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I have built a Froyo ROM from source. I got the Captivate vendor files from Krylon360 over at Cyanogen, updated them, and built a ROM. I was able to get the leaked Froyo Captivate system.img and extract it so I could get the files required for our device. The ROM build cleanly and I was able to restore it to my device but since I have an Eclair kernel it will not boot. I actually read later in a forum that an Eclair kernel won't boot a Froyo system.
Anyway, I am looking for anyone who has a Captivate with the leaked Froyo build installed to try and restore my ROM. It will not brick your phone, I promise. I took a Nandroid backup before restoring and when I saw why it wasn't booting in logcat I booted into recovery and restored my last backup.
I just want to see if this guy will boot properly with a Froyo kernel and also see if I have all the device drivers working, etc.
Thanks!
Why would you go to all the trouble to build a Froyo ROM and then not flash Froyo to your phone and try it yourself?
You flashed it your phone with the 2.1 kernel, so why not install the leaked 2.2 and then flash your custom ROM.
Seems odd you are asking others to try what you will not.
Umm Odin is required to flash the leaked Froyo.
Odin requires Windows.
I am not and never have been a Windows user. I have no way to flash the leaked Froyo to my Captivate, otherwise I would.
Does that answer your question?
It does!
Thanks.
I've been busting my butt to create a stock ROM so that we Captivate users can get rid of AT&T's stupid add-ons. Everyone jumps up and down saying, when will Cyanogen come to the phone.. I actually started working on it... and spending more time than I should.. And I think I have something that will work.
I just need people to help me validate it. And remember, I did try flashing my phone with it so there is no unwillingness on my end.
you're better off with responses with this in the dev section of the forum.. and just post the link for everyone with a big RED SIGN WARNING SAYING DEVS ONLY.
I guess I'll give it a shot. Send me a PM or a link to your files and I'll try it out. I've bricked, unbricked, rebricked, and unbricked again, so I'm pretty confident in my skills lol.
Let me set it up on dropbox real fast. I will put the URL here soon.
Sounds good.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6995251/full_captivate.tgz
You should only need system.img. So basically, edit nandroid.md5 and strip out the checksums for the other two files. Then copy nandroid.md5 and system.img to your recovery directory. Mine is /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup.
Report back what you find.
great work gdanke, and looking forward to what vunut has to report back with. i'd vol myself but i've only flashed my phone twice and still feeling pretty awkward with it lol.
Pvster said:
great work gdanke, and looking forward to what vunut has to report back with. i'd vol myself but i've only flashed my phone twice and still feeling pretty awkward with it lol.
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Had to hold off flashing for now, tried it real quick and got stuck at the white att screen, so flashed back to my normal setup. Follow the thread in the development section.
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********This is only a ROM. You must have first flashed the EA11 LEAK first.********
********You must have the modified RED CWM recovery to flash this. If you don't already have that installed, go here to get it.*********
*********DO NOT FLASH THIS IF YOU ARE STILL ON 2.1************
As always, I am not responsible for what you do to your phone. Make a backup before you flash anything.
Download the ROM and the addons. (unzip the main addons zip) Decide what addons you want. Put everything on your sdcard and boot into recovery. Flash the ROM first. Flash any addon packs that you have put on your sdcard. Reboot.
I've tried to group the addons so there aren't too many of them. If you want, you can always reconfigure things using 7zip without having to unzip anything. If you don't know how to do this already, it's probably best to just flash each pack seperately.
EA11 Mesmerize Pick-n-Pack ROM
EA11 Mesmerize PnP Addons
Thank you sir very much
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Now for some voodoo?
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why do we need to flash the original Froyo leak first?
i dont understand this Mez thing about using Odin.
once you have a Rom flashed to your phone and Clockwork working there is never ever ever a need to use this odin program. i have never once used it and have flashed a few roms, one of them your very own pick-n-pak , just not the froyo one.
so can someone explain to me this crazy need to backdoor flash the phone?
the Froyo leak is just a rom, just like this and every other rom. its just a factory flash rom, not a rom you guys built....
so why not just build a rom from it because the odin stuff seems just to be massive unnecessary overkill.
v_lestat said:
why do we need to flash the original Froyo leak first?
i dont understand this Mez thing about using Odin.
once you have a Rom flashed to your phone and Clockwork working there is never ever ever a need to use this odin program. i have never once used it and have flashed a few roms, one of them your very own...[etc, etc]
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It doesn't seem like a bad idea to have a stock backup solution available.
v_lestat said:
why do we need to flash the original Froyo leak first?
i dont understand this Mez thing about using Odin.
once you have a Rom flashed to your phone and Clockwork working there is never ever ever a need to use this odin program. i have never once used it and have flashed a few roms, one of them your very own pick-n-pak , just not the froyo one.
so can someone explain to me this crazy need to backdoor flash the phone?
the Froyo leak is just a rom, just like this and every other rom. its just a factory flash rom, not a rom you guys built....
so why not just build a rom from it because the odin stuff seems just to be massive unnecessary overkill.
