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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
Not sure if you are replying to me, or the person actually having the problem, but same difference, I suppose.

JFYI...as I noted in my post (which was to offer him a solution), this is a problem that has plagued me, but only on 2.2.1 ROMS. So in my mind, it is related to Andromeda to the extent that hopefully it won't happen on Andromeda, as it is not a 2.2.1 ROM. So far, I have not had the issue on 2.2 ROMS, and hoping that if I move to Andromeda, I will find a positive result.

I have no idea why a ROM would affect this, and for sure, it could be coincidence that I experience it on 2.2.1 ROMS, and be a hardware issue. Although that seems unlikely given that every time I reflash back to stock it clears up the issue.

BTW...I have a thread on this topic out there somewhere. Up to this point, I have not found anyone that has experienced this in the same manner as I, that is, others have had hardware problems. This brings his problem to a particular interest to me. I'm curious if his will fix by a re-flash.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
^^I was talking to DaWongOne. He has posted 3 times with the same problem and received 3 answers from myself and others.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iceman198:
I apologize ahead of time for the dumb questions but I'm not finding them clearly answered here or in the main thread.

I'm assuming this is Android 2.2 (foryo) correct?

Where is the update.zip to get into CWM? Or can I just use any that would get me there?

Wasn't seeing a list of known issues...are there any? Just judging by the comments, people aren't experiencing anything even annoying...besides those to don't like the ascending ringtone...which I actually like.

What are people getting for battery life on average?

Thanks for the help...once again, sorry if these have been answered somewhere else, just wasn't finding it by searching or going through the last few pages.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
1. yes

2. 2.2 requires extra steps, see here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1012769

3. none, you can see our complete bug fixes at the Google Code website listed in the first post

4. I just saw a thread in Q&A where a guy got 3 days of light usage. I get 8-12 hours of hard usage, Auto email checking every 10 minutes for 4 accounts + gmail, responding to threads and emails.. As well as surfing the internet several times a day. I'm a very heavy user.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iceman198:
Adam, thanks for the response!

One last thing. I'm coming from a stock 2.1 (just used ODIN the other day). It's rooted, de-crippled and has busybox...but nothing else done. Just the typical, flash using CWM?

Thanks again!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
yes. just normal CWM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iceman198:
Thanks! +10Char
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captican:
More of a Nuisance

I am using a four digit pin code on my phone. Twice in the last couple of days, when I have picked up my phone after it has timed out (set at 2 minutes) three numbers from the number pad have disappeared (I think it is numbers 9, 6, and 3). Anyone else having an issue like this? I search some of the Q&A but did not find anyone with a similar problem.

I have solved this by pressing the volume up/down and power and selecting reboot. Works fine after that. As I have said, it does not happen often.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
I am testing now. I'll run it for a few days and see if I can reproduce. If it happens again, you should be able to hold the power button and press reboot.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captican:
Thanks. That is what I did. Of course, it has not happened since I posted.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaWongOne:
So I finally fixed the auto rotation on my phone but now the rotation takes about 3-5 seconds before the phone rotates the screen?? would love for it to be fast.

Also I saw that a battery life of 8-12hrs is achieved? how. So far I feel I'm getting 8hrs at best but will do some more observing.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
^^My auto-rotate responds within 2 seconds of up>side or side>up. This prevents false rotation while walking or moving the phone. The transition from side to other side is instantanious. I cannot reproduce this issue.

To get better battery life, turn off auto-rotation and auto-brightness. They are classy and useful features, but thanks to the samsung driver, they can use up to 25% of your processor at idle under certain conditions.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 41LY45:
Aye, agree with ya, I get around 10-12 hours on mine. (Tips really work, thanks!)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captican:
I think it is Adam's responsiveness to inquiries that make this the best ROM I have used.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pietro_spina:
Should I be able to put Ursa Minor on a stock ATT 2.2 and drive it around for a while without problems? Or is it intended to be used specifically with features in the Andromeda roms?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
ursa minor is intended to work with Andromeda. Results may vary.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pietro_spina:
Risks understood... :-D

However, disclaimers aside, care to wager a guess?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
The primary reason we provide ursa minor separately is so you can try out new kernels and then flash back. I don't see any reason it should not work though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
Make sure you clear your caches.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docflower:
So maybe this is neither here nor there, but Ive seen a lot of commotion about 2.3 getting released "soon." Any thoughts on putting the Andromeda touch to 2.3?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
Didn't see in the main thread (I probably overlooked the obvious), but which kernel comes with the full ROM, as Ursa Minor is provided as "optional", and do you recommend after install to flash the Ursa Minor kernel? (sorry still a noob here, currently on Cognition 4.3, thinking of switching).

