yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] cumanzor:
Backlight notification. Basically a module that turns on the soft keys when there is a notification (such as a new text message or email, etc). NO BLN means that it doesn't have this feature.

People are saying that the no BLN kernel gives them better battery life, but as always, YMMV.
[Captivate Android Development] sairoland:
Mine was the same until I:

1) Set Samsung Apps new application notification to Off

2) Set Wifi sleep policy to when screen is off (i also set timeout to 15 seconds with OCLF)

3) Set Wifi network notification to off

My battery life drastically improved doing those 3 things (not really sure which had the real impact if any over the others)
[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
2nd that. Also if you turn off background data it helps out big time. At 3. 5 hrs withh 88% left and i have been using my phone like a cheap &%$#@

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[Captivate Android Development] glitterballs:
Neldar tested this, and a phone with BLN actively running used like .1% more battery, and I think the same without it running. The point is that with very sensitive equipment, significant additional battery drain was shown not to happen. Science >> anecdotal reports.

Here's the post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=813389
[Captivate Android Development] jeffw111:
One question did you configure the Samsung Apps option to off under Settings > Applications? It was somewhere back several pages mentioned changing it from WiFi Only to off. The other question are you running with WiFi on all the time (I was previously)? Having that on all the time seems to add to the battery drain quite a bit as well. After making those two changes my phone with Firebird2 v0.3 and Preception 10.2 has been getting at least a day and a half on a charge.
[Captivate Android Development] froli13:
Turning off background data means that data isn't available when the screen is off?

Or it means that data is available only for opened apps?
[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
Apps will only sync and use data when they are open. Downfall is you have to re enable when using the market.

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[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
In dream land it uses that much battery... and its his baby, so of course it only uses that much battery.

With it enabled I went from draining 4-6% idle to draining 30-40%, that was the exact same setup, bln kernel vs non-bln kernel.

Read his post about how he tested, that's like killing every app on your phone, freezing them so they cannot turn on and running benchmarks to get the best possible results. Sure, you eliminate anything getting in the way, but what if what you are doing is conflicting with something and causing the battery drain? You would never know because you didn't do any real world testing. My bone stock rom, one with BLN, one without, battery drain is very apparent on the BLN version.
[Captivate Android Development] DraxusD:
So does anyone have any comparison shots to show the effects of Voodoo Color? Or just thoughts on it? I'm debating trying this kernel, mostly for the color/sharpness and sound fixes.
[Captivate Android Development] TorqueWrench001:
I have run into an issue with my setup.

Perception 10.2

Firebird 2 v0.3

When I connect to my pc with the usb cable (debugging enabled), my pc only sees the external sd card on my phone, then after a bit, maybe not all the time, it sees the internal card as a cd drive instead of a removable drive like the external card.If i try to copy files to it, it says "write protected" and won't allow the operation. I flashed back to Firebird 2 same issue. However when I flash Firebird #28 both sd cards are recognized as removable drives and file operations are allowed.

Apologize if this has been posted, I thought i saw a similar issue posted previously and I have searched but not come up with the answer. Thought it was an issue with a previous rom or kernal that was resolved.

I did not try the "non-bln" kernal version

changed my search terms, found this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10304681&highlight=card#post10304681

but no change, same issue.

I have rebooted phone & pc several times. not a big issue I would just prefer to use latest versions if possible.
[Captivate Android Development] froli13:
Everyday, I have the same phone usage routine. I unplug my phone at 6:30AM and go to work. I send 50 text messages during the way, navigate with Dolphin Browser Mini, XDA APP, email and stuff like this.

When I get back home at (around) 4h30, I have 20% battery left with Firebird 2 BLN and now with the non-BLN version I am at 45%

Thanks DG for this non-BLN version! And I can't wait for the UV version!!

By the way, I am running Cognition 3.02...
[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
Uh oh... Not the right place but still...

http://www.androidcentral.com/moto-employee-confirms-locked-bootloaders-and-bad-attitude
[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
Hmmm... Going to give the non bln a try.
[Captivate Android Development] RaptorOne3:
I was experiencing the exact same results.

