yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cal4877:
hey guys my captivate has been updated to the official gb version can i still use superone click to root?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billd104:
Thanks for all of this info in one place!! Great job!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noobee88:
Gingerbread 2.3.3?

On i896? Has anyone rooted? I seen in a few threads from a while ago that loss of GPS functionality may be an issue with rooting. Is this still the case?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
I don't recall any threads regarding the loss of GPS because of rooting - and if there were any, they're wrong.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Never had an issue with rooting or installing a custom rom and related GPS issues. GPS just plain sucks on these phones period.

Although with the recent replacement (1010) I received the GPS is "less" flaky - but it still isn't really a working GPS.

Bottom line this is a known issue with the phone. I'm just waiting for my upgrade to become available and I will most likely be getting.... another Samsung phone ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slapperypete:
I'm on Rogers, rooted, and on the Serenity ROM. These instructions worked perfectly for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BloodSkin:
bumping an important thread. sorry if this is "wrong" to do but this thread is gold and im sure its overlooked more than it shold be because its not near the top.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Thanks Bloodskin! :)

Anything that needs updating folks? I still lurk around - still have my Captivate - but I don't have as much time as I used to :(

Feel free to post here or PM with any updates!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevhuff:
Great post. You should have made step one, build/ or buy a jig. I see a lot of people jumping into flashing haphazardly before fully understanding the whole process. The most important thing is to be patient and READ
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uzbeque:
Can someone tell me why total sum of RAM on my captivate is less than total sum of RAM of HTC Nexus One?

on my phone, Apps/Running. it is showing that 192mb is used 146 free.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
^

Here ya go... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1412192
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uzbeque:
Yes, but why on Nexus one is more than mine? (on Captivate)? both using Cyanogen mod.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlknyc:
Hi. I just rooted and unlocked a samsung captivate ATT SGH-I897 for a friend of mine. He just went to Africa and inserted a local Airtel simcard but the phone is not picking up any signals and no bars appear at the top. Any suggestions as to why? Thnx.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skullunit:
Just signed up with AT&T today and got the Captivate for .1 cent as part of a promotion. Really excited to start working on this device. Glad I found this thread, thanks to the OP for all the info. Looks like I have tons of reading to do before my new device arrives later this week! :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beall49:
Thanks for putting this all together, I too am coming over from an iPhone so this is much different terminology and processes.

Is there a thread like this that tells me how NOT to brick my device when flashing? Seems that a lot of people have bricked devices, kinda scary.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
No, that's not true, there aren't a lot of people bricking, it's just that those with problems tend to post more - and most of them are not bricked, they're bootlooping, or just not getting what's going on. Believe me, if an Android noob like me could read the stickies, follow the instructions and successfully 1) root, 2) enable sideloading and then finally 3) flash a custom ROM without having one single problem, you can do it, too :) Just read, read, read and then carefully follow the instructions. Always read the first post in a thread, too!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beall49:
Solid...I flashed CM7 onto my KF and that was super simple, so when I came in here it was slightly intimidating.

I want to take this phone and strip it down to the bare minimum (Nexus style) anyone have a good suggested ROM for that?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
The only true AOSP ROM is still going to be Cyanogen 7 currently. But beware of poor battery life due to Samsung not releasing their drivers to the world :)

But - before flashing CM7 - I would like at what the chef's are cooking in the ROM forum and take a look there first. There are some awesome ROMS that might not be the Nexus AOSP experience - but they might be close!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaychoutzj:
Thanks for your working!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevhuff:
From my experience the captivate is pretty difficult to hard brick people think they are done for when they see phone _ pc_phone symbol or bootlooping. Just remember following the op directions will be your best friend
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noobee88:
How much does one have to read? It seems endless. Seriously. If only someone, even Google would charge a small fee for a one or two click update to CM7 and the GUI program does everything for you, everyone would be happy. Jailbreaking an iPhone is so simple. Tinkering with an Android is not only intimidating, but the support seems less than "kind" unless one passes the initiation into the forum :eek:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Read the stickies. Those contain the most important information and links. As far as longing for the Apple model, you're definitely in the wrong place if that's how you like your phone to operate. I agree the 'help' here can be rather harsh, sometimes too much so, but for the most part, if you show a willingness to learn and to try to figure things out for yourself you'll get the help you need. From what I've heard, jailbreaking isn't near as useful as what can be done to Android - I have no experience with iPhones, I eat apples, not use them ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
From what I remember about jailbreaking - it was pretty scary. At least with this I know I have full control over what I'm doing.

