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[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
You failed to mention that you have a TomTom taped to your phone. :)

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You shouldn't have to pay $199. If you're a good customer (as I'm sure you are), and mention that there are other vendors (Walmart, etc.) that will offer it to you for $xxx.xx, they'll concede. At least they did with me the last time around. The only reason YMMV is because you reached a CSR who was grouchy. Simply hang up and call back.
[Captivate Android Development] pittsm:
yep, when I got my captivate it was listed for $99 at att. Kmart and others had it for $49. I went in there told them I could get it at kmart for $49 and without blinking an eye the salesman just said "yeah, we can match that, no problem.

sometimes all you have to do is ask! :D
[Captivate Android Development] tietherope:
I'm really looking forward to your development on that phone. I hope there will be a kernel allowing me to use it on my international version.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
No, no Tom-Tom (I'd never touch one of them, I'm a Garmin Girl all the way!), seriously, the GPS on my Captivate works well enough to navigate. With Navigon being purchased by Garmin, I'm happily awaiting proper GPS capabilities, which will follow me to my SGS II (or Note).

Yes, I know how to dicker, trust me, there's a free Microcell sitting in the window next to me ;) I was merely noting that they seem to be pushing up my eligibility date for my upgrade, which is a Good Thing™ :D
[Captivate Android Development] rrieter:
I'm eligible, but I just can't pull the trigger. The cappy runs really well and I can't really say I need a new phone. The Nexus Prime looks like it might be amazing, judging by what I've seen so far. SGSII is really nice, tho. I'm sure I'll find a way to justify buying one of those phones. Always do :)
[Captivate Android Development] Damani311:
So if I'm going from 6.4 to 7, build 3, what do I need to do? Can I just place the zip on SD and flash with recovery, or do I need to flash back to stock and then flash to 7?
[Captivate Android Development] Aus_Azn:
Instructions exist on the website.

Both of the methods you write of are wrong, although the first is far more wrong than the second.

You basically need to Odin to i9000 2.3 stock, then flash up to S7.
[Captivate Android Development] Damani311:
these instructions? http://serendipity7.weebly.com/download.html

if so then I'm already stuck on :

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

Thanks for helping
[Captivate Android Development] madmattco:
Odin should look like this. The only thing that will be different are your path names. the file names are what needs to be correct
[Captivate Android Development] rcllcr:
Flash to Cyanogenmod 7.1 from VII Build 2?

Hello all,

Huge Serendipity fan, but before I go to build 3, I want to try the newly released stable Cyanogenmod 7.1 build.

Can someone tell me if I can flash Cyanogenmod on top of Serendiptiy VII Build 2? I know they say to not flash on top of Gingerbread, so would it be safer to flash back to stock first?

Thank you very much, appreciate the help!
[Captivate Android Development] projectpaki:
So I flashed S7.3 yesterday, and when I am in Contacts>Menu>More>Settings, I get a android.process.acore FC error. I attributed to a bad flash, so I reflashed it again, still same error. I just loaded all my apps, and updated them too and set up most of my phone up so I dont want to re-download S7, but was wondering if anyone else had this problem as well? It also happens when I go to Display Options in Contacts>Menu>More, which is the real problem bc I need to load my google contacts.

any help is appreciated.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Did you restore any system settings at all? You can restore your apps and your user data, but not system settings. That will cause android.process.acore to FC. Unfortunately the only fix is a reflash.
[Captivate Android Development] projectpaki:
I try to make sure I dont, but the first flash I didnt restore anything. I know ultimately I would have to reflash lol but was wondering if anyone else had a similar problem and quick fix but thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] Thegodfather156:
Yup. U can flash cm7 on top of s7

Captivate 2.3.4
[Captivate Android Development] rcllcr:
I appreciate the response, but wouldn't it just be safer to flash to stock first using this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989, to change the gingerbread boot loaders, and then flash to CM7. I mean, it couldn't hurt right?

Thank you very much.
[Captivate Android Development] Aus_Azn:
You can use any bootloader for CM7 now. The instructions are deprecated.

I flashed CM7 straight over S7 personally; it works perfectly fine.
[Captivate Android Development] thresherhorn:
Has anyone noticed more "Android OS" drain bug with build 3?

Been waiting for days to see if it gets better.... like build 2 did.... but I'm having to reboot 4+ times a day because I notice it starts creeping up the battery usage charts ( like 26 - 50% of battery getting sucked dry).
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Nope I can usually go at least 10 hours until it reaches 10%.
[Captivate Android Development] Rodman101:
For anyone using quick office, do you have the create a powerpoint option? I have create word and excel but not powerpoint and my friend on stock 2.2 has that functionality.

