yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Rezound] phackney:
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Figured it out. On a hunch I re-locked the bootloader and tried running the RUU using the Windows installer and it worked. It must be some sort of security check thing. I'll just unlock the bootloader again after it's done flashing. It might be good for someone with more seniority on the forum to make this information more visible in case anyone else runs into this issue.
[HTC Rezound] marclile:
I agree. It probably needs to be added to the post that has the ruu files and it.
[HTC Rezound] jbh00jh:
Glad you got it working.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1
[HTC Rezound] phackney:
Can you make that happen?
[HTC Rezound] marclile:
i can't change the post but i'll post something in that thread.
[HTC Rezound] wisenber:
Any idea on how to get the phone to relock if "fastboot oem lock" goes to "waiting for device" without responding?

I'm in a similar situation, but I cannot seem to get my phone to relock.

Nevermind. I forgot to get into bootloader mode via adb.
[HTC Rezound] guut13:
Thank you. Had the same error. Felt like an idiot when I read your post. Can't believe I didn't think of that first.
[HTC Rezound] craZhorse:
So how do you re-lock? Thanks
[HTC Rezound] k_flan:
Fastboot oem lock
[HTC Rezound] Xsoldier2000:
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[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
LOL this makes me laugh...

Though when i replaced my phone, they seemed nice enough. That was back in June though...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Sure, they seem nice enough until you question anything. For me it was the $20 replacement fee to get a refurbished phone when I had just bought a brand spanking new phone that was defective 30 days earlier.

It pissed me off that I was supposed to pay more money to get a used phone when I just paid a lot to buy a new phone. Especially when the guy in the store said there would be no charge.

It pissed me off a lot more when the used phone was even more broken than the new one and they wanted to charge me another $20 to replace that one with yet another broken used phone.

Now they want to charge me another $40 for the last phone they sent me that I couldn't even get to turn on! So they want to charge me the $20 replacement cost and a $20 restocking fee or something. I'm like "Restocking fee?! It should be thrown in the trash can!"

When I got a RAZR like 5 years ago it broke too. T Mobile jumped through hoops to make it right and get me a new one. And that breaking was 100% my fault and they didn't care! They said "It should have held up under the conditions" and went to great lengths to make it right. Now they sell defective products and don't stand behind them, and act like they are doing you a favor when they send you more defective products.

The customer service took a serious nose dive the minute the AT&T acquisition was proposed. Internal cost saving changes were made and the customer service has been garbage since then.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicgraner:
Man that REALLY sucks...if you call up customer support again and during the automated voice thing you say you want to cancel the voice will instantly send you to a "retention service". They will generally cut you a deal if you ***** at them and I'm sure if you mention that call they will definitely do something. That's what I've heard atleast..good luck!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Retention was one of the agents who pulled the "My supervisor just walked into a meeting" trick!

I do the saying 'cancel' during the voice prompt though. That cuts the hold time down from 4-5 minutes to about 2 seconds.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicgraner:
Damn...I've been considering switching to Verizon for awhile now anyway this may be enough to have me move...you should definitely switch carriers..
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznprodgy:
wow that sucks to hear, but entertaining to read at the same time :) lol sorry

I personally have never had any issues with T-Mobile or their customer service, and Ive been a customer for roughly 10 years now. Even when I had my phone replaced earlier this year, the reps seemed nice and willing to help me with my problem
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Well I definitely got their attention. After writing back to complain about the guy who called me last night a MUCH nicer person called this evening and offered me pretty much anything I wanted. I thought they were half ready to offer me some of that AT&T broken deal money. :D

I think I'm going to go for the Sensation since it's got developers already working on it. Plus it's a little smaller than the Amaze.

Is there another phone outside the HTC line I should consider?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
wow serious?! hope i'll get someone nice like that when i try to replace my mom's phone :D (fingers crossed)

well, a lot of people have been saying that the Galaxy S II is good, so maybe that? personally though, i don't like it much. i've never had much love for Samsuck though... still.. gotta admit, it's a pretty nice phone
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
I'm not very impressed with T-mobile's SGS2. They ditched the more powerful Exynos processor for a Snapdragon to gain a theoretical 42 mbps max download on their network. Its still a good phone, but the Exynos is far superior in the graphics department.

http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/96267-how-samsungs-chip-change-up-affects-the-t-mobile-galaxy-s2
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
It was down to the Sensation and Amaze because they have more rounded corners. And I think the Sensation is going to win because it's a little smaller and already has a CM7 option, even if it's an Alpha. (I can't go back to HTC Sense. I can't do it.)

