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[jqwest]

i tried to use super 1 click to unlock and nothing happens...I rooted my device just fine and installed serendipity but nothing happens when I click unlock button

 

[jqwest]

Not sure is this is the rigth forum but Thanks ahead of time...Coming from iphone and android is all new to me

 

[avgjoegeek]

I thought that the Captivate will only have 2G (Edge?) if you move to a different network i.e. T-Mobile as they are not compatible.

 

[iamprayl]

Thanks. Helps alot specially the forum on battery drain.

Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App

 

[Tiberius Reign]

Dialer went bad, so used Odin, then Kies, and it still doesn't work! HELP!

Ok, so Friday morning I woke up and my phone was stuck in exhibition (desk) mode. I had to remove the battery twice to get it to boot into android and stay there.

This is a NON ROOTED Captivate. Using stock Froyo from Kies.

After I get it into Froyo, I went to make a phone call, and then the dialer sends the call, and vanishes. The phone freezes. The call goes through, but I now have no access to the rest of the phone. No ability to use the dial pad, or even to shut off the phone. I have to manually remove the battery.

After 48 hours I was pissed off. I'm out of warranty with AT&T by a month because I bought it on launch day last year.

So I used Odin to reset it to stock Eclair, and tested it, worse than in Froyo! The phone actually froze and the call didn't even go through! So I re-updated via Kies.

I'm back to square one. I have no idea where to go from here. HELP! I don't want to suffer this until the Galaxy S 2's come out here in the states, and I don't want to flash it to a custom rom if at all possible. Resetting it to stock should have fixed the issue if it was software, right? So it has to be hardware, right? But how does that make sense that only the phone function would be affected?

HELP!

Thanks in advance,

Tiberius Reign

 

[Elleism]

Rooted, maybe?

I used Galaxy S 19000 One-Click Root to attempt my root..
The program said that rooting was a success..
Superuser was installed, and You can access the boot menu while powering on, however Titanium Back up continually says root failed..
Did I not root the phone? Is there something else I can do to check?
This is what the phone reads now, if that helps?
Firmware :
2.2
Baseband Version:
I897UCKB1
Kernel:
2.6.32.9
Build:
FROYO.UCKb1

 

[avgjoegeek]

Ok, so Friday morning I woke up and my phone was stuck in exhibition (desk) mode. I had to remove the battery twice to get it to boot into android and stay there.

This is a NON ROOTED Captivate. Using stock Froyo from Kies.

After I get it into Froyo, I went to make a phone call, and then the dialer sends the call, and vanishes. The phone freezes. The call goes through, but I now have no access to the rest of the phone. No ability to use the dial pad, or even to shut off the phone. I have to manually remove the battery.

After 48 hours I was pissed off. I'm out of warranty with AT&T by a month because I bought it on launch day last year.

So I used Odin to reset it to stock Eclair, and tested it, worse than in Froyo! The phone actually froze and the call didn't even go through! So I re-updated via Kies.

I'm back to square one. I have no idea where to go from here. HELP! I don't want to suffer this until the Galaxy S 2's come out here in the states, and I don't want to flash it to a custom rom if at all possible. Resetting it to stock should have fixed the issue if it was software, right? So it has to be hardware, right? But how does that make sense that only the phone function would be affected?

HELP!

Thanks in advance,

Tiberius Reign

I'd try doing a factory reset and format your SDCard - then use ODIN again to go back to stock and see if that at least gets your phone up and running.

Then I'd flash a basic ROM like Cognition until your SGII is available. But it could be your phone is fried? Try doing the above and see what happens.

 

[avgjoegeek]

I used Galaxy S 19000 One-Click Root to attempt my root..
The program said that rooting was a success..
Superuser was installed, and You can access the boot menu while powering on, however Titanium Back up continually says root failed..
Did I not root the phone? Is there something else I can do to check?
This is what the phone reads now, if that helps?
Firmware :
2.2
Baseband Version:
I897UCKB1
Kernel:
2.6.32.9
Build:
FROYO.UCKb1

I'd suggest getting the Toolbox and attempt to root it from that application. People have had good luck rooting it that way.

 

[0gravity1]

Thanks...

Thanks for putting all this very important info in one place. Very convenient to refer back to a single thread than to look at multiple ones.

 

[cal4877]

hey guys my captivate has been updated to the official gb version can i still use superone click to root?

 

[billd104]

Thanks for all of this info in one place!! Great job!!

 

[Noobee88]

Gingerbread 2.3.3?

On i896? Has anyone rooted? I seen in a few threads from a while ago that loss of GPS functionality may be an issue with rooting. Is this still the case?

 

[reinbeau]

On i896? Has anyone rooted? I seen in a few threads from a while ago that loss of GPS functionality may be an issue with rooting. Is this still the case?

I don't recall any threads regarding the loss of GPS because of rooting - and if there were any, they're wrong.

 

[avgjoegeek]

Never had an issue with rooting or installing a custom rom and related GPS issues. GPS just plain sucks on these phones period.

Although with the recent replacement (1010) I received the GPS is "less" flaky - but it still isn't really a working GPS.

Bottom line this is a known issue with the phone. I'm just waiting for my upgrade to become available and I will most likely be getting.... another Samsung phone

 

[slapperypete]

On i896? Has anyone rooted? I seen in a few threads from a while ago that loss of GPS functionality may be an issue with rooting. Is this still the case?

I'm on Rogers, rooted, and on the Serenity ROM. These instructions worked perfectly for me.

 

[BloodSkin]

bumping an important thread. sorry if this is "wrong" to do but this thread is gold and im sure its overlooked more than it shold be because its not near the top.

 

[avgjoegeek]

Thanks Bloodskin!

Anything that needs updating folks? I still lurk around - still have my Captivate - but I don't have as much time as I used to

Feel free to post here or PM with any updates!

 

[kevhuff]

Great post. You should have made step one, build/ or buy a jig. I see a lot of people jumping into flashing haphazardly before fully understanding the whole process. The most important thing is to be patient and READ

Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App

 

[uzbeque]

Can someone tell me why total sum of RAM on my captivate is less than total sum of RAM of HTC Nexus One?

on my phone, Apps/Running. it is showing that 192mb is used 146 free.

 

[4-2ndtwin]

^
Here ya go... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412192