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[Captivate Android Development] delugeofspam:
Yeah funny guy, tell me what just happened on my device.

I downloaded the rom, did a batch backup in Titanium, rebooted to cwr and ran a back up, then flashed the rom and my back-ups were gone, seems like /sdcard/ got formatted.
[Captivate Android Development] nonameputs:
No offense, but "backing up" your data to a the internal storage on a phone that you are about to flash an all new os to doesn't really sound like backing up at all. Next time try actually backing it up by storing your data on your computer or an external sd card.
[Captivate Android Development] delugeofspam:
Well I got that now lol, I had flashed some other stuff w/o the sdcard going so I figured that was the norm. I wasn't crying about it just mentioning it.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Batterylife

Been awhile since I got this kind of battery life
[Captivate Android Development] rheicide:
Seems to be an old issue. I'm using 2.3b6 and also hit this error every day. Quite annoying sometimes but overall I really love the ROM.
[Captivate Android Development] zeamany:
you've been in airplane mode all the time?
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
TWO WORDS.....Juice Defender..That application will turn on your wifi for 1 minute every 15 for syncing (or whatever you set it to. So you don't constantly have wifi scanning. It is a very good battery manager. You can customize it to turn the wifi on or off at any interval and leave syncing on win FB, Gmail, Twitter and get your updates.

...2-3 % of the time I was testing the GPS using Nav and Lbst. No overclock no UV. Did not make any calls over 1 minute. Standby on Wifi the whole time . A few email checks. That's about it.

But I rarely got 8 hours with over 50% left especially after using the GPS for over 20 minutes in satellite map mode with any i9000 ROM.

This from someone who is happy with 15 hours before i charge overnight, Means I can use the phone 3X as much as I normally do with this ROM and still get a day. Usually I am at 85% before the first couple hour is up installing apps and setting up the phone. this is from a 100% charge AFTER the phone was set up.

but knowing me I won't keep the ROM. I am addicted to flashing All kids of ROMS.......I don't really need all that much battery life. I do want stability though,
[Captivate Android Development] newter55:
had my phone since july....i have never seen display at 66%......guess I like looking at the pretty colors too much.
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
I'm now running Cognition again.

For those worried about your battery, 2.3b8 has the best battery life of any current ROM that I have played with.
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
I have flashed hundreds of ROMs with clockwork. None of them wipes /sdcard/

Here is the process I follow every time:

1. backup my junk

2. copy to my pc

3. wipe the /sdcard/ manually

4. Odin 1-click to JF6

5. copy all backup files back to phone

6. use clockwork to apply the new ROM

7. use TiBu to restore all apps

if clockwork wiped /sdcard/ then my process would fail every time... it never has.
[Captivate Android Development] samven582:
I just flash my cap to b6. Does b8 bring anything new?
[Captivate Android Development] :
is it REALLY important to flash back to JF6? In the past I've always been without my micro USB cable, so I simply just download the latest cognition on my phone and flash it using Rom Manager after making a backup.

Going from b6 to b8, do you see any problems with this?
[Captivate Android Development] kizildur:
Thanks, s44. Everything worked fine. Great advice. BTW, Cognition 2.3b8 is out now and has your mods in it.
[Captivate Android Development] kizildur:
Quote from designgears changelog:

v2.3b7 - v2.3b8 (12/17/2010)

* Added supercurio's stock+Voodoo stable 5.x for Captivate

* Added JI6 Modem

* Removed CogKernel2

* Fixed bluetooth static

* (Decided I need to keep this rom pure captivate)
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
Some people say it works fine for them to just apply the new ROM without going back to stock. Me, I would rather play it safe. Going back to JF6 only adds about 10 minutes to the process and I rarely see any problems that aren't baked in.
[Captivate Android Development] rajendra82:
The Supercurio voodoo kernel is better than Cogkernel 1 in b6. People have had trouble disabling voodoo and creating nandroid backups in in b6. These issues are gone in b8.
[Captivate Android Development] cappysw10:
Nope, it should work fine. Just remember to disable Voodoo before flashing.

