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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
Any firmwares that came from samsung usually have "samsung-firmwares.com" as password (no quotes).

On a side note, I need some linux type help. Playing with VMware player and ubuntu 10, but I'm very lost..... anyone wanna pm me with some help? Would be much appreciated...... and yes, i know thats off topic, but i'm desperate and people actually reply and help on these forums.....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
I also use mint 9, similar to ubuntu 10. Pm me with basic questions, I don't know much outside of what you can do in gnome. What is it that you want to do in a vm? I use virtual box and recommend it. I use odin on dads win 7 machine though. I read that it doesn't work in vm but I'm not sure I believe that. Just haven't tried it yet.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klloyd:
I dont mean to sound stupid here... I've got a couple ROMS I want to try on my phone, but I just cant figure out how to do it. What software do I use to actually download the new ROM to my phone? I'm really trying here, read a lot, but none actually say what to do, just says do it, ... but what?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
depends on the rom,

some are signed and can be renamed as update.zip and flashed from recovery by toggling down to reinstall packages with the volume bar.

some are unsigned and need rom manager. from rom manager you reboot into clockwork mod recovery and install packages.

some need odin and are a teathered flash.

the easiest way to go is SRE v1.2.1a, aka "super rooter explorer" decide which version suits you from the sticky in the development section and download. it is signed and is run from recovery as update.zip.

the instructions are there, somewhere.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klloyd:
Thank you for the password!

Thanks for the help. I got odin working. I'm having trouble but I think I'm well on the way.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
I was able to flash in virtul box. Read my thread in the dev section.
[Nexus One General] lance713:
I got an email while on a call without wifi. I'm in dallas. Anyone else getting data and voice now?
[Nexus One General] spamlucal:
Has been possible since the beginning of time as long as you are on 3G :P
[Nexus One General] peliROJO:
I concur. ↑
[Nexus One General] lance713:
Really? I've never been able to do that until recently.

Usually when I'd start a call I'd lose the 3G icon and if I received email while in call it wouldn't show up until after I hung up.

Couldn't mess with data without wifi.

Used to do this on my cliq and G1 as well...

Odd.
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
Also been doing both (on TMob 3G) since February...
[Nexus One General] pinke123:
Any gsm phone can do that, but it is impossible for cdma
[Nexus One General] diversificationied:
Your phone may have been set to WCDMA only up until now.
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
chalk that up as a win for GSM and a lose for CDMA
[Nexus One General] Jep4444:
WCDMA is 3G, it has nothing to do with CDMA
[Nexus One General] spamlucal:
In a weak 3G signal area, the phone usually does a handover and transfers the call to the GSM network when the 3G signal falls under some threshold, and GSM doesn't support simultaneous voice and data (icon disappears while on a call)

maybe you have better 3G coverage now and your nexus doesn't need to go the GSM route :)
[Nexus One General] pfmiller:
I've noticed problems with using data and voice together too. What seems to happen is that it works ok at first, but the instant you lose 3G it never comes back until the call is over, no matter how good your signal. Very frustrating when trying to use your data while on a long call.
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Both AT&T and T-Mobile (as can any GSM carrier worldwide) can do voice and data at the same time as long as your phone has a "3G" connection visible while on the phone call. This has always been possible.

What you may see happen is that if you wrap your hands around the bottom of the phone during a call, the signal may drop to "E" or Edge. You can't use data and voice at the same time if your phone is on Edge.

To alleviate this, use a wired or Bluetooth headset, or hold the phone with your fingers rather than your whole palm.
[Nexus One General] pfmiller:
Have you ever seen my problem where once the signal drops to Edge it will never go back to 3G? It doesn't seem like normal behavior to me but it seems to always happen when I need my data during the call. I've been stuck on multi-hour calls where my phone refused to go back to 3G almost from the beginning, and then the second I hang up the phone goes right back to a 3G signal with full bars again. Very frustrating!
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
the ATT 3G network is not setup to do handoffs from gsm back to 3g. it currently will ONLY handoff from 3G to gsm during a call, and if you are still on your call, it will not switch back until you hang up. in the future this can be enabled both ways. tmobile apparently is setup the same way for now. so you're experience is normal until they reconfigure their network.
[Nexus One General] kam187:
Actually it depends on the phone hardware. It IS possible to use GPRS and voice as well if the hardware supports it, its not only something available on 3G/UMTS/WCDMA. There is a pretty even split between class A and class B phones these days, you should look up the specs of the phone you're using.

Nearly all 3G devices allow you to use data and voice together since it isnt timeslot based and so voice and data is logically split and not time divided. This means you dont need specially designed hardware to do it, just the processing power to do it.

