yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Trying to instal redrom. I'm installing serendipity_red.zip in recovery mode. I get an error saying something about (framework.res.apk) (status 7). Do I need to have some kind of framework installed on my phone? Do I need to rename the _red.zip to update.zip?

I couldn't find any installation instructions. Prolly cuz it's real easy and/or I'm just that much of a newb..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unfoldedtoast:
Is it possible for you to please add Japanese language support to the ROM? I noticed many locations/languages available in the locale but not Japan. If not, is there a way I can add it through the add-on kitchen? Thank you!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moymike:
Amazon Appstore

I have been downloading the daily free apps from Amazon, which is kinda nice, but I am having an issue with running them here and there.

The error I am getting

may

be related to the DRM. Here is what it looks like:

An example is the Weatherbug Elite... I can install it and run it for a few days, then it errors. Right now I am looking the the error screen on Shazam.

When the error occurs, I find the only way to fix it is to uninstall the app, re-download and install it. I 'googled' around, and through posts I read, I deregistered my devices on Amazon and reregistered. This did not fix the issue though.

I am beginning to wonder if this issue is somehow connected to running a custom ROM. Is anybody else running Serindipity 6.3, and using the paid (free) apps from Amazon's appstore?

I figured if the issue was with the Appstore, or AT&T, or GalaxyS ... there would be posting on it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Im on serendipity 6.2 and I get that error with weatherbug elite also from the amazon app. I have only downloaded that and wolfram alpha and haven't had it happen with wolfram.. Yet...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Any install tips for redrom?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodolsen:
Are you on 6.2 or 6.3?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
6.2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
REDROM is no longer compatible with Serendipity 6.2, 6.3 only
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dopemizzle:
ten messages man thats gay ......sorry for posting but.....i gotta
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
updated to 6.3. Worked flawlessly. Thanks bryman and goodolsen
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayFReaZy:
This is my first post here, and I'd just like to start it by saying how helpful this forum any everyone here is. Everyone seems to lend a helping hand and give great feedback on questions and problems.

I just recently flashed my first ROM (serendipity 6.3) about a week ago and I think its the greatest thing that's ever happened to my phone. Extremely stable and fast, simply awesome in a word. A lot of praise to MikeyMike01 and ChanceM.

Anyway, the only thing I'm wondering about is battery life. I've read a lot of posts and people said it has drastically improved battery life. I recall reading that someone posted they had about 14 hrs on the phone and still had 62% of battery life left. Then I also read some people have the "battery draining" bug. Which I believe I'm part of. My battery goes down about 1% every 10-20min with pretty much no usage, and no updates.

I did some research and saw that perhaps changing my modem might help with the battery drain. I've read that some people use JPY which seemed to help, however in the "modem" thread, JL2 seems to be everyone's favorite. I also read that modems can be very region specific. I live in the general NYC metropolitan area, can anyone suggest some modems that might help with this "battery drain" bug? Thanks for any help or feedback that can be provided! :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Let the phone get used to the rom before you make any changes. Mikeys rom as is, is fantastic. Battery life is truly per user, per day. Meaning one day you might text 180 times, talk for 2 hrs and browse periodontally through the day. Battery life this day between 6 and 8 hrs. Another day you might only text and play a downloaded game for an hr. This time the batt could last up to 15hrs. IT IS ALL SUBJECT!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Espaa Valorum:
I'm in the same boat. Battery has been draining a lot faster that it was on stock. And it's been doing that consistently for the past week or so, since i installed this ROM. I too am wondering if i should try a different modem, but i'm hesitant, since it sounds like there are several steps involved in switching modems, and i can't seem to find a clear step-by-step guide that will keep me from screwing up something....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] factorycell:
Awsome rom, after having flashed many others , this one seems to suit me. I have now been getting almost 2 days of Battery. I talk , use the internet, facebook, twitter. all mainly on WIFI. Also some 3 g internet stuff.

thanks for a great Rom
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayFReaZy:
I too am a bit confused on how to flash a modem since instructions aren't quite clear. However, from my understanding, it seems all you have to do is download the modem, change name to "update.zip", and move it to your internal SD card. Reboot in recovery and install "update.zip" and restart system. Can anyone else verify that?

I was doing more research on this battery drain issue, and found another forum suggesting a different fix. Someone posted these steps to try and help the battery drain by recalibrating it and wiping the battery stats.

1. Plug in your phone and let it charge to 100%.

2. Unplug the phone and shut it off. After it is completely shut down, plug it back in and wait for it to charge to 100% with the phone off. (Press one of the volume keys to toggle the screen on and off).

