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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HH007:
Hey,

The voice dialing, and voice to txt feature is something I was HEAVILY looking forward to. I saw a video on Youtube for the captivate which showed that the ATT Captivate had the android keyboard with the little mic on the bottom.

It looks like that keyboard is MISSING from the ROGERS Captivate. Now, I don't know how one can get this back. Whether I have to download a custom rom once it comes out, OR just download a keyboard and install it, I am not sure yet.

Also, I am not sure of this - but do I need to root the phone if I want to install a keyboard only? I.E the android keyboard?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmwilker:
get Vlingo from the market. It has a keyboard with voice to text
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigal77:
does it work good? was horrible on my bold 9000
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnevets27:
Pretty sure that voice to txt and voice commands is a froyo feature. So you would need to wait for the official froyo or flash a custom rom that is froyo.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmwilker:
You need to proof read as some results are pretty funny
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
Just saw your post over at HowardForums as well! My wife has a Fido phone...once I get my phone, I will check as well to see if its unlocked.

A tracking number has been emailed to me...so perhaps in a day or so I should have it.:cool:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
I don't know if it's unlocked to all carriers, but I noticed for the past few years, all my rogers phones work on fido sims.

I'm using the captivate and I'm with fido, didn't need to unlock.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HH007:
Another update

I don't know if anyone cares, but I thought I'd share this with the community:

I have tried it, and YES, sideloading WORKS without the need to root. I downloaded Astro File Manager from the Market, and I was able to side load an apk file (in my case, it was a Snesoid emulator)

I also got the Vlingo keyboard, but honestly, it sucks... I would much rather have the actual Android keyboard, and I am looking for a good one - any suggestions?

Oh, also, I am able to play DivX movies right off the bat -- I read that on the ATT phone you had to download RocPlayer. Not the case here. Also able to run MP4 files if anyone cared.

So far so good. I just wish I had the lagfix on it, cuz I DO notice a lil bit of lag.

Anyone else got any updates? lol.. I feel like a nerd for being the only one posting.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnevets27:
Don't feel like a nerd! There isn't too many people that have the phone yet so that's why there isn't many post with what people have tried and what has worked.

If you want to explore more, there is a few things people are asking about. I'll try to make a little list for you, if you want to feed our curiosity. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigal77:
There is a lag despite only a few apps?

here are my questions....will it play .avi, or .wmv right off the bat?

And how much application memory do you have (and how many apps about)

Thanks !
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betadan:
I am curious to try Winamp on it as it support 60 A/V formats
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HH007:
Sure, I can try a few things..but

but..lol, I am not willing to try to root the phone or unlock it...

Also, as for the person who thought the phone was unlocked -- it is NOT. If you check the status (by going into your dialer and entering that weird combo of numbers), then it shows that Network Lock is ON. =(. Fido and Rogers use the same network, so maybe that's why it worked for the other person.

As for the lag, yes, there is SOME lag. But I went into 'applications running' and i found out that EVERYTHING I had been playing with, from voice dialer, to google maps were still on, even though I exited the system. Also, I think this might be because 2.1 uses 256 mb, while 2.2 will utilize the full 512. Add to the fact that its still the old fat32. So for this, I think we WILL eventually need a lagfix.

Avi files play right off the bat. I didn't have any wmv files on my computer, but i did try wav files, and they play perfectly fine.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HH007:
13 gigs of memory to use. 4 gb sd card in there now. looking to buy a bigger sd care come boxing day.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnevets27:
I just compiled questions and possible ways to root from this thread for anyone looking for things to try or test out.

Does the Rogers Captivate have HSUPA enabled?

- post a speedtest showing 800+ kbps upload

Not sure if someone got this yet but, the dev's could use a ROM dump.

Also not sure if someone got this yet but, the dev's could use the modem.bin

If you can get into recovery mode:

emuneee posted this idea of a possible way to root:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8823022&postcount=93

Try some different sim's in the captivate if you can. Fido sim's look like they work. Looks like HH007 says its network locked
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HH007:
GPS

Download google maps, and GPS works fine so far. It was able to pick up my exact location in 10 sec or less. Have to try it with driving.

I'm in Ontario, and I downloaded speedtest.net. At 1 am I get speeds of 4010 kpbs download, and 400 upload kpbs. Seeing how its late, i'm off to bed.

Hope to talk to the community tomorrow, and I really hope we get to see some cool things on this phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
Not sure if this is good news or bad news for AT&T Captivate owners. I wonder if the firmware is better or was there a hardware revision.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quasio:
Hi All,

edit: reading comprehension fail..

Please let me know if actual navigation works well.

Seems to be tougher for these guys.

on maps with ATT Cap Stock JH7 (and the latest google maps) i can get accuracy to 50m but it never really locks.

Also is this rom available to be put on ATT Caps'?

