgrades and cancel the previous order ..lol..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
thanks for the tip! i would first need a phone to see if i can get into dowload mode and then take it from there. i have been reading as much as i can so hopefully nothing messes up
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hallandale:
According to RedFlagDeals, it was available all morning from customer RETENTIONS (not releations).

Link:

EDIT: -Ugh i can't post links because i'm a new user-

Just google "Redflagdeals Captivate" and it's the first result.

If i'm not allowed to link to that, apologies. I don't see why I wouldn't be though, their site doesn't compete with xda or anything. (kinda new here)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eXterkTi:
I use the word "relations" all the time and it seems to work..anyway, Thanks for correction

And I just called them,they confirmed me that the phone has been sold out for upgrades.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
That sucks man. Hopefully more stock comes in soon.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robotlover:
Captivate through Retentions

Hey Guys,

So after tracking down a few Captivates at Future Shop I got there to find out that they weren't selling any on the HUP.

So I called and spoke to retentions and after about 15 minutes of being very clear that there was a perfectly good Bell Samsung Vibrant in front of me, and that the $100 that Future Shop would make up for my cancellations fees.

Anyway, in the long run they are now sending me the Captivate via courier, for 150 + 35 activation + taxes = ~$200.

And 3 more years of Rogers hell. Always feels like selling my soul.

Not to mention the 30 month HUP... Ugh.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n4d3r:
The following apps are on the Rogers captivate:

On Demand

My Account

Ringtones

Shop

urMusic

Now for something interesting, I just put in a fido sim card in my captivate and it worked! I mentioned in my previous posts that i tried to unlock the phone and it failed. Could it be that it is already unlocked??

I noticed that some apps are also not showing up in the Market, for example the car app for android. I was told that if i search for 'captivate' it should show up, but i didn't see anything. Maybe im doing it wrong??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exostenza:
I'd like to see a one-click odin or heimedall to this. Anyone working on it?

Oops lol jokes... just read the last page nvm.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
ok so i flashed with odin, all is well just wondering if someone can compile a kernel .tar file so we can use the fugu kernel swap method to root.

Edit:

Ok so i extracted the kernel file then compiled it into a .tar using cygwin and have successfully rooted the phone using the kernel swap method.

Flash the root kernel with odin, reboot and let it loop.. then pull the battery and flash the regular kernel with odin again and you should be good to go.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NM2I30JD <--fugu root kernel

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L1P0RYD2 <--sghi896 uxkh2 kernel
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jolt45:
Works perfect thank you so much.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
about the Rogers 2.3.3

Sorry forgot to mention that it's a Zip file, I haven't tried it myself since I copied it from the Kies folder when I went to update. Unzip it and it has the .tar.md5 format so you can put it into the PDA slot in Odin to flash.

Let me know if that helps, on another note I'm having issues with this ROM. Has anyone noticed their bluetooh settings. If you turn Bluetooth on and have paired devices, for some reason the paired devices disappear. This happens intermittently not sure what causes it but I plug it into the charger after turning Wifi off then it happened again.

Strange, can someone verify this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
I dunno, I dont use bluetooth but I do know that the leaked version of 2.3.3 was really buggy and I was very suprised to see that was the version that rogers pushed.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyd84:
Originally Posted by gdmuscle View Post

Hey there guys, just in case no had been able to post the new Rogers I896 Gingerbread 2.3.3 update here it is. Reminder this is a stock version with CSC.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TZB85R1U

Have fun.

sweet, this will be great seeing that Kies doesn't like my galaxy, it refuses to connect
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrLemon:
Forgot to unlag fix

Hey peeps.

Can anyone point me in the correct direction for flashing the Rogers Stock 2.3.3?

I forgot to un-Lagfix my i896 before applying the update through Kies.

It had some errors about not being able to mount stuff, and now it just boot loops.

I downloaded the Stock Firmware. Where do i go from there?

Thanks...

Feel free to PM me.

TOM...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
odin rom

http://xdaforums.com/show...0#post17885670

root

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17865158#post17865158

both on first page of Captivate > General section.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrLemon:
Thanks.

