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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yokozuna82:
4. The best thing is froyo 2.2 then lagfixes and overclocking

5.no regrets, expect when i bricked my phone but the jig method fixed that
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GerStud101:
Did you use the full MobileTechVideos method when your phone got bricked? Or did you flash without reflashing to stock and wiping everything?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GerStud101:
So how do I know which one I should use? Is it based on the ROM I flash, or my hardware (Captivate)?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Which odin stock firmware is based on the build (four digit number under battery such as 1006) and what version your phone came with when new, such as jf6 or jh7.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GerStud101:
Do you by chance know which one I'd need off hand? I'm at work and don't feel like pulling my phone apart, but I can tell you that I bought my Captivate the day it came out, so presumably it came with the oldest firmware the Captivate ever came packaged with.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbylx:
1. No need to root. That's an extra step you don't need. My method, get the update.zip for clockwork mod, just search the Dev section, no need to even install Rom Manager or anything. Take that update.zip and put it on the root of your internal SDcard (just the normal phone storage, not an external SD. Then using adb or button method reboot into recovery, choose reinstall packages. The phone reboots into stock recovery. Choose reinstall packages again and this time you get Clockwork. Wipe data, install zip from SD, choose zip file, pick Cog, install and done.

2. I use titanium for user apps only, ie, things I got from market. All my contacts are synced with google, so once I add my google info under accounts they are back. Sorry, i don't mess with facebook or twitter so i can't answer that. As far as settings, you just have to manually do that, ie, ringtones, wireless networks, etc.

3. Yes I do. And I also use iSyncr. No problems whatsoever. As long as you don't do a MasterClear. That option under Odin will wipe your internal SDcard also. The Wipe Data under Clockwork recovery just wipes out installed apps and settings but leaves your internal SD intact.

4. Honestly, it's just a much better experience overall. The phone is faster, smoother, and more responsive. Plus DG has taken the liberty of removing all the ATT crap and un-needed apps.

5. Not one.

My only advice would be to "be prepared". My sure you have button recovery available ahead of time. Check your Rev version of phone, ie, the date under the battery. It seems newer Revs require a different version of stock Odin One-click. Some people have had issues running the original One-click. If you have any doubts about your phones ability to go to download mode, in case you need to go back to stock, spend the $1 on building a USB Jig.

You will find that flashing is easy. Recovering from unexpected errors can be easy if you are prepared.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GerStud101:
So do I not need to be rooted to use Ti-BU? I thought I saw that under the product description in the marketplace.

Also, under #1, when you say "Wipe Data" you are referring to an option in the Clockwork Recovery menu, not an Odin MasterClear, right? Will this wipe my internal SD?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
If you got the phone on release you likely have a 1006 build with working 3 button recovery and can safely use the odin3 one click jf6.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwertyaas:
TiBu needs root. I rooted using one click, then backed up user apps and data (used built in contact export to save contacts and smsbackup for texts).

Then I just ran the update.zip for CWR and flashed Cog - was my first flash too and pretty painless. TiBu returns your apps as if you never changed them.

Make sure you can access recovery and dl mode though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbylx:
Sorry, forgot you would want to backup before installing a new ROM. Yes, to use Tibu on your current ROM you will need root.

As for wipe data, yes it's a clockwork option. Like I said in #3 wipe data just removes user installed apps, and changes all settings to stock, but all data on your internal store will stay there, pics, music, etc.

Master Clear is the Odin option, which I never use by the way, that will completely delete everything on your internal SD, bye bye music, pics, etc.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GerStud101:
This is all EXTREMELY helpful by the way.

