yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] ceasars:
Im having problems now with text message notifications being delayed or not even shown until later. Also sometimes it does not even play the notification sound. I checked that all my volumes were turned up and what not. Also I have vibrate set to always.
[Captivate Android Development] neophyte2008:
Yeah I am also of the same opinion that you should release apex 11.2 with all possible fixes...I love your ROM
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
Hi All:

Just an update, I drove from Penn to Boston last night (~6hrs), my fone was running CarHome 2.2.1.2, Pandora 1.5.15 & Maps 6.0.1 (Navigation).

I had to reboot twice to be able to get Maps opened (google released Maps 6.0.2 tonite). In the nonstop 6hr GPS test (the drive), the gps lost itself ONCE! (thats good but I've gotten the gps to be 100% on older roms) What I mean by lost itself, I'm on Hwy driving @ 73+mph and gps thinks I'm on a side road and tells me to "take the ramp". This only happened once.

Pandora seem to skip/hiccup ALOT while driving, played fine while standing (planning on using a different modem on the drive back on Friday)other than that the device/rom is really queit nice.

Also, if my fone is pulled in, charging, the battery and I "reboot" (by holding Power and selecting 'REBOOT") the fone shuts down but doesnt restart. Anyone else experiencing this?

Happy Holidayz!
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
That's normal as far as I know. At least, it's certainly done that for as long as I've had a Captivate. Could be a kernel thing, though - I've also pretty much exclusively used Talon.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
I figured I'd skip 11.2 and go straight to 12.0 (JVZ). Unfortunately, it's taking longer than I expected due to a lack of free time....
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
Thanks for the respone. What OC kernels work with Apex? Sorry for the noobie question but even with Voodoo lagfix eneabled, the fone seems sluggish compared to what I'm used to with Talon 1.44Ghz kernel.

Also can i just CWM flash the new kernel or do I have a to do a wipe?

I like using Voltage Control or AnTuTu CpuMaster, are there any know issues running one of these?

Thanks Again.

---------- Post added at 08:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:25 PM ----------

Why are wasting time replying to loosers like me!?! ....lol
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
Any JVT kernel should work fine with Apex. Just install according to the kernel Dev's instructions. Installing a kernel should not require any kind of wipe.
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
Again thanks, will do some searching on google.
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
Does Polaris Office work for anyone? It keeps on FCing on me. I need it for tomorrow so I can open a .doc file on my way to exam.

Edit: Nevermind saw there is a fix but the link doesn't work!.

Btw, now my phone is boot looping a bit more than usual... I didn't do anything to it. Before when I restart the phone it would boot loop once then, but now it's boot looping like 5 times before giving me a working phone.
[Captivate Android Development] martinomac:
I have the same issue while using Google Navigation, sometimes its unresponsive and needs to reboot.

I also noticed that while using Nav, I get a call, finishing talking - the screen goes black and to the puzzle lockscreen. This wasn't the case with previous Apex. After a phone conversation, phone should revert back to Navigation without unlocking puzzle lock.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
Not sure why git repository links work for some people but not others.... In any case all the fixes are now Google download links, so they should work for everyone. I'll move all the Extras over to downloads later today.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
Somewhat awkwardly, neither Maps.apk nor Phone.apk have been changed by me. The only mod done to Phone.apk was to add the one line of code that stops it from FCing at the end of the call if resources are cleaned too soon (it's a fix imported from newer versions of Phone.apk). This could just be a change in behavior with JVT.
[Captivate Android Development] Demonic240:
Didn't see this listed in the list of issues so I'm not sure if this is a ROM issue or because of JVT.

I signed into my Facebook app and told it to only sync my current contacts. Instead, it pulled down all of my Facebook contacts to my phone. I spoke to someone at work about this (we all mod our phones) and he said he had a similar issue with his Incredible until the developer he uses made an update to the ROM.
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
+1 on martinomac, I had CarHome opened with Google Navigation, a call came in while on Navi, phone is bluetoothed to Camero SS (nice car BTW), answered and ended using the btns on steering wheel, fone's screen went from map to home screen and then rotarty lock screen. When I swiped to unlock it went back to Navi.

