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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pept68:
I love this ROM..... makes me love my captivate again!!! However, i cannot seem to find a way to remove the Serendipity boot logo?? I changed the boot logo and animation, but i still get the Serendipity VII logo before the animation?

Any suggestions??

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
I suspect you are talking about the kernel logo. If so, you either need to flash a different kernel or recompile it yourself with your own image. Obviously the former is much easier.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boazjuggalo:
Is it bad to have Serendipty VII on a i897 phone? Asking because of the boot screen saying i9000.

By default my modem didn't work and I had to flash a new one on the phone. Now when other people hear me it sounds like i'm in a wind tunnel or something and i'm hard to understand. Is this a Serendipity VII problem or the modem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pept68:
Thanks.... i will look for the kernel logo, so i can make it my boot logo. That way it will look like it's going from boot logo to animation.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
It's not bad, it's specifically for i897.

Makes sure you flash I9000 modems.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Where are you located? I had to flash the JK4 modem that came with 6.4. You can check in the modem thread for a modem that works well in your area. As halfsoul said, make sure you're using an I9000 modem with SVII.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmathieson:
Loss of 3G/HSPDA coverage

Anybody run into this issue ever? For the past few weeks, I've only been able to get edge service. It started when I was on vacation in an area that had very limited coverage, and most of the time I was unable to get service from inside the hotel room. A couple of days into it, I noticed when I would normally have gotten 3G/HSPDA coverage, I was only getting EDGE service. I've also been unable to get a GPS lock since then even when outside under a clear sky.

Running Serendipity VII build 2 kernel 4.1

I reflashed the build with negative results, and have tried reassociating with the AT&T network also with negative results.

Can anybody lend some insight?

Thanks,

Doug Matheison
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
Try another modem. The one included in Serendipity VII seems to perform well for only a select few. UGJK4, UGKC1, and UGKG3 all work good for me. Link to Modem Thread
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmathieson:
Switched to the XXJQ1 modem...seems to have fixed the data network issue. Still not having luck with the GPS. Ill try one of those.

-Doug
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boazjuggalo:
I'm located in NE Alabama using ATT... nothing listed on map within 150 miles of me. So far I've tried 8 of the 9000 modems and nothing will even find ATT as an available network.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Wonder if you have more problems than just the wrong modem. Try posting in that modem thread and see if anyone there can help you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philnrai@14:
Question:

Its not a big deal but I remember in 6.4 that when you used the player a little player would show in the notification bar but this build is missing it. Will it be placed next time?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devi59:
I just flashed to Serendipity for the first time. I could never get a cell lock so it was a modem problem for me too. Decided to try out another ROM. Sorry, just didn't feel like doing the modem dance to fix it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
You don't have to do any modem dance, flash Jk4 in CWM.

Sent from a state of Serendipity
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drakkoprime:
Serendipity VII Build 3 with OJ theme keeps randomly rebooting

So I've been using Serendipity for about 6 months now and props for making such an awesome mod, love it!! I recently started using the custom color mods and now I'm running into a random reboot problem, I did some quick searches on here and google but couldn't find anyone with the same problem within a recent time frame, some were back in early 09 with way older builds, just curious if anyone else is having the same problem?

I didn't know if my apps might have been causing it and I originally was on build 2 and did the update to build 3 then flashed the theme and once the theme was on it was randomly rebooting, so I decided to download ver 3 and completely flash my phone and not install any apps and see how it went for 24 hours and it restarted on it's own about 9 times, installed all my normal apps and have been using it just dealing with it but now I'm hoping to find some help/a fix.

Also if it's the OJ color scheme that's just bugged then can someone help me find a way to get it back to just Serendipity VII Build 3 without wiping all my apps and contacts again if it's possible? Thanks in advance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
First off there is a revert file posted in the OJ thread, that will take you back to stock Serendipity's green theme.

Second, the only thing in the build 3 update that might be causing reboots is the updated services.jar. I've attached the services.jar from build 2 if you would like to see if it will fix the problem. It goes in the /system/framework/ folder on your phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drakkoprime:
Really big noob here but I'm not seeing any attachment :confused:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
LOL I'm an idiot. :o I completely forgot to attach it, here you go.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drakkoprime:
Nope, sadly didn't work, took it less than 20 minutes to restart randomly haha, I'm just gonna revert back off the OJ theme.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drakkoprime:
So cool story, I used the revert file back to the green theme and now my Market app is gone haha, any idea's on how to do it other then completely flashing the phone? I will do it if necessary but I'd rather avoid it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Extract vending.apk ,paste it in /system/app, reboot, profit?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drakkoprime:
It did reinstall the app but it's crashing 100% of the time whenever I try to download or update any app, gonna completely wipe everything and start from scratch, thanks for the help though guys.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twotone8:
recently flashed the newest serendipity vii rom, but i miss the old stock android live wallpapers. is there any way to get them back and use them with s7?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmpque:
Need help re-flashing Serendipity ROM

Can't figure out what's going on. I'm currently running Serendipity VII Build 2. I can't get into recovery mode using extended power menu or ClockworkMod

This is what I get on a normal boot up: When my Captivate is powered on a garbled screen will appear for about 5 seconds immediately after the AT&T boot screen. Then the Serendipity loading screen will appear and the phone will function normal.

