[Q] What's Next? - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Well I got my Captivate today and immediately I was put off by all the "bloatware" so I looked for an easy way to root my phone and get rid of all the AT&T stuff. Well easy because I don't have much experience with ROM's or rooting at all. The most I've ever done was create a gold card for my old HTC tattoo.
So I went ahead and used Unleash the Beast V0.2 to root my phone. Now it's working great and runs really smooth with just a little occasional lag.
My question is though, is there anything else I can do to optimize my phone? It's still stock ROM. Should I flash a new ROM on my phone? I want to her your guy's opinions and experiences. Thank you.

Well to start you off I would say read read read then read some more. There is tons of info on the boards here but you just have to read a bit to find it.
Head over to the dev section and start with the sticky's and go from there.
Just to give you a little taste and help clear up that lag for you.
Voodoo lagfix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784170
A bit of advice.
If you are using a mod and have questions about it please please make sure you read the whole thread before you post the question. Odds are you will find the answer in the thread already.
Welcome and Enjoy

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I really need some HELP w/ updating Google Ion

Ok, so I have searched and searched... Watched Youtube, etc and I can't get definitive answers or instructions on installing roms, radios, etc. on my Google Ion Dev phone. I bought the phone to be different from the Mytouch crowd, but that seems to have been a bad move on my part so far.
I would like someone to either link me to or walk me through installing a rom for my phone. I would really like the Donut 1.6 version with all the bells and whistles like tethering and MT. Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks
Do you even look a little bit at the stickies??????
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=519523
As much as people claim to search and search and read and read you would think they would read somewhere that posts are supposed to be put in appropriate forums.
follow the links in my signature. root, flash, flash, flash, wipe, wipe, wipe, report, report, report.
thelastgoodbrother said:
Ok, so I have searched and searched... Watched Youtube, etc and I can't get definitive answers or instructions on installing roms, radios, etc. on my Google Ion Dev phone. I bought the phone to be different from the Mytouch crowd, but that seems to have been a bad move on my part so far.
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The Ion is not a Dream device, but based on the Sapphire. Please post in the appropriate forum.
Sapphire
This is why i dont care for xda people.. they hate on things so much actually help a brother out.. ****.
MLIGN said:
This is why i dont care for xda people.. they hate on things so much actually help a brother out.. ****.
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this is why XDA has strict rules about posting on their site, if you don't like it ,then don't be a part of the community. Go back to the experts over at the tmobile forums, you can posts any thing any time, anywhere. You guys should feel at home there. .
I prefer to go the "this is where you should post but I'll help you still" route. At least if I can help. Simply telling someone they posted in the wrong place when they're new is no help at all. Yes there are a lot of posts in the wrong section but you don't have to be so anal about it. I didn't know the Ion was a Sapphire device, I didn't know what it was really and my only experience with the Ion is via Soulife's ROM which is stupidly fast. In conclusion, I am great.
Anal you say, ,,
In the Q&A section alone 2522 + threads have been opened . Could you imagine what the development section would've looked like without the Q&A section. .
I think the mods are doing a great job, and members that flame rule breakers, don't stop, burn them to a crisp. .
I don't mean they do things too harshly but that they could at least offer help while telling someone they're posting in the wrong place. I'd hate to be a moderator because it's a thankless job that isn't easy. Please don't misunderstand what I meant
Dyonas said:
I prefer to go the "this is where you should post but I'll help you still" route. At least if I can help. Simply telling someone they posted in the wrong place when they're new is no help at all. Yes there are a lot of posts in the wrong section but you don't have to be so anal about it. I didn't know the Ion was a Sapphire device, I didn't know what it was really and my only experience with the Ion is via Soulife's ROM which is stupidly fast. In conclusion, I am great.
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In the device listings in the top page of the XDA forums there are images of each device next to its associated forums; just looking at the front page would tell you that the Ion is not a Dream device, but a Sapphire device.
Also, the reason there are different forums for the two devices is because their hardware and software are different. The Sapphire uses a different SPL and method for flashing ROMs. Asking questions in the Dream forum about the Sapphire board is like going into a hardware store and asking for help with your VCR—keeping the posts in the relevant location is beneficial to everyone involved.
dan0zone said:
this is why XDA has strict rules about posting on their site, if you don't like it ,then don't be a part of the community. Go back to the experts over at the tmobile forums, you can posts any thing any time, anywhere. You guys should feel at home there. .
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ok you think about it that way where is your thread with over 50,000 views what have you done? yeah you dont help you just one of those guys that goes around just waiting to ruin someones day.. haha weak..
Originally Posted by MLIGN <<<<<<
The Rules Of This Thread <<<<<<
1.Stay on topic. <<<<<<
2.Keep it a friendly thread.
3.Please do some reseach before you post.
4.Enjoy the ROM!
Guess thats thats only for your thread!!!
this is so stupid
dan0zone said:
Originally Posted by MLIGN <<<<<<
The Rules Of This Thread <<<<<<
1.Stay on topic. <<<<<<
2.Keep it a friendly thread.
3.Please do some reseach before you post.
4.Enjoy the ROM!
Guess thats thats only for your thread!!!
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lmao good you read my thread... but the reason why i put that was i saw drizzy and cy's thread alot of things on there were b/s so i put my thread up and i wanted it too look decent lol but yeah good job!... you just are still a "MLIG" haha
Thank you all for the help/defense. I didnt realize that I posted in the wrong section. I was up all night/morning trying to figure this all out on my own. When I say I tried searching, I did. When you search Google Ion, you get 10,000+ hits with the mention of "Google" or 10,000+ with any word with "ion" ala "application, etc. If I post something, that means I am really at a loss. You can see that I have been a member for a lil while, but only have a few posts.
I was finally able to do it via trial and error. I didn't make a image of the current Ion rom so that went out the window. The Google Ion aka Magic (developer's phone) is already rooted (I figured this out on my own). Power + Home will access that area just like the other Magics that are rooted. I put the rom on a seperate sd card without partitions etc. Just a straight drag and drop and rename to "update." When everything finished I then reinstalled my original sd card that had all my apps on it. So far the phone runs fine, it still has that typical android jerkiness at times, but I think that its just the memory constraints of the phone. I loaded the Donut version that has the expansion pack for tethering, etc.
Maybe my post can be moved so that it might help someone else that just needed a simple question about this phone answered.
PS:Since I just did a simple drag and drop will I run into problems later? What's the purpose of partitioning?