Dumb ? but how come all most all ROMs for our Cappy dont have a landscape view? I love Apex just cus the phone.apk actually does do both views, but the homescreens do not. Just curious.
[Captivate Android Development] loraque:
You need a launcher that support landscape home screens for it to switch when in the dock. I actually remove the Carhome and have a home screen setup landscape for in the car.

Try LauncherPro or ADW EX for Home screen rotation while in the dock.
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
Flashed all the fixes and when I reboot my phone, I usually end up getting massive amount of boot loops. Occasionally the boot loops will stop and wallpaper will revert back to the default Mosaic wallpaper, but more often then not, it'll boot loop. However if I clear cache and dalvik cache, then it won't go into boot loop. Anyone else got this weird problem? My first time experiencing this. Usually boot loop is a sign of something gone wrong, but if clearing the caches fixes the boot loop, not sure what is wrong..
[Captivate Android Development] sinichi21:
All i can think of is the init.d scripts usually they cause those behavior try clearing it and see if you still experience it give a day or 2 maybe
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
I had the same issue initially, what I did was 3 major things, first I switched my launcher from TouchWiz4 to AOSP, second i reloaded my fone but before begining, I did full wipes (all 3 Data, Cache and Davlik) and 3rd when I did the reload I went from BigCache I897 to SmallCache I897. When I restored my apps from TiBU, I would run the batch file with just 4-8 apps at a time and that would prevent the TiBU from FC'ing. I got like 80 apps install so yes it took while but my fone is more stable than before.

I see some hesitiation but the fone works! So far, not one FC but from time to time Navi doesnt respond, so I reboot about twice, trying Navi (google Maps) after each reboot till it works.
[Captivate Android Development] martinomac:
nyciz, I was able to resolve the "navi after phone call" issue by installing Go Launcher EX as it supports landscape view. I then noticed that GO implemented a great lockscreen with message/phone notifications - have a look: https://market.android.com/details?...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS5qaXViYW5nLmdvc2NyZWVubG9jayJd

Hope that helps, worked for me.
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
I'm not using that sort of combo, but it's still happening to me. Removing scripts seems to fix it... Might be the scripts crashing I think.

Sent from my Samsung i896
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
geokilla, thanks but I have not installed any scripts. Unless Apex 11.1 installed some. I am using Voodoo Lagfix and I noticed that Apex has app called MemoryFreak, the Help button helps some but doesnt go over how certain options work with others. I'll search later.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
MemoryFreak is part of TalonDev, not Apex. You can find more information about it in that kernel's thread. Personally, I recommend leaving the settings at their defaults, but the app is there so that you can tune it to your particular usage.
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
Thanks Martinomac, I'll look in it during the holidays.

One thing I noticed, if I have CarHowe/Pandora/Navi open, dpendin on what I display on the screen, Pandora may act bad or act good.

So if I have Pandora displayed, I get tons of skips but if Pandora is in background cuz I'm looking at maps, Pandora plays with out so much as a burp...(learn this on 6 hr drive from Boston to home).

I've ensured that Pandora is playing at the lower quality, but it still burps.
[Captivate Android Development] Demonic240:
Did anyone else experience this too?
[Captivate Android Development] martinomac:
Np, I've noticed others have similar issue with Pandora since its last update. You can give Jango Radio a try instead...doesn't seem to skip.
[Captivate Android Development] spacecase-25:
Are there any themes compatible with this ROM?
[Captivate Android Development] Graysonh:
Couple of them including a beautiful ICS theme. Check the link here:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=707

Hope this helps!
[Captivate Android Development] DrDubzz:
So I just flashed this from CM7 and I keep getting a boot loop with the CM screen and the AT&T screen...

Am I missing a step, I flashed the pre-load kernal and then the ROM in CWM
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
Having issues with three phone.APK, call comes in screen turns black or it goes to the lock screen, when unlocked screen also turns black. Eitherway cant answer call.