I'm feeling serendipitous...
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
I have that option but maybe because I have pro.
[Captivate Android Development] RashaMatt:
If you run out of less-extreme options, you can remove your google account from the phone and re-add it.
[Captivate Android Development] ubikwitus:
flash back to stock

Hey there, I've recently flashed this rom and had some issues (unresponsive coming out of calls, or just freezing and needing a hard reboot) and figured that i need to reflash. When I initially did the flash, i did not do a master clear or reboot to stock. Do you recommend that i do that first? if so, i haven't found instructions on how to.

thanks,

U
[Captivate Android Development] Rodman101:
Well isn't the one that comes preloaded on the phone, pro? Or full better said

I'm feeling serendipitous...
[Captivate Android Development] thresherhorn:
I'm assuming that's with heavy use?

I've gotten 1.5 days of light use with build 2 before. Only difference between that and now is "android os" being far more prominent.

however, *knock on wood*

last night after 6 reboots through the days because of apparent os bug I finally went into cwm3 and reset the dalvik cache (sp) and so far have had little os bug... here's to hoping that suppresses it for a while.

on a side note: I know the android os bug was samsungs fault and not the rom. are there other 2.3.3+ roms out there that have fixed the bug at all? just curious. I've been out of the rom world for to long.
[Captivate Android Development] projectpaki:
I havent even been able to load my google contacts, it FC's before I can even get into the Contacts settings.
[Captivate Android Development] RashaMatt:
You don't need contacts to do that - it's in Settings » Accounts » gmail.

Or under Settings » Privacy » Factory data reset. Just make sure you have your apps etc backed up first.

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[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Ugh why would you do a factory reset for that...?

Go into Account & Sync, unsync your account. Then go into Applications > Manage Applications > All > Clear data for Contacts, Gmail, Facebook, Account & Sync Settings, SNS, & whatever else you think might work.

From there, restart and then re-add your accounts and try to sync and then try to see your contacts. When you clear data, it doesn't lose the app, but rather clear the cache and rebuild.
[Captivate Android Development] zeddock:
Crap! Now I am Jonesin' for a thread like this one for the sgs2.

Zeddock.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
The ROM is nearly ready.

Sent from my SGH-i777
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
NICE!!! If you need testers pm me. More than glad to help you out.
[Captivate Android Development] Damani311:
Does this work on SII Captivate?

Also, does anyone know how to get SII Captivate into download mode? xD

Holding both buttons and power button brings up a reboot/load from SD screen, which I thought was recovery, not download...
[Captivate Android Development] pittsm:
Wth is sii captivate?
[Captivate Android Development] t3chn0s1s:
I was gonna ask too but I figured f it. Lol

Sent from a MIUI powered SGH-I897
[Captivate Android Development] Damani311:
are you kidding me? Galaxy SII Captivate...
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
No such animal.

Samsung Captivate

or

Samsung Galaxy S II
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Enough with the berating of Damani311, he has been educated.
[Captivate Android Development] t3chn0s1s:
Well, there is the new Captivate Glide and the Samsung Galaxy S II but as far as I know there is no official Galaxy S II "Captivate". Which do you mean?
[Captivate Android Development] rastanthology:
Hi, first of all, i love your work mikey!

I've being using serendipity vii build 1 for a long time, loved it, but now my phone doesnt want to turn on :(

I've opened a thread in Q&A, but with all the stickies that are now there I dont know if ppl would be able to see it.

So if any of you wants to lend me a hand please go check this post for more information (logcat, how it happened, etc):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1304817

Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] PotatoJ:
Just want to let you know that I've been running Serendipity VII since it was first released, and my phone is running very smoothly. Haven't had a need to install any other ROM. Solid work! Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
I should have specified when I said

"Nope I can usually go at least 10 hours until it reaches 10%."

It was in regards to the AOS bug. I can go about 10 hours before Android Operating System in Battery Use goes above 10%. My phone last at least 20 hours on battery with 2 hours display time....Except when I go to school because I get no signal and it really eats away at my battery.
[Captivate Android Development] zeddock:
I knew it wouldn't take you long. <smile>

The sgs2 is pretty fast so it seems as fluid as dipity on some things.

But some of the things you had "fixed" in dipity had just made the phone so much more productive and usable for me.

I guessed that those little annoyances would quickly motivate you to dev on the sgs2.

Glad you are Mikey!

Now. Please point me to the thread?

Thanx!

Zeddock
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
There isn't one yet. I'm sure as soon as Mikey releases it for the SGS II someone will post it here. Let's keep this thread on topic for Serendipity VII for the Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] Aztecbandit:
Is it EXTREMELY important to use a Samsung USB cord? I broke it and im using an HTC cord. Basically the same right? I know its dumb, but it was the only part in the installation that i wasn't 100% sure about.
[Captivate Android Development] Aus_Azn:
Worst thing is that Odin doesn't work, but I've been using a Blackberry cable and had no problems so far.
[Captivate Android Development] Aztecbandit:
Ok thanks
[Captivate Android Development] hazenagent:
Any mini USB cable will work. You have to be sure the plug will fit all the way into the phone opening. I had to trim some of the insulation around one mini usb plug I bought so it would lock into place. Too large plug can come loose while using and interrupt charging, odin etc.
[Captivate Android Development] zeddock:
I humbly suggest this is not always true. Any similar chord SHOULD work, but personal experience, and many knowledgeable folks here say it's a mixed bag of success to failure if you do not use the Samsung cable.

