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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

1. Uninstall AIO, and/or copy it to a disk and set fire to it. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, under any circumstances, use AIO's "return to stock" function. The "stock" JF6 files it comes with include bootloaders, which is bad enough in and of itself because if there's a problem during the flashing of the bootloaders you will hard brick your phone.

2. Much worse is that the JF6 One Click that's included with AIO actually only contains the secondary Froyo bootloader, and not the primary Froyo bootloader. So, if you use the "return to stock" function of AIO, you will end up with one GB bootloader (the primary) and one Froyo bootloader (secondary). This is a 100% guarantee of a hard bricked phone.

3. Don't ever flash bootloaders anyway until further notice. If you already have the Captivate GB bootloaders, then you're set. They can boot anything. There's no reason why you should ever have to flash bootloaders again, unless/until maybe Samsung opts to change them again (which they might if they actually do an official ICS release for the Captivate).

4. There's no reason at this point to ever flash JF6, unless you specifically want JF6 on your phone for some odd reason.

5. If you want to flash CM7, flashing to JF6 before hand will not benefit you in any way, it'll just create several extra steps. When you flash the CM7 update file, it will completely repartition and reformat your phone because CM7 uses a totally different partition structure from what Samsung uses. This will delete everything anyway (except your bootloaders & internal/external SD cards), so it doesn't matter if you're currently on JF6 or a GB ROM.

All you need to do at this point to get to CM7 is just use TiBu to back up your apps and flash it. That's it. No JF6 required.

And, just in case it wasn't already made clear...NEVER USE AIO TO FLASH STOCK JF6, because you will hard brick your phone 100% guaranteed.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PizzaAmerican23:
So if i was running any other rom (i only use gb roms) i really never have to flash back to stock? Why does every guide say this then?

This makes it a ton easier, so anytime i want to flash a new rom, i can just wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache, and then install the new rom?

What about if i have a lagfix or something like that enabled?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
I have no idea why everyone keeps suggesting that. Maybe it actually served a purpose at some point.

If you're doing a "full wipe" package, you don't even need to wipe data/cache/dalvik first, you can just flash straight over what you're already on. The first part of the "updater-script" in the zip file, which is what tells CWM the commands it needs to run to properly flash/install the contents of the zip file, is a "delete_recursive" command for /system, /cache, and /data; at least it is on every full wipe ROM file I've ever seen. That serves the same function as you manually wiping those, so if you manually wipe you're basically just adding a step. That being said, there's absolutely no harm in doing that manually, and it takes all of about 5 seconds.

A pre-flash "flash to stock" is a huge waste of time 99% of the time, and if you're flashing a package with bootloaders it's dangerous. If you just flash the zip and have problems at that point, there's a very high likelihood that you just got a bad CWM flash (which happens more often than Heimdall/Odin flashes for technological reasons). Your fix for that is just to reflash the zip file. If you end up in some weird situation where you just can't figure out what the problem is, using Odin/Heimdall to flash some kind of stock Samsung ROM back onto the phone might result in things being fixed.

But I can't imagine any good reason why anyone would want that "stock" package to be JF6. Much better to use one of the GB releases that has no bootloaders, but also has a CWM enabled kernel in the package itself (there are several linked in one of the stickies in the development forum). That way you don't have to waste your time getting CWM back; you can just boot immediately into recovery and go to town.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsyik:
Thanks a lot!! U save my day from preventing my cappy going bricked :D

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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
No problem. Happy to help.

That AIO thread should really be unstickied.

Assuming you've already backed everything up with Titanium Backup so you can restore the apps you want after you install CM...yes, that's correct.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
There's really only two scenarios I can think of where you need to flash back to a "stock" state:

1. You're going from CM7/MIUI to another rom - the flash is necessary to get the formatting correct.

2. You're going to another rom, and something happened midway to bork up everything on your phone. A stock flash will usually rectify this.

Other than that, I agree that stock flashes usually aren't necessary.

Oh, and Gromlakh - the AIO thread was unstickied (thanks reinbeau).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsyik:
So now basically i just need to put the CM7 zip file into my cappy and flash it right away with no extra steps, right?! :D:D no nandroid backup needed?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
*phew* Thanks, Reinbeau!

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Nandroid is for restoring your entire OS along with apps/data in its current form. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to do one just in case you decide you don't like CyanogenMOD and want to go back.

Not that I could imagine such a thing happening...:D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsyik:
Can i use the new sticky One-Click in forum and use the KJ3 one click with bootloader to flash it back to stock if im in cm7? so that i could change to another rom?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
You could, but I'd recommend grabbing one of the one-clicks without a bootloader. Less risky that way. There should be both some Odin and Heimdall ones available in that list.

