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[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
I did, but it sounds like many threads I've read in the past over and over again. I could have swore I've read this topic several times here, but perhaps I am mistaken. I follow several forums here at XDA and it is extremely possible my frustrations lie from reading this topic in multiple locations, not just within the Captivate section.

After searching around, I realize that there are not as many threads like this within the Captivate section as I had thought. My apologies for coming off wrong; however,

I do feel like some of the repositories here are disorganized, and have even tried mentioning it, but my thread got absolutely NO response, and it was in what I thought would be the correct section (asking about a list of apks in the Themes and Apps Section). Ah, oh well. Guess my fuse has been a little short recently. I wish I had more free time than just the 15 minutes here and there. I REALLY want to work on sorting the WiKi, but I'm married, so I've ALWAYS got other things to do.

Now that I feel I've completely torn the thread off topic, I'm going back to work :)
[Captivate General] ZioNicR:
Thanks for the response. Didn't mean to be overly critical of the thread. Simply wanted to express how both sides of the argument can be seen as valid and relevant. I've seen harsh criticisms from seasoned contributors as well as inconsiderate inquiries from new posters that indicate no effort to find an answer prior to posting. No offense intented and thanks for your contribution to the community.
[Captivate General] upNsmokeAllDay:
Maybe you can change the thread topic to sound a little less hostile towards new members. New xda users read this first or New posters or anything but "n00bs"
[Captivate General] ademarne:
Edited title.
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Like the better title. Definitely less "hostile"as it was put.

Sent from my pocket.
[Captivate General] upNsmokeAllDay:
Much better topic.
[Captivate General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
..Im just glad theres a Forum like this to help the "noobs" such as myself. I've come to these threads many times for just basic info..Thanks!:)
[Captivate General] YoungGun821:
I am thinking about trying to install my first custom rom on my phone. The one I am liking is "Andromeda 1.0" but I have a couple of questions..

One-Click Root process doesn't seem to be covered in the op.. Found here: http://androidheadlines.com/2010/08/one-click-root-for-att-captivate.html

Seems like it would be a heck of a lot easier to use.. (EDIT: Tried it and seemed to work flawlessly)

I hear some phone models don't have a "download mode"? (EDIT: found 'download mode' seems to work for me. Tried the buttons version and works..)

With Titanium Backup, I seen a few comments about not being able to restore apps that you backed up while you was on 2.1 when upgrading to a 2.2 rom. This much of a known problem?
[Captivate General] ademarne:
I use One-Click Root every time I flash my phone, I assumed the videos covered that but they may have not. I will edit the First post and add a link to OCR.

AFAIK all captivates have download mode, however the process for recovering a bricked phone for build numbers of 1010 or above is different since they came stock with JH7. Your build number is listed on the label that is fixed to the phone under that battery. If your phone is a 1010 or above you need to follow this guide to restore it to factory firmware.

Titanium backup should be used to backup and restore APPS ONLY. DO NOT BACKUP SYSTEM DATA!!

For your videos and photos, you need to set your usb settings to mass storage, connect your phone to your computer and move the pictures and videos you want to save to a safe place on your computer. Titanium backup WILL NOT save your pictures and videos.

The paid version is not necessary but it has features that make restoring your apps much easier than with the unpaid version.

If you do brick your phone, there are instructions on making a jig in the OP and in my sig which will put your phone into download mode so you can use odin to restore the factory settings.
[Captivate General] stlx18:
+1

Great direction for newcomers - I know myself it was more than a little daunting first coming in to XDA, but after a while of living in the forums, trying to learn about roms & kernels, things got easier.

Good tips - thanks for posting!
[Captivate General] avgjoegeek:
LOL no matter what we post (i.e. the Q&A sticky) the folks will always post the same question before reading these. Just the way it seems to work on XDA :(
[Captivate General] jbimmer3:
good info to have
[Captivate General] [dRu]:
Is there a faster way to restore my apps and user data? Someone said flashing ROMs and restoring was a 10 minute process, and the last time I used Titanium Backup to restore my data it took a little over an hour.

I think I'm running into some bugs/performance issues with Paragon RC4 and I'd love to see if these have been fixed in RC5.
[Captivate General] ademarne:
The only faster way I have heard is to buy the full version of TiB, which will auto install all of your backup-ed apps.

