[Q] Mosaic 8 and 3 button fix - Captivate General

Hey guys
I don't know where else to post this since I am considered "new" in XDA and cant post it in Development forum. So I am posting it here in the general section.
I have a 1008 batch Captivate on Stock 2.1. The 1008 batch looses its 3 button combo for recovery and download everytime you use ODIN One click for stock 2.1 and so I applied the 3 button fix. For now, the 3 button and 2 button combos work fine. Now I want to install the Mosaic 8 ROM.
As a part of the process, I was told to apply the the AT&T GB Bootloader from I897UCKF1 and the Dark_Core Kernel using ODIN3. My friend told me that before I can apply the ROM, I will face a boot loop and so I need to use 3 button fix to get into recovery and apply my new ROM.
My question is will the 3 button fix stay on the phone even though I will be applying a new bootloader and kernel? If not, is there an alternate approach without the boot looping? Because with boot loop and no 3 button combo, I will have to use the jig and go back to stock 2.1
Thanks

Once you flash the gingerbread boot loaders, your three button combo will be fixed.

Great!!! Thanks for the clarification.

akshayas1986 said:
Hey guys
I don't know where else to post this since I am considered "new" in XDA and cant post it in Development forum. So I am posting it here in the general section.
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For future reference, first questions are in q&a not general, and if your question has to do with a specific ROM there are stickies on the top of that section for each ROM.
I know you're new, just a helpful tip, not waving my internets at you or anything
Btw enjoy mosaic

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[Q] Help!!!!!!!!

Help!!!!!!!!! I installed Mosaic IV rom and it keeps crashing but I cant get back to the reboot screen to install any other roms...............
Need more information. How did you flash? What exactly have you done? Can you get the phone into download mode, yellow screen with Android shoveling?
sent from my Gingerbread Cappy using Tapatalk from somewhere on AT&T's ****ty network.
donnyestrella said:
Help!!!!!!!!! I installed Mosaic IV rom and it keeps crashing but I cant get back to the reboot screen to install any other roms...............
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First of all, this is a question. It should go in the Q&A section.
Second, there are many stickies on how to flash roms (and recover from bad flashes)
Try:
Using the button combos to get to download mode
Using ADB to issue the command to reboot into download mode
Using a jig to get into download mode
Then you can flash your phone to stock, read more, and then flash another ROM.
[REF] New to XDA? Questions about flashing ROMs? Please read this before posting!
Third, use more descriptive thread titles. "Help!" does nothing for the respectful member who actually tries to use the search function before posting who might have a similar issue.

[Q] Update to ICS 4.0.3

Hi people,
I am kind of a noob on this matters, i have searched a way to solve the problem but with no success.
I have a GT-I9000 with 2.3.4 XXJVR, its allready rooted, have CWM but no idea how its used...
I was thinking in upgrade to 4.0.3, its said to be the best so far, i wanna some help because i dont know what rom and kernel to use, a rooted kernel... have afraid to brick the phone. If you can help me with that i aprecciated.
In your opinion, do you think its worth? i heard its a lot of bugs so i am a little upprehensive with the possible result.
Thanks in advance.
i'm by no means an expert, but i've done this with mine and didn't regret it (only issues i've had are gps and facebook sync of contact list - tho i seem to be alone on that last one)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462035
there are instructions about halfway down the page.
all you really need to do is go restart to recovery or restart and hold the key combination to get there (i think it's home, vol down)
once there, nav the text based menus using the volume keys to do up + down and the power button to select.
it isn't super difficult, and the worst thing that i had happen was i had to put my phone into download mode and hook it up to odin. not the end of the world
And what about the gps problem? What is the problem with it?
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions &
Read the Forum Rules Ref Posting
Moving to Q&A

can't boot into cwm, screen just a bunch o

Recently used heimdell one click back to stock. And the boot animation is just a bunch of random pixels, when the phone starts when you open the camera the picture is the same thing but the pictures it takes are fine...bad thing is...when you get into cwm recovery to flash another ROM, the screen is again just a bunch of colored random rainbow pixels. Can anyone me how many clicks it takes once info.cwmr to actually flash another rom...I know its getting into cwmr but that is it...
Uuuuuggghhhh! Wrong place to post!
sent from my baby girls rom
Uhhh.. I think per your fairly crappy description you're having rainbows. Find the post on removing rainbows. Use the search function.
POST IN Q&A next time. Don't use the development thread.
Finally, mod please move to Q&A.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using Tapatalk
you actually oneclicked back to a leaked gingerbread rom and didn't flash the bootloaders.... do it over again and follow the instructions in the op this time. (don't tell me that you did because its in there) or just wait for the next one click to stock which will have the proper gingerbread update.