3. Repeat these first two steps.

4. With the battery at 100%, go into recovery mode. Since you're on Serendipity, just hold the power button down until your boot options come up. Click "recovery".

5. When you get into CWM, go down to the "advanced features" tick and click it.

6. Choose "wipe battery stats".

7. Choose "yes". It will then wipe all of your battery history. Restart the phone and you should be good to go.

Poster said that whenever you install a custom ROM, its recommended to do this. Trying it now, hope it helps with our situation.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyl:
noob question: just flashed Serendipity and before I could pick any music to be the ringtone. Now there is only the music widget and no option to set as ringtone there, am I missing something? :o
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duyo:
I did something stupid that I think caused me to lose all the wallpaper that came with the rom. All I can choose is gallery or live wallpaper. Is there a way to get them back short of a re-flash? With root explorer perhaps? I tried re-flashing the framework and that didn't fix it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simple man:
I flashed kc1 modem from jk4 and really like it (K.C. Missouri metro area), I made sure b4 flash if there was any special sequence,and was told no, just flash in clockwork mod. it worked good. You don't change the name, just install zip from sd card> choose zip from sd card>(here you choose the modem you put on root of sd card) select yes install.........modem.zip, then once it says installed, choose reboot system now. That's all folks ;D I'm really liking kc1 allot, I get better call sound quality, quicker browser, quicker gps lock, and better signal at work where the signal is pretty bad, with any modem, kc1 is the best for my situation that I've tried.

GOT SERENDIPITY ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayFReaZy:
I recently noticed that songs that I have added on my playlists haven't been saving. Has anyone else had this problem? I think its after a shutdown where ALL the songs I've added will be deleted. I use 3 music apps, the default music player in serendipity, mixzing, and poweramp. All 3 seem to lose the playlist after I turn the phone off, or after a short period of time. Has anyone else ran into or noticed this problem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simple man:
I havn't had that problem with the playlist, except when I unmounted my exrernal sd to remove it, when I put it back in, my playlists were gone.

GOT SERENDIPITY ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayFReaZy:
I have all my music on my external SD card. Perhaps when I mounted it to transfer files the playlists got deleted as well.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simple man:
I bet that's it, hopefully you won't have that problem anymore, I don't remember that happening in the past, when I removed my external sd card from the phone, but maybe I just didn't notice before.

GOT SERENDIPITY ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyl:
Nevermind me, I used the kitchen sink and put the Samsung music player back on. :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronald.ibay:
bluedipity

(Sorry if this has already been covered)

I just tried to install bluedipity from redrom using recovery today and I get an error at the installation and it is aborted.

I did the revert and then retried, but got the same thing.

Is the file just not up to date?

TIA
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
Are you on 6.3?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronald.ibay:
Ahh that's probably it. I'm still on 6.2. Haha. *Slaps forehead*
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
I just went thru the same exact thing trying to put redrom on 6.2. Heh..

Heres a question... I just noticed that theres a serendipity i9000 website and a serendipity website. Are the add-ons in the kitchens interchangable? I thought serendipity was i9000 period, then out of nowhere I find this i9000 website that is a bit different than the regular serendipity website I've been using. I got a battery mod and the transparent notification from the i9000 site just now and the battery mod worked but not the trans. Notif. Ill try the regular serendipity site I've been using and see if it works from there.

Edit: awwww CRAP, and I just noticed my redrom is gone after that add-on...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
The i9000 site is for the international galaxy s gt-i9000, Mike and Chance put up a version for that phone a little while ago. Some of the add-ons may work but I wouldn't risk it.

You should use the original kitchen on the original Serendipity ROM site for the captivate.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Thanks for the headsup.

On a side note can I safely flash the kc1 modem to my captivate running serendipity 6.3?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simple man:
I did and it works good in the KC Mo. metro area. Just put it on the root of your sd and flash in cwm.

GOT SERENDIPITY ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
You can, but you may have to flash a series of other modems first in order to get 850 band wcdma. Or you might just be able to flash it right over. I don't know which though it has probably been discussed in the modem thread stickied to the Captivate Android Development forum.

I know for JQ1 you had to go through a certain process.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simple man:
I asked the question if there was a certain sequence from jk4 to kc1, and was told just flash kc1, it's working good for me.

GOT SERENDIPITY ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Right on. Thanks guys. Flashing now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simple man:
Let us know how you like it ; D

GOT SERENDIPITY ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyStark R.I.P.:
For all those with flashing modems and the sequence of flash

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12156313&postcount=438

With this link it should work seamlessly.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayFReaZy:
Decided to flash to the UGKC1 modem and it seems to have fixed the battery drain problem I was experiencing with JK4. When I had the JK4 modem running, I would lose about 1% battery life every 10-15 minutes with extremely light/no usage. Now with UGKC1, I've lost 2% in one hour and 10 minutes.

