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[Captivate Android Development] ctechbob:
Here's a fun little tidbit. I had been running with lagfix enabled, and I thought I would give it a run reverting back to RFS. Disabled lagfix, everything was fine. Thought I would do a back to back and re-enable it. Everything seemed to work fine except it killed my TW4 launcher. No problem, I'll reinstall it and then have TiBu restore my data from it to get my homescreens back. Nadda. TW4 won't install, won't run, won't do anything. Regardless of what I try I can't get it back. Its not a huge deal since I restored a backup of my TW3 settings that I keep archived for just this purpose. I highly doubt its actually linked to the ROM, but if someone else has this kind of fun, let me know. Be interesting to see if they all act the same.

Ohh, I also tried switching to the android launcher, clearing cache and dalvik, reflashing TW4 multiple times. Just about as many combinations as I can think of.

Also, another issue I'm having (although I think this is probably an app issue) is that the only way I can use paypal check capture is right after a reboot. If I've been using the phone any amount of time it gripes about low memory and kicks me out. Did it with the hacked camera and the current version.

I might get froggy and wipe and start over..but not today.

Edit:

Ok, I lied. Started with a fresh wipe and reinstalled up through 6.2 and have TW4 back. Ohh well, lesson learned. Don't bounce back and forth with VLF.
[Captivate Android Development] p1gnone:
an observation and a request

Back from a visit to Apex. Now all functioning well. OBS: JVT and JVQ i9000 based roms seem to have much worse battery life than KK4's. While Serenity6.2 functions well I often get a warning "The application Device management [process com. wssyncmldm] has stopped unexpectedly". This does not seemed linked to any deep failure, just saying.

Also I decided to try the ICS theme, and while I like the theme's boot anim I enjoyed your basic pulsating android anim. Is it easy to create this as a stand-alone CWM flashable zip?

I'd really like to learn how to do it myself, but would accept charity.
[Captivate Android Development] Kyuta Syuko:
You can just pull the bootanimation.zip or sanim.zip (not sure which he uses) and drop it into /system/media
[Captivate Android Development] p1gnone:
The Serenity6 rom has bootanimation.zip while the flashing of the ICS theme compensates for either possibility replacing it in /system/media with its own bootanimation.zip and adding sanim.zip [same file/ a rename].

I've never quite gotten up to speed with busybox/linux commands and am still thwarted by file permissions. Syntax to overcome readonly permission to "cp /sdcard/zzz/bootanimation.zip /system/media/" , what additionally need I add?

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A sufficient cheat is to replace the bootanimation.zip fie in the ICS theme file ICS-theme-Serenity6.zip [unzip, replace, & rezip].

Would still be nice to learn to edit the file system. Resource suggestion?
[Captivate Android Development] axeman007:
Within ROMs which support bootanimation.zip and/or sanimation.zip, you can toggle boot screen and shutdown screen. In your case, do the following in order:-

1. Extract the bootanimation.zip from Serenity RC6.0 using Winrar or any file compression software.

The file could be found under /system/media folder .Place the file on your sdcard.

2. Install ES File Explorer (It's free) from market, open, Go to settings.

Tick Mark on Root Explorer and Mount file System.

( This will make your system partition writable ) .

Change Home Directory from /sdcard/ to /

Restart ES File Explorer.

3. Select your new bootanimation.zip from sdcard

and paste it on to /system/media folder (Replace).

4. Re-Boot and Enjoy the new Boot Animation :)

Note : The bootanimation.zip file usually contains an array of PNG format images, which will be looped

when you switch on your phone until boot process completes.

You may further edit the bootanimation.zip file to include your own images.

But be sure to replace the image file with proper resolution and format and with the same name

as the png file in the zip file.

(PNG format with proper resolution).
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
Drats, beaten to it. You could also use this: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/root-browser-file-manager/

It's made by a dev from XDA and supports all the same functions and even tells you how to get the full version inside his original thread. I'm giving it a test run as I usually use Root Explorer.

