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hey guys. Long story short, i had my first captivate for almost more than a year, rooted it and had all the fun with it. Then, the screen cracked, i used my insurance and got a new captivate. But, after 3 months of being super busy... I figured id rather just send the new (unrooted, uncracked) captivate back, get my refund, and go back to using my old captivate, that is already rooted has all my contacts and so on. Now....as i said its been quite a while, so i am definitely rusty. First question is that i remember that since i was rooted i was able to download apk files and install them onto my phone when it waas plugged into my pc. I definitely remember using a program and having to restart the phone and apply changes or something like that. But, i don't remember the name of the program nor how i am actually suppose to do it. Also if someone can point me in the right direction and tell me what update and what not i am supposed to be on. My captivate is just rooted with a lag fix i believe. Yet, its still really slow and laggy, even overclocked... So im hoping that the new updates will be more efficient; in being fast without taking up all my battery. in my "about phone" it reads:
firmware: 2.1 update 1
kernel version 2.6.29
[email protected]#voodoo_lagfix_3.0_v1.10
Build number: ECLAIR
sorry for being so ignorant. Its just that it has been a while, and i don't want to start off my current rooting experience on the wrong foot.
are you referring to "quickboot" for easy rebooting? you may also want to look into Autokiller memory to help kill the junk. I also used ryan's OCLF.
I like you ran a rooted captivate for the longest time. it worked decently but then I tried to go to Gingerbread. MISTAKE. it was laggy bad and very unstable (Used Cezar's ROM). I didnt like it. Flashed back to the 2.2 rom (supposedly stock) and it was terrible compared to how it was. lots of lag and just overall... YUCK.
so yesterday I got the guts to flash a custom rom. I was mad at the phone so I flipped thru several flavors and ended up putting the Phoenix Ultimate (JS7) on it. HOLY S**t Balls mom!!! it was super fast, extremely responsive and worked like a dream. took me a little while to do it, (I had to flash to 2.1 (you are there), root it, cyanogenmod, then Phoenix) but it is SOOOO worth it. super fast now. my wife is asking me to do hers...ugh...
also, all the animations, graphics and just in general. it feels like I got a brand new phone. I could not be happier
thanks for the reply. Haha sounds like you have an iphone status phone now that's what im shooting for; something fast and reliable. Im going to wait and see what the majority of people like on they're captivates. So i am waiting on standby until i know exactly what and how to do it. And no, the program i believe was only on my computer. i would plug in my phone, drop in the apk file.,remove the phone, and do that recovery mode reboot thing on my phone so that the application i just dropped in installs. Sorry if what im saying doesn't make sense like I've said its been a while -.-
the program you are thinking of is the sideload wonder machine
and yes you are on a very outdated version of android, 2.1 (eclair) there has been an official update to 2.2 (froyo) and also many leaks of 2.3.x(gingerbread) but nothing officially from at&t since froyo.
noone can really tell you what you will like best, you will have to do what the rest of us do and read, read, read, then read a bit more, flash a few to try and pick what you like the best....
thank you! it was SWM.
NOW
what is MIUI, cm7 and pinnacle? custom flashes or something? i am also running my current root with launcher pro. Most of everyone on this thread seem happy with their setup as far as smoothness,responsiveness, and battery life go, which is exactly what i want!
MIUI/CM7 are AOSP versions if 2.3.x,aka gingerbread. Pinnacle is a leaked version of Gingerbread, made for the captivate by Samsung.
so gingerbread is the way to go? or rather should i say 2.3.. how hard is it for me to upgrade to 2.3 i noticed that some apps aren't even available to me in the market on 2.1. but still i want the features that 2.3 has. Besides just updating to a version of gingerbread, what are the other common things people do for anti-lag/responsiveness, while still being conservative on the battery aspect.Thanks for all the help so far guys!!!
I wasn't pleased with the gingerbread as of yet. It will get better I'm sure of it. Try out one of the 2.2 based roms as they are the most stable at this point.
Sent from my Phoenix JS7 run Samsung Captivate
so what do i do? Just get one of the 2.2's that a developer on here made? that way it has pre made fixes and stuff like lagfix already in it correct? how do i go about installing that and from where?
