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[Captivate Android Development] ou812bkewl:
I have always found that after a "fresh" CM7 install (back to stock, root, cwm recovery flash, then CM7) , at boot, after everything has calmed down with gapps installed and only my google account synced I will still have 70+ megs of memory free as shown in the status menu in settings. After I install all my programs, excluding my launcher (Launcher Pro), with ADW as my launcher, I then will have 40 mb free at boot. With Launcher Pro installed, I'll have around 30 mb free at boot. Anything lower than 50 mb free makes smoothness turn into slight lag. At 30 MB free, my phone becomes almost unusable until I actually start killing apps manually. If I have more than 70 MB free, my cappy will run like a scalded ape!

I will usually change the "max apps running" setting in the development app. If I set it at 4, I usually have enough memory free to have something run in the background just fine and watch a movie or web surf snappily. At a setting of 3 or less, I will have issues keeping my camera app from closing as soon as it's opened. So just try the development app setting and see if that helps. Those settings revert after reboot.
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
I wonder why though. I have been using LCD Density forever with every CM7 build and before and never had this issue. Maybe some Market changes?
[Captivate Android Development] halfsoul:
My guess would be market or the apps. In preparation for ICS (one OS for all screen sizes) Google has been trying to get developers to either (a) make their apps multi-size compatible or (b) identify compatibility based on screen size.

Source: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/preparing-for-handsets.html
[Captivate Android Development] Raul77:
Guys how often do u update the nightly? every night? every week? every month?

Thanks,
[Captivate Android Development] matmanchu5:
here's a question ?, but seriously can the accelerometer lag issue on cm7captivate be fixed by replacing the associated files with a samsung roms(files) could it be that simple? this is really my favorite rom but i cant play my fav game on it because of this issue.

my heart is being torn in two:(, ok, maybe three if you incude my girlfriend:)lol

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Android Development] nkrick:
I tend to update sporadically... Here is a list of every version/update I have run:

cm7-captivate-initial-20110304

update-cm-7-03102011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-20110313-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-03292011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-04112011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-04152011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-04202011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-04212011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-04282011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-05042011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-05062011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-05092011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-05112011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

update-cm-7-05152011-NIGHTLY-Captivate-signed

cm_captivatemtd_full-9

cm_captivatemtd_full-20

update-cm-7.1.0-RC1-Captivate-signed

cm_captivatemtd_full-65

cm_captivatemtd_full-69

cm_captivatemtd_full-72

cm_captivatemtd_full-75

cm_captivatemtd_full-81

cm_captivatemtd_full-89

cm_captivatemtd_full-91

cm_captivatemtd_full-98

cm_captivatemtd_full-123

cm_captivatemtd_full-130

I have not flashed anything except for CM nightlies (and RC1) since the 0304 initial package.
[Captivate Android Development] Raul77:
^^^ Thanks. wondering is there any down side in updating every-night?
[Captivate Android Development] hauj0bb:
I bought a Rom Manager Premium license because it notifies me whenever there's a new nightly, allows me to download it direct (with MD5 hash check), with or without google apps, and then prompts me if I want to clear dalvik cache, reg cache, data, before booting into recovery.

Pretty much automates the process, and always works.
[Captivate Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Usually once a week to stay fresh. ..or every few days. Some of these changes/fixes/additions that appear in the changelog aren't relevant to my/our phone, but do keep an eye on it from time to time to see if there is anything im particularly interested in!:)

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did you test my theory? It worked for me.. but curious to see if i was just lucky or that really was the cause.
[Captivate Android Development] littlewierdo:
Your problem is launcher pro, it is a memory hog. Go into the settings for launcher pro and set the memory footprint to something that uses less memory and you should gain a small performance boost. OR, use Go Launcher Ex (free) which offers all the same functionality (as far as I know) and more and is much less of a memory hog.

Battery saving and memory saving apps:

I personally use a task killer called Task Panel (but I use it sparingly), to whomever it was that asked for an alternative to Advanced Task Killer.

Autostarts is also a must for controlling apps and when they start.

