yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartan062984:
No sweat. Try searching captivate roms in the search field. You will find pages of different search results. Don't worry, i am somewhat of a level 2 beginner myself. =D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ri3tn:
Alright, noob here too, and I've looked high and low, and I cannot for the life of me find out how to flash kernels/roms using Odin. Anyone wanna help out?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theodaadmiral75:
I wasn't to use titanium to back up my phone but its saying I need to go to applications and click "unknown sources" but that's not an option in my settings. Please help.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartan062984:
Dont worry. The easiest way is to Root your phone + Download Rom manager from the Market + Install Rom manager as directed + then use Rom Manager itself to install the preferred rom.

Reminder: depending on which Rom you install, there are specific instructions on how to install them as well. READ + READ. Usually if you go to the OP of the acutal Rom you are looking for, it will give you step by step info on which is the best method of installing.

Also, keep in mind that YOU MUST be able to go into 1) recovery 2) download modes with the 3-button key combo as a safety precaution. It is very, very, VERY helpful....unless of course you are familiar with ADB.

Other methods include downloading the ROm + rename to "update.zip" + place in your Internal SD card + boot in recovery + re-install packages.

Odin is for more advanced users as it requires knowledge of different files to attach to Odin WITH, and then installing with Odin (ex: Kernel swapping).

There is also Odin One CLick, however, DO NOT confuse that with the regular ODIN.

Good Luck!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparker366:
With all due respect to everyone this post belongs in the QA section and not the DEV section.

That would be the first piece of advice is to post in the correct section. Second You can look at the thread for Cognition 2.2 it has a good following and also a good wiki to help you understand things
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartan062984:
I wouldn't put much emphasis on it. Disregard and proceed forward with Titanium. I always hit "ok" and went on with removing bloatware and of course....saving (creating Back ups) prior to. :D

I apologize if I am breaking any rules. I couldn't resist in helping. :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ri3tn:
Thanks for the detailed answer, but on the cognition wiki, in one of the steps it simply says to flash to a 2.1 kernel using ODIN, and I have no clue how to do so. I've figured out how to use ROM manager pretty well, as the directions are much simpler (in my opinion). Is it never necessary to use ODIN, and would using it just be for convenience? I'm unsure of what to do when I see "flash to this kernel using ODIN", and would like to know if it's possible to skip ODIN altogether and just use clockwork.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kakwvu:
There are multiple articles in the Q&A section, this section, and other sites that tell you how to use Odin. Most of the ROMs that require Odin even say how to use them.

This thread is going to get moved to Q&A and you won't see it again. Best bet is to read the stickies. I'm not trying to be mean to anyone, but posting without looking isn't going to get you any favors (from the mods).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhiannon224:
Read this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989 that is for the Odin one click when you read flash stock as an instruction. Then there is the Odin used here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=797282. I am not being a jerk or anything and I don't mind helping but how are you not seeing these threads on this very forum?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartan062984:
There are some Roms / Kernels/ Lagfixes that can be installed without Odin. And unless you know your way around Odin, then i would stay away from it. Usually "re-install packages" with recovery mode works for me.

Flashing to 2.1 with Odin means you will more than likely be using Odin One Click....NOT regular Odin. I cannot stress that enough. If you search in XDA for just Odin, you will find the answers you need. Remember, there are 2 different versions of them. One is a simple "one click" tool to go back to stock (for whatever purposes) ....the Other Odin....is used to swap kernels and also install Roms, but not JUST stock roms, other modified Roms as well as Lag fixes and such.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ri3tn:
To the last 3 posts:

I actually have read most of everything I could, and I'm reading through that thread "froyo for real" and have skimmed through the first couple of pages before, but have not found any mention of how to use odin (not one click). I've been googling as much as humanly possible on "how to use odin to flash kernels", but to no avail. So sorry for being such a noob, but do understand that I've been reading as much as I could, and figured asking some questions inside this question thread would be okay.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
ummm....the FROYO for REAL thread IS one click odin
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhiannon224:
This is actaully the Development forum, not Q&A, lol, we have all been noobs. Good luck, don't skim the posts you may miss something, read, read, read, learn from the mistakes others have made so that you either don't make them yourself or you know what to do if it happens to you. The OP of Froyo for real has instructions. When you download the zip, you then extract the files and Odin along with the files you need are there and you place them in the slots. I wouldn't flash yet if I were you, you need to know more about Odin. And not to overwhelm you but SDK is usefull too, that is where you will find ADB.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliffgardner:
Yeah, be sure to stop by your local AT&T store and thank them for that. :mad:

You're currently unable to sideload apps on the stock rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheYar:
I generally try to be one of the polite and helpful ones myself. It's part of the rules here. But like others, I have trouble believing your statement about "high and low." See the link for an example. Google can be your friend, and she understands simple requests pretty well.