When I boot into recovery mode I get a multi-color garble screen and have to pull the battery to reboot the after rebooting all running apps will begin for FC. Apps will run If I uninstall and reinstall. So I thinking I have a bad flash.

When I try to connect to My Win 7 machine it stop recognizing the phone and says the device is malfunctioning. I have re-install the drivers to no avail. So I can't use ODIN or Download modes to try to fix and reflash Serendipity Build 3.

HELP!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
Well, the reason you're having issues is because you don't have gingerbread bootloaders, so next time follow directions when you flash the ROM. Now, the easiest way I know how to fix your issue would be to get in download mode somehow, and follow the directions on the Serendipity7 download site. You might need to try another computer because you're going to need to use odin at some point to fix your issues. Good luck.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
Bottom line is that you need to get into download mode. If the button combos don't work for you then you'll need a jig.

Also consider trying another USB cable/port or another computer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmpque:
Thanks halfsoul & bryman27, I was able to get her into download mode using the same cable and port on the same computer. Strange, not sure why I could not get Win 7 to find the phone previously, but for what ever reason it worked this time. I'm back in business. Thanks again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twotone8:
Quick question. Just got my captivate last week. Flashed serendipity almost immediately. Through my research I've come to assume that if I ever wanted to go back to stock 2.1 I'd have to flash the stock rom Odin one click with boot loaders. Would this get rid of the cwm package that serendipity loads in place of the stock recovery mode? Would the volume button combinations for download mode and recovery revert back to stock as well? Also, what is the function of the "revert to factory settings" option listed in the green cwm menu in recovery mode? Factory settings has a whole different set of boot loaders as far as I understand it. What would happen if I were to press this by accident? What would the phone revert to exactly? Thanx for all the help.I've already done quite a bit of digging on the subject, but thought this might be the best place to get some definitive answers.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
Yes. Yes. It clears your /data and /cache partitions. By "factory settings" it basically means it deletes all the settings you've changed and apps you've installed (basically). The factory ROM (usually called the "stock ROM") has a whole different set of bootloaders. If you pressed it on accident then you would lose all the settings you've changed and apps you've installed, you would still have Serendipity, but it would be like you just installed it fresh (for the most part).

I suggest you search around a bit more on what the /data and /cache partitions actually contain, but what I've told you is accurate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joey_xda:
I have 2 Captivates, one is running S6.4 and the other is S7. When i run a speed test (3g) the S6.4 is always faster. The S6.4 is between 4.5 to 5.2 down and S7 tops out at around 3 down. They are both using the same modem JL2. Any ideas why the big difference ?

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enerj:
market not installed?

I'm really enjoying S7, after getting a new modem, swype and gchat! Great great!

But after my recent flash of Serendipity.zip (gchat and voice dialer) and bluedipity7.zip, my market has dissapeared :( it says "Application is not installed on your phone"

What the heck happened? I saw 1 solution to do a soft reset (to factory settings), is this a good idea? I saw another solution involving astro file explorer, but I don't have that and this vicious cycle won't let me get it.

any help appreciated! thanks gents.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enerj:
got it! just found an market apk online, put on SD card and installed with Files app by clicking it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Echthros:
Battery life? What am I doing wrong?

I understand I'm by no means an expert on this, so please tell me what I'm doing wrong/missing.

I bought a Captivate on release day from ATT in the US (upgraded from a 3 year old BJII) and really enjoy the phone.

I first flashed Serendipity VII Build 2 not too long after it came out and just recently went through the upgrade to Build 3.

Now, this problem started happening *before* I upgraded to Build 3, but it's even worse now with the new build.

When I first flashed Serendipity VII, my battery life went from barely 4 hours of what I consider medium use (I don't know what's considered heavy use, etc.) to 8 hours which was fantastic. In the past month, however, my battery life has started to get really really awful.

If I'm surfing the internet (just news stories, facebook [the app is terrible and eats cpu like free cake], and a few blogs) I can watch my battery % go down about 2-3% a minute.

When I go into my battery stats, Display is by far the biggest eater of battery. I have power saving turned off, brightness set to the lowest, and auto-rotate turned off. I have a static background (not an animated one) and most of the animations are turned off.

