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I recently upgraded my captivate with the official att/samsung froyo release. So far it seems to have made my phone worse. It's slower, and freezes periodically. I was wondering if it's possible to root after the official upgrade or is this blocked. Hoping I can root and flash new kernel and get better performance. This droid world is new to me, so any assistance would be appreciated, especially if it's written for a novice.
Btw, I've done 2 master resets hoping it would help, and it didn't.
Here is how to install AT&T's official 2.2 Froyo ROM with all of the suckiness removed and a bunch of awsomeness added.
1. Download this. Rename it update.zip and copy it to sd_card, the the phone's internal memory,not the removable micro sd card.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ve234hbg64ctcu0
2. Download this, and copy it to sd_card.
http://www.designgears.com/roms/cognition/Cognitionv4.3.1.zip
3. Use this tool to flash back to 2.1 (don't master clear)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
4. Remove battery, hold vol up + vol down + power and reinsert battery. Phone will boot into recovery mode.
5. In recovery select "reinstal packages". Then reboot
6. If phone reboots back into a the same recovery, repeat 5
7. Phone should boot into a custom recovery.
8. Select install zip -> choose zip -> Cognitionv4.3.1.zip -> install
9. Reboot
cypho said:
Here is how to install AT&T's official 2.2 Froyo ROM with all of the suckiness removed and a bunch of awsomeness added.
1. Download this. Rename it update.zip and copy it to sd_card, the the phone's internal memory,not the removable micro sd card.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ve234hbg64ctcu0
2. Download this, and copy it to sd_card.
http://www.designgears.com/roms/cognition/Cognitionv4.3.1.zip
3. Use this tool to flash back to 2.1 (don't master clear)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
4. Remove battery, hold vol up + vol down + power and reinsert battery. Phone will boot into recovery mode.
5. In recovery select "reinstal packages". Then reboot
6. If phone reboots back into a the same recovery, repeat 5
7. Phone should boot into a custom recovery.
8. Select install zip -> choose zip -> Cognitionv4.3.1.zip -> install
9. Reboot
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Dont you think you should have told the op that those are directions for flashing Cognition 4.3.1?? What if he doesn't want to flash a rom, just a kernel?
OP: Download Superclick v1.7. It will root your phone. From there, search Development threads for a kernel.
cypho said:
Here is how to install AT&T's official 2.2 Froyo ROM with all of the suckiness removed and a bunch of awsomeness added.
1. Download this. Rename it update.zip and copy it to sd_card, the the phone's internal memory,not the removable micro sd card.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ve234hbg64ctcu0
2. Download this, and copy it to sd_card.
http://www.designgears.com/roms/cognition/Cognitionv4.3.1.zip
3. Use this tool to flash back to 2.1 (don't master clear)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
4. Remove battery, hold vol up + vol down + power and reinsert battery. Phone will boot into recovery mode.
5. In recovery select "reinstal packages". Then reboot
6. If phone reboots back into a the same recovery, repeat 5
7. Phone should boot into a custom recovery.
8. Select install zip -> choose zip -> Cognitionv4.3.1.zip -> install
9. Reboot
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this is horrible advice for someone running 2.2. 2.2 brought 3e recovery which does not allow flashing 'update.zip' any more.
all the OP was looking for was how to root.
SuperOneClick 1.7 will take care of that in the RAGE method....
Pirateghost said:
this is horrible advice for someone running 2.2. 2.2 brought 3e recovery which does not allow flashing 'update.zip' any more.
all the OP was looking for was how to root.
SuperOneClick 1.7 will take care of that in the RAGE method....
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Thanks for the Rage part. Keep forgetting that, even when I use it on my phone.
So I tried superclick 1.7 and had no luck. It would say waiting for device, I'd plug in. my phone and then would say it was running, but nothing happened. Tried with debugging on and off. Any advice? Also can you direct me where to get superclick. I'm worried that the site I got it from may be malicious. Also I'm running windows 7, just in case that makes a difference.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
make sure you have the drivers installed for you phone, and you have USB debugging ON....it has to be on in order for it to work
Thank you Pirateghost. Got it rooted.
Considering I know very little about all this, is there somewhere you can to direct me to get easy, step by step, directions on how to load a new rom on my phone? I got it rooted using superoneclick v1.7, loaded titanium back up and rom manager. I'm using one click lag fix, although it seems many feel that it's not good. I was thinking of going with cog4. Any suggestions? Your awesome, thanks.
Cdub3 said:
Thank you Pirateghost. Got it rooted.
Considering I know very little about all this, is there somewhere you can to direct me to get easy, step by step, directions on how to load a new rom on my phone? I got it rooted using superoneclick v1.7, loaded titanium back up and rom manager. I'm using one click lag fix, although it seems many feel that it's not good. I was thinking of going with cog4. Any suggestions? Your awesome, thanks.
