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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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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.
BakedTator said:
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!
Hi. I am having trouble finding the clockwork mod for this device on this forum. I found some instrucions on the cyanogen mod forum with an oficial rom from them. Which one anyone suggest me? roms from the forum or cyanogens 7. im searching for an ics rom..
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The hard way is usually what new owners of the Captivate learn, and fast, like I did over the past week or so. I ended up:
- getting the i897uckk4 Odin One Click - Stock ROM and flashing that so it was fully updated (at least as far as the AT&T stock stuff is concerned)
- located the Odin3 v1.85 flasher
- flashed the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar onto the Captivate (it's the stock KK4 kernel with CWM 5 ready to go)
- then used CWM to update/upgrade from a bunch of ROMs, currently using Doc's Master beta v9, but I've tried about 10 ROMs in the past few days, this one is working fine at the moment aside from some ROM Control FC issues, but it's beta obviously
That should get you going. Found all the files here by searching, use the names I just mentioned above to locate them as I didn't save individual links, sorry.
Hope this helps...
Thank U Very Much
br0adband said:
The hard way is usually what new owners of the Captivate learn, and fast, like I did over the past week or so. I ended up:
- getting the i897uckk4 Odin One Click - Stock ROM and flashing that so it was fully updated (at least as far as the AT&T stock stuff is concerned)
- located the Odin3 v1.85 flasher
- flashed the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar onto the Captivate (it's the stock KK4 kernel with CWM 5 ready to go)
- then used CWM to update/upgrade from a bunch of ROMs, currently using Doc's Master beta v9, but I've tried about 10 ROMs in the past few days, this one is working fine at the moment aside from some ROM Control FC issues, but it's beta obviously
That should get you going. Found all the files here by searching, use the names I just mentioned above to locate them as I didn't save individual links, sorry.
Hope this helps...
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Thank U Very Much, Your guild is awesome worked the 1st time, I been trying for 3 days NOW, THANK U SO Much.
Clockwork mod is a recovery kernel replacement which allows flashing of unsigned zip files. You flash or "reinstall packages" as an update.zip from the original recovery. This roots the phone and installs Clockwork recovery.
Flashing roms without knowing the three button method to get into recovery or the button combo to get into download mode could spell trouble for people who are just learning about rom flashing.
It takes a few months of reading threads until a level of understanding is reached where you can flash roms and get out of trouble on your own.
br0adband said:
The hard way is usually what new owners of the Captivate learn, and fast, like I did over the past week or so. I ended up:
- getting the i897uckk4 Odin One Click - Stock ROM and flashing that so it was fully updated (at least as far as the AT&T stock stuff is concerned)
- located the Odin3 v1.85 flasher
- flashed the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar onto the Captivate (it's the stock KK4 kernel with CWM 5 ready to go)
- then used CWM to update/upgrade from a bunch of ROMs, currently using Doc's Master beta v9, but I've tried about 10 ROMs in the past few days, this one is working fine at the moment aside from some ROM Control FC issues, but it's beta obviously
That should get you going. Found all the files here by searching, use the names I just mentioned above to locate them as I didn't save individual links, sorry.
Hope this helps...
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Thanks alot..im going to try that now and se how it goes
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askpcguy said:
Clockwork mod is a recovery kernel replacement which allows flashing of unsigned zip files. You flash or "reinstall packages" as an update.zip from the original recovery. This roots the phone and installs Clockwork recovery.
Flashing roms without knowing the three button method to get into recovery or the button combo to get into download mode could spell trouble for people who are just learning about rom flashing.
It takes a few months of reading threads until a level of understanding is reached where you can flash roms and get out of trouble on your own.
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Ive been flashing for a while now. I have a galaxy fit rooted and with clockwork..i was just asking because i want to now if i do this will it take away my currently settings..since i network unlocked it and am currently using it with claro.. Im on stock rooted 2.3.5 uckk4 unlocked network
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br0adband said:
The hard way is usually what new owners of the Captivate learn, and fast, like I did over the past week or so. I ended up:
- getting the i897uckk4 Odin One Click - Stock ROM and flashing that so it was fully updated (at least as far as the AT&T stock stuff is concerned)
- located the Odin3 v1.85 flasher
- flashed the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar onto the Captivate (it's the stock KK4 kernel with CWM 5 ready to go)
- then used CWM to update/upgrade from a bunch of ROMs, currently using Doc's Master beta v9, but I've tried about 10 ROMs in the past few days, this one is working fine at the moment aside from some ROM Control FC issues, but it's beta obviously
That should get you going. Found all the files here by searching, use the names I just mentioned above to locate them as I didn't save individual links, sorry.
Hope this helps...
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Soooo sorry to bother, but I'm at my wits end trying to root and remod my new captivate. The last one crapped out on me, so I was able to get a replacement, but I don't remember flashing it being this hard 6 months ago...lol! Anyway, here's my current stats and what I'm looking for:
Firmware: 2.3.5
Baseband: I897UCKK4
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489
Build: Gingerbread.UCKK4
I can if need be flash it back to 2.1 with Odin, but I followed your instructions, and now I'm stuck. I can't for the life of me find the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel file anywhere, on here or elsewhere. I don't even think the phone is rooted now, which is very strange because I was able to flash it, but anyway...any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!!
I can't upload the Odin One Click ROM, it's too much for my current situation, but here's the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar file:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19019338/captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar
MD5: 8464e7cee89c7364d62b760c28a4ca73
File size: 6,359,040 bytes
and here's Odin v1.85 if you don't have it:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19019338/Odin3_v1.85.zip
MD5: 9a81990a61454402e8714f494bb4eb68
File size: 204,173 bytes
Now, the basics are thus so pay attention:
Since Samsung is never going to release a proper ICS build for us, from what I understand - let me repeat that: from what I understand everything is working with Gingerbread bootloaders, so that's the important aspect. Before you go flashing anything, you'll need to get the Captivate OFF Froyo of any version if you're still using it. So, update that thing using Samsung Kies to the latest version which is that KK4 ROM - that's all that's required.
