yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] Qbanrex:
Beautiful rom... just loaded sparko... its all i can ask for... bravo to you sir...
[Captivate Android Development] poncespr:
The best combination of speed, stability, and good looks I have tried so far.

Thank you for your hard work!
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
Apps

Just flashed the Sparko KK4 and been running for an hour. Seems quicker than maxq kj3.

I ran into an issue where apps would delete after rebooting. I would reinstall and then reboot and it would say it was deleted and the icon of the app was there but missing the image and was see through.

I finally factory reset and wiped and that seemed to fix it. Anyone else come across this?

Also, I notice the 3g and signal icon seem so change color from grey to blue. MaxQ rom did the same thing. Any ideas why?

I noticed that lagfix is not enabled when flashing this rom. Would enabling it make the rom any faster? Just wanted to get other opinions.
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
Lagfix is questionable for most anymore. I had it disabled by default mainly because I barely noticed any difference with it enabled.

I had the same issue with apps disappearing on reboot. I honestly never found out why or found a solution but I did the same wipe and reflash and it was fine. I have a feeling it was related to having lagfix enabled at one point then during flashing something didn't get wipe or converted.

Apparently with GB, the signal icons will change from grey to blue, green, whatever depending on your connection to Google's servers. If you flash the ROM and don't set up a Google account, it will always be grey. I actually thought I did something wrong with the theme the first time around because the bars were grey because I wasn't setting up a Google account when testing. :D
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
Glad you like it! :)
[Captivate Android Development] bimmernut318:
Been running this for a couple of days now and I must say it is very nice, had a couple of hiccups at the beginning when flashing corn kernel and having TiBu not being so nice to me but now all is settled down now and really liking it!!!

Thanks for all your efforts.
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
Thanks for clarifying and excellent work on these roms. Makes my phone feel new again.

One question, I'm trying to change my bootanimation.zip file but it won't let me write to the media folder.

I've mounted it for read/write. I've cut the old bootanimation.zip file out but now I can't put it back in the media folder.

Any tips on how to get it back in there?

Edit: I figured it out. It was the app I was using. Although when I put a bootanimation.zip I've used in the past, it's just a black screen. I put the stock one back in and that works.
[Captivate Android Development] erad1:
Just wanted to say thanks for this rom.....running Sparko and it has been flawless so far. Great job and highly recommended!
[Captivate Android Development] andrewdroid:
Just trying this rom for the first time. For some reason when I restore apps with titanium, many of the apps (but not all) disappear on reboot. Any idea what I did wrong?
[Captivate Android Development] MobileNick:
Did you restore apps with data or just apps? I've heard many people say it's better to restore apps without data (except for games, etc.) to avoid issues.

For me, restoring apps with data didn't cause issues. When I tried to install different fonts, that's when I got the same behavior as you did. All the apps look greyed out with the little SD card icon?
[Captivate Android Development] bimmernut318:
This happened to me after installing, happened on 2 consecutive boots. I fixed mine by going into TiBu and setting it to restore my apps to internal storage, reran the batch for the missing apps and answered OK each time it told me that I would be replacing an app. 2 apps would not restore properly so I had to get them from the market and just restore the data with TiBu. Everything is all good now.
[Captivate Android Development] andrewdroid:
So i seemed to have fixed it.

I reflashed, and replaced the included titanium backup with one i downloaded from the titanium homepage, then i made sure to set the restore to internal only. My restored apps don't disappear now.
[Captivate Android Development] damaged prawdukt:
Just flashed this rom, liking it so far, except...I seem to have a problem if i reboot my phone.

All of my downloaded and installed apps disappear. Not restored apps from TB but just regular market downloaded apps.

Anyone know how to fix this maybe?
[Captivate Android Development] ari197:
it would seems that we have a problem with apps installed in the sdcard .. just make sure that your apps is installed in the internal storage and you'll be oke
[Captivate Android Development] damaged prawdukt:
I do not have a SD card in my phone, I am running off of internal only.
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
I had this same exact problem. Regular downloaded apps kept disappearing. The thing I did was do a factory reset and wipe cache. I reinstalled from my backed up apk's and rebooted my phone and all was fine.

