yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnMersault:
Surprisingly, the Rogers ROM is actually pretty damn good. I'm not entirely sure why, since Rogers usually manages to bollacks stuff like that up. Honestly, I assume that it's because they didn't commit enough dev resources to tweaking the ROM that Samsung provided them beyond adding a couple of apps.

But it could be better. If I'm not mistaken, the Rogers 2.2 ROM still uses rfs for most of it's filesystems, which is a very inefficient filesystem for our purposes. Using a lagfix to recreate them as ext4 substantially improves the phones' performance, at literally no cost (battery or other).

If you *do* decide to try out some custom ROMs, it's hard to go wrong with Cognition 3. It's specifically designed to be as similar to a stock ROM as possible, but tweaked with lagfixes, etc, and generally tuned a bit better than the stock ROMs. It's based on the Rogers 2.2 ROM.

Perception, Serendipity, and Paragon have all had decent comments said about them, but I haven't used them recently. Serendipity is meant to feel more like 2.3 than 2.2, which is kinda cool. Perception is from the same guy that does Cognition, but it's based on the i9000 JPX or JPY ROM, which is actually 2.2.1, not just 2.2. More on i9000 vs. captivate ROMs below. All of these ROMs should all work very well in their default configurations.

It's also possible to flash different modems and kernels to your ROMs (whether stock or otherwise). The only rules here are to first backup your existing modem/kernel, and to make sure that your kernel and modem come from the same type of phone. Most (if not all) of the kernels you see on XDA are compiled from source originally meant to work with the i9000, so you need to use a modem originally from an i9000 with those kernels. The ROM can be a captivate based ROM and use an i9000 kernel/modem though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evrionis:
Is it possible to get a CWM file for the stock rogers modem. I need it to re-install it since I have been trying some other modem's with the new kernel I installed and now I want go back to m y kernel which I can but do not have the modem.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
There you go!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
It's in the previous post
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
just thought i would share all my backup links for 896

some starter info:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki...96#Custom_ROMs

Rogers 2.1 stock rom

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TT4RYLDZ

Rogers 2.2 stock roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=905042

alternate download

http://xdaforums.com/show...&postcount=673

some info if you have installed 2.2 and now have e3 recovery and are having trouble installing clockwork recovery mod, where it fails verification check

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=909213
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yobbei:
I am using Firefly which is also based on Rogers 2.2 and it is top-notch. GPS has never worked better.

I have also used Phoenix rom before and it works just as well if not better. If you have a way to flash back to stock you should not be afraid to try different roms.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nzahorchak:
Do you remember what method you used to fix it? My Captivate just goes black (icons light up though) after the the boot screens.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvertag:
Are you able to go into download mode using the Vol +/- & USB ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nzahorchak:
Yes, thankfully. I wish I could say the same for my Vibrant though, I'm getting no sign of life from it. After a couple days of research and code examining, I created my own concoction to flash the Captivate with Odin. I had to cave and flash AT&T stock first to get a complete boot (past the boot screens and black). I was then able to flash Rogers stock 2.1 and 2.2, using the .tar I made for each, without even having the AT&T boot screen lurking around afterwards.

Thank you for the reply.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fluidd:
Ditto..

I agree! I have also flashed to FireFly about 3 days ago. Must say it is AAA Grade.

GPS works better than the Rogers 2.2 Stock ROM and, with my kernel combo, its even smoother.

Awesome battery life as well! Just too many things to list, unless you give it a try for yourself!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zuNcHAN:
and what kernel may that be
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortionist:
I tried a bunch of roms, they all worked on my rogers phone, I was specifically looking for bluetooth dialing, and I came upon firefly and phoenix, they both had my phone working perfectly! the only ones that I was successful with bluetooth dialing too.. I liked phoenix more, it seems to run better for me, i am not sure about battery life as compared to firefly but both were better than rogers. Firefly is based on 2.2, and phoenix is based on 2.2.1... I don't know the difference but im attracted to the extra .1 in the end :)

I hope this helps. I didn't have to do anything special, everything worked!

If you are from rogers, don't do my mistakes, DO NOT FLASH STOCK ATT (JH6 I think ) it will disable your 3 button combo for recovery and download mode.. I did that and then got stuck with a soft brick that would be easily fixed had I not disabled my buttons.. There is a stock att with the button fix if you screwed it up. I found I never need to flash any att stock. Rogers stock was a good base to start off for all the mods I tried.

If you do brick your phone, Theres a forum here where you can make a jig to force your phone to download mode. If you are there I recomend you flash the ATT stock with the 3 button fix and never flash an ATT stock rom again after fixing your phone with the jig :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rye&ginger:
Quoting for any expert here. I am about to flash a ROM for the first time. I am on 2.2 stock, one click rooted, and OCLF lag fix. How do I back up:

1. so that I can make it appear stock again in case I need to send to Rogers/Samsung for repair. Nandroid? or something else.

