yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] rkkaranrk:
^^^^^^ LOLLL just DL it and flash it from CWM and u are done.
[Captivate Android Development] 440hsp:
yeah already done. damn it this makes me feel ummmm, yeah pretty f#$%in stupid to say the least. but you guys have been a great help anyways.
[Captivate Android Development] 13_:
From what I gather . . . you have flashed the "STOCK" Ginger JVB rom, which included bootloaders to allow use of Gingerbread. This part is fine it seems. Then you have flashed The latest SVII kernel 4.1, which if I am not mistaken is not compatible with JVB, hence your boot loops. This is the Rom. It needs to be installed and includes the kernel.

You need to use This package and go back to stock GB following the instructions 1-12 on SVII site . Then flash the the first link following instructions 13-16.

Simple.

Stock>reorient>S dip>latest kernel < not in any other order.

Edit: I see Success was had. :D
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
LOL I told you like 3 pages back there *is *to files you need to download. LOL

*ARE *TWO
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
I really appreciate all the work you guys do for the Android community!

Did a little personal theme'ing... Just gotta finish the battery in the morning... Thanks a lot :D
[Captivate Android Development] mikegehl:
As long as you took the time to edit the post, why didn't you just correct the spelling? Gave me a nice laugh.
[Captivate Android Development] toneflem:
I'm on the xda app so i can't search, but I'm guessing no one has had this problem. Everything is working fine then out of nowhere I try to wake the phone up to unlock it, but the screen won't turn on. No matter how many times I press the power button to try and wake the screen and no matter how long I wait, the screen will not turn on. The phone works though because I can plug in the power cord and it will vibrate right when I do that indicating its charging so it's not like the phone is lagging behind or anything. The only way to get my screen to turn back on is a battery pull and reboot until it decides to do it again. Would this be rom related or hardware related? I'm most likely going try a few roms to try and answer that myself, but would like some insight if anyone has the slightest clue.

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] Sarius24:
Definitely sounds hardware related
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Sounds like a broken power button.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] toneflem:
It works fine after a battery pull. I just hate pulling my battery and rebooting when I don't feel like I need to.
[Captivate Android Development] wibs:
I actually had this same problem two days ago. I had to pull the battery to get it to come back up. I enabled the log so I can catch it if it happens again.
[Captivate Android Development] toneflem:
Good to know I'm not the only one. Hopefully you catch something in your log.
[Captivate Android Development] olo567:
I've had a sleep death once or twice with Build 2 and Kernel 4/4.1, but it always boots back up for me once I hold down power...
[Captivate Android Development] wibs:
It isn't sleep death because the phone doesn't turn off. The screen just doesn't come back on when I press the power button. It will still ring if I get phone calls and vibrate if plugged in. None of the touch responds either. I tried answering a call by sliding while the phone was ringing and that didn't work. The entire screen unit just doesn't wake up.
[Captivate Android Development] mod777:
It might be the proximity sensor. If it happens again, try covering up the top portion of the phone (or hold to your ear) and then uncover it. I noticed this a few times when I made phone calls... the proximity sensor would blank the screen even though it wasn't up to my ear and I had to cover then uncover the sensor.

The first time it happened to me I didn't realize it was the proximity sensor and 3button rebooted phone. Second time I realized it was the proxmity sensor. It's kind of annoying at times, hopefully will be fixed soon.
[Captivate Android Development] clumsywob:
I actually had that same exact issue for the first time this morning. Ended up doing a hard reboot.
[Captivate Android Development] wibs:
Yeah I know about that issue. That was my first thought too and I tried to see if that was the issue, but this didn't happen while I was using the phone. I was looking at some stuff on the internet, locked the phone by pressing the power button, then took the phone out of my pocket about 5 minutes later and the screen wouldn't come back on.
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Neither combo works. Phone still just goes to white ATT logo screen and flickers between it, a garbled screen that looks like the fuzz on an old CRT tv set after the station has gone off air, and blank.

