yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt310:
^JL3 has great voice quality here in Los Angeles, but the phone hops between 850 and 1900 Mhz towers and that consumes battery at an impressive rate. On Samsung roms entering *#2263 restricts the bands the modem uses, which eliminates the hopping in areas where different spectrums have similar strength. This is the *only* feature I miss from the stock roms, but it isn't CM7's fault that ATT has issues with call hand-off and tower registration :) For my issue, I believe all available modems will do the same thing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeybear23:
Actually, when you compare this ROM to all the others in Screen-On time, it is competitive.

I most of the excess drain happens when other ROMs are most efficient: during sleep.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dingokevin:
So my cappy will not go into download mode to flash to stock to replace my phone. Volume up down USB not working made a jig not working order a jig hope that work any thoughts. Would like to have a phone that does not turn off every hour and one that does not charge death on me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c0ldburn3r:
Sounds like you royally screwed the dload mode, not an easy feat. Send it back in and charging death on cm7 is releated to a very low UV. You may have soft reboots if you are using an early build, the wifi was not fixed so you have to turn to wifi sleep to never.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c0ldburn3r:
True true. Android in general is terrible in battery life since it relies so much on network communication. CM7 for SGS has a lot of work until it is stable, the devs are kicking @ss and taking names though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dingokevin:
Running the newest nightly. Do you think the jig I ordered with get me in dl mode?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dingokevin:
I tried to flash a 2.2.1 Rom over the top but it aborted install. Was hoping to get in do mode via speedmod. Is there a way to flash over the top. Steps I need?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
Nothing CM7 does will do anything to the bootloader so your ability to get into Download mode should have nothing to do with what you flashed. Maybe you just have bad hardware.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dingokevin:
Thanks will wait for the jig and hope for the best.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dingokevin:
If it is bad hardware and I can't get in to dl mode is the any other way to get back to stock. I have been able to get in to dl mode before.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
I only know the 3 button and volume up/down/plug in usb methods to get into Download mode. The reboot into Download command in Clockwork will not work from CM7 due to closed source bootloader from Samsung that uses a proprietary filesystem for passing commandline parameters to the kernel.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dingokevin:
Thanks Atinm will keep at it and see what happens.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluemoon1221:
Is there anyway to get system apps running on this rom? I mainly wasn't the camera..

cause that's the only reason I stopped using this rom and will not go back to it.....

Sent from my phone
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stumpzillers:
HI all!

i just flashed a couple days ago and eveyrhting has been smooth, until today my widgets stopped working ( i know its not supported lol) and im unable to move any icons or place any on my desktop, has anyone esle had this problem or can help? thanx in advance!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
what? system apps? wth are you talking about?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
samsung apps will *NOT* work on this ROM... anything hooking into samsung's framework is incapable of being used with AOSP/CM... if you aren't even going to read the FAQ (which clearly states this in the OP), frankly, we won't miss you running this ROM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jangeles323:
question

for some reason when i updated cm7 my usb mounting won't work. It freezes to the point I need to pull out the battery? is there anyway around this
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
it seems like it does freeze sometimes when you click mount... the android stays green instead of orange and the phone freezes... atinm is working on it.....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jangeles323:
oh okay. I thought i did a bad flash cause before i updated it was working fine but orientation wasn't working so i reflashed the update. Orientation was working fine but usb isnt. So i flashed back my previous 2.2.1 rom. I'll wait till that is settled till i go back to cm7. But so far i'm loving cm7 besides the little bugs.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] retardude48:
So with speedmod coming out with a release recently, can I just flash the kernel over the old one (K13D) when using CM7? Or does one need to start from scratch?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893880
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
menu - unlock desktop
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
you cannot flash speedmod onto a running cm7 system. its only for the initial steps to have cwm and will go away by flashing cm7 initial kernel.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n0stalgia:
Has anyone's cell tower geolocation stopped working? Running the latest nightly build, but this has been a problem since the april 2 build. Changing modems hasn't help, I've tried JL3, JK4, and now KC1. :x

GPS still continues to get fast locks though, implying that aGPS is working somehow?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
If you are able to get a logcat output by adb'ing into the phone, please post the logcat as well as a dmesg. The problem is intermittent, and I haven't been able to get a log to look at yet. Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshftx:
Camera/Battery Drain/Bluetooth

CM works great for the most part on my ATT Captivate. Much snappier than most other ROMS.

