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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Picsman:
We are all dealing with home remedies, it-worked-for-me solutions mixed with VooDoo and superstition. What an incredible waste of human energy... yet, with Samsung's and AT&T's utter silence concerning USB drivers we have little other choice.

I'm running 32bit Windows 7 Pro. The Captivate is stock, not even rooted (yet). I have found letting Windows install drivers--and not using any "driver package"--works... so far, anyway (but see "Final point" below). Even though the USB drivers on the Samsung/AT&T site say they are for XP and Vista, I've installed them. Similarly, I've installed every USB driver package I found--including Kies Mini--and none of them have worked more than once, if at all.

So, I started over! I uninstalled everything Samsung from my computer. There is a very useful utility for cleaning house at http://www.nirsoft.net/ called USBDVIEW.ZIP. I ran that and removed every Samsung or Andriod reference I could find. Then I ran both the file and registry cleaners in Glary Utilities from http://www.glaryutilities.com/.

I rebooted. I plugged in the Captivate using its Kies (firmware update) setting. Windows did some stuff. Checking Windows Device Manager I could see the Android Modem was not successfully installed. I unplugged the Captivate, rebooted it, plugged it back in. Windows installed the Android modem correctly.

I can now access the phone either in the Kies (firmware update) mode or Mass Storage Mode. In the first mode, I have a SGH-i897 device with two drives in Computer. In the second mode, I have two drives in Computer. Using the first mode and running diagnostics on the modem shows it works correctly; I can dial out using ZOC Terminal!

Final point: Uninstalling stuff and cleaning out the registry and deleting directories from Program Files does not remove drivers in d:\Windows\System32 and other such locations. Very likely when Windows installed the Captivate drivers it used some driver files (INF and SYS) which were still on disc from the many packages I had tried.

YMMV. Good luck.

FWIW: I love the Captivate; great phone/PDA. Support is horrendous. I sometimes find myself longing for my AT&T HTC "Tilt." I flashed a dozen ROMs on that device and never had one bit of frustration such as I've experienced with the Captivate. <shiver>
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Well just glad you were able to get it to re-install - sounds like a pita that you had to rip all references of Sammy's USB drivers by hand.

I think I've just been luckier than most when it comes to USB driver issues.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Picsman:
It was a pain, indeed. I have never, ever, ever gotten so frustrated performing the usually simple task of installing a device.

Where I went wrong, I think, was with Kies Mini. When first installed it worked fine. That's how I did the update for 2.1. Sometime later, Kies Mini automatically updated (to a version which is still not on the Samsung AT&T support site) and then it would not connect to the phone. That started a quest of finding and installing drivers none of which would solve the problem; everything failed. Ultimately, I figured going back to zero and betting the OS would find the right drivers on its own was the best course of action. Thankfully, it did.

Kies Mini is still not installed. I will wait until Froyo is announced (like in my lifetime, I hope) and tackle it then.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dizzyizzy:
I was able to get my I9000 recognized in download mode. I downloaded the latest USB drivers into my work laptop and it was able to recognize it. So, in conclusion, my iMac with VM Windows XP at home has issues recognizing the USB in download mode. My work laptop has Windows 7 in it and it picked it up with no problems.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anjiru:
I'm having the same issues with my phone not getting picked up by the system in download mode, the thing is though, it worked before. I had to play musical chairs with the rear USB ports to get it to work the first time, it seemed that if i used a non-stock cable it picked up as "Device could not be started" or something. then with the stock cable it came up that it was an android device and it even picked up in ODIN, but every time i went to flash it would give the disconnect sound and fail early in. i tried every USB port and all were the same, but one. was listed as COM3 in ODIN, and it worked perfectly, flashed the stock OS, then new cognition, got ticked off that i preferred the old one better, flashed it back. then did the same for a friend's Vibrant, which took me a while to get to work, but it worked.

this week i decide to give the new cognition a shot. wouldn't you know, now it's saying the same old problem. Device isn't recognized in download mode. Tried new drivers, tried old ones, keis mini, wiping out the drivers using USBDeview, reloading drivers, nothing works to get it to read in download mode. phone reads fine otherwise, but now i cant flash my rom. If anyone finds a solution please please post it.