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Flashing a rom is quite simple. Obviously I'm going to be biased and suggest Andromeda3 as the recommended ROM, since I put so much time into that rom. Check out the guides and tutorials found in Q&A and development
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Most all of the roms here have flashing instructions on page 1 of that thread.
And back up before you start. You can never back up too much.
Sorry about my stupidity, but people keep mentioning 3e recovery being an issue for me since I have froyo. Will odin take care of this? Also does this whole process take me back to eclair or will it still be froyo. It seems the more questions and information, the more this process its intimidating me. Just don't want to ruin my phone
Cdub3 said:
Sorry about my stupidity, but people keep mentioning 3e recovery being an issue for me since I have froyo. Will odin take care of this? Also does this whole process take me back to eclair or will it still be froyo. It seems the more questions and information, the more this process its intimidating me. Just don't want to ruin my phone
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yes odin will fix this in about 5 seconds or less!
before you start disable lagfix! this is important! but speed mod may just work be cause it has similar lagfix options available in the kernel. still wouldn't try it though.
recovery is part of the kernel. grab a kernel in .tar format. speedmod is great for this
open odin (not one click but full version) put .tar of kernel in pda slot
put phone in download mode (if 3 button is broke you may want to flash back to 2.1 with 3 button fix or another rom with 3-button fix via odin) you can access download mode via use of adb in the mean time.
plug in phone, make sure auto reboot is selected and reformat is not selected.
the left most box in odin should turn yellow. hit start. it takes about 3 seconds. phone will reboot with new kernel all data will be intact.
at that point you can enter recovery mode which will be cwm. you can root from cwm or install a rooted rom that will include another kernel.
kernel flashing doesn't effect data or settings or version number but kernel need to be same android version, eclair rom needs eclair kernel, froyo needs froyo ect. but a 2.2 rom can run 2.2.1 kernel and vice versa. same goes with 2.3 and 2.3.3 ect. also samsung tw roms need tw kernels, sense roms need sense kernels and aosp roms need aosp kernels. and of cource the kernel should be for you phone.
Speedmod is an i9000 kernel, if you want to just root and use stock froyo you will have to flash am I9000 modem.bin or there will be sound issues...
Use the 3e recovery push. Had to use on Vibrant.
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Speedmod is an i9000 kernel, if you want to just root and use stock froyo you will have to flash am I9000 modem.bin or there will be sound issues...
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true but you can flash a different kernel afterwards.
if the op want to read all about fixing 3e recovery with adb or other method fine. but a kernel swap is quick and easy.
Dani897 said:
true but you can flash a different kernel afterwards.
if the op want to read all about fixing 3e recovery with adb or other method fine. but a kernel swap is quick and easy.
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I agree, just informing in case he stuck with a captivate modem with that kernel and couldn't understand the issues he was having.
so i did this, and on odin it says it passed and that it was successful, but when i check my kernel, it doesn't say speedmod. it's just the same stock kernel. I don't have kies, I have kies mini. Don't know if that's the prob. I'm in the US and I didn't think you could get the full kies. My drivers said there was an error, saying the I9000 drivers didn't work. I downloaded the kernel version specific for the ATT captivate sgh-1897. I downloaded the odin version, not the cwm version because that is what the instructions on the tourist in paradise site said to do. what now? I honestly think all I need is the kernel. I'm just looking to make my phone run faster and try to get the most out of my battery.. speedmod kernel seems right up my ally. I don't think I even need to mess with a ROM. So will this not work with kies mini? any help is appreciated
Cdub3 said:
so i did this, and on odin it says it passed and that it was successful, but when i check my kernel, it doesn't say speedmod. it's just the same stock kernel. I don't have kies, I have kies mini. Don't know if that's the prob. I'm in the US and I didn't think you could get the full kies. My drivers said there was an error, saying the I9000 drivers didn't work. I downloaded the kernel version specific for the ATT captivate sgh-1897. I downloaded the odin version, not the cwm version because that is what the instructions on the tourist in paradise site said to do. what now? I honestly think all I need is the kernel. I'm just looking to make my phone run faster and try to get the most out of my battery.. speedmod kernel seems right up my ally. I don't think I even need to mess with a ROM. So will this not work with kies mini? any help is appreciated
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speedmod might not change the kernel version in about phone, some devs do not change that.
use the 3 button combo to get into recovery mode, does it boot into cwm with green text? if it did you are running speedmod.
also when phone boots it will say sgh-i897 on a black splash screen after the att param.ifs splash screen
if you still have blue samsung 3e recovery and no black galaxy s splash screen there was a problem.