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This ROM doesn't have a kernel or a modem with it. If you don't have those files, your phone won't work.
The Froyo leak is NOT a ROM it is a recovery system just as the recovery system for 2.1. It has everything in it.
Odin is not overkill. It's just a different way of flashing things. As soon as we have everything in place for a fully flashable ROM including kernel and modem, that will be an option too. My original PnP ROM also did not include a kernel or modem, but you were already on 2.1 so you didn't need to get there. Had you have been on 1.6, you would have had to update.
Also, there is only two of us working on all of this. We can only do so much. We are trying to do what we can, with what we have. If you can help us out, hit us up on irc. We could use the help.
help?
i just flashed and got a boot loop anything?
mesmerbelly said:
i just flashed and got a boot loop anything?
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Hit the irc channel. I didn't have any problems, and neither did any of the others that flashed. We'll get you fixed up.
duhh
i just needed to wipe everything duhh belly think then ask
could you plz tell me where the bootanimation.zip goes in this...i miss my dancing droid...i got the music to work but no animation
v_lestat said:
why do we need to flash the original Froyo leak first?
i dont understand this Mez thing about using Odin.
once you have a Rom flashed to your phone and Clockwork working there is never ever ever a need to use this odin program. i have never once used it and have flashed a few roms, one of them your very own pick-n-pak , just not the froyo one.
so can someone explain to me this crazy need to backdoor flash the phone?
the Froyo leak is just a rom, just like this and every other rom. its just a factory flash rom, not a rom you guys built....
so why not just build a rom from it because the odin stuff seems just to be massive unnecessary overkill.
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Over 700 posts here and a thanks meter of 1.. <-- maybe you should just cool off a bit..
Two things:
Number one: Read my reply to your la]st rant. It explains a lot.
Number two: As far as I know, phidelt82 and I are the only ones who own a Samsung Mesmerize and are offering our time up to work on this stuff. Thank God our device is very similar to the other Galaxy S devices so we can dip into the community and share resources where appropriate. I promise you without the resources of the great XDA community, you would have none of this from us.
To answer your burning question I already answered once:
The reason we don't have this in an update.zip form yet is because I am a college student who spends most of his days studying. Every so often I get some *leisure* time to spend working on things I enjoy -- like helping out this community here. I am not as skilled as the prominent Fascinate devs but I am learning. So is phidelt. The refined packages will come.
The fact that you are so worked up about ODIN tells me there are reasons far beyond your understanding as to why we are using it. There is nothing wrong with odin. IT DOES THE SAME THING THAT YOUR RECOVERY PARTITION DOES/CAN DO.. just attached to the computer. I actually think it's more reliable (well at least Heimdall is) and easier to use.
If we were to release a froyo-update.zip and everyone tried it out, without ODIN, they would be potentially stuck in 2.2 land. That would be a big hassle donchathink -- especially because EA11 is not a final release, there ARE some bugs? The current solution for Fascinate users is to flash a froyo.zip from their phone, THEN USE ODIN to flash a <2e> recovery partition so that CWM will work properly. Why not do it all in Odin for the Mesmerize for the time being? Once there is a reliable solution that doesn't need ODIN/Heimdall, I promise you, it will be implemented.
Cool off. I've wasted enough time responding to your ignorance. I am being abrasive now because I already answered you once, and you find the need to ignore the contents of my reply and rant about the same old..
I had some time to put up a new package tonight, but, thanks(?) to you, that's not the case anymore.. =/
you tell him dcow....i like odin...its simple and reliable...cant complain about that
on topic : love this rom...used it on 2.1 and so exited its on froyo now...great work!!!
Yikes, what ever happened to the rule of "If you don't like it, do something about it." ?
For the record, dcow and phidelt, you guys are awesome and I very much greatly appreciate putting your extra time into this!
Amen!
BIG thanks to dcow and phidelt. Without your efforts, I'd still be on stock 2.1. Just wanted you both to know your time and effort is appreciated. Don't know how many of these phones USCC has sold, but it's got to be a small community in comparison to, for example, the Fascinate.
Glad the other devs have been kind enough to help you out where they can...big thanks to them as well.
