yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Still no go: GPS, Maps, Text to Speech

Follow-up to my posts last night:

The GPS hooks, and hooks pretty good. IN GPS Test, I could get 9-11 SATs out of 11 hooked. But in NAV, it follows me driving, albeit not overlyl accurately but the whole time it has this message up with the rotating icon saying "Getting Driving Directions", but never succeeds.

I tried CoPilot, and it just freezes.

Still can't get the Text to Voice to do anything.

I don't suppose changing Kernels will help. Any thoughts? Anyone else experiencing this? (I did see another post from someone just up a few having same problem with Text to Speech).

FWIW...I did for a very short time yesterday (before I knew this was out) install Perception 10, and it appeared to have the same Nav issues. Didn't play with it very long, as I saw this out.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Make a logcat.

adb logcat > nameoffile.txt

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] bts0uth:
Luickly I found the fix myself, had to disable Voodoo in recovery and I rebooted and it worked fine.

I kind of think it might have just been /system lagfix messing it up but I disabled all of it to be sure.

I came from Perception 10 with Hardcore's latest kernel (with system converted) BUT i flashed to stock and did a master clear. So not sure why it seems to be an isolated incident with me and two other people in the thread.
[Captivate Android Development] crupp:
BUMP - Is this possible, or no. Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] glitterballs:
Did you try flashing stock and then doing it? I mean, it shouldn't really be necessary, but will 100% work. Otherwise, try going back to RFS before flashing this.

edit - Ok. Saw you got it.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
I'll just jump in here and say, I am using Google Voice for voice mail, and calling, as well as message. Fully invested. Working well for me; no costs for text messaging.

I have Talk installed, but almost never use IM.
[Captivate Android Development] Ethere:
This is the issue I'm seeing as well.
[Captivate Android Development] justmart:
Any Working samsung mms.apk??? I missing so much things about ASSonance 5.0! Thinking of going back...
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
Don't know if this'll help in your environment, but here is the Hotfile link:

http://hotfile.com/dl/94329051/13c69be/Serendipity_1.0.zip.html
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
I think as soon as I get charged up, I'm going to 5.2. I was on 5.0, and pretty happy with it.

This looks promising. I think the 2.2.1 may have some challenges yet to get resolved.

Mikey is doing a great job.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I can post the MMS.apk from JPY for you.

One sec, I just have to change the icon to AOSP.
[Captivate Android Development] Delgoth:
So far, this is going great for reliability. I flashed at about 1am this morning, plugged in with 93% battery life.

I left it unplugged all night in idle mode, and when I woke up this morning at 6:30am, it had only used 3% battery. And for once the Display was lowest on the list, and regular cell standby was the main contributer to battery drain.

All this with max clock speed limited to 1200mhz and no UV. I'm thinking I like this a lot. And thanks for making it de-odexed, now it's time for that Framework.apk to shine.

You couldn't have picked a better recovery either. That is really helping this ROM. I like it's verbose boot mode (ie. log display)

Is there any way to re-enable startup and shutdown sounds? So that I might make my own? There's so much customization that can be done to this ROM easily by us end users.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
All I did was remove the .wav/.ogg files. It should work just fine if you put your own sound there.

/system/media/audio/ui/shutdown.ogg

/system/etc/PowerOn.wav
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Here you go, one JPY Samsung MMS + AOSP Icon.

http://www.multiupload.com/5V6BG4ULJ4

Added to the OP.
[Captivate Android Development] momulah:
Is there a green circle battery mod yet for this rom!! I just cant flash a rom without for some reason! Guess it looks much better to me.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Use this website:

http://circle.glx.nl/
[Captivate Android Development] Coldheat1906:
So you didn't UV and you are getting great battery? I must be doing something wrong..... Did you recalibrate your battery?
[Captivate Android Development] yzlvr:
Any way you can make a new framework with a battery with percentage?
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Is the original framework-res.apk in this ROM? If not, you cannot use that web site. That was the case for Assonance.
[Captivate Android Development] ixiamen:
Thanks, have been tried, but appear Permission denied !
[Captivate Android Development] alkiter:
Great ROM, just a couple of minor issues.