I flashed the rom from CWM after wiping. Was running 2.2 Firefly. Instructions say at the beginning

"Serendipity Kernel Build# 4.1: Grab the .zip and flash via CWM"

Did that and rebooted and heard the voice speaking and then it's been stuck on above since.

Then I read directions found from the link http://serendipity7.weebly.com/

and they are completely different than just grab the zip and flash. All kinds of Odin instructions, etc.

Did I soft brick my phone because I didn't have 2.3 bootloaders ? Is there a fix short of throwing her phone in the trash and being in the dog house (already there actually.
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Yes. Your button combos haven't changed yet, so to get into download mode you need to hold both volume buttons while plugging your phone into your computer (preferably with odin already open). Just follow the installation instructions here: http://serendipity7.weebly.com/download.html

You followed the instructions for flashing the kernel, not the whole ROM, you can follow the kernel instructions again after flashing the ROM to get the updated kernel.
[Captivate Android Development] kevria:
24hrs into using the JK4 modem and I am still at 55% so it seems to be about the same as JL2 for me, maybe slightly better.
[Captivate Android Development] mod777:
Have you tried just using a jig? You can make one for around $1 that will work but takes a bit of patience and trial and error (see here). Or you can just use that $1 jig and cut up an old or cheap microusb plug and it should work everytime (see here). If you want a nicer "looking" jig you can DIY (see here)

I just made the jig with the resistors and cut up an old non working microusb car charger for the plug. You only need to buy 3 100k-Ohm Resistors with 1/2 watt 5% tolerance from Radio Shack ($0.99) not the $5.99 pack. See my pic with the package of resistors (3 in use for jig) I bought from Radio Shack and my superbad solderless ghetto scotch-taped jig lol (it's ugly but it always gets me into download mode).

Here's a video showing my jig and how I made it
[Captivate Android Development] quikmeister:
Im in Central Cal (5 Cities) as well. Currently using I9000TUBJV6. Ill let you know If I find something better, and keep me posted if you find a kick ass modem.
[Captivate Android Development] :
Im in Central Cali too, and I have found JV6 to be the best with JQ1 as a close second.
[Captivate Android Development] ppalbicke:
I did the same thing. Very handy to have since I like to futz with my phone.

On a separate note, if this helps anyone, I suddenly had an issue with android sys gobbling up battery. Never had the issue before. Was still on kernal 4 bit had flashed a ton of different modems to test which is best in my area. That may have mucked something up. Anyway, flashed 4.1, and all is good again.

That blank boot up never bothered me, but glad it fixed this issue. I did, by the way, try all the normal fixes before the flash.
[Captivate Android Development] Jaeden09:
Anyone know why my email would be killing my battery? Had the phone on for almost 6 hours on battery, it's down to 26% with email staying awake for 35 minutes. Doesn't sound normal. battery life have been getting worse the past couple says.
[Captivate Android Development] clumsywob:
This. I'm having the issue, using Touchdown. I don't recall this being an issue in S6.4.
[Captivate Android Development] savvacon:
Any suggestions on which modem has the best performance north of Toronto?
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Going to try this both button plug in method now. to see if I can get into download mode.

If this doesn't work I'll have to wait for my jig to get here that I bought from Mobile Tech
[Captivate Android Development] pittsm:
if it doesn't work and your inpatient you could always make your own and have it today :)
[Captivate Android Development] mod777:
Yes, read my post on previous page -- $0.99 usb jig from Radio Shack and you don't have to solder anything. Still uploading that video to youtube btw (slow upload speed...grrr)

Then you can move out of the dog house and back in with your lady :)
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
OK that worked and it is on the "download" mode screen. I followed the Odin instructions but phone is not rebooting (auto reboot was checked) still sitting ondownload screen. Do I now need to unplug and reboot ?
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
What does Odin say in the bottom left message box?
[Captivate Android Development] d_gritza:
JL2 is the best by far followed by KC1. Let me know how it works out for you.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Remove battery

Hold both Vol Up/Down

Insert USB

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
enter cs for md5

check md5.. Do not unplug cable

please wait..

