yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] Smallsmx3:
I have no issues unless im at work....I get no service or emergency calls only......I switched to jk3 modem and its gotten better. I get soft reboots when receiving calls on other modem jl2 jl3. No issues on cappy. Roms and modems.
[Captivate Android Development] ozone777:
All you need to do is complain about the GPS issues (truth) and request a newer version of the phone in hopes of improvement. No need to discuss ROM incompatibilities.

I've been using version 1009 for about a week and have not had the problem at all. Tried 3 different i9000 ROMs and they all worked flawlessly.

Therefore, I would hold out for that version if not an even newer one. GPS is not much better with this version though.
[Captivate Android Development] immer:
I got my build 1006 cappy (bought on release day) replaced with a 1008 one today. As soon as I got home I flashed a I9000 rom and have not lost any service since. Whereas, I would have had to restart the phone at least 4 times today.

So the problem definitely lies in the HW not SW.

Honestly, the HW is much better. GPS works much better right out of the box. It detects satellites even if I am inside the house and gets a lock. Whereas, my previous phone never even found them. The gps locks as soon as there are 4 satellites w/ over 20dB signal.

I used the excuse that my phone switches off on standby while charging and dysfunctional gps to get a replacement.

I know none of the cappy owners have had the phone for over a year so

seriously the OP should close the thread w/ this solution: GO EXCHANGE YOUR PHONE WITH ATT OR SAMSUNG NOW!!:) No other fix needed.
[Captivate Android Development] mikejames07:
I would like to do that but I have no grounds for the exchange.... My GPS just started working out of the blue on stock!:confused: Only problem I have with the phone now is the reception loss when flashing i9000 Roms
[Captivate Android Development] abose3:
I bought my phone in August within 2 weeks of launch on ATT. Using KITCHEN/ROM]v9.1.2JS3] with jl3 modem and hardcore speedmod k12p.

I used sgs info > phone information to select usa bands. GPS works. At work I got max download speeds of 5.9 mbps/sec. At home coverage is terrible (-113 to -120 db), even then after mutiple days of testing I checked battery use and it always had a signal (no time without signal under cell standby). I use google voice for texting so i have to keep it running all the time with background data.

I experienced constant disconnects on i9000 roms with any other modem. Jl3 also saved me a lot of battery by not dropping the signal. Time without signal (searching for signal) kills battery life.

Hope it helps.
[Captivate Android Development] ozone777:
Unless you can say, for certain, that your GPS is functioning flawlessly, then you have grounds for an exchange. After all, the phone does have a one year warranty.

My recommendation is that you request "build 1012". I have heard from about 3 people with that version and they claim that GPS is near perfect out of the box.

I plan on exchanging again as soon as my local AT&T service center gets the 1012 builds in stock.

Also, when I called the service center yesterday, the person I talked to told me that there is an update coming in February that was supposed to correct the shutdown problem that some users are having as well as improve GPS.

Take that with a grain of salt as we have heard promises like this before only to be let down in the end.
[Captivate Android Development] bobbylx:
Glad to see this is still being talked about. Check the other thread in the QA section, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=864903

In particular, I made a post on the last page asking for hardware version info. Just trying to see if there's any relation. My friend has a 1008 or 1009 and it works with i9000 roms perfectly.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10702866&postcount=92
[Captivate Android Development] ozone777:
So if what you've explained is true then the phone is still partially at fault because of its inability to recover from such an extreme disconnect while using a non-standard ROM...right?

What build is your phone? 1006, 1007, or 1008?
[Captivate Android Development] joelou:
So, if I just disable HSUPA I should be able to use 19000 rom without losing the signal, right? I will try it this weekend.
[Captivate Android Development] joelou:
Wishful thinking. That didn't work. I got a replacement from ATT yesterday and the new one does not have the same problem, so it was the hardware issue. Hope this help those who still have the problem. So many hours had been put into this hoping for a fix. I suggest you guys just go get a replacement instead. Thanks for all the comments and suggestions.
[Captivate Android Development] loraque:
My i9000 network drops seemed to be related to low signal situations, when the signal would switch all over between what was available.