Juice Defender OR Tasker (I use Tasker) is a must for controlling the radios on your phone. Tasker offers MUCH more than Juice Defender but is also a bigger pain in the ass to setup. HOWEVER, Tasker offers much more control over ALL of the radios on the phone as well as other 'events' that you can schedule.

If you have a spare $60 and dont mind added bulkiness, pick up a Seido extended battery from Amazon (make sure it is a Seido brand and that it is for the Captivate). Mine is a 3300 mah (the standard battery is 1500 mah) which means it more than doubles the stock battery life.

To give you an idea, using all of the above including Autostarts, Tasker, and the extended battery, I stream either podcasts using BeyondPod or Audiobooks using Audible over Bluetooth for 12 hours a night and end the night with around 65% battery left. In standby mode (doing nothing with my phone), I use about 15% battery life in 12 hours, in other words, I could run my phone for several days if I had to.

Hell, if I turned off 3g, I could probably squeeze even more...
[Captivate Android Development] halfsoul:
Regarding the recent tethering discussion: According to this thread they are monitoring user agent strings, and they suggest spoofing the user agent on the PC.

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Should be easy now that the 2G/3G toggle widget has been fixed (haven't tried myself yet)
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
Dude they are really going for it. I got an email first...then a call then a snail mail too....I am waiting for smoke signal and a homing pigeon seriously!
[Captivate Android Development] RichMD:
I also have a premium license and prefer using RM so I can easily name the backup with ROM version, etc.

My question is not how often people update but how often do they clear data before updating if they aren't experiencing problems? I read somewhere that after flashing nightly updates without wiping data that CM7 would lose performance. It doesn't seem right and was probably other "tweaks" that people do over time. However, does anyone think there is any truth to issues with flashing updates without clearing data?
[Captivate Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
i wipe every time. I guess just out of good measure ;)
[Captivate Android Development] quick6black:
I have been wiping everytime I update as well, been flashing the nightlys most days. Have not had any performance issues, lag, or fc. I did move a lot of apps to my SD card, freeing up some space in the data data folder. I don't use RM anymore, been flashing using CWM.
[Captivate Android Development] RockRatt:
I use rom manager and only tick wipe dalvich cache and then install it via rom manager. Never had an an issue. I do wipe dalvich cache and cache every so often, mainly when I am flashing a modem or something though.

Sent from My KickAss Captivated CM7 OC'd 1.5Ghz/Undervolted
[Captivate Android Development] nimper:
Seems I am the "cool new nightly feature" patrol...

RGB color, FM optimizations, touchkey mutex fixes (android_device_samsung_captivatemtd)

Voodoo color ahoy in tomorrow's nightly? :D
[Captivate Android Development] RichMD:
This is what I want as my typical method as well with the exception of doing a nandroid backup sometimes (via RM). I clear the dalvik cache (at least) for almost anything - except modems since I don't "think" they would affect that cache. I know I will flash almost every nightly (even though I know it probably isn't worth it) so I want to ensure (within reason) that I won't experience problems by NOT clearing data and updating often.

Also, is it safe to assume that any themes designed to work with the theme chooser should not cause lag, etc? I'm not sure how some themes cause problems like lag but I also don't understand the framework. Does the standard theme chooser somewhat prevent any "bad" theme designs? Sorry if this sounds like a confusing question... :o
[Captivate Android Development] SteveCheeseman:
i just installed the latest nightly and when i open the market, it FC's within about 5 seconds everytime. Any help?
[Captivate Android Development] RichMD:
Did you try clearing data for the market in manage applications? It works fine for me on the latest nightly.
[Captivate Android Development] SteveCheeseman:
no luck :(

i was really lookin forward to cm7 after tryin miui
[Captivate Android Development] RockRatt:
Try going into settings and change or rechange to English us. I have seen that with other CM7 post. Worth a shot.

