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Rogers 2.2 update is available through Kies

Yep...Go get it.
EDIT: I mean Kies...The update box was in my way when I was typing lol

So what is the ROM version name?

A.VOID said:
So what is the ROM version name?
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Just a min, update failed...I think cause launcher pro was the default home...trying again damn it.

Someone post a odin copy.
?

Let the BRICKING begin!

Would love an ODIN of this ROM... looking forward to it!

Installed Kies... Update process starts but Kies crashes. Anyone else have this issue? I'm currently trying to unroot to see if that makes a difference.
Edit: Exact issue is: MSC.Thunder.FirmwareUpdate has stopped working.
Does it regardless if I choose to backup or not the contacts and data.
Edit 2: Unroot changes nothing.
Edit 3: Doing a factory reset on the device doesn't help either. WTF?

connected to Kies - message "This device will be supported soon"

Fortysixandtwo said:
connected to Kies - message "This device will be supported soon"
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http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/detail/supportPrdDetail.do?menu=SP00&prd_ia_cd=01012200&prd_mdl_cd=SGH-I896ZKARWC&prd_mdl_name=SGH-I896&prd_ia_sub_class_cd=P#
Get it here

Wonder if it'll be 2.2.1...

Ok so I just got back from writing an exam and will try to reinstall Kies. I tried 2 times to update through my computer this morning and once on my wife's PC (She has a Captivate as well)
All 3 attempts it says that Its downloaded the update but then it fails when it tries to install. Now remember I've not rooted or anything, so i think that there might be a newer version of kies or something...going to look now.
But anyways it tries to update it says a bunch of stuff like: You phone Jsomething1 and the update is supposed to be Jsomething2...I dont get it.
Remember I dont hack or mod phones in the slightest, so I have no clue what this J1 (mine) and the update of j2 is...?
The update is big though, takes a few minutes to download and I have a 16mps download speed...

Downloading this version of Kies and will try again:
http://www.samsungapps.com/about/onPc.as

I'm with Rogers with an AT&T Captivate (Rooted and Cognition 2.3b6). Will I be able to update my device to it? I much prefer the Rogers software than AT&T's. I don't care if I have to use Odin or erase everything.

alexvtr said:
Installed Kies... Update process starts but Kies crashes. Anyone else have this issue? I'm currently trying to unroot to see if that makes a difference.
Edit: Exact issue is: MSC.Thunder.FirmwareUpdate has stopped working.
Does it regardless if I choose to backup or not the contacts and data.
Edit 2: Unroot changes nothing.
Edit 3: Doing a factory reset on the device doesn't help either. WTF?
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What ROM are you on ?
Did you put the phone in recovery mode when you have the first pop up menu ?

ScottyNuttz said:
Wonder if it'll be 2.2.1...
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Nope it's 2.2

Where does it say it was released?

gunstar3035 said:
Ok so I just got back from writing an exam and will try to reinstall Kies. I tried 2 times to update through my computer this morning and once on my wife's PC (She has a Captivate as well)
All 3 attempts it says that Its downloaded the update but then it fails when it tries to install. Now remember I've not rooted or anything, so i think that there might be a newer version of kies or something...going to look now.
But anyways it tries to update it says a bunch of stuff like: You phone Jsomething1 and the update is supposed to be Jsomething2...I dont get it.
Remember I dont hack or mod phones in the slightest, so I have no clue what this J1 (mine) and the update of j2 is...?
The update is big though, takes a few minutes to download and I have a 16mps download speed...
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Did you put your phone in Recovery mode like the first pop up is asking ? (Unplug usb cable from phone (not the computer), power off the phone, Hold vol up/down button and plug usb cable. You should now be in download mode (black/yellow screen with a shovelling droid)

silvertag said:
What ROM are you on ?
Did you put the phone in recovery mode when you have the first pop up menu ?
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Stock ROM from Rogers
No, not recovery mode.
PC runs W7-32 for what it's worth.
In the meantime, I did some research on the error I mentioned above.
It appears it's a very common issue with KIES.
There are a few workarounds.
So far, I tried the "SIM-out" method and it doesn't work for me.
Next, I'm trying the regedit method.
Will report on results.
@silvertag: your upgrade worked fine or you haven't tried yet?

