yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
Just download the modem zip you'd like to try, and flash from recovery.

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m3thods:
Is anyone else able to edit APNs? Everytime I try to it wipes the APN list when I click save.

Word of warning: back up your APNs first before trying this just in case.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcrunner4623:
Didn't feel like wading through 128 pages of this thread, but wanted to know if I am good to go with tethering or is there something else I need to do? I'm traveling with work soon and wouldn't want to pay for Wifi in my hotel, if need be. Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Really. So clicking on the 'Search this thread' at the top of the page and plugging in 'tethering' is too much effort? :rolleyes:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 440hsp:
guys i'm a noobie here and i have flashed 2 different roms to my phone. cognition 4.5.3 and serendipity 6.4. i like 6.4 so much that i wanted to try this one for sure. i downloaded the the att gb bootloaders one click then went into odin and flashed the kernal 1.1. after the screen came back on it never robooted completely. it would just flash 2 different screens. the att screen and the gt-i9000 screen. can you help me please. it would be greatly appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Just go into recovery and flash the rom now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 440hsp:
studacris it wont let me get into recovery. i held the vol up key and the power button and nothing happens. it just keeps flashing the 2 screens.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 440hsp:
do i need to go back to odin and reset and flash it again?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcrunner4623:
It sent me somewhere else, but I'll try again.

I tried again it it just said it's included. Once I click on Mobile AP, should I be good to go if I have the drivers or do I need those at all?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
mobile ap is for tethering via wifi (no drivers needed). USB tethering requires drivers, don't remember if Windows auto-installs them or not.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
Hmmmm, if you were already able to get into download mode then the jig probably won't help (but it certainly won't hurt). Download mode is where you use Odin, which is step 1.

(hopefully this reply is late and you've already solved your issue)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corkscrewed:
Hello. Still relatively new to flashing ROM's and all... found this answer to the problem of not being able to enter Recovery mode after installing Serendipty VII (Build 2). Do you mind explaining what this means in as close to laymen's terms as possible?

Thanks in advance for helping an ignoramus out. Just trying to install some stuff from the Kitchen, which wasn't a problem to do with Serendipity 6.4.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
It means follow these directions here.

http://serendipity7.weebly.com/download.html

Steps 1-12 is flashing the new gingerbread (GB) bootloaders. which will put you on a stock gingerbread.

Steps 13-16 is flashing serendipity 7

Explain more about your problem and someone could probably help you more. BE specific.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RTBee:
Same thing happened to me with same results. Check out posts #1194 and #1206. Pay special attention to using 'ADB reboot recovery' instead of 'ADB reboot download'. Worked for me, hope it helps :-)

If this helps, thank ZionExpress, he gave me the tip, I'm just passing it along.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10iron:
Why do we loose recovery mode

I'm running Serendipity 7, build1. It works well. My complaint is that I loose the ability to get to recovery mode and can't load Build 2 or any other Rom. I can get to download mode and run Odin, get back to stock and then install Serendipity 7. I'm not inclined to do anything other than enjoy ver 7, build1, until I will be able to get to recovery if go through another install. It's fun and educational learning what I have but it seems there is a problem. It may be my fault (operator error), but I should not loose the ability to get to recovery mode.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
You're right, you shouldn't - but if you're going to go through the return to stock and Odin and all that, why not download the full Serendipity VII Build 2, that comes with the new kernel (well, version 4, anyways, I believe), you'd be up to date then. I'll bet if you do a full reflash you'll get back recovery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10iron:
I wasn't sure I could go directly to Build2. Does Build2 have a similar problem with getting into recovery?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Neither build has had that problem for me. I think you've got a bad flash.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Did you happen to not flash gingerbread boot loaders? That is the only way I've seen the loss of recovery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corkscrewed:
Hmm... thinking that what happened was that I didn't use Odin and flash the stock gingerbread...

Problem is this: I flashed serendipity 7, and I have no problems with it. However, when I try to go to recovery, it basically stalls on the first screen of random pixels that loads before you see the Serendipity VII logo. It stays that way until I high the power button, which turns the screen off, and when I turn the screen on again, the phone reboots normally, hitting one screen of random pixels, then another one, then the Serendipity logo, and then everything loads. When I reboot normally, or turn off my phone then turn on, everything loads normally. If I try to use the "hold either or both volume buttons down and hit the power" method of getting to recovery, that just turns the phone on to load normally as well. So basically, I can't get into recovery. I have build 2.