Thought it had something to do with MemoryFreak, as that was the only change since the issue started, but reverted back and still having the issue.

Does anyone have a suggestion? Should I try a differnt Phone.apk? Thanks for the suggestions.
[Captivate Android Development] spacecase-25:
Flash stock then follow the instructions to flash Apex.
[Captivate Android Development] DrDubzz:
This is what I ended up doing, but now I'm getting constant FCs

I'll keep tinkering with it at work.
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
Just curious, if must ppl flashed back to stock and if they having less issues.

I ask cuz I was under the impression that it was not needed as long the direcetions from the APex website was followed.

Also which stock did you flash back to? Did you use a Odin 1Click version ?

Thanks for the info, Happy Holidays.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
The purpose of flashing back to stock is to reset any alternative file systems. This is only needed when coming from a ROM that uses something other than RFS like CM7 or MIUI.
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
psych0phobia, Much thanks for the quick responses. You are the reason for me trying to get this ROM working as it can for my needs.

I think I will flash back to Stock and re-install Apex to see if it clears the issues Ive been having as of late.

One question, when I hit "Apply" in MemoryFreak, a window pops sayin it will reboot the device, I hit yes but the device doesnt reboot on its own. Wondering if this plus the other issues Ive listed are signs of bad install?

Happy Holidayz.
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
HELP...Heimdall crashed while trying to load BigCache, the msg in Heimdall is:

If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future

development please consider donating:

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/

Initialising connection...

Detecting device...

Claiming interface...

Setting up interface...

ERROR: Failed to send end session packet!

My phone now says Firmware upgrade faild, try usning recovery mode

Even when I plug my jig, the same msg comes on screen.

Other than mailing the device to one of the service shops, or soldering a wire, can any one make a suggestion on how to recover?

Thanks

EDIT: I've recovered by using a ODIN3 One Click,

Things to note, if you installed Heimdall remeber which USB plug you used as that specific plug USB driver will be changed to work with Heimdall the other plugs will work with ODIN.

Also no matter the msg that comes up, the listed above or the "Phone !" as long as the phone powers up, Odin or Heimdall shoulkd be able to put you back to stock.

Happy Holidays.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
Hmm.... I just tried this and it doesn't reboot for me either. Not sure if that's a problem in MemoryFreak or in Apex, but I'll look into it.
[Captivate Android Development] nyciz:
Hey Psych0phobia:

I'm reloading my fone (duh prev posting) trying to do Talon BigCache, keep getting this in Heimdall:

Heimdall Initialising connection...

Detecting device...

Claiming interface...

Setting up interface...

Checking if protocol is initialised...

Protocol is not initialised.

Initialising protocol...

Handshaking with Loke...

Beginning session...

Session begun with device of type: 0

Uploading PIT

ERROR: Failed to send file part packet!

PIT upload failed!

Ending session...

If I can get the BigCache to load when I try loading the Kernel Modem combo that matches, it'll get about 40% and then Heimdall crashes.....
[Captivate Android Development] darkhelmet0012:
problem

I found a problem with the 3 X 4 keyboard, it does not let you type letters, only numbers. Did anyone else have this problem?
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
Sorry, but what's a 3 X 4 keyboard?
[Captivate Android Development] darkhelmet0012:
problem

It is one of the samsung keyboard types. Its the one I usually use because my thumbs are so big the other keyboards are frustrating.
[Captivate Android Development] spacecase-25:
nevermind 10char
[Captivate Android Development] darkhelmet0012:
problem

I realize that probably no one uses this keyboard, but I dont think it would be a hard fix. It worked in apex 10
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
Yes, I'll look into it. I hadn't actually noticed that those options were even present in the Samsung keyboard. I'm a Swype fan myself.
[Captivate Android Development] sinichi21:
maybe you should consider just going to jw1 while you havent started making lots of changes
[Captivate Android Development] cliftomr1082:
Psych, is anything new coming, I know not suppose to ask, just wondering. Everything is working good, just curious.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
O.o