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+use+odin+on+captivate+site:xda-developers.com&l=1

There is also a pretty clear statement near the top of this forum indicating that it is not for Q&A.

EDIT: Also, if it isn't linked already, this thread may be helpful: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=807059
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unexpectedly:
I was you Saturday night! Click on my username & check out my recent posts. I got lucky & stumbled into a pretty good work flow. I gave the steps i used & uploaded a couple win scripts as well as a zip with adb in it.

Don't download the android development files from Google; you only need adb.exe & the 2 dll's. And once rooted, the 3 button mod is trivial.

You're welcome to pm me & we can take it offline.

Welcome - Im an fng too & this is one of the best forums I've seen in 15 years on the net.

:-) Chris
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxRabbit:
I just wanted to say that this thread is immensely helpful. I love the resources here, they are much more helpful for a new guy than the dev section sticky.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceman0455:
spark got it right

this thread belongs in Q&A Gen the info is great but lets get it moved!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartan062984:
..............................What in the world.....................are you babbling about? I didn't know WHO you were referring to + how you came up with adb/ sdk randomly in the middle of this thread (using Odin + Roms + new users), although i did mention adb for "reboot download/ recovery mode." On the bright side....the entire time i was reading your post....i did have a picture of the Geico Gecko quoting your exact words. Don't ask, but thats how it came to me. Haha

+ 1

Please See above quoted posts. :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chrisrj28:
So Google released an update to the youtube app with UI changes and other improvements that are indications of Gingerbread. Info can be found here: http://phandroid.com/2010/10/20/youtube-gets-redesigned-gingerbread-version-heads-to-the-market/

So I found it in the market but can't get it to install, even tried unmounting sdcard. Anyone else have luck let me know how you did it
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] claud_face:
tried it out im running darkstones 3.2 and works perfectly LOVE it actually!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] justwonder:
Thanks for info

Works on mine, NexusHD2-FRG83 V1.4
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Tico.ASandoval14:
Awesome! can anyone post the apk file or is that not possible? i cant seem to download it:/
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chrisrj28:
Hmm, just tried again and will not install, I wonder if uninstall the old YouTube first

Actually can't unsinstall the old youtube, anyone else using Bangsters get it to install? Or can someone post the .apk and I can try it that way
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] youngstacks74:
cant install over here either............
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mmduluth:
Courtesy of nybst1:

Uninstall the YouTube app you have using TitaniumBackup, restart, download, install, enjoy.

I'm using bangsters 1.5
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elrooster:
No installation problems with m-deejay froyo sense, works great.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JanssoN:
Also no problems on mattc 1.8 w/ sense. Download, install and enjoy.

It's great :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] flame10:
Thanks it worked, followed your steps.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tinuz97:
Installing works on mdeejay desire hd 3.6 build....altough it still is laggy....but this is a known issue.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] apeatan:
niiiiiicceeeee..........very nice layout. nice watching vlogs of misshannaminx :D it rotates even if rotation is turned off.:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
@chrisrj28

THANKS!!! for pointing this out. It's soooo much better than the last version. The last one worked well and everything, but it was ugly as sin compared to this newer version. I particularly like the tabs with info, related vids and comments.

I heart Google
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -deuces-:
worked......it overwrote the old YouTube app alos
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tomj777:
Has anyone succeeded in clicking the camcorder icon within the new youtubrapp? I see process.google.android.camera force closing within Mdeejay froyo sense 1.1 clean.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -deuces-:
didnt even notice till u said it, i tried it and it worked......u can record a video and name it and all that then upload.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chrisrj28:
Thanks for the info, I used Root Explorer to delete it from \system\apps and rebooted, then installed from Market and it's good to go.

And I tried the Video option, works just fine for me on Bangster's
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] apeatan:
-same here, it is working...:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Metastable:
Installed fine from the Market without any issues using FroyoStone v3.2 patched by MooMoo
[Droid X Android Development] habab:
Any one know how to install arabic font's on Droid 2 or if there is Arabic font for it ?
[Streak 5 General] zgmf-x322a:
does anyone have the nandroid backup for this build?

please do post it out if anyone has it, thanks alot
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnyzilker:
I have the psx emulator, how can install roms to play games, and where can i get the roms?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cthach11:
It is against forum rules to request or give copy-righted material. It's called piracy and it's basically getting someone's hard work for nothing. Would you want someone stealing from you? Go somewhere else for that stuff. Its not tolerated here.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnyzilker:
Sorry
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex530:
He asked a simple question no need to be a **** about it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinnydakid:
Downloading these roms is not illegal as long as you actually own disc versions of the game. For example, I own GT2, so I am 100% legally allowed to use the Rom.

