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[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eowyn:
Follow the one on Streakdroid or follow the instructions on the forum guide to upgrading/downgrading your streak so you would not need to use QDL Tool.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slocko:
Hi. I feel your pain. I went through a week of reading forums and websites before I figured it all out.

I don't have time to write you a detailed step by step guide right now, but let me give you the gist of upgrading.

1) You need to flash a custom installer to the phone that will let you install a custom rom like 1.81. The one a lot of people use is called streakmod. These custom installers are usually called "recovery.img". This is achieved by booting the phone holding the camera button down. Once you are in fastboot mode, you can run fastboot.exe from your pc with some parameters to install the custom rom installer.

2) Once the custom rom installer is installed, you can flash to a custom rom like 1.81, by holding down power and the volume buttons and navigating the mini gui once it loads.

3) You can go straight to 1.81. Make sure you follow the instructions regarding the install text file. Avoid using the perfmod option in the install.txt file.

4) If the custom rom is not behaving right, then you should re-install the stock rom. This would require you to use fastboot.exe again and reflash back to the stock rom installer. Then reflash streakmod again and then your custom rom.

You can download the fastboot.exe and the recovery.img file that installs streakmod from:

http://streakdroid.com/?page_id=15

Repairtool link will contain fastboot.exe and i think the recovery.img file in there is the one that will install streakmod. If not, then you can grab it from the link that says streakmod recovery beta.

One more thing. Aside from upgrading the rom installer and the actual rom, there is a third component called the baseband. This is the software that controls the actual phone capabilities of the phone. There is a link in there as well to a baseband file, but I'm not sure which versions of stock rom are supposed to upgrade to it. It's called AMSS 1.51+. I will let the experts here chime in on that. I installed it and my device was already at 2.2 from factory. It didn't seem to hurt anything.

But if you do have to install it, you would also use fastboot.exe with parameters. You would only have to do this one time, until they release a newer baseband.

It sounds daunting, but it really is not. Just need to understand the basics of what I outlined, and it will make sense.

This step I'm not sure if you need it or not. I did it because early on I thought I needed to root my device. Install the android drivers on your pc. The easiest way to do this is to install a tethering software called pdanet (free). This should be the very first thing you do.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] neer2005:
Click Here
[Atrix 4G Accessories] BravoMotorola:
It's always a pain putting those on though. You can never quite get it to look as perfect as the pictures show, unless you get one of those Indian guys from the mall to put it on.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] alphadog00:
putting a $20 skin on plastic back that will be a $10 item seems silly. I bet we see $10 back covers all over the place soon.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] krkeegan:
I haven't received my phone yet, but I am thinking about putting a BestSkinsEver skin on the back. I realize the back will probably be sold on eBay for $10 at some point, but I hear the phone can get a little slippery and the skins add just the right amount of rubbery tackiness to keep the phone from slipping out of my hand.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] KryptosXLayer2:
Having a lot of experience in this subject (see link in signature), I can go ahead and tell you that if you don't have a lot of experience, you won't get that skin to wrap around the corners and edges properly and make it look the way you want it to. Good luck, but it seems like throwing away money because you sure won't be satisfied with the results!
[Atrix 4G Accessories] falconeight:
Its easy to get on. Cut the backing down the middle, then tape the other end to the phone. Then remove the half of the skin backing, then the other. And any wrinkles just heat with a blowdryer and its perfect.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] neotekz:
is it actually a carbon fibre cover or just plastic?
[Atrix 4G Accessories] Clienterror:
Genuine imitation carbon fiber my friend!

Sent from my Nook Color on Honeycomb 1.1 OC
[Atrix 4G Accessories] tuantuti:
the $20 actually includes the back cover and the screen protector though, which is a good deal. im liking it :d
[Atrix 4G Accessories] droidfoshizzle:
Some pics please.. im considering to buy this as well.. how's the screen protector? Is it crystal clear and easy to apply?
[Atrix 4G Accessories] neotekz:
thats what i thought, ill just wait for the rubber back cover at least that will add some protection.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] Supish:
I have ordered this and it is en route to my house!!!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Okay so if you go to the Telenav OTA site at ota.telenav.com/tn and click T-Mobile as your carrier, then click the Vibrant 4G, it is completely compatible with the Captivate. Basic navigation is now free (including voice navigation, automatic re-routing, etc) and the full premium navigation (which includes SPEED TRAPS among traffic and all sorts of other things) is only $2.99 a month - MUCH better than paying at&t $9.99 a month and this app is much better than the stock at&t Navigator app and worlds better than Google Navigation, which quite often thinks you aren't on the right road when you're dealing with a highly populated area with lots of roads.

