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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intellium:
Stuck in infinite bootloop with cyanogenmod

Hi all, i just tried to flash my captivate with cm7.2 rc2 yesterday, and now my phone is stuck in an infinite boot loop to cyanogenmod screen, then some boot screen then quickly back to AT&T logo.. the cycle repeats indefinitely it seems. The only way to get out of it is by pulling the battery. I am having trouble going into recovery mode or download mode. I have a homemade jig and when I applied it to worked like I just pushed the power button and continues with the loop.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?? Any help would be greately appreciate!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shablul:
i cant install cyanogenmod

when i try to flash the cyanogenmod this what i got this

https://mail-attachment.googleuserc...362&sads=6YwGyjFyy_O-cgd5VMz4rCcG9hI&sadssc=1

what should i do ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juliobahar:
This audio issue I'd assume -with a high level of certainty- is modem related. You have to try CM compatible modems that are suitable for your region, and they are available under the development section (pinned), thanks to the developers.

The second issue is a well-known problem with almost all modded roms including CM7. I had a couple per week, and they were so odd and unpredictable. Most of the time, I had to press the button combo to restart the device, never thought of plugging it into a computer though, thanks for the hint. I'd recommend trying the new ICS ROMS. I'm currently on team hacksung's build 17, and I never had those sleep deaths for more than a week now.

Finally congratulations for lasting that long in a relationship. If you were able to handle that, those captivate issues are cake walk to you. Happy 40th anniversary!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scythekain:
Both of you are experiencing a feature of cm 7.1. It uses data data (196 mb ) for apps. They fixed this in the latest nightly, or latest kangs for the captivate.

The space is still not the whole 2 gb, but it warns you when the space is getting full so you can move apps to SD.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolltide1995:
Will the captivate get cm 7.2?

Sent from my Samsung Captivate on CM7!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Never heard of it before...

Sent from my CM9 ICS i897 Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LBCaptivate:
7.2 is out. http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=captivatemtd
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasesavestheday:
I'm having a n00b issue with CM 7.2. Can I default all new contacts to save to google and not the phone? Also is it possible to change vibrate intensity?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimboski93:
7.2 failure

I was trying to flash CM 7.2 coming from CM 7.1.

I followed the instructions carefully, but when I give the final "Yes" to install 7.2, it lists several lines of code, then says Error: Status 7 or something close to that.

I've tried powering on and off a few times. Any suggestions?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obtained:
IM a bit confused about the bootloader thing. If I have froyo on my captivate I have to also flash some kind of froyo bootloader?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasesavestheday:
Just use the odin 1 click back to JF6.

Essentially the same process as this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBPu-GqM9RE
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasesavestheday:
why do i feel like the sound / vibrate levels are really low on this rom? everything is turned to max. with a samsung rom the vibrate is intense.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obtained:
if i just updated to 2.3.5 with kies is this method going to work for me? or should i go some other route?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyg1097:
I got a question I found the speedmod kernel for the captivate but its for the American ones so it says i897 although being in Canada ours is the i896 so I am seeing both of those screens as I do it. Is there perhaps a modded Canadian kernel that I could use instead?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
I896 and i897 is nearly the exact same. Trust me, I have an i896, and I've been running this rom for two months.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyg1097:
Yea i know theyre the same thing but I am just picky because I dont want two different load up screens when my phone boots up. But I shall go ahead with it this way I guess.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
I have no idea what you're talking about. If you mean the att screen, that's still there. The device screen after that has been replaced with a cyanogenmod version.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Framerate question.

I know, I will probably be flamed for simply using Quadrant now-a-days, and my issue is not with CM7 scores on the SGS (Which are astounding anyway), but I guess my question is.. what is causing the "white screen, tears, and other misc. effects" during the 3d graphics benchmarking process? Is it due to a lack of legitimate gingerbread 2.3.3 Captivate drivers? Is it incompatibility issues? Other?

I'm not sure if this impacts the Quadrant score, which is 1900 w/ very crappy FPS during 3d testing, potentially higher if this "issue" didn't exist.

