yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] NISMOFO:
I think I'm coming back to this ROM. I literally had this one my phone for months because my USB cable was toast, and I was lazy. But I loved it, and now I miss it. I'm on another 2.3.3 ROM right now, and it is nowhere near as smooooooth as this one.
[Captivate Android Development] syanz87:
colored settings

hello everybody....

please please please anybody tell me how do i get stock colored settings(setting icons) on serendipity 6.4 froyo????
[Captivate Android Development] sepherian:
Check out the serendipity website kitchen
[Captivate Android Development] enerj:
ive been trying hopelessly and fruitlessly to get swype back on my phone, after the expired notification. Is there an accepted fix for us 6.4 users? Thus far I've only tried removing swype files/uninstall it, but was unable to because r/w lock.

i miss swypeeeeeeeeeee
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Flash one of the themes, Bluedipty has it, as does Blue Medley.
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
This is the 6.4 thread reinbeau.

The method that works for most people is to uninstall Swype with Titanium Backup, reboot, and then install the Swype beta from Swype's website.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
It's a good thing you're here to keep poking me, Bryman, I gotta pay more attention :D
[Captivate Android Development] Notorious544d:
Broken links? I really want this theme!!!

Sorry for the extreme randomness.
[Captivate Android Development] ninjuh:
This was by far the smoothest cleanest ROM out there for the captivate. I would LOVE to see this duplicated on kh3 base. *drool*
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Yes. Follow these simple instructions and you'll have no trouble at all.
[Captivate Android Development] t3chn0s1s:
Actually, it would be THESE instructions since this is the Serendipity 6.4 forum. LOL.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
AAurgh! I do that all the time :p Need to pay attention, not make dinner and answer posts at the same time!

ETA He's ROM shopping, just asked this same question over on the Apex thread.
[Captivate Android Development] Denarian:
Yeah, i'm definitely trying to see which one worked best. I tried Fasty, but i'm having a couple issues, now i'm trying this one and Apex. Hopefully I find which is best for me.
[Captivate Android Development] t3chn0s1s:
No big deal Reinbeau... just wanted to be of help. :D

Denarian, I saw your post over in the Apex 9.3 thread too. I have been thinking about defecting from Serendipity7 to Apex. If you end up flashing Apex - let me know what you think. I still haven't made up my mind. I have been debating whether or not I REALLY feel like having to restore everything via TiBu and set all my homescreens and such back up again.
[Captivate Android Development] Denarian:
Yeah, I never flashed before Monday but my stock phone problems forced me. My only problem is that I restored system files that weren't really needed so My phone is ignoring calls and such because of errors. So now I wanna try Serendepity or Apex since it's been out a little longer and more stable.
[Captivate Android Development] t3chn0s1s:
Well I can definitely tell you that with Serendipity 6.4 or even 7 you WON'T be disappointed. With S7 flashing GB bootloaders isn't really a big deal - IF you're coming from stock 2.2 Froyo or 2.1 Eclair. If you do decide to flash Apex - I'm curious to hear your opinion.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
As t3chn0s1s has pointed out, this is the Froyo version of Serendipity - if you want to compare apples to apples, go with the link I gave you, to the Gingerbread version - but even then, SVII is 2.3.3, and Apex is 2.3.4....and Apex is being actively developed. SVII will have updates, Mikey has said, but they're not coming fast at the moment!
[Captivate Android Development] Denarian:
Thanks, but I think I decided to stick with 6.4, it's been awhile for a minute, it's alot of Mods out for it, and I think i'll overall be satisfied.
[Captivate Android Development] DrDubzz:
I might give this a try this week, but I'm curious about the wallpaper in the OP on the home screen. Where can I get just that wallpaper? The stone tile one
[Captivate Android Development] Gurgs:
Google Droid X wallpaper...its the 14th choice on my phone...
[Captivate Android Development] deanhatescoffee:
I've used di11igaf's ROMs for the last couple of months but I decided to try this until di11i comes out with something new. With Serendipity 2.0 I'm getting great battery; GPS, though slow, is working; the phone is fast, no lag, UV set to -125, -100, -100, -75, -75, -50. I have Steam and the green circle battery mod, no other mods. To be honest, this is the best battery I've ever had - about 2 hours of real usage since 9:07am, 74% battery left at 4:22pm. Can't ask for much more than that.