If someone was able to do it in 10min, which I think is an exaggeration, they probably flashed the new ROM over the existing ROM without returning to stock with odin or master clearing. Both of which I recommend doing.
[Captivate General] watsa:
Helpful for newcomers
[Captivate General] 4-2ndtwin:
Appreciated

Any help and direction is always appreciated from all those with more experience.
[Captivate General] Ginther:
This is my first post on XDA. I've been lurking and reading and reading and reading some more... and then reading again... oh, and taking notes... for several months now. By doing so I've learned a ton!

If it were not for this forum I would have smashed my phone months ago. :mad:

I couldn't get it to connect to my pc with the usb. Did some searches and research and wound up here. With the right drivers and using a usb port in the rear of my computer got it to connect. WooHoo!! :D

Then it developed the random shut down issue. Did more research here and decided to bite the bullet and flash a ROM (Cog 2.8) to see if it would fix the issue. Nope. :(

More research here and discovered the "press release" about the shutdown issue and how AT&T was swapping them out. More research here and figured out how to return everything to stock. Exchanged the phone at my local service center no questions asked.

More research here and now my replacement phone is customized to my liking and working great running a custom ROM, KERNEL, and Modem... all found here on XDA.

Thanks XDA and all its contributing members! This forum and the search button have been good to me! :)
[Captivate General] Billbo1970:
Um... I've backed up EVERYTHING but have not flashed a ROM yet. What happens if you have backed up the system data?

Do I need to delete all backups & re-backup w/out the system data, or is there an easier way (I have the pro version).

Thanks in advance, Bill
[Captivate General] ademarne:
It would be best to delete them all and re-backup just the apps and data to avoid a potential wrong press.
[Captivate General] bemilm:
Question about this. Isn't the issue with restoring system data on a different ROM, not the act of backing the system data itself? I haven't had any problems restoring system data when on the same system configuration as when I made the back up. For instance, I was on Cog 3.04 and I wanted to try a new ROM. I did a full backup including system data before flashing the new ROM. In the end, I decided to go back to Cog 3.04 and was able to do a full restore with no problems. Of course, if I had stuck with the new ROM, I would have only restored the Apps and not the system data. Maybe I just got lucky, so I'd like to hear other people's thoughts or experiences with this.

Thanks for the excellent reference.
[Captivate General] lovehoshi:
Extremely helpful to newcomers...Thank You.
[Captivate General] ademarne:
AFAIK this is correct.
[Captivate General] caanda45:
Needs some help???

Tried to flash Firefly Rom v 2.3, followed the instructions using CWM and ened up with the following error. Seems like I never got into clockwork recovery in the reinstall packages. Always failed at that spot.

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E: signature verification failed

installation aborted

Any help in figuring out what I did wrong and help me to get my first rom flashing would be appreciated. I used titanium backup to get everything back, that worked like a charm!!
[Captivate General] caanda45:
Dumb question what is the easiest way to do a master clear? Is that in settings and under privacy do the factory data reset? Please clear this up for me......

Okay so the experienced uses here, is my problem is that I have not gone back to a Eclair 2.1 and used Odin and then clockwork mod? Also is their a stock Rogers Eclair 2.1 and where can I find it? I ask that because are not the APN settings part of the Odin program and using the AT&T odin give me those settings? Another question where do I find the APN settings in the phone? Sorry for the dumb questions here?
[Captivate General] ademarne:
It sounds like the update.zip file may have copied incorrectly or the file was corrupt to begin with.

I think I attached the correct update.zip file for CWM to one of my earlier posts in this thread. Use one click root, then plug the phone in to your PC and open droid explorer. Replace the update file on your phones SD card with the one attached above then reboot into recovery. Then click reinstall packages and it will install CWM and reboot. You will then have to click reinstall packages again and it will send you to the CWM screen (green writing). If your rom is already on the SD card, flash it by selecting the file in CWM.

I just use odin3 one click to restore. Just open odin, plug your phone into your while it is on normally and after it says "added" hit master clear.

