yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alanmw:
Thanks for the information, Chance, but that's beyond my knowledge. Thanks also for all your work on this ROM. I'm having great success with it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChanceM:
Okay,

So here is a CWM flashable zip that will remove all ad blocking.

ChanceM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parkerdjohnson:
Hey. I haven't had any really horrible issues yet, but this minor wallpaper bug is nagging me. I want to turn scrolling wallpaper off, so i select the smaller wallpaper size. It just blows it up to the larger size do it can scroll, resulting in pixelated poop (in a bad way.)

Thanks for reading!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChanceM:
you can't turn wall paper scrolling off unless you change your launcher. The other selector is put there for the lockscreen wallpaper.

ChanceM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCARCER8EM:
I have been running this ROM since it came out and had to change to Jk4 modem.

The only issue I have seen is the "Stay Awake" feature under "Applications > Development" does not work in any of my docks.

It seems to work when directly plugged in to an AC source but does not work via USB or in the docks.

Battery life as been incredible and I am an absolute abuser!

David
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alanmw:
Success! Many thanks, Chance, Medscape now works properly. It is a valuable resource in my work. I am very grateful to you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woowpsico:
hey some1 some help, if i change the modem will i get better WIFI signal?, is there somehow i can improve it, otherwise i´ll have to go back to serendipity 6.X, pls some help, its important to me to have a nice WIFI signal
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jinkeez:
Thanks for all of the work that went into this ROM, it's amazing! I got started with GR-12 about a week before the release of Serendipity VII (which I then upgraded to!) and I'm *SO* happy with it, just about every issue I had with the stock Samsung ROM has been addressed -- no more failure to play youtube clips until reboot, no more "unsupported format" message when playing wav/mp3 attachments, no more sleep death or need to run Captivate Keep Alive, etc etc - It's like a brand new phone! Heck, I even have Netflix now!

I do have one question, though -- I really liked that Puzzle Piece Unlock screen which was available on both the stock ROM and on GR-12. Is there a way for me to make that available on Serendipity VII? I liked being able to unlock directly to messages or missed calls.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChanceM:
It doest function graphically on GB. It can be added but there are better aleternatives like the sgs2 or the epic.

ChanceM

ChanceM

Sent from a Serendipity Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranick01:
Im loving the new serendipity VII.

The only annoyance I have so far is it seems my data connection isnt registering correctly. It always says I am on edge.

Im definitely not getting edge speeds though. Websites load as if I am on 3G. I also know its not ATT because my wifes phone is working OK plus I have been in three different cities since installing and all are edge.

Any thoughts?

Im going to try to flash the modem, but Im not 100% positive it actually is edge.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abmicyau:
i recently flashed to serendipity 7 from 6.4 and its been working fine except for a few issues...

recently ive been having really crappy reception... like before in certain areas i would have full bars but now i have like one... or none at all

same seems to be for wifi, connection strength is not as strong as before

also, i cant seem to use any non 960x800 pictures as wallpapers anymore... theyre so blurry

anyone got any ideas? thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbcollins:
Serendipity VII is a great rom.

My only issue right now is getting gmail notifications in the status bar. I get notifications for everything else, and the option is selected in the settings. Does anyone else have this issue. Gmail is working fine, except for notifications. Searching didn't pull much up for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2Quik:
What current themes work with serendipity 7?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woowpsico:
it works good to me
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
when I plug my phone into the computer is just charges. How do I get it to "ask on connection". So that I may transfer files back and forth?

edit: under wireless setting/usb settings, it is set on mass storage, however when i plug it in, nothing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sarius24:
Guys how can I get coloured icons with the Serendipity 7 rom? Can I use the kitchen from 6.4 or no?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
No. New kitchen is here, but it doesn't have that feature yet.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typehydro:
Switched over from 6.4 to 7 and everything is awesome. Games that use to lag no longer do and everything just seems to be quicker, but the only problem is when im texting and using swype on 6.4 when i doubled tapped on a word it would open the suggest words list, but now when i double tap it opens the cut paste menu. For both I used the kitchen and added back Samsung MMS. Was just wondering what the potential problem could be? Perhaps a old/new version of swype?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7JS14:
Answer and question~

To open up the 'suggested words list' in Serendipity 7 Swype, all you have to do is write a word and click on the bottom left button that shows a picture of a hand with an "i" on top of it and it should pop up. =]

~ I have a problem, I'm not sure if anyone else is experiencing this with S7

1) Whenever I open up the gallery app from launch, it would force close each time and everytime after that it seems pretty slow to load

2) The phone no longer connects with the media player or kies usb setting (asking because I want to sync my music with WMP)

any help or advice would be great! Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcrunner4623:
I'm having some call quality and data connection issues with VII. Any idea how to correct these problems? Maybe it's because I'm not in a huge HSPA area and it's struggling to find the H signal. I'm not really sure. If someone could help, that would be great.

