yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pizz0wn3d:
If you can get it for a decent price, then go for it.

Here's a simple pro & con list:

Pros

-Super AMOLED screen makes pictures and videos gorgeous

-1 GHz Processor that can be overclocked to 1.28GHz (stable) and undervolted to improve battery performance

-The xda devs are constantly providing the Captivate support that Samsung has failed to give us.

-Did i mention the Super AMOLED screen? Yes, yes I did.

-Swype makes texting a lot more fun to type on the phone once you get past the 1-minute learning curve

Cons

-Developed by Samsung and so the customer support for the phone is terrible

(see: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=913045)

-The stock AT&T Rom is filled with bloatware that takes up space and attempts to get you to spend more money on AT&T services.

-AT&T has disabled the ability to sideload apps (install apps from outside of the market) on the stock ROM, and so you won't be able to install third-party apps if/when you come across them.

-No official 2.2 froyo release from Samsung, despite promises from them as well as AT&T to have it released by the end of 2010 (this is when the store rep told me to expect the update when i bought my phone. derp).

-Some GPS Issues

Conclusion based on my personal opinion.

Overall, I love this phone and I'm glad I chose it over the iPhone 4 due to the ridiculous customization available. However, if not for the xda devs creating amazing custom ROMs, I would have probably returned it for the original Jesus phone.

My advice? Get the phone, pick out a launcher from the market (LauncherPro, ADW Launcher, or for the minimalist: Zeam) and grab handcent while you're at it. Then give her the phone and she should be happy with it.

More advice? Sure. Root the phone, flash Cog 3.02 onto it with the firebird 2/Glitterball kernel and JK4 modem.

Sorry if this post seems a bit jumbled and scattered. I'm currently doing about 4 different things at once and posting from my Computer Class at the local community college haha :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarcasmo:
Dont' buy it. GPS problems, shutdown issues, and, based on the general lack of reliability so far, probably more issues to come as the phone ages. If it weren't for the beautiful display and the custom ROMs here on xda I'd have little good to say about my phone. Since you don't plan on modifications the screen is really all you'd get. Does that screen outweigh the hardware problems I've noted?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yourname146:
SuperOneClick -- The program is called "SuperOneClick". That is literally all it takes to gain root on a SGS phone. So, personally, I think rooting is not nearly as complicated as it could be!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Let me rephrase that. Custom ROMs are more complicated than they need to be. I've used SOC on my MT3G, works well. It's ODIN, Kies and manually flashing modems and kernels that annoys me. I've flashed radios and roms on my mt3g and I'm comfortable with fastboot and adb so I'm not a total noob. HTC just seems simpler to me, but maybe that's because I'm used to it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpicaso:
The only beef I have had with this phone is the GPS issue. otherwise it's a great phone. Beautiful screen, sleek design and fast with a good ROM such as Cognition.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Essenar:
I've decided I'm either going to get her a Nokia N900 or an iPhone (some variation). I can't put a phone in her hands with such a gamble on the GPS (There's no guarantee the fix works and no way to identify which Captivates will work and won't work). Especially since this phone is purchased used and won't have a warranty on it.

I wish her sister would make up her mind about AT&T. If she decided to stay with AT&T I could just buy her something new. If she decided to leave AT&T, I could buy her a new Android device with another carrier.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
I can tell you from experience, **** AT&T! T-mobile has buy one get one free for MT4G right now, I have no clue why on earth you would want to stay with AT&T.

Seriously, I have been with T-mobile for 5 years and I'm in love with their service. Every time I call I get an AMERICAN rep on the phone in 5 mins tops.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingtz:
This is a very fair and accurate assessment.

Absolutely get this phone if you're comfortable rooting the phone and installing custom ROMs, launchers, etc. The phone will run markedly better than stock and will be a dream to use.