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Immaculate:
M973,

Ursa Minor is the included kernel.

As Adam noted just a couple of posts ago, they include the download link for Ursa Minor so people can try out different kernels, and then come back to Ursa Minor.

Docflower,

I can't speak for the devs, but since this has the Armani base, Samsung needs to release 2.3 before this ROM can be upgraded to Gingerbread. This is also why Andromeda3 is 2.2 not 2.2.1.

I'm sure I'll get corrected if I'm wrong on either point.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
^^ Correct on all points. thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docflower:
Thanks for the response. Ive been out of the "samsung" loop since I bought the fone last july. So is the captivate currently on 2.2 with ATT? Seems like I havent seen any talk of captivate moving to 2.2.1 rather Ive seen talk about 2.3 being the next update.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
There has been no news. Samsung is not a great communicator. The only reports at this point are from AT&T representatives. In fact, I read one thread which somehow linked the 2.3 release to Obama, terrorism and Terrance&Phillip... I have not seen any reliable reports.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyl:
Just finished flashing to Andromeda3 and it seems pretty cool, although it is my first ROM. I messed up the first time because I did not copy the Andromeda zip to the sd card prior: running Ursa Minor and the stock rom did not allow me to copy it after the fact :o

Anybody using this ROM overseas with pay as you go SIM cards? That's the main reason I flashed: the stock ROM unlocked dropped the audio on every other call :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
ursa minor allows you to mount the internal sd card as a usb drive in CWM. You could have used that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyl:
hey that wasn't in the video :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docflower:
Well if Terrance and Phillip say 2.3 is coming to the captivate, it must be true. Lol. Thank you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
I don't recall seeing any responses from anyone that they were in fact having the same WiFi problem I was.

FYI...I installed Andromeda3 yesterday, but I need OC, and prefer to have UC also, so I installed the Onix Kernel. Results related to WiFi: still an issue.

I'm curious to see how it goes with Ursa Minor. I guess I'll install it back, but likely won't be able to stay on it, because of my insane need (really a need? Probably not...) to have a lot of apps on my phone, so I need to OC for performance.

I was reading here (or on the Andromeda3 thread itself, don't remember which) that they are considering/working on OC version.

I'll post back in a few days about if I find the WiFi issue to go away with the Ursa kernel.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 41LY45:
ROFL. Blame canada? :p
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
Flashing A3

Have only flashed once (Cognition 4.3) so still a noob. Luckily went well.

A couple of questions as to the best order of flashing A3:

Return to stock with Odin

Master Clear (optional I'm told, but likely will)

Root, install CWM and A3 zip, and install it.

Then, with Cog, voodoo lagfix was installed automatically on first boot -also installed automatically?

Then clear Dalvik cache after first boot up? And "wipe cache partition" in CWM, is that recommended? (would that be before installing A3 zip?)

Any advice on best order of things, and things unnecessary, would be great.

Thanks :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
too many steps and most of this is unnecessary

you should have an update.zip on your /sdcard from rom manager.

A. there is no need to go back to stock

B. with that update.zip on your /sdcard/ you already have CWM even if you are stock

C. Master Clear is completely unnecessary, and only cleans the items off your sdcard

D. clearing cache and dalvik cache are done with the flash of the ROM, so you do not need to do so after you flash.

Just put the Andromeda3.zip on your sdcard, reboot to recovery and flash it....those other steps are a waste of time.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docflower:
I really like the phone.apk with the crysis theme. Can I just paste the apk and should work or are other associated files needed?thanks

Its a nice theme. Calender fc and some browser long presses fc however with andromeda
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
Thanks. I do see many indicate they flash right over their existing rom with a new one. I thought I had seen some argue against it, that a "cleaner" flash (back to stock, etc.) to be less likely to have any problems.

Edit: if I flash over current ROM (Cognition 4.3), am I supposed to disable lagfix or anything like that? Or just go into recovery and select Andromeda. Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madtowndave:
A3 has the same lagfix enabled, so don't worry about that. Pirate Ghost's instructions are 100% correct, it's just that easy.

IMHO, Odin is a real SOB. It's a great tool, but I'd only use it if you really, really NEED to, ie something is messed on your phone and re-flashing doesn't fix it. Just read the q&a section for any amount of time...it's littered with posts from users soft bricking their phones with Odin.

i897 running Andromeda 3
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
True, while Odin serves a purpose, I do see almost all the posts that begin with "Help, I think I bricked..." are because someone was using Odin.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 41LY45:
Yeah, and that's somewhat of a downer.