Sent from My KickAss Captivated CM7 OC'd 1.5Ghz/Undervolted
[Captivate Android Development] SteveCheeseman:
you sir, are a gentleman and a scholar

it worked!
[Captivate Android Development] zuN!:
Out of curiosity, is the default SMS app included in our Captivatemtd builds the Cyanogenmod Messaging App that's found in here

edit: looks exactly the same based on the screenshots so I'm assuming it is our default SMS app
[Captivate Android Development] littlewierdo:
Just a quick fyi to those that did not notice, Gapps was updated near the end of August (I never noticed until today). You can download it from within Rom Manager... It appears Rom Manager uses the old version by default and does not check to see if this has been updated so manually, from within RM go to download rom and then select Gapps, then download the one from 8/29 (I think thats the date on it).
[Captivate Android Development] anishz:
In the latest nightly changelog says Fm optimization, what is that?
[Captivate Android Development] RockRatt:
You will notice quite a few things in the changelogs like this very often. Basically the way I understand it, it is the code put into the shared or common files of all devices and IF you have the correct hardware it would work. In the case of the FM radio file we do NOT have the FM radio hardware so it is not for us.

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[Captivate Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Yessir that looks exactly like ours!
[Captivate Android Development] anishz:
I was just curious because it said specifically captivatemtd something in ( ) and not general android.Thank you for reply though.
[Captivate Android Development] astrocrep:
Hey guys, I just jumped from 130 to 132, and I can confirm there is some basic Voodoo Color support...

However... I looks like I've lost Root... anyone else seeing that?
[Captivate Android Development] nkrick:
I went from 130 to 132 today and root works fine. You may want to try reflashing.

As far as voodoo color goes, I also see some support. RGB seems to be implemented, but the Gamma doesn't seem to do anything.
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
which is why the commit says "RGB tuning support" and doesn't say a single thing about gamma hack.
[Captivate Android Development] CptTwinkie:
Setting max apps to 4 turned out to be unusable. It was killing everything including my active app.

I checked and I have 48mb free. The performance is acceptable so I'll just keep up with the nightlies and see what happens.

Captivate w/ CyanogenMOD 7 nightly 130
[Captivate Android Development] pandakh:
Ive been having some strange issues lately, all my music files and picture files are being duplicated ... But only if They are on the Internal sd... Any thoughts?
[Captivate Android Development] Haloruler64:
Clear out your thumbnails (in the Camera folder) and then wipe data for Gallery?
[Captivate Android Development] justmart:
My gmail is not giving me notifications. Already unistalled and installed again. Nightly 130. Any help? Thanks.

Sent from a PRican Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] CptTwinkie:
I just upped from 126 to 130 and I had similar problems with a lot of apps. I had to uninstall each and reinstall. Then I restored data from my titanium backup ..uh backup

Captivate w/ CyanogenMOD 7
[Captivate Android Development] justmart:
That fixed your problem?!

Sent from a PRican Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] s1l3nt:
can someone check if apps from gameloft like nova 2 apear in their market? last time i checked i couldnt find it on cm7 but was able to see it on a samsung rom
[Captivate Android Development] loserskater:
Fresh install? I know it's silly but is gmail checked under account sync settings? If so, try clearing gmails data.
[Captivate Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
I do not see it in the market either :(
[Captivate Android Development] justmart:
It was an upgrade. FB notifications are working but Gmail doesn't. Tried everything still not working. Thanks anyway.
[Captivate Android Development] singlebeam:
For some reason when I restore GMAIL from a backup after a fresh install of a nightly it will not sync mail by default. You must go to 'Accounts & sync' and change it yourself.
[Captivate Android Development] justmart:
Thank you!! Sync was on! But gmail for some reason was disable.

Sent from a PRican Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] BL4zD:
So you guys got your gmail notifications working?

For some reason, notifications are only system wide on my fresh install. I used to be able to set notification sounds for the system and a different one for email alerts but now I can't find the gmail sound options anymore.
[Captivate Android Development] singlebeam:
...the only reason gmail notifications weren't working is because GMAIL wasn't set to sync with the phone; this could be changed. hope this helps!
[Captivate Android Development] BL4zD:
But are you guys able to set a sound for when mail comes into your gmail account? Right now I can only hear the notification sounds that play for all notifications.