Some just like the extra "clean" feel of flashing from stock. Never had any troubles when staying within the same rom family myself. YMMV
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Ditto, this uses supercuio created JJ4 kernel, its identical to cogkernel 1 setup wise, just newer stable voodoo.
[Captivate Android Development] pinoymutt:
Honestly there isn't a whole lot of difference between b6 and b8. Now between b7 and b8 -- yes, because between b6 and b7 dg ventured into some other territory with some non-"pure" Captivate parts, so b8 mostly brings it back to par.

Major differences between b6 and b8 are that the Voodoo version has been updated, there are a few application additions, and I believe dg put in the JI6 modem.

Several folks, including myself, are running b6 with the Voodoo add-on kernel + jj4 modem combination and it has been very stable (at least for me). There have been some questions as to whether or not ji6 is really an improvement over jj4, and as of yet I haven't seen a definitive answer on that question.

So, in a nutshell, if you are on b7 and want to get back to as "pure" of a Captivate ROM as possible, then yes, b8 is very worthwhile. If you are on b6, you can flash over the latest kernel and add a few components yourself and pretty much be at the equivalent of b8 without having to go through the hassle of redoing your ROM. It's really a matter of preference.
[Captivate Android Development] rajendra82:
I agree with this. In fact you won't even have to flash the JI6/JJ4 modem. The b6 version already had one of those two modems already. Just flash the new kernel (you can do it without disabling voodoo between flashes), and you will be effectively at b8, without having to go through a wipe/restore cycle. I do like the AppWidgetPicker that was added in b7, as it groups the widgets list in a logical manner. You can add that separately yourself. Same is true for the Gingerbread keyboard.
[Captivate Android Development] loraque:
Is your SSID by chance not broadcast?
[Captivate Android Development] theMaDHakkeR:
Hey guys,

Got a quick question. When i flashed Cogb7 from Rogers stock i got a nice designgears boot up screen and then the cog bootup screen. Now after flashing to B8 (I flashed to JF6 Stock before flashing to B8) i get the nasty ATT Logo and then the Cog Logo. How can i get the design gears logo at the first boot screen like i had in cog7. I now its there for a second when the phone boots up, but i hate ATT and that logo makes me want to vomit when i see it.

Regards.
[Captivate Android Development] pinoymutt:
One thing that you may want to try is a utility like Y5-Battery Saver (free in the market). It actually automatically enables and disables WiFi for remembered locations so that you don't have to remember to manually turn the wifi on and off when you go out. I haven't had any issues with that bug you mentioned above when using the utility (I did see it time to time on b6 when I manually enabled and re-enabled wifi).
[Captivate Android Development] tkienzle:
Question how would i pack this up and use it with Heimdall?
[Captivate Android Development] Archpope:
Not only did I not flash to stock, I also forgot to disable Voodoo (coming from 2.3b6). It still worked perfectly. This one seems rock-solid, and much snappier than b6, which had a lot of FC's for me, even on Angry Birds! Unless I find a huge problem I can't live with, I'll probably keep this one until Gingerbread.
[Captivate Android Development] pinoymutt:
I personally saw a lot of the FC's end after applying the latest Voodoo kernel on b6, so I think that's where a lot of improvement came from -- and since it's included in b8 it's all gravy :D
[Captivate Android Development] salazar44:
if im going from 2.3b7 to 2.3b8, how do i disable voodoo?

also, i want to make sure that i dont have to re-install all my apps.

i have titanium backup but again... not sure how to do a proper backup so that I can restore the apps and user data properly into a new rom.

thanks guys.. noobish here!
[Captivate Android Development] theMaDHakkeR:
I think i figured this out. Looks like the ATT screen is there because its running stock kernel + voodoo. The Cogkernel 2 on B7 had the designgears boot screen before showing the cog boot screen. The one on b8 shows ATT at boot. That sucks but runs stable and fast.
[Captivate Android Development] s44:
You don't need to disable Voodoo (both are Voodoo5 kernels), or in fact install the whole new ROM -- only the kernel and modem are changed.

Just install the first linked package here.
[Captivate Android Development] theMaDHakkeR:
Can someone just confirm that CogB8 bring back the ATT screen at boot? I just wanna make sure i didnt bork anything.
[Captivate Android Development] kid320:
I tried installing B7 last week and had some trouble with some apps force closing on me. I didn't try to fix this, as bluetooth static is a dealbreaker for me. So, I decided to go back to stock until a fix for the bluetooth came out.