So in short just do a factory reset and wipe cache.
[Captivate Android Development] keananaho:
I did all the steps coming from ics rom and flashed i897 bootloaders and it flashes all the way then itll reboot right back into cwm recovery any help?
[Captivate Android Development] damaged prawdukt:
Will try, thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] gbrethen:
Dial Pad

Where can I get the original Dial Pad? Is there a cwm flashable dial pad? Awesome work. I like it very much.
[Captivate Android Development] IDoMy0wnRacing:
Original as in stock KK4? or Original as in MaxQ ROM version?
[Captivate Android Development] NightHawk877:
I got bored with the stock green of maxQ and UOT was not cooperating. I love Sparko's ICS theme. Both are the best ROMS I have ever used.
[Captivate Android Development] Autocratic:
What kernel is KK4 supposed to work with? I'm having issues trying to get things flashed.
[Captivate Android Development] mcx6:
You should be able to use either Corn or Samurai Kernels, just read each of those threads for any issues these may have.
[Captivate Android Development] gbrethen:
Dial Pad

The original as in KK4. The one that is not 3D background.
[Captivate Android Development] IDoMy0wnRacing:
Here, try this one: Stock KK4 DialerTabActivity

Just so that you know; When you flash one of my zips, the flash will wipe the Cache Partition and the Dalvik-Cache for a clean install. Then it will reboot the phone for you after it finishes the install. This is normal and a good thing. Your phone will take a few minutes to reboot as it rewrites the Dalvik.

Enjoy
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
So unfortunately, I'm not sure how much more I'll be doing with these ROMs. I just upgraded to a Galaxy S 2 the other day. I may drop one more update for Sparko but it will probably be my last. However, for those moving to a GS2 at some point, I may build a Sparko version for that. :D
[Captivate Android Development] oldbbman:
:( :( :( :(
[Captivate Android Development] dineshary:
Thats sad for us :(:(

Captivate ll miss one of the best designer..Thanks for ur ROM. Now i wish to upgrade to Galaxy S2.
[Captivate Android Development] erad1:
Can't say I'm bummed...actually I would be looking forward to seeing Sparko on my new SGH-I777 GS 2, it's a great phone. Still going to run this on my Cappy till it breaks! ;)
[Captivate Android Development] RAID Xero:
Been running your ROM for 3 days now and I love it. It sucks the SGSII guys get another great dev. ;) Thanks for your hard work!
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
Yeah my Captivate will be a fun dev phone still. Hopefully it wont be too long before I can get Sparko ready for the GS2.
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
Notification bar

Hi all,

With the notification bar, I'm pretty sure it was all black and today I noticed that the bottom portion where it says Sparko is now about an inch and a half see through. So now I see my dock icons.

Can anyone confirm that the notification bar is supposed to be all black and if so how do I get it all black again?

I've been using the rom for about a week and swear it was all black lol.

Also, when I try to change the bootanimation.zip to use the google gears all I get is a black screen. Any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] Wdustin1:
Another one bites the dust! lol congrats on your sgs2 i am hoping to get one soon(10 months haha) you will be missed thanks for the great rom!
[Captivate Android Development] gbrethen:
Dial Pad

That actually didn't work. Calls hang for some reason. I had to re-flash MaxQ kk4 7 to get it working again.

Any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] MobileNick:
Just flashed Sparko! :) Question: how do you get the black status bar to work? I downloaded the SystemUI.apk, used Root Explorer to drop it in /system/app

It seemed to change the status bar to black but kept complaining that status bar needs to FC. I managed to change permissions and reboot but it reverted back. At least, I think it did. The black status bar SystemUI.apk is completely black, right? Or is it a gradient?
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
The black status bar is the one from MaxQ so it's more of a gradient and not solid black.
[Captivate Android Development] bigfau:
This is what it would look like. Changed mine a day after release. Lol. Your theming is always top notch.
[Captivate Android Development] 1tontomato:
Hope you enjoy your new phone as much as I enjoy your rom. I've been running it for about a week and a half. Be sure to give everyone in the sgsII dev section something to brag about.
[Captivate Android Development] MobileNick:
Posting a screenshot to compare on the forums ...