2. current app settings/data. I'd hate to lose Angry Birds progress again. ;) TiB takes care of this right?

I just need the order of events I need to do, I can figure out the rest. Sorry but I dont see a Rogers related method anywhere.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackjack078:
+ 1
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 540ESP:
1. Just use use Kies or any of the links to the stock Rogers ROMs. You can also backup with CWM

2. Yes but not 100% positive as don't have many apps that keep data.

3. There is no 'Rogers' method of flashing, same principles apply. I have flashed numerous times (CWM) without worry following the basic guidelines. Try flashing a ROM based on the Rogers 2.2 update, like Cognition 3.04
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr01dfan:
For people using Firefly, are you having problems with your SMS showing up as 5 hrs early? This is not a Rogers thing as SMS works properly with a few custom ROMS. Maybe it has something to do with the type of modem or kernel.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apparition:
I used to get this problem even on stock awhile ago--i think it was fixed when i updated to 2.2 from 2.1 but i dont quite remember. But firefly, I just used SMS time fix by mathew precious. offset method: manual, offset hours: 5. done.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yobbei:
I had the same problem with ff so I switched to phoenix 4.5 and it is all good
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr01dfan:
FYI, Mevos released an Mms.apk for FF which fixed the SMS time issue.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11241036&postcount=2584
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rye&ginger:
Thanks. I think I had figured out most things and flashed to Fire Fly later in the day. Pretty sweet so far.

Much better than stock, but GPS feels a bit worse? Accuracy seems off and it takes longer to lock.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr01dfan:
I've found away to fix the SMS issue for good. Pick a ROM that has a working SMS app, extract the Mms.apk file from "/system/app/" and copy it to your internal SD card, use the following code in CMD to mount your system directory as R/W:

> adb shell

$ su

# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl6 /system

From here, delete the current Mms.apk from "/system/app/" with:

# rm /system/app/Mms.apk

and copy the functional one to the same directory using:

# cp /sdcard/Mms.apk /system/app/

You should now have a working Messaging app in your app menu! I'm currently using the FF1.5's Mms.apk because it's very small (and hopefully quicker), only 1.01mb compared to 3.6mb on FF2.1

Let me know if this works for you guys.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
+1 yes it was stock rogers issue for customers between alberta and manatoba (according to rogers), for 2.1 and WAS fixed in 2.2

+1 for those 2 alternate methods.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbrotherbear:
Anyone notice that the pictures in the 3D gallery app that comes with the stock rom comes out blurry? I upload them to my computer and they look great but in the gallery app... looks blurry and low-res.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doug3673:
Can someone provide a link to the proper voodoo lagfix specifically for stock Rogers 2.2 froyo?

OCLF gets slow as molasses over time, and the only voodoo files I can find are for i9000 and i897, I don't see anything for i896.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nzahorchak:
I don't think there are any specifically for the i896. The ones for the i897 will work just the same. I use SpeedMod on mine and it works great.

If you want Voodoo though, you can give Firebird a try.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveCheeseman:
hey guys i was wondering what modems and kernels your find to work the best on the i896 to give the best battery life and performance
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaanhoot:
Paragon 5.1 Rom with SpeedMod Kernel and JK4 modem.

Sent from my phone using the XDA app.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nzahorchak:
FireFly 2.2 with SpeedMod K13C Kernel (with recommended settings) and JK4 modem here.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perosredo:
And you guys see good battery life? I'm on SpeedMod with KP1 and good battery life I see not...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nzahorchak:
Which version of SpeedMod are you using? K13A and K13B seemed to have been worse for battery life for many compared to prior versions. I haven't been using K13C long enough for a good comparison. Also, most KP1 users are reporting great speeds, but poor battery life.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perosredo:
K13C. I seem to have decent battery doing anything other than using the Internet.

Considering I've never gotten over 150kbps in Toronto I think I'll switch over to that JK4...

EDIT: I've been using Andromeda 1.2 for the last few days and it's been the best preforming mod I've come across...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
Everything is in my sig ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zuNcHAN:
I'm starting to believe KP1's performance may also be influenced by the ROM base seeing how it performs better for people on, let's say JS3 or JS5, rather than Rogers 2.2. Besides location/kernel/the phone just doesn't like the modem, that's what I have found out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doug3673:
There is now:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=870760&page=12

Also I've seen many posts with people flashing i897 kernels to their i896 and having numerous errors pop up, which is why I waited for a proper lagfix made specifically for the i896.

