Hey all. So after 1 month without my phone, I finally got it back from Bell. It's good to have it back!! Before my internal memory died, I was running Docs Rom, and I was actually quite happy with it. Now that the phone is back, it has the stock firmware on it. Im debating if I want to put on Hardcore, or update to the new 2.2 bell and call it a day.
Are we seeing a good reason to use Hardcore's Kernel vs the Stock JL2 Rom?
For those I9000m users who had their phone die, did you mod again, or stay stock?!?
I got mine back with JK4 on it, so I updated it to JL2 right away via Kies. I'm running Hardcore's SpeedMod K12L kernel with the /data lagfix enabled for the last few days without any issue.
Thats exactly what I was planning.
Hope it works out! Thanks for the feedback, makes me feel not so crazy for hopping back into modding after losing my phone for a month!
Whats the worst thing thats gonna happen you get a new phone and $100 credit to your account ? Happy Flashing ;p.
Upgrade to JL2. Apparently fixes the SD card issue, and it's quite fast.
Been running a custom JL2 ROM for a few days and it's great; I'm quite impressed. I was running a custom JPY ROM on a previous phone before it died.
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is anyone building a froyo rom for i896 captivate from rogers, there has been alot of problems with people flashing to at&t roms and failing to restore their original stock rogers rom. This is the only reason keeping me back from flashing to an already available 2.2 froyo rom. I know nothing about linux, programming or any of that stuff and was wondering how difficult it would be to build a rogers 2.2 froyo rom or are there pieces missing to build it?
look at this tutorial:
http://www.mmacleod.ca/blog/2010/10...sung-galaxy-s-captivate-to-android-2-2-froyo/
stavs said:
is anyone building a froyo rom for i896 captivate from rogers, there has been alot of problems with people flashing to at&t roms and failing to restore their original stock rogers rom. This is the only reason keeping me back from flashing to an already available 2.2 froyo rom. I know nothing about linux, programming or any of that stuff and was wondering how difficult it would be to build a rogers 2.2 froyo rom or are there pieces missing to build it?
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saddly not yet , were canadian , meanin we get phones 6 month later , most dev will ( eventually mod our own rom )
redjersey said:
look at this tutorial:
http://www.mmacleod.ca/blog/2010/10...sung-galaxy-s-captivate-to-android-2-2-froyo/
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ahh much appreciated, will look into this a bit. thankyou.
DAGr8 said:
saddly not yet , were canadian , meanin we get phones 6 month later , most dev will ( eventually mod our own rom )
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i dont see how it could be THAT difficult to take the at&t leaked froyo rom and make the necessary adjustments for the i896 captivate. I just dont want to lose my GPS function (its working very good) and i dont want the annoying AT&T splash screen
stavs said:
i dont see how it could be THAT difficult to take the at&t leaked froyo rom and make the necessary adjustments for the i896 captivate. I just dont want to lose my GPS function (its working very good) and i dont want the annoying AT&T splash screen
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If you know nothing (your words: first post), then how can you gauge the difficulty of doing such a thing?
I just helped one of my friends load the 2.2 AT&T i897 update, working fine on his Rogers i896. Soon as Cyanogen release something for the Captivate we plan to be updating him again.
At this point for the GPS to be fixed I'm pretty sure we need the source code or atleast a rom from ATT that it works 100% correctly with.
The cognition roms for the I897 work fine on the I896 -- thats pretty much how I've had my friends Rogers Captivate running froyo since launch week. You obviously have to load your own APN settings and whatnot though.
PS. Probably best to use the rogers modem file -- it's in the I896 thread.
Lots of people are running or have tried there. I do have some build prop changes and apn changes for the rom but until I have my friends phone back here to test them I don't want to share something that could very well just bootloop. Plus I want to try cognition b2.4 on there and adapt the changes to that since that just came out too.
stavs said:
i dont see how it could be THAT difficult to take the at&t leaked froyo rom and make the necessary adjustments for the i896 captivate. I just dont want to lose my GPS function (its working very good) and i dont want the annoying AT&T splash screen
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you get the drift , its nto complicated , its just we need someoen we same interest as us i.e a candadian dev or a bored US one
btw I use all the roms and I just flash our rogers modem on top of it so my gps is perfect
well one of the main reasons i want to flash to a 2.2 rom is because i have read that it improves battery life and fluidity of the OS, i could possibly live without flash 10.1 and the use of installing apps on my sd card for a little while.