So I do get a different screen when phone fires up. It does say sgh-1897 which is different than before, I can't seen to get the 3 button recovery thing to happen though. Hope it's right, just thought my phone would be faster. Seemed faster with oneclick lag fix. Guess I'm crazy. The phone does seem louder when it fires up, which I read this kernel helps make happen. Is there another way to get to recovery to see if the 3e issue is fixed. If so is there another kernel that would be faster for me or do I need to do the ROM thing next. Also, since I didn't think this worked I tried to install oneclick lag fix again, but couldn't because there wasn't enough space.does this mean speed mod went through. I also did the speed mod flash like 3 times thinking that it wasn't working. is that as problem? Sorry for all the questions. I'm just new to all this and I don't have much computer savy either. Thanks for putting up with me.
ok so you do have speedmod.
for recovery, with phone off, press volume+volume for 2 seconds
continue to hold volume and press power, holding all three till the first splash screen pops up then release.
first decide if you want to keep speedmod, you can root in recovery and flash to a different kernel after, can also flash a new rom now.
speedmod is an i9000 port. it may not work perfect with the kb1 modem. if you flash kc1 modem it will not work with bluetooth calling. i use it as a tool to flash other roms, to root, and to flash other kernels and not deal with 3e, that is the point of me suggesting it. but giving up bluetooth calling isn't a big sacrifice to some people and many do use it like you are.
now if you want speedmod and lagfix you can do that in recovery, speedmod has a universal lagfix. disable this before flashing a voodoo kernel (or stock) if you change it later.
the lagfix has the options to set data, dbdata, or cache to ext2,ext3,ext4,ext4 non journalling, or jfs
it can also set /system to ext4
voodoo settings are /system=ext4
/cache=ext4nj
/data=ext4
/dbdata=ext4
these are the most common settings and are very successfull.
feel free to pm me with questions, rom recomendation, ect...
edit, just noticed you already have root via rageagaintthecage method via superoneclick, i always forget about that on the sgs though i have done it on an evo the hard way a while back, now we have superoneclick so it's not hard anymore. you can install a market app called sgs kernel flash and experiment with kernels that way. prolly what i'd have told you if i read the whole thread.
So I figured out how to get my sd card to show up, but now random apps are disappearing, and my market app is totally gone!
So you decide to start a new thread and not explain anything? All without bothering to search...
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Yes, sorry. I am obviously lacking in knowledge compared to you. I am not trying to be a pain, I have been up all night trying to figure this out. But everything is so confusing to me, I read about how you feel about "noobs" and I am in no way trying to annoy ANYONE. Once my apps started to disappear, I read somewhere to reboot the phone again and when i did that it was just stuck on the Samsung screen so now I am in the process of going back to Kc1 and then to kg4 and so on. I am very confused about the 3rd step
What do I make sure is disabled?
Also, I am still downloading Kc1 and it has been stuck on DATAFS for almost 20 minutes now, which I am assuming isn't normal...
1. ODIN to KC1
2. ODIN to stock KG4 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1183413
3. ODIN dr honk's kernel+cwm+root - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1194032
Regarding step 3, just ODIN it, do not follow the steps to get EXT4 on there. Make sure it is disabled when you reboot into recovery. Once done boot into the system. Make sure you then put KG6 on your zip
4. Get the flashable ZIP on your SD card - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1204776
At this point you should have made sure voodoo lagfix was disabled.
5. Reboot into recovery.
6. Flash the KG6 zip
7. Make sure voodoo lagfix is disabled again.
8. clear cache etc. etc.
9. Boot into the system.
10. Install busybox from the market, I used 1.18, 1.17 works too
11. Reboot into recovery
12. Make sure voodoo lagfix is now enabled on the next boot.
13. Now reboot.
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So now it won't even come on just a black screen with colored specs on it! Is it bricked????? Someone pleeeease help! If I try to go into download mode odin pics it up and says added but the screen is just black with colored spots...what do i do? Was able to flash with odin but stuck in a bootloop now!
pammiecaykz said:
So now it won't even come on just a black screen with colored specs on it! Is it bricked????? Someone pleeeease help! If I try to go into download mode odin pics it up and says added but the screen is just black with colored spots...what do i do? Was able to flash with odin but stuck in a bootloop now!
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Odin a working ROM onto it. You're soft bricked, but you can recover. Hopefully you had a backup.
ok well the problem seems to be getting worse. I would say you should start fresh from everything because I have no idea what full rom you are currently on. it sounds to me that you have a bit of a few and something went wrong. at this point because you are having disappearing apps, i think it would be beneficial to you to, once again, start fresh.
remove your sim card and your sd card. save your pics, music, or whatever else you want onto your computer and then format it to all defaults. i see you know how to use odin, so odin to raver's full KC1 and make sure you flash the modem, bootloaders, etc and that they are all in the right place in odin. once that is flashed and everything is up and running, power off the phone and then odin to bali 3.3uv. woot.
now odin to kg4 and let it boot up. once it does, go back into dl mode, flash drhonks cwm. so now you have recovery+bootloaders. i would go into recovery, disable voodoo, reboot recovery, then flash kh1 from whitehawk/posted by chadster (read the thread so you know how to get cwm back). let boot up. reenable voodoo with the voodoo app. and let me know how it goes.
pammiecaykz said:
But everything is so confusing to me, I read about how you feel about "noobs" and I am in no way trying to annoy ANYONE.
