yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] neo_31591:
hahah...thanks man! i do understand your sarcasm....but then im no noob....i actually wanted to work on it a lil bit so needed that! thanks mate!

btw: are you sure it was a reason for the lag? i thought maybe the dev just forgot to compile it alongwith the rest of the stuff?!
[Captivate Android Development] climber1872000:
That's strange. All I use is the sony launcher and my phone is running as smooth as butter on 5.3 with talon 1.5. I am overclocked though.
[Captivate Android Development] neo_31591:
lol yea...thanks i got it..thanks to Vivified....!
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
um... thank google...
[Captivate Android Development] cachookaman:
just flashed 5.3 over 5.2 and my battery went from 41% to 60% and my phone wasnt even charging lol
[Captivate Android Development] joedoe:
It's removed for a reason.
[Captivate Android Development] Holmes108:
I think the"point"is that people having major lag issues are probably one in a hundred.

There was a slightly more prevalent issue in 5.1/5.2 but it was quickly fixed.

Don't let a vocal minority make you think a ROM is bad. Their issues are very real, but seriously, the percentage is small.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
I'm no expert, nor do I play one on tv, but I'm going with the samsung answer. The Captivate has some of the best developers (imo) on this site. If anyone can make this stock release work, its them. Dont forget, its been about2 weeks d since source dropped and Cezar alone has posted 3 betas, 3rcs, and now a 2nd update to a final stable release. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is some coups serious work to do while (hopefully) maintaining his regular job. And he does it for free.

Be patient and I am confident that we will have the best rom (imo) available for our use.

Also, kudos to shoman and viv for the updates on their theme ports. Your doing a great job. We all hope you are willing to continue your work, as we all appreciate it.

That us all.
[Captivate Android Development] stangri:
Can't speak for everyone, to me the point is native sip support. Still beats the hell out of froyo+sipdroid.
[Captivate Android Development] neo_31591:
+10

well put! All the Captivate Devs rock!! whoo hooo!
[Captivate Android Development] maerlim:
Updated to 5.3, no problems. I'm able to add more than 16 items to my home screens!
[Captivate Android Development] mark1962nc:
+1

Continuum has been my daily driver for quite while and I have no desire to return to froyo.
[Captivate Android Development] alexige:
I haven't tried wifi but I can confirm it works on 3g. I did have the option to call over wifi during one phone call but didn't select. Not sure how good of is over 3g because the call dropped the one time I tried sip.
[Captivate Android Development] pinoymutt:
I think only the first 2 in shoman's thread (mattedBlues and Red-Gingerbread), as well as the 2 that Vivified maintains (Muveszur Black Port & GingerBlue) are ready for 5.3.

The other 3 - PaulDiddy and the 2 Gingerfires I think are still not updated as of right now for 5.3. (Waiting for the PDiddy one myself).

EDIT: Looks like PaulDiddy has just been updated -- downloading now :D
[Captivate Android Development] GGXtreme:
First, try clearing cache/dalvik-cache. Then try factory reset and reflashing. If that doesn't help, swap out the zImage in the Continuum ZIP with the one from the Talon 0.1.4 tar, wiping and reflashing, as this seems to clear up some other kernel issues and several have reported it fixing lag issues (including me). Along the way, make note of what widgets and services you use, what apps you download/restore, etc. as something there might be causing your issue.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
For all those with charging issues, I have started a new thread in q&a (but prob being moved to general) about this topic. It is a place for users of all roms to post info about what is happening for their device with charging.
[Captivate Android Development] SnakeHaveYou:
All my market downloaded apps disapears after a reboot. They appears whit an icon with the SD at the bottom.. :confused: Continuom v5.3
[Captivate Android Development] Time_Zone:
let me test! brb

edit: nope not seeing that. I'd factory reset and reinstall if I were you.

edit2: I just found a really cool manga reader called mango!
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
Looks like we are moving in the proper direction. :)
[Captivate Android Development] Drew489:
Having major major lag and charging death (I did on 5.2 anyway).	The lag is still on 5.3..almost unusable. Running Talon .4...did a fresh install, etc.

