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[Captivate Android Development] metalfangs:
Looking forward to the update as always. If you need testers I would gladly help!

Sent from a brick
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
It will be a no wipe update anyways :)
[Captivate Android Development] apparition:
watsa is too busy with pinnacle 2.0 :D which i look forward to!

and I like how his ROMs are synonyms of each other APEX <--> pinnacle ?? loll...
[Captivate Android Development] Crash:
Watsa,

DId you now how to add spanish to swype Mattedblues ?
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
There is too much to do to get it. Have u tried searching for swype with spanish support? Try searching for swype version 3.25 for WVGA phones with spanish support. else u can flash an older version
[Captivate Android Development] Crash:
ok thanks ;)
[Captivate Android Development] Crash:
Done i took the one i 9.2 update
[Captivate Android Development] durangatang:
My alarm icon won't disappear even tho I have it set as invisible. Any ideas why? I had the same problem on Dlev 5.0.

Rom: Apex 9.2

Kernel: Darkcore 3.1

No OC/UV

Phone: Rogers Captivate I896
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
Lovin Apex....this WITH most of S.A.S tweaks

Sent from my Apex Blue JVR Samsung Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] olo567:
I agree, it fits the theme better without the effect.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
next would be vertex :D
[Captivate Android Development] metalfangs:
Or summit maybe? :p
[Captivate Android Development] manny05:
nvm..i got through the steps successfully
[Captivate Android Development] manny05:
EDIT: nvm..its still not booting up.. i think i bricked my phone -_-'

i followed all the steps and now its just stuck in recovery mode..no way of getting into download mode..

any tips?
[Captivate Android Development] froli13:
If you are in recovery you can select to reboot in download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
which key combo did u try?
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
Yesterday I tried the various music players in 9.2 for the first time and the sound output through headphones is EXTREMELY low. I thought I read about this issue here a while back?
[Captivate Android Development] mopo01:
Can't seem to get any app to stick thru a reboot. At first I thought it was tb related but even the apps that I have saved in download install and will lose all data on reboot. They all are there in manage apps on the main Sd card but the file sizes are 0 mb . Tried clearing cache and Davlik no help.
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
I've preached this many times! I tend to think taht it's an effort that people are to lazy to deal with:rolleyes: By majority the folks in the know are real good about it.

All users please read this again and don't be bashful!

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[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
So a query I've always meant to ask. Other then the obvious, what does this buy you? Is it really enough to make a difference?
[Captivate Android Development] RTBee:
+1 Great tip! has replaced my other players. Has better cover art dls as well and I like the feature to make any song or sound a ringtone or notification. Definitely worth the purchase. ;)
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
In my opinion only good part is not having all apps/widgets to show and reducing the list to your liking
[Captivate Android Development] yobbei:
Some of these system apps run in the background and takes up ram.

I have removed the digital clocks and replaced the email.apk ram usage has improved.

I really liked the email.apk and tasks.apk being able to sync exchange tasks but our cappies just does not have enough ram. My email can spike up to over 60mb and now back to the JVR email it is around 20-30mb.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
and what exactly is the use of free RAM?
[Captivate Android Development] zheric2009:
does not wake up from sleep

After I flashed this rom, my captivate frequently does not wake up from sleep, I have to pull the battery and reboot the phone. Any ideas? this is a great rom though.
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
I guess that's where I was going;)
[Captivate Android Development] yobbei:
Doesn't the phone run smoother when there is more free ram? At least when I try to run big games like Cordy?
[Captivate Android Development] magistrateee:
Ad Blocking

Does this have ad blocking? I just flashed this recently and it seems the ad blocking is not working. Apps I always use now have actual ads popping up and running when pushed on accident.

If there is can someone help me or have some type of script or other I can run to remove it like it should be.