But anyway, what is, or could be, or might be, or whatever you want to say, what's causing this issue?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyg1097:
Nevermind sorry, when i first flashed the kernel onto my phone i ended up restarting my phone and I saw both the rogers black screen stock screen (that said "Samsung i896") and then I saw the AT&T black stock screen (that said "Galaxy S i897" or whatever it was) but I just went through the whole process now and its not noticeable at all so im happy.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxsxx:
Quadrant itself needs updated for Gingerbread. Other 3d benchmarking tools run fine, just not quadrant.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirBrettrick:
Alright, so I have no problems getting CM up and running on my phone, at least the initial build. However, when I try to install any update through CWM, I'm left with a phone that will only boot to the AT&T logo screen, and I can only get CM to boot again by reflashing the initial kernel. It doesn't look like the build "took" at that point, since I have a permanent WiFi "Error" message and I'm not able to change the CPU governor settings (which are supposed to be fixed in the update). Anybody have any ideas as to what I could be doing wrong? Thanks in advance!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
Sounds like you had a bad initial flash. Odin back to stock, and try again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h0ckey10:
Any one had a problem when u charged over night and when u woke u, button lights were on and the screen was black and unresponsive? I had wifi off and airplane mode on if that matters. Nothing a simple battery pull couldn't fix tho and it did charge
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mipakr:
three button isn't working, nor is taking the battery out and forcing download mode.. ive ordered a usbjig.. hopefully i can get it back to download mode!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
Yep. Your phone crashed. Actually happened to me last night.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h0ckey10:
Does it matter at all tho or damage anything? Everything was fine when I rebooted. Also this doesn't happen every night to u right?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
Nope, no real problem. And nope. The phone randomly crashes every few days.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h0ckey10:
K thanks. U think the lights get worn out from being on the whole time tho?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
Nope.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h0ckey10:
Has anyone downloaded the honeycomb music player? I can't seem to be able to add songs to playlists
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brasus:
GPS Not Locking

Thanks for the DEVs who developed this, it is amazing and if you just stick to the instructions provided there should be no problem.

The only issue that I have is with the GPS not locking, I searched all over the XDA site for a fix instruction but no luck.

Any suggestions?

** It just took a bit longer then expected for the GPS to lock in, since then it has taken less then 10 seconds for the GPS to lock in.****
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franksa81:
if i flash this for the first time do i need to install all the updates after initial release or do i just flash the last nighty release??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
Just the latest nightly.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
No, there is no bootloader flash required. CM7 can work with any bootloader.

Why would you do an unnecessary flash that has a risk of bricking?

No, that is out of date. Follow the official update guide: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Captivate:_Full_Update_Guide
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obtained:
when i'm reading a thread about installing a gingerbread mod, i get thrown off when they say "make sure gingerbread bootloaders are installed". if i'm running gingerbread, wouldnt gingerbread bootloaders already be installed? common sense? or is it something i have to do before flashing a mod? idk? i'm new to the captivate, first mod i've ever done is on my thrill, like a month ago. and we didnt have an official gb release until today. i'm just a noob getting everything clear before i try flashing a rom.

sooo... all i have done so far is:

installed official 2.3.5 using kies.

rooted and cwm with some kind of corn kernel?

so now i just delete cache, etc.. then install .zip and reboot?

no bootloader magic trick?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
What do you mean by a mod? That could refer to anything. And yes, you already have GB bootloaders if you are running GB.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obtained:
thank you, sorry when i said mod i mean rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnjm9b:
Not true...I am on GB and never changed my bootloader from original...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
I'm running with 7.1.0 for a couple weeks now and have flashed Glitch V13 kernel on top of it.

I was hoping to improve battery life which I think it did, but the phone now freeze on me once or twice every day and I need to pull the battery out.

Not sure it is the Kernel but I thought I'd restore the original kernel to see if the phone would stop to freeze.

How do I get back on the original Kernel without loosing any data or apps ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bird333:
My device is not being detected by DroidExplorer/ADB. How can I fix that? Yes, USB Debug is set. This is the first time I have tried to use ADB since I installed CM7. It worked fine before this upgrade.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
Is there any Kernel setting that I can change to avoid the daily freeze ?

What other Kernels are available for CM7 on captivate ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scythekain:
I don't think it's glitch... When I was running 7.1 it would regularly freeze and auto-reboot with the stock CM7 kernel.

I'm running the Glitch V14B5 for ICS roms, and it's not affected the overall phone stability at all. The biggest difference is the ROM itself.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnjm9b:
i have never had a freeze EVER on stock... and with the low level of people complaining about this I would assume that most people don't have your problem.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
Is there any ROM setting that might affect the stability of the phone? In another words, what can be changed to stop the phone from freezing with CM7 ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scythekain:
Honestly I think my cm7 problems were from exceeding the ~187 mb of app space in datadata.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
Can I flash 7.2 over 7.1 without a full wipe ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Go right ahead

Sent from my CM9 ICS i897 Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddk99:
Not sure if the right place to ask

So I've been using CM7.1 for about two weeks now, and it's been a breeze so far.