I think I have discovered that this app, or possibly the kernel integration, seems to cause issues with the buttons if the app is uninstalled without disabling the app first... This is on top of the fact that it mysteriously sucks down battery power, even while not using the app or knowingly having it active.

When I first flashed my ROM to Perception 10.1 I couldn't figure out, for the life of me, what was causing my battery life to degrade so fast. My device was bone stock. Nothing running. With flight mode enabled I was still experiencing battery depletion...

I'm talking 3-4% per hour while doing nothing with nothing enabled!

At some point for some reason I just happened to be looking down at my phone. My buttons just happened to be flashing. Specifically the Home button. I turned on the device to check it out and it would stop. Well I knew right from the start what app did that. I didn't like the idea of an app having the ability to utilize lights and battery power while the device is locked.

So I went into Applications to remove the app. I didn't think it would cause any issues removing the app. However, the next few days after removing the app I had started experiencing some very frustrating anomalies.

The phone would randomly start flashing the home button repeatedly. Then task manager would pop up, then close, then pop up, then close, then pop up, close, pop up close. All while I wasn't even touching the device. It would do this for as long as I left the phone untouched. To stop it the only thing I could do was either hold the power button down or hold the home button down. Anything else proved useless...

And after the phone would "short circuit" like that, the battery would be drained at the very least 10% less than it was before it began misbehaving.

So I ranted and raved about it...

Then designgears came to the rescue with his BLN Free version of the Firebird2 kernel. Dubbed Firebird2 v2.03 - No BLN Mod...

After installing this kernel, all the issues I was experiencing VANISHED and my phone is once again the slick "megan fox's ass smooth" Perceptive Captivate it was supposed to be... lol...

Which reminds me. I still owe him a little donation for that. And trust me man, I whole heartedly intend to toss a little reconciliation your way man. (Nothin crazy tho man, I'm broke as a joke, lol, I was thinkin like $15 or somethin)
[Captivate Android Development] RaptorOne3:
Who cares? You own a Samsung...

I would never purchase a Motorola.

Samsung or HTC for me.

Although I'm not happy with Samsung over the GPS issue on these Captivates... They really need to speak up.
[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
......DG is getting the Atrix smarts. :D
[Captivate Android Development] jakeunion:
Question

I flashed cognition v3.01, so if I flash this kernel through clockmod recovery, will it erase everything or brick my phone? I have a captivate.... lol im a noob
[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
Goes with Cog just fine. You will need to flash a I9000 modem and you will loose the ability to use bluetooth. We all have to start somewhere! I just type big long words and pretend to know what i'm talking about ;)

I believe the Cog thread has the link for the modems and those are labled either cappy or I9000 modems.

Why didn't you flash 3.03?
[Captivate Android Development] RaptorOne3:
lol

Maybe he will be reconsidering that purchase after reading that article?

I'm sure there will be far more efficient dual core mobile devices in due time. I'm going to sit on this Captivate for a while... See how the market develops. I'm loving the direction these mobile devices are heading. They are already completely amazing. Give it another year or two and these things just might jack us off... I mean uhh... lol oops..

I'm hoping that they will have some better tablets out by the time I decide to upgrade. I'm waiting for the perfect tablet. One that will come with a dial-pad... ;)

I absolutely LOVE the Samsung Galaxy Tab. My uncle owns one. The thing would be the sweetest handheld device on the planet if only it had telephone features.

Man, think about it.

Tablet + Bluetooth Ear Piece = Who needs a lap top or a phone? :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] markmunsch:
Battery Life

Well first full day of running Perception 10.2 with this new Firebird 2 with no BLN, figured I'd post some of my battery results. These are not totally accurate but close because for some reason my battery use app/stats decided to reset like i had plugged it into charge when I didn't. Anyways, this is with the phone unplugged for 16 hours, down to 4% battery, but usage stats,

display on: at least 2hrs, probably more like 3hrs,

voice calls: 30 minutes +

Wifi: on for over 12 hrs

I consider this fairly good, I get bored at work so I sit and read xda, lol, update FB and email regularly, weather apps running, play games for 30 minutes to an hour, and on Edge network, yes where I live I still only get Edge. I think this is pretty good, hoping that it will keep improving.