Edit — After reading through some of this thread, I see people talking about the JK4 or whatever kernel/modem (not sure what it is). How do you flash that? I am quite new to this scene.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7JS14:
It could be like what you said and you're not in a good are for HSPA, or you can try to flash another modem on to your phone and see if that helps. Search around in the forums to see what modem people (perhaps near your area) are using. As of right now I am using Bell's JK4 modem and it's working great for me with this rom.

Good luck!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7JS14:
I attached the JK4 modem I'm using on my phone to this reply =]

To install it, add the .zip file I gave you to the internal sd card of your phone. Once that's finished, reboot to recovery mode and go to the option that says install .zip from sdcard. Wait for it to install and reboot your phone. Then go to "About" setting in your phone to see if it installed as your modem. Hope that helps!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcrunner4623:
Thanks a lot. I'll give this a shot when I get home.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abmicyau:
Will this help improve signal strength and WiFi connection?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woowpsico:
hi i dont get answers about the wifi signal :(, if i want to go back to serendipity 6.X do i do the same process as always (going back to stock, and then to serendepity...), right?, is there something else i have to do?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7JS14:
From my experiece this modem has been very good for my signal strength, majority of the time it would be at a solid 4 bars and 3 being the lowest I've ever seen it unless I'm in the subway or inside a building. Comparing the signal to when I had my stock Rogers rom/modem on the phone, it seems similar or just better in terms of signal strength, never had any dropped calls. For wifi signal, when scanning for access points with this modem it picks up more routers than when I had my stock Rogers, but for strength it seemed about the same (depends on how far you are and how good the router is).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
According to Mikey, it is no longer necessary to flash back to stock. Keep in mind you have the Gingerbread bootloaders now. You can run Serendipity 6.4 with them, just be careful flashing anything else.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7JS14:
I'm not exactly sure what's wrong with your wifi, but I suggest you test out different modems first before you flash back to S6 (it won't hurt to try, as long as you do it properly). And also try to see how good your wifi signal is compared with other devices, such as a laptop and compare it's signal strength.

Otherwise, yes, flash back to stock first before you flash S6 unless you're okay with the gingerbread bootloader~
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7JS14:
Slow gallery and no sync?

I asked about a few problems I have with Seredipity 7 in an earlier post and I still need help from anyone who knows how to solve this.

I'm not sure if anyone else is experiencing this...

1) Whenever I open up the gallery app from launch, it would force close each time and everytime after that it seems pretty slow to load

2) The phone no longer connects with the media player or kies usb setting (asking because I want to sync my music with WMP)

Any help would be great, thanks! =]
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woowpsico:
thanks, if i go back im going to keep ginger bootloaders.

Im trying all modems from date of released xD to see if one gives me the same wifi strenght than before, with sedendipity 6.X i used to get almost twice of performance than now. i compare my cel with my sister´s one and she gets two more bars always , and keeps connected from farher places, i had a similar performance with S 6
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abmicyau:
I don't know which modem I'm using currently (cause I'm a total n00b when it comes to this stuff)

I got my phone from rogers, flashed to Serendipity 6.4, and recently followed the instructions on the website and flashed to Serendipity 7.

I'm now experiencing some connectivity inconsistencies. At places where I would previously have 2-3 bars (with 6.4) I now have none. I also experienced my first dropped call with this phone today.

Outdoors and at home I still get full signal strength, but then again that's just all the bars and I don't know how good it REALLY is, maybe I am being deceived.

Do you think it's necessary for me to flash a different modem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woowpsico:
i tried to go back to S6 with the same bootloaders so i just get into clockwordmod and run the rom S6.zip i got an error "Failure at liine 22: copy_dir PACKAGE:data:DATA:E: Can´t open /cacherecovery/log" does it mean i cant just install S6?, i need to go back to Stock with odin? thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7JS14:
Since you're phone is the Rogers version, I suggest you use the JK4 modem instead of the JV6 modem that is installed with S7. The JK4 modem is used on the recent Firefly Rogers based rom and should be stable. As of right now I have no problems using this modem.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7JS14:
Did you do a factory reset and wiped data/cache before you tried flashing? If that doesn't work, your safest method is to flash to stock again and then flash to S6.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abmicyau:
Do I just put the zip file on my phone and flash it the same way that I flashed S7? Put phone in recovery, choose zip with CWM?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcrunner4623:
Well, I installed it, so let's see if it helps my signal strength.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7JS14:
That's right. =]
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abmicyau:
Alright, attempting now. lets hope I dont brick it or soemthing

It just 'finished' and i rebooted my phone

How do I tell that it's been successfully installed?

