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[Captivate General] Hogan773:
Should I upgrade to Official GB?

I am hoping someone can help me.

I would like to upgrade to stock GB (I am on stock Froyo now).

1) I have seen reports of random poweroffs/reboots/freezes after people upgrade. Has it been determined why this is and how to avoid? My Cappy has been up for 600 hours straight and I don't want it to start freezing and have to do battery pulls etc every day.

2) I have seen reports that it is "good" to do a Factory Data Reset before upgrading and then again after (to kill the Tethering Error thing). I don't have any songs or movies saved. I do have a few contacts. Are those contacts automatically backed up on my Google account? I have somewhere a box checked that says "Back up Account Settings to Google" or something like that.

Thanks for the help. I always want to be on the "newest and best" but my current phone just works, albeit with some lag every once and awhile, and I don't want to "upgrade" to a less stable or more touchy and frustrating OS.
[Captivate General] KreepyKen:
I tried to install the GB update via Kies Mini. It tells me there's an upgrade available, then downloads it. But when it goes to install it, my phone goes into download mode automatically and Kies sits there. It never does the install, then after a few minutes I get an error saying that the phone could not be upgraded.

I'm running stock Froyo KB2 and I unrooted the phone before attempting the upgrade.

I uninstalled samsung drivers and Kies Mini, then started from scratch. No difference.

Has anyone else run into this? I am running this on a Mac, with Windows 7 running in Parallels. Could this be the problem? Has anyone successfully run this update with Windows 7 on a Mac?
[Captivate General] dredgd:
I have the 'infinite reboot' issue after upgrading from Froyo (rooted) to GB (rooted again). It has something to with too many APPs moved to SD. Hope someone could figure out a fix.
[Captivate General] ledev:
I've updated and all the apps were just as they were before except that it became unrooted. The big problem I have is that wifi won't turn on. I thought it might have something to do with having uninstalled tethering manager to use Mobile AP but that does not seem to be the case. I updated a 2nd phone and left tethering manager intact but wifi won't turn on with it either.. I'll need advise if anyone has any idea what might've happened and what to do about it..
[Captivate General] jjmcgaffey:
Thanks a million, c0ldburn3r. I've been searching all day for the solution to the tethering manager FCs - and you just toss out this minor point and save me!

I can't figure out how to do the official thanks. When I do, I'll do it!
[Captivate General] gado45:
So Im a newby here, I got a captivate last week and it was on stock eclair firm, I've updated to the leaked gingerbread (sorry I can't post link yet)

everything worked like charm, and now I wanted to flash for my first time to an custom rom, I've read all the stickies topics, read all this topic thinking that I was on the stock gingerbread but am I? my version is 2.6.35.7-I897UCKJ1 not the KK4 that all you guys have! So my question is can I root using fugu or other method with my kernel version? or should I flash back to eclair stock and there flash directly to a custom rom?
[Captivate General] mcala:
Go to the stickies & find the heimdall 1click for KH3 w/ CWM. That will help you flash what you want. It does not include bootloaders which is safe, your already using them. No need to go back to Froyo.
[Captivate General] gado45:
Thanks, can't find the exact heimdall you're saying (edit,found it already but link is dead), I found the exact kernel uckj1 so I can root using fugu metod, is the same thing that I root in 2.3.5 uckj1 and then flash in here a custom rom?
[Captivate General] mcala:
Yeah, link to download doesn't work for me either. You can try the Odin's if you prefer. Just trying to explain that there is no need to go back so far & fugu & root & flash CWM when you can find a 1click that does that for you.
[Captivate General] gado45:
can someone repost the download link for fasty3 KK4 rom? I can't post in the development section yet, the download link is dead!
[Captivate General] BZJoe:
So far so good

Well, upgraded my wife's captivate to the official gingerbread rom and after about a month it still works fine. One weird thing happened: one day all her contacts had disappeared. I made a backup of EVERYTHING before the upgrade so I reloaded her contacts. No idea what happened. Apart from that everything else works well, but then again my wife uses it mostly as a regular phone and some internet browsing. Nothing fancy.
[Captivate General] Cor-master:
I made a separate thread about it but I'm starting to find that every rom I've tried based off kk4 has poor gaming performance, stuff will fire up and render fine but ill keep getting shutters, and 1-2 second pauses and screen flickers. I restored my stuff using titanium backup would that cause the issue? Seriously nothing could make this phone break a sweat on froyo or cm7 with games now in can't get any to even run! Help!
[HTC EVO 3D] Terepin:
I'm used from Desire having calendar widget with upcoming events. But here it won't display anything. Why?