Edit: I used a spare cable I had left over from my Samsung rant. plugged into the front USB ports on my computer and it worked like a charm. I had reinstalled windows and still kept getting the same error so I uninstalled the drivers, downloaded and started samsung kies mini, and plugged into the front USBs in download mode, loaded the drivers correctly and let me flash to stock then the update for Cognition. This is starting to get stupid with what needs to be done for this to work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsnt:
I recommend this solution for anyone having this problem!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iluvmusic:
Hi,

I had the same problem. Enabling debugging solved it for me. :)

Now going through the rest of the process for upgrading to froyo. Fingers crossed :p

PS : I am a complete newbie in the android world and of course the Galaxy S.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mortal_44:
If the phone is stick in a boot loop and not recognized

If you phone is stuck in a boot loop, and doesn't get recognized [not even when in download mode] try the following :

Go to the device manager and uninstall any one of the USB components marked Generic USB or USB Root Hub. Then click on the re-scan button that looks like a magnifying glass in front of a PC and is located on top of the window.

This should recognize your phone when its boot looping.

Then enter download mode and voila... you should see ur phone device connected / disconnected during the looping cycle
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] costygsm2:
hi,

i have the same problem with one i9000,is not recognized in download mode,the issue is not from the pc because i tried on 3 computers and it works with another i9000 fine.

my phone is not boot anymore beacause i tryed to flash drakyrom from recovery and it failed..i tryed everything..disable/enable lag fix..just boot loop

tomorow i will try to resurrect it with jtag and i will post results..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hardly Captivated:
Similar Issues

I've been trying to update my AT&T Captivate from Eclair 2.1-update1 for a few days now. No, I do not have any WinXP capable machines (oh, how I wish). I have Linux or Win7 64-bit systems only.

I have been unable to get Win7 to recognize my SGH-I897 in Download mode. I tried Kies (mini and full),

the Samsung drivers (SGH-i897_Captivate_USB_Drivers_5_02_0_2.zip),

usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.exe,

SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe (yes, 32-bit, but I was trying anything),

heimdall-suite-1.3.2-win32.zip,

Odin3 OneClick and nothing recognizes the phone in dowload mode.

My linux system can see the phone when I work on there (but not in download mode.) I was able to get the SuperUser Permissions app (rooted) to show by loading the update.zip file and loading via restore mode, but it shows me nothing, so not sure what that may have accomplished at this stage.

I have a direct connection from the m/b to the device (no other hubs.) Right now, I'm removing drivers from the Win7 system, but would love some ideas here.

Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Try a different usb/micro usb cable.

Use a port that u did not install the drivers for heimdall on.

Windows 7 will auto install the drivers...just n fyi

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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hardly Captivated:
AT&T Captivate

Removed the drivers I could find from Win7 and did some restarts. Put the phone in Download mode.

Per the README.txt with Heimdall Suite:

So, should I install Kies (full, not mini) and see if I can get it to recognize the device at least? No modes of operation (Kies, Media, Storage, Developer Mode or MTP) are being recognized by Windows now.

Thanks again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
I'm assuming in all of this you've tried different USB ports?

If so, you may also want to look at the "Captivate Connection Issues" post in my signature. Something in there may get you where you want to be.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hardly Captivated:
Battle continues

...and thanks for the help. I had read that thread before I posted today (it did help with some other issues.) I finally have Windows reporting my phone as "Gadget Serial" but no driver installs for it.

I have only been able to get my phone into DL mode by holding the volume keys (+/-) and plugging in the cable. I do not have a configured ADK yet to use that method. Might this cause a problem? Is there a way to flash it using the non-MTP modes?