Before, I could set a ring tone, I could set an email sound, and a third sound for calendar events. Now I can only set ring tones and the email and calendar events are set to the same sound.
[Captivate Android Development] loserskater:
You need to set the tone through the app.

Gmail: menu>more>settings>select account>labels to notify>inbox>select ringtone.

Calendar: menu>more>settings>select ringtone
[Captivate Android Development] BL4zD:
Thank you. That's even better than my old settings :) I used to only be able to set a ringtone for gmail itself but now it's granular per label.
[Captivate Android Development] Aus_Azn:
Just out of curiosity, I hear rumours of 2.3.6 and 2.3.7. Are those coming to cm7?
[Captivate Android Development] ryandelman:
Latest nightly is 2.3.7.......
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
Yeah some times my gmail sync gets unchecked when I crash my phone attempting higher clocks lol
[Captivate Android Development] melbourne408:
Shaolin and his gmail again hahaha, poke poke hahaha :D
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
hey it got fixed after my new flash from zero...my phone needed it badly LOL
[Captivate Android Development] dragonzsoul:
hi everyone, my gf has a captivate and wants it rooted. i have a fascinate that's rooted and running CM7 with the glitch kernel.

my question is.. are there any major bugs/flaws with CM7? i saw there's like 100+ nightlies out, compared to the 60ish the fascinate has. please let me know! i took a look at the major ROMs available.. i think i still favor CM7 for her phone
[Captivate Android Development] astrocrep:
Hey, it's pretty damn stable! Battery life can leave a little to be desired, but that seems to vary person to person. It's definitely one of the best roms for the captivate, imho.
[Captivate Android Development] dragonzsoul:
does gps work?
[Captivate Android Development] astrocrep:
As well as any other rom, for the most part... my GPS has always sucked in my phone regardless of the rom... so it's hard for me to tell. But it does locked, and track.
[Captivate Android Development] nkrick:
While there are some software tweaks to "help" the GPS, it has been pretty well proven that the GPS issues on the Captivate (and some other Galaxy S devices) is due to a hardware flaw. You should be able to expect GPS on Captivate with CM7 to work about the same as GPS on the stock AT&T ROM.

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There is really only 1 major thing you need to be aware of with using CM7 on a Captivate that is different than CM on a Fascinate. The Captivate has a hardware voice processing chip (the audience chip) that is currently not supported by the CM kernels. Hopefully support will come after Samsung releases Gingerbread source for the Captivate. In the meantime, the AT&T modems will give very poor sound quality. Instead, you will want to use a modem from an i9000. The modem the CM7 comes with is JL3, which is a farily good all around modem. If you wish to try others, you can use any Captivate modem or Galaxy S modem from http://goo-inside.me. Just stay away from KB1 right now (that is the AT&T modem).
[Captivate Android Development] Burstaholic:
What an odd thing to read. When I first got my Captivate, GPS didn't work at all (original ATT 2.1). When I flashed a custom ROM, it was instantly fixed. Clear software issue there.

To be fair, there are certainly some phones with actual hardware issues, and even the three phones I've experienced this with is an awfully small sample size to draw any conclusions from.

I've just never seen anyone state the opposite from my experience (hardware vs. software issue) before.
[Captivate Android Development] XsceneXhippieX:
May I please out-of-place-like ask you what kernel is known for faster at&t data speeds because I frankly do not care for call quality over data transfer speeds being decent
[Captivate Android Development] nkrick:
You apparently have not followed the GPS issues very closely. While it is true that the stock firmware also had a software bug (aGPS didn't work because timesync was broken causing the GPS to take a long time to get a lock), the fact is that the GPS does not track very well which most of the devs who know about GPS agree is due to a hardware problem (most generally agree it is the GPS antenna design).

If you want to learn more about the i897 GPS issues, read up on the posts from Rrryan2 (especially the OP here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=957164). He is the creator of the PlumbBob GPS "fix" for Captivate and knows a lot about GPS. If he says there is a hardware issue, I believe him.