My phone FLIES now!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nzahorchak:
Nice, there you go. I haven't run into those posts or any errors caused by the kernel with my setup, but I'm also not running stock. Give it a few days and let me know how it goes.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perosredo:
I've had a ridiculous improvement in battery life since I flashed JK4. Might have something to do with upgrading SpeedMod from A to B to C, but I doubt that has had as much of an impact as the different modem has.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
First, custom kernels are based on i9000 SGS most of the time. Second, I never had any problem with these, and never heard someone having problem with non-i896 kernels only because it was not i896 based.

And third, it is not a lagfix made specifically for the i896. It's just a i896 kernel with voodoo lagfix injected. The same voodoo lagfix that there's in every voodoo kernels.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer_raj:
well..i m using captvate i896...2.2 froyo..

i guesss sound is a problem with all the galaxy s model..if we talk abt the speakerphone..for listenin to music or watchin a movie..or even for ringing purpose...

i m ok with my callin sepaker and mic..

but i hav a peculiar problem..when i connect it to my bluetooth device..(plantronics discovery 925)...the sound loudness is fine..but there is a huge distortion even to me and even to the other party who is listenin to me..

though this plantronics device is perfectly working device..and i m using it with other phone..like nokia...and even i connect this headphone to my laptop..and its working fine...so seems the issue is with the phone...not with the bluetooth device..

ppl can give suggestion or share their ideas on this...?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
It sounds like you are using a Captivate based ROM with a i9000 based kernel. If it's the case, it's a known issue and it can't be fixed.

What ROM and kernel are you using?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loganpimpman42o:
Just use odin one click and flash your phone into a i897 then the device will think its l897 and any rom and any kernal will work fine that's what I've been doing and if you have problems them there is a odin flashable stock rom and pit file for the I896 I've flashed mine back for warranty work never had a problem rogers had no clue
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] or.saeros:
Just a shout out, that's what I did too... and I've had no problems flashing a ROM since. Except I've never had warranty issues :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer_raj:
as i mentioned before..i m using i896 rogers..which came with 2.1

then using kies directly i updated to 2.2 froyo...

what i see in the phone info as of now is...

Model Number

SAMSUNG-SGH-I896

FIRMWARE VERSION

2.2

BASEBAND VERSION

I896UXJL1

KERNEL VERSION

2.6.32.9

BUILD NUMBER

FROYO.UXJL1
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvertag:
Just saw that Samsung dropped his Gingerbread version on Kies for the Vibrant.

Anyone spotted it for our Captivate ? (Can't check Kies because of the rom, phone not recognise).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
It's not for the Vibrant. It's for the international SGS (i9000) from Finland, and only the phones that are carrier free.

You won't see any custom roms for the captivate until Samsung release the source code of the i9000. And we'll probably never see a Gingerbread rom for our Captivate... Is so, it will be in a couple of weeks if not months...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
Ummmm....... i9000 gb source has been out for a week or 2 now..... :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
Yeah and it really surprised me that they released the sources so early :p
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveCheeseman:
Have you guys successfully flashed 2.3.3 gingerbread roms?

I just wanna be 100% sure before I go and **** up my bootloaders
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Yes, GB can be flashed w/o any problem. Just carefully follow the steps (I suggest Haikaido's guide) :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveCheeseman:
Would you be able to point mr in the direction of said guide?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
I just typed "Haikaido's guide" in the search box and it was the first result. :rolleyes: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1045734&page=2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
xda app needs search DESPERATELY!!!

although the site looks great on a captivate screen sideways
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froli13:
There is a search function. Click the "More" tab on main screen.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkjeeper:
I'm about to try MikeyMikes 2.3 as per his instructions, looks very clear, cant wait for firefly any longer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rye&ginger:
Seems like Mosiac is close to release if you check the hype in the Phoenix thread, but Im guessing there is a lot of work to get the boot loaders for 2.3.x going and it will be easy to flash to other 2.3.x ROM's once you get GR-x going.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddgeo:
unpack file and use odin on modem slot work great thxs
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicmaxabc:
Text message problem

Hey guys,

Sorry to hijack the thread but I was wondering if any of you had this problem with your Captivate. I recently flashed my Rogers Captivate with 2.3.3 from AT&T - I897UCKF1 everything is fine except that the time stamp of the text messages that I receive are totally off. For ex. if I let the phone to automatically update the time and date, the text messages that I receive are stamped with the current GMT time instead of -4 GMT Eastern Time. In conclusion all the text messages that I received are stamped with 4 hours in the past. To workaround this problem I've turned off date & time network update and set my phone on GMT. it seem to work but there is still a one minute difference that is really annoying. I've searched the forum for somebody with a similar problem and I couldn't find anybody.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xTRUEx:
Yea I have the same problem. I just downloaded an app called SMS time fix and set it to change the incoming text messages based on my phones time. I've had to do this with a couple of roms.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddgeo:
i did the same turned off date & time network update and set my phone on GMT and is working nice.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicmaxabc:
Thanks man, you are a life saver. I've installed the app and it works like a charm. I actually bought the donated version and we all should do that to support the small developers. A dollar is not even a coffee, I was a little disappointed to see that the free version had over 10,000 downloads and the paid version under 50 downloads.

