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OK i just got this phone today and i did the root via superclick and check it with root cheker and rom manager and terminal emulator, all of them said my phone is root, but i cant get into the CWM MODE to flash a Rom. when im in the normal android recovery and click on reinstall packages i get an error. What can i do???
daworship said:
OK i just got this phone today and i did the root via superclick and check it with root cheker and rom manager and terminal emulator, all of them said my phone is root, but i cant get into the CWM MODE to flash a Rom. when im in the normal android recovery and click on reinstall packages i get an error. What can i do???
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I'm superoneclick stupid; I've never used it. Does it install CWM? If not, you'll need to install CWM. One of the ways is through Krylon360's post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099374
Or installing a ROM/kernel that has CWM.
ROM Manager does not work for the SGS4G. In order to get a working CWM Recovery Menu you will need to ODIN a custom kernel with CWM already installed. If you want to stay on froyo you will need drhonk's Bali v3.3 kernel, and if you want to update to gingerbread you can follow FB's GB Starter Pack guide. All of these can be found in the android development section.
I also suggest you read this (among other things) before proceeding:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310270
Also get prepared to be flamed. Sorry.
Thanks but can i flash a costum kernel on the stock rom? i had other devices before this one, and i never got this kind of problems, thats why im asking.
Flash one of honks kernels via Odin.
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Sorry buddy it's not like the LG optimus for example.. you have to use Odin. Only way to go! Read the Bible in the stickies and Odin stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1117554 That's gonna be a link to the bible
I think i just got it, thanks guys!
Is it so hard to read?
Soft bricked(total noob) just got the JIG, got into download menu.
Can someone give me instructions on how to get back to stock, gain root, and install custom ROMS/ MIUI
It be very appreciated, i'm doing this for a buddy and i don't want to give him a brick lol.
1. for restoring stock : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
2. use superoneclick to root
3. Install clockwork recovery and rom manager
4. Install custom roms.
Wait before you flash that, what firmware version did it come with???
It could mess your phone up if it isn't right.
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b-eock said:
Wait before you flash that, what firmware version did it come with???
It could mess your phone up if it isn't right.
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Pretty sure it came with 2.2 but not sure.
Then I wouldn't do that 2.1 Odin one click.... Look for a stock 2.2 Odin or Heimdall, make sure to read thoroughly too.
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Then I wouldn't do that 2.1 Odin one click.... Look for a stock 2.2 Odin or Heimdall, make sure to read thoroughly too.
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See thats the thing i hate to be a pain but im looking for detailed instructions.
b-eock said:
Wait before you flash that, what firmware version did it come with???
It could mess your phone up if it isn't right.
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thank you for pointing it out
OP might want to look at these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963403
Note: as b-eock pointed out, make sure what was your stock version before restoring it!
I've always just flashed newer than my stock to avoid that problem and it always works well for me, after bricking or when i want to flash a new rom i flash to cappy gingerbread and flash boog kernal to get CWM(clockworkmod). CWM is essential is you plan on flashing to other roms. If you plan on flashing to another rom anyways it doesn't matter which version of stock you load as long as it work so I'd just flash 2.2 or newer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
- this has all the odin 1-click flashable packages for captivate
To do everything you want to do...
flash back to stock, use 2.2 or one of the 2.3 versions. If you plan on flashing to a gingerbread rom (2.3) you'll most likely need the gingerbread bootloaders, if you don't originally flash a odin package with the gingerbread bootloaders you might be asked to install them later depending on what rom you use
incase you don't know odin is the computer program used to flash one click packages, you can find it by searching XDA, one click packages won't require it.
odin has to be open before you plug the usb into the phone putting it into download mode.
to flash to other roms you need CWM (ClockWorkMod-a customized recovery mode for the phone) the thread in this post has links to odin flashable kernals with CWM for each software build. To get CWM flash the respective kernal for the version you use. You'll need odin to flash the new kernal, its essentially stock apart from CWM. In odin select PDA and browse to the kernal zip to flash it.
you can search around XDA for oneclickroots, they will typically be odin or CWM flashable it's quite straight forward. New roms will typically already be rooted so you shouldn't have to root again.
good luck!
