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== Upgrade your Captivate to the SlimICS 3.9 Rom ==
My condition seems fairly unique:


* [http://www.slimroms.com/installation.htm Official page]
* Samsung Captivate (Model i896)
* Rogers Wireless (Canada)
* OSX (mac air, too small to install bootcamp)


* Download:
== Reference URLs (nothing verified working!) ==
** [http://code.google.com/p/slimics39/downloads/list Download Slimgapps, Base and the Essentials for your phone]
** [http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices Download CM9 for your phone]
 
* Process:
** [http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-root-your-android-phone-device/ Root your android]
** [http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-clockwork-recovery-to-your-android-phone/ Install ClockWork Mod (CWM)]
 
== Reference URLs ==
 
This is for the Samsung Captivate (Rogers Wireless Canada = Model = i896)


* [http://gleez.com/articles/did-you-know/samsung-secret-codes Secret codes]
* [http://gleez.com/articles/did-you-know/samsung-secret-codes Secret codes]

Revision as of 16:34, 2 July 2012

My condition seems fairly unique:

  • Samsung Captivate (Model i896)
  • Rogers Wireless (Canada)
  • OSX (mac air, too small to install bootcamp)

Reference URLs (nothing verified working!)


Steps that worked for me

$ tar xvf captivate-recovery-cwm5-kernel.tar
  • Start cellphone in download mode by holding volume down, power on, and plugging in the USB. Note: You have to have USB debugging turned on in system settings!
$ heimdall flash --kernel zImage


Stock image

I needed to go back to the stock Rogers Wireless image on osx. I downloaded the stock image, and ran heimdall in download mode:

$ heimdall flash --primary-boot boot.bin --cache cache.rfs  --factoryfs factoryfs.rfs  --secondary-boot Sbl.bin --kernel zImage --verbose