I do not know the answer to your second question since I have never had to deal with Rogers. GL though.
[Captivate General] caanda45:
Ughhh so tried a few things and nothing is working. Did the clockwork mod and it puts a zip file called update on the root of the internal sd card and in the clockworkmod file on the internal sd care a file called recovery-update. Both are zip files. So which one do I use and do I rename it with the .zip? I feel kind of dumb....

I wish I could get the odin question answered??? Does it restore to the american version of stock and take it back to Eclair 2.1 or the Froyo 2.2 which is the stock I have on the phone now??? Anyone expert out their that can answer this???? Another wrinkle if I have updated my phone with titanium and backed up the backup on my PC if I restore will that take me back to Froyo 2.2 if I do indeed use odin to restore to factory?? So many questions....

Done have gotten my first ROM and it is a blast!!!!!!!! Thanks for the pm`s back and it helped me get the right odin!!!!!!
[Captivate General] Dubgray:
I tried Darkys rom and love it but am having slight issues.
[Captivate General] Dubgray:
Cannot get Voodoo through Darky's ROm app. Also wont wipe
[Captivate General] illmatic90:
You should name this thread the n00b bible.:p
[Captivate General] meohman1:
Must Read

This thread is a Must Read for anyone thinking about flashing.

Mike
[Captivate General] Hondo82:
This is terrific. Thanks!
[Captivate General] crawt1:
EZ Rom flash

With the new CWM I just go into recovery mode, wipe cache and install from SD card. Works great...
[Captivate General] RDI:
Stuff to do Before You Flash your 1st Rom

1) Get a gmail address. Everything "Syncs" to this. (Contacts, Android Market, maybe even mail)

2) Go to the Market and get Android ID Changer. Run it. Save ID. This is your original "Electronic ID". Some Roms do not keep this # so after flashing, you have the option of restoring it. It would not be a bad Idea to also write this down and save it, Elsewhere. You will have at least 2 more important #s joining this list.

3) Get One-Click-Root mentioned earlier in this Thread. This will let you "Root" your phone (and unRoot it). Rooting your phone will allow you to do everthing else you need (and will want) to do. RUN IT.

4) Back to market. Get: SGS Unlock Tool and Rom Manager. Run SGS Unlock Tool. Click on bottom left button, Root Gen Codes. Add these #s to your list of important #s.

5) Run Rom Manager. Backup Current ROM. Label it: OriginalRom_Rooted . Should you ever need to, this will enable you to return to this starting point and run "One-Click-UnRoot". When the phone is done running and rebooting, you have the option of using "My Files" to copy this Backup Directory (under "clockworkmod") to your External micro SD card labeled "sd"

6) Now you should be safe to go ahead and start getting Flashing to a custom Rom. You will find the "Bloatware" and "Extra Cost" apps removed by most developers.

At this point I will mention some basic apps I recomend. Everybody has their favorites. Titanium Backup, XDA app, Super Manager, CurveFish Widget: Brightness Level, Google Voice, My-Cast Weather Lite, eBook Reader: WordPlayer, Trillian for IMs, TalkingAlerts, Samsung Widget_ProgramMonitor. And, because I am Diabetic, Calorie Counter by FatSecret.
[Captivate General] godpancho:
thanks for the help
[Captivate General] brandegelo:
NOOB needs help

Guys any help would be greatly appreciated.

Recently broke my screen and the bottom buttons. fixed the screen but in the process ripped my flex cable for the bottom buttons. I tried to fix that but the new ones dont work. the old button array is different than the replacements I got-different chip in different orientation.

I think i need to perform a hardware upgrade for the button flex. After ~4 hours on forums I have no idea how to do this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. is there anything like this around for the captivate?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12010927#post12010927

Please help if you can- i'm reaching the end of the line with this thing
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
This thread is not for posting problems. Please move this to the Q&A subforum.
[Captivate General] mkress65:
I downloaded SGS Unlock Tool. It told me that BusyBox was required so I installed that too. I could not find a "bottom left button" or anything that said "Root Gen Codes" so I clicked on "See Sim unlock Code" and it showed me "Unlock Code" and "Unfreeze Code". I am assuming that these are the two numbers you reference.

