[Captivate General] Breakin' Ranh:
[Guide] How to Recover a Captivate to Stock 2.1 Eclair JH7

So this step by step will help any build # captivate that cannot use 1-click odin go back to stock eclair JH7.

I just wanna add that the jig I previously mention is a crux for us if we mess up, we can easily go into download mode and recovery through the button combo but if you screw up, our only answer in my opinion is the jig. (even though I was able to get it into download mode once without the jig, I bricked my phone 4-5 times just to be safe to check, so 1 out of 5 ratio is still unlikely that the button combos will work for us 1010 builds.) It sucks how we can't use the faster 1-click Odin JF6 :P But you can still try the leaked froyo JI6 1-click Odin FYI ;)

*Please have the usb drivers installed and I am not responsible for anything you do if you brick your phone. This is my method to get a captivate back to stock and current JH7.

**Another thing, read the whole thing before doing it! If you're not confident whatsoever about this process, don't do it**

1. Download the following:

I897UCJH2 Firmware

password: samsung-firmwares.com

http://www.multiupload.com/B5OFPPOJFZ

512 PIT

http://www.multiupload.com/I5WICSBFJ1

ODIN3

http://www.multiupload.com/DLS7TWUVPY

2. Once they're downloaded, open Odin 3.

3. Once Odin 3 has been opened, now put your phone in download mode. (The way I did it was: take sim card, sd card, and battery out, put usb cable to computer and phone then hold the volume buttons, and then put battery back in. It'll go to download mode).

4. Once the phone - in download mode - is recognized by Odin 3 (it'll say COM to usb port you put in, and one of the boxes above will be yellow highlighted), put the following files. "512 PIT" in PIT area (it's called s1_odin_20100512.pit). Put the "I897UCJH2 Firmware" into the PDA area. (You'll have to unzip the JH2 file, inside there's a .tar file, you want that) Look at my picture for reference. And then click "Start."

5. Leave your phone alone until process says PASSED in green!!!

6. Once you're done, you're officially on I897UCJH2 firmware. To get to the current JH7, you'll need to root the phone and download the following.

*Please have your phone in USB Debugging mode as well throughout the process later (Go to Settings>Applications>Development>USB debugging)*

Download the following:

I897UCJH7 Firmware

http://www.ponack.net/designgears/JH7_OTA.zip

*Z4 Root - You'll have to side-load this app to the phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833953

It's in the first post, have to registered member, blah blah blah. I personally use this because it worked on the leaked 2.2 froyo, it'll work 2.1 eclair for sure!

Just root the phone any method you like, I'm just trying to help!*

**Android Side Load Wonder Machine - This is how I side-load apps.

http://forum.androidcentral.com/and...40770-ac-sideload-wonder-machine-windows.html

Again, it's in the first post, and you'll need to register and be a member. And I personally use this, if you have anything better use that**

***Once you download what I said, plug phone in - please be in USB debugging if you have not done so/not listen to me the first time. Go into the Side Load Wonder machine. (Unzip the file, go into AC-SWM folder, then click AndroidCentral-SWM). In the SWM file, click "choose a file", choose the z4 root apk file I told you to download, then press go on the SWM file. A Command Promt (MS-DOS) thing will appear, if you read through it, hopefully your device is connected to the computer and recognized by the command prompt. If so, then click any key on your keyboard to continue. If not, tough luck, I told you to download the USB drivers beforehand haha jk on the tough luck. Once you side loaded the z4 root app into phone. Go to your phone and click on the app. This is super easy, just click permanent root and it'll do everything for you and reset your phone.***

7. So once your phone has been rooted, download Rom Manager from the Android Market. We need clockwork recovery yo!

8. In Rom Manager, Click "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery", then confirm your phone model as "Galaxy S Captivate". haha before you go clicking the "Reboot into Recovery", there's one thing you'll have to do first.

9. Go to your computer, plug phone in, it should be in USB debugging by the way. Mount your SD card, so you can put files into the phone. Remember the firmware we just downloaded??? Well now you can put the zip file (It's called JH7_OTA.zip) into your internal SD; you can unplug the cable too if you want.

10. Once you placed your .zip file into the SD, Dismount the SD card, and go back to ROM manager. Now you can press the "Reboot into Recovery" button (it's the 2nd one).

11. We're in ClockworkMod Recovery, so what do we do??? We click "install zip from sdcard" *If you've never been into recovery mode before, you toggle up and down with the volume buttons and select with the power button*

12. Once you click "install zip from sdcard," it'll will ask you 5 things, go to "choose zip from sdcard," after that, you'll want to click "jh7_ota.zip." It'll will ask you to confirm the install, click Yes!, and just watch as your phone is going back to the stock current JH7. And you are done :)

Thank you for reading this gigantic monster of a tutorial, I just wanted to help in a way that no one should be lost throughout and that it is a do-able thing.

Also participate in the forums,

search your questions

since there are tons of you guys/girls/things (not me haha) that just ask, and if it's a genuine question that no one asked before (I doubt it) then ask away! (You can tell I used to be a moderator of some kind haha).

And if you want to thank someone, don't just thank me, I like to give credit to forum members like DesignGears (for providing a great rom Cognition/Perception, great kernals, and all the OEM files), Rogersa2k (for providing the JH2 firmware and odin 3 and his tutorial), RyanZA (for the awesome z4 root app), the AndroidCentral forum people who made the Side-Load Wonder machine and connexion2005 (for the wonderful tutorial videos on youtube, look it up and learn!) So donate to them since they are the heroes of this community.

Please comment to tell me if there is a quicker maybe better way since this forum is so vast even for me to look up everything, if you have a question ask that too or even a thanks maybe :) Later guys.