yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] mpanary_fako:
I asked for help about this twice here but got no response. Anyway, for those who want the music players (AOSP, Samsung and doubleTwist, maybe others) to be able to play .wma, you have to edit your build.prop

Make a backup first before you change anything, just in case. You never know

Go to the lines starting with media.stagefright, then you have to set "media.stagefright.enable-meta" and "media.stagefright.enable-scan" to false so it looks like this:

media.stagefright.enable-meta=false

media.stagefright.enable-scan=false

I don't know if you are supposed to set both to false but that's what I did and BAM, Cat Stevens is showing up in my media library (Samsung and doubleTwist) and I don't think I have broken anything yet.

DISCLAIMER: Again, I am a noob! I am not responsible if you screw up your phone by editing your build.prop, it is a really important system file so if you don't know what you're doing then don't touch it, use Power Amp or Rock Player to play .wma . But if you're crazy enough like me then go ahead :D
[Captivate Android Development] phishie:
sensor trick = pulling battery?
[Captivate Android Development] mbc663:
Jq1, kc1, jvo, jl2, jk4

Imo top 5 most popular.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
In my estimate it's a problem with the proximity sensor at the kernel level. Would explain the auto-brightness too.
[Captivate Android Development] mbc663:
Sensor is next to the speaker, to the left of the ear piece. It senses when it is up to your face, so it turns off the screen. Just run your finger on it after the screen goes blank.
[Captivate Android Development] welchertc:
Thanks, I'll give those a shot
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Already in Build 2.
[Captivate Android Development] phishie:
Yea got it - the problem I've had is the opposite though; screen is black when it should be displaying the UI. Either way I'll try running my finger over the sensor next time.
[Captivate Android Development] phishie:
Yea, sounds like I'm not the only one with random auto-brightness adjustments then.
[Captivate Android Development] Neckrobeard:
I'll try that and see how it goes. You don't sound mean lol
[Captivate Android Development] welchertc:
Ok, I tried flashing each of these, and still no beans. Looks like it must be some funky glitch with my phone, my local tower, and gingerbread. This is really starting to piss me off. I think I'm going to go back to stock software and then go exchange my phone. I can't have either gingerbread or data at my house...I NEED BOTH! haha.
[Captivate Android Development] Demonic240:
Are you activating from a bluetooth headset? I'm still getting a "this feature is not installed" I know Mikey had posted it once in the gr thread but I can't search it from my phone.
[Captivate Android Development] cappysw10:
Used this one too, like that you can edit the amount of apps in the dock!
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Where I am as of today.

Battery Calibrated, no data transfer, no sound... basically in my pocket all day.

What do you guys think? Isn't it weird how much battery my screen is eating up?
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
I wasn't thinking your screen is too high as much as your Cell Standby. What's % of time without signal? And what's your brightness at?
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Time without signal: 5%

Brightness: Auto.
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
That's what I would change first.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Why so? I thought that on auto, it saves the battery?
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
No, setting it to lowest brightness saves battery.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
What are your settings? And what battery life are you getting?

I will try with the brightness very low to see.
[Captivate Android Development] 7JS14:
Slow gallery and no sync~

I have installed Serendipity 7 and I am noticing a few issues. Is there anyone else experiencing this?

1) Whenever I open up the gallery app after the phone finished turning on/loading media, it would force close each first time and each time after that it seems pretty slow to load when starting

2) The phone no longer connects with the media player or kies usb setting (asking because I want to sync my music with WMP) only the mass storage option works =S

... other than that, this rom has been great!

Any help on how to fix this would be great, thanks! =]
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
I can get 5 hours of solid screentime on lowest brightness. With screen off I lose about 5% an hour during peak time (2 email accounts checking every 5 minutes) and about 1-2% an hour during off-peak time (one checking every 15, one every hour). I keep screen at lowest brightness when unplugged, and I have Tasker switch it to medium brightness automatically when I plug it in. Display timeout is set to 2 minutes. I also tend to use a darker image for my wallpaper.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
What modem and kernel are you running?
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
1. Does gallery work after a little time? If so, it's probably just the media Scanner killing it so it can scan. is it a large gallery, or lots of stuff on the web/external_sd?