And updating to CM7 from stock isn't that difficult.

Get the AIO Toolbox - go through the options to install drivers and root your phone, get rom manager etc...

Put in the ROM you want.

Flash per instructions.

Done.

Sure with jailbreaking it is a 'one-click' process but with Android its what 3-4 clicks? And you'll have to go through the menus yourself?

Sheesh today's youth - next thing they will want is mind control to be able to change the TV channel instead of using the remote control :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxPower5000:
They have those?

And to share my 2 cents (not that anybody want's em), perhaps it could be made more clear as to what is going on when someone flashes to a different ROM e.g the internal, static "SD card" will be wiped clean; this is what a bootloader is, and what it does; and this is how to avoid bricking your phone, as god knows, money aint exactly growing on trees these days
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toominds:
Thanks a lot, good information together.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AySz88:
In case someone else is wading through these threads like I've been...

"CLShortFuse's One-Click Root" (SuperOneClick 2.3.3) doesn't seem to work with stock Gingerbread as of yet. This thread at androidforums has a "for dummies" guide to using Odin and a DesignGears AutoRoot thing, and worked well for me.

Also, if you start getting "TetheringManager" force closes after you're done, turn off USB Debugging.

(To give credit, the guide appears to be derived from these two threads: from xda-developers and attdroids.)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lskohn:
Very confused trying to upgrade to Gingerbread with IMEI mismatch

At this point, the directions in this thread are too telegraphic for this poor technology-challenged but willing learner...

I managed to root and unlock my Captivate and upgrade from Eclair to Froyo long enough ago that I don't remember how I did it all (Odin one-click figured in, I think), but I now have an IMEI discrepancy, so when I tried to use Kies Mini to upgrade to Gingerbread, no joy, and of course OTA is impossible.

I don't know where to start. I have TiBU, busybox, various SGS tools, and astro file manager among other things. I THINK the firmware's just stock 2.2 (baseband I897UCKB1, Kernel version 2.6.32.9, build FROYO.UCKB1) now, but when I put in the "secret code" for IMEI, it doesn't match what's under the battery, and the product code is also hash now.

So...which of the many threads and alternatives applies to my situation? Do I need to clean up the nv_data file (it looks like there is a backup /mnt/sdcard/nv_data.bak, and if that's NOT a backup, what do I do? there's also a folder /mnt/sdcard/Galaxy_S_Unlock with nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.unlocked and subfolder /efs that also has an nv_data.bin, among other things.

I'm not trying to flash super-duper ROMs, just get to stock Gingerbread. No need to reinvent the wheel for me - just point in the right direction because the terminology's getting beyond me!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Hmm... I'm so deep down the rabbit hole now (I run ICS) at this point with my phone I haven't used Khies or OTA in over a year.

I would suspect going back to Stock Eclair then try to use Khies afterwards to try and update back to Gingerbread. - Of course you will need to re-root, backup your apps etc first.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squirrel715:
Rooting help?

Well i'm obviously new to new to rooting and android in general really. But I've been reading around about rooting and have been trying for awile now to root my captive with odin3 and it only detects my phone when its booted up with Debugging on. Not in download mode or anything else. I'm running gingerbread 2.3.5

Sorry if this isn't in the correct place.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Verfassergeist:
If my drivers aren't working, and I've tried using the one's supplied, what would be my next course of action?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
What isn't working? Need to provide additional information on what is going on.