Also, unlike Google Nav, TeleNav will continue to work without a tower signal, it will just tell you to turn without the street name. I know this from experience when I drove from Colorado to Arizona and was driving through Hatch, NM and had no signal from Sprint or any roaming partner and still got navigation directions.

Just thought I'd post this up here. I decided to check out the OTA site and see what's up.

Also, if you download it directly from the device, it will tell you it can't recognize your device and you just hit Samsung, then Vibrant 4G.

I do not know if this works on non T-Mobile ROMs but I don't see why it wouldn't. Let me know what you guys think.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
Nice find. Thank you.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] phlunkie:
Awesome find. Thank you for sharing. Will log in tomorrow from pc to vote this up and a thank you.

-couldn't wait logged into dolphin for this one. Already found atm's around me. Curious on one as it is in a neighborhood.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] white00gt:
Thanks for this been looking for this but wasn't available in the us yet
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bulletproof1013:
Thanks. Only if my gps worked great
[Captivate Themes and Apps] the_rogue:
So far, looks great on my Cog 4 loaded Cap. (My GPS sees to work oretty well, but I have not tested it that much.)

It crashed (the entire phone) on the initial run, but I have not had problems since then.

Thanks!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mopo01:
Thanks for the tip. Loaded as you recommended. Curious why not identify as att?

Just checked tele nav's maps almost instant lock pinpoint on house went into google maps no lock after 30 seconds. In the nav mode also almost instant lock and immediate directions.... Will check in morning see how tracking works. Can only hope. If it works as well as the locks will have a usable gps finally.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] harpo1:
Great find. Instant locks and great accuracy. Will test navigation tomorrow and report back. Thanks OP.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] viny2cool:
Really nice app. Thanks op
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Glad everyone is loving it! It appears that this version is ONLY for the Vibrant 4G so its kick ass that it works on our phones. I used it for navigation today because I got so pissed with Google Navigation always thinking I'm on a street that I'm not and it was FLAWLESS the entire route.

I may very well may the 2.99 a month - sure beats 9.99 a month and the lane assistance is helpful when you're traveling somewhere you haven't been before. Nothing worse than being in the wrong exit lane and ending up either almost getting in an accident changing lanes at the last minute or ending up going the wrong way and finding 5 street lights with no U-turns and ending up 15 minutes out of your way before you can turn around.

By the way, I'm running this on Firefly, which already has amazing GPS, and Google Navigation still can't track me anywhere near as well as TeleNav. On top of that, the screen can be set to be off unless you're at a turn - massive battery saver over Google Nav.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Coak5:
Hooray for a GPS program that works...stupid google maps...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Yeah I was trying to remember the OTA address for TN and when I was typing it in the browser, Google auto-filled the /tn for me and I figured the Vibrant 4G is pretty much a Galaxy S with HSPA+ 21Mbps, tried it, and it works fantastic.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] askpcguy:
Hehe us Captivate users should pressure the company to releasing one for the Captivate. Then again big brother AT&T might not allow them.

-Edit, tried to poke around the choices on the captivate and one link took me to the Market. Drum Roll, and displayed ATT Navigator.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Yeah, at&t navigator sucks ass compared to this version. Plus its a 6 dollar a month difference in cost or you can use it for free...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] rizonate:
PERFECT! Also running on Firefly, locks in seconds!! Great find
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mopo01:
Wow finally got a nav system that actually knows where i am. while all the gps fixes out there helped alot it actually seems to be a issue with google maps/nav. only thing i liked about google maps was the ability to have the map in the direction i was going:rolleyes: . Methinks that a working nav/maps is better :D

once again Thanks for the info
[Captivate Themes and Apps] qwertyaas:
Wow this is actually amazing!

I always wondered if google maps had issues with our phone... Maybe it actually does?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Not just our phones - Google Maps has issues with all phones because it thinks we are on streets we are not - my Evo did the same damn thing.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
If I helped you guys, please remember the Thanks button - it really does a lot for credibility on the site. Thanks :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mod777:
Very nice find. +1 thanks
[Captivate Themes and Apps] id10terror:
Nice find! I'm really liking the UI and feel of the App.. Going to test the tracking the next few days... Anything has to be better than GMaps
[Captivate Themes and Apps] white00gt:
Works great for me I was using sygic aura and although that program works great and locks pretty quick so far Tele nav(free version) feels like it works quicker and is more accurate, def. locks faster
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bravomail:
Does it have offline maps

You guys can try the combination of rmap app and Atlas Windows app.

Atlas crawls Google Maps and retrieves offline maps.

I'm not sure how good is rmap.

See here for example

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/2149-caching-google-maps-use-offline.html
[Captivate Themes and Apps] richk2:
great find, thanks
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Just used it again and it is totally on point. Every time my friend deviated from the set pattern, it immediately said "rerouting" "make a _____ turn at _____"

Google Navigation... is ****.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mikeymopar:
Although it locks on, the position is consistantly way off in northern Michigan. (Maps just about never locks on but on the rare occassion it does, it is accurate.)

