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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dhekke:
I bought my first Android about 2 months ago (Samsung Captivate) and I've been mostly happy with it.

The phone had about a week of use and was just like new, but I believe the seller had flashed it and maybe that has something to do with my issue, but I'm not sure.

The thing is that my phone will eventually "forget" my unlock pattern. That is, it will tell me I've input the wrong pattern, even though it's correct, and locking me out until I login to my Google account.

I've tried changing the code, resetting the locking options and choosing pattern lock again, but to no avail.. it would still lock me out. I wasn't able to discover anything that would trigger the error, seems to be random. After a few weeks, I started using the password lock, but the same happened, only this time I can't use my google account to unlock it (the "forgot password?" button doesn't show up), so I'm locked out of my phone.

The captivate also seemed to forget some other settings (like icons, dock configuration, some minor stuff), but nothing really, really annoying.

I don't know any way to solve this other than performing a hard reset, but I wanna be sure that's the only option I have before doing it. There's a few files - specially from the voice recorder - that I would like not to lose, so if there's a way to backup the files before resetting, I ask for help on how to do it.

As I said, I believe the phone was already flashed when I bought it (phone info is at the bottom), and maybe the ROM is buggy. I looked here in the forums and I think my ROM is discontinued, and since I'm pretty sure I'll end up re-flashing it, if anyone can point to a "spiritual successor" to my ROM, if there's any, I'd really appreciate it.

Hope anyone can help me out... now for phone info:

Firmware version 2.2

Kernel version 2.6.32.9 CogKernel4_by_Designgears #767

Build number Perception Build 9

(The phone is unlocked, if that's any help)

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emcnelly:
You shouldn't* have to do a hard reset that would make you lose any of your personal files just files stored in apps and depending on the build of your phone which is under the battery you could use Odin 1 click to take it back to stock and yes the previous owner had flashed a Custom Rom and left it on there :p
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dhekke:
Ok, I hard resetted the phone... I'll use it for a bit to see if the problem happens again. But I'm not hopeful
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venomio:
I suggest just flashing a new ROM. Before that though, I suggest going to stock first, then doing a 'Master Clear' to make sure everything is nice, clean, and as "fresh" as new.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dhekke:
Yeah, I was reading some installation instructions (that if I may say, really need a go-to beginner's guide) and pretty much all of them recommend going to stock.

Can Odin run on linux (Ubuntu)?
[Networking] Davey Boy:
I was wondering, is it possible to "disable" WiFi scanning once connected to a preferred network? I'm just guessing but does it use so little memory/battery to continually scan every few seconds that nobody has bothered to develop a script or app that allows this to be done?

I had a quick search on Google and the forums here but yielded little to go on.

I'm using a custom ROM atm based on Froyo 2.2.1.

Any help would be ideal. Thanks!
[Networking] turbo614:
depending on your phone,cant you uncheck "notify me when an open network is available"?
[Networking] Superorb:
Unchecking this doesn't stop it from scanning, it just stops it from notifying you of an open network. It will still scan around.
[Networking] Davey Boy:
I'm guessing the answer is no then? :P

Not to worry. Thanks.
[Networking] Superorb:
Once you're connected to a network it does not scan for new networks unless you're on the networks screen and then it will scan for them. Close the screen and it stops scanning.
[Networking] PieceKeepr:
I would argue that. Phones differ for sure, but mine (Eris) scans for networks and puts an icon in the status bar showing available networks if I leave wi-fi turned on. If I then open the networks screen it will show me all available networks, locked and open, but it scans regardless. It does use battery power, but a relatively small amount.
[Networking] Superorb:
It does scan, but not constantly. Something like every few minutes or so. Maybe it's just the ROM I'm running that does this though.
[Networking] Davey Boy:
Yea, my phone notifies me of available networks within range, whether on the Wi-Fi screen or not.