EDIT: After reviewing the pictures, indeed it looks the same! :) What confused me is that when I first dropped in SystemUI.apk, the notification bar looked completely black (while I was getting the FC messages). Also confusing is that a picture posted here looks darker. The notification bar is much grayer on my phone than this picture. Oh well - doesn't matter - it's a beautiful ROM! :)
[Captivate Android Development] gbrethen:
Dial Pad

Any way to change the dial pad backgroud to one you did in a previous rom version? I am not too keen on the 3d background on the dial pad. I tried flashing the kk4 dialer from pg 34 of this post, but it had problems.
[Captivate Android Development] MobileNick:
I tried to search this thread - can't remember if this issue has come up. Anyone have their phone app keep force closing? i.e., I open Phone to make a call. Start pressing numbers to dial and it just FC's. This often happens 2 or 3 times before it finally takes.

What's the solution? Would switching to Corn help or is this strictly modem related?
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
This is almost always related to restoring system data through TiBu.
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
What problems was it showing? FC's?
[Captivate Android Development] MobileNick:
Thanks for the info. I didn't restore any system data through TiBu. I restored some "missing apps" but without data. And a couple of apps like games, Plume, and Handcent with data. But that's it. Is there something else I could try? It doesn't happen all the time but when it does it just seems to get stuck for several tries before I can finally dial without an FC.
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
I had this issue once when I was on Apex rom KJ3. Anytime I made a call it FC'd on me, so annoying. I never installed any apps with tibu or any data. From my research it only did it on KJ3 and KK4 roms. I basically wiped the phone and reflashed and seemed to work after that. I tried different modems and kernels which made no difference. Just thought I'd share the info.
[Captivate Android Development] gbrethen:
Dial Pad

When calling, it hung and people on the other end answered but then it would hang. when dialing my home phone, the home phone would ring, but I couldn't hear it ringing through the captivate and when I would answer the phone, nothing (I couldn't hear a thing). I had to re-flash the rom and then everything worked ok.
[Captivate Android Development] MobileNick:
Thanks for the info. Did the FC happen only after the call was initiated or during the actual number key presses? I don't remember it happening on MaxQ but I have had this on a couple of other ROMS including Sparko now.
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
No problem....

It happened both ways. When I would start to dial or when it would connect the call and then just FC right away.

Try re-flashing, that should fix it.
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
Data connection

Sorry guys, i'm coming back to a question earlier I posted.

I'm still confused on why my data connection stays on 3g only when it used to toggle between 3g and H+. Someone posted before this rom supported HSDPA and then later said after KH2 it was taken out. I know my area support H+. When I was on stock KH2 I used to get H+.

Just want to know why since H+ is much faster speeds.
[Captivate Android Development] bimmernut318:
look here for maybe some info. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1305305
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
Thanks again, that info helps.
[Captivate Android Development] El Niche:
First of all I wanna thank the developer for making a great rom. I really like it. Howeer, I had the problem of the dialer and some other apps FC. I went to do a factory reset to reflash the ROM. I heard some voices during the ATT screen, but after a while it just stayed there. I am able to get into download but my PC wont recognize my phone. Can somebody help me with this? Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] Jsmokey:
If you enter the secret code *#301279# in the dialer, or just use sgs tools, you can switch between hspa and 3g. It seems to work to me but since kh3 doesn't have the h network icons I'm not 100% sure but it definitely seems to speed up my network speeds.

I need to run a speed test comparison and se if it really is changing anything.
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
I did that phone dialer code and i did switch hsdpa off and I saw the network change to Edge. I turned hsdpa back on. Yeah I read the thread posted above and roms above kh2 don't have the H network.

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The dialer issue you just have to reflash the rom. I had that issue before. The voice you heard is when voodoo lagfix is enabling or disabling and you hear that voice on the ATT screen. That takes a while to complete.

