yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
sd-ext is not external sd card. sd-ext is a part of android that points to where apps can be placed when moving apps to sd card. it is defined in board configuration for each and every phone. sd-ext is, by default, pointed to /mnt/sdcard/ so unless you rebuild the entire ROM with sd-ext defined as /mnt/emmc/ it's not gonna happen. also, I have no idea why you're using a script with CM7 has apps2sd built it in natively. package manager and asec (android secure) don't recognize/expect TWO sd cards in a phone, so it goes to /mnt/sdcard/

basically, deal with it, nothing you can do about it right now

yeah, rename it as an apk
[Captivate Android Development] LOSTLOGIC89:
If u download tru ur phone from some servers it happens (!like filesonic) .Do it tru ur PC.if that's not the case try to rename .PHP to .apk
[Captivate Android Development] Enableee:
i have installed this rom and i cant add my gmail account to my phone

it always saying "Setup could not finish - Unable to open connection to server."

im connected to the wifi.

how i fix that? all my contacts are there
[Captivate Android Development] ri3tn:
Not sure why you're so hostile, but thanks for the help. I used a script because I couldn't find the native apps2sd that would move multiple apps at a time.
[Captivate Android Development] stuff:
Reason he is so hostile is that he expects others to have the same knowledge about everything android+CM7 as he does. When they do not, he gets frustrated.
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
I admit my above comment was a bit more hostile then I meant for it to sound, it wasn't intentional. I couldn't think of a better way to write "you can go ahead and change it if you like, but sd-ext is defined in the build process, so you'd have to build yourself to change it. and there's no guarantee it won't result in unforeseen outcomes." (likely related to USB sharing of both sd cards as there's a potential race condition between mounting, asec, sd-ext, and external sd) at the time. my hostility has nothing to do with people's lack of knowledge about android; any hostility stems from people asking questions that have already been answered numerous times or coming in and complaining about feature x not being up to snuff or quality y not being what they expected when this ROM is still in pre-beta. the team has admitted on more than one occasion that this ROM isn't suitable for everyone, hell, why do you think the Q&A has instructions on how to switch off this ROM? (does any other ROM explain how to stop using their ROM?)

I wrote the majority of that FAQ for end user benefit (I already knew the answers, it's there to help people who don't know) and there's a publicly available issue tracker, yet half the people don't use it. they just announce on the thread "I HAS BUG" which doesn't do any good. when someone asks a reasonable question that hasn't been addressed, I usually try to take the time to answer it calmly and reasonably, but we all have bad moods (and this morning, when I wrote that first one, I wasn't in a great mood and it clearly came across). doesn't excuse my rudeness, for sure, but I just want it known that I didn't intend for that to be the outcome.
[Captivate Android Development] stuff:
Totally understandable. I think we all do it at some point. I do it a lot to family and friends when they ask me something that I see as so simple, but they don't.

Just gotta remember everyone has a different level of knowledge with things.
[Captivate Android Development] pvr:
Not understandable at all. Although I could not care any less if the person is rude or not, the moment you decide to put things out in public (be it code, music, text, whatever you created) you have to be ready to know that (1) haters gonna hate (2) ppl are more afraid than you'd expect.

It's part of living in a society. You can always just say "**** off" to everyone but that will not improve anything for anyone. Simply put the best way it to simply ignore as in, not care at all.
[Captivate Android Development] switters1:
Exactly. Who cares if somebody says something stupid or hasn't read the FAQ?