Zeddock
[Captivate Android Development] truckmann:
FYI I've been getting genuine Samsung cables from Amazon really cheap. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001XXUOQI

I do have Amazon Prime though so shipping is free regardless of my order amount on Prime eligible items.

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Man I wish I was getting this much battery life. Seems I've only been able to get at most 12-15 hours with moderate use before it's begging to be plugged back in. I've also been fighting that darn AOS bug.
[Captivate Android Development] justin860:
im at 10 hours currently and its AOS is at 3%
[Captivate Android Development] milleirish:
Having a little problem with the install. I went to the web site and did a complete install in followed the instructions. I placed all the correct items in the areas they needed to be.. the phone rebooted.. Then I placed the kernel in the correct area and made sure the re-partition was unclicked and hit start.. the phone did everything needed and rebooted, but the phone is not rooted.. how do I get it rooted?
[Captivate Android Development] justin860:
try flashing the kernal again
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Have you gone through

ALL

the instructions yet? If not, keep going. You shouldn't have root until after step 15.
[Captivate Android Development] milleirish:
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!

Ok i got to Step 12...

let me try.
[Captivate Android Development] Aztecbandit:
So there's a a slight chance of failure even with an HTC cable.?
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
These is a slight chance no matter what cable you use. OEM or not.

And plus, brand is nothing. As long as the wire is the same gauge, and has the same circuit it will work.
[Captivate Android Development] elghouchd:
Soooo, my battery life is HORRIBLE. I dont know what happened, but after I did a fresh flash of this rom from Apex, my battery life doesnt last the whole day. Overnight my phone goes from 100% to 20%. I can barely use my phone in the day. Any tips on what I can do to get my longer battery life back? Something I might have skipped? Something other kernel i should flash? Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] t3chn0s1s:
You know they always say flashing a new ROM will do that. I would start by wiping battery stats in recovery first. When I was running S7 I had great battery life. Another option is the free version of Juice Defender on the market. It has truly worked wonders for me with MIUI.

Sent from a MIUI powered SGH-I897
[Captivate Android Development] truckmann:
I pushed the Camera.apk and QuickView.apk to the apps folder, re-booted and

the camera seems to work, but the image preview causes a forceclose. I suspect I may need the libquickview.so file as referenced earlier in this thread, but I'm not sure. If the preview is working for you can you upload that file so I can test it out?
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
Works for me without it, but here... I'm on a different ROM so it might not work for you.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
That's exactly why.
[Captivate Android Development] truckmann:
Works fine now. Thanks to both of you.

Now to find out if I really like it better than the other camera.
[Captivate Android Development] thunderix:
I need little help : i have now cm7.1 on phone , and i want to flash to serendipity 7 . I tried but i can't flash . The phone boots again in cm7 . What i've done wrong ? Or what i have to do first ?
[Captivate Android Development] thunderix:
Solved . With Odin .
[Captivate Android Development] elghouchd:
No SGSII for me....GALAXY NEXUS HERE I COME!
[Captivate Android Development] drizzle67:
it's good to be home! Just thought i would say thanks! I have tried a few different roms the past few weeks, and nothing compares to all that is serendipity! So yea... this rom is the best in my opinion! :D
[Captivate Android Development] Aztecbandit:
MikeyMike you have a good ROM here, but i miss CM7, does anyone know if i can simply just 1-CLick Odin back to JF6? I heard that theres something wrong with doing that because of bootloaders or something. And yes I did google this question
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
I think you should ask this in the CM7 forum but as far as I know, you're on GB bootloaders so there's no need to Odin back to stock. That's what you're hearing about, every time you change bootloaders you risk problems. Don't bother.
[Captivate Android Development] justin860:
Anyway to get the fixed browser on s7?
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
What's wrong with it?
[Captivate Android Development] justin860:
I thought it lagged less with the 2.3.4 update
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
There isn't going to be a 2.3.4 update to Serendipity VII. You'll have to go to another ROM - many are happy with Apex, and a development team is going to keep that one going.
[Captivate Android Development] Jeepin' Rock Climber:
hmmm... just switched to your ROM 2 weeks ago -- wanted something that was bug free for a change! --

Anyway, just tethered last night for the first time, not much data (just shopping at Amazon). Got the dreaded text message today:

"AT&T Free Message: did you know tethering your Smartphone to a computer requires a tethering plan?...."