As for not being recognized, I've had that as well and all I did was keep trying and I kept switching usb ports on my laptop. Reboot your pc or laptop. Try opening Odin then connect your phone and try it vice versa. You should be able to get it recognized.

Hope this helps.
[Captivate Android Development] Jsmokey:
Yeah I didn't think it would work just thought it was worth a try since its such a quick thing to do. Like I said though in kh3 it does seem to help my speeds and doesn't default it to the edge network so maybe in kh3 its still at least to an extent enabled.
[Captivate Android Development] El Niche:
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The dialer issue you just have to reflash the rom. I had that issue before. The voice you heard is when voodoo lagfix is enabling or disabling and you hear that voice on the ATT screen. That takes a while to complete.

As for not being recognized, I've had that as well and all I did was keep trying and I kept switching usb ports on my laptop. Reboot your pc or laptop. Try opening Odin then connect your phone and try it vice versa. You should be able to get it recognized.

Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]

Thanks! At least I can get into download mode so I hope I can get my phone working. I tried turning it on but its just stuck on the ATT screen for minutes. I tried getting into ODIN but my PC tries to run the drivers and wont recognize the device. Wish I wouldve known to just reflash the zip instead of factory resetting. Ill keep trying and switching USBs. Hopefully I can get it to work as I really like this ROM.
[Captivate Android Development] a3plew:
:D Awesome rom. I've had the pleasure to run it on a infuse and two captivates. :D I only wanted to change one thing. I wanted the top bar to be pitch black. I used UOT kitchen and flashed the status bar black bar mod. It was succesfully installed on my infuse 4g with no problems. :D I haven't been able to install it on the two captivates at all. I have tried flashing the theme in cwm while mounting and remounting /system and /data. no matter what it always stays grey. Sorry to bother here but thought someone here might be able to chime in. Also I would like a multi dpi support for the beautiful dialer if possible. Thank you
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
Thanks! At least I can get into download mode so I hope I can get my phone working. I tried turning it on but its just stuck on the ATT screen for minutes. I tried getting into ODIN but my PC tries to run the drivers and wont recognize the device. Wish I wouldve known to just reflash the zip instead of factory resetting. Ill keep trying and switching USBs. Hopefully I can get it to work as I really like this ROM.[/QUOTE]

How long does your phone stay on the ATT screen and do you hear the voice? If you hear the voice let it go through the lagfix, it can take anywhere from 4 to 8 mins to complete.
[Captivate Android Development] El Niche:
[/QUOTE] How long does your phone stay on the ATT screen and do you hear the voice? If you hear the voice let it go through the lagfix, it can take anywhere from 4 to 8 mins to complete.[/QUOTE]

It stayed for over 10 min. I took out battery and tried to restart but it would just hang on ATT screen. I ended up just going back with Odin and then Reflashing. It appears the FC dont happen anymore, but I went and installed a bunch of apps (not thru TiBu, manually thru market) and was pretty much happy, then I went to wipe batterystats, then after reboot, I didnt have any of my apps. Is there a way to reboot and keep apps without messing with voodoo (if not I read that voodoo helps, but how to do this?). Thanks a lot for your replies, I really like this ROM and want to make it work.
[Captivate Android Development] FidoCappy:
How long does your phone stay on the ATT screen and do you hear the voice? If you hear the voice let it go through the lagfix, it can take anywhere from 4 to 8 mins to complete.[/QUOTE]

It stayed for over 10 min. I took out battery and tried to restart but it would just hang on ATT screen. I ended up just going back with Odin and then Reflashing. It appears the FC dont happen anymore, but I went and installed a bunch of apps (not thru TiBu, manually thru market) and was pretty much happy, then I went to wipe batterystats, then after reboot, I didnt have any of my apps. Is there a way to reboot and keep apps without messing with voodoo (if not I read that voodoo helps, but how to do this?). Thanks a lot for your replies, I really like this ROM and want to make it work.[/QUOTE]

Good to hear.