The way I flashed this was the same way I had flashed Serendipity 6.4, and 6.4 had not given me any problems. I had downloaded the .zip file, saved it onto my SD card, rebooted into recovery, and selected the .zip to flash off, then waited for the phone to do its thing. So I was a little confused as to why I was getting a "new" problem.

I was also under the impression that Odin was for Windows users only. I have a Mac. So not sure if that detail matters or not... I'll play around with redoing everything. Worst case, I'll just go back to 6.4.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Yup that's your problem right there. You need to flash gingerbread bootloaders.

Look up a program called heimdall. It's like odin but can be used on multiple platforms.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corkscrewed:
Will do. Thank you!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hualx:
swype not working

need some help with swype. its not swyping:confused:

It happened once before but the 2nd build came out and its been working until yesterday.

I can text by typing,

It will also show the trace and it just stays there until i either swype something else or type something.

Any ideas
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chompers:
Check the Serendipity VII thread. It's been discussed and solved there.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
there was a new swype app posted in the s7 thread that works. Or you can go to beta.swype.com and download the new 3.0 beta. the version your on has expired.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axel4401:
Random Shut Offs

Have dipity 7, everything is hunky-dory. Except, my phone will randomly shutoff while locked. I have no idea what the rhyme or reason to these shutoffs are, they just happen and are annoying. Any words of advice?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
I think your the first one to report that. May have gotten a bad flash. If it continues try a reflash.

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vickypoint:
Sim card problem on serendipity 7

I have loaded Serendipity 7 on my Captivate. The phone goes into a boot loop mode. When I remove the sim everything is OK.

Removed my pin lock code on my Sim card and reinstalled. Every thing works fine. Appears the pin lock is a problem.

Any work arounds for this problem.:)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isthisagoose:
how do i edit user dictionary?

I'm on Serendipity 6.4 and I'd like to edit the user dictionary.

Everything online references a 'Language and keyboard' area of settings, but I don't see it.

'Locale and text' is close, but I don't see any option to work with the user dictionary.

I've also tried clearing all data pertaining to the Thumb Keyboard I'm using to no avail.

Can anyone help?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
Not sure about this, haven't used sim pin lock. If it were me I would try to add Stk.apk to /system/app & reboot.

Stk.apk is sim toolkit, here's an explanation by illdroid. It's attached if you want to try it (extracted from illdroid's patch post).

There's a very good chance this won't help, I'm just grasping at straws. Like I said, that's what I would try if it were me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranick01:
Did you get your captivate close to the launch date? I was having random shutoffs, it is a known issue from ATT and Samsung. Called customer support and they sent me out a new (well refurbished) phone and havent had issues since.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fxstsb:
Well, I got the jig. Doesn't really help. Nowq when I get the big triangle, it will not talk to Odin. Now I can pull the battery and reinstall it then hit the power button. It will loop from ATT screen to SGH I9000. Each loop the comm box in Odin will flash yellow momentarily. ETC. Re followed S& install instruction.

now I can do a up vol and power putton and get a different screen. At the top it says "Android system recovery <3e> I have several choices, one is to apply update fron sdcard. If I choose that I get a root dir. The top two lies are Serendipity_6.4_zip or update .zip. Both have similar results. Choosing the first I get yellow type and next to the bottom I get E:signature verification failed in orange.

If I try update .zip I get the previous error plus E:failed to verify whole-file signature.

What next?

Is ther a file with the kernal?

Now I can wipe data w/o an error.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Myron94:
help going back to stock

hello, okay im on serendipity IIV (2.3) and i want to go back to stock.. someone help? please
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corkscrewed:
Hmmm... found Heimdall Suite 1.1.1 and installed it for my Mac (OS X Snow Leopard). When I tried opening, Mac said it doesn't work. Download fo 1.1.0 seems to have disappeared. And I can't run Onix because I don't use Windows (at home anyway; and I can use my work computer to do this due to company restrictions).

I've had other issues with new Serendipty as well, and I imagine they're all because I didn't flash gingerbread bootloaders, but I don't appear to even be able to! Any other ideas?

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white00gt:
Have a serious issue with my phone, don't know what the heck happen but I cannot unlock the phone it will re-boot but screen will do nothing only thing I can do is go into recovery but thats it

On S-7 update 2

any ideas?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Try and take the sim card out...heard something about the sim card lock doing that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xTRUEx:
thanks guys
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
Your mac said "it doesn't work"? Can't help with that.

But I can confirm that Heimdall worked for flashing Serendipity for me on Linux. The instructions are a little bit different though because you have to extract the .tar file and put the extracted files in the appropriate places. If you'd like I can post screenshots of which files go where later when I'm at my computer.

