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[Captivate Android Development] kcfan491:
I'm on 6.2 and loving it, but want to try different kernals. I've searched the forums, but i can't find where to download them.

I'm specifically looking for paragon(not sure which version is best)

If I have to download other roms and use the kernals from them, I'm not sure how to do that.

also is there an advantage to flashing through recovery instead of sgs kernal flasher

thanks
[Captivate Android Development] xdahgary:
Suggest cwr.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10640444&postcount=3
[Captivate Android Development] Krooked22:
I would like to put serendipity on my girlfriends vibrant

is their a link to the 19000 or vibrant version. I cant find it anywhere
[Captivate Android Development] adelecho:
same... plumbBob's GPS fix works ok.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=965760

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
Not for me. I'm seriously considering switching back to 5.12. I used to use my GPS all the time. Now it's worthless. :mad:
[Captivate Android Development] syl0n:
Getting my Captivate tomorrow :). Not sure what state it is in but I have been watching flashing videos and stuff to get ready.

Should I use the AIO program if I am a newbie or do it manually? I watched those videos of how to one click ODIN and then flash roms etc and seems to be not too hard but I don't want to brick on my first day :|.

Also is there an easy way to figure out if the 3 key recovery combo is enabled on my phone when I get it? I am a bit confused about that as if I don't then I need to apply some fix for it?

Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] shoman94:
AIO is very easy to use... I still use it when I go back to stock and flash a rom. So I would say yes... use that!
[Captivate Android Development] KonaZXIII:
Since you've been doing your homework I'd say AIO is going to work good for you.
[Captivate Android Development] bigbooty:
Double check your settings in LBS and do the control plane fix, and clear data. Also go into recovery and clear cache partition. Thats been known to help also

The plumb bob is the shizzle for me.
[Captivate Android Development] projectpaki:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=733176
[Captivate Android Development] jessymessy:
Free telenav. Seems to work much much better than Gnav

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=977576
[Captivate Android Development] Soccer_Dad:
I posted my experience in the Captivate General section. My GPS wouldn't lock in at all, until after I wiped the cache partition in Clockworkmod Recovery. Then it would be great. Give that a try. The only thing I've found that is a result of clearing the cache is that the market loses track of your apps, and you have to clear the market's data (manage applications...) so that it can rebuild your app list.
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
I figured out why it kept losing it's GPS lock - I didn't have my car charger plugged in.

Without being plugged it, it's fine while I'm holding it in the window (which is inconvenient while driving :cool:), but in my cup holder, it needs to be plugged in.

Mystery solved! :D
[Captivate Android Development] kcfan491:
thank you

I'm now running serendipity 6.2 with paragon 1200. I've run every benchmark I know about(including stability test) and all the scores are improved on paragon.

My only question is does changing the kernal affect the lagfix?
[Captivate Android Development] xdahgary:
You went from speedmod to paragon. So no change since paragon is based of speedmod. They both use ulf (universal lag fix).
[Captivate Android Development] kcfan491:
2 minutes for an answer. the help and support for this rom Is unreal
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
My GPS is also worse with 6.2. Should i go with the PlumbBob fix or Adams gps fix ?
[Captivate Android Development] zippox180:
flashed to stock and reloaded 6.2 still cannot get my accelerometer to work and still cant access test menu *#0*# and i was able to in stock rom. i tried recalibrating through terminal emulator and it said succeeded but still no auto rotation or anything sensor related...:confused:
[Captivate Android Development] xdahgary:
clean wipe and flash again...
[Captivate Android Development] zippox180:
By clean wipe u mean flash to stock master clear factory reset all that? Cause I've done all that with no success but it definitely works when I flash to stock
[Captivate Android Development] roadrash7:
Hello this is my first time using this rom just flashed to 6.2 and I noticed the wifi never shuts off even with it set to turn off when screens off.