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i am always willing to help. not sure what you mean by that, but we get a lot of "i am a noob, so explain this to me", which is fine (i know everything is confusing at first), but that does not mean you should not read the OP ot at least scan the threads/search the forum and specific thread. people really give our devs crap because they dont read. i am just trying to prevent that. nothing against you. or noobs in general. i still consider myself a noob. it just gets old saying "dont use rom manager""you install krylons cwm by moving 2 files" etc; especially when people ask a question...and the answer is posted in the post above theirs...
Well I went throught the whole process before I read your reply. I have everything on there but seem to have trouble with this "Linda" lady. I am not hearing here...which is an issue right? I don't know what to do now and my market app is gone again.
if your actual market has disappeared, go into the system/app folder on the phone and rename the com.vending or whatever to "vending.apk". then reboot and it should be there. linda should be quiet if you have already converted everything. (at least she does on froyo)
dumb question, how do i go into the folder to rename it? and how do i know if everything is converted right?
also what does the option apply update from sd card mean while i am in cwm
do you have root explorer or super manager? dl from the market. long press to move/rename or whatever. its a regular explorer with stone perks. but if it gives you a read error, look at the top right and switch to Read/Write.
you can get the voodoo app and it will tell you under lagfix
so it just keeps randomly shutting down now!
Are you sure you odined. Kc1 by raver with all of the odin files? Not just the pda, but 4 or 5 different files.
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look, pammie, this is a problem with gingerbread in its present state of development for SGS 4g. Don't blame the devs. They are doing the best they can with a newly issued model. It's samsung's fault for taking out the internal SD card in the 4g in hopes of saving $20 on the price of a phone. If samsungy had left it in, Vibrant ports would be a whole lot easier to do.
I personally have been over and over this and except for one fluke when "Linda" installed ext4 after I turned off the phone but left it plugged into the charger, I have not been successful. In the one fluke, quadrant shot up to 2500 on a tegrak stable overclock to 1.4, but then I installed something meant only for froyo (I think it was performance.zip) and the phone went into a repeating boot cycle.
My suggestion is revert back to froyo with ICBINB or some other froyo build, if you can, install the various speed improvements and wait a few weeks for the problem to be solved.
Jaeger555 you've done it again! I forgot that there were a couple more files besides the main KC1! Blessed be! I'll try that tonight. Belay that, pammie, do what jaeger555 says and if you can get back to froyo maybe stay there for a bit. btw ya like my new avatar? I found something that matches the fake indian-spanish handle I use. Wonder what he's smoking -- and where I can get some
I wasn't blaming anyone, and I apologize if it seemed like I was. I have literally been at this for over 12 hours and I just don't know what to do. I believe I flashed the correct kc1. And odined to the kg4 (is it?) and now I am stumped with this kernal thing. Do I download both files? I am so lost, I just want my phone to be decent again lol.
I can help you when I get home. Won't be a while though. Figure out what rom you want and I can help you tweak it. I got some tricks that will help you in the long run
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Pammie I found what we're looking for. It's called the KC1 Cleanup Rom.
link to raver's thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129933
direct link to rom: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kc1cleanup/files/hawk.zip/download
The file is called hawk.zip. Unzip it and it contains the following files:
PITT = sgs4g.pit
PDA = T959VUVKC1-REV00-ALL-low-CL933594.tar
Phone = T959VUVKC1-Phone-CL932707.tar
CSC = SGH-T959V-CSC-TMB.tar
To install, boot up odin and put the files into the places for pit, pda, phone and csc. Hopefully that will clean off the gb bootloaders and you can start over. I assume the phone will now be unrooted but minus gb bootloaders. Then you can Odin the stock rooted KC1 rom PDA_KC1.tar.md5. I assume you have that one.
ps. Once you download hawk.zip rename it to KC1 Cleanup Rom so you know what it is!
GB was really easy for me to install, no problems whatsoever. Maybe this will help you out.
1) Odin KC1 by RaverX3X
2) Odin KH1 Leak by krylon360
3) Odin KG4 Kernel by drhonk
4) make sure lagfix is DISABLED through CWM
5) boot up
6) install BusyBox 1.17 or 1.18
7) make sure lagfix is still DISABLED through the Voodoo app
8) WIPE!
9) CWM your GB ROM
10) enable lagfix through CWM
11) restore data if you need to
12) reboot!
I've actually done this three times, and every time worked flawlessly. Best of luck!
Pammie, did you get it working? Lol. Finally home...
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Not working yet
I am sooo frustrated I just can't keep reading anymore posts.. wasted 5 hours today reading this forum and just keep getting more confused the more I read...
I am an IT Tech by profession and I have never seen such confusing posts about how to do this... everybody seems to post a different way to Root your phone, etc..
