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[Captivate Android Development] GGXtreme:
Hmm...I have no idea why this happened, but after I performed a factory reset and flashed 5.3, all video files on both my internal and external SD card (throughout various folders) are completely gone. They files are completely deleted, it's not an issue of the player seeing them. All my other files are still there though. :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] Cezar`:
If there is nothing mentioned about cheking / un-checking options it means that no other actions are needed. If something needs to be changed/checked/unchecked, it is mentioned.
[Captivate Android Development] Cezar`:
There is absolutely nothing in the installation script that could do that. Did you try to mount the phone on PC and see if the movies are not there?

EDIT: I performed as well factory reset and installation right after, all my videos are still there
[Captivate Android Development] GGXtreme:
Yea, they're actually gone (and I know it makes absolutely no sense, but such is my luck with technology >_>). It seems that all of my photos and PDF's were deleted as well, but my music is still there. I have backups of most of them and I'm trying to recover the rest of the files with a utility. Not a big deal if I can get everything working smoothly after this.

Considering that this only affected files that Android makes image previews for, it's like the media scanner nuked all of my phone's memory :(
[Captivate Android Development] Cezar`:
Try using other launcher than touchwiz one and you will have almost 0 lag

Make sure you reboot after that, so TW launcher wont run in background.
[Captivate Android Development] GGXtreme:
Well ****, seriously Samsung? http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3692
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
Wow. This is why I like to return to stock and start fresh each time I switch ROMs. I do not see where a factory reset would have removed the .nomedia folder/file.

Although to late to help you, good find. Thanks for sharing it.
[Captivate Android Development] GGXtreme:
Flashing to stock doesn't delete .nomedia files either, although why would I want it to? I put them there for a reason.
[Captivate Android Development] know8677:
Considering going back to RC3. I used it the longest and it had the least lag for me.
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
Which kernel are you using? If Talon, check out post 835 in the Existz thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1050206&page=84
[Captivate Android Development] elfie:
+1

by the way you can make a nandroid backup before tweeking and restore the backup if things don't go well. That is what I do.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Ok. So far so good. Got everything flashed. Everything booted, no boot loops. Restoring apps/apk data now. I did add a step that i don't think was mentioned in the op. When i did the factory reset and cache wipe AFTER i flashed, I also wiped the Dalvik cache. Everything went great.

Also, I am going to assume the theme can be cooked in UOT since cezar hooked us up with the theme download. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.
[Captivate Android Development] tietherope:
I used to use Spare Parts to see if any activities such as "dialer" was causing a wake lock. This aspect of spare parts will no longer work, I imagine because the battery usage section in the settings has more info now?

Does anyone know how to check for wake locks now? I use it daily.

Thanks!

Edit: I also used to be able to see how long the phone had been powered on vs. running. Same with wifi and bluetooth etc.
[Captivate Android Development] elfie:
I don't know about the theme template he gave, but before that I had pulled out my framework-RES.apk and the SystemUI.apk using root explorer and used them for theming at UOT.

Most of the things worked.
[Captivate Android Development] Swishaa:
Im loving this rom man thanks :D
[Captivate Android Development] nyydynasty:
yeah, a few people (including myself) made that mistake and didn't do that step. But that's definitely required or everything will FC at boot.

Otherwise, everything works great and its really smooth - kudos to icezar
[Captivate Android Development] DiscipleDOC:
How do you add themes?
[Captivate Android Development] KonaZXIII:
Mine have all come from the I9000 forums. Look for JVB themes and install with CWM.
[Captivate Android Development] DiscipleDOC:
Thanks, but what is the theme template zip file for?
[Captivate Android Development] jhr5474:
This ROM bricked my phone

Just a warning I flashed this rom yesterday and when I went back to stock my phone went to reboot and Turned black. Never turned on again. So I have a pretty brick. I am not the only one that this has happened to with this rom, so be careful. You have been warned.

I have tried everything to get back my phone jig and all. Samsung says they will replace it. Told them a kies update did it, we will see what happens.
[Captivate Android Development] KonaZXIII:
For themers to make themes specific to this ROM.
[Captivate Android Development] KonaZXIII:
Wait. What?