Class A

Can be connected to GPRS service and GSM service (voice, SMS), using both at the same time.

Class B

Can be connected to GPRS service and GSM service (voice, SMS), but using only one or the other at a given time. During GSM service (voice call or SMS), GPRS service is suspended, and then resumed automatically after the GSM service (voice call or SMS) has concluded.

Class C

Are connected to either GPRS service or GSM service (voice, SMS). Must be switched manually between one or the other service.
[Nexus One General] peliROJO:
@kam187, thanks for that. I've been with T-Mobile since they were Voicestream, about 10 years now. And I thought I was making voice and data connections with my Nokia phone years ago, before their 3G rollout.

Here is the last phone I used before going the G1 route.

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e61-1322.php
[Nexus One General] kam187:
Yep E61 is on nokia's list of Class A devices:

http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.p...s_supporting_GPRS_Class_A_(Dual_Transfer_Mode)
[Nexus One General] mingkee:
http://www.jr.com/sandisk/pe/SAD_SDSDQ032GA1/

I used the coupon ($10 off $150) to buy this card after I found the new price.

I always trust the store because I often buy stuff in person.
[Nexus One General] LuLuBaby86:
I found one cheaper then that on eBay. I bid for it and won it for $54 including free shipping.
[Nexus One General] Chopes:
Make sure its real, its easy to scam people with SD cards as it can be programmed to report the incorrect size.
[Nexus One General] Emul8or:
Verizon wireless

TIP: 32gb micro sd is only $99.99 when you buy it online
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
just get one for $99 straight from Verizon
[Nexus One General] HTCinToronto:
Is the class 2 noticeably slower?
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
The nexus one came with a class 2 card
[Nexus One General] cmarti:
Anyone has a link to this item?

edit:

Found site.

http://www.verizonwireless.com/32-memory-card.shtml
[Captivate Android Development] JamesR913:
I had previously rooted my phone and installed the one click lag fix and decided to go ahead and get the unleash the beast zip to enable sideloading. Now my question is will there be any adverse effects of this. Sorry for the noob questions.
[Captivate Android Development] djbberko:
Do UTB then one click lag fix. :) as simple as that. Ive done it and it works.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahyl:
So I recently purchased a Captivate, what got me to buy it was how it DID NOT look like an Iphone. The vibrant just looks like an Iphone(although I've been eying it for a while since I live in Canada and Bell offered the one with the front facing camera, is it really that useful?).

I'm just curious on what got you guys to choose the Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsmith675:
Cause the AT&T nexus one is hard to find for under 500 bucks lol

But honestly the 4 inch screen and cause its the only android handset with a bright future on at&t and i hate iphones with a passion
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waghoba:
well I am not sure what kind of Q is this but we have captivate avaialable on att and not vibrant and hence we chose Captivate !!! :confused:

always nice to hear from people like me who hate 'iphone with passion' good one !!1!! I just pity on the idiots who praise iphone in front of me after seeing my captivate :cool:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunnyman:
I could have gone with either T-Mob or AT&T the deciding factor for me was the Amazon deal on the Cappy for a penny. 1 Penny VS 100 dollars. was easy decision.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heliumhelicopter:
FAN + high end android phone

Also, it looks the best (the carbon fiber back matches my bike :D).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggonzalez7777:
I have to agree with both statements of both the iphone look of the vibrant and the absolute disgust of the iphone itself. I've already converted some ppl to android and completely shamed some iphone 4 owners with the amazing captivate. And when ppl see my phone they know its not an idumb unlike my friend who owns a vibrant. She has the hardest time having vibrant in plain site and ppl asking if its the new iphone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave the Knave:
I upgraded to this from a Samsung Impression. I loved my Impression. I never had any issues with it like others had described. It had the same AMOLED screen technology, and amazing battery life. Any Samsung I've owned, whether it's been a phone or a camera has been great. So they've earned my business. They didn't disappoint me this time either with my Captivate. It's fast, it's light, it does great on battery life (I can go a day and a half without a full charge unlike I could with my Samsung Blackjack) and the screen is bright and vibrant just like I expected.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labbu63:
impression had a amoled screen? didn't know that but anyways well the 16 GB internal storage is one reason the other is that i couldn't switch to T-Mo
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cachookaman:
im not leaving AT&T, i had an upgrade available and its the first high end android device they offered. plus i was getting tired of how blackberry was so behind with everything.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nahrah:
+1 got rid of my bb bold 9700. Love this phone so far minus the GPS issue. Nothing like getting direction the old fashion way, till its fix.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rb.:
y this

