yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkrick:
I just did a bit of research and I think I understand better now. Android implements drivers completely differently than the mainline linux kernel, which apparently a big reason why android has become its own linux kernel fork. The "normal" rules for linux kernel drivers apparently don't apply to android. That has got to suck for companies (such as broadcom) who need to write drivers for the mainline linux kernel and for the android kernel and maintain them completely separately.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
this is what nandroid's are for. restore to an earlier backup and if you don't have any and gapps aren't working, well, start over from scratch I suppose. as for the file manager not searching your sd card, do you mean internal or external, because external is now located at /mnt/emmc, not /mnt/sdcard/sd
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] little8020:
[Q] about Slide to call/sms

I am wondering if there is and app, script, etc. that would allow us to have the slide to call/sms on contacts like TW has, it's one of like 3 features I miss from TW.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smeltn:
Updated to the latest update : 20110309 and now Wireless Tethering Does not work.. So I nandroided back to original release and it works fine. Something in 20110309 is not allowing wireless tethering to work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobgodd:
Thank you for the response. I did not know that the directory had changed, I'll check that out.

As for the market, are you referring to a restored version of the market from something like Titanium Backup??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
since I don't feel like repeating myself

already known and fixed on github. new build will be uploaded once confirmed working by atinm.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobgodd:
I suppose I could ask you what a nandroid is, but I'm sure you've already told someone else and don't have the time to repeat yourself. Thanks for the help though, I was able to navigate to the external sd card.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
how you've managed to go around with an android phone and rooting and flashing and whatnot and not know what a nandroid is is beyond me... it's like writing a paper in a word processor and knowing how to print it, but not how to click "save"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juxtyce:
MMS - Sending Receiving Photos [Not working]

Does this work for anyone? When I try and send it just sits at sending. When someone sends to me it comes in with the Download button but never downloads.

Any ideas?

I tried to read through the posts and might have missed the answer, started to blur at page 13.

Thanks in advance,
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smeltn:
Thank you but now I have another problem... Since the 3/09 update was missing the wifi tether, I did a Nandroid backup, back to 3/03 and everything is fine, except my Dialer is completely missing.. I tried to use the icon on LP and it says "could not launch the requested activity.. SO I try and find it on my phone in my apps list and can't find it anywhere....

how do I my dialer back?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
I hate to say it, but i think you need to start over, with initial process and all... it soundsd like you have a problem in the config somewhere.... i mean, you could TRY dropping in the dialer from another version, but it'd probably be better to start fresh....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasesavestheday:
if i change the wallpaper. is it possible to get the stock live wallpaper back? cant find it anywhere.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkrick:
The stock wallpaper is Live wallpaper | Nexus. You just need to go through the settings and find the color/background combinations you want.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
Just go to theme chooser app and apply the original theme....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockRatt:
You need the Nexus S drivers. Also for swyoe you need to sign up for the swype beta. I do not use swyoe so I am not familiar with it but you should be able to find the info somewhere in this thread or xda in general.

Sent from My KickAss Captivated CM7 OC'd 1.5Ghz/Undervolted
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Organized_Chaos:
Thank you RockRatt, works great!

Now, what can I do to get rid of the sliding lock screen? I enabled a PIN lockscreen (I enter a 4-digit number to unlock it) but I still have to get past the slider lockscreen before I can enter the pin. I would prefer not to use a third party lockscreen app if possible.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makelegs:
Installing pdanet will install the nexus s usb drivers for you. It's quite possibly the easiest method. Why would you need to sideload apps, still, though??

I think disable lockscreen is in tablet tweaks. I don't use it though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Yeah I'm sorry. You might need the paid version of ROM manager (RM Premium) to see the downloads.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZachOlauson:
I have it, Im going to try flashing today, because if something goes wrong, again, I have time to attempt to fix it today lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiteguypl:
Anyone know the name of a decent modem that doesn't have 1900 band. My area seems to default to it no matter what and the signal sucks. 850 gives me full bars at all times.

Edit: I'm assuming modems that say captivate on gooinside would fall into that catagory. Just want to be a little more sure before I flash one.

Edit edit: after reading more it seems like there is no fix and the only real response is write the code yourself..

So in light of that what modem if any has no h+?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Cool. :)

I personally flash manually through recovery with no problems. ROM manager does it but I always lose GApps when I do it that way. Easy to get back, but easier done in recovery! (for me ;))
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZachOlauson:
Yeah, well I tried recovery but that put me i the SoftBrick, i personally like recovery more too but I figured Id give ROMManger a try and see if it goes through that way. Does yours reboot during flashing when it says "Checking status of BLN/MTD"?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Its been awhile since I've used RM for that.. but as far as I recall it did..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZachOlauson:
OK well thats where it put me into a soft brick, right after that.

