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[Vibrant Android Development] cmrn89:
trying to import contacts from sim and it keeps failing, how do I get my contacts back? its saying vcard not found on SD but I connected to computer and checked and I have 4 there
[Vibrant Android Development] lotherius:
Not sure why these instructions have remained as is. IF you are installing for the first time from Froyo, RomManager PREMIUM will not show CyanogenMod as an option - this has been posted many times in this thread. It doesn't show it because it apparently thinks it isn't a valid ROM for Froyo vibrants (at least from KB5). Yes, this is WITH premium. It shows (under Premium)Team Whiskey, Br1cK'd and phiremod *ONLY*. Under Free, it shows Extras, MIUI.us, Sonofskywalker3, Google Apps and Einherjar Dev. NO CYANOGENMOD. So, basically, these instructions for the "easy way" are impossible to follow unless you're already on CM7 (which is covered below that) or maybe if you're on some other version that RomManager thinks is compatible with CM Nightlies...
[Vibrant Android Development] notverycreative:
It was all of a sudden though. If the battery were shot, it would have been more gradual. I just tried a different nightly and it seems to be sleeping correctly. I'll see if the battery life is better tomorrow.
[Vibrant Android Development] cmrn89:
hahaha are you sure you selected vibrant (MTD) when flashing clowckworkmod recovery through rommanager...?
[Vibrant Android Development] fishman0919:
Don't know what you'all are talking about with better batt life with cm7 vs Froyo rom's... I'm getting about 16-20hr with cm7 stock kernel and 20-25hr with Bali-CM 1.0 with my norm use... compared to 35-40hr with ZenDroid and ToXiC SmOkIn MuZiC using Bali 1.8.8.uv kernel

CM7 is getting better but is nowhere in the ballpark with Froyo rom's of Batt life

EDIT: I get about 30hr with Bionix 1.3.1, Trigger and Project V
[Vibrant Android Development] ironlood:
Hey Captain Rant

Step 3 or Asterisk 3 needs to be done in order to see the CM options in premium. I just flashed a 2.2 Rom today and that's all I seen. Once you have the correct CWM on your phone you may want to edit your post
[Vibrant Android Development] cashyftw:
Winning.

Sent from my T959
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
I'm gonna shoot myself.

Instead of wipe cache, in recovery, i pressed wipe data/factory reset

and I deleted my titanoium backup yesterday thinking that i'd re-backup everything tomorrow.

FML.
[Vibrant Android Development] strictlyrude27:
For those of you who want to disable the GPS driver entirely (may help with battery leakage), I wrote some Tasker profiles and tasks to let you do that quickly and easily. The Tasker beta is currently free, and it's a great app to have overall.

I know this functionality is already in Trigger Redux, but not sure about vanilla CM7. The widget I provide replicates the functionality Roman put in Trigger Redux, with some added bells and whistles (auto-reboot, permanent notification that CM7 GPS driver is loaded). Thought I would share.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
I don't use GPS, well.. I can't, because I don't have a data plan, would you still recommend to just entirely disable it? It's always off for me, and it can't work if i'm not in my house without wifi...
[Vibrant Android Development] strictlyrude27:
Data and GPS are two separate things - it's possible to not use wireless networks and still use GPS to give your location. But I suppose that information would be worthless without a map, which you would need data for.

That said, it wouldn't hurt to just disable the driver entirely. If you're VERY sure you'll never use GPS again, run this in an adb shell:

# mount -o rw,remount /system
# mv /system/vendor/bin/gpsd /system/vendor/bin/disabled_gps
# mount -o ro,remount /system
# reboot

This is all my Tasker code does - it mounts /system to read-write, changes the name of the GPS driver, puts /system back to read-only, then reboots to save the changes. (Of course, you can always do the same thing and rename disabled_gps back to gpsd if you want the functionality back.)