Of course, you'll need to get your mac to cooperate or at least provide a better description of what "doesn't work".

edit: attached screencaps of Heimdall. The first one is how it should look for Step 6. The second one is for Step 12.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewmiranda:
Ever since installing update 2 of SVII gif images no longer animate in the browser. Anyone seen this? I have tried using a different browser, and loading the gif in the image gallery animates, just not it the browser itself.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianmahler10:
SWIPE quit working

I noticed that Swipe just stopped working, read something about license expiring.

How can I confirm this? And where is the file to download to reinstall ?

Brian
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewmiranda:
download the new swype beta here: https://beta.swype.com/android/get/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewmiranda:
I had to delete system/lib/libswypecore.so and reboot after uninstalling the existing swipe before installing the new swipe.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
If your can get into recovery try reflashing the rom.

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
Okay, I've quoted our whole conversation because I'm having a hard time understanding your problem. It seems you have two things going on:

Problem A = When you try to boot normally you're caught in a boot loop

Problem B = Odin does not communicate in download mode

Let's fix Problem B first. Here are some things to try to get Odin to communicate:

1. Try a different micro USB cable

2. Try a different USB port on your computer

3. Unplug & re-plug the USB cable while in download mode

4. Start with phone off. Open Odin & plug in cable, then power on into download mode.

5. Reinstall drivers

6. Try a different computer

Once you solve Problem B, you can move on to Problem A (bootlooping). The bottom line is that something is mismatched between your bootloaders/kernel/ROM. To fix this you have two options:

Option 1 = Start over with the Serendipity 7 instructions (download the files again too). The reason this will fix your problem (as long as you have Download mode & Odin working) is that Steps 1-7 installs the I9000 Gingerbread bootloaders and the I9000 Gingerbread kernel. At this point your bootloaders and kernel will be matched, but for an I9000 instead of a Captivate.

Then Steps 8-12 installs a reoriented I9000 kernel only. After this your bootloaders and kernel will be matched, and compatible with your Captivate. This resolves the capacitive button issues and other things.

Finally, Steps 13-16 installs the Serendipity 7 ROM and Serendipity kernel. It all has to be done in this order from start to finish or you'll end up with a mismatch somewhere.

Option 2 = Go back to stock Eclair with Odin 1-click. The reason I suggest this is that you've been fighting with this for a long time so you might want to just get to a known-good condition and take a break before jumping back in to ROMs. In addition, you can always install Serendipity 7 from here (directions are the same).

If you still need help, I suggest you get live support (in IRC channel), or mail your phone to somebody to fix it for you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corkscrewed:
Hmmm... I'd post a screenshot, but I guess I'm not up to 8 posts yet...

The screen that pops up when I try to open Heimdall Suite 1.1.1 says the program "cannot be opened because of a problem." It's a Mac OS X problem report.

The details give this:

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, just in case the first install was somehow bad, but with the same results.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genXer78:
After a modem switch, my cappy is now running smooth on S7! Great ROM!! Only problem I still seem to have is the wifi doesn't want to start from the notification drop down all the time.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewmiranda:
what modem did you switch to?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
Ah, I see... It doesn't even open the program.

I'd suggest pursuing this issue in the Heimdall thread.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genXer78:
as for the swype problem, I uninstalled swype through TiBU and then downloaded the installer from the swype beta site and reinstalled, worked for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genXer78:
Switched to UGJL2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tico1986:
I am in south Florida and a couple days ago the entire 3g/4g network was down for AT&T. However they fixed i that night/ next morning however my phone is still not showing any service. I flashed from an older froyo version of serendipity to 7 two days ago, about 8 hours before the entire ATT 3g network went down that day. Since then though my service is still not working on my phone. Occasionally I will get some edge service when I'm driving but that's about it. Before I call AT&T and ask them whats up I wanted to see if maybe my flash went bad after a certain period of time? I think its because maybe AT&T hasn't restored 3.5G or HSDPA yet down here. What do you guys suggest I do? Any help is appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dallasflyfisher:
Where am I going wrong with Install and Kernel

I went ahead and made the move from 6.4 to VII. Followed the instructions and everything went fine did the update.zip file. Phone boots, works etc. However when I try to add Kernel 4 I get the constant reboot loop. So I reinstall with new downloads and try again same thing! Next I think maybe I should try the updates. I try update and it fails to install with CW.

Any ideas where in this process I could be doing something wrong to not allow Kernel 4 or the Updates to Build 2.

