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[Captivate Android Development] zuzonline:
most stable nightly?

Hi all, a friend of mine, who has no experience at all with technology bough an AT&T Captivate with CM7 in it. I wanted to install a newer ROM where is stable and quick enough that she wont need to have to worry or ask me to fix it. The reason I'm here is that I wanted to know if one of these nightly builds are stable enough for her.

I had experiences with the original EVO4G where putting ICS on it would make it laggy so I stuck with Gingerbread, now with the SGS3 I havent even rooted the phone since it works perfect, so I'm a little worried how ICS or JB would run on this phone.

I have to give her phone back tomorrow night (friday, 2-29) and I'm thinking about CM10 Stable unless one of those nightly are good as a daily driver and with improvements over CM10.

So, to keep this on topic, which is the cleanest and most stable nightly to you so far? I went back a few pages worth of posts but they are vague in this, I have not seen many issues but the posts are being done a few days apart with different nightlies.

Thanks for the help

Zuz
[Captivate Android Development] Gromlakh:
All the latest nightlies are more than stable enough to be used as a daily driver. I wouldn't worry about picking a particular one; just grab the most recent one and flash away.
[Captivate Android Development] thangphysk48:
I cannot use adb from 2402 build, any one got that problem?

Oh, I've fixed it.

Just update adb command, and goto development option and allow PC when asking
[Captivate Android Development] DR650SE:
I flashed the latest nightly, Mar 1st.and have issues with "capture picture" in text messages. Shuts down.

Is there any way to disable the screen animation when locking the phone??

Also I edited a photo and it said "saving image to edited online album " or something to that affect. Where did the pic go? Checked Google+ and it's not there. There is an edited online album in the gallery. Did the pic get put online somewhere? Somewhere in the cloud? Or is it just an album it saves it too?
[Captivate Android Development] falcon7204:
The pic is in your "Edited Online Photos" album under "Albums" in the Gallery.
[Captivate Android Development] DR650SE:
Ok thanks, just making sure it wasn't uploaded online somewhere.

Also is GPS not working?
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
Running 0301 nightly. very stable.

one feature for pattern lock screen that was in 10.0 but hasn't returned in 10.1-

the ability to completely hide the dot array. I don't mean to hide the pattern I draw through the dots. I mean to also hide the dots themselves.

I use a custom lock screen wallpaper and know where I need to draw without seeing the dots. In 10.0, I used this for added security. If the wrong pattern is drawn, it doesn't show the error, just s message that says it is wrong pattern. and after several tries, it locks with longer timeout.

anybody know how I could patch this into 10.1, or if CM team will restore that feature in 10.1?

I realize the feature may have increased the likelihood of a user locking themselves out of their own phone.

edit/update: on March 4th:

I now see that the change for the requested feature is in queue for next nightly, which will be 0305 or later.

Thank you very, very much !!! :)
[Captivate Android Development] Gromlakh:
Well kids, I've officially taken the plunge and upgraded to the awesome Galaxy Note 2. Dear god, this thing is awesome. No more captivate for me. Massive thanks to all the great devs who have kept this phone alive. It's a testament to their great work that I upgraded to a much better and more recent phone, but actually ended up DOWNGRADING my version of android.

Go CyanogenMOD!
[Captivate Android Development] scidon37:
If you posted the commit that enabled this feature in 10, it might make it easier for the devs to port it to 10.1. Maybe you could even post it as a feature request on Jira.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Captivate Android Development] ielnats2:
data keeps going off

i've looked and haven't found any fixes yet :(

i've changed modems

i'm on kb3 atm

i was on kf1 and jvu before this

the data keeps going off and i have to restart to get it back

like every 10 minutes or so

03/02 nightly

semaphore 2.9.9
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
tried it with stock cm kernel, or semaphore 2.9.12?
[Captivate Android Development] ielnats2:
i'll try that now, thank you

i'll try that now, and get back to you

thank you :)
[Captivate Android Development] scidon37:
Pardon the interruption for a brief Public Service Announcement:

If you are having an issue and are not using the stock cm kernel, reflash back to cm kernel and see if the problem persists before posting.

