yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
Any flash will wipe the data/apps. This is a full system install not a update.

If you use TI is goes fast. You probably can be up and running like you didn't touch it in an hour if you plan it and use TI + sms backup if needed. The longest part is probably restoring if you have a lot of apps.

Only thing is this time around TI didn't restore my market links, I am not sure why. It did last time and the option to back up market links was enabled. I got the donate version and used the market doctor but that didn't work. At least now I can backup to dropbox.
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
That makes PERFECT sense, now! Thanks for the guidance.

(I always cringe before I drop into other threads and ask dumb-ass questions ;) )

Thanks, again!
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
Time management wise including a odin back to stock you are looking at 10 mins.

I can't remember that far back for the version of cog you are talking about, but if you have a voodoo enabled cog version you should be ok. I some people say to disable lagfix in case which is really easy. Using root explorer drop a file named "disable-lagfix" into the voodoo folder and reboot...Should do the trick there. Then from CWM you can either flash right over it. The new ROM should wipe the system and start off fresh. Back up your android ID (stuff like app-brain use it), your files with TiBu and wipe dalvik cache, clear battery stats up and perhaps clear up the cache in the market app as some people encounter problems with the market... small glitches like having to click download twice or

bigger ones like market not loading properly. Also back up your "update.zip" file with CWM onto your desktop

you can flash at any battery level but to avoid recalibrating flash at 100%, i personally clear batt stats after a flash because i can really for no other reason.

It is however recommended when coming from a version as out of date as yours to odin back to stock so that you have a clean slate so to speak. Either way, you're looking at 10 mins tops.

use the odin found here (it will ensure that if your phone is vulnerable to having the button combos wiped that it does not happen):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=818439&highlight=button+fix

drop the file named PDA into the "PDA" section and the .pit in the "PIT" and click start to go back to stock. It is not the one click brick version of odin and I have never had any issues with it....

- once back to stock:

- master clear

- drop the update.zip back onto the sd

- drop the ROM onto the SD

- 3 button into recovery (hold both volume buttons + power. When ATT screen shows up release the power button only)

- choose reinstall packages (may have to twice)

- install from SD, scroll to the ROM and select

- done.

longest process I find is backing up materials and waiting for the first boot of the ROM. It will talk to you, that is a good sign... a woman's voice telling you it's converting files, etc.

total time: 10 mins if that.

good luck.

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[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
I am not sure about 10min, depends on how many apps. You still have to click install for each app with Ti and that takes forever and its annoying.
[Captivate Android Development] mikegehl:
Definitely should buy TiBU, then. Simple one tap reinstall.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
I did, how do you enable that? Well I bought it after I restored.
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
I tip my hat to you folks, for the help...

I'm probably just gonna flash 3.04 right over top and nandroid back if it doesn't appear to be a "success." Will dload the odin/pda/pit stuff just in case, but I really hope I don't need any of it. Seems like quite the hassle compared to what I'm used to, but I still wanna mind my p's and q's.

I'll try not to clog this thread any further with the Cap-101 questions. Feel free to reach out to me if you all ever need any N1 guidance! :D

Thanks again!
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
TB-pro lets you (at least on N1) create a flashable "TB".zip on the sdcard. So after a wipe-event, you can flash that before you even reboot and begin restoring immediately with a 1-click batch operation. Beats the hell outta restoring 50-100+ apps 1 at a time! Worth every penny. 1 of the few apps I made certain to PAY for! ;)
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
I agree! I love the dropbox option as well. Next flash I will try it. Is there any issue restoring all system data?
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
App-data only!!! The only exceptions for me would be bookmarks and car home and maybe wifi-AP's. Probably best to just avoid system data restores altogether, unless the Samsung universe operates on completely different physics than in my HTC universe.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
App data and apk's right? Well I have been able to restore Wifi AP's and BT parings.

Once you do a selective backup you can till it to only updates thoses and not everyone or only new apps?
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
I can only speak from my own experience; mirrored by those I've discussed it with... (it always seems to create a stir when it comes up in threads)

Some folks say absolutely don't use TB for anything. Most agree though that if you are gonna use TB, ONLY use it to restore user-apps+data. I do frequent system+user-app (everything) backups, but I only ever use it to restore non-system apps. It got more complicated following the switch to GB roms, b/c some apps would linger from froyo builds and make the process a little confusing. Safest bet is to only restore user-apps+data that you actually installed yourself (market or non-market).

YMMV....
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
Thanks! I will probably stick with apps+data and just wifi/bt. not do any other system data.
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
Sounds like a good plan! :)
[Captivate Android Development] brendanmurphy:
Does anyone have an know if we can replace the sms client on this rom with the stock 2.2 client. I hate samsungs client
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
I don't even know what the stock one looks like. What is different?
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
BUG: Both 2.3b8 and 3.04, sometimes the notification bar doesn't want to come down. Only moves like 1/2in. I thought 3.04 wouldn't have this problem but looks like it does.