While I appreciate the battery/memory usage may be minimal, with the aim of optimizing my phone, an app that could disable/enable Wi-Fi scanning would be great. Am I the only person who thinks this?! Lol.
[Networking] Superorb:
I agree. I only use wifi when I'm at home. I also use Green Power, and that will disable wifi if 3g is enabled. When connected to wifi my ROM will still scan for new networks every few minutes. I'd like a way to completely disable wifi scanning.
[Networking] carlos67:
@Davey Boy

I too wonder about this. Like you, when on the wifi settings page it seems to scan every 12 seconds or so even though I am connected to my home network. People have said that it only does this when in that particular screen but how do they know this?

I would like to think they are right but is there any way to prove it?

Please let me know if you get anywhere with this.:)
[Networking] wranglerray:
Yea unfortuately all wifi connections scan due to ip leases. Depending on the router after a certain amount of time in dhcp mode your ip address expires and then is re-issued. Another reason the wifi card pings the router to ensure the connection is still alive. So honestly to stay connected the wifi needs to scan.
[Networking] Superorb:
Pinging the router every few minutes is different from scanning for networks. Also, lease time is normally 24+ hours, so there is no need to constantly scan for networks or ping the router.
[Networking] GroovyMotion:
I too am wondering why we can't specify a prefered network and not bother scanning for others! I also have to kill wi-fi sharing service (with android optimizer) everytime I enable wi-fi
[Networking] ema123:
I have same problem after upgrading to 2.3 Wi-Fi shown as it is Active, but it is turning off and on and scaning and off again all times

hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllp hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllp

heeeeeeeeeeelp

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[Networking] ema123:
I have same problem after upgrading to 2.3.5 Wi-Fi shown as it is Active, but it is turning off and on and scaning and off again all times
[Networking] ema123:
sorry...........
[Networking] aslamzohaib:
Old topic but still interested. Any workaround found?:confused:
[Networking] Nizda1:
You can change the speed to a ridiculous amount of time. In your build.prop WiFi.supplicant.scan.interval should be set to a number of seconds. It is not advised to say change it to 24000000000000. Or something insane because if u lose signal it won't be reconnecting for you until that time is up.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huy302:
Hi guys,

I'm trying to build an application that can crawl personal information of the phone user (like gmail address, facebook id, phone's name, owner's name, current phone number, contact list ...)

I believe these information is available on the phone (can be accessed via settings page) and can be retrieved, but I have found no solution so far

Any advice will be greatly appreciated
[Atrix 4G General] cordell507:
i have just sent an e-mail to moto:

Motorola really needs to get their act together with the Atrix bootloader as well as ya'lls attitude with it. developers want a way to put apps on devices and run things that we want on our devices. does it really matter if the bootloader is unlocked because the average user won't know the difference but what does motorola have against developers, it's OUR DEVICE we should be able to do what we want with it. motorola makes a phone as powerful as the Atrix and does all this crap to it. developers and people that would take advantage of an open bootloader wouldn't care if they were to void their warranty but at that time motorola would be saving tons of money by doing so and also making an exponential number of new customers. call it the worlds most powerful smartphone but limit it on what it can do.

i know it wont do anything but its worth a shot
[Atrix 4G General] dLo GSR:
I fail to see the connection here. The average customer doesn't know the difference. So I don't expect Moto to give a crap about opening the bootloader, because the average customer represents 90% of their customer base. That 10%, we are negligible to them, and certainly will not be an exponential amount of new customers. People will still buy their products regardless.

I also don't see hwo it would save them "tons of money."

Not against modding, just playing the devil's advocate. All these angry e-mails and online petitions aren't going to do anything.
[Atrix 4G General] begadkepat:
Hmm. You have an interesting writing style?

...

I'm not sure what you want out of this thread. You're preaching to the choir here.
[Atrix 4G General] Exador:
Motorola is run by the biggest group of idiots in the industry. They can go to hell.
[Atrix 4G General] cordell507:
and burn their for eternity
[Atrix 4G General] live4nyy:
They would save money because they wouldn't have to honor warranties on their phones.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcfan491:
I'm trying to use full odin(1.7) to go back to stock an at&t captivate. I've used odin one click before without a problem, but i would like to do this with the full version of odin. I watched the tutorial video from the stickies in this forum.

