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[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
Damn I wish smartphones were cheaper so I could buy a new one like every 6 months. 200 unsubsidized every six months would be perfect, but 500-600 is too much.

No reason for smartphones to cost 600 bucks when you can buy an Ivy Bridge laptop for 500 bucks.

It's the carriers fault, the carrier and their contracts gives no reason for manufacturers to lower prices on full retail pricing, not when you have the carrier paying you full price. Ahhhhh

I want the nexus prime then 6 months later I want a phone with this chipset!
[Vibrant General] itsjusttim:
Exactly!
[Vibrant General] oka1:
I agree phones cost too much, but then...that's capitalism..... I am going to get an S2 in a couple of days and then get Prime after that........ I wouldn't worry about the S4 chip-set too much probably will not be out until this time next year. I save my change every day and on average at the end of a year I have about 700 bucks, I then use that to get my android toys or whatever. This year is a short year I just weighed my quarters (1Lb =18.60) a Little over 32 lbs or 600 bucks....... but now I will have no money for parking.........:p
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
Well, the iPhone and most Android phones cost the manufacturer's $190-$250 to produce. Then they sell them to your carrier and make their profit. After that, your carrier subsidizes the cost of the phone to you for what, $199-$299?

Let's review. If it costs a manufacturer, say $200 to make their device, and they sell it to a carrier for $300 and that carrier sells it to you for $249 with a 2 year contract, how much money did the carrier make on the sale of the phone? ;)

I can understand the pricing for non-contract phones. I can understand ETF's. If a customer buys a subsidized phone and jumps ship with no ETF/Penalty, the carrier is literally losing money.

I don't do contracts. I plan for what I want to buy, save for it, and bite the bullet. I paid full price from my Vibrant on day 1. Is it expensive? Yeah, sure, but there's this notion that smart phones cost $20 to make and the rest is an eleventy billion percent mark up, and that's not true. Do carriers jump that price WAY up? Yeah, absolutely, but it's a business move to try and get the consumer to sign a contract. If a customer is on contract, there's incentive for them to stay and the opportunity to make additional profit through the cost of the plan and any overage charges, accessory purchases.
[Vibrant General] oka1:
Totally agree and that's why I have not been under contract either I pay full price (minus my negotiating skill discount) over 2 years it is actually cheaper.

The other thing people may want to know say you have a brother/friend etc who doesn't over use their plan. If all the stars line up and work out right, you put him on your plan (20-30 extra per month) and you get the phone for 1/2 price even if you are on a non contract plan. If you brother/friend turns out to be a flake and never pays you after a year you dump him and you paid about 20 bucks less for the phone overall...........if he pays you say 50 bucks a month over a year you end up with the phone essentially free...... but remember a saving like this in this scenario is highly reliant all things working as the should perfectly....... and you know how often that happens ................
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
I used to try and get a good price, and through all my years at T-Mobile, I actually have in the past on more than one occasion. These days, it's harder to get a manager to come off of a phone. I really think that once they got bought out the last time corporate policy put the clamps down on it some.

I'm not a wasteful person anyway so paying full price for a smart phone every 18-24 months is one of the few things I splurge on. It's definitely cheaper in the long run on T-Mobile since your plan is cheaper. Shoot, I'm still on an EM+ plan. Sadly, I'll probably have to bite the bullet and move to VZW soon since I need a larger network and that's where the real raping begins. ;)
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
Just hangin out at the computer waiting to go to work, so thought I'd put this out there.

Same as KJ1 except 3G is back...

Updated with the new Boog KJ2 Kernel with init.d

I flashed it and it installs and runs fine, no problems so far, seriously :)

Deodexed, zipaligned, ROOTED

Sorry folks, dropbox suspended my account because its generating too much traffic, so you will have to use megaupload until I get a new upload site figured out...

It has...

The new Boog KJ2 kernel, with init.d. Thanks Boog!!! You're truly a machine.

extended Power menu

circle battery

crt animation

some color

translucent status bar pulldown

tethering

that's it...