My problem has disappeared with the change to MENU-SETTINGS-WIRELESS AND NETWORKS-DATA NETWORKS set to WCDMA only. No network drops since.

This may not work if your area is still in process of upgrading towers, or otherwise has spotty coverage... try it out and see if it helps you though.
[Captivate Android Development] bsc7080xsc:
Upgraded to the Paragon build RC4 which is JPY based and the issue existed for me. However, indications are that RC5, which is JS3 based (pending release), will not have that issue. I don't know enough to distinguish between JPY, JS3, and any other. Still learning myself. So when RC5 does come out, I will give it a go. Meanwhile my Cognition build is working great, not sure what the base rom is for it... its a pure Captivate ROM so is that JI6 ?

1. AT&T Carrier

2. July 2010 purchased

3. Paragon RC4 JPY

4. I wish I had an idea. Does it matter about combination of kernel+modem+?

5. Only fix is to reboot, and then the connection doesn't last long even with that.

Here is another question... has anyone tried using the romkitchen.org site to test out different setups in order to isolate whether its specific combinations and/or specific base rom's, or modems, or kernels ? Wondering if we can get a group of us together and assign specific builds to each person, then report back our findings ? What do you think ?
[Captivate Android Development] ozone777:
Tried the "WCDMA only" setting before with no luck.

If you ask me, that's just a work-around anyway, and compromises the full functionality of the device.

The solid, and proven, fix is to exchange the dang phone for a 1009+ build.
[Captivate Android Development] cmd512:
It's not just you guys, I'm using an I9000 in the US on AT&T, and it drops calls anytime it switches towers. Signal comes shooting back immediately after the disconnect, pretty damn annoying.

Not sure, but it's something with the stock software and the AT&T network.
[Captivate Android Development] degenerazn:
Well it seems like I'm in a pretty sucky situation. I received a refurbished Captivate 1007 after sending in my 1006. And it appears that the 1007 build still has all the problems from the original batch. ATT refuses to replace the phone again because I got water "damage" to it. Nothing's wrong with the phone other than its initial problems but ATT just won't budge.
[Captivate Android Development] bobbylx:
If you're that determined to run i9000 based ROMs your best bet would be to either sell it and buy another, or....figure out what the difference is and changes made to a working rev 1007. Reason being, I sent mine in about a month ago for warranty exchange. I've had mine since July, but was lazy. Anyway, I got a refurb rev 1007 and it will run anything I put on it without dropping service.

The only difference I can tell is under the service codes area, there is an RF CAL DATE. My original had a date of 7-11-2010. This new one has a cal date of 1-18-2011. I have flashed hundreds of times on my old one and that date never changed, so obviously ATT/Samsung are doing something to these units.

Just my 2 cents.
[Captivate Android Development] skankdoggie:
Just a bit of information from my experience.

I had purchased the Captivate on launch date and started having the issues with Random shutdowns. I also had issues with my phone just losing service. After doing some reading, I went to my ATT warranty center and told them what was going on. The guy got me a refurbished phone so I checked the EMEI number to see if it was in the bad range and it was. So I mentioned this to him and he said that I should get one sent in the mail instead since the chances of getting a later model will be higher.

Basically, I went through about 6 phones before I got one that didn't shutdown. My original batch code was 1006. The first one I got was a 1101, which I was stoked about, but I soft bricked using a stock i9000 ROM. It worked amazingly, but alas, I got it replaced and all they would send me from that point on was 1007 - 1009 phones. My first 1009 phone worked great regarding the shutdown and connection issue but there was a short in the speaker so they replace it again with another 1009 that had a shutdown problem. I finally went back to ATT warranty center and told them what was going on and asked them for the latest batch code they could fine. They ended up bring out an 1010 which I have been using without any problems since.

Just FYI.
[General Topics] giganytime:
Hi there,

I'm a HTC user, but since it's been stolen... :(

I've resorted to buying a cheap phone...

I've bought a huawei g6600! What a bad decision right?