Computers OS

What you are trying to do?

Where did you get the drivers from?

Etc...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Hey folks - My Upgrade finally hit and I am Captivate Free now! It has been awesome working with the XDA community (mainly as a lurker) and the great awesome ROMs that made the phone tolerable!

For some reason I broke away from Samsung and got the new HTC One X (well it was discounted for me.. meh) which I'm still debating on whether I really like it or not.

Anyways - this means that I will not be looking at this thread any longer. If someone wishes to they could copy it to a new one and let this one fall to the bottom of the forum archives?

So... uh so long and thanks for all the fish? :rolleyes:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
You can use an Odin/Heimdall One Click to return to a Full Wiped Stock Firmware...see here--- http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3

The drivers that were installed for Heimdall, were installed to the specific usb port you were plugged into at the time of the Heimdall setup.

So just use a different port for Odin.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravi kumar:
thank u..

thank u.......
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramojirao:
my phone reboots continiously

Hi,

I used Odin3 One-Click back to Stock. from then it just reboots by getting AT&T logo and dont even get into the download mode. just powered on for 1 hr it has the same result. any suggestions and help is appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealatri:
:(

:D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdiaz19:
I have a rooted I897UCKK4, how can I install ClockWorkMod in this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
^

See TRusselo's Guide. It is up to date.

Or flash, through Odin, this KK4 Corn Kernel by mtcarey
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdiaz19:
Thank you so much. Where is the thank you button?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Ur welcome...and i see u found the thx button. :thumbup:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalva:
thanks for this very useful post OP.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elyotbuang:
this is great... all in one. thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsaxena:
Good guide

:good: :cowboy: :cool:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Escofosho:
captivate running cm10 how to unlock

So i updated from eclair to froyo then to ginger bread . then i rooted and rom cm10

now i would like to unlock the phone for all carriers. i've searched and searched but all i find is unlocks for froyo..

is there an unlock for me out there??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KaKaShiHp:
my captivate speaker not work,any body help???
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RamblingBarba:
Oustanding post. Saved me a ton of time with all the good stuff piled together.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minhchick:
I love my capy :cowboy::victory:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] necksuss267:
yay thanks this helped
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vjofvizag:
Cyanogen mod 10 issues

I recently flashed cyanogenmod 10 onto my captivate KK4 Corn Kernel. Am not able to open my Messaging since then. I had backed up my messages and contacts with titanium backup and after flashing the ROM i restored them.

Any update on this issue? Is this problem with Cyanogenmod 10 or with its prior versions?

What is your--

Phone model: Samsung Captivate

Radio (baseband): I9000UGKG3

CM version: 10.0.0 captivatemtd

CM Download url: cyanogenmod.com

Gapps version:

Did you--

wipe: Yes

restore with titanium backup: Yes

reboot after having the issue: Yes

Are you using--

a task killer: No, Messaging just gets closed every time i try to send SMS

a non-stock kernel:

CMSettings/Performance settings (other than stock): None

other modifications: None

Provide any additional information (observations/frequency of problem/last version it worked on/etc) as needed:

---------- Post added at 05:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:08 AM ----------

Is that possible? If so should i flash the stock first and then go to 7 or can i directly flash 7 from clockworkmode recovery with an update.zip in sd card?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
The restore is your problem. Delete your current messaging app with Tibu and flash the Gapps from the CM10 thread. (or you could get a 3rd party app like handcent)

PS.: Great post, lots of info! Wish every user would do the same when they need help :good:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppenguinn:
This topic very helpfull. Thanks a lot:cowboy:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skimilk44:
Unique problem, help would be appreciated.

Hello Everyone, I just received a Captivate to mess around with, because my friend just went to an iPhone (I know I know).

I'm not new to flashing, I use a Moto Atrix 2 CM10 for my daily driver atm, but wanted to get CM10 on this Cap for 2 reasons:

1.. he ran Froyo the past 2 years, driving me insane, and I want to see how JB could enhance this phone.