Does anyone know which exact ODIN i need to flash to get back to 2.2 from download mode.
You can use adamoutler's uckb2 heimdall one click. That's stock 2.2.
But whitch ODIN do i use.
Gez, HTC is so much easier then this samsung!
David522d said:
But whitch ODIN do i use.
Gez, HTC is so much easier then this samsung!
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Unfortunately, there is currently no Odin one-click of stock Froyo (at least that I'm aware of). If you want stock Froyo, you'll need to either piece it together with full Odin, or use the Heimdall One-Click.
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Unfortunately, there is currently no Odin one-click of stock Froyo (at least that I'm aware of). If you want stock Froyo, you'll need to either piece it together with full Odin, or use the Heimdall One-Click.
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*Update*
I flashed the 2.2 from this http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=186
Now i need to root and install recovery please SOMEONE HELP ME!!!! im so ****ty with this crap. Soon as i get recovery ill be straight.
David522d said:
*Update*
I flashed the 2.2 from this http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=186
Now i need to root and install recovery please SOMEONE HELP ME!!!! im so ****ty with this crap. Soon as i get recovery ill be straight.
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Take a look in this post. That should get you the right 3E recovery.
Once you have that, you can either use ROM Manager to install CWM recovery, or see if you can find a kernel with it already baked in and use ODIN to flash the kernel (look for the speedmod kernel).
Or you could flash stock GB, but that updates bootloaders and is a whole different can of worms.
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Take a look in this post. That should get you the right 3E recovery.
Once you have that, you can either use ROM Manager to install CWM recovery, or see if you can find a kernel with it already baked in and use ODIN to flash the kernel (look for the speedmod kernel).
Or you could flash stock GB, but that updates bootloaders and is a whole different can of worms.
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wouldnt it be better to root first? My focus is just getting MIUI on this thing
Another update.
I rooted the 2.2 im on and now enabled non market apps to be downloaded.
Can someone now tell me how to install recovery and install custom ROMS!
i know i know im annoying, im sorry!
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wouldnt it be better to root first? My focus is just getting MIUI on this thing
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Normally, the answer would be yes. However, as part of the Froyo update, AT&T managed to mess up the recovery menu, meaning that it won't flash unsigned packages. This makes getting CWM basically impossible without doing the steps in that post or flashing a different kernel.
You can root if you want to, but doing the steps in that post first will save you some headache.
jmtheiss said:
Normally, the answer would be yes. However, as part of the Froyo update, AT&T managed to mess up the recovery menu, meaning that it won't flash unsigned packages. This makes getting CWM basically impossible without doing the steps in that post or flashing a different kernel.
You can root if you want to, but doing the steps in that post first will save you some headache.
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I already rooted =/ , should i still try this?
If you have full ODIN, go here, and download the kernel labeled "speedmod-kernel-i897-k13c-500hz.tar" at the end of the first post. Open Odin, and in the "PDA" slot, navigate to the .tar file and flash it. That will get you the speedmod kernel, which has CWM, which you need to be able to flash.
Once it's flashed, just hold V+/V-/Power until it reboots, and then you'll be in CWM and can flash MIUI.
I'm assuming you've backed up all your apps with Titanium Backup, right? If you haven't, do that before you do anything else so you don't lose them.
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If you have full ODIN, go here, and download the kernel labeled "speedmod-kernel-i897-k13c-500hz.tar" at the end of the first post. Open Odin, and in the "PDA" slot, navigate to the .tar file and flash it. That will get you the speedmod kernel, which has CWM, which you need to be able to flash.
Once it's flashed, just hold V+/V-/Power until it reboots, and then you'll be in CWM and can flash MIUI.
I'm assuming you've backed up all your apps with Titanium Backup, right? If you haven't, do that before you do anything else so you don't lose them.
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Im not sure if i have "FULL" ODIN. I have the ODIN i just used to install 2.2. Then i rooted it using SUPER1CLICK.
Where do i get the full odin
Hi all, hope you can help. I installed clockworkmod recovery onto my wife's captivate, and now it won't boot - it's stuck at the "galaxy-S" screen.....I can get it into the YELLOW TRIANGLE screen and once managed to get it into the clockworkmod menu screen.