2. If you want to use it with Kies (why you'd ever want to is beyond me) try disabling USB debugging.
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
Modem is the original JVO the ROM shipped with. And kernel is either original or the updated one xcal came out with shortly after release. Probably the updated one (if I'm not crazy and there IS an updated one lol)
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Ugh I would love to just get 12 -14 hours of easy battery life with data on and at least 2 hours of screen time. So many people get that easily. :mad:
[Captivate Android Development] JayFReaZy:
I find it weird that your battery is draining that fast. I'm also currently at 70% but my unplugged time is much longer. Turn off auto sync if you don't need it, make sure wifi and gps are off; put the screen at the lowest brightness and make sure auto brightness is off.

Sent telepathically from my Serendipity 7 Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Will do. Is there anyways it could be a certain app that is draining the battery?
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
The updated version of Maps. Check your version. If it's 5.5.1, go back a few pages and download the 5.2 someone posted.
[Captivate Android Development] 7JS14:
Yeah, the gallery works still, but it's just really really slow when launched at start (usually just force closes at first try), takes about a minute to start. There is only one picture of a 120kb wallpaper on my phone at the moment, and it's still like this~ =T

I do have usb debugging off, always did. I'm not planning to connect the phone with Kies, I just want the second usb option to work "Media Player" so that I can connect my phone with windows media player. It has previously worked with past roms I used.

Any other ideas? Thanks =]
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Im at 5.5.0

Still download the older version?
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
I don't know about Windows Media Player, never used or liked it much. Your Gallery issue seems weird, as you say. Try putting JustPictures on and see if it does the same thing. If it does, I'd re-flash. If it doesn't, I'd consider manually re-loading the same or an older version of Gallery, then updating. These are kind of shots in the dark.
[Captivate Android Development] JayFReaZy:
I think that might be possible, but I wouldn't know how to identify it. Personally, I usually just "Clear Memory" and make sure no apps are running in the task manager from time to time. I think it's good to do this on occasion since my battery stats have indicated both TiKL and Poweramp have used some battery when I haven't even opened either app all day long.

Also, the modem that you use has a BIG impact on battery drain. In my experiences JL2 is great for speed and GPS, however it drains a lot more battery than the stock JV6 which comes with this ROM. I'd suggest completing a few more battery drains before coming to a conclusion with battery life about how good/bad battery drain is. If it hasn't improved after a week or so, I'd try flashing different modems to see if battery life can be improved.
[Captivate Android Development] mbc663:
Don't give up yet. U know the quality of this forum.
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
However it's happening w/ Talon as well. Not quite as pronounced thought. As soon as your phone is connected the screen goes blank, where as on your #2 the screen goes black as soon as you dial.
[Captivate Android Development] emooheo:
sorry if its been covered, but can this be flashed over lagfix?
[Captivate Android Development] conundrum768:
Just a quick aside, but what are you guys using to take screenshots?
[Captivate Android Development] Xaltotun:
This is the essence of A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!!
[Captivate Android Development] mikeypopps:
Hey yall recent convert to Serendipity 7. I am consistently getting frozen when I use "intensive apps." Gallery, PvZ, Maps, for example. I re flashed three times and it still happens. The one modification I'm using is the i9000 TWLancher. Could it be the cause of all this?
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
I've been watching your postings however I may have missed whether you have re flashed the rom. This may be a simple reflash. Make sure to clear devik/cache, fully charge battery. You may also want to download the rom again. I saw you posting on the Talon link. If you flashed Talon and went back to Mikey's kernel, this could also cause batt drain issues. Modem set up can be an issue too. If fow some reason you are locked onto 850 mode this will cause you to drain in a search of 850 service.
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
shootme free app
[Captivate Android Development] mpanary_fako:
Awesome

Nobody answered so I had to figure it out myself ;)

Thanks Mikey :)
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Okay. I think when Mikey comes out with build #2 I am going to do a brand new reflash.

