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[Captivate General] fluidd:
YAHOO! I got it to work as well! Followed all the steps from the first 4 pages and it worked like a charm! 2.2!! finally!!

..now when are we getting 2.3!! lol

EDIT 2am: GPS is way faster. Finds my location faster. I am also getting the random vibrations when phone is off. But I very rarely turn my phone off. Gallery does NOT freeze at all anymore, and is actually a lot more fluid and faster.

Will report battery soon. Just re-calibrating it, since the new 2.2 update has to learn my battery again. Fully drained my battery to zero, until it dies then turned it on again until it dies, then popped it in the charger while off. Now charging.

Will update ya'll..
[Captivate General] :
+12345 :confused:
[Captivate General] Sqdnguns:
No........
[Captivate General] hey_joe:
I believe it will work for you but your phone must be running stock Rogers 2.1 unless somebody else here tried it and it didn't work for them.
[Captivate General] tietherope:
It would work, just not through Kies. Need to wait and use Odin.
[Captivate General] TopDogg1:
ok thx for the answers
[Captivate General] geokilla:
So you didn't get that thunder error everyone is getting?
[Captivate General] di11igaf:
can someone with this update get a dump of /system.

if you dont know how to use adb pm me and ill give you a step by step.

turn on usb debugging.

connect phone to usb. open an command prompt on the 'tools' folder of android-sdk.

in the cmd window type: adb pull /system

youll have a bunch of folders inside of the tools folder now with names like - app, bin, etc, framework, xbin, lib, firmware, fonts, media. put these all in one folder then upload.

would be greatly appreciated and well be able to eliminate the need for keis altogether.
[Captivate General] R5R:
you think after ALLL this time they would be able to have a smooth update, but no, ofcoarse no thier programs just crash and fall apart, samsung...

Sorry to rant but this is very upsetting.
[Captivate General] hey_joe:
No I didn't. The only error I got was that Kies couldn't put the phone into download mode so I did that myself and the upgrade completed.
[Captivate General] R5R:
Hey guys I figured something out, if you had an older version of kies and updated, you can update without that MSC thunder error, BUT if you downloaded the newest copy and installed it manually, then your MSC thunder update crashes, I just tried installing an old copy of Kies then updating to the newest version when the software prompts you and my update is currently downloading! But it also works

Update, use an older version of kies like Kies_1.5.3.10093_82 and then after the downloading is done the update will fail it asks for restore, and if you do the restore it'll update to 2.2 by asking you to put the phone in download mode, just finished and its nice :)
[Captivate General] joey_xda:
Has anyone checked the GPS ? Any better ?
[Captivate General] caldigital:
GPS Any better? Never had any problems to being with on mine!
[Captivate General] slntdth93:
so anyways i couldnt get it to work on xp. w7 worked but i had a notification popping up about initialization failed but worked out in the end.

For what its worth, kies tells me in w7 to put the captivate into download mode while xp didnt
[Captivate General] jonnyg1097:
So this worked perfectly for me the only problem I had was just had an issue of it saying I needed to get more battery life on my phone before using the software which is stupid because its plugged in. But it works now so im happy. :)
[Captivate General] Tim6996:
Yea i got it working i guess... Wireless doesn't work and if rebooted it has a seizure of vibrating and trying to scan my internal storage and finding my wallpaper for a good minute. I want 2.1 back.
[Captivate General] Holmes108:
Thanks. XP didn't work either. I'll try and install the old version of Kies again, but the problem is that when I reboot my phone, Kies doesn't recognize my phone in download mode. Actually, even if I'm not in download mode, I have never been able to use Kies more than once in a row.

Once I leave Kies, the only way it will recognize my phone again is to delete the "Samsung Composite device" from my device manager USB list and reload everything.... it's always been like that.

There are just too many issues going on to get a handle on.... arg. I'll keep playing.
[Captivate General] Holmes108:
Well, at least this is something else to try... hopefully it will recognize my phone in download mode. I'll keep trying.

Thanks,

Edit: No dice, Kies doesn't recognize that it's not updated.... it says I have the latest version when I don't.