Quick question about USB Jigs--is it easy to build one myself or should I splurge on the ~$15 one MobileTechVideos sells? There's seems pretty fancy, and I can't afford to be phoneless as I putz around trying to jimmy myself a jig.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbylx:
I can't speak from experience but there's a thread here in QA that makes it seem easy. Just get 3 x 100kohm resistors, wire them in series, twist it to look like a horseshoe, there you go. If you have a radioshack or other electronics store near you it's worth a shot. Like I said, I think all 3 resistors cost may $1 total. You can also test it on your phone to make sure. Touch the jig to the 2 leads, if it goes into download mode instantly you did it right. Pull battery and reboot and all is well.

Edit. Jig link,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=889128
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GerStud101:
Yeah I saw that thread, I'll have to try my hand at it before I do this process. Better safe than sorry. Thanks.

Ok, so, the plan = build working jig and DL proper Odin just in case, one-click root, Ti-BU, move clockwork update.zip and cognition zips to my root folder, reboot in recovery, reinstall packages/flash clockwork, then wipe and flash cognition. This sound correct?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbylx:
That sounds about right. Really the only thing different i do is on the root of my storage I create folders for ROMs. So I have a Cog folder with the rom in it. Once you have Clockwork installed and you are choosing to flash, it will let you navigate to different folders. That's just my preference because I don't like to have too many individual files on my SD. Minor thing, just thought I would mention it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GerStud101:
Haha, appreciate the advice; I like a little organization in my life as well.

Sounds like you've flashed a few different ROMs. Have you ever bricked your phone to the point where you needed a jig? Or has it always been smooth sailing?

I guess I'm just trying to figure out why one person's phone would brick and anothers wouldnt. It kind of makes me assume that if you brick your phone, you've done something wrong, and if you just do the process right, everything should go smoothly. But maybe that's naive of me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbylx:
I've done what I consider "soft bricked" my phone many times. There's real no clear cut definition this, but usually there 1. locked at ATT boot screen 2. Instantly reboots into recovery 3. Phone----!-----computer screen.

I have a rev 1007 phone, meaning it was made in July 2007. I am fortunate that my buttons work every time to get me into download mode or recovery, later revs were hit or miss with that. Hence I could always recover by going to download mode and using Odin one-click. This is why I say test yours out and if necessary make a Jig.

Some have had issues where after a flash good or bad, they cannot get into download mode by way of buttons or ADB. The Jig should correct that.

The Hard Brick that many people seem to be getting is when after something bad the phone will not power on at all. Complete black screen no matter what. I've read many people again using the Jig to fix this, but I have never had this happen to me.

Since I got my phone in July I have literally flashed hundreds of times. I've probably flashed 25 times just this week. I like to test things, what can I say.

I will share everything I know and have experienced to the best of my ability. This is why the most important thing I've learned is to be as prepared as possible. You might not cover every scenario, but I would rather have more info than I need then not enough.

Enjoy your new addiction by the way, :cool:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yokozuna82:
I tried flashing to stock using odi3v.1 my captivate is a 1010 manufacture and apparently not compatible so it bricked my phone now to go back to stock i use the other odin or the true odin as I've heard it being called
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yokozuna82:
Yeah i had the 1007, the gps was horrible but the little phone was faithful in download mode and overclocking
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyanTX:
First, I have an Incredible and have done all the goodies to it, but my wife has an Eris and Im gonna need some help getting it right.

I month or so ago I rooted my wife's Eris and installed xtrSense on it because it looked closest to stock (with Sense). A couple weeks later htc mail kept force closing, over and over. Then some days it would go an entire day and not have service, while mine would when they are sitting next to each other. (by no service I mean the phone part of the smartphone did not function).

The biggest problem I am going to have in finding a ROM for this thing is she LOVES the HTC calendar widget and the HTC mail widgets. She has 2 work emails and a personal email, all of which have their own HTC mail widget.

Is there a vanilla ROM that has a widget that is similar to the HTC Mail widget?

I have been leaning towards KaosFroyo but the problem being the mail widget. I LOVE that Gingerbread theme by SicNside though!

Sorry for the long winded post!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elitenls:
Honestly, Ryan - instead of switching it up on her, re-download xtrSENSE, wipe, and flash it. This time, flash it TWICE just to make sure. Reboot, let it go, and then set it up with all her ****.