In other words:

Charge to 100

Wipe everything

Go back to stock

Master clear

GB Boot Loaders

Charge to 100 (if the battery has gone down at all)

Flash new build of Serendipity

And not restore any apps, but rather a brand new download of what I need so I can see if any apps are draining my battery.

Any from there, I will see about Talon and a new modem.

Good idea you think?
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
No No No... god no. Just download it again. Clear everything, charge and reflash.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
I will download it again, but then don't I have to reinstall all apps and talon, etc?
[Captivate Android Development] sinizter:
Yes. Follow the exact instructions on the website and you'll be fine.
[Captivate Android Development] RichMD:
3 issues so far

I flashed this over the weekend (twice). The first time swype, etc broke after flashing a theme and I hadn't done a nandroid backup yet. I then wiped it and flashed a second time. After that, it seemed to work very well until I used it driving to/from work today.

I have the kernel #2 build by ChanceM and have not loaded any themes after the 2nd flash other than a UOT theme based off the framework.apk and systemui.apk from this ROM.

1) I noticed none of my music shows up (.wma files). MikeyMike will fix that in build two.

2) I turned on bluetooth and paired it with my flex2 BT device in my car. It connected and I got audio through the speakers for GPS, etc. However, I could not use the phone over BT - I did check the options on the connection and phone and media were both checked. Normally I can initiate a voice dial by pressing a button on the flex2 - nothing happened. I then tried dialing via selecting a contact on the phone and it dialed but the headset button appeared greyed out and was not active so I couldn't play it over the car speakers.

3) I had GPS active and BT so it was playing over the car speakers. After about 10-15 minutes without touching the phone, it suddenly rebooted for no apparent reason... This last item could be a fluke - only happened once but...
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
If you have Tibu you can back up apps. Then reinstall once rom has been reflashed. Skip Talon for now, stay w/ Mikey's for. Wait for his update, change kernel adjust... (whatever it may be) Just stay away from Talon right now. The kernel that comes w/ the rom will give you excellent battery.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Maybe you didn't see my other post but I think it might be a certain app that is draining my battery... this is why I am thinking of not restoring apps with Tibu, but rather only download what I need (for now) until I can either rule apps out or find it as the cause.

Make sense? And fine I will stay away from my lovely Talon........ :o

Should I go to my JL2 or stay with the stock modem?
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
That's when people run into trouble, when they try and think for themselves.

Sent from my Infuse
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
What are the chances that the rom you put on your phone, both times, were the same one? Meaning, did you download a new one? If not, do so. Sometimes a download can go bad.
[Captivate Android Development] Endoran:
Uh. Besides reflashing the bootloaders (and changing kernels) I don't see anything wrong with what he has in mind. I did all that, minus the aforementioned, and everything is working great on my phone except for known bugs. Maybe some of it is unnecessary but hell if it makes a guy feel better about a flash why tear him down for no reason? Or at least qualify your condemning reply.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
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[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
There is something wrong in the rom flash or, agreed, one of your apps. I'm toying around w/ Talon and It drained my batt for the first couple days. I now get 14 - 18 hrs w/ mixed data wifi, very bright screen. The first kernel M&C had on the rom I was getting roughly the same. I'm going to try #2 soon and see what that buys me.

Should I go to my JL2 or stay with the stock modem?[/QUOTE] Modems really won't harm anything as long as all modes are running.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Modems really won't harm anything as long as all modes are running.[/QUOTE]

I do think it has to be an app because I got crap battery life on Dipity 6.4 too, so I mean it is the most plausible.