I think the main issue none of these work arounds aren't working for me is that I can't use Kies more than once at a time, as I mentioned in my last post... when I try, it just says "connecting to device" forever, even after my phone says "connected". I only get one shot and then I have to uninstall and reinstall all drivers.
[Captivate General] hey_joe:
Do you have a working 2.1? When you plug in the usb, what comes on the screen of the phone? Mine always have an option in connecting as Kies ( firmware update ), media player or mass storage. Only when I select the Kies ( firmware update ) on the phone is when Kies on PC recognizes the phone and loads it up.
[Captivate General] TadMorose:
I'm having the exact same problem. MTP on the phone says connected, but Kies never connects. I installed the latest .NET Framework and currently installing an older version of Kies and will try again.
[Captivate General] purespin:
Help!!!

I'm in the middle of step 12. The big "S" on the startup Galaxy S screen was blinking. When I was back in a few minutes, the screen turned black although the 4 buttons are still on. It occasionally vibrates. I know it's doing something...

So is it still in the middle of upgrade? I don't want to pull the battery...
[Captivate General] hey_joe:
Yes takes a bit longer for it to boot up normally so be patient.
[Captivate General] purespin:
So it's normal for the screen to turn black? It occasionally vibrates during the upgrade? Will it reboot or just boot up in the normal state?
[Captivate General] Holmes108:
Got it!

On the older version of Kies, I waited until I got the "failed to go into upgrade" blah blah.... then hit recovery. The key was I couldn't go into Download mode until Kies TOLD me to do it (Kies actually calls it recovery mode). I was trying to connect in download mode first.

I had to literally get to the point that it explained on the screen how to get into download mode (even though I already knew). Then I heard the familiar USB connect sound in windows and boom.

Still not as smooth as it should have been. This was obviously a method of recovering from a bad update, as opposed to a proper way to update.
[Captivate General] donniekeys:
YOU ARE A GOD THANK YOU! i bow to thee
[Captivate General] hey_joe:
My phone's screen did turned to black and some occasional vibrations and when it booted up, I was at the startup wizard ( when I first turned on the phone after unboxing ) although all my contacts and apps are still intact.
[Captivate General] Holmes108:
Mine stayed on the "S" screen for a very long time, but then it quickly booted up normally after the S finally disappeared. It vibrated once quickly as the lock screen appeared, but that was it, and no black screen.
[Captivate General] yobbei:
Hey Purespin I am having the same problem as you the screen is black with 4 buttons light up and vibrate occasionally.

Did it ever come back to life???
[Captivate General] Angelmsx:
I tried using kies 2.0 and it said my device will soon be supported so i tried kies 1.5.3.10113_29 and when i hit firmware upgrade it doesnt come up with any list of updates (just blank), it didnt even show whether or not device was already the latest firmware (which it used to in the past). anyone have this problem?
[Captivate General] donniekeys:
having same problem... i am freaking out
[Captivate General] slntdth93:
Yeah, mine stays on the S for a while, it kinda half-crashes on the first lock screen for me but afterwards is fine
[Captivate General] yobbei:
please let me know if it comes back to life.

I am chatting with Rogers support and they say the official rogers update is not out yet!!! I think I have bricked my phone!!!!
[Captivate General] purespin:
No, it stays like this for 1 hours now...
[Captivate General] hey_joe:
That isn't a good sign. That's too long even for a pc upgrade.
[Captivate General] yobbei:
I can still go into download mode is there anyway to unbrick??? can I hard reset my phone?
[Captivate General] hey_joe:
When you do a battery pull, what does your phone do when it powers on?
[Captivate General] purespin:
I just pulled the battery. It showed the I896 screen and then the big "S" screen. It turns black in about 1 min.
[Captivate General] tietherope:
Not to cause panic or anything but that is the same thing the Bell Vibrant does when the internal sd card is fried. Are you able to get into recovery mode at all?
[Captivate General] tietherope:
Same question to you, are you able to get into recovery mode?
[Captivate General] yobbei:
oh sh!t.

I can still go into recovery mode by pulling battery out and power on with vol up and down.

I select reboot and it will be just the same thing.
[Captivate General] purespin:
Yes, I'm able to boot into recovery mode by pressing up+down+power buttons.

[edit]: maybe I should try the reinstall packages option in the recovery mode?
[Captivate General] hey_joe:
If you can put your phone in download mode ( NOT recovery mode ) by pressing just the up+down vol keys then plug usb and recovery mode is still available in Kies, then it will update your phone to Froyo.
[Captivate General] tietherope:
If you select reinstall packages do you get any sort of error messages?

