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[Captivate General] systoxity:
You need the update I linked in one of my last few posts here since I know that one worked for sure.

Nb, a wiki would be great, let me know what to do to help, when your ready.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
The wiki has been created, you can find it at http://samsungcaptivate.wikia.com/

Before I post it as a new thread which I will do later today, we need to get all of the sections of the current guide copied over. I have done a few, but the formatting needs work. Anyone is free to help but for gods sake PLEASE CHECK by searching before posting to make sure it exists. once a basis is created off the current guide I will post a new thread and try to get it sticky-ed.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
Sounds good. Been toying with creating an update.zip that has everything in the guide done already. Users would just have to flash it and everything would be taken cared of for them. I saw a user here did something similar. I'll post updates on that here.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
That would be great (I saw that too), but it would be best if it did not include CM 6 because not everyone wants that. Also, if possible, can you add a page for that on the Wiki?
[Captivate General] nbs11:
I made the official wiki forum post, so you can head over there if you want to contribute to the wiki.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
Will do when the computer frees up. Family is over
[Captivate General] GiXXerSTeveO:
i downloaded the root file in the wiki.is that the correct file? becuase the root file that is in the pdf isnt working i think.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
gixxer, idk which one is up there, dl the one i posted a few posts back. it works 4 sure. i'll look through wiki in a bit.
[Captivate General] GiXXerSTeveO:
ok so i got it going. the root file in the pdf from page one didnt work for my phone. the one that was in the wiki worked perfectly!! just thought i would give a headsup to anyone else that was having problems.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
thats good, i fixed the wiki one :)
[Captivate General] devilisht2003:
Still having trouble getting Droid Explorer to find my phone. Double checked Busybox and the latest is installed and Debugging is on. What else do i need to check??
[Captivate General] yeeter:
Thanks for the guide. I just used it today. Works as advertised. I feel superior to those poor un-rooted people...Thanks for that.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
No prob yeeter.

Devil, did you run busybox once you installed it from market place?
[Captivate General] devilisht2003:
yep and double checked it.

Your phone is rooted

BusyBoxwas found here: /system/xbin/

Currentlly installed BusyBox version is :v1.16.2

The lastest BusyBox version is already installed
[Captivate General] systoxity:
O wait droid doesn't see your phone at all?

Get samsung kies and in the top left hand corner select reinstall drivers. Make sure you have the latest version of kies before you do.
[Captivate General] devilisht2003:
put the phone in Kies mode, open Kies and nothing.....wont locate or connect my phone

edit: if put in mass storage mode i get a message in Kies it wont work in mass storage mode and put into Kies mode

edit 2: not getting a USB device not recognized error popping up off the task bar
[Captivate General] Pmac25:
Do you have some other launcher running as the default? I know that Kies will not find your phone if you have something other then TWLauncher running as default.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
just keep it in regular debug mode n select reinstall drivers while its plugged in.

nd, update. no reason to backup programs with titanium as u cant use it to restore them
[Captivate General] devilisht2003:
I had launcher pro going. I'll try it again tonight when I get home.thanks guys.
[Captivate General] pacman1134:
hey thanks. i still get error when reinstalling the packages...fml
[Captivate General] bwolmarans:
To the OP, this is a cool idea, but as you can tell from the questions in this thread, please add both a date to the first page of the PDF, and also add a page or paragraph that has in addition to HW and SW pre-requisites also skill level pre-requisite. So that people don't get in over their heads.

Here is my suggestion:

Skill Level Pre-Requisite

1. Know what a terminal or command shell is

2. Can open a terminal on xnix and windows and use one daily :-)

3. Can use with ease common shell & gnu terminal shell tools incl. cp, ssh, grep, and know the common switches to each of these tools