So in your opinion, go to Talon and do my usual OC/UV or go to Mike and Chances' Kernel #2?
[Captivate Android Development] Demonic240:
The Bluetooth issue is two fold, first you have to download voice dialer from the kitchen on the S7 website. Unfortunately though, last time I checked the apk that is on the website was brought from the 6.4 website and is thus the froyo version. Thay version works fine until you try and voice dial with your headset. That requires the ginger version which was posted in the old GR12 thread. Not sure where it is now but I can look for it on my pc in a few.

Edit 1: Just checked my PC and I can't find the file. Will try searching in the old GR thread next.
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Guilty of that, been there and still doin it;)
[Captivate Android Development] Demonic240:
Sorry, didn't see that until after I posted that.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
No worries, I need all the help I can get! :) ;)
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
It might be a good idea to start with what Mikey and Chance packaged, don't you think? Just flash what they've provided, according to their instructions, and see what kind of battery life you get.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
A lot of people do that. ;)

Sent from my Infuse
[Captivate Android Development] goob1284:
Sorry if this has been asked before, what are the CONFIRMED working themes for this rom? Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] Demonic240:
Here is the voicedialer.apk that Mikey uploaded on the GR-12 thread and worked great there. Going to install it tonight and try it out tomorrow (headset is in the car and I'm too lazy to go outside)
[Captivate Android Development] Mortem Tuam:
For those interested....I started a thread with some of the walls I have done for my Cappy.

Although I think I put the thread in the wrong area LOL

here's the link, unless the move it, it should work

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14493022#post14493022
[Captivate Android Development] atcwoody:
PaulDiddy Remix GB 1.5 working fine here.
[Captivate Android Development] goob1284:
I know about that one, I should have ssaid something.. but I was wondering if there were anymore?
[Captivate Android Development] mbc663:
Honeycomb for continuum
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
Anyone have a link for TW4 launcher zip? I'm looking to try it out and see if I like it.
[Captivate Android Development] Rodman101:
Am I the only one that noticed that Mickey's sig says "sent from my infuse"? in all actuality this is probably a joke but still...

I'm feeling serendipitous...
[Captivate Android Development] tysj:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1061883

Just flashed it on mine and it's working fine.
[Captivate Android Development] tietherope:
Infuse? Did I miss something?

How is the screen? Will we love it in the SGSII?
[Captivate Android Development] RichMD:
That broke swype for me. Are you using a different kb?
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
It's quite nice.

Sent from my Infuse
[Captivate Android Development] atcwoody:
GB keyboard. Never took a shine to Swype. The website does have two add on mods to Swype. Don't know if that would fix it for you or not.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13071758&postcount=2
[Captivate Android Development] GeoMandell:
So I'm currently using S7, Xcal's latest reoriented, KC1 modem, Voodoo lagfix is on.

My phone has completely locked up a few times since I've started using this ROM. One example, when using Maps (but not ONLY when using Maps). Like, completely locked up and had to pull the battery. I have flashed this ROM "clean" three times, now. This happens whether I use the included Kernel or the Reoriented. I haven't tested it with Talon, but my experience was that Talon was NEVER as consistently stable as Reorient.

I am CONTINUING to have the data speed issue that seems to plague my phone. I will get it to optimum DL and UL speeds (near 4Mbps up and 2Mbps down) and leave it alone, and suddenly, one day it will dive back down to 10Kbps down and varying up. This is not an AT&T issue and it has nothing to do with my build.prop as I removed all the lines tweaking speed classes, etc and was great on speed.

I'm encountering a glitch every once in awhile where the phone screen will go blank except for the background and notification bar. It will have all the appearances of being locked, but will not show the unlock pull-tabs. I can hold the power button to get the power menu, but nothing I do gets it back to normal. Having someone call or text the phone will kickstart it back to normal and I can unlock it again. This has happened throughout my different flashes with the ROM.

Other than that, love the ROM.