[Q] Tweaked v2 ROM update

I have a Droid Charge and two days ago I used ODIN 1.82 to install "[email protected]" (Tweaked v2 ROM); however, I just noticed there is an update "[email protected]" which has a couple of folders and not md5 (META -INF and system).
I am a newbie but it was not difficult to used ODIN to install the original md5 file; however, I am stuck trying to install the update. Any tips what tools to use of where I can have the instructions to install the update "[email protected]"?
Thanks.
BTW I have not had any problem so far using the original ROM.
White
whitejul said:
I have a Driod Charge and two days ago I used ODIN 1.82 to install [email protected]5 (Tweaked v2 ROM); however, I just noticed there is an update [email protected] which has a couple of folders and not md5 (META -INF and system).
I am a newbie but it was not difficult to used ODIN to install the original md5 file; however, I am stuck trying to install the update. Any tips what tools to use of where I can have the instructions to install the update [email protected]?
Thanks.
BTW I have not had any problem so far using the original rom.
White
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You can flash it in CWM. Also you can get the same update by installing the black and blue theme in tweaktools.
Tweaked v2 ROM update
PaulN64007 said:
You can flash it in CWM. Also you can get the same update by installing the black and blue theme in tweaktools.
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Thanks for pointing me to the right direction, questions are where to find instructions how to use CWM and tweaktools.
Can you help?
Thanks.
White
whitejul said:
Thanks for pointing me to the right direction, questions are where to find instructions how to use CWM and tweaktools.
Can you help?
Thanks.
White
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There is a lot of information in the first 3 posts in the Tweaked 2.0 thread that you should read. 3rd post is where you'll find how to use tweaktools. A lot of android phones use CWM and something you should learn. There are a lot of youtube videos that maybe better to watch then trying to read about it.
PaulN64007 said:
There is a lot of information in the first 3 posts in the Tweaked 2.0 thread that you should read. 3rd post is where you'll find how to use tweaktools. A lot of android phones use CWM and something you should learn. There are a lot of youtube videos that maybe better to watch then trying to read about it.
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It took me a while but this is what I have unsuccessfully done:
Downloaded the upgrade for CWM “[email protected]” then I checked its MD5 was correct A2B101E9556BB2BD59F226E25E87D1F6
Placed the above file on my SD card
On my Droid Charge I pressed the POWER button and from the choices I selected RECOVERY
My phone rebooted into:
Android system Recovery (3e)
enter: OK Key. Select: Vol UP / Vol Down
reboot system now
apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe catch partition
checking confirmation -> check (0)
Not need checksum confirmation
already executed!!...
--movi_checking done!...
# MANUAL MODE #
From the above choices I use Vol UP / Vol Down to select “apply update from sdcard”, then pressed the HOME key
Screen changed to:
Android system Recovery (3e)
Choose a package to install:
/mnt/sdcard
../
'[email protected]'
I used the Vol UP / Vol Down, selected the zip file and pressed the HOME key A yellow triangle with an exclamation mark and a green droid icon appeared on the screen. A few seconds later the screen flashed up
I pressed the MENU key and underneath the same caption showed in step (4) above, it was displayed:
-- Install /mnt/sdcard …
Finding update package …
Opening update package
Verifying update package …
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
Therefore, I had no other choice to reboot my phone and to come back to the original Tweaked 2.0 release (4.10), which I continue using.
Did I do anything wrong? Please advise.
Thanks
White
U need to install cwm using odin. U tried flashing tweaked with stock recovery whichvis why it didnt work. U need to get the .md5 for cwm n flash it using odin (same way u flashed the rom). then u hold vol down/home/power. When u see the samsung logo u can let go of the power button but keep holding down the other 2 til u see the cwm blue text. Then ull be able to flash the zip file
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA
cnoevl21 said:
U need to install cwm using odin. U tried flashing tweaked with stock recovery whichvis why it didnt work. U need to get the .md5 for cwm n flash it using odin (same way u flashed the rom). then u hold vol down/home/power. When u see the samsung logo u can let go of the power button but keep holding down the other 2 til u see the cwm blue text. Then ull be able to flash the zip file
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA
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Thanks.
I guess I'm done.
I searched and downloaded "0817_charge_recovery.tar.md5" and installed using ODIN as you suggested (I dunno is this is the last CWM release)
Then I i booted into the CWM by pressing the key combination you suggested
Then I selected the "[email protected]" file
let the install go and then rebooted
I do not what were the changes between the original built and this latest update but anyway, I'm learning; therefore, I will appreciate any other tips.
Thanks again!
White
tweak stock theme
Will Tweak Stock Theme for 1.4 work on Tweak Stock 2.0 FP1?
mromblad said:
what the hell kind of question is this. Seriously. first, read both threads, its the same friggin theme. second, read the forums there are numerous threads about using a theme from one version of a rom on another. do you make posts like this on purpose?
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Kind of harsh but I have to agree. No matter how much people say not to use a theme for a different ROM, some idiot says that it works and then people start asking if X theme will work on Y ROM... JUST DON'T DO IT MOST LIKELY IT WILL CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS...
mromblad said:
what the hell kind of question is this. Seriously. first, read both threads, its the same friggin theme. second, read the forums there are numerous threads about using a theme from one version of a rom on another. do you make posts like this on purpose?
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You do realize that on the left-side of the page it shows how many times a user has posted...right?
So let's analyze the situation. That person had posted 1 time. And since you were responding to one of his posts, logic would suggest that that was his first post on here. So "do you make posts like this on purpose?" yes. I'm guessing that he purposefully made his first post on purpose.
Now I know that you have a whopping 37 posts to your name, but you should be a little nicer to the new guys b/c chances are they 1) haven't read every post on here and 2) they came to a forum thinking they could ask questions (I know, such a radical concept isn't it). and 3) they probably didn't realize that the theme was the same from 1.4 to 2.0 hence why they asked the question. </rant>
