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[Q] Rooting won't work on Captivate

First off, I'm really thankful for xda developers and everyone in it who make this site extremely helpful.
I've been running Cog2.2.9b1.3 simply because it was simple to flash with Odin.
(thank you DG)
Now, I want to try other roms that require Clockwork and rom manager. I understand all the steps to do those things, but one problem. I know it's necessary to flash to stock before getting a different rom, so i flash to stock via Odin one click no prob. Then I have to root it, which doesn't work at all.
I downloaded OCLF and opened it, but there is no option to root my phone. The only option is to check phone space. I tried doing it the old fashioned way through installing it through the PC then going into recovery mode and reinstall packages but it says update.zip/BAD.
I master cleared it, hard reset it, everything. No luck. So, I'm thinking it's the Odin one click that's not allowing me to root somehow, but I'm not sure.
If I can't root it in stock will it be okay to install another rom when I have Cognition 2.2b9 on it?

[Q] Help with Samsung Epic

I'm needing to know how to get rid of clockwork mod. If theres a one click, it would be the best for me? I rooted my samsung epic but I'm now wanting to do the 2.2 update, so I unrooted it, all with one click methods. I'm thinking the clockwork is holding me back. When I go to apply the update and start the phone, its obviously in clockwork mode. It gives me an error and aborts. The OTA didn't work either so I'm trying the manual method. Thanks much

Ok, so I've tracked down the cause but still help. When I did the one click root it deleted asphalt 5. So now when I try to do the 2.2 update it comes up with an error saying something about the stupid asphalt 5. Is there a way around this or can someone please help me get my phone back to just the way it was before the root?

I guess I just need a link to get back to 100% stock. Every single one I find is a dead end/deleted file..

Never mind, I flashed it with odin and all is well now.

[Q] Unroot method

Been searching for a way to unroot my samsung galaxy s 4g. Tried the superclick method and the universal galaxy s tool wit no luck. Can anyone help, or guide me towards the right direction please?

you can odin a rom that is prerooted. or you can odin bali and flash from there. i would suggest odining ravers KC1 first and then bali and you should be good to go. let me know if you cant find it in the bible or through search and i'll help you out

He's trying to unroot. Are you unrooting on Froyo or GB? Froyo should really be as easy as SuperOneClick > unroot. GB would probably require a new flash of GB.
I'm curious though, why unroot?

thanks jagger, but bkoon is right... I bought this phone for my girl as a gift. It was already rooted by unknown source and was loaded with froyo 2.2.1. Tried hookn her up with GB through odin but got a lil confused, roms werent being flashed and was stuck with bootloops. So than i tried flashing thru CWM, with the vodoo lagfix, and once i got them to flash phone was pretty unstable. so I tried reverting back to froyo using odin. Got it flashed back but now her phone goes thru some serious glitches. I figured if i can unroot, i can start all over from scratch. Im no professional but have experience on other phones, but this phone has been a serious beeeeotch from day 1. Any ideas bro?

my bad. misread that. it sounds to me like you messed up the bootloaders. search for ravers kc1 and flash all 4 or so files in odin and that should give you a fresh start. once there, format the sd card on the phone and reboot. then reinstall your drivers (uninstall, reboot computer, reinstall) and then try superoneclickroot and try unrooting again.

fatal27 said:
thanks jagger, but bkoon is right... I bought this phone for my girl as a gift. It was already rooted by unknown source and was loaded with froyo 2.2.1. Tried hookn her up with GB through odin but got a lil confused, roms werent being flashed and was stuck with bootloops. So than i tried flashing thru CWM, with the vodoo lagfix, and once i got them to flash phone was pretty unstable. so I tried reverting back to froyo using odin. Got it flashed back but now her phone goes thru some serious glitches. I figured if i can unroot, i can start all over from scratch. Im no professional but have experience on other phones, but this phone has been a serious beeeeotch from day 1. Any ideas bro?
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I hope that phone was purchased from a credible source and it wasn't stolen. That would suck if someone reported it and her phone got blacklisted.
Unrooting the phone won't help make much of a difference though. Odin'ing RaverX3X's KC1 will already remove your root and give you the cleanest slate you can possibly get on this forum. From there, you can work on getting GB on the phone. I hope you have experience flashing with this device though. Reading is VERY important for this phone. Unfortunately, it's not as easy as other phones out there.
Follow what jager555 said. He's got his stuff down, lol.

lol. Thanks!
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flash kc1 itll do the trick

Thanks jagger and bkoon, going to work on it tonight. Hopefully all goes well.

[Q] Looking to get to cwm recovery installed to obtain gingerbread

I've looked, I've tried. I apologize in advance if I am bothering anyone with my question.
My phone (Galaxy s 4g- T-mobile) has been rooted via oneclick. twice. The first time, I was running stock ota gingerbread 2.3.6 as soon as I rooted, CWM recovery was installed no problems. After switching roms a couple days after root... something went wrong! I fixed my brick using odin and got back to stock 2.2.1 which is where I am now, rooted.
I've attempted to use Kies (before root) No go.
I've attempted to use Odin to upgrade, No go.
I've attempted to use Hemidall. No go.
I've also attempted to do everything manually. -Download new kernel (to obtain cwm) and flashing from within the stock recovery, no go...
I've read, I've searched... I just can not seem to figure it out.
ANY help is appreciated...
Also! I've read something about getting a generic imei number through rooting/flashing/recovery and when I check for my imei under settings, I don't see one. But, I can use my phone no problems. and when I check via dial pad, It pops up.. I DID back up my esf when I first rooted, but no imei seems to be in it... idk
Thank you in advance. :fingers-crossed:

Read through the first and second link in my signature. Then use the second link to flash GB.

Thank you!! I am on GB finally! Now getting back to root... lol :laugh:

[Q] HTC one s Hard Bricked

I'm kind of new to the whole rooting thing. However, I managed to root the Unlock the bootloader, install the recovery and then root it. However when I tried to install a ROM the phone when off after I had wiped the old OS. So at the moment I am stuck in limbo, all the phone does is flash, any ideas? Thanks.

Waggy2014 said:
I'm kind of new to the whole rooting thing. However, I managed to root the Unlock the bootloader, install the recovery and then root it. However when I tried to install a ROM the phone when off after I had wiped the old OS. So at the moment I am stuck in limbo, all the phone does is flash, any ideas? Thanks.
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You might want to post in the emergency thread for this.
Someone will chime in I am sure. From what little I know, I would try using the RUU (ROM update utility) to restore the phone.
Before you do that, wait a little while and maybe someone else will post with some other method. The RUU will hopefully restore your phone to stock.

I'm trying to do that now buy it just wont boot up so I can't run the program