And I'm nearly finished with JVZ... Ugh.
[Captivate Android Development] dongfangri:
JVZ is already a good rom. Hope we can see apex jvz soon.
[Captivate Android Development] sinichi21:
aw hahaha i guess we should stick with it then :D thought u havent started it i think they dont have much any changes exept the atk.apk that dgr8 said
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
So, I just finished my standard decomp and compare process and the only changes from JVZ to JW1 are the following:

bin\debuggerd

etc\NOTICE.html.gz

etc\ppp\ip-down-vpn

etc\security\otacerts.zip

lib\libXt9core.so (this file is also duplicated inside AxT9IME.apk)

lib\libfmradio_jni.so

framework\framework.jar\com\android\internal\telephony\gsm\EccTable.smali

These are trivial to integrate, so the next release will now be JW1 based instead of JVZ with minimal effort. Just as an FYI, it's doubtful that the next release will happen before Christmas based on my current amount of free time....
[Captivate Android Development] implodeme:
Now Running Apex 11.1 JVT, Darkcore, BigCache, Sony Ericsson Launcher.

I like it so far.

Seems a little sluggish after 16 hours with intermittent slowness mainly in the launcher and app vault. 34% battery left. Anyone else using the Sony Ericsson Launcher?
[Captivate Android Development] darkhelmet0012:
problem

Yeah I would be, except the letters are so small i always miss haha
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
Nice, psycho! You're a beast. keep up the good work :)
[Captivate Android Development] cliftomr1082:
How is next release coming along. Do you forsee any problems with it.;)

Merry Christmas to everyone.:)
[Captivate Android Development] JayFReaZy:
Just wondering how TW4 on this? Does it still have random reboots and freezes?

Sent from my Apex 10.1 Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] vileladelima:
BusyBox Version?

What's APEX 11.1 busybox version?

I've searched but don't have any answer..
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
1.19.3 (Stericson)
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
Bit lengthy here, but the problem is still happening and I don't know why. It just magically came back. It was gone for a couple days and everything was perfectly fine.

Also, on my friend's phone with the same setup, her phone just keeps on restarting whenever it feels like it. She can be in the middle of text messaging, opening up her texts, etc. I flashed all the fixes for her and nothing fixed it. We both flashed to stock prior to flashing Apex 11.1 so not sure why this is happening. I did the flashing for both our phones.
[Captivate Android Development] implodeme:
Multiple times now I have had FC and reboots when using the camera. This has occurred more often when using Panoramic mode but not conclusive enough to say that's the root cause. After a reboot, I have noticed the camera is still locked up, displaying the last picture I captured and unable to clear it. Additional reboots will eventually clear it.

Other random stuff has caused reboots, no known cause.

Darkcore, BigCache, Apex 11.1 (no applied hotfixes)
[Captivate Android Development] Hatboy18:
Crash

I have been experiencing problems similar to implodeme above. When charging and watching youtube videos via the youtube app the phone will freeze then restart. Upon restart the frozen image of the youtube video will appear in the camera app and also on any youtube video you try to play after that. It will also appear "behind" the homescreen wallpaper sometimes. Very weird.
[Captivate Android Development] ceasars:
I know this is kind of unrelated to this discussion but do you know where I can download the music player used in this rom? I like it much better than the miui one.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
It is the stock music player.
[Captivate Android Development] PotatoJ:
I have been using this rom for some time now. All I have to say is its been running very well and I especially appreciated the noob guide provided! :) thank you
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
Sneak preview....
[Captivate Android Development] rustyshakelford2:
Good stuff, I can't wait for the update. It will be nice not having the SamsungApps included because I don't use any of them.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
Apex 12.0 is now live. Don't forget the kernel/modem package when you install (if you haven't already updated to a JVZ/JW1 kernel).

My apologies in advance, but this is a wipe-only release. I've gone very deep into the framework code this time around to fix many bugs present in the original Samsung code, including permissions and security fixes. I've also introduced a new resource file for Apex additions (like lockscreens) to keep them separate from the framework. The upshot of this is that the system level apps had to be re-signed, which means that an update zip is impossible, since a big part of the built-in security system depends on signatures matching.