Anyone else experience this? Restarting seems the only way to get it to come down. This time it happened after clicking my shortcut to battery use which FC twice and then couldn't swipe it down. All the other times it was random. This is the first for 3.04.
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
Precisely the issue that brought me to this thread to begin with! :eek:
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
What are the odds, it just happened and I was like I should post it.
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
It's not my phone, so I don't have much to offer anecdotally. But your description sounds identical. I just figured that it was time for a rom update. Maybe not???
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
Ohhh that is why you were going to update the phone.... Well overall the 3.04 is much better. It has only done it once so far. It not often enough to really annoy me well it does if i really need my phone and it does it, but that hasn't happened yet.
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
Mine did the notification thing before... went down a little bit and stopped until i rebooted... but only on really early Cog 2.2 builds. Like 2.2 - 2.2b4 or something. Never had it on 2.2b7 or 3.04 or any i9000 build.
[Captivate Android Development] chocodough:
What is the name of the Task Manager app DG has installed in COG?

I got a different android phone and wanted to download that app from the market but wasn't sure what it was called.

I like that app cause it's simple and easy to use, and lets me manually end processes.
[Captivate Android Development] newter55:
Its a samsung app.
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Lock screen

Could somebody please explain how I might remove or edit the lock screen. I have purchased Widget locker and I'm a fan of its versatility. When I was on Eclair 2.1 Widget locker would override the stock lock screen. Now I have to unlock both lockers.
[Captivate Android Development] mfpreach:
I love this rom but I am having a difficult time with wireless AP tethering.

I used to use a desire, and I used the built in FROYO wireless tethering. It was perfect.

Is there a way I could use that instead of mobileAP with this rom, or is there some kind of fix for the difficulties with establishing an ip, and stopping it from dropping out?

Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] movrshakr:
I don't know name of that one, but I use Advanced Task Killer from the market. It works fine for my use, which is just to kill apps running in the background.

My stock Captivate starts lots of apps on its own just out of nowhere (in the background)--apps that I have not started myself. And on a reboot, it seems to start darn near everything.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
I really don't brother with the task killer, if you read on how android manages memory with a app stack then you will see why. The Samsung task manger is nice to kill stuck apps but that is all I use it for. Its nice some of the stuff Samsung has added to Froyo.
[Captivate Android Development] marcopolo1:
Same for me. I heard you need to install a new modem. But the question is witch one.. i using the captivated but with a different provider. And the wireless app never worked to me..

At the same time if you change the modem y have to change the kernel?
[Captivate Android Development] flintdragon:
does no one else's phone slow to crawl whenever the memory fills up, like to around 55MB left? Mine does no matter what version I'm running 2.1 stock or Cognition. A quick task kill speeds everything right back up. I don't use the "auto" portion of a task killer. That'll kill battery life.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
That is really odd, mine never really slows down. Android has a app stack and new apps go on top and the olds get killed if needed. I think so it saves the app state at least for the ones that are still in the stack. Android doesn't multi task in the sense of a modern OS. These roms i think are set to use more ram for the system so apps tend to stay runing less. I noticed when I am reading a book in adobe reader if I run a few apps and go back to adobe it has to reload, which looses my page, really annoying as it doesn't have bookmarks yet.
[Captivate Android Development] flintdragon:
Yeah, that is how I've understood about how android manages memory and that's how it works. But I also know that when memory fills up, performance goes down. I don't know if maybe there is some memory swapping to disk going on, but the slow down is very noticeable. I use watchdog to monitor cpu utilization and have noticed an android I/O process using up quite a bit of proc time when memory is low.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
Hmm I will have to check mine, maybe I just been rebooting too much lately... I will see after a few days.

I know on the stock ROM there was a lot of junk running in the background. Only thing I have installed from the stock ROM is the ATT Hotspot app.
[Captivate Android Development] flintdragon:
These are just observations on my part so could be just pure coincidence or something.

Just now, I noticed watchdog telling me Idle % was at 8% so something was consuming resources. I load up watchdog and it shows kswapd0 process using over 50% cpu. Looking at available memory and sure enough, it's at 55MB lef.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
I have 70MB free right now. I wouldn't worry about free ram since ram can be used to speed things up, so really it all should be used. Its more of how your phone is running.

Do yo have a lot of apps? I have 75.
[Captivate Android Development] flintdragon:
77 user apps

maybe my problem is my selection of apps taking too much ram causing Android to start using virtual memory. It hits down to 53MB regularly. Maybe at that level, performance suffers.
[Captivate Android Development] nkrick:
Clear your market cache, that normally fixes the problem.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
I had some apps I have to turn off background services like Super Manager.
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
gallery duplication

Has anyone encountered gallery folders creating duplicate images within a folder? It appears that whenever I connect my usb my pic's within a folder will multiply. Ex: one folder has png icons, it started w/ 123 it's now over 3000! All but the folder that has pic's taken with the camera duplicate themselves.

