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[Captivate Android Development] z500zag:
Inauspicious start for me...

Inauspicious start for me... S7 = brick (going from Froyo Serendipity, via Odin3 procedure). First reboot was OK, but soft bricked somehow when rebooting into download mode to Odin the kernel. First Odin did hang, but I've had that happen a couple times before. Done probably 3 dozen Odin flashes before, don't know what was so "special" this time.

None of the soft brick recovery methods seem to be working. Might be a trip to Radio Shack in the morning for jig parts...

**EDIT** Spoke too soon... if soft brick recovery attempts 1 through 38 fail, try 39 :-) For some reason I've always been able to get into download mode with vol up & down and pwd held down. That failed 15 times, so tried with just vol down and pwr down (leaving up vol alone) -- worked first try
[Captivate Android Development] rootmepls:
I unzipped the "Installation.7z" to the desktop in a new folder. Follow the steps on the website from there.
[Captivate Android Development] matase:
this just happened to me! i went from froyo serendipity to this and odin failed to flash the new rom. I used a different computer to put it back in download. I took out the battery. Then hold volume up + down, insert the battery and meanwhile connecting the usb cable. went to download mode right away. I was scared for a sec.
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
I came from dipity 6.4 without any problems.
[Captivate Android Development] matase:
Flashing back 6.4 now.
[Captivate Android Development] whiteguypl:
http://pastebin.com/zMwfrcF9

Wifi logcat(i think)... Please feel free to verbally abuse me if I'm not doing that correctly. Literally first time messing with logcat.
[Captivate Android Development] anishz:
Just want to know about the battery life, in all the gb roms i tried until now even in idle mode the battery goes down at 2-3% an hour whereas in serendipity 6.4 it was 1% in 5-6 hrs or more if data not activated, and would easily get about 30 hrs with mod usage(music, calls,data).

How does serendipity VII do in battery life?
[Captivate Android Development] phatninja13:
Anyone else having problems with downloading from the browser? I can't download from the add-ons section from the site or any random test pictures from Google images. I just get download failed everytime.
[Captivate Android Development] DRShockie:
Sorry to repost..but after uninstalling the music app that came with S7 and the re flashing the Samsung It is now working:D
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
The third one is for people on CyanogenMod7.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
Ok guys, I picked up a 2nd Captivate for testing from craigslist so i'm ready to try S VII :D Does everything work with S7 ?

I'm just so spoiled from S 6.4, works perfect. Waiting for the phone to fully charge before flashing.

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] pittsm:
Yep, flash away!

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
Couldn't get the phone in d/l mode, had to use the jig ;)

Flashing now :D
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
Recovery is not seeing the sd card :confused:

When the phone is on it see's it, what am i missing ? ?
[Captivate Android Development] Aus_Azn:
There are times where I have this, but it only affects the ringtone. My driving mode TTS still works, the phone still vibrates, I can still hear music and games, but my ringtone just won't chime.

It usually fixes after a restart, but then will eventually break itself again.
[Captivate Android Development] mongofrye:
can't boot into recovery and looping

just flashed this with clockwork and now it just loops. shows att screen but then it goes black and i hear a robotic voice. randomly will get multicolor garbled screen but continues looping this process until i take battery out.

volume buttons and power will not let me go into recovery.

i got here when i tried to go from rooted stock 2.1 by flashing zip in recovery. after i did this, I noticed instructions to use odin if not coming from gingerbread build. Nevertheless, how can i fix it?

Any suggestions or help?
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Follow the instructions. Start with step 1, perform each step in numerical order until you complete step 16. Like you should have in the first place.
[Captivate Android Development] mongofrye:
Yes, i know. I've flashed and rooted a handful of phones and i follow the steps to the letter. I got a little trigger happy on this one.

problem is i can't get in download mode now. ?
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
If it's an external SD, you need to mount it in CWM.
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
What method are you using to get into download mode?

While phone is off hold both volume buttons down and plug in usb?
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
When i try to mount the external SD it says:

Error mounting SDEXT

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2

(File exists)

I tried the SD card from my other Captivate and that one is doing the same thing so its not the card :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Why do you even need the external SD in CWM?

All files should be on your internal.
[Captivate Android Development] mongofrye:
I tried all these at this site....

http://samsungcaptivate.wikia.com/wiki/Putting_the_Phone_into_Download_Mode

none worked for me.

I'm reading that a jig may be in order?
[Captivate Android Development] mongofrye:
Just tried your suggestion too. when i plug in usb get a little circle. eventually screen flashes and voice starts up again "convert data ......" black screen.

funny thing is, i just picked this replacement up from an ATT device service center for my previous captivate. i guess i could take it back and get another, but not sure what they'll say about the strange voice as they try to boot up phone :)
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Yeah, sounds like you are going to want to make/order a jig.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
I'm trying to flash a rom so the zip has to be on the SD card, right ?