It sounds dumb, but that's a huge deal to me. A phone with less rounded corners tends to wear out a pants pocket quickly since the phone will usually sit in the same position in the pocket day after day.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maverick_hunter:
I've had nothing but good experiences with T-Mo's customer service. Two months ago, my brother changed his rate plan but forgot to make sure it included unlimited messaging. A few weeks later, his account was suspended because he had accumulated over $700 in messaging fees. Something similar happened when he had Verizon years ago, and they essentially said, "Tough luck. Pay up." What did T-Mo do? They said, "You forgot? It happens. Let's add that unlimited messaging now and wipe those charges." And they did.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wdcpclover:
hello experts

sgs2 update failed and cannot get to download mode

how can i do for this case?i hear about that USB recovery jig can help

but whats the USB recovery? and how can i get that?

Any help that i can start my phone again ??

Thanks in advance guys :'(:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Order a jig from eBay & wait for it to arrive. If you can't get into download mode now, that's your best/probably only chance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSniperFan:
If it's really bricked you can only return it or use the only fix:

A Jtag repair.

However I doubt he has the equipment that is necessary, so he'll have to hope that he finds some service that does such repairs. Otherwise he'll need a new phone or all the equipment.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teknowledgist:
I don't want to make trouble, but I'm hoping there can be a dialog as to the viability of the Captivate as a long-term, stable cell phone.

Like probably everyone here, I found the ROM AT&T supplied for the Captivate to be practically (if not criminally) unusable even if I didn't care about my rights to do what I want with it (but I do). Thus I decided that I needed to flash it with something better.

Obviously, there are a lot of Captivate owners who work very hard (and presumably, enjoy) modifying and tweaking the Android system for their phone - and that's great - but I'm not one of them. I appreciate that people like to change the look of their <object> and that the latest-and-greatest functionality is an ever-moving target, but paramount to me for everything in my life is minimal maintenance.

I don't really care about flashy eye-candy and holiday color schemes if it is moderately consistent. I am not looking to squeeze the last 2% (or even 10%) of possible speed out of my phone, but I do want it to respond to my input within a few tenths of a second (faster w/ typing) unlike the stock ROM. I have to use a lock-code, so I don't give a fig about the number of lock screens. If I could flash my phone and never have a need (note: not desire) to do it again, that would be fantastic. If I have to re-flash it once every 6 months and don't need to (re)read long (long!) meandering threads with cryptic and often conflicting and (possibly - how to tell?) outdated information, I could live with that.

Basically, it seems like I have to choose between a fixed, official ROM that sucks, or a sea of ever-changing ROMs with stability problems and a lot of focus on look-and-feel.

I'm not here crying about not having the perfect phone experience, rather I'm interested in the opinion of you here, "in the know", as to whether there exists a Captivate ROM that is stable in both the short-term (little to no crashes or unplanned reboots) and in the long term (will function similarly for months when not tweaked beyond what say, TiBu or AdAway would do).

This is something I've been wondering for months now (as my Serendipidy ROM grew ever-more unstable), but it has come to a head now because my wife is insisting that I encounter so many problems with my Cappy (currently experiencing various problems with Serenity) that I need to get a new phone (and it should be an iPhone like hers). I am as jealous at her stability, battery life and lack of problems as I am loathe to sell my soul to live in the walled garden with the iDevil.

If the world of smart phones is really a choice among the walled garden, the astro-turfed basement and the slopes of a volcano in the jungle, then I will have to accept that and choose my fate. If the problem is Samsung/AT&T and Android is simply ambrosia on some other device/carrier (as my colleague claims), then I would love to know that too.

Sorry for the dissertation and thanks for the thoughts.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wdustin1:
......so get an iPhone then........

Currently Fusionized
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1tontomato:
I bought my wife a 4gs on launch day, and its smooth but not without a few faults. The amount of repeat info here can turn into a maze of discouragement, but I think just a little more effort might yield the results you want. I'm currently running mosaic 8 with the latest semiphore kernel and its very stable to say the least.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevenrogers_420:
KK4 seems to be the final update and source code is out so things are about to get real good. There are 5-6 real nice stable roms out right now. Take the time to find one you like and stick with it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teknowledgist:
So, your view is that the Captivate and/or Android phones are best used by people who have both the skills and time to regularly - if not constantly - rebuild and tweak hidden and background settings always at some risk of bricking their several-hundred dollar device, and you see the iPhone as the proper choice for people who simply want something that works for their day-to-day use?

That's worse than what everyday users had to manage with DOS or in the early days of Linux or Windows 95. At least with those, your hardware wasn't (usually) at risk.

Is there no solution for those in the middle who want something that works day-to-day and allows them some freedom to make minor changes like block ads and install "unapproved" apps? Are they simply out of luck?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Cm7. Wipe data factory reset again after flashing, let it sit for 10 mins after first boot but before you sign in.