Odoslané z môjho HTC EVO 3D X515m cez Tapatalk
[HTC EVO 3D] Terepin:
OK, nevermind. As it turned out, because I added widget before I added Google account, it didn't "know" about Google calendar. This is new to me, because Sense 1.9 automatically added every calendar that was added after adding the widget itself.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbis:
I rooted my Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 and now all my Gameloft games that I purchased when they had their 99 cent deal force close about 3 to 5 seconds after opening the app up. It seems to be when it checks for the game license. This even happens with their free games as well. Any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiderwolf:
Other applications work fine?

I had the same problem with HC 3.1 and su v3.x

Perhaps you have to downgrade su binary to 2.x or upgrade rom to 3.2
[HD2 General] Theznez:
So i am thinking of buying an used hd2, but i read that there is a lot of problems with it like cpu, screen stops working, so i am wondering if it is often for that to happen do the phone?
[HD2 General] enigma1nz:
There is always the risk whenever you buy a used device, as its history will be unknown to you, e.g. whether it's been dropped or got wet, whether it's already developing problems that could be too sporadic to notice on the first inspection, but becoming more and more prominent later. So you need to exercise caution, no matter what model you are hoping to buy.

As far as the device itself is concerned, there are barely problems if you consider the number of devices sold and operational almost 3 years on. So there is nothing wrong with the device itself if used properly and not abused, just wear and tear that is generic for any phone with touch screen etc. There will be those who will tell you they were very careful with their phone, but it still stopped working, but the majority of us are very happy with what we have.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] henrik_h83:
Whenever i take a pic with flash it gets the yellow colour tint that seems to be a general issue. Im wondering if this is softrelated, or if it's faulty hardware, or maybe even bad engineering by Samsung? Will there be a fix for this or should i return this phone?

Galaxy Nexus stock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rougeman73:
I get the same with my Nexus. I'm not that impressed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rubiconjp:
It's most likely software related. If you switch the setting from auto to either incandescent or fluorescent while indoors, the result will be much better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] henrik_h83:
Lets hope it is. The GNex is really awesome in every other (no_soft_related) way so i really like to keep it. :-) Is it possible that CM will have this fixed before google or Sam will?

Galaxy Nexus stock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frazzle121180:
I get exactly the same as well

hopefully it's software related and will be fixed soon
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] henrik_h83:
I sent a mail to Samsung Sweden. They haven't heard of this issue. And the blame google for it, more or less.

TF101 Revolver ROM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] henrik_h83:
I tried setting the whitebalance manually, and it seems to work jst fine. Makes me think this is will be fixed in an update... eventually.

TF101 Revolver ROM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] henrik_h83:
DoA - im getting a new phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Herman76:
I'm using camera zoom for picture taking, and my experience is that the pictures are much better with that app(not yellow with flash on) .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] henrik_h83:
Got my new phon today. Photos was still yellow. Then i got the update to 4.0.2, and the colours was just fine.

Tapatalk/TF101 Revolver
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TSGM:
Run Speed Battle. What's your score?

My score using my Macbook Pro i7 with Firefox 10 and 8gb of ram is in the 400-500 range. My score using my HTC Flyer tablet (1.5 GHz Scorpion single core, with 1gb ram) with Opera Mobile is in the 25-35 range. When using Opera Mini or the stock Honeycomb browser, it's even lower, somewhere in the 10-20 range.

I ran this test because I was confused why my desktop browser is so much faster than browsing on a tablet. From these numbers, you would conclude that it's on the order of 10x faster. Naively, I just assumed that the biggest factor behind loading a website was the connection speed. But since the same connection is used for both my tests, I guess this can't be the reason. Certainly, CPU matters when it comes to processing the webpage, but does it matter this much?

So perhaps someone else can explain: why is mobile browsing on the order of ten times slower than desktop browsing?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
Err, because that's not a connection test, but a javascript test. Thus executing code... Can't expect a phone to compete with a full fledged top of the line computer, can you? :confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CdTDroiD:
Pretty obvious is it not? Wow...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vermaat:
I just think it's quiet obvious, but that mostly comes from that it has always been this way for me. I think it's just because of the fact that a Mac is a Mac and a tablet is a.. tablet
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TSGM:
I'm sorry, call me stupid, but I don't think it's obvious at all.

Let us assume that there is an upper limit for the computing speed and resources required to render a typical internet page. I would have assumed that the kind of processors found in tablets are already near this upper limit. So, as a made up figure, a 486 machine running Windows 3.1 might be able to render a given page in 10 seconds, and my modern desktop might render it in 3. A tablet might be able to render it in 5. A supercomputer might render it in 2.5. This is assuming all these machines are on the same connection.

The point is that there is a point of diminishing returns, where the principle bottleneck of rendering a page is the connection speed.