As for the apps missing, I had that after flashing this rom too. Just factory reset and wipe cache. Thats how I fixed it.

Install one app, reboot and make sure it's there. If it is you're good to go and install other apps.
[Captivate Android Development] El Niche:
It stayed for over 10 min. I took out battery and tried to restart but it would just hang on ATT screen. I ended up just going back with Odin and then Reflashing. It appears the FC dont happen anymore, but I went and installed a bunch of apps (not thru TiBu, manually thru market) and was pretty much happy, then I went to wipe batterystats, then after reboot, I didnt have any of my apps. Is there a way to reboot and keep apps without messing with voodoo (if not I read that voodoo helps, but how to do this?). Thanks a lot for your replies, I really like this ROM and want to make it work.[/QUOTE]

Good to hear.

As for the apps missing, I had that after flashing this rom too. Just factory reset and wipe cache. Thats how I fixed it.

Install one app, reboot and make sure it's there. If it is you're good to go and install other apps.[/QUOTE]

Ahhh, thanks a lot. So far I've been installing them in patches and rebooting and so far no problem. Now I just need test it for a few days to see if I get any reboots or FC and if not I will be extremely happy with this ROM (hopefully I can get good battery life). Again, Thanks a lot!
[Captivate Android Development] docflower:
can someone with linux make a pdroid patch for this kick ass sparko rom?
[Captivate Android Development] docflower:
This rom is at the top
[Captivate Android Development] MobileNick:
I just reinstalled MaxQ due to too many FC's. Read that restoring from TiBu can be the problem, so this time I'm making sure to only restore from the Market.

That's going okay so far except I can't install from the web version of the Market. It recognizes my account, and Market from the phone is fine. I just can't push apps over the air like I used to. Is this a MaxQ thing or something else hosed? Tried rebooting, signing out & back in, etc.
[Captivate Android Development] gcamp0730:
Might just need to wait for the new acct registration to propagate through the Google servers.
[Captivate Android Development] MobileNick:
That's probably it. Cause I tried it again just now and it works! :) Weird thing is that both sides were recognizing the Google account - the web and my phone. But they weren't connecting. Oh well.
[Captivate Android Development] MobileNick:
As I've been working with my fresh MaxQ flash, sadly I've been getting the phone FC's again. :( (the phone app FC's in the middle of dialing numbers). This time I did not use TiBu at all. I'd read that TiBu can cause this to happen so I made sure not to restore from it.

Is there something else that might cause this? Or is it just one of the issues that can creep up with custom ROMs?
[Captivate Android Development] El Niche:
Some of us experienced the same thing and it appears kyuta is working on it. It seems to be the kernel. Right now im running sparko with the stock kk4 kernel. So far it has been ok with no FC in the last two days. Give it a try to see if the problem goes away.
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
Awesome, I'll give it a shot. Out of curiosity, what's it from?
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
I looked through your build.prop and it seems you have a few conflicts like on line 46:

dalvik.vm.heapsize=64m

and line 108:

dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m

I don't know what effect this has, but I would clean it up in the next update.
[Captivate Android Development] ctechbob:
Darn good question. I found it here at XDA in the Captivate section, but do you think I can find the thread again? Nope! I have no idea where it came from and since it seemed to work, I gave up on trying to figure out where. Perhaps someone smarter than I can take a look inside and see from whence it came....for me, working is good enough. Lol...
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
Yup, good catch. I'm uploading the new version now. :D
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
Totally agree. LOL. I popped it in there and it does in fact work just fine. I think it's much smoother than the stock KJ3 version too. Thanks for providing that.
[Captivate Android Development] enaybee:
Any chances to get download mirrors (megaupload etc).

My computer has cancelled the connection many time due to incredibly slow download speeds.
[Captivate Android Development] bigfau:
This is nice and snappy.The theming is crazy. Great job. Now I have to see if I can OC/UV on the Infuse. Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
Uploading to another location now. That's the downfall to cheap shared hosting. :D
[Captivate Android Development] cgm8:
Thanks for sharing. Much appreciated to keep Captivate Development Community alive!