2.. CM10 has an option for Volume rocker waking, the power button on this bad boy is broke. I opened the phone up, tried it manually, and it's an electrical hardware problem, which is beyond me.

So the main problem: Flashing via Recovery. Since the power button is kaput, I can't make any selections in Recovery... or can I?

I'm currently using Kies Mini to get firmware up to 2.3, and the plan is to get to 4.0.4, then CM10/4.1 or 4.2

I have Odin, so would I be able to flash through that? (The only problem here, is getting into download mode, which I understand I can do with ADB, but I've been searching for links to download the drivers for a while... zilch,)

Sorry if this is such a noob question. the Moto A2 is a locked bootloader so developers are very specific on how we move with our Roms. This phone isn't but I still am unsure.

Any roms that I would be able to flash through Odin(if not all) or Kies Mini, and any Roms that have the option to wake via volume rocker is definitely appreciated. Thank you all!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coldfear13:
Helly Bean 1-05-2013

Hey guys, thank you for your help in advance.

I just flashed to Helly Bean 1-05-2013, I followed these instructions:

Originally Posted by Mich2027 View Post

I installed as described here:

coming from any other rom:

- make sure to have gingerbread bootloaders

- flash allinone.zip

- reboot recovery

- flash allinone.zip again

- flash gapps

and my sd card storage has switched with internal storage when I did "Format SD Card", so it formatted my internal instead.

I know this was an issue in the previous Helly Bean builds, but I am not sure if there was a fix found. Is there a way to fix this?

I flashed from older serendipity build. very new to this =[

Samsung Captivate sgh-i897

Kernel 3.0.57

Hellybean 20130105
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Flash Odin KK4 (without bootloaders), then Corn kernel with Odin 1.85 and finally, you can get back on the ROM you wanna use.

I don't think there's a way to recover what was on your SD after it's been formated though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coldfear13:
Thank you for you help BWolf!!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steinercat:
Finally got done researching/reading. To say that the Android community is "active" is an incredible understatement. :D

I picked up a dirt cheap Cappy to use as a seconary phone, and most imporatantly to play FLAC (over BT). Going to use PowerAmp

Just wanted to get some verification before flashing to CM 10.1

1. Upgrading/flashing the Kernel is NOT necessary (no need to OC or prolong battery life for my use)

2. Heimdall One-Click will have all I need to flash ROM to 10.1 (it has all the dependencies required to flash to custom ROMs)

3. 10.1M is as good as stable currently

I've read the numerous guides available for flashing, but this one seemed to be the easiest/safest method.

【Guide】How To flash ANY Captivate ROM from Stock (including ICS)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1350266

Are my assumptions correct? Anything else I'm missing?

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hay1234:
The terms and acronyms link seems to be broken. :(

XDA and Android Terms and Acronyms Thanks to jmtheiss for creating this. Basic guide to XDA and your Captivate :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hay1234:
Seems the acronym post moved. I found it here.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoullessGinga:
Thank you for the help
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harsharjeria:
Nice and thanks

When I Bought My Cappy There Was A Battery Problem In It Than I Simply Went To The Market And Asked For A Battery For Galaxy S, The Shop Keeper Said That He Is Not Having Battery For Captivate So He Gave Me The Battery For i9000 And Till Now After 4 Months Not Facing Any Battery Problem Of Random ShutDown..:good:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roberiomatos:
My SGH-I987 is broken

Hello Everyone, a few times ago i have tried update CM 10.1.2 to CM 10.2.0 and because i did some wrong procedures my phone broken.

I have trying install any drives for samsung captivate for my PC recognize my phone on Download Mode, but all link of this topic is off-line. Anyone can help me available this drives?
[Android Apps and Games] datguy79:
I have g1 recently rooted ...since then I was still able to download from 4shared.com I have the unknown sources checkmarked but now every apk I have been trying to download says not supported for phone ...any help on what might have changed or what to do to fix it pls ...
[Epic 4G General] CrimsonFlare:
erase post.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cesjr02:
Please excuse this question if this has been hammered to death. I spent the previous 9 days on vacation and feel slightly out of the loop. I'd also rather not read the past 100 or so pages in the CM6 thread to get filled in.