PDA, etc. is valid

PHONE, etc is valid

CSC_NEE, etc is valid

Checking MD5 finished sucessfully

Leave CS

All threads completed. (suceed 0 / failed 0)
[Captivate Android Development] d_gritza:
So i've been running S7 kernel 4 for about a week now and it's as good as ever. Can't believe how crippled the stock firmware is compared to these custom roms.

i haven't had any swype/battery/wifi/FC issues.

I have however had problems with Friendcaster pro app (keeps crashing and requiring a report). Anyone else?

As well I would like a suggestion. I need someway (other than installing samsung email... i feel dirty for saying that) to access my exchange email. I rather not go through gmail as i already linked 2 emails there and don't want to mix work with leisure. I would like to avoid paying the 20$ for touchdown as I don't really use the exchange email that much... thanks again!!!

I know there are multiple suggestions boards but I rather have the experts opinion ;)
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Sounds like your computer isn't recognizing your phone. I'm assuming you already have the drivers installed. Close Odin. Pull battery from phone. Reboot computer. Open Odin. Enter download by both vol buttons + plug in to computer. Wait for "com:6 or 7 or something" to pop up in Odin. Choose pit, pda, phone, csc. Hit start. Wait for it to reboot.
[Captivate Android Development] mod777:
Also could try to use a different usb port (preferably 1 on the back of the computer) and also could use this to get back to stock, then from there you can use method from op to install rom:

Odin3 and 1 click downloader + drivers
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Drivers are installed, trying this now
[Captivate Android Development] Jaeden09:
Anybody have an idea?
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
That worked and I have a working phone now but can not get it to go into recovery to flash the rom already on my sd card. Please help. Don't have abd and volume up and power are not working
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
I also don't think I'm rooted any longer and my "home" touch button does not work. Do I need to rerrot ?
[Captivate Android Development] mod777:
That sounds like stock gingerbread -- did you follow these instructions? I think you are at step 7

1. Download this package.

2. Open Odin3 1.7.

3. Select the PDA, PHONE, CSC, and PIT files in their correct spots.

4. Connect phone in download mode. Use a USB port that's on your motherboard (the ones on the back of the computer). Use the Samsung USB cable.

5. Ensure that Auto-reboot and Re-Partition are both checked. These have a tendency to change after plugging the phone in, so double check them.

6. This is where the bootloader will be flashed, along with stock Gingerbread. Hit Start.

7. Allow the phone to boot.

8. Close Odin3, and open a fresh one. Select Reorient_Kernel_1.1 in the PDA box.

9. Reboot into download mode (adb reboot download, or hold Vol Down + Power).

10. Plug the phone into the computer.

11. MAKE SURE RE-PARTITION IS NOT CHECKED. If it is, you'll soft-brick and have to start over.

12. Flash the kernel (hit start). Allow the phone to reboot.

~IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON A SAMSUNG-BASED GINGERBREAD ROM WITH BOOTLOADERS (NOT CM or MIUI), START HERE~

13. Place the ROM .zip (You know, the one you downloaded from the giant link up there) onto the SD Card.

14. Reboot into Recovery (adb reboot recovery, or Vol Up + Power).

15. Flash ROM with CWM.

16. Enjoy!
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Just start with step 8, but download is now volume down + power.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
JVO man... I keep coming back to it :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
When you mean the "best" is that by signal value or by battery life? Or both? :cool:

I still can't find a good one after the ones you told me to try out.. Still come back to JVO.
[Captivate Android Development] toneflem:
The random not being able to turn the screen on after hitting the power button issue is increasing in frequency. Would I be able to exchange for a different phone because of this?
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
If it's under warranty, then yes.

You'd just have to flash back to stock.
[Captivate Android Development] mod777:
I think that's a rom or kernel issue... if it is... then unfortunetly no unless you go back to stock.