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
It does have ad blocking. Whats the size of hosts file you see under system/etc using root explorer?
[Captivate Android Development] magistrateee:
It says:

682K
[Captivate Android Development] sremick:
Things launch quicker as you don't have to wait for stuff to be unloaded first by the OS. Also, your launcher is less likely to unload, causing the long delay many experience when returning to the home screen waiting for the launcher to reload because it got kicked out of memory due to low RAM.

Although many ROMs will toss in a static hosts file with some ad-blocking enabled, you're always better off using something that updates regularly and automatically. I suggest AdFree, which is in the Market and free:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree
[Captivate Android Development] chsngstlhd:
I am having same problem, sound is really really low for some reason, even without headphones
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
Its been suggested that PowerAmp from the market(which I have used in the past) can remedy this problem. It's a paid app(free trial is available). Music player functionality is something a phone should be able to do without paying for an app.

Is there another fix for low volumes with music?
[Captivate Android Development] olo567:
The RAM will be freed up by the system itself when its needed. Things running in the background with a low priority are closed. RAM is accessed so quickly you won't experience a delay.
[Captivate Android Development] olo567:
Things don't take measurable time to be "unloaded" because RAM is volatile and so fast. The launcher closing is a real issue, but that's mostly a result of settings in the kernel, not ROM specific.
[Captivate Android Development] sremick:
I beg to differ. Immediately after a reboot, when I have about 100MB of free RAM or so, a given app will launch almost instantaneously. After a while, when RAM leaks and auto-running apps eat it up and drop it down to 40-50MB or so, that same app will take 5-10 seconds to launch.

There is a direct correlation between app launch time and free RAM. And it is quite measurable.
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
High ram usage WITHOUT A DOUBT slows the phone down. Try opening ANY app when ram usage is 315 or higher. The phone will sit there for 2 full seconds after you launch the app...then another 5 to actually load it.

Sent from my Apex Blue JVR Samsung Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
I've always been a proponent of letting the Android OS "do its thing" with regard to memory management. For that matter, I've pointed noobs to articles that reflect just that. "It's not Windows. Leave it alone."

I must say, though, that if I want to boogie through apps, browsers, etc., manually killing unrequired apps (i.e., a press of the ATK widget) sure makes a big difference. I'll go from 40 or 60 available megs to 137 or so immediately and everything launched thereafter is on steroids. Will the OS deal with memory itself? Sure. Eventually. But there are times when I don't want to wait around for it to do so. Sorta like my cats. They'll make decisions, but only after making sure the moon and stars are lined up to their liking.

Impatient...or efficient use of the ATK widget? Have at it.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
Is it really low even at high volume levels?
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
For me, Yes! Turn it up to the max and can still barely hear it(via headphones).

I fixed my particular issue after deleting two of the three music players included in 9.2(Aosp and miui). Keeping the stock player it volume issue seems to have vanished :)
[Captivate Android Development] xstayxposix:
My favorite ROM, been using it as a daily driver!

Fantastic, thanks for the work! (:
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
what was ur default music player?
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
Stock music player
[Captivate Android Development] Crash:
Watsa

I need to uninstall some apps that I don't use on apex like arc launcher, dual clock etc could this action affect apex ?
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
No it should be fine
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
What are good internal voltage, not core voltage, settings for tegrak?

Sent from my Apex Blue JVR Samsung Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] Danielk425:
681.5k what does this mean?
[Captivate Android Development] SkitchBeatz:
Going to try this ROM on the Captivate bootloaders. Hopefully that will cure the necessity for 2-3 restarts/day
[Captivate Android Development] yobbei:
That is my observation as well.
[Captivate Android Development] foit:
I recently switched over to the Captivate BL from the i9000 BL, still on Apex 9.2, and for some reason, even with the same exact apps, settings, modem, etc. before switching, my battery life is now 1/3 of what it was before. I tried flashing different modems with a dalvik cache wipe each time but Cell Standby takes up >30% of the battery usage regardless. Think it's time for me to move back to the i9000 bootloader?

