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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usSiR:
So I tried to to install V7

I had 6.4 on the phone, downloaded 7 and tried to load it through the recovery menu.

Rebooted it and the screen was all pixelated, pulled the battery and the same thing, pixelated screen. Pulled the battery one more time and the at&t boot screen comes on then the screen goes black with the 4 home buttons lit up and then thats it, nothing more.

So..... what do I do now?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usSiR:
Well I managed to get it into the download mode by pressing the volume buttons and plugging in the USB, trying to use Odin to return to stock...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usSiR:
Well I got it to work,

I suppose if I would have known the screen was going to be all pixelated and the thing was going to talk to me durring the initial boot it probably would have worked fine the first time.

I thought I was just f'd when it was pixelated, oh well glad I backed everything up first, lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChanceM:
If you actually read the install directions and flashed the GB boot loaders like your supposed to that pixelated screen wouldn't happen.

ChanceM

Sent from a Serendipity Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
You have something mismatched, but it's hard to say what. Here's what I suggest for you: Either

a) provide a screencap of the About Phone (including Kernel and Build), or

b) Start over and complete all steps in order from 1-16.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sakralbekaa:
battery drains quickly with this ROM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
i'll disagree with that. It seems about the same as any other custom rom i've been on.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZionExpress:
Laggy back button in 6.4

Hi all,

Has anyone else noticed some input lag with the navigation buttons on 6.4? I was running stock 2.1 and 2.2 before going custom and i never experienced the same lag back then.

I find it mostly happens with the back button (of course thats the button i use the most) and it will be completely unresponsive for the first 2-3 presses and then it will accept the press and do what i want. The same will happen with the other buttons but not as often.

Sorry if this has been brought up already but i couldn't find this issue mentioned anywhere else, and i DID search, a lot.

Any help or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usSiR:
I did read them, more than once...

Guess it didnt make sence to me
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clivesay:
Since I've been installing custom roms I've never seemed to get the same modem performance as I did with stock. I'm not sure what it is but it's driven me crazy! Are there any S7 users in Indiana area that can give me some modem ideas? I have flashed all the popular ones but just haven't gotten anything to be real consistent.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Honestly, not berating you, but why would you do something you didn't understand?

Anyways, where are you at now? Have you successfully flashed 7, or do you still need help?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krirish:
Call Volume and blank screen when calling

I apologize if this has been discussed. When I make calls the screen goes blank but I can still talk. Also I can barely hear the person on the other end. Has there been a fix for this and I just havent seen it? Otherwise this rom has been fantastic for me
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clivesay:
As a followup I flashed the newest kernel by ChanceM and switched to jk4. I think I am getting better reception in the house. It's still not great but an improvement.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Yup, same observation here. Flashed them both today, so it's really too early to tell, but so far so good on reception.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clivesay:
It's hard to tell sometimes because the county we live in has spotty AT&T reception all over. All I can do is go to spots (even in my house) where I've had lousy reception and see if there is a difference.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rodry87:
Hi, one question: the new build 2 of serendipity VII, include kernel #3?

thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rurouni572:
Has anyone tried importing swype from GR-12 into Serendipity? GR-12 had Korean swype and I was really happy about that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corraiv:
For those of you whose phones are susceptible to the Wi-fi reboots:

I just wanted to say, the S7 Kernel #2 is the only kernel out of the Captivate Gingerbread kernels available that, for me, has never had a Wi-fi reboot. I've been running it since S7 released, and I'm even trying it on Continuum 5.6 now and still no reboots.

I haven't tried build #3 yet, but I'm going to flash that now and see how that fares.

Great work Mikey and Chance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalgeek:
Flashed yesterday from Continuum 5.6 to Serendipity VII (1000% faster than Continuum BTW. Loving it.)

I noticed that Clockworkmod Recovery went from 3.0 to 2.5 after the flash. How does this effect the ability to flash to a different GB ROM? I've had GB bootloaders since flashing Continuum (which to my understanding allows you to flash between GB ROMS w/o flashing to stock 1st), but I'm not sure if the version of CWM matters or not in that regard.

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willie2409:
updating to no v2

So If i'm on v1 and am going to update to the v2 is it going to erase all my stuff .... sorry if it's been asked already
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
No, just get the update version and not the full version.