You could also try reflashing the rom after doing a master reset -- make sure you back up your personal stuff (tunes, tones, pics, vids, etc.) on your puter or external sd (if you have one) and tibu your apps first.
[Captivate Android Development] torrin66:
What version of the kernel? I had big time Touchdown issues with Kernel 1/2, but it cleared up with 3 (and was good with 4 as well)
[Captivate Android Development] zeddock:
That's cool looking.

Great job!

Zeddock
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Thanks man! Still playing with my addiction right now :)

Working on my own type of battery :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] zeddock:
I just had similar after a long long phone call.

Had to pull battery.

I will be watching for this.

Anybody else?
[Captivate Android Development] zeddock:
Mine would not reboot by holding power... Had to pull battery.
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Followed instructions correctly. And it loaded Stock GB with now working home button and it also keeps rebooting itself every 3- 5 minutes. Will try again now at step 8
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Redid it again at step 8 and am back to it loads unrooted 2.3 stock, has no working home button and keeps shutting down and rebooting itself. Got to be something else someone may have an idea of trying. The look I just got from the wife staring at her broken phone was not a good one. lol
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Are you sure your downloading all the right files. There is two different downloads on the weebly site. If you are doing it right it should work unless your computer isn't recognizing your phone.
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
there's the odin down load and the rom zip down load correct or am i missing something. It's recognizing phone fine because the odin box keeps saying success and pass. should i start at step one again ? If there was just someway to get it into CWM recovery I could flash the rom but the whole odin process just flashed it to stock gb not rooted
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Download (This Is Serendipity VII Build 2)

1. Download this package. (This Is For Stock GB)(Be Sure to Extract on Computer)

2. Open Odin3 1.7.

3. Select the PDA, PHONE, CSC, and PIT files in their correct spots.

4. Connect phone in download mode. Use a USB port that's on your motherboard (the ones on the back of the computer). Use the Samsung USB cable.

5. Ensure that Auto-reboot and Re-Partition are both checked. These have a tendency to change after plugging the phone in, so double check them.

6. This is where the bootloader will be flashed, along with stock Gingerbread. Hit Start.

7. Allow the phone to boot.

8. Close Odin3, and open a fresh one. Select Reorient_Kernel_1.1 in the PDA box.

(This will add recovery and fix home button/rotate problems)

9. Reboot into download mode (adb reboot download, or hold Vol Down + Power).

10. Plug the phone into the computer.

11. MAKE SURE RE-PARTITION IS NOT CHECKED. If it is, you'll soft-brick and have to start over.

12. Flash the kernel (hit start). Allow the phone to reboot.

13. Place the ROM .zip (You know, the one you downloaded from the giant link up there) onto the SD Card.

14. Reboot into Recovery (adb reboot recovery, or Vol Up + Power).

15. Flash ROM with CWM.

16. Enjoy!

EDIT: Step 8 adds Recovery that must be the part you are skipping
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
That is the part I keep doing over and it just keeps rebooting the phone to stock GB. Should I start fresh from step one ?
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Thats what it is suppose to do. It not suppose to change the rom so once you do it it's gonna reboot to stock GB. So copy the serendipity ROM.zip to SD card. Power off. then Hold Volume Up and Power and Flash the ROM.zip
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Ok did all that again and am at a screen to select language from a whole ton of choices. zip through all that and and am now at GB screen with the sand a few icons. Home button does not work. going to power down now
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Now vol + and power
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
That where you should be, but before you power down make sure you have Serendipity VII Build 2 on your SD Card. If not you can always do it from recovery by mounting the SD Card and Coping it over.

Once it on the SD Card and Your In Recovery, Go to Install ZIP from SD and hit "choose zip"

Edit: To get into Recovery Vol up and Power, hold for a couple of seconds after you see the screen then let go
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Is Ser VII Build 2 the same as this one ( Serendipity_VII_Kernel_4.1.zip ) from page one of this thread ?
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
NOPE Serendipity VII Build 2 is the actual ROM. Once you install the ROM go to post 3 and download the latest kernel (4.1) and go into recovery>install zip from SD> choose zip> then choose kernel 4.1 and hit install. Then you will have an up to date phone. Although I'm not sure if the full rom comes with the latest kernel.

