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[Captivate General] wfrandy:
My wife's phone was never overclocked and it developed the random shut down problem about two weeks after she got it. After trying numerous things to fix the problem, some resulting in it working fine again for a few days and then starting random shut downs again, I came to the conclusion that it was definitely a defective hardware problem and had her return and exchange it. The new one is now set up exactly the same as her old one (rooted stock jf6 with the bloatware removed, side loading enabled, and market fixed) and has been running fine, with no shut downs for over two weeks.

I have been in the electronic repair business for over 25 years, and my conclusion is, the only fix is to return it and get it repaired or replaced. Nothing you can do is going to fix your defective hardware.
[Captivate General] ferris2375:
I had my phone for a month and it was flawless, updated to 2.2 beta and started getting random shutdowns. I replaced the phone and the new one doesn't shutdown at all on 2.2. The one I returned would shutdown at least 5-6 times per day. Again only after installing 2.2, on 2.1 it seems ok. Which could be a software issue, or just more strain on the hardware making the problem happen

Personally I think it's just bad hardware. Replace the phone.
[Captivate General] pezx44:
I guess I'll have to see if there's any way of getting the hardware replaced but I don't think I'm going to be able to manage.

I just want to repeat, however, that I have tested this many many times and with numerous iterations of DG's roms as well as stock. I can guarantee a shut down soon after unplugging the phone in the morning, but I have never gotten it when I start playing music (specifically through Grooveshark - I have not tested it with the regular music player). I just think that even if it's a hardware problem, there appears to be a relationship which suggests that a software solution could prevent it (at least given my experience). I just thought it might be helpful information to people who might understand a possible relationship between the two and to see if anybody else can confirm or refute this behavior. If there is any way to trick the phone into thinking it is playing the music without actually playing it, the problem may go away for people who are experiencing it.

If anybody else can refute my observations or back them up, I would be interested to hear. Perhaps if enough people can confirm it, it may be worthwhile to investigate further. If people can refute it, I guess I'll just count myself "lucky" to have only a mildly faulty phone. Either way I'm happy with my phone. I just thought I might be able to help others out.
[Captivate General] dont.panic:
I actually convinced four coworkers to pick up Captivates here (our company policy is with at&t) and my boss' phone (completely stock) would randomly shut-down four or five times a day. I've been around the community since the G1 dev launch and my phone is definitely not stock but has never randomly shutdown.

I finally convinced him to return it and his new one came in today. With this many reports, it is not a user-induced problem.
[Captivate General] bamonkey:
+1 to everything im reading here. i tried a few software and hardware 'fixes' so to say and nothing fixed the issue for long term. sent in for a new captivate #3 yesterday. Im sorry its just got to be a hardware problem, its just to far widespread from what im seeing.

I did want to point out one fear that is starting to cross my mind. i got my 1st one off craigslist which is hilarious because im still covered by warranty. HOWEVER. after the first exchange its then 90 days on a refurb *which begs me to wonder if samsung will still honor the 1 year warranty claim*..anyways.. im really really really hoping that i dont get one that seems to last a while and has this issue start up again....because that will be the last captivate for me...obviously lol
[Captivate General] pingpongboss:
Believe it or not, this has been working for me for a couple of days now

http://androidforums.com/captivate-...hone-shutting-off-randomly-5.html#post1572891
[Captivate General] pezx44:
I called ATT and was told to call Samsung because I don't have an account. They did tell me, however, that they didn't know anything about a bad production run or anything like that or about many exchanges. Of course I take all of that with a grain of salt...

Out of curiosity, to the people that have had the shutdown issue: Did you SIM Unlock your phone? I have and I use a foreign SIM (just trying to see what is in common).

I understand that it seems to be a hardware-based issue, but there really does seem to be a correlation to software as well. If I'm told by Samsung that there was a bad production run, I'll go with it. But until then, I'm the meticulous sort and will continue testing.