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whitejul said:
Thanks.
I guess I'm done.
I searched and downloaded "0817_charge_recovery.tar.md5" and installed using ODIN as you suggested (I dunno is this is the last CWM release)
Then I i booted into the CWM by pressing the key combination you suggested
Then I selected the "[email protected]" file
let the install go and then rebooted
I do not what were the changes between the original built and this latest update but anyway, I'm learning; therefore, I will appreciate any other tips.
Thanks again!
White
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Did your install of Tweaked2.0 go well?
If not, I was having problems (it would get stuck on the SAMSUNG screen) until I used ODIN to put CWM on there (like you did) but before I flashed the Tweaked2.0 zip file, I had to go to Mounts (in CWM) and tell it to mount /system (after you do that it should then say "unmount /system" where before it simply said "mount system").
Good luck and enjoy!
lol, silly lane, adding fuel to a fire for no reason. It's ok man, it really is. a whopping 37 posts means nothing because there is no count for the amount of threads that you read. that's the important issue here friend, reading. You don't need an account to read the forums. For all you or anyone else knows he comes from a forum where asking stupid questions is allowed. Granted the mods let it happen here too, but they shouldn't.
But yes, thank you for taking the time to analyze the situation that you weren't part of to begin with. Next time, keep it to pm if you have a problem with what I said, thanks.
~Sircrazy
ah ha!
mromblad said:
lol, silly lane, adding fuel to a fire for no reason. It's ok man, it really is. a whopping 37 posts means nothing because there is no count for the amount of threads that you read. that's the important issue here friend, reading. You don't need an account to read the forums. For all you or anyone else knows he comes from a forum where asking stupid questions is allowed. Granted the mods let it happen here too, but they shouldn't.
But yes, thank you for taking the time to analyze the situation that you weren't part of to begin with. Next time, keep it to pm if you have a problem with what I said, thanks.
~Sircrazy
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An alias! ah ha!
I only pop back over to these forums every now and again but I wanted to see what fun stuff was posted here. And anyways, there are nicer ways of telling the newbs how to browse the forums.
Some people are too quick to ask questions before reading, but you see that on a lot of threads. And at least he wasn't asking something crazy stupid like "I just flashed an HTC rom on my Motorola Droid and I know I'm in the wrong forum but could you help me..."
Did your install of Tweaked2.0 go well?
If not, I was having problems (it would get stuck on the SAMSUNG screen) until I used ODIN to put CWM on there (like you did) but before I flashed the Tweaked2.0 zip file, I had to go to Mounts (in CWM) and tell it to mount /system (after you do that it should then say "unmount /system" where before it simply said "mount system").
Good luck and enjoy!
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Actually I did. These are the steps I went through:
I used ODIN to go back to the original Verizon ROM my phone had (stock) and then let the phone to update itself (OTA).
Once I got my phone back to "original" I use ODIN to install the latest CWM (Clockwork Recovery Mod) 0302_charge_recovery.tar.md5 which gave me version v5.0.1.7 ( I do not understand why different numbers under the same version).
Once I installed CWM, I did not know what to do with it. I just read somewhere else that I had to have that installed, so I did.
Then as a final step I use again ODIN to install the latest Tweaked v2 ROM “[email protected]”
As of now I am testing the new built. One thing that annoyed me was that there were 22 applications under the Applications menu; they were disorganized in four panes (or windows) so I had to manually rearranged them in alphabetical order, and after that I got rid off two panes, fitting 16 apps per pane/window.
Other than that, I'll continue using the new ROM.
White!
Question about physical buttons not lighting up
In order to limit thread creation I'm hijacking this one due to the general title.
After flashing TWO Charge's with Tweaked 2.0 the row of physical buttons no longer light up. I flashed one back to EP4D (which made them light up again) and then back to Tweaked (which borked them again) already to see what would happen.
Is this part of the tweaks to disable them lighting up? Is there somewhere I can go modify a script and have them light up again?
Thanks
(I'm a Chemical Engineer, I can do anything with cars but when it comes to anything past Odin and CWM, my nerdiness is superceded by this forum. )
Shimee said:
In order to limit thread creation I'm hijacking this one due to the general title.
After flashing TWO Charge's with Tweaked 2.0 the row of physical buttons no longer light up. I flashed one back to EP4D (which made them light up again) and then back to Tweaked (which borked them again) already to see what would happen.
Is this part of the tweaks to disable them lighting up? Is there somewhere I can go modify a script and have them light up again?
Thanks
(I'm a Chemical Engineer, I can do anything with cars but when it comes to anything past Odin and CWM, my nerdiness is superceded by this forum. )
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This is due to the BLN mod that is included in the rom. See the link below for more info on what BLN does.
It can be disabled through tweaktools if you'd rather have the key backlights act normally (CWM Modifications->BLNModOff)
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20362-mod-bln-for-droid-charge/
Thank you, that's exactly what I was looking for.
But my god finding what TweakTools is and how to enter it was difficult. You can't forget that noobs have no idea about some things so it would have been nice to get a link to tonsit's site or a brief explanation of Terminal Emulator, or something. But then again that's not as satisfying as searching on your own.
Shimee said:
Thank you, that's exactly what I was looking for.
But my god finding what TweakTools is and how to enter it was difficult. You can't forget that noobs have no idea about some things so it would have been nice to get a link to tonsit's site or a brief explanation of Terminal Emulator, or something. But then again that's not as satisfying as searching on your own.
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To be fair - there is a link to all of that in the OP - well, it's the second post, but I figured most would look there as that outlines all the changes that had gone down. Sorry for the confusion - here is the link from that post. Check it out, it ought to be pretty helpful.