However, because I noticed a substantial difference in loading times between a tablet and a desktop, I was forced to conclude that the principle bottleneck in speed wasn't the connection speed, but rather the CPU's capability in loading various scripts (or whatnot). I'd simply assumed that the technology in 2011 (regardless of whether it took tablet or desktop form) was already close to the plateau of diminishing returns. This, I found surprising.

...but then again, I guess everybody here thinks it's obvious that the principle bottleneck is not connection speed, but something else.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Holmes:
It is definitely obvious. You can make a 1000-page post explaining why you THINK it isn't obvious, but it will still be obvious.

I'm completely sorry.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TSGM:
I understand. Thanks.

Can you explain to me what is the relation between browsing speed and CPU? Is it a linear relation? I would have expected it to vary to a plateau. This is the point I am most curious about. I don't think the functional dependence is at all obvious, but I am happy to hear your explanation.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] oikhlail11:
would you recommend any of the tweaks on rom toolbox, the kernel tweaks supposedly help with battery life? i have no knowledge about any of that ha i have sky icecream sandwhich on my att skyrocket, and what about changing the battery icon or the other ones? will this mess with anything too bad? thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Don't do anything with kernel if you are new because the rom comes with stock tweaked kernel and battery life is awesome. He has couple of battery mods that you can flash through cwm or rom manager.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bacheezy:
Toolbox mods

Too add to appdroid's response...Some of the mods will work; example changed download arrow icon/color, but some of the mods will bork your framework (killed my status bar completely attempting to change cell signal indicator after declining option from toolbox to back-up aforementioned framework). I would have to agree with above response, especialy if you consider yourself a 'noob'.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Phoneguy589:
I suggest making a backup of your rom before you start messing with it. I think it's the only way to find out how things work. I change davlik.heap settings, and a bunch of stuff. If I don't like it or I mess something up...restore backup and try again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Grut:
I am also running sky ics and have tweeked some icons using Rom Toolbox Pro. I have changed the battery icon to the 1% honeycomb style one. You should only use a battery icon with 1% increments, these are the increments used in the rom itself, not sure if 10 or 20% increment battery icons will work. I've also changed the vibrate icon, signal strength icon, usb icon and download icon. None of these changes have harmed my phone in any way. But before you go changing things, make sure you back up your rom like the other members have suggested.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pre4speed:
Flame me if you must, but I just have a small n00b question. If I have a locked bootloader, am I unable to use rom manager features? Thanx.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3athsd00r:
You cant use it
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pre4speed:
Thank you for being polite and your response.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erick161:
Definitely read the noob guide in the general forum. Will really help you out a lot
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pre4speed:
I have it bookmarked for when im ready to burn my fuse and unlock. Thank you kindly. :-)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonny68:
I'm wondering if i can get a lockscreen like this

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dj.golocker.theme.icecream

i don't use Go Launcher as i don't rate it over TW so im wondering if this is available for TouchWiz and is also compatible with JKay too, my current lockscreen is shown below screenshot and it is fine but i feel like a change.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] awesome-member:
Widget locker is for you. Search on the market.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonny68:
Cheers, yeah i know about widget locker is it compatible with JKay too?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonny68:
A couple of reviews say this drains your battery so ill give this a miss and look for an alternative, €2.25 for something like this is a bit steep anyway when you have similar apps for free.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sileshnair:
Magic locker
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jlt220:
try MiLocker it uses MIUI lockscreens on any rom, and one of them should fit the bill for what you want.

https://market.android.com/details?...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5taXVpLmhvbWUiXQ..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kickassdave:
best recommendation you're going to get if you don't want to pay.

Unfortunately, even when using MIUI there isn't a "smooth" version of the ICS locker that really mimics the original (which is slightly annoying).

I think WidgetLocker might be quite smooth but as you say, it costs..... just depends how much you value an awesome lock screen :D

EDIT:

Use MIUI Locker -- and use the lockscreen downloaded here:

http://www.box.com/s/j1imigk1qyrfr21rmk55

let me know if this was what you were looking for ;)

EDIT again (lol):

Search for BlackIce 2.3 on Google, and download that MTZ file, closest you'll get to ICS lockscreen with added customisation you were looking for.

It's late and I'm going to bed otherwise would look out a link for you hehe
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonny68:
Cheers mate ill have a look into this, i don't mind paying for apps ive lots of paid apps on my phone but i just don't think Widgetlocker is worth the money...anyway ill have a look at your recommendation.;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kpeters87:
Where i found lockscreen theme like yours?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pSyCh¤_O_O:
Just disable Jkay lockscreen from Jkay deluxe settings.Set home screen to 'none' and use any other lockscreen.