I downloaded an odin+pit file I found here on xda. odin recognizes my phone, but when i go to pit I have three pit file choices(S1_odin_20100512.pit, S1_odin_20100513.pit, S1_odin_20100512.pit) and no matter which one I click, I cant find a rar file when I click pda.

I've now downloaded a couple of different rar files: I897UCJH7.rar, and I897UCJH2.rar

I dont know which one to use, or even if I'm choosing the right pit file.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venomio:
You have to unrar them first... The .pit and .tar should be in there.

A nice easy way to do this is explained in: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=995143
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcfan491:
which one should i use? I don't know what the difference is
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venomio:
I've just modified my first post. Follow the instructions there :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ogxku5h:
So i have rooted my phone using Bubby's one click. have cwm 3.x.x.x installed whatever the latest is and also have Cm7 rc2 running. I am trying to get into recovery to flash a different GB rom but everytime i try from Hboot AND rom manager, it just gets stuck at a black screen and nothing happens. does anyone else have this problem? if so, how can i fix it!

Also, I should state that I am using whatever radio was pushed to my phone during the rooting process. Also stock kernel.
[HTC Inspire 4G] newter55:
Check the faq's in buddy's thread.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hermanlf:
Greets members. This is my first post. I did a search for my problem and was unable to find any results.

I just flashed the latest stable Mikfroyo 4.5 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=883026 on my Evo 4G. Works great but I would also like to have the modified HTC dock in the same thread a ways down. To help you understand what I am talking about, here is a picture.

*edit* forum won't let me add a picture since I am new. Oh well. What I am referring to is the Dock, drawer and the "+" that sits at the very bottom of all the workspaces.

Stock HTC Green w/ App Drawer Middle (Right Remappable) for 4x5 is what I am looking for. Just FYI, all the links for all the colors are broken. Can you please fix the links or point me to a place where I can get them?

Also, is the "Sprint Hotspot" app in this ROM hacked so that sprint won't be able to tell I'm using a tether? Or do I need to use another tethering app?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madflasher:
edit: this a page from chingy51o themes and mods for 4.5 users. not sure why the DL links are down but happens sometimes...and the hotspot hack should work.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893233
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddriver3487:
I was wondering if there was any way to replace the camera app with vignette? What I want is to open camera, but it opens vignette instead. Is that even possible?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] DTAnthony:
I'm basically just looking for the feature of manually adding my contacts facebook pages into their contact tab.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ohshootrawr:
I kinda want the same feature. The MT4G rom was the first rom I flashed on my g2, and I loved being able to keep nicknames while still syncing contacts correctly.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ohshootrawr:
I REFUSE TO LET THIS POST DIE! There has to be some brave soul out there willing to try this xD
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadowmoses:
I'm not sure that its possible to do I'm no dev. So I wouldn't say its impossible but I've never seen it done on a non sense rom. But if you know anything about adb you could try pushing the phone.apk or whatever its called into your rom but I wouldn't due to coding issues it would prolly brick the device worst case scenario or might do nothing. If you really want it that bad I suppose you could try it. Don't hold me responsible if your phone bricks or if it detonates a nuke lol. Good luck
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Mardenator:
sorry, but which MT4G ROM are you referring to? I've searched all over but i can't find one for the G2. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] lainvalenajr:
There's one fromm evil I think
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ohshootrawr:
Nah, I'm no dev. And I certainly wouldn't wanna blow up my phone xD ill try bring it up with some of the devs, I might get lucky xD
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mejorguille:
Go into the contact you want to keep, hit menu, hit edit contact, hit menu, hit join, selct and done. Its unintuitive but it works.

Also try an alternative dialer from the market. Maybe dialer one?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] jayb222:
Use dialer one from the market. Same type of dialer you're looking for. You can change the theme of it to vray, black or white too. Awesome!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] antonio824:
This is awesome...wish I could hit the thanks button from the xda app!!
[HD2 General] khanvict85:
I have a t-mobile hd2. Once I get it unlocked I plan to take it on virgin mobile. They have a good prepaid plan for 25/month with 300 voice and unlimited data+txt which seems perfect for me.

