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[Captivate Android Development] RKight:
I'm not digging the modified 3e recovery. It seems to bork things if you accidentally go into recovery with the lagfix enabled. I've dealt with it twice now...but this most recent time wiped my Beautiful Widgets skins and messed up my Wifi. I just recreated my "disable_lagfix" folder and rebooted to see what I can do, but my BW skins are gone and I can't connect to Wifi to re-download the skins. Every time I connect, it immediately disconnects. Also, when I do this, and disable the lagfix, it doesn't do anything when I reboot. It hangs at the at&t screen and I have to pull my battery and reboot. When I reboot, it works the second time. I'll edit this once voodoo is disabled and I find out if I can get my wifi working to download the skins.

Edit: Disabled lagfix and my data partition is gone.

Edit2: Still can't connect to Wifi...it connects and immediately disconnects, even if I choose the "forget" option.

Edit3: Reinstalled Cog to see if it fixes things...now I get to restore everything and reconfigure my phone...yay.

Edit4: No go...still not connecting to Wifi...one-clicking back to JF6 and going from there.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Which ROM did you back up initially in CW. I too was able to reflash earlier non Voddoo versions using the JH7 ROM and reflashing from there.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
INdeed recovery is not to my liking as well. I have copied the data/BW file to my external card and will see if that helps to restore it if I need to go into recovery. I dread having to go into recovery now as it does change things on the phone just by entering recovery.

Pulling the battery is kind of patchwork fix. Mine is running great now 16 hours and 43% left (I turn WiFi and 3G off when I'm not using them) and I forget my extra battery,

I am also wondering what would happen if I installed CW from Rom Manager. I am guessing the stuff ie cleaning data folder and apks. that is happening initially in Recovery has nothing to do with CW.
[Captivate Android Development] david717:
Anyone else checking back and forth between DG's and MikeyMike's threads just to see what the new daily rebuttal is?
[Captivate Android Development] godzulu:
Thanks for this - I dig this keyboard. Has anyone figured out to keep text messages from showing up in call log? Would like to resolve this.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
GPS has been absolutely the SAME for me with every ROM since the first one. GREAT and POOR.

One thing that is making people think its better is because sometimes they have a GREAT run with fast locks and other times its not. The only thing that is consistent is it's INCONSTANCY. That is precisely the issue. However as bad as it is at times it still works for me in that i EVENTUALLY get a good lock but only with a clear view to the sky and it always gets me there.

There are way too many variables. I am nt a big believer in the settings either as i have had good and bad with ALL settings and "fixes" It all depends on where you are using it as well and conditions on and on.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
It seems the disabling of lagfix is problematic. I have posted a couple times about not being able to disable it, and the posts have been totally ignored.

Despite the fact I think this is the best ROM out, I am going to go back to 2.3b2. I had pretty good luck with it.

I had quite a mess on my hands Saturday night after tying to put a framework-res.apk that I built at the UOT site, even though others have been successful, the one I downloaded from them borked the phone.

My reflash is NOT good now.

Old Files

I'll have to wait until I get home to go back, as the link from the WIKI gives 404 for the old files, as others have pointed out earlier in the thread.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Sticking with DG...This last ROM had me going in circles for awhile. I don't want tany more confusion with recovery mode wiping data and other "fixes"
[Captivate Android Development] div3rg3nt:
Already did - it appears you have to disable all location services for it to work, wifi as well, which is more of a pain since its on accessible in the power widget or the notification bar. Not a biggie, just wondering if anyone had a fix.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
LOL I can relate however i saved all the ROMs from 2.3b4 Just in case. I had a hell of a time with this last one as well. Its great but it took awhile to get it stable for me and not being able to reflash on the go is not comfortable.

But I will stick with it until the phone acts up again. Then its back to 2.3b4 until I understand whats going on in recovery mode and and get a decent back up ROM.

