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[Captivate Android Development] apparition:
Yep! Easy to go back and forth. Just don't kill your phone (running out of battery, say) when you're converting.

Should be easy to re-root if lost your root.
[Captivate Android Development] tbrummell:
Known Rogers tower bug, some towers are not updating DST.

Sent from my Samsung Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] Delicate Donut:
Awesome already re-rooted chose the last option btw. The support here is great man I'm loving it
[Captivate Android Development] fractaline:
well i went with the simple root for now.

the system lagfix REALLY helps, i always found adding shortcuts for apps to home screens was laggy.... but now it's instant!

thanks for the tip peeps...

media scanner seems to take twice as long as it did before recan...

i've left media scan enabled because when disabled, although it doesn't say it's scanning it takes a comparable amount of time to be ready for use.

any ideas or similar results?
[Captivate Android Development] caanda45:
Use the program x put in FF 2.5 called rescan media root, basically it disables the media scanner and is way faster!! I have enabled it since upgrading and it works very well, no glitchs so far.....
[Captivate Android Development] emuking:
Agreed, though when they theme them I get a little jealous... but then re-realize there are much better and move on back to RealCalc.

Ever try MathPac or Andy's line of TI-themed graphing calculators (up to TI-86)? Those are starting to make me want to skip RealCalc now. :)

Sent from my Samsung Captivate w/ Phoenix 7.0 (soon to be Precision 4.0?)
[Captivate Android Development] tsachi:
charging showing battery level

I've seen people ask for this, so here's a solution:

The attached file is a CWM installation with the default 2.5 theme (large rectangle battery). When charging it will show the battery level, then animate charge.

I didn't get to do this for all the battery mods available, if you want to modify yours you need to do the following:

1. open my framework-res.apk

2. in the res\drawable extract the stat_sys_battery_charge.xml file

3. open the framework-res.apk from the battery installation that you downloaded

4. Place the stat_sys_battery_charge.xml file in the res\drawable folder

5. if you want to install it through CWM you have to re-pack it in the zip and resign it

This should work with all FF battery mods since it uses the 5 charging icons (I made so that xtremekilla09 and I won't have to make 100 charging icons ;) ).

If you are not comfortable doing the changes, I will try to do this for all currently available battery mods tomorrow.

Enjoy
[Captivate Android Development] xtremekilla09:
Thanks bud, I will fix the others and make this default for next update.

I was starting to think I had nothing to update for this coming FireFly Thursday.
[Captivate Android Development] KayvinM:
Hey extreme, by any chance would this update solve that full battery notification thingy I pm'd you about?
[Captivate Android Development] Haighter:
FireFly Inspired FW Clock Skin

For your consideration, my FireFly-inspired Fancy Widget clock skin. The direction of the tails was purely an aesthetic choice on my part...

The zip is attached if anyone wants to take it for a spin. Just drop the unzipped folder into your clockskins folder. (sdcard/Android/data/fancywidget/clockskins)

NOTE: This is NOT a flashable zip file. You have to manually unzip this and copy it to the folder. (so last century, I know)
[Captivate Android Development] xtremekilla09:
DAMN, that is HOT!!!

I applaud you for your efforts man. I will try to see how I can include this in the next update. I might have to add a line or two in the update script to include these files.