Also the stock theme of Serenity uses bootanimation.zip while sanim.zip is a symlink to that file. As for the commands you would need to overcome your error using adb,

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system to mount as R/W
and
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system to mount back to R/O

Also thought I'd reshare this. I've never ran a ROM that was this battery efficient before. It's incredible.
[Captivate Android Development] SlimJ87D:
The ANDROID OS seems to be causing battery drain while in sleep mode... Anyone know what may be wrong?
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
I can pretty much guarantee that it isn't the Android OS bug. That was from 2.3.3. What other apps do you have running? What makes you think its Android OS?
[Captivate Android Development] SlimJ87D:
Thanks for the help. My batter just drained %25 in 3.5 hours. I looked at the battery use and the highest ones were Android OS and the screen. I'm going to try and recalibrate my battery. I'll let you know how that goes.
[Captivate Android Development] p1gnone:
My kluge had worked, but I'm really pleased to see 3 better methods in the 2 posts that followed.

Was using adb. Just needed help with mount. Not clear what the mount options are doing precisely but I can mimic it. I had already started to examine mount by looking at the MobileTechVideos Boot IMAGE replacement bat file. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1065743.

It's the best.
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
It's odd to still see that in 2.3.5, usually a reboot of the phone corrects this (and it would take awhile to see the usage stats go down in the battery stats as it's used less). If it persists after you've recalibrated your battery, try a reflash (I know it's a pain, but it's all I can think of).

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Does this actually work still for us? I HATE how bright that AT&T screen is at night when I turn my phone on when I'm working on it. It actually starts brighter, and then a split second later gets BRIGHTER.
[Captivate Android Development] SlimJ87D:
If I reflash, can I save everything with Titanium Backup and completely restore it again since it's the same ROM? Or do you think it will copy the problem over again?
[Captivate Android Development] mnemonicj:
I am having some issues that are making me think I need to reflash:

1. My phone has frozen twice with the screen on while using the Android browser and required a battery pull to get the phone to respond again.

2. After the first browser freeze and battery pull, after a 2 minute or more boot screen, I received an SMS that was delayed by 24 hours.

3. After the second browser freeze and battery pull, the boot time seemed normal, but my battery level dropped from 53% before the freeze to 7% after boot was complete.

I don't know what is wrong with the browser. I did not restore browser settings from TiBu, I did install Skyfire to get rid of the bookmarks and then uninstalled it, then I added some bookmarks and have used it a couple times since then.
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
Well really what all is there to copy back over?

When I do an update or reflash, I back up these things:

contacts2.db from /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.contacts

All my text messages. I do this via two different applications just in case, first via GoSMS and second through this SMS Backup & Restore from the market

And lastly I go into TiBu and do a batch backup of all modified data

You can restore whatever you'd like from TiBu after you do a full backup with it, but some stuff I don't bother with. It only takes a few extra minutes at most to go back through the settings and put everything the way it was.

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Before you try a reflash, backup your important stuff and do a factory reset from within the settings. See if that fixes it. If not, reflash I guess.
[Captivate Android Development] p1gnone:
Did not seem to when I last tried. Will try again when I get time. My pt had been looking into the bat file I had somewhat followed the steps in adb.

I think when I last tried that I was doing it manually with the bat steps. Today, trying to mod it manually and directly I failed to get full rw file permissions and could not rename the 2 logo filles in /mnt/.lfs/ but could cp to the directory..
[Captivate Android Development] Kyuta Syuko:
You can't modify files already there. You have to flash a param.rfs via Odin or Heimdall that doesn't have the boot logo file and then copy the image you want to use. It has to conform to some guidelines or it won't work though. It's how I've always done it anyways...
[Captivate Android Development] IDoMy0wnRacing:
It does work for us, I have done it. Make sure that you use the one for the bootloaders that you are using. For me it was the GB version for i897. There are three of them out there, choose wisely. :D

Check it out here: [MOD] Custom Boot Screen (for Gingerbread ROM's)
[Captivate Android Development] SlimJ87D:
Well I supercharged the battery up and then recalibrated. 2 hours, almost 20 percent drained. It just shows the display is taking up most of my battery. I also have WiFi left on. Maybe this kernel has a WiFi bug? Well I really won't know how much battery I have till I cycle through a few charges. Maybe it's really at 90 but thinks its at 80.
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
Well as you can see from my final screenshot from this charge, display also takes up most of my battery. Its just the nature of the phone. Wifi is in second and Android OS is at the bottom.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] ddoubt:
sooo... this next week is exams week on college :( ... I´ll be checking the thread a little less often ok! Study, study, study...

