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[Captivate General] ssongpol:
Same goes for me but I just returned it and bought an iPhone 4 yesterday since I have got my C(r)appy for less than 2 weeks. I think I will stick with iPhone for time being until other makers like HTC or Motorola release their high-end Android phones to AT&T..

Don't get me wrong my friends, I really love Android but the hell support I have got from Samsung and their slowly response to the issue (and not even fix it) are no way in hell I can accept. I don't think I will ever come back to Samsung product again.

Now I'm glad that I decided to buy Sony TV instead of Samsung. If similar things go on with TV, that would be hell to carry TV to return. :mad:
[Captivate General] ph00ny:
lol you wouldn't believe what sony did to their TV customers

They even had the guts to try to charge their customers for fixing their defective TVs (google sony tv lawsuit)
[Captivate General] Krad:
WOW... all you had to do was wait a few hours for a raw fresh dump with the JH7 to have the issues resolved..... The battery life is way better, and the gps is now working properly....

Hate to say it.. but the iphone was built for people who don't know how to configure or use a universal remote. I truly believe android is for people with above average intelligence. Don't flame me about it. hope you enjoy your Iphone and thanks for keeping the american economy going.
[Captivate General] ssongpol:
Really? I didn't know that. Anyway from my own experience, at least Sony's products are more reliable in term of durability than Samsung. Hopefully I won't have anything wrong with my TV since it's a chance to get a defective item from manufacturer though. :o

For the GPS issue in Cappy, I doubt that it is actually a software defect or hardware one. I have been on the beta JH7 and also tried to install I9000 Froyo and got to see that GPS worked better but still far from what I call "working properly". To me this problem doesn't seem to be a problem in software only. I'm not going to go back and forth just to get the one with working GPS.

Seriously, I will come back to Android phone again but surely not with Samsung phone. I hate to say this but I have never had any good experience with their products at all.
[Captivate General] ph00ny:
hey now. My universal remote is harder to tweak and modify than my phone (harmony one)
[Captivate General] Hurricane Andrew:
After my experience yesterday, where the update failed, but still now shows the updated kernel and the JH7 Baseband version, I received another update notification. I attempted to install this update, but upon reboot, it never got past the "Preparing" stage and failed. Very strange...
[Captivate General] wuxingwarrior3:
Agreed, how fickle are we to abandon ship when the slightest things go awry. I've converted to the Captivate after 3 years with the iPhone and swearing never to own a Samsung phone, and I've never been happier. Sure the GPS has issues, but at least your not going to hang up/mute/conference call someone else while talking to someone. The proximity sensor issue with the iphone, along with the crappy antenna is more than enough reason to stay away from iPhone 4. The development for android is amazing and the software allows its users to do so much more. If you like to have your testicles death gripped by apple then be my guest and switch. I prefer freedom of choice
[Captivate General] kevrocks:
In the instructions, it says to remove the SIM card in step 1. Then, in step 6, it says to select Check for Update, instead of Resume Update. Do you think it (removing the SIM card before running a "Check for Update") would work only if my phone is provisioned to get the update?
[Captivate General] bigdoug2005:
I checked around 1pm and it didn't find anything. I am stock with root.
[Captivate General] joeybear23:
Maybe...

I am curious as to how close this push of JH7 is to the JH7 leak.

The push is 6.5 MB (12 MB stated size minus 5.5 for QO) and the leak is 274 MB...

JF6 ROM: 272 MB

JH7 ROM: 274 MB

JH7 from AT&T Push: 6.5 MB

interesting...
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
When I flashed the leaked JH7, I had problems gettin some aspects of root to function (Side-loading I believe). I even tried flashing bck to JF6 using one-click and had no luck being "approved" for the update. Patience, I guess.
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
However, since the QO is already in the market, are you sure the OTA includes it? Could just link it. Why create another download if it is already in the Market. Make the Market handle that traffic.

I love how we can spend just HOURS speculating every minute, fairly insignificant detail. Could just wait. But where's the fun in that?
[Captivate General] travisryans:
My guess is they don't want the update getting interrupted by a phone call, text etc. I have a few hours till I can check but will update once I am able to search for it.