Many, many thanks :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zizo0727:
Rogers 2.3.3 UXKH2 is out

Fellow flashaholics,

Please be advised that the new (and I use the term "new" loosely) has been "released" (as in if you call Rogers to ask they will probably deny everything). Upgrade your Kies, plug in your Stock Froyo phone and let the "magic" (I don't really like 2.3.3...... 2.3.4 is better).

Anyways. I am still upgrading but hopefully this means a Captivate ROM (with audience support) with HSDPA enabled.

Now we need to root this motha, I bet the FuGu root method used for KH3 also applies here, however, as I don't have the original kernel, not sure how I would flash back to it after the root is applied.

How do I get my hands on this kernel? Not sure if it is public domain yet and if not, is there a way to extract it from some temporary directory within Kies. A fellow member "skorchir" seemed to have obtained the Froyo 2.2 in this fashion.

I would be more than willing to do the leg work if I can get some direction. I am a noob, but oh so willing to learn.

Happy flashing everyone!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
GPS and Quadrant on Rogers 2.3.3

Hey guys as you know Rogers just released the Gingerbread 2.3.3 and I did some test on the gps, and the result looks good. I'm getting accuracy 10m inside and gps locked in 18secs, which is better than Froyo! As far as for Quadrant I'm gettings scores around 1180.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apparition:
Oh, it's finally out? Whats the build name? Someone should do a ROM on this.

I'll consider putting together something if no one else does :P I need links to the source though
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
The build is UXKH2 and it's available throught KIES.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Anybody able to rip the modem out yet?

Sent from my Galaxy S
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geokilla:
Or we can ask someone to update FireFly! Resurrect it from the dead!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apparition:
I'd be all over that. I need someone to supply the stock rom though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
No not yet, it seems like I can't root my phone with SuperOneClick Root. Once I get it root, I'll make a rip for the modem.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dohboy15:
Does the new Rogers come with GB Rogers bootloaders? I've been waiting to get them because I HATE seeing AT&T when it boots up, plus I bricked last time I tried to flash back from them lol sorry if this is a stupid question!

Sent from my Miui Cappy with XDA Premium
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
I updated mine to 2.3.3, and I ask the same question in the Question and Answer Thread, and they said yeah because it's an official update it's come with GB Rogers Bootloader. But I'm not really sure about that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dohboy15:
Alright sweet, thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdmuscle:
Rogers Samsung Captivate I896 Stock Gingerbread 2.3.3

Hey there guys, just in case no had been able to post the new Rogers I896 Gingerbread 2.3.3 update here it is. Reminder this is a stock version with CSC.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TZB85R1U

Have fun.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apparition:
I'll see if I can pull out those bootloaders. Can't actually test it til later on though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
Rogers 2.3.3 Bootloader

Done!! Here it is, it's a Heimdall package, I made it myself. It comes with the primary and secondary bootloaders, Kernel image and Heimdall included. Do not use Odin3!!! Only use Heimdall which it included with the package. But I haven't tested it yet. http://www.mediafire.com/?h1iejva6x4ikdnu.

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE!

Re-Updated! Now include the missing param.lfs file.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geokilla:
Now we just need a custom kernel so we can flash ROMs on top of it afterwards.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyg1097:
How do I go about flashing this? I mean I tried putting this in the PDA slot and it didnt work in there. So what files go in what slot?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
is there any way to make this odin flashable? heimdall never works for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
Rogers and ATT have been using the same bootloaders the whole time!

the only difference is in the stock roms, there is a jpg image called logo_ATnT.jpg for rogers roms it is a rogers picture called ATNT.

to fix the ATnT bootlogo use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13519860#post13519860

---------- Post added at 11:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:11 AM ----------

you need to include the params.lfs file to fix the bootlogo issue. the params.lfs contains the folder/files with the jpg images used for boot logos and download mode.

its the file / folder that contains the logo_ATNT.jpg file used in the hack i posted above for custom boots.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
I knew there was something missing. I'll update it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
i prefer my boot logo over any other
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
LMAO!!!!!!!! XD

---------- Post added at 02:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:06 PM ----------

Here's the updated link with the missing param.lfs : http://www.mediafire.com/?h1iejva6x4ikdnu
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apparition:
I flashed it. Ended up bricking then boot looping afterward for some reason. Reinstalled Apex after and all was fine. Thanks.