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[Captivate General] kashc2:
I bought the captivate on release day. I have to say it's a great phone but it wasn't for me. There are a few issues with the phone that should be fixed by Samsung soon (major is just gps) but other than that its a good phone, it's more technical thats for sure. I had to return it for an iphone 4 instead, music is a big role that is a factor for me when i purchase a phone and although the stock player was ok it was nothing compared to iphone. Thats one thing no one can beat apple in...media. There is also a little bit of lag (launcher pro takes care most of it). If you buy it I would suggest you root it and make sure to back up the At&t apps...i forgot to do that lol, good thing best buy doesn't check ;)
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
The only problems i have are some software issues that i assume samsung will fix - things that their skinning affected - like not being able to dial a number in a calendar invite. Not a show stopper, but an inconvenience.

As for customization - it is more customizable then WinMo mostly. WinMo was more wide open you copied files and futzed with the registry, nothing would stop you. Android, you have to root first - so an extra step. But compared to the iPhone much easier to customize. Rooting after an update is much easier then jailbreaking.

As far as other comparisons - I like the captivate better then my iPhone 3G, and passed on the iPhone 4. I think the media player in the captivate is superiour to the iphone - the interface is nicer, and easier and sound is just as good if not better then the iphone. More video and music formats are supported too, and even though the screen may not have the pixels of the iPhone 4 it is bigger and better looking. Blacks are black and that is what i wanted.

Android is not perfect, but it is catching up to the iPhone fast. iPhone has at least a year jump on Android, but I think the feature list will put Android on top soon.

I haved had phones of every OS, and Android is my favorite so far - the extent of the widgets is amazing.
[Captivate General] dmnall:
I switched over from a BlackBerry Bold 9000, phone is night and day difference. The call quality is better, web browsing, youtube and the screen is awesome. The only downside I find with the Captivate is the lack of push e-mail scheme except with gmail but the plus side is no more truncation and actually get to see all of the html e-mails like looking at them through thunderbird. I will add that I love Android over Palm, BB and Windows Mobile, I have not owned the iPhone but I dont think I can because I prefer the 4 inch samoled screen.

HTH,

Charlie
[Captivate General] Tinyboss:
You probably know already since you've been doing research, but the compass and GPS on the Captivate are totally busted at the moment. Otherwise, it's a fantastic handset, and as customizable as you could want.
[Captivate General] halo45121:
I got the Captivate on release day, and previously used a Tilt.

The Tilt was running the stock WinMo ROM for most of it's life, but I got bored and flashed Polymod's 2.1 ROM to it at some point.

That's what made me get the Captivate.

The Captivate beats the Tilt and Pure in nearly every way possible. I don't think you'll regret the upgrade at all.

My only complaint is that the battery isn't the best on the Captivate, but it's not a big deal unless you go multiple days without access to a charger.

I say go for it.
[Captivate General] ashoooo:
Thanks for all your opinions, guys. Yeah, I've been doing a lot of research, and am disappointed that the GPS on this phone sucks. Its not a huge deal breaker, but something to think about nonetheless. By the way, is the GPS/compass totally busted or is so-so?

I'm looking forward to the switch to Android, because I'm a programmer by heart and like to tinker with my devices, so iOS is out of the question.
[Captivate General] BigJayDogg3:
My compass is completely busted, but my GPS is fine if I'm outside. It just takes a while to get a lock. Others have reported GPS being way off.

Sent from my Samsung Captivate.
[Captivate General] asrrin29:
I've never had an issue with the compass unless it gets too close to a magnet. a few figure eights in the air resets it.

The GPS is a software issue, and will eventually be officially fixed. It also seems to be a hit and miss for some people that could be due to bad phone batches, times of day, location, or a million other variables. There are a few GPS fixes currently floating around that should improve any GPS issues at least marginally. they do not fix the underlying issues, but do help mitigate them.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Allen Mead:
Here's a link to a zip file which contains about 40 odd tones help yourselves and I hop you like.