EDIT: havent had the time to check the Eye Candy revert nor prepare the revert for ICS Theme yet... sorry guys!
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
Same for me. My last final is on the 12th and then Winter break!!! Can't wait to see all my friends again. I can throw together a working revert for both themes between finals tomorrow if you'd like. No problem at all

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] ddoubt:
Eye Candy revert is ok! The only revert that needs to be done is the ICS... I said I was going to check the Eye Candy revert cause IDoMyOwnRacing told me that his revert *should* work for both of the themes! But, as I said, I havent had the time to check yet...

If you make the revert for the ICS it will be very very nice :D cause I´ll probably have the time to mess with the themes only on sunday...
[Captivate Android Development] Soccer_Dad:
Any body else getting sleep deaths? Happens to me once or twice a day. On 6.2 with the ICS theme...

May try to switch kernels, if no one has any other ideas.
[Captivate Android Development] ninjuh:
This is one of the few roms that for whatever reason makes my home button wig out randomly..other than that it'd be perfect :(
[Captivate Android Development] IDoMy0wnRacing:
Unfortunately the only fix for this is a flash to stock, clean wipe then reinstall your updated ROM.

Not that you need the notes ninjuh, others might... :D I see that you are an accomplished... I can't think of the work, been around for a while. Grin.

How I do it: (I have had this issue on more then one occasion; especially if I flash more then 4 or 5 times in a day...)

Back up your apps & data (I use TiBu) save it to your computer.

Flash to stock. (follow the direction i.e. remove the sim and sd card, charge the battery fully). I use this one

Format everything on your phone by entering this code for the phones dialer: *2767*3855# (Everything will be erased and the phone will be completely stock). (This is the part that fixes the hyper home button attack).

Copy the ROM of you choice to your sd card. I'm using this one lol

Flash the ROM by the method that works best for you.

(I'll update this more tonight when I get home from work)
[Captivate Android Development] p1gnone:
Much progress later [bootanimation under control] & I am back to toying with boot image files in /mnt/.lfs | As noted I was using 'mount' as I had seen it applied in the Boot image changing bat. This no longer seems to get full rw permission on /mnt/.lfs , at least not under this KK4 rom. Any thoughts?
[Captivate Android Development] SlimJ87D:
When my GF's phone gets a voicemail the phone continues to ring until she pulls down the notification tab. Is there any reason for this?
[Captivate Android Development] Demonic240:
I've seen a lot of issues with the browser. If I tax it too much then it'll lock up and eventually cause my phone to auto reboot.
[Captivate Android Development] jonnyg1097:
I need some help. I was on Serenity 6.2 and then I decided to flash Eff'n Eh, but I was having some issues with it so I decided to flash back to Serenity (first with v6, then v6.1 and then v6.2) and now when I go to the market and try to download some apps my phone reboots when the app is in the process of installing it.

Does anybody know what could be causing this? I don't recall doing anything out of the ordinary to cause this sort of behaviour.

Edit: I fixed it, I just went back to stock and reflashed and its all good now. It was so weird.
[Captivate Android Development] Kyuta Syuko:
Try opening up the phone app and dialing *#*#2663#*#* and clicking on both buttons to update and see if that helps

*note*

The updates may take awhile.
[Captivate Android Development] IDoMy0wnRacing:
Have her change the notification ring tone.
[Captivate Android Development] p1gnone:
Speaking of which can one add mp3s of appropriate characteristics[size/duration/bit rate] to either the Notification or Ringtone MENUs?

I have short tones that I would add to the Notifications where I cannot choose other than the ROM supplied list. Also it would be nice to add directly to menu for Ringtones as it is tedious to always dig through the file sys to get to the tone for assignment.

e.g. move files to the special subdirectories?
[Captivate Android Development] Kyuta Syuko:
Just make the corresponding directory on your SD Card (Ringtones for Ringtones, Notifications for Notifications, etc.) and put the files in them.
[Captivate Android Development] p1gnone:
No way..ROM places empty folders of these names on the sdcard already. Cannot be that easy and me that thick headed.