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could you plz tell me where the bootanimation.zip goes in this...i miss my dancing droid...i got the music to work but no animation
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as of right now till we get a custom kernel there is not much you can do. this one uses qmg files in the /system/media folder for the startup animation. you can delete or rename them so its black but i have yet to find any good working qmg. i have actually found one file and it is 4meg and the animation doesn't finish by the time the desktop apears. the stanard one on our phone is only like 2 to 2.5meg
so your telling me i (or someone with the skills) is going to have to learn how to convert the zips into qmg files? or is there a program we could use...imma google it but if you or anyone knows anything about this plz tell me...im willing to learn and try this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792953
We're going to have to do some research =/, or possibly need a MOD to the rom first.
You guys rock! Back to being bloat-free...and on 2.2
phidelt82 said:
This ROM doesn't have a kernel or a modem with it. If you don't have those files, your phone won't work.
The Froyo leak is NOT a ROM it is a recovery system just as the recovery system for 2.1. It has everything in it.
Odin is not overkill. It's just a different way of flashing things. As soon as we have everything in place for a fully flashable ROM including kernel and modem, that will be an option too. My original PnP ROM also did not include a kernel or modem, but you were already on 2.1 so you didn't need to get there. Had you have been on 1.6, you would have had to update.
Also, there is only two of us working on all of this. We can only do so much. We are trying to do what we can, with what we have. If you can help us out, hit us up on irc. We could use the help.
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ahhh i see, it is a rom but its a radio-less rom. - so wait.... if its a radioless rom then why are we flashing it with odin... i dont understand.
and yes odin seems nice, but to have to use this instead of just flashing via clockwork seems rather unconventional
On the EVO we had the official and leaked HTC flasher but to use it meant you lost root. the teams just made a flashable rooted rom
i know that isnt the case with the Mez. but it seemed silly to me that since you had the Samsung recovery, and you had your pick-n-pak... then why not just make a flashable rom.
am i mistaken here ? why not jsut make a rom since you have the stock recovery and the necessary files, just make a rom we can flash via recovery.
so i guess i am lost, if its radioless why are we using it and how is anything working if its not a rom, and missing said files.
p.s.
i sure with amon ra would become available for the Mez lol.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792953
We're going to have to do some research =/, or possibly need a MOD to the rom first.
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i will do my best to help in this research (though im still rather new to all this) and help out in any way i can...maybe with the power of 2 (or more) Brains we can get this working too!
I have been flashing my fascinate for a while now, looking to mod a captivate now. Im looking for something solid. Just looking thru your roms. I'm seeing that some people are having sleep of death on some roms. Also, I know nothing of your rom designations. Us on fascinate are on ec01 atm.. untill I'm more up to speed, what is a good, recent, official froyo, based rom? I prefer niceties, bln, voodoo stuffs, lockscreens, power options, acc batt, deodexed..
I will be doing more studys, but these 2 phones seem more diff than I thought they would be.. Voodoo and froyo are my bottom line..
Ps.. You guys are lucky to have so many custom roms.. I'm lost in your dev section.. however its a curse to new comers lol..
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Our official 2.2 is KB1, and as far as I know the only one that supports the noise cancellation hardware. Cog 4.3.1 is a kb1-based rom (and Torch may also be based on kb1, or I may have just been drunk when I read the description many moons ago).
Everything else seems to be based off of the international i9000 roms with reoriented kernels. Try Serendipity, it's pretty decent if you don't mind the i9000 lineage.
We also have MIUI and CM7. MIUI is based off of CM7, and CM7 is based off of the Nexus S source.
You can also check out FireFly, It's based of Rogers 2.2 and comes with the Speedmod Kernel which doesn't have the sleep death issues. It's solid and reliable annnd it's updated every thursdays..what more can you ask for
I believe Fusion is KB1 based as well. KB1 is the only official Captivate Froyo. Personally, I recommend an i9000 ROM, as they're all 2.2.1 based. I'm running Inception right now, and having great success with it. It's only two days old, though, so probably not something you're ready to flash. Very stable and popular i9000 ROMS that I recommend are Serendipity and Continuum. My personal favorite is Precision, but if you go that route, download version 3.5, not 4.0, as 4.0 is still in alpha stage and has a few bugs. I hope my suggestions have helped in any way and welcome to the Captivate community!
Thanks for the responses,
Are you using cwm 3? Were still on cwm 2.5 on the fassy.. I know there was issues with edify scripting.. I'm looking into your beginners guide when I get on my pc later to see the differences in flashing. I feel a good amount of studying will be needed.. Also, do you have all in 1 odin to stock? And odin to stock froyo? Incase I create a bootloop.