Once you're done that, and you're "stock" then you would flash the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar kernel using Odin (run Odin with Admin privilege, put the Captivate in download mode, connect it, when detected, click the PDA button in Odin to load that captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar file, then Start to flash it). Once that's done you have the same kernel for KK4 but with CWM ready to go when you are with a proper GB bootloader and you're set.
The only reason I mentioned the Odin One Click above was because I did a few things that "pooched" my Captivate and soft-bricked it at one point but recovered it with Odin and the One Click when Kies couldn't do anything at all. There's a thread around here with all the Odin One Click ROMs, that's where I got mine from.
tl;dr version:
- if you're running any Froyo anything, use Kies to do the upgrade to Gingerbread, NOT the Odin One Click. Kies will update the bootloader from Froyo to GB as required (the Odin One Click was part of what caused my soft-brick, so I learned from the experience)
- if you're already running any Gingerbread ROM, you already have the GB bootloader, so you can use the Odin One Click to go to a pure stock AT&T basic clean ROM as mentioned above
- once you're "stock" use Odin v1.85 to flash the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar so you get the same stock kernel but CWM as well
- use CWM to install whatever ROM you want from that point on making sure the ROM archive(s) and any updates or whatever are copied to the internal storage
Personal suggestion: remove the microSD card from the Captivate before doing any flashing at all. Yes it's possible to read from that device (called the external SD in CWM), I simply don't recommend it, ever.
That's about it. The Odin One Click KK4 is not rooted, iirc, I can't say for certain at this moment either way. I only used it a few times to "save" me from the soft-brick. Now that CWM is in there, I've jumped from ROM to ROM over the past week or so but Doc's Master v8 is my fall back stable one so far. Obviously when you load a ROM, look at the Apps and if you don't see SU or SuperUser, it's not rooted.
br0adband said:
I can't upload the Odin One Click ROM, it's too much for my current situation, but here's the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar file:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19019338/captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar
MD5: 8464e7cee89c7364d62b760c28a4ca73
File size: 6,359,040 bytes
and here's Odin v1.85 if you don't have it:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19019338/Odin3_v1.85.zip
MD5: 9a81990a61454402e8714f494bb4eb68
File size: 204,173 bytes
Now, the basics are thus so pay attention:
Since Samsung is never going to release a proper ICS build for us, from what I understand - let me repeat that: from what I understand everything is working with Gingerbread bootloaders, so that's the important aspect. Before you go flashing anything, you'll need to get the Captivate OFF Froyo of any version if you're still using it. So, update that thing using Samsung Kies to the latest version which is that KK4 ROM - that's all that's required.
Once you're done that, and you're "stock" then you would flash the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar kernel using Odin (run Odin with Admin privilege, put the Captivate in download mode, connect it, when detected, click the PDA button in Odin to load that captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar file, then Start to flash it). Once that's done you have the same kernel for KK4 but with CWM ready to go when you are with a proper GB bootloader and you're set.
The only reason I mentioned the Odin One Click above was because I did a few things that "pooched" my Captivate and soft-bricked it at one point but recovered it with Odin and the One Click when Kies couldn't do anything at all. There's a thread around here with all the Odin One Click ROMs, that's where I got mine from.
tl;dr version:
- if you're running any Froyo anything, use Kies to do the upgrade to Gingerbread, NOT the Odin One Click. Kies will update the bootloader from Froyo to GB as required (the Odin One Click was part of what caused my soft-brick, so I learned from the experience)
- if you're already running any Gingerbread ROM, you already have the GB bootloader, so you can use the Odin One Click to go to a pure stock AT&T basic clean ROM as mentioned above
- once you're "stock" use Odin v1.85 to flash the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar so you get the same stock kernel but CWM as well
- use CWM to install whatever ROM you want from that point on making sure the ROM archive(s) and any updates or whatever are copied to the internal storage
Personal suggestion: remove the microSD card from the Captivate before doing any flashing at all. Yes it's possible to read from that device (called the external SD in CWM), I simply don't recommend it, ever.
That's about it. The Odin One Click KK4 is not rooted, iirc, I can't say for certain at this moment either way. I only used it a few times to "save" me from the soft-brick. Now that CWM is in there, I've jumped from ROM to ROM over the past week or so but Doc's Master v8 is my fall back stable one so far. Obviously when you load a ROM, look at the Apps and if you don't see SU or SuperUser, it's not rooted.
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Thanks dude... I only have one question in all this. I network unlock my phone when it was on eclair, i updated to ginger via kies and it stayed unlock will i loose the unlock if i installed cmw and any rom?
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Jose0726 said:
Thanks dude... I only have one question in all this. I network unlock my phone when it was on eclair, i updated to ginger via kies and it stayed unlock will i loose the unlock if i installed cmw and any rom?
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Can't say on that respect, mine is not even being used as a phone, actually - it's basically a DAP/PMP/PocketPC for me.
Still can't find a service provider with a decent plan that I'd be willing to fork over some money for so, until I find one (if I ever do), this Captivate of mine won't even have a SIM in it.
You won't loose network unlock ever unless your EFS gets modified in anyway...
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br0adband said:
I can't upload the Odin One Click ROM, it's too much for my current situation, but here's the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar file:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19019338/captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar
MD5: 8464e7cee89c7364d62b760c28a4ca73
File size: 6,359,040 bytes
and here's Odin v1.85 if you don't have it:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19019338/Odin3_v1.85.zip
MD5: 9a81990a61454402e8714f494bb4eb68
File size: 204,173 bytes
Now, the basics are thus so pay attention:
Since Samsung is never going to release a proper ICS build for us, from what I understand - let me repeat that: from what I understand everything is working with Gingerbread bootloaders, so that's the important aspect. Before you go flashing anything, you'll need to get the Captivate OFF Froyo of any version if you're still using it. So, update that thing using Samsung Kies to the latest version which is that KK4 ROM - that's all that's required.
Once you're done that, and you're "stock" then you would flash the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar kernel using Odin (run Odin with Admin privilege, put the Captivate in download mode, connect it, when detected, click the PDA button in Odin to load that captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar file, then Start to flash it). Once that's done you have the same kernel for KK4 but with CWM ready to go when you are with a proper GB bootloader and you're set.
