yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] Houka420:
I actually didn't redownload the initial.zip. Guess I'll have to try & redownload. Do I have to start from scratch or can I just re-apply the redownloaded initial.zip?
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
If you can get it onto your sd I guess you can flash it. May be heading back to stock

CM7
[Captivate Android Development] Houka420:
I'm redownloading now. I have a question though. Do I have to flash the cm7-captivate-initial.zip or can I just flash one of the nightlies? Why is the cm7-captivate-initial.zip so much bigger than the nightlies? 145mb compared to 91mb.
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
I would flash the initial, as to the size certain things in the initial are not touched by the nightlies I guess, but not sure

CM7
[Captivate Android Development] TheEscapist:
The initial actually has everything in it, where as the updates only replace /system and the kernel. And no, you must flash the initial.
[Captivate Android Development] tifxalex:
Am I missing something here?

How do I close Applications???

seems like a frightening stupid question
[Captivate Android Development] TheEscapist:
You press the back button... :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
I have a couple of questions im thinking about flashing this rom..

1) How is it on battery ?

2) is it rooted? (might sound stupid but i feel like since its gingerbread it might not be..)

3) in the instructions i see it says do not flash any other kernal then the stock kernal, but i see people who have, is it ok to flash another one or no?

4) how stable is this rom? good for everyday use?

thanks xD
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
1. Alright. Not good for me, but not bad.

2. Of course bud

3. Well you CAN flash a CM7 kernel, like TheEscapists one. But ONLY CM7 kernels.

4. Pretty stable, I used it a lot and it was pretty rock solid.
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
thank you sir!, whats not bad btw? (for battery)
[Captivate Android Development] tifxalex:
Anyway of clearing the memory of each app?

Im sure this questions can be worded better...

Like the Browser...Doesnt start at default homepage consistently..

Music app etc
[Captivate Android Development] sbryan12144:
Ok. The latest update isn't kernel related is it? I'm using the cm7 with voodoo sound 5 kernel and wanted to know if I flash this update and then flash the voodoo 5 kernel, will anything be messed up?
[Captivate Android Development] TheEscapist:
Oh, you mean like ending a task, like you could do with a long home press on samsung roms? You have to go to settings > applications > manage applications > app > force stop.
[Captivate Android Development] h0ckey10:
1. Pretty good for the test release. I usually get 12-14 hours on moderate-heavy use but I've seen many who get more. Really depends on what u run. Also even tho we're all on the same rom everyone's battery could be different even with the same stuff.

2. I dunno. I always flash roms with my phone rooted, so it really doesn't affect me.

3. There are other kernels but NONE of them are supported by the CM7 devs. If u run into a problem, they may not be able to help if ur on a different kernal.

4. Stable for me since I've flashed

Hope this helped!
[Captivate Android Development] h0ckey10:
Additionally, you can go to settings/applications/development and set the option that allows you to kill apps by long pressing back while in the app
[Captivate Android Development] TheEscapist:
That's true, totally forgot about that setting. One of my favorite things about cm, actually. :P

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Android Development] h0ckey10:
Agree 100%. Haven't seen another rom that uses that either. U gotta love customization
[Captivate Android Development] rockosifraldi:
Finally took the CM7 pill and man oh man...so many options and configs... my mind is racing..:D
[Captivate Android Development] tifxalex:
Thanks guys!

Any way to make this run smoother? Or is that just the way the rom works?

Some lag stuff popping up here and there...

Screen displaying old images...