I do have all those files, not really sure what to do with them and my problem is it wont mount the dbdata because I did not remove the LagFix.

I think the partitions are wrong for Stock Rogers 2.3.3

I've been reading about PIT files to repartition the internal storage when you are using ODIN. Is there some PIT file to repartition the Internal SD card while I flash the Stock Rogers 2.3.3?

Or do i repartition using ODIN before i install the rom?

TOM...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannb:
I don't know of any with the 2.3.3, but there is one for the 2.1 and 2.2 Rogers stock, and it's what I did before flashing this new one.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=979133
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Mr lemon.

if you dont know what to do with the files. you shouldnt be doing ANYTHING BUT READING.

i spent 3 days reading (not working at the time) 3 FULL days before i even rooted. let alone flash a rom with odin.

there is no and never has been any problem with the partitions NOR have they ever changed on this device. so DONT WASTE ANY TIME READING OR THINKING ABOUT THAT.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darvo:
Tom, have a look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1191094

That's what I used to go back from CyanogenMod. It should bring you back to stock then you will be good to go.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrLemon:
I cleared the user Data and the phone booted.

Thanks for the pointers.

TOM...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geokilla:
Is there a kernel with CWM?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
Sleep of Death

Well with this new Rogers Gingerbread 2.3.3 Rom my phone experienced something I haven't seen in a long while on Froyo. I had the official Froyo on my Captivate before 2.3.3, but had it rooted and also used a custom Kernel I can't remember which one but it had the speedmod included. Anyways, after installing 2.3.3 the other day I went to click the sleep button to wake the phone nothing. Even pusing the power button to turn it on didn't do a thing, I had to take the battery out and power cycle the phone to turn it back on. There are serious issues with this rom, I kept it stock in hopes there is another update. No root, no speed mod no lag fix, plain as Rogers stock. The wifi issue was strange when you turn wifi on, sometimes it kicks my bluetooth out of wack, all the paired devices disappear? Also the signal strength disappears and no signal icon appears, doesn't come back on until I turn wifi off or go back into network settings. The bad thing about this is that my phone is constantly on and paired with a DECT 6.0 cordless phone so I don't have to drag the cell with me throughout the house. I also use the cell to pair with my cars bluetooth system, I have to have the bluetooth on all the time. It's never been this buggy since Froyo, hope they come out with an update. Has anyone else experienced these?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zizo0727:
gdmuscle,

I have experienced the wake up faillure once with stock 2.3.3 UXKH2. Only pulling the battery helped. I also experience sometimes a bug where I have to press the power key twice to wake the phone up. However, I have read of other Captivate GB ROMS having the same problem. I had it with the AT&T KH3 leaked ROM as well. I can live with pressing the power button twice. But I agree that having the phone fail while I am not aware is unacceptable. Even though it only happened once, that is one too many for a cell phone. It has only happened once and my CPU/memory monitor app may have been suspect as I did a "clean all memory" right before it happened. I am monitoring for now, also on stock Roges KH2 and so far so good. Never happened again.

Regarding your WiFI plus bluetooth. I never had issues running both. My WiFi signal on captivate is weaker than other phones in general, but nothing that was critical to me so far. Out of curiosity, you lug a cordless unit around because you don't want to carry your Captivate? Kind of funny, as the captivate is thin and light with data access. I would be doing it the other way around. But then I may have mis-understood and I apologize if I did.

I will post if the wake-up fail issue happens to me again. Other than that, the 2.3.3 UXKH2 ROM is quite zippy for a 2.3.3 ROM, I like it.

---------- Post added at 09:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:29 PM ----------

Technically yes, Boog did his magic. Unfortunately though it is not without bugs. But the bugs may be specific to me so feel free to test it out. Just make sure you have the original kernal image handy so you can flash back to it. The failure I encountered still allows the phone to boot normally, its just CWM is not fully functioning.

If it works for you, please post an update. Even if it doesn't, post an update.

Check it out at:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18158528&postcount=285

All creds go to Boog.....