I believe the phone has android 2.3, not 2.2 on it and this might have been my mistake. The entry point into the kernel is likely different...
how can i fix this? do i need to remove clockworkmod and go back to the stock bootloader? The phone is not rooted, yet (that was the next step).
I haven't been able to find anything in the forums about people that have done (the stupid thing that I did) and installed clockworkmod on a 2.3 phone.
Thanks.
How exactly did you flash cwm? You shouldn't even be able to cause if 3e recovery signature verification?
If you can get to the yellow android screen, that's download mode. You're actually in a good place right now.
To fix where you are, take a look at the development section - there's a post about One-click stock packages. If you're sure she was on Gingerbread, grab one of the non-bootloader Gingerbread stock packages and flash that from download mode.
If you're not sure, I would suggest grabbing one of the Gingerbread stock packages with bootloaders (just to make sure).
In either case, see if you can find a one-click package with ClockworkMod Recovery baked into the kernel (it should say on the post which ones have it). That way you can flash what you want right out of the gate.
thanks. i am quite sure it has gingerbread. the person i bought it from said they did a kies update to 2.3.
i was following the instructions from the cyanogenmod wiki for the captivate: hxxp://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Captivate:_Full_Update_Guide
after it finished installing the "clockworkmod recovery" i got into this bind. are those instructions for froyo only?
If you followed the instructions about flashing the speedmod kernel, that's where it's hanging. You've got a froyo kernel with a GB rom. Not a big deal, but Android isn't happy about it. Flash a stock GB package, or find a GB kernel with CWM (like boog's) and flash that and you should be ok.
thanks. do i do this using ODIN or heimdall? I installed CWM using heimdall, and in my frantic reading i thought i saw something about installing stock bootloader/rom packages with ODIN after installing CWM could brick it? Or did I misread that?
dolhop said:
thanks. do i do this using ODIN or heimdall? I installed CWM using heimdall, and in my frantic reading i thought i saw something about installing stock bootloader/rom packages with ODIN after installing CWM could brick it? Or did I misread that?
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Using heimdall is fine (it's also my personal preference between the two, but either will work).
With where you're at, you really shouldn't need to flash any bootloaders. That's pretty much the only area where there is a real risk of hard bricking the phone.
Since Heimdall worked for you once, I'd suggest grabbing the Heimdall one-click I made that's in my signature. You don't need to open it in Heimdall - just download, double-click it, and let it get ready to run. Then connect the phone in download mode and click "flash". You'll have the stock GB rom, with Boog's kernel and CWM all ready to go. You can then flash CM7 from recovery there (you'll probably have to flash it twice, though).
On a side note - flashing stock will wipe your apps. I'm assuming you backed everything up before this. If not, you might need to try and just flash a kernel first, do your backups, then go from there.
(Should you want to do that, go here, grab the one from the "Here is the odin flashable version flash it first if your on stock: Link Mirror" set of links, and then flash that in Heimdall.)
wow, thanks guys, i can breathe easier now. jmtheiss, i got it reflashed to UCKH3 using your one-click package (though now it is AT&T rather than rogers, but i really don't care as long as it works!).
does the one-click root application work with 2.3.4? or is there a more-preferred way to root it now?
Again, thanks so much for the assistance people!
In theory, you should already be rooted (I believe boog's kernel, which was in my one-click, is rooted). If not, go to the bottom of boog's 1st post, and grab the KH3 zip file. Flash that in CWM, and you'll have root permissions.
Or, if you're flashing to CM7, you can just do it from recovery as you are right now. I know from personal experience it works.
thanks everyone. it all worked, and all is good. wife is not an angrybird anymore
dolhop said:
thanks everyone. it all worked, and all is good. wife is not an angrybird anymore
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Glad to hear that she's not flying over your house shooting explosive eggs. Always a turn for the better.
Had the same problem once before, odin fixed it aswell
I am assisting my sister to re install her rom and when it soft-bricked it and I installed a stock rom over it. After a while I noticed none of the roms had root / cwm and I finally found one with root but no CWM.
Does anyone know the best way to install recovery on here because this method does not work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
I also tried installing via clockwork mod as the i9000 and by using oneclickroot but that did not work either.