EDIT: I wanted to mention that I had some major issues initially with Serendipity. I flashed to stock, master cleared, flashed Serendipity. All was well. Installed TiBu, restored apparently, all was well. Rebooted, fine. Chose LauncherPro for my default launcher and got FC after FC for not just LauncherPro but a bunch of other apps as well. I can only assume that the problem was related to TiBu and Apps2SD so I restored, reflashed, restored with TiBu and kept everything from TiBu on my phone memory. Everything's working great now. Just wanted to mention this in case anyone else has the same problem.
[Captivate Android Development] DrDubzz:
I swear I googled the exact same thing yesterday with no luck, but sure enough. thanks

any problem with Droid X sized wallpapers for a Captivate screen? (since DX is a tad larger) (the answer is: No)
[Captivate Android Development] loueichjr:
Battery usage is so subjective. But I have been off charge for 7 hours and with moderate use I am at 66%. I am running Seren 2.0 with xcal 2.3 and jl2 modem. I have display at lowest setting and wifi set to turn off when screen turns off. But still, that is pretty damn good for me.

Sent from 1995 using CompuServe
[Captivate Android Development] chisnz:
On Serendipity 2.0 and trying to do a backup from Steam. Seems to back up most things fine, but gives errors about not being able to mount sd-ext and "INFO is WRONG"

Am I right in thinking that sd-ext's where the APP2D apps will go? In .android-secure or similar?

Does it matter that sd-ext won't mount during a backup? Will a full Titanium Backup store any APP2SD files anyway, so loss of the sd-ext wouldn't be an issue?
[Captivate Android Development] warp.asylum:
Is there a way to get the magic smoke wallpaper installed on this rom?

That's the only thing I miss... love the rom so far!

Edit:

Nevermind, I got it. Pulled the .apk out of another JPY rom and copied it to /system/app. :)
[Captivate Android Development] Delgoth:
If it makes you fell better even regular CWM which steam is based on, can't back up my external SD. But be careful, you have to do an advanced backup to get a full nandroid backup so you save everything.
[Captivate Android Development] dhncali420:
I have to agree battery usage is very subjective. Callibration for me doesn't seem to do anything as far as making the battery last longer it does make it more linear. Im running the steam kernal with no undervolting, installed setcpu with no profiles just set to conservitive and display set to automatic. I've had a few call, texting, mobileAP for 30 minutes, facebook all day, internet browsing, maps (gps lags for me) Now this is my first full battery drain since I flashded so back on the charger and ill see how it drains tomorrow.
[Captivate Android Development] kennethpenn:
FYI: The Gmail "you've got a new email" icon is not Gingerbread themed in Serendipity. It was in Assonance. Any reason why?
[Captivate Android Development] smithisize:
Just flashed, and I'm very happy with it so far :) :) Very fast, good built in apps, good stuff!

Regards

Smith
[Captivate Android Development] k2snowboards88:
I love this rom. It's very fast and I like the look. I think this kernel has some problems though. The two jpy roms I've used have browser problems. The browser gets wonky sometimes when dragging and resizing. Also, animated gifs don't work in the browser.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
The wallpapers are in Launcher2.apk.

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Oversight?

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] crupp:
What's next for this ROM? Hopefully stick wth the basic nature.
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
Can you include all share? I can't even install it... I tried adb and I tried copying it to /system/app/ no go... Any help?
[Captivate Android Development] s1l3nt:
maybe the 4 lock screens but i can't think of anything else
[Captivate Android Development] ghghgh:
Options to try other kernels and modems

I absolutely love this ROM. Unfortunately, I have death of charge and battery drain issues. Every other functionality that I use, no issues. I see people experimenting various kernels and modems. Can some one give me some lead on what I can try and see if any of those combinations work for my phone.

My phone was screaming until Assonance 4.3. No charge deaths or battery drain issues. These two issues started with Assonance 5 and continued with 5.2 and now even with Serendipity. Needless to say I started with clean slate every time.

