【Guide】How To flash ANY Captivate ROM from Stock (including ICS)

[4-2ndtwin]

having trouble booting into recovery. any guaranteed way to do it?

See this thread. There is a section on how to get into Recovery... Captivate Connection Issues and Download Mode Help by jmtheiss.

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[TRusselo]

Post two of the spread contains all the information in the link above as well.. (hey 4-2ndwin)

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[4-2ndtwin]

Wuz up TRusselo...hope things r good ur way !
Later !

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[matase]

What do i need to flash through heimdall to get cwm . what i currently have on my gb i can't enter recovery

 

[TRusselo]

If your phone turns on, you CAN get into recovery. Read post 2.

Flash a custom gingerbread kernel to get cwm, they all have cwm.

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[EsromTech]

very nice

 

[NeftaliM]

How to flash Captivate back to stock! Weird case

Hi y'all
My captivate came stock froyo (second hand). Was able to use button combos to go into Download Mode and Recovery mode. I flashed to CM 7.2
Last week, after finding out a stable CM 9 was already out, I flashed and screen never went past CM 9 splash animated screen.
I tried to bring back to CM 7.2 and bricked the phone.

After many days of research (building a jig usb in order to get dl mode again) and trying everything out there, and i mean everything, the only way I was able to bring phone back to live was flashing it with I897UCKI2_noBL_BoogsKernel. Unfortunately i've lost all my button combos and there's no way I can get recovery mode. Tried the adb reboot recovery command in the sdk and phone won't go past AT&T logo.

The Odin one-click method is useless, for when it's halfway flashing (doing something to the cache file) connection is lost. The one click root wont work either. Still I897UCKI2_noBL_BoogsKernel makes phone functional with some minor screen glitches here and there. It just feels loaded and slower than it was with CM 7.2

All i want is get my captivate back to stock froyo in order to go to CM again!!!

Please advise!

Here's phone info:

Captivate: i897
Firmware: 2.3.5
Baseband version: I897UCKI2
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I897UCKI1-CL607313
No clockwork mod
No root access

 

[TRusselo]

Try a different usb cable with Odin. Or a different computer

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[matase]

If your phone turns on, you CAN get into recovery. Read post 2.

Flash a custom gingerbread kernel to get cwm, they all have cwm.

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I can get odin to flash a gb kernel. i tried different usb ports but i get stuck at "<ID:0/017> File analysis..
<ID:0/017> SetupConnection.."

 

[matase]

figured everything out, used a different computer and it is fine. thanks for help.

 

[aamperera]

Hi

I am new to android and i just got a Samsung captivate i897ucjh7
i would like to turn this to ICS or JB
i didn't found any A-Z step for this
after some reading i thought first convert to GB and then to ICS or JB Is this the way?

so i try to Odin method but i unable to find the neat-o ROM which is in step 2

I am beginner and please help
Thank you

 

[TRusselo]

These instructions let you go from anything to anything. The neat-o rom means any ROM you think is neat.

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[nosebleedXD]

hey trusselo, sorry to bother again, i think i bricked it again LOL, it now shows the i896 bootup and i897 afterwards cause i believe the speedmod was only for i897

and also, the any os method seems alot easier, but the dl link for it is dead

 

[TRusselo]

I am Canadian that means that I as well have the i896. the speedmod kernel is only to get CWM, not to boot your phone. read the next step boot into recovery

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[Dtone157]

I am noob

I've tried using many different method's for flashing clockwork recoverymod so that I can flash Cyanogenmod onto my Captivate, and specifically your Heimdall method has gotten me the farthest. Thank you for that.

With that said, I am still stuck! I have followed your instructions exactly as far as I can tell.
Now maybe it's because my phone is not rooted, or maybe it's because this kernel Isn't compatible with Cyanogenmod, but when I go to install Cyanogenmod from my sd card I get this:

-- Intall /sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted

Before I try anything, I'd like to get a second opinion from an expert. Please let me know if I've done something wrong or what I need to do to fix the problem. I've tried both Cyanogenmod 7 and Cyanogenmod 9 stable releases, and I am currently running the newest Gingerbread update from Samsung Kies.

 

[TRusselo]

When dealing with cyanogen mod use their instructions.

On the captivate, clockwork mod recovery is built into all custom kernels. Many custom kernels have an option to disable signature verification in the CWM options

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[Dtone157]

still need help

When dealing with cyanogen mod use their instructions.

On the captivate, clockwork mod recovery is built into all custom kernels. Many custom kernels have an option to disable signature verification in the CWM options

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I've never had much luck using the Cyanogenmod method. I haven't had any luck using the mtcarey's kernel they say to use for captivate. When I tried before, I was running on FROYO, but now I'm on Gingerbread, so I will try again now and let you know what happens.

 

[TRusselo]

personally never been a fan of cyanogenmod (though its a good rom).

for my captivate i run AOKP (android open kang project milestone 6) friggin awesome rom. and easier to install with this guide.

 

[Dtone157]

This is the first time I have installed any ROM to any phone, and I am also new to root.
Being new to root I came across cyanogenmod and I have to say that it looks better that the stock I'm using now. I'm sure in the near future I'll be suing something else but I'd like to try cm 9 first.

Am I replying correctly? When looking at the forums my replies look different from everyone else's..

Edit: I think I've figured out how to reply properly.

Edit: I now have Cyanogenmod! I don't know if I should credit you or if it's because I upgraded to Gingerbread but either way, thank you.

 

[TRusselo]

root just gives you permission to read/write to the system area.

all custom roms come rooted.
this guide lets you skip rooting and get straight to flashing.


AOKP uses many features of CM but take it a few steps further with more customization. if you think you will like CM, you WILL LOVE aokp. i promise.