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[Captivate Android Development] silverslotcar:
Hey guys just curious if anyone has any ideas for me. I flashed back to stock JF6 and DL'ed all the required files and what not. Here is where I hit my problem. I have one of the LOVELY batch 1008s that loses the button combos for recovery/download modes after using Odin so I normally use ADB when I am at stock. I tried staying at stock to just follow the directions of the video so I copied over my update.zip and went into clockwork recovery and flashed the "3 button fix" zip that swaps out the bad sbl.bin with the working one. Still, no luck with my buttons combos it just boots up normally like it is broken still. I know it isn't a bad zip either because it's one I've used before and had success with. But when I used it previously, I was running a custom rom and wasn't at stock JF6 though and it made my button combo work.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
... as i believe you know yourself..... you have roms/threads of your own, and you MUST have found the same issue....

and now others have said this 1st.... =)
[Captivate Android Development] Roof King:
ext sd card

Know where to find it guys but need the know what words to use to point tibu to my backups on my ext sd in preferences????

Thanks!

Edit: Nevermind figured it out
[Captivate Android Development] bay_wolf:
I do what you do for most any other ROMs but since we are going from froyo to gingerbread it causes some issues.

^ Agreed 1000x. People ask questions and we help them out, I thought that is what this place is all about. Now I do understand that this is only for people knowing what to do and I respond accordingly to those people but if say for some reason a user that has flashed many ROMs before but only used adb for reboot and download mode then they might not know the ins and outs of the 3 button combo and need help with that. I have flashed a thousand ROMs and know my way around this **** very well but the instructions still confused me as they were not detailed enough for most users (maybe that is on purpose to scare them off?) and there are quite a few asking some simple questions that take just as much time to answer as to respond rudely to them (no one in particular). I do recommend you read at least the first 10-20 pages to get a good general idea and read the OP very thoroughly but some will still have unanswered questions.

So, if any people don't understand something and feel scared to ask about it here just PM me and I'll try to help you out or let you know if you shouldn't be trying this at all. Haha.

And Mods: you guys do great at keeping this place cleaned up.

EDIT:

I'd just leave the repeat questions/answers so there is a higher chance of people reading them. Just my $0.02 though.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
i was gonna suggest /mnt/emmc/TitaniumBackup

please post what worked for you to help others =)
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I thought that too, but the overbearing moderation might lead you to believe otherwise.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] born_fisherman:
Is miui music app compatible with CM7? I can't get it installed for the life of me. Tried apk installer, putting the Apk in system and data DIR and still wont work
[Captivate Android Development] bveditz:
By the way, the JL2 modem zip on the sourceforge site is actually the JK4 modem.

Edit: just noticed this was mentioned a few posts earlier.
[Captivate Android Development] Roof King:
This is what works.

If you are trying to get tibu to recognize your back up folder on your external sd the path above will get you there.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Agreed One would have thought the advent of a Cyanogenmod for the Captivate was the second coming.......:confused:
[Captivate Android Development] STiCKpIN:
Here's is the fixed one... Enjoy!
[Captivate Android Development] zelendel:
Overbearing am I? Normally I leave threads alone as long as the OP doesnt mind it. Look at your thread, while I read it daily I seldom act in there as you have a good handle on it and dont mind. This thread I have read over and over again about the same questions coming up, being answered and then being asked again. Which I have seen you yourself say something about.
[Captivate Android Development] born_fisherman:
So I got tired of trying to get miui music working.. I googled honeycomb music player and came to the evo cm thread and has the honeycomb music player.. downloaded, installed, works like a champ
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
Tell you what - try to read the thread, and if you have a question that seems somewhat basic (like how to install or failing at "normal" usage) ask on the Q&A thread. If it is something you think is unique to you, this thread is fine.
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
Yes, it would be a great help if we could move any generic "how do I do X" questions and the like to the Q&A Thread available here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=982776
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
May want to post in op that spare parts will disable screen off animation if you adjust speeds. It has come up a couple times.
[Captivate Android Development] xdaibr1:
The colors and icons are juste awesomeee !! compared to ay other rom.I think the cm7 is the best rom on captivate and any other sgs!-_-
[Captivate Android Development] Dante04SRT:
Is this version rooted out of the box?
[Captivate Android Development] bpodz34:
When i connect to my computer, the SD card doesn't get read and i can not drop music onto it because there isnt a window that opens. if that makes any sense. Only my internal memory is accessible and i see a folder for external SD but its empty yet i have 400 songs on it..help =)
[Captivate Android Development] born_fisherman:
Yes sir
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
I am hoping that you are joking but to answer your question yes.

