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[Captivate Android Development] BL4zD:
there's one a few threads below this one called Teamhacksung's ICS Port.
[Captivate Android Development] loraque:
If you are going to continue to use your Captivate for a while, or otherwise require/want superior GPS, but a BT unit. Search for Globaltech 359 at Amazon, and for ~$40-

(screenshot).

If your GPS is bad on the phone, there is nothing you can do to actually fix it. It is not a software issue... if it was, wouldn't I see it no matter what the source for GPS? Use an external source, and it is absolutely perfect no fix required.
[Captivate Android Development] rp88:
I've actually got a bluetooth GPS receiver laying around, if anyone is interested then PM me.
[Captivate Android Development] :
Anyone know why there hasn't been a build in a while? I read back a few pages, but couldn't find anything...
[Captivate Android Development] Gromlakh:
The build bot is broken.

Someone really needs to update the OP so we don't have to keep answering this every 3-4 pages.
[Captivate Android Development] juliobahar:
Agreed. also include what a build bot is. Coz honestly I don't know...
[Captivate Android Development] nbell13:
it's basically an automated system that automatically compiles the nightlies every night. except one of the hard drives went bad, and they haven't gotten around to replacing it yet. hence it's broken.
[Captivate Android Development] dannb:
Saw some stuff in the news about CM7 support being dropped for the Vibrant due to 911 issues. Can a dev confirm, for our own re-assurance, that this is not an issue on the Captivate? I have no idea either way, and I don't exactly want to test it by calling 911 myself.
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
Someone should totally just do a self compile....or kang...or something....geez! :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] nbell13:
oh don't get me wrong, i was flashing your kangs every night or so... until the ics builds started flowing :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] Squeaner:
I read some notes about it in the changelog and that's my understanding as well.

I believe the Captivate and i9000 are safe.
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
Ya...I know. :D

That was really more for the folks asking about buildbot.

I'm staying away from ICS roms until I can at least compile them as an alpha cm9. The Nexus S build runs very nicely for the wife. Just patiently waiting for some moar device branches to get merged. :eek:

---------- Post added at 09:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:51 PM ----------

I'm no dev...but I assure you that they would have dropped support for Captivate, too, if it were known to be affected by the 911 bug.
[Captivate Android Development] dannb:
Cool. Cool cool cool cool.

[/abed]
[Captivate Android Development] ldmelo:
I read the thread and some people say they can´t get CM7 working with 32 gb sd cards.

I tried myself unsuccessfully to get my card to work (32gb sandisk class 4 SDHC) and right now I am about to downgrade to a 16gb class 10.

Anyway, what's the deal with CM7 and 32gb Sd cards?? Is there any fix/patch for that (or something to expect about that)? I had it working nicely on stock and on serendipity.
[Captivate Android Development] loraque:
I thought they were supported, you just could not format them in the phone. You try formatting it on a PC and then sticking it in?

EDIT- Oh, and a 16gb class 10 is probably an upgrade, not a downgrade. Class 4 chips make the Media Scanner take FOR-EV-ER.
[Captivate Android Development] Krynn!:
Unless that class 4 card is a Sandisk. Sandisk seems to rate their cards by the slowest speed they'll do in their test loop, not the fastest. Hell, my old Sandisk class 2 8gb card is faster than a good many other class 10 cards! And my Sandisk class 4 32gb card takes about the same time for media scanner to go over as my old card despite having 3 times as much stuff on it.
[Captivate Android Development] ldmelo:
you have a 32GB class 4 working with cm7?
[Captivate Android Development] zeropants:
I'm going to flash this with the gapps in the 7.1 Cyanogen Mod release thread.

is it safe to use the CWM that gets installed if you choose the i9000 as the phone when doing it through ROM Manager? Right now I think I'm on a 4.x version. Rom Manager doesn't pick it up because I haven't chosen a phone model. The rom I'm using is based on an i9000 rom so it sees my phone as that instead of a cappy...
[Captivate Android Development] Gromlakh:
You'll need to flash a Captivate ROM, flash a stock ROM, or manually edit your build.prop file before you can flash CM7. If you don't, the installer won't work. I would advise flashing a no bootloader one click package that includes a kernel with CWM in the package. After flashing that, you can just reboot straight to recovery and flash CM7.