Ring Tones
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] aegeuss:
Great post, great ring tones! Thanks very much.
[Droid Incredible General] kregstrong:
Does anyone remember the incredible before it was released and had the red back cover instead of the black?? Has anyone seen one for sale?
[Droid Incredible General] g00s3y:
Are you talking about this?

http://xcitezonetechnology.blogspot.com/2010_05_30_archive.html

if so I believe that was only for the test or developer phones internally, someone please correct me if i am wrong.
[Droid Incredible General] kregstrong:
O yea that's it lol, I want of those somehow
[Droid Incredible General] ramcharger1979:
I got one recently off of ebay.
[Droid Incredible General] kregstrong:
I looked and couldn't find one, could u look and show me one on ebay if u see it? Id really appreciate it man
[Droid Incredible General] g00s3y:
Here you go I believe this is one, it doesn't say anything on the back though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hard-Back-Case-Cover-skin-HTC-Droid-Incredible-red-/180536699384?pt=PDA_Accessories#ht_1367wt_917
[Droid Incredible General] andybones:
damn for $4 I'd grab a red one.

but idk if I'd like it any better thanblack. black is smooth.
[Droid Incredible General] blue_rocket:
here's a real one...

http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Droid-Incre...Battery-Door-/170528805701?pt=PDA_Accessories
[Droid Incredible General] gadget!:
That is really cool but it's up to $32.00 + $7.00 shipping now with 14 bids and 3 days 7 hours left to go!

I would love to have one but for a battery cover that's to pricey for me :D

gadget!
[Droid Incredible General] shoman24v:
Only an idiot would pay that price for a real red back.
[Droid Incredible General] gadget!:
now it's up to $63.37 with 22 bids!

gadget!
[Droid Incredible General] KB Smoka:
That is ridiculous
[Droid Incredible General] Berzerker7:
It's certainly not...around $50 for a rare pre-production accessory on a popular phone? Sounds reasonable to me...
[Droid Incredible General] andybones:
It's all about personal preference, it is rare, it should be kept and not used due to rarity, now, if your looking for just the red back door, take yours off, and paint it.

I'd pay $50 for the door, and use it!
[Droid Incredible General] SirBindy:
Sold for over $100... lol
[Droid Incredible General] ramcharger1979:
Wow I got mine for $19.95
[Droid Incredible General] Berzerker7:
Uh...where?
[Droid Incredible General] Berzerker7:
Well I got it (not the one from ebay, but he had another I made a separate deal for), and it was totally worth it:

This picture doesn't do it nearly enough justice.
[Droid Incredible General] ACD168:
Wow now that looks sick, how does it fit, my original battery door, is loose.
[Droid Incredible General] schwartzman93:
Mouth is salivating, haha...but seriously, i cant find anymore on the internet can you please direct me to your "source" haha

...nevermind, haha...i reread it
[G1 General] plasticjar:
I have a Rogers Dream 32B. Radio 3.x (this is EBI1, correct?).

I was following the instructions on the CM wiki to root my phone and install CM 5. I can't link outside as a new user, but the article titles on CM wiki are "Full Update Guide - Rogers Dream 911 Patched" and "Upgrading From CM 4.2 or other rooted ROMS to 5.0.x(Dream/Sapphire)"

I used fastboot to install Amon_Ra's recovery, which is the first note. But after that I'm not exactly sure what I did to brick my phone.

Stalls at the Rogers splash screen. I can access the bootloader with the 3 androids on skateboards by holding down Camera + Power. I can also issue fastboot commands. I can also boot into recovery by holding down Home + Power. I haven't tried doing anything in recovery other than having it power off the phone, but I can see it says I have Amon_Ra's recovery version. I can't issue adb commands to the phone, which is step 4 in the tutorial - copying the ROM and google apps files to the SD card.

If I do a reset in recovery, will that help me at all? Or is there something else I can try?
[G1 General] lbcoder:
You're not bricked.

Couple of options:

1) Go into fastboot and flash a COMPATIBLE recovery.img. You installed an EBI0 recovery image, you need an EBI1.