Good luck!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
zizo,

Yeah I have a Vtech cordless button less phone the touch panel type one. The reason why I use the cordless phone is because I also have a land line and having it paired as bluetooth to the Captivate I can have it act like a second line, say if I get a call on the cell. I can have the captivate charging and in one stationary location where it has the best signal and using the cordless phone I can be in the backyard doing stuff, not risking damaging the captivate say dropping it. If it happens again I think I'm going to stick with Froyo, at least it was stable enough to not have the paired devices on the bluetooth suddenly disappear only to reappear again very strange. I think Rogers rushed this rom to get it out, even though the rest of galaxy s line is on either 2.3.4 or 2.3.5.

Going to wait a bit more before replacing the captivate, although it's a good phone in general I think there is a few quirks about it mainly rom related.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
If you hold power button and volume up for 10 seconds it reboots the phone from almost any state.. saves you from taking the case off if you have one.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rye&ginger:
Im sure some of you know, but it sounds like the reported bugs were seen in leaked GB ROMs. IVe been using a i9000 ROM and it had issues with wifi and bluetooth not cooperating (cycling both on and off usually 'fixed it'), and also the lag or unreposiveness of the power button.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boog:
If anyone is up to trying, I think I am getting the bugs worked out of my cwm kernel.

There is a 2 step process to get init.d support. first flash my odin kh3 kernel http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33609688/kh3/boog_kh3_kernel3.tar that will give you cwm (if you already have cwm you can skip to the next step)

Then with this:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33609688/kh2/Boog_KH2_kernel5_test4.zip on your internal sd card, flash it from cwm.

I may not get to keep track of this thread, might want to post in my kh3 thread, just let me know that you are referring to kh2.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
As good as this Rom is and how speeding it is from Froyo, I'm getting the feeling that I might just jump back to Froyo again. I just can't stand the bugs in this Rom, switching the Wifi switch is very buggy it sits there and sometimes you have to push it several times for it to even switch over. Then while on Wifi for some odd reason the Network to the cell signal just disappears altogether only to come back at times or after wifi is switched off. Again today the phone just turned off, but this time my batter for some odd reason was 3/4 the night before it was totally drained not sure why. I have nothing running except auto update on facebook and beautiful widgets. Never had this much problems when on Froyo, I don't know it's begining to be a pain in the but.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FidoCappy:
I had this same issue with the phone not waking up when pressing the power button. It happened twice to me on the first and second day I had this rom. Very annoying to have to pull the battery. I thought it was just me who experienced this.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
Yeah it was starting to really annoy me so I flashed back to Stock Rogers 2.2. I just couldn't take the buggy bluetooth, wifi, the network would go out if I had wifi enable at times and also bluetooth paired devices disappears only to reappear again. There are so many bugs in this rom I am so amazed Rogers let this one through, I really hope they get 2.3.5 out soon. I'm really starting to itch for a new phone at this rate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
They put it out because 9million people were *****ing that they didn't have gingerbread yet on the rogers forums.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
Yeah, too many people on the rogers forum were complaining about it. And the 2.3.3 has some glitches. I went back to 2.2.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
dont forget broken voice search button in swype! that was lame!

maybe..... it was actually nice dev at Rogers that heard this was the last release at 2.3.3 and he didnt want it to stop there, so he left tonns of bugs so they would HAVE TO update again past 2.3.3

maybe...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
Lmao xD, let's hope that's what really happened and that we do get a new update that do fix those problems. :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
I was suprised rogers released the update before AT&T did since rogers owns what used to be AT&T Canada. I'm pretty sure the two companies are still in "kahoots"

I guess they were just trying to stay competative with Bell canada
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackSideburns:
The most optimistic way to think would be to think that they rushed this update while they got ics ready XD
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
ICS is a ways off.

2.3.5 or later is more likely to happen eventually... but who knows.. rogers is known for not caring about thier customers
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
This thread has been cleaned of off topic discussion, stay on track! Development discussion only here.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quixotic_elixer:
The link to the uxkh2 kernal was down... So I downloaded a generic Kernel_XXJVK kernal...

I'm now stuck when trying to flash back the original kernal, and it keeps resetting and looping.