Now that B8 is out and the bluetooth is resolved, I would like to figure out what I was doing wrong to cause the force closes. Hopefully someone can help me out.

Here are the steps I took:

*I was flashing from a rooted version (stock) of Eclair*

1) I backed everything up via Titanium Backup's batch "Backup All User Apps and System Data"

2) I flashed to Cognition B7 using ROM Manager/Clockwork

3) After flashing, things were working great for a day, but I (obviously) didn't have anybody in my contact's list or any text messages in my archive. So, I restored everything with Titanium Backup via it's batch "Restore All Apps with Data" (The second time around, I tried "Restore Missing Apps and All System Data")

4) Once Titanium Backup finished, I restarted the phone. This is where the troubles started. I would constantly get a force close on "com.android.phone". I would also get a force close on "com.android.bluetooth".

These errors obviously occured because of something I was restoring with Titanium Backup, but I couldn't narrow down what was causing it. I guess it is because I attempted to restore SYSTEM apps and data. Yet, I am not sure how to get around this, because I find it necessary to restore the system data so I can retrieve my contacts, text messages, wifi network profiles, etc. Perhaps I am just being nieve here. Am I capable of restoring these items via Titanium Backup, or should I just tolerate losing all of these items?

Also, has anybody tried using Cognition with the Kies software for sync'ing Outlook Contacts and Calendar data? As it is right now, Kies does not want to connect unless I am on the TWLauncher Home Screen. Has anybody found a better alternative to this software? I don't want to filter everything through gmail.

TLDR: What do I want to tell Titanium Backup to backup? What do I want to tell Titanium Backup to restore? What things DON'T I want Titanium Backup to restore in order to prevent FC's on com.android.phone and com.android.bluetooth? Also, does Cognition work with Kies to sync Outlook contacts/calendar?
[Captivate Android Development] cappysw10:
Ugh, getting the sleep death on B8.
[Captivate Android Development] theMaDHakkeR:
Your problem is that your restoring 2.1 system components into 2.2 and its causing your phone to shoot itself in the face.

Do a batch backup of all apps and data, but when you restore with Titanium make sure that your restoring only apps like whatsapp, and things like that, including data. You dont want to restore system application starting with com.google and things of that nature because thats where the fun begins. Someone mentioned its usually safe to restore things highlighted in green....

As for the other guy, to diable Voodoo in Cocb7 you can just go into Voodoo Edition Clockwork and disable it from there, or just place a folder in the Voodoo folder and name it disable lagfix, and reboot the phone. However there is no need to really disable voodoo on these roms, you can flash with voodoo enabled just fine.

Now if someone can tell me if Cogb8 brings the ATT splash screen back and that its normal to see it on boot in B8 that would be great. I just wanna make sure that i didnt mess something up. In Cogb7 with Cogkenel 2 the ATT screen on boot was replaced with a nice designgears logo, now in B8 its gone...
[Captivate Android Development] drd.sngn:
This thread should help to explain what happened.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849789

DG reverted back to a captivate kernel instead continuing the i9000 based kernel.
[Captivate Android Development] zelendel:
Here is your problem...1) I backed everything up via Titanium Backup's batch "Backup All User Apps and System Data"

Only back up and restore user apps and data
[Captivate Android Development] s44:
Actually I like saving and restoring data for the keyboards as well.
[Captivate Android Development] theMaDHakkeR:
THANK YOU!

I saw this thread and i was sure its because B8 went back to stock Cappy Kernel. I needed to be sure i didnt fudge something up, because it was my first time restoring back to JF6 and flashing again.
[Captivate Android Development] rob989_69:
Interesting, mine is definately NOT doinng that. Screen does come on, but times out according to screen settings.
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
The screen turning on has nothing to do with backlight notification. Nothing. That is default behavior and I think might be enabled/disabled per application but I don't really know. But if you don't want backlights, no need to upgrade to this.
[Captivate Android Development] newter55:
Love it when a new update comes out and we have to hear all the same questions over again because "i don't have time to read through the thread"

Sorry for wasting more space just frustrating for those who do keep up to have to read

Sent from my cog'd captivate using not force closing anymore XDA app
[Captivate Android Development] rob989_69:
Normally I'd agree, but with almost 300 pages to go through it is rather tedious. Although if it's in the FAQ's there is no reason to post it.
[Captivate Android Development] bardroid:
As bigdaddy4u said "take out the battery - put it in - hold "ONLY" the volume down button and plug in the usb - Download mode..."