2.3b4 and UP is the last ROM I saved
[Captivate Android Development] RKight:
I used MikeyMike01's ROM for a while and the only issue I had at all was people complained about my voice cutting out sometimes on calls. Other than that, it was great. I came back to DG because I need consistent voice calls...but I'm starting to wonder now if I should just install the optimized JJ4 ROM and modify it a bit, keeping voodoo, OC kernels, and i9000 modems out of the mix.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Yeah a little too heady fro me given the short timebetween these ROM drops. It is already a lot to replace all Apps Launcher Pro setups and Contact joining. Don't want to have to piece together different parts of different ROMS (outside of apks and bootanime.

Edit: Come to think of it I need to broaden my horizons after this last experience. I may give that ROM a look see if this ROM fails me again. I was OKay with the 2.4 ROM here which is a Vibrant ROM. I like the idea of setting lag fix in recovery (or not) I am reading the thread now.... Not as many pages LOL
[Captivate Android Development] sparker366:
Its been a known issue that the old files site is down its even stated on the wiki that its down.

Here is 2.3b2 for you http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13104382/Cognitionv2.3b2.zip
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Yep, it has. Even had a self appointed MOD harassing someone who commented about it earlier in this thread saying "Search for it. It is there" . Just confirming that it is still down. And that the link is still in the Wiki.

Thanks for the link to 2.3b2. I'll apply it today then, instead of later tonight form home.

Appreciated.
[Captivate Android Development] sparker366:
Well since I maintain the wiki I decided it was best to leave the link live and make a note in it that its dead. Guess I need to make the text bold stating the link is not working.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
:D May be. Might consider actually taking away the hyperlink too, although leave the text.

Interesting how people focus in on what they are looking for. See a link in the doc for what you are looking for , click on it. :p

Thanks again.

[EDIT]

Hey Sparker...I just went back and looked in the WIKI and at the link I clicked there is nothing saying it is down. I didn't look to see if somewhre else it does. But it is the 7th line down and says: Old Roms can be fond here: then a hyperlinked text of OLD Roms.

Just letting you know just in case you have it somewhere else in the Wiki and missed this one.
[Captivate Android Development] RKight:
Sorry DG...but I'm going back to MikeyMike01's ROM...I'm having way too many issues. I flashed back to JF6 and flashed to the latest Cog, and now I'm having issues with having no signal. I turned airplane mode on, intending to turn if back off and see if the signal issue went away...but I couldn't turn it back off, even after a reboot. The power button menu wouldn't let me select airplane mode, no matter what I did. I have to have a phone I can rely on, even if my voice cuts out from time to time (the only complaints were when I was in my car).
[Captivate Android Development] Ryukeima:
Yes. I have this ROM on my wife's phone because the battery life is better. I have MikeyMike's ROM on my phone because it is freaking speedy (but worse battery life). They are both good for different reasons. But this whole naming convention thing is getting out of hand lol.
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
I assumed CWM works out of the box, but I get recovery(3e) and all I can do is reinstall packages. I already in CWM set the recovery...

Am I doing something wrong with this release? 2.3b6...

THanks
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
I got into that loop as well and had to reflash.....Stock and start over
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
Sounds like a bad flash....
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Modem didn't flash, just start over. Right before you flash the rom, unplug your USB cable. Sometimes it doesn't properly flash with the USB cable plugged in.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
I had the same issue. SIM not recognized which began a domino effect of many re flashes and not being able to reflash on the fly is the one thing that is making me look around at other ROMS or go back to 2.3b4. It is stable now though. I was bidding on Ebay Cappys to use for experimenting. But I am over Samsung...Waiting for an Android with the same features made by a more mobile centric company.

Reading the Mikey ROM thread now.
[Captivate Android Development] RKight:
I'll try it one more time. I have an hour and a half before I have to go to bed...so if Cog doesn't work the next time I flash, I'll have to go back to the other one because I need my phone when I'm away from home. I love your ROMs and I'll definitely try again.