1 more question. being that this is a gsm phone.. Do you still odin radio? Or are they included in the roms? I noticed that many rom posts here don't tell what radio to use, or what is compatible.
Thanks I advance, and sorry for picking brains
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OBatRFan said:
I believe Fusion is KB1 based as well. KB1 is the only official Captivate Froyo. Personally, I recommend an i9000 ROM, as they're all 2.2.1 based. I'm running Inception right now, and having great success with it. It's only two days old, though, so probably not something you're ready to flash. Very stable and popular i9000 ROMS that I recommend are Serendipity and Continuum. My personal favorite is Precision, but if you go that route, download version 3.5, not 4.0, as 4.0 is still in alpha stage and has a few bugs. I hope my suggestions have helped in any way and welcome to the Captivate community!
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Thanks for the feedback.
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neh4pres said:
Thanks for the responses,
Are you using cwm 3? Were still on cwm 2.5 on the fassy.. I know there was issues with edify scripting.. I'm looking into your beginners guide when I get on my pc later to see the differences in flashing. I feel a good amount of studying will be needed.. Also, do you have all in 1 odin to stock? And odin to stock froyo? Incase I create a bootloop.
1 more question. being that this is a gsm phone.. Do you still odin radio? Or are they included in the roms? I noticed that many rom posts here don't tell what radio to use, or what is compatible.
Thanks I advance, and sorry for picking brains
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I believe we're on CWM 3. something or other. Never had an issue with it.
We have an ODIN one click back to stock which is recommended to do before flashing and new ROM. As for the radio, I honestly have no clue about that.
neh4pres said:
Thanks for the responses,
Are you using cwm 3? Were still on cwm 2.5 on the fassy.. I know there was issues with edify scripting.. I'm looking into your beginners guide when I get on my pc later to see the differences in flashing. I feel a good amount of studying will be needed.. Also, do you have all in 1 odin to stock? And odin to stock froyo? Incase I create a bootloop.
1 more question. being that this is a gsm phone.. Do you still odin radio? Or are they included in the roms? I noticed that many rom posts here don't tell what radio to use, or what is compatible.
Thanks I advance, and sorry for picking brains
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yes modem is included in ROM package itself
modest_mandroid said:
Our official 2.2 is KB1, and as far as I know the only one that supports the noise cancellation hardware. Cog 4.3.1 is a kb1-based rom (and Torch may also be based on kb1, or I may have just been drunk when I read the description many moons ago).
Everything else seems to be based off of the international i9000 roms with reoriented kernels. Try Serendipity, it's pretty decent if you don't mind the i9000 lineage.
We also have MIUI and CM7. MIUI is based off of CM7, and CM7 is based off of the Nexus S source.
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Torch is kb1 based, but not updated in awhile.
We call them modems, not radios.
You should look at the Onix kernel. It's great.
Continuum v4 unthemed looks alot like stock.
Good luck, and welcome to the captivate forums.
I seem to be hanging up on rooting using super 1 click.. Says waiting for device.. Thinking about odin to stock then trying again.. Unless someone has a better option.
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Thank you all..
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Are you trying to root so you can go to a custom ROM? If so, I wouldn't worry about rooting. I attached an update.zip that will get you CWM. Put the update.zip and the zip of whatever ROM you want to flash on your internal sdcard. Turn the phone off, hold both volume keys and the power keys. The AT&T logo should come up, keep holding the buttons. The logo should pop up again, now let go. it should go to recovery. Now select reinstall packages. The phone should reboot and go to recovery again. Select reinstall packages again and it should go to CWM. I'm assuming you should know how to flash a zip from here if you've had Fascinate experience. The flashing of the ROM will root your phone.
Hope this helps! If you have any questions, just ask.
Andromeda3 is based off the Georgio Armani Cappy. It's a 2.2 rom that has all the goodies you listed. The devs did a fantastic job on it. It's not updated very often because it doesn't need to be. It's fast, looks good, and has everything you want.
thanks... if i can get out of this fix im in ill do that... however i followed this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439&highlight=odin+stock
and seem to be stuck at factory rfs.. dont dare unplug yet... i know on my fassy it would not be a big deal.. interrupt and try again.., but i dont know if i could lose download mode if i interrupt on this phone..
neh4pres said:
thanks... if i can get out of this fix im in ill do that... however i followed this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439&highlight=odin+stock
and seem to be stuck at factory rfs.. dont dare unplug yet... i know on my fassy it would not be a big deal.. interrupt and try again.., but i dont know if i could lose download mode if i interrupt on this phone..