The only reason I mentioned the Odin One Click above was because I did a few things that "pooched" my Captivate and soft-bricked it at one point but recovered it with Odin and the One Click when Kies couldn't do anything at all. There's a thread around here with all the Odin One Click ROMs, that's where I got mine from.
tl;dr version:
- if you're running any Froyo anything, use Kies to do the upgrade to Gingerbread, NOT the Odin One Click. Kies will update the bootloader from Froyo to GB as required (the Odin One Click was part of what caused my soft-brick, so I learned from the experience)
- if you're already running any Gingerbread ROM, you already have the GB bootloader, so you can use the Odin One Click to go to a pure stock AT&T basic clean ROM as mentioned above
- once you're "stock" use Odin v1.85 to flash the captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar so you get the same stock kernel but CWM as well
- use CWM to install whatever ROM you want from that point on making sure the ROM archive(s) and any updates or whatever are copied to the internal storage
Personal suggestion: remove the microSD card from the Captivate before doing any flashing at all. Yes it's possible to read from that device (called the external SD in CWM), I simply don't recommend it, ever.
That's about it. The Odin One Click KK4 is not rooted, iirc, I can't say for certain at this moment either way. I only used it a few times to "save" me from the soft-brick. Now that CWM is in there, I've jumped from ROM to ROM over the past week or so but Doc's Master v8 is my fall back stable one so far. Obviously when you load a ROM, look at the Apps and if you don't see SU or SuperUser, it's not rooted.
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Thank you SO much for the links and all the time you put in to the explanation. I followed your suggestions, and now I'm running ICS Cyanogenmod 9 in dazzling full color!! You've made what could potentially be a very complicated process extremely easy...I wish I could thank your post 10-fold!! How is your ROM on battery life, btw? I was running CM 7 on my other Captivate, and it wasn't all that great on the battery...waiting to see how 9 works, but my girlfriend still insists it was because I had "too much junk" on the phone...lol! Thanks again!!
Battery life using Doc's Master v8 is as expected, didn't do any extended testing with the CM9 nightly, but then again I'm on the original Samsung stock battery too so, it doesn't hold a full charge anymore like a brand new one would.
I'm hoping to get some cash together soon to get that Anker 2-pack w/charger on Amazon (the 1800 mAh batteries that everyone raves about). I thought about getting the 3500 mAh monster extended on off eBay but, as I'm still trying to locate that Trident Cyclops case (which you just sent me 2 PMs about, thanks), I figure having 2 batteries instead of one would still be a more efficient solution while still being able to keep the Captivate in a nice protective case.
Maybe I need to do some guides for people and put up a donate button to get me some batteries and that case, who knows.
Glad the instructions proved useful.
br0adband said:
Battery life using Doc's Master v8 is as expected, didn't do any extended testing with the CM9 nightly, but then again I'm on the original Samsung stock battery too so, it doesn't hold a full charge anymore like a brand new one would.
I'm hoping to get some cash together soon to get that Anker 2-pack w/charger on Amazon (the 1800 mAh batteries that everyone raves about). I thought about getting the 3500 mAh monster extended on off eBay but, as I'm still trying to locate that Trident Cyclops case (which you just sent me 2 PMs about, thanks), I figure having 2 batteries instead of one would still be a more efficient solution while still being able to keep the Captivate in a nice protective case.
Maybe I need to do some guides for people and put up a donate button to get me some batteries and that case, who knows.
Glad the instructions proved useful.
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Could any one give me a link to the cm9 ics. I recently flashed aokp and dark night but couldnt use my phone as i got a no network message and when try to ad apns settings were not saving :/
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http://goo.im/cm/captivatemtd/nightly
Bottom of the list, and apparently a new nightly was just posted a short time ago (20120412) so... time for a backup and a flash to see what's changed.
And also remember to get the latest Gapps from that site as well when flashing CM (which is 20120317)
http://goo.im/gapps
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.
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using xda premium
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
Welcome T959W users. This guide and package should help you either root your 959W, get it back to (almost) stock, get you out of a boot loop, or get you on your way to installing one of the variations of Ice Cream Sandwich.
The T959W is hardware wise 100% identical to the T959V but there are a few small stock software differences that cause problems using some of the initial T959V tools. Though risking my own phone and the help of I think just about all the Team Acid members, I have learned a lot and gotten a close to a stock dump as possible.
As of now, there is no 100% back to stock package for our phones. I have tried without success in getting a stock image from Wind or Samsung. They have both told me to ask the other one. Maybe someone can try Mobilicity or try Wind again and see what they say. It would greatly help me make a fully stock package, and understand any of the small differences. The T959V users got the phone when it came with Android 2.2 and an update was released to 2.3 for them, thus giving them the ability to have a stock image as it was provided. The W variant comes with 2.3 stock, so therefore no upgrade package exists for us and leaves us without a way to return to fully stock.
If you messed up your phone trying a different package, I can help get it 99% stock, or rooted and get you setup to install other ROM’s.
With that said, the standard disclaimer applies.
Code:
#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, broken hearts,
* thermonuclear war, you getting fired because the alarm app failed, or
* unfulfilled sexual partners. Please do some research if you have any
* concerns about features included in this ROM before flashing it! YOU are
* choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me
* for messing up your device, I will point that finger back at you and laugh.
* Then I will put it in your eye.
*/
By using the ROM you agree with the above terms!
First, I will assume some things as this is not a tutorial thread.
You can get your phone into download mode.
You have the Samsung drivers installed.
You can follow basic step by step instructions.
1) Download Heimdall 1.3.1 SUITE for the OS you are using from HERE Don't use 1.3.2 or any other versions, 1.3.1 works, so why screw with stuff and try something I don't recommend? Make sure to get the suite or the full package and not just the command line. Make sure you have the C++ libraries installed for Windows users. It's right underneath the download link I linked below.
This is the one for Windows, which I assume most users will be using. Others, download the suite for your OS
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2) Download my package HERE. DO NOT UNCOMPRESS IT, LEAVE IT AS IS.
3) Unzip/uncompress the Heimdall package to a folder on your pc/mac
4) Put your phone into download mode
5) Startup the Heimdall-Frontend program with your preferred method depending on your OS (run that program)
6) Click on the utilities tab and click on the Device Detected button. If it shows device detected, proceed to the next step. If it doesn’t find your device and you are in download mode, it’s a drivers issue and read HERE for instructions on how to get the proper drivers working using the Zdiag software included with the Heimdall package. Ignore the 1click part of the linked thread, but follow the rest. you will have to run Zdiag manually from the "drivers folder" of the Heimdall suite.