1. Voltage control won't save settings. It says that it wrote S_volt_scheduler but the file is not generated. Changed file system to r/w, including /etc/init.d directories. If file is manually generated, it will delete it, but not create or change it.

2. Droid Explorer connects to device, but doesn't show contents of file system. Adb works.

Changed to speedmod kernel K12l, but still have problem 2.
[Captivate Android Development] Delgoth:
Prolly because you don't have steam set to mount system as r/w
[Captivate Android Development] alkiter:
Yea, figured it has to do with filesystem mounted r only. But I didn't get Steam recovery when installed rom, still have clockworkmod recovery.

Even when change / to r/w with Root Explorer still can't get Droid Explorer to see files. Will try Steam recovery.

Aaaah, yea! Re-installed GB Steam kernel, widped Dalvik cache, made sure mount file system r/o not checked, all works good!

And of course I didnt get Steam Recovery since I flashed using CM recovery!

Thanks for making me think...
[Captivate Android Development] MSHampton:
Audio out on samsung charge stand

I finally got tired of waiting on the "official" froyo and I gotta say I'm loving this Serendipity 3. Question though.

Samsung said that with Froyo, the audio out on the charge desk stand would work, and since this is based on a Samsung rom, shouldn't that be working now? Just wondering if maybe it only works with the samsung music app?

Any ideas?

Other than that, everything is working great. Love this rom.
[Captivate Android Development] LimFin:
Stuck in ClockworkMod

Ok so I just came from assonance 5.2. I used odin to restore to stock, then rooted, then installed ClockworkMod recovery and put the Serendipity zip on my sd card. Booted into recovery and chose install from sd, picked serendipity and now I am stuck at a screen that says. Installing: SDCARD: Serendipity_3.0.zip finding update package...

What'd I do wrong??

Also, what do I do now? Is there a way that I can get out of this screen without bricking my phone?

UPDATE: Ok, So I managed to reboot into stock, but I really don't want to be stuck with this crappy rom all day. Any ideas on how I can get Serendipity to install?
[Captivate Android Development] Delgoth:
Try redownloading the Zip file, maybe it got currupted.
[Captivate Android Development] loueichjr:
Try uninstalling using TiBu

Sent from 1994 using Prodigy
[Captivate Android Development] dontshakepandas:
Just try again. That happens sometimes.
[Captivate Android Development] LimFin:
Redownloaded and tried it again. No problems. Works great. Anybody know what I can expect in terms of battery life?
[Captivate Android Development] sabesh:
Did you do a Master Clear via Odin after flashing to Stock?
[Captivate Android Development] apewall:
I'm averaging 20+ hours under -mild- usage. Just surfing the web at work for maybe 1 hour, playing a game for 10-15 minutes. normal texts and calls during the day.
[Captivate Android Development] dangerdan:
So im guessing there's nothing I can do regarding the dropped service? Cause I really hate staying at stock coming from cognition 1.0 to this then back to stock. I don't understand what could be causing it either because I'm following the installation instructions step-by-step.
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
MikeyMike01... Finally figured out all the trouble.

I think you have to flash to steam kernel for stuff to work. On the CWM kernel, I was using Tibu and it could never get root. Then I remember you said that you did everything from the steam kernel and you never had problem.

So I was on the man thrown thinking and was like OH CRAP. hahah... So I did a wipe and installed Serendipity 3. Then after it booted up, before I did anything like TIBU or anything, I used the kernel switcher and changed to the steam kernel. Now EVERYTHING works.

Tested with Voltage Control: no problems

LCD Density @ 200: no problems

Youtube: Test played movies... No problems (Of all the random videos I picked Justin Bieber WTF PEEPS!)

So that was it. Just have to convert to Steam then all is fixed and well. LOL

Also this seamed just a tad smoother and quicker than Serendipity 2.0!
[Captivate Android Development] dontshakepandas:
Any chance you can change the blue text on the first page of the messaging app that lists your current conversations to orange or green? Would also love to see orange button presses for the camera app. The clear all button in the pull down menu still has a blue button press as well but I've already fixed that myself.

Hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaining, I love the ROM, just pointing out the places I see room for improvement.
[Captivate Android Development] Endoran:
After changing the lockscreen to the epic variant my phone started the boot cycle crash never-ending-cycle and I flashed back to stock and reflashed 3.0. I was told it was because I changed the kernel to hardcore's before I flashed the 3.0 zip. I can vouch that whatever is going on it is NOT due to this issue as I didn't mess with the ROM this time before I flashed and I just tried to switch to the epic lockscreen and it started the boot cycle crash. I'm using the default kernel (not steam). The odd thing is right after I flashed the ROM I tested the epic lockscreen and it worked...then after tibu (just missing apps not system data) I tried again and it boot cycle crashed. I'd rather only flash one more time and I'm thinking of the new cognition however I really love this ROM other than the boot cycle crash (and the still occasional phone app FC), any suggests as to how to prevent these issues if I were to reflash this ROM? Should I use the steam kernel? Thanks guys :o
[Captivate Android Development] crupp:
anyone else getting force closes when trying to play vide0 (with 3.0) i have the video player apk installed?
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
To both of you.... All my troubles went away after I used steam kernel. Read my post on the last page. So before Tibu before anything, right after flash, switch to steam.
[Captivate Android Development] crupp:
hmmm, hoping for a different option. Just not a huge fan of steam.
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
I tried different things last night, but nothing seemed to work very well. I dunno probably Mikey needs to look and see what is the difference, maybe he needs to build his ROM off two different kernels or something...

Its learning something new, but its not bad.

But lemme try reverting back, maybe its a tibu problem with the CWM kernel....

So maybe do all your installs on steam.
[Captivate Android Development] Endoran:
I'd rather not use steam either. But if that's what it takes to continue using this ROM I will do it. I'll flash this one more time and install the steam kernel right after before tibu. I'll let you guys know how it all goes! Later today that is.
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
It Worked! I TIBU'ed and installed everything on while on the Steam kernel.

Just reverted back to CWM to try some thing's and all is well now. I suspect maybe something with TIBU/BUSY/BOX/CWM problems during install..... Oh wellz....

I am happy, I liked Serendity 3... It looks amazing.

BUT TIBU is busted under CWM after I reverted, so you gotta do all your installs using the steam kernel.... :(
[Captivate Android Development] crupp:
Did you revert back by just installing a different kernel?
[Captivate Android Development] gregoor:
I love this rom also. Only thing that bothers me is the call end screen. Is there a way to change this???
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
Reverted back using the kernel switcher and with the one that comes with Serendipity 3 as stated.

I can try and revert back to the one that comes with Serendipity 2.... I'll see if tibu is still broken.

*** Nope still busted. Reverted to the stock non-steam Kernel that was in Serendipity 2 and Tibu is still broken ***

I haven't ran Setiron's kernel on this ROM at all... cause GB's kernel gets really really good batt life so oh wellz....
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
No r/w to system after installing Ser 3.0 -resolved

Just a quick update for those of you like me who have had issues with sideloading apk files after installing certain versions of Assonance or Serendipity:

Installing the latest Speedmod kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893880 via CWM Recover (I did not use ROM manager, doubt it matters either way) and enabling /system r/w under SpeedMod Tweaks seems to have helped, if not resolved. YMMV.
[Captivate Android Development] jlt220:
Contacts

Ok I'm sure someone will tell me this is in the wrong place, and or that the answer is somewhere else. However I have searched and found conflicting responses based on phone type, android version etc so i thought maybe the rom could effect it.

When I flashed the rom i had my contacts backed up to a gmail account, then when i restored them i wanted to link them with the facebook accounts, however i now have doubles of all my facebook friends is there away to merge multiples in some sort of batch format?
[Captivate Android Development] Lencias:
Dungeon: LOVE your avatar.

In my opinion, this is THE PERFECT ROM. Now, I just need to find a modem that doesn't make **** static-y over Bluetooth.
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
Thats why you don't do that.... You can join contacts together in your phone contacts. Use TIBU to back up and restore the contacts. Done....