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This has happened to me multiple times. Unplug, pull battery, restart ODIN, put battery in, and repeat the flashing process.
OBatRFan said:
This has happened to me multiple times. Unplug, pull battery, restart ODIN, put battery in, and repeat the flashing process.
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got stuck on sbl bin that time... am i doing something wrong?.. im just opening odin 3, then place pit, place tar.. click start... should i also click partition? or maybe i have a corrupt copy... while i wait for a response ill re download..
thanks for being such a help
Most ROMs are not based on Captivate Froyo, because it sucks.
And Gingerbread ROMs are right around the corner. Just waiting on Samsung releasing the i9000 kernel source.
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Try this version of ODIN: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989&highlight=ODIN
One-click, so need need for PDA and such. That's what I use, but it all depends on whether or not you have three button combo working. If that version doesn't work, just keep trying on both versions, switch USB ports each time.
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I believe we're on CWM 3. something or other. Never had an issue with it.
We have an ODIN one click back to stock which is recommended to do before flashing and new ROM. As for the radio, I honestly have no clue about that.
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we still use cwm 2.5.x.x because as was said 3.x.x.x have issues.
flashing to stock isnt needed anymore as all roms do a wipe, odin should only be used as a repair tool not a normal part of the process.
op just curious what was your phone running before you started odin? whoever posted the update.zip is right all this other stuff is just spinning your wheels. if it was on 2.1 then put that zip on the root of your sd reinstall packages twice and you will be in cwm, from there you can flash any rom. if you were on 2.2 then do a search for 3e recovery sighning and once you get that cracked follow the preceeding instructions
okay.. im all fixed now.. just to let everyone know, it was a computer issue (windows fail). and my usb was not talking correctly. a simple restart solved the issue.. i was worried i was in over my head, and i thank you all for helping. and i apologize for turning this page into a rescue center lol.
i will try that update zip now.. and im on my way to great roms im sure.. you are all a terrific bunch, and im glad to be a part of this forum
Hey everyone.
Im generally pretty savvy with androids. I rooted and S-offed my HTC Desire, I had a nexus S for a bit until it got ran over... Now im stuck with this Galaxy S 4G, which has been nothing but headaches because for some reason... this thing is impossible to root to me. Ive tried Hemidall, Super1clicks, Odin etc..
Can someone please just point me in the direction of rooting this POS? Im hoping that once its rooted and running stock, I wont hate this thing as much... because so far, Its a horrible purchase.
I just need someone to post a link to where I need to be. Ive searched.. and im absolutely lost. Even the Rootz wiki was useless to me.
Thanks.
Model Number - SGH-T959W
Android Version 2.3.6
You might not have any luck this is the T-959V and your phone might not be supported
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28566711&postcount=15
Read that then understand what bhundven means by DONT FLASH BOOTLOADERS!!
You can use the heimdall one clicks he created to get root access and then flash any rom that DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS INCLUDED. That means do not use gremlin remover period. Once you get rooted make a backup and keep it stored in as many places as possible. If you flash the ics variants you will have to use the stock kj6 HOC and then need to flash the HOC for antonx kernel to get root back. At that point you can flash your nandroid or whatever rom you want. AGAIN AS LONG AS IT DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS included.
eollie said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28566711&postcount=15
Read that then understand what bhundven means by DONT FLASH BOOTLOADERS!!
You can use the heimdall one clicks he created to get root access and then flash any rom that DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS INCLUDED. That means do not use gremlin remover period. Once you get rooted make a backup and keep it stored in as many places as possible. If you flash the ics variants you will have to use the stock kj6 HOC and then need to flash the HOC for antonx kernel to get root back. At that point you can flash your nandroid or whatever rom you want. AGAIN AS LONG AS IT DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS included.
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I have no idea what youre talking about. Sorry
I used the Hemidall, and only got an unrooted Tmobile rom.. Im not sure where exactly i get root from this
Meh, forget it... im selling this phone. There is no convincing me to ever buy anything from Sammy again unless its a Nexus line.
HTC or Nexus forever.
Thanks guys
Reading is hard
"Can I get step by step directions please?"
Sure, here you are!
"What?! Your not going to remotely root my phone for me? F this place"
Good luck sir, you have the patience of a saint and the drive of a tiger!
OK let's be honest you gave up kinda quick.......
The forum that eollie linked you to was a forum talking about the phone that you bought, which is an apparent offshoot of the t-959v and according to what Masonite found out, "our" roms work on the t-959w but you cannot flash the bootloaders.