If you're not technically inclined, and need rely on $am$ung and AT$T for your firmware updates, get a different android phone. Updates are either never coming or will be over half a year behind and quite possibly bugged and broken even if you do get them.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pizz0wn3d:
Thanks :D

I feel like I should mention that I'm now using Exists Suckerpunch kernel and it's... Well... Amazing. OC/UV support with speedmod's battery battery tweaks is pretty much the best thing ever. And exists (pretty cool guy, eh made my favorite kernel ever and doesn't afraid of anything) updates so often I barely have time to find and complain about any bugs that happen to slip past.

This phone is quite captivating indeed.

Herp derp Captivate XDA App
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunnyman:
Me too. That said out of the box the Captivate is a very frustrating phone to use. The GPS is spotty and You won't have full access to it's super fast Gee Bees unless you install a custom ROM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Essenar:
I ended up getting her an iPhone. I know guys, I know.

To be honest, I didn't feel comfortable giving her a phone with spotty GPS as this will be her primary GPS unit.

Reading the custom rod and GPS thread gave me no assurance that doing the fix and rooting with a custom rom would fix the issue.

I have enough problems dealing with my MyTouch 4g that you may see me on a Bionic or iPhone with Verizon anyway.

But thanks for the advice. I may root and mod her sisters Captivate to score points because I heard she has had for warranty replacements lol.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Totally agree.

I've been keeping my eyes open for an iPhone4 for my gf as well for the same reasons you mentioned. There's also an AT&T iteration of the Evo coming soon. That might be a good device for her.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sujesharukil:
Really??? Rooting this is as easy as switching off your phone and rebooting. With all the easy stuff available right here in this forum and tons on the net... it is a breeze to root and flash a custom ROM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Seems like there is a lot more that can go wrong, what with different versions, different builds, different ODINs, etc. People losing their IMEI numbers and product codes, etc.

Just a slightly different animal from HTC. If I had more time to screw with it I think I'd feel more comfortable.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlbryan24:
It is as reliable as the sunset and sunrise...I got my Captivate around Christmas and I love it. It depends though. I am really interested in customizing my phone and making it run faster. If you are the type of person who wants a phone and does not want to tinker with it(flash custom roms etc) I might wait a couple of months.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FLAC Vest:
Well I have had none since September I think and love the phone; I don't use a case and it has been dropped multiple times and I constantly slide it in and out of my pocket.

No screen protector and no scratches; amazing phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pizz0wn3d:
I'm pretty sure that 99% of the problems come from the fact a lot of people rush into things when trying to flash a custom ROM and don't read up on what they're doing before they dive in. There's also the fact that information is a bit scattered, although there is definitely plenty of it.

Once it comes down to it though, rooting and flashing custom ROMs is a pretty simple process, and it's almost impossible to hard brick a captivate (knock on wood	>.> ).

Although the stock iphone does tend to have a more reliable gps, its maps app can't even come close to the awesomeness of the turn-by-turn navigation app on the cappy. And I can't complain about the reliability of my gps :D

That being said, if you don't want to have to pimp out her phone yourself and generally want something that's idiot-proof (not saying she's an idiot lol), the iphone could very well have been the right choice.

Herp derp Captivate XDA App
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
All solid points. No she's actually quite good with technology, she just doesn't have the patience to learn all this crap and do it herself. If she rushes and messes something up I'll have to be the one to fix it so it's just easier this way.

Plus she has NO desire to do this herself.

She came from an iPhone 3GS and loved it but wanted a bigger, nicer screen and turn-by-turn Navi. Hence, the Cappy.

I actually looked for an iPhone4 for her but they're sooo expensive, even used. Best deals I've found were $375-$400.

The funny thing about the iPhone is that it's perfectly capable of running Google Navi. I'm pretty sure it was AT&T that locked that out. Who knows, maybe it will happen on Verizon?

EDIT - What ROM would you recommend for a daily driver? She wants stability, speed, smoothness. Right now she's on Cog2.3b8 and I'm thinking about Cog3.04, Perception, Serendipity, and possibly Paragon. I want something that links the ringer and notification volumes.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o.maille:
Second that, and most of the above, new launcher is a must and custom rom. Yes samsung are crap when it comes to support but the GPS issue is sorted by most accounts.