I am desperately looking for something to give me a easy to follow guide on how to do this... I have a STOCK Droid Charge.. never did any rooting, etc... I just have the phone all setup with the apps I want, etc.... the only thing I don't like is that the phone is SLOW.. I want to speed it up and increase battery life it at all possible..
so anyhow.. I understand I need to get root access... I read about all the CWR programs, Odin, etc... I just don't know the exact sequence of things to do and how to do them..
I want to put on the GummyCharged 2.0 RC1.5 ROM..
on a side note.. I also have a Viewsonic G-Tablet.. that I put CM7 on... it was easy as cake.. so much more straightforward... this Samsung phone is a real pain in the ass to do the same thing...
I was confused at first after how difficult rooting htc phones are...but all u need to do is have odin and the drivers...flash a rooted odin rom...then flash cwr...then u can flash cwr roms from recovery...really simple.
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ok here is the easy way to get where you want to go.
Download the Gummy rom from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261265
place it on the sd card
use odin to install CWM from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112804
do not reboot into the OS, upon restart go directly into CWM. choose to install a zip from SDcard and choose the gummy rom you placed there before. when the install is done, so are you. You should have the OS you want.
Okay.. I did what you say below but I did one extra step..
I did ODIN to CWM..... booted into CWM... but what I did next was install the PeanutButta Jelly Time kernel... from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104634
I installed the Voodoo with lagfix version... rebotted the phone.. heard that electronic girls voice.. finally got into the regular OS just like the phone was previsosly. My next step was to install Titanium Backup and backup all my apps/data, etc. BEFORE I did a new ROM. Well I run Titanium Backup free and it says that it can NOT get root.. so I am not sure why? I checked my phone info and it says that I had the Kernel I just installed loaded.. so not sure why my phone did NOT have root in terms of Titanium backup?
So then I said the hell with titanium backup.. I am just going to go for the ROM... so I rebooted my phone into CWM.. I choose the GummyCharged 2.0 RC1.5 ROM from the SD card... it installed in like 1 minute.. then I rebotted the phone.. now the phone has been stuck at the 'Samsung' black screen for the last 20 minutes... what did I do wrong?
one thing I missed... before installing the Gummy rom I forgot to: Select "wipe data/factory reset" in CWM... could that be what is causing my phone to hang at the 'Samsung' screen?... how do I fix it?
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ok here is the easy way to get where you want to go.
Download the Gummy rom from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261265
place it on the sd card
use odin to install CWM from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112804
do not reboot into the OS, upon restart go directly into CWM. choose to install a zip from SDcard and choose the gummy rom you placed there before. when the install is done, so are you. You should have the OS you want.
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okay I just pulled the battery... then went back into CWM... did the wipe all data... then reinstalled the Gummy mod... rebooted.. now I'm into GummyCharged 2.0 RC1.5 !!!!
now I HOPE that I can run Titanium backup and it works...
Gummy comes with a kernel, so you overwrote PBJT when you flashed the ROM. Yeah you have to wipe whenever you flash a ROM or it could cause some crazy stuff
The GummyCharged link above mentions it's recommended that you install EP1W radios. What happens if we don't?
Do I need to install the sd card fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118111
Also do I need to do anything with voodoo lagfix?
Lastly, will enterprise exchange email still work? My company uses the Good application http://www.good.com/products/good-for-enterprise.php
I'm hoping this will still work! Thanks!
Eric
Hi I am not sure if this has been covered in another post yet, but could someone please tell me if the developer community has found a way to return the infuse to froyo stock everything including the bootloader after flash the gb bootloader. Cause right now I am just itching to flash the new gb bootloader that Entropy512 has talked about in his post for the cm9 he was working on, but I want to make sure that in the event I have to take my infuse in for warranty service I will be able to return the phone to stock so that the att guy does not void and refuse the warranty.
Thank you guys so much
The CM9 by Entropy 5-19-2012
Here
Gtg Unbrick
Here
Infuse Root
Here
Custom Recovery
Here
Gapps File
Here
Huge thanks to those who made these wonderful programs and hacks to allow more functionality to our phones
Hats off to dman,qkster,Entropy512 and countless others that are always helping noobs like me in every thread i go to on xda
you guys have done a heck lot for the infuse 4g rooting community
thanks !
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Hi I am not sure if this has been covered in another post yet, but could someone please tell me if the developer community has found a way to return the infuse to froyo stock everything including the bootloader after flash the gb bootloader. Cause right now I am just itching to flash the new gb bootloader that Entropy512 has talked about in his post for the cm9 he was working on, but I want to make sure that in the event I have to take my infuse in for warranty service I will be able to return the phone to stock so that the att guy does not void and refuse the warranty.
Thank you guys so much
Hats off to dman,qkster,Entropy512 and countless others that are always helping noobs like me in every thread i go to on xda
you guys have done a heck lot for the infuse 4g rooting community
thanks !