Also a question for those more experienced: What drains more battery? wifi constantly on or wifi off when screen off? I check my phone pretty regularly so not sure which is worse, it constantly on or it regularly trying to find and connect to wireless networks.

Sorry for the long post, but thanks again DG for an awesome ROM, Perception 10.2, and this awesome kernel, phone is FAST
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Ya, TOTALLY WORKING!! Guess that is why we have all the moto phones rooted. LOL
[Captivate Android Development] markmunsch:
Sound

Also, like another person posted a few pages back, I've noticed that my sound quality has actually deteriorated during calls. The other person is MUCH harder to hear through the internal speaker, but the speakerphone works just fine. Is this a part of the kernel or is it my phone acting up? What exactly does the voodoo sound app fix? I downloaded it and ran it but it only had an option for the headphone amplifier. Anyone that can help me with this, love the speed but I can hardly hear anyone on the other end of a phone call and I HATE having to ask people to repeat themselves, may have to flash another kernel :-/
[Captivate Android Development] Krynn!:
Looks like Moto recanted:

http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-disavows-youtube-comment-says-its-working-bootloader-compromise
[Captivate Android Development] quicksilver21098:
Noobish question here, I'm running Cognition 2.3b8 (I know it's not supported anymore) because I haven't felt like upgrading yet so is it ok for me to use this kernel? As far as I can tell it should be ok, I just wont have BT voice unless I change the modem but I just wanted to double check. Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
Its cause DG is getting the phone. They are like oh shiz son we better not.

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[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
This kernel + Cog = :( BT. This kernel + Perception = :D BT
[Captivate Android Development] TorqueWrench001:
In case anyone else has this happen, hope this helps you.

Issue resolved.

I was flashing the kernals with "SGS Kernal Flasher".

I used CWM instead now both sd card are recognized as removable drives and all file operations allowed.:)

well then I think i used the word "issue" way too many times.
[Captivate Android Development] SynGamer:
Perhaps. I'm not saying your rom is wrong or anything, all I know is that after I flashed Per. 9.5 my battery lasted (moderate use and idling overnight) about 18-24 hours total. That's unplugging it in the morning and plugging it back in the NEXT morning a few hours before work...

With Firebird my battery is dead (phone off) after about 10 hours.
[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
Should have tried the non bln Firebird 2.
[Captivate Android Development] Krynn!:
I've noticed battery life being way shorter on 10.x as well... But I think I've traced it to wifi.

If I have good cell signal and disable wifi, my battery does great. After 24 hours, still over 30%.

If I have good cell signal and wifi enabled and connected, my battery does pretty good. After 18 hours, still over 40%.

If I have poor cell signal and wifi is disabled, bye-bye battery. Gone in hours. I might get 8 hours out if it if I'm lucky.

If I have poor cell signal and wifi is enabled and connected, my battery lasts all day - usually still above 40% after 12 hours.

And regardless of cell signal, if I have wifi enabled but not connected, my battery is drained in 6~10 hours (depending on cell signal quality).

If I had to guess, there's something with the 2.2.1 roms that causes the wireless interface to scan much more aggressively.

And now that I think about it, P10.x does seem to pick up on access points a lot faster than P9.5 did. My office has about 8 access points with the same SSID. With P9.5, if I roamed from one to the other, it wouldn't always connect to the next access point immediately. Sometimes I'd end up with no signal for a minute or three. With P10, it seems to make the switch as soon as the signal strength from one access point is greater than the other. That might have something to do with it scanning for APs much more frequently.

Anyway, this is all from observation on my phone and one of my friends. We're both running P10.2 with Firebird 2 v0.3 (BLN enabled) and the ZNKP2 modem. Your mileage may vary.
[Captivate Android Development] cumanzor:
Any word on the OC/UV version?
[Captivate Android Development] drancid:
one quick Q.

Can i use this kernel with non i9000 roms also?

will i loose BT as well?

Sent via ATT Captivate.

Perception Build 10.2!!
[Captivate Android Development] cy-rock:
MOdems -

HI,

I'm currently using UGJK4.

I'm with Rogers (Canada) and it seems like the data connection drops sometimes...

Can see it while downloading or using Ebuddy for exemple...