Edit: RomManager didnt work, got errors during install so it aborted. Trying to find the log right now.

2nd Edit: Flashed through recovery, formatted system before flashing this time and it worked. YAY! <3 CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gibieyal:
Hi,

I'm on Cognition v5.2 and I want to flash the CM7 Nightly,

I saw 101 is the newest, is it stable?

Are all the apps running and working?

If not, what # do you recommend?

Where is the info about nightly updates?

Do I need to cancel the cognition lagfix before flashing?

Because I saw someone wrote he flashed straight from cognition and it worked for him.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnhazelwood:
I flashed from v1, not v2, without problems. I think you could flash and be fine, but not sure.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Haha.. awesome! Welcome aboard :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Yeah you can flash in recovery I believe with any bootloader now. All the nightlies are pretty dang stable. I don't believe there are any problems with any of the apps. I haven't experienced any problems. Changelog is in nightly OP -scroll down to device specific changelog by blah blah and click on the link. Wipe caches and dalvik before flash and you should be solid.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hillpounder:
I have stock Froyo installed on my Samsung Captivate. Was attempting to install CM7 via Rom manager and the following error message came up:

Finding update package....

Opening update package....

Verify update package......

E: failed to verify whole-life signature

E: signature verification failed

Installation failed

I followed the directions exactly has listed posted in the Cyanogenmod website under the wiki instructions.

The is my first time trying to flash rom.

Any ideas?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
You can also flash manually in recovery just like the old days flashing froyo ROMs! :D

That seems to be a surefire way
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnhazelwood:
Its because you are on stock froyo. I believe you need a different kernel that fixes the permission issue. Do a search on froyo permission and you should find the solution.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hillpounder:
Coryem: could you point to a starting website for old school method?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gibieyal:
I tried to flash with cognition v5.2, and got an error writing some info and alot of SGH-I897 and I896..

I wiped everything, what should I do to install it?

I tried trough the recovery and trough the rom manager both won't work..

What should I do to install it, I wanna stick with GB Bootloaders if possible,

install stock GB?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Not sure how you guys are not getting CM7 to flash. It really is easier then ever. This may not be recommended BUT it works. This is what I would do if I were you. (Even though you can flash from GB bootloaders, and other ROMs) ..but just to keep it simple-

Flash back to stock JF6. Get recovery on your phone by either flashing a froyo ROM with speedmod kernel for cwm or grab an update.zip to put recovery back on your phone. Grab desired nightly and put it on the root of your SD card. Boot into recovery, flash CM7.

If you need 3 button fix, Odin back to stock without it, get your fix, get recovery, flash CM7.

ROM Manger works fine too, but people keep having problems so I would suggest an easy sure fire way.. try starting from scratch if nothing else works... right?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Its been awhile since I've been over there but I believe in the Q&A's for captivate there is a guide or 3 ;). Check there. Its likely been updated though to use the newest method..which I don't even know :p but check there. I'm not next to my computer right now, but if you don't have any luck PM me and I will try to help you get started!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZachOlauson:
Yeah Im very happy to be on CM7 again, I started using it right when nightlys where coming out for the Captivate, its "grown" alot, the battery life is like night and day haha
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleither:
I had a question about various modems. I currently experience a decent battery drain in my basement office due to a lowish signal (I blame this on not enough windows and my wonderful metal roof). I've decided that I need to test out some new modems. So far I've used stock and JK4. JK4 does seem somewhat better, but I'm going to try out the rest.

My question is: Are there any applications or tools that you can use to help evaluate modems or is it simply trial and observation? Further, JK4 was previously suggested to me. Are there any other modems you'd suggest for a Canadian user on the Rogers network?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnhazelwood:
Find the Odin back to stock, the one without bootloaders, then upgrade to cm7. That should work for you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkedyb:
first sorry for my bad english im from ecuador

How can Force the 3g on this ROM

y try with *#*#4636#*#* but when exit of this menu the settings are restored

Before i flash this rom i force the 3g change the options of the radio with *#0011# but not work CM7 how can do this only navigate in 3g
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
I'm not positive, but I don't think the dialer codes work with CM7. ..at least they didn't way back in March.

*edit* scratch that I guess :p
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockRatt:
I haven't tried it but someone on the biffmod thread posted about using *#*#4636#*#* and said they worked for him. I tested out the dialer codes and they did bring up a menu that LOOKS like you can make those changes. BUT AS I SAID I didn't try it out any further than seeing the menu.

