yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zugshad:
hmm. ok. .so did the reboot to recovery and installed andromeda.. did it take a tad bit for yours to boot into the phone portion after it got to the andromeda screen?? mine seemed like it was hanging and was about to worry.. but finally booted in.. so figured would see if yours did too? .. gonna test stuff out now and restore tibu
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madtowndave:
Yeah, did for me too...and yes I was worried. Pretty sure this is very normal on first boot into new ROM in general. Like I said, TiBu was a bit cranky for me and required 2 restores and reboots...

Really enjoying this ROM, btw.

i897 running Andromeda 2.0
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zugshad:
yeh.. im still doing the install from tibu (getting paid version after tomorrow since payday :P since im hating have to select install for every app :P ) .. and then will reboot and test .. though one thing ive noticed that is diff from the video is the lock screen.. in his review it was the lock button and he swiped it up.. mine is set to a puzzle piece by default?? any idea??

edit.. k mine was a 1st time go for apps restored with tibu :) .this is pretty nice.. it does appear to be a lot faster/smoother than cog so far.. though the Keep the lights on app should keep my bottom buttons on all the time right? least thats what i thought i was from the video and mine seem to still fade out.. even though i hit the app and it said it was enabled..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madtowndave:
changing unlock is in settings, display...

Dunno about lights, mine just worked. Make sure service started and reboot I guess.

i897 running Andromeda 2.0
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zugshad:
ok.. that was what it was for the lock part.. thnx .. didnt know that was there for those 4 choices.. thought only could do the none, pattern, pw etc..

everything went fine until i decided to load my contacts/sms etc from tibu.. now when i rebooted to add them, i keep getting the message "Sorry, The application Swype (processcom.swype.android.inputmethod) has stopped unexpectedly.. please try again" constantly getting things like that about swype.. any idea what happened or what i need to do?

edit.. sucked it up and re-flashed ;( will just sync contacts and deal with the ones missing for now ;(
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] fogozito:
there any way to get a transparent email.apk and the settings apk? or semy transparent.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] dirtytiger:
Hi,

have a look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=899879

ciao, dirtytiger
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] kirkla79:
If you are looking for transparent widgets try this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=796399
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] fogozito:
emmmh i mean something like dialer one using the live wallpaper as background.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] kirkla79:
I wish there more apps and widgets that have transparent backgrounds.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
so i decided to try out a samsung epic 4 days ago...BIG mistake.

good things about the epic:

very crisp screen and colors.

the hummingbird cpu blows the evo away. :D

cons...

no official froyo

buggy roms minus bonsai.

crappy slider for hardware keyboard.

cannot update profile or prl at all, a known issue! :confused:

clockwork sucks compared to amon recovery.

no apps2sd!

no custom kernels and not alot of development.

so to sum it up im back on an evo and ill NEVER buy a samsung again, EVER!
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
Welcome back... ;)
[EVO 4G General] VoldemortsNips:
Cool story, bro.
[EVO 4G General] Bigjim1488:
I had an epic and dumped it for an evo. I couldn't be happier!
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
The update profile/prl issue happened to my brother too.

When his screen randomly failed and he received a replacement it was resolved so it must be a phone issue.

Also, why would anyone develop for Samsung phones when Samsung doesn't even do it?

[Certainly not in a timely manner]
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
yeah the evo is the superior phone. now if it only had that beautiful screen and a hummingbird id be even happier. :D
[EVO 4G General] lrosenman:
Amen. Same here.
[EVO 4G General] patelkedar91:
I would get an Epic only for Cyanogen + GPU + screen.

Otherwise, the Evo is pretty great.
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
Lesson learned, HTC :-) Samsung :-(
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
without a doubt, shame what they have done to the galaxy line. to not even have froyo yet is a bunch of bull crap. i will say the epic has much better battery life compared to the evo.

in case you guys didn't know ms the dev of the sbc kernel just moved to a epic as well.
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
Amazing story, bro.