I flashed RC2 and everything seems to run great. I notice the ADW Launcher "apps" icon has changed. Any other tweaks? What works, what doesn't? Any bugs etc.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ty080279:
it's only my opinion.

cm6.1rc2 is a bug fix for rc1.

...cm's team showed a tweet about possibly having wimax authentication working a few days ago(not released...wip!). but it seriously isn't their focus how sad.:rolleyes:

talk about missing the mark on this phone...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cesjr02:
I only noticed a few issues thus far. I had a problem keeping a GPS fix the other night, however I'm not sure if that is attributed to RC2 or my lack of doing a full wipe. I also noticed this morning my messaging app keeps experiencing an FC.
[Fascinate General] jonnyviking:
I downloaded AB Seasons from the market on my fascinate and when it was installing it caused the market to force close. Now every time i try to open the market i immediately get a FC notification. I've rebooted my phone twice already and it's not helping. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks

BTW, I'm using blackhole 1.4.1 and jt's uv kernel and still on DI01.
[Fascinate General] jonnyviking:
ok. i think i might have fixed it. went to menu/applications/manage apps/market cleared cache then it also had an "uninstall updates" button which i did and that set up my market fresh like on a new phone. Then i opened the market and it actually opened. I had to accept the terms and conditions again like when i first got my phone and it seems to be working again. going to try to redownload AB Seasons and see what happens. Will update later.
[Fascinate General] jonnyviking:
Everything is working again. I don't know why this happened but i got it fixed. Very weird. Anyways if this happens to someone else, I hope this post helps.
[Wildfire General] nunosilva10:
Guys i have cyanogen mod rc2 on my htc wildfire, But when i go to live wallpapers and select one doesnt work :/ Any idea to solve this ? I've already saw a livewallpaper.apk to install but i don't know if that will solve out my problem.
[Wildfire General] a1exander:
The stock ones doesnt work. Download like the Nexus revamped from the market and that'll work.
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
:D:D:D:D:D

[YOUTUBE]dugI-robCuQ[/YOUTUBE]

It's hong kong-eese :p

But it shows off gingerbread :D

(Kind of, altough not on purpouse)
[Off-topic] AdrianK:
Direct link please? All I'm seeing is a white flash applet with nothing inside.
[Off-topic] Deleted member 2500726:
It says it's a private vid so I can't watch it :(
[Off-topic] Deleted member 2500726:
And now it says removed... You should have downloaded it :(
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
:eek: Oh no!

Well i'll describe it :p

Similar, black status bar with all green icons, all look nice and smooth,

the home screen small rectangle thing looks like the one on froyo but matte black and reached the bottom of the screen, again with new greenn icons :D

And some stuff i frogot :P
[Off-topic] orb3000:
Vide is supressed by the owner:(
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Owner being google hong kong :)
[Off-topic] AdrianK:
What was the name of the video? Might help us track it down.
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Voila ;)

Somebody on engadget grabbed a screenie ;)

My description wasn't too bad eh? :p
[Off-topic] Deleted member 2500726:
I want the video :'(
[Off-topic] AdrianK:
Looks absolutely horrendous.
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Haha! Thats the spirit :p
[Off-topic] souljaboy:
The app drawer is launcher pro
[Off-topic] orangekid:
no that's a stock Android app drawer.

man those screen shots look pretty ugly, all this wait for that? I'll stick with ADW...
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Graphics acceleration!? :p
[Off-topic] orb3000:
Agree :D

.......

Anyway thanks for the leak MacaronyMax:)
[Off-topic] souljaboy:
no , thats launcher pro , stock doesnt have the 3d scroll effect