The other 2 battery hogs are Android System and Android OS followed by Phone Idle.

I've recalibrated the battery and cleared my caches (yes, also dalvik) more times than I care to admit.

What am I missing? I see plenty of people who say they easily get 10+ hours of battery life with VII. I know I'm doing something wrong but can't figure it out.

Phone Information:

Model Number: SGH-I897

Baseband version: I9000UGKG3

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9000XXJVP-CL264642 Serendipity_VII #4.1 Sat Jun 18 15:22:21 PDT 2011

Build number: Serendipity VII Build 3

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrGert:
Ok, just installed, but now my network time is WAY off...anybody else seen this?

I tried scanning/searching but nothing useful came up...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Echthros:
Discovered the problem. ADW Launcher Standalone was the culprit.. that's what was running up the OS and System. Deleted and My phone went from 73%-55% sitting on my nightstand all night.

Life is better.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell2011:
Overscrolling/bounce

Ive recently bought a captivate very happy with it has Serendipity on it. But cant figure out the overscrolling bounce or how fast it even is in the rom settings. Maybe someone can help me? Or what overclock to add in the market. I do want the best battery life which it seems to have right now. Lots of apps though and came preloaded. Super manger work for this? Not sure what speed im at but pretty snappy. Im on Serendipty VII#4.1 Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell2011:
Serendipity Kernel Build# 4.1:

I have only this on my phone what else do i need to make it faster?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bud Wilkinson:
Anyone try this as compared to FastyKJ3V1.2 yet?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell2011:
Serendipity 4.1 CWM

Had this on my CWM 2xx and added Speed mod and cant get into recovery. Any experts. I was able night after fixing tweaks and stuff and did see i still have the Ser 4.1 zip but wasnt sure if i needed to flash it again
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruagun:
this is best stockish rom to use outside of miui and cyanogen

cant wait till the skill ful devs utilize the new source code engine
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twotone8:
question about clockwork recover.

had serendipity 7 working just fine on my cappy.

tried the clockwork backup/restore and now it just boots back into recovery mode. everything seemed to go just fine with the restoration of a backup, but something went wrong somewhere. can't even re-install the serendipity.zip to get the thing to boot normally. have to reflash everything.

is the clockwork mod backup/restore feature broken with serendipity?

i'm running serendipity vii build 3

it says the clockworkmod recovery version is 2.5.1.2

should i update the kernal to the new one on the main website? it says they updated to cwm version 3.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BT2019:
My experience w/S7 (which is megawonderful) and adding years to my Captivate usability) is the only 'bug' I found is around the Simlock. If your Carrier SIM has a lock on it (from prior phone or rom) you must take the lock off (settings privacy simlock off). If you don't S7 has a cardio exercise in boot looping. Removing the SIM removes the loop but all you got is wireless when you get a live Captivate back 'on line'.

If you can take the SIM Lock off -via almost any other mobile phone- you can have full phone access under S7 and then when on go back into Settings, Privacy and reset the lock on the SIM to what it was. For some reason it appears that S7 won't ack the lock if it didn't set it and that is why the SIM locks you out and you get into boot looping. I had two phones (one w/o S7 on it) Took 2 secs to fix SIM as unlocked in my daughters phone and put back the unlocked SIM in S7 Cap and then full avail of phone but no AT&T access - went to reset SIM w/lock patter which now works fine in both phones.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BT2019:
Sadly. Only lock free SIM works on S7.

When phone rebooted- bootloop repeated.remove lock. No loop.

Minor S7 bug.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brazilian812:
Just switched over from Apex to Serendipity and this works much better. My only complaint is the stock Serendipity theme. Does anyone know of a theme for the ROM that looks as Gingerbread Stock as possible? Can I use a Apex revert theme on this?

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
No, don't do that, why would you 'revert' to Apex when you're running Serendipity? There are many themes over in the Captivate Themes and Apps section to try, but I have to say, I thought Serendipity was the closest to stock that I'd seen.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
He means Samsung stock. Not AOSP.

Sent from my phone
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brazilian812:
Yea, sorry, Samsung stock. Is there a theme like that out there? I've been looking but can't seem to find one...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
No there isn't one available.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Well, I don't like heavily themed ROMs, which is one reason I stuck with Mikey's ROMs. You can fix everything up with customizations scattered around the forums, but I agree, there's no 'stock' theme out there.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frw3:
Latest GOOD Working Modem

I just reflashed my Captivate with Serendipity 7 build 3. It's using the standard JV6 modem.

What's the most recent good working updated modem? And what's the download link?

I'm more concerned about call quality, signal strength and battery life than download speed.

I'm in Texas on AT&T.