7) Only process to this step when have determined that your device is detected by Heimdall.
8) Click on the first Tab in Heimdall Frontend that says Load Package. Click on the browse button and load up the T959Wpackage you downloaded in step 2. It may take up to 10 minutes for your PC to uncompress the files depending on the speed of it. Don’t rush it, waiting till all the messages are gone and the LOAD/CUSTOMIZE button is active, click on that button
9) This will bring you to the FLASH tab. Make sure repartition is CHECKED (it should) and don’t touch anything else. Finally, click on the START button at the bottom. Let it do it’s thing, it will take about 5 mins and then your phone will reboot. It will take another few minutes here before your phone fully boots and you are at the Google Setup screen.
10) Made it this far? Great, now you have saved your phone from a brick, but there are a few things that aren’t working yet, so don’t panic that you have no signal yet or no wifi, etc. We can fix those things fairly easily IF YOU CAN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AND READ AND NOT RUSH. If you start whining you have no signal after step 9 and don’t read anymore or follow my instructions on how to flash the proper modem, I’ll ignore you. These are all proven steps, tested by thousands of people on these forums that aren’t impatient and do what they are told.
Now, the 3 choices you have.
1) Flash to an Ice Cream Sandwich Variation. If this is the case , Download the ROM you want to your SD card, reboot your phone into recovery and flash according to the directions given by the ROM you want to flash. I won’t answer questions why you can’t flash XXX ROM, your phone will be rooted with recovery using my method, and the rest of the information is out there.
2) Return to the 99% stock option (this will bring the phone exactly how you got it BUT will say T-mobile when you first boot it up. I have no way to fix this currently as I have no stock kernel to use. (hint, bug Wind or Mobilicity for the package and get it to me) Will work on this part.
3) Keep the phone rooted with recovery on Gingerbread. The kernel included in this is Blastoff kernel, which wifi doesn’t work off the start, so you can go to the Blastoff thread HERE and learn how to fix wifi, flash Antonx’s Basic with a Twist HERE or another compatible GB kernel, all from recovery. You will also need to flash a modem. I suggest the LB6 modem that came stock on our phones from, available HERE for GB and ICS, pick the correct one. Again, I provide no support for Blastoff or Basic with a twist or flashing them or something.
So to summarize, this will get your T959W with a rooted kernel and CWM version 5.2.something. Wifi will not work and there is no modem flashed, so read the above step if you want to fix those, read how to do that yourself, etc. I don't want any questions about CM9 or Blastoff or Heimdall or Jelly Bean or anything here. The above steps works if you're not all OCD and rush through and read my steps. I have tested them and the package probably 50 times and I'm doing it again right as I finish typing this all out, so it works. If you still have trouble, and explain in a detailed way what didn't work, I may help. If you SPAZ out that something didn't work and don't explain the steps and demand help, you will be ignored. You risk doing damage to your phone anytime you flash it and void warranties, so that is the risk and I assume none. This package works, the steps I have tried to detail in as much detail as possible including screen shots and everything and have spent hours making and testing the package, taking screenshots, detailing all this, all for the benefit of others as my phone works fine and I never bricked it because I took the time to read, so please read this thread 3 times over before you proceed.
Anyways, hope this helps, give me a Thanks if it does and a Thanks to any Team Acid members posts you see, as they have helped me get to this point.
Now we need to get you on the one click bandwagon and we'll be set for Linux and OS X users
FBis251 said:
Now we need to get you on the one click bandwagon and we'll be set for Linux and OS X users
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Soon as Heimdall can flash the modem properly, I will. lol. It fails, git issue opened on it, gave Heimdall dude all my logs, so we'll see. Also, since most people get bootlooped and mess up the param, and other files trying to flash everything under the sun, this package was the best way to do everything in 1 step.
The package though will work for linux/osx, etc, just use that Heimdall version. I just have Windows directions as I assume most people will be on Windows. You can load the gz though into any Heimdall and flash it.
getochkn said:
Welcome T959W users.
*********
Great Job man.
That was just awesome and a single click did the trick.
As instructed , i installed an ICS and that took care of the modem & signal as well.
Thank you so much.
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Was it necessary to quote the entire post?
Hi getochkn,
Thanks for this very informative guide.I seriously thought my son's phone was bricked, but after following your instructions, everything was restored perfectly.The only hiccup I had was, at step #6 Heimdall showed the device as detected, but when I went to flash it, it said that it couldn't detect the device.So I installed the drivers manually through Zdiag and it was smooth sailing from there.
I then flashed CM9 and noticed in your sig that you are running RemICS Rom so I flashed that and everything is looking great so far.
Thanks for taking the time to make this guide for those on the T959W
Glad it worked for you and you saved the phone.
getochkn said:
Welcome T959W users. This guide and package should help you either root your 959W, get it back to (almost) stock, get you out of a boot loop, or get you on your way to installing one of the variations of Ice Cream Sandwich.
The T959W is hardware wise 100% identical to the T959V but there are a few small stock software differences that cause problems using some of the initial T959V tools. Though risking my own phone and the help of I think just about all the Team Acid members, I have learned a lot and gotten a close to a stock dump as possible.
As of now, there is no 100% back to stock package for our phones. I have tried without success in getting a stock image from Wind or Samsung. They have both told me to ask the other one. Maybe someone can try Mobilicity or try Wind again and see what they say. It would greatly help me make a fully stock package, and understand any of the small differences. The T959V users got the phone when it came with Android 2.2 and an update was released to 2.3 for them, thus giving them the ability to have a stock image as it was provided. The W variant comes with 2.3 stock, so therefore no upgrade package exists for us and leaves us without a way to return to fully stock.
If you messed up your phone trying a different package, I can help get it 99% stock, or rooted and get you setup to install other ROM’s.
With that said, the standard disclaimer applies.
Code:
#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, broken hearts,
* thermonuclear war, you getting fired because the alarm app failed, or
* unfulfilled sexual partners. Please do some research if you have any
* concerns about features included in this ROM before flashing it! YOU are
* choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me
* for messing up your device, I will point that finger back at you and laugh.