4. Know how to select and copy & paste text in a PDF document to a command shell

5. Know how to dash in parameters on an xnix command line

6. Know how backslashes and forward slashes behave on command lines in both windows and xnix shells

7. Have experience connecting usb devices to both linux and windows including thumb drives, mp3 players, and know the importance of having the drivers installed first before connecting the device, and know the importance of waiting for the OS to completely recognize the device.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Those are good ideas, but I have given up constantly updating the PDF and instead chosen to let the community (including myself) maintain the wiki. you can find out about it in the general forum (it is stickied)
[Captivate General] systoxity:
those skill level pre-req's are a bit high, the purpose of this guide was to make it noob friendly. Most of the questions were related to "what is root". Thats what should be put in the wiki lol. k im off to write a lab report :(
[Captivate General] bwolmarans:
Lab reports are the spice of life. I agree with your points I overdid it.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
when the device gets some roms and is hella more popular we can throw that in there just to scare some noobs. Everybody wins.

lol :P jk

alright gonna go study for finals now haha
[Captivate General] fly2dm00n:
ok so i am in the process of rooting but now i am stuck, this link doesnt work, i am not allowed to post it but that was the part where i was supposed to download it then rename it update, awaiting reply and thanks.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
hey fly, welcome to xda :).

here's the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7185657&postcount=1

the download is at the bottom of that post in the form of an attachment :). from now on i recommend using the wiki as the pdf is getting outdated. its only up until we port all sections of the pdf to the wiki.
[Captivate General] fly2dm00n:
tyvm :-) :-D
[Captivate General] nomuskles:
renaming issues

When i went to reinstall the packages to root the phone, the phone said that the file cannot be found at sdcard/update.zip.

i renamed the root zip file to update.zip but windows 7 automatically added the extension to it. unfortunately, i had update.zip.zip in the root director, as opposed to update.zip. Be careful when renaming the file. you might just need to rename it to "update" instead of "update.zip" as recommended by the pdf and wiki.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
thnx for the input nomuskles :). i assume everything went smoothly after that? :)
[Captivate General] j2fast:
Thanks everyone involved in putting this how-to doc together. Went through the steps yesterday afternoon and got everything working.

This is my first Android based phone and I'm loving it so far.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
hey, welcome to the captivate :). with the improvements coming along, and the froyo comin up in september, there's going to be hell o' lot more to love soon.
[Captivate General] GiXXerSTeveO:
anybody else having a problem with the market enabler? i followed the instructions but it is still not letting me install non market apps.
[Captivate General] mongstradamus:
did you make sure you set it to tmobile or whatever ?
[Captivate General] GiXXerSTeveO:
yeah i did do that i set it to t-mobile but it still wont let me do it.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
odd.

there's another method you can use that is listed in the captivate android development sub forum. If all else fails and you want a quickway to get to the unblocked market, put your phone into airplane mode and turn on your wifi and connect to the market.
[Captivate General] jhnstn00:
Are you having problems seeing the apps from Ft mobile or downloading or installing?
[Captivate General] rurouni572:
Turning off background sync disables not only gmail/twitter/facebook syncs though right? It turns off sync with apps like newsrob and stuff?
[Captivate General] GiXXerSTeveO:
thats the thing it has nothing to deal with downloading apps. a buddy o mine put some apk.'s on my sd card and when i tried to open them it says due to ATT security on this phone you cannot install.

where can i get apps that are blocked from the market?
[Captivate General] s1l3nt:
this post helped me out alot i jus got this phone thanks :)
[Captivate General] iamamp3pimp:
I cant even get Droid Explorer to install on my 64 bit windows7

no biggie, im enjoying the phone as it is so far.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
ah gix, you are confusing sideloading with unlocking the market.

Look at the how to sideload part of the guide if you want to install apk's from your computer onto your phone.

The market unlock is so you can download some apps from the market that att blocks you from seeing.

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Glad to help silent.

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Iamamp3, did you download and install the droid explorer that was specifically made for windows 64?
[Captivate General] iamamp3pimp:
sure did. It said something about packages and there may be an issue with the download itself. i re-downloaded it and it did the same.

I'll screen cap it when i try it again later on tonight.

On the plus side, Kies gave me no trouble at all and its a pretty ballin program.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
good, an alternative to droid explorer, for now until we figure this out, would be sideload wonder. And yeah kies is great, you should consider switching your launcher after you finish up with kies though.
[Captivate General] phonerrr:
If you switch launchers will the stock keyboards work swipe etc.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
short answer: yes they will.
[Captivate General] iamamp3pimp:
I switched to LauncherPro and its pretty straight. I am stuck with only 3 screens though, and i thought in the FAQ that i can have up to 7 screens. Not sure if its just because they are pretty empty and i need to reset everything up again or what.