When you restore your contacts are EXACTLY the way you left them...
[Captivate Android Development] Dungeon47:
I've had pretty good bluetooth with JK4. I've generally gotten the best overall performance and function with it. It isn't the fastest, but it the the best overall in my testing. Are you sure it isn't your bluetooth device?
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
For folks having problems with Tibu, my suggestion is to have an additional backup using MyBackup Pro. I purchased it in July and, at times when using Tibu to perform batch restores became problematic, MyBackup was there to save the day. It's a

lot

slower when backing up, but IMHO it's definitely worth having as a Plan B.
[Captivate Android Development] thundermonkey:
I am still having problems with incoming phone calls crashing the phone.apk even after flashing back to stock and to 3.0. Is there a solution to this problem yet that may involve switching modems or what not?
[Captivate Android Development] ATT Intruder:
Smooth!!!

Well MM01 you have certainly done it this time!

Downloaded the ROM and made a few adjustments to UI sounds and the such. Deleted all the various caches and cleared batt stats, disabled Voodoo and then flashed this right over V2.0. one first boot I flashed kernal and then loaded TiBu to restore all user apps and data. Running fast and smooth with none of the issues I've seen posted by others.

That is my favorite thing about your ROM's Mikey... They just F-ing work! right out of the box with no BS or headaches!

I'll send another donation your way as soon as I can!

Thanks for all you do from the Dev work to the support you give!!!
[Captivate Android Development] Lawliet L Ryuzaki:
i found the file path, but what stock rom should i pull the apk from? (i've opened up two of them but to be frank, the search button hasnt been helpful either)

EDIT: Before I forget, what options do i have in replacing the AT&T boot logo? (used to have the I896 logo when i went from stock rogers without odin)
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
2 Questions:

1. Did you do master clear in JF6?

2. Did you use TIBU to do a full system restore, because you should only install your missing apps, never system apps?
[Captivate Android Development] DGTLMIK:
Same for me on batch 1010.

1. Yes.

2. I didn't use TIBU at all; started from scratch.
[Captivate Android Development] :
Anybody else having Bluetooth constantly FC?
[Captivate Android Development] charlie310:
This would be a nice feature. At least for us who use our phones for business purposes. You had it in Assonance 5.0, but it disappeared for some reason. Maybe I should just use Jorte.
[Captivate Android Development] lobuh:
Hi everyone! This is my first post here but i've been in the forum for a while, just reading and learning. I love this rom and many others that are found here. You guys are definitely taking my captivate to a whole another level.

Anyway...

When changing ROM, do I ALWAYS need to restore to the original rom (ODIN one click, i think. at least it is what i do) and then to the new ROM?

And what options should I use in Titanium Backup in order to backup only my apps, accounts, wi-fi's and widgets? because if I do a full backup won't some apps and system settings be outdated when I restore them after flashing to a newer ROM? or should i just backup my apps and redo the rest again?

Thanks, keep up the excellent work!
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
I asked the same question before. I was told that by flashing to stock (which is different for everyone), we all start at the same place which can reduce problems or make problem solving easier to do. Having said that, I assume if you flash a new ROM on top of the old one, there's no harm in doing that. Just that if you run into any problems, it's still better to flash back to stock then falshing the ROM you want before you post and ask questions.

I'm on Serendipity 2.0 still and I couldn't receive calls again... It force closed on me and I lost signal. Guess it's time to upgrade to a new ROM!
[Captivate Android Development] grayfoxx:
Phone app crashing

