yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonaZXIII:
You can get the Samsung Clock app (includes stopwatch) from the Serendipity Add-Ons page.

You can also download an assortment of stopwatch apps free from the market.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OBatRFan:
Thank you very much!

Another question, has anyone else haf a problem with Words With Friends force closing every few times you open it?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AReynante:
Hey there all, I am having the issue where my home button will press itself rapidly, for about 10 seconds, or until I leave it locked for a little while. I have searched and found no solution or cause towards this, so I figured I'd ask here.

I am running 5.12 with paragon's rc6 - 1300 kernel, and I have tried various settings throughout my uv/oc and nothing seems to work (Including changing settings to stock, and also running different kernels).

Any help towards this is greatly appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m3thods:
Serendipity Clock App Force Closes on Boot

I was wondering if anyone else had the problem with the custom clock app (pre-installed with Serendipity) force closing upon boot?

I have installed the Samsung clock from the kitchen. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it.

Nothing else buggy is happening with the phone, so I'd like to avoid reflashing if possible.

Edit: I fixed this by clearing the Dalvik cache in CWM. Mod works flawlessly now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
Could be the launcher.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
I keep forgetting this thread exists...

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elad92:
Great rom, updated a few hours ago.

But I have a problem, there is places where I see my hebrew inverted. How can I fix it?

And where can I get a hebrew swype (like the original swype that comes with the phone) I had it in my previous rom (Perception 10.4) but I bought it from somebody I didn't install it my self.

Thanks

Edit: Found hebrew and swype in an israeli android forum, but thanks anyway!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdrean:
Gmail Force Close

Edit: The first time I installed the old gmail zip I did so by downloading it from the kitchen on the phone. I tried it again but this time by copying the zip over from my pc. Its all fixed. Not sure what the issue was but its fixed.

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I can't find anyone else with this issue so here goes...

I updated to 5.12. I like the gmail theme but its too difficult to read some emails. Anyway, I grabbed the original unthemed gmail zip, installed it and now I get an instant force close when I try and open gmail. It of course won't notify me when I have new mail either. I re-installed the 5.12 update, didn't help. Any ideas? do I have to wipe and reflash the whole rom? I REALLY don't want to do that if its avoidable.

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonaZXIII:
You should be able to dig up the stock Gmail apk around here somewhere, no?

Here's a modded black Gmail http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=911093
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob1216:
How do you get the green battery icon thats in the screenshots on serendipitys website it shows 100, mine looks the same but dont show actual number charge, I tried the gingerbread battery thats shows number from there add ons page but the green dont match. Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdrean:
If you go to the kitchen...I can't post the link but on the main serendipity site, click add-ons

serendipityrom.weebly.com/add-ons.html

there are a bunch of mods for that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdrean:
Oh...and I use Green A and I think it matches everything nicely.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob1216:
Ok I guess theres not one that looks like stock icon, I'll try green A thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tico1986:
I tried searching but couldn't find anything...

I just flashed to the newest version 5.12 and followed the directions step by step on the website. Everything works except I cannot receive any calls. It rings once and then the signal drops all the way and the call doesn't come through, it goes straight to voice mail. Any advice? Should I just reflash? Note: I can make calls, and do everything with data, i just CANNOT receive calls. Thanks in advance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K5Doom:
Is there any way to include the Canadian French version of swype in the build? The "french" option is for France, and it's a retarded AZERTY Keyboard. The Canadian French language comes in the Rogers Stock rom, but is not included in Cognition neither.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osendott:
Serendipity 5.12 and KIES

so in a moment of superb genius, I failed to restore my contacts from KIES before reinstalling 'dipity on a new phone, now KIES says my phone isn't supported. Is this a problem with 'dipity or is KIES just being a ***** again?

Serendipity 5.12

btw, I'm using an older version of KIES as the newer ones don't support USA Captivates if I remember correctly.

[edit]...perhaps it just came to me... serendipity doesn't use touchwiz, seems like that was a problem with KIES back when I used cognition 3 hmm... oh well, perhaps I'll just wait on someone who knows wtf they're talking about to answer
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
I have never used kies and doubt I would ever need or want to.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XtaCY_03:
Stock Android Keyboard

When Installing apk from Serendipity Kitchen I stays art updating. Does it usually take that long to flash. and is there a stock android keyboard for serendipity?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jon.groves:
Battery (again)

Hey Mikey and Chance. I am following the ROM thread and I decided to play with the Paragon kernel bcause my battery life is not any where near what is reported in that thread. I am running Serendipity 5.12 with Paragon 1300. In 4 hours of minimal use with display at its dimmest and wifi off I am down to 35%. Any ideas on how I can improve this?