Weird
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
Hmm... let's say I unplugged at 7 AM. I'd be down to ~20% or so, maybe lower, by 5:30 PM. Just some music and twitter checking and minor texting. Not heavy use at all, but battery dies. On Cognition I had ~60% or more left by that time.
[Captivate Android Development] Houka420:
I finally got CM7 installed fine. Was running smooth with no force closes. I tried updating to the latest nightly & now I'm getting force closes constantly. Was I suppose to format system\data\cache or wipe data/factory reset prior to updating to the latest nightly?
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
Don't use ADW, I noticed it makes the phone laggy. Go Launcher and LauncherPro are much smoother.
[Captivate Android Development] h0ckey10:
are you still running adw? ive heard its been a little laggy but can not vouch for it as i have also used launcherpro (which runs very smoothly)
[Captivate Android Development] h0ckey10:
u dont have to do that before flashing the update. if u are getting force closes tho, u might want to try it now. if that doesnt work for some reason, u should have used nandroid to backup your old update and just revert back to that and reflash
[Captivate Android Development] Houka420:
I did do a nandroid prior to flashing, I was just wondering if it was necessary or possibly harmful in anyway? If I do a data wipe/factory reset would I have to reflash cm7-DEVICE-initial.zip or could I just flash the latest nightly again?
[Captivate Android Development] h0ckey10:
are you asking if nandroid is harmful? all it does is allow you to restore your phone to its previous state prior to any update you may have flash. i find it useful if simply flashing back to a less recent update doesnt work

EDIT: for your question about the wipes: i usually just do dalvik and wipe. and no you wont have to reflash initial
[Captivate Android Development] tifxalex:
Well I reinstalled my apps from the market then used titanium and restored the application data one by one...

Should I flash again?

Do not back up app data?
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
thank you =) i guess i just have to try it for my self =O
[Captivate Android Development] h0ckey10:
why would you have to flash again? (unless you're not on cm7 and were backing up prior to flashing). what i do for cm7 to backup is just back up all user apps (u can do system data if u might go back to your current rom) and when restoring, do missing apps + user data. when i did just apps + app data, my home button stopped working but its all good now.
[Captivate Android Development] tifxalex:
Thanks for the advice man...

Just wiped cache

Working good now...
[Captivate Android Development] h0ckey10:
glad to help
[Captivate Android Development] RockRatt:
Have two questions. First the nightly 0316 that says 91.4Mb when I downloaded it twice to make sure is only showing 87.16Mb. Is this correct? I have noticed it on other downloads previously too that it is not what it says it should be but everything works perfectly.

Second question, How do you set up speed dialing numbers/contacts? Am I missing it, I looked every where. Or is it not part of CM7?

That's All Thanks

Sent from My KickAss Captivated CM7 OC'd 1.2Ghz
[Captivate Android Development] whitesox311:
anyone STILL having any of the following issues:

- not charging

- phone getting hot & burning through battery

- laggy/choppy graphics

or have these issues been addressed?
[Captivate Android Development] h0ckey10:
1. yes they're all 87mb and work fine

2. not sure about speed dialing. i couldnt find it anywhere

-my phone always charges fine though ive heard of people having that problem

-how hot is it getting (use spare parts to tell) and my battery life is decent (12-14 hours with heavy use)

-do you mean for games or just overall? if you mean games, it might be because samsung roms were actually really good for 3d games IMO. if u mean overall, maybe try a different laucher out such as launcherpro if ur still running adw.

thats all i got
[Captivate Android Development] Thesandlord:
Hey not sure if this is a known issue, but it seems like the GPS only works if allow mock locations is activated. Is this normal?
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
ok so im having a couple problems, two things that are really annoying me, one is the the phone doesnt recognize my contact list(contacts are on the sim card)..its like my numbers got deleted =l.. second is no matter what i do it wont have it on the next boot up.. Also i cant find the market =O idk if im the only one or not
[Captivate Android Development] tifxalex:
Working cm7 just fine..

now the nightmare..

Horrid service with the stock jk4 modem...

About modems.

Can I easily just flash back and forth?
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
I believe so, all it does is flash the radio (modem).

Market is in the gapps zip that you have to flash!