This thread is the best start.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=887525
after looking that over, I followed this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
and had chosen the Phoenix ROM.
thannks but im still comopletly clueless. What exactly is it that i have to do. I know where to find the .zip rom files, but what is a kernel to a ROM? I really dont get it. does the ROM include the build like 2.2 or 2.3 or what not?
just out of curiosity, do you have AT&T captivate or rogers?
what is Rogers?
Yes. I have AT&T samsung captivate
Rogers is a rom version. You are on stock but rooted. The second link has very easy step by step instructions. The rom u get will have all u need including the kernel and modems
1. Back up ur data with titanium backup. If u don't have it, check market.
2. Flash ur phone with Odin
3. One the flash is done to stock do a master clear with Odin (your phone is on, plugged in and USB debugging)
4. Install the root per directions
5. Copy clockwork and the rom. Of ur choice to ur internal zip
6. Install the clockwork recovery (you run it twice back to back)
7. Run the new rom install with clockwork
I. Phone boots to new rom.
First time it takes about an hour. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE DIRCTIONS IN MY PREVIOUS POST.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
^^Rogers isn't a ROM version. It's a Canadian cell service provider...
thanks for clearing that up. Had no idea what Rogers was lol. Ok so, i guess i just download and install a ROM of my liking? that will also update me to froyo or 2.3 as well? any recommedations as for as ROMS go?
I stand corrected. The rom will upgrade you to what it is based on. The one I use is froyo based. There are gingerbread roms too. Mosaic seems to be a popular one as was Phoenix that I am running. Best advice.. go read those threads. Look at screenshots they have and the user feedback
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Personally, I'm a huge fan of DesignGears' roms. I'd suggest you go with something like Cognition 5v2. Its 2.3.3, very stable, very fast, and, since you've only used stocks rom up 'til now, it'll be very familiar (minus all the bloatware). He's also got a step by step guide on how to install the rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127578
i was trying to get to use that ROM^^ buuut i had to go to rooted 2.3 first. used this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127249&page=31
then i hit a problem, i posted on that thread as well still waiting for a response. idk what happened to my phone...this is my post on that thread "ok so i did this and i hit a problem. I got up to the red fish, i turned off the phone to get it into download mode again. and i did, Placed the kernelKF1.tar file in the pda slot and hit start on odin my phone reboots and right after the AT&t logo my screen goes crazy. it looks as if my screen is tripping on acid... and it just keep looping att logo then that. What should i do? i need the files on my phone atleast its not completly bricked"
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well right now I'm currently flashing the cm7 rom. I can't send/receive any mms right now. I've tried searching and I've tried a lot of things, but nothing seems to be working. I also miss my stock froyo as well. So I was wondering if I can revert back to the original stock froyo, but still be root.
I used rom manager and I backuped the orginal rom before I flashed the cm7 and the addons, but I don't know where it use or even how to go about it . Can I use that to revert back to the orginial rom and will I still be rooted?
I'm currently on the mytouch4g and if you know where I can download the rom for froyo please post a link.
thank you very much.
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well right now I'm currently flashing the cm7 rom. I can't send/receive any mms right now. I've tried searching and I've tried a lot of things, but nothing seems to be working. I also miss my stock froyo as well. So I was wondering if I can revert back to the original stock froyo, but still be root.
I used rom manager and I backuped the orginal rom before I flashed the cm7 and the addons, but I don't know where it use or even how to go about it . Can I use that to revert back to the orginial rom and will I still be rooted?
I'm currently on the mytouch4g and if you know where I can download the rom for froyo please post a link.
thank you very much.
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Hi, the answer to your question is actually in your post...if you backed up your froyo rom with the rom manager, then you just have to restore the backup.
To do that, go to the Rom manager, manage and restore, and then find your backed up rom. It should take a while and you will be back to the state you were before flashing CM7. Just in case make a nandroid backup of your current rom in case things don't go as expected. It should be working neatly. Hope it helps. Let me know if you could restore it. See ya....
mytouch4gnoob said:
well right now I'm currently flashing the cm7 rom. I can't send/receive any mms right now. I've tried searching and I've tried a lot of things, but nothing seems to be working. I also miss my stock froyo as well. So I was wondering if I can revert back to the original stock froyo, but still be root.
I used rom manager and I backuped the orginal rom before I flashed the cm7 and the addons, but I don't know where it use or even how to go about it . Can I use that to revert back to the orginial rom and will I still be rooted?