(Or you could look in my signature... either way...)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsyik:
Thanks once again, sorry for questioning sooo much! :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
Yeah, didn't we just have a discussion about NOT flashing bootloaders? ;)

Also, again, I'd advise grabbing one of the packages that includes a custom kernel with CWM. Otherwise, you're just going to have to add another step of flashing a custom kernel AFTER you flash stock. The use of flashing stock is not for stock itself, but simply to restore the correct partition structure for Samsung ROMs. Having a package with a custom CWM enabled kernel will save time.

Like, for example, the package in jmtheiss's signature, which is the one I use...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
No problem - never be afraid to ask more questions. It's better to ask 50 questions and have everything go smoothly than to not ask and have an expensive paperweight.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsyik:
Downloading the heimdall package right now :D!! Going to prepare everything before i start flashing :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viny2cool:
So i flashed CM7 on i9000 Bootloader...and its working super fine...but if i want to flash i897 gb rom (not i9000 gb rom)....Can I flash my nandroid backup i did before flashing CM7 (as i897 GB roms can work on i9000 BL)? in that case i don't have to flash to stock?

or can I just flash one of the i897's one click without BL over my current i9000 BL (as we dont have one clock without BL for i9000)?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
I don't know for certain, because I've never actually had to restore a Nandroid backup, but I suspect that you'll have to flash back to one of the stock before your Nandroid restore will work (different partition structure and all).

If the i9000 GB bootloaders will boot stock ROMs, then there's no reason why it wouldn't work. Although I would question why you'd prefer the i9000 GBs over the native Captivate GBs...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sixstringsg:
To get back to anything samsung, you have to flash stock, there is no way around it. That is the only way to revert your partition scheme back to samsung.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viny2cool:
I mainly prefer i9000 GB becoz of the HSDPA/HSUPA...I know i know..not much difference..But I like it...also I just observed I am getting an avg of 2mbps data speed after flashing CM7 on i9000 BL and JL3 modem...and ofcourse my phone likes i9000 GBs better...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
Your bootloader will not affect your up/down speed, or really anything else about how your ROM functions. The i9000-based ROMs can boot just fine off of the Captivate GB bootloaders, and vice-versa.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiuk:
I've been wondering this for a long time; what, if any advantage is there to GB bootloaders? I'm still on froyo ones. I do have quite a bit of Linux experience and i don't understand how there could be a benefit, but maybe I'm missing something.

Sent from Captivate, CM7.1, Glitch.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
The main benefit is if you're a person who flashes a variety of different roms - the GB bootloaders let you load pretty much any Froyo or GB rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
If you're on CM, probably none. The main thing is that the Froyo/Eclair bootloaders can boot Eclair, Froyo, and CM (probably MIUI as well, but I don't run that). They cannot boot anything GB. So, if you're on Froyo bootloaders and you try to install a non-CM GB ROM, it will fail, probably right after the AT&T white screen.

The GB bootloaders, though, can boot anything. Eclair, Froyo, GB, CM...anything. So, I generally advise people to flash the Captivate GB bootloaders, just because that way you won't run into any issues of having bootloaders that can't boot whatever ROM you've installed, then never flash bootloaders again. The bootloaders shouldn't affect the actual performance of the ROM at all, so if you're sticking with CM there's probably no overwhelmingly compelling reason for you to flash the GB bootloaders.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiuk:
Thanks for the detailed explanations, both of you. There seems to be a lot of misinformation regarding bootloaders, lot of wild claims. My current captivate got flashed with cm out of the box and I'm not going to flash anything Samsung based, so I'll stick with what I've got.

Thanks again

Sent from Captivate, CM7.1, Glitch.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ore0o:
So who thinks they know the best battery life kernel for CM7?

I just put on Glitch and will try it for about a week or so, but other people have been talking about neo, pinnacle, and even MIUI

of course I do not want to turn off the data, but ill turn off wifi and gps when Im not in use.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsyik:
Just now as i flash back from CM7 to KH3 with heimdall, my IMEI code went missing! No network status and all so i flashed the illuminance, den the IMEI came back. What's is the problem in between?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sixstringsg:
One other thing: In the future, zach and I are planning on working on Deep Idle some more. According to the source, gingerbread bootloaders are required for it to function properly. I have been running it without them just fine, but ymmv. This won't happen very soon, but just something to keep in mind.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jetgosch10:
I am losing about 10% per hour with nearly zero usage. Anyone know what could be up with this? I have used both the "stock kernel" for CM and Glitch and it is just about the same for both. I have wiped battery stats, but still getting awful battery life. My battery stats say that Cell Standby is the number one thing that is killing my battery. I am using the JL3 modem and am on nightly 179 w/ glitch kernel. If anyone has any suggestions on what I could do to fix this, you help would be much appreciated.