My vibrant was perfectly stable that way.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
MIUI, great fast ROM. All you have to do is flash the small update every week and everything stays the same. You don't loose data!

If you don't feel like doing the update every single week just skip a few here and there. Or got the latest Gingerbread leak(KK4) and use it. It is stable, has great battery life, and pretty fast, but still can't compare to MIUI/CM7 speeds!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derek4484:
I'm not sure what you mean by stock AT&T ROM being no good. I've used a Captivate that had the official AT&T stock 2.2 on it, and it was pretty darn good. I then loaded the "stock" AT&T gingerbread leak on it, and it was even better. Almost no lag at all, GPS worked great, and battery life was excellent. I think you're just complaining for the sake of complaining.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teknowledgist:
I tried to use the stock 2.2. I really did. I was getting random shutdowns and reboots all the time and the lag, oh the lag! I can't tell you how many times I would hit an on-screen button and nothing would happen. I would hit it again a second or three later or try a different on screen-button, and still nothing. Thinking the app had crashed, I would hit home or back. Another second or two after that, everything I had done would process in a millisecond and I would be back at the home screen with no idea what I had done as the "extra" touches would register as some other command on the screens that followed and I didn't see.

Once I reflashed the first time, the lag went away and the shutdowns greatly diminished, but since then I have had various other problems. Things like:

- the phone telling me I had a cell signal when I didn't and because I don't make many outgoing calls or texts I just thought nobody wanted to talk to me. Meanwhile people were getting mad that I wasn't getting back to them.

- Apps "uninstalling" by themselves sometimes with a generic icon to replace them. Re-installing them sometimes worked and sometimes didn't (with the same app).

- Texts that come in 5 hours after they were sent and 2 hours after I emerged into a strong cell signal (I work in a sub-basement).

When I tried the KK4 stock, everything did seem to work well until I actually tried to use it as a phone. It said I had signal and I had data connection, but most calls would simply never dial, and while it would ring and I could see who was calling, I couldn't answer. This seems particularly bizarre to me as you would think the ROM/modem pair should work with all Captivates.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madtowndave:
If you want stability, I'd recommend Firefly or Andromeda. They are both older and are Froyo builds, but ultra stable.

And I concur the out of the box Cappy 2.1 build was unusable...it's how I ended up here at xda! Unlike you however, I found that I do like tweaking my phone, and I've done some amount of that...not without peaks and valleys, but I currently really enjoy the Mosaic ROM with Semaphore JVZ kernel.

i897 running Mosaic 8.5
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Unfortunately, it's shaping out that way. And it's only getting worse as time goes on and the fragments march in their separate directions. When there's 20 different fundamental ROMS (Sense, TouvhWiz, all the variations and so on), and 4000 different phones it becomes increasingly difficult to provide a consistent quality experience.

The worst part being I don't see a way out for Google or a light at the end of the tunnel for consumers short of starting over, which presents more problems than it solves.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teknowledgist:
Thanks for the suggestions.

Actually, I think tweaking can be fun sometimes, but between work, family, house, etc. I'm usually stumbling through on 5 hours of sleep a night as it is (good thing I don't drive to work!). I simply don't have time to tweak, and I definitely can't be without a phone for a day or two.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teknowledgist:
That's the sense I was getting, but when I would express it to anyone I know in meat-space, they just rolled their eyes and called me crazy. I started this thread with the optimistic hope that I was simply missing something.

It's good to know at least that I'm not alone in my thinking.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teknowledgist:
This is my hope.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skoffer:
I have had Cognition 5 on my phone since it was released. It has been the ultimate experience for me. Stable, GREAT battery life, awesome response, etc. It is the Plain Jane of ROMs and I won't use anything else.

at least not until a stable, working version of ICS is out. I've recently got my hands on a free captivate and have been using it as a testbed for ICS. Once I am satisfied, I will flash my everyday use Cappy to ICS and be done with flashing on this phone until I can upgrade this summer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rye&ginger:
Im in your boat somewhat. I want all features of the device to work and I dont want reboots etc. Stability is critical.

For Froyo, Firefy 3.0 ROM gave up uptimes of 7-8 days without issue. I only rebooted once battery ran out.

GB ROMs Ive tried are all more unstable, but I have been on Illuminance 3.01 for over a week now and its running quite good. I reboot often though as I swap batteries, so I cant speak to up time but it goes over a day easily. Im using the ICS theme with it so it feels like I have a new device also.

Now that we have KK4 source I think we will see stability improve even more.