Anyone else notice this. Is it gonna be fixed. I did flash back to stock first too.
[Captivate Android Development] aethquake:
I just flashed this rom to my friend's new captivate, and am since unable to get the phone to usb mount to my pc :( Does anyone know why this might be or what I should do?
[Captivate Android Development] osendott:
look in the notification bar, you'll probably see an usb icon, open the notification bar and click "transfer files to pc" or whatever, and then click "connect"... in this rom, it no longer pops up asking you what type of usb connection you want or whatever..
[Captivate Android Development] Timberline:
Before you go back to 5.12, try going back to stock and re-flashing 6.2. I was having (minor) problems and a complete reflash solved everything. Not that 5.12 is horrible, but it's worth a shot.
[Captivate Android Development] DDNV:
or you're in debug mode.
[Captivate Android Development] ChanceM:
Hello Forum,

Yes, we did change the GPS files. If you want just swap out the GPS files from 5.12

ChanceM
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
Mike and Chance:

I know you don't do kernal work but why don't you use another kernal like paragon in your roms? It seems like everyone and all the benchmarks do better on paragon or other kernals than the straight speedmod. Is there a reason those of us who are using other kernals should be aware of before we go flash happy with kernals??
[Captivate Android Development] ChanceM:
We chose speedmod because it is extremely stable and still very quick at stock speed. We felt that because it is very easy to switch we would provide the best out of the box experience and let the advanced users bolt on some edelbrock parts(an OC Kerel) and fly.

ChanceM
[Captivate Android Development] xdahgary:
Most kernels are based on speedmod's so it shouldn't matter much.

Sent from Serendipity Rom by MikeyMike01 & ChanceM using XDA App
[Captivate Android Development] ninjuh:
The bottom button home/back key auto-presses when unlocking the phone. Its the edit in services.jar to keep the bottom button lights on?

Serendipity 6.2

Suckerpunch oc/uv 1200

jK4 Modem
[Captivate Android Development] GGXtreme:
Is this ROM compatible with the Call Recording mod? Or is there still a conflict with the button backlight fix? I know there was at least one ROM that had both working simultaneously.
[Captivate Android Development] mrnifty:
Have Serendipity 6.2 installed. Love it and have only found one issue. I cannot sign in walmart/pharmacy which is secure.
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
one last question....will i still be able to make my bln change via cwr (rather then bln app) on paragon? I should still right since it's still a speedmod based kernal?

Only reason I ask is to try and prolonge batt life a bit more and 5.12 w/ paragon I thought the batt life was a bit better.
[Captivate Android Development] ChanceM:
yeah you should be able too.

ChanceM
[Captivate Android Development] Soccer_Dad:
How long did you wait? I think it's pretty standard to have to wait from 5-15 minutes for the wifi to shut off "automatically". If you are in the mood to test, you can try pinging your phone from your pc, assuming they are on the same network. When the phone no longer answers any of the pings, your wifi is off.

You may be able to find your IP address inside the advanced wifi menu, but I usually just start up the free wifi manager program to get it.
[Captivate Android Development] Phoenix-Lead:
That would be Phoenix Ultimate
[Captivate Android Development] KreacherComfort:
Anton getting ant better battery life using a different modem? Battery life on the ROM is fantastic, but a little more never hurts =)

Cappy overclocked to 1.2GHz

Smooth as buttah =]
[Captivate Android Development] :
Im not exactly sure what your first questions is, but I just had to quote you because of your name.
[Captivate Android Development] KreacherComfort:
Well thank you =] using my captivate to type makes for bad spelling... I meant to ask if anyone was getting better battery life using another modem. I supose I'm too busy (read: lazy) to experiment for myself.

Cappy overclocked to 1.2GHz

Smooth as buttah =]
[Captivate Android Development] Endoran:
I had this same problem. Make sure you have tried the other stuff mentioned above (aka usb debug mode on, etc). If those don't work try reinstalling the drivers. That's what fixed it for me. :)
[Captivate Android Development] GGXtreme:
So it is ;)

I guess I'm staying loyal to I9000-based ROM's, I always seem to get the best combination of features, performance and stability with them (and JL3 gets me better reception than any Captivate modem).

As a side note to anyone else who had the same question as me about call recording: I don't actually know if the full mod is compatible. But what I did was simply swap Phone.apk, Phone_util.apk and libaudiopolicy.so (not the other 2 libraries) and everything is working fine.

I just threw on Suckerpunch #56, a host of my own tweaks, patches and add-ons, and ran Quadrant. First run: 1730 :eek: I'm no longer missing KB1 that much...