And here is the link to the AOSP lockscreen by Blitz76, Thanks Blitz!!! (where are you man, we all miss you) http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vf6gxy11f1y4hcj

Make sure you are on gingerbread boot loaders and have Boogs KJ1-KJ2 Kernel tar installed http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1294849

Copy the zip file to your sdcard and flash with clockwork mod.

As always, I am not responsible if it messes up your phone.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zyxtj3c2m85qv6l
[Captivate Android Development] nbell13:
THANK YOU!!! Just in time for me to flash before I have to go into work :-)
[Captivate Android Development] tallsilver:
Thanks, I'll give it a try!
[Captivate Android Development] Sithis:
I'd like to try this but MegaUpload is acting up and the download keeps failing. Anyone have a mirror?

Never mind, it finally worked.
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
I dont have an alternative yet, I hoped to use dropbox but its not meant for mass downloading. Will figure something out. You're not the first to have this problem.
[Captivate Android Development] nbell13:
Boot screen is a huge improvement... No stupid 3g woosh!
[Captivate Android Development] Sithis:
I'll upload it to multiupload and put a link here if that's OK with you.
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
Could not seem to get security certs.

Does anyone know why Touchdown and Handcent could not get certificates? Market was slow but that is just the new market. TiBi downloaded along with paid key but could not get Touchdown to sync or Handcent to login.

I have had this happen with another "quick" release ROM but never bothered to find out why.

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] mbc663:
thanks for the hard work. giving it a shot now.
[Captivate Android Development] Grif7:
How to tethering the stock kj2 without all the other stuff. I would like have just stock rooted with theathering. Thanks for help
[Captivate Android Development] rabi347:
I usually go to TIBU, search for "tethering manager" and uninstall it. It has been working for me.
[Captivate Android Development] hokiemoto:
What does "some color" mean?

Would be great to have Disabled Battery Full Sound/Notification/Vibration, but then I guess you start straying from "stock" :)
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
Tethering is enabled
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
Some color means its not all greys and whites its more interactive. Blue clock, signal status meters change color according signal strength etc...
[Captivate Android Development] nbell13:
examples: when your phone signal gets low, say 1 bar, that bar turns red... Same with the battery... the circle is blue from 100% charge to 75% charge, green from 75 to 50, yellow from 50 to 25, and red from 25 to 0
[Captivate Android Development] gpzeroone:
Megaupload keeps stopping for me. Anyone have an alternative?
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
I hate to be the guy who asks people to sign up for stuff, but I see you've had trouble with dropbox, and nobody wants to use megaupload. So I suggest Minus (that's my referral link) to you. You get 10gb (11gb if you use a referral link) free with easy sharing ability; no waiting or signing up required to download. Android Police used it to share the nexus prime boot animation and afaik their link never went down due to heavy traffic.

Sorry for the off-topic post.
[Captivate Android Development] -Thrive-:
I am currently on Pinnacle 1.3 (KH3 with Boog's KH3 kernel) and of course i897 GB bootloaders. Can I just flash Boog's KJ2 kernel via Odin, boot into recovery and flash your ROM via CWM? Any other steps I'm missing? Is this a wipe?
[Captivate Android Development] Sithis:
http://www.multiupload.com/VJ4E5M1OBC
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
That should do it, yeah this is a wipe. Pinnacle has cwm doesnt it? you could just use that. no need to flash a new kernel, you just need cwm.
[Captivate Android Development] poolemit:
i love this rom and i thank you for making it.

the only thing is, i'd prefer the stock, non-colorful look. is there is a way to revert the color? if not, i'll just live with it..

thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] jswclw:
This ROM appears to have what I think are exactly the right changes to stock, nothing more. Since KH3, the stock ROMs have been sweet. I cannot wait to try this one! Downloading now...
[Captivate Android Development] ddoubt:
+1

the only thing I miss is the aosp lockscreen...
[Captivate Android Development] jingying:
success to flash from pinnacle 1.3:D
[Captivate Android Development] morehush:
I'd like to know this too. Are there stock samsung signal bars in the UOT Kitchen?
[Captivate Android Development] silverslotcar:
All you have to do is find the framework-res.apk that contains the stock samsung images and unzip it. Then take the framework-res.apk from the rom you want to edit and drag and drop the new images into the drawable-res folder that contains the images.
[Captivate Android Development] morehush:
Thanks, I'll give this a go. Never done anything like it before.
[Captivate Android Development] silverslotcar:
This is how theming is done. You'll see most of the images inside the framework. Good luck!!
[Captivate Android Development] tallsilver:
One Day Use

My thoughts after using for a day.