Great app for others!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bskarthikeya:
This is indeed a nice find! Loving it! Firefly + TeleNav = Great GPS!!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] qwertyaas:
Eh, my phone still can't track me while driving... It locks quick, then stays at that same spot...

Oh well, ATT is sending out a replacement today anyway.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] xdahgary:
Nice~

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[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
What ROM? I'm pretty much addicted to FireFly and don't use anything else.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] geokilla:
Got two questions. The main site says that it's a trial version. You sure this isn't trial?

Are there offline maps? It'd come in handy when I go to USA where I can't use my data plan.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Absolutely certain its not a trial. If you load the program, it offers basic nav for free - traffic rerouting, speed traps, etc is 2.99 a month. I used it to find a liquor store last night - something you can't do with GMaps. Their categories are flawless and that's included in the basic (free with this version) service.

As for offline maps, no - its got to have an initial data connection to download the route but if you don't have a connection after that, it will continue to tell you to turn in such and such feet.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] id10terror:
Tested this out today.. It is so much better than GMaps.. It was actually able to keep me on the road and track me pretty accurately.

I'm running FireFly, which already has excellent GPS locks but so-so tracking using GMaps.. This cleared that issue right up. Thanks again for the find!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Coak5:
So I installed this onto my friends phone and my phone with our phones being AT&T Captivates except he's running Supernova 2.3 and I'm running Precision 3.5. The problem is that when we both installed Telenav onto our phones from the OTA link, during the download session for the first time use, he was prompted to upgrade to premium or use free basic whereas mine went directly to premium without prompting to use free basic. Any idea what's going on? I tried cancelling the premium on my phone but it prompted me to call a number but when trying to upgrade my friend's to premium he gets a message saying "User not found."
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Probably because he's not on T-Mobile - it looks like Premium bills directly to T-Mobile, there is no option to pay directly by credit card. As for you going straight to Premium - well, enjoy it because they won't bill at&t for your service.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Coak5:
Sweet, free premium eh? Thanks for the response.

Sent from outer space while finding another place
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
If I wasn't so hooked on FireFly, I'd try your ROM to see if I got the same result you did - but FireFly is the most stable ROM I've ever used and the convenient update packages are ... well, much more convenient than anything else.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] gospeedgo:
Tested this out on a quick drive yesterday, on Continuum 3.1.

Went 1 direction with Telenav and the other with Google maps in the other. It was a short drive, but I did notice some differences.

Telenav - Locked on quickly, tracked very well and gave me route options.

Google Maps - Locked on quickly ( 5 meter accuracy). Tracked ok, but was behind a little. Didn't show me on wrong streets, but it was a pretty short drive.

So far, I like Telenav a lot. Will do some more testing and post any results I get.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Another successful drive - got to my destination without it flipping out about streets and such a single time.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] simbill:
amazing! i just cancelled my $9.99 ripoff at&t nav and installed this on my captivate running cognition 4. went straight to premium without asking.. so we'll see how my bill ends u haha
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mikeymopar:
I've been on di11i's V6 for the last three weeks. It's been perfect as far as I can tell but I really don't do much other that use it as a phone. Also noticed it drained my battery very quickly.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] DiscipleDOC:
nvm....I followed the directions and found it. :o
[Captivate Themes and Apps] tietherope:
Used this on my way home from work today. Much better than Google maps. Thank you!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bobloblawsum:
thanks, decent app. Works well on my bell vibrant
[Captivate Themes and Apps] erad1:
Thanks for the find...love the easy interface of all the features!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] simbill:
FYI: I think the reason my install went straight to PREMIUM without asking is because I had att nav installed. this morning i flashed cognition 4 to 4.1.1, reinstalled telenav tmob apk and would not let me select premium. said something about user unknown or unable to find user. Ill stick with the free version anyway, who needs traffic cameras and traffic rerouting.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Anyone having any trouble with it? I have yet to have an issue and I used it in downtown Denver last night.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] askpcguy:
Which rom are you running?

I am on fusion and still need to go for a drive to see how it performs.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
FireFly 2.4 with JK4 modem.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] askpcguy:
I drove to my destination using Telenav and while the initial lock took almost three minutes, the app tracked very well.