Not complaining, just trying to resolve.
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
Which launcher are you using and is it occurring before you install or restore anything? 5.3 has been a huge improvement for me.
[Captivate Android Development] andrewdroid:
I've been on Continuum 5.2 and switched over to xcaliburinhand's kernel. I'm using the default modem I just got some serious battery life. I'm on 22 hrs and 22min, with 4% remaining. Display On for 3 hrs and 47 minutes.

The hacked camera ought to be fixed so that the power button works with the autofocus. Right now if I hold the button to do an autofocus, the power menu comes up. I seem to remember that not happening with 2.2 roms.
[Captivate Android Development] surfed.tk:
Click on the screen where you want to focus.
[Captivate Android Development] nybmx:
I just started having major lag too on 5.3. Had the same thing on 5.2. Both running talon 0.1.5. Everything would be fine after a reboot but randomly a few hours later the whole thing will start lagging up to a crawl. Using launcherpro so tw isn't an issue for me. Haven't done anything differently sine rc3 (which for me was the smoothest).

I'm going to revert to talon 0.1.4 and see if it helps like others have said.
[Captivate Android Development] GGXtreme:
Do you have data/wifi/autosync on? I've been getting over a day off the charger, down to between 30 and 40% when I put my phone to charge again.
[Captivate Android Development] climber1872000:
For everyone having lag issues on 5.3. I have had 0 lag issues since installing 5.3. I have overclocked to 1.2ghz and have not really noticed any difference in battery drain while doing so nor do I notice much lag when not overclocked. Maybe you guys should try a little bit of overclocking. I flashed over 5.2 without performing a wipe.
[Captivate Android Development] DaUnderSheriff:
Smooth as butter

I am loving this ROM. The updates are just enhancing my appreciation for this with every new build.

My lag was nearly completely reduced with 5.2 - so I'll give 5.3 a shot and see what that does to enhance the experience - but without a doubt - this blows the doors off of some of the other Gingerbread ROM's out there. Great work!

This is going to be my daily driver. +1
[Captivate Android Development] Nickel Dime Bay:
Running smoothe after flashing 5.3 and going to Talon 1.4 no oc just UV 75 on all states. Major improvement over 5.2 lag
[Captivate Android Development] DoritosMan:
I am having trouble understanding the installation is there an installation guide that is more understandable?

I will be coming form JF6 Stock
[Captivate Android Development] gio22:
Again, I must be lucky. I haven't had the charge death issue nor have I had any lag issues at all while using Continuum since it first came out. It amazes me how the same phone can have so many different issues. I understand that with the different revisions, Samsung has changed some of the hardware, but this only makes me appreciate what Cezar and the other devs do to make the ROMs that they do.
[Captivate Android Development] DoritosMan:
When I am installing the JVB Bootloader with Odin1.3 do I just put the .md5 file in and change nothing at all?
[Captivate Android Development] RockRatt:
+1 here. I had lad on one of the first but may have been something in my data when I restored apps. The next time I loaded up my appear I went through all 200+ and just applied app for most and data on a select few.

5.2 was great for me and so far 5.3 is working great too. No lag or anything on browser or xda app. The only thing I wiped was cache before going from 5.2 to 5.3. It was so smooth I didn't even think about if it was overclocked at all until I read someones post. Then I checked and it was back to 1Ghz. So I oc'd it back to 1.2Ghz now. I am on a 1007 build and actually have NEVER had any issues with any roms except known bugs. So either I do something right or just get lucky.

Sent from My Captivated JVB Gingerbread Toy
[Captivate Android Development] Drew489:
Running launcher pro, I hate tw...always have.

I had no lag with the last RC but ever since then...fc, lag, etc. might go back to the final rc...don't remember which number it was.

Again, very appreciative of the rom, not complaining, just want to fix it.

Lastly, is there a way to disable the multi language swype or does someone have an apk I can grab?

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] pizz0wn3d:
You will not find better installation instructions than Cezar's OP. You're likely just getting an information overload and confusing yourself. Just reread it until you understand what he's saying. And I don't mean skim over the installation instructions either. Actually READ the entire OP.

Herp derp Captivate XDA Premium.
[Captivate Android Development] alexige:
Yes don't play with anything that's checked. There is a lot to digest in that post but just take it slow and you'll be fine.
[Captivate Android Development] jcr81:
1012

Sent from my Samsung Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] bullinthechinashop:
Just out of curiosity what file system are you using?

