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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AudiG:
CM7.1 - During charge restarted, now stuck trying to boot

I have a captivate with CM 7.1 on it. I've been having random issues with it for a while now relating to it restarting or just shutting off. Last night while charging the phone it restarted and is stuck trying to boot. I was dumb enough not to have done any backups for quite a while so I'm wondering if there is any possibility of getting the phone to boot, at least long enough to back up all my apps and stuff. I should mention that I have searched for a few hours now to see if I can fix this without completely wiping and reloading and haven't found anything. This is my first time posting so if I didn't give enough info or this is better placed in another thread let me know and I'm sorry ahead of time.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Where is it stuck trying to boot? Sometimes doing an update can fix some problems.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AudiG:
At the CyanogenMod 7 loading screen with the rotating arrow. I'm guessing you are referring to an OS update? Also, would it be wise to move this post back to the Captivate Q&A section so that I get more/quicker responses?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
The posting is your call. Well if you're stuck at that screen, it often can mean that /datadata is full. Have you received any low space errors? Yes, I am suggesting that you update to a newer version like the CM7.3 RC or whatever there is now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AudiG:
I'll see if I can find something to delete from there without making it worse :) I had not been receiving low space errors. I have had random issues for a long time (even before I used CM7), but I did recently install a task killer that kills processes every time screen is turned off. I'm still quite new to this stuff, but will I keep all my data if I upgrade to 7.3?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Yes, it doesn't delete anything.

Sent from a jelly bean
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromlakh:
Get rid of the task killer for starters. They are not needed for Android at all, slow performance, and make your battery life worse.

Sent via Captivate (powered by CyanogenMOD)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AudiG:
At this point, I can't get rid of the task killers (at least I don't know how) since I can't boot. I also never got a notification that /datadata was out of space but I was getting a massive amount of FC's. Anyone have an ideas on how to get this thing to boot? As suggested earlier I did try to update to CM 7.2.0 RC2, but I was still unable to boot.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Sounds like low space. You could try a datafix script (thread by wendigogo in the i9000 section)

Sent from a jelly bean
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AudiG:
I ended up just updating to CM9. The phone is working great, even though I found out it was one of the phones that was an early release -any IMEI # lower than 5394- and therefor had a bunch of shutdown issues (post about it is here).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franksa81:
thanks !!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franksa81:
also when installing nexus s drivers i install after installing cyogenmod into the captivate? or before
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emcnelly:
Doesn't matter you can download them before or after because download mode and Odin only use the normal Captivate Drivers even after flashing Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xp3r7:
I tried this tonight and got to step 5 (efsbackup.zip and initial.zip) and both installed fine.

After my phone rebooted I could no longer get into recovery or download mode where I could before and it hangs on the Galaxy S CyanogenMod boot screen.

Ive tried every key combo posted on these forums with no luck for both.

My PC does pick it up as a Nexus S but the drivers wont install properly and adb through the SDK doesnt work either.

Am I going to have to get a jig to put me in download mode so I can flash stock?

Any help would be apperciated!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emcnelly:
Did you do a complete wipe when you installed it? Also it sounds like you should be able to get back into download mode atleast

Edit: sorry I think I miss read it so you flashed the initial kernel with odin and after that you cannot get into recovery or download?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xp3r7:
Yes, sorry.

I made it to Step 8 where you flash the initial.zip with odin.

That worked just fine and now the screen freezes at the Galaxy S CyanogenMod screen and I cant access download or recovery where as I could just fine before.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emcnelly:
Hmm from here I'm not way to much help... So you have tried holding down the volume up and down and plugging in your phone to your computer while odin is open? Also will it go to the att boot screen right before the cyanogen galaxy one when booting it?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milkytron:
Is it okay to use a different bootscreen? And if yes, would it be done the same way as before CM7? I just want to make sure its okay before I go and brick my phone over something unimportant

Sent from the heavens using XDA App
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h0ckey10:
After worked for me. Just follow the instructions in the q&a and ull be fine. I had to try 2 or 3 times to install before it worked tho
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
Yep. Even better than the old method (which does work), drop it in /data/local. That allows to keep your stock bootanimation handy if you ever want to go back to it.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
I believe he isn't asking about the bootanimation, but the boot screen from Sbl.bin (that big white glaring AT&T screen), in which case, I don't believe anyone has tried to do AFTER installing CM7 because we have no way of mounting that partition (either from recovery or booted).

there's too much ambiguous wording when it comes to boot-related stuff.

bootscreen/bootsplash = AT&T splash screen

bootlogo = Galaxy S/Cyanogen(mod) screen

bootanimation = CyanogenMod 7 animated logo
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xp3r7:
Yes to both.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
/proc/last_kmsg or it didn't happen.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cumanzor:
Is Adobe Flash working for anyone?