Just check by going to settings> about phone and check the version number under kernel. If it says 4.1 no need to do what I wrote above.
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Flashing Rom now already flashed kernel first. still no working home button yet.
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Once you flash the ROM the home should work. The first think you should do is go to Settings>About Phone! It should look like the image below.
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Looks same except for kernel vs. which I'm flashing now. Home button working and rebooting.
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Good! Welcome to Serendipity VII!! If you run into any problems try searching in this forum before posting.

Wifi issues should be gone once you update the kernel. Swype problems are about 5-10 pages back. Widgets gone after a reboot may require a reflash!

Those are the only problems I have heard of. If you have a different problem thats not listed any where in the forum feel free to ask.
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
A SUPER BIG THANKS TO YOU MAN. Do you have a PayPal address ?
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
I do but no donation is necessary. But please donate to MikeyMike and ChanceM!
[Captivate Android Development] pwnstar44:
Chance and Mike, you guys out did yourself on this rom. I am a HEAVY phone user, and for the first time I got 26 hours out of my phone battery. Simply amazing. The only issues I have thus far are a few random lock ups and the whole WiFi issue, to where I have to restart for it to work (very rare occurrence)
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
R U sure. You put up with a lot of frustrated questions and never once flamed. I really feel as though I owe you. ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS THE BETTER HALFS PHONE I HAD MESSED UP, LOL
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Yup I'm sure! I may be broke but taking a donation for helping another person out is uncivilized, in my opinion. LOL I wouldn't except a donation for holding the door open for another person. People should only donate to help a cause or to reward hard effort, and helping you took no effort on my part. ;)
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
Oh, just rub in now, lol. If you ever need any Fed LEO help let me know.
[Captivate Android Development] daveshih:
It's a problem with calendar sync. I read it in another thread. Turning calendar off will bring battery consumption down to somewhat manageable state. To get it to sip even less juice, change it to 15 mins.
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
HAHAHA I'm Bookmarking this post! :D
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
I can shoot a gun but not fix a phone, go figure.
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
People who can do both work for the CIA! :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] Jaeden09:
Thanks for the response. I'll test it out. I currently have it set up as push/exchange. Still slightly confused by what it means by peak hours though, but oh well.

It was just super weird that it's been killing my battery. I looked at the battery status program, and it showed quite a bit of usage with the screen turned off. And it had my battery down to like 46% at around 11am, when I unplugged it at 6 am. Seems like it varies by day how long it last.

I'll test this out and see what happens. Thanks for the tip :)
[Captivate Android Development] savvacon:
Kc1 seems to be working the best. Thanks for the suggestion
[Captivate Android Development] scottcwhite:
No mail apk

Is the only mail app on this rom gmail ? that's all i have showing
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Yeah, Samsung E-mail can be found on the Serendipity website's addon kitchen: http://serendipity7.weebly.com/add-ons.html
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Does the Samsung email support yahoo and gmail together.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Yes it does.
[Captivate Android Development] alan7825:
Help...I'm Stuck in download

I was flashing 2.3.3 and the cable came out . I am stuck on a screen with a an icon of a phone and a pc with a triangle that has an explaination point in it. I can not get past this screen and I can not get back to digger.
[Captivate Android Development] Nnyan:
Anyone run into a problem with dial tones when in a companies voicemail tree? I enter a number for any choice and most of the time there is no tone or a delayed one which leads to not being able to use these systems.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Got this screen too :)

You just need to boot into download mode.

Sometimes it's one way or the other:

Open Odin and either,

Volume up + down then plug cable in.

Or

Volume down + power button then you are good.
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Your lucky thats all it did. Well search for "Captivate Soft Brick"! It will give you instructions to get into download mode. Something like pull battery put battery in hold vol down and power, or both volume buttons and insert usb cable. Something like that!

^^^^^What he said ^^^^^