Can someone please upload the sghi896 uxkh2 kernal? I'm concerned I really ****ed things up as my phone wont boot up.

PLEASE HELP, it'll be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
you cant just flash any kernel, you have to use a kernel that is for your framework. kh2 works with kh2 and kh3 kernels.

does the "generic kernel" have cwm? knowing what you download and telling us really helps.

NVM, odin flash this... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19201431/Files/stock.rogers.tar

what were you trying to do?? get root? SuperOneClick exe - plug in phone with usb debugging enabled click start and wait 3 minutes... it may appear to lockup or stop but just wait.

i flashed to stock and rooted that way 2 days ago just to prove it did work. and it does.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quixotic_elixer:
Thanks for the file, seemed to have fixed the problem + it rooted my phone.

I was just trying to find another method to root my phone as superoneclick wasn't working... it kept getting stuck at step #5 and I couldn't figure out why.

On another note, could you provide a reference as to where I can learn to install an ICS ROM? and everything I need to know before in terms of backing up?

Thanks a lot
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wakamatsu:
There's a sticky at the top of this forum that you should read.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
the sticky at the top of Q&A is newer and by me and a link is in my signature,,
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigal77:
Sorry for these two questions if they are dumb.

Is this phone HSUPA? If not, how to you enable it, or turn it on if not on by default?

ALso, what is mobile AP??

Thrid, is there any voice dialing, or voice to text form the keyboard for 2.1? Even if its third party?

Thanks ! Should get my phone tomorrow or thursday by UPS
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betadan:
I too am looking forward to getting mine this week.

I think we are still trying to determine if HUSPA is enabled.

Mobile AP means Mobile Access Point, think Portable Hot Spot
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigal77:
Hot spot? How is that beneficial?

Is it to provide internet to a labtop? otherwise, I have 6gb data plan, so i have internet everywhere lol

I guess for me, its not a dealbreaker, but it can be beneficial to those with labtops or portable devices in a spot with no wifi?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony2345:
But what is the nature of those Rogers' apps? Can they be uninstalled? Are they locked onto any of the home pages?

I don't mind bloatware so much if it isn't in my face.

Regarding the locking, would love to hear the result if you were able to try it with a Bell or Telus SIM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
Anyone know where I can fine one in stock in Toronto? I've called all the Rogers around Don Mills and none have it in stock, the only place I found was best buy leaside who refused to sell it to me off-contract. This is a gorgeous phone and I want to get my hands on it as soon as possible!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betadan:
Well for example this summer i was able to use my Magic+ as a router so i could play WoW on my Macbook, while taking the train to Nanaimo. So it has it's uses for sure.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigal77:
Ok , awesome. Thanks for the help.

Anyone know if rogers captivate will get these benchmarks?? How do i test this, do i need a mobile app, or is it through a website.

smartphonebenchmarks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
What size data plan do you have?

I'm just curious, because the thought of gaming on my current rogers plan gives me nightmares.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swapnil:
You can remove anything you want from the homescreen. (Will still be in the apps though..Cant remove them which isnt a dealbreaker)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swapnil:
Stock availability: For new customers only. Futureshop has phones for new customers. They want new activates. They will tell you that there is a problem with the Rogers servers but just go and then they will tell you that the Data plan can't be seen. Ask them to add the Voice Plan first and then the Data Plan so the phone can be activated. Insist a bit by saying that you called up rogers/other futureshop stores and they should do it for you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betadan:
I Had the 6GB plan, but I have recently downgraded to the 1GB
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnevets27:
Anyone that has the phone try this yet? Or want to try it?

Waiting for mine to arrive.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
Really? I just called up a Best Buy and the guy flat out told me they weren't allowed to activate any off-contract. Future Shop is owned by Best Buy Canada, so I kind of assumed they would all tell me the same thing. I'll call up some more stores tomorrow, I don't really don't want to mission down to a store and leave empty handed. I'm also eagerly awaiting the rogers stores to get their shipments in. I really want this phone, if anyone knows where they're available I'd be willing to go pretty much anywhere in Toronto for one.