yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] alan7825:
Stuck In Download fixed

I got digger back. It was a matter of getting the right sequence of battery, cable, and buttons. I knew I had a soft brick but could not get the right sequence.

Thanks man.
[Captivate Android Development] d_gritza:
Hitting my thank you button would be great :)
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Why do people care so much about the thanks button?
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
What does it even do when you get 2,000 thanks?
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
He only has one Thanks! Maybe he just want to be appreciated?? :(

Although I laugh at why he asked for one. Just because he suggested a different modem.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
What a gracious response, Joe, you are a true gentleman! :)

I don't know, mainly because I like to be useful, and being a new learner of all things Android, it makes me feel good that I can share what I've learned, it gives acknowledgement - at least for me.
[Captivate Android Development] NCARCER8EM:
My hero! Tip of the hat to you!
[Captivate Android Development] lmaoxlong:
I have been having a strange problem with my battery the past few days. The phone states that it is fully charged, but when I unplug it, it says it is at 85%. I have tried to reboot a few times, but with no avail. Does anyone have any clue what's going on? Thanks!

Serendipity 7
[Captivate Android Development] NCARCER8EM:
There are several posts in this thread with fixes on this random problem that occurs when flashing a new ROM. I just went back into CWM & wiped battery stats.

Reboot and charge back up to 100. When I was able - I ran phone down to zero then charged back up to 100. No issues since.
[Captivate Android Development] toneflem:
So I did a factory reset and reflashed the rom. The unable to turn the screen on until a battery pull issue still exists. It has to be hardware I guess which is really damn annoying.
[Captivate Android Development] Koizuma:
It makes your e-peen grow a tad bit more?
[Captivate Android Development] kevria:
Ok, I am stumped. I had no problems upgrading my phone to SerendipityVII but I cant get Odin to actually update my wifes phone. I have tried it on 3 different computers including the one that I used to update my phone. Odin gets to SetupConnection and then does nothing. Her phone is showing up as 0:[COM23] in yellow in the ID:COM box and it is in download mode. Any ideas?

Weird, attempt number 4 just worked and its flashing the bootloader now.

Just for others info. What I ended up having to do was to reboot the phone into download mode while connected to the USB cable. For some reason that is different than putting the phone into download mode and then connecting it to the cable.
[Captivate Android Development] markdexter:
What a Great ROM this is!!! Great work guys!
[Captivate Android Development] markdexter:
Deos TV out work with this Rom, tried it a couple of times cant seem to get it to work
[Captivate Android Development] FirstNoobToBrickHisPhone:
Is it supposed to work? I think you need an HDMI slot.
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
+10

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[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
Made my day. Actually, made a few days.
[Captivate Android Development] pittsm:
yep, these phones do have a tv out function (not hdmi). But i'm not sure if it works with this rom. Haven't tried it since my cable broke. lol
[Captivate Android Development] bumbernut:
I'm having a problem trying to restore a backup (nandriod). keep getting an error "can't unmount system" or something close to that.

I've tried to wipe the cache,wipe data and factory reset. and tried re flashing the the rom. nothing seems to work.

I want to bring this thing back to square one and reflash the rom, in hopes that this will fix my problems. From what I understand, it's not recommended to Odin1 click back to eclair froyo.

Anyone have any ideas how to go back to factory and then back to S7 ? or why I can't unmount the system partition from clockwork recovery ?
[Captivate Android Development] jamina1:
GPS Performance?

How is the GPS performance on this ROM? I moved to Firefly because it had better GPS performance (10 second fix max) and my experience with previous roms has been less than stellar (we're talking 20 minute to fix or more).
[Captivate Android Development] speedygv:
I get an avg of 13 sec fixes from inside my house and my office. But I haven't tried to see if it maintains the lock while driving.
[Captivate Android Development] sanumaj:
USB mass storage mode issues

I am having the same problem with Win7 X64. Please explain how you got your system to recognize the phone when plugged in in USB mass storage mode..

