yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
There hasn't been any bootloader updates since 2.3 ;)
[Captivate Android Development] mjkute:
Wow, wait for a long time. Thanks so much
[Captivate Android Development] J o s e p h:
Should I 4.4? or not yet?

I'm now on hellybean 4.3.1... do you recommend to flash the new 4.4 CM?

Thanks for your help
[Captivate Android Development] Val D.:
CM10.2 has now stable release, CM11 is in alpha stage. It's your choice.
[Captivate Android Development] Val D.:
Just to say thanks to pawitp for the excellent work!

I'm running Android 4.4.1 on a >3y old device and with the apps I use it's stable enough for a daily driver, no single FC. :good:

P.S. Wow! Fresh start, 190MB free RAM! And it runs smoother than JB! Must taste KitKat...
[Captivate Android Development] mjkute:
yeah, i'm happy with this rom, but i hope "Cannot send SMS to "premium" number (wait for fix from CM core)" will be fixed soon. I can not send right now :(
[Captivate Android Development] swiftlycreepin:
The stock cm kernel yes.
[Captivate Android Development] KruciFFF:
Yes! They were working in almost all the custom kernels including previous CM versions! In fact, that was the ONLY solution(assigning actions to capacitive buttons in Recovery) to select the option incase of broken power button in Captivate! I am compelled to flash twrp recovery over CM ROMS because of this issue. Please fix that issue.
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
+1 recovery capacitive button
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
1) What is the mapping (action) of each capacitive button before.

2) What is the mapping (action) of each capacitive button now.
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
currently am on custom kernel

as far as I remember

before..

menu and home-up/down

back-previous menu

search-selection

now...

back and search -previous menu

menu and home-up and down

no selection key

somebody confirm/edit this
[Captivate Android Development] swiftlycreepin:
Impossible to confirm without kernel name and release version.
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/67127. Let's see what others say.

Within a day or so, an experimental build named "recovery_keys" should come out. Test if it provides the correct key mapping.
[Captivate Android Development] KruciFFF:
Selection Key and Home Key for Up and Down movement ( Same as assigned to Volume Keys)

Upto CM 10.1 compatible CWM Kernels, Back Key was assigned for Option Selection.

CM 10.2 compatible CWM kernels, Search Key was assigned for Option Selection.

For CM 11, Neither Search Key nor Back key is assigned for option selection. :)
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
test build out?
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
The latest NIGHTLY should already contain the new key mapping.
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
thank u for ur work and considering cappy users request... will check latest nightly....
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
The new key mapping works without any problems.
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
new key mapping works.., thanks
[Captivate Android Development] Saif Ansari:
can someone guide me?

as im new to this thread..

which is the best build out there for captivate i897..

cm11 is what i want to flash..

thanks..
[Captivate Android Development] swiftlycreepin:
You would want to flash the latest nightly, as it has the latest features from the cm team. There is a plethora of tutorials for how to flash if necessary.

Sent from my Rogers Captivate (sgh-i896)
[Captivate Android Development] Saif Ansari:
Is it good for a daily driver?

And the bugs? Does it have any?
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
All software has bugs. I would say at this stage in the development of the development cycle of CM 11 all the major bugs have been resolved and the current nightly is very useable. The M releases are usually more stable than the nightly releases, but are lacking the latest improvements and sometimes the latest bug fixes.
[Captivate Android Development] Saif Ansari:
Thanks for the heads up.. :)
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
snapshot m8 will appear soon...

update: its online..
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
screen off/app background ....data connection issue

anyone here using cm11 having data connection issue while screen off or app become minimized by pressing home button...?

my issue...

am on what's app

minimized it ...I won't receive msgs

same happens even what's app running foreground and screen turned off.... I de grenified apps to see if that was the problem... but its not...

on cm7 and cm9 I didn't had this problem...

if I want to use an app that depends on data connection, I want to keep it foreground and screen on..i can't even download big files without screen on..