Uh oh.
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
Jeepin' Rock Climber's Free Messages to AT&T:

"Did you know that the Captivate's GPS should have worked out of the box?"

"Did you know that the Captivate shouldn't have experienced random shutdowns?"

"Did you know that your bloatware is nothing but a PITA?"

"Did you know that Gadhafi is dead?"
[Captivate Android Development] zeddock:
If it REQUIRES a tethering plan, then why was it able to work?

Maybe they just really, really WANT us to have tethering plans?

Zeddock
[Captivate Android Development] gcamp0730:
+1 lol
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1313050
[Captivate Android Development] scott2ride:
In my experience it is not the cable that causes problems, its the USB ports.

If you find that Odin does not seem to install some software etc properly, then change the USB port you are using.

When ODIN seems to hang, we have tried this on a number of occasions, on several different computers, and changing the usb port solved it.

In fact, recently we needed ODIN 5 times while updating, and each time we had to change the USB port otherwise the flash with ODIN wouldnt work. The bummer came when we ran out of ports (Only had 4). Then had to restart the computer and use the first USB port again.

Hope that helps.
[Captivate Android Development] erraz:
Never mind i fixed my own problem
[Captivate Android Development] gspears:
That SUCKs Mikey. I was hoping you were developing for the SGS II international version, not the stinkin AT&T version. I wondered why I hadn't seen you anywhere!

Oh well. Thanks again for all you did for the Captivate and I'll miss you.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
If I'm spending $600 on a phone I need to have a warranty, otherwise I'd have gotten an i9100 a while ago.
[Captivate Android Development] kitkitfok:
Hello, MikeyMike01, would you please post home button haptic feed back CWM fix for me? :D:D
[Captivate Android Development] iRide113:
It works..?
[Captivate Android Development] kitkitfok:
Sure, in Apex rom, I see this credit:

- Mikeymike01 for home haptic.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
It has to be implemented into android.policy.jar. I made a thread on it.

Sent from my SGS II
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
Do you have an SGS II ROM? If so, link please. I know several people have moved away from XDA since developing SGS II.
[Captivate Android Development] elwilson4:
Check out his sig.
[Captivate Android Development] umpire7777777:
Screen coming on with notifications

When I get a notification, the screen will turn on for a couple seconds, then turn back off. Is there a way to turn that off? I use BLN to let me know if I have a notification. I would rather not have the screen flash on in the middle of the night lighting up the room.

John
[Captivate Android Development] afrojoc:
Thats a pretty cool idea actually..
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Some apps have a setting for this inside them but as for global notifications I don't know of a way to do that.

SIDENOTE: I just figured out the included serendipity kernal doesn't have the increased partition size. So now I can't download any apps bigger than 30mb.
[Captivate Android Development] RashaMatt:
Yes you can - in terminal emulator or adb, enter:

busybox mount /mnt/sdcard/cache /cache

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[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Ah! Thanks that worked. Do you know if I have to do that every time I want to download a large file? Again thanks.

Edit: This download is taking forever LOL.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
I actually switched to Talon, the latest, to get rid of the lag I had in the app drawer and other places.
[Captivate Android Development] RashaMatt:
a mount probably won't last through a boot, but you could put the mount command in a script in /etc/init.d where it would get executed every boot. I just have a shortcut to the script on my desktop (via SGSTools) so it's fast n easy if i need it.

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AT&T Captivate SGH-I897 build 1010, Apex 10, Talon Dev 0.5.1 RC1 1200 BIGMEM kernel, KC1 modem
[Captivate Android Development] thresherhorn:
Was this successful for you?

With build 3 I did notice a little lag pop up.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Yes, it worked out well.

Sent from a state of Serendipity
[Captivate Android Development] umpire7777777:
Interesting find.

Within my SMS notification settings, I turned OFF the option to turn the screen on for a notification.

Expected: Would affect ONLY SMS/MMS notifications.

Actual: Turns on the screen for ALL notifications.
[Captivate Android Development] jazenf:
Loving this rom, just wanted to know if there is a fix for the audio lag. When i listen to my music it plays back very choppy..also how can I update swype.

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] Joecascio2000:
Wait so turning OFF the screen on option actually turns it ON for all. That's weird must be a Samsung thing.
[Captivate Android Development] rrieter:
I have used a Mikey ROM since I first got my cappy. This weekend I flashed a KJ3 ROM, Which required i897 bootloaders. Having all kinds of lag and issues. Want to come back to dipity. Do I need to flash i9000 bootloaders or will this work with i897 bootloaders? Sorry if this has been covered. I did a search and couldn't find anything.
[Captivate Android Development] Aus_Azn:
It works with i897 bootloaders. Just CWM and go.
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
I think the only issue would be that the Samsung music player from the kitchen wouldn't work.

Sent from my phone