At the moment i prefer to use stock coz the battery life seems amazing to me. so if its 2.1 eclair + gps fix.. it'll solve all my probs till the next official froyo's

Whats the build number?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BTTNext:
Just ordered my Captivate today :D

I had the i9000 for about a month and thoroughly enjoyed it. Hopefully the experience with this guy will be similar.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbrotherbear:
ordered mine on monday, waiting for shipment...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
Does anyone now if the voodoo lagfix for eclair 2.1 would work on the Rogers Captivate?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajendra82:
If you find the right apk, you can simply install it. You won't need root, because you have the side loading toggle check box in settings.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Great tip. Only problem is being able to find the .apk online that allows for Bluetooth Calling lol. I've been looking and can't find it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Rogers Captivate Kernel and Build?

Can someone go to Settings, then About Phone and post the Kernel Version and Build Number on the Rogers Captivate? We should always have this info posted when a new device releases and I haven't seen this yet. Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Won't work as the current Lag Fix is only for the SGH-I897 Captivate(AT&T). I'm waiting just like you lol!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n4d3r:
I posted this information on page 6. I will do it again for your viewing pleasure :)

http://img196.imageshack.us/i/picture4sz.jpg/

..

http://img837.imageshack.us/i/picture3zt.jpg/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
Hi, I still don't have my device yet but hopefully soon. The only thing that's bothering me is the lag issue. I checked the wiki page, under "Custom Roms", and I'm a bit confused. So ATT roms will work on the rogers captivate if we change the model number in the update script? When I get it the first thing I want to do is flash the cognition rom with the lagfix and froyo, has anyone tried this yet? If the traditional rooting method doesn't work, how will I install a custom rom? I'm confused because the cognition rom comes with the voodoo kernel (lag fix) and people are posting in this thread that the traditional lag fixes aren't working. I know voodoo is different, but can someone please clarify? Would I be better off with the Rogers Captivate or ordering and unlocking an ATT version?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajendra82:
Unless you are absolutely stuck on the stock android keyboard, your best option for voice to text is this HTC IME keyboard port. It has multi touch, voice to text, and great predictive text.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=624416

Just get the high resolution version, install the two apks, and you will likely forget all about the stock keyboard.

But if you insist, here is the stock 2.1 android keyboard apk with voice search pulled from this source. You don't have to follow their directions to get both stock and this keyboard working, as that does need root. Just install the apk and it should work for you.

Once you install these, you will have to go into Settings-> Locale and Text -> Select input method, and will have to enable a check box for each installed file, and may have to click yes on a resulting warning dialog box to allow you to see these input methods available.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
Looks like I might have to find someone to sell me the ATT version :(

All the stores I called today told me that they're not in stock yet, and when I asked if they would be allowed to sell them off contract they told me I would have to wait about a month after launch. =/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eXterkTi:
My suggestion is that, try with the Retentions. I just ordered mine from them. Ask them for an Early Hardware Upgrades if you are still in contract with ROGERS.

My nearest BestBuy recieved the only device this noon and sold out in a few minutes, other store in my neighbourhood didn't even seen a real working one..therefore I don't think there would be much stock for stores at the moment.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subrock:
Getting mine through retentions. I ordered it yesterday. Can't wait to dig in and figure out what the heck all of you are talking about. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
Sorry, but what do you guys mean by retentions?

I'm interested, lol.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eXterkTi:
It is a special departments persuading unhapppy customers to remain in ROGERS. See link below for more info. forums.redflagdeals.com/merged-hot-deal-rogers-wireless-customers-111887/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanwalton:
Thanks for the pics I missed that on Page 6. Your pics confirm what I thought about my Captivate. I was able to get a Captivate I897 AT&T with an Official Rogers ROM on it from a connection I made through Kijiji. I was told that it was the first official release build Rogers was testing and now your pic confirms that for me, but obviously your build is the newer and now final build. I want it lol!! Hopefully someone can provide the Developers with what they need soon so I can upgrade my ROM eventhough mine sounds the same as everyone else's. No major Bloatware, good GPS, sideloading etc..... Here's my pic again of my build.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o_ssie:
just picked up my i896

if anyone wants me to get something off the phone plz pm with instructions.. want to help in any way i can

and has anyone figured out how to root the device?

thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
Just got the phone...have lots of playing around to do!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajendra82:
The rageagainstthecage method should work on any phone. You'll need to install the android sdk on you computer, and have the path set correctly as indicated here. Then download the files here, put them on your hard drive, and follow the directions for rooting in the original post. You will not need to enable non market apps through that method, because you have the check box.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quasio:
yeh would be great to get the latest and greatest stock rogers rom onto ATT captivates to see if its just a software issues with GPS and not hardware

if its hardware it would then be interesting to see if they changed anything internally on the rogers captivate (which involves someone ripping it apart)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subrock:
so I'm just starting to get my feet wet in the world of android customizations and I'm a bit confused as to what we can do to our Canadian Captivates. Can we not root/use American roms or is there something different about our handsets that would make it incompatible?