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if im correct,you just have to flash a stock non-rooted rom..i do belive dman would be the one who has these available,but you can check hear:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-I997
there are many stock rooted and none rooted.. this may help.
droid73 said:
if im correct,you just have to flash a stock non-rooted rom..i do belive dman would be the one who has these available,but you can check hear:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-I997
there are many stock rooted and none rooted.. this may help.
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Thanks for the link to the wiki for our phone but I know that we can just flash to the stock froyo through the gtg unbrick method which i used many times when i messed up my phone badly but like does the gtg unbrick method also allow me to return to the stock froyo bootloader though ?
thanks
jerryeight said:
Thanks for the link to the wiki for our phone but I know that we can just flash to the stock froyo through the gtg unbrick method which i used many times when i messed up my phone badly but like does the gtg unbrick method also allow me to return to the stock froyo bootloader though ?
thanks
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Not sure..i havent tested it.but it doesnt hurt to try..
SENT FROM MY AEON v1.3.1 POWERED INFUSE..
thanks but i think i am going to hold off on the upgrade to the gb bootloader and just try flashing entropy's cm9 that he released 5-19 since over here in the q&a for it some was able to get the cm9 working without the gb bootloader. hope entropy will soon see this post and can help confirm if there is a true fix for this problem
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i just finished testing it and it works! I used entropy's 5-19-2012 edition of cm9
so this is what i did
first i returned my phone to stock with gtg ultimate unbrick
installed rom manager and root explorer.
rooted it. substituted the stock recovery with the custom one.
install cwm from rom manager.
reboot into recovery from within rom manager
do the reinstall packages no more than two times then you will be in the cwm
go to install install zip from the sdcard
****************** here is important part you must carefully remember and count how many times you will have to click the the volume down button to reach the gapps file and the ics zip file since you will not be able to see the list due to rainbows after flashing****************
then finally flash the zip
you will be stuck at samsung logo.
Reboot - you will get stuck at the Samsung screen
Reboot to recovery again using the three-finger salute - hold down VolUp+VolDn+Power until the device reboots, release Power after the reboot, continue holding VolUp+VolDn
Go to Mounts and Storage and format: system, data, cache
Use the number of clicks thatyou recorded earlier before the flash to find your ics install file
Flash this ZIP a second time, then flash gapps using the same method as above by your recorded clicks
Reboot and enjoy
\only bug so far is that there is a quick rainbow screen at the start of each boot but qucikly goes away and shows the normal cm9 boot animation and of course there would probly be the same bugs as decribed in entropy's OP over here. just finished gonna put it through its paces tmrw when I have time
Copied some steps from entropy's OP fro the cm9 \ thanks
jerryeight said:
thanks but i think i am going to hold off on the upgrade to the gb bootloader and just try flashing entropy's cm9 that he released 5-19 since over here in the q&a for it some was able to get the cm9 working without the gb bootloader. hope entropy will soon see this post and can help confirm if there is a true fix for this problem
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I agree. Hope you get what you need.
SENT FROM MY AEON v1.3.1 POWERED INFUSE..
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sorry please ignore i need 8 posts so i can share with you the files i used to make the rom work for me
droid73 said:
I agree. Hope you get what you need.
SENT FROM MY AEON v1.3.1 POWERED INFUSE..
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The CM9 by Entropy 5-19-2012
Here
Gtg Unbrick
Here
Infuse Root
Here
Custom Recovery
Here
Gapps File
Here
Huge thanks to those who made these wonderful programs and hacks to allow more functionality to our phones
jerryeight said:
thanks but i think i am going to hold off on the upgrade to the gb bootloader and just try flashing entropy's cm9 that he released 5-19 since over here in the q&a for it some was able to get the cm9 working without the gb bootloader. hope entropy will soon see this post and can help confirm if there is a true fix for this problem
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i just finished testing it and it works! I used entropy's 5-19-2012 edition of cm9
so this is what i did
first i returned my phone to stock with gtg ultimate unbrick
installed rom manager and root explorer.
rooted it. substituted the stock recovery with the custom one.
install cwm from rom manager.
reboot into recovery from within rom manager
do the reinstall packages no more than two times then you will be in the cwm
go to install install zip from the sdcard
****************** here is important part you must carefully remember and count how many times you will have to click the the volume down button to reach the gapps file and the ics zip file since you will not be able to see the list due to rainbows after flashing****************
then finally flash the zip
you will be stuck at samsung logo.
Reboot - you will get stuck at the Samsung screen
Reboot to recovery again using the three-finger salute - hold down VolUp+VolDn+Power until the device reboots, release Power after the reboot, continue holding VolUp+VolDn
Go to Mounts and Storage and format: system, data, cache
Use the number of clicks thatyou recorded earlier before the flash to find your ics install file
Flash this ZIP a second time, then flash gapps using the same method as above by your recorded clicks
Reboot and enjoy
\only bug so far is that there is a quick rainbow screen at the start of each boot but qucikly goes away and shows the normal cm9 boot animation and of course there would probly be the same bugs as decribed in entropy's OP over here. just finished gonna put it through its paces tmrw when I have time
Copied some steps from entropy's OP fro the cm9 \ thanks
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Updated OP to include instructions and links to the files
First off i will make this clear I DID NOT CREATE ANY OF THESE I AM JUST RE-HOSTING THEM i know alot of download links failed after awhile an seeing how there is only about 1-2 people still on this forum that actually try to contribute. and i hope alot of people will find this useful ..
i will add what it is an what to do with it after the links .