Did you finally get the font?
[Captivate Android Development] Barbarian:
That is awesome
[Captivate Android Development] xtremekilla09:
I can't remember what it was, can you kindly remind what it was, and I will see what I can do about it.
[Captivate Android Development] dang3r1917:
Hey guys, I've been out of flashing and keeping up with new ROMs/Firefly lately, but I did just update to 2.5. One thing I've noticed that I haven't before is that if I press the power button to turn the screen on, the screen doesn't shut off itself. Has it always been like this? Is there a way to disable this? I think I lose a lot of battery life because of this since I will turn on my phone to check the time then put it back straight into my pocket.
[Captivate Android Development] hey_joe:
You can adjust the screen time out in the display settings. I see that the lowest you can select is 15 seconds while the default is 30 seconds and I don't see a button to turn it off completely. You can also press the power again to turn the screen off before putting in your pocket.
[Captivate Android Development] dang3r1917:
Yeah, I know about that, but this is after you unlock the screen. I tested it out with 30 seconds time out. With screen unlocked and not touching it, 30 seconds and it auto-locks. However, when it is simply at the lock screen, a minute passed from when I turned the screen on to manually turning it off.
[Captivate Android Development] hey_joe:
I see what you mean, tried it on mine and it turns off in about 5 seconds on the lockscreen. Then again I'm using Phoenix and might be a different setting on Firefly.
[Captivate Android Development] KayvinM:
Sure, I wanted to add back the full battery notification tone and so I dropped in the TW_battery_caution.ogg file into the system/media/audio/ui folder but remembered that you may have modified the framework which removed the full battery icon from the notification bar and that's why I don't get a tone even with the .ogg file in place.
[Captivate Android Development] tsachi:
Hey, this is awesome. would you mind if I used that font in the framework for the lock screen?

Sent from my captivate running the latest firefly
[Captivate Android Development] tsachi:
This is not in modified in this patch.

Sent from my captivate running the latest firefly
[Captivate Android Development] Haighter:
You can do what you will with the skin/files, X, of course! And I actually did find the font, but it was $30... so I just tweaked Bauhaus to make the skin. I could tweak it a bit more, but I use Bauhaus for my phone text, so this kind of bridges the gap. But know that if I ever get a hold of that font, you'll be the first to know.

Thanks, man. Thanks a lot.

Of course, tsachi! I threw it up here for any and all to use and use however they want. I put it here for the FF community to use however they want.
[Captivate Android Development] WirelessMike:
I just enabled using simple, but I'm curious about this, myself...
[Captivate Android Development] pqee:
With FF 2.5 my screen shut off after about 5s on the lock screen.
[Captivate Android Development] caanda45:
haighter put the new zip in the folder and for some reason it won`t give me the new font. Can you refresh me on how to enable it? I have gone into Fancy Widgets and recovery. Do I have to keep the bahaus file aslo in the folder?
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
As far as I know just drop it into the appropriate folder that was specified and watch the magic happen. This may be stupid, but did you have your system in r/w and are you sure you dropped it into the proper folder? Did you try closing the app/widget and reboot?
[Captivate Android Development] caanda45:
Done and done but no success. I have the app but the cool font and changes are not present.....darn such a nice font!!! System in r/w?
[Captivate Android Development] ruger94:
Same here...cuts off after 5 seconds!

I have had that problem in the past...it was an App, I removed it and the problem went away.
[Captivate Android Development] ruger94:
You need to change the option of the folder to Read/Write before you can drop a file in it! Recommend to change it back to Read/Only after...if your using Root Explorer the option is at the top of the screen, just tap to change!
[Captivate Android Development] Haighter:
The zip isn't actually a font... sadly. It is just a Fancy Widget clock skin. Someday I will win the lottery and be able to afford font creation software.

But if the problem is getting this to show up as a Fancy Widget clock skin, I can help.

1. You need to unzip it and drop the unzipped folder (and its contents) into the clockskins folder. That would be located in sdcard/Android/data/fancywidget. So, the finished path should look like this: sdcard/Android/data/fancywidget/colckskins/FireFlyFW

2. Going into the FW widget settings, just go to Appearance Settings/Clock Skin and apply the skin.

NOTE: The free version of Fancy Widget only allows you to have 5 skins (default skin not included in that). If you have more than 5 skins in the clockskins folder, the "extra" skins will not show up.

Sorry to disappoint and sorry for the confusion. :(
[Captivate Android Development] caanda45:
Ahhh the light bulb goes on I will unzip and put in the folder, that has been the issue all along!!!!!! See it is still cold here and the brain is semi-frozen...lol

Thanks, for the unzip, that has been the issue....
[Captivate Android Development] Haighter:
No problem. And I know what you mean about the cold. It is barely 55F here this morning! Brrrrrr!!!