Is anyone working on a solution to this?
[Captivate Android Development] OBatRFan:
When this ROM and other GB ROMs become CWM flashable, will bootloaders need to be installed first?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
You were made aware of the risk BEFORE you downloaded the first file. Also, considering the success of so many others, myself included, it was not a problem with the rom.
[Captivate Android Development] Uncle Irish:
Confirmed

If you use ODIN to try to go back to stock and have the joy of a black screen afterward, a jig won't fix it. :mad:

AT&T warranty center just replaced mine with an 1103 date phone.

I'd suggest more testing be done and pulling the ROM until then.
[Captivate Android Development] harpo1:
It's not the ROM. Several people have reported going back to stock with no problems. If it were the ROM everyone would be having this problem. Not all phones are created equal that's why the devs put the warning in the OP to flash at your own risk.
[Captivate Android Development] Uncle Irish:
Two separate phones with separate build dates?

Also a 3rd did not use ODIN but the stock ROM posted in a thread here and the same issue. Seems kind of odd that I have watched it happen to 3 handsets today

I think we all know the risks involved, but having seen it first hand, my guess is the bootloader option that causes some headaches.
[Captivate Android Development] Dieabolical:
E-mail FC's on me after setting up my comcast.net account. Not a huge deal since I use Gmail mostly anyway. Everything else besides the known issues work great. None of these are deal breakers for me.
[Captivate Android Development] mbc663:
im staying glued to this post. im very glad i waited to here the bad news people are having before flashing. was so close to jumping from serendipity till last night.
[Captivate Android Development] Uncle Irish:
Don't blame the DEV for this though. He did good work. These are things that are unforeseen and cannot always be noticed. As the OP stated, there's a chance to brick your phone and he stated it's on BETA also.

The only reason I am mad is because I lost my cool etched glass on my main cap. Always had decent GPS with that one too.
[Captivate Android Development] golfslicer:
OK, I have 2 captivates. First one I flashed everything back to stock and repartitioned with odin flashed the bootloaders etc. No lag. The other captivate was running GR12 so I did a factory reset in cwm and cleared the cache, then flashed 5.3. The first captivate has no lag. The second captivate has a lag present and is very apparent when they are run side by side. Do I need to completely flash back to stock with a repartition to fix the second captivate? Everything is installed the same on both.
[Captivate Android Development] PhillyFlyer:
Hey all. I know someone's posted this somewhere already - this thread has just gotten too long to go routing through to find it. BUT, when my phone charges to 100% it begins to drop and drop and drop so by the time I wake up and I pull it off charger its down to 80 or lower. Please any fixes or ideas to fix this? I tried reflashing I did battery callibrations n nothing works.
[Captivate Android Development] neubauej:
This is a Gingerbread issue. Nobody has fixed it yet, as it does not happen on all Phones.

Search is your friend.
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
Here is a forum for your question. But as stated above, it is something that happens to GB roms but not to all phones.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1067254
[Captivate Android Development] raven2000:
I went back to RC3 and it seems phone is on a different level altogether. IMHO RC3 has been the best build. Before someone blames TouchWiz I use ADW EX.
[Captivate Android Development] rnewton01:
I found that my phone doesn't get along with the talon kernel at all. Anyone who was running far better in the early RC's of this rom may want to flash xcal's kernel with odin after flashing this rom. Thats what I've been doing, and my phone has never been better. And my battery life is great.
[Captivate Android Development] MaxRabbit:
I'm going to have to ask a newb question for a minute... must I convert back to RFS before flashing 5.3 on top of 5.2?
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
No since it is the same kernel.