I now return you to your normally scheduled thread.
[Captivate Android Development] DR650SE:
My only complaint with this build is the lack of camera timer. I liked having the 10 sec delay for some pics. Is there anyway to incorporate it?
[Captivate Android Development] mrlengfung:
just flash 0302 update..what's new here?
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
Thanks for your comment.

Did you help this along?

I now see that the requested change is in the queue for the next nightly.

Yeahhhhh! :)

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If you go to the op at the top of the thread, then follow the link to the changelog, then you can see for yourself what is changed in each and every build.

the links in the change log will take you to the site that shows the module changed, the features added, the actual lines that changed, as well as the names of the author, reviewer, and approver of the change.
[Captivate Android Development] scidon37:
I wish I could say I did but I had nothing to do with it. It was already in the works when you posted about it (original commit submitted on 3/1, merged today).
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
yup. I see that now. I was having trouble loading the gerrit link from cmx lo earlier today.
[Captivate Android Development] ielnats2:
thank you ..

i did that, um reflashed and am on the stock kernel right now

the data disconnection has dropped substantially

could you could help me another issue, when i check the use only gsm option, i can't use data and soon all i have is an empty triangle - it says mobile network not found

is there any procedure i have to follow while i switch between wcdma preferred, gsm only or wcdma only?
[Captivate Android Development] BigBozolini:
How can one find out what is coming in future build my nigga?:rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
here

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/branch:cm-10.1,n,z

you can select open to see projects that haven't been merged into next build. good to NOT ask when.

Why you use Nigga?? I am a Honkey. :p WTF, IDKWYST,

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0306 nightly is awesome, IMHO.

btw, you will find su settings accessible in the main cm settings window, just before time/date, with the # sign in the leftmost column. no more separate su app and menu.
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
anybody else getting this problem on 0306 or later . . .

run quickpic, then exit.

It leaves a 2 GB file named .thumb . . .

in the DCIM/.thumbnails folder.

It may be a quickpic bug, or maybe media storage. the file is about 300k when I exit quickpic, mediastorage app starts up again and goes to high cpu usage, and I can wstch the file dynamically increase in size to 2GB in a few minutes.

edit:

now with the 0312 nightly, this problem no longer occurs.
[Captivate Android Development] gmcerrato:
Bug or not?

When I recieve a call, and I have every volume maxed, the phone is muted, no ringtone playing.

Is it just me or is it an issue with my phone?

EDIT: Im using march, 10, 2013 nightly.
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
You have a ringtone set, right?

Also, get a logcat. Read first post on how to provide information when reporting issues.
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
I thought the access to the volume rocker wake option was restored in one of the recent nightlies.

I can't find it. did I forget where it is or is it still missing?

fyi, volume rocker wake is active, which is what I had set before it disappeared from settings.

running 0314 nightly.
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
Is the cyanogenmod a stable rom for everyday using?
[Captivate Android Development] eduardo_b:
The more recent nightlies have fixed some small issues, and I find ROM runs faster than stock, reliably, with equal or better battery life. There are limited performance changes you can make to kernel that may increase battery a little, but nothing like kernels available for S3. I don't use this phone for daily as I have two S3s, but I use it most days for music and other stuff.
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
So in a few word its a lot better and beautiful to see than the stock 2,3
[Captivate Android Development] eduardo_b:
Some of this comes down to personal opinion and taste, because I can customize look of stock ROM fairly extensively, but overall look and feel plus customization options, as well as lack of bloatware, make CM a better overall option. Plus you're running JB 4.2.2 on a phone that is a few years old!
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
Someone can help how to Backup EFS folder cus i have an unlocked phone and dont wanna lose it
[Captivate Android Development] camxv:
Is it safe to update from stable cm10.0.0 to the 0306 march nightly build as it was a milestone? By safe I mean OTA. Because that's how I updated to 10.0.0
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
the partition layout is the same. wipe cache, dalvik, and flash is fine.

of course, do a nandroid backup of your phone, first.