Then which modem should i run ? thx for your help,

PS: I'm running FireFly 1.5 with FB2
[Captivate Android Development] WickedNite:
I can flash this on CWM right? The one from the download link?

Sent from my Muscles using Brain Cells
[Captivate Android Development] crupp:
I am getting a Blinky not supported by this Rom message when trying to use Blinky. Anyone if this could be kernel related or ROM related, thanks
[Captivate Android Development] cy-rock:
you can use SGS Kernel flasher also -
[Captivate Android Development] ru-dmitry:
What if we just take the A1026 code from Eclair and paste it into 2.2 source? Is it not right way?
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
STILL searching for a link for version 2. 02. I just cant do the voodoo color fix...can anyone point me in the right direction? have searched to no avail
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
PM me your email address and I will send it to you.

Oh and it is called Firebird 2-13...
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
SENT. Thanks bro
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
You probably can't even the the difference between the two ;)
[Captivate Android Development] whiteguypl:
edit: wrong thread...
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
Why oh why couldn't Samsung just have included a notification led? Makes no sense to me. Without it or BLN, we have to keep turning the screen on and off all the time to check.

Anyone know if the Samsung Infuse will have the same shortcoming?
[Captivate Android Development] Majortom420:
Right now I'm running Serendipity 4.0.1. and Speedmod K12P, wondering if this has faired any better for anyone else using this kernel? The only thing I don't see is as developed is the automatic brightness settings.
[Captivate Android Development] lrs421:
I'm crossing my fingers that DG's OC version will be a 1200 OC and not 1280. What a day!!
[Captivate Android Development] lrs421:
I sure can't.
[Captivate Android Development] redstar299:
Try "No LED" from the Market...works great and you can use it when you need to..I dont see any increase drain on battery life from using it
[Captivate Android Development] RDI:
When I tested that modem, my data transfers were better, my GPS was great (especially after I temporary disabled the sync), but my mother said my voice was not as clear. I would like someone else to test voice quality, please. Using ATT in Tampa, Florida.

Sent from my Samsung Captivate with Perception 10.2, Firebird2 v0.3 #32 Kernel, Firmware 2.2.1, Modem i9000UGJK4, using XDA App
[Captivate Android Development] hamburgertrain:
I'm using ATT in the NJ area, and with NKP1 my voice is clearer than JK4, and I get better download speeds.
[Captivate Android Development] lrs421:
Same here for NYC.
[Captivate Android Development] kaminski54:
No problems here... I find this modem to be a higher volume too.
[Captivate Android Development] Delicate Donut:
I am using that modem as well in Tampa too. It is definitely better than jk4, for me at least. The problem for me with jk4 was that the in call voice was really really low. When I switched to znkp1 it was so much better. Now I am happy! My voice, according to everyone I call, is nice and clear and in my end it sounds much louder and clearer as well
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
v0.4 is LIVE!

changelog in the op!
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Damn dg I got all excited but no more no bln version :( I love the no bln version. I'll give it shot but feel batt life improves with no bln. Hope you reconsider :)

Sent from my SuperDuper!Captivate | PHOENIX RISING VERSION 4.0.3 BETA | Firebird 2 v0.3 No BLN | Member of Team Phoenix
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Page Not Found
[Captivate Android Development] PAulyhoffman:
Sweet i got version 404
[Captivate Android Development] froli13:
404 Not found

I'll wait for the next non-BLN version.
[Captivate Android Development] TorqueWrench001:
Page Not Found
[Captivate Android Development] clown_luv:
No download link??? I need me a kernel fix dg
[Captivate Android Development] mehdi_s82:
No BLN version of 0.3 vas great! I hope we get no BLN 0.4 as well.
[Captivate Android Development] sold1erjjt:
Bah, errors? hope it is up soon!
[Captivate Android Development] tiuk:
Same here
[Captivate Android Development] tkienzle:
Tease everyone will you lol...
[Captivate Android Development] cumanzor:
Oc/Uv?