Help?
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
Are they the actual file or links?
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
Uh... I thought it's the same Task Manager as the one that Samsung uses.

While we're talking about free RAM and slowdowns, when I first boot up the phone, I have 160MB of RAM, then throughout the day it drops to around 100MB of free RAM even if I closed all my applications. Level 1 RAM clearing doesn't clear anything for me, and Level 2 clears stuff that I don't want to be cleared, such as NoLED, and along with a bunch of other apps.
[Captivate Android Development] D12AKO:
I just loaded this Cognition v3.04 on my Captivate. How do I get the At&t Address Book Sync to work again? The feature isn't available anymore and I have all my contacts stored there. Yes, I know I could have done this with Gmail as well but I only realized this after the fact.

Anyone!?
[Captivate Android Development] movrshakr:
My Captivate is at stock right now, and I see no app called Task Manager. So where is "the same Task Manager as the one that Samsung uses."
[Captivate Android Development] SlimJ87D:
Hold down the home button till your phone shows the multitasking window. There will be a button that says task manager
[Captivate Android Development] movrshakr:
Nope. Mine shows the last six opened apps.

I am in ADW launcher. Would that make the Samsung Task Manager inaccessible?
[Captivate Android Development] eclypse3demons:
Yeah I am getting odd fcs with 3.04 that are most annoying, sometimes just when I am trying to make calls and 100% when I check voicemail. Kinda makes the phone useless... =( FC is on com.android.phone anyone have any ideas?

May have to revert back to 3.03
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
Did you restore system data? I have read people having FC's when doing that. I only restore BT/Wifi system data.
[Captivate Android Development] cybercoaster:
I think my email.apk got messed up when I loaded this ROM and then restored from Titanium. Everything has been working for a month expect for the email app. I extracted the email.apk from the zip file in /system/app. I have it copied to the sdcard on the phone. Now how do I move it to /system/app (assuming thats where it goes). Still a newb here. I did try to excute it to install and that didnt work.

TIA

BTW - Yes, I have been searching but all I can seem to find is how to install by excuting an apk on the phone or using adb.

Thanks again.
[Captivate Android Development] JGGW:
buy the full version

disdable call connect notification, problem solved.

use root explorer, there is also an email.apk linked here for download somewhere in this thread. drop that into the place the old email.apk is found and you should be ok.
[Captivate Android Development] piburglar:
I'm having the worst luck, or I'm just an idiot.

I've had 3.04 installed for a while now, and I love it.. works great.

Decided to install the firebird kernel but got horrible battery life with it.

So I tried installing the Jl2 modem and when that didnt work, I tried several different modems. NONE of them worked. Force closes at boot up, doesnt even load the launcher, but I DO get the power menu (to boot into recovery, etc).

WTF am I doing wrong? I'm getting frustrated.
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
Have you tried clearing the cache and davlik cache? If that doesn't work, then I think you'll need to reflash Cognition.
[Captivate Android Development] piburglar:
Haven't tried clearing the davlik cache. But I've reflashed to stock, then back to cognition 3.04, then to firebird kernel .08... lets see.. i've done that 5 times now trying to get any modem to work.....

I'll try clearing the davlik this time...

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Problem w/ pictures/Gallery

I have been having problems w/ pic's in my gallery duplicating themselves, it would appear whenever I connect to comp w/ usb. All internal functions of the phone (Camera, ShootMe app etc) do not duplicate. Only items that have been imported to the micro sd in the phone.

set up as follows-

ROM- Cognition 3.04 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=912657

Kernel- SpeedMod Captivate K13A http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893880

theme- Port::Androdena http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=935726
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
Samsungs Task Manager is under the 6 apps in Froyo only.
[Captivate Android Development] piburglar:
Okay,

Used Odin to get to stock, rooted, then installed cog 3.04.

At this point, i'm great. I then install update.ugjl2.modem.zip and reboot. I get the cognition splash page all the way through. Lock screen never comes up, neither does the notification bar or any launcher. I can hear noises at times when I hit some buttons tho. I.e. if i hold the power button down and hit where I think the reboot button is, I hear the sound, and occasionally I get it right and it reboots or whatever.

So I clear all caches (including devlik, which didnt do anything, it said cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2) and install firebird2-v0.zip and reboot in the hopes that does something.

Reboot and i get the lock screen and the notification bar and power menu, but nothing else. I can turn wifi on and setup the SSID passwd, etc. But if I can't access it through the notification bar or the power menu I can't get to it =(

So close..

Any suggestions?
[Captivate Android Development] piburglar:
Hah, Okay. I finally got it booted with a proper launcher.