I just did the #0011 thing and I can't tell what's different
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7JS14:
To check if it installed properly go to Settings\About Phone\Baseband version and it should say I9000UGJK4
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
Was wondering if anyone else is having trouble with the power control widget. If I try and turn on wifi it doesn't always turn on but errors instead. I did modify it a bit to suit my tastes , fyi.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abmicyau:
Okay cool that's what it says.

I hope that it helps.

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbcollins:
Thanks. Then it is probably something on my end.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waldo98:
I installed S7 earlier today and everything is working good for me. The only issue I ran into was that I was only able to get Edge data connection on the modem that is included with the ROM. I flashed over to the JK4 modem and everything seems fine like it was running on Serendipity 6.4.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abmicyau:
I recently installed ADW Launcher (I dont know if its relevant) but now I seem to be having some pretty bad battery drain. It goes down 1-2% after being idle for 10-20 mins and in the battery usage page it says that Android OS is taking up 40% of the battery...

What's going on?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woowpsico:
:P

i tried all modems without any improvement in WIFI strenght, definitly going back to S6.

Someone said that with ginger its normal (to have lower WIFI signal), its for all gigers out there or it can be improved with S7 build 2?, i still wonder if it´s just me who gets lower Strenght signal, can someone say if u are getting the same or less or more xD?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bc_kimble:
Overscroll Glow

Are you guys adding overscroll glow into the next build?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
Mikey doesn't like it, so probably not.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killerxtreme:
I flashed your rom and it keeps rebotting hearing the voodoo voice talk going through the whole voodoo install, it then says voodoo lag fix now activated then restarts and goes through it again.. Whats going on and how do I fix this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sarius24:
K guys I have a question is anyone able to use the UOT Kitchen with Serendipity 7? I want to just have the boot screen and overglow but it doesnt seem to work out for me. Can someone tell me what settings I should have for selecting the place for the boot animation? Do I choose froyo (default), Data local (sense rom) or system/media (cyanogen mod) those are all the options. But not sure what to choose. And I have looked around but haven't found answers.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woowpsico:
everything i think is reflashing
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killerxtreme:
Well I started over, flashed my phone back to stock, and went through step by step from their website..

I did

And now I get a screen that shows Phone ! Computer.... From what I understand this means its bricked.. What do I do now?

EDIT:

I hate figuring things out right after I make a post.. Aparently the button combos I've been reading wasn't working for me, so after I made this post I started messing around with different ways of putting the battery in and holding buttons. What I did was hold vol down + power then put my battery in without having usb in, and it threw it into download mode.. Time to start from step 1.. Again..

EDIT2:

Or not, it would not let me flash back to stock, but allowed me to flash the gb rom.. So I guess I get to start back to #8, just to clearify when you "Select Reorient_Kernel_1.1 in the PDA box." you don't select anything else? as in thats the only thing selected correct?

Yet another EDIT:

Alright I got this thing working.. I think my problem is the first time it booted with the stock gingerbread I went through the setup wizard. Which then screwed up when I tried to flash serendipity.. This time I just restarted into download straight from the first screen using adb and it worked like a charm..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amitfren22:
i have a problem i flashd the new rom 2.3.3 and the battery runs out really fast when the 3G is on,

is there any idea what to do ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
Anyone else that recently flashed having trouble adding a FB account?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
anyone else experiencing this? Its frustrating not being able to put things on my phone so i can flash them. I'd love to flash a new modem. lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Use the XDA app and download the modem directly to your phone!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
thanks, but i'm on limited download and no access to wifi right now, so thats out. but i did get it working, just unplugged it and replugged it like 5 times and it finally kicked on.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbcollins:
The included modem might not work well for your area. I would experiment with a couple of others. JK4 is popular, as is JL2 and KC1, but there are many. Here is a link to all of them.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=876391

Download the versions for gingerbread roms, and flash in cwm.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killerxtreme:
Yea I was, However if you download the facebook app and login from there it should add it to your accounts..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hualx:
not getting incoming calls

Running Serendipity 7 w 2.0 kernal.