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
just passing along info for my fellow evo owners that may be considering a switch.
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
hey man.. welcom back.
[EVO 4G General] Success100:
welcome back to the DARK SIDE!
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Very cool indeed....
[EVO 4G General] tatnai:
Haha, hey fixer welcome back to the Evo. It is a big step up from the Vogue days and dzo (awesome dev), eh?
[EVO 4G General] jocampo86:
Yall should of seen fixxer on the evo forums,,,they even accused him of going undercover w another name......I had an epic well its my wifes now,its not such a bad phone better battery life,and camera but really no development there...well atleast not compare to the evo..
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
that was on the hero forums. and no i never created any other names, i had my account disabled for like 3 months.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
i see the vogue is still going strong, i used to love that phone but nothing compares to the evo! :D
[EVO 4G General] jocampo86:
Yes ,fixxer,that was on the hero forums...hey u him make a Rom for the evo ?
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
yes i still make roms & themes, but for myself, i haven't shared any on here.

YET! ;)
[EVO 4G General] plmiller0905:
wow...this sounds just like my story. I switched from an Evo, to a Shift, to a Epic and now back to the Evo. I agree the lack of 2.2 really brings the galaxy s line of phones down. The Dev support isn't the greatest right now either, however, the devs they do have are doing the best with what they have available to them.

It amazes me that the Shift released with 2.2 then about a hour or two after it was permanently rooted one of the devs tweeted to HTC to release the source code and they did. Talk about quick! The Epic has been out longer than the Shift obviously, and still lacks 2.2.

The build quality of the epic wasn't the greatest. I was afraid the keyboard might break. I liked the keyboard on the Shift way better than the Epic. So after reading up on Samsung /2.2 news, I knew I had to make a switch back to the Evo.

I doubt the Epic will even see 2.3 and if it does I'll be highly shocked.

But anyways, I'm back with my Evo just like you :-)
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
^^^ the shift has only been out ... 3 weeks.

that was pretty quick .. moving from each phone..

but i am glad you did.. not me.. :P

htc... that was great what they did for the shift...why did you leave it?
[EVO 4G General] Dstroya:
When I came due for an upgrade it was the week the Epic came out. I had been eying the EVO all summer. I had just my Instinct's screen crap out on me. The stats between the 2 phones were so close that it was a hard decision. I ended up getting the EVO because I remembered all the things that Samsung promised for the Instinct and they never really delivered.

My buddy eneded up buying an Epic a month later. Needless to say he's pissed because 2.2 hasn't shown up yet. I think I made the right choice in the end.
[EVO 4G General] plmiller0905:
The Shift is a great phone and very snappy. But it currently has gps issues, text messaging time stamp issues, a lot of FC's (rooted or not) etc. The GPS was the deal breaker for me. So I went to the Epic, rooted it and flashed one of the 2.2 roms. It's gps worked a little better than he Shift actually but it didn't work 100% like the Evo.

HTC knows how to provide for their customers unlike Samsung. I could have went back to my Shift but I decided the Evo instead, now I'm happy again :D:D:D
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
the evo shift is too small of a phone for me. the thing looks tiny compared to the evo.
[EVO 4G General] n3x1s:
Totally agree. I've stuck with Samsung in lots of different products. I'm writing this connected to 2 Samsung 22" monitors. I have a 55" Samsung TV in the living room and a 40" Samsung TV my room. A Samsung BluRay player. They make good products in that arena.

But as for phones - NEVER AGAIN! Not after the Samsung Moment my wife got . . .
[EVO 4G General] plmiller0905:
Yeah it is small...lol. It reminds me of the original droid
[EVO 4G General] BrianDigital:
my girl is waiting for it the one dev they have there noobl is almost there but a few minor things are holding me back from letting her use it
[Android Themes] SteveCheeseman:
Sooo im pretty new to theming stuff in android.

What ive been doing is using root explorer to make a copy of the apk file of the widget i want to modify to my sd card so i can insert the modded image. Then i use root explorer to replace the entire apk file back into the /data/app/ folder.