any help...
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
I can download updates from Amazon and Google Play as well as CM updates in the background.
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
what about other apps?
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
Through the browser I have also downloaded some updates such as GAPPS in the background. Also email gets downloaded in the background.
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
what about what's app? opera mini..?

play store works.. none of my other apps don't work...
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
That's all the downloads I have done in the background without any problems. I do not use Opera Mini, I just use the stock browser. So I have done downloads in the background from multiple sources and four different applications (stock browser, Playstore, Amazon App Store, and the CM updater).
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
what about messengers. like what's app ,fb, ....?
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
I don't do messages but occasionally AT&T will send me a message.
[Captivate Android Development] ajeesh vijayan:
i think i found solution/reason

playstore had no problem... from my early days of android I always restricted background data..till cm11 there was no problem... playstore was working..that made me enable background data...now its working as it should be...thank you all for helping...
[Captivate Android Development] epicboy:
Is it safe to install a Rom for the captivate on my vibrant?
[Captivate Android Development] dzee206:
why would you want to do that for? just use the porting guide that's in the vibrants general section to port what ever rom you want from the sgs variants. its your device though and you're gonna do as you please, just keep in mind if you go through with it you're gonna run into all sorts of issues later down the road...

Sent from my Half Baked Vibrant
[Captivate Android Development] swiftlycreepin:
Cm11 hasn't been ported to vibrant?
[Captivate Android Development] epicboy:
There is a developer who build cm for the vibrant but it isn't nightly builds.
[Captivate Android Development] swiftlycreepin:
[MENTION=5562721]epicboy[/MENTION] Oh okay.. Maybe pm the guy that is porting cm to vibrantmtd?
[Captivate Android Development] sleeper994:
Has anyone tried using ART runtime? Is it functional? Any improvements in performances?
[Captivate Android Development] swiftlycreepin:
[MENTION=4491827]sleeper994[/MENTION] I've been too nervous that it might break something.
[Captivate Android Development] DavidPhx:
I wiped and formatted all partitions last night, then flashed Milestone 8, but had all kinds of App and Process crashing...Was totally unusable.

Reverted to Milestone 7, and seems to be running rock solid so far.

Thanks pawitp and devs!
[Captivate Android Development] sleeper994:
Try full wipe with formatting only \system partition and flashing again. Had the same problem with recent nightlies, where I could even set an alarm bc of those force closes. This worked for me :D Good luck ;)
[Captivate Android Development] guschoneweg:
Anyone facing problems when playing videos in instragram and YouTube? If the first thing I do after boot is watch a video it plays perfectly, but when I stay an hour without play any video it won't play until i reboot. In Instagram appears the replay icon, and in YouTube appears play with a black screen. In both when I press the button nothing happens. Any help?

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
I tried YouTube when I first turned on my Captivate and then 12 hours later. It worked without any problems. I was using the Aug. 7 nightly.
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
Anyone flashed M9?

Sent From My Galaxy S CyanogenMod 10.1
[Captivate Android Development] davenrai:
I did. Seems to run fine for me.

Though I don't use this phone much so I'm not 100% sure if everything is fine.

If you have any questions about something specific let me know!
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
Im running cm 10.1 and i dont know if its "worth" moving to 4.4.4.

Sent From My Galaxy S CyanogenMod 10.1
[Captivate Android Development] davenrai:
I'd give it a try. You can always flash CM 10.1 again if you are displeased! Very fast as of now.

Netflix, Chrome, Camera, Chromecast all work for me. Very well at that.
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
Just download the file from cm website and ggaps from the link at first post of the thread.wipe all and flash the 2 files via cwm?

Sent From My Galaxy S CyanogenMod 10.1
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
I had cm10.1 installed and i tried to flash M9 Snapshot.

I chosed zip from sdcard and it didnt install the zip.

i tried again and it installed but the installation took less than 1 minute.

now im stuck in bootloop and have the new CM logo .

Any idea ?