Once that's done, go to this thread and download the newest ERIS radio available:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=650121

Download it to the phone, rename it to "update.zip" and put it in the root, reboot to recovery, flash it, reboot, let it install, reboot, and wait for your phone to start up.

Give it a little bit - and you should be good to go. :)

Long answer short: no (not that I've seen), the HTC widgets are pretty darn exclusive. :P
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyanTX:
Thanks very much for the reply. One question though, why install it twice?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1234567188:
Flash it twice just to be sure. It gets rid of any stray files from the old stuff
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Only needed if the phone suffers from OCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Complete and utter BS voodo - computers are deterministic. Sort of like saying you will do a better job at work today if you drive there three or four times "just to make sure".

The suggestion the first responder provided is no different than if you simply performed a "wipe data/factory reset" in Amon_RA.

What you really ought to try is clearing the data store for a few selected apps (Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications), rather than nuking all the user data and settings and starting all over. You might even consider making a backup so you can make several attempts at it if something doesn't work out as you expect.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyanTX:
Thanks for the replies.

I always nandroid before doing a ROM, especially on her phone. I just dont get why all of a sudden she had an "x" over the signal bars on her phone for an entire day, then all of a sudden it started working again. Also the htc mail force closing literally every 10 seconds.

Is there a way to backup all of her home screens, then wipe, then install xtrSense again? It takes forever to re-set up all of her screens since they are all full.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
I'll admit that the signal issue is a little strange (but you didn't mention whether it comes right back after rebooting, or whether you checked to see if airplane mode had been toggled on accidentally).

Have you tried clearing the application data and cache for the HTC Mail App to see if that changes anything?

The HTC version of Sense had a thing called "Themes" that you could create - but it didn't save them to the SD card, so if you did a factory reset (or a wipe), you would lose all your themes. Kind of stupid, really; but then again, making those settings survive a ROM replacement (or factory reset) wasn't part of HTC's requirements.

I think you are kind of stuck, unless xtrSense uses a 3rd-party launcher. (For instance, ADW and Launcher Pro have means to backup your home screens) Apps, emails, contacts, bookmarks, and SMS/MMS messages can all be backed up using 3rd-Party (market) apps for those purposes, but I will agree with you - restoring a Sense ROM takes some time.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
This should really be a reply to RyanTX, but I was lazy. :)

My Backup Root (free on the market - make sure and look for ROOT version, not My Backup Pro which costs $) will backup your home screens.

The only problem with any program that backs up your home screens, including Launcher Pro or ADW (at least it used to be - let me know if anything's changed) is that due to restrictions made by Google, they will NOT restore widgets, only everything else, which pretty much defeats the usefullness of the ability IMHO.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Even the "built in" ADW backup/restore method won't handle widgets, so maybe it is an Google API thing, I don't know. OTOH, I have 7 home pages with only 4 widgets in use, so I find that backup/restore darned handy - even if I have to fix up a few widgets manually, it still saves me plenty of time. You're right, it would be great if it worked perfectly - but a little bit (or a lot in my case) is better than nothing at all.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
True. I guess as long as someone isn't like I used to be; I used to have 20+ widgets over several home screens. :) Now I like to keep things simple, I only have six things, and only on one screen, although five of the six are widgets.
[Desire General] limestone:
Hi all:

Just wanna share my experience with those who undervolt their CPUs, like me.

I am running Leedroid 2.3d with the undervolt patch installed. Has been running fine till one day i decided to use a new OEM battery that i bought a month back but have not yet charged.

When i inserted the new battery and powered it on, i found out that my desire took twice as long to boot up, and when it did, it booted up with "stock" settings... meaning all my apps, my contacts, everything, was as if i just flashed a new ROM and was powering it up for the first time. Everything in my phone was wiped out. looking at the battery, it was showing 9% charge. It also wouldn't read my SD card.