So all is well and the widget function properly up until i restart the device or my launcher restarts. When this happens the widget says "problem loading widget" i think, and the app no longer shows that it is installed.

can anyone shed some light onto what im doing wrong.

please and thank you
[Android Themes] SteveCheeseman:
Anyone got anything
[Android Themes] user7618:
Apps with widgets should be installed to the phone, not the sd card, or it has issues with the widget. :)

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Froyo-on-Hero action here!
[Android Themes] SteveCheeseman:
sorry i meant that i copied over the apk file to my sd to edit it from my computer, i didnt move the the app to the sd card.
[Android Themes] rhamej:
Did you re-sign the apk?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luciferyo:
Hello! I apologize for adding yet another post about this, but I've looked around the forums, and it seems like all of the answers are scattered all over the place. It just ended up confusing me even more, so I'm hoping someone can clarify a few things for me.

I'm looking to flash back to stock 2.1 from Rogers, and update to 2.2 via Kies. I want to return my phone to Rogers since I'm having the shutdown problems (it's shutting down frequently now), so I'm trying to get my warranty restored. My phone is currently the unofficial AT&T 2.2 ROM from I897UCJI6-OCD-REV02-Low-designgear (ODIN one-click).

From reading around, I saw that there are two methods to restore stock - either by ODIN3 or Heimdall - but it seems like people had a different ROM from the one I have right now, and I'm not really sure if this should make a difference.

I don't really want to end up with a brick phone, so any tips you can give me will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rnewton01:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=846501

edit: i see you were posting in that thread already....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luciferyo:
Yeah. orz I probably should have waited more, but I thought no one was really looking at that thread as frequently.

Thanks though! I'll just stick to that thread instead.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rnewton01:
well, i haven't used heimdall, but i've used odin. it won't matter what rom you are currently on. what i would suggest is making sure you have 3 button recovery working correctly before using though.... just because there are versions of the one-click odin that will remove it, and i see that's what you have used... although i believe the flash you did shouldn't have removed it. you will not be able to get to "true" rogers stock, but if you follow some of instructions in the posts in that thread, your phone will get pretty close to stock - boot screens and all. i don't know how hard rogers will look at your phone before determining whether or not it will be covered.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luciferyo:
Thank you so much for the reply!

The three-button recovery is the vol+, vol-, and power button, right? Also, if it isn't "true" Rogers stock, does that mean it isn't advisable to update to the official 2.2 ROM via Kies?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Skypole:
I am new to this zo forgive my ignorance... I see all kindz of dis ussions on z4root anx how eazy it is but I cannot find the files to download... any good links out there?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cmoney12051:
Just search the forums its on here. Check in the android app section.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case White:
Has anyone tried getting their Captivate repaired under warranty for GPS issues? I've tried every fix out there except prying the connectors up (at least until I get outside the 30 day exchange window) and have spent too many hours on the phone with Amazon, AT$T, and Samsung tech support. I've tried all 3 of da_g's GPS fix updates, the factory "GPS Restore" crapware fix, LBtestmode, and a handful of ROMs. The problem persists that when driving and using Google Navigator it will snap to the wrong roads, think I've kept going after making a turn etc. and just generally annoy me.

I'm now on my 3rd Captivate (only 2nd for GPS issues though) and none of the parties involved are willing to exchange for a new one again. I have a return label in hand already to return to Samsung for warranty repair but I would be without my phone for 6 business days. I would have an easier time living with this if I had some reasonable expectation that it might actually work, but somehow I expect that they would either

Pronounce it problem-free and return it right back to me still broken, or

Just replace it with another Captivate with an equally wonky GPS

So... has anyone tried sending their Captivate in to Samsung for repair with any degree of success? Is it worth bothering with?

It's a 1010 build now running Cognition for what it's worth. Best performance so far was with Cognition 3.04 and da_g's "control plane" GPS fix, with which I can get a 5m accuracy fix with 5 sec. TTFF (indoors!) but it's still all over the place on the road. Plugging in to the car adapter as suggested elsewhere seems to help slightly.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
I sent mine in for repair. Here's the TD;DR story.