Enhanced said:
Where does it say it was released?
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Nowhere you have to check Kies server to know it's been released. There is still no confirmation from Rogers last i checked.

alexvtr said:
Stock ROM from Rogers
No, not recovery mode.
PC runs W7-32 for what it's worth.
In the meantime, I did some research on the error I mentioned above.
It appears it's a very common issue with KIES.
There are a few workarounds.
So far, I tried the "SIM-out" method and it doesn't work for me.
Next, I'm trying the regedit method.
Will report on results.
@silvertag: your upgrade worked fine or you haven't tried yet?
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Yes it worked fine you HAVE to put the phone in download mode before you start downloading the update or it will fail at the upgrade part.

[ODIN] Stock Rooted ED1 (downgrade from ED2) [2011.05.18]

Well here is something that I hope is the start of some hardcore hacking.
This is an ODIN that I created of stock-rooted ED1 for the DROID Charge. In the course of making this, I bricked my charge (first attempt failed in ODIN) and then created a working ODIN that un-bricked it. I then upgraded to ED2 (I confirmed that I lost root as well) so I could test if this will downgrade back to ED1 and it worked and I have root again!
Instructions for ODIN (for those who are unfamiliar with it):
1. Open ODIN.
2. Put the phone into download mode. Do this by powering off your phone, pulling out the battery, and then holding volume down while connecting it to your pc. A giant yellow triangle should be on the phone's screen and it should say 'Downloading...' ODIN should say 'Added!!' and one of the boxes will be yellow and say '0:[COM#]'
3. Click the button labeled 'PDA' and locate the file you are wanting to flash. For emphasis: YOU MUST USE THE PDA BUTTON!
4. Click start. Do not disconnect the phone while it is flashing, it can cause some serious damage.
5. Wait.
6. When finished, unplug the phone, put the battery back in and power up the phone.
Every time I've flashed this, the phone booted straight into recovery. Just select reboot (press home) and it boots up normally. It should probably be recommended to wipe data and cache afterwards, but I didn't and all of my data stayed in tact.
Multiple people have reported that this works. Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone if this doesn't work.
Thanks to imnuts for the HOW-TO thread on creating ODIN builds.
Download here.
Download ODIN here.
to my redbull habit if you feel the need.

I feel dumb for asking, but what are you using to flash this to the phone? I've never used anything other than simple one click root programs, so if you could give a little more detail I'd be happy to try it out.

Download Odin here: http://goo.gl/52aY1
Download Drivers here: http://goo.gl/Tbcca
Download stockrootedED1-20110517.tar.md5 http://goo.gl/kD3Ld
1. Open Odin3 v1.30
2. Remove battery,Hold Vol down. Connect USB to computer and phone then press power. It should take you to a yellow android.
3. Click PDA Button
4. choose stockrootedED1-20110517.tar.md5
5. Click on the Start button
6. Don't Touch and allow the phone to reboot
7. If its taking a while to start DONT PANIC, its perfectly normal

Thanks for the guide, but it doesn't do anything for me, seems like Odin doesn't even know my phone is there. When I plug it in I get the Verizon media manager link to pop up though.

I edited my first post with a link to ODIN and instructions. I guess I'm a little slow with the typing because you beat me to it medjam, but you left out the step of putting the phone into download mode.

Works for me, though the first time I rebooted I didn't have any network reception. Another reboot fixed that.
Wish I could get rid of the "system update available" pop up, but at least I'm rooted again. Thanks!

that's awesome...I gonna try this right now....If i brick my phone I will just swap it out a vzw..They are tarded and can't tell the difference any ways. Will report back once I finish.

Zeek215 said:
Works for me, though the first time I rebooted I didn't have any network reception. Another reboot fixed that.
Wish I could get rid of the "system update available" pop up, but at least I'm rooted again. Thanks!
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Once rooted go into your build.prop file and every thing that says ED1 change it to ED2...that should quit the nagging to update. Then restart your phone
Credit goes to Jt3 for that info as he posted it in the Charge forum at android central.