Sent from My KickAss Captivated CM7 OC'd 1.5Ghz/Undervolted
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnhazelwood:
I'm noticing push notifications aren't always working. I am not getting notifications from Y! messenger sometimes without opening the app...I've heard the same with whatsapp...anyone else?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiteguypl:
Sigh... rom would be perfect is I could just disable 1900 band. ****s killing me and my signal.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireRaider:
Wifi repeater?

Is there some way to share the wifi connection I am using with other devices? I am at a location that only lets me have one connection, yet my wife wants to also surf with her laptop and the kids with their ipods. Any way the cm7 phone can function as a router/repeater?

sent from XDA app
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] throwawayaccount9500:
Yeah, you can turn it into a portable wifi hotspot so that other people can connect to it My question is about the wifi kicking in and out. I've been on CM7 since the nightly 30s, but this is the only issue that seems to not have gotten fixed. Everything else about this rom is perfect. I've tried setting it to Never turning off, have tried other routers. But my wifi drops every 2-3 minutes and then reconnects. Very very very annoying for an amazing rom..any ideas what to do next? Currently on the latest build
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palmetto_X:
You are supposed to start at the stock JF6

To get I897GBBL's to work..............I had to ...flash stock JF6 > Flash I897 GB Bootloaders > Root > Recovery > Latest Nightly

I tried to flash the I897 GB BL's after CM7 install and it crashed.

I have no idea what it is but when I am on the GBBL's my battery life is much better.............no idea why, so I stay with them.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiteguypl:
Your wifi problem sounds exactly like mine, only in reverse. I drop every 2 - 3 minutes on all Samsung rom's I've ever tried but almost never on cm7.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mpolo:
Just looking for confirmation on this posting. If i want to change the bootscreen, I'd have to go back to stock, then change it, then reflash CM7, correct?

(I'm in Canada and I'd prefer not to have to see AT&T come up each time I boot.)

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dineshary:
CM7 to stock KH3

What should i do to flash stock kh3 from CM7? I know they have different bootloaders. please help me with the steps or the link which has them..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Organized_Chaos:
I updated my Captivate from stock Froyo to CyanogenMod 7 and I love it. However, I miss the camera app that came with my phone. The camera app on CM7 kind of sucks.

Is there an app that is as good as the one that came with my Captivate in the first place? (Preferably free, I feel like I shouldn't have to pay for an app to use my camera when the app that came with it didn't cost anything.)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lhernandez0105:
Try camera360.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedy_11:
also you can search for miui cm7 camera, you will have to go into the system > app folder paste it and copy the original camera permissions for it to work.

Oops i meant to hit quote not thanks, o well :p
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth_Munkee:
Random Bootloop

I'm running CM7 #103 on my cappy, last night the browser kept FC so I rebooted and it worked fine, I put it on the charger for the night and went to sleep. This morning my alarm FC'd and then the browser started to FC again so I rebooted again. This time it would not boot all the way and just keeps restarting the boot animation. I am running a morphed bootloader with the Don't Panic animation. The first time I try to boot it makes it pretty far through the animation and then restarts and doesn't make it as far. I have been running this nightly since it came out with no problems until last night. So far I have tried pulling the battery and letting it sit, tried volume up and volume down and power, tried holding all 3 buttons while putting the battery in with and with out usb plugged in, tried the one click un-soft brick, all with no luck. Can't get into recovery or download mode, Odin never registers a good comm port, but my computer makes the sounds of something being plugged in. ADB commands not working either. I am about to go get the stuff to make a JIG, but is there something that I missed? Sorry for the long post but I wanted to let you guys know what I've tried. Thanks for the help.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palmetto_X:
You are asking for trouble messing with modified bootloaders.

Try taking the battery out and hold the power button for 30 seconds...........insert the battery then try download mode
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth_Munkee:
Tried it with no luck. Thanks though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tj2469:
Spell check and AutoCaps in Email

Does the Spellcheck and Auto Capitalization work in the email app (not referring to the gmail app)? I am thinking of trying this, currently running Cog 5, but need the email app to work properly, which it doesn't in cog and several other versions of GB.

Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tj2469:
Installing from Cog 5 v2?

Anyone have direct steps (simple if possible) to go from Cog 5 v2 to this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
I use Gmail so I can't answer about tthe stock email. But as far as jumping from cog to this... other users are reporting success with GB Bootloaders and just simply flashing CM7. You could always follow the directions in the OP, its really quite simple!