Please be careful
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
Known issue. Your ext SD is located in mount/emmc on your phone
[Captivate Android Development] born_fisherman:
Need to to download nexus s USB drivers - Its in the instructions

Edit.. didn't read fully.. mcord answer is right
[Captivate Android Development] bpodz34:
Thank you!
[Captivate Android Development] pewpewbangbang:
Idk if this has been asked but has anyone else been getting insufficient memory available for almost every app they install??

Edit. Asked in q&a thread so if anyone can help please go there
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
please direct questions like this to Q&A, not here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=982776
[Captivate Android Development] trell959:
not if your using the one specifically for the captivate. even on the galaxy s version i didnt need them either.
[Captivate Android Development] s1l3nt:
something that doesnt bother me much but my signal bars are not green

Edit: sorry meant to post in Q&A but posted here by mistake
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=982776 Q&A please...

sync a google account, they'll turn green
[Captivate Android Development] pvr:
@Kaik541

We know (or should) that the Samsung Apps will not work as they depend on their framework which is, obviously, not in CM7.

Is it possible though to manually add the resource libs / apps from the crappy GB leak thru a CWM package or do you know if the Sammy framework actually is much more deeper integrated than simply the libs?

I just really miss the camera app or at least being able to record in 720p :\
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
no. they're literally a part of all the stuff you see in /system/framework, not just libs. some things will be sad to miss out on (slide for brightness is one), but things like 720p should come back by the time this is stable
[Captivate Android Development] pvr:
Thank you sir! This is definetely sad but not a dealbreaker at all. This is has been my official ROM for the last 3 days using the JL4 modem and I could not be any happier!

Kudos to all the devs who put the effort into this :)
[Captivate Android Development] InsaneJester17:
Installed this earlier today. Going much better than I expected!

Couple small issues, stock SMS does not light up screen with new texts, and the screen off animation stopped working out of nowhere. It is still on in cyanogen settings.

Also, I realize this probably won't make it into this, but I really miss BLN.

And Cynamogen has something when you double tap words in a text field it brings up an edit menu. Makes using swype much more difficult.

THANKS SO MUCH to everyone on this team! Amazing work!
[Captivate Android Development] demonte21:
Anyone having issue building the kernel from the Teamhacksung Repo ?

I'm trying to build a fresh OTA package, build it failed since yesterday.... I just wonder if it's my x64 Ubuntu acting weird of if it's the repo....

Using config aries_captivate_defconfig
#
# configuration written to .config
#
scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/arm/Kconfig
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h
make[1]: `include/generated/mach-types.h' is up to date.
CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
CHK include/generated/compile.h
/home/jonathan/android/system/kernel/samsung/2.6.35/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Cannot open '/home/jonathan/android/system//out/target/product/captivate/recovery/root'
make[1]: *** [usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz] Error 1
make: *** [usr] Error 2
Failed to make kernel
[Captivate Android Development] TheEscapist:
I can't build either, don't worry. My error is from WiMax through.

Also, do just kernel builds work anymore? Any time I flash a kernel built on it's own, it won't boot, or go into recovery, so I have to odin back the init kernel, then my custom OC kernel.
[Captivate Android Development] bubbinator91:
I had the same issue. I had to build the rom before i built the kernel in order for the kernel to compile.