Mikey, great job! Keep it going. Can't wait for the next one.
[Captivate Android Development] Gurgs:
You can try the speedmod kernel which is not overclocked so that will eliminate your charging death issues...either that or the firebird kernel but I think you will have to extract it out of a rom because there is not a standalone version available right now. As far as the battery drain issues I am not having that and since Mikey said the JPA wifi fix is already included in this rom about all you can do is make sure your battery is recalibrated and that your wifi sleep policy is set accordingly...
[Captivate Android Development] sixstringsg:
My battery also sucked for the first couple of days, but then it settled in and gave me as good as Assonance did.
[Captivate Android Development] Denarian:
I was installing over fasty, I wiped back to stock, and then master cleared, but now I have no way install the update for clockworld. Any suggestions please????

---------- Post added at 08:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:19 PM ----------

it keeps saying can't open sdcard update. its no such file or directory
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
So, you didn't follow the installation instructions we linked to? Really, if they're followed, there are no issues. One think Mikey says all the time is there is absolutely no reason to flash back to stock. Do you have root? You need to flash a kernel that has clockwork mod, other than that I don't know what to tell you.
[Captivate Android Development] Denarian:
I actually followed the instructions, but my SD card just wasn't visible so I couldn't flash the update.zip. But thanks for your input anyway.
[Captivate Android Development] ninjuh:
What all files would need to be updated for this ROM to be up to date? busybox, anything else? I don't use swype so I'd remove that entirely. I want to use this ROM again but I'd like to get anything that needs to be updated first
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
I guess i am the only one left still running this rom, lol. I tried GB roms but this gives me the best data speed (5.5 d/l with JL2 modem on 3g) and the NHL Game Center app is smooth as butter (choppy on GB roms) :D
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! :D
[Captivate Android Development] anshoo:
for people still running this rom, is there a way to change the color of signal bars, wifi etc. from green to some other color?

i downloaded the battery bars from serendipity website from its kitchen.. but unable to find a way to do a color match for the rest of the icons in the notification bar.
[Captivate Android Development] ChanceM:
You would need to modify all the images in the framework.

ChanceM

Sent from a Serendipity Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
It's a zombie! :eek:

:)
[Captivate Android Development] ChanceM:
Where where grab the shotgun!

ChanceM

Sent from a Serendipity Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Stay on topic

I'm sure there are others still using this, let's not let the thread disintegrate.
[Captivate Android Development] vintagephone:
Hey, My wife and I still run this! I loaded it and it worked so well I couldn't be convinced to "upgrade" to something else. Thanks for all the good times MikeyMike and ChanceM!

Actually, today I got an S3... so I'll be moving on, but my wife will still be happily running 6.4 for a bunch more months! ;-)

Carl
[Captivate Android Development] :
I remember back in the day when GB was still being worked out, this was my go to rom for battery life and everything.
[Captivate Android Development] ninjuh:
Hell yeah. I remember being at work sitting on the forklift ****in with this ****
[Captivate Android Development] mwiz123:
I miss this from :-)
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Me too.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Captivate Android Development] :
Please come back!
[Captivate Android Development] ninjuh:
An update to this rom could revive the captivate
[Captivate Android Development] Rodman101:
Have you not seen Serendipity VII?

I'm feeling serendipitous...
[Captivate Android Development] ninjuh:
Of course I have. I don't think gb runs as smooth overall as froyo does on the crappy.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
I'd be very surprised if Mike touched this one.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
Same here. Streaming video is much smoother. I'm still running 6.4 ;)
[Captivate Android Development] CanuckinPA:
Mikey Mike --- Need Some Help Please

I tried Serendipity 7 on my Captivate, but it kept freezing my phone every couple of minutes. So, I've gone back to stock and am trying to install v6.4

Following the instructions on your download page, I used Odin to run a master clear, which said it was a success. However, when I check the phone cards, I see that neither has been cleared and has all of the files from my previous ROM (Cog)

The link to the update.zip page directed me to a petition page for the internet censorship issue -- no download to be found there. :mad:

Now, I can't get the phone into download mode so that I can run the zip file. I've tried down+power and the phone just boots up -- up+down+power just cycles through the charging battery icon.