Thanks for the help!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Well, I'm not Mike or Chance, but I'm on the Paragon kernel, I went with the default 1200 version, and my battery is fantastic. I am not playing with overclocking or under voltages.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jon.groves:
Can you post paragon 1200 our a link to it? Are you using Voltage Control? if so, what are your settings?

Thanks for the help!

Sent from Captivate with Serendipity 5.12 and Paragon 1300
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
As I said, I am not playing with overclocking or under voltages, so I have no need to use Voltage Control. The kernel can be found here, it's the third post in the Paragon ROM thread.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob1216:
I see that this rom has mobil ap and tethering under network setting, if I use these and don't have att tethering plan will I be charged
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
nope, but it will be counted towards your data usage.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob1216:
Cool thanks that's what I figured but wasn't sure
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevj:
Originally Posted by xdahgary

Prbly reflash the services.jar/phone.apk/settings/apk/callsettings.apk will fix it.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Is there a guide somewhere that tells me how to do that? At my stage of development, flashing ROMs, and other mods that have been provided as zip files is one thing. Pulling specific apk's from within ROMS is another (especially if they are embedded within a JAR file). I did dig into the ROM zip a bit to see what I could find, but I'm no ROM chef....

I did however find a CallSetting.apk in /system/app...is that the one I need? If so, can I just replace the file using a file manager?

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I'm still trying to find out how to do this, if anyone can help...

Thanks...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
Better reflash the rom to be safe.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tico1986:
Please anyone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
I went back and read your problem. You can make calls but not answer them, right? Did you flash the full ROM, or did you do an update to 5.12? Did you restore from Titanium Backup? If you restored system data, that could cause this problem.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
Apn is messed up maybe
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tico1986:
1. Correct, the signal completely drops and on the other end it goes straight to voicemail.

2. I flashed the full rom. I used to have cog but I followed all the instructions on the weebly website and did the whole master reset thing with odin, etc.

3. I think this is where i messed up, I restored the system data as well. How should I go about fixing this? Just reflash, or do I have to go back to stock, master clear, etc?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XtaCY_03:
Notification Ringtone

Is there a way to put custom Notification Ringtones like a personal music or something like that?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tico1986:
NVM I fixed it by reflashing. Thanks for the help peeps!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Good, glad to hear it worked out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buresh.kevin:
I love Serendipity but my battery life isn't as great as It could be... I have every disabled, and barely use it besides texting, and I have 69% at 9:00 pm (This is with speedmod kernel)... Is there a really good kernel that would give me better battery life, without OC and UV??? I heard firebird is good.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennka:
I hope I get replies on fixes:

1. Apn setting keep being changed from *.apn to *.apndroid. I use APNdroid. Only way to fix as I know is to delete existing apn and recreate. Just to edit and save, does nto work. Really annoying

2. after updating to 5.12 I cannot update Gmail as it pops up everytime I am on market to update

3. Bluetooth headset is not conencting. I had it working on 5.03 and it is currently connect with my pc
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eNdblu:
Music not working?

I'm new to flashing and custom ROMs so I may have missed a step somewhere, but for whatever reason, my Captivate can't play MP3s anymore since I installed Serendipity.

I loaded music to my phone through DoubleTwist. All of my music is in MP3 format in a Music folder.

When I try and play a song in DoubleTwist, it says the file doesn't exist anymore.

When I try and play a song with the packaged Music app, it says that the file isn't supported.

All of the songs are there, so I'm not really sure what's going on?

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whyareyou:
Easiest way is to get ringdroid from the market https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ringdroid
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
I create m3u playlist files. I copy all the music and the playlist file and the music app gets it all.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
1. Remove APNdroid and enter apn manually. (I've never messed with the apn)

2. TiBackup can remove gmail and then search and dl it again in market

3. Use i9000 modem: jk4 or kp1 etc...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eNdblu:
Thanks

I rebooted my phone and that seems to have resolved the issue. Strange.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennka:
Thnx fot the rest, where I get this modem and to install? I am sorry not familiar with it
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white00gt:
It's included in the ROM files, Serendipity is based off of the JK4 Modem
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
Hey I am running serendipity I love the rom but I am having problems when I use my wired handsfree. Anyone I talk to complains about my Michael picking up to much backround noise I have tested with other roms and had no problem anyone have any idea how I could fix this thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonaZXIII:
Isn't it obvious- your Michael is defective.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sethjamto:
I have given my take on battery life before (this is a SMARTPHONE...you aren't going to get more than one day out of it with moderate use...)

so....I have had good luck with this. I am running Paragon's kernel, no OC, but UV'd to -75 at all settings. I have one weather widget on my homescreen that updates every so often (accuweather), k-9 checks for new emails every hour, screen brightness all the way down (unless I'm outside and I'll kick it up a notch for a few minutes). I rarely use wifi, and if so, turn it back off when I'm done.