I don't want to beat a dead horse though and I don't want to be one of those guys claiming some fanciful fix to something there is no fix for. I'm still doing some testing on my end. So far the music "fix" has worked for me (although I do not see it as a long term solution) and I just wanted to float it because it seems to work consistently (unfortunately you can't prove a negative). I understand, however, that others have claimed fixes that just plain don't work and so if I hear of anybody trying this and it not working for them I'll move along to focus on other possible correlations. Thanks for all the feedback so far!
[Captivate General] ZoinksS2k:
Why are people blaming hardware if it is exclusively a Froyo problem?

I've never OC'ed. Learned my lesson on the Evo 4g.

The power-off problem ONLY happens on Froyo builds

Issue happens with the ODIN-packaged 2.2 and all Cognition 2.2 releases

Inexplicably, I do not have the problem with my current Froyo build based on beta 4. Previous installs of Beta4 did have the problem, just not this one.

Odd behavior on a leaked build does not mean bad hardware. Once again, I NEVER have this problem on Eclair.

There is some combination of software and/or settings that causes this.
[Captivate General] uiskibum:
Blaming the 2.2 builds as the sole culprit is false. I have coworker who has two stock captivates. His had never had an issue, his wife is up to phone #2 and has had power issues on both.
[Captivate General] pezx44:
It is definitely not exclusively Froyo. It has been happening to people (myself included) for a while.

I just got off the phone with Samsung (general customer support then level 2 technical support). I suggest that anybody else have the problem also call them to at least document the issue (888-987-4357 options 1-6-2-4). They said I can send it in for repairs (yeah right - like I can be away from my phone for that long!) but more importantly that they have not heard of this being a widespread problem but that probably just means that people aren't reporting it. I urge others to call in to at least let them have an idea of how widespread (or not) it is.
[Captivate General] bamonkey:
Hmm im pretty sure i just got them yesterday HOWEVER they also sent me to their android support team *wha? really?* pretty much the same level of service but they made sure i was on the newest ota and had me try it for a day and said they would call back after 24 hours to check if the issue persisted.

Why did they tell you to send it in for repairs thou? this is going to be my 3rd and each time they send out the new one FIRST and i rma the bad one back in the box. only reason i havent been so :mad: when i have to go through this process
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
If you bought a new phone from AT&T, the warranty is 1 year. During this one year, you can have the warranty replacement (refurbs) as many time as you want and your warranty stays as the original (counted from the day you purchased your phone).

If you bought a refurb phone from AT&T, the warranty is 90 days.
[Captivate General] pezx44:
If I lived in the states I probably would have pushed for that myself. Unfortunately getting things shipped to/from me where I live costs money plus customs delays so I'm sort of resigned to the fact that I'm stuck with this handset for now. I was hoping I could just bust into an ATT store and get it exchanged but it doesn't look like that's an option. Calling Samsung was more to just document it with them. I'm glad you have had better luck.

3rd you say though? Has it been the same issue with each?
[Droid 2 General] DGalt11:
Does anyone have a link to, or a suggestion as to how, I can use the stock android icons with the themes already posted here (in particular, the Reloaded Remix theme).

The themes are great, but I've always been a much bigger fan of the stock android icons than any of the other icon packs out there.
[Droid 2 General] Natty_lite:
Pull theme from the Droid 1 theme. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788795
[Droid 2 General] DGalt11:
ironically enough, that's exactly what I ended up doing :D
[General Questions and Answers] AndrewSpec:
I need to add a new shell extension for the contacts menu. Google Maps adds there a "Find in Google Maps..." position so I'd like to know how can I do it for my own app. I know it uses a dll file but I don't know what methods should I implement and how that kind of dll file should be made.

Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] frmariam:
Try this...

I found this thread. Hope it helps.