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Kernel does not affect data speeds. It is the modem that can impact your data speeds. Since modem performance varies widely from device to device and by area, you really need to test each modem out yourself to see which is best for you.
[Captivate Android Development] Burstaholic:
Interesting information, thanks for the link. I vaguely recall reading about this in the beginning, but I didn't pay much attention after I found a ROM I liked that fixed it for me.

In fact CM7 has improved my GPS even further, so I'm quite happy with it now.
[Captivate Android Development] XsceneXhippieX:
ICannot believe I said kernel, meant modem, I'm on glitch and am very experienced in changing roms/kernels/bootloaders, just never flashed a modem on the cappy before, I think it is very similar to the radios for the hd2 and I changed the radios all the time on said phone, thanks for the info but I think ill stick to the cm7 stock modem because I simply have no time for trial/error with modems currently
[Captivate Android Development] melbourne408:
Haha I have to get my jokes in when I can, school is killing me haha

Sent From My Swaggin 1.6 Son Of A Glitch
[Captivate Android Development] Aztecbandit:
Am i the only one who has a failed power button? or did my phone just start failing me like the headphone jack did.
[Captivate Android Development] RCDuke:
I have not had any issues with the power button, so it may just be your phone.
[Captivate Android Development] hamwbone:
I could never get my volume on my external speaker louder then an ants whisper on cm7. Only thing I have done to help this is drag the bars on the DSP all the way up on all of the sliders. Attenuation is at 0. This the only fix? my first install was on 124, running latest now. Biggest issue was not hearing ringer and alarm clock.
[Captivate Android Development] RockRatt:
I have found that the ringtones, alarms, and notification sounds that come with cm7 seem to be quieter. What I did was download ZEDGE ringtones from the market and downloaded many ringtones and notification tones. Then using root explorer I moved them from the zedge folder and created a folder called media with sub folders called notification and ringtones. Then when I choose ringtones and notifications I choose them from that folder. They are quite a bit louder.

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[Captivate Android Development] Aztecbandit:
thats what i thought. shame as i still have about 6 months till an upgrade is even possible.
[Captivate Android Development] pparavas:
1 hr 52 minutes, and the battery's down to 40%. I am on 134 nightly... anyone experiencing such drops?:(:eek:
[Captivate Android Development] brandon_L:
I'm on 134 as well. I drop 4-5% an hour normally and 2-3% and hour with juice defender. Any apps running wild?
[Captivate Android Development] pparavas:
No sir, no apps running... just gtalk...
[Captivate Android Development] brandon_L:
May have to calibrate battery. Charge till full then boot into recovery and wipe battery stats. Might work, if not it at least rules one thing out. :)
[Captivate Android Development] acmcelwee:
Anyone using the lockscreen calendar widgets? I haven't gotten calendar events to actually show up on my lockscreen, and I was wondering if there's something that I'm missing?
[Captivate Android Development] ballz0iron:
try flashing stock and then coming back to cm7 it really helps with battery. i usually do it every few nightlies and i can get 36 hours out of my cappy with medium usage 2 days and 1 nights sleep
[Captivate Android Development] RichMD:
I asked a few pages back about simply updating nightlies without wiping data or flashing stock to see if others find that to be a problem. I have been trying that and it seems to be unresponsive briefly more often now so I think I am going to try stock and then flash the latest. Has anyone found that you can consistently update nightlies without wiping data or flashing stock and it continues to perform well?
[Captivate Android Development] hayslett4:
Nightly Updates

I've been flashing the nightlies pretty regularly without any issues. I would always wipe the Dalvik Cache prior to the flash to minimize the chance of a boot-loop. If it would boot-loop, I'd go back into recovery, wipe, then reflash to fix the issue. I've had a good day's use out of the phone after I would charge it completely, use it completely, then let it charge overnight. I used the battery calibration once it read 100%. My day's use consists of a few rounds of Angry Birds, calendar updates, market updates, some light surfing, and a few phone calls (6am to 10pm).

I've never taken it back to stock since coming to CM7 and haven't seen a need to. I am running a task killer, but that's really about it.