:)

Thanks,

FRW3
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
For me (in New England, though) JK4 has been the best, that's what came with Serendipity 6.4.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell2011:
When flashing Seren VII bulid 2 do i flash paragon first or after. I flashed first and it just sits there. No boot
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Did you follow all the installation steps from the download/install page? I don't know what paragon is, but you have to complete the SVII installation before flashing anything else.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamliner77:
Last night I flashed to from stock Froyo to Serendipity 7. I had previously installed rooted and installed CWM as I was originally going to go to CyanogenMod. I was able to 'successfully' flash to Serendipity. I can boot to it and it appears to be stable. The problem is that I can no longer boot into CWM/Recovery Mode. When attempting, after the ATT World Phone screen, it get stuck at a screen that looks like something out of The Matrix, or like when a video card driver fails in Windows.

If I reboot to Serendipity, I can install ROM Manager and it shows that CWM is installed. I can even install another version of it but I still can't boot to Recovery Mode.

For now, I'd be happy if I could just be able to boot into Recover/CWM. It appears that Serendity is fine. I would like to be able to flash another ROM/kernal if I want to and/or be able to return to stock.

Thanks in advance
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Sounds like you didn't flash the Gingerbread bootloaders.

Sent from a state of Serendipity
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamliner77:
What would I have to do (or can I?) just flash the bootloader now?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
I'm on the app, so no links, sorry, but go to the Serendipity VII download page and follow the instructions exactly. There are two files to download, be sure to grab both.

Sent from a state of Serendipity
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
you need to do 3 things:

1. promise to read the intructions BEFORE you flash another rom in the future.

2. say please and thank you

3.follow this THIS LINK
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamliner77:
Many thanks. I had to install the bootloader twice but it finally worked.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joey_xda:
Paragon is a kernel (and rom) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=915698&highlight=paragon

;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bulltproof:
Installed Serendipity VII using Odin.

Did the instructions here: serendipity7.weebly.com/download

Runs great but i have a few questions...

1. Home button doesn't work. I have searched this, and don't know what to do.

2. How do I change the lockscreen?

3. If I get updates from the kitchen, how do I install them? Do I use CWM?

Thanks a bunch!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Your home button doesn't work at all? And everything else is fine?

You did flash the GB bootloaders first, per the instructions, then you flashed the ROM, correct?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bulltproof:
Home button dims when I press it. But that's it. All other buttons work.

Wifi works... etc.

This is what i did:

Installation:

1. Download this package.

2. Open Odin3 1.7.

3. Select the PDA, PHONE, CSC, and PIT files in their correct spots.

4. Connect phone in download mode. Use a USB port that's on your motherboard (the ones on the back of the computer). Use the Samsung USB cable.

5. Ensure that Auto-reboot and Re-Partition are both checked. These have a tendency to change after plugging the phone in, so double check them.

6. This is where the bootloader will be flashed, along with stock Gingerbread. Hit Start.

7. Allow the phone to boot.

8. Close Odin3, and open a fresh one. Select Reorient_Kernel_1.1 in the PDA box.

9. Reboot into download mode (adb reboot download, or hold Vol Down + Power).

10. Plug the phone into the computer.

11. MAKE SURE RE-PARTITION IS NOT CHECKED. If it is, you'll soft-brick and have to start over.

12. Flash the kernel (hit start). Allow the phone to reboot.

I didn't see anything about loading GB boot loaders.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
You flashed the bootloaders and the kernel - but not the ROM. Go back and download that other file, the one at the top of the page heck, edited to add the link, then continue with the final steps:

13. Place the ROM .zip (You know, the one you downloaded from the giant link up there) onto the SD Card.

14. Reboot into Recovery (adb reboot recovery, or Vol Up + Power).

15. Flash ROM with CWM.

16. Enjoy!

Finished.

As far as the kitchen and all that, why not get used to the ROM as it is and do a bit more reading/research before you try to change things ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadsmiley519:
USB Connection Notification Sound

I just flashed my Captivate with Serendipity VII and I'm really liking it... however the fact that it plays a sound everytime I connect a USB cable is driving me nuts.

I've done some digging and found the preffered method of adding persistent.adb.notify=0 to build.prop... but I've opened build.prop on my phone, that string is already there and the sound plays anyway.

How the heck do I kill it? Yes, I can turn down my notification volume, but that's not practical as I won't hear any other notifications.

I've set my default notification tone to "silent" and it still plays. NOTE: Changing the notification tone does not change the tone that plays.

Help? :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dank8885:
Not sure if you resolved this yet or not but this is what i found to work. (keep in mind I am currently on a different ROM but I'm assuming this still work)

Open root explorer and navigate to /system/media/audio/ui

Then "Mount R/W"

Then rename the "Charger_Connection.ogg" to something like "BakCharger_Connection.ogg"

Then "Mount R/O"