Anything along the lines of:

/dev/block/mmblk0p1

/dev/block/mmblk0p2

or:

E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10

(invalid argument)

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
[Captivate General] purespin:
Thanks for all the help! My phone finally boot up successfully!

Here is what I did:

- Went into recovery mode

- Tried to reinstall packages but failed. It complained that file signature is invalid.

- Tried the 2 delete options (user and phone(?))

- Reboot

And Hooray! My phone boot up!
[Captivate General] tietherope:
Yeah, you can always flash another ROM if download mode is working. I just wanted to make sure this wasn't going to be the Bell situation all over again.
[Captivate General] desilla:
Thanks Enhanced, worked like a charm :) In a matter of half hour i have Froyo 2.2 on my Rogers Captivate :) I encourage everyone to follow his instructions as it does work. The download of the firmware takes a while be patient.

Froyo Rocks!!!!!
[Captivate General] kt_0819:
I started off going to the ATnT froyo rom before, then i reflashed into rogers stock rom 2.1 knowing the gps sucks in atnt rom. Now when i plug it into kies, it says there are no available update for my device.. X_X.. anyone getting same problem?
[Captivate General] yobbei:
Yes Purespin I confirm wiping the user data works. Now it boots up to 2.2 with the usual Rogers crap apps (My Rogers and stuff)
[Captivate General] purespin:
Good to hear it works for you as well. Hopefully it solves everyone's upgrade issue :-)

Have fun with 2.2!
[Captivate General] Holmes108:
My froyo was working fine for half hour or so but now apps are randomly crashing. I feel a quick vibrate, then get a force close error. Sometimes my screen goes blank for a few seconds too. The phone won't behave properly afterwards until I reboot.

It happens seemingly with any app and it's fairly regular. I did a factory reset, but the issue persists. Anyone else experiencing this?

Also has anyone got the z4root app too work?
[Captivate General] ~~mitch~~:
Same problem, I get the quick vibrate and then the phone laaaaaaags and apps force close. Z4root does not work for me either.
[Captivate General] yobbei:
did you wipe your user data? I think that's the only way to make it stable.

z4root does not work for me either, tho.
[Captivate General] ~~mitch~~:
I've also noticed a couple odd things. My phone seems to vibrate even while off. I have no idea why, but as long as the battery is in, the phone vibrates randomly. There is also a couple glaring spelling errors that I have come across. For example "Voice Dialer" is spelled "Voice Dialler".

I guess I'll give it a bit longer, but so far this update seems half baked to me.
[Captivate General] geokilla:
I've given up with Kies... 3rd time reinstalling and I still get the MSC.Thunder error.
[Captivate General] Sqdnguns:
An Idea

Probably be a good idea for you guys to backup all your stuff then do a factory reset on the phone before you try this update. I would also remove the external SD card when doing the update as well...........
[Captivate General] Minawee:
Forgive the noobness question...but how exactly does one go about wiping the user data? (Please be specific!)

Thanks in advance,

-Paul
[Captivate General] TriC_101:
Thats because your product code likely got changed to an ATNT one
[Captivate General] R5R:
Yeh something is not right about this update, the power on sequence is strange

Press power get a vibration->Then nothing

Press power again-> Get i896 screen->quick flash of the rogers screen->then Galaxy S loading

Also the galaxy s music plays early.

and over all the phone seems more unstable, I hope this update doesnt fry out internal SD cards.
[Captivate General] jam287:
That sounds like what the leaked 2.2 would do, it would make things laggier and on startup the sound would be off from the animation and it was overall pretty unstable (for me anyway).
[Captivate General] BusySignal:
Lagfix

Do I need to undo the lagfix on my Rogers 2.1 before upgrading? I have the RyanZA OCLF.
[Captivate General] TriC_101:
The SD issue Bell was having with the i9000m was a hardware issue... not software. our phone are not effected
[Captivate General] TheEscapist:
Boot into recovery, there should be delete cache, and delete user data options. Use them.