I used odin 1 click to start fresh and tried again, still no SD in recovery :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Put it on the internal SD card.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] pittsm:
Yep, this.

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
OK, thanks i will try that when i get home. But is there still something wrong that it wont see the ext sd card in recovery ?
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
I don't think you can, as has been said - you have to mount it in recovery to see it. Don't put things on there when you're using recovery, put them on your internal sd.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
When i press mount ext sd in recovery it says:

Error mounting SDEXT

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2

When i go into recovery on my other Captivate i don't have to mount the ext sd card, its just there.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
Didn't work, failed then went into boot loop. Starting fresh with odin again (trying 6.4 this time)
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Did you even think about reading the directions on the website?

Sent from my Cappy; using my fingers to push some buttons.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
I did exactly as the directions said. Could not load the rom zip because recovery would not see the ext sd card. So tell me what i do wrong :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Its a bootloaders problem

Sent from my Cappy; using my fingers to push some buttons.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
What it boils down to is it looks as though you didn't download and use the installation.7z file before you flashed the ROM file.
[Captivate Android Development] greeto4:
can I use the captivate gingerbread bootloaders from Cog 5 beta 2 with serendipity VII?
[Captivate Android Development] EET:
I was wondering if anybody is having the same issue as I am. My phone restarts during a call. Doesn't happen all the time but is very annoying.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
I guess you didn't read my post, I did exactly as the directions said and that INCLUDES the installation.7z. I had the stock Gingerbread working. Its step 15 where I could not go any further because it would not see the ext sd card.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Why didn't you put the file on the internal SD card, can't you connect it up to your computer? I would download a fresh copy of everything and do it again.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Maybe?

Either it works fine, or it will work but recovery mode will crap out.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
You can. I've personally used them with S7, however I prefer the i9000 ones.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
That is what i just did. Started fresh (3rd time lol) and i put the rom zip on the internal sd. Everything worked :D
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Good, I'm glad you got it sorted out! :)
[Captivate Android Development] AReynante:
Glad to see everyone that I used to see in the previous Serendipity thread is still here :) I haven't been around the forum for a while, but I'm glad Mikey hasn't left us yet :) I'm trying to get my hands on a sgs2, which is proving to be quite a task when I've just graduated, started college, and trying to find a job. Lol.
[Captivate Android Development] timmytim:
What modem are you using?
[Captivate Android Development] conundrum768:
Just noticed this, any chance we can get it Americanized in the next build?
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
It's just a text string. Could be changed in no time at all.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] ManiacalShen:
Alright, I've tried 5 different modems since the above post: JVO, JV5, JPG, KP1, and JP9, all CWM 3, all from the 2011 i9000 list on the modems thread. No luck at getting a signal at work.

I feel ike it should work. I've managed at least some signal with this thing, in this spot, for the year I've had the phone, over several roms and thus probably a few modems.

Could something be wrong with my SIM card? I can get signal at home and outside, but even in those places, the phone seems to have been using a lot more battery power than it used to in order to retain signal.
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
Try JK4 and JL2 from 2010.
[Captivate Android Development] eliminat:
Have you gone into the signal settings ( in the dialpad type *#2263# ) and made sure 850 and 1900 were both enabled?
[Captivate Android Development] smokarz:
hi everyone, completely new here.

how difficult is it to flash this ROM as a beginner? i have not flashed anything in my life.

also, i did not see any flashing instructions on the first page. is it assumed that everyone already know how to flash it?

thanks
[Captivate Android Development] ATT Intruder:
Everything you need to know is on the website here - http://serendipity7.weebly.com/

even as a beginner, if you follow the directions you should be able to get through it. If you haven't used Odin before and/or flashed another ROM I would suggest you go out and do some reading first rather than posting here later in a panic that something didn't work right.

so again, read all the steps, make sure you are comfortable, ask questions before you start, enjoy!
[Captivate Android Development] smokarz:
thanks,

company internet doesn't let me go to that link.

i've spent the past 2 days reading up on stuffs here. but sadly, the more materials that i consumed, the more confused that i become. 'brain fried' i guess.
[Captivate Android Development] kevria:
Follow the instructions step by step, don't leave anything out. One thing I found is that I had to reboot into Download mode AFTER connecting the cable or else Odin wouldn't update my phone.
[Captivate Android Development] ManiacalShen:
JK4 did the trick! Thank you. :D

And eliminat, they were enabled, but thank you for teaching me a new trick anyways.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
Will the Call_Recording apk that worked in 6.4 work in VII ?