Should I expect it to work like normal? Are there any limitations (would I get 3g speeds)? Will I need to change settings around?
[HD2 General] Segnaro:
HD2 is GSM. Virgin Mobile is CDMA. So it isn't going to work.

Virgin Mobile only lets you use the devices they sell anyway.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
oops, thought u meant virgin mobile UK - post deleted
[HD2 General] khanvict85:
D=

this is the suck.

which prepaid services are GSM aside from AT&T-mobile? I think boost mobile has both GSM and cdma?

edit: nevermind, they use iDen and not gsm. double D= D=
[HD2 General] mpdt:
I have come across a gsm provider called simple mobile. I'm going to give them a call later in the week. Just in case At&T does buy T-Mobile.
[HD2 General] inuyasha1999:
Simple Mobile is a MVNO operating on T-Mobile's network. Not sure what is going to happen with them, yet.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] gkarthik16:
Hi guys,

I recently upgraded my LG Optimus One to Android 2.2.2 through the LG support tool. After upgrading, Swype was working properly for a couple of days. Later, I got a mail from Swype saying that they've updated the beta. They mentioned that any installations of Swype should be removed before installing the new beta.

I did as I was told. But when downloading the new swype beta, the downloading loader animation keeps on running but there is no progress. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling the Swype installer/Swype but to no avail.

Now I'm back to the stock Android keyboard :(

Can anybody please help me out on this??? Got addicted to Swype :)

Thanks in advance,

Karthik
[Optimus One, P500, V General] socialdistortion:
Google up for a installation file of swype (.apk) and install from it. Just make sure the version is HVGA compatible.

No reason why it shouldn't work.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] gkarthik16:
Thank you. Will try it out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solohendo:
Love this rom, but has anyone had issues with gmail forceclose? not email just gmail
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] napdragon001:
I have Dragon RC6.1 full rom flashed straight from stock 2.1, now i've got a "ernel Panic Pload Mode" message in green with RST_STAT=0x4, PWIC_IRQ1=0xe8, PWIC_IRQ2=0x0, PWIC_IRQ3=0x0, PWIC_IRQ4=0x0, PWIC_STATUS1=0x40, PWIC_STATUS2=0x2c in red. Anybody know what does that mean? It had occurred twice over the span of a week while phone was idle/charging.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Time_Zone:
My wifi kept quick cycling on and off.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BAleR:
Does anybody know what the apk for photobucket is called? I cant find it under system/app
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ra990:
I just rooted my G2 yesterday and got rid of all the useless apps that Tmobile included in the stock ROM. If you are rooted, just use Titanium Backup to delete the apps you don't want. You will see a list of all the apps on your phone under the backup/restore section of Titanium, click on the app and touch un-install and its gone. Couldn't be easier, however you do need to be rooted.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melodicjunkie:
Yep..

I don't use Titanium Backup, no reason I just seen it installed when I installed a rom, than I deleted it because I didn't think I would need it, Rom Manager allows me to do back-ups, and I use Root Uninstaller app to delete my stock apps.

I don't deny Titanium Backup is good, I just never used it. I may check it out later though. Root Uninstaller allows you to backup your apps, but you have to pay to restore them with the full version, and I bet Titanium Backup allows you to do it for free, but whatever?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rye_droid:
any one rooted the galaxy s 4g ?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] chadster214:
Please use the search button before posting..

Sent from my SGH-T959V
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bl4ckpheniX:
Lol, that means yes. Check the dev thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] REDHAT1226:
Yea

real easy just use super one click app http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rogerperk:
My question is, silly me, WHY root? I ask because I rooted an HD2 previously and a Nook Color but in those cases I was gaining functinality I did not have. In the case of the HD2 it was a disaster, which is why I'm now on the Galaxy.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
Why root GalaxyS 4g? For the Voodoo Control Plus app if nothing else. My phone sounds unbelievable now. Great app for a noobie like me. Just download from the market.