But today it randomly auto-rebooted, and was stuck stuck on the CM7 splash screen.

Then I proceeded to enter recovery mode and made a backup with NANDroid, restored to factory settings, and attempted to recover using my previous (and only) backup file.

Needless to say, the problem persists.

I wouldn't mind flashing CM7 again, but I'd like to know if there's a way to access the phone files to recover my pictures, (locally stored) contacts and SMS.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Did a factory rest and rebooted phone. I can now access my pictures but contacts and SMS messages are gone. Still, I have the backup file from this morning. Is there a way to recover my contacts/SMS?

Thanks again!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Firstly I would recommend updating to 7.2 so you get the latest updates and bugfixes. But to get that stuff back, you will need to restore that backup and use utilities to save those things. For SMS, use SMS Backup & Restore. For contacts, just sync with Google, copy to Sim card, or find an app for that. Once they are all backed up, restore them onto your stable configuration

Sent from my CM9 ICS i897 Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddk99:
I got my stuff back thanks to this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1370349

Since, I couldn't boot using my backup. However, I'll be sure to update to 7.2, and sync my contacts with google in case of a future error on my end.

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
I have also upgraded from 7.1 to 7.2 without a full wipe and have all my apps in place as before the upgrade.

The one problem that bothers me most and wasn't resolved by the upgrade is cellular call quality and poor GPS performance.

I'm getting many hangups during phone calls and GPS sometimes takes a few minitus to get sattelite fix.

The modem I'm using is JL2.

My cell provider uses 1800 band for GSM and 2100 for 3G.

Can someone recommend alternative modem that might work better for me ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
The poor GPS is just something we have to deal with on this phone, but you can try Hellstorm's GPS fix. Modems typically depend on where you live, but JK4 has a great reputation in general

Sent from my CM9 ICS i897 Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
Alternative modems

It was mentioned in another post that Nexus S modems are compatible with I897.

What's the advantage of those modems over native Captivate modems ?

This is the thread about the Nexus modems:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1493225
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
I've been testing them out lately, with bad luck. They don't seem to work for everyone. Also, they don't have 850 band, which is important to many, but some have reported getting exceptional service. Data speeds are okay but not the best it seems. However, people say the sound quality is great, but I didn't really notice much in a side to side comparison.

So try at your own risk.

Sent from my CM9 ICS i897 Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
I don't need band 850 so I think I'll try out those modems.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Flash while unplugged. If it doesn't work, wipe cache and try again

Sent from my CM9 ICS i897 Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GravityBoots:
Here's my problem, I keep all my music on the external sd card and for some reason my captivate keeps randomly adding multiple versions of the same files everytime I pull up a directory, however there's only one version on the SD card, and it always just skips over the seemingly blank versions when I actually select a file.

Is there any file I need to wipe in order to fix this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macr0t0r:
Well, what do we have here? Are they starting up CM7 nightlies for our Captivates again?

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=nightly&device=captivatemtd

There is a CM7 nightly posted on 21Apr2012. Direct link:

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get...cm-7-20120420-NIGHTLY-captivatemtd-signed.zip

I may have to try it out!

- Jim
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
KF1 caused many calls to disconnect.

What modem would work well for a carrier that utilizes 1800 band in GSM and 2100 in 3G ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
I'm not surprised, I wouldn't expect those modems to work. Any modem should work fine. It's a matter of trial and error

Sent from my ICS Samsung Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
A few of the modem I've tried cause the sound quality on the other end of the call to sound like I'm calling from a cave. Why is that happening ?

It is not clear to me if some of the modems are pre-set to utilize only certain frequencies and not ANY frequency supported by the hardware.

Is it possible that a modem was created for a specific carrier and thus only supports the frequencies used by that carrier?

Is there an app or any other way to check what GSM & 3G bands are actually being used by the modem in real time ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Some modems just don't sound very good, I think it's just that sure of them don't really do well with the audio hardware, or different bands are being used. They probably are carrier designed, but many carriers share the same frequencies. A modem from a different carrier could even work better for you. You can monitor/change the frequencies by using service mode. It should be *#*#0011#*#* to view current status, and *#*#2263#*#* for band selection

Sent from my ICS Samsung Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
I'm not sure the service mode is supported by CM7 or is it modem specific ?

Back in Froyo days I had a I9000 based rom where service mode did work.

Now with CM7 none of the modems seem to support service mode.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Perhaps the codes are different. I know they are listed somewhere.