I had kept my tones in an adajacent subdir "rings". Have always had to tunnel to this in order to assign user specific RTs.

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Still these do not appear in the lists under Settings, Sound for the defaults for Ringtones or Notifications, nor when editing a contact. In Contacts, when editing one I can then select Sound and use the file manager to look in the mentioned convenience directories or any other.. Do not see how the suggestion impacts MENUs [hence convenience], nor how I get any access to my additional notifcation tones..
[Captivate Android Development] Kyuta Syuko:
Try /sdcard/media/Ringtones and /sdcard/media/Notifications I have all mine in /sdcard/external_sd/Ringtones and /sdcard/external_sd/Notifications and they show up just fine so maybe it needs to have the additional directory. If that fails you can try to add an audio directory inside the media directory.
[Captivate Android Development] p1gnone:
Perfect. Created subdirs under /system/media/audio/notifications and /system/media/audio/ringtones for rom supplied and my own, 2 subdirs resp. mv or cp files and all is well with working menus. Did this with apps, crudely.

When I returned home I used adb to create symlink directories, replacing my /system/media/audio subdirs, to the external SD directories, space saving aesthetic. All neat & tidy and functioning in menus.

Never imagined it to be so simple or I would have set it up a year and a half ago. Thanks Kyuta Syuko.
[Captivate Android Development] golfslicer:
Appears they install Corn Kernel 6.02. Install Corn Kernel 6.03 and it should fix the media problems, it is noted in the Corn Kernel Thread. Fixed my problem that sdcard/media/audio/ringtones folder not showing up.
[Captivate Android Development] Fowarek:
Does anyone have any idea why my Messaging app keeps closing automatically. There's no force close message or anything, it just exits, rendering me incapable of sending text messages. I'm on the latest version of Serenity, but this isn't the first rom this has happened to me on.
[Captivate Android Development] zagorka:
This happened to me too. Some time it takes 2-3 tries to open it and to stay open. I would like to fix it somehow. It is annoying.
[Captivate Android Development] noma_pride:
Sony Ericsson Home Launcher

I just installed this ROM today and it is looking great so far (am a fan of the ICS theme as well).

Quick question: is there a easy way to add the Sony Ericsson Launcher? I definitely prefer that to the GB Launcher and the TW Launcher.

Nice work ddoubt!
[Captivate Android Development] SlimJ87D:
Thanks. It took a few changes to take affect. Hopefully it is a permanent fix.
[Captivate Android Development] IDoMy0wnRacing:
The Sony Ericsson Launcher is called ArcLauncher.apk.

I use root explorer; pull the launcher from the ROM that you last had it, place it on your SD card then copy it to the /system/app folder.

Reboot and enjoy.

I have one that I could share, but it is Christmas themed. Let me know.
[Captivate Android Development] noma_pride:
Thanks. Does it matter if that ROM was based on KB1? In other words, would the .apk from the Froyo ROM work just as well on KK4?

Edit: found ArcLauncher.apk using this thread. It installed OK, but the alignment isn't right (the app drawer icons sit too low as to make it impossible to read the text under the icons. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Edit2: I will try to use the ArcLauncher.apk from Illuminance (extracted from the zip file) and drop it into /system/app to see how that looks. Unfortunately, the Cappy I bought from ebay was a 1009 with the auto shutoff problem. Very cool ebay seller is shipping me a new one as an exchange. I know what I'm doing is like crawling compared to most (read: all) work on here, so I appreciate the helpful comments and guidance that I've received from Xda'er since day 1.
[Captivate Android Development] greygoose425:
I'm having an issue with a "hyper" search button. I've had the issue rarely while using Cognition4 and Fasty 2.5 KB1, but I noticed it happening a lot more since going to GB (Serenity RC5 was my first GB flash). I just used the recommend steps and flashed to stock KH3, did the reformat code, flashed Illuminance and the problem still persist. I switched to Illuminance as I was hoping this was something ROM based, but it doesn't appear that way, I'll probably go back to Serenity tomorrow as I really like the ROM. I did not install any apps, the hyper search happened almost immediately after booting the fresh install. Do you all have any other suggestions or does it sound like this is something I have to learn to live with.