I had this exact problem, same screen on a borked Odin (had wrong drivers installed). Take out battery, extra sdcard, and sim. Put in only battery. Make sure usb cable plugged into powered up computer (rear port). Make sure correct usb drivers installed. Fire up Odin one click. Hold volume down button on phone, carefully plug in usb cable to phone -> boom download mode. Do your Odin thing. If that don't work try your quoted link's method for download mode. I got into download mode doing that but it took me a while to get the exact timing right when to release power button. If that don't work your hosed. Haven't seen that yet, but there is always the first time.
[Captivate Android Development] WheresWaldo:
You're seeing stuff.

Just remember that ATINM's (C I spelt it rite) kernel is installed with stock recovery and must be placed in the /sdroot directory and must be named update.zip in order for it to flash properly.

Stock recovery = YES

ROM Manager = NO
[Captivate Android Development] ranova:
right, since these arent signed, and its not worth trouble signing them, you have to use ROM Manager to flash any of the updates from design
[Captivate Android Development] Roxy:
Hmm on atinm's thread, it says to flash using stock recovery for his kernel though @_@
[Captivate Android Development] WheresWaldo:
Change your profile settings to display more posts per page. This thread is only 57 pages for me.
[Captivate Android Development] ranova:
Maybe atinm signs his? not sure!

The kernel released by design is a modified version of atnm's kernel, so I think there is that difference.
[Captivate Android Development] WheresWaldo:
FR, please don't get distracted by words. DG's updates are ROM MANAGER flashed. ATINM and others use the stock recovery, so since you are leaving 2.1.5 intact and only changing the part that belongs to ATINM then you must flash that kernel (1.10) with stock recovery and it must be named update.zip and it must be in the /sdroot subdirectory.

Linky >> http://bit.ly/btshWs

QR thingy >>View attachment 411478
[Captivate Android Development] WheresWaldo:
Uh, where did you read that?

It's not in the FAQ!

It's not on the download page!

I am not even sure it is in this 2855 post thread!
[Captivate Android Development] ranova:
My mistake, its not the kernel that was modified, but the package was (with all of the cognitions additions)
[Captivate Android Development] rob989_69:
Still Almost 3000 posts no matter how you look at it.
[Captivate Android Development] Roxy:
Hmm well... I updated the kernel through stock recovery ( too late ) :( and I haven't seen anything not working... yet.
[Captivate Android Development] Roxy:
Okay phew. I thought I messed up.
[Captivate Android Development] leets4uc3:
i just got the 2.2 beta and its great but my clockworkmod is not working. lagfix is not on as a matter of fact it is not working either. anyone else have this problem? can you help me? i really want the hsupa kernel but i cant flash it!!!!
[Captivate Android Development] Neckrobeard:
Just installed the latest 2.2 version and lag fixed. Works awesome, thank you.
[Captivate Android Development] sifulee:
Cognition v2.2 installed with no issues :D! However is there a way to get Media Hub back?
[Captivate Android Development] ajayendra:
Damnitt!...Why I am having this issue, repeated the install like 3 times.

This is what I did:

1. JF6 one click odin

2. Master Wipe

3. One click root

4. Signed in- installed ROM Manager

5. Installed Cog 2.2 beta

Every time I use market to install something, the file downloads and then goes for installing and the phone soft reboots, both on WiFi and 3G. (also, both with and without applying Lagfix)

Any ideas?

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] magicman0:
Hi dg,

First off, thanks for the great ROM!

I have a question. To get ads back, is it safe to just delete the hosts file(assuming thats how the ad blocking is done)?

Im asking this since I'm a developer. I don't mind ad blocking, but I have to test my application on my only working android phone, and I need a way to see if the ads are working.
[Captivate Android Development] bettingpython:
Please read closer. Clockwork mod did not release an update that works a kernel was released that allows clockwork mod to work. You have to do a kernel swap not install an updated application.
[Captivate Android Development] Kov695:
Are you using the exchange/corporate?