I'm currently on the mytouch4g and if you know where I can download the rom for froyo please post a link.
thank you very much.
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Hey i also have a Mytouch 4G and i have looked around before but couldn't seem to find a Stock froyo rom that is rooted. I would recommend you use a different ROM other then CM7. There are plenty of roms in the mytouch 4g section. we also have a great dev TheDerekJay does an amazing job with keeping all his roms updated. im using his MIUI rom on my mytouch and im in love with it.
actually I just looked at my rom manager backup file. and it says the date for today... I used mybackup root to just back up my data because I was planning on changing my rom. So I'm seriously am confused now... I back uped the rom (froyo) just yesterday so shouldn't it say that 1/1/2012 instead of 1/2/2012? Should I just flash this backup anyway and hope for the best?
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actually I just looked at my rom manager backup file. and it says the date for today... I used mybackup root to just back up my data because I was planning on changing my rom. So I'm seriously am confused now... I back uped the rom (froyo) just yesterday so shouldn't it say that 1/1/2012 instead of 1/2/2012? Should I just flash this backup anyway and hope for the best?
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I should have the date and time when you did the backup...but if It was after midnight or your time zone is not correct that might affect the name. If it is the only backup you did then it must be it. Let me know after you flashed it how things resulted.
thanks glevitan. You were right the time zone is probably not set correctly. I restored the file and I'm back to the original stock froyo and I'm still rooted I'm very happy now. thank you so much.
mytouch4gnoob said:
thanks glevitan. You were right the time zone is probably not set correctly. I restored the file and I'm back to the original stock froyo and I'm still rooted I'm very happy now. thank you so much.
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You're welcome...enjoy your new/old rom. See ya!
I'm a little lost, I've been reading for days and can't seem to find my answer..here goes
Coming from droid1 were I could flash new to old and vice versa..had the s3 for a couple of weeks, I'm on beans 13 kernel lean1.0 and hd radio..the other day I was on clean 2.5, and before that on synergy..can I keep bouncing around like that, our do I need to do Odin thingie? I see were root'ers are Odin then taking this new update and looks like killer battery life..I don't really have a preference on roms , just nead a little help on doing it proper..txs
You can just keep flashing until you find a ROM you like. Odin is just basically when things are messed up and you need to go back to stock. I think it was RSD on the Droid 1.
Sent from my Galaxy S3 running Eclipse ROM V2.1
kintwofan said:
You can just keep flashing until you find a ROM you like. Odin is just basically when things are messed up and you need to go back to stock. I think it was RSD on the Droid 1.
Sent from my Galaxy S3 running Eclipse ROM V2.1
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You can flash it just to go back to stock. Doesn't have to be cause you messed the phone up. I think it's also good to do it occasionally with a pit file to wipe/fix all partitions (not just /system and /data, but ones like the hidden radio/GPS partition etc.)
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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You can flash it just to go back to stock. Doesn't have to be cause you messed the phone up. I think it's also good to do it occasionally with a pit file to wipe/fix all partitions (not just /system and /data, but ones like the hidden radio/GPS partition etc.)
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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Well of course you can use it to just go back to stock, but the average user only does it when they mess up. I do agree though I personally even I find my daily driver like to start fresh then flash the keeper ROM.
Sent from my Galaxy S3 running Eclipse ROM V2.1
Have been rooted since day of pre-order delivery. Have flashed multiple ICS/JB TW roms. I stay away from AOKP/CM roms just because of loss of features so can't report on those. I have never lost wifi or GPS. Never had sim card error. Had no problems with TWRP and haven't used CWM since worked with Koush on Tbolt problems. We worked those out and I still run CWM touch on Tbolt. Used Amon on Rezound. Recoveries are what you feel comfortable with. I use whatever works best for the device although that is irrelevant to this subject. I still use the old school clean wipe of data/cache/dalvic cache/system for all flashes on all devices and all recoveries. Ultimately have never had a reason to use Odin or go back to stock since initial root. Only bugs I have seen are rom related and nandroid back to working rom fixed it. There are differing opinions on what I have just posted but I have had no problems with flashing anything on my last 3 devices and have never bricked a phone even though I may flash 10 times a day for multiple devs on multiple devices. Maybe the old school recovery devs were on to something. Beats me.
Kool..I'm catching on., slowly..