If you're on the fence about it (maybe you *mostly* don't use GPS, but sometimes you want to), I suggest using my Tasker widget or using the GPS driver toggle in Trigger Redux #13+. I recommend my own widget, mostly because I built it (:)) but also because it'll automatically toggle your GPS status on/off along with the drive; it'll automatically reboot for you (countless times that I forgot to reboot on loading the driver and wondering why the hell it wasn't working); and it'll leave a notification saying that the driver is enabled. Not to mention the toggle in Trigger Redux is not available for other CM7 based ROMs unless their developers specifically put in that ability.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
OK thanks where would I be able to get your widget?
[Vibrant Android Development] strictlyrude27:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1180289

You'll need Tasker Beta and Locale Execute plugin. The former is currently free (the current Market version does not have some functionality that I use, so you need to use the beta - rock solid stable as far as I can tell); latter has been and should always be free. It takes a bit of setting up, but it's worth it I think. Links to both apps are in the OP of that thread.
[Vibrant Android Development] jwleonhart:
Dude your battery is shot, or not calibrated correctly, or you bought another battery for your phone that is just not of good quality. I don't think i've ever gotten 4 hours on my battery ever.
[Vibrant Android Development] jwleonhart:
...Why do you have no data plan what so ever and you own an Android?? You don't even have like 200mb?

A girl I used to go out with didn't have a phone plan cuz she stupidly didn't pay her bill for like 4 months. I went out and bought her prepaid things (i'd be damned if I was gonna get stuck paying the bill until the contract was up). It was $50 a month for unlimited talk and text and like 200mb of data.

She was capping her data so after using the prepaid things for like 5 months now she called up and asked if they could help her any... She has 200mb of 3G data now, and after the 200mb is up she has unlimited data at 2G speeds... Better than nothing!? Maybe you should try calling T-Mo or something lol.
[Vibrant Android Development] Phateless:
Try using root explorer and make sure the permissions match those of the apps next to it.
[Vibrant Android Development] jeph36:
If by this you mean you can not do maps/navigation, you could try offline maps such as mapdroyd (or I think there is at least one more). That is what I use when I occasionally go to Europe and do not want to pay for data. That will not help you as far as the network-assisted GPS is concerned, and probably will never do navigation, but a map and GPS location can come in handy when you are in an unknown location.
[Vibrant Android Development] notverycreative:
The phone wasn't sleeping and Twitter decided to try to sync when I had no data and sucked up 50% of the battery, even though I never touched it.
[Vibrant Android Development] elsocplayer:
Just finished flashing nb 64, I will report any issues....

Sent from SGS Vibrant w/CM7
[Vibrant Android Development] EricDET:
Large reduction in battery life here as well. Just flashed 63, hopefully it corrects itself.
[Vibrant Android Development] Tookule4skool:
Unable to get into download Mode

Hi Everyone,

I'm running CM7 RC1 and was trying to get into download mode but for what ever reason every time I attempt to get into download mode the rom won't allow it... I power down my phone hold down volume down and power and all it does is reboot over and over... I'm not sure if the solution to this has been posted before and if it has I apologize for the double post but I appreciate any help you guys could give me. Thanks in advance,

Edit: I've also tried going into the terminal and issuing "reboot download" and it still won't go into download mode =(

Edit2: Never mind So I tried the method where you remove all cards, and battery when powered down. Plug in USB hold down both volume buttons and put battery back in method and it worked =P

-Fahad
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
I'm a teen. I don't need internet everywhere I go, No i'm not a porn addict either.

I'm usually at my house, or school. Both which offer me WiFi.

I'm in a family plan, so... paying for unlim talk, text, and w/e amt of data would still go over what I'm currently at.
[Vibrant Android Development] cwalker29:
I'm starting to have the wifi problem a lot of people are talking about. Funny, I never had that problem before. I'm on #56 and have been for a week or two. Now out of the blue I'm losing wifi connection. weird
[Vibrant Android Development] igor.ibit:
does anyone know how to adjust the system volume? There is no such option under settings --> sound --> volume.

The reason i ask is: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1177400
[Vibrant Android Development] jwleonhart:
I'm not sure where the system volume is, i've looked myself. Easiest way is to download Audio Manager from the market, it's free, and you can adjust it through there. Hope this helps. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] igor.ibit:
actually it does, but not officially.

It works ok on other non Galaxy devices such as DHD with CM7.