* Then I will put it in your eye.
*/
By using the ROM you agree with the above terms!
First, I will assume some things as this is not a tutorial thread.
You can get your phone into download mode.
You have the Samsung drivers installed.
You can follow basic step by step instructions.
1) Download Heimdall 1.3.1 SUITE for the OS you are using from HERE Don't use 1.3.2 or any other versions, 1.3.1 works, so why screw with stuff and try something I don't recommend? Make sure to get the suite or the full package and not just the command line. Make sure you have the C++ libraries installed for Windows users. It's right underneath the download link I linked below.
This is the one for Windows, which I assume most users will be using. Others, download the suite for your OS
2) Download my package HERE. DO NOT UNCOMPRESS IT, LEAVE IT AS IS.
3) Unzip/uncompress the Heimdall package to a folder on your pc/mac
4) Put your phone into download mode
5) Startup the Heimdall-Frontend program with your preferred method depending on your OS (run that program)
6) Click on the utilities tab and click on the Device Detected button. If it shows device detected, proceed to the next step. If it doesn’t find your device and you are in download mode, it’s a drivers issue and read HERE for instructions on how to get the proper drivers working using the Zdiag software included with the Heimdall package. Ignore the 1click part of the linked thread, but follow the rest. you will have to run Zdiag manually from the "drivers folder" of the Heimdall suite.
7) Only process to this step when have determined that your device is detected by Heimdall.
8) Click on the first Tab in Heimdall Frontend that says Load Package. Click on the browse button and load up the T959Wpackage you downloaded in step 2. It may take up to 10 minutes for your PC to uncompress the files depending on the speed of it. Don’t rush it, waiting till all the messages are gone and the LOAD/CUSTOMIZE button is active, click on that button
9) This will bring you to the FLASH tab. Make sure repartition is CHECKED (it should) and don’t touch anything else. Finally, click on the START button at the bottom. Let it do it’s thing, it will take about 5 mins and then your phone will reboot. It will take another few minutes here before your phone fully boots and you are at the Google Setup screen.
10) Made it this far? Great, now you have saved your phone from a brick, but there are a few things that aren’t working yet, so don’t panic that you have no signal yet or no wifi, etc. We can fix those things fairly easily IF YOU CAN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AND READ AND NOT RUSH. If you start whining you have no signal after step 9 and don’t read anymore or follow my instructions on how to flash the proper modem, I’ll ignore you. These are all proven steps, tested by thousands of people on these forums that aren’t impatient and do what they are told.
Now, the 3 choices you have.
1) Flash to an Ice Cream Sandwich Variation. If this is the case , Download the ROM you want to your SD card, reboot your phone into recovery and flash according to the directions given by the ROM you want to flash. I won’t answer questions why you can’t flash XXX ROM, your phone will be rooted with recovery using my method, and the rest of the information is out there.
2) Return to the 99% stock option (this will bring the phone exactly how you got it BUT will say T-mobile when you first boot it up. I have no way to fix this currently as I have no stock kernel to use. (hint, bug Wind or Mobilicity for the package and get it to me) Will work on this part.
3) Keep the phone rooted with recovery on Gingerbread. The kernel included in this is Blastoff kernel, which wifi doesn’t work off the start, so you can go to the Blastoff thread HERE and learn how to fix wifi, flash Antonx’s Basic with a Twist HERE or another compatible GB kernel, all from recovery. You will also need to flash a modem. I suggest the LB6 modem that came stock on our phones from, available HERE for GB and ICS, pick the correct one. Again, I provide no support for Blastoff or Basic with a twist or flashing them or something.
So to summarize, this will get your T959W with a rooted kernel and CWM version 5.2.something. Wifi will not work and there is no modem flashed, so read the above step if you want to fix those, read how to do that yourself, etc. I don't want any questions about CM9 or Blastoff or Heimdall or Jelly Bean or anything here. The above steps works if you're not all OCD and rush through and read my steps. I have tested them and the package probably 50 times and I'm doing it again right as I finish typing this all out, so it works. If you still have trouble, and explain in a detailed way what didn't work, I may help. If you SPAZ out that something didn't work and don't explain the steps and demand help, you will be ignored. You risk doing damage to your phone anytime you flash it and void warranties, so that is the risk and I assume none. This package works, the steps I have tried to detail in as much detail as possible including screen shots and everything and have spent hours making and testing the package, taking screenshots, detailing all this, all for the benefit of others as my phone works fine and I never bricked it because I took the time to read, so please read this thread 3 times over before you proceed.
Anyways, hope this helps, give me a Thanks if it does and a Thanks to any Team Acid members posts you see, as they have helped me get to this point.
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This was amazingly simple. My phone has been really messed up and I've tried everything to restore it and failed until today. Believe me when I tell you that my phone was a lost cause until I went through these steps even though they aren't for my phone but it still worked. I finally got it to flash something and work, lol.
Do you by chance have this same type of file for the US version? Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
kdkd008 said:
This was amazingly simple. My phone has been really messed up and I've tried everything to restore it and failed until today. Believe me when I tell you that my phone was a lost cause until I went through these steps even though they aren't for my phone but it still worked. I finally got it to flash something and work, lol.
Do you by chance have this same type of file for the US version? Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
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You flashed this on a t959v? With bootloaders? And it works?
TwitchyEye said:
You flashed this on a t959v? With bootloaders? And it works?
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No bootloaders in my package. For some reason the "W" model, it's impossible to flash the bootloader, the modem and EFS partition (I think it's that, been a while since I played with it) from Heimdall or Odin, so it's sort of impossible to brick them as you can never flash those items. Worst you can do is flash the param from the "V" to the "W" and it corrupts the bootup image but works fine otherwise.
Oh I see. Thanks for clearing that up, I've been wondering for a while what would happen.
Hi, I just needed to root my phone. I had previously tried SuperOneClick, for some reason it always fails because of some driver issue. However after I installed your ROM, the root works.
But now that I got your ROM, I cannot detect my SIM card.
I'm wondering if this issues is expected, and is it possible to fix it?