Basically buy the phone spend a day pimping it up and you have one of the best phones on the market OR just buy it and give it to her, in my experience (broad generalisation) shewont need accurate GPS or care about the bloatware or that the hard drive write speeds could be better she'll just think its pretty!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Started by giving it to her stock and within a few weeks she complained about the lag and bloatware. Installing Cog2.3b8 was a night and day difference! I have to say I'm a little proud of her that she could tell the difference. :D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvanPSelleck:
I've had the Droid Incredible for awhile now, and I've never had any trouble rooting and modding the device until now. And I've never thought my device was unusable, but I'm really starting to think that my DInc is a useless device now. So, hopefully someone here can help out a guy that's run out of ideas.

Last night, I was running the latest version of the MIUI ROM. It was running just fine, but then my 4GB micro SD card started telling me files were corrupted. So, I took out the card, formatted it, and then put my back-up of the MIUI ROM back on the card. Of course, that meant that the only files on my memory card were now my Music folder, and the back-up. When I put the card back in my phone, went into Recovery, and tried to load the back-up ROM, it told me that there weren't any files found. I pulled the card out, checked it on my computer through my card reader, and there was definitely information in the folder. 164MB. So I tried again, but sure enough it just kept teling me that there are no files found.

So, I came here and found some ROMs that I knew worked just fine. I downloaded the latest version (the same version I was using previously) of the MIUI ROM, as well as Incredibly Re-Engineered v2. Here's one of the errors I get:

"E:Can't chown/mod /data/app

(Operation not permitted)

E:Failure at Line 4:

set_perm 1000 1000 0771 DATA:app

Installation aborted"

And another error:

"E:Can't chown/mod /data/app

(Operation not permitted)

E:Failure at line 7:

set_perm_recursive 1000 1000 0771 0644 DATA:app

Installation aborted"

There's another one that pops up, sometimes. It's a failure at line 8. But, those are the two that pop up the most. The Droid Incredible now just sits at the "Droid Incredible" white boot screen, and does nothing else. I've got to pull the battery out to get it to do anything. So, as of right now, there's not a ROM loading on the device at all, and I can't seemingly load a new one onto the device, either.

I'm really at a loss here. I thought it was because I formatted the card, so I went out and bought a new, 8GB SanDisk micro SD card. When I popped it into the device, and tried to load a new ROM, I got the same pair of errors above. I really don't know what I can do. I tried partitioning the card, but that didn't work, either.

Is there any way to fix this? Can someone help? I really don't want a useless Incredible laying around. Thank you.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keith.mcintyre26:
Did you make sure signature verification is turned off in clockwork recovery?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvanPSelleck:
Yeah, I just double-checked, but signature verification is turned off. Script Asserts are disabled as well.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knipp21:
Re flash your recovery image
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rigman:
Did you try formatting the card with the phone? Settings>sdcard> unmount> format sdcard.

________________________________

Unrevoked forever

SkyRaider Sense 3.5

Radio 2.15.00.09.01
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvanPSelleck:
I tried to use Unrevoked earlier today, and I just tried again. Here's what came up when I tried to reflash:

"Device "/sbin/sh: getprop: not found" is not supported at this time

And, just now, it gave me this error:

"Device "- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) - "
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knipp21:
I got the same error a while back on my Eris. Just reflash your clockwork recovery image.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvanPSelleck:
I'm positive that USB debugging mode isn't on, and therefore it won't do anything. When I plug the phone in, those errors pop up. And since I can't actually turn the phone on and activate USB debugging mode, I'm at a loss for what I can do here.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knipp21:
Will you try what I said! Please man just do it. I'll even go home and download the image...you should have it from when you originally rooted, just boot into recovery...wipe everything, flash the image then the Rom you want to use. And see what happens. If it doesn't work then ok I'm sorry, but its advise I've had to use as well as others I know.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvanPSelleck:
You're a genius! Haha It didn't work the first time, but I went through the process a second time, and it worked! Booted up a stock version of the latest version, and now I can do everything I need to do.