Prob need a kernel with lagfix.......just a little slow after using custom roms.

Still don't like the airplane mode in the pull down.........I know...it's stock. :p

I can't get any ringtones on my ext sd to work????

Only two ringtones show up in choices???

Like the colors

Love the battery life

Stock is getting better.....but I think I'll go back to a custom ROM for now

Thanks for making this available to us!
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
Its a piece of cake, just unzip systemUI.apk or framework-res.apk, look in res/drawable-hdpi and there are a bunch of .png files, you can change any one of them that doesn't have a 9.png extension, but it must have the same name and you can't add or subtract from it or you will get errors. I can make a stock revert for clockworkmod and also the AOSP lockscreen if anyone wants it, I'll put it in the first post soon.
[Captivate Android Development] morehush:
That would be awesome, I'm having trouble sorting this out. I had boot loops when I tried replacing some of the images in drawable-hdpi and replaced the framework-res.apk with my modified one.
[Captivate Android Development] chasesavestheday:
Any chance of making a battery icon using these icons? Thanks!

http://www.mediafire.com/?k8dqg2d7le84pvf

I tried it one time and moved the files into where they belonged but could never figure out how to sign the apk.
[Captivate Android Development] nbell13:
I wouldn't mind having the lockscreen :-)
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
I just added the stock revert and the AOSP lockscreen to the first post.
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
You could try to use APK manager 5 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1227179 - Big thanks to raziel23x

Place framework-res.apk into the place-apk-here-for-modding folder

Run script.bat

Select framework-res.apk (Option 22)

Unzip framework-res.apk (Option 1)

Copy and paste all of the icons in the battery icons folder you have into res\drawable-hdpi

Zip it back up (Option 3)

Answer yes to "Is this a system apk"

Look in place-apk-here-for-modding folder for unsignedframework-res.apk

Remove the unsigned from unsignedframework-res.apk so its framework-res.apk.

Then copy it to your system\framework folder, you should be all set.

Note: You have to use a framework-res.apk that already has the 1% increment battery mod or you will get errors.
[Captivate Android Development] morehush:
I did not know this existed, thanks for pointing me to it. I'll have to try this.
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
In this post, there are links to useful tools to use for a basic ROM kitchen

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1288373
[Captivate Android Development] ddoubt:
is swype working on this Kj2?
[Captivate Android Development] nbell13:
Yes, Swype works.
[Captivate Android Development] jswclw:
Got to admit, even though I am trying to keep it stock, I miss the ASOP lockscreen. :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] nbell13:
New lockscreen works like a champ, thanks! So much better than the touchwiz lockscreen.
[Captivate Android Development] chasesavestheday:
Appreciate the work! Not a fan of the coloring though. Also why do people enjoy the AOSP lock so much? I personally like ones that I can quickly go to new text messages, or missed calls directly from lock screen. Epic, glass, etc. Again thank you much for the rom!
[Captivate Android Development] Tritan88:
I often wondered the same thing. I have tried other lock screens but always come back to the glass for that very reason.
[Captivate Android Development] hokiemoto:
Is that bright, loud "battery full" pop-up that wakes you up in the middle of the night still in stock versions? If so, would love to see that ripped out! Or I can try myself if there are instructions somewhere. thanks
[Captivate Android Development] nbell13:
go into the sound settings and take your system volume all the way down to 0, that should kill the sound for now until someone posts a fix (also kills that annoying boot up sound)
[Captivate Android Development] Stevenrogers_420:
FWIW im rockin this on mtcareys EXT4 kernel if anyone else is wonderin if itll work...
[Captivate Android Development] jschramm:
This is my first go around with a Captivate. I have been doing Evo, Epic, Nexus S for a while but my friend asked me to help him with his Captivate. I rooted it for him yesterday, got Cyanogenmod up and running but he prefers something more stock so I tried this rom. I flashed via CM and now it wont go past the ATT screen, guess I did something wrong anyone have any idea what I need to do. Thanks for your help.
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
Oh it sounds like you're on i9000 bootloaders, you will have to odin flash stock Captivate gingerbread bootloaders first before you go to i897 ROMS