Edit: Can you possibly look into the issue with 3e recovery borking the phone if you don't disable voodoo first? That's a huge issue as far as I'm concerned. If I ever go into CWM recovery away from home and forget to disable voodoo first, my phone is pretty much screwed until I can OC to JF6 and start over. That's not something I want to deal with.
[Captivate Android Development] spyz88:
Am I the only one who is experiencing worse battery life since DG went from the Vibrant base to the Captivate base?
[Captivate Android Development] wilsongis:
I did 2.3b6
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Likely....But I am reading the Mikey Mikes thread now which I believe is based on a Vibrant ROM and people don't have issues with battery and that was one of the reasons DG said he abandoned the ROM..
[Captivate Android Development] TheYar:
With all of the typical GPS/battery/how-do-I-install-this/I've-searched-everywhere-but-can't-find-ODIN discussions, I think these legitimate issues are getting drowned out. Several users, myself included, have reported this, and in my experience this is the buggiest Cog in a long time.

1) No signal after flash - APN settings must be configured manually

2) Airplane mode freezes up while enabling it, and it can't be disabled even after a reboot.

3) Apps like facebook, twitter, and others won't install from the market or won't run or log in properly.

4) Significant, sporadic lag in game apps like City Jumper or Angry Birds that wasn't present before.

Not everyone has these, and some report that reflashing fixes it. I've flashed 236 five times now and have these effects every time (though manually setting up APN fixes the access problem). I've never had a single issue with any previous Cog rom going back to SRE. I feel like there must be some factor here that hasn't been identified. EDIT: I see above the mention of USB cable. I've flashed with and without, but I'll try again and see if I can reproduce something tangible here.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Wow That is what I have been asking for pages now. WHICH ROM should be backed up.....Hmm so disable lagfix and do a Nandroid on 2.3b6 will likely solve my away from home catastrophes?
[Captivate Android Development] rawb123456:
How important is charging the phone fully with prior to flashing rom. I don't have horrible battery life but if I can get a little more out of her I will for sure reflash. Thanks for the reply
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
LOL I feel your pain and agree. This has been the most troublesome ROM for me as well. But i learned more with this ROM than any other. I am ready to venture out and look at some others before settling in on a more stable Cog version.

Mine is stable now and working very well. But I am a little gun shy going forward. I was without my phone completely a couple days ago when i could not reflash without a PC........Shades of iPhone there..:D

I am hoping a Nandroid back up of 2.3b6 will prevent that from happening again.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
If it were not important it would not be mentioned in EVERY post explaining how to flash.
[Captivate Android Development] jmbradd:
flashed from beta 9.3 or whatever to 2.3b6 through clockwork and I think it works great! Love the lack of touchwiz and this thing runs smooth. Great work!

quick aside, what are good 3g speeds? Just want to be sure my system is working properly
[Captivate Android Development] thecellx:
Great ROM

ive been testing 2.3 b6 since last friday and i have to tell you that this rom is great. Believe it or not, i charged my phone last friday, use it all weekend, normal phone calls, angry birds, a lot of XDA and mail... and im charging it again while im writing this message. None of the other roms (i9000, Vibrant or whatever) have this performance on Captivates. So far everything is running perfect, just i little lag on the browser.. but everything else perfect. Thanks DG, second donation comming. PD: I like the new title... and i agree
[Captivate Android Development] Chuckd610:
DG can you have your monitor cleanup the thread again, specifically GPS posts?

Also, for those with no signal on 2.3b6, you can manually flash the JJ4 modem until this is fixed.
[Captivate Android Development] daverup:
Both of these problems are occurring when the modem fails to flash.

Some have fixed it by using Odin to flash just the modem, rather than the total reflash.
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
THat is stupid... Really? Everything seemed working fine and voodoo seemd to be ok. But only part is the recovery...

Can people confirm the Rom 2.3b6 is recovery2e? or 3e hybrid?
[Captivate Android Development] aleadam:
Well, not a deal breaker for now. I'll wait until I screw up the phone a little more :)

Do you notice any real improvement in battery life?
[Captivate Android Development] ifederov:
Update to Froyo Cog

I'm running Cog v2.17 (Unhelpful 1.7) with Voodoo lagfix. I really like the mod. I'd like to tryout the froyo Cog mod. Do I just disable voodoo lagfix and then CWM the froyo mod? Do I need to go back to stock before hand?