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ahhh, how about you search captivate q/a forum where that's been asked and answered several times, and keep this forum to CM10.1 specific questions.
[Captivate Android Development] camxv:
I only did that the first time I flashed cm10. When I updated to the stable version I just updated it with cyanogenmod updater in the settings. Can I do this again for the 0306 nightly?
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
idk. why don't you want to wipe caches? i'm not talking factory reset or anything drastic. after wiping caches, you will still have all your programs, settings, and data.

it just ensures you get a clean fresh boot with the new rom.

just boot into recovery, do a backup, and then if you want to do update without wiping caches, okay. worst case, if you have problems is that you will need to do a restore of your current rom.
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
U guys think its worth flashin the nightly CM10.1 or flashin the stable CM10 ?

There are differences ?
[Captivate Android Development] Primus76:
Been using it as a daily driver for 3 different devices since it came out. 10.1 on the captivate is the smoothest and least buggy one of all 3. And by least buggy I mean I haven't had one.

My s2 and s2x both have call issues and BT issues but this captivate one is rock solid. For those asking if its safe ota to update from older? Just make sure you have the proper gapps on the phone ready to install. For 2 of the 3 I accidentally went to 10.1 since I didn't pay attention to the nightly name that appeared. This phone was one of those. If I can accidentally upgrade and have no issues, you can make the jump with planning.

There is a reason why there aren't a lot of posts in here lately. It works. S2 forum has 10 pages+ per day and the s2x has about 2 pages per day.
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
So 10.1 is better ? :D
[Captivate Android Development] camxv:
Will the current version of gapps I'm running on cm10.0 work on cm10.1 if I ota update?
[Captivate Android Development] Primus76:
Personal preference but I love it

No. Download the gapps linked in the op or the latest jb ones in goo.im app.
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
Everyone that got 4.2.2 did the backup of EFS folder ?
[Captivate Android Development] Primus76:
I didn't because I didn't realize I was upgrading but you should back it up in case.
[Captivate Android Development] ielnats2:
no volume rocker wake?

i can't find the volume rocker wake?

i looked in display, sound and dev settings ... im in 03/07 nightly

flashed the latest nightly ... it's there ... xD
[Captivate Android Development] jamit018:
Anyone has the issue of the stock music player not displaying the right number of songs that are stored in both internal or external SD.

I did a test on both S2.

I transfer 30 songs onto the internal SD. Both Apollo and stock music player shows only 10 songs.

Then I move the same 30 songs onto the external SD. Both Apollo and stock music player shows only 10 songs again. Why??

I try installing MediaScan app. No use.

Then I install different players from PlayStore. Most reacts the same, except TTPod. TTPod shows all 30 songs correctly.
[Captivate Android Development] iffatall:
Any chance the ID3 tags are empty?
[Captivate Android Development] ielnats2:
no display!

this morning the phone wouldn't wake,

at first i thought it was just frozen, so i pulled the battery and my power button is bad so it boots as soon as i put the battery in ...

but the display just won't come on ... the touch keys in the bottom of the screen light up

i tried calling, it rang ... still nothing and when i swiped across the screen to answer, i could answer calls

i'm on 03/07 nightly

stock kernel
[Captivate Android Development] Primus76:
Possible bad screen? If you power off and plug in does it show the battery charge animation? Can you use the buttons to get into recovery to see if anything comes up outside the ROM itself?
[Captivate Android Development] dozyaustin:
I have been running the M2 for a few days - did a clean install from CM10Stable and am running everything stock out of the box - and my Cappy now experiences random shutdowns and reboots. Some while sleeping, some during daydream, some just random reboots. I have keep-alive running, so I am assuming it is not SOD, but one never knows.

I just did a dirty re-install yesterday and I still have the problem.

Is there any log that I can provide to provide help? I searched and did not find anything that seemed similar to this.