**EDIT** I haven't actually tested anything yet, so idk if there are any issues doing it this way.
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
If using spare parts set animations to normal
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
SMS isn't supposed to light up the screen with this ROM (it wastes battery) and BLN will likely not make it into mainline, but there will of course be alternative kernels that support it. for screen off settings, make sure the animation speed settings haven't been changed in Spare Parts.

There is a new build system, the instructions are currently incorrect. Go to the base directory (~/android/system by default) and run ./build.sh clean, ./build.sh prepare, ./build.sh captivate otapackage
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I'll say this, there's a hell of a lot of good things Samsung added... Can't wait for i9000 source and some full-featured Gingerbread for the Captivate.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] TheEscapist:
Too bad they couldn't have put all those features in a good rom. As in, no rfs, no touchwiz, etc. also, mikey, you using cm now? Rare to see a dev using anything but his or her own rom. :P
[Captivate Android Development] mkoby:
Just wanted to post saying I followed the instructions provided in the OP and ran into zero issues, so as long as you follow the instructions it should go okay. I know some people were having issues, but things seemed to work for me without any real issues.

While I definitely don't know enough C to be mucking around in the internals, I wanted to give this a go. I figure another tester can't hurt (and I can always revert to stock later and go back to another ROM should I find this one unusable).

This version of CyangenMod is definitely miles ahead of where the CM6 for SGS got to. So way to go devs!
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
First off I wanted to say I haven't had any issues flashing this twice. Easy instructions to me :P

BUG REPORT:

1. The lockscreen controls don't properly work. Pressing any of the 3 buttons does what it should (i.e. pause, next song, etc.) but it also lowers the media volume to 0 every time. This has happened on both a fresh flash of 20110303 and a fresh from stock/SpeedMod 20110304. I flashed cleanly, not updating, both times and am not using any custom kernels, just what is provided. And this has happened over 2 different versions.

2. Focus Loss Ducking doesn't properly work, also on 2 different fresh flashes. No matter how I set it up in CM Settings AND Music, it does this: lowers the music volume slightly, plays the notification, drops the volume to 0 and raises it back to what it was. The drop to 0 isn't right, it should just seamlessly raise it back from a slightly lowered state. This is the feature I REALLY want in CM, and it doesn't work ATM. I hope this can be addressed soon, I'd really appreciate it.

Statement: I LOVE your guys' work on this! It is an amazing, fully stable ROM in my experience and my current daily use ROM, over anything :) I really want to thank you and hope my testing/bug reports help out in development!

Unnecessary opinionated comment: Though CM7 is AMAZING, CM6.1 on SGS sucked in my opinion lol.
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
That's because we (CMSGSTeam) sort of gave up on CM6 in frustration because Samsung butchered so much stuff (and maybe because of Gingerbread's imminent release too) and no one was really pursuing it seriously except for a couple of people. In essence, CM7 started from scratch with the Nexus S source code which is a lot better written (maybe because Google wouldn't let total crap out the door). It isn't like we took our CM6 code and enhanced it to get to this point.
[Captivate Android Development] whitesox311:
is anyone else noticing that CM7 with the voodoo kernel is....faster?
[Captivate Android Development] indomikey:
I've had less lag, but had a random reboot too. So take some positive with the negative.
[Captivate Android Development] whitesox311:
what exactly is Focus Loss Ducking?
[Captivate Android Development] Neckrobeard:
I'm gonna give this rom a run tomorrow. I've been getting reboots here and there and it's drained my battery twice already in one day. I see myself going back to Serendipity 5.12 unfortunately =(
[Captivate Android Development] n19htmare:
hmmmmmmm been fine for a few days now the phone is sitting on my desk and i've seen it reboot every couple of hour or so... fudgeballs.