Here is the one click link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498 just boot into download mode and use this but absolutely don't flash bootloaders and it should be OK, no promises.
Eollie was right for linking you there, all the info you needed about your model phone was on that forum, that one click is in the dev sticky which everybody should read.
There has been a flood of people not researching a little bit first before posting and that's why people flamed you but you should not give up, its a good phone and our devs are dedicated and have put in a lot of time on this model, you should be happy your phone can even support all the great roms that are available.
I'm not being mean but seriously, come on, all the info is there, no need to get mad.
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Edit: or Google search how to use heimdall if your confused, I learn off a damn YouTube video..........
Our devs didn't create heimdall and don't support it but it is a great program and the dev has to build the individual one click for the phone, we should be happy to have it that easily available.
Reading the whole thread you got linked to is really hard. Phone-bricking hard
FBis251 said:
Reading the whole thread you got linked to is really hard. Phone-bricking hard
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Hahaha I know but but I believe in you lmao
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You'll need to flash one of the back to stock files that you got linked to in that thread which will put you on stock GB with no root. DO NOT FLASH THE BOOTLOADERS. You'll very likely brick if you do.
After this download the AntonX kernel from bhundven's one click thread and flash that. That will give you a custom kernel with CWM built in and root.
Needless to say, this is all for the SGH-T959V which theoretically should work on the SGH-T959W. As you'll read any disclaimer on this forum, you're resposible for anything you flash and the damage that may occur to your device.
Thanks for that fb I forgot a few steps if he wants to be on mtd roms, I assumed he could read from that point............ but your right for knowing better
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Thank you very much, and I'm sorry for getting angry. I've had this phone for almost 4 months now, and haven't been able to do anything with it. Quite frustrating.
So, I currently have the Tmobile ROM on my phone, so I'm halfway there it appears!
I'm going to download the other ROM as soon as I get home.
Thanks so much! Next up.. Learning to flash with Odin, and not ROM manager.
It seemed like everything I tried wasn't working with 2.3.6. Superoneclick etc.
I was waiting for a new exploit, but it never came. I tried YouTube tutorials, text directions.. Everything would fail, or give me "read only" errors. I feared bricking, so I stopped.. But I searched the forum and came across the thread he linked me to, but it said no bootloaders, and all the ones I saw had bootloaders. Wasn't until tonight that I noticed it's a 2 part flash process, with the second being the bootloaders.
I think I started this thread at 3am.
Lesson learned.
In heimdall, you can click a little box that says "flash bootloaders" to toggle flashing them on and off! .... or maybe it was odin? I can't remember... been a while since I used them!
After being away for the weekend, I came home, and BAM... fully rooted. Amazing! and FINALLY!!!
Thanks everyone for your help...
I just have another issue.
I wanna flash this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305145
It says its CWM.. but there is a huge disclaimer that we shouldn't use ROM Manager on the development page, which is a bit confusing. Since this ROM isnt Odin flashable... what do i do?
Thanks again.
So I was confused about this when I first started. I'm not at my computer but I can help. In order to flash Roms via cmw you have to turn off your phone hold both volume rockers on the phone then hold the power button and hold till you get into cwm recovery. That will get you into cmw recovery mode. Then wipe data factory rest, from there go back to the main menu and select the install zip from sd card and find the zip file you want to flash and select it and install. Should be good to go.
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Nevermind... im a complete goon. I got it, lol.
Thanks
I heard that shabby was working on it but the thread they were posting in just stalled out, So has anyone heard any news of a stock tar file for Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate being worked on?
we have pretty much everything except the stock recovery image. need someone to mod kernel for root so w can get stock recovery off an unmodified phone. I've tried but really don't know what I'm doing.
Nanition said:
I heard that shabby was working on it but the thread they were posting in just stalled out, So has anyone heard any news of a stock tar file for Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate being worked on?
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Hi Nanition:
As j3r3goss stated, Shabby needs someone to help out. We need an unrooted phone so that we can grab the original recovery that comes on the phone. If you have an unrooted exhilarate and can donate some time/effort, Shabby would be the best person to contact. You can reach him by going to http://webchat.irondust.net/?channels=hitsquad Just type in his name (Shabbypenguin) and if he's lurking he'll respond.
Shabby had someone volunteer, but he said it didn't work out (no details as to why or what happened).
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BlackWolf
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Hi Nanition:
As j3r3goss stated, Shabby needs someone to help out. We need an unrooted phone so that we can grab the original recovery that comes on the phone. If you have an unrooted exhilarate and can donate some time/effort, Shabby would be the best person to contact. You can reach him by going to [10 posts] Just type in his name (Shabbypenguin) and if he's lurking he'll respond.