Also I've been having daily bootloops of the TW4 launcher. Any ideas on that? I figure it could be the overaggressive task manager of Gingerbread, but I did not have this problem at all on Apex 8.X versions. Are there any differences between the TW4 launchers between Apex 8.X and 9.X?
[Captivate Android Development] metalfangs:
Have you tried wiping battery stats? Not sure if its necessary when just switching bootloaders but it may help.
[Captivate Android Development] Danielk425:
I'm sure everyone has noticed this, but i'm going to share anyways. I've been through the list of kernels and the DC kernel is far superior, as far as color goes. The brightness is hard to beat. The talon kernels or variants are dark in color but fast and stable, or at least on my phone.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
if your cell standby is taking 30% battery means you must be in a low signal area? As for bootloops on TW4 nobody else has reported it, so my question would be does it happen before a TiBU restore?
[Captivate Android Development] crenshaw1979:
I would like to ask an odd question, how many Apex users here are in ATT vs every body else? Why ask this? Samsung recently released 2.3.4 source for ATTs captivate, i have been using it and it nearly great. Choice of modems that are i897 compatible is nearly zilch... I was hoping Apex would barrow some of its source code and port it over or vice versa (if possible) ... All the glitches with battery drain, lag after 12+ hours of use(unless i cleared ram), screen not waking up, etc are gone, but modem speeds are Slllooooowww. And my GPS more or less always sucked!! No matter the ROM...

Sorry for the long post... I still have my health!!!!!

Sent from my Captivate using my pointer finger....
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
So u havent noticed a new kid on the block called Pinnacle yet?
[Captivate Android Development] crenshaw1979:
Nope, only Fusion

Sent from my Captivate using my pointer finger....
[Captivate Android Development] crenshaw1979:
I have only noticed Fusion, and it works great, minus the lack of modems....

I will give it a go.... I guess i missed it.... Two things start to happen when you reach my age...

First you lose your memory....

Second...... Uummmm hhmmm where am i?

Sent from my Captivate using my pointer finger....
[Captivate Android Development] everest.deth:
Guys, quick question here. How is the internal storage mounted on this ROM?

I have the latest release and until now i notice under settings/storage/ that my internal SD shows as "USB storage" rather than Internal SD or simply SD.

Never really noticed until one of these days i could not install/download an app from the market. I checked and i have plenty of storage available; however, it says i do not and thus does not let me install anything :(

Is it supposed to show as "USB Storage" or should i try something to fix?
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
If you are getting an error that you have insufficient space while installing from market, then its an issue with new market. Clear cache for market and then try
[Captivate Android Development] foit:
For TW4, when I upgraded to Apex 9, I made sure before to start fresh without a TiBu restore. The only way I would get the problem of TW4 loading up, closing to a black screen, load up again, close to a black screen, and over and over is if I'm in any application and hit a button(home button, back button, etc.) to exit out of the application back to the launcher. This happened on occasion, but more often if I'm also using live wallpaper, which is why I alluded at one point to Gingerbread's aggressive task manager as the problem. However, this never happened to me once on Apex 8.X.

As for signal levels, I'm on the 3G 850mhz band with almost full bars all the time, especially as I've been in the same area before switching over to the Captivate BL and had battery life that lasted over a day easily so it couldn't be that. I've tried all of the (i9000) modems that I've tested to work well in my area for battery life, call clarity, and data speeds and it has had a bit of a difference in the battery life, but did not bring back the typical battery life I've been used to.

As to metalfangs, I did wipe battery stats at 100% battery this morning. I didn't even make it to 8 hours off the charger today with light to occasional use before it died.