Thanks.
noobishuser said:
Hi, I just needed to root my phone. I had previously tried SuperOneClick, for some reason it always fails because of some driver issue. However after I installed your ROM, the root works.
But now that I got your ROM, I cannot detect my SIM card.
I'm wondering if this issues is expected, and is it possible to fix it?
Thanks.
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Did you flash a modem? Heimdall can't flash the modem and it's has to be flashed with one of the ones I listed above.
getochkn said:
Did you flash a modem? Heimdall can't flash the modem and it's has to be flashed with one of the ones I listed above.
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Thank you very much, I thought I broke my phone.
Do you have instruction on how to flash a modem?
The link you provided only gives a file, I'm not sure how to flash it.
I also looked for instruction here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
but got stuck on step 7 as the file provided does not have a .tar file.
That is a very old thread. FBis251 has a thread with all the modems and you just have to flash them via recovery. Ill look for the thread link and post it back.
This is it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192436
Hi, after spending the past several hours reading/flashing I think I've finally understand most of what's going on.
I was able to successfully some modems. However none of them work perfectly for Mobilicity.
The call/text works fine, but there's no data.
I'm wondering if there is a modem that works for Wind mobile modem with data.
Since I'm planning to switch to Wind mobile anyways later.
noobishuser said:
Hi, after spending the past several hours reading/flashing I think I've finally understand most of what's going on.
I was able to successfully some modems. However none of them work perfectly for Mobilicity.
The call/text works fine, but there's no data.
I'm wondering if there is a modem that works for Wind mobile modem with data.
Since I'm planning to switch to Wind mobile anyways later.
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It's more than likely your APN's aren't set and that's why you're not getting data. you can look online on what the mobilicity ones are and can through settings, mobile data, mobile networks or something like that, and either enter them manually or scan to force it to try and pick them up. If calls/txt work, data should work. It's on the network. Try and google what to figure out to change. If you can't pm me and I'll try and help.
getochkn said:
It's more than likely your APN's aren't set and that's why you're not getting data. you can look online on what the mobilicity ones are and can through settings, mobile data, mobile networks or something like that, and either enter them manually or scan to force it to try and pick them up. If calls/txt work, data should work. It's on the network. Try and google what to figure out to change. If you can't pm me and I'll try and help.
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Omg thank you very much! I've successfully got data working now.
Now i feel like an idiot in the past 2 hours trying out every modem I can find...
noobishuser said:
Omg thank you very much! I've successfully got data working now.
Now i feel like an idiot in the past 2 hours trying out every modem I can find...
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Good stuff. The LB6 modem seems to be the most liked for the most part and is the one I got from my Wind phone. Works good for me.
getochkn said:
Good stuff. The LB6 modem seems to be the most liked for the most part and is the one I got from my Wind phone. Works good for me.
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Q here, does this modem support the 850mhz frequency and can I flash it to a T959V
Forgot to say it's the wcdma band
I'm new to this phone, exchange an IPhone 3GS for this one.......
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Talking ROOT SM-T210R SIMPLE and Easy, 8gb, White
Okay so I've been at it for days and i mean like months.... when I first bought my 8 gb white Samsung galaxy tab 3 Kernel 3.4.5, android 4.1.2, model JZ054K.T210RUEAMK1 and all i have been running into is problems, like jittery display issues, or flickering display, I tried every method but none has worked but i finally found one and got it all working and running, First of all i would like to thank gr8nole for this method, and all who have helped him. So first let me explain the most easiest explanation for dummies like me, or noobs,
NOTE: KIES, will fix any display issue and bring you back to your original rom, i forget to add this, because ours is the pain in the bottom, to get it to work correctly, it go download, http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/, download windows version then follow this method, http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00048586/52928, then it will get you back to basic then make sure to check usb debugging
Just and example video for visual learners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xolmt...ature=youtu.be, but you want to click on the files i suggested on the bottom lol not what he has on his screen xD
Must Have: KIES, make sure you have fully updated rom from samsung themself which can be found on kies (http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00048586/52928) use this method, when you plug it in and update firmware, which your android should be on 4.1.2 and version because that's what i have
1. First lets Get all the files we need, First go download SM-T210.CWM.6.0.4.5.recovery.tar.zip at his xda post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853, after you have download that you will a friend name odin, which can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539 (With odin you only want to use v3.07) and nothing else , Last but not least, you want this file from gr8ole android-armeabi-universal-root-signed.zip and save that to your sd card or ext while click on usb debugging or wherever you wanna store in on tablet
so you should have odin 3.07
T210.CWM.6.0.4.5.recovery.tar.zip (lol make sure to extract this file so odin can see it xD)
android-armeabi-universal-root-signed.zip
2. Use the same method as g8nole and minor adjustments
Instructions:
1. Download ODIN on your computer (just do a google search to find it...version 3.07 will work fine). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539
2. Power off the device.
3. Restart in "Download Mode" by holding the "HOME" button, "Volume Down" and "Power" all at the same time (for about 5 seconds).
4. Hit the "Volume Up" to enter download mode.
5. Start the ODIN exe program using admin rights which means right click run as admin. I recommend un-checking Auto Reboot. DO NOT CHECK RE-PARTITION!!, LEAVE UNCHECKED!! YOU BEEN WARNED (which it already should be). See notes about ODIN below.
6. Connect the device via USB to your computer. Verify the device shows as "Added" in the Message box. If it doesn't show then you need the Samsung USB drivers (just install KIES to get them) which can be found here http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/.