Zeek215 said:
Works for me, though the first time I rebooted I didn't have any network reception. Another reboot fixed that.
Wish I could get rid of the "system update available" pop up, but at least I'm rooted again. Thanks!
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AWESOME!!! So glad to help!

Very nice!
I know that this will kick start the development of this device now that everybody can haz root.

so just to be clear here, this will bring you back from ED2 down to ED1. Does this method require you to have already rooted while you were on ED1 and then upgraded to ED2 and lost it or will this work for everyone?
Thanks in advance

streetlightman said:
so just to be clear here, this will bring you back from ED2 down to ED1. Does this method require you to have already rooted while you were on ED1 and then upgraded to ED2 and lost it or will this work for everyone?
Thanks in advance
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Should work for everyone. My Charge that I just ran it on was never rooted before.

das7771 said:
that's awesome...I gonna try this right now....If i brick my phone I will just swap it out a vzw..They are tarded and can't tell the difference any ways. Will report back once I finish.
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They certainly can tell. Don't send back a phone because you broke it. That makes ALL of us look like assholes and promotes the disturbing trend of locking bootloaders. Be an adult.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

jt1134 said:
They certainly can tell. Don't send back a phone because you broke it. That makes ALL of us look like assholes and promotes the disturbing trend of locking bootloaders. Be an adult.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
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OH OK...Well let me make change my statemet to be more adult like. If i brick my phone I will just go buy another full price so I don't seem like an asshole. I hope this pleases you Sir....

Hey guys. First off, I'm psyched to see this come out.
When I try to do it, I get a driver installation failure telling me that the serial driver was not found and then ODIN never seems to see the phone. This is on W7.
Any help?

teddykgb715 said:
Hey guys. First off, I'm psyched to see this come out.
When I try to do it, I get a driver installation failure telling me that the serial driver was not found and then ODIN never seems to see the phone. This is on W7.
Any help?
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Did you install the drivers that came with the phone?

wynalazca said:
Did you install the drivers that came with the phone?
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I thought so, I can connect to USB storage, etc. I'll check it out.

Well this worked perfectly only thing that was different from your instructions was that my com ID was '0[COM12] instead of '0:[COM7]...So no one freak out if yours if different it's just what is being used by your comp. Much thanks to the OP for this..You need to set up a donation link so I can donate for this outstanding work.

teddykgb715 said:
I thought so, I can connect to USB storage, etc. I'll check it out.
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I think the issue is that my damn work laptop is locked down pretty tight so it won't let all the drivers install. Unlike many here, I'm actually not an IT professional so I can't circumvent it. I'll just have to try it at home tonight.

das7771 said:
Well this worked perfectly only thing that was different from your instructions was that my com ID was '0[COM12] instead of '0:[COM7]...So no one freak out if yours if different it's just what is being used by your comp. Much thanks to the OP for this..You need to set up a donation link so I can donate for this outstanding work.
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You're welcome! I'm very glad to help get this development stuff going. Also, there should be a donate button in the OP.

[Q] T959W Opens To CWM Based Recovery Mode Everytime

I'm a noob but I'd been trying my best understanding to ROOT T959W, I'd followed the steps as described in one of the forums here using odin 1.7 and stock+Voodoo-T959VKJ1.tar and the update in sdcard but unfortunately I don't understand, no matter what i do, when the phone turns on it shows the Recovery mode, I'm however able to boot into the downlod mode and my phone is detectable.
The phone was I guess bricked onetime but i'd used oneclick unbrick and it went back fine.
Please help me to at least get it to a running state not necessarily root.
I don't know if this is right, what should i do next ? Flash the rom CM9 ? or have i messed up ? :S
THANKS A TON!
Attached is a preview.

