yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
Going below 15% can cause permanent damage to Li-Ion batteries.

See here for more info than you'll ever need: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

Specifically: "...the battery does not need periodic full discharge cycles other than to calibrate the fuel gauge on a smart battery." It goes on to explain why doing this too often is bad.
[Captivate Android Development] JayFReaZy:
Does anyone know if I can add the S2 clock widget from GR-12? If so how? I'm refereeing to the one with the android green date and the clock in white. Thanks in advance!

Sent telepathically from my Serendipity 7 Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Hopefully you stored your backup on your external SD card. Assuming you did, you need to go into TiBu preferences and select the backup folder location. Do not use the Detect button. Scroll down and select your folder and then select 'Use current folder'. You may have to reboot to see your backup. I had the same issue, drove me nuts until someone figured it out for me :)
[Captivate Android Development] KonaZXIII:
Flashed S7 on the morning of June 3 with no major issues.

Flashed JL2 minutes later.

Flashed Talon a day later.

Today, I kept wifi mostly off (unusual for me) and data mode off. I turned wifi on a few times just to sync then back off.

The big dip in there is the one phone call I had today.

Yes, this is light use.

That small break in the green line is when, I believe, I had the first and only wifi reboot so far.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Is there anyways you can post a screenshot of the "Display" by clicking on it taking a screen shot of it?
[Captivate Android Development] PSUfan:
Thanks reinbeau! For some reason I couldn't use my latest backup, I had to use an older backup with less apps and I had to save it to my external sd for TiBu to work. I would have never figured that out, much appreciated!
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
O_O Does anyone else's wallpaper image go to a noticeably lower resolution when actually applied as wallpaper? Not just down to screen resolution, but even lower than that.

Update: After more testing, this is absolutely the case. The stock gallery applies wallpaper at lower than actual screen resolution. You can demonstrate this by zooming into a high res (1920x1080, etc) picture in gallery until you see actual pixels. Then apply the same image as wallpaper, and you'll notice much lower resolution if you have good eyesight.

I worked around this by installing QuickPic and applying wallpaper using the "QuickPic Wallpaper" set as function.
[Captivate Android Development] 8526WM6:
I get a lightning bolt that flashes on and off in my battery indicator when I'm plugged into the charger.

Edit: Apologies, this was in reply to an earlier post that their phone does not indicate charging....forgot to quote him....
[Captivate Android Development] color0:
I just replaced the stock S7 launcher with LauncherPro, no wallpaper issues to report. None of the "banding" or graininess that came with other Gingerbread ROMs/kernels...
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Out of using my common sense and less than .01% of my brain power, I think it means charging........ :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] irishvandal:
Have you tried installing the S7 Gingerbread "Start-Up" kit? If you can get to recovery, than you can get out of it. This should take you back to the ginger-stock rom.

Hope this helps.
[Captivate Android Development] ninjuh:
hahahahhahaha
[Captivate Android Development] 8526WM6:
I downloaded an add on, unzipped it, tried to install it and was rejected because it was not a signed apk. Do I need a special application to install unsigned apks?

I did set my settings to allow unsigned apks.

TIA!
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Is it CWM flashable?
[Captivate Android Development] meohman1:
Holy Crap - I think you set his pants on fire!
[Captivate Android Development] smeltn:
So had a really tough time getting this thing up and running because I couldn't for the life of me get into Recovery... 3button doesn't work anymore, but was finally able to do it using cmd in windows..

Loving it so far.. Great job guys!
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Should of used ADB... :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
And I think I have found my battery draining bug!!! :D:D:D:D:D

After:

2 hours of use

Wifi on the whole time

Listening to music

And syncing

90% battery! :D:D:D:D

Lookout Security..... How could you do this to me?!

But anyways I am so happy :D:D:D:D:D
[Captivate Android Development] rompus:
Edited- Double post
[Captivate Android Development] rompus:
Anybody in the KY area found a modem that works good for them yet? Seems like JK4 works pretty well, but reception is low. I tried JL2 and JV6, but even though both of those showed more bars, they seemed to drop calls more.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Not to sound intruding... but instead of having many users making many threads for wallpapers, maybe you and iDroidd would combine so we could all use your great wallpapers in one thread?