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Works fine for me

Edit: I take that back

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassnfool:
I had problems after applying 03122011, I cleared cache and davlic cache, reinstalled, tried 5 mp4s worked on 5th has worked since
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Tried uninstall, reinstall. Did not work. Reverted to original build and it works again.

Can not get flash to work on either off the nightlies

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franksa81:
not sure if the back light works for everyone but if u have the keep the lights on app from guardian bob they work well with this rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emcnelly:
Well sorry to tell you but at this point a jig may be your only option to get into download though I'm not sure why you can't get into recovery if both of those screens are there, you had to of had recovery after flashing the kernel and then flashing the cm7-captivate-initial-XXXXXXXX-XX.zip (if im not mistaken is just the rom) should have had no effect on your ability to get into recovery...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasesavestheday:
possible to access lbstestmodelaunch?

is it possible to install SGS tools?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hernan078:
hi, i just saw the video, do i need to go to stock mandatorily to then flash cyanogen?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
No it is better to start from rom with custom recovery in kernel

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hernan078:
but why in the video he did it going to stock?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
no and no. this isn't a samsung ROM so apps designed to work with/modify samsung apps will not work. lbstestmode is samsung, use GPSTest from the market if you want to see GPS info.

no

nowhere in the instructions does it say to go back to stock. he CHOSE to go back, but you don't have to. the video is provided ONLY as a supplement to the instructions. follow the written instructions and only use the video as additional help.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
you have to flash a custom kernel in step one, so why go val to stock to reinstall a custom kernel

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
I just can't get flash to work on any of the updates, only the original flash. Am I missing something

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmshaefe:
quick things

Hey guys a few things, most everything works great. First, I can't figure out how to set speed dial entries. I tried searching the forum but nothing came up. The other thing is my phone button always defaults to contacts unless I use the phone unlock slider on the lock screen. Any way to make the phone "app" go straight to the dial pad and not the contacts screen?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatttire:
Just discovered a hidden jewel feature of Gingerbread that CM7 has passed on to us.

When you make a phone call with the regular phone apk, you can have it ask you to call via your cell phone provider (using minutes) or VOIP Google voice (using data only)

You have to set up a SIP account with PBXES.org to bridge you dialing pbxes for an internet call and pbxes bridging it to Google Talk. Works inbound/outbound

Haha so many surprises with CM7....thanks devs x1,000,000

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, I know this is FAQ but not sure where general discussion is..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joelmassee:
CM7 phone not ringing--straight to voicemail

my Cappy is not ringing. it goes straight to voicemail. notification sound per usual, but not phone ringing.

confirmed phone is not on silent mode. any other thoughts? Thanks...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hernan078:
hi, i went back to stock put my phone in download mode, started odin3 v1.7 put the speedmod kernel in pda, turn of auto reboot, i connected my phone hit start and it fail me, twice, i give up for today, please can someone tell me what im doing wrong, i dont want to stay in a stock rom!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
First guess is that you dl the flashable zip of the kernel instead of the tar

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hernan078:
no, i have the .tar, i dont know what i did wrong, i follow the instruction step by step, and also watched the video, please help, i really want to try CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
What failed? Did odin recognize the phone when you plugged it in?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
you opened odin

Got into dl mode

Odin recognizes your device "com"

You disselected auto boot

Placed hardcore tar in pda slot

Hit start

And it failed?

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hernan078:
hardcore?? the instructions said speedmod-kernel? i did it like the guy in the video, i first put the kernel in pda disselect auto reboot and then plug my phone, do i have to do it exactly as you said?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hernan078:
yes, i dont understand!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drwx:
anyone have any issues with swype and the latest update? swype force closed over and over after the 3/13 update. i uninstalled it and now it keeps failing when i try to install it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Hardcore is speed mode

Key points would be

Odin opened prior to phone being plugged in

Make sure odin sees your phone

Auto reboot off

Maybe try different ports

You can flash a rom with the kernel then backup efs them flash initial kernel, but flashing the initial kernel is the same process you are trying now, just different tar

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Where are you getting the swype apk from?

