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[Captivate Android Development] hipha:
Not sure if this is old news....I read in a forum (I forgot where because I got too excited to note it) that if you turn OFF power save mode in settings>display, this will actually improve battery life. Tried it this morning and I'm 7.5 hours in to this charge and still have 79% battery. Don't know about anyone else but that's a huge improvement for my cappy. Have anyone tried or know of this? Is it a froyo bug?
[Captivate Android Development] Atomic_R53:
Now all my phone does is go to the rogers screen and thats it. It spends some time there and does nothing else. I et error in /sdcard/update.zip (status7)
[Captivate Android Development] arabcamel:
I've read this somewhere else as well. I'm going to try today as well. I'll update when I come to a conclusion.
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
I told you to read before going further..... you soft bricked yourself. I suggest you read the links I set you up with earlier and learn to use Odin to get yourself back to stock dude.

All the links provided earlier will get you out of the mess
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
read the instructions again and again until you find the part about getting stuck at the rogers screen....

its my thread. i know the info you are talking about is there. First post. first sentence after the instructions... SAYS 3 notes in bold....

and ask questions about it there. not here. this is firefly!!!! the great!
[Captivate Android Development] diablo009:
Add to it by turning off auto-rotate. U can enable AR when needed. This too adds to battery savings.
[Captivate Android Development] Atomic_R53:
I posted in the wrong section sorry.. The phone boots up and works now back to the stock 2.1 thanks for the links and all the help.
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
you're welcome. Flashing custom ROMs is a great thing to do... but know what you are doing first. Read twice & flash once to alleviate a lot of problems...when you are comfortable I highly recommend FF. This ROM has the equivalent of a gold-plated nuttsack it's that refined.
[Captivate Android Development] hipha:
Done....anything to save battery at this point :)
[Captivate Android Development] Vaanhoot:
I have an unusual problem and I've searched but haven't found a solution. Today I upgraded to firefly 2.9 from 2.8 and on first boot my phone just started playing the first 5 or so seconds of random songs on my phone and wouldn't stop. I couldn't find a way to stop the music so I downloaded the full wipe version and installed it, but after restoring apps and data (no system data or apps) using TiBu the problem returned on a restart. I use playerpro from the market and when I unistall playerpro the music stops playing. But if I install it again and restart my phone, music starts playing again. There is no way to stop the music, as no music playing app is running in the running service settings. Does anyone else have this problem???

Sent from my i896 running Firefly 2.9.
[Captivate Android Development] WirelessMike:
This may our may not help, but I discovered that angry birds likes to install to your external sd. Try moving it to the built-in sd and see if that helps.
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
When you guys say works or whatever, are you talking about the screen rotating, or the notification bar? Cus when I typed that, my rotation was off, but Launcher Pro would still go into landscape mode if my phone is in a horizontal position. Then when I tried to turn on auto rotation, the notification says it's still off. Hope that clears things up and makes more sense.

Uh what? Turning off power save actually saves power?! WTFFFFFFFF
[Captivate Android Development] pwnerman:
Call Recording?

i answered my own question
[Captivate Android Development] KayvinM:
It is available as an option. You can find it in the Firefly Mods and Fixes app that is included in the ROM. Download and flash from CWM.

Note: If you are using a custom theme it can cause problems.
[Captivate Android Development] hipha:
WTFFFFFFFFFF was my initial thought too. That's what I'm seeing though. 10 hours in and I'm at 65% still....moderate to heavy use (slow day at work). Normally I'd be reaching for my charger by now.
[Captivate Android Development] studacris:
^i was going to quote but that is long... Anyway I use the standard gb launcher, which of coarse doesn't go into landscape mode at all, not launcher pro but when I toggle it off myself every app stays in portrait. When it toggles off by itself when I toggle wifi all of the apps still auto rotate.
[Captivate Android Development] Devo7v:
So, I have never been able to get call recording to work properly (I don't have any themes installed). I tried it without Google Voice and it still got FC's after ending a call. I'm thinking Tasker may have something to do with it, but unfortunately I can't check (I'm waiting for a jig). Can somebody else check to see if Tasker is somehow messing with things? The only other thing I can think of is LauncherPro, but I would imagine that somebody using LP has got call recording to work properly.
[Captivate Android Development] eureb:
I'd be interested if anyone has idea on why this might work (haven't tested it myself, so don't know if it does work.)
[Captivate Android Development] diablo009:
Out of curiosity, did u flash back to stock and do a full clean install of 2.9?
[Captivate Android Development] diablo009:
I think turning it off eliminates one more process/service that needs to always analyze what's on screen to adjust brightness levels.