Still working my way through this thread before I get the cajones to flash Paragon RC6. Was hoping to find some ROMs for my Captivate on ROM Manager but when I select "Download ROM" all I get is "Extras" and when I click on that, sometimes I get 2 choices ("Superuser 2.3.1 cd" or "Superuser 2.3.1 ef") or an error message "Error occurred while processing the ROM list!" (I need to go figure out why that is happening...)

Thanks to all for this thread.

Matt
[Captivate General] z00mantwo:
Great info. Thanks.
[Captivate General] stevebic83:
Post 2 .... please do read this it will save you the embarrassment of getting bashed by 100's of people... plus it's good for you to read! ;-)
[Captivate General] EsotericSYN:
thanks! very informative!
[Captivate General] JustinUhhh:
Being new to this I will admit that the abundance of information is really intimidating, which is why it is understandable to not want loads of "WHICH ROM IS BEST FOR ME?!?!?" posts scattered around the forums. It just makes pertinent information harder to find.
[Captivate General] drewmiranda:
Great advice, I flashed my first rom a couple of days ago thanks to the help of this information.
[Captivate General] skeet34:
Just flashed Cognition 4.5.3 as my first ROM....wanted something stable with a performance boost and this ROM definitely fit the bill.
[Captivate General] Timpdottm:
Do you know if this works even with uckb2 build, recovery 3e or will I still need to find and flash a custom kb1 kernel via Odin?
[Vibrant General] benifactor:
http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=7346
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Yay! .......
[Vibrant General] OuncE718:
That's funny that they point that out. Did anyone receive the free update that Samsung Doesn't Charge Carriers?
[Vibrant General] swehes:
Let's look. Hmmm. Nope.
[Vibrant General] OuncE718:
The only way they might be able to make it up to most of us is by going straight to Gingerbread or by offering every Vibrant 3g owner a more than 1/2 percent discount on the new Vibrant 4g with the return of the current Vibrant 3g.

My biggest issue with Samsung is the lack of being straight forward/direct with us. Every question they've been asked about the update or rumors about our Vibrant being able to utilize 4g speeds Samsung won't even say yes or even deny it. It definitely makes me wonder. Its sad cause they definitely make great hardware (minus the gps issue). They probably hesitant on releasing Froyo 2.2 because the release of Froyo will prove that the gps issue is hardware based.
[Vibrant General] eunkipark92:
So what is holding the update sammyy?

Btw samsung don't make promises it will look bad if you don't keep ur promises you know...like the promise you made months ago? About froyo update? I guess soon means 6months to you, sammy.

Trolls, if your gonna reply to this msgs saying stfu, stop whinning w/e go ahead, im not coming back to this thread :)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xscruffy420x:
I'm about to downgrade but I still want to use it as a mobile device around the house but want it to be a little faster.I'm rooted and running okay but want better doped maybe deleteing some of the stuff I wont use because it wont have service.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrackMonkey91:
im not going to lie dude you should just sell it while you can still get good money for it i sold mine for 145 which is about what i paid for it after tax and everything so i was pretty happy with that
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labnjab:
+1 sell it =)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScrumpyZebra:
Agreed, just sell it.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amfetamine:
I'd keep it. use as an MP3 player, wifi internet device, video game, PDA, flash drive, .......

Unless you have a similar, all rolled into one device already, The Eris, sans phone & g3, is still a very useful device.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elitenls:
I'm going to be giving mine to my four year old who really likes listening to her MP3s and watching videos on YouTube that involve singing kitties... LOL. February 10th can't come fast enough...
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C Brown:
Install google voice and use it as a house phone\multi media device.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Familyguy1:
Yeah thats a good idea too.