basically I want to be able to root, run lagfixes and get in on some early froyo action in the next few weeks. what can I and what can't I do at this point?

sorry for the noob Qs. thanks for any help.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o_ssie:
Hey,

thanks for the reply... I've been trying to do it and I never get the # when i enter ADB shell after doing the rageagainstthecage thing... I keep getting $
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayloooo:
Those who's got the Rogers Captivate i896, can you please test the GPS on your phones? I'd really like to know whether the i896 has the GPS problem or not.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JEGrey:
For what it's worth, I was able to root my Rogers i896 using the SuperOneClick tool. My biggest issue was getting my PC to recognize the phone in the first place - none of the drivers I found worked properly. The one package that did recognize the phone was Samsung's own Kies :p

With respect to HSUPA, I did a test with the speedtest.net app as stated in this thread and got the following:

Download 2184 kbps/Upload 384 kbps

If someone can direct me in how to grab screenshots directly off the phone, I will post a screencap of the test - I apologize in advance for my ignorance as this is my first android device (tried using Dalvik's Debug Monitor...phone doesn't appear in the list).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
SuperOneClick root worked for me too

Here's the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

Thanks for the heads up JEGrey
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
Clockwork recovery works, nandroid backup done. Now time to start messing around.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnevets27:
Thank you JEGrey and mkurzum !! That is great news!

Any chance ether of you want to try to unlock it??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkurzum:
I tried unlocking using the rooting app but it did not work, I'm installing cognition as we speak, I'll let you know if I can unlock it now.

On a side not, Why is cognition using an AT&T bootscreen? That's the last thing anyone would want on their phone, I would think.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigal77:
I have tried it twice, one was a 15 minute drive, and another was just some walking.

I used navigation and it worked perfectly. I mean, accuracy to the meter. Took about 2-4 seconds to lock on. I even locked on from basement, but stood 2-3 feet from window without a glitch.

Was worth the wait !!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swapnil:
My phone charges up way too slowly...Took about 3-4 hours for a full charge...Anyone else noticing that?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beniuec:
In clockwork recovery if I make a nandroid backup does that backup the stock kernel too. Also I have hardware lock fix installed will that be gone after I flash a custom rom like bionix thanks for the help
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
I don't think it backs up the kernel, if you flash a rom with a different kernel and you want to go back to stock you either need to use odin or flash the stock kernel. Search the'sticky' thread, it has all that stuff. Not sure about the hardware lock though
[Vibrant General] Dugorf:
So I have been having issues with my voice mail over the past week. Sometimes it would work sometimes it would tell me I didn't have a mailbox on the server.

Today I called t-mobile and they went through all their steps to fix it. My voice mail started working again but now anytime I have any notification icon pop-up (text message, email, missed call) my phone lags really bad and about every minute does some sort of weird half reboot. Screen goes black, has to reload lock screen and all widgets just like when the phone first boots. I was wondering if anyone else had seen or heard of anything like this.

I am on stock JI6 firmware, stock kernel, with the four lock-screen mod, and the circular battery mod. I have not had a problem with either mod for the three weeks I have been running them. T-Mobile rep told me to factory reset my phone which worked for about 10 minutes then gave me the same problem again.

Any help would be much appreciated, I don't really want to go through the process of flashing with odin and setting up my phone another time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gthirty7s:
hey guys i just updated my phone to 2.2 and everything works perfect but the text messaging when i type fast it doesnt seem to write the word right or even deletes the first letter that i wrote and writes complety something diffrent, when i type slow its fine but its a really big piss off what you think i should do?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
works fine for everyone else. Slow down your texting until you get used to the keyboard.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gthirty7s:
any way to downgrade to 2.1?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
hello i have a problem when i play a game 3d it suddenly freezes my phone

i flash jac voodoo with color fix oc/uv stock kernel

and put 1200max 100 min concervative anyone else having this problem
[EVO 4G General] Globetrahter:
Using Myn's ROM with the Battery Tweak, I have FaceBook syncing and I have 2 gmail accounts syncing along with Weather every 3 hours, Facebook every 2 hours.

Nothing else as of now and using Itching Thumb App.
[EVO 4G General] orris:
I get that stock with fairly heavy usage.
[EVO 4G General] ronron23:
now lets see that screen on time.
[EVO 4G General] lovethyEVO:
Not needed. From the pic he attached it's obvious the phone was in standby most of the time.
[EVO 4G General] ms79723:
Man, you even use ya phone?