SIDEKICK 4G files
ADB Fileshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/2k0wp2qmd805oq7/ADB_Files.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?a2ytuvc4qandhfi
extract to c:\
you will have to make a folder name it adb
this is to enter reboot recovery and download mode with out a root.
ODIN KD1 Fileshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/w2lqhszgxajp564/Odin3+v1.61andsk4g.pit.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?t1gvfrwqq4n1y3d
this needs 2 other files which i dont have anymore but either way i recommend the kg2 files
ODIN KG2https://www.dropbox.com/s/uddzc6ss9v31lh8/t839-Sidekick4G-UVKG2-One-Click.jar
this is if you need to restore to stock
just put your phone into download mode either through the phone or adb files above
but this may take a few trys (i did my phone took the whole night to get back to a fresh stock)
Super-One Click to Root Devicehttp://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rj08beywov4thc1
this is the main thing you will need to root the device just download unzip in to a new folder and run (make sure device is in debugging mode) settings > application > development > debugging mode
Beginners packhttp://d-h.st/QxO
This pack has all the stuff you need for beginning sk4g root/cwm also has the kg2 one click odin which may be needed for faulty root(does happen not all the time so if you get an error you may have to odin back to stock then re root)
i hope anyone who does have any files will upload them here to help others as i dont have every file that may be needed..
Extras:
KJ2 Lockscreens
(if you dont like the update status in the notification center go to settings>display and turn off before flashing this)https://www.dropbox.com/s/kypk18gqszx4onj/KJ2_Locks_v1.1_-_PDT.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?t1qq940b386r0de
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(better place to find alot more stuff and it seems wolf is still updating stuff so its still good)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538576
please link if this has helped in anyway if you need anything specific i will try my best to find the files that you may need
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Please notify me if anything gets removed or is unuseable I have all files (I need) backed up an can share someother way..
On other note for all of you trying to get cwm please read below demkantor (I believe) knows what he is talking about if that's no help go to page two for my tut
I'll just leave it here.
http://xdjh.info/sk4g/
I have a question...I'm trying to root the sidekick 4g using the superone click method...When I download the drivers and turn on USB Debugging my phone doesn't do anything and neither does my computer telling me a phone is plugged in...What can I do?
lmt125 said:
I have a question...I'm trying to root the sidekick 4g using the superone click method...When I download the drivers and turn on USB Debugging my phone doesn't do anything and neither does my computer telling me a phone is plugged in...What can I do?
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There is aother set of drivers you can download that work with the sidekick I forgot the name should be in a sticky tho
Also it might be the computer or cord sometimes the pins in them get damaged so id suggest you try another cord or computer / usb port
If the computer isn't reading the device is plugged in even if everything else is working flawless then its the phone so try turning it off an plugging it in as then none of the systems are running an should charge if so then you may have to odin which is a pain
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Thanks I changed the data cable and was able to root. I flashed cwm using Rom manager and it says it's installed but when I put reboot into recovery it takes me here doesn't make sense...
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You have to stay away from ROM manager, it flashes the wrong recovery and well... You'll be stuck at stock. This phone isn't like too many others, it seems to hide recovery within the ROM you are using, then when you flash a custom ROM you get a recovery embedded in there. I believe if you use one of the one click installers it adds the voodoo (red recovery) to your phone, which is the one you need.
So there are some annoying steps to flash your first ROM, but after you do all is good and you can flash like any other phone. Look in the general section for a sticky called noon guide to root or something, I believe that's what I used to get the red recovery, but I used a different method to root as I'm not a fan of one click anything
If you get stuck post back and someone here will be glad to jump in and help
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
demkantor said:
You have to stay away from ROM manager, it flashes the wrong recovery and well... You'll be stuck at stock. This phone isn't like too many others, it seems to hide recovery within the ROM you are using, then when you flash a custom ROM you get a recovery embedded in there. I believe if you use one of the one click installers it adds the voodoo (red recovery) to your phone, which is the one you need.