This is a question and should have been posted in the Q&A forum.
But you may want to look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25111013&postcount=1
To get cwm you will need to flash a custom kernel such as Entropy's dd kernel.
Qkster has a heimdall one-click for that on his uclb3 one-click thread, on the second post.
andros11 said:
To get cwm you will need to flash a custom kernel such as Entropy's dd kernel.
Qkster has a heimdall one-click for that on his uclb3 one-click thread, on the second post.
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This one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
This is compatible with the Rogers version of the infuse?
btw thanks so much for the help.
Recovery for rogers' is a bit different. That's why it did not work with the methods you first tried..
For rogers I would suggest Infusion. You should find it in the iset thread.
Murmur95 said:
This one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
This is compatible with the Rogers version of the infuse?
btw thanks so much for the help.
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In that thread, the second and third post contain heimdall-1-click recovery of Entropy's and Zen's kernel. These GB kernels were based on the original Roger's kernel 2.3.3.
You can install these kernels onto Roger's firmware and get the cwm recovery that you are looking for.
After you install one of these kernels, boot into cwm using the 3 fingers technique. Then you can do what you want from there
(edit: the original Infusion kernel that andros mentioned is also based on the Roger's 2.3.3)
I already have Gingerbread 2.3.6/ UCLB3 on my Infuse. How do I root and install CWM on the Infuse. All the guides seems to be upgrading to 2.3.6
pandroid4 said:
I already have Gingerbread 2.3.6/ UCLB3 on my Infuse. How do I root and install CWM on the Infuse. All the guides seems to be upgrading to 2.3.6
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i thought in order to install gingerbread you have to be already rooted ???
i am not sure, but you can try download cwm from google play and choose the first option
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i thought in order to install gingerbread you have to be already rooted ???
i am not sure, but you can try download cwm from google play and choose the first option
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Not necessarily, you could get 2.3.6 with Kies mini when ATT released it.
Look in this thread for guides to root. Read, read and read some more and make sure you have Heimdall or Odin on your PC. Follow guide to install correct drivers too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25111013
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pandroid4 said:
I already have Gingerbread 2.3.6/ UCLB3 on my Infuse. How do I root and install CWM on the Infuse. All the guides seems to be upgrading to 2.3.6
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read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
or this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
Still Confusing. My infuse already has Gingerbread with UCLB3 installed( I bought this way). I just want to root and CWM installed. Any guides out there how to do it.
rooting and CWM on stock 2.3.6
Still confusing. This phone has stock version of Gingerbread 2.3.6 with UCLB3 firmware. I bought this way. I just want to root and Install CWM. ANy guides out there? This is not froyo and all the help out there shows how to go back to GB or upgrade to 2.3.6/ uclb3 ... like that. I already have UCLB3 firmware and why I need to install it again?
Probably because the links we provided had a rooted version of 2.3.6.
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pandroid4 said:
Still confusing. This phone has stock version of Gingerbread 2.3.6 with UCLB3 firmware. I bought this way. I just want to root and Install CWM. ANy guides out there? This is not froyo and all the help out there shows how to go back to GB or upgrade to 2.3.6/ uclb3 ... like that. I already have UCLB3 firmware and why I need to install it again?
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See post #2 or #3 in the first link qkster provided - these are Heimdall packages that will load a custom kernel/recovery with CWM. These will not reinstall the entire rom. Follow the instructions in post #1 if you are unfamiliar with Heimdall.
Or, if you are more comfortable using Odin see this thread and flash any of the three options in the OP that say "red CWM":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698367
**Before you flash the new kernel/recovery, visit the page shown below, download the first package under ARM devices, then copy the zip to your internal SD Card (if you are uncertain copy it to both).**
Home page for SuperUser - http://androidsu.com/superuser/
Direct link to SuperUser installer - http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
Once you have installed the custom kernel/recovery, let the phone sit for about 5-10 minutes - you will hear a voice coming from the phone - this is red CWM non-destructively reformatting your system, data, and dbdata filesystems from stock RFS to ext4 upon first reboot. It is important to let this process complete without interruptions. Once the phone boots, shut the phone down and boot into recovery then flash the SuperUser package... when completed reboot into phone OS and you are rooted.