I took out my OEM battery and put back my original battery that had 65% charge. my desire still booted in stock settings, all my apps and information was gone. It refused to read my SD card as well. it was not till i removed and reinserted the SD card as well that it could read again.

I knew that undervolting was most likely at fault in this case, since a 9% battery running near 3.7v, inclusive of undervolt, would seriously cause some CPU errors.

Took out my sd card, reinserted it, and did a NANDROID restore. To be safe, i wiped my storage and EXT too before restoring. Thank God, now everything's back to normal. I flashed back the stock voltage patch and so far so good.

Reason why i share this is to remind us all that modding does have risks.

Lesson to learn is that when trying any mods, ALWAYS do a Backup! I'm so glad that i happened to backup just the day before, so i didn't lose much.

Second lesson to learn is that try not to boot up your phone with a brand new batt or with a flat batt. I'm not saying you can't, just TRY NOT TO.. in case something like that happens to you too!

anyone has a similar experience? =)
[EVO 4G General] rockage:
i consider myself a rom flashing addict, and recently every rom I flash has been messing up my gps. When I go to start navigation, it sticks on "checking navigation ability" some people said just open google maps and turn on wifi and it will fix, well this didnt help me.

what I did was: download GPS Status & Toolbox from the market and then run it. After that my navigation app worked fine, as did maps, and anything else using gps.

hopes this helps someone !
[EVO 4G General] novanosis85:
Sometimes that won't work. Instead I have to just wait and try a few times a day. Once it works I never get that message again unless I flash another Rom. Also nand backups are not affected.
[EVO 4G General] rockage:
that's weird, it works everytime for me, i've flashed probably 6 roms recently and each time it had that error and went away right away.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyclopes:
Hey People a quick question..I'm running on Darky's v8.1 with SpeedMod Froyo [K12P BRIGHT-FIX3 Voodoo-Snd MIC-FIX STABLE] kernel and VA green v8 theme on top of it...after flashing all these yesterday night, the battery level dropped by 20% in just 6 hours with my mobile being in idle state (no wifi or 3G or GPS) and it has been draining rapidly :(

Has anyone else experienced the same kind of battery drain or someone with a solution please reply?? :D

Just to make sure my homescreen(I have 3 homescreens) settings are not causing the drain, here are the screenshots:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jobiza:
You could try use Stefunels and Docs ROM kitchen. Then use clockworkmod to battery calibration. Let battery drain fully or almost fully and then wipe battery stats and after that charge to fully without using phone and wipe battery stats. Worked like charm for me. :)
[EVO Shift 4G General] dansal28:
So I bought my HTC Shift 4G but i think it's Defective. I've called HTC, Sprint, and Bestbuy. The 3 companies say the Phone Has 2 GB Internal Memory(ROM). However my Phone only shows 432MB :

203 MB Apps

69. MB System

159.6 MB Free space

Could it be Defective or They just don't know what they saying.

Would u guys tell me if ur devices are showing the same ??

I bought this phone cuz the 2GB. I'd hate to return it and get the big EPIC!!

thanks!!
[EVO Shift 4G General] BuddahWolf01:
I got 431 for applications(internal storage)
[EVO Shift 4G General] OnyxMinion:
I figure the rest is system reserved by the fellows at HTC. That is where the OS/kernel is located. Probably locked away/system mountable only, to prevent us from obtaining root. ( any of you fellows who know better can feel free to correct me.) Just based on knowledge of linux etc. Not much in depth on the droid
[EVO Shift 4G General] johnnycross22:
I'm pretty sure it does in fact have 2GB of internal memory, however it seems like a big chunk of that is taken up by the operating system and maybe some is reserved for system storage/app caches/etc. Not 100% sure but I think that's why.
[EVO Shift 4G General] cloverdale:
They are referring to the 2GB SD card thar comes with the phone.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Heelfan71:
yep.