Sent via Captivate (powered by CyanogenMOD)
[Captivate Android Development] zeropants:
I flashed a one-click Captivate ROM that was 2.3.5 I believe, one of the ones with CWM in the package. I can get the 3e recovery screen holding the volume/power buttons.

If I choose reboot to recovery on the ROM Manager screen I get the 3e as well. I just don't know if I want it to isntall the CWM it would do with the i9000 selected.

I installed and then rooted the ROM from the 2nd post in this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1285616
[Captivate Android Development] Gromlakh:
The ROM you're on clearly doesn't have the custom kernel, otherwise you would be getting 3e recovery and wouldn't have had to root it. There's a link in the first post if the thread to Boog's kernel for KI2; flash that and you should be set.

Sent via Captivate (powered by CyanogenMOD)
[Captivate Android Development] zeropants:
Flashed it, CWM shows up for about 1/2 a second, then phone reboots. If I let go of the buttons it boots to startup.
[Captivate Android Development] zeropants:
Nevermind. I was holding the buttons in too long...posting this from my install of nightly.
[Captivate Android Development] Krynn!:
Yeah, sure. It normally lives in my Transformer, but I stuck it in my Captivate (running CM7 nightly 181) and copied a few videos off of it to internal memory with no problems.
[Captivate Android Development] zeropants:
Are there any recommended kernels to run for CM?
[Captivate Android Development] Gromlakh:
Glitch.

Omg10char

Sent via Captivate (powered by CyanogenMOD)
[Captivate Android Development] ldmelo:
That's odd. I have exactly the same card (sandisk 32gb, class 4) and the same rom (cm7 181). When I try to use the card, It will eventually work, but not for long (not even 10 minutes). I start getting messages like "card damaged", "sd card removed", "preparing sd card".

People say a class 4 is slow, but that's no excuse, since it works nicely on ther roms. And I can use it in my camera, record HD movies and etc. Anyway, I just got a 16gb patriot class 10 that is working fine with cm7. The 32gb is being used now in my wife's cappy without problems (stock rom).
[Captivate Android Development] nkrick:
Copy all the data off the card and then try reformatting it. I think that CWR will allow you to format the external SD. If so, I'd try formatting it from there and see if it works.
[Captivate Android Development] Krynn!:
Hrm... There must be something goofy going on, because I don't get any messages like that. I just popped the card back in and played an hour-long vid off of it with no problems.
[Captivate Android Development] Gromlakh:
No. Try moving apps to the internal SD card to free up space, also try using cache cleaner.
[Captivate Android Development] ctleng76:
That works for some apps. There are still some issues with apps that are incompatible with being moved to the SD card. Since these phones have a huge amount of internal memory it seems that there should be a way to utilize more of it for app storage. This same problem does not occur as easily with the Samsung ROMS.
[Captivate Android Development] switters1:
I've been away from my captivate for a while.

Can anybody tell me how battery life is with CM7?

When I left, there were issues with various components entering deep sleep so battery life was never as good as some of the samsung based ROMs.

Is this still the case? How good is the latest nightly? Do I need to flash glitch as well?

I've been running CM7 on my galaxy S2 for a while and battery life is great. Tried CM9 on cappy, but it drains like crazy.
[Captivate Android Development] tbrummell:
I'm running a CM7 KANG build, with Glitch kernel, moderate screen use during the day, 2-3 hours of music via Bluetooth and I'm typically around 40-50% remaining after a 12 hour day.

I know everyone's usage is different, but after switching to Glitch, and then to the KANG build, this is the *best* battery life I have ever gotten from my Captivate.

Edit: screenshot added for clarity. :)
[Captivate Android Development] switters1:
That sounds great to me!

Can you point me to the Kang build you're using?
[Captivate Android Development] tbrummell:
This thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347273

Download here:

http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/gigglebread/captivatemtd/

I'm currently using the one from the 13th.
[Captivate Android Development] loraque:
Its really only the later 2.3.x Samsung builds that seem to have added some battery mojo to make them noticeably better than before. Started noticing it with KH3 onward on the i897 side. I have still not seen anything to rival that kinds of battery life.