Thank you!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knipp21:
See told you :-)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigge32:
...is the impossibilty to answer from our Gen8 tablet! If I'm connected with my Desire's hotspot, I can read sms from my A101 but I cannot answer to any calls!

Some ideas ?

Thanks

BigSpectrum
[Samsung Mesmerize] blue2107:
Does anyone have some information on any dialer codes ( specifically for gps audio ) that will work for the mesmerize?

I've yet to find one that will allow me to increase the gps audio of google nav.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Tortuga1234:
I just found this *#1472365# its for the GPS setup.

The code works but I have yet to mess with any of the settings to see if that helps.

Let me know how it works out.
[Samsung Mesmerize] akellar:
Nothing in there about volume control. A whole lot of stuff I don't understand though! :-)
[Samsung Mesmerize] cyress8:
Was trying to find that code also, however I think the mesmerize/showcase have a different code since the one for the fascinate does not work.
[Samsung Mesmerize] blue2107:
Yeah, the ones for the fascinate do not work on the mesmerize.
[General Questions and Answers] lucioprita:
I don't know if the thread is posted already - sorry if it's already there

My problem is with a GT-I9000HKDORO

I've tried to change my font and failed (still don't know why, I did as someone posted on forum - with positive results) this bricked my phone.

I was stuck at the first boot screen (SGS GT-I9000 in white ).

I thoght i did something very bad and took it to a service, but the guy there didn't manage to resolve the problem either.

Now my phone boots in "install mode" and shows this text :

....................................................

update media. please wait

update media, finished

-- Install from package...

finding update package...

opening update package...

verifying update package...

installing update...

--Appling Multi-CSC...

Installing Multi-CSC...

delete files, please wait

....................................................

HELP PLS !!!
[General Questions and Answers] lucioprita:
sent it to warranty
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
Probably a good thing. I tried replacing a digitizer on my old Omnia once but managed to turn the phone into a brick. Sent it back for repair and was very pleased when i got it back completely refurbished and as good as new.

Hope you have the same luck :)
[General Questions and Answers] lucioprita:
got it back...they've changed my mother board...now i have a new phone...just finished installing Darky's rom v9.0.2 and it's running smooth now...
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
Great news :)
[Vibrant General] richiehd:
I kid you not. In view: 2 In Use: 0

Accuracy: 0.0

::sigh::

Hardware Problem. Obviously.
[Vibrant General] presence06:
I strongly disagree that all phones have hardware defective GPS.

Live I've said how many times before.. my phone, on JFD locks onto 5-8/4-8 sats in under a minute and it's acruate within 20FT

on other builds/leaks it takes a few minutes to lock on.

Just saying
[Vibrant General] richiehd:
... and they removed the Android keyboard? lol
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
I don't think he said "all" either. In fact, he didn't even use that word in his post.
[Vibrant General] presence06:
wow.. really?
[Vibrant General] Gigamaster89:
"Worse" as in you did something to your phone and it got worse?
[Vibrant General] richiehd:
Yes, I updated it to the Mini Kies froyo.
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
He updated to FroYo through Kies Mini and the GPS is worse than it was before the update is what he meant.

As to the "wow really" kid up there, gfys.

You can figure out what that stands for, it's not hard.
[Vibrant General] kmfisher:
Just an FYI, once I updated I couldn't get a GPS lock or anything.

What I had to do was turn off GPS, reboot, wipe GPS data, turn on GPS, and then let it sit in my car window running GPS Test for a good 15 minutes to get all the satellites.