I really want to get back to running a custom ROM, but this seems to be a lot more difficult than it was when I first rooted my phone. :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] simple man:
To flash the zip file, you want recovery mode , not download mode. To get in recovery mode, simultaneously press and hold Volume Up+Volume Down, then while still holding said buttons, press and hold the Power key until you see the white screen, right when you see the white screen, let off the Power key, but continue to hold the Volume Up+Volume Down keys until your phone boots into recovery mode.
[Captivate Android Development] sylvan:
【Guide】How To flash ANY Captivate ROM from Stock (including ICS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1350266
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
I just have to comment, you've been a member since 2008, and this is your first post - and a useful one at that?? :eek: Bravo! ;)
[Captivate Android Development] CanuckinPA:
What she said! :laugh:
[Captivate Android Development] rayoubi:
great rom!!!! I had this when I had my captivate. :)
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Thanks. :)

Sent from my iPhone
[Captivate Android Development] Reamer09:
TRAITOR!! Haha. Just messing with you Mikey, I used this ROM on my captivate too. I miss the development the captivate had; though the development for the One X is pretty booming.

Sent from my One X
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I miss the Captivate sometimes too. None of the other Android devices I've had lived up to the Captivate.

Sent from my iPhone
[Captivate Android Development] bradddo:
development for cappy is alive and well. its an oldie but a goody.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Yeah? I still have mine in the Old Devices box. It hangs out with a broken iPod Shuffle and a Zune 120GB. :)

Sent from my iPhone
[Captivate Android Development] Reamer09:
True story. My mom is using my old one on CM9 and is very happy with it. Sorry to bring up another ROM in your thread Mikey, its nothing personal, I loved your ROMs and they worked flawless. I just through something that was still being developed somewhat on there in case I wanted to update it.

Sent from my One X
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I don't mind. Particularly given the fact that this ROM is so old and the ROM you mentioned isn't a joke.

Sent from my iPhone
[Captivate Android Development] NightHawk877:
If only I could run this on my Galaxy S 3.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I never bought an SGS3. I pretty much had my fill of Samsung by that point.

Sent from my iPhone
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
And yet you have the Nexus :cyclops: My Note 2 will be here this Thursday, I can't wait. The Captivate is now so horribly slow (I supposed I should do a reset, but I'm not going to bother) I can barely use it as a phone anymore. No clue why it's this bad, still on Serendipity VII. Not blaming the ROM, but once the Note gets here all I'm going to do is root it and get rid of bloat. I've heard the whole Touchwiz experience is much improved now. And the GPS is superb!!
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
SGS 3 stock ROMs are 1000 MB. I would assume the Note 2 ROMs are similar.

That's an awful lot of bloat. :eek:
[Captivate Android Development] Rodman101:
It's a hell of alot of bloat. I got the s3 a month ago and I love the Touchwiz on this thing, it's beautiful. I only rooted to get rid of the tons of garbage At&t put on this thing.

I'm feeling serendipitous...
[Captivate Android Development] Reamer09:
DAAAAAAAAAAMMNNNN!!!! And I thought the One X had a lot of unneeded extras on it with it's 600mb ROMs.

Sent from my One X
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Yep. And it's only going to get worse moving forward. That's why, if I were to buy an Android device again, it would be a Nexus.

Sent from my iPhone
[Captivate Android Development] Reamer09:
I remember you talking awhile back about Windows Phone, what do you think of WP8? I almost really want the HTC 8x, except it's size is almost the same size as the HTC One X with a screen that is .4" smaller. I want a 4.3" screen with the phone not being much larger. The Nokia 820 attracted me because it meets that, but it only has a 800x480 resolution. So that's disappointing.

Sent from my HTC One X
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I think what I've always thought about Windows Phone... it's nice, but it matters little without a robust app collection.

The lack of a high end 4" device is also disappointing.