I performed JF6 restore, master cleared and only used TiBU to restore missing apps. I've had two phone crashes on incoming calls. One was while running Pandora, the other was random with no apps running at all.
[Captivate Android Development] ATT Intruder:
On your pc, laptop, whatever... go to your Google calendar and add them there. You have to go in and subscribe to them, go to Calendar from Google homepage - Settings in upper right corner - Calendar tab under calendar settings on left side of page - Browse interesting Calendars on right side of page. From there you should be able to figure it out. That will put them on your handheld as well.
[Captivate Android Development] JuiceBoxBoy:
And I just installed serendipity 2.0. Noticed a problem today got a random error message saying sim card removed.
[Captivate Android Development] Delgoth:
Bah. I have my custom window animations I've been messing with for this rom.The basic working set from darkys rom I have running without a hitch bit they leave something to be desired. Im trying to get the ones from ultimate droid themes to work but they keep causing adw ex and titanium backup to force close. Otherwise they work perfect with the stock launcher. Would anyone know why these two programs are so fickle?
[Captivate Android Development] silverslotcar:
That error is due to the JL3 modem that comes with 2.0.

Flash 3.0 for the JK4 modem or use the zip I attached and install from clockwork recovery.
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
Hmmm change the modems... see if that helps. Also after installing the rom, switch it to steam... See if that helps.
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
mmm so that means that it is a no no for Setiron kernel and LCD Density with 3.0? :(
[Captivate Android Development] Majortom420:
3.5 already? and that script is drooooool.
[Captivate Android Development] charlie310:
Thanks, but I already did this. That's how I got holidays on my Assonance Calendar.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I redid the method of root installation, redoing the themes in a way that they decompile correctly, and a black market.

No real reason to update to 3.5 if you're happy.
[Captivate Android Development] lrs421:
That market is sick looking. Looking forward to it.
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
I think install everything with steam, then convert back to cwm kernel, then update with setiron?
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
No point in waiting:

http://www.multiupload.com/I5FRUYX8IQ
[Captivate Android Development] thundermonkey:
Yes and Yes
[Captivate Android Development] lrs421:
Love it. Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] Mrscdrul:
Hi guys!! Im new to the captivate and I have to say ......I love this phone! I just had serendipity put on my phone yesterday ...its awesome! I seem to be having some issues. Some of my apps keep force closing, and as I saw someone else had the same trouble I can't get pocket ledgends to dowload. Its not even saying there's an error. Just says its downloading...shows download arrow for a second and then disappears. I was wondering..if I change the voltage will this help ....and if so...what should I change?
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Clear the Market data.
[Captivate Android Development] ggonzalez7777:
Has anyone had trouble with the gauge battery widget? I donated and the developer provide a code that is linked with my "donator id". I have not had trouble with this widget on any rom up until I installed 3.0. When I look in the widget, I don't have an ID and I'm wondering if that is due to a missing IMEI or product code. Any thoughts? The developer has no idea why I don't have an ID and that's after I sent him a log.
[Captivate Android Development] Scarchunk:
So I was one of the people using speedmod and having youtube errors. I also had the busybox issue with tibu and occasionally root explorer would fail to attain su. Last night I flashed back to stock 3.0 and played around and I might have figured out the issue. It seems related to GB's post about the system partition conversion. For anyone that wants to run a different kernal or having issues with the current one, try disabling voodoo. Disabling voodoo does a system conversion and seemed to solve all my issues. After disabling you can re-enable or flash whatever kernel you wish. I'm now able to run the latest speedmod without any youtube, busybox, su issues. If I used LCD density I would imagine it would work as well.

I noticed Mikey's post about changing the root permission installation in 3.5, so hopefully it will be a non-issue by then. Hope this helps.
[Captivate Android Development] datapunkk:
You can download Improved Email. Same interface, better features. You can actually select all of your emails!!! WOW! lol
[Captivate Android Development] crupp:
MM - any idea why i get force closes when accessing the video player. I am not using Steam, and using the stock samsung video player. Just did a master clear and back to stock...same issue
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Make a logcat.
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
Sounds about right to me too. If I install everything with Steam enabled, it also works fine and then just revert back and flash another kernel should be ok....
[Captivate Android Development] LucasMac:
This is my first flash and I have to say that I am loving it so far. The Gingerbread interface, IMO, looks much better than the stock Samsung UI. The only problem I've found so far is that contacts photos are stretched so that their faces are too wide.

Is the volt app enabled by default? In order to prolong battery life, I am not interested in overclocking. How can I disable/remove this app?