I'm in touch with Viber devs on this issue as well.
[Vibrant Android Development] jwleonhart:
reposted igor, check uptop
[Vibrant Android Development] ironlood:
This is weird I flashed back to a 2.2 Rom yesterday and all my Gapps FC's are gone. Not sure why I just can't understand lol guess I'm just gonna have to accept this as the truth.
[Vibrant Android Development] jwleonhart:
If your having trouble with CM7, try my guide here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1182735
[Vibrant Android Development] crunkhead18:
hi guys! is there any way that i can change FileManager?.. i don't like it.
[Vibrant Android Development] jwleonhart:
yea download another one from the market?
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
Get Root Manager (paid) or Astro Manager (free)
[Vibrant Android Development] wildklymr:
So, depressing news... Samfirmware.com says their insider that leaks them roms told them the only newer rom for the vibrant was from february its 2.2 and that it looks like samsung has stopped all development on the vibrant...so they leaked another rom for the t959v instead of the gb one we were hoping for....
[Vibrant Android Development] numberoneoppa:
And this is why carrier specific phones blow.
[Vibrant Android Development] beren28:
Change it to what?

Why not just install one you do like?
[Vibrant Android Development] nedlog:
If it's true its not surprising; seems that they gave up months ago. In the large scheme of things I suppose it makes good business sense since so many other Samsung phones are on the horizon. Not sure what phone I'm going to purchase next. Not sure if I'm staying with AT&T once the T-Mobile deal closes..I hate AT&T.
[Vibrant Android Development] Relikk356:
If this is true from this point on I will only buy NEXUS phones. I hope the next NEXUS is not Sammy! I knew there would be issues when the Vibrant is already three generations old in less than a year. Samsungs marketing treats these phones as if they were disposable.

Anyway, thank GOD for CM7! I'm running glitch, CM7 #63 with the MOMAX 2700 battery. I'm at 33% after 26hrs and 30 minutes of heavy usage on the H network. This setup should work for me till the next, non Samsung NEXUS comes out.

Sorry for the rant. To keep this somewhat in line with the thread; no problems to report after 24hrs of #63. Runs great!
[Vibrant Android Development] :
So true. I would much rather just have the i9000.
[Vibrant Android Development] Jasonhunterx:
Sammy is the best yea Ikno they screwed us but that y we have devs lets hope we get better support 4 ICS which I doubt but as long as devs are around not to worried :D thanks Cyanongenmod team

Edit:3 Generations not really more like 2 or 1 phone still competes wit dah best
[Vibrant Android Development] Phateless:
Pretty sure the new Google maps allows you to download map data for.offline use.
[Vibrant Android Development] bellrb19:
I too have been getting google apps force closes after upgrading through rom manager. I fix it by booting to recovery, wiping davlik cache, then flashing the gapps from the clockwork directory. This fixes the force closes.

EDIT: Still crashing when the apps are opened. Will get logcat.

EDIT 2: Ran fix permissions in rom manager and it fixed a lot of permissions, including gps files. Now no more FC!
[Vibrant Android Development] ironlood:
I have done this before, helped for a little while but all my force closes came right back. Later ill flash CM7 again and see if I just needed to get a clean install.
[Vibrant Android Development] elsocplayer:
Been using the hell of out of my vib with nb 64 and so far no issues. Locking in gps for the first time took about 5mins and had a proximity of 20feet which was great. No wifi issues either n sleep mode for the system has only used about 7% of my battery.

Sent from SGS Vibrant w/CM7
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
Hey guys i've been getting insufficent storage while downloading apps from the market for some reason... can someone help me out? first time encountering this problem.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mannymal:
Been testing this to see if Mute/Unmute is gone, and it appears to be squashed. GPS is unusable though...
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
there are a few fixes for GPS you can go ahead and try them

try this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1182735
[Vibrant Android Development] needslipo:
I too have ridiculous battery drain. 70% in 6 hours - and I've left the phone idle all day. Battery usage is telling me that it is never sleeping.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
Try some other kernels and modems.

Best modem for me is KB5, always has been, modem can help so your phone stops looking for signal everywhere everytime.

Kernels: try bali and glitch

their the two best, i just got glitch after switching from bali.