Also I was thinking that I might just have a bad battery which might be the case, but just wanted to see if it was a software issue before I drop $40 bucks on a new OEM battery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
My guess would be that if Cell Standby is the biggest thing hurting your battery, it's because you're in an area with relatively weak signal, and the phone is working to get the best connection possible.

You could try a different modem to see if it helps, but it's possible that if you're in a weak coverage area, this might be an issue that will be hard to avoid.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QuarkGluonSoup:
I noticed that there are now "nightly build" updates for captivate CM7. What are these? Are they any different from regular updates?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
no there aren't. the title just hast nightly in it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeybear23:
see attached

is there any option to have these notifications be combined?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikewong27:
Use LCD Density changer?

Hi All,

I was wondering if it's possible to use LCD Density Changer or any apps similar to this to change the density or resolution?

I did try LCD Density Changer, but it will not stick to the density that I set after I reboot the phone. Is there a way to do it manually?

Mike
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evilspawn:
just want to know if anyone has duplicate problem, I have flashed this greatness twice and have the same problem, basically if i click a link or anything to do with the internet, it will FC and nothing with data works (market fc too) only thing is a reboot will fix it, but it happens alot so rebooting all the time is annoying. Any tips would be very much appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike29892:
What modem are you all finding to be the easiest on battery?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
usually android will combine them, but whether it does or not seems like a crapshoot. sometimes it will tell me "3 apps updated" while other times it will list each app in the notification tray.

talk to the developer of the app. or you can manually change /system/build.prop the "ro.sf.lcd_density=240" to say whatever number you want. neither of these are supported actions though, so don't be surprised if they don't work.

logcat or it didn't happen.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjguy96:
Great rom guys, really appreciate all the hard work you put into it. Quick question, when I take a picture with my phone, the orientation of the picture in the gallery is upside down no matter which way I take it. Anyone else have this problem or can share some insight into why this happening?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
It's an issue with the orientation.... it's only worked around, not fixed at the moment, so when that is straightened out properly the camera will also be fixed. Workarounds are to either use camera in landscape mode only or just edit/rotate it 90 degrees after you take the pic.....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gocats7:
Couple of questions regarding my experience with the original CM build. I had issues with data dropping which I have never had on any other ROM and I have used virtually every ROM for the Captivate including i9000 ROMs. I tried flashing JK4, JL3, and JL2 and there was no change. Phone calls worked fine at all points. I have since flashed back to stock and now on Paragon but wanting to try this again with the new build. Is this something others have experienced or could be solved by the recent updates?

Has there been any improvements that would impact battery life. Mine initally was about what one would expect. It was acceptable, but not as good as 2.2 ROM's but again thats to be expected. I think my data issue could have been what impacted battery life, but I dont know that. I suspect things were trying to update, couldnt and continued to try. Also, I always had GPS, bluetooth, and wifi disabled if not in use. I never enabled wifi period.

Just looking for input basically, I have read through virtually all of this thread and the development thread and I think my data issue may be isolated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Dr. Prof. Sean:
I've done the whole install procedure twice now and both times it has ended with only being able to boot into recovery. The cyanogenmod logo flashes for a split second and then it just goes to clockworkmod. Any ideas?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xidium:
To update to the latest 3/11 nightly from 3/04 do we need to install all updates along the way? For example do I need to install 3/9 and 3/10 updates before 3/11?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
No just install most recent update

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palmetto_X:
Mr.Dr.

Did you try watching the video to see if you missed a step?

SGH-I897 CM7 from XDA App
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palmetto_X:
+1 for SMS backup

SGH-I897 CM7 from XDA App
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mipakr:
well, i screwed up somewhere (6:15 on the tutorial video) after ATT logo it hangs on the cyanogen boot screen for as long as I leave the battery in.

I don't know what to do. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated :]
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
Reflash the initial kernel with odin, then boot into cwm and flash the initial package.

OR

Flash back to start using 1 click odin, and start over.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MisterAnthonyxD:
Is it just me or is the Market restricting me from going to the XDA app? I want to see the change logs

Sent from my Captivate running CyanogenMod 7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
Yeah, I only see the premium version right now. I heard they pulled it for now, though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Dr. Prof. Sean:
Didn't miss a step, but got it on the 3rd try.