Hello SGS4G XDA section! Newbie needs a lot of help!

Hey guys i`ve recently managed to get an SGS 4G Vibrant ( i believe that i am at right place to seek for help ) , i have the T-Mobile version of the phone. I need help switching to different/better ROM, at this moment the phone uses the stock one ( or i believe so ). I`ve been tru the threads and saw that there are a lot of stuff posted about what you need to do/have to flash a rom, but i just cant understand the right order of doing the things.
If its posible can someone really quick just post the steps for the guide for flashing a ROM to the phone. I have previous expiriance with android phone and i am aware how thing go, just as i said i cant get the right order of puting all the thing at one place.
For the phone i used to have was like, first i had to install an stocklike ROM which had recovery, but before that i had to get some kind of software for LG that alowes to flash the rom via download mode. So is the same here? It would be awesome if someone can link or atleast type all the software and other thing i need to have installed to make this work. For now what i have is the USB drivers for Samsung.
Thanks in advance!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-T959V
sent from me
Ok, that helped, not sure how i missed it. I am gonna write down what i did so far, so you could see if i messed up something.
I rooted the phone via SuperOneClick 2.2, then i installed the SGS Kernel Flasher, and then flashed the kernel, my current phone was running an 2.3.7 android, so i used the Basic with a Twist`s kernel ( i hope i did it right ), and now the phone rebooted and some different boot screen apiared with some Robotic Chick speeking some stuff, BUT for now the phone load to there, it doesnt wannt to load.
So did i messed up something, or ....
Can you go into recovery by holding Volume Up+Volume Down while pressing the power button and as soon as the SGS 4G splash appears leaving the power button ?
If so and you can see CWM Ver. 5.0... then kernel was successfully flashed.
You shouldn't be getting a bootloop.
What ROM do you want to flash ? If you want to flash GB then I suggest Barebone/Valhalla of some kind.
If you want ICS - Go to the CM 9.1 thread and follow the instructions. After that you may change to AOKP or MIUI or all the rest of the ICS ROMs you wanna try.
invictos said:
SGS 4G Vibrant
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This section is not for the Vibrant.
Check here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=708
I am sorry I do not know how to get you back to where you started before flashing the wrong ROM.
Good luck
Well, it wasnt a bootloop, it just loaded to some point and stoped. Gladly still got the download mode and brought it back to normal to how it was. Thats why i came here to ask, `couse there are too much similiar sgs`s and stuff for them here, i just got confused whats what. Got to start from scratch anyway, at least i didnt bricked it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953587&postcount=1 <---- That's a post by Lumin 30 with a guide on how to get from stock to custom GB. If you want to get to ICS then use CWM 5.0.x.x.

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