Sent from my iPhone
[Captivate Android Development] Reamer09:
What do you think of their claims that Windows Phone 8 being so similar to Windows 8 to code apps for that it'll help bring programmers to WP8? Think there's some truth to it, or just a marketing ploy? Honestly, WP does pretty much everything I want in a phone. I don't need 700,000 sh***y apps, just 50-100 amazing ones (at most). Windows market is at 120,000 right now and growing. Remember how bad Android 1.5 and the original IOS was? I'd say WP is starting out better than both of them. In two years the market will be just as booming as the rest, to the point where you can tell the difference between 200,000 and 800,000 apps.

Sent from my HTC One X
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I dunno. Probably a bit of both.

Sent from my iPhone
[Captivate Android Development] Reamer09:
Well I'm going to look at the 820 today if Best Buy has them in stock and I'll let you know what it feels like if you haven't handled any of the WP8 devices.

Edit: Never mind, checked Best Buy's site and said they're not available.

Sent from my HTC One X
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I haven't; I've only used Windows Phone 7 devices.

Sent from my iPhone
[Captivate Android Development] Reamer09:
Well I haven't had a chance to handle a WP8, but I have a custom 7.8 ROM on my Focus and the adjustable live tiles is pretty nice.

Sent from my HTC One X
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Yeah. It seems pretty nice to me.

Sent from my iPhone
[Captivate Android Development] ghghgh:
Thanks for the info. I am ready to try SpeedMod. When you say 'not overclocked', do you mean the HZ=256 version below?

SpeedMod K12K with HZ=256 CWM

SpeedMod K12K with HZ=500 CWM

I have already changed wifi sleep policy. I will recalibrate after trying speedMod.
[Captivate Android Development] Yayodroid:
love it so far! easy to update!+ fast! hopefully lockscreens are coming :) dont really know what else i would like to see. battery seems fine, havent calibrated yet but planning on it. seems really stable. btw all of your instructions and extra files on the first page is super handy! Thank you!
[Captivate Android Development] DrDubzz:
Use the 500, it is not overclocked and will provide smoother performance than the 256. That's what I'm using and it's great. I really really like the speedmod kernel. It's been great on battery life as well
[Captivate Android Development] ghghgh:
Ok, Thanks. I will go with HZ=500. I installed Steam and my kernel is #22. Any idea if I need to uninstall steam before installing speedmod kernel?
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
You shouldn't have to.

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] Barbarian:
No you don't.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] Auridran:
That's really interesting. I'm at almost half an hour of voice calls, about 22 minutes of display time, and at about 50 texts with 57% battery remaining at 18 hours and 40 minutes of uptime.

Then again, a lot of people were saying they have "the same great battery life as Assonance", and my battery was completely dead with far less usage in Assonance at only 17 hours with nothing seemingly out of the ordinary draining the battery.
[Captivate Android Development] King Shady:
Guys I know this is a real noob question and I should probably ask somewhere else , but I love this Tom and its support... so my question is if I were to install a different kernel to I just install it from sd card in cwm? Thanks guys
[Captivate Android Development] Gurgs:
Yes as long as you get the clockwork flashable version of whichever kernel you are trying to flash...most have a clockwork and also an odin version available. You will find out real quick if you try the wrong one...lol.
[Captivate Android Development] King Shady:
Lol thanks. I will hit thanks once I get to a pc!
[Captivate Android Development] WickedNite:
Hey Mike, what uv settings do you recommend for better battery life?
[Captivate Android Development] XGX5309:
UV settings are device dependent. What may work on one Captivate may not work on another because of the different silicon batches.

With OC/UV you have to test what YOUR device's limits are. :)
[Captivate Android Development] ghghgh:
Thanks Mikey.

In case if any one wants to try SuperMod, here is what I did.

1. Copied speedmod-kernel-i897-k12k-500hz-CWM.zip to sd card

2. Selected 'Recovery' menu after long holding power button

3. Landed in awesome Steam interface and selected install from sd option

4. Browsed and selected speedmod zip file. Got a successful message.

5. Restarted and every thing worked fine.

I now see this under Kernel version

2.6.32.9

..supermod...#64

Just for fun went back in to recovery only to see the cool 'Steam' interface missing. Oh well. Counting on this 'Speedmod' to fix my death charge issue.

Thank you all for your help.
[Captivate Android Development] WickedNite:
Oh okay. I see. but what's like the minimum or the safest uv settings? Do you know?