However, CM is light years from where it once was, and seems just about the same as an i9000 ROM. All I did to tweak it, was use tasker to turn BT and GPS on when needed, otherwise off all the time. Seems to give me that few extra % I need in a day to not feel a battery crunch on a normal day.
[Captivate Android Development] india23:
Does anybody know when the next nightly might be released? I saw they added support for TV OUT and am very eager to try it out.
[Captivate Android Development] mnjm9b:
well...

I just waisted the evening building this to see if it works...

sorry to say but it broke stuff (probably an easy fix...)

most likely they are not done with adding in everything it needs to work...

give it a few...

I know..I am excited too...

TV-out + Emulators + wii remote = Pure awesomeness... (probably look like crap on the big screen though... but fun)
[Captivate Android Development] gilpdawg:
See this thread.

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/37133-nightly-build-bot/page__st__20
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
BACON

Anyone wanna test the TV-Out commit? :D
[Captivate Android Development] mnjm9b:
Tried last night...it produced strange artifacts all over the place.

Device settings fc

Can't even enable it.

But I am adding other stuff in at the same time so there may have been a conflict on my end...

Give it a go...see what a clean build produces.

Edit: looks like they are still adding stuff...
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
I've had 36 dl's and not a single report, as of yet, saying whether or not it works..........meh
[Captivate Android Development] mnjm9b:
That's right...I forgot you were posting your kangs.

Are you using it on your own phone? Does it work for you.

When did you build it? There was another tv file merge yesterday morning. I missed that one.

If your working now I will need to rebuild for sure...
[Captivate Android Development] makelegs:
I haz no cappy. Try it and see, if you like.
[Captivate Android Development] ldmelo:
I spent the day trying to make my card work with CM7 (microsd 32gb sandisk class 4 sdhc).

First I made a backup of my files using an SD adapter. Then I tried to format the card in CWR, but it won`t work, since CWR (clockwokMod recovery) can't mount the card. I get the following error messages: "I:Skipping execution of extendedcommand, file not found...", "W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 (No such file or directory)", "Error mounting /emmc!".

Then I went back to the PC and formatted the card using windows 7. It took almost an hour. After that, I inserted the card back in my captivate running CM7 (build 181) and tried to mount it, but got the messages "sd card safe to remove" or "sd card removed, insert a new one" (?!). Pressed mount a few more times unsuccessufully and did some removing and reinserting. Got it mounted finnaly. Once mounted, I was able to copy/read files using astro and everything seemed fine.

Got the card off the phone and back to the PC, copied some music (17gb), and tried the card again in the captivate. After trying to mount I got again the message "sd card removed, insert a new one". Trying to mount it again or removing and reinserting the card would bring one of the messages: "sd card removed", "sd card safe to remove", "preparing sd card" or "sd card damaged". All of that followed by FCs on the android "storage" process. Messages like "preparing sd card" persist even after the card is removed. Sometimes, trying to mount the card result on the phone being rebooted.

Again back to the PC, got the card scanned for errors. No errors found. Back again to the captivate, tried to mount it like 10 times, and got it mounted once. Was able to play the music from the card and to copy/read files. Played with the phone for an hour and, once more, everything seems fine.

Went to take a shower and when I got back... "preparing sd card"... f...

Got back to CWR and tried to format but couldn't mount the card, like before.

Back to the PC, all the files are there and no errors found. Inserted the card on my wife`s cap running serendipity and the card worked perfectly (like it worked on my own captivate while I was running stock rom).

Got another 32gb SD card (from my camera - sandisk class 4) and tried in the captivate. Same thing -reboots and errors like "sd card safe to remove" and etc.

Got a 16gb patriot class 10 card, copied 15gb of music to it and inserted in my captivate. Got it mounted and I am using it until now without problems. No strange messages.

Afterall I think that the important thing to notice is this: when the card is not there, it is not there not only to CM7, but also to CWR in recovery mode.