However:

Camera is pretty bad - any way to get the oem camera on there?

Battery seems to drain quicker than with 2.2

One thing I LOVE is that bluetooth dialing works when the phone is locked. And the voice dialer is great. Is that possible to get on 2.2?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
please read the OP
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aasheet:
how bad is the camera prob ?

i mean , wht exactly is the prob?

i want to shift to this rom but i need a camera to click pics regularly

also , how bad is the battery life ? is there really alot of differnce ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roof King:
CM camera works fine just does take pics at 5mp which is what the camera is capable of taking. Vignette camera from the market will do the job at the full resolution.

Battery life is subjective but with heavy use I get 10-12 hours. I just keep it charging when I'm driving and I never have any issues.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Killerfish1450:
I'm unsure if this has been asked yet or not. Is anyone using any type of a Task Manager with CM7 or just let the background manage things itself? I know of the 2.2.1 rom I was using it had one tied to the long press of the home key that I liked.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roof King:
I don't use a task manager and its probably not necessary. However there is a setting that you can enable that will kill the app when you longpress the back button.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jangeles323:
I reflashed cm7 and it sometimes freezes on usb mount. But after a reboot it doesn't do it anymore and it works fine. It seems that i have to reboot the phone twice to get it to work properly. But so far everything seems good, orientation works the way it does etc.. Loving it so far thanks for the hard work you guys and keep up the updates!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
Can you please get a logcat and dmesg when you freeze? You should still be able to get in thru adb, but have to be quick because it might reboot when frozen. I am trying to get a log so that I can debug this - it is a deadlock but I need to see which lock and what processes.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jangeles323:
sure I'll try to get a log if it happens again.. And i'll make sure to let you know
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tw1tch175:
Columns and rows name to definition is reversed when setting widgets.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] retardude48:
Ahhh, that makes sense. Thanks for the reply.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acrazzyhobo:
i don't have unlimited data or access to wifi, so titanium backup if very crucial for me, whenever i install this and gapps, it always tries to download all the apps ive ever downloaded, is there a way to disassociate those apps with my gmail acount so this wont happen and my precious data won't be wasted? Even a way to just halt the downloads would be much appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeybear23:
Download the TiBu APK, do the CM7 install without the SIM card in, install the TiBu APK and restore your apps before putting the SIM card back in.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acrazzyhobo:
well there are apps I uninstalled with 3rd party apps so the market still thinks I have them I guess?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
before you flash gapps, go to settings>privacy and uncheck auto-restore =)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeybear23:
...and there's that, too. :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acrazzyhobo:
thankyou to both!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waghoba:
I am sorry if this has been asked previously, but can anyone tell me can we still access the external sd card from apps and if yes what should be the path to backup folder name in Tibu if I want to store all my backups on external SD?

thanks

EDIT: nvm got it working!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjsooley:
What kind of video files using handbrake will work on cm7?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l4nc3r:
Just want to thank the CyanogenMod Team for this amazing Rom. I've tried Firefly/Cog/+a few more and none have come close to this. Usually my battery dies over the night if left unplugged, but I woke up this morning with a 36% battery life. Last charge was Noon yesterday. So, battery life deff went up for me.

Other than that the phone feels rock solid. I might run into some issues, but really, because of all the work you all have done, I cant really complain. Funny thing though, first time the screen went to sleep it did that whole turning off an older tv thing. I really though I killed my phone for a second. Scared me to death.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
I'm not really sure but I've heard mention of some people having trouble playing certain videos..and also mention that moboplayer from the market will play those troublesome videos. Sorry I don't know the answer, but thought I would pass on what I've heard.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
hi, I tried to revert back to stock. I used odin3 and did re-partition, auto-reboot and f-reset time. It failed.

Now when i try to boot up, i get an image of a Phone...Warning Triangle...Computer

Can anyone help?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
you know if you repartition you need the pit file, right? =) or you could use odin 1 click, which automatically repartitions...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jangeles323:
get it to download mode (if the 3 button fix still works) and use one click odin to get it back to 2.1 stock. But if you can't get it to download mode you might have to buy a jig to force it into download mode.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
I did not know that. the instructions on the site (Cyanogenmod site) said nothing about that. All it said was odin with re-partition.