I won't say where to find the Roms since I don't know if you have the actual disc versions, but a simple Google search for "PSX roms" should suffice.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnyzilker:
Well all I want are the tekken games... since I have all of the disc.... but its ok I'll just keep carrying my PSP around with me...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joshochoa187:
Use rom buddy from the market. It's very easy to use, LOTS of games to choose from
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnyzilker:
Thanks....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topshelf95:
I'm posting this in the Development section because that is what I am trying to learn about. Please move me if I am mis-posting this. :p

I'm greatly interested in the the Roms people are making and everything that is being done on these forums. If someone wanted to start to learn about these things, developing and such, where should they start? Do I need to learn Java? Are there certain books I should be reading?

I can flash my phone like its my day job now, :D and I haven't come across any major problems I couldn't solve by reading, but I have no idea where to start to be able to develop things myself. If any developers here could maybe throw out a few tips on how to get started, what someone should focus on learning, etc., it would be greatly appreciated! I have plenty of time and a great desire to learn so I'm not intimidated by having to do the work, I just have to have some things to focus on. Thank you in advance for any help/advice you can give me!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mac208x:
I always wanted to know how make roms also I was looking around the internet but couldn't find anything that will describe it step by step word for word.

Maccie
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokestack76:
It will be a huge writeup.But im sure someone will do it. I am still learning myself. There are some good topics around but different from what we have now :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
There are a number of aspects to android development you have to learn to know how to build a full ROM from scratch. C is of course required for kernel building, and apps are built from java in the dalvik-vm, but can be built against sun java.

of course, to get started, you would need the android sdk available here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

then there's the cloning of the android git:

http://android.git.kernel.org/

and, specifically for the captivate, there's the captivate source code:

http://opensource.samsung.com/

then there's pulling off the vendor proprietary libs from your phone (which is a ***** and I believe you can grab them from wes's github, though I can't speak for their accuracy) here:

http://github.com/wesgarner/proprietary_vendor_samsung

building the entire android OS from source is a challenge, especially compensating for some changes Samsung has introduced. this is what a real ROM is. now if you're talking about "ROM"s like Cognition and Shep's and even Eugene's Hybrid/Frankin-Twiz... they aren't comparable. Not to belittle any of their efforts, but this is simple "drag and drop" from stuff built by Samsung. While they're very useful tools, there is little actual development going on in them. There are improvements and tweaks, for sure... but it isn't a *true* ROM. All these releases by DesignGears, Eugene, and Shep are good and effective, but it'd be a shame if they weren't because they are just files thrown together from Samsung's already compiled ROM(s). Even the AOSP Beta 3 (which I have a qualm with the name, because it isn't actually AOSP, it's files pulled from an already built AOSP tossed onto Samsung's ROM again) is just modifying binaries (decompile, edit, recompile).

for those, it's as simple as extracting the zip, replacing the files you want, and rezip it. modifying the update-script inside meta-inf if there's something you want to add.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Athailias:
Awesome post Kaik, thanks, I was wondering some of those too.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mac208x:
Thx that explained a bunch

Maccie
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topshelf95:
Thank you for taking the time to post that Kaik! It's nice to have a place to start! Anyone else have any tips or things they think might be good to check out?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
last, but certainly not least and I can't believe I forgot this, is Unhelpful's toolchain to compile against:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761923

he did a lot of testing with various combinations, and this was the best he found to reduce wakeup lag and other issues
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnyhoffman:
Wow. Kaik. That was the most awesome response to that question I have ever seen. Most people just point to developer.android.com and say go learn to program and come back in 5 years.

Thank you for this very useful information. Your the man now dog.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Technecium:
Devs are not being mean or pissy, they are being honest and realistic. If development was just "point and click" XDA would not even be here. Give the devs/veterans a break and take it upon yourself to learn the basics and do some searches, if you are that interested.

I would love to just start making my own Android OS just the way I like too but to do that will require much more reading and learning, trying and failing.

You will probably not find "the answer" you are looking for but if you search, read and most importantly, respect the time, energy and anguish people have put into this site you will find the means to get where you want.