Edit:

(first runs)

Linpack: 16.611 (=second best I've ever gotten, by 0.01)

RL sqLite: 51 seconds (=best I've ever gotten)

an3DBench: 8048

an3DBenchXL: 25977 (=best I've ever gotten)

Battery life seems to be holding nicely (and it's not even calibrated yet). A whole new world coming from my hacked-together JS3 ROM.
[Captivate Android Development] Tenchuu:
thoughts on GPS:

Just got my reception to within a few feet after about 3-5 seconds inside a completely closed room with a 2x2 skylight.

before (serendipity 5.8 i believe, all stock flash) it would take 12+ seconds with the phone in the car window to get any lock.

Thoughts on Battery life

had it unplugged since 11,

wifi for about 3 hours,

GPS on all day,

playing games about 3 hours

emsil checking once an hour

weather updating once every 3 hours

autosync on

auto backlight mostly indoors/cloudy outside.

11 hours later i am at 60%

with:

paragon OC to 1300, 100 undervolt on everything.
[Captivate Android Development] xdahgary:
This looks interesting:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=990753

Big picture caller ID. Someone try it. Remember to backup your phone.apk.
[Captivate Android Development] roadrash7:
My goodness I must need a new battery if did that on any rom id be down to bout 20%
[Captivate Android Development] roadrash7:
Thank you for your help I really appreciate your response I asked someone else ( i'll leave out the name) who should have been even a little bit helpful but wasn't at all.

That's it though it must be set to shut off after a longer time on this rom im just not used to it being that long. Thanks again.
[Captivate Android Development] navimban:
Serendipity 6.2 is awesome!!!! Launcher setting???

Thank you sooo much for making this ROM! So far, I have only used it for a day.

Battery Life: Went down to 5% for 15 hours. Autosync is ON (Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, Google Reader, Google Voice, Google Listen). Set on WIFI for only 2 hours.

GPS: It's variable. It fixes around 12-20 seconds at 10 meter accuracy. If I had not used the GPS for a while, it sometimes takes about 30 seconds to lock. GPS Status App is set at 6 hour Auto Update of A-GPS Assistance Software. Wireless Network and Sensor aiding are ON.

I installed TouchWiz via SGS Tools as I wanted a 4 icon dock that Gingerbread Launcher does not have. I stopped using Launcher Pro. Twiz some how is much more stable that Launcher pro for me. Is there a way or an app to set the ginger bread launcher?

Do you guys have any suggestions to improve my Captivate's performance and battery life? Any good Kernel+Modem combinations for those located here in Southern California (Long Beach area)?
[Captivate Android Development] Endoran:
I don't mean to sound pessimistic but...I don't really believe your battery life. Literally. Maybe if you had some screen shots or something but 3 hours of game play plus all that other stuff with an oc'ed processor and at 60% left is not believable to me. I'm not calling you a liar but I think you are exaggerating.
[Captivate Android Development] GGXtreme:
The best performance/battery life I've gotten is with Suckerpunch #56 after calibration and a couple of full drain-charge cycles. As for the modem, it depends on your location. JK4 is advertised a lot here, but I'm in NYC and nothing comes close to JL3 for me.

As for the launcher, I don't know of a 4-icon dock Gingerbread launcher (I think that's what you're asking, correct me if not), but you can theme another launcher like LauncherPro (which is stable for me) or Go Launcher (very similar to LauncherPro) to have a Gingerbread-themed 4-icon dock and the 3D app drawer.
[Captivate Android Development] ACDYZG:
If you are asking if there is a way to switch between different launchers, there is a free app called home switcher for froyo on the market that i use all the time.
[Captivate Android Development] Tenchuu:
those are best guess times. give to take 30 min on both 3 hours. also no calls all day today, so those are literally all that the phone did.

With the old serindpity i would usually get about 2 days out a charge with casual use (that includes lots of wifi since i don't have much data play) and some music. I also never turn off GPS since i have where's my droid and like to ping the location instead of looking for misplaced phone.