NOOB User wanting to ROOT his STOCK GT-19000M Froyo 2.2

Hi XDA!
Im a New user, i am very interested in Rooting and installing Lag fix, maybe possible awsome Rom's out there to my GT-19000M using Bell mobility.
I've read alot of the threads but i just couldn't find the perfect answer..also quite scared at the fact that ill Brick my phone for good, not knowing how to reset it factory settings. I'm very new, know nothing about programming or whatsoever.
Also to me Odin, Voodoo, and Z4 sounds like game names to me, thats how new i am. If anyone Has time, or is KIND enough to help me out please i will be a very happy man. Thank you for taking your time reading this post.

[Q] Hello All! Can I have a minute please...

Hello and Good Day to you all...I just got a Galaxy Tab GT-P1000T and instantly became a great fan of Android. I even wrote and article about its very basics. However, I'm absolutely new to Android and would like to know more about it.
At present I'm looking for a simple solution to:
Rooting my Galaxy Tab and installing something better than Froyo (like Gingerbread)
I know this is a Guru's Forum - newbies like me will have some initial stumbling here. I'm somewhat lost in the crowd of threads here. Would somebody tell me the simplest procedure of doing the thing I want to with my GT-P1000T
Thanks and Regards
M.Y.
Just go to the overcome thread and download the guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074759
Before you ask any more questions I highly recommend spending some time reading threads as all the questions you could possibly ask have already been asked and answered, like this one has a million times.
PS. This topic is a question and thus should have been created in the dedicated questions forum.
Thanks
Thanks to you The ATHEisT
Yes I should have surfed around and read related posts - but the problem of forum (great ones like this one) is there are so many threads that you get tired soon looking around and not finding what you're looking for exactly.
Anyways, thanks for the link - I already downloaded the pdf guides, and I hope I shall not damage my new Galaxy Tab
Hello,
If you follow the instructions to the letter, you should not damage your tab.
FYI, that the current overcome 2.0 gold still has a few bugs, so if you like things to just work, you might need to wait for a while.
The older overcome 1.6.4 is still using froyo but it is much more polished and not so buggy. but you will be missing gingerbread.
If you have battery problems, just search the general forum for this thread: fake status of battery.
The easiest, without rooting, is the Italian gingerbread flash via Odin, Takes about 5 minutes and there is even a video on youtube going through the whole thing. You can pause it and do exactly as he is doing (he is a member here)
Thanks conchchowder
conchchowder said:
The easiest, without rooting, is the Italian gingerbread flash via Odin, Takes about 5 minutes and there is even a video on youtube going through the whole thing. You can pause it and do exactly as he is doing (he is a member here)
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Thanks. Can you provide me the link of that youtube video please.