I've also noticed that the UGKC1 modem seems to hold a more stable connection. With JK4, my signal would fluctuate from 2-4 bars, and would switch between 3G and HSDPA. However, now it seems to be consistently stuck on 3 bars with HSDPA; also when making a phone call I notice it drops to 3G, then goes back to H once the call is over (normal from what I've read on the forums). The real test is tomorrow when I head back to work. I'm extremely curious to find out how it'll hold up in a normal 8 hour work day. I've also read that modems can be very region specific, I live in the general NYC metropolitan area, and so far so good! :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Well I flashed kc1 and went to bed and plugged the phone in to charge. Woke up and it was at 100 and unplugged it. 40 minutes later it's dropped 7%. Nothin but a few text msgs as far as usage. Oh and I keep data enabled. Haven't made any calls yet.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Since my last post I sent one text msg and it has dropped 5% more. It's at 88% from 100% an hour and twenty minutes ago with extremely light/no usage.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyStark R.I.P.:
I flashed this kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=930679 and it is a modified k13d (your base kernel) this kernel has a increased batt fix and adds voodoo fix to the base k13d. I then flashed the kc1 modem, like you, I was,'t getting such great battery life. After trying a few more I ended up with tubjp9. Though still not as good battery as base modem it has a better connection and much better clarity.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
After driving around a bit I noticed a couple places where I didn't used to have any bars and now I have 2 bars in those places. in-Call volume isn't any better and haven't noticed any clarity difference. If the the battery strain doesn't work itself out I'm gonna have to try a different one. Too bad cuz it's great to have service where I normally wouldn't.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Just to be clear, the speedmod kernel by hardcore is i897 (captivate) right? so modem i897uckb1 is definitely compatible? I'm gonna go ahead and get in the practice of keeping all my flashes i897 based.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
Speedmod is an i9000 kernel reoriented to work on the captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Ok thats something I'm not too clear on. So serendipity is also i9000 based but made for i897? When I had serendipity 5.x I believe at boot it said Gt-i9000. Ever since 6.x it has said sgh-i897. This confuses the crud out of me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
Yeah, it gets a bit confusing. Serendipity is currently based on XWJS7, a 2.2.1 Samsung ROM for the Galaxy S GT-I9000, but it is developed on and released for the Samsung Captivate SGH-I897. (though there is a version released for the i9000)

The boot screen you are talking about is controlled by the kernel. Sometime somewhat recently Hardcore changed the boot screen image for his captivate version (still based on i9000 sources) to the one that says sgh-i897.

I think it just causes more confusion, but other people like it better.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Woah.. What a jumble. I guess that gives me a little better understanding. Preesh.

So would I be safe flashing i807uckb1 modem? I read that it must be used in conjunction with an i897 kernel. My guess would be yes, but you know what happens when we start assuming things..

Trasmitted from an i897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Use only the ones for the I9000 (that is if you've installed Serendipity)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
Ok thanks for the answer. The kernel and the rom both say i897. But since they are built on i9000 I need to use i9000 modems. Doesn't get much more confusing than that.

Birthquake milkshake, thorpedo, gene hackman/hugh jackman, etc...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayFReaZy:
Ever since I flashed to Serendipity 6.3 I was excited about being able to use HSDPA. However, I've noticed for the most part my upload speed is A LOT faster than my download. Is that normal, or do I have to continue searching for the proper modem? I used the JK4 that comes stock with 6.3 and while in my house, most of the time I'd get around 700 kbps - 1.7 mbs down, but consistently get 1 mb - 1.5 mb up. Same goes for my recently flashed KC1 modem. If I'm disappointed in my download speed, my upload is usually a lot faster. Why might that be happening?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natrix317:
followed instructions off the website and still doesn't work

I was running 2.2 and have done a lot of reading a video watching (thanks Mobile Tech videos) and finally conjured the guts to flash serendipity.

I flashed stock using odin...that went great. Copied the update.zip to sd card. Installed zip twice in 2e recovery. Copied Serendipity.zip file to sd card. started in recovery mode, selected "install from sdcard" selected serendipity.zip file and it seemed to go through that process rather quickly. Then I selected reboot and then everything just started FCing all over the place. Help please. I can get it back into recovery mode. Tried doing the wipe data/factory reset. That did help either. Help please. I really want to try serendipity. Thanks again in advanced.