I'm running Andromeda 1.0 with the KP1 modem, build 1008. I've done a lot of testing since that post and GPS has remained great. It locks fast outdoors, indoors and while moving; it tracks turns, stops and starts perfectly and it doesn't get confused in areas with tightly packed parallel streets (using CoPilot--I haven't tested other nav apps). Tonight I ran GPS Test Plus with the speed display on and the phone mirrored exactly what was on the speedo through starts stops and turns for an 8 mile trip.

Edit: just wanted to add that I never mentioned GPS problems when I called Samsung to get repair setup.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case White:
Good to know that there's at least a little bit of potential that it might come back fixed, thanks. For all the bellyaching about the GPS issues all I had ever seen were homebrew fixes and reports of one-for-one exchanges, but little to no mention of actually giving it to Samsung to fix.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kapitanken:
well i got gps problem with my captivate also and worst im outside u.s. using att captivate

for waranty its be months..... i want to flash new rom but scare brick my phone.

i brick it onces cause install wronp app but thanks to [mcord11758] i able 2 restore

it back. by the way my build no is 1007 on its battery hear they say very hard 2 brick???
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
I have seen a couple of others mention that they had working GPS after repair and I've seen quite a few report that refurbished phones they received from AT&T warranty service had good GPS. The software fixes do help, but it seems pretty clear that the real fix requires a hardware change.

Here's the repair log (dates and times removed to protect the paranoid):

*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_SHIP2 //
*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_TECH18 //
PASSED FINAL QC
*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_TECH15 //
F72-REPLACED PBA, SENT TO SW---LSC---
*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_TECH15 //
F18-REPLACED INTERFACE CONNECTOR (IFC300), RAN EDL, SENT TO SW---LSC---
*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_TECH3 //
REPLACED TIB
*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_TECH2 //
SW
Original Problem
Technical Inquiry
Power
Intermitted Power Down
Problem Found
BAD BGA COMPONENT
WARRANTY, REPLACE PART
Solution
Replaced PBA
Passed All Functional Testing
*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_TECH18 //
PASSED FINAL QC
*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_TECH15 //
F72-REPLACED PBA, SENT TO SW---LSC---
*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_TECH15 //
F18-REPLACED INTERFACE CONNECTOR (IFC300), RAN EDL, SENT TO SW---LSC---
*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_TECH3 //
REPLACED TIB
*##/##/#### //##:##:## //RSI_TECH2 //
SW
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LightningGA:
Mine is currently being fixed by Samsung for the following:

- random shut down issue

- random crazy home button acting like its getting pressed multiple times without being pressed

- horrible GPS

Build #1008, phone was shipped out Wed and arrived there Friday afternoon.

I'll update as soon as I get it back.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LightningGA:
Got my Cappy back from Samsung yesterday, they replaced the "TIB", whatever that is.

So far today I haven't had a single random shutdown or crazy home button. I also tested out the GPS breifly earlier and I seem to get a better lock and it actually stays on course for the most part.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heythatsghetto:
ok...

so im rooted and running myn's warm 2.2 rls5, with netarchy's 4.2.1 kernel currently, but i switch between a few kernels, mostly using netarchy's 4.1.9.1...

and i use my wireless tethering quite often (i have 4g coverage, and have had up to 10mb connection speeds, with downloads up to 1300kBps)

by the way im using wireless tether 2.0.6

so heres the deal... the other day i somehow managed to switch the upstream/downstream monitor to display kBps/mBps instead of the standard kbps/mbps... and for the life of me i cannot figure out how i did this. im fairly technical savvy, but i am at whits end trying to figure this out! in fact, this evening i earlier had it displaying kBps (@ my current upstream/downstream rate), then i wanted to see what my current connection speed was registering at, given my current downloading i was doing, so i wanted to switch it back to kbps, and somehow i did...without figuring out how i did it. so now im at a stalemate with this app. more now than ever, this is simply a quest to not let an app get the best of me! i downloaded 2.0.5 pre-14, that came on myn's rom, and installed that version; just to check in case i had a different version that i had done that with, then tried 2.0.6, and so on. only to come out fruitless.

so basically if anyone has figured out this magic trick please help me by spilling the beans... hell, get to figuring it out of you are bored. its really not a highly complicated app, and im far to lazy to read the code on it and figure it out...

any insight? anyone?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViralCipher:
Hello,

I tried to recovery my phone by using Odin3 to install the stock 2.1 vibrant rom. I am using the rom from the official sticky about fixing a bricked phone.