Going to reinstall Facebook now for the moment.

Is there another browser that you might recommend, of is the stock browser pretty solid.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
stock browser is good, if you want to try an alternative however, i recommend dolphin hd.

to get up to 7 screens go to your home screen and push the menu button. select preferences -> homescreen settings -> number of screens.

ez pz lemon squeezy.
[Captivate General] iamamp3pimp:
never even thought to check this menu

just makes me want to say

Look! Just look! Theres so much more room for Activities!

lol

Thanks bro, you have been a lot of help.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
no prob, glad 2 help. :)
[Captivate General] tytdfn:
Just a heads up there are numerous links in the guide that don't work. The ones i know for sure don't work are the cpu optimization thread and the link for the app that fakes the carrier at t-mobile to enable the whole market. Other than that this guide helped me get this phone rooted and bad ass within 20 min so thanks a lot.

I like the wit and humor in there also
[Captivate General] systoxity:
haha thanks i tried to keep it from being boring. Thanks for info on the links. Now that the xda wiki s up, the custom captivate wiki has to be moved to the xda one :( ill double check links then.
[Captivate General] Rhiannon224:
I plan to root my device this weekend and I am a newbie to the Android community, this is my first smart phone and first Android phone. I want the total Android experience and I can not a get an answer from Samsung or AT&T as to when we will get the Froyo update. Question, if I root my phone can I update to Froyo sooner than AT&T or Samsung issue updates?

Thanks
[Captivate General] mchivis:
Root File

The hyperlink and website for the root file shows a server not found when I attempt to go to the site. Is there another location I can download the root file?
[Captivate General] jmgelba:
I think there needs to be a "Rooted? Want to go back to stock?" guide. My Captivate is 13 hours old, I have the root zip on the phone already to go, but I don't want to have no way of going back to stock in case I need a warranty repair on my phone next week!
[Captivate General] darkamikaze:
awesome awesome post.. although when i was first trying to get into that blue recovery mode.. it didn't say to not hold the power button when the phone starts but instead just keep holding the volume up and down..

my phone restarted like a gajillion times i swear lol :P but everything is BAWOMB!
[Captivate General] MaciolDavid:
I am having some issues with installing the "Droid Explorer" it keeps giving me this error "System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'adb.exe' is denied.

at System.IO.Directory.DeleteHelper(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive)

at System.IO.Directory.Delete(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive)

at DroidExplorer.Bootstrapper.Panels.DownloadPanel.SdkPathCleanup() in f:\Projects\DroidExplorer\trunk\DroidExplorer\DroidExplorer.Bootstrapper\Panels\DownloadPanel.cs:line 251

at DroidExplorer.Bootstrapper.Panels.DownloadPanel.RunSetup() in f:\Projects\DroidExplorer\trunk\DroidExplorer\DroidExplorer.Bootstrapper\Panels\DownloadPanel.cs:line 181"

Anyone knows what causes that? I had it installed once already but it would not find my phone so I thought I did something wrong so I uninstalled it, and installed it again and it won't work. I have followed the "Pimp my Captivate" guide step by step. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Captivate General] iamamp3pimp:
ctrl+shift+esc and end any process involving adb.exe and try again
[Captivate General] MaciolDavid:
Unfortunately that does not work either. :-/ Any other suggestions?
[Captivate General] cajuncartfan:
Android Market

I can't get android market home screen to load after following the guide. I faked T-mobile and have rebooted countless number of times and each time I get a network error. I can search for apps, download and install them but I cannot see the home page. Any ideas?
[Captivate General] nbs11:
Is Google Talk/Google Talk Service running? This guide is very outdated. I have been meaning to create a new one, but it takes a very long time and I am too lazy to do it.
[Captivate General] Kanzeon:
Superuser doesn't work

I have tried everything I have found online. The superuser icon is there. I have downloaded several apps that require the device to be rooted. I turned on usb debugging, and turned it off. I've downloaded update.zip several times.