By the way, I am currently working on a similar clock skin that uses the exact same font Xtreme used in his FireFly text-logo. It is heavier than Bauhaus (which I used for this one), but should turn out nice. Takes a bit longer because I have to pirate characters off the web and tweak them for size/shape.
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
**** happens dude...most of us see a zipped file and presume that you just have to flash via CWM .... dropping the folder in any other way may confuse people. Just gotta have the "read twice, flash once".

Glad you got it fixed...it is a small thing but having to coach myself through all this with the help of certain devs (you know who you are) I am getting dangerously close to making CWM flashable files, I have been testing on my phone and havn't borked anything yet so I will see if I can cook one up....I just don't want to screw anyone's cappy up with a "brick.zip" file. This is a small thing for some others, but a giant leap for me...hopefully in the next day or two I will be able to help out more than just by writing things down to get others out of a jam.
[Captivate Android Development] Haighter:
Good advice. I will be sure to lay down the non-CWM flashable warning in the future!
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
sidenote: love the skin!
[Captivate Android Development] fractaline:
guys, when i look , using super manager -root enabled, in sdcard/android/data all i find is about 8 com. folders....... am i missing somthing?
[Captivate Android Development] Haighter:
Assuming this is about the fancywidget folder...

I know that in the free version, you have to actually build that folder structure. The Fancy Widget (free) app doesn't automatically build it for you.

So, in the "data" folder, create a folder named "fancywidget", then in the "fancywidget" folder, create a "clockskins" folder. While you're there, you might want to create a "weatherskins" folder in the "fancywidget" folder that you can drop custom FW weather skins into.

So the final folder structure is: sdcard/Android/data/fancywidget/clockskins

(the weather skin structure would be: sdcard/Android/data/fancywidget/weatherskins)

Seems like a pain, but having custom skins, even with the free version is a nice feature.
[Captivate Android Development] fractaline:
thanks , i made the folders, and put the unzipped ff fw in clockskins but it's not showing up even after reboot. ???
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
were you in r/w mode? If you are using root explorer the button is at the top, just click it.
[Captivate Android Development] Haighter:
FireFly Fancy Widget Clock Skin

EDIT: Sorry all, had to pull this and the zip for the skin until I get a few minor issues managed. :o
[Captivate Android Development] Haighter:
Did you drop the folder in there, or just the files from the folder?

In other words, the structure should be: sdcard/Android/data/fancywidget/clockskins/FireFlyFW (all the image files should be in the FireFlyFW folder)

If you've done that, then is should show up when you go to the widget's settings (Appearance settings/Clock skin, tap it then apply).

But you very well may have done everything exactly right, in which case I am at a loss to explain why it isn't showing up.
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
I couldn't help it

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EXTREME :)

Best wishes today, thank you for your continued hard work and tireless efforts on this ROM. I know you are not alone in this, but you are the tip of the spear on this one and your dedication does not go unnoticed.
[Captivate Android Development] Haighter:
Hell Yea! Happy B-Day, X!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhKQKLiHxAw

¡Feliz cumpleaños, Xtremekilla!
[Captivate Android Development] fractaline:
ya! +1 on the Bday! :p

well, i did that exactly, all with r/w enabled.........?

i doubt it's connected but i'm certainly having some trouble with media scanner since using rescan..... when media scanner is enabled it sticks, takes forever, i check it's progress in the notification dropdown and it sits on 0% for ages...

when it's disabled i get launcher pro fcs if i try to do anything too soon (a minute or so after i get signal) when i open the app drawer it is missing most of the apps and slowly populates after opening and closing a couple times...

thinking i should just reflash and see it seems to be just me..............
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
I have got the app drawer slowly repopulating once or twice as for the launcher pro FC issue I don't think that is normal. I use launcher pro and have it as default on startup and never have had a FC issue, unless I flashed something related to launcher pro while tinkering but that is my own fault. It shouldn't FC on you...try uninstalling/reinstalling launcher pro.