Psshh and who doesnt like Kitties!!:D :p
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doogald:
It still needs voice service with Google Voice, right? GV isn't VOIP, it just manages calls to all of your phone numbers. And if you activate on VZW, it'll require a data plan as well.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obermayerm:
Keep it has a ton of developement still happening on it. it's an awesome back up phone, and, you can still use it around the house for almost anything including a phone via skype (etc) ... it's a great phone!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjb413:
You can download and use the new sipdroid (option for new PBX linked to my google voice) and google voice for true voip with google voice. all incoming gv calls ring to sipdroid, all outgoing gv go through sipdroid when attached to wifi. no need to activate with vzw.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elitenls:
^ That, also Skype and your wifi at home.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atstodd:
Skype used to be 3G only, no WIFI. Has that changed?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I believe officially that's true. I seem to recall seeing hacked versions, however, for using it over WIFI.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spc_hicks09:
Android traitors, rushing for a 3G iPhone. I'd rather keep my rooted FroyoEris.
[Galaxy Tab General] BleedingEdgeGadgetGeek:
I am running [ROM] Roto JME Pre-Rooted Firmware v4 [Jan 9, 2011]; Thanks Roto!

Immediately after purchasing from Bell Canada, I flashed Roto's firmware to obtain voice functionality. One item really bothers me; voice commands over bluetooth.

Is the lack of voice commands using bluetooth on the Samsung Tab a common deficiency?

I am having a hard time convincing myself that European and Asian Tab users accept this, while other smartphones have voice commands enabled.

Is this a Samsung deficiency, or a by-product of JME?

How are others handling this? I am not doing well with Vlingo or Google Voice, so mostly just bearing with the lack of native voice command support in JME.

Any comments on the likelihood of voice commands being included in a near future firmware release.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Tab General] agentdr8:
It appears to be an issue with the VoiceDialer.apk that comes with some of the roms. Someone posted a version that does work over BT, at least for dialing. It only works with English though, and there doesn't appear to be any voice feedback (like the "Call xxx on xxx" prompt).
[Galaxy Tab General] asout:
I have a stock UK Tab and if you want voice commands over bluetooth just install 'Magic dialler and Cyberron Voice Commander, then reboot. I cant remember which one actually enables voice command over bluetooth but once you have rebooted pressing the headset button brings up a selection box for whichever voice command program you wish to use, i personally have set Vlingo as the default or you could use Magic, Cyberon or Google.....

Then it works just as you want as long as you dont uninstall the above mentioned programs.

hope that helps.
[Galaxy Tab General] mssidah:
Okay so i have a worse problem. i cant use my bluetooth with any voice calling software. including OOVOO, Skype, Yahoo, Tango and clearsea.

My UK tablet is running a rooted xxJMC for build number, and p1000xxjm6 for baseband version.

My bluetooth head set is Class 2.0+EDR Jaybird SB2
[Galaxy Tab General] mssidah:
Buletooth problems

Anyone else having Buletooth problems ? is the ROM ?
[Galaxy Tab General] max_lan:
My new Tab is a Uk model, completely out of the box stock and the google voice app will not accept voice input over bluetooth. I'm not entirely sure it's accepting call voice over bluetooth either. I only had one call since I got the headset though so it could be my imagination.

Apologies for hijacking the thread slightly but is there a way to make the tab run google voice as the default action for pressing the call button on the BT headset? Mine has decided that I want it to run Winamp and start playing music... I've killed winamp process and checked that there are no "Launch by default" actions associated with the app. Any other ideas?
[Galaxy Tab General] keretakuning:
Galaxy Tab does not support voice command over bluetooth.

My headset plays back music and good for voice calling.

I can get voice navigation sound from gps software.

However I cannot talk over bluetooth headset for skype, etc.
[Galaxy Tab General] orenxda:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=858352
[HD2 General] telegraph0000:
Just recently got my phone back from repairs-returned to stock. Loaded igo8 and was pleasantly surprised to hear TTS working...hardspl'd it, loaded up Energy's ROM, and TTS was gone!

Loaded up AthineOS ROM, TTS was working fine-

Currently on omega 22.5, and same thing, no TTS

Any clues of as to why TTS only works on stock and AthineOS?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightnincap:
Okay I just flashed serpendipity 3.0 rom and I was trying to move some of my apparently to the sd card like angry birds and it said failed not enough memory. But I have 13gb memeory?

Pls help thank you:-)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iXNyNe:
+1

Same issue on my captivate

Using cognition 3

A Google search lead me to a thread in the vibrant forum but I don't know if that fix would work for me.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9327204&postcount=1

I'm using glitterballs v4 interesting sounding name kernel (which I believe is i9000 based) would that 2nd fixwork for me?