I think this is not a transfer speed issue, since the card works on the very same captivate running other roms and on other equipments (other cells and cameras). Also, I must mention that the card is not that slow, since windows reported an average writing speed of 5.5mb/s for the patriot and 4.8 for the sandisk while copying music files.
[Captivate Android Development] bveditz:
Actually, we discussed this about a month back... The sandisk Class 4 32gb cards don't seem to work with Cyanogenmod 7. It's not just the captivate, it doesn't work in my nook either. You'd have to look, but I believe there was some mention earlier about kingston and adata's being fine, and a specific model was listed.
[Captivate Android Development] ldmelo:
Yeah, I know, but the user Krynn claims to have a sandisk working with CM7:
[Captivate Android Development] Krynn!:
I haven't left my 32gb card in my captivate for more than a couple hours at a time, but while it's been in my phone I haven't had any problems with it. It just works.

I haven't tried formatting the card, nor have I tried letting the phone sit for a few hours untouched and seeing if the card is present when it wakes up.

Like I said though, I keep this card in my Transformer, and the only times when my phone sleeps for that long are when I'm using my tablet. Well, ok, maybe when I'm asleep too. :P If I remember tonight, I'll stick it in my phone before I go to bed and see how things look in the morning.
[Captivate Android Development] G.Hook:
Dumb question..... what happens if I flash this with the GB bootloaders? I'm on Illuminance now. I have heard that multiple flashing of bootloaders gives more chance to brick your phone. Can I stay on GB bootloaders and just flash this?
[Captivate Android Development] sa1yan:
Anyone know when the next nightly is expected to drop? I reaaaaaaallly want the T9 dialer..
[Captivate Android Development] ldmelo:
Which kernel are you using?
[Captivate Android Development] coderunner:
I wanted to stick with cm7 the way it is but I installed the gingerbread launcher by eugene373 and wow its so much smoother just not customizable.
[Captivate Android Development] veener79:
Just want to check when I go back to stock do I need to root my phone before installing this rom? I know with DG's roms I did. They installed a little different. If I do not have to waste the time rooting I will not.
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
follow the instructions exactly, do not add or remove any steps that aren't listed
[Captivate Android Development] coderunner:
You don't have to root to install roms not even dg's roms. Just install clockworkmod recover and your good to go.
[Captivate Android Development] bunnsguy:
Is there a 'Task Manager' app available that is equivalent of the Samsung app? I'm using ES Manager and don't exactly like it. Nor do I like any 'ATK' app
[Captivate Android Development] alec5216:
Thanks for the suggestion. I had all animations enabled though, it was actually Spare Parts.

You're correct. Thanks for the help!
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
task managers are pointless. they use more battery than they save, only good for errant apps (you can just force stop the apps from the applications menu in settings)

to help you understand: http://lifehacker.com/#!5650894/and...ed-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them
[Captivate Android Development] waghoba:
Here you can find a similar app. But as kaik541 said its of not much of a use and I think killing tasks often takes more battery...just my observation though.
[Captivate Android Development] bunnsguy:
ah, well that makes a lot of sense.
[Captivate Android Development] demonblod:
I have that problem with any wireless devices. I have a Linksys WRT54G v2 model. It worked fine for years, but whenever I connect a wireless device (ps3, phone, iPod, whatever) it works for a few hours then stops. On my comp it will say limited or no connectivity. Just do a hard reset (the button in the back) and re-do your firmware options.
[Captivate Android Development] pavaccar:
Does this rom support custom boot anims?
[Captivate Android Development] blazin619:
You have to tweek the settings. I have the same router. Google it.
[Captivate Android Development] mrbloog:
Yea it does, I put the Nexus S boot animation on mine.
[Captivate Android Development] demonblod:
I'm having some problems getting this ROM up and running. I didn't see a Q&A section, so I guess I'll post here.

I'm having some serious problems with the kernel. I downloaded what I was supposed to, and did what the instructions said. I flashed the kernel using odin3 and the PDA button. When my phone booted how the instructions said it would, my phone just got stuck on the Galaxy S SGHi897 part

I couldnt get into recovery or download mode...had to use a jig for like the 7th time in 2 days.
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Thank You.this is the kind of thing I am looking for. TiBu obviously apps like Voodoo Sound won;t work..That's fine but will any apps restored from TiBu previously dependent on Samsung's FW bork the install?