As an alternative you try and contact Hou Ming (the author of File Explorer Extension and many other cool freebies).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junooni.1980:
Can anyone root nexus one FRG38 in Toronto??

please let me know.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junooni.1980:
anyone?? please?
[Captivate General] fly2dm00n:
So this morning I was checking out the new choices in my Froyo leak - rooted Captivate, I clicked on every one of them to see what it is and then I clicked on one that said something like user accounts, well ever since then my phone has been a black screen only displaying the top clock and a no signal bar. What should I do next? Unfortunately Im stuck at work with no programs. So Im wondering what would you do, which Odin should I use? Ill be checkin in cause at least I can do this and plan fixing my phone for later :P
[Captivate General] droidal:
Im guessing you tried pulling the battery?
[Captivate General] fly2dm00n:
sure did :( tried the reboot screen.
[Captivate General] fly2dm00n:
and the other thing, now the phone wont go into sleep mode so my battery is slowly dying too
[Captivate General] designgears:
try to boot into recovery and clear out the cache...
[Captivate General] fly2dm00n:
I did that too and it clears and then i reboot then it goes right back to black screen
[Captivate General] argolfermd:
The same thing happened to me, but I wasn't digging around in the settings. Like previously mentioned, I booted into recovery, and cleared cache/factory wipe, and it booted back fresh. Luckily, I had a Titanium Backup from a few hours before it happened, so I didn't really lose anything.
[Captivate General] atompson:
I had something like this too. Can you get into Download mode and use Odin to return to stock rom? It took me several tries before Odin worked.
[Captivate General] theMaginator:
Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.

I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
[Captivate General] fly2dm00n:
i will try when i get home, im stuck at work unfortunately, at least i know im not the only one, i was also fooling with settings
[Captivate General] fly2dm00n:
thank you :)
[Captivate General] loserskater:
Theres been a few people that have fully bricked their captivates... Including me.

If you got your captivate within the last couple weeks be careful using odin with a froyo kernel. Check the Q&A thread for a post titled "phone-pc something" (Using my phone otherwise I'd provide a link)
[Captivate General] theMaginator:
Well that sucks.
[Captivate General] BigJayDogg3:
I had one. OTA update. And I wasn't the only one. I couldn't even get into download mode.
[Captivate General] The Bishop:
yeah, bricked here too trying to go to Froyo. Sent to Samsung, they fixed it. :)
[Captivate General] DemonWav:
lol its happened to many people, myself included.
[General Questions and Answers] RocknRoLLa2324:
HELP, I have the HTC HD 2 and I installed the Android 2.2 Froyo and my 3G is not working. I tried to connect and discconnect but no luck can anyone tell me how to make my 3G work please I really need the Android Market.
[Captivate General] toawkanavngthded:
Is there a way to have the regular email client show u how many unread emails u have??? When I look at settings under launcher pro it only shows Gmail SMS and phone notifications. Would love to have an email notification =)
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Regular email client does show notifications in the status bar at the top. Pull down and there is a count.
[Captivate General] toawkanavngthded:
thanks. is there a way for that number to appear on the dock?
[Captivate General] MarcianoS:
K-9 has that. It's also a better email client IMHO, especially if you use IMAP folders extensively.
[Captivate General] toawkanavngthded:
hmm seems as if i dont receive emails on k-9.... thanks though.
[Captivate General] orlandoxpolice:
launcher pro also gives you the option for notifications on the dock bar...
[Captivate General] toawkanavngthded:
it gives u the option only for gmail. was wondering for the regular email client... thanks though! still strying to get k-9 to work.... not able to send or receive messages...
[Touch Pro CDMA] simpleminer:
i downloaded the animated .gif folder and installed it in windows 6.1 and it still wont play .gif is there something else i need to do
[Vibrant General] gravis86:
For those (like me) who want to use "Linda" to tell us other things (like texts, missed calls, etc) this is where he got it from.

http://cepstral.com/demos/

Select "Linda" for the voice and "Old Robot" for effect.
[Vibrant General] ScottishGeek:
Thanks I was totally just looking for this!
[Vibrant General] yvyv:
Cool stuff,

How can we get this implement in our vibrants to sepak up texts, missed calls, etc ?