Now If I do an Odin with pda can I use a rooted oem Rom to accomplish this newest leak that is said to have killer batt life?
takota6 said:
Kool..I'm catching on., slowly..
Now If I do an Odin with pda can I use a rooted oem Rom to accomplish this newest leak that is said to have killer batt life?
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Yes you can but they all have killer batter life. No need to Odin you can flash it in recovery. Only have to Odin stock RUU to get firmware update. If you do it could loose root and ability to unlock boot loader. You will have it as long as you keep it. As soon as you flash another rom it will wipe that one and you will be on the base that the rom is based on. This is why the devs update to latest bases whether they be leaks or official. Best you can do is flash newer radios and kernels unless the ROM Gods tell us to update firmware and then it will be checked and deemed safe. Never Odin/flash an OTA/leak unless it has been cleared by the Android Gods. I have only used Odin once and that was because that was only way to root on original pre-order. :laugh:
be sure to back up internal sd card
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I'm a little lost, I've been reading for days and can't seem to find my answer..here goes
Coming from droid1 were I could flash new to old and vice versa..had the s3 for a couple of weeks, I'm on beans 13 kernel lean1.0 and hd radio..the other day I was on clean 2.5, and before that on synergy..can I keep bouncing around like that, our do I need to do Odin thingie? I see were root'ers are Odin then taking this new update and looks like killer battery life..I don't really have a preference on roms , just nead a little help on doing it proper..txs
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Don't forget to back up internal sd card. Odin will wipe it when you flash.
After flashing a couple of ROMs today/attempting to, I am no longer recieving any service from my carrier.
Here is what I did:
I started off on Slim Bean 4.1.2 with working recipetion.
1. Attempt to flash Vahalla Black FB Edition. (Failed) It just wouldn't flash and TWRP said I had no OS installed.
2. Attempt to flash TFQ Vahalla Final Mod (Failed) Same problem.
3. Attempt to flash the Antrox Kernel linked in the TFQ Vahalla Final Mod.
4. Used Hemidall Back To Stock
5.Flashed Team Acid AOKP Milestone. (Worked) However, there is no recipetion now.
Any help would be appreciated thanks!
go to setting, about phone, or something and see waht it says for baseband. that will tell if a modem flashed properly or not.
Flash back to stock and stay there till you understand that your not following directions.
You have lost your imei.
And its very simple fix,and if you would follow instructions ....you wouldn't mess it up.
What I always do is after you format system ....remount system....
It should look like this.....unmount/system.
So long as it says that you will be fine.
Oh and btw...you can not flash back from ics or jb to gb without first flashing back to stock with a one click.
Shortbus-Driver said:
Flash back to stock and stay there till you understand that your not following directions.
You have lost your imei.
And its very simple fix,and if you would follow instructions ....you wouldn't mess it up.
What I always do is after you format system ....remount system....
It should look like this.....unmount/system.
So long as it says that you will be fine.
Oh and btw...you can not flash back from ics or jb to gb without first flashing back to stock with a one click.
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Thanks I think I've solved the problem.
Good deal!...
I remember that feeling of "oh crap"
Lol
Shortbus-Driver said:
Good deal!...
I remember that feeling of "oh crap"
Lol
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Service is working fine however, my goal was to go back to GingerBread but after I use the one-click back to stock, I am forced into a recovery mode that is unable to mount /system /cache /data and I can not flash anything except AOKP Milestone 6 which then works fine.
I don't know what's goin wrong for you.....I have only ever used Odin to flash back to stock
Gremlin remover one click and have never had an issue.