After all that I did above without luck on getting the launcher to load, I installed the Sensation theme (which is very nice btw) and bam.. Booted into a launcher.

So... weird issues... I would still like to resolve them in case I have to do this again!
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
Maybe your modem update is corrupted... redownload it. I always switch out modems and kernels on all my ROMs, not a single problem
[Captivate Android Development] projectpaki:
i really like the lock screen from the new Firefly Rom, is there any way to port that over from there to this?
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
It's the stock lockscreen with a theme. You can extract the theme elements out of the frameworks and throw them into your own. And since Cog 3.04 already has the stock lockscreen, you'll get that look.
[Captivate Android Development] projectpaki:
thanks for the response but im not that advanced yet lol
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
It's in framework-res.apk/drawable-hdpi (framework-res.apk is located in /system/framework/), there are a lot of lockscreen photos. Just open the framework-res.apk of Firefly with WinRAR, take out the drawable-hdpi folder, and open but DO NOT extract your current Cog framework-res, go to the drawable-hdpi folder, and drag all the lockscreen related files into the WinRAR window. Then just toss your framework back into /system/framework/ with Root Explorer or ADB :) back up your original framework!
[Captivate Android Development] projectpaki:
thanks, ima try it tomorrow
[Captivate Android Development] kroniced:
I have the same problem with Odin. My guess at what was causing it is that you are not entering the standard downloader mode. ClockworkMod has replaced the recovery mode with a more robust one but it does not communicate with Odin properly. You can easily tell them apart. The CWM one is all red. The factory recovery mode is not, white text, I think it has the droid guy in the background and it has only a few options.

Does anyone know what files to replace or what to do to get the factory recovery mode back (not blood red).
[Captivate Android Development] piburglar:
Ill give it a shot for sure.. thanks

Sent using the xda app for the Sanding Captivate, liberated via the following:

cognition 3.04

firebird v0.8

jl2 modem

sensation theme
[Captivate Android Development] planetjeff:
How to get back to active phone call interface?

Hiya everyone - first post as a Cognition user!

I've had a couple situations that have been somewhat frustrating; if I'm on a call, and need to navigate to another part of the phone to get some information (SMS, notes, etc.), I can't seem to get back to the phone interface that is for the active phone call. I can get back to a phone interface, but it doesn't seem to interact with the active phone call.

For example, if I pressed a 7, it acts like I'm dialing a new number and it doesn't send that tone/signal along the phone connection.

This has happened as well when I'm calling my voicemail and I get a text message in the middle of it. I can't get back to the phone interface to navigate my voice mail messages!

This might be endemic of all these phones, but since I'm sporting Cognition 3.04 I thought I'd ask here. Thanks in advance for any advice/tips!
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Will this theme work?

Could someone in the know let me know if this theme will work with Cognition.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=913733

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] thewr3tched:
was there a resolution to this? when i'm in a call and get an email, it makes the email notification sound once and the call waiting beep several times. would love to find a way to disable it.
[Captivate Android Development] johnhazelwood:
Planetjeff. To get back to the call/diaper dropdown the notification bar and click on the phone icon. Then the keypad will work on that call.
[Captivate Android Development] nbarsotti:
The beep is annoying me too. I would love a solution.
[Captivate Android Development] Jirv311:
I'll be doing a re-flash on my phone tomorrow so while I'm at it, I'll try it and let you know. My guess is no, but we'll see.
[Captivate Android Development] wgarrido:
That theme is sweet! I have to try it. So I have to ask the quest as well.

Which brings me to ask if you can set the tray to be the same at the stock samsung?

Edit: I noticed it mods the stock launcher which means you have to switch to it instead of launcher pro. I guess that would bring back the stock app tray. Would there be any side effects. From want I saw I don't think so since it over writes the apks for the core apps to apply the theme.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
taking note of all the issues, hopefully will get some time to fix some things soon.
[Captivate Android Development] delugeofspam:
Searched the thread but didn't find anything...

Does anyone else have a problem dialing their voicemail from the notification drawer?

If I get a voicemail and open the drawer, then click on the notification for the voicemail (which, duh, is supposed to call the voicemail) I get an error window saying "Number not dialed" (or something to that effect) and, oddly enough, the call goes through. But it goes through without opening the dialer window. Now, of course, I can use the notification drawer or phone app shortcuts to get the dialer open, I just thought this was rather odd behavior. The next time I get a voicemail (which is rare, as my outgoing message says DO NOT LEAVE VOICEMAILS) I'll logcat it.

Or maybe if I'm feeling bored I'll leave myself a voicemail using my wife's phone.
[Captivate Android Development] randyyy:
I just flash today mi Captivate i897 and I gotta say THANKS to the builders of this great rom, it's beautiful.

Keep workin' guys!!

Thanks a lot!