It seems a little odd. Did you clear everything and not flash a rom?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

So you have the "W" phone from Wind and you flashed the bootloader? I can clearly see the Tmobile logo, which shouldn't be on a Wind phone. Just hold on, don't flash anything else and give a few, I'm working with bhundven at this very moment to try and dump my bootloader. Your phone still turns on, there is hope but the more you start clicking all over, etc the more damage you can do, so please wait.

getochkn said:
So you have the "W" phone from Wind and you flashed the bootloader? I can clearly see the Tmobile logo, which shouldn't be on a Wind phone. Just hold on, don't flash anything else and give a few, I'm working with bhundven at this very moment to try and dump my bootloader. Your phone still turns on, there is hope but the more you start clicking all over, etc the more damage you can do, so please wait.
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Sure, I will be waiting, Yes it shows the Tmobile logo and when I connect it to Odinv1.85 it tells me this phone is T959V but infact its a wind mobile.
I'll be waiting for you guys and will be more than willing to donate.
cheers!

zaryan said:
Sure, I will be waiting, Yes it shows the Tmobile logo and when I connect it to Odinv1.85 it tells me this phone is T959V but infact its a wind mobile.
I'll be waiting for you guys and will be more than willing to donate.
cheers!
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The T959V in odin is just a label in the ini file in the same directory.
You can change that to say anything you want.
I really recommend taking the time now to remove odin, and it's drivers, and install heimdall.
Look around in the wiki for help on that one.

bhundven said:
The T959V in odin is just a label in the ini file in the same directory.
You can change that to say anything you want.
I really recommend taking the time now to remove odin, and it's drivers, and install heimdall.
Look around in the wiki for help on that one.
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After i replaced the drivers, and ran flash in heimdall, it gives me an error - I ran T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar
"Local and device PIT files don't match and repartition wasn't specified
Ending session...
Rebooting device "

zaryan said:
After i replaced the drivers, and ran flash in heimdall, it gives me an error - I ran T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar
"Local and device PIT files don't match and repartition wasn't specified
Ending session...
Rebooting device "
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I didn't say to run it, yet. I'm making a new oneclick for t959w. Hang tight.

bhundven said:
I didn't say to run it, yet. I'm making a new oneclick for t959w. Hang tight.
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Sure will be waiting

zaryan said:
Sure will be waiting
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Me and Brian are working on it. He had to go out for a bit, so waiting for him to get back on IRC and I'm testing it and risking bricking my phone for the good of the 959W users, so please be patient until we have a test package that can restore the bootloaders, param's, everything full for a "W" model. I found a very complicated work around to get out of the loop but I rather wait till we have the 1 click tested and it's easier to use and do.
For now, the standard 1 click should get you back to stock, just don't flash the bootloader at all.

getochkn said:
Me and Brian are working on it. He had to go out for a bit, so waiting for him to get back on IRC and I'm testing it and risking bricking my phone for the good of the 959W users, so please be patient until we have a test package that can restore the bootloaders, param's, everything full for a "W" model. I found a very complicated work around to get out of the loop but I rather wait till we have the 1 click tested and it's easier to use and do.
For now, the standard 1 click should get you back to stock, just don't flash the bootloader at all.
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You are awesome! It worked like charm, thank you getochkn and xda-dev

zaryan said:
You are awesome! It worked like charm, thank you getochkn and xda-dev
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Glad I was able to help but I couldn't have done any of this with the guidance of bhundven and others from Team Acid. Hopefully I'll have the true stock modem our phone came with soon, full stock recovery, etc and be able to put out a full package to help people who are bricked or want to go back to stock.

getochkn said:
Me and Brian are working on it. He had to go out for a bit, so waiting for him to get back on IRC and I'm testing it and risking bricking my phone for the good of the 959W users, so please be patient until we have a test package that can restore the bootloaders, param's, everything full for a "W" model. I found a very complicated work around to get out of the loop but I rather wait till we have the 1 click tested and it's easier to use and do.
For now, the standard 1 click should get you back to stock, just don't flash the bootloader at all.
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any luck with the 1 click for the T959W yet? I am more than willing to donate also, my phone is stuck in download mode only so I desperately need this!!!!

munsen55 said:
any luck with the 1 click for the T959W yet? I am more than willing to donate also, my phone is stuck in download mode only so I desperately need this!!!!
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Give me a few mins, let me see what I can do.

getochkn said:
Give me a few mins, let me see what I can do.
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Please bro i have the same problem
please can you help me with the t959w bootloader or 1click solution

[Q] Droid Charge update fail!

I've tried everything except rooting my Droid Charge to get it to accept the latest system update yet it will not get past a quarter of the way without stopping and displaying that triangle and exclamation point! Is there any way without rooting it that this problem can be corrected?! Maybe if i throw it against a wall...., please im at my wits end with it. Can someone help me?