Your question is already answered on the OP with the download link:

5/6/2011 - v5.3 - Download | Mirror md5: 1E05275EFF20371295612F9D80590ADA

*

non-wipe

release , however, emails and email account will be wiped *

* davik cache is wiped, initial boot will take a while *

* flash over v5.2. If you come from an earlier release, it is recommended that you perform a factory reset *

* no need to disable lagfix *

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

* preferably flash with power cable unplugged *

* if you're running a gingerbread ROM, you do not need to update bootloaders! (because you have them already...)*

* if you're caught in a boot loop, reboot in recovery and just install the rom again *
[Captivate Android Development] golfslicer:
Note: It appears that flashing from GR12 to Continuum 5.3 will work, however, I found out that the phone will lag if you do. Maybe it is because 5.3 is a non wipe version. I compared two different Captivates. This was not done on purpose, but the lag on the phone flashed from GR12 was irritating. I found that flashing back to stock, Master Clear, Moving all my files back to the interal sd and then reflashing Continuum 5 takes away the lag at least to the point it is as fast as the other Captivate.

2. I second the motion that Go Launcher EX is the best of the free Launchers.

3. The Paul Diddy Theme that someone mention earlier is almost exactly the theme I have been looking for except the dialer, I like the dialer from GingerBlack. That is easy enough to change.

4. Still want the camera from GR12, can anyone make it work without force closes when you select an image to view.

5. This rom is great, keep up the good work.

6. Looking forward to the release of Talon 1.6 today.

This was a pain and time consuming, but it was worth the effort, got rid of the lag.
[Captivate Android Development] Ymodem-G:
I'm not sure if other people are seeing this, but MSN Talk on 5.3 for me just hammers my battery. I've had to stop running it.

It's also possible that it's always drained power like that, but the system wasn't reporting it pre-gingerbread.
[Captivate Android Development] shoman94:
Going back to stock is not difficult at all... I do it all the time. I like fresh
[Captivate Android Development] Storm T:
Never tried it on the phone but I'll give it a shot and report back.
[Captivate Android Development] shoman94:
Well... I look at it like this: People are on here... I don't do it like this, I don't do it like that. The same people usually complain about things like lag. Even before with froyo... I go to stock using one click, master clear and go to whatever rom.

I've never complained about lag.

Just my opinion..............
[Captivate Android Development] LNJ:
Don't be lazy people.

Samsung Galaxy S i896 on Cezar's Continuum v5 GingerBread
[Captivate Android Development] Storm T:
Complaints

I never complain about anything when Cezar is nice enough to do this for I'm sure what are small amounts of donations though I hope I'm wrong and hope he's getting lots. I was about ready to trash my Captivate and then found this and now I love my phone.
[Captivate Android Development] Storm T:
Human nature I'm afraid. lol :)
[Captivate Android Development] shoman94:
Since C4 I haven't looked at another rom. :)
[Captivate Android Development] Storm T:
I never say never but I'm quite sure I won't look at another one either. Except for the fact that I'm due for an upgrade in a few months and looking at the S2 but who knows by then what will be out. That will suck to leave this rom.
[Captivate Android Development] shoman94:
Well... cezar will have one of those to hopefully.... thats what is donation fund is saving for. :)

I"ll be looking at getting that as well.
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
Reverting to 1.4 seems to help lag. Existz said he is releasing 1.6 today or tommorow and it is meant to fix lag issue....the issue is real and one of these days someones gonna find the culprit. 1.4 DOES help tho.
[Captivate Android Development] Geezer000:
Exactly, I find that reverting back to Xcals kernel makes the lag disappear. It has nothing to do with Cezars ROM which i'm happily back to after a foray into Mosaic.

Thanks Dude! Awesome ROM
[Captivate Android Development] chrisd000111:
I love the rom but im having trouble getting my apps to stick. after i restore my apps i reboot and they disappear. Could this be a bad flash problem or can i do something about it. thanks a lot
[Captivate Android Development] Storm T:
Awesome!

I was actually going to suggest that everyone pitch in and help buy him one of those. lol That is great news!:D
[Captivate Android Development] shoman94:
I'm on .1.6 test 6 which is the version that is supposed to be released today. I can tell you that it is definitely better then .1.5
[Captivate Android Development] Storm T:
Fine on mine

No battery drain on mine. I mean just the norm. No excess.
[Captivate Android Development] shoman94:
perform a wipe reset and cache reset in CWM then reflash 5.3 I have no disappearing apps but then again... I dislike using TiBU. I always install apps fresh.
[Captivate Android Development] LNJ:
I mentioned it before and Existz confirmed it as well that the only reason 0.1.4 seems snappier is because the LMK value was set very aggressively compared to 0.1.5

You can fix this with a minfree manager like Auto Killer Memory Optimizer and setting a Strict or Aggressive profile so it kills background apps sooner and gives you more available RAM.