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] kevria:
I have run into this problem. Just try a different USB port.
[Captivate Android Development] Jaeden09:
What are you trying to do? Are you trying to flash? Cause if so, you don't want to be in USB Mass Storage.

USB Mass storage is what it literally says. It treats the drive on your phone and any external SD card for your phone as external hard drives.

If you're trying to flash, you want to be in development mode. To get into development mode, go into settings. Then press Applications. Then Development. You'll have to have your USB disconnected from your phone, and click on USB Debugging. Afterwards, when you connect your phone, it should pick it up in Odin, after it installs the drivers. I attempted to have it auto-install the drivers, and it didn't work. I had to download like 3 sets of drivers and it was a PITA, but once I got it set up, it worked.

First uninstall everything, and then do the procedure listed above. I'm not sure if having the phone first time to connect to a computer when it's not in development mode messes up the drivers or what, but it's worth a shot.

Let me know how it goes.
[Captivate Android Development] sanumaj:
USB mass storage mode woes

Thanks for the response. I tried 4 different USB ports.. keeps installing it as a 'USB mass storage device' but does not provide access to the sd cards.

I tried uninstalling samsung drivers, uninstalling Kies, cleaning the registry files.. had not helped thus far. My wife's captivate running Cognition works properly. The ROM is very snappy and smooth... wish i could set this USB thing right.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
I got it to work....
[Captivate Android Development] sanumaj:
Sorry, i was not clear in the last post. I successfully upgraded from S7 from S6.4. I am trying to gain access to the internal SD card to restore TiBU files and old camera pics etc.. just that have not been able to get the comp to recognize the internal / external SD cards.. my wife's captivate works fine with the same comp however.
[Captivate Android Development] ThreeofNine:
Did you pull down the notification tray and touch the USB bar?
[Captivate Android Development] sanumaj:
Yup.. checked the notification tray.. strange thing is there is no USB connected message when plugged in. Also in the USB settings menu on the phone I have selected 'Mass Sorage' mode. This menu looks different that that of S6.4 which had an option to 'Ask on connection' S7 does not seem to have that option.

I am starting to think it may be a bad flash... your thoughts?
[Captivate Android Development] ThreeofNine:
IN Settings>>Applications>>>Development do you have USB debugging checked?
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Now that's funny
[Captivate Android Development] sanumaj:
you are the man!! checking the 'USB Debugging' worked for accessing the SD cards in mass storage mode!!!! It finally got the connect to PC Android-man screen to mount the storage.

Kinda counter-intuitive... have been playing with froyo based ROMs till date which needs you have the 'USB Debugging' unchecked for it to access the SD cards.. and this one needs you to have it checked...

So if I need to get into USB debugging for playing with ODIN etc or swapping kernels.. leaving it unchecked should work??
[Captivate Android Development] ThreeofNine:
Glad to help! I don't think it hurts to leave it checked. I do and I haven't had any problems. Check and forget!
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Normally when you flash the rom it has been pre-set to USB debugging checked.
[Captivate Android Development] techhi:
Im having the same problem of my phone rebooting as soon as it starts up

it worked fine for weeks running build 2

then I just today upgraded the Kernel to 4 now I'm getting continuous rebooting

I did try to wipe everything cache reset factory and lost everything it booted then about 3 minutes it started rebooting again just keeps cycling

I guess I should have not tried to upgrade the kernel

can I just downgrade the kernal to say 3 or 2 ?

how can I wipe and start all over phone is useless need to breakout my tilt 2 until I get this worked out

thanks
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
I'd reflash the kernel and see if that helps. Boot into recovery and reflash the kernel you uploaded to your phone.
[Captivate Android Development] techhi:
yes it took me a 3-4 re flashes looks like it working

is there a better modem then what comes with the ROM

for the Philly/S.Jersey area

thanks
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
Go to the modem thread - lots of posts from lots of people in different parts of the US and other countries.
[Captivate Android Development] dsteury:
I'm sure I could find a problem if I were looking for one. I'm on my back porch listening to pandora thru an external bluetooth speaker surfing this thread because I'm a geek. Mickey and Chance rock!