I'm on my 7-8th charge right now, could be slightly more and my battery life is average at best. Had it running 2 hours before i went to school, fiddled with it a little (a little music, a little browsing, testing out GPS functions) then tested out the GPS using Ndrive to school. During this time i had some ocassional 3g use (<10 minutes), about 20-30 minutes of wifi browsing, and about 3-3.5 hours of listening to music. I also used the gps coming home to test out its accuracy and functionalities. By the time i got home my battery was red.
I've calibrated the battery also, and used several guides to help improve battery but nothing that i have done has made any dramatic difference. I was thinking maybe a 2.2 rom could help with that.
Sorry, i m very new to Android phone ~~~
I wanted to flash my i896 into Froyo 2.2
but so far, looks like there is no way to get off ATT split screen at bootup right ???
DAGr8 said:
you get the drift , its nto complicated , its just we need someoen we same interest as us i.e a candadian dev or a bored US one
btw I use all the roms and I just flash our rogers modem on top of it so my gps is perfect
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It's been hit or miss with that keeping the gps fixed (depending on the phone -- i flashed 3 -- and what it was coming from or what the user was playing with -- mostly different cognition versions). The key factor there seems to be doing a wipe even after a fresh reflash, then it seems to work well consistently. Thanks for the feedback on it. I don't have a captivate myself so it makes it impossible to do any realworld testing on my own.
ime2010 said:
Sorry, i m very new to Android phone ~~~
I wanted to flash my i896 into Froyo 2.2
but so far, looks like there is no way to get off ATT split screen at bootup right ???
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Yeah I'm too nervous to do much digging around there -- I think the first one is being kept along with the bootloader. Some other folks on here were trying to sort that out. The second part of the bootscreen is easy to change. I think we're going to be stuck with the ATT one until we see something from Rogers (2.2) or someone does some very tricky and potentially dangerous work. I just wouldn't worry about it for now I were you. In theory most if all damage you'd do could be repaired with ODIN but definitely don't quote me on that.
so far my flashes have been pretty rough.
I came from a nexus one where i could just load the .zip file and install easy as pie from there. This bul**** odin flashing drives me up the damn wall, but i can get it done, I have had this phone for a week and have tried many roms. I tried going back to stock rogers and it was a complete fail. When odin flashed back to rogers, i still had the stupid att logo, but whatever i dont see it all the time, and it would randomly try to download things from the market. Tried reflashing, and the same thing, except 5 mins later and the market just wouldnt download a damn thing for me. I dont have a reason for this but whatever.
I have tried going to stock i897 att rom and my phone will not boot, it just just a boot loop, so i cant even go to perception build, so i had to odin flash to cognition 2.2.
So far I am pretty happy with it... battery life is better than stock, no lag, it comes pre-rooted, but my signal isnt strong like when i first got the phone on factory stock OS. I want to flash the modem files only but i havent been able to find the files or the instructions how to.
I am thinking of going back to the nexus one, but am willing to make this phone work for me. Only one more thing i dont like about this phone, is the camera! Out of all things the camera kinda licks a sweaty nootsack.
i896 i897 i9088
I think i896 is the same as i897。You can use adb to enter download mod, and use i897's rom. In china, we have i9088 wich is Chinese captivate. It can also use i897's rom. No Bug, no problem.
In an effort to get BLN back on my I9000M, I'm trying to decide if it's worth switching to the SpeedMod kernel. Since I've got my I9000M back from repair and upgraded to JL2 it's been running flawlessly so I don't want to mess with it - but I do want BLN.
So JL2 users with SpeedMod - any problems so far? (and which version of SpeedMod are you using?)
I'm referring to this SpeedMod, btw:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822756
I would definitely switch to SpeedMod. It's a great, fast kernel with a ton of options.
It wouldn't cause the SD card to die, if that's what you're thinking, because by flashing the JL2 firmware you're flashing the secondary boot loader (Sbl.bin) which fixes the issues with the SD card. The kernel is like an entirely separate entity than the sbl, which means it won't brick.
So, go ahead and flash it.
Thanks for the feedback. I wasn't worried so much about the internal SD as I was about things like WiFi battery drain which seems to have become an issue in some of the 2.2.1 releases.
But since I'm not too familiar with Android/Linux development, I'm don't know if it has more to do with the JP* firmwares or the kernel itself.
I've been running it with speedmod k10k all lagfix/speed options disabled (I don't need them, this rom is quick!) and my phone is working like a champ. wifi/gps off, push/pull on w/ hsdpa, I can go just about two full days without charging. With wifi on and gps on plus everything else, I can go about 10-12 hrs.
seeARMS said:
I would definitely switch to SpeedMod. It's a great, fast kernel with a ton of options.
It wouldn't cause the SD card to die, if that's what you're thinking, because by flashing the JL2 firmware you're flashing the secondary boot loader (Sbl.bin) which fixes the issues with the SD card. The kernel is like an entirely separate entity than the sbl, which means it won't brick.