2) Go into fastboot and flash an EBI0 radio (version starts with a "2").

I suggest option 2, since it will improve your compatibility with custom ROMs. It is also MUCH SAFER to have a 2.x radio since it is compatible with ALL SPLs ("1.x" and "3.x" are each only compatible with *some* SPLs.)
[G1 General] plasticjar:
Thanks for your help lbcoder.

EDIT: Actually, I installed the correct recovery image! I have RA-dream-v1.7.0R, which is the one for EBI1.

If I downgrade to EBI0, will this affect my connection to UMTS 850/1900? I am using the Dream on ATT and got the Rogers version so I can use 3G in the USA.
[G1 General] oldnoob:
I use the same combination, Rogers Dream on AT&T. Started off with the EBI1 kernel and 3.x radio, but after a while went to EBI0 and tried both current 2.x radios. I found no noticeable difference in reception or speed with any combination.
[G1 General] lbcoder:
No, it won't affect your radio frequencies.

Your phone is basically TWO COMPUTERS. One is the "radio" computer, the other is the "application" computer. Each of these runs their own operating system. You'll just be running your radio computer on an operating system that is *more compatible* with the typical ROMs that you might find for similar hardware.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bombaman:
Hi all, i'm a new guy here how you all doing?!

I've registered basically because I'm in abit of a pickle and you guys seem like a nice, friendly and busy community so I thought it might be really helpful to ask here

Well basically I decided to just sell on my hero. It's on ebay and I thought right I better factory reset it. Now I was buggering about in the settings I stupidly, as I just found out, wiped the SD card and then I finally found the factory reset bit. I'm rooted on Villianrom since I bought it and I thought I'll just try resetting it and see what happens.

I pressed reset and then I was at some sort of recovery villianrom menu, I used the trackball and clicked on 'reboot phone' now It keeps just rebooting and not getting past the white HTC screen. I've googled it and it's a common problem people are getting when they're pissing about with roms.People reply saying do this do that and I haven't a clue what theyre on about I've only had the bloody phone barely 2 days.

I've got a feeling there's like nothing actually on the phone, no rom or os thing

I've tried doing a reset thing where I keep hold of menu, end call and back and it goes to a different screen and I press menu I think to reset it but still the same thing, stuck at the HTC quietly brilliant screen

Because my sd card is wiped I need to access it somehow and put on some rom file things I'm guessing?

It's on ebay, it needs to be working before I sell it Where from here?

It's probably a quick and easy fix if you know what you're doing so if someone knows what to do could you please please post a step by step guide for a complete n00b and I'll be eternally grateful:cool:

P.S. Sorry for having probably the douchiest intro post but there we go
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] theresthatguy:
I am not aware of this villain rom for hero but it sounds like to me that tried a2sd? And then wiped your sdcard, so the boot is looking for the EXT partition with all the apps on it. Whether thats even true or not, which is suspect it is, just boot into the recovery, run the .5 ruu and sell/ship your phone to the new happy owner. He/she should be given the choice of root/not-root factory phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bombaman:
I've got it working now

It basically needed a rom flashing on it. I'd just bought it like 2 days ago so I guess I taught myself how to do this stuff unwillingly :D I couldn't access the usb mode, because I couldn't select it to mount as disk from the menus because obviously it wasn't booting up.

So I kept hold of menu and power for abit till a menu comes up. Clicked on usb-ms and that mounted it as a disk. i put the villianrom zip file on the sd card and from the same menu on the hero I did all the different wipes and then flashzipped the rom or whatever. 10 minutes later it was up and running

Good times all round:cool:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SliestDragon:
Sorry if this has already been asked. I tried searching and couldn't seem to find clear terminal commands. All of them either didn't seem to work, or were actually adb commands.

What are the exact commands for installing an app through terminal?

I'm trying to find the easiest commands to help a friend that needs to install an app on his phone. He doesn't have a data plan so he can't go into the market to install it, and isn't near the computer for adb.