So there are some annoying steps to flash your first ROM, but after you do all is good and you can flash like any other phone. Look in the general section for a sticky called noon guide to root or something, I believe that's what I used to get the red recovery, but I used a different method to root as I'm not a fan of one click anything
If you get stuck post back and someone here will be glad to jump in and help
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Can I do this to get cwm http://theunlockr.com/2012/10/14/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-the-t-mobile-sidekick-4g/ I want to install the Jb Nexus rom...this is very confusing...I have a my touch 4g and it wasn't this complicated to flash cwm.
yes that looks about right to me, heres a quick synopsis of how i first rooted
1 searched out all files needed,
drivers
clockwork recovery
first rom i wanted to try
i got that recovery file and update.zip
2 then i was able to dig up THIS as if for learning purposes alone i dont use on clicks (and this will work with windows too)
3 after i was rooted i exchanged the recovery file in a similar way as laid out in the link you have
4 booted into that recovery (yellow)
acctually i think i just found the thread that helped me the most HERE
i know it seems complicated but its easy, if you mess things up you should learn to odin or heimdall anyway as if you ever f up you use this to go back to scratch and start over.
yeah it may have seemed easier on your glacier but htc and samsung build their firmware/software very different and in many ways i find the htc phone more complicated and are more easily bricked.
anyway follow the guides and youll be good
happy flashing!
demkantor said:
yes that looks about right to me, heres a quick synopsis of how i first rooted
1 searched out all files needed,
drivers
clockwork recovery
first rom i wanted to try
i got that recovery file and update.zip
2 then i was able to dig up THIS as if for learning purposes alone i dont use on clicks (and this will work with windows too)
3 after i was rooted i exchanged the recovery file in a similar way as laid out in the link you have
4 booted into that recovery (yellow)
acctually i think i just found the thread that helped me the most HERE
i know it seems complicated but its easy, if you mess things up you should learn to odin or heimdall anyway as if you ever f up you use this to go back to scratch and start over.
yeah it may have seemed easier on your glacier but htc and samsung build their firmware/software very different and in many ways i find the htc phone more complicated and are more easily bricked.
anyway follow the guides and youll be good
happy flashing!
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Thanks, I did what the other guide said but when I do reinstall package I get an error of E:signature verification failed. Should I try deleting any cwm I did before from Rom Manager, not sure what to delete though...I'm almost there...
if you have a sig failed error my guess is you dont have the right clockwork, you cant use what comes with rom manager, in fact your best off deleting it and not using it, on any phone (but thats a different matter) THIS IS THE RECOVERY YOU NEED just to start, then you will end up flashing the voodoo lag fix recovery, once you have the voodoo (red) recovery your good to go, really its been enough time since i did all this that i may not be the best person to ask, but i do remember not seeing a single guide with all the info i needed, i had to take piece from here and a bit from there... i guess my recommendation is to read through the coutless posts of people attempting their first time and failing, you learn best from this but its time consuming
you need the file up there ^ an then follow this down here (if you get lost please tell me ill help if I can)
When cwm is finished downloading rename it to recovery (it will be a recovery.zip)
Put this file in your sd card but don't put it in ayfolders
The with the same file you want to extract it to (exapmle downloads) a new folder
With the file that is in a folder you want to move this to system\bin\
It will then ask if you want to replace a file an cick yes
Now go into recovery an reinstall packages
To download a rom
Install the zip to sdcard
Go into recovery
Reinstall packages
Go to backup and restore an make a backup (just in case)
Now wipe all data cache and go to advance an wipe dalvik
Go back an go to mounts
Unmount system
Go back
Go to install zip
Go to choose zip
Find the rom you downloaded an click it
Now wait
You will here a smexy robot talk to you xD
Wait atleast 10 mins for everything to start up an run
An you are done
(Hope these helped)
Sent from my SGH-T839 using xda app-developers app
immorality said:
you need the file up there ^ an then follow this down here (if you get lost please tell me ill help if I can)
When cwm is finished downloading rename it to recovery (it will be a recovery.zip)
Put this file in your sd card but don't put it in ayfolders
The with the same file you want to extract it to (exapmle downloads) a new folder
With the file that is in a folder you want to move this to system\bin\
It will then ask if you want to replace a file an cick yes
Now go into recovery an reinstall packages
To download a rom
Install the zip to sdcard
Go into recovery
Reinstall packages
Go to backup and restore an make a backup (just in case)
Now wipe all data cache and go to advance an wipe dalvik
Go back an go to mounts
Unmount system
Go back
Go to install zip
Go to choose zip
Find the rom you downloaded an click it
Now wait
You will here a smexy robot talk to you xD
Wait atleast 10 mins for everything to start up an run
An you are done
(Hope these helped)
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Thanks for all the help am flashing the rom now =)
This is just an updated/ bumb kinda thing
If anyone needs help don't be shy I won't steal your device c:
An ill try to help you not break it c:
I will post tuts up for everything later today I will also create a beginers zip for sk4g with root/recover/update/odin kg2. These are the main things you need (gb has its own list of things you need I will put a zip for that as well but will need a password to download as I'm not going to be the person who lead you to brick your device
Anyways if you need anything or looking for something ill try my best to find it (most roms die then links die just as fast I can't find something that's not there)
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djh said:
I'll just leave it here.
http://xdjh.info/sk4g/
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Awesome collection I wish I could find someone with a copy of Datlilboricua's Clean Fusion Roms haha. Thank you