Thanks for any help. I really appreciate what you all do here.
[Captivate Android Development] Kyuta Syuko:
I get that rarely and it doesn't persist very long either. What you could try to see if it helps alleviate the issue is to open up the phone app and dial *#*#2663#*#* and click on the bottom button to update the firmware of the hardware buttons.
[Captivate Android Development] moymike:
Happens to me often also. When it happens, it usually takes 3-4 attempts before it loads up.
[Captivate Android Development] mechanical tool:
I've seen this issue and 3-4 times trying usually works. I don't out happens most often when I have more than one unread message waiting.

I'm pretty sure I didn't see it at all on i9000 based roms (apex 9.3 specifically).
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
I can't say I've seen this issue myself at all. I don't use the stock messaging app. I've used GoSMS for about a year now. Very fast and lightweight compared to stock.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] Kyuta Syuko:
I agree. I used to use the stock app, but kept getting the issues everyone else is getting so I decided to try GoSMS since a lot of people recommend it and I love it.
[Captivate Android Development] diakonos:
How long should the 2663 step actually take?
[Captivate Android Development] Kyuta Syuko:
For me updating the button's firmware took maybe 2-5 minutes or so. Updating the screen's firmware however took significantly longer. Like 10+ minutes.
[Captivate Android Development] greygoose425:
Thanks for the suggestion. I did the updates about 4 hours ago so I really haven't had time to see if it worked. The update only took a couple minutes.

I used to only have the problem once or twice a week and it would only act up for about a minute or two, but here recently it has happened about once a day and it would last for 5-15 minutes.

Let's hope this works.

Thanks again.
[Captivate Android Development] ddoubt:
huh final exams are really annoying, aren't they??? :mad:

I'm almost done here... just one more to go... :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] mcala:
The button firmware just took a few seconds but the screen update just runs, 20 mins & nothing. I home screened back to an unresponsive screen. A reboot fixed it. Tried screen again, same 15-20 mins just saying "updating please wait". Does anyone know if these key & screen firmware updates stick throughout rom flashes?
[Captivate Android Development] sinichi21:
you just need the key firmware update no need for the screen it stick whenever you flash a new ROM thru CWM but using odin i found it sometimes the firmware revert back so you need to do it again if your coming from a clean install of coming from stock to custom ROM.
[Captivate Android Development] Kyuta Syuko:
Yeah I did mention the screen firmware does tend to take 20+ minutes during which time the screen is unresponsive. I'm rather surprised you didn't screw up your phone rebooting it while the firmware was being updated.
[Captivate Android Development] mcala:
I was freaking out as I watched it reboot, saying "this is gonna be bad"!

Did you actually get your screen firmware updated or just keys? What about camera firmware, is there a secret code for that?
[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
Hmmm so the puzzle unlock acts like the glass unlock if you swipe the background. Weird.
[Captivate Android Development] Kyuta Syuko:
I did both and I think there's a code for camera, but I'm not sure...
[Captivate Android Development] IDoMy0wnRacing:
What does it mean when a secret code won’t work?

For example; if I type the code for the firmware update: *#*#2663#*#* after typing the last astrix the code goes away and nothing happens.

If I flash to stock and try code, they work fine. After flashing a [KK2] or [KK4] custom ROM it no longer works. I don’t know about other (older, JV*) ROMs because I didn’t know about this code. :D
[Captivate Android Development] mcala:
Im using the stock kk4 rooted, deodexed rom with Samurai kernel & it works. I know it doesn't work on CM7. Maybe it's the rom you're using or kernel.
[Captivate Android Development] nbell13:
Flashed this morning, loving it so far... Decided to come back to a Samsung based ROM from the ICS build until they get the stuff they need from the Nexus S source when it's dropped. Only thing I changed was going to the UOT kitchen and making a completely stock battery icon, and changing font to roboto :-)
[Captivate Android Development] IDoMy0wnRacing:
Where did you get the stock kk4 rooted?

Can you send a link?