Glitch has voodoo color. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] geoffcorey:
Sounds like you need to track down a rogue app. ;-)

Oh yeah, you have it se to show battery percent. Try switching it away from that and see if your battery improves. (There have been a lot of previous reports of people using percentage display not having their phone actually go to sleep. Haven't seen the complaint in a long while)
[Vibrant Android Development] notverycreative:
I'm showing that complaint now ;) Running any nightly and any kernel (tried stock and Glitch) occasionally stops sleeping. It'll run fine from anywhere from a half hour to about 5 hours until the Android System keeps it from sleeping until I reboot. It doesn't seem to coincide with any events (phone unplugged, GPS used, or any of the like), which is very frustrating. It started to happen a couple days ago (right before a vacation with a very weak signal, no less) and I can't figure out what started it. I've tried about five different nightlies and nothing seemed to change. Anyone have any words of wisdom to share on the topic?
[Vibrant Android Development] cwalker29:
Can someone post a link to kb5 modem. So I hear it's all of that..lol
[Vibrant Android Development] notverycreative:
I can't find it anymore. It should be installed unless you flashed another one.
[Vibrant Android Development] bigtom624:
I keep having the same problem. When I flash a new nightly my phone is fine. It goes into deep sleep and the battery life has been good. When I recharge my battery and unplug it from the charger is when the problem starts. It wont go into deep sleep and the Android System starts killing my battery. The only way I found to fix it is to reflash the ROM again and start over, then it is ok until I recharge the battery. Then the problem starts all over again.
[Vibrant Android Development] needslipo:
flashed glitch.. and it is pretty awesome! however it did not fix the sleep/battery drain issue :(

however i will be using glitch in tandem with cm7 from now on :)
[Vibrant Android Development] geoffcorey:
Try changing your battery level display back to the battery level instead of percent left and see if that helps.
[Vibrant Android Development] a2296455:
This. Should be fixed!
[Vibrant Android Development] :
Mine shows battery level, and I still (sometimes) get the power drain problem. Rebooting solves it for me, though.
[Vibrant Android Development] cwalker29:
Okay thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] :
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1110500
[Vibrant Android Development] barribow:
didn't you have a nandroid backup?
[Vibrant Android Development] barribow:
I had the same problem on installing #62, I reflashed it once more (with wipe/cache/dalvik).

Also, the first time after flashing nightly when I was in recovery, I ran update.zip (which roots) but I didn't do it the second time.
[Vibrant Android Development] barribow:
Regarding batter drain, I noticed that when I disable data I have a much better battery life. You can enable/disable using a power widget.

Of course this is not the preferred way but something if you want battery.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mannymal:
Could never get the GPS to work well, even following the instructions on replacing the gps file. Also I'm getting a wicked battery drain this morning, rebooted to see if that fixes it. GPS is off so I dont know if thats the cause.

Glitch kernel medium leakage, no overclocking, KB5 modem.
[Vibrant Android Development] jad3675:
Juice Defender does the same thing automatically. I ran it last week and I think it may a *slight* difference in battery consumption. Running without it this week to see if there is a difference.

John
[Vibrant Android Development] nedlog:
I've been running #64 and also noticed the battery issue, not to beat a dead horse cuz I've read everyone's comments. Seems to be something using 100MHZ the most not allowing deep sleep. Rebooting appears to correct the problem for me.

Thanks Devs for all the hard work; we may complain but I for one think my phone rocks!! :D
[Vibrant Android Development] Mannymal:
Android System is consuming most of my battery, twice as much as Display...
[Vibrant Android Development] bigtom624:
I had the same problem. The only thing that works for is to reflash the ROM again.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mannymal:
I guess I'll wait for the next nightly and hope that with that flash it'll go away. I dont wanna have to restore all my backups again.
[Vibrant Android Development] KerryG:
It seems a lot of users had this problem for a few days (myself included). I even called Google support and they couldn't figure it out. After 72 hours it magically fixed itself.
[Vibrant Android Development] elsocplayer:
So far today, this is my battery usage. Facebook was using a bit more than I had ever seen only cuz I didn't know I was logged in to chat and well display is from using the web a lot.

Sent from SGS Vibrant w/CM7
[Vibrant Android Development] bigtom624:
If you reflash the same ROM over again you don't have to restore your apps. They will all be there. Don't wipe anything just flash it again.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mannymal:
I simply installed nightly 65. Lets see how it works.