I will include a juice plotter graph sometime soon just for my own curiosity also.
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
My GPS had trouble tracking and keeping connections until I remembered to plug in my car charger. Now it's back to normal. :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] salazar44:
Wow... how bad do you misplace your phone? My GPS wouldnt be able to tell me its under the couch or that I left it in the restroom. The best it would do is tell me that its about 4 miles away.
[Captivate Android Development] Tenchuu:
usually tells me if it is in the house, car, or (hasn't happened yet, but has with other phones) last place i visited and it jumped out of pocket.
[Captivate Android Development] Soccer_Dad:
I was as pessimistic the first time I read it. The hard part for me is the game playing. In virtually every ROM and kernel, just leaving the display on at the dimmest setting drains about 10% per hour. If the game is sudoku, you aren't really taxing the processor much more than just displaying. And my base drain is in the 1% per hour range - more if I'm driving around (in and out of coverage and wifi zones), and less if I'm home sitting in the kitchen 10 feet from the wireless router one floor down.

So I can see his drainage - seems pretty close to mine. I'll even post mine from a little earlier tonight. I have 60% after close to 13 hours, with wifi on at all times, and after 45 minutes of testing my GPS tracking on a walk, with Maverick.
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
Wanted to share my current homescreen using Serendipity along with Redrom :)

Really liking Serendipity quite a bit
[Captivate Android Development] Jjparknyc:
Suckerpunch 55 + jve combo is super smooth. I'm getting 2.5- 4 mbps d/l, 1.3-2mbps u/l in nyc and nj.
[Captivate Android Development] simple man:
Mikey Mike, and Chance M,excellent rom right out of the box (untouched) Thanks for making our Captivates work as they should.With your work It doesn't bother me a bit that I still have a year before an upgrade. Thanks Again!
[Captivate Android Development] ubikwitus:
Unexpected result of flashing 6.2: I can now take calls in my car, routing the audio to my speakers. Was this on purpose? If so, THANKS!
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
How? :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] ubikwitus:
I flashed from 4.2 to 6.2 and I was not able to do a master clear. That may have something to do with it. I was just in my car, making a call yesterday and voila!
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
Are you talking about the built-in speakerphone or the car speakers?
[Captivate Android Development] 13_:
I am gonna take a guess that his vehicle is newer and has bluetooth. LOL... my '84 would never magically connect and if it did I would be very scared :p
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
a la Christine?
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
Does the Captivate not play .gif files (animated pictures) ?

I put a .gif file on my phone to send to someone and when i view it in the gallery it's just a still picture. When i put it in a MMS message its a still picture. Plays fine on my PC. :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] 13_:
Precisely, lol.. I would run and never look back.

It is a cool feature though. Almost makes "upgrading" vehicle a worthwhile thing.
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
It's not the Captivate, it's the gallery/mms apps. I just visited animatedgif.net in the stock Android browser, and the gifs are "animated".
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
So the messaging app doesn't play gif's either ?
[Captivate Android Development] 13_:
If I'm not mistaken, Android in general does not support .gif animation natively. There are many apps on the market that will however allow them to play, but not sure about with mms send/receive. I would suggest one but I haven't used any.

Edit: I actually do use an app that does have excellent .gif playback of stand alone files. Chandroid has an image viewer add on ...works flawless.
[Captivate Android Development] dkall2:
I am able to do this via my car stereo auxiliary input. I plug in my phone using the headphone jack and can listen in quadraphonic sound. It's even better than a Jupiter Jack.
[Captivate Android Development] tietherope:
Maybe just plugged in via the headphone jack? A month or two ago I had my phone plugged into my car sound system listening to music, answered a call that came in and heard them over the car speakers. Freaked me out. I never had it before (or noticed it at least) but somewhere along the lines in Serendipity it showed up.
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
Visit animatedgif.net in the stock Android browser. If the gifs are animated, then it's the mms & gallery apps, not the Captivate.

Animated gifs have worked in the Android browser for a while now, thanks crazililazn's GIF Fix. In Serendipity 6.x, they work without the fix.
[Captivate Android Development] 13_:
Yes, in browser has worked for some time, but not in messaging or gallery/viewer from single file.
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
That means it's the apps, not "Android in general".
[Captivate Android Development] rrieter:
Samsung music player

Downloaded the Samsung music player from the kitchen (I really like the 5.1 mode). Flashed it but it isn't showing up on phone. Any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] dizx:
Which circle battery mod is that?