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
I'm going to say no, although I haven't personally tried it. In general, don't flash anything made for froyo on gingerbread.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Absolutely not.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] mod777:
Sorry for the late response, but check my signature for what you are looking for.
[Captivate Android Development] mmalka:
Thank you but yesterday I was finally able to resolve it by using a tool (froyomailunlocker) and process posted on XDA to patch the email.apk.

It worked beautifully.
[Captivate Android Development] gil516:
also, back up whatever you can, learn how to get into recovery or download mode (the stock rom's procedure differs from the gingerbread procedure) and have Odin3 one click readily available in the event that you need to flash back to stock for whatever reason.
[Captivate Android Development] KayvinM:
Blue Battery/Blue Overscroll/transparent pulldown

I created this for myself and thought I'd share if anyone is interested. You need to have overscroll already activated for it to work. I attached the files needed for that as well(thanks to abee_13). Both files can be flashed thru CWM.

Forgot to mention that this also changes the wifi/signal icons on the top bar.

Some pics:
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Looks good, thanks for sharing.
[Captivate Android Development] smokarz:
thanks, so my new Samsung Captivate has fw 2.2 and build date of 1106.

do i need to follow step 1 to 5 on "how to install custom rom" guide to flash it back to 2.1 and root the phone?

or do i just dive right in and follow the guide here from steps 1-16?
[Captivate Android Development] EET:
oops wrong spot :)
[Captivate Android Development] EET:
I'm using JK4
[Captivate Android Development] Aus_Azn:
From my experience, the phones that come with 2.2 preinstalled don't oneclick well.

Installing S7, I cut corners. Used SuperOneClick to root, SGS Kernel Flasher flashed Speedmod, rebooted into CWM, used that to engage download mode, and then Odin flashed 2.3.3 stock prior to S7. Worked for me.

And now I have button combos that don't disappear on a botched Odin job. Yay.
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
You do realize you could flash gb bootloaders "2.3.3 Stock" from 2.2! No need to Odin OneClick back to stock.

To Smokarz: Just start from the steps on the weebly site. 1-16!

Edit: Just make sure you have a solid way of getting into download mode and you should be fine.
[Captivate Android Development] rebornz:
if I'm Serendipity 6.2, would I need to start from step 1, or could I start at step 13?

Also, would I need to back up everything?
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Start from step 1! You do not have gingerbread bootloaders.
[Captivate Android Development] rebornz:
Thanks alot!
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
No prob and good luck.
[Captivate Android Development] breezeli:
A kick ass rom for sure, I finally have great GPS lock! A question, does this rom have wireless tethering included? If so, where? I couldn't seem to locate it. I'm using a outside program, but one less program installed wouldn't hurt.

Thanks and again, GREAT job!
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Yes it does. Settings -> Wireless and network -> Tethering -> Mobile AP.
[Captivate Android Development] flashfto:
Still no luck with video play/record

Well, still no luck getting video play/record to work after reflashing 3 times. I'm stumped. It works for a little while and then stops working until reboot, and then again after a while back to no video. Ugh. It's the only thing that I have a problem with. Everything else works awesome. Anybody got any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] d_gritza:
The colored settings from the websites kitchen need to be flashed?

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm a huge idiot, I just realized it's an APK. How do I go about installing them(colored settings) though?
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
adb root

adb push _______.apk /system/app/

adb reboot

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] d_gritza:
Looks like I'm going to have to figure out this adb business
[Captivate Android Development] jetpuck73:
Anyone have the noclock zip? Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] vitaminwater:
I have no sound. one clicked back to stop and started at step 1. flashed jk4 modem though. worked for about 30 minutes and now nothing. any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
I made these a while ago. They add EDT Tweaks, which includes the option to hide the clock.

This one just adds the tweaks.

This one adds the tweaks and changes where it says your carrier when you pull down the notification bar to the current time.
[Captivate Android Development] jetpuck73:
Thanks!!
[Captivate Android Development] PSUfan:
Off the wall question

I'm having an issue streaming music on the uconnect radio in my Dodge Ram. The music sounds like it's playing in fast forward, this is not an issue on stock firmware. I'm guessing it has something to do with the kernel and/or Bluetooth version. A couple questions:

1. Can I use another kernel for S7, if so, what do you recommend?

2. Can I use an earlier version of an Bluetooth.apk? (For example, the one on stock firmware)

3. Other than the kernel or Bluetooth version, what else do you think it might be?

Thanks!

Edit: Thanks to the advice of gcamp, I tried different modems but it was a no go.
[Captivate Android Development] gcamp0730:
Unless I'm mistaken it's the modem that controls bluetooth. I would head over to the modem thread and try a few different ones. Most people have good luck with jk4 as a starting point.
[Captivate Android Development] mmalka:
I am lost and I need help:

For some reason I cannot figure out, the dialer is "assuming" an area code for me.