Also, rogers rep said explicitly that the update would be on the roger's site (under support > wireless downloads ), which makes me think this is a leak/unofficial, which would explain the issues people have been having.
[Captivate General] Sqdnguns:
That would be wise.........Personally, to be SAFE, I would back up my stuff, Factory Reset and remove the external SD card.
[Captivate General] Sqdnguns:
How could it be a leak or unofficial if it's be pushed out via Kies???
[Captivate General] TheEscapist:
Accidentally pushed? I dunno. All I know is rogers rep said it would be on their wireless downloads page, and Captivate isn't even an option yet. But really, from what I'm reading, this isn't a stable rom.
[Captivate General] R5R:
Well lets hope that official rogers 2.2 comes out soon so we can upgrade to that, this version is a bit buggy but having flash in the browser and having skype working is very nice. Also the the gallery is running lightning fast and smooth.

Oh and btw theres a new app in Samsung Apps, its called camera firmware, I installed it and ran it, didn't notice a difference except maybe a firmware update option in the camera options(might have been there before).

Ill post tomorrow if the battery life is better or worse.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bozothedeathmachine:
Hi, all.

First timer here. Got the wife a Hero for X-mas. Notice it's slow sometimes, so thought I'd upgrade. It's on 1.5 now. I ultimately want to get on Android 2.1. However, in the phone settings info screen, there is no update option. I thought this might be due to the firmware not being up-to-date so was going to start by upgrading that. But I don't know which ROM to use.

I bought the unlocked phone in Switzerland, but it was clearly imported from the UK. I see on the HTC site there are several ROMs which are carrier specific. There seems to be a generic ROM on the bottom of the HTC page which says "ROM Upgrade for HTC Hero" with no specific carrier. This one looks to be the generic ROM, which I should use. Is that the case?

I've tried looking for a general tutorial, but they all also seem to be tied to carriers (Sprint, T-Mobile, etc).

Cheers.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] CobraKev007:
Hi Bozo,

firstly do not be tempted to update your firmware to the latest one on the HTC web site, if you do that and also update to the HTC 2.1 ROM, you will not be able to ROOT your Hero without firstly downgrading again.

ROOTing your Hero will allow you to go beyond 2.1 to 2.2 ROMs, these are mostly in development at the moment but I've tried several so far and have settled on Android Version Froyd Villain1.6 (2.2.1) which has been great for several weeks with no crashes and plenty quick. :)

Hope this helps!

There are plenty of web guides on how to ROOT your Hero also Youtube videos.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bozothedeathmachine:
Thanks for the reply. Is it the firmware that prevents rooting, the ROM, or both?

I've seen several of the videos on rooting. But again, they often reference a specific carrier model Hero, mostly Sprint.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] takuhii:
I'd check out this post. Ignore the stuff about updating RADIO though.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=827593

Personally I use Cyanogen 6.1.0 with FlyKernel 12a (applying the FlyKernel CM fix first). Then custom tweaking the Cyanogen setup. If you were UK I'd offer to do it for you ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Betty_Swallocks:
Another noob question for you.

Why ignore the radio update?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Zebwen:
I can't think of any reason to ignore the radio update, it's made a big difference for a lot of people.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Imperticus:
I was able to root my phone after upgrading to the official 2.1 ROM.

There are many great ROMs to choose from; CM6.1, Froyo 2.2.1 Final (by Elelinux), FroydVillain 1.7.0 My personal preference would be Elelinux's one.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ikmax:
Just go for Feeyo's 2.3 1.0.1 best one ever.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Max-Thrust:
I second that!

I am a flash-aholic and have tried nearly all the 2.3 roms. By far the best is cronos 1.0.1 It is uber fast (faster than any 2.1 I have tried) and has a brilliant forum community, with the dev responding quickly to any bugs.

Have fun!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] HomerJayS:
Why shouldn't he update to the official 2.1 Rom? It is said to be rootable with Universalandroot! (see http://blog.23corner.com/2010/08/30/universal-androot-1-6-2-beta-5/#more-407) So getting the official 2.1 would also be a reasonable step towards more speed! :)

And I don't see a downside of doing so...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bozothedeathmachine:
Thanks for all the info guys.

Is it possible to brick a Hero when attempting to root it?

Cheers!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] awaisj:
That will update his HBoot to 1.76.007 which is a perfected SPL.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] HomerJayS:
And what does this exactly mean?

Or in other words: What are the consequences thereof?