For those of you who took the 4.3 ota what is your opinion of the updated ,and did you come from a custom rom.I was thinking of talking official 4.3 just curious to here feedback on it ,I know once I do it bootloader is locked for good .I am on Liquid smooth love it but I miss the Samsung features and having a glitch free phone I know ill get back on the verizon ota, been running custom rom since first week of owning phone think im ready to go back stock as long as official 4.3 is good
=phatreno;49148087]For those of you who took the 4.3 ota what is your opinion of the updated ,and did you come from a custom rom.I was thinking of talking official 4.3 just curious to here feedback on it ,I know once I do it bootloader is locked for good .I am on Liquid smooth love it but I miss the Samsung features and having a glitch free phone I know ill get back on the verizon ota, been running custom rom since first week of owning phone think im ready to go back stock as long as official 4.3 is good[/QUOTE]
Why take the OTA when you can just flash the stock Rom? I personally like it but I've always liked TW roms
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=phatreno;49148087]For those of you who took the 4.3 ota what is your opinion of the updated ,and did you come from a custom rom.I was thinking of talking official 4.3 just curious to here feedback on it ,I know once I do it bootloader is locked for good .I am on Liquid smooth love it but I miss the Samsung features and having a glitch free phone I know ill get back on the verizon ota, been running custom rom since first week of owning phone think im ready to go back stock as long as official 4.3 is good
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Why take the OTA when you can just flash the stock Rom? I personally like it but I've always liked TW roms[/QUOTE
I know that there' one out there you can flash and maintain a unlocked bootloader but reading the thread sounds like there's a lot of issues with it I use my phone for work so need something 100% eliable Liquid is almost there but still have to do battery pulls get f/c's ,I did have another phone so it didn't matter now this is my only phone
let me rephrase that didn't mean take the ota but flash the official 4.3 which would lock boot loader to take the ota I would have to revert to stock then take the ota easier just flashing 4.3
After a long time flashing custom rom and kernel on my wife S3 and always hear complaints about issue, I decided to flash stock 4.3. Now she's happy with her phone, everything is working smoothly and the phone is pretty fast and snappy, battery life is the best. I have to say, 4.3 is a great improvement over 4.1.2. My recommendation is if you like to play around with flashing custom rom and ok with all the bugs hear and there then it would be fine, but if you want a daily driver, stable phone then stock 4.3 is the way to go. While she's on custom rom, many times when we at a party and when she tried to take picture the camera FC, or displayed weird color, the gps acting up, phone lockup needed to pull the battery to reset etc...Again, if you want a stable, good battery life, go with stock 4.3 and with just root.(I need root to install wifi tethering). Now she has a perfect phone and no more complaints.
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After a long time flashing custom rom and kernel on my wife S3 and always hear complaints about issue, I decided to flash stock 4.3. Now she's happy with her phone, everything is working smoothly and the phone is pretty fast and snappy, battery life is the best. I have to say, 4.3 is a great improvement over 4.1.2. My recommendation is if you like to play around with flashing custom rom and ok with all the bugs hear and there then it would be fine, but if you want a daily driver, stable phone then stock 4.3 is the way to go. While she's on custom rom, many times when we at a party and when she tried to take picture the camera FC, or displayed weird color, the gps acting up, phone lockup needed to pull the battery to reset etc...Again, if you want a stable, good battery life, go with stock 4.3 and with just root.(I need root to install wifi tethering). Now she has a perfect phone and no more complaints.
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that sounds like what I needed to here,did you flash 4.3 or revert to stock and take the ota not sure if there's a difference I already downloaded the stock 4.3
I've had zero issues on the 4.3 rom.
Make a backup and give it a run.
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that sounds like what I needed to here,did you flash 4.3 or revert to stock and take the ota not sure if there's a difference I already downloaded the stock 4.3
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It's depended on what apps you installed on your phone, most of them should be fine with 4.3. When ever I upgrade to a new version, I like a clean install. Do a factory reset (this will wipe all your installed apps and reset your phone back to factory condition, make sure you have a backup of your apps), then let the upgrade run. Once done use saferoot to root.
from crack flasher to stock
i've been a crack flasher since my DX days, having flashed just a couple days after getting my S3. I've been on Hyperdrive, Synergy, AOKP, OSE, stock and various versions of CM to include the best, Mastamoons unofficial.
had to get a replacement phone, and as i was setting it up, the damn thing updated to 4.3 itself.
now... i still get that crackflashing urge, but i will admit, i like having the phone stock. i can make it look like its on any of the other roms, just with minor alterations.
antenna's on the latest is the best i've ever seen, everything works great, and don't see the lag on 4.3 TW as on others.
guess i can live with this for a while, and i do have faith in the DEV community that someone will break the latest, just as in previous versions. But for now, i can live with stock as everything works great!
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buhohitr said:
It's depended on what apps you installed on your phone, most of them should be fine with 4.3. When ever I upgrade to a new version, I like a clean install. Do a factory reset (this will wipe all your installed apps and reset your phone back to factory condition, make sure you have a backup of your apps), then let the upgrade run. Once done use saferoot to root.
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ok thanks
Please go here for any further...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575661