Update version is found here: http://serendipity7.weebly.com/updates.html
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
Sometimes it's best just to read. ;)

http://serendipity7.weebly.com/updates.html
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
No, newer kernels are add-ons.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willie2409:
thanks

can't believe I missed that .... thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isthisagoose:
This is a real silly question, but will the Battery Mods be appearing in the kitchen for Serendipity VII eventually?

I'm still on 6.4, and I must admit I've gotten quite attached to the green droid! I keep telling myself I'll upgrade to VII when the release matures a little, but my delay has more to do with the battery notifiers not being in the kitchen than I'd like to admit. :-D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmohrsaz:
Flash Order

Hello, First I want to thank everyone involved with this project. Captivate wouldn't be worth using without this.

I tried searching through various threads but could not find the answer to this question....

Does it matter what order I update the rom/kernel in. For example I am using Build #1 on VII and whatever Kernel version came with that. Should I update to Kernel 3.0 before going to Build #3 or does it even matter?

Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
Doesn't matter

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
if you like blue, there are battery notifiers for your choosing in the bluedipity theme.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcrunner4623:
Just wondering if there is any way to change the battery meter at the top to percentages. If not, I'll just get myself a widget.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
Serendipity 7?

If you want the icons and percentages then your best bet is UOT kitchen. I also posted a version in the serendipity kitchen thread if you don't want to mess with UOT.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
edit: what halfsoul said
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcrunner4623:
Yeah, Serendipity VII. I can't find it in there though.

Edit: Nevermind. I did some extra clicking.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pda191:
i'm on serendipity build 1. how can i add kernel #3 to serendipity build 2 zip file to flash one time?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
It's a little complicated. Why can't you just flash both of them? You don't have to reboot between flashes, it'd take you less time to just flash two different zips.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckscarstereo:
s7 observations

first off, s7 is awesome. runs really well but i noticed 2 odd behaviors. one is that i cannot turn the text notifications off. i use sms popup don't need/want the notications of the samsung messaging app. the text notification checkbox in the samsung messaging app does not seem to make any change.

2 is that on other roms like 2.2 serendipity, when you swype on a contact in the contact app, if there is not a default number selected already, it asks you which number you want to call/message and has a checkbox to make default. in s7, it doesn't ask which contact.

thank you
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] james.arroyo:
i guess it could be just a bad install?

i was using GO SMS and only got the GO SMS notification when i turned off samsung sms notifications.

EDIT Just checked my swype on a non default contact and it does the same thing that you were stating. sorry about that.

on S7 build 2 / Kernel 3.0
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Born2BeMild:
Is there any kind of modem I could flash that can help with spotty reception? Sometimes I am outside to see only a bar or two.

This is related to the battery mods, when I flash a mod, the menu that pops up from holding the power button has it's icons go blue, regardless of the mod color. Anything I can do to get rid of it, reflashing doesn't seem to work.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
Check out modem sticky in development forum. You kind of have to try a few as modems are location dependent.

Added: I use KC1 day-to-day but always keep a couple of zips on the sd card for when traveling.

If you're not on Gingerbread you should be flogged!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Born2BeMild:
Serendipity 7 here.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmohrsaz:
Contacts Bug?

Hi,

I'm experiencing an odd issue with the contacts since switching to Serendipity 7. I am using the most current build and kernel from the site. Currently all my contacts are linked from my gmail account and synced from the phone. However, there are several contacts that when I start a new sms message do not show up for example I go to the sms app and click new message and start typing someones name and it does not show up. However, if I go to my contacts app I can see that contact is there with a phone number and I can send an sms to them from there.

Has anyone else experienced this type of bug?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
Try jk4, it solved alot of issues I was having and it always seems to have the best reception in my area.

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willxyz:
but when i enter recorvery, there's no selection of install from zip, do you know why?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
Nope. Reinstall clockwork mod thru rom manager. Go to rom manager and flash recovery, choose samsung captivate and reboot and install new packages twice. Then reboot to recovery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
For white00gt

colored settings

battery mod g with colored extended power menu

:cool:

oops missed the data image.brb.:eek:

now dl.:D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white00gt:
EXACTLY What I wanted a million thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxyslayer:
Power button doesn't bring up menu pop-up?