Maybe it's me. I am happy to hear all suggestions.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natrix317:
Ok so I've learned my problem a little better but I don't quite know how to fix it. (this will show just how noob I am). I copied the wrong zip file for the serendipity rom. That's why it is force closing all the time. I got it into download mode and connected to odin, clicked "start" and it "...set PIT file" and then says do not turn off target and now is just sitting there (and has been for 30 min). any ideas???
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
The two kitchens should be compatible.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Your download speeds will not be faster than stock.

The i9000 ROMs offer HSPA (Both HSDPA and HSUPA) while the AT&T ROMs only offer HSDPA.

Theoretically. ;)

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natrix317:
Thank you so much! ok you may be answering my question to the next problem I have run into. I was able to finally get odin to reflash stock. Did everything perfect. Except now it says it is installing but it is stuck at "finding update package..." was I suppose to copy the kitchen add on to the card as well? Also, what should I do that won't brick the phone in the state? it hasn't changed in 10 mins..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennka:
Hi, I tried to install 6.3 and when followed instruction and in ODIN to do Master Clear, it was sitting in process as started for like 20 min and I did not see any changes. Please, let me know does it take that long. Only way for me was to use button Start, however, after install and playing with this rom, I started getting errors, so my thought is to do everything from fresh start with clean phone. Please, assist
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m3thods:
^ I can tell you from my experience that a master clear took 5 mins max.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennka:
So maybe any light what could happened there, ODIN found device which was in Downloading mode, pressed Master Clear and it just mentioned that it is started and that's it, tried couple of times, then did not want to brick phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n7slc:
I'm one of those lucky ones with a GPS that works fairly well, even when moving. Well, I was anyway...until last week when I attempted to use it outdoors, stationary. I let it sit for 15-minutes, never got a lock.

Can't remember the last time I used it but I've upgraded Serendipity several times since my last use. Might be time to go back to 5.12 when I know it was working.

Anyone else have a similar issue?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natrix317:
got it!

I finally got it! serendipity is so incredible so far as I can tell! If i was to flash the "Bluedipity" what would one have to do?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papashex:
Looks like this thread is the best place for my 6.3 question, have not seen this one yet.

The default movie player included with 6.3 is not to my liking. I have installed the samsung video player from the serendipity kitchen. When I click on a .mp4 video file with a file explorer app, it opens with the samsung video player. When I click on a .3gp file with the same file explorer app, it opens in the original movie player.

How can I dis-associate .3gp with the movie player so I can re-associate that file type with the samsung video player? I can not find the serendipity movie app in order to "clear defaults" and release the .3gp association.

I have tried clearing defaults on the samsung video player as well as the gallery app, but no success.

Thanks in advance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodolsen:
Go here http://serendipityrom.weebly.com/theme.html, download the Bluedipity theme and flash it in Recovery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
That happens sometimes. The non-kenel CWM recovery is very flaky. You can just battery pull or do the robot button combo. Nothing will happen.

Sent from my Xoom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quasimotto:
Serendipity 6.3 & Market & TB failure

Folks. First allow me to say that i am ever so grateful that XDA forums exist and all of you who are reading all these noob posts (like mine) and helping us all by responding in kindness.

I have an issue that i have not found so far in these forums:

1st time I have installed a ROM, although I have flashed a Kernel or two.

I first followed the XDA "how to install a custom ROM" instructions, & then (after experiencing this issue) followed the explicit instructions posted on the Serendipity 6.3 site.

in both cases, Everything works well that came with the ROM, I can browse the web, connect to my email etc. My issues arose from attempting to restore previously installed apps.

1. I can connect to Market, but NOTHING happens when "Accept Permissions" to begin to download an app the 1st app i am attempting to download is TB (of course)

1a. when following the XDA instructions, i copied over the TB Folder over to my internal SD card, so it could see the apps to restore, but restore batch script failed several times and had to do each individually (and not all worked)

1b. the Serendipity 6.3 Site suggests that i go and download TB from the market to start the app restore, but the Market will not let me download any apps!

2. After flashing Serendipity 6.3 the way the original site says, i had to flash in TB.zip and then copy over my TB folder to the internal SD card, first order of business (i thought) would be to restore the TB Pro version, but again, app hangs on the install.

:confused:

THANKS for taking the time to read through my rant. Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majinzen:
If it's hanging on the app install, check to make sure USB DEBUGGING is check. Titanium will try, but fail, if it's NOT checked. I would just double check.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quasimotto:
I did and good point. unfortunately it still hangs, I have tried to restore just the app and "app + data" with and without reboots in between trying new things.

Im going to try a different ROM and see if it is something that is tied to my phone or Kernel.

Disappointing, i heard so many fantastic things that led me to try this ROM first.

Thanks majinzen. :cool:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Clear Data on Market and the related applications like Download Manager.

Sent from my Captivate