Here are the screenshots since I unplugged the charger at 98%.

Here are what I turned off:

1. Auto brightness

2. Power savings under display in settings

3. Auto rotate

4. Am on EDGE 'cos I have been home and have wifi
[Captivate Android Development] Feikname:
need to do full wipe?

So how important is it to do a full wipe when installing FF? I was running Continum 4 and didn't want to have to go back to Odin, stock, root, wipe, etc., so I just installed FF via clockwork. Everything seems to work OK, but the battery life has taken a hit (and I never have gotten what some folks on the forums report ever!). So I just cleared teh Davik cache and the battery stats file.

Should I go back adn do a complete wipe, though?

THansk

Adam
[Captivate Android Development] diablo009:
Here it is Adam. Going back to stock makes it easy for us to debug any issues u/anyone may run into 'cos we have a baseline here. When u just go from any ROM, there could be traces of that present that might be causing issues. Though its not a mandate, I would strongly recommend this to people who have problems and to those who consider themselves as newbies.

And, most important of all, reverting to stock takes maybe like 5-10 mins, and is well worth it. Some argue here that for phones that need jig this is an added overhead. So for people with phones from those batches I recommend stock when they run into issues.

When I run into issues, this is what I do:

1. Revert to stock

2. Mount to computer

3. Delete "android" folder on SD card since it contains some data of some apps

4. Delete folders like those of lagfix, etc that I am sure are not something I created (I leave only folder that I created like movies, songs, etc, and I leave TiBu folder, and delete the rest of them). I leave the CWM update.zip on my sd card so I can go into CWM for flashing the new ROM

5. Copy the ROM zip to sd card

6. Go to CWM and go on from there
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
correct me if im wrong but all the full roms now do a wipe on install, deleting the stock rom or previous roms. from what i have read needing to go back to stock was an old issue.
[Captivate Android Development] Drew489:
I never ever had a problem and have flashed, literally, every rom out there. But, I did have to odin back, for the first time in months, when I went from Paragon to Firefly. Might be because paragon is on a different base.
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
a wipe wipes everything including framework base.

the only thing (as far as i know) it doesnt wipe without odin is the partitioning table. (pit file from odin) and the bootloader.

and those 2 things havent changed between bases

as far as i know.

please correct me if im wrong i love to learn but this is what i have understood sofar....
[Captivate Android Development] hipha:
Hi does anyone know how to turn up the 'vibration intensity'? Doesn't matter how high I adjust it, it stays pretty low.
[Captivate Android Development] spartan062984:
thank you! I seriously thought i was the only one having this problem. Everyone thought i was eff**ing crazy. Glad to know im not alone...lol
[Captivate Android Development] spartan062984:
I doubt this has anything to do with root. "re-install packages" takes place while you are in recovery mode (2e or CWM or 3e). This is the message you get when you have a zip file that is either un-recognized by CWM or the actual file he is trying to "install" isn't renamed to "update.zip" or simply "update" for Vista and higher.

****if someone has already answered this then disregard*****

:::Also, Mutiquote has been malfunctioning for me like JGGW. See my other post Here in the thread:::::
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
actually wrong! 3e recovery introduced in froyo requires all update.zip files to be digitally signed. this has been known since october and fixed shortly after.

can be fixed with adb or root explorer. (google is good for finding things *cough cough*)

by pushing or dropping the fixed file from the thread over the old one..

and yes it was answered pages back couple posts after it was asked! by me
[Captivate Android Development] spartan062984:
Let me ask you this: "when do yo ONLY find yourself to "re-install package?"

