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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] james.arroyo:
Onix 2.0.3 on Serendipity 6.3

I have less then 10 post so I have to post in the Q&A section.

Sorry if this Q doesnt belong here but if a MOD could put it were it might need to go.

First I did all my research (I think) on flashing a custom ROM. So 4 days later I tried it and it would wonderfully. I used Serendipity 6.3 and everything came up fine. So then I wanted to install and custom kernel, and that kernel would be onix-2.0.3....bad idea I guess.

After booting into CWM, selecting install from SDCARD, and then selecting onix-2.0.3-source.zip my phone just sits there....like so

-- Installing: SDCARD: onix-2.0.3-source.zip

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

Im really not sure what to do and why its not working....I searched and searched for "install custom Kernels" and "before installing customer kernel" and really couldnt come up with much.

My phone is:

Samsung Captivate SGH-I897 on the AT&T network.

Firmware Ver: 2.2.1

Baseband Ver: I9000UGJK4

Kernel Ver: 2.6.32.9

hardcore@speedmod-i897-k13d-500hz #24

Build Num: Serendipity 6.3

Any help would be really appreciated!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noside12123:
OK. What you did was you downloaded the wrong zip file, you downloaded the SOURCE (onix-2.0.3-source.zip), the one in the Attatchments in the ONIX thread. You need to download the files in the Original Post not in the attatchments . In the onix thread there is a section that looks like THIS:

Here is the file I linked to you that you need to download.

http://berryfx.com/RobBeane/Kernel/i897/Onix/Onix-2.0.3-OC.zip

The right zip's will be called Onix-2.x.x-OC.zip (2.x.x being replaced with the version)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white00gt:
I went with 2.03 OC version and it installed easy and battery life and all work great...I'm also on 6.3

try it again from first post, if not just flash another kernel- I have also used Paragon 6 1200 OC with good results
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noside12123:
Yeah see , james.arroyo downloaded the wrong zip (onix-2.0.3-source.zip) , he accidentally downloaded the one in the Attatchments of the OP. As stated in my previous post.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] james.arroyo:
Read and Read and Read FTW

OK after i was done banging my head against the wall, i did what you saw and it worked perfectly! thanks noside12123

Im sure I would have found the solution sooner or later (hopefully) but it was late (early the next morning) before I finally decided to post for help.

These kinda of questions are probably "uh duh" for you and people like but you save people like me so much time and i thank you greatly for it!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white00gt:
Saw that - you got me before I could edit my post- lol

@james glad it worked out for you lots of people here(like me ) are still learning so don't worry about the mistake, lots of knowledgeable people on here to show us the way
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChanceM:
In the ROM you downloaded.

ChanceM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saitumu:
Cant find it. I am looking for a zip which I could flash through CWM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChanceM:
okay here it is for the billionth time. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11506399&postcount=7484

ChanceM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodimus_prime:
I love the ROM, its the first one I've ever put on a phone. I do have some little irritations though, primary concern is the inconsistant battery readings and horrible battery life.

I used to be able to get a good 24-30 hours out of it on the regular stock software. Now I wake up with 100 battery from it charging overnight, unplug and its at 98, use it for a few min doing various things and I'm 90% and I havent gotten out of bed yet. It just dies so fast, I never have wifi, bluetooth, gps or background sync on at all, I never have my email checking for new ones, I have everything closed in the task manager. is this typical?

Other little part is that when I have a new text my bottom capacitive buttons stay lit until I read it, while this is a nifty feature, I wish I could turn it off, is there a way to do that?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CapnWhales:
So, I just flashed to Serendipity, and I'm really liking it.

I went into the addons section of the website and created a zip which I proceeded to flash on to the phone.

I included Google Voice in that zip, as Google Voice is a huge part of my communications on my phone.

As I was theming later, I realised that I could not uninstall the flashed Google Voice in favor of a skinned one. Is there any way to uninstall that Google Voice without reflashing the entire ROM?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
TiB uninstall.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChanceM:
either DL the BLN control app or turn it off in recovery.