I've used this command set before to install an app to system before:

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cat /sdcard/'name-of-app'.apk > /system/app/'name-of-app'.apk

mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

But that is a little to complicated for him, and would be especially hard to explain over the phone, because like I said, he has no data plan.

Now I've seen this command around here:

su

cd /sdcard

install 'name-of-app'.apk /system/app/'name-of-app'.apk

But I tried that on my phone before giving it to him and it didn't seem to work.

So what are the commands for installing an app through the terminal to either system or data?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ominously:
Install the sdk...

adb install application.apk
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evilkorn:
You just have to copy the application to /system/app (cp command), /system/ has to be mounted first of course.
[Desire General] dneill2006:
When I was using Android 2.1 on HSDPA I could get 1.5mbps

But now since using Froyo 2.2 I can only ever get a max of 0.5mbps no matter where I am.

I'm on O2, could it be the APN settings are wrong?

I'm using a custom ROM

But I have tried a few Froyo custom ROMs all with the same problem :(

Does anyone know the reason why I can't get faster than 0.5mbps on 2.2 while on 2.1 I could get 1.5mbps?

Thanks
[Desire General] jamesmcuk:
that sounds like a connection issue as in it connects to one network on Froyo and a different one on Eclair. Do you see any difference on the signal bar indicators?

do you know if the APN Settings are different between roms?
[Desire General] dneill2006:
Signal bars seem the same, and using the same APN Settings, got them of the O2 website and input them manually.
[Desire General] jamesmcuk:
where are you getting your stats from?
[Desire General] dneill2006:
Used a speed tester from the market
[Desire General] jamesmcuk:
well using virgin media in a crappy signal area i got 355kbps down and 115kbps up on froyo on mobile net. are you sure you didn't set up you old rom to use your wifi and you have now flashed and are using only the 3g connection. Mine is 3 times faster too if i use the wifi!
[Desire General] dneill2006:
It uses wifi all the time while at and 3g when out
[Desire General] jamesmcuk:
I cant see how a wifi connection could be restricted any one have any ideas pls cos this is beyond me!
[Desire General] dneill2006:
With wifi I can get 8mbps so its no problem.

It's only HSDPA were i'm limited to 0.5mbps
[Desire General] jamesmcuk:
Well having no exp of this or anything the only thing i can find is this, i hope it helps you.

all the best

James

I had the problem where I was receiving very slow speeds, but on 2.1 I was getting about 2mb dl.

What I did was check my build.prop in the /system/ folder and added the lines

ro.ril.hsxpa=2

ro.ril.gprsclass=12

this made my browsing speed go straigt back to normal. The market is also fast again. (if you are in the US, use 1 and 11 instead)

All you have to do is use notepad++ to edit the build.prop file with these lines. Add them near the lower half of the file. Then just

adb remount and

adb push (c:/whereever the build.prop is) /system

adb shell reboot

I am going to add these lines:

ro.media.enc.file.format = 3gp,mp4

ro.media.enc.vid.codec = m4v,h263

ro.media.enc.vid.h263.width = 176,352

ro.media.enc.vid.h263.height = 144,288

ro.media.enc.vid.h263.bps = 64000,800000

ro.media.enc.vid.h263.fps = 1,30

ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.width = 176,352

ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.height = 144,288

ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.bps = 64000,800000

ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.fps = 1,30

I suspect that I will be able to watch my camcorder files properly now. I haven't tried this yet but I will update with the result.

edit: All of my video recordings and other clips now work

Good luck
[Desire General] dneill2006:
Thanks may give that a try.

Don't understand why this problem has occurred since I'm using the official HTC Rom
[Desire General] uncleben:
Also have the same issue on O2 since updating, slow speeds and eratic data connection. flips from H to G much more often.

Baseband : 32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20

Not sure if this was the same version before the Update i was on a Stock O2 rom 2.1. but debranded and took the OTA update for 2.2

Facebook , Weather and Mail widget all need refresh clicking several times before they find updates (Maybe because of the slow connection??) .