EDIT: Forgot to mention all of the above apply no matter what configuration I use. Lagfix or no, different modems, different kernels, etc...
[Captivate Android Development] Cdub5:
So I'm lovin this rom, the only prob that I have is the same prob I have on all gb roms. Voice quality in calls. I've tried several different modems, and I still get people telling me that they have trouble hearing me, that I sound mumbled. Also notice it's harder for me to hear the people I'm talking to. I have my volume turned all the way up and it's not as clear and loud as the kb1 based froyo roms. I wanna stick with this rom cuz it's awesome, but voice quality is important. I'm in the US, with an att I897. Any tips?
[Captivate Android Development] RichMD:
I just edited the two lines above in the "additional build properties section of \system\build.prop, saved, and forced a media scan by connecting/disconnecting USB - no dice. I then rebooted the phone and I still don't see any of my .wma files listed in the included music player, tunewiki, selecting via handcent, etc.

It still lists

media.stagefright.enable-http=true

media.stagefright.enable-rtsp=true

Are there any other changes required? MikeyMike, is this what you included in build #2?
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
This also seems to fix the album art/ID3 tag issue.
[Captivate Android Development] JayFReaZy:
Does that mean no more awesome ROMs for the captivate, say it ain't so! :(:eek:
[Captivate Android Development] RichMD:
Thanks,

I downloaded your attachment and when I went to install it, it failed. I then realized I already had the voice dialer app installed from the add-ons from the S7 site. Your version is slightly larger (79.73K compared to 78.39K) and WORKS.

MikeyMike and/or ChanceM - it appears that the voicedialer from the add-ons has a problem.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
If anyone uses Launch Pro, have you noticed a battery drain issue?
[Captivate Android Development] 8526WM6:
I redid steps 1-12 and now have a better behaving stock flash. The issue now is my phone acs like its not rooted. I copy the ROM zip to the sd card and when I use CWM to flash the ROM it says it's not signed. Why would the system report that the ROM zip is not signed and how would I fix that?

Please, any help is very appreciated thank you in advance!!!

Edit: Volume-Down + Power puts me in download mode. Volume-Up + Power does not work.

UPdate: Ok toggled signature off...now flashing ROM Zip! Thanks for anyone that was about to help me :) !!!
[Captivate Android Development] JayFReaZy:
That robot chicks voice saying whats going on while on the "Serendipity" boot screen is just COOL, lol.
[Captivate Android Development] Will of fire:
i was waiting for this for a long time. the only think i wish is that the battery would show the percentage. Best rom by far i cant wait for the kitchen!
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
Does anyone have a way to get the Clock app from GR-12? I liked it much better.
[Captivate Android Development] Uncle Irish:
For real? Damns. Now I gotten hurry up my drinking and get good and ripped.

I've always found it best to flash when drunk. If u can't flash trashed u don't deserve to flash.
[Captivate Android Development] Gurgs:
Mikey did you happen to get the screen to turn on when getting a notification while using AOSP mms?
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
stable... I agree that GB is heads and shoulders better than Froyo, but charging bug and wifi reboots wouldn't exactly classify it as stable to me... It's almost there though!
[Captivate Android Development] veebomb:
Ya Baby! Can't wait to get this on my cappy, you rock Mikey!
[Captivate Android Development] :
Up and running and all I can say is... WOW. Totally worth the wait. Honestly can't say any of the other GB ROMs are anywhere near this smooth. It really feels as smooth and responsive as CM7 without all of the "this is CM7, it will never do that" crap or the god complexes that you have to deal with to follow the development.

Great job!

Confirmation number: 2JH64133CC378961E
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
Nevermind, I restored it from TiBu. had to backup and uninstall the current one, though.
[Captivate Android Development] :
I dont have either of those problems.
[Captivate Android Development] OBatRFan:
Some people do, some don't. I've had both at different points in my GB history.
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
Agreed. What you have it only that. Fed into the machine, it is food for fodder.
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Hey Mikey just responded to your Beta PM (sorry for the wait on the reply).

I just want to say we all really appreciate your work!