Just seem to start today randomly, I can't think of anything I did or any changes I made.
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
iPhone-like notification handling. Samsung ROMs (newer ones) pause the music for a notification, play the tone, and resume the music from volume 0 back to what it was before. This just lowers music volume and plays a notification over it at the standard music volume, so music isn't interrupted. It's a great method, a reason iPhone is better (one of very few), but it doesn't properly work in CM7 just yet. Hope it'll be fixed soon!
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
if you want to file a bugreport (and remember, some of these bugs may have nothing to do with CM on SGS specifically, may be related to UPSTREAM issues, and these sound like upstream issues to me) please use the issue tracker available in the OP

possible as it has a lot less debug code built in, but if you want to discuss that kernel, would you please keep it to kang's thread? here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=979206

are either one of you using wifi? if so, battery is known to be killed by wifi (it's buggy right now) and if you are having random reboots it's 99% likely due to having wifi set to "sleep when screen off" (which is another known issue listed in the FAQ)
[Captivate Android Development] jaxf250:
Confirmed - same here w/ random frequent reboots. CM7 not ready for me, anyway... maybe next time... ymmv... back to a previous ROM already - gotta get ready for the work week ahead and cannot be out of commission.... was fun while it lasted! I'll keep watching for better news.
[Captivate Android Development] Neckrobeard:
Yeah I was using wifi. I'm gonna run with it off and see what happens. Disabled sleep too because I completely forgot about it. In love with the rom though.
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
Not sure what you mean by upstream issues, but I filed the bugs. Hope it gets addressed, thanks for all the work.
[Captivate Android Development] Coak5:
So most people who get random reboots are due to the wifi sleep policy. Is there anyone whoo gets random reboots without wifi sleep policy enabled?

Sent from outer space while finding another place
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
upstream means it comes from cyanogenmod directly, nothing that was modified by the cmsgsteam... considering lockscreen and all that comes directly from cyanogenmod, it likely doesn't have anything to do with anything the cmsgsteam did

I have not heard of any, but if people would start filing proper bugreports (with logcats or kmsg's) it could be narrowed down.
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
Try to keep wifi off as much as possible, and set its policy to "never sleep" (when on). Should work around both battery drainage and random reboots. Fixing this is one of our top 2-3 priorities (each developer has one s/he's concentrating on) right now.
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
Oh, thanks for the answer. That's really too bad, I hope they fix it. Really appreciate the work you guys put into this! I'll be updating often.
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
Upstream meaning upstream from cmsgsteam/teamhacksung as we work off Cyanogenmod standard code as much as possible and they work off Google Nexus S code as much as possible (in git it is considered "forking" and each fork knows about its upstream source and can pull in changes/bugfixes that are done upstream from it). We are concentrating on only the stuff that is specific to Samsung SGS family of phones, and touch as little as possible of anything else. So some bugs are bugs that are upstream from us and we will most probably just have to wait for either Cyanogenmod team upstream from us or Google/Samsung to fix them until we've put our phone idiosyncrasies to bed.
[Captivate Android Development] Rikusaki:
Me too.

I don't want you devs to be left out. I can't wait to see what you guys come up with once Samsusng releases the kernel source! :):cool:
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
It'll just make our lives easier to have source for stuff we don't know much about like the sound chip so it'll mostly mean fewer bugs for CM7 and easier life for us devs. Of course, we at CM7 don't particularly care about Samsung stuff and so that will not make it into CM7 but ROM chefs will be able to use it, theme it etc and make good stuff that incorporates Samsung stuff for the people that like it.
[Captivate Android Development] Sykoknot:
My greatest appreciation is given for this wonderful ROM! Wondering if there is a way to completely get rid of the dropdown toggles completely? I have no need for them and they are quite the spacewasters.

Sent from my AOSPish Cyanogen Gingerbread 2.3.3 Captivate!
[Captivate Android Development] Ptaaty:
Yep...same place you go to add or move them around.

settings/cyanogenmod settings/interface/notification power widget

In this menu just uncheck Notification power widget. Otherwise...go down to the other entries and add/arrange them so they are useful. The att notification still takes up space...and these toggles are about half the size of the samsung ones. I added music controls, wifi and brightness.