Not sure what I did wrong, but whatever. It works now:)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jetgosch10:
I shouldn't have lack of service sine I spend a majority of my time in Seattle :P, but thanks. I think I will try a new modem today and see if that helps.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rustyshakelford2:
I have returned to cm7 after trying out other roms for a few months. I noticed that external SD card support is still a bit buggy. Are there any fixes for it yet?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockRatt:
What exactly is buggy? The only issue I have read with the external SD card not working is for some/all? 32Gb SD cards. The external SD card is located at /emmc or mnt/emmc and has been working fine with my 16Gb card for months. Explain what is buggy for you and see if we can help.

Sent From My KickAss ATT SGS2 SPORTING CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dnorwood:
Couple Questions

Okay flashed CM7 stable last night, and a couple questions regarding it:

1. Is there a task manager? I just like to see what is running and my available RAM.

2. Does this support the audience chip that is on board the captivate? If not, are there any kernels that I can flash that will support it?

3. Battery life is pretty bad compared to JK3 that i had on here before, going to wipe battery stats and get a fully charge tonight to see if that helps. If not, where can I find signed modems to flash? My 3G data is killing the battery I know that for sure.

Thanks for the help, btw it is a build 1007.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
I don't believe one is installed by default. You can get one from the market if you need one. I use GO Launcher, which has a task manager widget available.

No and no.

Search function, "CyanogenMOD captivate modems." I use KH3.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dnorwood:
Thanks, I tried a couple different modems, but the call quality on the other end was terrible, where can I find the stock modem to reflash it?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
http://soggycashew.weebly.com/

Stock is JL3 (i9000 based).

Oh, and mine is KG3, not KH3.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PizzaAmerican23:
Having trouble finding KG3. Are you sure it isnt kj3? which is the modem they use in pinnacle (a kh3 build) Im going to try it out. How much worse is the call quality than the modem that comes stock with cm?

EDIT:

I should probably ask here: how do i flash a modem? or should i say, whats the proper way to flash a modem on cm7?

I think ive done it before through odin, but i dont wanna risk doing it the wrong way.

What is this whole "modem dance" ive seen instructions for? do i need to do that?

This is what im referring to: http://soggycashew.weebly.com/modem-dance.html
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simple man:
Only if flashing a modem/radio that doesn't have the 850mhz band enabled by default. You need to make sure it's a CM7_signed_radio.zip.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apbthe3:
KG3 is attached. Just flash it in recovery, no need for a modem dance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PizzaAmerican23:
Gonna give it a shot right now. Im a little confused because i cant find that specific modem anywhere on http://soggycashew.weebly.com

im guessing by the naming its an official captivate modem, since it starts with a k.

How is call quality. I was going to flash radio-cm-7-captivate-kj3-signed.zip

, since its the modem they use in pinnacle, and i get the best battery with that rom, but i heard that captivate modems end up having terrible outgoing call quality.

And is this the process for flashing all modems?

how do i know if it doesnt have it enabled by default?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PizzaAmerican23:
just flashed jk3, and somehow battery life has gotten even worse, if thats even possible.

Going to try the one you linked now.

I just dont get why my battery is so awful with CM. I know i can expect it to be a little worse than a captivate rom, but getting 10 hours with moderate to low use just seems off.

How can i check to make sure my modem flash went through?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apbthe3:
It's an i9000 modem, you will get static on your outgoing calls with Captivate modems. The last three digits (letters and numbers) have to do with when the modem came out, not what phone it was for. The two letters before those relate to what carrier they came from and that will tell you what bands they support. There may be others, but I know UG (UGJK3, UGJK4, UGJL2, UGKC1, UGKG3, etc), JJ (JJJV5 and probably others), ZNKP1, BVJJW2, and TLJL3 all support 850 for sure. I'm sure there are others, but those are the ones I have tried. All of these are just flashed in recovery as long as you download a CM7-packaged modem, no other steps are needed.

I stumbled across KG3 in another thread, I honestly don't remember which one. It works fine I promise, my phone is running it now and it was flashed off of this installer.

You can check your modem under Settings / About Phone. The Baseband Version is your modem.

As far as battery life, did you restore any system settings in Titanium Backup when you moved over? This can allegedly muck up your battery life.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PizzaAmerican23:
I have it on here right now, too early to tell how it's performing.

What is your setup and what rom did u come from? How long does your battery last?

My next plan if it's still bad is:

Try out glitch kernel

Pull Sim, and see if phones drains as fast

Flash from pinnacle to cm7

And never use tibu to restore apps anymore, in fact i barely have anything installed for testing purposes.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galakanokis:
I am running 179 and later in the day it starts to get a little laggy. I think I read a post somewhere that it is just memory running low and they had a quick procedure to free it up. Does this ring a bell (I have read far to many posts on here lately and I cannot keep them straight).

Is there a recommend task manager for CM?