Hopefully someone could get those fixed. :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 41LY45:
Hiemdall is a safer alternative. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
root explorer

I saw a battery mod posted I want to install (was listed in "themes and apps" for Andromeda 3), I know I have to replace the file in the data folder...

wondering if there's a good free alternative to the app root file explorer to do this, or do I need to cough up the scratch and purchase it? ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axis01:
Most ROMS, if not all of them do a complete wipe during the install. Can't get any cleaner than that. While you're not wrong Odining back to stock then going over the entire process, it gives you more chances for things to go wrong.

While it may not be necessary to disable lagfix for these two particular rom's, it's a good practice to get in the habit of doing. You will NEVER go wrong disabling lagfix for any install, yet you can mess things up by NOT disabling for certain ones. I do it for pretty much everything. It only takes 5secs to disable it. Cheap/quick insurance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
Thanks for the advice :)

Flash appears to have gone well, a couple of force closes in settings (wi-fi, battery usage) which seemed odd, but hasn't happened every time, so maybe just some "initial" glitches?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
Did you restore system apps in titanium backup? That's the only real reason you would get fcs in settings

Sent from my atrix
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
No, just restored apps with their data. Though I did (after it happened) select the "media playlists" restore in Tibu, as I seem to lose my playlists when flashing (using Mixzing player) though that didn't restore them (maybe did to the stock music player, I don't use it) -but otherwise no repeats of the FC's, so maybe was isolated.

Is there a way to keep playlists? (about 5% does restore with app restore)

Also, any way to save the custom dictionary created in Swype? (no big deal to re-add them as they come up). Thanks.

Edit: playlists are back in Mixzing player. Maybe it just needed a reboot.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
I made a guide for you. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1030107
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
Cool, gonna try to get that set up :)

I installed the framework apk with a file explorer that worked with root access, but your guide is what I'll look to use.

So far enjoying Andromeda :D

I got the A3 ROM download from one of the links in the OP (final), I see the kernel in the phone's info says: "Ursa Minor #1" I thought it included Ursa Minor #2, which I thought was renamed just "Ursa Minor"?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Montemuscle1970:
I keep having an issue with my messaging app. When I receive a picture attachment and I try to open it by clicking on the message, it force closes. I had this issue with 2.0 also. I can save the attachment and view it in the gallery, but I'd like to view them from within the messaging app if I can. Anyone else run into this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axis01:
The new kernel shows as UM2 in settings but is UM at the bottom of the original post. You need to download the kernel and install it via CWM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
Thanks. I was still confused about that, if it was included in the full ROM. Is there any reason someone wouldn't want Ursa Minor (2) as opposed to the one included? :confused:

Edit: actually, shows as UM #2 at the bottom of the post
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axis01:
From what has been told in the thread, UM2 has some visual tweaks and Voodoo7 added. I'm blind enough not to tell much difference in the visual tweaks but can definitely tell a difference in the "in call" sound level. Others have commented on the better visuals so I guess they're there, lol.

I guess they changed it again. I swear it said just UM a day or two ago. I think it got confusing for many as to what was what. This does make it more clear. :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegmann:
So I am really enjoying andromeda 3. The new ursa minor kernal is great.

I am having one issue though that has persisted since I installed andromeda 1. When ever I connect the phone to the computer and then go to disconnect, it takes a very long time to unmount the usb storage. It has even force closed on me once.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can go about fixing this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
signature

I tried adding the "Andromeda 3" picture as my signature, in settings selected "upload from my computer", it shows it as my selected signature, but I don't see it in the posts.

I trust I'm overlooking something obvious :)

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axis01:
Since I don't have anything else in my sig, I just right clicked on someones A3 logo, properties, highlight and copy the url. Go into user cp, sig, paste as a picture in the text box.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
Thanks, looks like that way (which I was going to do first, with url) worked. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Time_Zone:
once you upload the pic there is the caption "Insert signature pic" to the right of the picture. This puts [sigpic][\sigpic] into your signature.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M973:
Thanks, I was seeing that option, too -but wasn't seeing the graphic when I selected "preview". Anyway, looks like the url method is working for it :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
Are you turning off the connection on the phone before unplugging?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
Usually, i click Safely Remove Drive on my computer, then when it is safe, I'll just disconnect it. I don't fool around with the phone. When hooked up to the computer, the computer knows the state of the read and write operations. The phone does not. Unmounting is safe when all writes are complete and that is determined at the computer side.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegmann:
Yes turning off the usb is the step that is taking an unusually long time to finish.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captican:
"Contacts" Issues

On a previous ROM, I had different, and more detailed information, displayed when I opened up one of my contacts. For example, I could add other phone numbers (home, work, mobile, etc.) by touching the screen and a plus or minus would appear when I wanted to add or remove a number. Also, there was an option to add e-mail addresses, etc.