Flash lags the phone almost to a halt. (not related to the radio) and most of the speed test sites use flash so i am not sure if this affects my results but the browsing time seems considerable slower even on non flash sites(flash disabled).

I am trying to avoid going back to a stock o2 rom, is it possible that this is somehow tweaked for their network ?

I am also reluctant to do the Bootloader downgrade which i think i would need to do to revert to the stock o2 rom ...is that correct ?

Many thanks in advance.:confused:
[Desire General] uncleben:
@jamesmcuk

I am assuming this would require root ? This would also mean downgrade of bootloader i think :-( it hurts
[Desire General] leecavturbo:
i'm on orange and a rooted non ota froyo rom

get alot of the G to H changing too but when H is lit it is very very fast

surfing is quicker on the network than on a wifi with 10meg speed:eek:

speed does seem erratic tho, maybe a reson of the recent orange 3g network downtime today and official orange confirmation of 3g problems
[General Questions and Answers] peel1e:
Hi I was just wanting some conformation that i am not the only person who finds windows mobile 6.5 on the HTC HD2 an almost un usable experience.

It crashes so many times in a day, you try to unlock it by sliding the unlock tab and it get to the edge and does nothing, you can’t press any button apart from the off button again and then you have start the whole thing again and if your lucky... after 5 attempts it works or you have to reset!

The typing in messages and on most other programs is so slow it cant keep up, it hangs and stalls and looses most of the spaces and jumps around the txt typing in where ever it wants.

Its incapable to switch from the home screen to the programs screen without stalling and hanging around, and the general user experience of all the user input is slow!

Forgive me if this is covered ground for everyone but for me it’s the most powerful phone on the market and it’s still useless!?

Does anyone have and tips? or any other rants about it?
[General Questions and Answers] mobius112:
you can always flash it :)
[General Questions and Answers] garretts228:
Dude just flash a custom ROM on there, what phone do you have and what network?
[General Questions and Answers] M@rtyn04:
Before flashing, try doing a hard-reset (you'll have to do that anyway if you are going to flash). See if that solves the problem. Could well be that it is some prog or a left-over of some prog that is screwing things up. I still have the shipped ROM on-board and it runs silky smooth, until I try to be too clever, but then it's my fault ;)

Good luck!
[General Questions and Answers] peel1e:
im on a HD2 and looking at puting android on it, but waiting for a new memory card later this week.

what other roms can i flash to it? im on o2...?

but my point was rarther why the hell can microsoft get away wit hreleasing stuff that doesent work still :P but help is great!
[General Questions and Answers] dazza9075:
its nothing to do with microsoft, MS release software to a developer who then fits it in to a handset, that process need drivers and a much of work, its not like Windows on a desktop where you can simply update a driver or two with an exe.

read all of the work here regarding flashing, Update to a new ROM, i use Energy, make sure you do it correctly, and it will fly, i have Energys latest and its great, no crashes, good bat, very fast, there is nothing id like to change...well the HSDPA is crap but that might just be my area.

Speaking of Android, i have a copy running from my SD and removing the obvious issues with it just now and assuming it will be fixed by the time it becomes flashable Android brigs nothing new, in my opinion its the same as WM6.5.x with sence 2.5 the only advantage that i can see is the app store
[General Questions and Answers] peel1e:
ahh i see, so HTC are to blame for it all! :P ok i will have a look at some other roms but the app store on andoid was one of the main reasons i wanted to switch to that, winmo marketplace is just awfull and full of usless junk.

there are alot of different stages in puting android on do you have to do all the same spl, radio and other changes to get other roms working?
[General Questions and Answers] SiL3nTKiLL:
i HATE wm with a passion! get rid of it lol and put android on it!
[General Questions and Answers] pHOBIAZ7:
WM is just fine for me.
[General Questions and Answers] Farmer Ted:
Yeah, as was said before, it's not necessarily MS's fault the rom sucks. First, HTC effs everything up and then the carrier drops the final turds in the mix. Look for OMarket-it has many more apps than marketplace, and they're all free. There's a lot of junk, but there's very good stuff there, too.