EDIT: Searching for the update w/out a sim does not work. Tried inserting the sim, rebooted and still no update found. I agree with a post down further that there is something missing from the instructions. A download from your pc may be required. Will try again in 24 hrs... :(
[Captivate General] iceman4357:
Its interesting that everyone has different wait times. I saw 5 hrs, 10, and mine is 24. Wonder if that has any relation to how it will be released.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Nah, it just means we all check for updates at different times.
[Captivate General] mmarquis:
Instructions seem incomplete. They say to remove the SIM and attach a USB cable, but they don't say what to do with the USB cable on the PC end.

Also, if you remove the SIM how do you get on the phone network?
[Captivate General] tnt533:
I just checked and it just stated no update available but didn't give me a time to wait until I can check again.

I'm on rooted stock.
[Captivate General] joeybear23:
It won't tell you until you actually try again.
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Oi! Guys, completing these steps does not constitute receiving the upgrade. It is dependant upon AT&T flagging you as ready for the upgrade. At this point there is nothing you can do to force it along, no OTA, no Kies, nothing. All you can do is try again everyday. there are no steps missing, you are just not eligible at the moment.

Happy waiting!
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Just tried, not available. :mad:

Booooooo

Added: Stock, rooted
[Captivate General] Phlip00ws6:
All you gotta do to get the ability to recheck for an update is change your calender to a later date.. :-P
[Captivate General] MikalCarbine:
Has anyone done this from the stock rooted rom? What happens
[Captivate General] bluetoothless:
Last night, and 24 hours later when allowed I received the following message both times; "Your device is unable to communicate with the server"

It can communicate every other time before OTA was available despite being rooted and using leaked JH7 ROM.

Any ideas? Server too busy?
[Captivate General] labbu63:
it seems that this only fixes the smaller issues like exchange support and media scanning time maybe GPS fix will be pushed with froyo you never know
[Captivate General] emuneee:
I got the same error message for the past couple weeks, nothing to see here.

You guys seem REALLY eager for this minor update lol. Your better off waiting for the notification and focusing on more important aspects of life...lol...that or just download the I897UCJH7 firmware in the development forum.
[Captivate General] tiger4j:
Froyo might be a while. I wouldnt think they would go through all of this if it was right around the corner. Cant remember who it was (think in the OC thread), said their brother works for att and that it likely would not be before the first of Dec. :( sounds bout right for att but i hope not. Just recently got 5.0 update for BB Bold 9000 about half a year after other carriers pushed it out.
[Captivate General] emuneee:
Also to get around the 24 hour update limit check...just set your date a day ahead and wala you can check for an update. Keep moving the date ahead one day to get around the limiter...lol
[Captivate General] pside15:
My update failed at 100% as well.

I am rooted with bloatware removed and circle battery mod. My baseband shows JH7 and my GPS works better than it did before. Locks on in just a few seconds. How do you tell how many sats you are locked onto?

I am assuming that I did get the update eventhough it failed. When I go to software update it says no firmware.
[Captivate General] Krad:
i got two of those.... and they are a snap.

My wife is of the iphone type... so i have to configure alot of 1 button combos to get everything working perfectly for her... She has zero patience... thank god there is a help button on those remotes to fix when she doesn't point the remote in the right direction.
[Captivate General] tnayrbj:
not sure if I want too

my update failed at 50% like I posted and the firmware is correct, but I still have USB tethering capability.

I think I will wait for 2.2 before I try this again, I don't use it alot as a modem but I may need to sometime. I got 3.89 down and .25 up

I will stay with what I have for now.
[Captivate General] avgjoegeek:
LOL - yes.. but the iPhone (sans antennae issue) works out of the box - no tweaking, rom flashing, bricking, reading on XDA for hours at a time. Oh.. and GPS works too.

I'd say the iPhone is for people who don't want to have to worry about tweaking their phone - they just have to activate, add their apps and it works.

Whereas I've had my C(r)aptivate for a little over a week - and I have already had to tweak, flash, backup, read read read, kill the chicken in moonlight whilst naked, and pray to the Android gods that the phone will work as intended. And now I have a half baked hacked device with GPS that "possibly" works.