i was a tmobile subscriber b4! i moved to att because of the att family plan we have and i didnt like the way vibrant looks(esp. at the back). my plan was to get the iphone 4, but the deathgrip issue broke out plus lots of other factors made me pick the cappy. im very happy to pick this over ip4. i wish i waited a bit longer though to get the .01$ captivate.:)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave the Knave:
Ya learn something new everyday. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hfd3189:
i was tired of my bb's outdated operation.. was considering an iphone.. but this phone came HIGHLY reccomended from an executive at ATT that i know well... and referred to this phone as the "iphone killer"... love it so far.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrigan:
My friend had the Vibrant on T-mo and told me, "Yknow, AT&T is getting basically the same phone, it's called the Captivate." My contract came up for renewal and they offered me the phone for $99. I couldn't say no. I like the idea of a phone running an open source operating system that anyone can tinker with. I've never liked Apple and their iOS with all of their restrictions.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] startngate:
I was actually contemplating making the move to T-mobile as they have cheaper plans and the service is about the same as AT&T in my area. Still, after holding both phones, the build quality and the overall look of the phone was much better with the Captivate IMO, so I decided to stick with AT&T for now and picked one up.

I am now waiting on the G2 and whatever the Emerald turns out to be for T-mobile this fall and may make the jump at that point.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archpope:
I'm actually not enthralled with the overall look of the Captivate, but that's probably because I came from the Pure, and could see how AT&T has been influencing the design of these phones, and not necessarily for the better. I've attached a picture that shows what I mean better. If I removed the branding, you might have a hard time telling which phone is which.

But I did buy a Captivate, but only because I got ~$300 off from AT&T, T-mobile gets horrible reception both where I live and work, and I knew before I bought it that I would be able to undo the vast majority of AT&T's raping of this otherwise amazing phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Little Dragon:
had my Cappy out charging in Starbucks the other day and overheard the two people next to us chatting about it to each other:

"hey, what phone is that over there?"

"looks like the Xperia X10"

had to laugh at myself and told em its a Captivate and its not released here in Canada yet :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkamikaze:
To all who were tired of the bb.

I just came from a Bold 9000. Blackberry isn't really much outdated it's just really more lenient on business.

Tbh, I miss some things on my bb like keyboard shortcuts, the keyboard in general lol, bbm(reasons not sure why), and the ease of jumping around for me.

The reason why I jumped ship to the captivate is because it's the best android phone for AT&T and that's where I have a family plan :T lol I would have taken Sprint Epic if I could but I'm on AT&T!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
^ I find bbm silly. Anyone who has a blackberry says they love it and I ask them why, the answer is always bbm. I say why is that better than text? They always try to come up with a reason. some of them know bbm transfers files. I say I have google talk and a vast array of other Im apps. They always say but bbm is blackberry only as if that's a good thing. I can talk to any one with a computer or iphone or android or whatever on there existing aim our yahoo account and they can only talk to there friends with blackberries, seems snobbish to me. You might say google talk can't send files, but yahoo messenger can.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Essayli:
Hi Guys,

Could someone tell me why my 2 weeks old Galaxy S (Service Provider: Bell) turns it self off out of the blue?

It happend twice already, the phone was on my pocket, I pushed the on/off side botton and nothing happens, the screen is pitch black!!

This is an irritating issue as I'm forced to physically take out the phone from the case and remove the battery and put it back on to turn on the phone.

Does anybody whats causing this issue? and how to fix it ?

Your help is much appreciated!

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Essayli:
Also, I was wondering if I do a factory reset to try solving the random shutting down problem, will I have to re-purchase all the apps I bought from the Market?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roy Ngan:
Send for warranty is needed I think
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssj4Gogeta1:
No, the info that you purchased the apps is stored in your Google account. So if you use the same Google account as you're using now as your primary account after reset, you can download all those apps for free. (Primary account is the Google account you first associated with the device.)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Singhman:
i had the same problem with 3 different bell vibrants. About 6 days ago, i bought a new sim card from bell for $5, and it has not happened since. I bought my phone from Bestbuy, but bought my new sim card from Bell store because perhaps the bestbuy sim cards are outdated. Hopefully it stays ok.

One thing i did notice was that when my phone would turn off by itself, it was always in an area where there was bad reception. Maybe a link.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haida1:
I found that it happened when I installed a different launcher other than Touchwiz. I was using LauncherPro, uninstalled it and everything worked fine. I installed ADW and everything is fine so far.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valeo:
I saw this thread yesterday and was thankful mine hadn't developed this issue. And then last night after about two hours idle time, my SGS switched itself off and the power button wouldn't respond at all. :( The only way to revive my beloved phone was to do a hard reset (i.e. removing the battery).