I am not a fan of rescan thus far, all it does is continuously scan my SD card at random intervals...unless it is supposed to scan when I delete an audio file for example. I just disabled it. My sd scanning is fine just the way it is, but I can see how for xtreme it would get tediously annoying.
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
Just a side question for you guys. What wireless network mode you you have enabled? GSM/WCDMA auto, GSM only or WCDMA only? I find that I get the best battery life from GSM only, but my speeds are severely nerfed. The best balance for me is WCDMA only and enabling only the 850 band (as opposed to using all bands). Sometimes I switch modems on the fly depending upon what I need. If I need better GPS I use JK4. If I want better data speeds I use KP1. I find that KP1 drains my battery faster, however (when idle). What are the group's thoughts?
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
The LauncherPro FC issue may be solved by downloading App2SD Free from the market and checking which apps are on your SD (internal, non-system partition) card and moving them to phone. LP for some reason has trouble accessing from the SD card for the GUI.
[Captivate Android Development] Haighter:
I use JK4 and auto on the bands. I am lucky enough that most of the places I frequent have WiFi, so I am not pushing a lot of data through the modem. So, since JK4 (at least around here) gives the best GPS, clear voice calls, and decent data speeds, I just stick with it. I've never been disappointed with FF and JK4 on battery life.
[Captivate Android Development] WirelessMike:
I sometimes get the fc on lp, also. Usually after flashing something.

When that's happened to me, I've done an old-fashioned shutdown and battery pull and it doesn't do it anymore.

Don't know if this will help you, too, but it shouldn't hurt anything.
[Captivate Android Development] modmyphone:
Since the 2.5 update my battery seemed to be draining just a tad faster than normal (~5-8% up from ~3-5% per hour ) with moderate use. When charging, or actually after a charge I normally hold 100% percent for a while and then see it slowly drop off.

All of a sudden <today> I can't get show anything greater than 97%. I have since bump charged my way back up, cleared battstats and still max out at 97% with a very quick drop off (10-15% per hour).

Anyone else seen this or am I just watching the death of my battery?
[Captivate Android Development] Hondo82:
I have the same issue, where I can never seem to get to 100% once I unplug the charger. The only way it will stay at 100% is if I charge the phone while it is off, then unplug the charger, and turn on the phone. It does this even though it cleared the battery stats, but mine only drains at about 3% per hour, more if I am heavily using the phone.
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
This is a known issue with the speedmod kernel. I wasn't seeing it for a while as well and then borked my phone tinkering with cwm files and reflashed and now I get the issue. It has to do with the kernel and is NOT your battery dying.

if you are losing battery through the arsehole have a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=806211

read and follow the instructions, some or them are redundant as you already mentioned bump charging. There may also be the standard causes for high consumption: wifi enabled, gps enabled, phone looking for signal... check time without signal and if it is at 50% switch yourself to airplane mode and back and should solve the issue.

The modem you are running will also mess with battery, some are hogs while others sip battery. If you are looking for modems that go with the speedmod kernel, I suggest you read up here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=835272

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=876391

The general consensus is that jk4/kp1 and to a lesser extent jl3 (which I think is a juggernaut but can't use cuz I end up going to crappy communities with gsm only and can't pick it up) seem to be the winners but read up and give it a go.

Every phone is a little different and you will need to find a kernel/modem combo that your phone likes best. If you think it may be the k13C speedmod kernel, I suggest swapping it out for k13A and trying your modems.

If you have just flashed FF it seems to be that the ROM settles nicely after a few days and a couple of drains/charges. Give it a bit of time and see how it goes. I personally run the k13A/jk4 combo and need my phone for usually 20 hours of moderate use while at work (retarded shift lengths I know) but I generally come home with a couple of hours of screen on time, an hour of calls and a good 75-100 texts. (ballparking all these numbers as it varies but never run out of battery while at work.

good luck
[Captivate Android Development] modmyphone:
Thanks for the overview. Up until this morning, I was averaging about 24-30 hours of battery before the warnings started. All my

MAJOR

issues started upon disconnection from the charger this morning.