I love the phone - but not the mess Samsung/AT&T have put me in. I don't mind tweaking - but when I hear people going back to iPhone (since it's really the only other high end choice with AT&T) I don't blame them. I have better things to do then sit there in front of my computer and try and keep polishing this turd of a phone.

But... I'm a tweaker by nature - and I keep praying to the Android gods that this mystical "Froyo" that is going to be the magic voodoo that makes all devices cognizant and self aware will fix all. ;)

Oh.. and the only thing "flashing" the time on any device in my house... is the stupid coffee maker because my wife keeps unplugging it and I'm too lazy to keep re-programming the damn thing at 6a.m. in the morning :D

/rant over....
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
OOOOO!!!! I wanna rant.....

If 2.2 was never mentioned, would you still hate 2.1? I hear lots of people complaining about wanting 2.2 or returning phones if they don't get 2.2 soon.....really?!??. I understand, but with 2.1 it's still a badass phone.

If you want a good, techy-ish kinda phone, I see you have 2 options:

You can wait, get a phone running hardware and software that are decent, maybe new even, but not "cutting edge" -or-

You can jump on board with something very new, very cutting edge, but not quite primed for average users.

You can look at the captivate now as a phone that Samsung said "here, we have this phone, we've finished the hardware, and its nice; however, we're still working on the software. We got a few more bugs to work out. But we are more than happy to sell it to you now if you can handle that. or you can wait."

I will always be flashing and tweaking and breaking and fixing, so I want cutting edge. With as quickly as thins become old, If you want NO BUGS, you need to wait 3-6 months and I'm sure Samsung will still sell you a captivate with less bugs running on "run of the mill" hardware and software.

Which side of the curve are you on? I personally would take Beta phones all day long. No fun if its already perfect!
[Captivate General] TechMizer:
I don't think I did this step. Maybe that is your issue? ;)
[Captivate General] avgjoegeek:
But but but, I want my froyo cake and eat it too!!

I will keep tweaking and killing them chickens and hope for the best :-)
[Captivate General] devonr:
Hear! Hear!! I second avgjoegeek!
[Captivate General] ph00ny:
I didn't tweak anything outside of few application installations (maybe 30) and the phone is truly enjoyable
[Captivate General] ph00ny:
did you tweak channel icons for all your favorites?

It took forever to get my remote to way i wanted. Besides having ridiculous amount of devices didn't help either

tv, av receiver, hd-dvd, dvd, cable box w/dvr, hdmi switch, 360, etc
[Captivate General] Terry S:
Okay so I have done nothing to my phone other than download apps from the market. I have not rooted or sideloaded or lag fixed or whatever.. wouldn't know how. I also have a brand new sim if that matters or not.

I am getting a message a few minutes after I check for updates that says "Connection Failed, Unable to connect to the AT&T servers". Any idea why this is happening? As I said, I have not done anything to the phone other than download stuff from the market.

I have done this the last 2 days and the same thing happend both times. I don't want to change the date on my phone so i waited the 24 hours. Also as a side note.. I have checked for software updates 2 other times prior to this just for giggles. Once about a week or so after I got the phone and I got a message that said no updates and than again a few weeks ago and it did the same thing it did yesterday and today.. the connection failed message.
[Captivate General] jcabibi:
I made sure the screen didn't time out and it downloaded, but still install failed after download... Hope this helps.
[Captivate General] hexum311:
HAHA this post is great!

You know I cheaped out and got the Captivate instead of switching to Verizon and getting the Droid X like I really wanted. It just seems like if you really want to go Android, the X is the top of the line Android phone. But man Verizon was about $40 more a month so I decided to try the Captivate first. Had to get away from my old iphone until they fire Steve (Control Freak) Jobs again!

My coworkers Droid X just works. No GPS issues no update issues with 2.2 yesterday and man am I jealous. I actually think the Captivate screen is better but the Droid X seems way faster and did I mention that everything works. It actually feels more high quality than the cheap squeaking plastic of the Captivate.