Odin3 1.0 did not work and it would always freeze on a process even after trying it over and over again at least 5 times. So, I changed to use Odin3 1.7 which I found a link to on xda. This one installed successfully and went through the whole process and my phone rebooted. When it rebooted I saw the Samsung Vibrant Screen, then the T-Mobile screen then the Galaxy S screen fine like normal. But once it got passed the S screen a black screen would come up and all the button lights stay lit up and nothing happens for hours. I tried installing the rom several times, tried different links to the offical JFD stock rom, but everytime I try to install the same thing would happen. What do you recommend I should do to fix this problem?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartek25:
wipe cache partitin , factory reset in rrecovery ?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViralCipher:
Yes, I did. I wiped cache and data, but it still is is still stuck at the black screen.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcghee1973:
Your using the JFD.tar in PDA and 512.pit in PIT and Repartition is NOT checked?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViralCipher:
Yes, I made sure it was not checked and It was checked automatically the first time and I didn't realize that odin checks that automatically, so I unchecked it and did it a second time. The phone still gets stuck at the black screen with light up buttons.

I am trying the Eugene's Unofficial Froyo rom right now because what initially bricked my phone was installing 2.2 from Kies and that failing. When that failed I unplugged the phone and got the computer to phone icon screen and could no longer boot, so I went to install the stock rom.

The problem I am having with Eugene's Unofficial Froyo rom I am having now is that I have 0 space for applications and cannot install applicants even after doing a wipe and factory reset. Does this have to do with accidently setting it to re-partition and if so, how can I fix the no application storage issue so that I can install applications?

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcghee1973:
I was thinking he designed this ROM just specifically to help bricked vibrants...I think you just use it as a means to reflash another ROM or back to stock or whatever.

I did what you had phone ! PC.. last night to my wife's phone....left it on that screen and plugged into pc with ODIN open..it showed a COM port so I flashed it like that and it boots right up.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViralCipher:
I wonder if it has anything to do with Voodoo? I had a Voodoo Lagfix installed prior to doing the upgrade to Froyo 2.2 using the official method. May be why it failed. so I decided to flash back to stock. When I flashed stock 2.1 the phone would boot up then show the Vibrant Screen then the T-Mobile intro then the Galaxy S intro but once it got passed that the screen would go black and the buttons would stay lit up. I flashed Eugene's unofficial 2.2 ROM (no longer posted on xda, but it is on his website). That booted up perfectly, but the problem was that I now had 0 application storages and apps could not be installed on internal memory (could still install apps on SD card, I used this to install Rom Manager to the SD Card to flash Clockwork Recovery just in case)

Today, I tried flashing the Stock 2.1 rom back onto it (Phone was currently running Eugene's rom), but I have the same result with the black screen and lit buttons.

I looked at the FAQ for removing Voodoo and added a folder named "disable lagfix" in the Voodoo folder on the internal SD card. I ran this, but the problem still persisted, so I decided to flash again to see if it would be fixed. Still the same thing occured.

If this is a Voodoo problem, is there another method for removing Voodoo that I could try? I need to make sure that it is restored to the default RFS file structure that came with the phone and flash stock 2.1
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcghee1973:
Hmmm...odin back to eugenes froyo & unmount ur internal sd & format...go ahead and remove ur microsd & sim also...& then try to odin just the. Tar for jfd no pit ...no repartition..try to use ka6 instead of a 2.1..

Sent from Bionix V powered Vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartek25:
flash back to JFD eclair from bible with 512 pit and repartition ticked .

just for record JFD.zip goes in to pda