So, go ahead and flash it.
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I was under the impression that the sd card issue was a bit deeper than just flashing a new bootloader. Is there a thread with more about this? i dont want to brick any more phones, and if flashing JL2 will correct the memory issues, i'll gladly go back from jpy. and is there any way to flash the SBL (if it in fact fixes the sd corruption) without changing anything else? ie: sticking with my jpy without a whole pile of flashing to jl2, then back, etc.
Thanks for the input. Running now with all the recommended tweaks but no lag fix... Maybe a bit more fluid in the ui, but honestly jl2 was so fast to begin with its hard to tell All i really care about is that i got bln back.
Will be watching battery overnight with fingers crossed.
Sent from my GT-I9000M
pervert said:
I was under the impression that the sd card issue was a bit deeper than just flashing a new bootloader. Is there a thread with more about this? i dont want to brick any more phones, and if flashing JL2 will correct the memory issues, i'll gladly go back from jpy. and is there any way to flash the SBL (if it in fact fixes the sd corruption) without changing anything else? ie: sticking with my jpy without a whole pile of flashing to jl2, then back, etc.
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I too would like a little more official information about this, and whether the new SBL fixes this. As this seems a little to quick for Samsung to say they've fixed the problem. Who knows that would be a great not to live in fear each and everyday I use my SGS
I'm so new to this - is this easy to do ? to flash this rom ?
where's the best way to start, you tube? is there any reccomended tutorials ?
I have a SGS from bell, it's my 2nd one. I haven't upgraded to Froyo yet b/c I can't connect to Kies. Should I just flash instead ?
radeon_x said:
In an effort to get BLN back on my I9000M, I'm trying to decide if it's worth switching to the SpeedMod kernel. Since I've got my I9000M back from repair and upgraded to JL2 it's been running flawlessly so I don't want to mess with it - but I do want BLN.
So JL2 users with SpeedMod - any problems so far? (and which version of SpeedMod are you using?)
I'm referring to this SpeedMod, btw:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822756
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Running JL2 + Speedmod + lagfix, phone is fine so far. BLN was causing the touch aspect of my screen to not work so i couldnt even unlock it. havent had a change to fool around with it though.
Been running Super Optimized Kernel instead of SpeedMod in my custom ROM, and I've noticed that its been much faster. Gonna stick with it for now.
Can someone please help.
Noob here in flashing ROM. I have successfully flashed 2 ROM's and failed miserably with one (Serendipity 4.3).
Trying to see if anyone has some input/suggestions.
Day 1 -- Read, Read, Read spent 3 days, about 12-14 hrs a day reading
Day 4 -- Tried Serendipity 4.3 as my first ROM flash after going back to stock with odin and master clear -- After reboot anything i do with the phone, it freezes. Absolutely drove me crazy, I really like the theme, features etc... So i thought i was doing something wrong. Tried again, exact same problem. 4.3 freezes badly.
Day 5 -- Went back to stock, odin
Day 6 -- Downloaded Cezar's Continuum 2.0 ROM, Installed, worked perfect. No issues, good gps lock, calls never fail, awesome awesome.
Day 7 -- Flashed Cezar's new theme-- voila, awesome multiplied instantly by 10 times, very very kool.
But, wait, Continumm doesn't have Swype.
Day 8 -- Try Serendipity 4.3 after Odin to stock, fail again.
Day 9 -- Read, read again
Day 10 - Download Perception 10.2, Odin to stock, install, working smooth since last 3 days
Day 11 -- Reading to find help if I am missing any steps for Serendipity 4.3
Day 12 -- If nothing works, will go back to Continuum 2.0 with Sensation theme.
Is anyone having issues with Serendipity 4.3 install ?
Things can do --Can root without looking at instructions, very familiar with unix so adb commands not a biggie. Always used reboot download. Easily work with TiBU, CWM, switching kernels using SGS etc.
Should i spend time on it or move on trying other ROM's like di11igaf's 5.3 which just came out or Firefly or Phoenix etc. Is this a symptom of ORD
Thank you for your input.
Sagi
Mods : Sorry, just realized, posted in wrong forum, can you please move it to Captivate Q&A.
You should use a ROM that works. In this case, you seem to really like Cezar's, so use that. No one says you HAVE to use Serendipity. If you do want to try Serendipity, try reflashing after you flash it the first time if problems come back, sometimes it just doesn't flash properly. I actually just reflashed 4.3 yesterday with no problems after testing out a few other ROMs for an hour or two (was that bored ).