MY POINT: "re-installing" package has nothing to do with Root. Thats all i was saying.

I have seen most of your posts in other threads, and i know you dont mean no offense, but its kinda hard to believe you when you post 99% of the time sarcastically and with a slight Condescending tone.
[Captivate Android Development] pwnerman:
Keyboard

i flashed the droid keyboardand i dont really like it and i was wondering if there is anyway to go back to the gingerbread keyboard i did extract the apk from the stock 2.9 rom
[Captivate Android Development] studacris:
Not sure which droid keyboard you mean, but can you not switch keyboard in locale and text, or long pressing on the text while typing something and selecting input method?

If not take that extracted apk and drop it in the zip you flashed replacing the other. Should end up in /system/app. And flash that.
[Captivate Android Development] Drew489:
Settings, sound....bottom two settings. Vibration.
[Captivate Android Development] KayvinM:
You can just drop the GB keyboard apk back into the system/app folder but you will also need the libjni_gblatinime.so file which goes into the sytem/lib folder. I attached both the apk and the lib file for you.
[Captivate Android Development] diablo009:
Green theme alpha 0001 - only 4 apps

Only 4 apps for now:

1. ClockPackage - clock on alarm screen

2. DialerTabActivity - key pad will make u notice changes

3. TouchWizCalendar - base icon

4. Phone - make a call and u'll notice the changes

Link to the CWM flashable zip: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HGN13KQA

Note: I did not flash using this zip. I directly copied-pasted the apps into my /system/app folder.

As always, please take a nandroid backup just in case.
[Captivate Android Development] capocaccia:
But you are wrong. If you just wanted to root your phone or do it at all, by the guidelines posted on how to flash roms and root your phone, you need to rename your root folder as update.zip and select "reinstall packages".

Thats when you find yourself only re-installing packages. Not only is this an example when you find yourself "only" re-installing packages, its an example of Rooting your phone using re-installing packages.

Now I dont mean to call you out or anything, but from what I read, your 100% totally wrong. And this means the people who read your post are getting bad information, so therefore, I need to correct you for there sake. Sorry, just post good information next

Ill even cite the source for you:

step 2: Root the phone.

If you are already rooted skip this step. Note that rooting BEFORE using ODIN does not mean you are still rooted.

1. To begin, mount your phone by plugging it in to the computer (you must have the drivers installed in step 1.1)

2. Go to the root file in the downloaded folder. It is called root.zip. Drag it onto your phone's root directory.

3. Rename the root file to update.zip and then turn your phone off.

4. Unplug your phone and hold down both volume buttons and the power button until a strange menu with blue items pops up. This is called the recovery menu.

5. Use the volume keys to scroll to 'reinstall packages' and press the power button to select. When it is done you will be rooted and then you can just scroll to the restart phone menu item.
[Captivate Android Development] xThe Enforcer:
I love FF. IJS.
[Captivate Android Development] jlsesler:
I really like firefly, but I can't seem to find a kernel that gives good battery life. The 2.2.1 kernels seem to drain my battery at a faster rate.

I tried kb1 kernels but gave me boot loops. Any suggestions?

Is there any rogers kernels with voodoo out there?
[Captivate Android Development] studacris:
Did you change modems when you tried the kb1 kernel?
[Captivate Android Development] jlsesler:
Yes. I changed to the kb1 modem and still got boot loops.
[Captivate Android Development] studacris:
Did you happen to have call recording enabled?

I don't think there are any custom kernels based on rogers let alone one with voodoo...
[Captivate Android Development] Randomlord:
Got a strange one for the experts!

Hi everyone. I'm a recent convert from Cognition 4.3. Just read this morning that I had to manually convert to EXT4 and did that quite painlessly.

My problem is this.

I flashed FF per the original post instructions. Followed the directions to the letter. (First time I've gotten "master clear" to work!).