What is with this obsession of battery life goin on 'round here? I say, as long as you can get better battery life than a stock rom, you've won. Keeping the phone on for a day or two without charging seems like a good idea, but everyday isn't the same, and one day you may need to use it way more than any other day..if you start that day off with only 30% just because you wanted to see how long your battery would last, then you really gotta limit how often you use your phone just so that it can make it till the next time your around a charger.
[EVO 4G General] g0ldenchild562:
How do u check wake time?
[EVO 4G General] Globetrahter:
I agree, but it want a heavy day. When I finally did have 14% left and used tv flash battery seasoned super fast. I forgot, I'm using juice defender too

Globetrahter
[EVO 4G General] GaryJ51:
The battery needs to be charged? I bought my phone back in June. The battery is now at 70%. I figured I just had to buy a new one when this one runs out.
[EVO 4G General] achllles:
Barely used phone. Come on.
[EVO 4G General] andyju:
Display 4%? Is that possible?
[EVO 4G General] josh995:
I can go a full day and a half, 36 hours, without a charge and I am using the original sense android... and I use my phone normally, I text, read usatoday, tmz, check email a few times, use the xda app... and I have wifi on all the time! What's this beef with battery life on these forums? Mine lasts forever! I just have things update manually, I don't let anything run without my permission.

I do, however, turn my phone off the 6 hours I am sleeping.
[EVO 4G General] achllles:
wifi is on = low battery usage, atleast in my experience.
[EVO 4G General] INebilim:
Indeed. I got 1 day and 19 hours on stock nonrooted 2.2 back. and i used it for some medium texting. and some gps applications...maybe 2-3 hours max awake time. i dont think you used it much...the excessive 3G usage from FB doesnt mean anything.
[EVO 4G General] wahoolions:
You should be able to get what you're looking for from the Spare Parts app.
[EVO 4G General] drsiaca:
According to my calculation thats is 69min of display usage.
[EVO 4G General] rajas_evo:
Menu > Settings > About Phone > Battery
[EVO 4G General] nabbed:
According to mine, it's 122 min of screen on usage.

I had this scenario on my phone running myn's rls2 + king cfs #11 yesterday:

since unplugged - 24 hours

display on - 1 hour 25 minutes

charge remaining - 50%.
[EVO 4G General] rajas_evo:
so i wanted to find out how long the battery would last on standby, and to my surprise.. it turned out to be nearly 58 hrs!!! that was on stock sense rom. non-rooted. and of course with very very minimal use. i basically just left the phone alone on my desk or in my pocket all day.

here is the screenshot i took back in july:

but that kind of battery life is unrealistic with normal usage. I am a moderate user (on the higher side), and i typically put my evo on charge everyday in the morning when i get to work (on weekdays). so, the charge on my phone lasts about 25 hrs with normal usage, that usually means about 4-5hrs of Awake Time. this is after rooting the phone. and i am using a stock rooted sense rom. i have had similar results before rooting the phone as well.

on weekends, i find myself charging the phone about 3 times (over 2 days), as the usage of the phone goes very very high.

i have a charger on my desk at work for the weekday charging, and a charger in my car for the weekends.

i have recently installed setCPU, and havent really seen that making too much of a difference, but that perhaps has to do with my usage pattern.

as pointed out in many a threads, signal strength is one major factor when it comes to battery drain. i live in Atlanta and i have great Sprint coverage where I am located, and that makes a world of difference.
[EVO 4G General] rajas_evo:
it would help if you indicate the battery life that you were getting on stock or any other rom you were using prior to this. because there are so many variables that come into play as far as battery life is concerned. so that will help put your claim into some perspective :-)
[EVO 4G General] rajas_evo:
hahah.. funny :)
[EVO 4G General] :
11 hours
[EVO 4G General] dakidobf:
I don't get the obsession with battery life either. Whats wrong with investing in a car charger and maybe one for work. Or even an extra battery. If the dreaded "i'm going to be out alllllll day and no where near a charger" scenario is going to occur, just carry the spare battery with you. I got 2 batteries and a wall charger off ebay for $10.
[EVO 4G General] achllles:
A phone is supposed to have battery life that will last certain time. It's not obsession bit trying to make it function like it should.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mechapanda:
I'm wondering. Is there any way to impliment a way to make your phone make a sound when a call is disconnected?

I upgraded from a moto Z9 and was a bit disappointed when i saw there wasn't a setting for that. ; ;
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Athailias:
I think the I9000 roms have that function, or maybe it was the vibrant rom... franken twiz I think its called. I know I had a rom with that option... damn ive flashed too many times.

oh and I am sure someone will tell you this belongs in the general or q&A sections. But I am not going to tell you that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
The i9000 ROMs do have it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mechapanda:
hey DG, if you read this. plz put it in cognition :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zvadim:
yes, please-please-pretty-please!!!! I've been badly missing this feature