Another question, for a phone that wont be overclocked, which Glitch should I install, low leakage? In fact, is there any reason to install it at all other than voodoo coolor?
[Vibrant Android Development] zmattmanz:
What the best way to do a clean install? ODIN back to stock or simply reflash and full data wipe? Seems like I've been getting some lag on these latest builds, and I'd like to see if this helps.
[Vibrant Android Development] Jackdog89:
Try medium or high, you won't see a difference in battery life between any of the three. If you use low, you could see some instability unless you have a really good chip on your phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] darkness122:
so should I flash the latest rom with the other kernel (CM7 Kernel 2.3.4) even though it hasn't been updated for a few days?
[Vibrant Android Development] Jackdog89:
If you do, don't ask about any issues related to the other kernel. It's not supported in this thread.

You could probably just flash the update again to come back to the stock kernel if you did have any problems.
[Vibrant Android Development] BuLLeT_PrOOf_wAlleTz:
love this rom so far.. kinda miss the black menus...any way i can get them back without losing all the new 3.3 update1 perks?
[Vibrant Android Development] Jasonhunterx:
Its pretty good not great it will improve over time as more nightlys come out so i recommended it an try it out for ur self and find out cuz we have different uses so battery varies
[Vibrant Android Development] GreenDroidX:
I don't have the front face cam. Anyway to switch it to the back cam, so at the least I could use the video chat and see the other person.

Maybe with Ice Cream, and the new USB host function, we can just plug in a tinny webcam to the top USB port :)
[Vibrant Android Development] ytv:
Using the stock ring tones on phone. Never did bother changing them.. I'll try mp3 base ring tone and see what happens. By the way.. For notifications I'm using a mp3 not .ogg and I always hear them. Just the incoming calls won't play the ring tone.

To neobuddy..

What do you mean by that? thanks in advance :)

Edit : well I did try to run mp3 ringtones instead of .ogg based ringtones. Thanks for your suggestion, but still no luck. Anyone else have another idea?
[Vibrant Android Development] Jhnboy:
Is the GPS working on this?

I can't seem to find a bug list of things that might not work or is this gingerbread a stable build already? :)
[Vibrant Android Development] nickmcminn60:
:mad::(:confused::eek::mad:no:mad::(:eek::mad::( stable besides GPS
[Vibrant Android Development] cojonesx:
did you read the first post and the links it points to?
[Vibrant Android Development] cashyftw:
Why not download the minimal cm7 theme in the market, and install it via theme chooser.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mannymal:
Yeah I've had some issues maybe my phone is different somehow. The thing is I havent done anything special that warrants the problems, I just install CM7 and Gapps, and restore my apps with TiBackup.

I suspect the ringing thing might be a bug with blocked numbers. I deblocked and will test if it stops it.
[Vibrant Android Development] charkey:
Make sure that you're not restoring any system apps or data that is overwriting CM7's system apps.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mannymal:
I'm not. I think the wayward calls thing was caused by blocked numbers trying to get through. The camera issues I had are unexplained, but they only come when I install a custom kernel. Since custom kernels are not supported I'm not gonna bother getting a log. Stock kernel has better 3D anyways so I'm sticking with that.
[Vibrant Android Development] numberoneoppa:
Newest nightly seems to have fixed disconnection issues. Thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] SamVib:
I just did a fresh install of CM7 with the new method. I booted into Clockwork Recovery and flashed the kernel-cm-7-INITIAL-Vibrant-signed.zip and I rebooted. It took me to Clockwork 3.0 (within the cm7 kernel) and then from there I flashed the update-cm-7-INITIAL-Vibrant-signed.zip.

I know its not the way the description said to flash it, but it didn't automatically flash, I had to to it myself. It booted up fine, It appears to be fine too. My question is, because I flashed it this way, will anything go wrong?

EDIT: I should mention I flashed it from a fresh Odin reset on JFD.
[Vibrant Android Development] ferhanmm:
To be safe, I would flash the initial rom then flash the rom update again. can't hurt. As far as i know the updates replace the initial, but maybe someone with more experience can chime in..
[Vibrant Android Development] neobuddy89:
Same happened to me... everything is fine.
[Vibrant Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
I barely got my vibrant and I had to re-root it again because I got the black screen of death

But for some reason I can't flash this which is weird, I'm getting status 7 error

I'm no noob, btw