I finally made the jump to S7 from S6 and I couldn't be happier. Money will be coming your way tomorrow when I sober up and figure out how to get into my paypal.

Tuesdays gone with the wind :-)

Thanks again. I would have trashed this phone months ago were our not for your value add. Have you thought of making a career of this effort?
[Captivate Android Development] :
Lol Mickey
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Mikey is gonna get angry ;) hehehe
[Captivate Android Development] rkkaranrk:
yeah i know....:)
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
And you should never touch it.

On any ROM.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Not sure if it's a miss quote but is it Mikeh or Mikey? :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] panda703:
As per one of the responses in the recent week the JL2 modem (http://s148368836.onlinehome.us/modem_cwm3_ugjl2.zip) has been good on the east coast. I myself live 15 mins out of Washington D.C if you wanted my point of reference and I keep great battery life/connectivity.
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Please go vote in my poll if you are interested in what color theme I should make next. link
[Captivate Android Development] rico_fiasco:
I installed this yesterday and everything seemed to be working a-okay but when someone tries to call me, my phone will ring for half a second and then i would lose connection to the network (no service). Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Have you tried different modems?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=876391
[Captivate Android Development] rkkaranrk:
try a different modem.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Hey Chance,

Is there any way we can get Voodoo Color into the next kernel?

Thanks ;)
[Captivate Android Development] rico_fiasco:
I've tried about 5 different modems. I even tried reinstalling the ROM from scratch and still no cigar. As much as i loved the serendipity VII ROM, Its pretty much useless if i can't receive phone calls on it. Looks like im jus gonna have to go back to Cognition2.3-B8 because of its stability and battery life. Hopefully the next serendipity build will resolve this issue.
[Captivate Android Development] drewmiranda:
i was on the stock modem that came with S VII but signal was weak in the south comparing with my wife's 2.2 cappy. i flashed jl2 and have been having better results so far

sent from my serendipity VII cappy
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Try this one out. Been using it for the past day or so. Been great w/ voodo, no sig distortion and fantastic gps lock.
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
This ones not even located in the modem thread is it new.
[Captivate Android Development] OBatRFan:
It's probably your theme.
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
I'm not using a theme. I am, however, using LaucherPro EX but that's not the problem because the power menu looks the same with TouchWiz.
[Captivate Android Development] xThaNaturalx:
I know it's a dumb question, but is lagfix enabled by default? And if not, how do you control both that and BLN? I know with Talon you have to have the Chainfire app.

This ROM is beautiful, by the way. Thank you for just keeping the Gingerbread look rather than that TouchWiz 4 garbage.
[Captivate Android Development] neo519:
Why does it go into an infinite loop if the SIM is locked? This has never happened to me with other versions of Serendipity? I'll give the reflash back to stock then remove code again.
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
Yes, Voodoo lagfix enables by default but you can disable it in CWM. I'm not sure what you mean by "control both that and BLN". You don't need Voodoo lagfix enabled to use BLN. If you download the free BLN control app in the market you can turn BLN on and off using that. I hope this answers your question.
[Captivate Android Development] ChanceM:
its your battery mod.

ChanceM
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
To be honest I'm not sure but I when you have the SIM code, it goes right to the home screen, rather than bringing up a screen where you usually put your pass code in for your SIM.
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
Dammit...I liked that batt mod. How do I get a circle batt mod that doesn't do this?
[Captivate Android Development] goob1284:
Can we please get a battery with percentage in it? Sorry for being a pain, but I like seeing how much juice I got ledt
[Captivate Android Development] marcopolo1:
kitchen zip

is the kitchen zip file a flashable file from recovery ?

i download the file from my phone and tried to flash it from recovery .. after flashing says "installation completed.. thanks for using the kitchen" .. however no new applications were installed after rebooting . i did it twice .. any ideas why is not installing any applications from the kitchen ?