Spinnackernut
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bl4ckpheniX:
There are many reasons to root this device.

you can remove all the crap apps that T-mobile put on the phone. (all it does is slow it down)

Load custom ROM's

Install apps that require root access.

Change the look of the phone by theme mods

OverClock the device to make it run faster. (requires custom kernel)

undervolt the device to make it more efficient on the battery. (requires custom kernel)

Make back-up of the phone incase anything goes wrong.

there are other reasons I am sure, but these are some of the main reasons for me. :D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Coslaw:
The reason I rooted my phone was to do a fota fix, now I have 400 mbs of space to download apps, I also got an ad blocker
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] krylon360:
and the reason you bumped a month old thread was because?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Misuka:
I did it because I wanted to remove all those crap apps
[Android Software Development] hyperbyteX:
is there an easy/built in way of detecting if the phone is being shaken or do you have to manually code for it using accelerometer input?
[Android Software Development] Dark3n:
You have to manually code it.
[Android Software Development] somewhatdog:
As they said - you have to check the accelerometers manually.

I use something like this

float speed = Math.abs(fx-shakeLastData[0]+fy-shakeLastData[1]+fz-shakeLastData[2]);

When fx/fy/fz are the current accel readings and shakeLastData is an array of the previous readings.

Note: I only check this once every 100ms and a result > 16 is a 'shake'.

Word of advice - I originally had a value of about 6-8 in there and it seemed fine until someone was playing it on a bus and it 'shook' constantly. I had to increase the threshold to where it is now before it could deal with people playing in moving vehicles :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] VenezuelaDan:
So now that the HTC Arrive has come out (with NoDo installed on it), how long till someone gets one an takes a crack at 'jailbreaking' it like ChevronWP7 did before? :D

My apologies to ~~Tito~~ for misplacing my thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12252216#post12252216).

Will be more careful in the future.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Crimson Lotus:
you do realize that the release isn't even a week old right? matter of fact make that 3-days. On top of that, the official release for NoDo hasn't even been release.

:rolleyes:
[Windows Phone 7 General] Floods7:
An old article but I thought it was relivant.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/new-windows-phone-7-jailbreak-in-the-pipeline/11047

Soon we will have another tool to jailbreak our WP7s.. This is suppose to be much more reliable becasue it does not allow Microsoft to re lock the device.

"The tool also allows users to manage their applications, explore devices, create device backups, add ring-tones and sync favorites."

I cant wait to download!!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] hr_kaleu:
Schaps told us on his page that he will NOT include his jailbreak tool...

Because I was bored getting hundreds of emails from people asking me to send them WP Device Manager so they can continue to use pirated applications, and because there will be a short term solution for homebrews, I decided not to include my jailbreak tool. I respect other developers and I don’t want to be responsible for piracy, I’ve been contacted by Brandon Watson from Microsoft and I wish to be involved in the official homebrew support on Windows Phone.

found on touchxperience.com
[Windows Phone 7 General] cyclical:
Well, the less piracy a OS has the more developers will be inclined to develop for it. If you were going to sell your software and new that on one platform it was very difficult to pirate your software, you would be more inclined to support that platform.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nick109:
that's not necessarily true, there are other factors beside piracy that a developer considers such as # of users, incentive, etc, in fact i have never heard a dev quote piracy as a concern

but anyway, unlock does not have to mean piracy, it's just business and a way of overprotection to keep the os tight and closed - in fact with chevron we've seen more innovations from our own community than from microsoft, one of the biggest being the instant multitasking
[Windows Phone 7 General] professorwol:
that is just wrong windows as an OS has got to have more software combined then Linux and Apple, also I havent even taken into account the fact that the IPHONE is basically a pirating device, the term "jail break" originally comes from the iphone so I dont know what you are smoking when you say piracy would reduce the amount of developers on a platform.

you need to stop drinking that developer kool-aid my friend