I wanna keep up with both of your guys' great work but I am currently subscribed to 11 threads... :cool:

Just an idea but great work! :D
[Captivate Android Development] rompus:
Sorry, I had to drop that last wallpaper post, I ....umm, made a typo in the logo. LOL
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
It means it's going to rain. Pack an umbrella.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] rompus:
Yeah, we probably should combine all the threads. I just didn't want to step on any toes by posting in another person's thread.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Although I don't if iDroidd will say yes or no, he seems really nice. He created a background just for me and was very nice doing it! I'm sure he will go for it :D
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Mine goes black too but it goes black for about 5-10 seconds and then it flashes like usual.

Have you watched the screen to see if it ever turns on at all when you make a call for a prolonged amount of time?
[Captivate Android Development] jamesbchrist:
Good to know, thanks
[Captivate Android Development] ChanceM:
Just an Fyi, colored settings icons are now being served in the kitchen.

Tomorrows menu may include...

New kernel with a side of transparent notification drawer.

ChanceM

Sent from a Serendipity Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] DRShockie:
LOL:D:D:D:D

oh i see a new toy..nice one (infuse 4g)..how does it compare to captivate..better worst same?
[Captivate Android Development] 8526WM6:
It's the add-ons from the S7 website. Is CWM the only way to install them? TIA! :)

Hehehe happy to be the comedy relief here for my unquoted reply for the BATT charging symbol hehehe :D
[Captivate Android Development] RashaMatt:
Is it possible to change the text in Settings so the headings are a different color than the sub-headings? I think it's a lot easier to read that way. I'd certainly do it myself if I knew how.
[Captivate Android Development] jetpuck73:
It won't let me dl on my phone, is there away to fix this?
[Captivate Android Development] 13_:
Use a browser other than stock to dl the zip.
[Captivate Android Development] jetpuck73:
Will do, Thanks!!
[Captivate Android Development] silverslotcar:
Or download astro file manager. Then go to preferences and check the box where it says enable browser downloads.
[Captivate Android Development] orlandoxpolice:
Yea someone in the first half of this thread said lookout caused problems. I saw the icon in your screenshot but forgot to mention it. Glad you solved your problem though
[Captivate Android Development] jswclw:
Download from browser

So what is going on with this? I've run into this (not being able to download) a few times. I just went to the PC to download it, and didn't pursue it any further. Now I see this, which leads me to these questions.

Why is the stock browser configured not to download?

Is there a setting in the browser, or does it really require another application ito enable it?
[Captivate Android Development] thingsmeanalot:
Can anyone hook me up with this too? That was the best email app I've used so far - really tight functionality with Exchange Server.
[Captivate Android Development] cappysw10:
Grab the zip, open it up, grab the email.apk from /system/app, profit!
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
Rockin' Bluedipity7 1.0 for Serendipity VII :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] jetpuck73:
I tried that and it still fc.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Yea, ridiculous, isn't it? There's a little app on the market called Download All Files (it's free) you can install, it'll enable browser downloads without having to install Astro (just learned this last week). From the market page:
[Captivate Android Development] jerkysh:
After I flashed this ROM,i forgot about XDA , but yesterday it got possessed, when I tried to enter the dialer/phone, it threw me out...i thought that it's no biggy, I rebooted and it was alright, but after that, it froze in my hands and did 2 reboots by himself....but in rest, the ROM works great!!!!
[Captivate Android Development] BertMor:
I went back to original, its tried and true. will wait on an updated version and see what happens. In the meantime I d/l yahoo!mail
[Captivate Android Development] cappysw10:
Strange, it works for me. I put it into a modded install package before flashing.

Wait...you did remove the asop email first, right?

Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.
[Captivate Android Development] kevria:
Does anybody have a replacement for Lookout if Lookout is causing problems? I haven't seen it doing the random app scanning thing on my phone.
[Captivate Android Development] mbc663:
+1 ,.
[Captivate Android Development] truckmann:
ES File Explorer is what I'm using.
[Captivate Android Development] thingsmeanalot:
Thanks! This worked for me. I just took the apk from /system/app/ inside the zip, and put it in /system/app/ on my droid, then rebooted.
[Captivate Android Development] :
Cell standby at 30%? That is whats killing your battery (your phone constantly scanning for your cellular network). You need a different modem for your area.
[Captivate Android Development] KonaZXIII:
8 pages later...

I'm not sure how helpful it will be since I ended up plugging in before seeing your post, but here it is.

Don't mind the change of font (also after you posted) and the time I took this. I woke up unnaturally around 2 this morning and read your post- I just really wanted to go back to sleep. lol
[Captivate Android Development] ctleng76:
Thanks for this clarification. I never knew what the difference was between the two, and why some zips would not install in CWM3. When you understand why you are doing something instead of just how to do something, it makes it easier to remember to do it in the future (at least for me).

Thanks again.
[Captivate Android Development] bossman1225:
Is there a reason I cant get videos to playback that I record? Phone just says unable to play
[Captivate Android Development] ppalbicke:
You need a video player not included in the rom
[Captivate Android Development] ppalbicke:
Go to the serendipity website and download. Worked for me
[Captivate Android Development] rkkaranrk:
Day 3 with the ROM, Battery life as great 21 hours voice calls 1 hour 33 mins, Display 1.55 mins. Android OS 48 mins (IS THIS ALRIGHT).

Issues: Dial pad FC when ever i dial the number (mostly when the 5th digit is pressed).

Lags when shift tabs in dial pad.

Edit: One more the samsung email FC when i check mail both on wifi and gprs.

How to wipe the battery stats through CWM or calibrate battery, Tried but goes back to advance menu in CWM ?
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
I believe Battery Monitor Widget (which is awesome by itself) can wipe stats correctly in GB.
[Captivate Android Development] snowake:
"Task killer" = battery drain

Battery Saver = oxy moron
[Captivate Android Development] snowake:
If a modem switch doesn't work, try a battery cycle. Also, your battery cell could be bad.
[Captivate Android Development] mbc663:
"/me is voting this best current cappy rom"

u have to still feel that way right mikey? not to put this rom down or anything. i gotta go back tho. my phone hates this.

i still think GR is the best rom on the phone.
[Captivate Android Development] Sarius24:
Soo, I was wondering is Mikey going to add more stuff "same stuff from serendipity 6.4" and im talking about the Add-ons or is he going to leave us to do that ourselves...to install the themes and all that?

Also I'm not sure but when you go to Messages weren't you able to swipe back and forth to 'call' and 'message' like when you swipe your finger it would turn yellow depending if you swiped to the left and blue to the right for calls? Was that in 6.4 cause I can swear I was able to do that but not on this rom. Are you going to add that functionality or no?

All right, done for my questions. You are doing a great job with the Rom btw. Thanks for the coloured settings!!!
[Captivate Android Development] kevria:
You can do this in contacts.
[Captivate Android Development] khannag:
Hi there--I tired a couple of searches but couldn't find the answer to my question. I am running the stock 2.2 rom on my captivate. Do I need to downgrade to 2.1 before installing Serendipity? Thank you for your help.
[Captivate Android Development] sethjamto:
So I replaced the Google Maps 5.5 with the 5.2 apk that ChanceM posted up several days ago and noticed that the 5.2 kept restarting and running in the background. I had to forceclose it to keep it from restarting. Is this the norm or should I do something different?
[Captivate Android Development] sethjamto:
Nope. Just follow the instructions from A to Z on the link in the OP.
[Captivate Android Development] :
But skipping a few letters is obviously for the hardcore users... or people who want to have some fun.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
The differences are largely cosmetic.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Android Development] cappysw10:
5.2.1 is the one I use, it'll only start when it needs to, no restart.

On a side note, much better battery on 1.0 kernel.