Maybe converting to ext4 would help or not but it might help with the lagging?
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
I'm currently running mikeys gr12, I want to try continuum, after reading through this thread abit. Now can I just wipe cache, dalvik, and perform factory reset then flash continuum via cwm?
[Captivate Android Development] Drew489:
Oh, and fwiw, I've never been able to successfully go from rfs to ext4. Always freezes on boot screen. I've waited an hour too so it's not that.
[Captivate Android Development] alexige:
I'm pretty sure all u need to do is a factory reset and install 5.3.
[Captivate Android Development] pizz0wn3d:
I'm on ext4 (have been for a while), and I'm having the lag issues again as well. I was so happy when I first flashed 5.3 and the lag appeared to have disappeared in a "flash."

Heh.

But yeah, my phone has locked up to the point of needing a battery pull twice now.

Herp derp Captivate XDA Premium.
[Captivate Android Development] alexige:
Your using the Talon kernel? Maybe need a fresh flash from stock?
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
I flashed Talon 1.5 before starting but that is what I did and it worked great.
[Captivate Android Development] bullinthechinashop:
I'm no pro but I'd bet that's got something to do with what's causing the problem. Maybe the filesystem has gotten damaged. The app tries to read the files so it can convert them to ext4 but runs into a problem because of file errors. Errors in the rfs file system could also cause lag.

IIRC linux ditched the rfs filesystem years ago for ext3 because rfs basically sucked in comparison. Why Samsung thought it was a good filesystem to use is beyond me

Unfortunately I couldn't even begin to guess how to fix the problem if doing a master reset doesn't do it.
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
The talon kernel is included in 5.3, right? Right now I have xcals kernel that came with gr12. I don't need to flash the kernel first... I can just flash continuum via cwm
[Captivate Android Development] bullinthechinashop:
Just throwing another obvious idea out there:

I was freaking out a couple of days ago because my Captivate's radio didn't work. I finally went back to stock and the radio worked fine. Flashed Continuum 4 radio still worked fine. Finally tried flashing 5.2 again and radio still worked.

In other words maybe reflashing could solve some of the problems people are having?

(If at first you don't succeed flash flash again?)
[Captivate Android Development] know8677:
I went back to talon 1.4 to see if it fixed the lag, but it hasn't. I may go back to RC5. It worked flawlessly for me for days.
[Captivate Android Development] climber1872000:
If I were you I would flash talon 1.5 via ODIN first.
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
I would flash the kernel first through Odin. If for no other reason to have the same version of CWM Cezar planned on us using to flash Continuum.
[Captivate Android Development] japr2821:
YES!!!!!!!!!
[Captivate Android Development] shoman94:
That's because you downloaded the 5.2 version. :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] nybmx:
It was ext4 already. I flashed talon 0.1.4 after my last post and so far no lag and no freezes.
[Captivate Android Development] tmng95014:
No need. Please report back.
[Captivate Android Development] DoritosMan:
I am running 5.3 now going from Serendipity 6.4 and I have to say I am very impressed even though this is my first Gingerbread ROM
[Captivate Android Development] jcr81:
For those complaining about lag...try flashing talon 1.2 with all tweaks enabled except conservative governor, stagefright and deadline scheduler. I've tried every version and keep coming back to this one. I don't know anything about kernel development or kernel tweaks but its a night and day difference for me. I too remember the older rom versions being smoother but perhaps it wasn't the rom...maybe it was the kernel that it came packaged with.

Sent from my Samsung Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] greenleaf10:
+1.

I would definitely say icezar1's op was very informative and educational. It helps noobs like myself understand all the technical terms. I have read the op many times, as well as many posts here. I also read installation instructions from other GB ROMs, such as GR-12 and Mosaic. I am currently on Continuum 4. I will be following Method 1 in op, since I have no GB Bootloader. icezar1's first step is to flash galaxys-bootloader-JVB.tar.md5 (1.5MB) to install GB Bootloader via Odin 1.3. Other GB ROMs installation instructions (GR-12, Mosaic), require to download a much bigger Odin 1.7 package (300MB+), and the first Odin flash requires placing PDA, PHONE, CSC, and PIT files in their correct spots, which seems to be much involved.