Also about SIM contacts, sorry I have no info on that.
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
im pretty sure i flashed everything the instructions told me to, and i cant even see it on the download page =/
[Captivate Android Development] apparition:
Here ya go: gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip
[Captivate Android Development] sb4178:


I.like it .Thank you
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
thank you! exactly what i needed =)
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
for SIM contacts, open up contacts, menu, import/export, import from SIM
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
Ok so my phone wont save anything, everytime it reboots i have to go through the whole add email and stuff and the apps i installed are gone. Sometimes im getting an there is no room for this app error message...but i do like this rom a lot.
[Captivate Android Development] tifxalex:
Modem modem modem...

UGJK4 running

jumps from having 4 bars to 1 bar and back

Would you consider this not working?

Drove to a local food stop earlier to get food only showed 1 bar of H

Usually had full bars...on cog4.1.1.

any help?
[Captivate Android Development] Johnston212:
All I got to say is DAMN! This ROM, with Kang's Kernel, and the JK4 modem have finally allowed me to breach the 4Mbps mark. Not sure how the GPS looks yet, but will try soonish. Now if they could only get the Reboot options working. It's a royal pain having to take apart my Otterbox Defender case to do a 3-Button Recovery. Still loving the Gingerbread feel.

Forgot to mention that battery is doing pretty well given that I have left data on and I'm still using HSPA+. Normally HSPA+ like to eat my battery right up.
[Captivate Android Development] born_fisherman:
Is there a version of camera 360 that works on Cm7? Or antithetical camera app besides the one it comes with
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
why must you remove your case to get into recovery? can you not touch your power and volume buttons with the case on? that sounds like a bad design choice on otterbox's part.
[Captivate Android Development] nybmx:
That's what I was thinking too when I read that. It's either a flaw in design or he is removing the battery each time for some reason to get into recovery.
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
Kind off a non related question, but since people are using the cm7 initial set up to port MIUI from the nexus s does that mean the same can be done with any nexus rom?

Looks like a test release on the i9000 forum had fixed ext sd mount

CM7
[Captivate Android Development] cumanzor:
Rebooting seems to take the phone into a sleep death for me, sometimes.

If this is what he is talking about, he should know about the Vol Up trick to trigger a reboot even when the phone is sleep death.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Android Development] hamburgertrain:
I cleared cache and dalvik cache and I lost hsupa... All I have is 3g
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
Screen on/off a couple times. And sometimes it takes a bit to return

CM7
[Captivate Android Development] hamburgertrain:
I tried, multiple reboots later, reinstalling modems, and tried another kernel. I even tried restoring to a backup that I had hsupa with, and even installing the latest nightly didn't help
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
Hi all

A few things

#1 My gmail was working fine...meaning push email was working but then it stopped working..I no longer get notified about new email.

#2 Is video quality a bit off compared to other roms?

#3 Rock player is among the only video players working consistently but it cannot play using hardware anymore only software...normal for this build?

Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] ale922:
I installed cyanogen yesterday and i must say it´s a great rom´i´ve experienced many bugs here and there but still, great rom overall.

The big problem i´m having is battery life, horrible battery life. Usually with my other rom, i went from home to work, with a full charge, listening to music with my bluetooth headset and when i got to work, after 45 minutes, my battery was at 93%.

Today i left home with a full charge and cyanogen installed and when i goit to work my battery was at 68%!!!!

Then i connected the phone to my pc and it charges, slowly, but charges. I started to install some apps on the phone from the market over wifi and the battery is goign down. It consumes battery faster than it can charge it!!!

Can any one help me out with this? I love the rom, but with this kind of battery life i can´t keep it on my phone, i need to get through the day with my phone on.