What Samsung only features will be lost beside docking?
[Captivate Android Development] yoni45:
For the record, this might be of use to some --

I made an earlier post regarding the limited features of the stock dialer. Most pertinently for me, I was missing the 'reject call with message' feature built into the Samsung dialer.

I realized that using the Wave Launcher app and Tasker, however, you can create a pretty awesome replacement for that.

Wave Launcher lets you pull up a 'ribbon' of customizable executable options from anywhere, including from the dialer. You can point it towards a Tasker task. So essentially, you can create a small Tasker script to auto send a preset message to the Last Number Called variable, and create a shortcut to it on the Wave Launcher ribbon.

So what you get is, while getting a call, you can pull up the Wave Launcher ribbon from the bottom, and choose the Tasker option to auto-send a text to that number.

With some proficiency, you can also make that shortcut to a quick pop-up menu of various messages to send. This is pretty much as seamless as it gets. Moreover, if you rejected or missed a call already and still want to send that message, you can still do that from whereever you are as it remembers the last number called (and if you can come up with other things to do with a rejected call [I can't], then you can integrate those too!).

Edit: Actually, a 'record call' shortcut would be pretty useful there as well (I believe also doable via Tasker script).
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
Your phone should not boot after kernel flash. Should have autoboot checked to off. Once flashed three button to recovery.
[Captivate Android Development] demonblod:
ok thanks. I didn't see that in the directions. The directions actually said "your phone will boot into android". how do i turn this off btw? its in Odin i assume?
[Captivate Android Development] mcord11758:
Yes there is a check box for auto boot left side near middle

Fyi

Flash cm7-DEVICE-initial-kernel.tar as pda using odin without auto-reboot and without re-partition Reboot into recovery using 3-button-combo
[Captivate Android Development] Ptaaty:
I was able to get CM7 installed....but this was the most confusing part for me. I am so used to the auto reboot, it wasn't exactly clear the tar file even went in properly.

This takes just a couple seconds and then you stay in download mode...don't worry this is where you use 3 button and continue on.

So far I absolutely adore CM7 - I have only ever stayed with a ROM more than one day and that is Cognition. When CM7 releases a version without the wifi drain (and I assume debug code) it will be amazing. I'll live with wifi toggling for now because the rest is so awesome. I particularly love being able to set power control widgets on the notification pull down.

Also the web browser with ability to reverse render (black v white) is great for Galaxy s owners.
[Captivate Android Development] MechaGen:
I copied this from leapinlar in Nook CM7 forum

I just read a google+ post by Chris Soyars, the maintainer of the buildbot for CM7. He says the buildbot server has been repaired but he along with some other CM developers have decided not to restart the nightly buildbot for CM7. He said there has been little progress on CM7 lately and says it made no sense to start the nightly buildbot for CM7 only to have to reconfigure shortly for CM9. Therefore there will be no more CM7 nightly builds. He says there may be another CM7 stable build, but no more nightlies.

EDIT: For those interested in reading the google+ post here it is:

https://plus.google.com/u/1/103712172077289099783/posts/9xBnN7tQJ2n

Sent from Tapatalk, NOOK Color CM7 Nightly's!
[Captivate Android Development] G.Hook:
Just some feedback on this... I recently flashed CM7 on GB bootloaders. I was coming from Illuminance and flashed the "hard way" from the OP. Wow. Very nice. This is my first time with CM7 on my captivate (I do have CM7 loaded on wife's old Backflip). Wow am I impressed. Everything seems to run very smoothly. I wouldn't mind having a better looking dialer (although I have not tried any themes yet), and I would like to have the regular Gingerbread style task manager, but overall... very nice!!!
[Captivate Android Development] RockRatt:
Look for Dont Panics Dialer Morphs in the Themes and Apps section. I use the Red Remix Dialer along with Upward Spirals Red Remix Theme. He has many Themes available in different colors that you can use and switch between easily with cm7's built in theme chooser.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=976060

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1013757

Sent From My KickAss ATT SGS2 SPORTING CM7