[Q] Need advice on stock N1 before deciding to Root/Mod

Alright, please don't butcher me and be constructive before posting. I've noticed a lot of people posting in this forum getting bashed by others not really helping in anyway.
Anyway, I got a stock N1 2.3.4 and love it. The only issue I have with my N1 is storage. Now I have done the whole adb thing and set to go to the SD card, but I am app hungry as I am a systems engineer and have a lot of troubleshooting apps. Problem being, I have to constantly choose between what I need vs. what I want to use; and both conflict due to size. I have been looking at possibly rooting and even possibly going to a mod (Cyanogen) but do I really need to? My only issue is storage of the apps, so if I can get all the apps I need onto my N1 without having to do any of the previously mentioned, I rather do that.
Any ideas and help would be awesome.
If you root you can run a rom such as, cyanogen which allow moving app to sd-ext. (a script such as dark tremor's a2sd is required)
You could even move dalvik cache and data to the ext. Moving app to the fat 32 don't help much as data still reside internally taking up space.
I guess the follow up question would be then, does it do it natively or like you said, there will be some reading and tinkering to do?
I just rooted to CM7 for the same reason and I get like 100 to 200mb extra space with all my apps already installed before I used to have 25mb free. it does make a difference good luck rooting.
josemedina1983 said:
I just rooted to CM7 for the same reason and I get like 100 to 200mb extra space with all my apps already installed before I used to have 25mb free. it does make a difference good luck rooting.
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Did you do anything special?
ace0022 said:
Did you do anything special?
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follow this steps http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/...bootloader-modacos-rom-amon_ras-recovery.html instead of flashing the rom post it on the page flash this rom http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=passion 7.0.3 also theirs alot of videos on youtube on how to unlock the bootloader and root the N1 so you can get the whole process. once running Cm7 you can go to setting and most of your apps to sd
Read the FAQ, question 9.
There is a good reason why some people are bashed on the forum - it's because they refuse to read and do their homework before they go around opening threads and asking the same question for 100000th time. Please try to avoid being one of those getting bashed, and before you ask - invest your time searching the forum for answers. Think of it this way: are you the first that is likely to ask that question? Does it seem like a rare question? And if both answers are "no" - then you'll most probably find your answer without asking.
ace0022 said:
Alright, please don't butcher me and be constructive before posting. I've noticed a lot of people posting in this forum getting bashed by others not really helping in anyway.
Anyway, I got a stock N1 2.3.4 and love it. The only issue I have with my N1 is storage. Now I have done the whole adb thing and set to go to the SD card, but I am app hungry as I am a systems engineer and have a lot of troubleshooting apps. Problem being, I have to constantly choose between what I need vs. what I want to use; and both conflict due to size. I have been looking at possibly rooting and even possibly going to a mod (Cyanogen) but do I really need to? My only issue is storage of the apps, so if I can get all the apps I need onto my N1 without having to do any of the previously mentioned, I rather do that.
Any ideas and help would be awesome.
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Some people are just cranky... there is always a bit of RTFM...but this is a forum.
I finally made the plunge about a month ago with CM7 for some very similar reasons as I was just running out of space to run any good applications. I still don't have it tweaked the way I want but doing more research on getting Darktremor to work best for my application.
I have been reading these forums since before I got my N1 and just did not have the need to install any of the ROM's...mainly as I did not think I had the time if things went sideways (usually happens with my projects it seems) but the instructions people have put out are really good and fairly easy. I might not have my mom try to root a device but it is surprisingly easy. I have not jumped over to the nighties yet and may do so in the future.
So my general summary is do it... Root... and get CM7 or the flavor of the month you will be surprised on how much you like it and wonder like I have why in the world you waited so long
Good luck
Chris
app2sd doesn't need a custom rom or anything like root to work 'n' its built in since froyo. anyway try the "pm setInstallLocation" process it might work even without root.
currently there are two different ways to root, with or without unlocking the bootloader.
anyway storage isn't necessarily a reason for choosing CM or whatever like MIUI/Modaco or anything.
Jack_R1 said:
Read the FAQ, question 9.
There is a good reason why some people are bashed on the forum - it's because they refuse to read and do their homework before they go around opening threads and asking the same question for 100000th time. Please try to avoid being one of those getting bashed, and before you ask - invest your time searching the forum for answers. Think of it this way: are you the first that is likely to ask that question? Does it seem like a rare question? And if both answers are "no" - then you'll most probably find your answer without asking.
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At this point I don't think people should really mind simple questions at this point of time. the N1 section doesn't really have that much traffic like before when good questions would get buried under the how to root or best roms questions.
It's actually not so much about the forum traffic, but about the quality of answers. People get tired of answering the same things over and over, and eventually they stop. As long as there are enough knowledgeable people that still answer - it won't matter, but when enough of them stop answering - there won't be good answers to keep this forum trustworthy.
Jack_R1 said:
Read the FAQ, question 9.
There is a good reason why some people are bashed on the forum - it's because they refuse to read and do their homework before they go around opening threads and asking the same question for 100000th time. Please try to avoid being one of those getting bashed, and before you ask - invest your time searching the forum for answers. Think of it this way: are you the first that is likely to ask that question? Does it seem like a rare question? And if both answers are "no" - then you'll most probably find your answer without asking.
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Instead of wasting your time and adding to your post count with wasteful information, why do you skip the thread and move along. You are not being helpful being the forums Dad. There are thousands of posts here and I'm not about to scour them for 2 simple questions that I have, which by the way I did go and look. There are follow up questions that I had as well, that some members, unlike you, have been very courteous in answering. I was wondering how long it would take you to post a useless post, since you seem to be the one bashing and scolding everyone here.
phoeagon said:
app2sd doesn't need a custom rom or anything like root to work 'n' its built in since froyo. anyway try the "pm setInstallLocation" process it might work even without root.
currently there are two different ways to root, with or without unlocking the bootloader.
anyway storage isn't necessarily a reason for choosing CM or whatever like MIUI/Modaco or anything.
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Trust me I wish this was the case. It leaves always files on the main memory and even though I really don't have that many applications the storage left is only 30mb. After a bit of browsing on the web on it, I get running out of space notifier too and I have done both the app2sd and the setinstall location.
Thank you for those who posted with useful info unlike some. Anyway, going back to the topic, I just ordered a class 10 card since mine are only 2 and 4. Did notice quite a few people mentioned that as a must. Now while reading on the CM7 rom, I did notice some saying they have nightlies but have failed to come up with what the heck is it. Any info on that version of CM7?
ace0022 said:
Thank you for those who posted with useful info unlike some. Anyway, going back to the topic, I just ordered a class 10 card since mine are only 2 and 4. Did notice quite a few people mentioned that as a must. Now while reading on the CM7 rom, I did notice some saying they have nightlies but have failed to come up with what the heck is it. Any info on that version of CM7?
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is a BETA rom it has bugs etc. I stick to stable Rom like 7.0.3 I want everything to work without the pain of major bugs or battery draining in 5hr.
ace0022 said:
Instead of wasting your time and adding to your post count with wasteful information, why do you skip the thread and move along. You are not being helpful being the forums Dad. There are thousands of posts here and I'm not about to scour them for 2 simple questions that I have, which by the way I did go and look. There are follow up questions that I had as well, that some members, unlike you, have been very courteous in answering. I was wondering how long it would take you to post a useless post, since you seem to be the one bashing and scolding everyone here.
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I guess you didn't read the FAQ after all, otherwise you would have known that all the "courteous members" of the forum that answered you, don't know a thing about A2SD - which wasn't mentioned anywhere in the thread - and all the space that CM7 helps you gain isn't nearly enough for most people with N1. Even using A2SD without Dalvik2SD flag is not enough for most people.
But since you insisted on calling the FAQ "wasteful info" and bashing me personally, instead of actually reading the required minimum - I'll move to other threads, and you'll get your help from others. If you'll find someone willing to help, that is.
The forum also has search for a reason.
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Is there a "guide" of some sort for noobs flashing new ROMs?