10char
[Captivate Android Development] G.Hook:
+1 for the no BLN version. Running Perception 10.1 and after flashing the no BLN Firebird2 it doesn't eat battery near as bad.
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
Over Volt / Under Clock.. really?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Talked to neldar about it, its not BLN causing the battery drain some experience. Something is keeping the phone from going to sleep.

read the op much?

annoying to maintain two with slight variations.

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Link is fixed!
[Captivate Android Development] cumanzor:
Damn it. I swear I corrected it.
[Captivate Android Development] kamots:
Just confirming that clockwork recovery is for flashing zips only. Tars can be flashed with the kernel flashing app?
[Captivate Android Development] ajm786:
Yeah, it's a .tar file. Can I simply rename it to .zip and flash it via CWM, or do I have to use the kernel flashing app?
[Captivate Android Development] cumanzor:
Odin. Actually it says in the OP that 0.4 is odin only atm.

It doesn't say anything about it.
[Captivate Android Development] modmyphone:
Guess I'll have to wait until I get home for this one.:mad:

Love it when they are CWM compatible so I can flash on the run.

Oh well
[Captivate Android Development] Hellerox:
Same here :( Odin crashes in this laptop.
[Captivate Android Development] c0ldburn3r:
I just wait for the CWM version, that and I have no clue how to flash with ODIN :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] DigitalEagle:
I always loved CWM. Just flash and go, no problems. Hell, I flashed 03 at work in the bathroom! (beats reading a newspaper!)

Not a big fan of the USB only option...

Anyone know how to, perhaps turn this tar ball into a nice flash-able CWM zip?

Otherwise, big fan of Firebird kernal. Not a big fan of BLN, but I can work around that I guess. ;)
[Captivate Android Development] uiskibum:
since this is a tar and there is no other files to flash to the phone just use sgs kernel flasher (it runs from the phone and is in market)
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
I have a CWM version in my sig , just flash in CWM.
[Captivate Android Development] KagaHades:
Thank you! Downloading now.
[Captivate Android Development] clown_luv:
No link in xda app errrr
[Captivate Android Development] ajm786:
Thanks, flashed!
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Edited per op
[Captivate Android Development] handzsolo:
How to install

Sorry if this has been asked before

I have phoenix 4.0.3 installed with stock modem and speedmon K12P. How do I install firebird 2 V0.4 instead?? Also will this raise the earpiece volume, and/or help my battery life, because that is my main complaint.

Thanks and have a great weekend :)
[Captivate Android Development] clown_luv:
Ok stupid question then. Where do I get the cwm zip.
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Dg fixed the link to include both versions

Sent from my SuperDuper!Captivate | PHOENIX RISING VERSION 4.0.3 BETA | Firebird 2 v0.3 No BLN | Member of Team Phoenix
[Captivate Android Development] Krynn!:
Thanks for the update, DG!

Any chance of adding the brightness settings portion of Voodoo Color? I'd love to have an extremely low brightness setting available for use at night.
[Captivate Android Development] redstar299:
Weird Problem

I am running Pheonix Rising 3.5 with the provided Speedmod kernal

When I use the SGS Kernal Flasher to install Firebird 2..it completes but then I lose the ability to mount my captivate on my mac...it only shows the one partition not both..when I flashed back to Speedmod it comes up again so Firebird must be the culprit..Can anyone offer so advice on how to get it to mount normally?
[Captivate Android Development] TorqueWrench001:
Nice Flashing now thank you
[Captivate Android Development] fatbas202:
It might help someone else, but I just replaced updates/Zimage in my ROM's zip file with the one that DG provided. Flashed the new ROM and kernel at the same time.
[Captivate Android Development] TorqueWrench001:
I had a similar problem using SGS Kernal Flasher.

Try using clockworkmod that worked for me.

Hope this helps.
[Captivate Android Development] redstar299:
thanks for the reply.. Im sorta new here, came over from the iPhone jailbreaking world, loving Andriod but this like learning a whole new langauge. I have Rom Manager..is that the same as CWM? Sorry if that sounds dumb I just don't wanna brick the phone and execute anything Im not certain about what I am doing...if not how to go I get CVM on the Captivate via a mac?
[Captivate Android Development] KM00:
so far working great with firefly 1.5 really fast!

flashed the .tar with SGS Kernel Flasher no problem