Not to get into the whole debate but I would pay the money to get out of ATT instead of going back to the iphone though. Apple has the opportunity to make great products and be great to their customers but they continually piss on them. Android phones are now on every carrier with multiple styles and sizes to choose from and Apple now has one outdated phone on one carrier. Watch out!
[Captivate General] jcabibi:
First things first:

Rooted

Rom Manager

Ryan's OCLF

Overclocked

Baseband: JH7

Stock Kernal

Now that the dirty talk is out of the way... I have download the update but it failed upon install like many others in this thread. But as you can see I have JH7. That being said I took a test drive to see if I noticed a difference in GPS.

Here are my findings:

Initial GPS signal was aquired within 20 seconds inside my garage. I drove on the interstate and purposely entered and exited ramps that would potentially confuse the GPS. It was dead on accurate!

The update did not install the new youtube widget nor the QuickOffice app (not an issue IMO). I don't use exchange so I can't comment on that topic.

Bottom Line:

The beauty of the Android OS is that it is open source and the posibilities are endless (within reason). My captivate is crazy fast after the tweaks listed above:D If you are one to run stock, so be it. But, you are missing the point. Owning a Android phone is like owning a house... There will always be improvements to make and many mistakes made. In the end its the joy of a DIY job that is done well.
[Captivate General] joedoe:
Updated the device successfully but ...

Updated the device successfully but now after each reboot is shows the message "Congratulations ..." and I cannot connect to PC using USB anymore

P.S. The USB problem is fixed: it turned out no option were set in the USB Configuration.
[Captivate General] hexum311:
I kinda agree. I am a Java/ Linux guy, but most people could care less and they expect all of a products features to work when they buy it. :)

I agree with the above post. I don't want to spend hours trying to get my phone to work the way I want it to. I would rather spend my time writing new Java apps for it.

Having said that. I would take my Captivate over an iPhone anyday.
[Captivate General] boborone:
Agree with both of you. But I like to take things slow with my phone. I do upgrades as I need em, not all at once. Seen alot of people on here buy the phone, then immediacy root and start flashing roms. Why do that? It was cool that there were all the ways to root + bloat + lag + ect. Wasn't for me. I got a simple root, enabled side load, installed pre8. Keeps the phone fresh for me. I can still pick up my year and half old fuze and have fun with it.

I'm am old programmer, fortran to c++. Never got on the linux train. Still learning baseband, kernal, build, ect. So just doing one bit at a time in my spare time is fun for me.

Going on with house analogy. It seems like alot of people don't get why someone wouldn't change the furniture in a furnished house when that's the color they would've gotten anyways. Then you get the few that complain that there's furniture in the house and would rather it be empty when they move in. I'm here on this forum gathering decorating ideas and helping out with color choices when I can.

Wow that took a limp wristed turn.

Idk just my humble thoughts

From a phone on an app
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
I decided to flash the rom designgears posted and I have to say........at least for me......GPS is nearly flawless now. While driving on the highway through downtown it use to put me on side streets whenever I would test it. I drove out of town today and it was perfect while in the boonies and never flinched in town. GPS for me is one of those things that's nice to have but not a necessity. I grew up on maps made from paper (whens the last time anyone bought one of those). I can read Google without GPS (they still make street signs, can you believe it!). GPS is more of a cool factor for me.

Exchange......haven't been in the office much to test, but it's still working.

Performance.....haven't noticed anything special. I'm not sure why, but I was never one for you tube, but the new widget design has got me watching more of it. Especially love the HQ button on screen rather than buried in the menu.

This phone may not be for everyone, but it is definitely for me. Now if only it had Modern Warfare.....heehee
[Captivate General] robertoaste:
Hy, I have my captivate Unlocked.

I was rooted and with lag fix, I removed both of them to run the update but when I tried keeps telling me that ""can't conect with at&t servers"

Can enyone tell me if this is because Im unlocked? ho can I intall the update.