Hey everyone,

I am running Serendipity 5.11 + Suckerpunch #51 kernel [oc'ed to 1.2]. Anyway, I am not sure why, but when I press my power button *wanting to turn off the phone completely* the menu does not pop up, but I can feel the vibration feedback as if it did do something.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any thoughts/suggestions? I will try again in the morning, but this will be quite annoying because 1)I won't be able to get into recovery without pulling out battery -> vol up/down + power 2) I won't be able to turn the phone off, do anything that menu allows you to do. Help?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
I don't know what 'step 8' is, but the term you want is 'update.zip', not upgrade.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
I think this is the 'take a picture' thing - try taking a photo and then see if the menu will work then. Don't ask me why, I just saw this as an answer before ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egypt3:
As no question is too noobish and I am decidedly that:

So uh, I'm currently running 5.2. No theme, battery mod or kernal other than speedmod (that the rom came with). I never flash back to stock. And I'd prefer not to use titanium. I've always just lost all my apps, etc when flashing.

My question is, if I flash to 5.11, could I get away with not wiping data/cache? Would that be (probably) safe since I'm just upgrading to a different serendipity build? Would not wiping preserve all my data, texts, apps, app data, etc?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChanceM:
There is no way to go from 5.2 to 5.11 without wipping the data.

ChanceM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egypt3:
Damn. Titanium it is then. Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spunkdfied311:
Themed Android Market Gone

I've been using the black themed Market that came with Serendipity and I loved it. All of a sudden today, it stopped being black and is now the unthemed original Market??? I didn't change anything or flash anything. I was just here at work and noticed I no longer have the black background. I'm up to date with 5.11. I did notice that my Market now says it's version 2.3.3 instead of 2.3.2 which is what Serendipity just updated to in 5.10. It may have automatically updated to a new version of the Market?? Does anyone else have this issue or know of a fix?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
New market update...wait for Chance to fix it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chewitard:
I just flashed the unthemed gmail add-on but decided I liked the black one better. Is there a way to get the themed gmail back without having to flash the entire rom again?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
Sit tight. Chance and Mikey working on new black gmail.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white00gt:
Ok another question,

I would like to do one last thing(famous words I know) to customize my phone

That would be to change my icons that appear on both the home screen, and on screen where it lists apps like titanium back up , I have the icons that I got from an icon pack(Sensius_Icons_Invade) and modded a few of them for my apps but don't know what to do with them- I tried using desktop visualizer but it didn't work

sooo of course I turn to someone here for help

here are the icons I want to add
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdahgary:
It's only for the home screen, can't for app drawer. It's really easy.

1. Pick icon.

2. Pick app.

3. Name app.

4. Click ok and choose launcher (if you have more than one;))

5. Profit.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Why? Would take a while, but there's updates all the way through...

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white00gt:
This is what I wanted to accomplish:[/URL] Uploaded with ImageShack.us[/IMG]

Changing my icons like these to a higher def. looking one-

So much to learn lol

Gonna take a step back and start learning some more before I go and do now! Don't want to destroy my phone
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flyboy712:
Same thing here thanks for the info. Awesome ROM guys thanks for all the work!!

Mike
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rareness4:
do you just have the file for the colored extended power menu? would appreciate it, thanks in advance
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marego1:
Bluetooth Voice Dialing

I have been using Cyberon Voice Commander for BT calling ever since I got my Captivate. It has worked very well on Froyo to GR11 - GR12. Since installing Serendipity VII BT calling still works, but any pauses or waits and additonal numbers for paswords that come after the phone number aren't recognized.

In other words when using BT calling it calls the number, but I have to manually input my password to access my voicemail. I have never had to do this before.

Has anyone else experienced this issue or know how to fix it?

Thanks,
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corey1486:
I have the same issue. the number stored for that contact is not saved as a mobile number. i switched all my numbers to be saved as mobile and not home and everything is ok
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10iron:
Latest version of Serendipity wont' boot into recovery

When I went from Serendipity 6.4 to version 7 I used the full method using Odin and version 7 works well. Unfortunately I can't boot into recovery using UP/Down Power button method.

Did I miss a step? Any thoughts why it will no longer boot into recovery mode? Thanks for any ideas.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
i answered you in the firefly q&a thread....where you also posted this question.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
Sorry, I don't know which file controls the power menu. I know it has been discussed before, so once you find the file then just extract that file from the full ROM zip, then package it in a zip and flash it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
Its volume down and power button only now for recovery.