Thanks again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limitz Cash:
I had a similar problem , Running as admin fixed the problem.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CJSlim79:
Encountered this after a KIES Update;

- Uninstalled Kies & Drivers

- Reboot

- Reinstalled KIES

- Open KIES

- Connect phone

- Recognised 3 of the drivers and installed - showed failed MTP;

- Stay on same screen

- Unplug USB

- Replug USB - Showed all 4 devices installed

- Closed & Killed KIES via Task Manager

- Rebooted to download Mode

- Installed drivers and recognised.

Realise this is an old thread - but this was very weird as I used the DL Mode this morning, then opened KIES to see if my girlfriends phone had a s/w update, KIES Updated, I completely lost the ability to connect via DL mode...

So anyways hopefully nobody will suffer this again.......
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mezezz:
just remove the battery and press the volume buttons compo and insert the cable it will go to the download mode automatic and there will be no device unrecognized
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mangaicaptivate:
captivate SGH I897 showing not registered on network

Help!.

I flashed my Captivate SGH i897 to stock rom. Then i put my sim. The network is not available .. But when the network comes . I try to call. It says "network not registered". I have read here at xda that i will have to restore my efs folder. I have my efs in backup . How do I recover ?

Plus i read to flash a modem .. how do i do all this ? I am new to all of this. Can anyone help . It will be appreciated !
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
For your efs, just replace your new one with your backup one using a file explorer with root rights.

As for modem, there's a modem thread in the dev section. They're flashed through recovery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mangaicaptivate:
Hi. I tried with the modem KK4 . U remember you had given me that KK4 kernel . But still it didnt work .. So i actually flashed cm 10.1 which i read somewhere might end all this modem issue . After flashing the network was atleast registered.. But network was not available like no bars and all . But when i go out of my house i can call ,message, only when i enter any house the bars disappear.. and i live in a major city Chennai(India).. my parents are in the same network and they get the signals .. i put my sim in other phones. The signal comes properly.. :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
KK4 is the firmware, not kernel or modem.

You'll want to try other modems (look for the modem thread in the Dev section). Simply flash in recovery, see if it works, if it doesn't, get back in recovery and flash another.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockyjacky:
Hi

I was trying to reinstall bada 2.0 on my wave 2. Accidentally during flashing via multiloader 5.67 phone showed up error while installing CSC files. Now phone is without any OS. When i switch on phone it shows upgrade encountered use kies. but to no avail as kies ask for recovery code. In download mode my phone is detected by my pc. It shows usb error connection error code 43. Device descriptor failed. How to bring phone back to life.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Try to reinstall your usb drivers or use another pc. Btw, this section is for the Captivate.
[HD2 General] Beaver_2:
Okay, so I have US T-mobile HTC HD2, I broke the capacative screen.

I tried to replace the capacative screen but broke the LCD in the process.

Then I discovered I had the Europe version of the capacitive screen.

So I went on ebay and bought a T-mobile HTC HD2 LCD screen and capacitive screen.

The capacitive screen does match my old one now. But I bought this Tmobile LCD screen:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300495907566&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Apparantely there is a Tmobile in Europe too, so its the wrong LCD screen.

I now have the Europe and American Capacative screen.

I also have a European LCD Screen.

Can I just soder the the Europe versions of the LCD and capcative screens together and then install it in my HTC HD2?

Will that work?
[HD2 General] abufaris:
will!!! i think it will not working

dont do any things more my freind, you may lose the deveice for ever,

try to find a spicilaist in ur area who can fix it,
[General Questions and Answers] sk84lifejose:
I have hd2 and i want to send long sms, bigger than 960 but i can't. can i send it as mms? how do i do that if its even possible? sorry if this has already been asked
[Desire HD General] Burning_aces:
Everytime I power off my phone and put it on charge, even when I remove the battery, as soon as I plug the power cord in (ac power) it turns my phone and and starts clockwork recovery. How can I fix this?
[Desire HD General] andreasy:
I asked something similar yesterday. Maybe it's the same for you as well. Have a look:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=862744
[Desire HD General] Burning_aces:
ahh must be fast boot, fair enough. thank you.