Example: Say I want to dial a local number 222-2222. I type that on the dialer, hit the green button, but the dialer is actually dialing 617-222-2222.

I have no idea where this 617 area code came from (it seems to be a Boston area code, and I am in NY).

Any ideas on what is going on and how to fix it?

PS: Never mind. I found the solution elsewhere. If anyone faces the same problem, it is posted here
[Captivate Android Development] PSUfan:
Thanks for the advice but that didn't work. I tried just about every modem.
[Captivate Android Development] terrymc:
I use a cool tool I got from Android Central called "side load wonder machine"

http://m.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
That won't work for what he's trying to do.
[Captivate Android Development] d_gritza:
I just spent the last hour reading the adb workshop thread by captainkrtek (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=879701) and I was successful in doing it!!
[Captivate Android Development] zeroonea:
What is version of adobe flash player on this rom? Where I can view this?
[Captivate Android Development] 13_:
10.1.105.333

from the .apk >Android manifest.xml

or

installed > settings> Applications>Manage applications>all> Adobe Flash> second line under name

current version is 10.3.185.25
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Which doesn't help him in the slightest, or come anywhere near replacing the SDK.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
I have the phone set to view contacts from sim but when i reboot the phone my contacts don't display and i have to redo the setting again. Is this a known bug ? I did a seach but nothing came up regarding this.

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] melvinaury:
I want to inform that yesterday I install the talon kernel 4.2 and for my surprise today when I take out the power cable the battery was at 99%. I use the phone on internet for about an hour and connect again and let the phone charge complete, then I play drag racign with the power connected for 30 minutes then disconnect the power and the phone was 99% again. I think the new kernel address the charging issue. With kernel 4.1 I put the phone in the charger at night and in the morning it said charged. When I take the power cable out the battery goes down to 90, 80%.

Chance, Mike can you confirn these.
[Captivate Android Development] LimaI896:
Anyone got a flashable swype fix? Mine hasnt worked in weeks and the long fix didnt work before so I gave up.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Bryman posted one somewhere on this thread, and both the Bluedipity and Blue Medley themes have the fix.

Sent from a state of Serendipity
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
I did?

I don't remember posting one, but anyway here's the Swype from Bluedipity/OJ themed to match stock Serendipity.

It's the older Swype 2.x not the new Swype 3. Uninstall any Swype installed to data including Swype 3 before flashing this.
[Captivate Android Development] LimaI896:
Problem I always had it wont let me uninstall the existing swype
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Have you installed the Swype beta from their website?
[Captivate Android Development] LimaI896:
Wont let me cause of the existing swype that came with serendipity rom.
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Flash what I gave you earlier. It will replace the current Swype you have, and since you haven't installed the beta, there shouldn't be anything in data/app conflicting with it. For future reference, you can use Titanium Backup to uninstall apps preloaded with ROMs.
[Captivate Android Development] monoespacial:
Quick question: How do I flash from Apex 7.3 (talon kernel + i9000 gb bootloader) to Serendipity 7?
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
You have to use tibu to uninstall swype. This has been mentioned quite a few times.
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
According to the installation instructions on the Serendipity website.
[Captivate Android Development] d_gritza:
You already have the GB bootloaders so all you need to do is put the rom (put build 2!) on the SD card and flash through CWM.

Don't forget to also update the kernel to at least version 4 (again by putting is on the SD and flashing)

I tried ApeX 8.0 and came back to S7, very easy process!
[Captivate Android Development] LimaI896:
Tibu wont let me either, jusy says fail to do it.
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
Did you try to remove Swype some other way (like deleting system files) before you tried using tibu?
[Captivate Android Development] zeroonea:
I already updated adobe flash player to 10.3 but I cannot play some swf file with free app on market (Flashbox, smartflash, swfplayer). All of them saying "Adobe flash player not found, please install and restart device". I tried to restart but nothing change.
[Captivate Android Development] LimaI896:
Wont let me that way either
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
But did you delete any files or change anything while trying to uninstall Swype?
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Reboot into recovery

adb shell

cd /system/app/

rm Swype.apk

cd /system/lib/

rm libSwypeCore.so

reboot

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] LimaI896:
Sorry not gonna lie but I dont get what to do.

Go into recovery and what do you mean by those other steps. Lol
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
He's telling you to use adb to remove swype. Best to get it set up and learn. There's a good tutorial here on xda, do a search and it should come up.

ETA here it is http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=879701

Sent from a state of Serendipity
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Bad link friend
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
The link works for me.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Works for me, too ??

I will say it's a ***** to copy and paste a URL in the app. It posted wrong the first time, swype 'fixed' it for me.

Sent from a state of Serendipity