It seems my case is

atypical

so I'll do some personal testing tonight after a Tim Horton's coffee run and report back to see what works on my specific Captivate (Build 1007) by perhaps wiping and reflashing the ROM or something.

tl;dr

Wiped battery stats (didn't fix the problem), always had full bars in my area, and TW4 launcher started going haywire on Apex 9.0 and continued since, but never once did on any Apex 8.X versions.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
The only thing that can kill your launcher in 9.x and is different is kernel. 8.x was mostly based on Talon kernel. Try and use Talon to see if that solves your battery woes as well as launcher getting killed
[Captivate Android Development] RashaMatt:
+ 1

10 char

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AT&T Captivate SGS I897, Apex 9.2, TalonDEV 0.4.4.22, KC1
[Captivate Android Development] nappent:
I'm sorry if this has been asked before but why the switch away from Talon?
[Captivate Android Development] WickedNite:
Why does the green icons at the top turn white sometimes and randomly?

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
if u r connected to google servers they would be green else white
[Captivate Android Development] WickedNite:
So it would be like that randomly? And btw, how can I change the wifi icon? Where can I find it? :)

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
systemUI.apk
[Captivate Android Development] WickedNite:
Great, thanks mate!

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] blinkste21957:
I have Redlands twice and still having a problem with making calls. It will dial and then stop ,then I redial and same thing. If I reboot once or twice then ok. If I wait a few minutes then it might work. Any ideas? Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
I am consfused but I have to ask, this happens on a fresh flash of apex without any Tibu restore?
[Captivate Android Development] blinkste21957:
Yes fresh flash and used it a few days and then it started doing it. I will flash again and see what happens Also after I reboot or wait 5 or 10 minutes its ok the rest of the day. I will refresh tonight if It can't be solved
[Captivate Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Once you have installed and set up, click on the Modem Dance in my sig and follow these instructions. This may help in setting up the right modem for you and prevent the problem.
[Captivate Android Development] gcamp0730:
I've been using the Captivate GB bootloaders and all seems to be okay. I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary.
[Captivate Android Development] viny2cool:
Now as you have started new project (pinnacle), Is that mean you will stop developing Apex?
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
See post 9630.
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
Bootloaders DO NOT affect how the phone operates after it boots. Unless Samsung has altered what a BOOT LOADER does.

Sent from my Apex Blue JVR Samsung Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] sremick:
I had this same problem with one app from the market. It was only that one app. I figured it was a bug with the app's installer or something borked on my phone. Curious that someone else is seeing it too.

And I too wondered about the whole "USB Storage" thing.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
well thats not correct. bootloaders seem to affect working of music player
[Captivate Android Development] psych0phobia:
If only it were that simple.... The problem on Galaxy S phones is that the /cache partition is only 30MB, but the market cap is 50MB. Large apps like Third Blade simply cannot be installed from the new market.

Personally, I have repartitioned my device to raise /cache to 60MB by stealing some space from /dbdata. At the moment, though, that's a hairy process that involves a complete "start from scratch" wipe, so I can't exactly recommend it as a general solution...
[Captivate Android Development] yobbei:
Can you teach us how to make the notification bar transparent it looks amazing!
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
or he can just share his systemui apk so that u can just use it ;)
[Captivate Android Development] poetikal:
Can someone explain to me why my home button doesn't work... was it a bad flash or did I do something wrong?
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
Have u flashed a kernel?
[Captivate Android Development] poetikal:
I have flashed TalonDEV from DarkCore, and I have no feedback from the Home Button... so I dunno how to get it back.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
u dont have haptic feedback or home does not do anything? If its latter then u have flashed an I9000 Talon kernel
[Captivate Android Development] mrcpu:
Make sure you're using a captivate talon kernel on a cappy, i9000 on an i9000, etc. don't mix and match.
[Captivate Android Development] d_gritza:
I've seen some comments here and there but what's the concensus on the S.A.S. Tweaks? Good/Bad?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1236779