I'm not entirely a noob when it comes to tweaking phones. I flashed roms on windows mobile and performed all sorts of modifications I got off this site.

I have the superuser icon. I downloaded titanium. Titanium says it installed busybox. I downloaded the separate busybox app from the market. That app has a popup saying that a nand unlock is necessary for the app to work. When I run it in spite of the popup, it says the device is rooted, but can't find busybox. So, I went though adb to reinstall busybox. But whenever I try to run any significant commands (eg su) it gives me a permission denied error. Googling permission denied gives me a myraid of possible causes, but it seems I'm getting far afield. I just want to get rid of the bloatware.

Is there another program to root this thing? Did I just miss something incredibly obvious? I know this is easy.
[Captivate General] dhaney89:
I can't back up.

When I hit back up ROM the phone boots into recovery mode and says:

"E:Can't open /cache/update.zip

(bad)

Installation aborted"

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
[Captivate General] djgleebs:
Is there any way to get this thing to last over 10 hours with moderate/medium usage? I mean I hate to compare, but I was able to use my iphone 4 hard periodically through the day and be at 40% around midnight, but I have to stay using my captivate very lightly after about 10pm, and I usually unplug around 12 to 1pm..

I don't want to have to sacrifice majors perks of why I switched to android just to get a full day out of it. I've tried a lot of the suggestions I'm the forums, but nothing makes a notice difference, or makes it a fame changer as to where I'll get a full day of moderate internet/media usage

Thanks in advance.
[Captivate General] asrrin29:
Have you tried draining and recharging the battery as other threads have suggested? I usually unplug around 9-10am and I don't get battery warning until near midnight or later.
[Captivate General] YeaItsSlo:
I keep seeing people complain about the battery life constantly.. but to me coming from my bb bold it seems that the battery is lasting way longer then i expected.. first couple charges i let the phone drain down till it shut off, and then charged it 100%.. its still new to me so im constantly playing with it and changing the menus around.. i try to make sure almost everything is closed when im not using it.. cause im sure that eats battery life..
[Captivate General] djgleebs:
I did it once, but I booted back up the phone a few minutes after I plugged it in, will leaving it off while it does a full 100% charge noticeably increase battery life?
[Captivate General] k2snowboards88:
Do you have widgets updating frequently? How frequently? Maybe just too many updating widgets. I get about 18 hours with the screen on for 4.
[Captivate General] dbodom:
18 hours also

I'm getting 16-18 hours of use with about 4-5 hours of screen time. Better than expected.
[Captivate General] madjsp:
Today I used my phone as much as I used my iPhone 4 on a regular basis. My phone has been off the charger for just over 12 hours and I have 70% of my battery left.
[Captivate General] V DidDy 210:
I'm around that too, I use a black background to save power and I have about 5-6 hours of screen time and I watch a movie on it every day (treadmill at the gym)

I only get low battery around midnight
[Captivate General] designgears:
I use advanced task killer and set it to when the screen is off to kill apps, aggressive mode, I can go about 20hrs before I need to recharge. 5-6hrs screen time.
[Captivate General] dseo80:
One thing about android is it has true multitasking. Combined with some apps which do NOT close properly and continue to use up CPU this can drain your batter very fast.

In the battery Info your TimeSpentAwake should be ~ the same as Display on time. If not something is not closing properly. Use OSMonitor to check which program it is and either uninstall it or make sure to kill it with task killer after using.

I have the M110S (Korean Galaxy S - I get 16-18 Hrs with moderate use, but M110S comes w/ 2 batteries so i just swap :))
[Captivate General] Main Target:
Yeah based on people who are getting good battery life mine is absolutely terrible. I am on my fourth full discharge. I have had my phone off the charger for 2 hours and I'm already at 87 percent. I listened to about 45 minutes of cached slacker radio and like 2 posts on xda app
[Captivate General] Main Target:
My battery went down 2 percent just posting that last post
[Captivate General] Main Target:
I think I am going to have the phone switched out at best buy today
[Captivate General] djsmvp:
Just to comment on my battery life. I got my phone saturday (2.5 days ago) and its been on the whole time with medium usage. When I got the phone the pamphlet inside said "fully charge before you turn on" and thats what I did. My battery is at 41% and the only time that I have charged it since is when I am connecting it to my PC for a very short amount of time. I have had great battery life so it is possible. I am very impressed with it.
[Captivate General] Simba501:
Yes...my battery life has been good...