Edit: nope turning off fastboot didnt change anything, as soon as I plug in the power cord it boots into clock work recovery
[Desire HD General] A|ex:
Same happens for me, fastboot off, clockwork reloaded and still i am stuck.
[Desire HD General] jexwang:
Same here, everytime the phone is off and plug it in to charge it goes to recovery mode automatically. Even ive tried debug on/off or fastboot on/off. Still the same.:confused:
[Desire HD General] Burning_aces:
that sucks a bit :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdoughertyjr:
Does anyone know if the new CM6.1 rom that dropped in the past few days works on the Samsung Vibrant? Or any other really great froyo rom. I have axura 2.0.4 right now but I wanna see if anythings better. Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rraxda:
My terminology may be a little wrong here because I am a former blackberry user so bear with me. On BB you could change out your radio software that controlled your cell and wifi calling signal.

Is it the same with Android? Is there a way to change your radio version? How do I find out which version I am running?

The reason I am asking is that wifi calling works great on CM RC4, but completely sucks for me on stable 6.1.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
You can find out your radio version if you go into Menu->Settings->About Phone0>Software Information and look under "Baseband version". At least, that's where it is on my DZ ROM.

Yes, it is possible to flash radio updates.

I would check the CM thread for other people discussing wifi calling there though, and maybe post up in that thread (in the dev section).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shortlived:
Its my understanding that the wifi calling is not a radio issue though. Changing the radio will not help you in this case.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rraxda:
Yeah, my baseband version was the same from RC4 to 6.1 stable so it would make sense that there is something else that changed that is messing up the wifi calling for me.

I have posted in the 6.1 post in the dev section and have seen a couple other people who have posted with the same issues on wifi.

Hopefully it is addressed (along with the phone number issue) in a more stable(r) release.
[G Tablet General] h_10:
I got the Gtab earlier today. Here are my thoughts.

- standard OS is barely serviceable.

- TNT 2.2 makes this thing so much better

- tegra 2 chipset is a game changer. i played w/ the samsung galaxy and the ipad at best buy. the gtab running tnt 2.2 is so much faster than both devices. i can't wait to upgrade my phone to a dual core later this year.

- this thing would be worth $400 msrp if......the screen was remotely usable

- i can't use this thing for more than 30 mins w/out getting a huge headache. the screen is god awful. if it had a decent screen i would keep it. but i don't want to spend $400 for a tablet that i can't use for more than 30 mins. i literally get motion sickness looking at the screen.

i'm going to sleep on it and try again tomorrow. maybe it's the lighting in my room. who knows. if it doesn't get better, i'm going to return it.
[G Tablet General] HighTech216:
The screen has a limited viewing angle and the resolution leaves some to be desired. But I'm not going to return my tablet. It doesn't bug me that much and I can't wait until there is software out to utilize both cores of the tegra 2.

They really rushed this through production, that is apparent. I'm not gonna whine about it, I could've waited for them to refine it but I want it now!!!!
[G Tablet General] case-sensitive:
Assuming that you're in landscape mode, try rotating the gtab 180 degree -- i.e. turning it up-side-down -- and see if you have a better viewing experience (this trick does NOT work for e.g. full-screen youtube).
[G Tablet General] P_6:
Also, ensure auto brightness is set to on. The screen going full tilt in a darker room will burn a hole through the back of your head.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I actually leave it at manual and adjust as needed. For example, playing the dreaded Angry Birds I usually jack the brightness down or else my eyes start to hurt very quickly.

The refresh rate might be causing issues, as well. Why did they pick 50 hz?
[G Tablet General] Life in LA:
WHAT?! NOT EVEN CLOSE. The iPad destroys this thing, even when running TnT lite 2.+

I've had my gtablet for almost a week now, (put TnT lite 2.2 on it immediately) and I just came from the mac store, and 20 minutes of messing with the iPad-- the whole time I was thinking, "jesus, this browser speed and smoothness crushes the gtablet." scrolling, and pinch to zoom are instant, and insanely smooth. This gtablet? not so much.