Sorry, I'm also just getting into the whole Rooting stuff ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] idlerpt:
it's up to you to decide what rom you want.

you have to test it for yourself, and see if you like it or not.

All we can do is point out some possible candidates
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] P1xelVandal:
What rom do you think is the best on your DHD.

Provide a link if possible.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlads:
To be honest, dhd rom's are scarce as it's quite a new phone, personally i use raidroid which has served me well, always on the look out for some gingerbread or newer cooked up rom's but like i said theyre not in abundance.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] P1xelVandal:
I've noticed that.

would you mind linking me to raidroid?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tranceonline:
I would love to know that too!

how about summerizing quadrant scores with different ROM's and phones ?
[Desire HD General] Dyonas:
I've noticed an incredibly bad bug lately that has had me look at my DHD as a very small internet tablet. I'm no longer receiving notifications when text messages are received at least 50% of the time. This has only started happening since the last OTA update but it's so bad that I'm very close to switching back to my Milestone.

I have notifications enabled, audio notification selected and yet when I went to send a text message before starting this post I noticed one unread message sitting there from yesterday! Yesterday I noticed it was roughly one notification received every two text messages. I don't have to explain how bad this bug is and I'm hoping that someone else can at least confirm similar experiences. I was so happy when I got my DHD but after seeing the amount of what I would class as critical bugs in the software that mostly point to the notification system I'm really annoyed. What's the point of a phone that can't reliably inform you when you get a text message / something else that sends a notification? I could get a £20 phone that would do this without fail, I expect more from a phone that retails at over £400!
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
There's already a thread about this. Happened in the 1.72 OTA upgrade. Apparently HTC are working on it - but who knows how long that will take?

That being said, when the proximity sensor issue happened it was only a couple of weeks til a fix happened...fingers crossed...

In the meantime, use a 3rd party SMS client or if you're rooted, downgrade back down to 1.32
[Desire HD General] wbbigdave:
Hey man not to sound rude, but this is a known issue here, and i fear is even on the same page as this topic. Anyway, not to poopoo and run away the "accepted" solution atm is to install Go messenger or handcent, and then disable Sense notifications for SMS and use that until HTC sort out the OTA update.
[Desire HD General] Dyonas:
Sonnuva...... I searched but didn't check the known issues. Sorry about that, mods please feel free to close / delete the thread and slap / kick me.
[Ideos S7 General] majaelx:
i'v installed this apk mobile manager, and under advanced info -> sensors shows that huawei ideos s7 has in fact the compass hardware present in the AK8973 chip

question is : how to make them work?
[Ideos S7 General] pa49:
If you switch to compass view in google maps you will see it's already working.
[Ideos S7 General] majaelx:
could you elaborate on this

i cant find that setting
[Ideos S7 General] pa49:
It's not a setting. It's a feature of google maps. You must have the correct version though.
[Ideos S7 General] naplesbill:
Just install the "compass" app in the marketplace and you'll see the compass working.
[Ideos S7 General] pa49:
On the latest google maps version there is a compass mode toggle button. Top bar, far right.
[Ideos S7 General] furiaceca:
Sensor

Hello,

can you tell us which are the other sensors models inside the IDEOS you have?

Thank in advance ;)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] anchovie89:
Is there a way to transcode the. Mpga files on the captivate? When I download. Mp3 files from. Beemp3.com.... they save as mpga's... which is stupid and annoying. Is there a simple fix or hack, or do I have to encode them on my PC and work through it like that? Any help would be appreciated
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrayZee:
Hi

I want to sync with Outlook Calendar (only) on Work Pc which has no direct internet connection and has several restrictions, such as, blocking USB devices which appear as memory drive or modems.

I was not able to install Samsung Kies because of lack of internet connection which is required for normal installation. I understand that there are several apps which cost about 20-30$. And there is Android-sync that I tried but it is in pre-alpha stage and because of that, it messed my contacts.

I'm looking for free solution of this problem. Does anyone has samething to offer me? Or is there anyway to install Kies without internet connection?

Any help will be most appreciated.

BRG,

Crayzee
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tehpriest:
Look at the Kies 2 thread. If you are allowed then download it and install or have it installed on your work computer. It will do what you require.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxoid:
Check out MyPhoneExplorer. Beats Kies easily in Outlook sync.