Drove into downtown Seattle and again pretty good tracking. Did seem the app was not updating so the cross streets on the map did not match what I saw.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Klyentel:
This app is the truth! Always wanted to try it, but never wanted to pay for it, but now that turn by turn is free, its definitely a keeper. I love it, Much more snappier and accurate than G-Maps, but I wouldn't give up google navigation either as it is just as good. When I have trouble locking with one I'll just use the other. Thanks to OP for this find.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] adrenaline_nz:
Does this work for outside of the USA?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] askpcguy:
Appears to only be north america but I see south america just not roads.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] captivated1971:
This is awesome works perfectly thanks for posting!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Orions:
anybody read the permissions this app needs. I may understand why some apps need permissions to make phone calls like i'm assuming this one does so that maybe you can look up a point of interest like a restaurant and this app will call it for you but like a basic app or game that needs to make phone calls or read and change contacts or send and receive messages is ridiculous. this is why i barely have any app on my phone, is because most of them needing stuff like this. not that I'm wearing a tinfoil hat its just that i don't need an app stealing my contact information and spamming everybody on there like it happened to someone on this board or other weird S%#@ like that. sorry for the rant. I'm still debating if i should keep the app or uninstall it.

p.s. does anyone know of a gps app like this one that doesn't need a data plan or wifi connection. i thought there was one called pilot something.

thanks in advance
[Captivate Themes and Apps] captivated1971:
Sheeiiiiit! Works perfect used it to drive to work this morn , its right on point! Love it! Gna use it this su,mer to goto texas
[Captivate Themes and Apps] captivated1971:
Good luck finding one that dont use data plan.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bravomail:
Read the thread for offline maps with no data plan or Wifi.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] gorgy76:
tnx...installed it yesterday still have to test it today though....nice find
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EtherealRemnant:
Glad everyone is liking it. I wish there was a way to get the premium features though. Could have used traffic re-routing today - but its not like I lost anything over GMaps which doesn't do traffic either...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] askpcguy:
I thought Telenav and Google Maps will overlay traffic on highways/freeways and you just avoid the red?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] fldude99:
Great find!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] tbong777:
http://ota.telenav.com/otadownload/...k=ota.telenav.com/ota/tm&request_locale=en_US
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bubbasbaitshop:
I have used telenav with 2 different roms and it works better for me versus google maps. What is interesting is how often I am dropping and reconnecting to GPS while driving.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] xdahgary:
Used telenav yesterday going home and used 20mb of data. Used google nav and only used 2mb of data. hmmm....
[Captivate Themes and Apps] fldude99:
I understand that google navigation does show traffic now and supposedly will re-route due to it
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Klyentel:
Yes that's true^^. Came with the new update. Couple of more goodies but I can't remember what. Saw it on the news the other day.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mrwhsskers:
telenav on captivate

Ok so I downloaded from the link directly to my phone. showed downloaded ok, can not find it anywhere in my app drawer or anwhere else on phone. running cog 3.04 on my captivate. am i just blind or should i be looking elsewhere??
[Captivate Themes and Apps] MrSub:
Well when you first start it up for the first time it updates itself so that may have been the case for you data consumption.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] xdahgary:
Nah, I got this app on the first day I saw it here. Also, today I used google maps to go to lunch and I didn't any data!? Of course it wasn't as accurate.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mrwhsskers:
where is telenav

Sorry, forgot i had to install after downloading. duhhh
[Captivate Themes and Apps] nrgaway:
CoPilot live is the gps app I use for offline navigation since I do not have a data plan.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] shadow65781:
does it work well, accurate, and I assume offline maps, been thinking about trying it.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] nrgaway:
It does have offline maps for most of the world depending which version you use. I really like it. I think they have a demo app that work for a limited time.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mopo01:
seems to me that it does use alot of data :(...... but sometimes the data use is worth it to get where you are going :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] fldude99:
Can someone say what the little traffic light is for? Doesn't seem to do anything when turned on or off..thanks
[Captivate Themes and Apps] xdahgary:
Shows traffic. Green is light. Yellow is moderate. Red is heavy traffic.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] fldude99:
Thanks..I thought traffic was something that had to be paid for tho
[Captivate Themes and Apps] askpcguy:
The paid version will pick driving directions that avoids heavy traffic areas automatically. Google Maps is implementing this for free in its app.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] chuby007:
hey I'm outside of the USA it keeps asking me for my phone number and a pin how can I make this work if I have no us phone number nor a pin thx.

Also I wonder if it works where I live ......:confused:
[Captivate Themes and Apps] geokilla:
Telenav doesn't work in Canada. Was worth a try.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] tazman171:
Thanks for posting this! Just downloaded it. :cool:
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Miami_Son:
Just installed this. Haven't tried it out yet, but it looks promising. One thing I noticed is that it does not offer street view like Google Nav. It is sometimes helpful to see actual photographic views of the street/buildings/landmarks when looking for a place.

EDIT: Just did a short drive with it. As far as accuracy it was great, but if I had followed the directions given it would have taken me the long way around where I wanted to go. I also like how Google Nav gives you a street view of your destination when you arrive. Going to play around with it a little more before I decide to keep it or not.