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rooting captivate 2.2

how do u root with z4root with out being able in install any 3rd party apps

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please help!!!!

Do alittle more research on the whole root process. 2.2 is a little weird but instructions are out there. I would not use any app to root Basically you need to find the right zip and install that with the button recovery.
Also don't expect an immediate response. Just because no one respond in 5 minutes does not mean they won't
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I had to use a side loading app to get z4root installed on my phone and then rooted it from there.
Google "captivate side loading" and you should be able to find the app you need the name escapes me at the moment.
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Sideload Wonder Machine from Android Central worked great for me.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/and...40770-ac-sideload-wonder-machine-windows.html

Watch this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFHLVF1aA0Q
If you can get an app to load and work on your machine to side load the apps you are ready to go. If not, i.e. Vista 64bit is an issue for DroidExplorer, you can use simple adb commands.
Like the video says... assuming you have the SDK and drivers installed. This is also assuming a computer running windows, if you are running Linux well... if you are running Linux you should be able to translate
1. Open a command prompt
2. change directories to the platform-tools directory where ever you installed the 3. SDK. i.e. C:\android-sdk\platform-tools
4. Turn usb debuging On via the phone Settings->Applications->Development and check Usb debuging
5. connect your phone to the PC with the usb cable
6. type adb devices
If you then see something like this you are ok to continue, if not you need to figure out what is wrong with either your SDK install or your driver install
List of devices attached
100049b90495 device
7. type adb install <location of your z4root.apk file> i.e. adb install c:\apks\z4root.apk
8. You will see adb copy the file and install to the phone. (If it fails start reading more in the dev section here. All the answers are there)
9. Disconnect your phone and open up z4Root on the phone and root it.
That should help. All of the steps above and A LOT more are in the dev section here, as posted above search and read and ye shall have all the fun you want.

+1 Sideload wonder machine
Follow the rooting guide on youtube from mobiletechvideo(?), he has a bunch of videos, one is how to flash cognition based rom onto your phone (but the first step is rooting, so you could skip the rest if you didn't want to flash a rom).
Hope it helps

http://capfaq.com/w/Root

Super Noob question

I am trying to get adb to work. I am doing it on a x64 vista system and I think I am getting the Path wrong. I am trying to get it to run like the page says to initialize it to read the device so I know it is working.
I can't get it to start from command prompt with out navigating to the directory it resides in. Is that right for the newer versions of ADB or am I just a monkey and can't figure out simple pathing?

I just made a folder in my c drive called ADB, and placed the entire folder with adb and the dll files required in it, along with superuser, busybox, etc.
Right click on command prompt and run as administrator.
once at system32 type: cd C:\ADB
then you will have navigated to the folder containing your ADB files.
your command prompt should now read: C:\ADB
then you can type: adb devices
it will say something about starting daemon services, and then list attached devices.
you are free to proceed with whatever instruction or operation you are doing after that.
also, make sure you have the drivers for the phone installed, or your computer wont recognize the android debugging bridge.

LowRentTechGuy said:
I am trying to get adb to work. I am doing it on a x64 vista system and I think I am getting the Path wrong. I am trying to get it to run like the page says to initialize it to read the device so I know it is working.
I can't get it to start from command prompt with out navigating to the directory it resides in. Is that right for the newer versions of ADB or am I just a monkey and can't figure out simple pathing?
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Android Development is not for questions or Problems
Please post in the correct Forums
Moving to General

Well thanks for moving it, I will keep a closer eye on which forum I am browsing when I post.
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[Q] about ADB

where can i download this ADB and i need a full guide about adb. step by step.
cause i have a problem in my vibrant, (fixing the partition "mbr error")
thanks to who are willing to help

You'd be wise to read up on the Android SDK before you attempt anything to do with ADB, or flashing Android stuff in general.
Read all you can, because it will kill your phone if you don't know what you're doing. You don't just 'download' ADB. It's part of a set of tools.
Sitting down and reading through the information on the SDK will give you the added bonus of being able to help others as well
Good luck.

can't find my devices
How should I do

If it can't find your device, download a program called usbdeview. Open the program (make sure you run as administrator). Delete all drivers associated with your device. Make sure you have USB debugging checked on your phone and then plug it back into your computer. This should automatically download the drivers necessary to run ADB.

[Q] ADB Queston

I followed this tutorial:
ttp://dottech.org/tipsntricks/21534/how-to-install-adb-and-fastboot-on-your-windows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/
I made sure I did everything right
I dl it
extracted to the C:
Changed the Path
And yet when I go to Command Prompt to type in a simple adb commands I always get this
D:\Profiles\Administrator>adb shell
not recognized.......
Do i need to connect my device to make sure it is recognized?
If u look at the tutorial you don't need to. You get a response like Daemon Starting...Port XXXX
This is like my third attempt to try installing adb from different guides. PLEASE HELP

Try this tutorial.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879701

Edit: Anyone with adb/fastboot/driver issues (especially win7 32-bit) look here!!!

Hey, all. I have never had issues like this that I couldn't figure out with help from the forums or just making sure I had the latest drivers installed. I am very comfortable with ADB and terminal and all of the commands therein. I am running Windows 7 32-bit and I am trying to follow the guide to unlock the bootloader and root. I have downloaded every iteration/version/mutation of the drivers that have been suggested but still I get no ADB devices recognized nor do I get any fastboot devices recognized?!?!!
EDIT:
Use the download links below and install both of these drivers AFTER uninstalling ANY/ALL previous drivers. Reboot and profit and stop pulling your hair out.
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...NG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.45.0.exe
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1pJHOvKv (this file is safe)