That made me a little confused why the first step differ so drastically. The rest of the installation steps seem to be the same among all GB Roms, ie, flash a Kernel, and then flash the actual ROM via CWM3. I would like to understand the first step a little better, if someone can help me.

Thanks in advance. And a big thank you to icezar for all the great Continuum ROMs!
[Captivate Android Development] Time_Zone:
Subtle shoman94....

Downloading now.
[Captivate Android Development] justmart:
I'm thinking doing the same. RC builds was more stable. I mean, NO lag and super fast!

Sent from Carolina, P.R.
[Captivate Android Development] richsale:
I've been running 5.3 for a few hours now. I made no changes to the rom, no over clocking, still on rfs and I'm using golauncher.

So far I have no lag, no freezing, it's running smooth and fast.

At this point I would have to say best rom ever.
[Captivate Android Development] tmng95014:
Just try to flash 1.5 from odin; got failed and a picture of phone and PC with a yellow triangle exclamation point.

Please help!
[Captivate Android Development] harpo1:
did you install gingerbread bootloaders first?
[Captivate Android Development] tmng95014:
Yes i did. I was able to get into download mode and reflash 1.5

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] antonyvijai:
+10000000000000000000000000000000

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[Captivate Android Development] thehyecircus:
Is 5.3 a stable, solid release, or should I keep waiting? I am hoping the rumours of a Samsung-themed release are true and I'd wait for that. I'm not crazy for the black and green haha.
[Captivate Android Development] antonyvijai:
Can someone please answer me and greenleaf10? All we.need is a.little more help with understanding step1...also describe what all need to be checked or unchecked in odin during step 1

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[Captivate Android Development] nyydynasty:
Anyone else have fc's on pandora on 5.3? Worked fine on previous version.

--sent from.....ehh, who cares. Does anyone actually read these sigs? --
[Captivate Android Development] Time_Zone:
On Cezars step 1 he repackaged things to make flashing bootloaders easier. The others you mention left things more complicated than they needed.

Edit: I mean jiminy cricket! They have you repartitioning with a pit file, wtf should you need to.do that to flash bootloaders.

Edit 2: don't touch any checkboxes if flashing boatloader. Uncheck autoreboot when flashing a kernel.
[Captivate Android Development] kimchi0400:
flashed from Mosaic I to Continuum v5.3.

I'm not sure if it's just me or what, but 5.3 is sluggish compared to Mosaic I. I installed the same basic apps, applied the same themes in Go Launcher EX/Go SMS Pro, just scrolling through my homescreens (identical setups) I see Continuum stutter very slightly where I had never observed any slowdowns or stuttering while using Mosaic. That is, the stuttering is very minute, not enough to affect usability, but I guess it's the equivalent of having a game run maybe 10fps slower on another computer.

Ran both on same kernel Talon 0.1.5, no tweaks enabled. Same setup, nothing backed up or restored with TiBu, formatted SD cards before installing, etc.

On the other hand, I've had multiple freezes requiring battery pull on Mosaic I -- at least 5, whereas thus far I have not encountered such freezes in Continuum.
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Convert your system to ext4, enable all tweaks except stagefright and governor, and oc to 1200 while uv all other states-50. See how you like it then.

I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
[Captivate Android Development] ugoff:
The first step covers bootloaders. Since bootloaders are crucial for any of this to work, icezar gave clean-slate instructions to avoid bricking and malfunction. It doesn't help that over the period of time that Froyo roms have been around, many recovery tools exist and not all of them work the same way. Accessing download mode from different places (recovery, 3-button combo, power button menu...) does not guarantee it will allow access to both bootloaders, for example, which could lead to bricking.

As far as what to leave checked in Odin, the defaults (Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time) are the only things to have checked besides the box next to PDA, although it checks automatically when you hit the PDA button and pick the bootloader file.
[Captivate Android Development] venomio:
I'm not sure if this has been posted up yet (since 5.3... and there are way too many posts now for me to go through), but the new (or old, however you put it) Email app seems to list out every received/sent emails in the History/Log section on the dialer. Is there an easy fix for this by any chance?
[Captivate Android Development] Time_Zone:
Not seeing this myself.
[Captivate Android Development] venomio:
Yeah, ignore me... I checked again and after a reboot and it seems like it's okay now... Odd :D

But loving the ROM so far! Quick and stable!
[Captivate Android Development] Drew489:
Just reflashed...I generally TiBu restore apps with data...any reason not to do that this time? Trying to fix these lag issues.