Try:

Magic Locker (like Silshnair said:s)

https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.lockscreen.magiclocker

+

Magic locker ics theme

https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.lockscreen.magiclocker.theme.free.yu.android4free

Has many more themes,pretty good.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonny68:
just download the JKay apk and you can easily get a lockscreen like mine.

Right im gonna look into those recommendations now.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonny68:
downloaded this and it looks good, am gonna look for more themes but im impressed, thanks again to everyone for recommendations :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
Here are some themes for 4EXT Recovery Touch that I threw together. Flash through recovery. To minimize confusion, you'll need to flash these as a .zip in Recovery. Don't try to flash them through "Themes and More" in 4EXT Recovery Updater, it won't work. You can flash them through the updater, but you need to choose "Recovery -> Install zip from sdcard". Working well for me. More to come? Requests? Click on the image to start the download
[HTC Inspire 4G] cwhitney24:
Ahhh you beat me to a touch thread lol. Nice work! I've done a few just haven't reopened my classic recovery theme thread to swap it over to touch.

Again great work!

I got your 10 char right here

abso Bacon Mod
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
Ahh well you got post 2..feel free to co own the thread if you want! I can generalize the thread title better. I just flashed 4ext today and I love that it can be themed. I'll probably do a few more. Id like to see your work too!
[HTC Inspire 4G] cwhitney24:
Sounds cool! Either way works for me. Probably wont be till next week till I have some stuff ready. I'll send ya what I got so far later. That or I am all for doing separate threads and we could link eachother. If you would rather that let me know. I can see about getting Zel to remove my second post and give that post to you.

I got your 10 char right here

abso Bacon Mod
[HTC Inspire 4G] toxicpaulution:
I would love a Zelda oot or a skyrim :) something simple not to busy :) whenever you can :) thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] toxicpaulution:
It wont let me do this theme :/
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
It looks like you're trying to flash from the updater? Try booting to recovery and flashing there. I think I flashed mine from the updater..I don't remember. Let me try again

edit: you can flash it from updater...just flash the zip like a normal mod from sd (Recovery - install zip from sd), rather than the 'install themes' section of the updater

I'll give these a shot tomorrow

TBH I had to Google Skyrim. Not my cup of tea, but to each their own! "****, I was taught to live and let live"
[HTC Inspire 4G] toxicpaulution:
Okay ill give it a try :) ill let you know what the result is keep up the amazing work :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] toxicpaulution:
And perfect :) works and can't wait for future endeavors :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
OP updated with Zelda theme. Also removed "Themed by Homeslice 976" on Apple Muncher.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Trevino07:
Nice work homeslice!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] toxicpaulution:
Absolutely beautiful :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] timthatank05:
These are pretty sweet. Nice work
[HTC Inspire 4G] xsleazoidx:
Where and how to download
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
As stated in OP...click the images to start the download. Then flash in recovery, then restart recovery
[HTC Inspire 4G] xsleazoidx:
Sorry,I got confused,I was using xda app and clicking them does nothing but shows a preview. That k you for these amazing themes
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
Thats ridiculous. Xda app should see them as the links they are. Xda app does a few weird things that pisses me off though - sorry about the short answer..didn't realize the xda app was stupid in that regard. Glad you like them
[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
Anyone moved to a new PC and got their old WP7 backups to transfer to the new PC ok? Planning a new pc purchase and want to keep my backup in case of a mishap (have a DVP, after all :) ).
[Windows Phone 7 General] mcsc:
Just reinstall Zune on your new computer and sync it, and once your partnership is setup and you have disconnected your phone just copy your backups from "C:\Users\Oldcomputer\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update"

to your new "C:\Users\Mark\Newcomputer\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update" and then startup Zune and check settings and you should see your last backup.

Remember you will only see the last backup and you should keep all backup copies in a different folder incase you get an update and it over writes your last good backup.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Freypal:
Just on this... How important are the backups really?

As when a new update comes out the backup step comes before any installation. It's like.. step 5 or something? before rebooting then installing.

Reason I ask is I had a warranty replacement phone over xmas whilst at the parents place and updated it on my dads laptop so it didn't make any backups (guest profile).

I have no problems, I just guess if something goes wrong with the update process it would revert to the latest one (as in the one it makes at step 5 of THAT update) ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] lumpaywk:
Also cam you restore a backup to a new phone as I need to replace my lumia and don't fancy loading everything
[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
Thanks, I was thinking it would require some registry hackery in Windows to get the backups recognised on the new PC.
[Windows Phone 7 General] weepatc:
No, each phone has a unique identifier & backups can only be made from / installed to that phone only.

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