Sorry a bit of a noob
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
I would do a nandroid backup and then either reflash or flash back to stock to rule out the phone factor.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfsoul:
what steps are you taking? Which directions?

Edit: also provide your settings-> about phone info please.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RTBee:
I may be wrong, but I thought S7 had kernel 4 built in. If that's the case could adding in a different (or the same?) version cause the problem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewmiranda:
Same for me. Huge improvement.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corkscrewed:
Not really a post asking for help, but as I'm trying to figure out ways of getting my Serendipity to work properly, I tried a factory reset with the intention of starting over, re-rooting my phone, re-flashing, etc...

It wouldn't even reset. When it restarted (presumably in download mode... or in some mode different from regular startup), it just stopped at a static-y screen, and when I hit the power button, the screen switched off. And hitting the power button again made my phone power on and boot up Serendipity like normal.

Not really a problem, since I can use my phone. But I can't flash any updates, can't restart in download mode, and any actions in Gmail I perform aren't actually picked up. Like, I can read and get new email, but I cannot send email out, and if I apply labels or delete mail, it doesn't process that way when I open Gmail on a computer.

Just odd stuff... figured I'd post it here so developers are aware. Even though I appear to be an isolated case. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
whats it say in your about screen ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corkscrewed:
Um...

Model Number:

SGH-I897

Firmware Version:

2.3.3

Baseband Version:

I9000TUBJV6

Kernel Version:

2.6.35.7-I9000XWJVH-CL184813

Serendipity_VII #3.0

Tue Jun 7 23:28:24 PDT 2011

Building Number:

Serendipity VII Build 2

Authors:

MikeyMike01 & ChanceM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
Hrmmmmm........ Have you tried reflashing it

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corkscrewed:
That was my catch-22... I couldn't reboot into recovery in order to reflash, and I couldn't completely start over and install fresh everything via Odin because I use a Mac at home (and work computer doesn't allow unauthorized program installation).

So I ended up biting the bullet and installing Windows 7 onto a partition on my home computer so that I could download all the necessary drivers and files and use Odin to follow the steps outlined in http://serendipity7.weebly.com/download.html all the way. That ended up fixing the problem. My phone now appears to function normally, without any issues. :)

One question I did have... in Serendipity 6 kitchen, there was an option for a modified battery graphic that actually showed the exact percentage of battery remaining. This was fantastic, since the regular battery graphic is not consistent and did not linearly match the actual remaining battery life.

I don't see this in the Serendipity 7 kitchen, though, which is kind of a big bummer for me. Is this something that will be coming? Or could I just load it from the Serendipty 6 kitchen, and it will totally work?

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryman27:
It won't work at all. Don't mix froyo stuff with gingerbread, ever, unless it's been ported to gingerbread then you will most likely end up with a bootloop. I have no clue if the battery mods will be coming to the S7 kitchen, but ChanceM would be the one to ask about that. For the time being the UOT Kitchen works with S7 and has plenty of different batteries to choose from.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
Also if you like blue, bluedipity has percentage batteries to choose from for s7

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corkscrewed:
Thanks for the warnings and the recommendations, guys!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oscarillo:
Media player on Lock screen?

I have Serendipity 7 on my captivate and I want to know if there is any way to have the media player on the lock screen so I dont have to unlock and then go to the player to change a song

Thanks for any response
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pittsm:
Not sure about the other lock screens, but the sgs II lock screen has this feature.

EDIT: tried them all. Glass, epic, and sgs II all have this feature. The others don't.

Sent from my extremely awesome Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mylivespot:
WiFi toggle triggers endless reboots

Just installed Serendipity 7 with all the latest packs and kernels and it works great except that once I disable wifi, any attempts to re-enable it result in constant reboots (unless as it's booting I can quickly put into airplane mode).

I only saw a few posts about this in the developer's forum but there wasn't a clear solution. Any suggestions?

(Go easy on the noob)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Try a different kernel.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mylivespot:
First I tried completely reflashing the ROM and kernel, no luck. Then I tried using the 3 last revisions of the Serendipity kernels and it still did it. I'm back to using the 4.0 kernel on their website.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dnavia:
phonebook crashes?

hello all. been using this rom since the gr-xx days, and prior to that 6.4, and i love it. however, since the gr-xx series, ive had it where when i try to get into my dialer, i would fc back to home. this happens when im dialing out, or when i go to my contacts. and also, i've started noticing that my calls start dropping off randomly, and that my calls some times do not go through when i initiate (though this issue just began today).

I am running Version 2, with kernel 4, and whatever modem is stock with this rom.