I unplugged my phone this morning at 6:30 with a full battery (98%). Today I've also experienced and internet outage at home, so I have been using MobileAP for almost 2 hours too and here are my stats:

Battery remaining: 37%

Display 56% (1hr 5mins)

Voice Calls 30% (40mins)

Cell Standby 10% (Time on 13h 4min - 0% time without signal)

Phone idle 4%

A handfull of pictures taken at full resolution and send as MMS. Several other SMS's back and forth. Checked FB countless times, surfed some internet here and there, etc, etc.....

I think this is pretty damned good, especially considering nearly 2 hours of MobileAP!

I guess what I am trying to say is to watch all your apps that run in the background, limit your screen brightness to what is tolerable, and try Paragon's kernel.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennka:
DO you mind letting me know how to get it then, or just search for modem. Like, what should I do to get bluetooth working
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
BT should be working unless you changed your modem to a captivate modem instead of i9000 modem. Check development forum-modem thread.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennka:
nope, I followed steps in Serendipity website and that's it
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supercharged5:
This Rom is by far the best i have tried. The only thing i need to improve on is the battery when using Wifi. Is there anything i can do to help this or even if someone could tell me how much % they loose per hour? I am loosing about 15% in 30 mins. Is this normal?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supercharged5:
I came across this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=885903 but i dont know witch one to use and i can't figure out how to see my wifi firmware.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
If you think it's your kernel, then flash another kernel.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meohman1:
Here's what I got today after a normal day with Serendipity 5.12 & Paragon6-1200-100hz #27 Kernel - O/C to 1200.

Unplugged this morning at ~ 5:30 AM

Settings -> About Phone -> Battery use reports:

17h 55m 25s since unplugged

Display 54%

Cell Standby 18%

Voice Calls 10%

Phone Idle 9%

WiFi 9%

I have 23% battery left.

Way better than what I had last week.

Deleted some apps day before yesterday - Vlingo was one that seemed to be using alot. Wi-Fi sleep policy is when screen off except for when charging (at night). Using SetCPU, with 200/1200 set for normal and 1200/1200 set for any charging situation.

This was slightly above normal use with quite a few calls, a couple messages, some email checks, Facebook checks, and stock market checks. Also, weather checks (I live in Southeast Lousiana about 15 miles from New Orleans, and we had horrendous weather today - tornadoes and heavy, heavy rainfall ~ 5" hour).

I am really pleased with this battery performance as compared to last week.

Be advised that I did do the battery calibration routine 5 days ago.

I also recharge every night and use the car/home clock while recharging so that I can see the time when I wake up in the middle of the night. Once the car/home clock launches, I rotate the phone to get landscape, then lay it down on the night stand. In a few minutes, the car/home clock simply displays a nice, large, soft green time display that I can read without my glasses in the middle of the night. I don't use the alarm, as I have an alarm clock already set, but it is harder to read w/o glasses.

Mike
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XtaCY_03:
I have custom notification but I could see it in my text but not in the alarm. I am specifically pointing out on the alarm. Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XtaCY_03:
I could see the notification especially in the text but I am looking for the alarm.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
just a quck question, what is serendip based off of? an i9000 rom or att or rogers 2.2 or other 2.2, source? j?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChanceM:
Froyo 2.2.1

Incremental JYP (We are working on a JS7 for 6.0)

I9000 base rom

ChanceM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
perfect thankyou. and your sig reminded me, yes its i9000. duh.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Broken App Drawer

My app drawer is broken. It started two days ago, where I would press the app button in my dock and felt the haptic, but the drawer wouldn't open. Since then, if I get an app update in the market, when I press the button now the newly updated apps will show up, but the drawer is black and the bounce up and down together. You can launch an app from the drawer. At first only three icons showed up (because three apps had been updated), but now I've got eleven app icons jumping up and down in unison. How can I fix this - or will it take a fresh flash (come on, v6!)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_ahmadzais:
2 questions : howcome when I google big sites like ebay its always uk websites?

And howcome on youtube I can't find real artists songs all by random people?

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyxda:
Lag fix ?

Maybe a dumb question but is the lag fix that comes with the rom the same thing as the One Click Lag Fix that is in the market ?

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
No, it isn't. From what I've heard that is an ugly lag fix and shouldn't be used anymore.