I can get into download mode though. So i will try again. Thank you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
if you are stuck on the phone-!-computer screen and cant get to download mode, try running odin right from there.... the newer bootloader allows this, older does not, but can get to download mode, so either way you should be ok
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nimper:
Twitter/Facebook accounts

Every time I reboot my phone, the official twitter/facebook apps forget my login information and the accounts disappear from the Accounts & Sync menu list. I can get around this by using Tweetdeck of course but this may not be an option for other people. It's happened since my initial install of the 3/29 nightly and has persisted to the 4/11 nightly (I haven't flashed 4/12 yet).

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

Edit: I originally thought this was due to clearing the cache after flashing a new nightly, but then I noticed it happened when I rebooted the phone without flashing anything.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
The CyanogenMod site is barely relevant to the current state of CM7 for Galaxy S phones as we have not merged to mainline and the information on the site is obsolete and unsupported. The FAQ in the OP for this thread on the other hand does have relevant information, including how to get back to stock.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tw1tch175:
I am unable to access the files on my external card I am able to use the files that my music player gets automatically but I can see them when I go to the cards folder.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
(sigh)

reading or searching would have told you that you can find your external sdcard at /mnt/emmc
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betadan:
Maybe I missed it, or I am completely oblivious. Which CM7 build is this based on?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
To quote one of my favorite authors, "I do not understand the question you have done me the honor to ask....."
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
I can get into download mode but odin wont recognize it. I opened odin first, then went into d-mode. But nothing happens. Im trying both Odin1 and Odin3. None of them are recognizing the phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techmik67:
are you using a usb port connected to the motherboard directly? (rear port, not convenient front port or hub)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
laptop, same port i usually use. My laptop is a little messed up right now so im in safe mode. Could that be a reason?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Killerfish1450:
Do you mind pointing me in the direction of this setting?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1l3nt:
i think its settings-applications-development
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Indeed. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smeltn:
I do have a question.... Is there any way to disable the lockscreen all together?

I would like it when I press the power button on the side of the phone that it will just go directly to my homescreen, without having to use an unlock screen at all.

Is this available?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Killerfish1450:
next noobish question, I found it once because i changed the settings but now I can't find them again. Where do you go to change the bass boost for the ringtone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betadan:
Is this CM7 RC1 or RC3 or final? thats what I mean in my questioning.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsx115:
I'm a first time poster but have been flashing since I got my captivate on release so I'm not all too new to it.

So now that I've finally caught XDA on a good search day I was able to find this post with a very similar problem to mine except just reversed. I have tried this process I good 5-7 times on different machines, times of day and everytime with a new batch of downloads. I would follow the video that was posted to the T and would always hang on the AT&T Logo. Well it wasn't until today that I was reading some other posts and realized there was a problem with the kernel :P

So after going through the process again from the start and getting back to the AT&T Logo screen, I went back into Download mode and reflashed the CM7 initial kernel and voila I had CM7 up and running. Now the difference from the previous posters issue. I can update just fine without having to reflash the kernel.

My only concern and the reason I'm posting is that I haven't seen, read or heard of a similar aside from SirBrettrick and I also wanted to know if somehow a logcat would be of any use here and if so when do I grab it? Right after the first proper boot?

Thanks ^_^
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roof King:
Under cyanogen settings - lockscreen options

Unlock options

Option to unlock using the menu button.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEscapist:
None. If you had even begun to read the thread, you would know that we aren't officially supported by cm, and ergo, don't follow the release timeline.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
or you could just add a "power toggle" for the lockscreen, set it to off, and then remove the toggle
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
Bad flash type stuff is easiest to diagnose if we get a dmesg output from the phone right after install. Basically at the earliest point you can adb into it to run the dmesg command on the shell prompt of the phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betadan:
I do not believe you understand my question. I understand we are not under the same release schedule as CM7. But from a feature/fix stand point where would you say we are when in comparison to the releases of CM7 mainline?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tifxalex:
any word on if KB1 modem is going to get voice processing and hsupa?

I get sorry reception with all the other modems...