You can find it here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1296952

Make sure you have samsung drivers installed and odin sees your phone on the com port, you put the tar.md5 file in the PDA slot in Odin.
[Captivate Android Development] jschramm:
Thanks, I was able to get back to stock using this method

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1266172
[Captivate Android Development] jbabbler:
I use I9000 bootloaders on mine and have never had an issue with any I897 GB Rom. I like the I9000 black better. It allows youbto boot download before plugging in the USB.
[Captivate Android Development] chasesavestheday:
Really nice tool! But I was unsuccessful in making the changes to the battery icons. I was unable to paste/move my new framework.res into place of the old one. It would not allow me to do it, even though it is rooted and using root explorer. Ideas? Also where can I find the SystemUI.apk? I might as well just go to the kitchen and cook one up. Is it necessary to also have the touchwiz something or other.apk for the kitchen or just the framework.res and SystemUI.apk? Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] ln100:
I can make you a patch pretty quick - you just wanting the batteries changed?
[Captivate Android Development] -Thrive-:
Moved to KJ2 yesterday from KH3 with no issues. Overclocked to 1200 using Tegrak. Everything running smoothly so far. Too soon to assess battery life, just wiped battery stats this morning. Flashed crt60's theme revert (from OP) and it worked perfectly. Used UOT Kitchen to create a new mattedblues status bar plus a couple of other tweaks and transparency in notification pulldown (screenys attached). Attaching the UOT zip file for anyone interested in a little variation from stock color (flash from CWM. Keep in mind if you want to get back to crt60's original theme, you will have to re-flash the ROM which is a wipe).

All good so far. Thanks crt60!!
[Captivate Android Development] -Thrive-:
If you flash crt60's revert from the OP, you will get clean stock systemUI.apk and framework.res files to use in UOT Kitchen.

Look for them in /system/app and /system/framework using Rootexplorer or comparable rooted file manager.
[Captivate Android Development] ln100:
Here you go - flash in Recovery...
[Captivate Android Development] poolemit:
this is basically my dream come through. rooted stock + cwm + aosp lock + extended menu + crt + tethering. also running adw ex as a launcher.

can't thank you enough for releasing it. will stick with this for quite a while...
[Captivate Android Development] parnz:
Now we have battery % mod, So how about signal bar (and wifi) icon turned green when phone connected to Google Service?
[Captivate Android Development] pcguy23:
Hey Crt

would you have an apk for the round battery indicator by itself for KJ2?

I would be greatful

thanks in advance
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
What do you mean, just the png files, or the framework-res.apk? There's code in framework-res that has the extended power menu and crt animation in it. You can just unzip the cwm flashable file and copy out framework-res.apk from system\framework, that will contain the battery MOD.

Here is the apk from the ROM that has the circle battery
[Captivate Android Development] pcguy23:
thank you for your help
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
I had problems when I came from CyanogenMod, I would strongly recommend using i897 bootloaders with a i897 kernel though. Just like gingerbread bootloaders with gingerbread kernels as opposed to froyo bootloaders. But whatever works for you.
[Captivate Android Development] Stevenrogers_420:
Will 6 button status bar work with this?
[Captivate Android Development] chasesavestheday:
Yes I posted the .zip a few pages back!

Also what is the CRT animation?

CRT where can we just find the zip for extended power menu on KJ2? Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] ln100:
HAHA - I made the file for you on the last page.

CRT animation is the effect you see when the screen shuts off.

---------- Post added at 02:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:30 PM ----------

crt60 - any chance of working some magic on KJ3?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1300358
[Captivate Android Development] jswclw:
And now KJ3 is out. I think I will sit this one out. I'm quite happy right here. :eek:
[Captivate Android Development] Tritan88:
I might just wait to see what the difference is before going to the new release. I am loving this release right now and my phone is screaming along even with out a lag fix installed.