Can you confirm if flash is working?

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drwx:
from their website? it was working fine until the 3/13 update of cm7 today. i actually just got it working again. i had to go back and reinstall the swype installer from a few days ago, let it update when it ran, and the install swype from there.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Flash working

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlt220:
So potentially dumb question... But I can't seem to find definitive answers on these questions?

Wifi works yes?

Is the screen off animation there.

and how does this feel as a daily driver for phone, text, web, music, etc

I'm interested in upgrading to this but i'm on serendipity and i really like it what benefits are in the 2.3 vs 2.2 roms?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Wifi works

Screen off animation works

All functions you asked about work, but please remember this is not a samsung rom so many of these apps are different and you can not use what you are used to. Battery life is not as good, fine for me but once again be aware

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drwx:
flash it and find out........
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joelmassee:
CM7 Update 3/13--No LockScreen ever

Hello, Since installing CM7 I haven't seen a lock screen...Thoughts?

I have one selected in CM7 settings. I've tried each one...nothing.

Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Oh I will was just wondering, on original build at moment because I could but get flash working on 3/11 &3/10 nightly

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Happened to me once, reflash or flash an update

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drwx:
No flash. Tested with home star runner website.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drwx:
Reinstalled flash. Everything is good now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlt220:
Which apps are different might i ask?

And if i decide to flash it is it easy to go back with an odin one click
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Not being a jerk but basically every app is different

Yes odin one click back

CM7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donks232:
is this rom stable enough and have the speed/battery life to rival a 2.2 rom with lag fixes ect? i was on an update before wifi sleep was fixed. i did love the idea of gingerbread but random restarts and cut offs lead me to switching back even after it was first fixed
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlt220:
understood. and thanks for the info
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roof King:
Stable enough to be my work phone. In sales so it must work and it does and in my opinion works amazingly well. Faster than froyo. Battery is pretty good for me with jk4 modem. I can make it through the day on one charge. Froyo is a step backwards.

No force closes or reboots for me but that's not everyones experience.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waghoba:
Just had a soft reboot and have pulled my last_kmsg file. Can anyone direct me where to report with this file?

thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod7-for-samsung-galaxys/issues/list - and put the last_kmsg as an attachment or much easier, paste it into http://cyanogenmod.pastebin.com/ and put the link in the bug report. Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasesavestheday:
okay thanks, wasnt aware the lbstestmode was a sammy app. good to know. i was just curious if i could tweak the gps settings. mine hardly works. best ive gotten was accurate within ~2600m.

edit: installed gpstest and it seems to be working great at the moment. 10 in view, 7 in use, accuracy 33 feet. ill take it. thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasesavestheday:
from what ive read the jk4 modem is giving the best battery life?

im not sure what the original was, i changed to kb1 and didnt notice and change in battery performance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swapnil:
If I update from the initial build of CM7 will I have to update sequentially or can I use the latest update file directly?

Sorry if its a stupid quesiton but I couldn't find an answer anywhere..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasesavestheday:
must be in the dev forum, but this has been answered half a million times.

use the latest update as all the other updates are continuously built on top of one another.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roof King:
I switched to jk4 a few days ago and I've noticed better battery life. Original was jl3 if I remember correctly.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlt220:
Having trouble with ODIN

I have used the one click method before, but using it for this i keep getting

"odin communicator has stopped working"

Close program or search for reason and close program options

not sure what the issue is i restarted my computer and the phone as well.

This happens every time i try and flash the initial kernal for CM7

or CM7-captivate-initial.tar
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkrick:
I had the same issue and did not install the 3/13 update yet. I think the Swype beta time bombed. I allowed the installer to check for an update, which it found, but after installing the update it was still saying it was unlicensed (probably a bug from Swype). I uninstalled Swype (but not the installer) and then allowed the installer to re-download and install the full package (no longer says anything about 2.5mb or 10mb). It has been working fine since.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkrick:
The lights are LEDs. The life expectancy for an LED is 25-30 years. So, if you plan on using your phone in 30 years, you may have a problem with the button backlights.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geeman_8:
Blank SD Card Notification

Hey guys! I've seen this issue a few times in the forums but can't seem to find a fix. When I first flashed CM7 I did not have this, but once I rebooted today I now have a notification saying "Blank SD Card" and it sometimes changes to "Removed SD Card." Is there a fix for this? I read earlier in this post that someone had found a fix, but I've looked everywhere for it. Thanks!