Which version should I be downloading? the Universal version? where can I find init.d and clean it up?
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
init.d is found in system/etc. As far as version goes, not sure but I would assume the USA one :)
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
Seems to add some zip. Download the 400K version. Init.d is off of the system/etc folder (as eep2378 mentioned).
[Captivate Android Development] poetikal:
Weird.... I have flashed the i897 bootloader, and I'm pretty sure I have flashed a i897 kernal from the Talon thread. And yes, there is no feedback from the home button, and also doesn't do anything.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
so what u have flashed is definitely an I9000 kernel. can u link me to thread from where u flashed it?
[Captivate Android Development] poetikal:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16992230&postcount=4461

That's the one I used.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
that is a captivate kernel so there is no reason for your home button to stop working completely. Is is possible to flash a different kernel to see if that fixes the problem first?
[Captivate Android Development] poetikal:
I'll try a different one from the front page. I'll let you know how that goes.
[Captivate Android Development] mirrored:
How come even though I disabled lockscreen in the TDM Customization in settings, I still see the lockscreen from time to time?
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
Ha. Good question. I believe it's false advertising. :)
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
Well. Just applied U.S.A.S tweak and nailed a 3456. Thats a 400-450 improvement. On Atuntu.

Sent from my Apex Blue JVR Samsung Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
You have to ignore some options in lockscreen menu for now
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
[Captivate Android Development] froli13:
I just got a Galaxy Tab 10.1 :)

I'm still waiting for it to fully charge, though. Wanted to share my excitement with you guys, sorry for being off topic :p
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
when is MB coming for gtab? :D
[Captivate Android Development] topiratiko:
Turns out that was a FLUKE run. ran it three times since an have scored right @ 3000. sorry. jumped that gun :(
[Captivate Android Development] froli13:
I'd rather try to figure how to theme TW UX so it looks exactly like stock HC theme. :p
[Captivate Android Development] killer_raj:
Did that already....:)
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
can you include all your FW files? Just including the FW apks doesnt work on ApeX, as they are incompatible with jars
[Captivate Android Development] dizx:
Here ya go!

http://www.mediafire.com/?2fr1x0nct9c0dn5

For the record, all I did was take Chance M's RedRom Swype theme, drag Precision's black themed Swype images on to it, and simply changed the Swype trail color to white (thanks to Nunhugger's tip!).

I got it to work on Apex, should also work on Serendipity, but not sure about other ROMs, as some have reported no-joy.

EDIT: I've been messing around with Photoshop to get the Sony Sketch font on there, but it's slow going.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
thank you sir, because of people like you our cappys are worth keeping
[Captivate Android Development] dizx:
Now that's an overstatement if ever I saw one on this forum. :):):)
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
Clicking Sound

Has anyone had a report of a clicking sound from the person you are talking to? I have been asked "what is making that clicking sound" several times lately.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
if this happens with multiple modems too then lately AT&T sucks in your area
[Captivate Android Development] xpakage:
Yes, I have tried 3 modems and the clicking is still there. I may try to do an "inside the building, an outside the building" test soon.

Thanks for the quick reply.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
Thats why i use T mobile :(
[Captivate Android Development] mopo01:
watsaa welcome to att .... (you know t mobile is coming over to crappy att soon) :eek:
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
yes but thats not going to happen for almost an year or so, this is just the beginning of the end of T-Mobile
[Captivate Android Development] dizx:
AT&T network w/ JL2 modem working fine here in SoCal.
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
AT&T with multiple modems(JK4, JL2, JPG, JJPG, KP1, JVK) pretty much 0 issues in in Central Cali
[Captivate Android Development] dizx:
You're a modem whore! LOL! ;)
[Captivate Android Development] Vivified:
It's the flashing addiction itch... it just gets a hold of me sometimes.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
lol this is so funny
[Captivate Android Development] BaDaB!ng505:
didnt want to mess with anyones set up so i left it out ..i can upload a new one for you with all FW included...but some of the jar/apk is tweak for my rom if thats ok with you..
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
I dont have any problems, it should be fine with you coz then ApeX would also become purple licious :D