It booted but im getting almost all time this error "android.process.media has stopped"

Its so annoying
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
I assume you followed the steps shown on page one of this thread which has specific instructions for upgrading from CM 10.1.
[Captivate Android Development] guschoneweg:
Did you wipe data/cache?
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
I wiped all after installing and now its fine

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
The only issue i have:

Contacts keep dissapearing :(
[Captivate Android Development] mrnapolean1:
Found Bug:

Cannot send or receive Text messages (not MMS) but regular ol Text messages without having to turn Mobile Data on.

I know that MMS requires Mobile data but Regular plain ol Texts should not.
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
Calendar Sync

I have a problem with the stock calendar not syncing anymore. It must have happened in the past month or two but I cannot get the calendar to sync with Google anymore. I was able to resolve the problem by installing the Google calendar application and now both calendars sync without any problems. If i remove the Google calendar again no sync. I am currently using the 8/27 nightly.
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
Problem resolved - I was running a minimum sized gapps and I failed to add the calendar sync module.
[Captivate Android Development] Klitoni:
Flashed M10

All cool !

Thanks for the great work !

Sent From My Galaxy S CyanogenMOD 11
[Captivate Android Development] sleeper994:
In last month or so I was using several builds of CM (snapshots and nightlies). In each and every one of them, after a month or so I start getting FC's of core and user apps (even trebuchet launcher FC). It starts happening when Fb app pops up with a window there is not enough free space on phone to start facebook (even tough there is ~450 MB of /system, and ~5 GB of internal and SD storage both left.). I've seen one other user on this thread with same problem. Is there anyone that can help me. Problem goes away when I do a full wipe via recovery, but it gets annoying doing that often as this is my daily driver. Please guys I need to fix this ASAP!!!!
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
You are probably running out of space on /datadata. Search old posts (also on the I9000 thread) for more information.
[Captivate Android Development] sleeper994:
I can understand that, but it happens when there is only several apps (beside gapps and system apps) installed. I used to have a lot more and phone would work just fine. I'll try to find some posts about this, hopefully it will help me.
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
Use the bug report format on the first post and get logcat of the FCs. I will be able to know more about the issue that way.
[Captivate Android Development] sleeper994:
Is it safe to revert back to stock gingerbread and flash CM 11 right after? Or should I flash something else before I flash CM11?
[Captivate Android Development] Nihar:
There is a risk of you losing your imei number by doing that! So after stock, install cm9 and then try cm11
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
See instructions in the first post. I would recommend flashing cm11 from stock right away.
[Captivate Android Development] sleeper994:
!RESOLVED!

Flashing back to stock and then flashing CM11 right away took care of this problem. It's been couple weeks since I did this, testing the phone with installing bunch of apps (as that seemed to be the cause of the problem in first place), but it still runs perfect. Thanks for all your help guys!!
[Captivate Android Development] samijam:
I have SlimBean on this Captivate and it has Semaphore CWM Recovery v6.0.3.8. When I try to flash CM11, it says the package is for captivatemtd devices, this is a "GT-I9000". However, it is a Captivate i897. The SlimBean version is for Captivate i897.

I downloaded the latest CWM from the CWM website and tried to flash it from the semaphore recovery, but it fails with error Status 0.

This phone has a broken USB port, so I can't use ODIN or connect it to the computer for anything. Is there some way I can replace this recovery or get the Semaphore to understand I'm trying to flash the correct zip for my device?
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
I don't know how other ROMs are compiled, but the kernel/recovery you are running probably identified itself as a GT-I9000.