EDIT: NM. Helps to put cursor next to the listed item to see the icon. 'doh!
[Captivate Android Development] haojan:
On my phone, my display constantly eats up about 90% of my battery. It usually last about 3.5 hrs max for my display at lowest brightness.
[Captivate Android Development] dizx:
I use Screen Filter when using the phone indoors. You can dim the screen even darker than stock settings and it makes it easier on the eyes.
[Captivate Android Development] pwnstar44:
I am having this same issue. The battery lasted great until I upgraded from 6.1 to 6.2. I had the same issue when I upgraded from 5.10 to 5.11 to 5.12. It is like the original flash worked great, but the upgrade screwed it all up. I wonder if the only way to fix this is a fresh flash, because it is terrible! I am already down to 20% batter after 4hr and 45 min. with a whopping 27m of screen usage (72% contribution) and 4hr 47m (4% contribution ) of idle time... Something is screwy.
[Captivate Android Development] 13_:
Well, a stock ROM will not play an animated gif. It will display animated gifs on the web in browser. Not from a file. Android OS in general does not support .gif animation stock, it does support .gif, just not the animation part, with the exception of "in browser" which was added in froyo. Google deems it a discouraged format. So a gif from a text or if you were to download from the browser and save as a file is a still frame unless you have a player(app) that allows a .gif animation to play as nothing in the OS will play it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=631690

For example ... my old BJII SGH-i617 on win mo 6.x , select image file ... open and viola ... animated gif. Win Mo in general supported animated .gif. Receive text ...etc etc ... Regardless of apps...

but ehh ... is just words ... also not a big deal ....

tl:dr

1. In browser works :)

2. Image viewers avail that will play file :)

3. Does not in mms :(
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
The H-mod, liking it quite a bit. Be sure to not check "transparent notification" otherwise you will get stock(green) accents back on your toggles.
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
Could we get a Flight Mode button added to the notification bar?

I'd even be willing to give up the auto-rotate button that I never use?
[Captivate Android Development] joeshmoe08:
hold power button and its there in the menu. Just as fast as notification bar if not faster.
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
+1, i would love to have this option!
[Captivate Android Development] dizx:
I know this probably meaningless to most, but I certainly appreciate that this ROM resets itself in the Contacts menu when entering and exiting. You have no idea how much it drives me nuts that, when I go back in, I see the previous search and have to delete it to do a new search.
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
It's a preference thing. I'd rather have it in the notification toggles myself
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
Have you tried using the JPG modem and enabling 850 by going JL2 > JPD > JPG?
[Captivate Android Development] dizx:
Was this post for me? :confused:

I usually drive with JL2, but is JPG that much better?
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
It's just newer really. Getting some really good speeds with it over JL2/JK4/JPD/KP1. Consistent speed tests ~5k up ~1300 dn. The only issue with JPG and KP1, for that matter, is that some of the new ROMs(Twingerbread, Serendipity, di11i's, Continuum) seem to have issues with getting 850 mhz to enable. To get it working I did this:

Flash JL2. SGS Tools > Band Selection > WCDMA 850 enabled. Verified 850 band with GSM Status. Flashed JPD, verified 850 band. Flashed JPG, 850 band still active! I repeated this process with multiple ROMs and confirmed it works. Without doing this I was unable to get 850, my phone would just stay on 1900 no matter what I did.
[Captivate Android Development] dizx:
I see, but my understanding is that by only enabling WCDMA 850, you take away the flexibility of jumping to 1900 or other bands in case you are not in an 850 area, correct?
[Captivate Android Development] cc2ee:
Anyone else having the problem that wifi never turns off? Even with it set to "off with screen"...Juice Defender isn't even turning it off.
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
That is true, but luckily for me 850 is everywhere where I live.
[Captivate Android Development] dizx:
I do a lot of traveling for work (too much), so I have to keep it on "auto". I'm too stupid to remember to manually change it when I go out of my home area.:D
[Captivate Android Development] tietherope:
By default it takes 15 minutes to turn off. Wait 20 minutes, turn the screen on and see what's happening.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Don't use juice defender... It's bad for battery.

Sent from my Captivate