7. Select "PDA" then choose the T210.CWM.6.0.4.5.recovery.tar.zip.
8. Hit "START"
9. Wait for device to restart. Which means wait til odin says OKAY in the white box and the Picture ask you to reset, When the download icon on your tablet, and under download updates is full bar, and odin says reset!, just unplug it. then restart by holding the power button down, with vol up, and home, once the samsung picture shows, just let it run and onces its on put the zip file andriod universal root in any place you like, then reboot while holding the power, vol up, home, then only hold the up vol button when you see the logo, while also holding the home button, recovery mode should now be on. Select install zip, and locate the android-armeabi-universal-root-signed.zip)navigate with the up down volume button and power button to select file, whichever you placed in sd, or exsd,
10. When all is done reboot device, then it will update your android once you turn it on, Now the anoying part, It will be rooted but what google play won't connect?, easy fix , first lets just update all the binaries since its already rooted in supersu app,
Google Store Fix, now first you have to delete your some things, your apps wont dissapear or nothing as long as you dont uinstall them, go to settings<application manager<all<google play store<clear data/cache w.e<force stop<uninstall updates<it will then ask you it will be factory installed<yes, next step, delete your gmail account if you haven't done so, now go to your time settings (Date and Time) and change it to recent date whichever today is , then open play store and it will ask you to sign in again, blah blah google needs sign up and it should be up and running
ALL DONE, remember this is for people who have run into flicker display problems, which is caused by kernal issue with our model, but with stock rom itself we can universally root it through odin with just that simple method which took me like 3 mins lol to do
Grats guys! you have root and cwm now who doesn't want that enjoy and thanks to developers hard work! and my ambition!
Great guide. My friends SM-T210R kept getting kernal panic mode and the flickering screen. I did the same thing you did except I also installed Rocket Tab rom and Blackhawk kernel. It still Crashes every couple hours. I never could get the stock Kernal + Rom to work not sure what I was doing wrong. Perhaps I will follow your guide exactly this weekend.
morfn said:
Great guide. My friends SM-T210R kept getting kernal panic mode and the flickering screen. I did the same thing you did except I also installed Rocket Tab rom and Blackhawk kernel. It still Crashes every couple hours. I never could get the stock Kernal + Rom to work not sure what I was doing wrong. Perhaps I will follow your guide exactly this weekend.
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thanks a lot this is my first guide i ever created in my life really lol so its kinda jumping around the place but this will root your samsung white, 8gb, and you wont get the display issue, and then download gl to sd with a 32gb card my god i can fit so many stuff, im so freaking happy, i found this method out, but im addding more stuff to it so you can start from scratch if your tablet can get in download mode then its never broken, i tested this like 15 times already, its been working fine for me, i was just trying to get step by step as low as possible
I'm trying to follow the instructions for the Kies restore.
I keep getting this error however. (Yes USB debugging is enabled. I also tried doing it from Download Mode)
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James1o1o said:
I'm trying to follow the instructions for the Kies restore.
I keep getting this error however. (Yes USB debugging is enabled. I also tried doing it from Download Mode)
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OK, I could be wrong... I just got the tab 3 for my daughter and haven't done anything to it yet.
But from my S2 experience.... And this might be incorrect because I can say I never ever really used kies..... But I don't think keis will work anymore on a rooted device with a custom recovery ? It could be I'm wrong, that it won't work with a custom Rom tho... Maybe it should work with custom recovery and root.... But I thought it didn't.
Anyway, don't know if there's a file out there for this device, but I've always just used Odin to return to stock. I never used kies. Cause kies is an unstable, unreliable mess.
Anyone feel free to add to what I've said..... Or correct me tho.
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kj2112 said:
OK, I could be wrong... I just got the tab 3 for my daughter and haven't done anything to it yet.
But from my S2 experience.... And this might be incorrect because I can say I never ever really used kies..... But I don't think keis will work anymore on a rooted device with a custom recovery ? It could be I'm wrong, that it won't work with a custom Rom tho... Maybe it should work with custom recovery and root.... But I thought it didn't.
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I used to have an S3. From download mode, Kies would always restore it fine. Also I have stock rom and recovery when I tried to run Kies. I was simply trying to get back to my countries proper rom. (Which I can't download because SamMobile download hosts are awful)
I even emailed Samsung about it, they got back to me this morning. They told me to reinstall Kies, if that doesn't't work take it to a Samsung support center.
James1o1o said:
I used to have an S3. From download mode, Kies would always restore it fine. Also I have stock rom and recovery when I tried to run Kies. I was simply trying to get back to my countries proper rom. (Which I can't download because SamMobile download hosts are awful)
I even emailed Samsung about it, they got back to me this morning. They told me to reinstall Kies, if that doesn't't work take it to a Samsung support center.
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Well, would be much simpler if there is an Odin flashable version out there. Saves allot of headaches.
Kies is just awful.
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kj2112 said:
Well, would be much simpler if there is an Odin flashable version out there. Saves allot of headaches.
Kies is just awful.
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The sad thing is, there is only one place I can get it. SamMobile...and its hosted on Terafile. Everyone on the site is complaining about it, but they seem to be refusing to change because they get money through affiliate program.
James1o1o said:
The sad thing is, there is only one place I can get it. SamMobile...and its hosted on Terafile. Everyone on the site is complaining about it, but they seem to be refusing to change because they get money through affiliate program.
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Well.... At least you have answered a question I had. Just root and use stock system.... Or flash anything on it. I'll stick with stock. Just want to root to control the device better.... Battery issues in particular. My daughter is 5....she doesn't care about the Android version or touchwiz. Lol
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my bad i was busy with work but, kies just gets you back to stock version, and this is for sm-t210r, which i rooted from stock version using this method, but it seems you have sm-t10 regular, if you have that, odin would do just fine this is for your model, this method is for sm-t10R, and model number
kj2112 said:
OK, I could be wrong... I just got the tab 3 for my daughter and haven't done anything to it yet.
But from my S2 experience.... And this might be incorrect because I can say I never ever really used kies..... But I don't think keis will work anymore on a rooted device with a custom recovery ? It could be I'm wrong, that it won't work with a custom Rom tho... Maybe it should work with custom recovery and root.... But I thought it didn't.
Anyway, don't know if there's a file out there for this device, but I've always just used Odin to return to stock. I never used kies. Cause kies is an unstable, unreliable mess.
Anyone feel free to add to what I've said..... Or correct me tho.
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yea depends what he has though if he has sm-t210 then just use odin but using odin with a pre-rooted will get you flickering screen on sm-210R, if you have regular then you have to go a different route to restore it back to normal, if you have a flicker screen problem or any problem, then the kies method i have will recover it, in kies just use the update tab on sm-t210 and it will recover to stock thats all or use odin, your choice. if you want to root sm-t210 the method is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853, this will root yours np ^^
biggyhead said:
yea depends what he has though if he has sm-t210 then just use odin but using odin with a pre-rooted will get you flickering screen on sm-210R, if you have regular then you have to go a different route to restore it back to normal, if you have a flicker screen problem or any problem, then the kies method i have will recover it, in kies just use the update tab on sm-t210 and it will recover to stock thats all or use odin, your choice. if you want to root sm-t210 the method is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853, this will root yours np ^^
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Thanks for the info!