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] Primus76:
Have you tried a full wipe again and with the latest nightly?
[Captivate Android Development] camxv:
Which version of gapps is the correct version for cm10.1? I tried to figure it out but I had no idea which one was the right one to use. Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] iffatall:
http://goo.im/gapps

20130301
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
suggest you go to nightlies. I had that spontaneous reboot problem once or twice around the time M2 was released. no more since, currently on 0320 nightly.

PS- the M series bugs okay to report directly to CM team, via bug report command, right there in your menus.
[Captivate Android Development] ielnats2:
no ... the only sign of any life ... are the touch keys on the front ... they light up when i touch them

i tried doing the recovery combo ... nothing

i even used the jig // (i was almost desperate) - still nothing

if it is a bad screen, would i have to get a replacement?
[Captivate Android Development] Primus76:
You could take it in for repair or see about a replacement screen on eBay but you may want to see if you have an upgrade coming your way at this point.
[Captivate Android Development] dozyaustin:
Thanks for the advice .. Updated to the 0321 nightly and thus far no reboots, although have had SOD ..even with keep alive ... I will see whether I can stop that by tinkering with the CPU clocking.

thanks again.
[Captivate Android Development] doubljdog:
Just out of curiosity. Should I be using a i897 or i9000 modem with cm10.1
[Captivate Android Development] azunino:
Use an i9000 modem
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
I like the .noscanandnomtp feature on the new mediastorage app in 0327 nightly. It really speeds up the app because it skips directories with a .noscanandnomtp file. prior versions still scanned .nomedia folders to support mtp.

I added the file to several folders on my sd and my external sd. It is noticible after rebooting phone as lower load on system in the first few minutes after boot completed.
[Captivate Android Development] DR650SE:
With CM10.1, is there any use in changing kernels? Is there any advantage? What kernels re recommended? I guess I just started to think about changing kernels because my system has a lot of lag. I think it's mostly since there are a lot apps running and I could really use more RAM.

How easy is it to change the kernel?
[Captivate Android Development] simple man:
I always had the best performance with the CM kernels, plus if you flash nightlys everytime you update you have to flash a kernel too, because it gets overwritten. The CM kernel has all the fixes needed to run the current nightly, whereas a different kernel might not have the latest upstream fixes. JMHO..... as far as swapping kennels, it's really just like flashing the rom itself....boot into recovery-wipe cache-wipe dalvick cache-flash said kernel-reboot.
[Captivate Android Development] DR650SE:
Awesome. Makes complete sense. I just spent the last few hours rooting and customizing CM10.1 on my tablet. Now it pretty much matches my Captivate. Since I flash CM10.1 nightlies on both, I'll stay away from other kernels. Too much hassle for not enough benefit. Thanks again!

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" CM10.1
[Captivate Android Development] simple man:
I'm glad I could help. :)
[Captivate Android Development] Darian71:
Is there a link to the latest Cm kernels? I am currently running the latest Semaphore with Sepphi's Captivating ROMs which are based on the latest CM nightly.
[Captivate Android Development] sleeper994:
Is there the PIE launcher in the latest nightly??
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
Pie is currently only for phones with no hardware button, there is no use for Pie on phones with hardware buttons.
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
bug in 0327, persists in 0401.

when dialing or receiving calls, with Bluetooth headset active and connected, call defaults to phone mic and speaker, not to BT headset.

it apears to briefly toggle phone audio to bt, then toggle audio back to phone immediately.

In 0323 and earlier builds, the behavior was as expected, that is, when bt headset active, answer or dialing auomatically used bt for phone audio.
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
Can you try the nightlies between 0323 and 0327 to find the first nightly with the bug?
[Captivate Android Development] sleeper994:
I have a little issue with 20130219 nightly. When incoming call occurs in vibrate mode, phone goes in silent mode and doesnt vibrate at all. When the call is finished, phone goes back to vibrate mode and vibrates on other notifications. This only happens when phone is in vibrate mode. Other modes work normally. Any help? I did try reflashing same nightly with wiping cache and dalvik but that didnt help.
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
those nightlies are no longer shown on the cmlog, nor get cm. not sure, but if they were available, I'd look for any changes to either dialer or to the bluetooth in change log, and try nightlies immediately before and after the change.