But since i've already bought it, Does anybody know how to sync it with my pc?

I've read that it can sync, but I can't find any software...

Windows or Mac, I have both...

Thanks in advanced, even if it's just bad news...
[General Topics] z06mike:
What are you trying to sync up?
[General Topics] giganytime:
my contact list...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Rod3:
Google just released Maps 5.0 in the Market! Time to test "compatability" with N1!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Mokurex:
damn, you are fast, beat me to it =)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Arcarsenal:
Just want to confirm 2 finger panning (up & down for 3D maps) DOES WORK 100% with the Nexus One!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Hollow.Droid:
Wasn't that already confirmed to work? Isn't it just the two finger turning that doesn't. Can anyone actually see the raised buildings though? I tried a few big places and it doesn't look any different.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Arcarsenal:
Funny thing is, the recent changes screen that popped up on first run mentioned nothing about 360 degree rotation in 3D, only that you can pan up and down. Not sure if this is a device specific build (doubt it) or just a misunderstanding from the beginning.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] URPREY:
No 3d buildings for me either, and my city is listed as having them :-(

*EDIT* Apparently you have to zoom in quite a bit to see the 3D buildings
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Arcarsenal:
I see 3D buildings in downtown chicago, you do have to zoom in a bit though.

I also stand corrected on the 3D rotation, it does seem like I spoke too soon and we are unable to use all the features, according to the help page.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kalhey:
Now guys. Stop teasing us (those outside states) and upload the apk already.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] henloke:
Try market enabler. It worked for me.

PS: Yes, you must be rooted for that.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kalhey:
Haven't had time to root this baby yet. :)

Would you be kind enough to send the apk
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ranova:
panning up and down was already confirmed previously to work.

ROTATING does not work (using two fingers and rotating them on the screen).

If you want to see 3d buildings, search a big city, such as Boston, MA and zoom in.

a downside to the update: they got rid of the Labs feature to show a Call and Navigate to button whenever you search for a business

Fully-supported devices:

The following devices support panning, zooming, tilting, and

rotating

gestures.

Samsung Nexus S

Samsung Galaxy S

Motorola Droid

Motorola Droid 2

Motorola Droid X

HTC Incredible

HTC EVO 4G

HTC G2

Partially-supported devices:

The following devices support panning, zooming, and tilting gestures only.

HTC Desire

Sony Ericsson X10

LG Ally

HTC Nexus One
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ermacwins:
Erm how do you view the in 3d mode? Seems same as older version
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Hollow.Droid:
Here ya go:

Edit: here's 5.0

http://localhostr.com/files/eNQSREb/com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15652750/com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ranova:
mainly, you will only see 3d buildings in large cities!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] GuestK00255:
About offline features (from Google Mobile Blog):

Offline rerouting:

If you’re one of the more than 10 million people relying on Google Maps Navigation (Beta), our free turn-by-turn GPS navigation feature, losing your Internet connection can be particularly painful. (This happened to me on a recent ski trip to Tahoe, and I was left trying to manually find my way back to my route.) So we’re also introducing offline rerouting. You’ll still need a connection to start a route, but if you miss a turn along the way, we’ll quickly get you back on track, even if you don’t have an Internet connection. We’ll be rolling this feature out gradually over the next few weeks.

However...I haven't fully understand how this feature works...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kalhey:
Hello.Droid. waiting for you to pull 5.0
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] GuestK00255:
Just tried the 3D feature on Venice and it works great!!! wow!

I confirm, rotation doesn't works.

About the cache....it is stored on the sd (android->data->com.google ecc)! :D :D :D :D great news!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MRCLrider:
It caches the map information.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] clarksonator:
Here it is...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14734707/com.google.android.apps.maps-2.apk
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] popophobia:
how the hell can you get it to turn? There has to be a button to turn the view for N1.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] :
yeah..but, how?

If I connect my device via wifi at home before starting my trip and I set the destination into google navigator...can I then simply navigate without connection? or do I have to scroll over the whole path calculated by the app to allow the saving of all the portions of maps, that are images?