Now KA6 seems the same as JI6 for lock speed. I can't tell on accuracy because it's overcast w/ flurries and the best I've ever gotten was 9' on a clear night, but normally 15' on a clear night.
[Vibrant General] Gigamaster89:
Oh so you were being sarcastic about the hardware problem...duh.
[Vibrant General] nacron:
Did you try the gps fix app from samsung in the market?
[Vibrant General] xerve12:
I had the opposite result. My GPS actually got better after the update. I also ran the Samsung GPS restore before I tested the GPS. On my test drive, the GPS locked within 15 seconds and didn't seem to get lost. With JI6 it would sometimes takes minutes for a lock and it would at time lose signal.
[Vibrant General] Emama:
same here..worse...

0/3 for 15 mins after flash boot..
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scaronscar:
Any info would be helpful thanks:o;)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianlp:
Either delete the Stage UI from the screen, or load a new one like ADW. Launcher or LauncherPro from the marketplace. It will prompt you about which one you want to use.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scaronscar:
I already have lp and I don't use stage im asking if I can take it off the phone completely...
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdsemler:
You can only do it if the phone is rooted.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borijess:
Root the phone and get titianium backup from the market the paid version. Then you will have the option to freeze the app, back it up or uninstall it. I normally freeze it so if I ever need it again all I have to do is defrost it.

Sent from the Iphone Killer
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scaronscar:
Cool thanks for the info
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mac4Wii:
I updated to froyo 2.2 (leaked version) on my samsung captivate, and I was wondering if there was a possible way to downgrade back to 2.1 and go to 2.3 cognition? Ive been reading and I cant seem too root my froyo 2.2 samsung captivate, i wanted to be able to install custom roms...

Could someone point me in the right way with a link or two maybe?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrDubzz:
search... and read. It's ALL here somewhere
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbs11:
First of all I would post this in Q/A section. Second of all you need to use ODIN to get back to 2.1 stock before you flash cognition. Although I hope you know Cognition is NOT gingerbread it is froyo.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amtrakcn:
System version does not make any difference to flashing ROMs
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xreflection:
You tried the one click root? It should be a simple process of downloading the correct update.zip and then flashing it through the recovery menu. Takes like 30 seconds. I don't think it matters what version of android you are on to root...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
this does NoT work on the leaked ji6 without a proper kernel....
[Defy General] isikh:
Hey, I'm using a USA T-Mobile DEFY with Jboogie's 2.2 ROM, however, it doesn't have the default SWYPE application anymore and I liked that. How do I get it back? Also, I've found a ROM that has it, but it's an .img file and I don't know how to extract it from there. Any help would be appreciated.
[Defy General] balinger16:
go to www.swypeinc.com and follow registration and installation instructions.
[Defy General] isikh:
Thanks, but I know of that beta; I'm looking for the original version that came with the device
[Defy General] balinger16:
technically the license for swype doesnt allow for it to be transferred. but the website is not beta, it is actually a newer version then was originally included
[Defy General] isikh:
alrighty, ill just use the beta then. thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crx4xharder:
Has anyone found where this is controlled? I've been fishing around in the /system partition, but no such luck as of yet. I've read that it has to do with the texture of the object with which you are touching the trackpad. Ie. We mechanics have rougher hands than those of us that are desk jockeys ;-) therefore causing a higher textured finger surface and better response from the trackpad. Personalization would be awesome to be able to individually tweak the sensitivity! Just a brain picker for all of us getting plastered on this lovely friday night...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] notasimpleway:
I am developing a settings app to give users quick and easy access to settings with minimum clicks and I want XDA members' input. What settings would you want? I have a very user-friendly UI in the works. I like the apps My Settings and Quick Settings and how many features they packed in them. My UI will hopefully be better. So let me know your needs and ideas on UI that would make life easier for you. I know my standard settings will include Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, 3 and 4G, battery stats, memory usage, and a couple other things up my sleeves that no one else has. I want to create something so useful that they wonder how they ever managed without. Thank you!

Ken

Sent from my iPhone with the bigger Gee Bees.