The extras, like battery mod and TW3 backdrops, are not completed yet, but they'll be added soon.
[Captivate Android Development] saobang3886:
Downloading now, will report later, thank's so much ^^!
[Captivate Android Development] dongfangri:
Thank you for this great rom.

Almost everything goes well, except that the Screen Capture service has a FC issue, the service only creates a blank folder in sdcard, named ScreenCapture.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
I am using TW4 from At&T GS2 on International Galaxy S II. Similarly TW3 from KK2 might work on JVT
[Captivate Android Development] gsx-r:
My Cappy is on stock JF6 2.2, do i need installing 2.3 bootloader before installing Apex 11 (follow the installation instructions in Apex website)???

I remember that the previous 2.3 Apex ROMs always need 2.3 bootloader before flashing but the Apex site now doesn't mention that.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
Yes all GB roms would need GB bootloaders
[Captivate Android Development] IlluminatedOne:
Yes and also make sure to get Talon or DC kernel running before you flash Apex 11. Follow all the instructions mentioned on website.
[Captivate Android Development] gsx-r:
Thank you. But now on Apex website installation instruction (http://apex.merseine.us/installation) doesn't mention about bootloaders. Might the bootloaders are included in "Apex CMW zip"? :confused: By installing this zip, we won't need the GB bootloader installation anymore?
[Captivate Android Development] IlluminatedOne:
No bootloaders are not included in ZIP. If you choose to install BigCache from Apex website, it will flash bootloaders to your phone. If you dont want to use BigCache, you can use any i897 or i9000 GB stock leak to flash bootloaders. Visit old Apex website/thread to get just the bootloaders.
[Captivate Android Development] autocorrelation:
If I'm coming from apex 10.1, can I just flash up VIA cwm and zip w/out any extra steps?
[Captivate Android Development] saobang3886:
is sms time not yet fix? I also can't restore system app with TIBU, normal app is ok!
[Captivate Android Development] sinichi21:
I cant imagine anymore if this have a 20 lock screen lol, BTW can we organized the order of the quickpanels? or we need to decompile it? very smooth so far im on semaphore kernel working fine so far and also is there a drawback if I use the big cache? what will it affect if i used that patch?

UPDATE: I have notice the vibrate on keypress on android keyboard does not work
[Captivate Android Development] nm131:
How BIG is Bigcache???
[Captivate Android Development] jbabbler:
Ok, love the rom. Battery is great, signal strength and speed are phenomenal. The only problem I am having right now is the Exchange email client crashing when I set the security permissions. Any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
SMS timestamp should be fixed, but is something I cannot test (no messaging plan).

As far as I know, system apps/data should never be restored with TiBu. That's a very good way to break things. Given that much of the user space in this ROM is SGS2 based, the databases are often slightly different than their I9000 counterparts, meaning that restoring across versions will not work.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
The maximum app size for the market is 50MiB. BigCache sets the cache size to 55MiB to allow for file system overhead, etc.
[Captivate Android Development] jbabbler:
Just to verify, I went back to Mosaic 8 and had no issues with Exchange Email. Flashed back to Apex 11 and it crashes @ security settings. I am going to try and swap Email APK from Mosaic and see if it works. Very strange.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
Exchange is another thing I cannot test properly. Something probably went wrong in the SGS2 conversion. I'll have a look at it today.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
I'll try to work this tidbit into the site's installation instructions. I kinda took it for common knowledge.
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
Thanks, watsa. The only reason I included it as an issue is that AppZorter doesn't seem to be always working quite right. Probably something to do with my technique allowing TW3 and TW4 to run simultaneously. That and it bugs me that Samsung would include the code and even dialog box to handle app drawer sorting and yet disable it for our device...
[Captivate Android Development] jbabbler:
Send me any proposed fixes and I'll test them. I'm reflashing now to see if I can get the one from M8 working. Will let you know.