thanks
[Captivate Android Development] dc5ftw:
try mount system, mount data, then flash the zip.
[Captivate Android Development] mossination:
This rom has the sickest notification sound.
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
Use Root Explorer (or some other file system app with R/W) to go into the serendipity.zip on your SD card and find the .apk you want in the system/app folder and move it to the system/app folder on your phone. Or you can do this with your SD card mounted on your computer and move them that way. If it asks if you want to replace the existing app, choose yes.
[Captivate Android Development] ninjuh:
Sorry if this is a dumb question but

1, what does UOT stand for?

2, where is the UOT kitchen?
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Ultimate Online Theme Kitchen

Use search, buddy - it's a great tool.
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
Let me google that for you
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
Theme-ing isn't dev's jobs, let them do the real programming. Go to UOT kitchen and choose from tons of batt mods.
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
The batt mod that messed up my power menu came from UOT kitchen.

Chance, I know ur busy making add-ons and I'm sure various mods will be forthcoming, but can I possibly get a flashable .zip of the original battery so I can at least have my power menu back?
[Captivate Android Development] jlt220:
Video playback

I was recording a video and I can't seem to play back the recording without downloading an app from the market it seems that the video player app is missing from the rom? Are others having this issue?
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
1. I have flashed about 5 different battery mods from UOT with no problems.

2. Reflash if it's that big of a deal. Takes 5 minutes. Let the devs focus on more important things (not trying to be rude at all). ;)

Grab the Samsung Video Player from the website, same problem here.
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Tes... and wow:eek:
[Captivate Android Development] smeltn:
wow good or wow bad?
[Captivate Android Development] rico_fiasco:
i resolved the issue. the problem wasn't with the modem. Instead, there was a backup file that I restored that caused it to malfunction. Did a fresh install, made sure that I didn't restore that file and everything was smooth sailing from there. thanks for all of your help
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
The other was taken.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Who would take it? :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] FirstNoobToBrickHisPhone:
why not Mickey?
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
When you flash a rom, never restore anything until you've verified that the phone works. If you have any issues, that will really help the troubleshooting process.
[Captivate Android Development] goatmonkey:
ROM was running fine up until today when I strayed out of the (Rogers) coverage area. The phone would not reconnect to the network. Tried different modems with varying results - none of them being a solid 3G connection - and ended up flashing UXJL1 modem. Everything is working now but not sure how my battery will like it.

Anyone else had this happen?

I896 Captivate

Serendipity VII

UXJL1 modem
[Captivate Android Development] :
What area are you in?
[Captivate Android Development] daveshih:
My experience. I was using the default jvo modem, but it wouldn't connect to the 850 band when I did the *#2263# code. I then went through the modem dance, and enabled 850 band and came back to jvo. However, even though the network, phone, GPS, wifi, etc would work great while I am stationary, network just isn't there while I'm moving (e.g. driving a car). To a frustrated wife and two yrf old in the back seat who wanted to see some sesame street clips via the YouTube app, it's just not "working" as it should. So today while stuck in traffic, I flashed back to jk4 and immediately YouTube videos started working. Happy toddler, happy father. :-)

I'm in downtown chicago, fyi.

Hope this would help somebody.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
-_-

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Not Amused!! LOL
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Someone has a death wish... :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] killerxtreme:
So I got my phone replaced, went to the customer support place and they replaced it no problem.. However the phone they gave me came with 2.2 stock instead of the 2.1.. Under the battery it says 1007 and I am able to get into download mode via 2button + plugging in usb. As well as getting into recovery via 3button.. Am I still good to begin the flashing of S7 from step1 via Download Mode? Or should I flash to 2.1 with odin then start from step1 on the S7 website? I went through and installed the 3e fix to get cwm to do a nandroid backup incase that needed to be known..
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Just go and do the steps listed on the download page. Nothing more, nothing less.
[Captivate Android Development] agentfusion:
can this be flashed over GR12, or do you *need* to flash to stock first?