Thanks crt60 for releasing this as quick as you did.
[Captivate Android Development] jcabibi:
For some reason I only have one ringtone in system/media/notifications/ringtones... Will someone please zip that folder and post it? This is the best rom experience I've had in a while. Thanks in advance!

Edit: nevermind, just pulled them from another rom :P
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
EEE GADS another one, I've got so many ROMs I'm losing track, guess the deodexer doesn't get a break :)

I'm on it...
[Captivate Android Development] jswclw:
I just noticed that all the engines were missing. Guess I'll do the same.
[Captivate Android Development] crt60:
The same is true for KJ3, guess I will make sure to copy the ringtones over, working on KJ3 now, hope to be up soon.
[Captivate Android Development] jswclw:
So "ringtones" can swype to "engines". Interesting...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paris6906:
I want to try one of the new gingerbread roms that have been developed and i was wondering what i need to flash. I am currently running RandomRom 2.2 with the genocide 2.0 kernal. Do the gingerbread roms need a gingerbread kernal or are they included in the rom? also do i need to flash a different modem too? I have EC05 on my phone right now. I have never used a rom past what is currently released so im not too sure what i need. Thank you for the help.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Basically pick the GB leak rom you want to run, download it and copy it to your sd card.

you can backup your call log, texts (sms) and mms with something like MyBackup root or titanium backup both in the market. Pretty much the only data that is safe to restore.

boot to recovery, do a backup. *** must do step.

then wipe 3x each (factory data reset, cache partition and dalvik cache)

then install the zip just like flashing any other rom

reboot and setup your apps.

It is not recommended to attempt to restore data for the apps, you'll likely be faced with foce closing applications. So just download your apps and set them up again.

you can also update your modem using odin.

here is the link that has all that information here:

[Modem] [Odin] [ACS] EH17!!, EH06, EG22, EF02/EF10, EE03, EC05, EB13, DK28

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1123103

good luck
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
The Gingerbread leaks do not have source so custom kernels are not yet available. Although there is an EH17plus kernel. But all the Gingerbread leaks come complete with kernel. Read the installation instructions to the one you choose in the first post.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] URwannabehack:
Do all of what was said above, but please do your research and read through EVERY post/page on the GB rom threads. Due to no source code being available, all of the GB roms are buggy. There are multiple steps to take to cut down on the bugs, but you need to make sure to read through everything in order to have a "best" functioning ROM.

Looks like hurricane (EH17) or Olympus (EH06) seem to be the best as of right now, but I ended up back at EC05 due to issues. Just a heads up!
[General Questions and Answers] chrisparm38:
I am having a problem flashing my G-tablet. I am able to get the ClockWorkMod on my Gtablet with no problem. I follow all the directions by the book. But every time I go to flash it tells me there is no file in the ROM folder. I place the image file in there every time.

This is the steps I take:

I have ClockWorkMod installed and do not have a problem booting to it.

I down load the appropriate ROM I need and place it into a folder I created in the Root of my g-tab

Then I Go back out and choose "install zip from sdcard".

Go into folder "Rom" and choose the Rom that you picked from the list.?

Every time I go into the folder it tells me there is no files. But when I connect USB to the Gtab from my PC I can check it and the file is there.

Can anyone please help me here. How come when I go to flash it, it is not recognizing the image and installing the ROM?
[Legend Android Development] sunster:
Download page: http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=legend

Direct link to the stable download: http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/update-cm-7.1.0-Legend-signed.zip

Read the changelog here: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/changelog
[Legend Android Development] saw81:
nice!!but..do not know how to update from 7.0.9 to 7.1.0 without losing data2ext:confused:how?thx
[Legend Android Development] kelevralegend:
nice work... Thank...
[Legend Android Development] and313:
Works really fast and stable. Definitly faster then 206 nightly
[Legend Android Development] xnakeg:
excelent rom

just want to say thanks excellent rom fast ...so fxking fast and stable