It sends a sig when composing an email on my phone, but nothing for forward/reply
[Captivate Android Development] johnyhoffman:
Is there no landscape mode for the TW dialer? Just asking because car home is great except when using the phone.apk button. Everything else has a landscape mode of some kind.

Dropped w/ my Samsung Captivate using TapaTalk Pro
[Captivate Android Development] xfernand:
This is what you are looking for:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804226
[Captivate Android Development] Tinyguy:
Works perfectly but I can't take any videos...
[Captivate Android Development] newter55:
Just tried with my win7 x64 and after it said installing drivers...it connected fine but did take a minute or two after that for internet access to become available

Cog 5.5

Edit...tried again and connected within about fifteen seconds
[Captivate Android Development] newter55:
I played with 2.1.7 for a few days and found that battery life for me was poor though that could have been due to freq/volt tables I was messing with...i did not use oc but was trying to uv to no avail as far as extending battery life
[Captivate Android Development] cruiserbax:
Alright, currently running an application level I/O benchmark script. I am starting a new thread for it (dev or general section?) this bench is no laughing matter, it is a monster. I figured if there is a weakness in I/O that a lagfix would improve upon it would not be detectable through a standard disk I/O test. SO now this script is benching away and will be for some time. It stresses at the application level, it creates a environment where several processes are working on different things at the same time using several mixed mode I/O streams I.E the same way that applications like email or the market would use I/O streams rather then testing the direct read/write of the FS. anyways look for the new thread once I decide where to put it.
[Captivate Android Development] newter55:
Thanks cruiser...perhaps that will eliminate the constant postings here and you can develop some real data
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Sorry off topic but just wanna warn people about wirefly return experience . Buy through at&t no matter how much you save :

"I got my wifes through wirefly for $69 on contact extension. Well it was one that the 3 button combo was broke and yep I bricked it. Well saving money going through another company is not worth the savings. I called at&t and there cool about it , because its under the 30 days they actually said they will replace it but with a refurbished one , they said I had to call wirefly to get a new one. Well wirefly sucks donkey balls and no one speaks english. They said it would take 7 to 10 days just to inspect it to ship another one out or pay another $69 + $200 guarantee deposit ( all would eventuality be refunded ) I said hell no I'll send it back I want a full refund and I'll go spend the extra money at at&t . Never again. I bought mine through at&t and had to get a replacement already. No questions asked , brand new phone in and out within 30 minutes.

My opinion spend the extra money at at&t store or at least bestbuy ( heard some bestbuy techs will give you a hard time returning a bricked phone though saying you tried hacking it ) walmart probaly not bad they take back anything lol don't know about phones though.

So my personal opinion and now experience at&t for the win. No hassle , no question 30 day exchange policy and no waiting for replacement. Because I bought through wirefly I still have to wait till they receive the broken phone then off to at&t. I won't trust another place no matter how much I save.

Side note about unlimited plan. Buying through wirefly they screwed up my wifes unlimited data plan, even though they said they wouldn't. I was able to call at&t though and the guy fixed it for me and switched it back to unlimited."

Sent from my Cognition v2.2 BETA 5.5 Froyo | RyanZA's OCLF and Screaming Fast
[Captivate Android Development] MrByte:
OK. Finally made the effort to install Cog 2.2 5.5. Once click and that was it!

I didn't do any remove/master clear/etc before, just flashed over my leaked 2.2 and all was fine.

I am not experiencing any lag issues (so far).

Restored all my apps via TiBa and configured rest of settings.

All seems to be working fine except for 2 things:

1) GPS doesn't seem to be any better. Will try the Jupiter fix.

2) Exchange e-mail.... I did set up the account and for some reason I get connection error. I removed it and entered all again carefully, same result.... just doesn't connect. Any ideas what else I can try? I setup a n IMAP account for another e-mail on the same app and all seems ok with that.

Also, the e-mail app has some issues separating my "personalities".... ie, the "Your Name" is shared between accounts.... same as Signature. Kind of lame, because I'd like them different for each account....

DG..again, well done! I already had sent a donation, but more is in store soon :)
[Captivate Android Development] cruiserbax:
[New thread for "lagfix" stuff]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8574066#post8574066