Just ignore the post and move on without spending valuable time responding when that time could be spent improving code.
[Captivate Android Development] wallsg:
I've had it happen in a few cases with Chrome. Just with random files, not necessarily anything Android related.
[Captivate Android Development] shawn.ferris:
I think we should all ask for our money back.. They're obviously just wasting it! ;D
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
Definitely. :mad:

Though I did explain on the Galaxy S thread why things just take time, there's only so much we can do:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13367063&postcount=7843
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
Uploaded 20110501 update. This is Gingerbread 2.3.4, from merging Google's Nexus S source.
[Captivate Android Development] phaedrusiszen:
*terrorist fist-bump*

Downloading now...
[Captivate Android Development] phaedrusiszen:
So far, so good. It makes me happy.
[Captivate Android Development] Roof King:
Thanks guys! Looks good so far.
[Captivate Android Development] skatcat31:
So I've been reading this back and forth was one of the worse wastes of page space. He, like many, answered a question and the tone was misunderstood. He apologized about it. Move on and get to something about the rom, what this thread is about in the first place. On a forum, if there is a dispute of tone the best place to handle it is in pm, Not a thread.

Now on to the rom. It rocks but I've had to move back to the 21 nightly because 28 is still giving me problems. Love the work guys.

Edit ooh new nightly -drool-
[Captivate Android Development] veener79:
Sweet new month comes with a new rom. :)
[Captivate Android Development] tjsooley:
Love the new nightly. And love the led notify
[Captivate Android Development] raz123:
On my unit, there's something clearly wrong with graphics.

Color depth seems to have been reduced.

Looks like it has been set to 16 bits?

This effect is noticed: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/img/gradient-h-32col.png
[Captivate Android Development] shawn.ferris:
Hey devs, quick question.. I spent some time yesterday looking at different hardware platforms, with the idea that perhaps I could find one with kernel source that uses some of the same components as the cappy. (the yamaha sensor, etc)

Is there any value in that? or you have enough info and it's just working around how samsung implemented it on our phone?
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
We would love code for the sensors. Samsung did not open the user space code for that, and most of the code is hidden in that.
[Captivate Android Development] skatcat31:
-in a happy tone-Just reporting after tests. Living the newest nightly, and I don't have the issues the last one have me. Plus the compass works now.

I think this needs a disclaimer,

Prescription strength flash addiction relief, now over the counter.
[Captivate Android Development] papercutMS:
atinm you, your entire SGS team and the upstream CM group do amazing work. Waiting for full charge on battery before flashing. Will report any issues, but if this nightly is like previous ones, it should work flawlessly for me.
[Captivate Android Development] tiuk:
Wow, really didn't expect a merge of 2.3.4 so soon. You guys rock, I think the amount of work you put into this so that we can all benefit is incredible.
[Captivate Android Development] crazililazn:
For the newest nightly, is kang's most recent kernel compatible with it?

Also I have noticed that with the new nightly, gpu performance is lower in benchmarks. I know benchmarks are just benchmarks, but I was wondering if I was the only one experiencing it.
[Captivate Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
I think the new gpu drivers lowered some scores a little. But for your kernel question, it's best asked in that particular thread...most likely not unless he has it synced with the latest nightly.
[Captivate Android Development] smackdownn:
is the signal polling problem fixed? and the camera,720p recording also fixed?
[Captivate Android Development] Rikusaki:
^ This.

I'm sticking with JVB until these are fixed. :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] Opteronvoz:
Signal is OK for me now but Lucid theme doesn't work with lock screen anymore, it also broke my beautiful widget. Any suggestion?
[Captivate Android Development] slifer315:
Are changelogs really that difficult to read? I'm sure problems such as those would get their own mention.

Sent from my Xoom
[Captivate Android Development] vsboxerboy1:
Is the camera problem related to the bug I notice where picture thumbnails are just green when I send them to my PC?
[Captivate Android Development] skatcat31:
Okay, really? Woods on the fire. Pm System exist fire a REASON. Use it for this sort of off topic ethics discussion. This has no reason to be in thread so lets keep it out of the thread.

On another note, that green filter you see is a misunderstood value. What format are the pictures you transferred over? What version os are you running? More often then not it's a pc thumb nail problem.
[Captivate Android Development] shawn.ferris:
+10
[Captivate Android Development] stuff:
Arguments here = no help whatsoever.