Sent from a State of Serendipity via XDA Premium
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyxda:
Thanks.. Just wondering because i used OCLF with 2.1 and it worked well.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
I saw someone mentioned it could be your launcher. Are you still having the problem? If not, what fixed it?

What launcher are you on?

I have problems quite often with it hitting the home button. It doesn't do it rapidly/repeatedly, but often does it right when I launch another program, or when I make a selection in another program. Been doing it for a while, and is quite annoying.

I am using Launcher Pro. I'll check on their forum to see if I see anything about it there.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
Had the repeating home button last night. I reset the phone and still wasn't working. Woke up this morning and it's gone. I use the gtgtwlauncher. Must be a random glitch.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
Must be something with 2.2.1. I don't recall having this issue before when on 2.2 ROMs. Or maybe it was seldom enough it didn't click that it was messing up.

Not related, but I also have problems running Screeble successfully on any 2.2.1 ROM (have tried 3 different ones, including this one). Works great on 2.2 and 2.1.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] F1reEng1neRed:
Button Lights

Hey guys,

Love the ROM, but just one question...When I get an email, of course the phone plays the notification sound and displays the mail icon in the status bar.

My button lights also come on and they remain on until I acknowledge it. Is there a way to turn this off?

I don't have any lighting apps installed. Is there a setting somewhere I'm missing? Thx!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
download bln (backlight notification) app and make sure it's off.

reboot to recovery and under speedmod tweaks make sure bln is disabled.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eelall:
turn it off in Recovery:

1. Reboot into recovery

2. (Volume button down to) Advanced Speedmod ULK Features - enter (power button)

3. BLN Options - enter

4. Turn off - enter

5. Back out to "Reboot system now"

Edit: or what xdahgary said :-) damn I'm slow at typing lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] F1reEng1neRed:
Awesome, thanks. I didn't even know that setting was there!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SSCaptivateNB:
I didn't get an answer on this but I found out that the original Samsung Boot Animation is in a different format than the png sequence files I found on the Serendipity one. It uses a proprietary format, and haven't found anyone who's broke it yet.

Another question, can the mods and themes designed for the I9000 work with Serendipity?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleximation:
will the addon packages from your website play nicely with the new JS7 version?

edit: just went for it and it seems fine
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Quoting myself, since I got no response, I might as well continue to talk to myself :rolleyes: For some reason the app drawer decided to behave itself, I have no idea why. Just in time for a fresh flash....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleximation:
just flashed suckerpunch ontop of 6.0 and now my homescreen is totally black. everything works fine besides that, but i can't accesss my homescreen. thought both the standard kernel and suckerpunch were speedmod kernels and wouldnt cause a problem
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayburne:
Possible to flash 6.1 update on 5.12 to get swype back?

6.1 update includes build.prop file and not sure if updated build.prop will play nice with 5.12.

EDIT: Flashed non themed Swype found here Thanks CB650 Wolf!

I would still like a themed Swype.

Can anyone confirm: Is it possible to flash 6.1 update on 5.12 to get themed swype back?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrnifty:
I've read so many good things about Serendipity that I finally flashed my first rom. I must say I am super happy with it.

Only have 1 question. I seem to have lost my samsung rolodex thing for contacts. Is it possible to get back?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sethjamto:
Flashed 6.1 this morning from 5.12. On 5.12 I was running Paragon's kernel which greatly improved my battery life AND totally got rid of the dreaded "Time without signal" under cell standby. Now that I'm on 6.1 and back to k13c the "Time without signal" is back at 50%. I don't want to play with the daily Airplane Mode trick...does anyone know if Paragon's kernel plays well with 6.1?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sethjamto:
Well, it tried it and it seems to be working! So I'm back to Serendipity 6.1 with Paragon's kernel with slight UV'ing as before. Time to give it a few days to see how she performs! :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sethjamto:
Okay....another one now.

I'm using a banking app from the market for my credit union. It has worked flawlessly in the past on stock ROM and Serendipity up and through 5.12....BUT....now that I'm on 6.1 it FC's on me within a couple seconds of opening it up every time. I tried uninstalling it and then reinstalling from the market with no luck.

Any suggestions?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
Pretty sure it's the same thing with the browser. https. Wait for Mikey to fix.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sethjamto:
I'll hold tight then. I didn't know if it had anything to do with me going to Paragon's kernel or not, as I did not try the banking app right after flashing 6.1 with the stock k13c kernel. I also had K9 mail FC on me, but only on one particular email. All other emails seemed to be fine, but any time I tried to open on email in particular, it would FC on me.

Other than that, LOVING 6.1!:D