Shabby had someone volunteer, but he said it didn't work out (no details as to why or what happened).
V/R
BlackWolf
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Unfortunatly when I was rooting the phone something weird happened and nearly hard bricked it, but I am currently running Tmobile blaze 4g on it with no sound or calling. So hopefully sometime soon someone will be able to help Shabby get a stock tar figured out and ran.
Nanition said:
Unfortunatly when I was rooting the phone something weird happened and nearly hard bricked it, but I am currently running Tmobile blaze 4g on it with no sound or calling. So hopefully sometime soon someone will be able to help Shabby get a stock tar figured out and ran.
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Shabby has the system.img and boot.img from my phone. Contact him and see if he can explain how to get back to a stock image. Also, if he can't help, get w/ j3r3goss about this as he had the very same issue, but I think he got his back to running the way it's supposed to.
Hope that helps!
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BlackWolf
stock tar
Here's what I used to get the stock OS back, minus recovery of course. The tar contains the system and boot and can be pushed via Odin. For some reason when I had the radio files in the tar it would fail in Odin so I found a script to update those via CWM. I'm not sure what all needs to be done but since mine was extremely messed up I pushed the system tar via Odin then booted into CWM Recovery flashed the radio.zip then performed factory reset x3, format cache x3, format dalvik cache x3 and fixed permissions. It took a bit but booted just and I have had no issues.
You will need to perform a touch key fw update after you boot recovery, but everything else appears to be fully functional. We still need to get some assistance in getting the boot.img rooted so that we can get a dump of the stock recovery.img.
Hope this helps.
Obviously these are to be used at your own risk.
I577 GB Radio UCLD2
http://d-h.st/9PF
I577 ICS Radio UCLH3
http://d-h.st/xka
j3r3goss said:
Here's what I used to get the stock OS back, minus recovery of course. The tar contains the system and boot and can be pushed via Odin. For some reason when I had the radio files in the tar it would fail in Odin so I found a script to update those via CWM. I'm not sure what all needs to be done but since mine was extremely messed up I pushed the system tar via Odin then booted into CWM Recovery flashed the radio.zip then performed factory reset x3, format cache x3, format dalvik cache x3 and fixed permissions. It took a bit but booted just and I have had no issues.
You will need to perform a touch key fw update after you boot recovery, but everything else appears to be fully functional. We still need to get some assistance in getting the boot.img rooted so that we can get a dump of the stock recovery.img.
Hope this helps.
Obviously these are to be used at your own risk.
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Thanks for your help! I'll try these and get back to you on the results.
worked
Glad to hear it worked.
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Working on a Custom ROM
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Thanks for your help! I'll try these and get back to you on the results.
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I am about to start working on a custom System ROM for this phone. What Apps should be included, what apps should be removed (AT&T crapware of course - but what else)?
I want to make a basic one with just a few key apps, and a more advance one for the ultimate tweaker/hacker.
All suggestions (but please be polite) are welcome!
We also still don't have the original restore.img - so if you want to help w/ that, let me know, I may have an angle that we can get it with.
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BlackWolf
ROM
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I am about to start working on a custom System ROM for this phone. What Apps should be included, what apps should be removed (AT&T crapware of course - but what else)?
I want to make a basic one with just a few key apps, and a more advance one for the ultimate tweaker/hacker.
All suggestions (but please be polite) are welcome!
We also still don't have the original restore.img - so if you want to help w/ that, let me know, I may have an angle that we can get it with.
V/R
BlackWolf
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Right now the biggest things for me are bloat and launcher. Everything AT&T needs to go. Is there a way to seperate Google apps or do they pretty much install together? Ther are way to many Google apps that I don't use or ever care to use. Not a big fan of the TW so I'm using ADW, but that can be easily changed by the user. One thing I have been trying to find is support for volume rocker music controls. I use this thing for for music all the time and hate having to skip tracks from the screen.
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Right now the biggest things for me are bloat and launcher. Everything AT&T needs to go. Is there a way to seperate Google apps or do they pretty much install together? Ther are way to many Google apps that I don't use or ever care to use. Not a big fan of the TW so I'm using ADW, but that can be easily changed by the user. One thing I have been trying to find is support for volume rocker music controls. I use this thing for for music all the time and hate having to skip tracks from the screen.
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j3r3: The Google apps can all be installed separately AFAIK. What's TW? I'm familiar with ADW so I assume it's a launcher?