ChanceM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Siesta410:
Music app from 5.11 seems to use excessive cpu..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwnstar44:
Does anyone know how to obtain support for .gif files? I just noticed that I cannot view them.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saitumu:
Charge phone to full while powered on, unplug charger, power off then charge phone to full while powered off. After phone is charged to 100% while powered off, boot in recovery and wipe battery stats through CWM. Reboot the phone and use it until the battery completely dies. Now plug the phone on 0 battery while powered off and let it charge to 100%, now unplug and enjoy.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodimus_prime:
Ill give that a try tonight

Note, battery life does seem a bit improved with 5.11 so far
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white00gt:
Ok have my colored icons into a framework zip file that I extracted from the full 5.8 rom , now to flash it to my phone can I just rename it update.zip for it to work?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yurkinator:
Is there a way to get the list view for multiple windows in the stock browser? The webpage preview is cool but almost always just shows a generic image instead of a preview of the website.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chompers:
I tried to post in the ROM thread, but I'm still too new. Chance, I'm really digging the red theme and would definitely use it. You guys are doing great work. Keep it up!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loggik:
If I understand correctly, no. You cannot just flash any old ZIP file and expect it to work. To check if it will work, there should be a folder in the root directory of the zip file named META-INF. If that folder does not exist, then you cannot flash the ZIP.

In order to replace framework-res.apk, you must use ADB. You must ADB into your phone, mount the /system directory as RW (read/write), and then replace the old framework-res.apk with the new framework-res.apk. If you need detailed instructions, ask and I will write up a guide for you.

No, not that I know of.

I use and recommend Dolphin Browser HD.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodimus_prime:
im kinda a newb at this but I just think its so cool that you can boot in recovery mode and change stuff like that, kinda reminds me of bios on a PC

I dig the ease of use in updating as well, its literally like 1 min and boom its updated, well designed for sure!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
You can also replace the file with root explorer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white00gt:
Here is a screen shot of the files in the zip file I only changed the png's in the res/drawable-hdpi folder

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Thanks

tried it big fail!!! froze on me had to pull the battery- all is back to normal but still can't add damn color menu buttons, if anyone can help I have the needed PNG files already colored
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
@white00gt what are you trying to do exactly? Be detailed so I can respond better. Also, how did you color the pics?

Going to lunch, will check back after.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white00gt:
I would like to have colored icons in settings and in menu you press when powering off the phone(airplane mode etc.)

I meant I have the icons that are already colored from cezars theme, its just the settings.apk and png's for the rest in the folder I will attach the folder so you can see what im talking about

Sorry for the confusion but im very new to this stuff
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noside12123:
No problem!!! Glad I could help :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] james.arroyo:
1 more quick question....for now.

So my specs are now:

Model Num: Samsung-SGH-I897

Firmware Ver: 2.2.1

Baseband Ver: I9000UGJK4

Kernel Ver: 2.6.32.9

onix-2.0.3-oc #13

Build Num: Serendipity 6.3

Im not sure if i need to move is to a modem thread or not but if i do then I will. I just have to know for knowing sakes.

Im confused on what kind of modem I can install. Right now I run UGJK4 which works fantastic, 2031 kbps DOWN and 1266 kbps UP....but for future reference.

Im refering to the modem thread specifically this part:

Since I'm running UGJK4, i know i can install and run Bell Vibrant GT-i9000 modems. But does that mean I can run and install AT&T Captivate (Uses WCDMA 850 by default) too since Im running an I897?

If not does that mean that once youve install your ROM and Kernel, you are extremely limited on what kind of modem you can install?

I guess in basic basic terms how do I know what I can install? ROMs were the easiest, Kernels still slightly confused but I think I'm getting it, modems however are just confusing for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vintagephone:
Shutdown screen options

I just put Serendipity on my wife's phone and she loves it. However, a few of the options on the shutdown screen might be confusing and I'd like to remove them. It it possible to remove the Recovery and Download options from the shutdown screen? If so, how?

Thank you!

Carl
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
You can install any modem, except the 3/4 Captivate ones.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] james.arroyo:
Geez. The Android is open to so many possibilities. I just started ROMing and flashing and I'm beginning to realize how little I know and how much there really is to do with these phones.

I LOVE IT!!! :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vintagephone:
Have two phones on Serendipity. On both the "Reject call with message" function doesn't work with the preset messages. (It does work with a custom message that you enter when rejecting the call). Rejecting with the preset messages is pretty handy... can that be fixed?

Carl
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abs0lut3z33r0:
i am a 15day old android 2.1 user . yesterday i flashed with serendipity. i have the following probs and queries

1. Missing Email Client . Just realised the email client was by Samsung and not Google . installed it using the serendipity kitchen . its weird that google ships the device without any email client.

2. how can i disable the 3d effect in the top and bottom row of apps menu? i miss 2 full row of app icons

i used launcher pro ...but dont want a specific app running for that

3 . point me to an article that lists the difference between google apps,process,service....i see a different listing with Adv Task Killer,ES task manager. whenever i kill or stop the service ymail and ymessenger restarts again.how can i have full control of the startup process in android just like in windows

4.I loved the Water live wallapaper in 2.1 where can i get this ? where are live wallapapaer files?