This is one of my fave features....in case you can't tell I am trying to get you to change your mind and use them :)
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
Settings > CM Settings > Interface > Notif Power > Uncheck it

EDIT: FFFUUUUUUUU- beaten
[Captivate Android Development] Sykoknot:
I am apparently a cyanogen NOOB! This is a BEAUTIFUL feature!
[Captivate Android Development] SirBrettrick:
Settings > Cyanogenmod Settings > Interface > Notification power widget. You can deselect the top radio button to turn it off.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] jaxf250:
In my case, yes, it was always set to Never Sleep... I never changed this... so, not sure that is the whole story there wrt not having reboots happen... but I did see really weird switching behavior when turning off wifi and waiting (and waiting) for GPRS to kick in... I am sure that will get sorted out too... the trick of putting the phone in lock/unlock repeatedly did seem to get past this, as many have reported.

The speed of CM7 was very awesome.... I am sure I will be back to flash it after some more tuning gets completed.... thx.
[Captivate Android Development] veener79:
Is there a way to calibrate the screen for postition? I can not find it on this ROM. Right now my screen things when it is upright it is in landscape. When it landscape it is upright. I think I just need to recalibrate it.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
are you SURE you built for captivate, cause that would happen if, for instance, you built for galaxys
[Captivate Android Development] malicenfz:
Any idea why the app "TV Shows Free" doesn't work with CM7?
[Captivate Android Development] n19htmare:
Did a search for wifi sleep off but having hard time finding where I need to disable it so I can stop random reboots....
[Captivate Android Development] apewall:
It is under, you guessed it, wifi settings > Advanced settings.

I think once the random reboots are resolved from wifi. (I have had 0 of these with wifi off) and the battery life is optimized for this rom. This will be far better than the standard samsung roms.
[Captivate Android Development] indomikey:
Mine was working, didn't do anything but install it.
[Captivate Android Development] n19htmare:
ahhhhhhhh you gotta hit the "menu" button to access advanced settings...

Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] malicenfz:
What radio image would be best if I live in Southern California?
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
whichever one works best for you through trial and error.
[Captivate Android Development] DirtyRasa:
Mine works great out of the box. No need for a fix.

I haven't tested this on tracks though. I just get a lock in a few seconds.

I also actually see sats in my house now...

Just saying.

I'll try tracks some time later after work.
[Captivate Android Development] citrit:
One quick question (I screwed up my phone once messing up this step) Do I need to get to download mode for these steps:

Reboot into recovery using 3-button-combo and apply captivate-efsbackup.zip.

- Don't use "reboot recovery" command or other shiny things to do this!

Flash cm7-captivate-initial-kernel.tar as pda using odin without auto-reboot

Reboot into recovery using 3-button-combo

How do I get to reboot into recovery using 3-button-combo from download mode after using Odin?
[Captivate Android Development] coderunner:
Do I need to use .pit file when flashing kernel?
[Captivate Android Development] slifer315:
Just the kernel in the PDA slot, no pit.
[Captivate Android Development] bobbylx:
No. Just put zImage.tar in the PDA spot and flash.
[Captivate Android Development] slifer315:
After odin says it has completed (it will say removed or something in the message box), pull the battery out and use the button combo.
[Captivate Android Development] pvr:
I think this require further clarification to everyone involved. Lots of "do this", "do that" but no straight answer.

Scenario

Some phones (namely the good 1008 batches - mine included) do not have the 3-button Combo. So, everytime you are back to stock you need to go through ADB to go to recovery.

Getting 3-button Combo

Usually, applying any ROM in the Dev section awards you with the 3BC. Which means you're able to perform it to do the first steps of CM7. Same thing for the fix by DG - which he reminds that when going back to stock it's bye-bye 3BC.

1-Million Dollar Question

I am not running stock, I do have 3BC and my phone is batch 1008: If I flash the initial cm7 zip will I lose the 3BC fix?
[Captivate Android Development] nakedninja42:
can any confirm if videos are working? I tried this a few weeks ago on 20110220 and couldn't get avi or mkv to play on rockplayer using hardware acceleration.