The easiest way would be to edit the updater-script in the META-INF folder of the zip file and remove the check.
[Captivate Android Development] afaneh92:
Flash neat kernel then reboot to recovery and flash cm11 rom.
[Captivate Android Development] samijam:
I already did the opposite of this, but with the galaxysmtd rom. I flashed the rom for galaxysmtd and then flashed the Neat kernel I found in Captivate development section. Calls/SMS and everything else seems to be working well. There was a problem of the home and back keys being reversed but then the Neat kernel fixed it.
[Captivate Android Development] sleeper994:
I noticed the bug where it doesn't show latest app in recent apps, but i have to enter recent's go back to home screen and then go back to recent's panel
[Captivate Android Development] swiftlycreepin:
Off topic, but if it's USB port is broken, how do you charge it? Unless you have a secondary cappy or GT-I9000..
[Captivate Android Development] samijam:
I have 2 batteries and an external charger. I charge one while using the other.
[Captivate Android Development] dawgdoc:
[MENTION=4719647]samijam[/MENTION]

Did you try flashing the TWRP recovery from your current recovery?
[Captivate Android Development] samijam:
I didn't, but I already solved the problem by flashing galaxysmtd rom and then the neat kernel. Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] harsharjeria:
Just Flashed My CAPPY with this no issue till now.... working buttery smooth.....
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
In response to a question in the I9000 thread about Lollipop pawitp stated "most probably no".

I would like to thank him for the outstanding support he has done for the Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] dawgdoc:
Agreed, even though I stopped updating my Cappy at 10.1.3.

I am no longer using it as my primary phone..
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
Occasionally while using the stock browser (not on Wi-Fi) when I get a incoming call the Captivate becomes unresponsive. The unit will vibrate, but the ringer will not work and I cannot exit the browser or answer the call. This happens usually happens when the browser is in the process of loading a page.
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
When I click on cm-11-20150201-NIGHTLY-captivatemtd.zip at the site http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=captivatemtd it come up with "File not Found".
[Captivate Android Development] ethereal_mist:
Facing the same problem. Been trying to download since last night.
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
I was getting random reboots usually one to two per day. I increased the minimum frequency form 100mhz to 200mhz and I have not had any more random reboots.
[Captivate Android Development] p.chi:
Any idea how I could raise the volume? When I plug into my head phone jack, it's very low.
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
I have been using these GAPPS, they work well with no problems and are updated frequently.

http://xdaforums.com/lg-g-pad-83/development/app-minimal-gapps-gapps-lp-20150107-1-t2997368
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
There's no real need to update gapps packages. Once you've flashed one, newer versions will be installed from the Play Store.
[Captivate Android Development] PxGold:
I would say that is true on the newer smartphones where all of the internal memory is available to install applications. However on the Captivate them storage space is limited to about one GB so if you have many applications to install using updated GAPPS along with Google apps that can now be installed in the system partition can fee up a considerable amount of space which can now be used for additional applications.

Again thank you for developing such a great version of KitKat for the Captivate. The responsiveness of my Captivate is really great! i needed to reactive my Captivate after I lost my Galaxy S5 back in December. I recently had to do a factory reset on the Captivate and after that it performs almost flawlessly.
[Captivate Android Development] ethereal_mist:
How's latest cm11 snapshot release, can anyone tell?
[Captivate Android Development] :
Nothing special performance is same

Sent from my LG-D855
[Captivate Android Development] uhm:
Thanks pawitp for your work. Battery life is good with this rom. However I face random shut downs from time to time. I also face shut down when the battery is close to being fully charged while connected to a charger. This happens with 4/26 monthly and the latest snapshot with default settings. I tried other kernels with the same results. I don't face these issues when I use slimkat rom.

Edit: I spoke too soon. Actually I face the same issues with slimkat as well.
[Captivate Android Development] stein3d:
Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] thebulletfromhell:
Only thing bugging me is the redundant apps. Maybe the Gapps package should be Aroma, and it give you the option to replace the AOSP version with its Google Counterpart? (Hangout -> MMS.APK, Chrome > Browser, Photo > Galery, etc..)
[Captivate Android Development] Val D.:
I actually don't care much about this. All I want is to have a choice which app to use. CM11 appearance is not much different than CM10.2, but I've never seen 190MB available RAM on any other Android version, and this is really promising for low RAM devices. With CPU min 400MHz, Interactive scheduler, ROW I/O, zRam Disabled and Animations .5x this early CM11 release runs truly amazing.
[Captivate Android Development] cesierra:
Yes I noticed more free RAM. That's awesome. BTW, What is the workaround to auto sync apps and bookmarks with Google account?
[Captivate Android Development] Val D.:
No idea. In "Backup & reset" menu "Backup account" is inactive. But I don't want to sinc apps while testing CM11 anyway.
[Captivate Android Development] J o s e p h:
FC

"Unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped." I'm keeping getting this!!....the gallery,camera app force closes with same message...could somebody help?
[Captivate Android Development] Nihar:
did you perform all the wipes??
[Captivate Android Development] Val D.:
Did you try to clear Gallery Data/Cache?

With new Android versions I always do the following:

- clean installation (Factory Reset, Clear Cache/Dalvik)

- leave system running for a while to settle down and update System apps

- go through Settings and change what I need, add my Accounts

- download all my apps from Google Play

- redo app settings one by one (it takes about 15min with my setup)

- restore Call Log and SMS messages only (using Super Backup app)

- restore Launcher Backup (screens and widgets, I'm using Nova Prime)

- reboot and test

This way if I need to report a bug, I know it's not a result of messed up system/app data restore.

CM11 20131207 is running here with no single FC, nice and smooth.

The only app with issue is MX Player (unsupported Android version), but it's not CM11 problem.
[Captivate Android Development] tselling:
Do you have an sdcard installed?
[Captivate Android Development] J o s e p h:
Thanks bro

I cleared the data for multiple system apps ..not the gallery though .....it worked...this CM11 is amazing :) thnx again
[Captivate Android Development] desiromeo719:
Does ART work on this ROM? Sorry if this is a stupid question...
[Captivate Android Development] tselling:
Just got my captivate and installed this rom. I am running out of app space with low storage space warnings. I did some reading and see that most captivate roms use a /datadata partition for /data/data. Is there an easy way to not use this /datadata partition and just use the /data partition? Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
From a root shell

touch /datadata/.nodatadata
[Captivate Android Development] falcon7204:
First, THANKS for bringing the newest Android to one of the oldest phones!

Second, I noticed when I switched my runtime from Dalvik to ART that apps seem to take up a lot more storage space. As I read above, the fact that the Captivate uses the /datadata partition instead of /data/data might seem to have something to do with it. Also, when updating to the latest nightly the "Android is upgrading" window seems to take much longer to complete the optimization process. What is the advantage to running with ART as opposed to Dalvik? Is it worth the apparent decrease in storage space and increased time spent optimizing upon upgrading?

---------- Post added at 10:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:10 PM ----------

First, THANKS for bringing the newest Android to one of the oldest phones!

Second, I noticed when I switched my runtime from Dalvik to ART that apps seem to take up a lot more storage space. As I read above, the fact that the Captivate uses the /datadata partition instead of /data/data might seem to have something to do with it. Also, when updating to the latest nightly the "Android is upgrading" window seems to take much longer to complete the optimization process. What is the advantage to running with ART as opposed to Dalvik? Is it worth the apparent decrease in storage space and increased time spent optimizing upon upgrading?
[Captivate Android Development] Val D.:
Stick with Dalvik. ART is still experimental and not only makes apps bugger (not a big issue), but also requires more RAM (serious issue with Captivate). You need much better hardware to see the real ART advantages.
[Captivate Android Development] tselling:
Unfortunately this isn't doing what I expected. Most recent roms on my other devices have the internal sdcard emulated on the /data partition so that there is almost unlimited app space (limited only by total internal storage). Is there a way to have that on this rom? Does any rom have this feature? Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] Val D.:
How many apps you are going to load on poor Captivate? :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] pawitp:
No. The partition layout on the phone is not setup to handle that, unlike newer devices.
[Captivate Android Development] cannondaleV2000:
Might eventually;) I've worked on it a little bit before I broke my screen. If I get it fixed Orr the device replaced I will finish it