Now, I get the choice of sending a message or making a "Video call."

Is there a way with Andromeda 3 to revert/change to the other contact listing?

(The solutions to changing the video call button are a tad more adventurous than I feel comfortable following - also, I am more interested in being able to add additional/remove information to the same contact than having the phone call button say something other than "video call." (Changing the label of the button is a little beyond my comfort level)

Note: My contacts have the icon showing that they are on my sims card.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
Define unusually long.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
You should sync your contacts to the phone. The SIM card messes up the formatting and splits contacts with multiple phone numbers into separate contacts. That is probably why you're having issues.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axis01:
As Miami said, importing your contacts to the phone is what you need to do. This will open up all the "extras" in the contacts settings.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captican:
Taking my sims card out of the contact loop did it. Do others just put up with the 'Video call' button to initiate a regular phone call?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axis01:
If you want to do it that way. I swipe the to right for a call and left for texting.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captican:
It is not the actual functionality of the buttons, I know which one does what. It is more about whether I missed an easy fix in changing what the button says. I realize that it is a minor issue, considering how well I like this ROM compared to the other three I have tried.

How difficult would it be to change the text?

I have searched xda and the few posts I have found discuss going through lines of code and changing values, which is not something I feel comfortable doing.

My question was more about whether I missed an easier fix that someonecame up with?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axis01:
No fix yet. It's been mentioned in the main thread so hopefully they'll change it with the next upgrade. It's just a cosmetic change so I don't know how difficult it would be to change but i'm sure the guys could easily handle it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
NVM 10char
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegmann:
It takes 45 seconds from when I press the turn off usb storage button to when the phone changes the screen back to connect usb storage and begins media scanning.

That seems like longer than it should take.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
It gets longer based on how much data there is on your phone. When I had a 16gb SD card and only 7-8gb of music and movies it was OK. Now I have a 32gb SD card and about 16-17gb of music and movies and it takes a lot longer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegmann:
I don't have an external sd and only have 8 gigs on the internal sd. If 45 seconds seems right for that then cool.

My primary concern was that the lag fix had messed something up.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
Lagfix is simply a conversion from ReiserFS to the more efficient, and defacto Linux standard EXT4 filesystem.

You see, Samsung decided to use Reiser FileSystem (RFS) on their phones. RFS is basically FAT(like your thumb drive) filesystem with the addition of permissions and journaling. The journaling EXT4 filesystem which Andromeda3 uses is designed from the ground up to be compatible with Linux, and therefore compatible with Android and Andromeda3 as well as all of your apps. EXT4 is faster and more efficient. EXT4 is what all linux distributions come with today. EXT4 is actually specified for use with AOSP applications in 2.2.1 and higher.

Using Voodoo Lagfix = better battery life and faster data transactions.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Time_Zone:
If only they were using Reiserfs! There would be no problems. RFS on samsung stands for Robust FAT filesystem.

http://www.samsung.com/global/busin...ducts/fusionmemory/Products_RFS_Brochure.html
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
Thank you. Good to know. I thought rfs stood for reiserfs. Ill make sure I take note of that juicy bit of information.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tribas86:
Can't connect to internet

Hello i just got my 1st smartphone 2 weeks ago (captivate) and i installed andromeda 3 without problems .. the thing is... i can't connect to internet with the browser or the market...It keeps telling me "Cannot connect to internet.Please check your connection settings and try again".. and the 3G with the arrows up and down are gone =/ , any help appreciate it , i don't want to uninstall this rom , i really like it.

BTW i can connect with WI-FI .
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
Are you able to make phone calls? Apparently, something is interfering with you connecting to the data network, but if there is no network icon then you shouldn't be able to make calls, either.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tribas86:
yes , i can.. =/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
Sounds like you have data network disabled. Press and hold power then press data network.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tribas86:
Thank you for your quick replay , sadly even if i press it the arrows won't appear and i still can't connect without the Wi-Fi enabled, and i wanted to thank you also adam for your video on youtube , even newbies like me can do it with that level of details you put on it , tyvm dude =3.