Oh, and I know this is my first post here but I've been soaking up A LOT of information from you guys! Usually I can find answers I need;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waghoba:
I added some new alarm tones in media/audio/alarm folder, but when I set the custom tone for alarm it plays only once and alarm stops! any idea what is the problem here??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beny The Kid:
Not Sure

Ok,

I have looked around quite a bit and am now stumped. I have a Captivate I896 on Rogers which i flashed back to Rogers stock 2.1 before I started the install process. I have followed all the steps twice and each time I get an I896 boot up screen, then the Galaxy S splash with the CyanogenMod logo and that's where it gets stuck. The only deviation that I made to the install was to root the phone and install CWM manually instead of flashing a kernel because the one that the instructions pointed to in caused ODIN to hang.

Similarly, I switched to stock AT&T 2.1 firmware and tried the same procedure step for step and when i rebooted the soft keys lite up but the screen stays black and nothing happens. Going to try it one more time and then I'll have to flash something else tonight and get back to it some other time.

Edit: If fact, same result with AT&T firmware......didn't realise it but somehow my power button stopped being an "accept" button and just started turning my display on and off......had to pull the battery....

In all cases I am using the the new initial files posted today with the dates in the file name.

Grrrrrrrrrrr

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
You HAVE to use the initial kernel posted. The current image is broken, so you'll have to wait until they fix it, or find an older version.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beny The Kid:
Ok.........now I feel stupid for having wasted a few hours....thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlt220:
I just got cm7 running but it says i have 0 internal storage... did i do something wrong our how do i fix this? below it says i have internal storage /mnt/emmc total space .94GB

help appreciated
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlt220:
I'm getting this issue and i just flashed it
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hernan078:
just flashed it, is awesome, but why charging takes so long?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beny The Kid:
Ok, so I used ALL the files in the CM7 instructions but still no joy. No Odin Hang this time. I am going to have to throw in the towel temporarily I guess until I get smarter....it's still stuck at the Galaxy S CM splash screen....too bad, I was so excited.....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hernan078:
what r your scores in quadrant standard, i just do the test and got 1046, is that good or bad?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
After flashing initial kernel, try removing and reinserting battery and then getting into recovery using 3 button. For some people, just trying 3 button directly didn't seem to work. I think the files should be ok now . . . and do make sure you are using the Captivate files. Don't use whatever "default files" sourceforge is showing you - that is just some random way they pick a file as "default" - go to the actual directory for the captivate in the downloads area and pick the files there.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
Is an apple better than a hole in the wall? Quadrant numbers are meaningless as has been repeated ad-nauseum all over the forum because they are easy to fake. If you're asking about speed in general, this hasn't been optimized for speed yet.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hernan078:
no, i was trying to see how fast it is, i prefer save battery, is there any other thing else, to preserve battery, i turned off bluetooth and gps, what more?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hernan078:
with this rom, can i set profiles with setcpu to underclock to 100mhz?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
Setcpu apparently doesn't play well, but you can manually clock down with cm settings.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlt220:
I was having same issues you are, it took maybe 5 tries before i got everything to work, if not more partially cause of the files not working and having to re-download them, but it's worth the wait. Just make sure you odin back to stock then just follow the instructions. it'll work
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
hmm, that's not what's supposed to happen. when you look in "Settings", "Storage", what do you see for "Internal Storage"? It should say ~1.85 GB total space. If it says 0.0 GB, that's an old bug popping back up.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smeltn:
Thanks for the Q&A thread guys
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pewpewbangbang:
Oh darn....i already flashed back to stock, but yea i think i remember seeing 0.0 GB. I don't remember seeing 1.85 GB.

I remember seeing something around 3.5 GB though or around that, and then i had about 5 GB of free internal space out of the 16 GB or w/e

Im just gonna go do a Master Clear and get rid of everything so its painless.

Too bad i lose all my Angry Birds level but what i tasted of Gingerbread was friggin awesome......Cyanogenmod=epic I wanted it ever since i got my Captivate almost a year ago
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanbest:
The flashable update to get 3 button fix didn't help me at all. So am I stuck not flashing CM7? Can I use the Captivate AIO Tool to do it?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
There is an Odin with a three button fix. Google it