I think there is an app that does the vol control switch, but I don't know what it is off the top of my head.
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BlackWolf
TW = TouchWiz
Custom Binary Counter Reset
I take absolutely no credit for this, I merely tried it and it does infact work for our phone as well. I was at 42 BTW.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694529
j3r3goss said:
Right now the biggest things for me are bloat and launcher. Everything AT&T needs to go. Is there a way to seperate Google apps or do they pretty much install together? Ther are way to many Google apps that I don't use or ever care to use. Not a big fan of the TW so I'm using ADW, but that can be easily changed by the user. One thing I have been trying to find is support for volume rocker music controls. I use this thing for for music all the time and hate having to skip tracks from the screen.
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Hey bud. Does shabby need som1 to send him a phone? I got one of these phones. Stock of course. I'd like to root it. I'm hip to flashing. I've got the note running flapjaxxx rom. Samsung s2 running blu kuban. So anyhow. What does he need?
I don't know what's going on with Shabby. As far as I know there are some people trying to get ahold of him to test his rooted kernel and he's not responding nor has he posted his rooted kernel.
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Hey bud. Does shabby need som1 to send him a phone? I got one of these phones. Stock of course. I'd like to root it. I'm hip to flashing. I've got the note running flapjaxxx rom. Samsung s2 running blu kuban. So anyhow. What does he need?
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I don't know if Shabby needs a phone or not. I personally, haven't heard from Shabby since a couple of weeks ago.
You can always go to his site and PM him and make the offer.
I was actually hoping my wife would buy one of these, and I was going to try to grab the stock restore, but she opted for a Galaxy S II SkyRocket instead (larger screen, more memory, thinner, etc. - but she did like that my phone is smaller (edge-to-edge)).
Anyway, we're pretty much stuck at the moment. We don't have the original restore, and we can't seem to get it.
I think I know what needs to be done, but I'd have to consult w/ Shabby and j3r3. If you're willing to try yourself, you need to get the rooted ROM, and get it installed on your phone. Then, as I understand it, you need to adb the phone and dd a restore.img. Once we have that, we can then install custom ROMs and revert back to stock if needed.
Other than that, we have full root, and I have been able to uninstall AT&T crapware, Samsung Crapware, and also most of the other system stuff that isn't needed/wanted.
The next step is, as I find time, to create a minimal ROM that has only what is necessary for the phone to function. There will be a couple of other apps (to verify root, and allow you access to all files and system settings), but other than that - that'll be it.
Let me know if you think you'd be willing to be a guinea pig on this - and you should let j3r3 and shabby know as well (if shabby is still interested).
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BlackWolf
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I don't know what's going on with Shabby. As far as I know there are some people trying to get ahold of him to test his rooted kernel and he's not responding nor has he posted his rooted kernel.
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Since I just read this: I will post a rooted Kernel here in a day or so...
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BlackWolf
Got the Original Kernel and Platform.tar files
So, I found, DL'd and am currently uploading the original Samsung Exhilarate SGH-i577 Opensource Kernel and Platform Files... Good find? I think (hope) so.
If you need them, go here: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B7...VmckQwRnc/edit
You can DL any of the files I have posted there, or you can just DL the entire zip here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7nWFHy_HCE7aTBEbF83T2Z0Mzg11.
Or you can just them from where I did: The files were DL'd from the Samsung Open Source website: http://opensource.samsung.com/index.jsp - just do a search for "i577".
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BlackWolf
ROM for Exhilarate?
Hi
I am new to this...
I was able to successfully root my Galaxy Exhilarate (Thank you) - trying to unlock it so I can use it with other carriers - do I need a specific ROM file? are the files posted by Black-wolf what I need?
Thanks
GHORR
GHORR said:
Hi
I am new to this...
I was able to successfully root my Galaxy Exhilarate (Thank you) - trying to unlock it so I can use it with other carriers - do I need a specific ROM file? are the files posted by Black-wolf what I need?
Thanks
GHORR
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GHORR: Here's the deal: As of right now, there is no way to unlock your phone for use with other carriers unless you can convince AT&T to send you the unlock code. To do that (I know this from experience), you'll need to be able to explain why you want it unlocked to them. Read this thread for more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812976
I know that doesn't help. However, you can also do a search for "SIM Unlock" - there are some phones that have had their system files hacked and you might be able to unlock it that way. Note, I am in no way responsible for anything that happens to your phone. This is at your own risk.
Good luck
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BlackWolf
Thanks for replying - but I thought that by flashing the ROM it removes the lock, did I get it wrong?