Anyway as soon as I decide to part from CM7 (I've experienced too many bugs thus far) a new update gets put out.

Though I'm going to stick with GR10. It keeps me feeling like I'm using a different phone (switching from asop launcher and TWlauncher4)
[Captivate Android Development] br123:
The LED notification lights up when a new email is received but it will not blink. will a logcat help on this one? if so I'd be glad to post one.
[Captivate Android Development] krazie1:
Thats how the LED Notification is suppose to work.
[Captivate Android Development] tiuk:
New 2.3.4 gapps for those that are unaware:
[Captivate Android Development] phaedrusiszen:
K, bye. I for one bought the Captivate because I liked the hardware, but did not like the software. My hope was there would be a Cyanogenmod that would make my software concerns go away, and here it is, in a manner of speaking, and I'm elated for it. There was a big boost when the similar enough Nexus S was released, but they are not identical. I've been a huge Linux buff for many, many years and make a living for my family by having a very deep understanding of it, and know the difficulties the developers have with reverse engineering hardware they have, practically, zero documentation for. What they've done is thus far is incredible, and much kudos for that. If it's not to your standard than go elsewhere, you won't be missed. But do not diss what is here. If you want to stay and help out with what will may be the future of your phone after Samsung forgets about it, than help would be welcome.
[Captivate Android Development] shawn.ferris:
Cool.. I saw mention that the Droidpad mi700 had the same compass hardware as the captivates. I also saw that it was a rebranded Viewsonic ViewPad 7. I figured if only one pad had source, the mi700 would. To my surprise, the viewpad 7 does:

https://github.com/viewsonic-vsi/ViewPad-7-Kernel

I haven't looked through the rest of the source/specs to see if there is anything else in common, but I do believe the ms-3c is complete. (I only know enough C to be dangerous.. so I could be wrong)

Specifically, here's the driver for the compass:

fihsensor.c - YAMAHA MS-3C compass driver

https://github.com/viewsonic-vsi/ViewPad-7-Kernel/tree/master/kernel/drivers/input/ecompass

Looks like communication is over the i2c bus, so I can't imagine re-implementation on the cappy would be much trouble? (again.. I know enough to be a danger) :D

Hope this helps..
[Captivate Android Development] phaedrusiszen:
You, sir, rock.
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
We have the YAS529 geomagnetic sensor. The driver isn't the problem we think, it is the code above it that interprets the raw values returned that is closed source, and we'd like to be able to get an open source version of it.
[Captivate Android Development] shawn.ferris:
Dang.. no worries.. I'll keep looking then. 8D
[Captivate Android Development] phaedrusiszen:
I haven't looked, yet, but what sort of output do you get?
[Captivate Android Development] snorkle:
Sorceforge not working for anyone else?
[Captivate Android Development] Jep56:
WIll be flashing this for the first time, so this may be a dumb question. Once I flash the "initial" rom, do I have to flash each nightly update, or go to the latest to get all of the updates?
[Captivate Android Development] tiuk:
They're cumulative, just flash the latest
[Captivate Android Development] LOSTLOGIC89:
Nope just flash the latest one
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
please read the Q&A as this (and many other issues) are clearly addressed there.
[Captivate Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
worked for me about an hour ago:)
[Captivate Android Development] Roof King:
Latest only
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
I would have to get someone else to answer - I haven't actually looked at the code. My understanding was that we get "raw" values, that have to be run thru some sort of model to actually get a reading. But maybe I'm talking about orientation user space binary, which is also something we'd like open sourced.
[Captivate Android Development] NiXXeD:
Do these ones contain the working video chat? I'm playing with the 1.3 version from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1056793 . Currently seems that we can receive video chat, and the little preview window works for our own video, however no video is being transmitted. I know this isn't related to CM7 necessarily, just curious what others with Captivates are experiencing or if they've found a way to make it work.
[Captivate Android Development] slifer315:
I've had video and voice transmit and receive from and to my phone. however phone to phone voice is extremely delayed (4-5 seconds) compared to skype (phone to phone) whereas (computer to phone) video was not any more delayed than Skype (computer to computer). i have not yet attempted phone to phone video. also I am using the gapps that atinm retweeted on twitter.