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Question. I followed the instructions which are more or less the same as what I did to root my S4. When I enter download mode in the device and open Odin (v3.047) and I select the folder where I downloaded the CWM file, T210.CWM.6.0.4.5.recovery.tar.zip, I am not able to see that file in the selection.
Odin itself does not recognize the .zip extension as a valid file type for PDA files so is this simply an issue of renaming that file and removing the .zip from the extension? If so then the OP needs to be corrected to include this step because otherwise people will sit there wondering why this same thing is happening to them.
For reference Odin PDA File extensions are *.tar, *.md5, *.smd, *.gz and *.tgz.
demonr6 said:
Question. I followed the instructions which are more or less the same as what I did to root my S4. When I enter download mode in the device and open Odin (v3.047) and I select the folder where I downloaded the CWM file, T210.CWM.6.0.4.5.recovery.tar.zip, I am not able to see that file in the selection.
Odin itself does not recognize the .zip extension as a valid file type for PDA files so is this simply an issue of renaming that file and removing the .zip from the extension? If so then the OP needs to be corrected to include this step because otherwise people will sit there wondering why this same thing is happening to them.
For reference Odin PDA File extensions are *.tar, *.md5, *.smd, *.gz and *.tgz.
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it was the link towards yours, which is the tar file, which popped up on mine when i used odin 3.07, thats actually interesting, because i redid the steps and it showed up, let me look at it again, and thanks to you we can do this
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Question. I followed the instructions which are more or less the same as what I did to root my S4. When I enter download mode in the device and open Odin (v3.047) and I select the folder where I downloaded the CWM file, T210.CWM.6.0.4.5.recovery.tar.zip, I am not able to see that file in the selection.
Odin itself does not recognize the .zip extension as a valid file type for PDA files so is this simply an issue of renaming that file and removing the .zip from the extension? If so then the OP needs to be corrected to include this step because otherwise people will sit there wondering why this same thing is happening to them.
For reference Odin PDA File extensions are *.tar, *.md5, *.smd, *.gz and *.tgz.
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yea so its odin v3.07 and it is basically your steps lol, like every detail, but just a twist for our model sm-t210R model k, this method is for basically anyone who messed up their tablet because they did the prerooted version for sm-t210r,
Yeah, I thought it would be a quirk. I used an older version when I was mucking around with my GS4 and had a similar issue but by removing the .zip in the file name it recognized it and worked. My work around with this one though was unzipping the file contents and pointing to the unzipped file. Never a dull moment.
For a while it was a scare though yesterday because something screwed up with recovery and I got the dreaded screen flicker and could not find a way to correct it. Not only that but I was already having issues with recovery that I could not get any of them to install. I kept getting permission issues. I ended up blind guessing things and was able to fix it by using TWRP 2.6.3 MK1 then when that was fixed I used ODIN to install the T210RUEAMK1_T210RXACAMK1_XAC to get things back to stock'ish. From there I was finally able to root the device with the universal-root-signed-zip.
This nightmare has me gun shy and I am hesitant to even want to attempt a custom ROM now. I've successfully rooted my wife's HTC Sensation which was a series of hoops, my previous GS2, GS3 and the GS4 without ever so much as a hiccup. My personal phones I am a ROM whore. When I installed the triangle away last month and checked the counter on the GS4 I had 31 on the counter.. in four months. Unless there is a bullet-proof ROM for this pad I don't see it happening. It blows, I may unload it and get something different that is not so much of a mess.
Thanks for the replies guys.
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Yeah, I thought it would be a quirk. I used an older version when I was mucking around with my GS4 and had a similar issue but by removing the .zip in the file name it recognized it and worked. My work around with this one though was unzipping the file contents and pointing to the unzipped file. Never a dull moment.
For a while it was a scare though yesterday because something screwed up with recovery and I got the dreaded screen flicker and could not find a way to correct it. Not only that but I was already having issues with recovery that I could not get any of them to install. I kept getting permission issues. I ended up blind guessing things and was able to fix it by using TWRP 2.6.3 MK1 then when that was fixed I used ODIN to install the T210RUEAMK1_T210RXACAMK1_XAC to get things back to stock'ish. From there I was finally able to root the device with the universal-root-signed-zip.
This nightmare has me gun shy and I am hesitant to even want to attempt a custom ROM now. I've successfully rooted my wife's HTC Sensation which was a series of hoops, my previous GS2, GS3 and the GS4 without ever so much as a hiccup. My personal phones I am a ROM whore. When I installed the triangle away last month and checked the counter on the GS4 I had 31 on the counter.. in four months. Unless there is a bullet-proof ROM for this pad I don't see it happening. It blows, I may unload it and get something different that is not so much of a mess.
Thanks for the replies guys.
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i feel ya man, i been messing around with roms also only one i got to work was rocket lite, but that gave me a few bugs, so i just recovered back to rom, the only reason i used kies because when i would go to the samsung site to get the file for it, it was busy and would never download, so i found this method to just root our sm-t210R model K, so far i can't even get kernals to work either, like for exp cwm, you need that version or your screen flickers, its really anoying, unless you have that one, truthfully i think the most hard models to root or install rom, there are certain types of cwm, rom, etc just for it. Like how odian 3.07 only works with the cwm file, i used the new one but i get a bad screen or it doesn't even load...pretty much a big middle finger
Yeah, it kind of sucks and after coming from the S4 being able to pretty much throw everything at it and it works including the first versions of 4.4.. this tab has been a pretty big let down for me. I was going to try Rocket Tab but the download time is ridiculous so going to give Crash ROM an at bat next.
biggyhead said:
my bad i was busy with work but, kies just gets you back to stock version, and this is for sm-t210r, which i rooted from stock version using this method, but it seems you have sm-t10 regular, if you have that, odin would do just fine this is for your model, this method is for sm-t10R, and model number
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I don't understand why it would though.
SM-T210 and SM-T210R are identical except the R model has infrared. Everything else is identical.