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
Incorrect.

vol-up + power = recovery

vol-down + power = download
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
Dammit, I knew I would get it backwards, lol

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwnerman:
I forgot that too
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RTBee:
I've searched many of the threads and haven't come across this problem, maybe someone here can help. I have a rooted Cappy and had Cognition 4.5.3 flashed and running well. I am very interested in flashing Serendipity, but was a bit timid about going right to ver7, so decided to flash 6.4 first to try it out. I used CWM after downloading zip and installed from sd card. Everything went well until I rebooted. Now my screen flashes AT&T, then Cognition, then Serendipity and stays there. I tried to reboot into recovery with the vol up + pwr, and with the vol. buttons and usb plug from odin, and nothing! I can't seem to reboot into something in order to start over. Any help? And sorry if this problem's already been addressed, couldn't find one, so a link to it if out there? Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChanceM:
I would odin back to stock via download mode and re root and install Serendipity.

ChanceM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RTBee:
Thanks for the quick response. I've tried to Odin back to stock, even tried the master clear, but it does nothing. Odin recognizes that I'm plugged in and assigns a com (6 I think) and starts but doesn't go further than that. I know if I can get into download mode I'll be fine (I'm fairly familiar with the whole process, thanks to you guys) but I just can't seem to get it into download mode. Any alternative suggestions, aside from getting a new one?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZionExpress:
When i first got my captivate i had a hell of a time trying to get it into download mode, seemed like every method didn't work and i was driving myself crazy reading all the forums i could find on the subject.

What finally did it for me was downloading the android SDK and forcing my Cap into download through the command prompt on my PC.

Method 3: ADB (for advanced users.)

1. Download the android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html (NOT THE .EXE VERSION)

2. Drag it into the ROOT (top-most directory) of your hard drive.

3. Open the Command Prompt and navigate to the tools folder in the android SDK.

4. type adb shell then press enter

5. type adb reboot download then press enter

The above excerpt was taken from this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=884364

The above technique did not work for me at first because i kept getting the syntax wrong. Instead of loading the shell first i just ran "adb reboot download" from the command prompt and it worked with no problem.

You could also try the other methods for download mode described in that post and see if those help at all.

Give that a shot and let me know if you get hung up :)

Also note: It seems that the Android SDK package has changed since the creation of that post. If you go to run adb.exe from the "tools" folder you will see a little note saying that adb.exe is no longer located there and that you can now find it in the "platform-tools" folder. If that folder does not exist you will have to use "SDK manager.exe" to install the correct tools. Personally, i installed everything it offered so that i would have it all if i ever needed it. It'll take a while to download and install it all, so give yourself a head start if you are going that route.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RTBee:
Thanks! I'll give it a try after work, and let you know.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10iron:
Similar problem

I think I'm having the same or a very similar problem. After loading Serendipity 7 the up/down pwr button method quit working. I've tried up-pwr, down-pwr both up/dwn-pwr with no result. It acts as if it's about to load into download but screen stays black. I'll watch threads for options and suggestions.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
GB boot loaders - up/pwr = recovery, down/pwr = download

Once it reboots to GT-I9000 screen (assuming you didn't change this) hold the respective up or down button but let go of pwr until you get to the proper mode.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eNdblu:
Camera

Hi all

I've recently switched from Serendipity 5.2 to CM7

What I was wondering about was the camera from Serendipity. I really liked the camera that came pre-packaged with that ROM compared to the one that comes with CM7.

Is there anyway of getting the APK so I can install it over top of the camera in CM7?

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
You can find all the apks in the ROM zip file. However, I'm pretty sure I've seen people say that the Samsung camera requires TouchWiz.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Born2BeMild:
I see screenshots of people with music controls in their notification window and lock screen. How do I go about getting that on mine? I never had that happen and would like some easier control over my music. I am on S7.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
a few of the aftermarket lockscreens found in the market have this feature.

simply lockscreen is one that comes to mind, that i liked pretty well. not to mention it has "the force". lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marego1:
Hands Free Dialing

No one else has had this issue?

If i dial my voicemail from contacts say 555-555-5555,,#5*555,5555# the call goes directly to my voice message inbox. If I dial the the same exact number hands free via BT only 555-555-5555 is dialed. The remainder of the number (,,#5*555,5555#) is ignored and I have to input it manually from the :confused:dialer.

The commas are pauses and the # and * are requirements from the phone system and the 555,5555 at the end is the extension and password to access the voicemail box.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
I haven't had the opportunity (don't use BT dialing and don't dial non-10-digit numbers).

That said, does it work as expected if you use google voice search?