Thank you.
[Vibrant General] darkside79:
Yea that would be pretty cool

Killing Zombies with my Voodoo Vibrant!
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
So how can we use these voices on the vibrant, do we just dl the linux version and place it somewhere in the system folder?
[Vibrant General] ScottishGeek:
I've got it as "Scott, you have a new message" my sms notifications. Sounds cool!
[Vibrant General] yvyv:
Can you share how you accomplished this ?

Thank you.
[Vibrant General] MoWeb:
Create your file and put it on your SD card media/audio/notifications

Then open the messaging app go to settings, notification settings, select ringtone

For Handcent or similar do the same thing.

That's all :)
[Vibrant General] yvyv:
Will try when I get home,

Thank you very much.
[Vibrant General] Qverse:
Great find

This great !!

Thank you ...I been looking for something like this ..

I have a few idea for it ...
[Vibrant General] Lethal_NFS:
This works great!!!! You have to make sure when you preview the voice you hear exactly what you typed. If you hear the ad for you to purchase the program just replay the voice until you only hear what you typed. Then export to desktop. I downloaded a free wav to mp3 converter to convert the wavs to mp3 and ogg.

I used ringdroid to save the mp3's to the proper folders on the phone. My new notifications are:

Gmail "Jimmy, you have mail"

Hotmail "Jimmy, you have hot mail"

Message/sms "Jimmy, you have a message"

Voicemail "Jimmy, you have a voicemail"

Shutdown "Good bye Jimmy, Shut down will begin in five, four, three, two, one, shut down process is complete. Have a nice day"

Here is the link to the free converter. Works very well.

http://download.cnet.com/windows/3055-2140_4-10442362.html?tag=pdl-redir

If you are creating a long shutdown message you can trick the program if you do not use periods. Instead, use a comma so the program will not insert an add in between.

Here is an example of a shutdown sound I made.

http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/76168/Shutdown space

Here is the .ogg file if anyone wants it. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=68AQMREX
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
Sounds sweet, ill use it.
[Vibrant General] darkside79:
how do you save the Linda sounds to the desktop?

I have "Aaron you have a new voice mail"
[Vibrant General] Julianmgn:
hey can somebody show me how to download the voices im using ubuntu lol im fairly new to this plz and thank you
[Vibrant General] Lethal_NFS:
You have to go to file and select "export audio file"
[Vibrant General] Julianmgn:
if i wanted a boot up sound where do i put it and what do i name it
[Vibrant General] Lethal_NFS:
First you will need to download the wav to mp3 converted that I posted in my reply above. After you convert it to a .mp3 you can name it whatever you like. Put the new ringtone on the root of your phone. You can make a new folder called "ringtones" if you like. Now your phone will be able to use that new sound as a notification sound or a ringtone.
[Vibrant General] jmcghee1973:
Bootup sound is PowerOn.wav in system/etc shutdown is shutdown.ogg in the system/media/audio/ui
[Vibrant General] Julianmgn:
For linux u don't need a converter just change the tag but thanks,
[Vibrant General] Julianmgn:
P

Thank you sir exactly what I was looking for
[Vibrant General] JJG2:
Sorry but how do you replace these files?

And I can't see the system file when I connect the phone to my computer.

I can't replace them through file managers..
[Vibrant General] rjwriter78:
That's pretty cool! I'll give it a shot! :-)
[Vibrant General] jmcghee1973:
You have to be rooted and you can use Astro file Manager or Root Explorer from the market to see the system file. You won't see them via the PC.