Otherwise you can expect... "Let me just glance and peek to see how to do this. Damn what the hell does that mean? Oh well here is a modded ROM. I'll try that. Jeez, that sucks. How do I make my own? Let me just glance and peek to see how to do this. Damn what the hell does that mean? Oh well ..." It is an endless cycle.

I'm not saying this to belittle anyone. Most have been there, including myself. I say this as a vote of confidence to all.

Hang in there, do the work, break some phones, read some books. Really! You have to!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
this times one thousand. I linked you guys to some very useful sites when it comes to actually putting android together... but understanding how it all works, actually getting a successful build, fixing bugs, etc... I can't even begin to pretend to be able to help with that. if you have little to no experience in C and Java, these things will basically be useless to you. dev's aren't being mean when they brush you off like that, but usually if you can't figure out how to google what to do with the code, they don't have high hopes for what you'll be able to do with it once you find the code.

the idea isn't to be like "f*** off" when they say that, it's more of a "we'll help you when you learn, but you're the one who needs to take the first steps and you need to take the responsibility of learning on yourself."
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnyhoffman:
I was actually referring to the fact that someone like me, a hobbyist programmer for about 10 years now, can make sense of his reply and use it to go forth and actually do something. Most of the guides you find on here that are supposedly pointed at noobs, do not layout things as easily as his post did.

Wasn't criticizing anyone, but I have seen less patience nowadays for any posts such as these.

Was just saying it was a gem of a post for me personally. Maybe it doesn't help the ultra noobs and the more experienced people see it as useless, but for someone with little time right now, it was a perfect post for me.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kingdavemann:
Looking for some help with restore problem. I first attempted to upload lagfix from the computer to the phone but couldn't get it right. So, loaded lagfix from market to the phone and after that the phone rebooted to VIBRANT screen and stayed on.

I got into Odin and loaded the 512.pit as well as several attempts at loading both the original.tar and T959UVJFD.tar and the repartition. After this I now get to the GALAXY S screen and then it goes blank. I've not been able to get beyond this point.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chichu_9:
Do you have a nandroid backup? If so try to do a restore from the nandroid backup and then give it a try.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kingdavemann:
No nandroid backup though I wish I did. I was ignorant at the time I was doing this.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rizoh66:
Try one of these Nandriod images:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734475
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kingdavemann:
Thanks. But, I actually got everything back just a minute ago. I downloaded h t t p:// www . megaupload . com / ?d =I5YSJQYH (remove spaces) which had the PDA, Phone and CSC files. I put them all in Odin and ran it with debug and boom. Back to life..though a slightly different version of the box stock setup...but, who cares. Seems to be working fine.

Anyway, download this if you are stupid like me and didn't backup with nandroid. Tried Odin so many times I lost count. Seems like the trick was filling in all the files with the exception of the ETC.

Thanks for everyone's help.
[Droid 2 General] habab:
Any one know how to install arabic font's on Droid 2 or if there is Arabic font for it ?
[Droid 2 General] Terri M:
Try doing a search in the Market.
[EVO 4G General] ins0dus:
So, I finally bought an HDMI cable for My EVO, but when I did some research Most Kernels Do not support HDMI Output..!!!!

FML RIght!!!

so, I was wondering.....................

Which Kernels support HDMI Output while not sacrificing most of the Benefits of having a Custom Kernel..

I am currently running Netarchy Toastmod 4.1.9.1

I would greatly Appreciate it if someone can point me in the right direction!
[EVO 4G General] netarchy:
If you are using one of my kernel builds you already have hdmi output support.
[EVO 4G General] ins0dus:
I am Using your Kernel !! Love it by the way!!

Just that whenever I hook up my cable to my Phone nothing happens?????

Is it the Rom thats causing this then??? im using Virus Rom Sense RC3

if So, how can I fix this?
[EVO 4G General] SilverZero:
HDMI output doesn't work for every function on the phone, only certain ones. So you won't get your home screen on your HDMI TV, for instance.
[EVO 4G General] DualSportDad:
Slideshow, YouTube and gallery video will play over hdmi. Nets roms all support hdmi except the fresh compatible cfs 4.1.9.1 does not do Slideshow. If you flash that first and then flash anything else other than the stock kernel Slideshow still won't work.
[EVO 4G General] ins0dus:
I was Using Netarchy 4.1.9.1 but when I connected the HDMI cable. Nothing popped up in the homescrean showing that I had connected an HDMI Cable to the Phone.. its like if nothing happened!