I plan on doing some hard investigating the issue when I'm off the clock. I know it's not wifi, GPS, or signal loss and everything is turned off (standard while I'm at work) and Time w/o signal is negligible.

The only thing that has me wondering whats going on is the dramatic change in behavior overnight. Yes there was a minor and I mean minor increase in drain from 2.5, but everything still seemed good for the past 5 days.
[Captivate Android Development] Boobie Watcher:
is there any fix for the orb lockscreen.....it wont go to the txt like the puzzle lock did

sorry if this is a redundant question, i just didnt want to read through 500 pages to find out.
[Captivate Android Development] tsachi:
This was introduced as a fix for some charging death issues (phone turning off when left to charge overnight). It is a known issue with most kernels that are not based on att / captivate

Sent from my captivate running the latest firefly
[Captivate Android Development] caanda45:
Happy B day X I see we share the same B day, many many more!!!!!
[Captivate Android Development] apparition:
I literally have stock 2.1 and FireFly 2.5 side by side and you really can notice the difference. Stock display is oversaturated, too sharpened. And that's just me booting it up for a few secs here..
[Captivate Android Development] caanda45:
Okay boys I have done everything you said checked and double checked the file structure and it is right. Can somebody tell me how to check for r/w mode? I do not have root explorer but do have super manager? Perplexed!!!!????:confused:
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
REAL MEN USE PINK! :p

Happy birthday Xtreme!
[Captivate Android Development] Primus76:
Hey Caanda,

Basically if you are using Super Manager and using File Explorer in it then when you click the folder you are going into (system for example) it should come up and say Switch System R/W and it will tell you what the current state is (R/O) and give you an option to change to R/W, Read Only, or Do Nothing.

Hope that helps.

Oh and Happy B-Day X!
[Captivate Android Development] Barbarian:
Happy birthday, X
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
I'm running FireFly 2.5 with SuckerPunch-Voodoo #7 & JK4 modem. Lagfix enabled and Fugu Tweaks enabled. Every once in a while when I check OS Monitor I find that kswapd0 is sucking anywhere between 60%-80% CPU. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it's draining my battery big time. I can stop it by killing the process, but I would really like a way to prevent it from happening again. I've read in some forums that since kswpad0 is part of the virtual memory management/low memory killer changing the kernel may stop it or by running OCLF. I really like SuckerPunch though and don't want to stop using it. Any suggestions?

P.S. - Happy Birthday X!
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
I am not done reading the suckerpunch thread but am about 40 pages from the end... I thought the voodoo infused suckerpunch didn't have the low memory killer. Could be wrong...have you asked exitz about it?
[Captivate Android Development] xtremekilla09:
Thanks for wishes guys.

Sorry I haven't been much help lately, I promise I'll be back on it tomorrow.

I really appreciate you guys helping each other out.
[Captivate Android Development] nzahorchak:
Happy Birthday, X!
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
I posted the same question in the SP-Voodoo thread.
[Captivate Android Development] kornklown69:
Happy birthday X
[Captivate Android Development] Sundroid:
Happy Birthday, man! Enjoy it!
[Captivate Android Development] TechNut*:
Well first of Happy Birthday wishes xtremekilla09! Hope its a great one! :D

I do have a quick question and am not sure if this is just me or something someone else had encountered. I tried shutting my phone off today by using the extended power options but for whatever reason it just reboots. Now I did double check to make sure I actually pressed the "Power off" button.. lol but same thing. Anyone else have this? I am running 2.5 Stock, fugu tweaks enabled not quite sure what it does but I figured it couldn't hurt... :D Any feedback is much appreciated!! :)

Again Happy Birthday xtremekilla09!!!

Thanks in advance!
[Captivate Android Development] tsachi:
Get off the threads and go celebrate. :)

Happy birthday
[Captivate Android Development] Delicate Donut:
I am having a slight issue with my wifes phone. The home button presses itself repeatedly for no reason at all. It is pretty damn frustrating do any of you guys have any ideas as to what it could be? Thanks.