5.How to store the wallapaper included in serendipity ? Where are the files stored ? someone wrote ...in default.apk?

6.What can i add more icons to quicklauch (whatever its called) . it only has 3 icons(phone,browser,apps) which look rather odd . again dont want laucher pro running

7.Is the music app provided by google or samsung? i cant add the genre tab to the top list.on stock it was possible when click at the space beside playlist

8.is the clock app samsung or google? it automatically starts running in the background after you start it

9.how can i improve gps on the latest release. any fixes

10.in the addon section of the serendipity website what is

Stock

Green A

Blue A

Green D

Green G

Red G??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodolsen:
9. The GPS is hit or miss depending on the phone. Some people have really good luck, others have no luck. There are tweaks you can try, but nothing that will fix the hardware issues. Search the forums for GPS threads.

10. Hover over the name and you will see a preview of what each one looks like.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jetpuck73:
Where can I get the Mobile Video app that came with Froyo?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blutojones:
Exchange Email Issues w/ 6.3

I searched for this issue in this thread and the development one, but couldn't find anyone having similar issues, so here goes:

I recently flashed to 6.3 (master cleared first), and everything is working perfectly. I haven't noticed any quirks or issues with the ROM at all. I did, however, install the Samsung Email app, using a zip from the add-on kitchen, and it has been behaving very strangely. I use the Samsung Email to connect to my work's exchange server, but it is doing some things I have never seen. When I hit refresh in my inbox it says "unable to connect to server", but it somehow pulled in a few messages from a week ago. If I hit refresh in my sent folder, it pulls in everything fine. It never seems to get any push emails at all. It will also occasionally burn up 70 or 80% of the CPU and I have to go in and kill it. I am using the same settings that I have always used for the Samsung Email on previous ROMs, which seemed to work fine in the past, so I'm a little stumped.

If anyone has any suggestions or fixes they would be greatly appreciated. I tried K9 and didn't really like it, but if someone has a different email app that they have used with exchange and liked, I'd be open to that too.

Thanks for the help.

And just as a side note: Serendipity is awesome. Many, many thanks to the developers.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodolsen:
I use Touchdown. It has a 30 day trial, but is really functional. if you pay for the license it unlocks the signature and of course nulls the trial period. Give it a try and see how you like it, just make sure you get the 2.X version.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaunleger:
I love the smart alarm, so I added the original clock back. But now I have two Clock apps. I only need one. How do I get rid of the included one?

Also, in the Samsung clock app, I have an alarm set which causes the clock icon to appear in the notification bar. If I reboot the phone, the icon is no longer there, leading me to believe the alarm is not set. If I go into the clock app, disable then re-enable the alarm, the icon comes back. Can this be fixed?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
I don't know about your second issue, but you can download Titanium Backup from the market and you can uninstall any app you want (don't go crazy though some stuff is required) including the clock app
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaunleger:
right. i figured i could uninstall an application one way or another, but if that application was "Clock", it would cause problems. I guess what I need is a way for the Samsung Clock to replace the one included in Serendipity. I'm assuming this would fix the alarm issue as well.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodolsen:
How do you change the text color of the date/time on the lock screen? I've got an overall red theme on my phone and the default lock screen text is white.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illavbill:
I've been using your ROMs since I've had a captivate, but with this rom 6.2 and the 6.3 upgrade my wifi SUCKS. I'll have a hell of a time connecting and when I do it drops constantly. Cant even use it as a wifi hotspot which kills me when I'm on call for work. Any ideas?

Here is a screenshot I took just a second ago w/ kernel info etc.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
Sorry I worded that weird, you can safely uninstall either of the clock apps using Titanium Backup.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaunleger:
That worked. It gave me a warning about uninstalling GoogleDesktopClock or something, saying it was a system app and I might need to reinstall my ROM. Anyway, clicked OK, rebooted. Alarm is showing now. Looking back, seems like an extremely simple fix. Guess I was just scared to uninstall the default Clock app and screw up the whole ROM. Thanks for the help.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hero24:
i have put the Serendipity 6.3.zip into my sd card, and ran the update.zip twice, when i don't see the serendipity 6.3.zip afterward. any help would be appreciate.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codejinchu:
Explain a little clearer. I notice and maybe this is me but whenever i'm rooting the recovery menu doesn't recognize the zip file as (update.zip) only when i rename it just as (update) does it recognize the file the same go for when changing the clockmod.zip file too. Try that
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codejinchu:
illavbill, I notice the same problem with my wifi. The download/upload speed barely hits 1mb but the HSDPA radio is super fast hitting 4.2down\1.5upload. I just wondering what causing this.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m3thods:
are you trying to flash?