I didn´t flash any modems, i ust flashed cyanogen and the latest nightly build.
[Captivate Android Development] h0ckey10:
Try reflashing or seeing whats in the background. U should not be getting battery life like that. I usually go 12-14 hours on moderate to heavy use
[Captivate Android Development] ale922:
i already reflashed and still getting the same battery problems, recently flashed rom, i made no backup and installed nothing and still having battery drain
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
It affects both kernel and system - so other CM7 kernels will need to be updated as well.
[Captivate Android Development] TheEscapist:
Teamhacksung kernel repo hasn't been updated in 3 days. Are you guys using another repo?
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
Yes, the sdcard mount thing is under review upstream at CyanogenMod and depending on how long it takes, we'll include it here too (it is actually committed into my repository by shantzu right now).
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
The changes are in the initramfs (default.prop) which is built as part of Android build as well as in /system/build.prop. If you build the whole tree (. ./build/envsetup.sh && brunch captivate), it'll do it for you.
[Captivate Android Development] TheEscapist:
My build tree is out of date ( i don't repo sync my working tree), but I merge in any updates to the captivate device and android build trees. Am I good then?
[Captivate Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
+1 10 char!
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
No. The change was in the build directory.
[Captivate Android Development] nkrick:
I would try reformatting the SDcard. Make sure you back up all the files on it to a safe location first.
[Captivate Android Development] glos7777:
I have a few questions. and I am new on these things , I will install for first time

on my captivate:

- GT-I9000

- 2.2.1

- I9000UGJK4

- 2.6.32.9 harcore@speedmosd-i897-k13c-500hz#28

- Twingerbread 4.4

should I install gingerbread 2.3.3 ? I have watched tutorial but just in case can anybody say me what can I do for install step by step ?

and is there any problem at that rom ? like gps wifi camera bla bla ?
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
OK my two things that are preventing me from using this when I install the market I have to really register for it on reboot, and I can't install any apps it will say there is no more room on my phone...I got 12 gbs free :(
[Captivate Android Development] Snow_fox:
Known bug list?

I am really considering installing CM7 but, I was wondering if there is a list of known bugs?
[Captivate Android Development] doctahjeph:
If you can't find it then please don't install CM7 on your phone. When it doubt always go back to square one.
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
Wrong post...............
[Captivate Android Development] Snow_fox:
I haven't installed yet, and if I flash and I have bugs I am ok with it.

But, I have looked around and haven't seen any sort of compilation of known issues.

Oh well.. hopefully it will get marked 'stable' soon.
[Captivate Android Development] TheEscapist:
You got to read the CyanogenMod forums post. It's linked in the OP.
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
can anyone answer my questions? xD
[Captivate Android Development] n19htmare:
anyway to get rid of ADW once you install launcher pro?
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
You can use Tibu (titanium Back Up) to remove the app.
[Captivate Android Development] glos7777:
help please :(
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
camera didnt work at all for me, but i used the video and it installed fine.
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
try dl latest nightly. Go to recovery, write cache and davlik cache. Install nightly.

CM7
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
thanks but my problem is i cant install any apps..it keeps saying that my phone is full
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
Read the OP please.

The link there has the step by step on how to install it...it is really easy if you sit and read it slowly...it just looks hard at first glance.

Problems are listed in the OP and you need to join the forum for that ROM to get more up to date issues.

For me camera and GPS are working.

Video playback quality is the one thing I dont like too much...not quite there but not horrible either.

The PROs for me at least far outweight the CONs but only YOU can tell if you need to install it or not.

Regards
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
If you have TIBU try the option to move apps to the SD Card...that could be it.
[Captivate Android Development] apples2droids:
Glos, there's an excellent video tutorial on the first page, follow it STEP BY STEP. Don't wana damage the Cappy....precious, precious, Cappy.
[Captivate Android Development] glos7777:
ok sorry my bad english I will flash it after a few mınutes.

so one more thing which is the newest cm7 at below link ?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamhacksung/files/captivate/

update-cm-7-03162011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed.zip ? or cm7-captivate-initial.zip ?
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
it wont even let me install it =/, i had it working on my first flash but then it gave me an error trying to move to sdcard, plus my widgets wouldnt work. i tried reflashing and now it just wont let me install anything..plus it wants me to register for gmail/market and all that **** on every boot up. idk if this is happening to anyone else it wasnt mentioned in the FAQ
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
I think you are better of starting from zero again than trying to recover this one sorry.
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
hahaha, maybe im missing a update or something...i got the cm7 initial(base rom), and the update that just came out the NIGHTLY ? do i need to install any other updates ?
[Captivate Android Development] glos7777:
I am waiting anyone say me which one I should install ?
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
All I did was followed the steps as per the OP link. Then after booting up went back to recovery and flasht the latest update. Then reboot and then went back to recovery and flashed the Trident kernel.