Fairly new at this, so just asking for some pointers.

Thanks in advance

Federov
[Captivate Android Development] RKight:
Okay...I flashed without the USB cable connected and it solved my signal issue. However, I disabled the lagfix to install an update zip I have that installs the stock android keyboard (which, for some reason isn't included...and I *hate* the Samsung keyboard) and it took not one but two battery pulls before I got the voice saying it may take a few minutes. I waited almost ten minutes while the phone sat at the at&t screen before giving up. Something isn't right with this ROM. I think it's related to either the modified 3e recovery, or the latest version of voodoo. Either way, I can't use this ROM right now. :(
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
I agree, with the 3e, I just get the signature verification loop... I can't get into the CwM

Scratch that, I guess it wanted to work now... Weird... maybe had to reboot...
[Captivate Android Development] caleb4992:
Are we really getting into a battle of the ROM thread names now? Child games.
[Captivate Android Development] sparker366:
You my friend must be blind. The link takes you to a page that has this text on it and what is in big letters and bold

Old Roms

From Cognition Wiki

Jump to: navigation, search

Old Roms can be found here

Page not found on 11/21

ponack.net/designgears/OLD/

Reference

Maybe I again must change the wording on that page so people that can't understand what page not found means can figure out that the site is down.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
I just spent a few minutes over there.

Going to the link he has in first post giving credit for original rom, it is a I9000 based ROM. Now there may be different info in there about a different one, but I'd think that link / credit should be accurate.

Also, I read there too, like here, some think the battery is great, others say they can watch the needle go down.

Another issue: From what i know of other I9000 ROMS, the Blue Tooth doesn't work well, if at all. I searched that thread for 'Blue Tooth', and it found zero records. Not sure what to make of that.

I'm about to go back to 2.3b2. That is the last one here that was good for me (I didn't try any other later than that except the current 2.3b6).
[Captivate Android Development] jschiefer:
GPS.. Hardware or Software?

I just flashed over to this new rom and I get absolutely nothing for GPS. Yes it is turned on. I got at least the right state with a previous cognition build. Is this a hardware or software problem?
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
I had very bad experience with a nandroid backup. It did not restore as expected at all.

I have a couple posts in here asking if my expectations were wrong, and no replies, so I don't know if you can go by my experience on this or not.

Also, someone said to do a disable lagfix before doing the nandroid, and I can't do that either, and also no responses inquiring about that.

YMMV...but be sure you have good TiBu backup; save SD to PC, etc. BTW...for all I know the other ROMS would have the same problems, as on this ROM was my first attempt to actually restore a nandroid backup.

I'm going back to 2.3b2.
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
Because there has been some discussion over this I decided to disable voodoo to see how it would go. Although I can not guarantee everyone's experience will be the same it disabled with no issues, although it took a while for the voices to kick in. loaded up normal back to rfs. All apps there. Deleted disable lagfix folder, rebooted, voodoo is installed, all is fine.... So far
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Well, I didn't read anything on that page but 404. I could care less about what else it says. 404 means it isn't there, that was all I care about. Don't want to read a book or big red letters on a 404 page.

Seems pretty silly to me to put a link in the Wiki to something that is 404, and is not going to be there.

I was trying to be helpful in my replies, you decide to get personal.

Sheesh!

[EDIT]

I see where the confusion is. In your post I replied to you said:

"Well since I maintain the wiki I decided it was best to leave the link live and make a note in it that its dead. Guess I need to make the text bold stating the link is not working."

Which implied to me that if I had read on the WIKI I would have known to not click on the link. That was where I was saying I saw nothing.

Yes, the link does say "page not found", which takes us right back to what I originally posted about, that is is not found.

I'm done on this topic. You can spew whatever you want. To your posts I was appreciative,l polite, and trying to be helpful, and you seem to feel offended for some reason, and get personal. This is more of a waste of this thread than GPS topics.