seriously, use bay_wolf's AIO program for flashing. It really removes most of the manual steps where you can brick your phone, especially if you're new to the game.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=944418
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdrean:
5.12 to 6.0

Just curious as I missed the post about changing to 6.0, how does one go from 5.12 to 6.0. obviously from there its easy to update up the chain to 6.3. I did search for the last 30 minutes or so and I can't see anyway without basically backing up, wiping and reflashing from scratch. any help?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Turn file extensions (back) on. What you really have is update.zip.zip.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
You can't. Backup your apps and flash anew.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Upgrade your kernel. See if that helps.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Even if you uninstall something important (to the point that you can't boot), this will fix out right up:

adb reboot recovery

adb root

adb push ________.apk /system/app/

adb reboot

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Zel, Chance, Mikey kernel's?

I have always been a firm believer in leaving a rom as the op constructed it. I recently decided to branch out in regards of improving smoothness and installed a different kernel. OK proofs in the pudding, things can be improved upon.

This brings me to the question of modems. I have read for the past couple weeks where people are changing up there modems. From my reading's I think this is a more pressing issue then smoothness.

My issues are focused on the mountainous region surround my location. While in my home I never get anything better then 1 bar, where as my wifes new BB Torch gets a solid 3 bars. This problem also extends to driving. I can drive a mile down the road and go from 4 bars to dropped call. I recently asked the question of where to find a modem listing page and was given this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=876391 This was great until I got there and was dazed by all the choices. Whats good for me and how do I figure this out. I already backed up the current modem w/ sgs. I saw within the Serendipity ROM forum a person talking about the jk1 modem and how it worked from his basement... Not in the list. Then my thought was, are some of these only for tabs? It seems more people are talking about tabs nowadays! What should I look for, what should I stay away from.

A little insight would go a long way.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blutojones:
Samsung Email Issues In 6.3

Thanks for the recommendation. So far Touchdown seems to be a pretty solid application.

I'd still like to see if anyone has experienced issues similar to the ones I've been having with the Samsung Email app, though. As mentioned in more detail in a previous post, I installed it from the add-on kitchen and it gives me Exchange server error messages, retrieves email from some folders and not others, and occasionally uses up 80% of the CPU. Has anyone had those issues? Or does anyone have a fix for it?

Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodolsen:
Here is a thread on how to go from JK4, which comes with Serendipity to some of the newer modems. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12156313&postcount=438

Personally I am having good results with JQ1. I tried JS1 and didn't like it at all.

I've attached the BVJJPD and XXJQ1 modems. You need to flash the JPD before going to JQ1.

Make sure you follow the steps in the referenced post.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Thank you however this doesn't answer the question of how to choose one. I also see you're in Dallas, Fort Worth, your location is not quite the same as mine.

2 other questions. 1, is it a good idea to flash kernels using sgs? 2, In the steps you gave you say to flash JPD before JQ!. Do these get flashed in sequence or do they require a reboot between each?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdrean:
Was afraid of that...Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Oh snap! Thanks man, I went from 1 bar ALL the way to 5
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewdroid:
My "Messaging" app has White on Dark Grey text in Serendipity 6.3 for the theme. It's ok but I think I liked how the stock messaging app had it with the different colors for each text message (instead of just the colored line around it.

Is there any way I can get this back? Can someone make me an update.zip of it or something like that?

Also I mentioned this before, but there is no scrollbar slider on the Contacts. There used to be one. It's ok, but it kinda annoys me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PearsonDKA:
Is there a specific modem that I should be using on this ROM if i have a rogers captivate/live in Toronto? Or does it really matter?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illavbill:
My wifi would get frozen while hitting the on / off toggle from the top menu bar at times. My HSDPA is blazing fast but the wifi seems to be having some problems.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianray14:
Strange happenings.. Removed xscope browser because it caused a ton of problems and replaced with dolphin mini. Now everytime I open it requires me to accept the terms agreement. I did the obvious uninstall and reinstall, but didn't work. Any one know how to fix this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jetpuck73:
Every time I get a picture sent to me I get a force close when I try to open it in the Samsung.mms.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smooth207:
I love the Serendipity 6.3 Redrom themed on my Captivate.

I've tried twice to get the colored menus on the power off settings, but both times I loaded the zip from cwm and no luck.

Everything is just lovely....

Any ideas, Thank you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodolsen:
You are flashing the color settings menu it sounds like not power menu. I'm not sure there is a color power menu.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Someone had posted the pictures somewhere and provided the procedure to replace them yourself, but I forget which thread it was posted in.