Anyway, my problem is this. I setup my Exchange account for work. It took over 4 hours to sync my corporate email and I had to keep forcing the mail client to refresh to get mail. so I rebooted the phone last night after all email was sync. I opened the mail and it showed no emails at all! So I rebooted again and mail started flowing but only emails since I had rebooted. This is not a big deal not having previous email. I thought it was very strange. This morning, it appears to be syncing push mail without any problems albeit, nothing from the previous 4 weeks.

I humbly bow to the wisdom of the experts. :)
[Captivate Android Development] jlsesler:
I didn't have call recording enabled.
[Captivate Android Development] Delicate Donut:
Not sure if it was this thread or another, I am keeping track of too much lol, but I can also confirm that turning off the power saving mode under settings/display is giving me much better battery life.
[Captivate Android Development] BWolf56:
I think it only changes something if u dont use automatic Brightness. Then again I could be wrong :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] Atomic_R53:
Is it normal to take awhile to load firefly? my load is stuck and a spot saying linux.ex2
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
on the non-auto brightness setting (the one and only) it will continuously measure the light levels and make very minor changes to the brightness of your screen.

screen brightness/ another process running.... its a toss up.. i usually keep my screen on 60%-75% anyway dont need the extra setting....
[Captivate Android Development] xtremekilla09:
Wallpaper idea:

xBarbarian had an idea for a wallpaper, but I have been unable to create it so I am hoping some of you can help me on this.

Basically we want to have a "where is waldo" type wallpaper where the firefly "f" has the red and white stripes and is some where in the wallpaper.

The wallpaper must be 960 width and 800 height.

I would really appreciate all the help on this, I think this wallpaper would look really sweet in our collection.

Thanks

here is the firefly "f"
[Captivate Android Development] capocaccia:
So last time I did the update I ran into some weird anomalies. Then someone mentioned needing to clear the cache and delvik cache? I know there is a step by step process for flashing a new rom but can someone post a step by step for flashing an update? I know Ill download to SD and flash through CWM but I dont know anything else besides that.

EDIT: Also, im getting INCREDIBLE battery life with the speedmod kernel, can I leave this as my kernel and still do the update?
[Captivate Android Development] studacris:
Step 1. Download update

2. Boot into recovery wipe cache

3. Go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache.

4. Install zip from sdcard, choose the update

5. Enjoy!

And the update doesn't change the kernel so your good.
[Captivate Android Development] diablo009:
I flashed 2.9 full with the updated speedmod kernel. My battery life is unchanged. So u can flash the new kernel and check it out too.
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
i noticed the firefly mods and fixes app still points to the old version of darkfire BLUE.

darkfire regular is up to date. 5.1.3

blue is pointing to the file/address...

http://www.arnav.laxsav.com/firefly/themes/dark_fire_blue.zip 2.1.6 i think

its upto 3.0.1 now firefly specific.
[Captivate Android Development] BWolf56:
I though the update was clearing cache and dalvik already? My phone took atleast 2min to start after the update :rolleyes: lol
[Captivate Android Development] pwnerman:
idk if your question has already been answered but for max battery for me i flashed to stock mastercleared (after your phone boots from the flash to stock remove the usb and go to settings and recheck usb debugging then reinsert the usb and it should show up again in odin then hit the masterclear button after this it will restart then you will have to check usb debugging again. Then root and flash the rom ok and when it turns on go to display and turn off power saving mode (it accually saves power. Then for me i use onix 2.0.5 oc and i use the JL2 modem for the best battery life

Hope this helps

P.S You have to always have a I9000 oriented kernel or modem for an I9000 rom
[Captivate Android Development] BWolf56:
Two things.. Onix has "usually" less battery life than speedmod kernel as it was mostly built for perfomance. Also the modem is different for everyone and everywhere - one will work amazingly for one phone and insanely bad for another as every phone react different and the area you're in will make a big difference.
[Captivate Android Development] pwnerman:
The kernel i stated is the onix kernel made for battery life the Onix-2.x.x-OC-1000hz.zip is the one that is for performance and not battery and i just said what modem i used as a possible choice
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
call recording.