Back on 5.3 & Talon .2
[Captivate Android Development] R5R:
I tried the new versions but, RC2 was the best its fast stable and smooth only problem is the bluetooth bug. Touchwiz 4 causes way too much lag...

Does anybody know way to manually fix the bluetooth bug in RC2 without updating to the newer versions with touchwiz 4??
[Captivate Android Development] raven2000:
I respect the time icezar has put in making this rom. It is certainly something I couldn't do due to family and work commitments.

I feel since v5 RC3 this rom has been moving backwards. There is way too much lag. This lags more then my wife's Xperia X8 :(((
[Captivate Android Development] antonyvijai:
Thank you. On Edit 2: I think I need to keep Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checked in odin when I flash bootloaders after putting my phone on download mode. Right? What actually happens next? The odin does it's thing and the phone boots all the way up? I need to know what I should expect to see after the bootloaders flash! Once bootloaders is done. I know I need to put the phone back on download mode (after power off the phone, by keeping down both vol buttons and inserting the usb cable...hope this would work!) And flash the kernel (initial talon kernel in the OP) through odin step with an exception that I need to uncheck the auto reboot option but keep the F.Reset Time still checked in. Once the process is done and I see the blue "reset " on odin, I need to unplug the phone and take out the battery. Put the battery back in. Hold vol up + power button to get into recovery mode and select the C5.3 ROM file and flash and factory reset and reboot. Is my.understanding correct?

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[Captivate Android Development] alexige:
Did u convert to ext4 using the included app?
[Captivate Android Development] antonyvijai:
Thanks a lot

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[Captivate Android Development] justmart:
+1 the RC versions were the best.

Sent from Carolina, P.R.
[Captivate Android Development] yahooserious:
QUICK QUESTION:

I am going from 5.1>5.2 frsh install all progs.

NOW going update 5.2>5.3

CAN I THEN RESTORE ALL APPS + ALL SYSTEM DATA via Tibu? (except I will uncheck the 'remove/replaced' apps in 5.3 so no conflict
[Captivate Android Development] alexige:
Just do missing apps and data then you don't have to worry about conflicts.
[Captivate Android Development] justmart:
You should never restore system data, just app with data.

Sent from Carolina, P.R.
[Captivate Android Development] yahooserious:
Also a question that I have seen asked before and have hunted google without a clear answer.

Can you Recommend a program to back up home screen widgets.

I actually have been using two different home screens depending/according to the launcher that crashes less. I was using TW launch but also use Sony Ericson launcher when I am tweaking progs/setting in order to iron out the TW wrinkles.

What program out there is going to help me.. and many others I assume.. easily return to the order of widgets I painstakingly (lol) arranged on each page of my home screens?

I remember specifically backing up one of the listed aps in TIBu but I just cant remember what one did it..or it has disappeared.

thanks duders!
[Captivate Android Development] VFO:
I too had some lag on 5.1 and 5.2 but since going to 5.3 my cappy is now a hot rod! I liked the email app from those versions but it was a drain on resources. I ended up going back to RC3 first and then flashed to 5.3 and the phone screams now. Pure Ginger goodness!
[Captivate Android Development] santosh134:
Is converting from rfs to ext4 going to make any difference in speed?
[Captivate Android Development] CremeFraiche:
it kinda does, i only notice increase in speed with scanning and also with booting up is a bit quicker with ext4
[Captivate Android Development] surfed.tk:
Lag Issue

For those fighting lag, there will be a kernel update soon that will eliminate any lag. Check eXistZ Kernel thread for more info, no point in trying to solve it here.
[Captivate Android Development] kimchi0400:
Planning to do so, but I'm just a little surprised (disappointed maybe?) that out of a fresh flash, it was noticeably slower. However, I did make the switch over 'cause of lack of freezes requiring battery pulls and themeing. Overall, I think Cezar has done a great job with this rom, and beforehand I was using C4 for weeks -- I'm sure it'll only get better and better.
[Captivate Android Development] stangri:
AFAIK maybe not right away, but rfs slows down eventually.