The Cappy runs a little sluggish when she has less than 60mb free.

So for those running 5.3 and still think it could be faster, try the above suggestion before reverting to 0.1.4

You can compare the LMK settings on both kernel versions by selecting System Defaults in presets of Auto Killer.

Samsung Galaxy S i896 on Cezar's Continuum v5 GingerBread
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
Thanx for that info shoman. Even more anxious now :D
[Captivate Android Development] LNJ:
That version has been running great for me since late last night as well.

Samsung Galaxy S i896 on Cezar's Continuum v5 GingerBread
[Captivate Android Development] cumanzor:
Hopefully this will solve the issues. I can confirm that flashing xcali's kernel has definitely help with the lagging issues.

Sent from my Telescreen
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
That's the action that blew me off the ROM. I could live with the charging issue as I have extra batteries but losing apps then TiBu indicating the apps are still "installed" on a batch back up was too much to deal with. Installing every app individually over its own would take forever.

Finally woke up with a ROM that is staying at 100% after the plug is pulled. Loved Cezars ROMs but this one peaked at B3 for me. OMMV. I still think its the kernel. I never had good luck with Sucker Punch on Froyo either. Different phones different issues.

I envy you guys who are running this without issues, I will keep up with the thread becasue Cezar really loads his ROMS up with great features. The last Froyo was great. (and still would be my goto if I start having more yet undiscovered beta type issues with GB. )
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Hmmm I think there is a lot of good information here. becasue I never had a lot of issues with this ROM until I tried the GR Roms and over flashed this back...Which "stock" did you flash back to? Eclair?

These ROMS might not be as interchangeable as Froyo's were
[Captivate Android Development] antonyvijai:
+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 + 1/0 :-) since c4 I never looked at anything either not even C5 but wld like to break that record and flash C5 soon

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[Captivate Android Development] shoman94:
Yes back to JF6 using Odin One Click
[Captivate Android Development] bigbooty:
Think cezars safe method is way better. Why chance reloading boot loaders?
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
How do you Master Clear with Odin once you have the bootloaders loaded? I do not see an option for that with Odin 1.3. If I want to clean things up and flash a new ROM once I have GB loaded with bootloaders, I do not see an option for this.
[Captivate Android Development] antonyvijai:
Can I use AIO toolbox to flash back to JF6? It does it through odin too. I have always used it when I moved between froyo ROMs. The tool also has options to master clear (although never used it!) and option to put the phone on download mode. Can someone let me know about this?

from Continuum V4 on matted blue theme using XDA premium app
[Captivate Android Development] harpo1:
If this truly was a ROM issue everyone would have the same problem. I believe it has to do with the different procedures people use to flash new ROMs and their level of understanding of the process.

My first custom ROM was flashed two months after I purchased my cappy. During this two month period I believe I read every thread about the cappy on XDA. So when I finally took the plunge I was fairly certain I knew the process and the potential problems that could arise from flashing a custom ROM.

Since about RC3 I've been helping people out on Cezar's IRC channel. Most of these people either failed to read the op or are totally new and couldn't tell you what the basic function of the ROM, kernel or modem is and just jumped right in without understanding what they were doing.

There are many things that effect the performance of our phones. I usually flash right over other ROMs without returning to stock or master clearing. Anytime I start having issues that aren't ROM or Kernel related I complete return my phone to stock including the internal and external sd cards. If not for my laziness I would do this every ROM flash as Shoman94 does because in my experience this method produces a clean and problem free flash and restore.