Screen brightness all the way down (auto brightness off) *same for the browser brightness

Screen timeout 15 secs (annoying sometimes so maybe 30 secs)

No window animations

Power saving mode off (no point in having the lcd adjust if its already as low as it will go)

I also dont have any widgets that update in the background, however i'd imagine one or two wouldnt affect the battery much

These settings have worked out for me and i use the phone moderately with 2 hourly updating email accounts.....
[Captivate General] derek4484:
Battery life for me has been decent. I consider myself a moderate user and I can go from 7:30am till I go to bed at night without dying, but its close. Coming from an iPhone 2G, where with the same usage I could get 2-3 days on one charge, its a little disappointing. But it is what it is I guess. I have heard horror stories of EVO's only going 4-6 hours on a full charge, thats ridiculous.

But what gets me is all this nonsense about fully discharging before charging back up every time. These are Li-ion batteries, they are not Ni-cads, they will not get a "memory" if you dont fully discharge every time. Yes, its good the very first time, to fully charge it before using it, but after that, it doesnt really matter.

Also, one more thing I noticed. The phone will stop charging the battery the second its fully charged. So if your phone reaches 100% charge at like 2am, it stops charging at 2am and you are then going from 2am till whenever you take it off charge in the morning. I noticed this the other day. As soon as the phone told me it was fully charged, the battery icon turned into a normal battery icon even though it was still plugged in. So its possible that the phone is going for 4, 5, 6 hours off charge before you even wake up. What I do to make sure I'm at 100% when I leave, is when I get up I unplug it, use it for a minute then put back on charge while showering. Then when I leave for work, I know its fully charged at 100%.
[Captivate General] tysj:
I guess I'll be switching out phones at Best Buy today as well. Phone keeps losing 30-40% overnight (more like 5 hours max since I'm a night owl) even with everything turned off. When I do get back to a 90% charge before I leave for work at 8am, I'm usually left with 30-40% by 5pm after 15 texts or so and a few emails.
[Captivate General] votum:
I am fairly sure all new batteries have a chip in them that regulates the power. So you HAVE to run it down to 0-5% and charge it back too 100% several times before the battery is even calibrated for use. That has to be why its 50/50 battery sucks battery is great, just let it drain and charge it again.
[Captivate General] kwksilver:
battery life simply not acceptable :(

Hey guys,

I know many people post on battery life.

Here is my situation.

I do not care about beauty, but functionality is a must.

I am in the hospital from ca 6am to 7Pm and I have Q4 call meaning every fourth night its to midnight. That is simply a fact of my life.

My requirement:

I need my phone to last for this duration without recharge.

1.)

I don't need or use widgets

2.)

I don't need or use a wallpaper other than a solid black background.

I do need and use:

the GSM radio and wifi both need to run the entire time and reception is what it is.

My applications of use:

merck manual, dynamed, epocrates the usual in my boat.

I really really want to use this phone, but battery life wise only my blackberry with extended battery and my iphone 4 can hack it.

If any of you have any suggestions on what I could do plz let me know. My last resort is carrying two batteries, but that would frankly be admitting that this phone is inferior to the iphone 4 which can hack a 20 hour usage day in my setting.

(I absolutely cannot turn wifi or 3G off both must run)

I am open to all suggestions including the task killr controversy or anything else constructive one may have. Any extended size batteries out there for the captivate?

Thanks a bunch in advance.

(Having had my secretary spend 4 hours rooting the phone and sideloading Merck manual is a testament to the pathetic entity that is AT&T by the way. If you have professional apps from an institutional subscription you cannot download the software from the market...)

PS: My secretary is not exactly a hacker so forgive the 4 hour timeframe.