Everything runs great, including Netflix.{Sweet}

But when I get a call, it rings once and goes to VM. it doesnt log the missed call and I noticed the bars go down to nothing for a few seconds when the call is comming in.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
Which modem? Maybe try another one.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
ah but it doesn't, thanks for the try though
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
I9000 rom, you may have to pull down the notification bar and hit "select to copy files to/from your computer" to get to the usb mass storage page.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
The thread tag made me laugh. Thank you to whoever did that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
I had this same issue - I broke it by restoring my wifi settings, I thought it would just give me back my passwords but it broke my incoming calls. Had to reflash to fix it.

LOL! Too funny :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hualx:
re-flashed and its working now.

glad I gave you a chukle :p. Does that mean I dont have to donate now??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
For giggles, I flashed back to stock (which sucks btw) and tried to add a Facebook integrated contact account, same problem it won't log in ("Log in failed, Try again later."). The FB app will let me log in, weird.

Added: It didn't work on JF6 but it did on KB1. Weirder!

I did get account added to S7 but only through network data. Wouldn't log in through Wi-Fi and sync is having troubles but I'll assume that's FB problems.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrnifty:
Was restoring my cappy to stock to install serendipity. Odin said it was done but now the captivate won't boot or do anything.

Any suggestions?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boypinoy18:
anybody having issues with serendipity 7 in regards to the network? after completely flashing successfully and restoring apps+data (no system) through titanium backup, i realize i have issues access the network. HSDPA/3G has not been a problem on previous froyo ROMs. specifically, network doesn't seem to work upstream. i can download just fine, but no uploading of data.

is this a modem problem that can be remedied by jk4 or does this warrant a reflash?

thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranick01:
I was having the same issues. I only got edge when I first flashed VII.

Switched to JK4 and now my signal is great plus HSDPA pretty much all the time. I would suggest trying that before re-flashing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G.Hook:
Download Unsuccessful

Hello. I saw a couple of posts regarding this in the other Serendipity thread, but did not see the answer I wanted. Is there any way to enable downloads in the stock browser without using a 3rd party market app? I have noticed that none of my downloads work in the stock browser. So I have resorted to browsing in the stock browser and if I want to download something using dolphin browser to download it. I like dolphin, and would like to always keep it on standby, but I still would rather use the stock browser in most cases. Is there any way to enable downloads on the stock browser?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2Quik:
Currently went from stock 2.2 to Serendipity VII. I use to use an app to turn off and on my internet, it is called SMODA. I just notice that it is no longer on the market. I had copy of the app and i installed it, but when i try to turn off or on my 3g it's just gives me a forced close. Does anyone know what's going on?

Thanks,

TA
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
1. Make sure you try all the methods to get into download mode.

2. Buy or build a jig to get into download mode.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
I'm pretty sure the answer isn't going to change here. It isn't a ROM thing, it's a browser thing. The advice I gave on the other thread is the same advice you'll get here, get Download All Files from the market. It's a plug in, install it, you're done. There are other 'helper' apps, this one is free.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G.Hook:
Ok. That's the reason why I asked here. I wasn't sure if it was a ROM thing or a browser thing. Or I thought maybe there was just an option in there somewhere that I hadn't looked to turn the downloading on. I'm a kind of less is more guy usually and like to keep from installing other apps/plugins unless necessary. Thanks for your advice. I may have to try Download All Files.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boypinoy18:
i see the forum for all the modems for the captivate, but how do i know which one to use for s7? aren't select modems more suited to particular regions? is there any one in particular i should use for southern california (los angeles?)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbcollins:
Be sure to download the gingerbread version of any you try. Lots of people like jk4, jl2, and kc1.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abmicyau:
Recently I updated to S7 and installed ADW Launcher but I've been noticing some lag in some games that I didnt experience before (on S6.4, without a custom launcher).

What's causing the lag, the new rom or the launcher? Or something else? x_x
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phil823:
recently went from STOCK 2.2 Froyo...to this...

home button does not work at ALL

i have NO 3g network it seems...the web browser doesnt load, and there is no 3g icon!

any ideas? i assume i need to install the new 2.0 kernal vs the 1.1 rework that comes with the package?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbcollins:
That sounds like perhaps a bad flash, to me, especially if it has acted that way from the get go. I would consider booting into recovery and reflashing the rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phil823:
ok i will repeat all the steps again. i read that GB had home button issues...but i assumed that S7 fixed them...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
Sounds like you didn't finish the instructions. The home button has issues only with the kernel from the install package. Did you install the zip from CWM?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phil823:
i didnt not do the other addon (2.0) via CWM i ran out of time...i assume the 3g is fixed by a better modem? or something. i have NO browser use