And yes, the screen is staggeringly bad considering it comes from, oh I dunno, a leader in screen technology!
[G Tablet General] tktim:
The same as iPad, No. HORRIBLE I don't think so. The same as almost any laptop / netbook, Yes. When held or used the same as a laptop, should be the same. Notice even Apple store has all iPad's propped up on an angle for better viewing. $379 (ports,usb,usb,sdcard,HDMI?) vs iPad $499

"The 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 screen on the G Tablet has sharp images but colors seem muted. Viewing angles are solid at 90 degrees to the left or right when holding the device perpendicular to the ground or a table. However, when the slate is resting flat on its back, you must be right on top of it or images wash out completely."

Read more: http://www.laptopmag.com/review/tablets/viewsonic-g-tablet.aspx?page=1#ixzz17PIdFM4R
[G Tablet General] Acturbo:
To each his own I guess.

My tablet runs the internet just fine and pinch and zoom is basically instantaneous. I get flash, so when I access web pages they dont look like swiss cheese and I dont have to deal with ITunes. I also saved $120(even more if you can find a "refurb") by buying the G tab over the IPad. The screen does leave something to be desired, thats for sure.

When you return your G tab and go buy an IPad, please let us know what store your returning to because I'm having a heck of a time finding one of the "refurbs". :)
[G Tablet General] rcgabriel:
The iPad browser seems smooth because it does no intermittent rendering or reflow. It scrolls content, waits, then renders again once scrolling is done. I find scrolling on iPhones and iPads really annoying after using a Nexus One on a modern ROM or my G Tablet in xScope, where you can scroll instantaneously and actually see the content instantly.

Pinch to zoom isn't a performance issue right now, it's a driver issue. Run multitouch tester to see what I mean - the multitouch reading on this chipset/board is very jumpy. That's what causes the problems with pinch to zoom. I remember the Nexus One was like that at first too, and it was fixed over time with software updates, as I expect this multitouch issue will be.

And Flash is actually quite good most of the time on the G Tablet - my wife was utterly impressed when we browsed the web a bit together the other evening and we could look at the Flash-laden furniture websites she wanted to check out (the only issue is the interfaces that use hover and click as separate UI controls - doesn't work so well on any touch device). I can watch Amazon VOD content flawlessly.

Yeah, the screen itself definitely leaves something to be desired. I do expect more from a nearly $400 device, especially coming from Viewsonic of all companies. That is disappointing. I can browse the web, watch video content, and even read books for perhaps a couple hours before my eyes feel too much fatigue from my G Tablet though.

If you gave me a G Tablet with an IPS display, I'd say I had the perfect device for me (a guy who loves hacking and doesn't mind replacing the craptastic stock software and hates Apple's walled garden and anti-jailbreaking policies). But we're the people who chose to be early adopters. We are probably people who habitually piss several hundred dollars away every 6 months on the latest gadget which is often half-baked when it's released. We like this stuff, that's why we're on XDA Developers forums. If you aren't into it, by all means, get the iPad. For lots of people that's a better device right now.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
If you do not mind the iTunes UI being needed for file movement, could care less about Flash and do not need USB host function: iPad is a better choice- especially for non-modders.

I have messed with the iPad a lot and do not see the "crushes" speed difference. Especially not with 2.20 and Flash set to "on demand". Dolphin and X browser handle far more pages a lot better.

You do know that iPad client mode is chopped down versions of web pages? If you change the client in settings to "iPad" the Gtablet is actually faster. Everything is relative and not everyone likes the constrained option of an iPad. Seems the ultimate socialist device :) ;)

All card carrying party members should have one! ;) The display IS sweet, none the less, and a TON of cool and great apps. Kool aid tastes so gooood.

I joke, but next iPad may have USB and a lot of good games are heading to it. PSP2 will be DEAD (IMO of course). I could see me with the G and an iPad.... but my wife may kick my a** having such a vision.... :(
[G Tablet General] rob_z11:
This sums it up.