i ask because i sometimes have issues with heimdal (gnu+linux user here) and flashing stock roms via download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Read... do your research man.
[Captivate Android Development] ThreeofNine:
You don't need to go to 2.1 or 2.2. They are Froyo. You are about to step up to the new world of Gingerbread 2.3 . Just take your time and backup your apps if you don't have a recent copy. Then follow the instuctions per http://serendipity7.weebly.com/ after you download the ROM from the "DOWNLOAD" link and the bootloaders & ODIN 3 from the "1. Download this package." link. And download the latest kernal 4.1 from thread 3 from page 1 of this thread. Then follow each step in order. (FYI at step 13 move the ROM zip and the kernal zip to the /sd not the /external_sd) You should not have any major problems, but if you do search this thread. 99.95% of the problems have been experenced and solved by someone here.
[Captivate Android Development] agentfusion:
That's what I get for clicking 'download' and not scrolling all the way down. :|
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
You're welcome... ;)
[Captivate Android Development] killerxtreme:
Oooh I've already flash'd this rom before.. However I wasn't sure if anything was different since this came stock 2.2.. I had my previous phone on S7 and enjoyed how quick and responsive it was..
[Captivate Android Development] ThreeofNine:
Sorry about that! I thought this was your 1st time to SVII or any GB rom. NEVER MIND................ and ENJOY!!!
[Captivate Android Development] killerxtreme:
I would, except Swype says its expired... lol wtf? Whats the fix for this? I've seen a few different ones, whats the official fix for it?
[Captivate Android Development] manny05:
Is there anyway I can download the notification light that this kernel has? I'm running talon's latest kernel and id like to add it. Not sure if it would make things unstable
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Are you talking about BLN??? It has to be put into the kernel.
[Captivate Android Development] kevria:
Search the thread for how to fix swype.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
It would be nice if Swype was fixed 'officially'. It isn't a good selling point of the ROM that it comes with an expired input method - just sayin'....
[Captivate Android Development] manny05:
Ah I see. I thought I could just flash it in cwm 3 or something.
[Captivate Android Development] 8526WM6:
Am I reading correctly? If you flash the kernel update, it will wipe out your apps?
[Captivate Android Development] OBatRFan:
I'm sure an upcoming build will have Swype 3.0. Just updating a keyboard that not everyone uses probably doesn't warrant a ROM update on its own.

XDA App, Samsung Captivate, Serendipity VII
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
No it won't
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
NE. Interesting though, the creator of this is from Jerusalem (Israel), which I believe to be densely populated. Where-as I live in a rural mountainous area.
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
wow.... VERY GOOD!
[Captivate Android Development] JayFReaZy:
Has anyone else tried out this new JV5 modem yet and have thoughts on it?
[Captivate Android Development] sicmadek:
Is anyone using the serendipity kernel?
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
There are tons of people using Serendipity #1, #2, #3, or #4. You should scan the posts and look at people's signatures.
[Captivate Android Development] ChanceM:
I am. :-)

ChanceM

Sent from a Serendipity Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] jetpuck73:
Me too!!
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Make that 3 and couldn't be happier.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
No, I wasn't looking for an update, but for new people downloading it, it's not a good selling point - I think more people use Swype than you think. I know he's busy.....aren't we all? :)
[Captivate Android Development] :
His best bet then is to not advertise it since all the betas of Swype expire... but then you get a lot of annoying messages asking if Swype is included, so Mikey chose the lesser of two evils by stating it has Swype.

Seriously, if an expired Swype app is the biggest gripe, then Mikey and Chance have done a great job. If people can't read and uninstall the old Swype app and then download and instal the new .apk in system/apps then they have no business flashing roms. As perfect as this rom is, it can use a little tweaking to accommodate your personal touch.

And it really is irritating to read 6+ pages of the same complains about Swype. I guess its easier to type than it is to read.