Just my .02 cents.
[Captivate Android Development] Wwebmonster:
how to get an agenda widget like this

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_...AKSs/12cwcx5lShA/s512/snap20110502_165110.png
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
Daily Brief in apps.
[Captivate Android Development] andrewdroid:
I think if you flash a wipe-release (5.1) and *then* flash the non-wipe release, it'll be good if you are coming from GR-#. That's what I did, it seemed to work.
[Captivate Android Development] surfed.tk:
Talon 1.6 is up, grab it to easy your lag sorrows.
[Captivate Android Development] existz:
If 0.1.6 doesn't solve the "lag" or lockup issue, then I'm out of ideas, if it doesn't, then something else is causing it..
[Captivate Android Development] surfed.tk:
I have 0 lag and no OC. Very happy camper here.
[Captivate Android Development] Cezar`:
Guys with lag, I reaaaaaly recommend you perform a factory reset from recovery and then install v5.3 then eXistZ's 0.1.6 kernel
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
Would someone be so kind as to post sony launcher? Im going after this lag HARD. Did a factory reset while themed gingerfire and lost other launcher choices. TIA
[Captivate Android Development] Storm T:
I haven't installed just a kernal yet. Do you have to disable ext or anything special?
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
no just fire up odin and place kernel in pda spot
[Captivate Android Development] Wwebmonster:
This is an app no widget in the screen shot it looks like a widget :\
[Captivate Android Development] danix180:
GPS woes over

I had the same issue after I flashed a new modem ( trying to fix my GPS woes ). All my applications were showing as not installed. And if I would reinstall them and reboot I would had the same issue.

What I did is:

- perform a factory reset from recovery

- installed v5.3

- installed KC1 modem.

Now everything is fast and smooth and GPS is almost perfect :D

I did not have this kind of luck with GR12 and any other modem.

Good job Cezar ! Donation coming soon.

PS I noticed the wifi does not reconnect if I go outside the coverage area? Anybody with the same issue?

+ power widget does not work.
[Captivate Android Development] ErebusRaze:
So, I've flashed Continuum 3x from stock, and every single time the systemui FC's and the status bar... Anyone know why this is? It makes the phone pretty much unusable.
[Captivate Android Development] Storm T:
Great, thanks! I don't have a lag but might as well have some fun. lol
[Captivate Android Development] dc5ftw:
when i tried to flash UOT zip file. it didnt do anything at all. is it just me here? I was trying to installing droid man battery mod and some font.
[Captivate Android Development] jdv1:
Originally Posted by acsontos View Post

I have installed Continuum 5.1 without any problems. (I used 4.2 earlier, therefore I installed the new boot loader etc), however

I have a very annoying problem since. Once I push down the Volume Up button, the phone goes to "Forced Upload by Key Pressing" mode.

Need to press and hold down the Volume Up and Power button together to be able to restart the phone.

Same thing happening in Recovery mode. System will go to "Forced Upload by Key Pressing" mode anytime when the Volume Up button pressed.

Could you please somebody give me a hint to solve it.

thank you

I'm having the same issue, when u say guide do u mean the installation instructions on the first page ?
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Did you convert it to cwm3?
[Captivate Android Development] harpo1:
If you long press on the home screen and select widgets it's in there.
[Captivate Android Development] dude_uuk:
Hi Existz, which Talon 1.6 shall I install? I see different version of Talon 1.6...there are:

TalonDEV-0.1.6.tar md5: 0bed1e4e164cdcedc811de8575b1a1cb

TalonDEV-0.1.6-DEBUG.tar md5: 35b7f41c859cfe28395befa9806766cb

TalonDEV-0.1.6-BIGMEM.tar md5: f30296374f55592215f107a0a8de6a82

TalonDEV-0.1.6-DEBUG-BIGMEM.tar md5: 9f9e68c520a9a01aaf249b08c82b0b32

Which is best suited for Continuum?
[Captivate Android Development] Yaantra:
Comming from GR-12, I simply did a factory reset, cleared Dalvik, flashed talon via odin (no-reboot), disconnected, removed battery/reinserted and vol-up+power to recovery CWM3 and flashed C5.3. This worked like a charm! my battery drain improved a little, i now get a full 8 hrs instead of 6 hrs, which i think is primarily because of the e-mail app switch.

FYI... exchange e-mail still contributes to the second highest battery drain. Hopefully we should some day be able to realize the google advertized benefits of the 2.3 version.
[Captivate Android Development] Yaantra:
Wrong thread..!