If you are gonna just jump over at least wipe your caches and a factory reset wouldn't hurt..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] \/icious:
No TV out. This a cm7 only issue or a GB issue. Also I couldn't find any mention of a work being done on this issue so is safe to say not anytime soon?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rwells813:
I believe, we waiting on the sauce still. Or just it being penciled in. In do time
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Just a CM issue I think. Its been so long since I've used another ROM, but I think I recall the Samsung ROMs with working TV out. ... we are all waiting for the last piece to complete this incredible ROM.. like rwells said... in due time :p
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyz_123:
Very high data usage

I have been using Cyanogenmod on my captivate for a long time without any issues and like it a lot.

But this week my phone started using a lot of data, it used almost 5-6GB of data in 24-36 hrs.

I do not have any applications that stream video or use high bandwidth and I haven't installed any new applications in the last few weeks.

Could it be some kind of a virus? Has anyone encountered such a problem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiuk:
Holy crap, that's a lot of data in less than two days. You said you don't do streaming video, what about internet radio? Or possibly some syncing app that's misbehaving?

There are a number of apps that monitor data usage by application, I'd suggest trying one to help you

Holy crap, that's a lot of data in less than two days. You said you don't do streaming video, what about internet radio? Or possibly some syncing app that's misbehaving?

There are a number of apps that monitor data usage by application, I'd suggest trying one to help you

find the culprit. I've never used it, but I did a quick search and this one looks alright.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jupiterapps.phoneusage
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyz_123:
I had to disable data usage on my phone because there were already a lot of overages in my account.

However I installed "3G Watchdog", "Onavo Lite" and turned on the data for few minutes and found that "Email" client (Microsoft exchange) was using most data.

I could not afford anymore debugging and had to reset the phone to stock firmware.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anon87311:
I'm having a problem with my camera force closing

but only when using the still shots. video is fine, and I can change all the settings, just not take a picture. it's not a big deal, but if anyone can provide some information about how to fix it(or a camera.apk if that would fix it), I would be thankful. Running nightly from 8/28.

edit: on further testing, it's only the night mode, but only in not super dark conditions. anyone have any thoughts?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheJareBear:
If you want you could download the latest nightly, open it up and go to system/app folder, pull the camera apk and then just put the apk on your phone and install. Then you can delete the downloaded nightly
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireRaider:
Not looking to make my phone a wifi hotspots as in using my own data plan. I want to use hotels wifi but share the one connection they give me with my other users. Is that possible with this ROM? It's kinda a mite point now since I fly home tomorrow from Europe but it might be useful for other users to know of it's possible.

sent from XDA app
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiuk:
Afaik that is only possible with more than one radio.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabby131:
Hi!

I am quite having a challenge on the new universal Market app (20110613).

I have the Market FC and can't get anything.

I already tried re-installing, clear data, wipe cache and dalvik, and full wipe and restore,. I have this on two of my captivates. Is there a possible work around or would I need to wait for a non-beta version? Thanks

EDIT: shoot....this was already mentioned.....>_< /facepalm
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockRatt:
Just saw this on the i9100 SGS2 CM7 q&a. Looks like they are making some major headway right now. Cannot wait to get the att SGS2 and hope it will be up to par with the i9100 as in not too much to change. I will not be getting rid of one of my cappys at least. Maybe this will/can lead to a CM7 stock kernel for us as well that works up to 1.6Ghz (I know we have the other OC/UV kernels. I am always on one or the other).

Sent from My KickAss Captivated CM7 OC'd 1.5Ghz/Undervolted
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wareagleben:
I apologize if this was posted elsewhere, but can someone quickly explain how to flash a Froyo ROM over this? I keep hearing to just use ODIN, but I have always used CWM, and really don't know how. Don't want to brick my Cappy.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
You NEED to use Odin to get back to stock, .. I don't know the terminology for the reason but its the first thing I found out before I even touched this ROM. READING THE OP is a good place to start.. then once you go back to stock using Odin (dont ask how to do that here, there's a q&a for that) you can flash CWM or a kernel that has it and go from there. A little strange you ended up on a ROM that is not for beginners, and now you don't know how to get off this ROM :p

..hmm, now that I think about it. I think I remember seeing a post that stated if you have GB bootloaders you CAN go back and forth.. but, I can't say for sure so sorry bout that. ..best bet is to do some searching ..getcha comfy seat out!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wareagleben:
Thank you for your reply, Coreym. I have used dozens of ROMs before, but have never used PIT files, ODIN, or Heimdall. Google and XDA searches just bring up threads detailing how to install Cm7. Is there an easier way to correct the BML/MTD filesystem thing, or do I need to return all the way to stock, then root, and then flash my ROM?