Thanks.
[Captivate General] Kubernetes:
To everyone who has successfully updated via OTA, please please please take two minutes of your time and answer the survey here:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=790734

It may all be for naught, but it would be a great help to the entire Captivate community if we can find out some sort of commonality among people who managed to update successfully. It could very well be the case that AT&T and Samsung have no clue why the update failed. Everyone does different things to his phone, so the variables that AT&T and Samsung are dealing with enormous and there's no way for them to know what any particular individual has done.

So please answer the survey so we can build up some data on this! Thanks!
[Captivate General] sleeper119:
mine says congrats everytime too. anyway to fix this? i'm sure its not gonna hurt anything but it sure is annoying.
[Captivate General] gilmorej:
Mine stopped saying "Congratulations" after a few reboots.
[Captivate General] compuguy1088:
These types of issues are why i'm seriously considering sticking with my rodgers HTC magic on at&t for now....
[Captivate General] ph00ny:
Great timing because

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/23/editorial-the-dark-side-of-android-hacking/

hahahah. Maybe someone should try the same trick on our phones and maybe the bricked phones are having the same issue as the one in the article
[Captivate General] smyrnasurfin:
I installed LauncherPro, held the Home button and that brought up a box with 6 options, Contacts, Home Switcher, Voice Search, Messanging, Browser, and Settings. Can't seem to find Activities. I have a stock Samsung Captivate that I just installed the OTA on. GPS doesn't seem to find me standing stationary in the parking lot, puts my about 200feet into the road and kinda keeps jumping around. I wanted to look at my LbsTestMode settings which I can't get to the old way using dialer. What is this nob missing with LauncherPro that I need to do to get into LbsTestMode?

Thanks
[Captivate General] bigdoug2005:
Press Menu>Add>Shortcuts>Activities then scroll down to LbsTestMode

You must have space on the screen to add a shortcut or add will be grayed out
[Captivate General] smyrnasurfin:
Thank you bigdoug, worked like a CHAMP!! I appreciate you reply.
[Captivate General] Krad:
Of course! Didn't help that the one website that has hundreds of them runs out of bandwidth...,

The best thing ever is the button to turn on tv, set to hdmi of ps3, turn on ps3 and go to movie menu..., and then my lutron ir lights dim as my shades go down...,

I have over 150 disney movies on my ps3 for my daughter...

You think my wife could manually do all that without the harmony one? Best device ever!
[Captivate General] ph00ny:
macro function is a huge win
[Captivate General] gremmie:
I downloaded update this morning... got 100% then said update failed... baseband went up to jh7 but build is still at eclair.... im rooted /with sideload and i have super circle installed...

from what ive read i need to uninstall super circle battery... i have the old apk.. but im having trouble going back to that vesion of the framework-res.apk.

Can any one help me? thanks

can i just replace the new framework-res.apk with the old one in update.zip and then reboot

***ANSWER I CAN restore the old battery icon** :) see

208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756627&highlight=restore&page=54

Ok next thing im trying to push my phones date forward to try to re download but it is not working...i rebooted with the new date as well... ive unchecked automatic update.
[Captivate General] veedub1991:
Just had a successful OTA update. It held up a bit at 50% then completed and rebooted to an update successful message. Installed quickoffice and updated youtube. Phone is rooted and sideloading enabled.
[Captivate General] keitht:
Can you or someone post a link that works to restore the circle battery mod back to factory? I want to give this a try.
[Captivate General] sleeper119:
I have rebooted about 5 times. Still there!
[Captivate General] PixelPerfect3:
Ok so OTA update didn't work for me, but I was able to update via Samsung Kies. Everything works fine, but I had to re-root.

Problem is, they installed all that AT&T bloat again and I can't remove it using Titanium Backup like before. Any clues as to how to remove all this crap?
[Captivate General] gremmie:
besides super circle anything else know to make update fail...as i just tried to update again and it failed.
[Captivate General] keitht:
Unless I missed something somewhere, once you fail, it will never succeed despite removing things. If you see otherwise, please let me know.

Some have resorted to flashing an updated ROM but I am not sure I want to take that route because my phone seems to be working fine right now, GPS included. I just hope for a better experience when the Froyo update comes out.
[Captivate General] gremmie:
ehh well thats crappy thought if i removed it waited to redownload it i wold be ok ... guess not