If you're not using Gingerbread, you should be flogged!
[Captivate Android Development] momulah:
I flashed back to obsession and I really find JV9 is faster overall. I noticed it when I first flashed from symply to serendepity 7 and flashing back to jv9 based I see the difference even more. Most of the jvo themes Ive tried work fine with jv9 anyway. Just my observences.
[Captivate Android Development] MadGoat:
home-settings-wireless and network-wifi settings-(hit menu button again) advanced-wifi sleep policy- make sure its set to "never".

had the same problem as most of you. With "android os" chewing my battery life. Set sleep policy to never and its back to normal.

This seems to be an issue throughout gingerbread right now.
[Captivate Android Development] sethjamto:
I'll give it a while to see if it restarts again.

So you have used both kernels and gone BACK to 1.0 and have much better results? My battery has been crappy lately....then again, ChanceM said a new kernel is in the oven. Maybe I'll wait for that before going back to 1.0.
[Captivate Android Development] ctleng76:
I think he meant that the GPS on the Infuse works correctly out of the box where that is not the case with the Captivate. If yours worked out of the box, then your experience with GPS functionality is definitely not typical. The majority of Captivate users cannot get their GPS to work without some type of modification or custom ROM.
[Captivate Android Development] sethjamto:
Mine has worked nearly flawlessly from the time I got the phone through now. Fast locks, accurate, and holds the lock indoors or out, while stationary or moving in a car. I guess I'm one of the few lucky ones!
[Captivate Android Development] manny05:
tried using my GPS with JL2 modem and on Talon kernel..

it got the signal within seconds however, it wasnt perfect. it was average at best

also when i simply use the map (not navigation) to pinpoint exactly where i am at as i am driving, it was spotty..it just wouldnt pinpoint exactly where i was at, on the map it was like 2 streets away or more..

anyway to solve this?
[Captivate Android Development] :
I must be lucky then, because no matter what stock/custom rom or modem I put on, my GPS has always worked.
[Captivate Android Development] 8526WM6:
Could you please PM me to find out all your Gps tweaks? Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] 8526WM6:
Does anyone know if there is still a free app to turn your phone into a wifi hot spot? Tia!
[Captivate Android Development] cappysw10:
Try a different modem? Try any of the gps tweaks?
[Captivate Android Development] KonaZXIII:
I found out last night that JL2 had not been giving me the wifi speeds that I was used to getting when using it on Froyo. It usually has great phone/great wifi/good GPS/acceptable battery for my region

I tried JL3 (has always performed similar to JL2), same issue there- slow wifi.

Then I went to JP9 and I got my wifi speeds back to near what I was used to on Froyo/JL2 with slightly better (read excellent) phone. Battery seems about the same as JL2 but I need more time to know for sure. GPS, I don't use much... Samsung got me out of that habit.

Also, yesterday I got my first wifi reboot (while on JL2).

(Talon kernel- No OC w/UV on all of the above)
[Captivate Android Development] Hivol:
I use a 1 cm by 1 cm piece of aluminum foil placed on the gps contact between the antenna and the case. It sounds silly, but it helps since I have one of the early cappys. I found it posted on another forum so its not my idea!

see below:
[Captivate Android Development] 88EVGAFTW:
I've got pretty good battery on this compared to other roms lately. I charge to 100% at night and un plug it.

As you can see all I do is music and text/FB, also check emails a few times a day.
[Captivate Android Development] :
I use Hotspot Toggle from the Market... the wifi hotspot is already build into the rom...
[Captivate Android Development] Nuskul:
Will kernel v2.0 work with gr-12, or will reverting gingerbread versions matter?
[Captivate Android Development] Graysonh:
Thats a great idea. I got my Captivate on release day here in Canada on release day. Is the foil just set on or is it secured any way?