Sent from a phone, playing a phone, disguised as another phone.
[Captivate Android Development] comdei:
Nice, switch from i9000 gpu driver to the new Nexus S driver?

I am interesting in reasoning
[Captivate Android Development] br123:
So why is there a blink rate setting if the LEDs aren't supposed to blink? is that just to be consistent with the other CM7 builds for phones that actually have LEDs?
[Captivate Android Development] NiXXeD:
Yup. Just tested and it does work. Although it does seem to require wifi.
[Captivate Android Development] Beast11:
Ok, So a friend flashed CM7 like two days ago and he flashed an older kernel by accident, now wifi is not working on ANY rom... Any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] takerfan:
Flash the latest CM7 update again.
[Captivate Android Development] KCutrer1:
Hey guys, not sure if this was mentioned in here earlier (haven't checked the thread for a while) but with the latest update my phone seems to be losing data on each reboot. It prompts for the Google account setup, etc. Also the phone is reporting 0 internal storage, so apps cannot be installed etc. Any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] MarlowXim:
There might be a way, someone has mfc decoding working on nexus s on cm 7.0.1. So hopefully the developer will be willing to release sources so it could be adapted to galaxys cm port. Read last post for info. http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmo...=ID Type Status Priority Device Owner Summary
[Captivate Android Development] Enhanced:
I would have flashed this long ago if there weren't these reported issues with battery life. Still I am very intently following along waiting for a fully stable release.

Amazing the work you guys have done here!
[Captivate Android Development] cishos:
type fresh cannot remount system..

anyone know a fix around this?
[Captivate Android Development] AJerman:
Reported issues with battery life? I was at 21 hours the other day after playing a fair amount of full screen 3d games. Battery life is great for me. Better than most other ROMs it seems.

The only thing I can think is that people reporting battery life issues changed their wifi sleep policy to never sleep and left their wifi on the whole time. Of course that will drain the battery fast. That's why I leave my wifi off.
[Captivate Android Development] Enhanced:
Really? I've been reading this thread and more people than not have said that there are some issues with battery life. Not many have came out saying that battery life has been great like you did.

Some have also said it was decent, so I'll peg it at mediocre to average battery life right now until more people chime in.

You made me want to flash this that much more though!
[Captivate Android Development] TheShamsMan:
My apologies if this has already been asked, but where is the portrait mode toggle?

Thanks for the awesome work!
[Captivate Android Development] cropythy:
In my experience the battery life is decent, the drain with the screen off is greater than that of samsung roms, but with the screen off the battery life seeems better than samsung roms with the screen on.
[Captivate Android Development] jdhondari:
Still trying to install google apps with no luck..

What should i do ? Should I flash to stock and start over again?
[Captivate Android Development] bames:
I would say overall battery life if pretty good. Better than many of the older custom 2.2's. Don't think i will have a problem going 18-20+ on most days.

But i think what people are reporting is based on their respective experiences with other recent roms

I am coming from Supernova, Firefly, and Phoenix as most recent roms all of which (along with some other recent ones from DG, MikeyMike, etc) have outstanding battery life as well.

Need a few more days to see how it settles in because my battery always seemed to improve after a rom had been on it for 3 or 4 days of normal charging/discharging.

In the limited experience it does seem maybe the battery life is less consistent if that makes sense. Have had pretty limited stable drop when unplugged most of the time but on two occasions it seems like all of the sudden you get 3-5 times the drain over an hour than you had over 4 or 5 hours use.