After that I went back to recovery to flash gapps...that did it both times I have tried it.
[Captivate Android Development] TheEscapist:
Read the instructions, you need both.
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
i did the same thing.. i guess mine is just racist(?) against gingerbread...
[Captivate Android Development] ward24:
So the newest update do I need to flash both and can I do it w/o a computer
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
Just call Cartman ...Red Power Red Power! :D
[Captivate Android Development] glos7777:
I have now installed but now I cant access to recovery mode ? I used rom manager and 3 button but it only rebooted ? how can I acces recovery mod ?
[Captivate Android Development] MisterAnthonyxD:
Was your 3 button working before you flashed CM7? If it wasn't then you might have to flash back to stock and apply DG's fix.
[Captivate Android Development] doctahjeph:
There is a link to the FAQ section in the OP. Read that and it will answer all your questions.
[Captivate Android Development] bulletproof1013:
So I've been running since this morning. All is running pretty smooth. To flash stock,repartition or no?
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
Outside of a quirk or two this rom is excellent.
[Captivate Android Development] citrit:
I have been using the rom for a couple hours now and so far so good. Thanks for making this rom available, I really like it.

One question, can I change the gps settings? It does get a few satellites but so far hasn't locked.

Thanks again.
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
Same here, why flash stock? Morning release has been said not to be an issue.
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
I was able to use GPS today. Lock took a little longer but tracking was good
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
And failed miserably - I've put my old instructions back up until we resolve the issues.
[Captivate Android Development] Pinepig:
You are the man, now drag your ass to bed and we can all wait till you get some sleep.
[Captivate Android Development] MisterAnthonyxD:
So is it safe to flash CM7 now? Was really looking forward to this until I read that the mash up if the forum messed up things.

Sent from my Captivate running Paragon
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Follow instructions and links in OP and you're good to go...
[Captivate Android Development] coderunner:
This was covered earlier, the facebook sync that was included stock with our phone is not in gingerbread because of something between google and facebook. You can download the facebook for android app in the market and it will sync your contact but it syncs all of them you can't pick and choose, but what I did is selected the options in contact to only show contacts with phone numbers.
[Captivate Android Development] keredini:
Somebody mentioned DIVX earlier...I had no problem playing my DIVX files using Skifta / RockPlayer. MKV files however, didn't play and hung RockPlayer.
[Captivate Android Development] crecsky:
I read that some people were having WiFi errors earlier. Basically when you try and toggle WiFi it says "error." Did anyone find a fix for this by chance? I didn't see one in the thread.
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
The only issue I read about wifi is that you can't used the sleep policy set to off when screen off. Been running this since this morning
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
That should only come from building from mixed sources..... in other words, if you just are downloading and using the zips from the OP it shouldnt be an issue for you...

Correct, tho there may be a fix for that in sight as well....
[Captivate Android Development] donharden2002:
I know this is a very sad question to ask. Can anyone point me to a forum or something that will give me a step by step on how to use odin.

I d/l odin 1.7 on my pc but when I tried to open it my pc started opening a bunch of pages.

I know I shouldn't be trying this but I've been searching all day to figure this out.

I appreciate any help with this.

Thanks in advance.

I wanted to say before anyone starts to flame me for not searching more that I am somewhat physically disabled and unable to sit for very long at my pc. I know it's not a good excuse, but please beleive I tried my best to find the info I needed.

I am also a little pc illiterate so I really would appreciate any help possible.

Thanks again to all.