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] white00gt:
Anyone know if there is a fix for the camera app or maybe it has something to do with the gallery , it happened when using the camera apk that came with S7 and with the apk from GR12 when I view my phone pictures they either display sideways or if I rotate the phone they display upside down- I calibrated the accelerometer several times still happens only way I can fix this is by using settings to rotate image- won't display correctly by default
[Captivate Android Development] kevria:
I want to revert back to Maps 5.2.1 yet I cannot uninstall Maps 5.5. What is the trick to getting the phone to allow me to uninstall the newer version?
[Captivate Android Development] morehush:
Try turning on gps tagging for pics and see if it makes a difference. I know that when the camera apk didn't have gps tagging enabled I had a problem with it not saving rotation info in the exif.
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
I did it using TiBu in Chuck Norris mode. It's just easier.
[Captivate Android Development] kevria:
That worked, thanks!

is there a way to lock the app down so that it cant be updated?
[Captivate Android Development] nakedninja42:
In the last 24 hours, I have had an issue with the microphone cutting out on 3 different calls. I was able to still hear the person I was talking to but they could not hear me. This only happened on calls that were longer than 10 minutes (each time was different). The third time it happened I was able to enable external speaker before the caller hung up and they could hear me again. I disable external speaker and was able to continue the conversation with no problems. Anyone else experience this?

Serendipity 7 (no themes)

Kernel #2

KC1 modem
[Captivate Android Development] Hivol:
I just have it sitting in there, the backplate holds it in place and it wont move. It does fall out if you arent careful when you remove it tho. Pretty easy to make another one if you have to.

I use GPSTest to clear settings, inject the time and Xtra data after a flash. I get 10-12 locks in seconds compared to what I used to get. Hope it helps!
[Captivate Android Development] startngate:
Any reason you don't want to use the one that's built in? :confused:

Settings>Wireless and Network>Tethering>Mobile AP
[Captivate Android Development] mbc663:
was wondering the same thing. lol
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Just to let you people know, 90% of these problems are modem related or will not be fixed until Samsung fixes them.
[Captivate Android Development] petrichor8:
froyo vs GB modems

has anyone tried using any froyo modems (i.e. jk4) on this yet?

JV6 seems to eat the battery up, and while I'm going to try using some of the other GB modems from this thread

(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=876391),

does anyone know if I have to use the modems that are marked (I assume taken out of) GB roms, or will the froyo ones work too?

I'm gonna give

xxJVE

xxJVK

xxJVO

a try, but I remember that JVO was a battery hog.

*note: all I9000 roms

I tried the modem dance with GR-12, and got it to work, and currently I can cup my phone to send it from 1900 -> 850, so I'm pretty sure that's working.

just curious...
[Captivate Android Development] kevria:
It does seem to work. My GPS hasnt been too good under VII whereas it was great under 6.4 and it locked in 21 seconds with 7 satellites in my office.
[Captivate Android Development] thresherhorn:
Got a weird bug when I flashed the package of this and this alone.

Immediately after flash, while still in recovery, my Power button lost it's ability to "accept" in the menu. It would simply power the display off/on. I couldn't select "reboot" or anything else/

A battery pull and power on later, it returned me to recovery but this time it allowed me to select options. I rebooted normally and everything works like normal. (colored settings and all)

Odd...
[Captivate Android Development] :
Translation: Just to let you people know, Im busy playing with my new Infuse. When the new wears off, Ill try and fix some issues.

:D
[Captivate Android Development] DrGoodspeed:
It probably wont work because S7 is jvo and gr-12 is jvb which hav differences in the kernels. But you could try, I'm not sure what will happen.
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
Yep, I read about this on a google dev forum a few months back. There's an issue with the sleep policy or how it's implemented. Choosing never seems to fix the battery drain issue.
[Captivate Android Development] KonaZXIII:
I may have to try this out on my 1007.

I'm thinking a little Elmer's, or rubber cement (on the red dots) would secure it to the cover and be better all around.
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
I don't know of one that works. Just take a backup of the version you want and restore as needed :/
[Captivate Android Development] DrGoodspeed:
Did cwm say "back button disabled" or something like that? It happens from time to time. Just wait a minute and you can select things again
[Captivate Android Development] sethjamto:
Stick with the i9000 modems and you are good to go. I'm running JK4 right now. It always seems to be the best for me where I am.
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
JQ1 has worked well for me so far. I had to do the modem dance to get 850 working, but it's been at least as good as any others I've tried.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
It's not necessary to secure it. It stays in place no problem. It might slip when you take the cover off, just carefully put it back on. I've got it on my 1007, it does help.