):
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhernand1102:
It is pre-beta....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhernand1102:
Not till Samsung releases source for Gingerbread.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
Since this keeps getting asked:

1. We have to merge to mainline. We are in the process, somethings got merged but then others got forked again because we fixed SD card mounting which was in common code and requires CM7 review, so we're back to where we were, namely, waiting to merge every piece that we've forked and that we share with other phones running CM7.

2. Reliability-wise, we will not be as reliable as other phones until Samsung releases source for Gingerbread. There are many issues that require kernel fixes that only Samsung can do (that is, unless we get lucky and are able to either get documentation on the hardware or just manage to port froyo drivers over which is not easy because the kernel drivers have changed, moved around code, etc between Froyo and Gingerbread). Also, Samsung frequently puts hardware specific code in closed source user-space binaries that use custom Android framework hacks which cannot work on CM7 regardless so we do need to get lucky for some things anyway.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smeltn:
I am sorry can you give me a little more details on this one? This will allow me to completely get rid of the lockscreen? How do I get more information about creating a power toggle?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jangeles323:
settings >cm settings > interface > notification power widgets > widget button > toggle lockscreen > drop down notification > turn it on, then remove the lockscreen widget if you like
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsx115:
Got it, and then I just post it up to the issue tracker? I'll try to get it done tonight once I get off work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bornjamerican:
@atinm and the rest of the CM team

Thanks for all if your hard work on CM7.

I am having an issue connecting my Bluetooth headset. Is this a known issue and I overlooked thread? If so, can someone provide the link?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkrick:
Yes, you cannot use odin from safe mode.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uncle Irish:
Its a FB issue

Clear the data and cache on your FB app

Go to FB on the web and enter the Privacy Settings. Bottom left you will see Apps and Websites. Click Edit your settings. Next page under Apps you use, delete all apps you use then turn off all platform apps. Clear the data and cache on your FB app on the phone , then reboot your phone. During the time of your phone rebooting, turn on platform apps. Don't launch the FB app on your phone for about 10 minutes just wait. After a bit, it will go away. You'll need to accept the license agreement for FB and log in again and all should be fine
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enhanced:
That's awesome. I've always thought the lockscreen was pretty useless. The gesturing helped make it better, but not having it at all is so much more efficient.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jangeles323:
signal issue

For some reason my signal bar never goes up it just stays at 0 bars but i have signal. In order to see me having full bar i would have to reboot my phone. Is this a known issue or i have a bad flash? but other then that everything is fine and cm7 is working great.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
odin cant recognize my phone, all im getting is "phone...!...computer"

...is there an irc where i can get more help
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhernand1102:
You might need to make or buy a jig. Did you try the phone off and hold both volume buttons and then plug it in to you computer method?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricky2k1:
change boot logo (initial static screen)

how do i change the initial static screen on boot (AT&T logo) after installing cyanogenmod 7?

i tried this method, but doesnt seem to work
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
of course it doesn't because we don't have access to the param.lfs partition with j4fs.ko

don't try it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksimilie:
Isnt the jig used to get the phone in download mode? Because i can already get it in download mode, when i plug it in my computer recognizes a device is plugged in, but odin doesn't. I called rogers to get a replacement and they gave me one, should be in within 3-5, but im worried they'll see that im the one who messed it up with costume software.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
if the phone can't/won't boot, how would they check? if they can't get it to boot, they'll send it back to samsung who will just reflash it and test it, and send it back out as "refurbished"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
Make sure you have the drivers installed - just install the Android SDK and you'll have them. If you can get into Download mode, you should be able to use Odin One-Click to go back to stock - start Odin One-Click first, then get into Download mode. I just start Odin One-Click for Froyo (or Eclair), then hold the volume up/down buttons while the phone is off and then plug in the USB cable. The phones goes into Download mode and Odin One-Click sees it and then I can just tell One-Click to flash it with the Stock ROM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JStar1033:
Does anyone else have the problem where android system will keep the phone awake? I notice that when I check what's using the battery I will see sometimes android system will keep the phone awake for up to 2 hours and that leads to my battery drain
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
double check your screen timeout.. thats the only thing i can think of. I don't have any issues. My phone sleeps after default timeout, and wakes up just fine.