Until now the informations were downloaded "on the go"...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mattpannella:
doesn't the original droid have the same clearpad digitizer as the N1?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jimskie:
my gf has a gala s phone.. tried 2 finger rotation on both my nexus and her gala but it doesnt seem to work on both phones..
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] baseballfanz:
two fingers start at top and drag down
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] AbsoluteDesignz:
no. it has a much better one.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ch1lko:
...........
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] G1-evolve:
haha your from chicago too! <3

testing now
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] soder:
OMG!!! Read the posts first? There are only 3 pages with posts...

/Söder
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Fitchman:
Now, let's get hacking on the apk to enable this flaky rotation on our Nexus One's!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ranova:
and hack it to also re-enable the labs feature that gave you the "call" and "navigate to" buttons when you search a business!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] soder:
Damned, I'm always having problem updating Maps.

Normaly I flash Gapps with 4.7 and then I run another .zip to get the brut-version of Maps 4.6. I don't flash brut, it still works with the 4.7 Maps.

Now when I'm trying to get the new Maps 5.0, I reflash my Gapps and tried to just update to 5.0 from Market, but that failed..

I then tried to manually run the .apk linked here in this thread, but that also failed.

I then tried to just put that file in /data/app but that also failed to start Maps 5.0

I then tried to remove my Maps.apk in /system/app and but the new file there with that name. After reboot, I have no Maps the phone says.

Now, even if I reflash the Gapps with maps 4.7, I can't get the phone to understand that Maps is installed, even if the file are in /system/app.

What do I miss?

EDIT: Funny is, that I just now tried to flash my .zip with the brut version of Maps 4.6, and NOW I got Maps installed on the phone again... I guess that if I now flash my Gapps with Maps 4.7, I will be back to where I started, i.e. I can't update Maps 4.7 to 5.0

/Söder
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jm9843:
Turn on compass mode and then spin your whole body around like a top.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] baseballfanz:
Don't need "hack" both of those are present in Map 5.0
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] benjatt:
where do we find the list of 3d cities please?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Old MuckenMire:
Search for a city that has it enabled(Chicago, NYC, etc..) then you need to zoom WAY in and they will eventually pop up. if they don't pop up by zooming with the buttons double tap the screen all the way in and you'll eventually see them.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SiNJiN76:
He's talking about the bubble pop up on the map, not after you click on the business name bubble.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Old MuckenMire:
exactly: Google removed the bubbles from labs....I used those religiously...it sucks they are gone. I started a thread here at Google support asking for them back: put in a good word:)

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=7271718b29c2e298&hl=en

These bubble buttons made it so you could call or navigate right from the map itself, rather than needing to click on the search result, then make a selection. They made the UI look better overall, imo.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] baseballfanz:
Ah OK, gotcha. Yeah that would be cool to have
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xManMythLegend:
Lack of rotation is blah !!

Nice update though.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] carnegie0107:
Ah. You can't install over it because the signature is different. You have to delete the old apk, and put the new one in system/app. But sounds like you didn't fix the permissions for it. You can either chmod 777 the apk, or use root explorer and change permissions, then check all the boxes. And reboot.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] iconoclastnet:
Ok, I understand the technical reasons why gesture rotation is turned off for this screen while things like pinch-to-zoom work just fine. However, this thing badly needs rotation even if it's without the twisty fingers gesture, and they gave us no other (useful) way to rotate?

Why do I have extraneous zoom buttons on the bottom of the screen that I can't get rid of (which have a working gesture equivalent) when there's feature that I can't access (gesture disabled and there's no button equivalent)? Are you seriously going to tell me that no one at google thought to replace the unnecessary buttons with necessary ones?

And yes, the compass mode thing is spiffy and all, but before you try to tell me it's a nearly useful alternative to map rotation you'll have to tell me how to make it work somewhere far away from your current "my location".

Anyone tried to lie to google maps about the phone's capabilities to see if it'll even attempt rotation or not? The snap-to-axis thing is annoying but it's probably better than the complete lack of an alternative. I'll promise to only rotate 1/4 turn at a time...