Multiquote still broken forme

a couple of pages back the guy having issues with call recording: do a stock flash, master clear and full install of 2.9. BEFORE you restore apps or anything else, flash the call recording app and do a test call to see if it works. Then restore your apps (one by one while testing call recording in between ideally - but this can be long and tedious)

I brought this to X's attention just before the update, he knows and hopefully will update the app for next week.
[Captivate Android Development] jlsesler:
Thanks for the help, but I have tried many kernels and they are mostly the same. The 2.2 kernels generally give me an extra minute or 2 per percent of display time (3-4 mins/% vs 2-3). I can't explain why this is the case. Any other info would be helpful.
[Captivate Android Development] KayvinM:
I found this thread, it seems that there is or was a Rogers Kernel with voodoo injected in. Let me know how it goes if you decide to flash this, I'm curious as I was thinking of flashing it myself. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=963820
[Captivate Android Development] studacris:
just testing muti quote, seems fine here, JGGW do you just press the multiquote button? you press that for the first one but the one you want to end with you have to press the regular quote button and it will work.if youre already doing then sorry, and idk wtf is up. just trying to help a brutha out.
[Captivate Android Development] gautaml:
I am just now starting to see about 3-days of battery life and this is with (very) very light. Email/data sync mostly. Light surfing and call.

FF 2.8 w/ Onix 2.0.5 (UVed)
[Captivate Android Development] spartan062984:
I know how to root. Thanks for your advice. I have never had issues rooting.

Question: what do you do when you install CWM? "re-install package!" Guess what you have to do if the zip file is named: CWM? "re-name" to update and then "re install package" I know all of this.

Yes, you are right about the rooting process, and I guess I should have worded my last post a bit differently. Rooting isn't the ONLY time you re install package. Ever since I started flashing FF....i have never had to root. Never. And my phone still has super user permission + have access to apps that require root. I have read a few pages back that some found out that they didn't have root access and was advised to do so in recovery/ cwm. I never had that problem. My whole point in posting, was just to identify the fact that rooting may not have been what he/she was trying to do...if they were...then disregard. I know because I have also seen the error message that he displayed. Anyways, moving on.

@JGGW: I'm having issues with multi quote as well. When did it start for you? I thought it might have been a browser issue but I tried others and it still didn't work.
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
actually what happened was DarkFire blue added call recording (improperly)

i didnt even boot stock firefly. just flashed update, theme, dialer.

on boot now had call recording (not working)

to fix i flashed the firefly mods and fix for call recording, then the theme again, and my dialer.

then it worked!! the darkfire blue theme wasnt supposed to add call recording but it did. i have talked to 10tonhammr about this.

thanks anyway but flashing to stock was definately not needed.
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
actually update.zip can be used to flash anything (with 2e or 3e hacked) as long as it is called update.zip

rooting is NOT the ONLY time you use it.

actually ive never rooted with update.zip

! but i have used install package many times.

here are a few other situations where you use an update.zip and re-install package.

adding CWM without kernel is done through update.zip (and you must keep the zip for everytime you want to use CWM)

you can flash a full rom/kernel package if you name it update.zip

you can UPDATE the rom through an UPDATE.zip (what it is meant for)

you might not want to tell other people that they are spreading bad info (few pages back) if you are doing the same.

FINAL NOTE

this is off topic. if you want to talk about the stock recovery, find a thread about it. but read it first! you might learn something.

oh but im a jerk, so you dont believe me... i just waisted writing this.
[Captivate Android Development] zelendel:
Ok guys wuuuussssaaaaaa:D Text seldom displays emotion so I am sure no one was trying to sound like a jerk or being rude.
[Captivate Android Development] joe.nobody:
yeah from what ive read you are right. you jerk LOL.

seriously you are helpful though, straight to the point but helpful
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
ive gotten tired of saying that... this is a technical forum not a dating site.

why waist time on being

overly

polite just to give instructions or information?

zel gets it!