PS - i haven't had WIFI on at all other than to test and make sure it was functioning. I leave mine off by default on only occasionally turn it on.
[Captivate Android Development] drwx:
i never could get it to install with cwm. reboot into recover and install zip from sdcard. that is what worked for me.
[Captivate Android Development] silentheero:
Try redownloading the gapps zip again. One of the packages that I downloaded ended up being corrupt the first time. I blame terrible wireless connection -.-
[Captivate Android Development] kvenubabu:
I flashed this ROM Y'day. Working smooth. Thanks Devs for an awesome job.

How the updates are notified? In this forum or CM7 forum.
[Captivate Android Development] jdhondari:
Thats how i have been trying

Doing that now
[Captivate Android Development] AJerman:
Like I said, I bet most of those people turned off wifi sleep and left their wifi on. That will kill it fast. That and playing with GB for the first time, most of them probably didn't set down their phones for very long. I'd definitely tell you to go for it. I can tell you for a fact that it's not BAD. I would say it's average at worst.
[Captivate Android Development] jdhondari:
wow realized id been flashing the update file. guess its too early for me lol
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
Second days use I am at 81% down from 95% 2.5 hours unplugged with solid use
[Captivate Android Development] AJerman:
Definitely on the CM7 forum, and I'm sure atinm will update this thread as well. You can compile your own builds anytime if you look up the instructions on the CM7 forum and are experienced with that, but one of us will probably compile new builds every so often and post it up for you guys. I'd be willing to do that if it's not already going to be done by someone.

atinm: Not to give you more work to do since you've been doing great, especially answering questions, but would you mind putting the latest compile dates in the topic?
[Captivate Android Development] Shoey Peachew:
I was wondering if this has the Android Sip/Sip protocol built into it?
[Captivate Android Development] demonte21:
I guess this is the Step by step you are talking about :-) http://cmsgs.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Building_and_Installing_Gingerbread_from_Source_captivate

I'll try this tonight on my ubuntu machine!
[Captivate Android Development] smeltn:
Anyone else getting the problem where it won't charge your phone to 100%?

Also I am getting a VERY strange issue with words with friends.. When I open it up I get this now..

What could it be?
[Captivate Android Development] silentheero:
Just a note to those weighing whether or not to jump in- I went from Andromeda 1.2 with Ursa Minor kernel to CM7 without flashing to stock first, so it is possible and can be successfully done. YMMV- best practice is stock->ext4 kernel->CM.

Working great so far. Here are my impressions coming from Andromeda (and not having used CM before)-

+as fast as andromeda

+awesome sleep on/off animation

+smooth animation

+Great GPS lock (JK4 modem. had a terrible time before..)

+Wifi works great, I don't keep it on except when using it

+no fc issues yet

-camera glitching (restarting phone fixed it)

-initial no service (restarting fixed it)

Working through a full charge right now. Will try to post diagnostics about battery when it dies.
[Captivate Android Development] Beast11:
lol... yea did that. He went back to stock (no wifi working) and then came back to cm... still nothing.
[Captivate Android Development] veener79:
Noticed no more force close issue with Facebook anymore.
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
Yes, basically spent no time configuring the default button/menus.
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
New revision of the same software.
[Captivate Android Development] cishos:
I checked the LED notifications settings and there seems to be no way to turn them off. is there a way to turn them off?
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
enable quiet hours, disable it on individual apps, or set the color to anything "dark" (like purple) and it shouldn't enable
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
Since I am using Escapist kernel I know that if I flash this new update I cannot use the Escapist kernel until he updates it so...what if I want to rollback to the nightly that I had before flashing 05/01 should that work fine in case I prefer to go back after testing this new version?
[Captivate Android Development] pvr:
tl;dr

you probably said something along the lines that since it's hooby we don't get to give our opinions or something which is pretty much the ONLY argument anyone not related to the project uses in order to try and gain some leverage with the team.

cool story bro.
[Captivate Android Development] atinm:
No worries, no one gets any leverage with us - it's not like we keep track of usernames on XDA, let alone anywhere else . . .