Miserablewithdroidcharge said:
I've tried everything except rooting my Droid Charge to get it to accept the latest system update yet it will not get past a quarter of the way without stopping and displaying that triangle and exclamation point! Is there any way without rooting it that this problem can be corrected?! Maybe if i throw it against a wall...., please im at my wits end with it. Can someone help me?
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Well don't root it because it'll never update then. Have you wiped data? If that won't work go to How to fix your phone get the download package for EP4 and follow the instructions exactly. Then take the 2 updates.

stueycaster said:
Well don't root it because it'll never update then. Have you wiped data? If that won't work go to How to fix your phone get the download package for EP4 and follow the instructions exactly. Then take the 2 updates.
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Thanks for your response! Okay, So download the EP4 and the PIT file for Charge? Im sorry, Im a newbie and I wanna be precise.

stueycaster said:
Well don't root it because it'll never update then. Have you wiped data? If that won't work go to How to fix your phone get the download package for EP4 and follow the instructions exactly. Then take the 2 updates.
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I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN!!! YOU JUST DEMOLISHED A WHOLE YEARS WORTH OF STRESS FROM MY MIND! LITERALLY!!!! Ive been dealing with this issue for a whole year! Thanks so much! It worked perfect!!!!!:good:

Miserablewithdroidcharge said:
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN!!! YOU JUST DEMOLISHED A WHOLE YEARS WORTH OF STRESS FROM MY MIND! LITERALLY!!!! Ive been dealing with this issue for a whole year! Thanks so much! It worked perfect!!!!!:good:
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That's what we like to hear. Glad it worked out.
Sent from my SCH-I510 running Tweaked 3.0 using Tapatalk 2

[Q] It's been 4 days and I still can't fix this bootloop!

Okay I had an L rom for about a month maybe less. Then Friday night, it just turns off and now all I see is flying colors.
In the ask any question thread I asked and some really awesome dudes were trying to help me but all of their solutions were in vain.
I used method 1 and 2 of the return to stock.
I made sure I followed EVERY step. Still nothing, it's been trying to boot for far far too long.
I really need my phone, and I'm not sure what else to do. I can't jump because I'm broke and that tamper flag is up.
Can someone help me? I have teamveiwer if it helps.
Also I should say I get several errors I think, like no recovery.sig or boot.sig when I clearly just flashed them.
Why do I get these errors? Is nobody else having the same problem as me? I'm getting really frustrated and to anyone who helps me solve my problem will get my oatmeal raisin cookie recipe (Not kidding, that's serious).
Please somebody help me. Ill be constantly refreshing this page so if you have any questions I will answer them.

Have you booted into the bootloader and used a Google bat file to flash the device completely clean?
Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5

Yes

Follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
Download "15 second adb installer" if you're having issues with adb or fastboot commands
Ignore the .sig errors
Worst case scenario flash each file one by one if flash all.bat doesn't work
Post up what happens after you run flash all.bat too

Have you tried flashing the KitKat factory images instead of Lollipop?

RaggleFraggles said:
Yes
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Then you must have corrupt hardware, can you not send it back to Google for fix/replacement?
Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5

Either the op fixed the phone and is now celebrating by getting very drunk, or he smashed his phone out of frustration and doesn't care anymore lol.
Either way he's not refreshing this page constantly like he said

I didn't get the insurance or the warranty or nothing

No its still broken but I end up having to help my friend cause he car broke down all day.

No I didn't really want kitkat again, I really wanted to keep L. Ill try it when I can though.

I did both ways, flash all and flash manually but neither worked.

RaggleFraggles said:
No I didn't really want kitkat again, I really wanted to keep L. Ill try it when I can though.
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Whether you want it or not, try flashing KitKat just to see if it will boot

jsgraphicart said:
Whether you want it or not, try flashing KitKat just to see if it will boot
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Downloading it now

RaggleFraggles said:
Downloading it now
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Any luck?

Neither worked in what sense? What happens when u flash? Errors? We can't really help much unless u give us info to go on lol
Sent From Bacon

Someone got to find a fix for this