Your phone hates OC/UV. Those other two ROMs are not OC/UV, while mine is. Swap the zImage with the speedmod one, and delete the Voltage Control app.
Or, wait for 5.0 where I'm switch to speedmod anyway.
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Your phone hates OC/UV. Those other two ROMs are not OC/UV, while mine is. Swap the zImage with the speedmod one, and delete the Voltage Control app.
Or, wait for 5.0 where I'm switch to speedmod anyway.
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Mike,
First, thanks for your efforts with Serendipity.
Is it really possible that some phone can hate oc/uv ?? I guess, i need to read more.... .
I will give it a try soon to swap with Speedmod and delete the VC app.
Good to know you are cooking 5.0, I promise, i'll give it a shot as soon as it is out. I like all the things you have in your rom. Any guess when it might be out..
Thanks again.
Serendipity 5.0 is smoooth.
Mike,
Guess what, I am on Serendipity 5.0 now and it has been working perfectly and it is fast.
Thank you, thank you.
Hey all, I am in need to a new Cappy since mine seems not to have a fully functional external speaker or microphone anymore. I miss calls/alarms/texts/emails all the time and I figure since I'm still under a year since my purchase, it's high time to get a replacement. I am posting this to ask what the latest stock ROM is to flash back to, and preparations to make before sending my Captivate back. I am rooted running a custom Gingerbread ROM and Kernal.
This thread from the Droid Incredible boards helped on the backup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732497
..but I need Captivate specific information on the latest official AT&T ROM.
I found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233620&highlight=flash+to+stock
..and was wondering if this is the latest released official captivate ROM to flash to, so the folks at AT&T don't realize I was doing anything hokie and detrimental to my warranty.
I love this phone very much, but I would love even more not to be stuck with a lemon. So if any of you have any information on the best way to prepare my Captivate for a journey back to meet it's maker, I would be much obliged.
Thank you all in advance.
shebo777 said:
Hey all, I am in need to a new Cappy since mine seems not to have a fully functional external speaker or microphone anymore. I miss calls/alarms/texts/emails all the time and I figure since I'm still under a year since my purchase, it's high time to get a replacement. I am posting this to ask what the latest stock ROM is to flash back to, and preparations to make before sending my Captivate back. I am rooted running a custom Gingerbread ROM and Kernal.
This thread from the Droid Incredible boards helped on the backup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732497
..but I need Captivate specific information on the latest official AT&T ROM.
I found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233620&highlight=flash+to+stock
..and was wondering if this is the latest released official captivate ROM to flash to, so the folks at AT&T don't realize I was doing anything hokie and detrimental to my warranty.
I love this phone very much, but I would love even more not to be stuck with a lemon. So if any of you have any information on the best way to prepare my Captivate for a journey back to meet it's maker, I would be much obliged.
Thank you all in advance.
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no that is not the offical rom . you should flash back to stock fyoyo and do a factory wipe on top of it to clear your personal data .
im resending my phone back to warranty for my external speaker, to prepare my phone is i went back to stock android 2.1 then used samsung kies to upgrade to at&t official froyo 2.2. backed up my pics to my computer and did a factory reset on the phone to erase all the junk in the internal sd card drive.. hope that helps.
Wich froyo did you use? I've used JF6 and JH2 and Kies keeps saying Unregistered Device
Hey Guys,
Been quite a while since I last posted here, and I've not kept up with updating my phone. I know, I know, I should have carried on updating the firmware, but Eclair was fine for me at the time. Now, however, I want to update to Gingerbread. I've recently bought a Galaxy Tab and am amazed at the difference between Eclair and Gingerbread, plus my SGS is slowing right down for some reason. The other reason I want to upgrade is because my son's just got his SGS2 and I am jealous! So here's the thing...I've lost all confidence in my ability to flash my phone. I would assume I have to flash it up to Froyo before jumping to Gingerbread. I've completely forgotten how to do any of this and am now worried that I'll brick my phone. So, what I'm asking you guys for is a rough guide on how to get from Eclair to Gingerbread in easy steps.
My phone's rooted and running XWJM6 (baseband XXJM3). It's also got Ryan's One Click Lag fix installed.
Please help!
Anyone? My phone's force closing on loads of apps now, too, so really need to do something.
No-one want to help a damsel in distress? My phone's really running like a bag of the proverbial now...and I can't get viber to work properly on it.
Sorted it myself in the end.......was really nervous, as I've not flashed firmware via odin in over a year (my Tab updated via Kies). After jumping to Froyo XXJPU, I jumped to Gingerbread XXJVS and all seems fine. Once I'd flashed Froyo, it all came flooding back to me and I was well happy. What a difference!
Result.