Guess you take it back and get an epic. :rolleyes:
[EVO Shift 4G General] akmzero:
That's not actually not true, they claimed that the evo only had 1gb of internal memory but came with a 8gig sd card, disproving your theory right there.
[EVO Shift 4G General] cloverdale:
Disproving what theory?
[EVO Shift 4G General] troublefunk:
Yeah what he said.

No conspiracy theories, just information...
[EVO Shift 4G General] durandetto:
Check here: http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=2946

It gives you the specs.
[EVO Shift 4G General] jesusice:
This is what I got from Root Explorer:

/app-cache - 4k used, 8.00MB free

/cache - 31.21MB used, 111.01MB free

/data - 351.02MB used, 80.70MB free

/dev - 12K used, 186.59 MB free

/devlog - 4.04MB used, 15.82MB free

/etc - 288.83MB used, 102.53MB free

/system - 288.83MB used, 102.53MB free

I'm not a dev so can't interpret it correctly but it does seem there's lots of memory here and there that could probably be partitioned to the /data folder for more app storage once perm root is achieved.

EDIT: I've removed lots of stock apps so your numbers will not match mine.
[EVO Shift 4G General] drnelson324:
The first Shift that I picked up from Best Buy was indeed defective. Not because it wasn't showing the proper amount of memory, but because it locked up on me 5 times in the first hour that I had it. All I could do to get it to turn off is battery pull, and then when I put the battery back in i had a really tough time getting it to turn back on. They swapped it out for me, and my new one has been flawless.
[EVO Shift 4G General] edgemaster191:
i'm wondering (don't quote me on this) if the extra internal storage is hidden/locked by HTC so there will be room available when the new sense drops? i've heard it's a lot bigger than the current version with the stand-alone navigation/maps that it's going to bring with it.

Has anyone ripped one apart and checked all of the chips on board?
[EVO Shift 4G General] Autris:
I would take it back to the store and exchange it.

Phone should have around 256mb for apps (With all the stock apps installed)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] corybucher:
Somewhere thee was a mod for a faster 3d gallery but I can't seem to find it if anyone can supply me with the signed zip I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advanced.

Sent from my Evolution
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
Its been awhile since I needed it but I'm pretty sure this is the right one that I use to use..sorry the zip is not signed.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mikevillarroel:
I just signed it just in case!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pileot:
I know its a question but its relate to development so i think this is the best place to put it:

Which kernel is best for the Bell Vibrant (I9000M) as far as not breaking the internal SD? I need one with Recovery 2e but having a hell of a time figuring out which is safest.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xedd:
Kernel has nothing to do with the internal SD card. The SD card is a physical piece of hardware, and the only way software can destroy it is by intentionally abusing it in a way that is known to cause failures. Obviously, the developers are not interested in putting out kernels that do this...

From my experiences, although limited, I have been successfully using Hardcore's kernel on my I9000M for the past two months and have been very happy with the features it provides, including 2e recovery. This is on a device that I purchased in September timeframe with no sign of hardware issues other than poor battery drain, but I had this before I was using a non-Samsung sanctioned kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redmaner:
I am using hardcore speedmod kernel to

It works really great and is maybe the best kernel

In my opinion it is the best.

It is fast, stable and has a good battery life

I recommand it to everyone and it's availble for diffrent versions of samsung galaxy s
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbial13:
From where could I download a copy of the hardcore speedmod kernel for my I9000M. Would love to play with different kernels (and ROMs) but I'm very new to all this and obviously am very concerned about my phone. Thanks very much for your help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] utsmaster18:
This is for all the kernels

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=966646

and this is for all the custom roms. This also links to other useful threads. Read EVERYTHING before you decide to do something.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=886000

Good luck
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbial13:
Thanks very much for the quick response. Has any of you used SGS kernel flasher from Market? In case of problems with different kernels, will reinstalling of the current one (backed up) return my phone to the current state?