Super Manager works also.
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
Audacity is also a free audio program that can edit the "register me voice" is you don't want to keep replaying it until it does it right also in audacity you can export the voice to any audio format you want I export it to mp3 for my notification sounds.
[Vibrant General] Julianmgn:
firefox has a plugin called "flashgot" where it lets u download any audio or video files, thats what ive been using to download my audio files
[Vibrant General] Lethal_NFS:
You can change the tag on the PC as well but the phone does not recognize it when you do that.
[Vibrant General] Julianmgn:
Its been working fine for me, its just something I found that worked for me no biggy
[Vibrant General] JJG2:
I can't put the audio file in there, Root Explorer says the directory is Read-Only? How can I change this?

When I press the button "Mount R/W," nothing happens.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insomaniac10:
I'm looking all over the place and i cant find these dimensions. to be clear im talking about the app icons that show on the homescreens, Thanks ahead!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sb777:
Just wondering, I put my username and password in all different kind of roms and android builds, but how do I know someone is not getting my information?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nobnut:
You don't. The Devs are really just harvesting all our personal and bank account details to commit the biggest swindle in history.

The codename for this piece of criminal mischief is project Nand!

Beware. :p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] opius:
OMG is this true?!?! Thanks for the warning! I definitely wont be upgrading to NAND when it is available now!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Ouzo:
Don't laugh, a few months ago I saw someone on here offering to sell credit card details and other personal details at 20 bucks a piece...it might be a valid question. Hope we don't have a reason to worry though!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] HectiQ:
Lol, dont use your phone for money transactions then..

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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nobnut:
I don't want to overstate the obvious but... no, this is not true.

Some folk are just born gullible. HAHA!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] opius:
I am not so sure. Perhaps you are just involved in the conspiracy now? Maybe they paid you off. If you deny it then that just proves it!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rr5678:
Pass that bong over here :p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mattfmartin:
Your retarded
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rr5678:
No no, he's not retarded.

:p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dusdus:
This thread delivers.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Brau0303:
My 2 Cents

Here is something to think about.

when you begin hacking your phone (flashing/rooting/custom roms/emulations/etc) you are exposing yourself to a level of risk, your phone is no longer as secure and could be open to various means of attack. but then in today's world your phone is at risk to some extent when you turn it on because it is connected to the network/wifi/bluetooth/etc so do what you can to keep your private data secure, use your brain to make choices and if you are unsure about something then don't do it, (if you are not comfortable with this then don't use your phone to do finance related transactions) that being said, in my time here I have not become aware of any intentional attempts by the devs to conduct such a scam. this is a mostly self policing community and I know any number of members here that would react very negatively to any attempt at such activity. so that is my 2 cents and take them as you will.

Cheers

BR
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] M_T_M:
We are watching you as you have exposed a highly guarded secret :cool:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rr5678:
DAMNIT!!!! :p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] strongkanebu:
...

Apple is stealing passwords since years !!!

The Password stealing program is calling "itunes" !!!! I'm wondering why nobody knows that !

p.s. sorry for my bad english :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Don001:
Wow people have got some imaginations but it is worth thinking about, we install everything at our own will so if something like this does occur during the line, we only have ourselves to blame but I trust the developers as iIve been using custom roms for a few years now and nothing like this has occurred :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] DarkStone1337:
Oh dear, looks like you found out :(

Time to flee!

Of course that's a joke :p

If you're concerned about your account, thats perfectly fine.

The kernel source is out there so you can inspect it for yourself if there is anything suspicious :)

As for builds, you can check those by mounting the system.ext2 file in a linux O/S and inspecting those files too.

Hope that helps
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Don001:
Yeah that's also a key point although, me included in this, alot of members wont actually understand the kernal source code but we trust the developers, i see you posted the picture on the IRC Log lol
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rajkosto:
all kernel commits are reviewed on submit, and reverted if bad (only markinus and letama can directly commit anyway)

as for builds...use your own :D not that hard to get cm6 nightly and add the libs needed for leo (which you can build yourself from android source)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dblfstr:
Believe me, your Google account is never safe... :confused:

'Project NAND' will soon be the greatest successful conspiracy since the 12 Monkeys