Sent from my ICS Samsung Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jw111:
CM7.2 RC2 Video Out Not Working for Videos

I have CyanogenMod 7.2 RC 2 installed on my Captivate. When I connect the video cable to a screen and enable video out then I can see all the screens like home screen etc fine. I can see photos in gallery fine also. If I try to play any movies back then I do not see anything on the external screen even though they show up fine on the phone screen.

The odd thing is that if I touch the phone screen so the fast forward, reverse, pause buttons and slider come up then I do see those on the external monitor, but the video is blank even though I do see it on my phone.

I am using NTSC.

The video out was working fine with the stock gingerbread rom that I was previously using.

Any ideas or is this a bug?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanujt:
Noob question: Why is it that a lot of ROMs (Apex, Serendipity, Fasty II etc) ask you to flash to a stock ROM first, if you have CM7 installed? This has proved a little problematic for me, as I'm on a Mac and somehow none of the Heimdall one-click stock "jar"s never discover my Samsun Captivate connected in the download mode.

What happens if I flash a new ROM directly from CWM without flashing back to a stock first?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
CyanogenMOD uses a completely different partition structure than Samsung does for its OS. If you try to flash a Samsung-based custom ROM over a CyanogenMOD install via CWM, it won't work. That could mean anything from basically nothing happens to soft bricking your phone,I don't know because I've never tried it. But it definitely won't work.

You have to flash some kind of stock Samsung firmware first so that your partition structure will get put back in the right order, then you can flash. It doesn't matter which stock package you use.

Sent via Captivate (powered by CyanogenMOD)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Threezees:
Notifications

Hi - I've got a goofy question. This isn't really a big deal, but I'm a bit OCD and it's kind of been driving me nuts. I'm running Cyanogenmod 7.2 StableMod. For some reason, my notification sounds are out of alphabetical order, which kind of makes finding them a pain. I've tried clearing the Media Storage, caches, you name it. It seems to put any new ones that I get under the last set notification sound... i.e., last using "Incoming Message", it will place the new ones (such as ones starting with the letter Z) directly below that and then move on to the letter J. I'm not sure if it's a bug with CM or what, but although it's a minor issue it still drives me nuts. Just wondering if there's a way to re-initialize them or something. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike_RC:
CM7.2 Capacitive Button Issue

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the captivate but have flashed many roms before without issue. I recently tried several tutorials(see below) and all of them have the same problem. Everything on the ROM works except the capacitive buttons(menu, home, back, search).

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Captivate:_Full_Update_Guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1350266

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBPu-GqM9RE

A couple strange things happened:

1. I flashed the Glitch Kernel V13.1, after the above tutorials, then the buttons worked for a while then one day just stopped working again. Have tried applying it again and restoring nandroids of the time when it was working but this did not help.

2. I went to activate the virtual keyboard, then chose the android default keyboad and the buttons started working until I rebooted the phone, then it never worked again.

3. Going back to stock fixes the buttons. So I know it's not a hardware problem.

Please let me know what I need to do to fix the buttons or if you need any more info!

Thanks in advanced,

Mike

Edit: Just to clarify the problem with the capacitive buttons starts right after I flash the latest stable cm7.2 build. I'm trying to figure out a way to get cm7.2 working with or without Glitch kernel
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Hmm... I feel like there was a released version that had this issue. You may want to read the last few pages of the Glitch thread to see if you can find any posts regarding the issue.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike_RC:
Thanks for letting me know. I'll check out the Glitch thread. Let me clarify my first question a bit, the capacitive buttons didn't work after flashing latest stable cm7.2. So I'm wondering if there is another fix unrelated to the glitch kernel? I only mentioned the Glitch kernel cause it seemed to fix cm7 for a little bit.

Thanks again!

Edit: After Checking the Glitch kernel threads all I could find were problems related to Back Light Notifications(using the capacitive buttons back lights for notifications) not problems with actually using the buttons.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
That's weird that it worked for a while. I believe the glitch issue was that they didn't work at all, so you must have a different issue. Perhaps you should try going back to stock, and doing everything from scratch again to rule out anything that may have gone wrong.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike_RC:
Thanks for the suggestion, but I've already tried from stock 3 times(with each of the above methods). Each time I flashed the stock 2.1 rom with Odin 1.7(not one-click), 512pit, and csc file. Then if the procedure called for gingerbread bootloaders I flashed stock gingerbread(just as pda through odin). Then I followed the above 3 guides. Please let me know if anything else comes to mind.