Back to normal business.
[Captivate Android Development] Dr. Bogger:
See, I don't have ANY of the problems stated above... this 2.3b6 is the most stable Cog Release thats i've been on yet... Very Fast, Stable, And it has more a sturdy feel to me than any of the other cog releases...
[Captivate Android Development] Dr. Bogger:
I used to flash without charging first, and my battery life kinda sucked, but once i started charging before flashing (make sure you charge with the phone turned off, that is a very important step "PHONE TURNED OFF") i have been getting twice the amount of battery life..
[Captivate Android Development] RKight:
I don't know why I didn't think of this before...but I installed Cog via clockwork and then installed the keyboard update zip before rebooting...so that it would be installed before voodoo was enabled. Hopefully this works. If it does, I'll be fine...as long as I never need to disable the lagfix or go into recovery.
[Captivate Android Development] JOe K.:
I just updated from 2.2 BETA 6 to 2.3b6 and my 3g (data) connection is no longer working. Any ideas why?

Thanks,

JOe K.
[Captivate Android Development] Dr. Bogger:
Is the OLD Roms server back up and running?

Because it is working for me...

http://ponack.net/designgears/OLD/

I went there and it loads just fine for me... no 404... seems to load fine for me?
[Captivate Android Development] skinien:
Hey DG, why did you comment out the title? :p
[Captivate Android Development] sparker366:
Well he must have fixed it as I did pm him and ask about it So now the link on the wiki will take you to a working page now. So there by not removing it from the wiki I don't have to do anything but remove the verbage for page down.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Thanks for that. Good to hear.

I am suspecting that mine had problems for who knows what reason. I am pretty sure that I did not disable lagfix before my last ROM reflash. That was because I couldn't boot to it to do so. I did go back to the JF6 before flashing though, which everyone says no need to disable Voodoo if you do that.
[Captivate Android Development] Dr. Bogger:
Very True :)

I don't understand why people like to argue over stupid crap like to remove the link or not... it's rather pointless, and just makes more work for people... plus clutters up the forum with more useless crap that no-one on here will ever need...
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
For the person asking about 3g connection, this was posted by DG2 pages back
[Captivate Android Development] Chuckd610:
They have a great fix for that on one of the GPS threads. You should check it out right now!
[Captivate Android Development] Chuckd610:
OK.....this is for you non-readers.....IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SIGNAL AFTER FLASHING 2.3B6, MANUALLY FLASH THE JJ4 MODEM. Open Odin, put the JJ4 modem in the phone slot (no need for .PIT), put your phone in download mode, click start. It takes only ten seconds from start to finish.
[Captivate Android Development] jschiefer:
Why don't you just say that you didn't see anyone else having that problem with the new cognition build, you don't have to be a jerk
[Captivate Android Development] RKight:
To be fair, it really shouldn't be an issue to begin with.
[Captivate Android Development] aleadam:
If it's only 3g not working, I think he only needs to add manually the data on settings/wireless and network/mobile networks/access point names

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8984747&postcount=7745
[Captivate Android Development] JOe K.:
Why can't I enter download mode? Everytime I restart the phone and try to get into download mode it says "Step 1" wait a minute or two "Step 2" wait a minute or 2 "This may take a few minutes" boots to 2.2.b6

I can't enter clockwork recovery to flash back to 2.2 BETA 6 so I can do a recent titanium back, SMS backup and then reflash to 2.3b6

Any ideas on why I can't enter download mode?

Thanks,

JOe K.
[Captivate Android Development] Chuckd610:
No it shouldn't, but it is. That's why I posted a temporary solution.
[Captivate Android Development] RockRatt:
Since going from 2.3b4 to b6 I have not had any of the issues seen since b6 update. 3g no issues. Best gps i have ever had. Good battery life though that doesnt matter so much since I bought the extra battery/charger from samsung. No fcs except once so far when rebooted and got a launcherpro fc. Nothing else. So either I am one of the kucky ones or the other lucky ones stopped posting since all the same people post the same things. I am not calling anyone out. Just have learnwd a lot from reading and just messing up my phone and fixing it. Good luck to you all. Lovim b6 DG

Sent from Cappy Cognitioned FroYo 2.3b6
[Captivate Android Development] cappysw10:
Did you disable lagfix before rebooting?