For what it's worth, the only "mods" I've made are installing a handful of apps. No new launcher, no custom ROMs etc.

I'm tempted to give Voda a ring and ask for a new SIM. But this really smells more like a hardware fault to me. A faulty SIM shouldn't result in a handset switching itself off, I'd think... :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avary:
i'v encountered smailar problem , first i thought my phone turned itself off, later i suspected some apps i'v installed ( setCPU, autokiller etc), after while and digging, i found that i'v installed "Android Tweak" , it has an option to disable screen dim, and i'v used that option, so i changed it back and the problem is gone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ign0s:
in Spain we have the same problem and no solution by now

http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=126937
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rc-Blob:
Same thing happened to me last night. Maybe a bug with the date?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valeo:
Mine just died again ten minutes ago. I guess it's a possibility, but considering the number of bugs that we're all discovering with the hardware and software, I'm suspecting it's yet another dodgy batch of phones from Samsung.

:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbpunjabi:
I just bought two Galaxy S and I am having same problems with both. I called Belll and they said they never had this kind of problem before. I had installed few apps and thought may be those apps were causing the problem, but even after deleting the apps..phones are powering off itself...

Did any one find the solution yet??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiamath99:
Same problem here, and from what i am hearing is becoming frecuent among galaxy owners. Im amazed something this important hasnt made the news , i mean, its a huge malfunction issue .
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssj4Gogeta1:
I had the same issue.

I called up Samsung support and they asked me to do a phone reset. I didn't try that, but I upgraded the firmware and it's gone now. I suspect resetting the phone will also solve the issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lockpick:
This happened to me for the first time today as I woke up and it wasn't dark outside. When I looked to see what time it was my phone (that I use as an alarm) was off!!

This is the first blemish on an otherwise outstanding experience. But it is a major one. I will assume that it is somehow related to something I've installed. But I'm not looking forward to figuring it out, since I've got a lot of apps :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valeo:
Good luck. I did a factory restore the other day to see if that would help. It didn't. Like you I use my SGS as an alarm... I woke up two hours late this morning because my phone had switched itself off in the middle of the night. :(

I'm currently waiting for a replacement handset. I'm not holding my breath that the new hardware won't have exactly the same bug though...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbiev80:
Mine started doing this yesterday...same with a bunch of coworkers that have the same phone. We think it may be related to bad reception.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kilack:
Sigh

My phone just started doing this in the last couple of days.

I've also noticed sometimes it gets into a state of continuously saying "usb debugging connected" and then "usb connected" and just continuously keeps displaying those even though it has no usb cable anywhere near it..

Havent flashed the phone for about a week now and it was fine for 3-4 days after the flash so no idea what is going on..

Anyone else seen those usb messages? They come and go.. but it seems when they come its usually when my phone turns off..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valeo:
I've not seen anything like that myself but then I have stuck with stock firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Singhman:
Thats funny...because the only time it has happened to me is at work, where the phone is struggling for reception. It has turned off a total of about 8 times over 1 month. It has never turned off anywhere else (except one other time i was getting bad reception in the forest, and a few minutes later it was off)...strange
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bestbeancounter:
I thought about that as well because I'm assuming allgamer is from Ontario (he mentioned Toronto) and says he has no coma issues, and he's on Fido.. it makes me wonder for those who are having problems with the SGS.. are they on the Bellus Network or unlocked on the Rogers/Fido network. But Madwhips said he had no issues on the Bellus network in Toronto.. hmm...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
good point, we should setup a poll

to check for the Comatose phones and which network they are on
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PatcheZ:
i have my 2g/edge disabled, so only connecting through hsdpa/3g, but i still get the coma phone....

(seems to happen less frequently tho...)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keatonm:
Hi guys. I've been having the coma problem for a while now too. I just recently upgraded to JH2 and that didn't help at best. I agree that it seems to be something to do with how the software handles the network-- like it's trying to fall back on a 2g network and failing. Happens a lot when it's low signal-- it's usually fine when there is no signal or good signal.

So, with that said, what network is everybody connected to?

*#0011# will show your band (I think that was already said in the thread? :confused:)

carrier: Bell

locale: Kamloops, BC (accuracy never hurts :D)

band: WCDMA 850 band 5 (that's all I ever see it on anyway)

an aside: anyone know what band it kicks down to when it goes to the 3G icon at the top? I only get it when it's poor signal and it usually flops between the two.