EDIT: apparently so... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9870124&postcount=2163
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] soder:
And why can't I just upgrade from market, as it supposed to work? 4.7 to 5.0?

/Söder
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ranova:
Like others have stated, why isnt there an alternative to rotating the map? Yeah, we can go in compass mode, but thats inconvenient and can be weird... Why not have controls on screen OR let use use our trackball?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] manicmoose:
I also couldn't update. If like me you're running a rooted ROM, I cleared cache and dalvik-cache from recovery mode, and it's all good now. Try that.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] daz23:
auto-updated fine for me (from Australia)

no 3D maps for us (yet) it seems. searched to New York and was working fine
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
This thread has band hack for SGS

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...-Vibrant-to-Work-on-ATT-amp-Bell-s-3G-Network

but when I tried to input the code, nothing happened.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MMBosstones86:
so I love launcher pro....so sense or not doesn't really matter. Which ROM do you guys use if you use LP as a home screen?

I'm using uncommon sense right now, but not using half of the features since LP overrides them. Just looking for a quick ROM that doesn't have stuff i won't be using.

Thoughts?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patsfan1130:
I too am a LP fanatic. Try Lou's latest "senseless revolution". He has stripped the ROM of nearly all sense. Also try his kernal #4. This ROM is super smooth and has outstanding battery life.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gonzlobo:
I use CM 6.1. Works great.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMarkwald:
Senseless Revolution with Cortland's Orange LP theme is nice.

Sent from my other girlfriend, according to my current girlfriend.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaynormus:
Definitely the new senseless rEVOlution
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoboRay:
I use Cyanogen 6.1 with Launcher Pro.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MMBosstones86:
digging the senseless rom so far. not a fan of the kernel though. Havn't really used it all that much, but don't like that i can't overclock it. any suggestions??
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wetworkforfun:
I use the new IncRom version 1. Super fast, descent battery life. No bloatware. Obviously everyone likes different things. I've tried every Rom on sea for the inc and this continues to b my go to ROM. Happy hunting. Peace.
[Nexus S General] sombionix:
This thread is already starting to become flooded with questions that belong in the 'General' or 'Q&A' section. Please post in the proper section.
[Vibrant General] blanked:
Mmmm tilt and twist...
[Vibrant General] jrharvey:
Really? I dont see it available :( I want downloadable maps. Is that in there?
[Vibrant General] blanked:
Yeah, "improved offline caching". It's clearly vector-based now. Zooming is very smooth.
[Vibrant General] zephiK:
its available for me.. running the new market
[Vibrant General] blanked:
Doesn't look like there is any 3D building data though. I was looking forward to that... but it's still a pretty great update to an already amazing app.

Edit: Ahh, it does! I just wasn't zoomed in enough.
[Vibrant General] Krzysiek_CK:
Just got it.
[Vibrant General] disturkis4u:
Yay
[Vibrant General] jrharvey:
Woiuld someone pretty please post the .apk? I cannot get it to show up :( Not sure if its the ROM im running or what.
[Vibrant General] willsnews:
Works great

egc+voodoo jk6
[Vibrant General] emuneee:
Is the twist working for everybody (two finger rotate).
[Vibrant General] blanked:
Yup. No problems.
[Vibrant General] kboater:
i can do the 2 finger rotate, but how do i get the buildings in 3d?
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
My compass works visibly great with the new Google Maps
[Vibrant General] jinx8402:
make sure you are in the regular street map view (not terrain or satellite) and also, you need to be in a city that actually has 3d shapes. If you are looking at where you live, it could very well be that they don't have that information. If you go to new york city and zoom in you will see 3d buildings. It's really sweet, I love being able to change the perspective from top to a side profile.
[Vibrant General] blanked:
What jinx said.
[Vibrant General] kboater:
you were right, i went to new york and can see them in 3d :)

how do i see them in a side profile as you mentioned?

EDIT: figured it out. i had to exit out and relaunch it and use 2 fingers to swipe up and down
[Vibrant General] demize!:
Everybody come to New York and say hello. I'm the little Guy with the finger.

Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.