So I've done some poking around and I can't seem to find anything.
Full disclosure: this whole process is a little bit over my head. I'm reasonably savvy with technology, but just have next to zero experience with phones and I feel like I'm in a little bit over my head.
When I first got my Captivate about a year ago, a friend online walked me through getting ClockWork Recovery and FireFly installed. It's been running great but I'm really bored with the phone and thought flashing an ICS ROM might spice up the experience a little bit for me.
It's been suggested that I flash back to stock before I start mucking around - there is a lot of clutter on the phone and whatnot so I figure this wouldn't be a bad idea to just reset EVERYTHING back to the way it was before root and start from scratch.
I've got all of these random forum posts on XDA open (ODIN, CWR, ROM Images, etc) and an old IRC log open and trying to piece the puzzle together but I'm getting a bit nervous that I'm going to miss something or do something out of order.
I'm hoping that there is something out there somewhere that puts all of this in to a nice step by step, or at least into noob english so that I can understand it all easier.
Help please!!
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Look through the sticky threads. This is one that may help guide you that i quickly found there http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858765
Sent From My KickAss ATT SGS2 SPORTING CM7
Stickies are your friend. From here you can find the basics on how to use anyting. Most roms have instructions on how to flash. If you understand the basics everything falls in place. As always search, read, read, READ, and please understand what you are doing. As a slip up might soft brick or at worst case hard brick your phone.

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