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commencing with 0330 build, i think, when media storage app modded to use .noscanandnomtp option, my custom ringtones and alarm tone settings won't survive boot, if the selected files are not in system/media subfolders. The files in question are in sdcard/Alarms, sdcard/Ringtones. If I set one of them, then after boot, settings menu shows 'unknown ringtone' and reverts to default tone.

Here's what I noticed-

If attempting to set ringtone shortly after boot completed, the only tones shown in list are those in system/media/ringtones folder.

If I wait about 5 minutes, i.e. media scan completed, then set ringtone, I now see all tones are listed, including those on sd.

If I copy the custom mp3 ringtone to system/media/ringtones and chmod 644 the file, it sticks on boot, but this doesn't survive rom flashes of course.

logcat shows no error or warning message about files not found.

and no, the sdcard folders do not have any .no* files in them nor does the parent folder.

I am reverting back to 0323 nightly for now.
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
Older nightlies can be found at http://goo.im/devs/cm
[Captivate Android Development] ih8legal:
Navigation buttons will never show in any cm ROM for phones with hardware buttons they have to be added via a build.prop mod.
[Captivate Android Development] mik101:
Uninstall the last program on a page of the app drawer by dragging it to the top and drop it on uninstall, then watch trebuchet crash.

That has been a bug for quite a long time now.

It needs to realize what happened and either close the app drawer (forcing a reload upon reopening it) or scroll a page back automatically after the last remaining item on the page is uninstalled in order to mitigate the crash. I suspect a null pointer, or that the code simply doesn't know how to handle displaying no items on a page. I haven't looked.

Otherwise nothing major to report in the past week or so. Upgrading daily... :)
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
Get a logcat and report it on JIRA so nebkat (the person maintaining Trebuchet) can look at it. Make sure you switch to the -M2 snapshot before reporting it though.
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
there is only one nightly between 0323 and 0327. it is 0324. there is only one change in BT headset functions across the 3 builds, I06ba689f merged in 0324.

again, behavior is that in answering or dialing phone, bt headset connects then immediately disconnects and I have to select bt manually in the dialer.

my bt headset is plantronics voyager pro hd and it supports both phone audio and a2dp media audio.

it works without any problem in 0323. the bad behavior is 0324 and later builds.

suggest removing I06ba689f merged 0324, please. thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
It doesn't seem like it could cause a problem. Did you try editing the .kl file on your device to remove the added line and see if the problem is solved or not? (To confirm if the patch is causing the problem or not.)
[Captivate Android Development] Steve_O_1971:
I have had this same problem with the same headset on many roms, random disconnects, at this point, 2nd day into the latest cm nightly, i haven't had a disconnect yet. On a second note, I was told that (in another thread) this was a 4.2.2 issue and that only google could fix it. (I had my doubts about that).:victory:

edit; okay, now it disconnects, but it has only happened while playing games.
[Captivate Android Development] laughingT:
thanks. I think I found a fix. the headset, voyager pro hd, has a gravity/orientation sensor that puts the headset in standby/off when the headset isn't upright. I disabled it using the photronics web based windows app, with headset connected to pc usb. so far, no problems.

after all, this isn't cm bug,

sorry about the false alarm.

thanks to dev, pawitp, for persistent help. kl edit made no diff.
[Captivate Android Development] Primus76:
Not that great with better battery stats so looking for advice. Getting 60% battery drain over night with no usage. Battery in settings/battery status showed no wake time between unplug and morning.

I found when I did run with BBS to try and catch it, I'd have time of wake time but again couldn't figure it out. When I uninstalled BBS I didn't have the wakes showing but still had the consistent drop. A steady downward graph with no spikes.

Can anyone recommend a fairly easy to use monitor to fund out why it's dropping? None of the usual suspects are showing in the stats area. It may just be end of life for my battery but thought I'd try to make sure.

I used to get almost two days out of cm10.1 a couple months ago so I doubt its the rom.

Thanks.