I see too many problems with the ICS builds so far but they are alpha afterall. Impressive progress from the devs working on it however!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crt60:
Eventually my idea is to take the best of all the leaks and make a rock solid stable hybrid rom. Though most devs, including myself, try to cater to the masses. It seems what you are looking for isn't very popular. Most want more and better in their roms, i've tried both and still not overly successful at either. But it doesn't stop me from trying to create the best of both worlds. A solid stable rom with nice features, that doesn't deteriorate in performance over time. Hopefully a hybrid rom will solve a lot of issues we all face with the cappy.

The thing the iphone has going for it is the fact it is one manufacturer, apple. All the iphones are the same, same processor, same hardware, same specs, same, same, same. It makes it easy to have a tight knit development for the phone, so it is less prone to issues. But because of this tight, closed architecture, you don't have allot of choices as far as styles and hardware. Android and Windows, on the other hand, have multiple manufacturers and many choices of processors, hardware and styles to choose from. So it is much more difficult for Google and phone manufacturing developers to cater to all of the different phones and have each one run flawlessly. The same holds true for Linux and Windows with PC's. But I think the cappy has some of the best developers on XDA making great ROMs for it and these ROMs don't necessarily cater to hobbyists, they cater to captivate users in general.

Sometimes good things come to those who wait...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangi26:
In my own opinion, I think one of the best ROM's out there, and quite frankly possibly the most stable I've run to date is Phoenix Unleashed. It's Froyo JS8, and was the last of the 2.2 ROM's Adam put out. It was a ROM I would absolutely go to IF I ever got tired of flashing ROM's(don't really see that happening) and wanted to just have a phone that worked and worked well.

I'm too busy now playing with ICS.......but that is a story for another day :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
I think there's something to that. Serendipity 6 was JS8 if I remember correctly.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangi26:
By the way, no offence Mikey, I'm not in any way trying to imply that your ROM's are inferior, I just spent a TON of time with the Phoenix ROM's so my opinion comes from that alone
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teknowledgist:
Thanks for all the suggestions.

Cognition 5 sound promising though it's guaranteed to not have any fixes if there are bugs. Firefly, Andromeda, Serendipity and Pheonix Unleashed are all I9000 ROMs while Cognition is a I897, right?

Is there any trick to recognizing which ROMs are I9000 vs. I897?

I was under the impression that there are inherent issues with using I9000 ROMs on an I897 phone but you flash-happy folks :) used them because they were more up-to-date due to leaks and such. Is that incorrect?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
No. Developers just like having the latest and most up to date to work with. For froyo roms, i loved Continuum4.0/4.1. It was rock solid. It was made from JS8, so that means it's an I9000 rom. But it's a great rom. As for recognizing, the only froyo official roms from att were KB1 and KB2. If a rom is ported well and correctly, there is very little, if any, noticeable difference between I9000 and I897 roms. Good luck, and Happy Flashing:)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crt60:
I guess, if all else fails, just flash a stock odex ROM from the many to choose from and run with it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skoffer:
While Cog 5 won't be getting anymore updates, I haven't found any need for one. In my opinion, and experience, it is simply perfect. It is just a basic ROM with all of the ATT bloat removed and lagfix installed.

Personally, I don't like touchwiz, so I use the Gingerbread Launcher, and I haven't had any noticeable problems. As a matter of fact, I think yesterday was the first time I have even rebooted my phone in like a month.

Oh, and battery life is a huge plus for me. It is the best of any ROM I have ever used. I charge my phone every night, but it is typically sitting at about 60% when I place it on the charger. And that is with me playing about an hour of games a day on it, and maybe 15-20 minutes of talk time and sending about 10-15 text messages. I don't talk on the phone much. There have been multiple occasions that I have forgotten to put it on the charger and gotten 2 full days of normal use out of it. The only time I have any issue is when I am using the GPS for navigation(which also works better than any other ROM I have tried). I can typically get about 3 hours of GPS use on a full charge. And, I leave my WIFI on all day too.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madtowndave:
Andromeda is actually based on Armani i9010, but otherwise you are correct.

A good way to know which is base is the first letter of the firmware build. If it starts with K, it's i897. If it starts with J, it's i9000.

I think the large reason why so many i9000 ROMs were developed is that the source for i9000 came out quickly, allowing for important tweaks like back light notification and voodoo integration. KB1 official at$t source came out very late... Bear in mind Cognition 5 is GB while Cognition 3/4 is Froyo based.

If stability trumps all else for you, you may enjoy a Froyo ROM better.

i897 running Mosaic 8.5
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
Can't go by letters, unless you know which one belongs where our go with the 5 letter designation. Captivate always starts with UC, while I9000 starts with X something.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
AND firefly is based off of rogers official froyo firmware for the i896 captivate, with an I9000 reoriented kernel.

not sure if ursa minor (the kernel in andromeda) is I9000 or built from armani source though