I bought an used captivate. It looks in very good condition, but it feels slow, specially phone applications - contacts.
I reset it to wipe all data twice, and I installed Advanced Task Killer, but phone application is slow...launching angry birds is slower than my old nexus one.
how do i know if this is a hardware issue? Since i have wiped all data.
MODEL: GT-I9000
FIRMWARE: 2.3.4
BASEBAND VERSION: I9000UGKC1
KERNEL VERSION: 2.6.35.7-i9000xxjvp-cl264642 root linux 0.3.1-talon-dev Fri Jun 24 11:52:32 edt 2011
APEX VERSION: 7.2
BUILD NUMBER: GINGERBREAD.XXJVP
Do you think my problem is software or hardware related? any suggestion?
underclocked?
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what build number are u. and did u put the rom or did u buy it like that.?
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That's not a factory ROM or even one designed for the Captivate. It is a custom ROM based on i9000 Gingerbread. Could be the modem is not compatible with your service area and is using more processor cycles than normal. You should read up on ROMs in the Dev forum and perhaps reflash to a proper Cappy ROM or at least a modem for your area. Check the modem sticky in Dev.
My phone was also slow on Apex 7.2,very slow. It is also due to the fact you are using Touchwiz 4 on your phone(it really slows down your whole phone).
I'd suggest you going back to stock and do a master clear and install Continuum 6.1 afterwards. Download GO Launcher EX as well, it is free. I use continuum 6.1 as well on my cappy with that launcher and it runs really smooth
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Flash to stock usin odin...and my opinion is flash serendipity 6.4...super stable. Great battery life. And no lag at all...
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pandakh said:
Flash to stock usin odin...and my opinion is flash serendipity 6.4...super stable. Great battery life. And no lag at all...
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This ^^^^^^^^^
or flash a Captuavte GB ROM. I have yet to flash an i9000 GB ROM that didn't slow down to a crawl after a few weeks of use. I just wiped Contimuum 6 after a nice run but it became laggy over the past few days. Putting Cog 5 on it and put it in mothballs when the SGS 2 arrives. I will be glad to be over the i9000 on the captivate situation. The I9000 GB ROMS a re GREAT featurewise but something about the Captivate hardware makes them unreliable in the longer term for me anyway. Apex was the worst offender. Contimuum is a much better ROM but even it became laggy after a while. The wife has had Cog 5 B2 as long as I have had C6 and her handset is exactly the same speed as it was when I flashed it on release weeks ago..
tbong777 said:
This ^^^^^^^^^
or flash a Captuavte GB ROM. I have yet to flash an i9000 GB ROM that didn't slow down to a crawl after a few weeks of use. I just wiped Contimuum 6 after a nice run but it became laggy over the past few days. Putting Cog 5 on it and put it in mothballs when the SGS 2 arrives. I will be glad to be over the i9000 on the captivate situation. The I9000 GB ROMS a re GREAT featurewise but something about the Captivate hardware makes them unreliable in the longer term for me anyway. Apex was the worst offender. Contimuum is a much better ROM but even it became laggy after a while. The wife has had Cog 5 B2 as long as I have had C6 and her handset is exactly the same speed as it was when I flashed it on release weeks ago..
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+1 as far as getting some kind of lag with i9000 eventually. It seems I had to clear cache and dalcich cache on a regular basis. So I switched that cappy back to DGs Cog5b2 and then b3 and it JUST WORKS. It is my second (backup, testing) phone and love the way it works.
Also I have been on CM7 since they first made it available, I have seen the bugs go down to almost nothing and it is JUST SMOOTH and FAST. It is my daily driver and I will NEVER give it up. Battery life isn't great but I have three batteries so I manage. Also PLUS ONE when the SGS2 comes out it will be my next phone and HOPEFULLY CyanogenMOD will be at least as good on it as it is my Cappy.
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You are already running GB boot loaders (probably I9000's) So when flashing roms or to stock try flashing the ones that DO NOT include boot loaders. But like everyone said you should look for KF1 based roms if u want gingerbread rom.
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Hi Everyone,
I recently bought the Galaxy S. I read about its processor and it beong one of the fastest one around, thought i would be getting a healthy dose of speed. But it has hardly been that. I recently upgraded to the Froyo (JP6). After that, the applications lag, the phone hangs abruptly and other such painful stuff. Please let.me know how to get to the bottom of this. I mean... Where do I start off..??
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Go and get XXJPY, means Froyo 2.2.1
To get it running fast, update to a XXJPY custom ROM and enable a lagfix. And believe me, it's worth to take you time to read stickies. You'll become a bretty much educated adcanced Android user and you are able to do the right things in certain difficult situations.
Do a Factory reset and clear the cache from recovery.
OR
If that does not work then flash a speed kerner.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822756
OR
Flash a 2.2.1 stock ROM
http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9000.htm
OR
Install Darky's ROM v8.0 (Froyo 2.2.1)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
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Ok so I've noticed a few things. 2.1 stock ran better than stock 2.2 on my phone. So I'm wondering if there are any 2.1 custom roms anywhere? Just to test,I'm running continuum v4. Its great but I've tweaked so much that I feel I need to take all precautions and charge 100% and flash back to stock and the charge 100% before flashing another rom. Any advice?
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define "ran better"
You are kidding, right?
no.. seriously noone knows what you consider better..
battery? speed? features? lag? modem speed? call quality?
oh snap!
how long did you run stock before upgrading?
how long have you been using 2.2?
have you tried any other roms than the 1 you are using now?
are you running antivirus? or task managers with 2.2? (LOL that would do it.) WASTE!
Ok I ran 2.1 stick for about 3 weeks and 2.2 stock for about 2 weeks. No antivirus,no lookout or app killer. The roms here run much better,I was speaking as far as stock goes. The thing is that I have tweaked and feel like I've flashed "dirt" so many times (with less than 50% battery every time and never return rom stock) and I fee like its slowly bogging down. As far as 2.1 vs 2.2 stock,I felt like 2.1 multitasked quicker,and easier. And it did everything I wanted with no lag. 2.2 wasn't bad but waking the phone up always took a second to warm up and get going and would lag if I ran Facebook,Gmail,browser and messaging at the same time. I know that's alot but 2.1 stock,handled it. For me anyways. Buy different users get different results I reckon
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brd912 said:
Ok I ran 2.1 stick for about 3 weeks and 2.2 stock for about 2 weeks. No antivirus,no lookout or app killer. The roms here run much better,I was speaking as far as stock goes. The thing is that I have tweaked and feel like I've flashed "dirt" so many times (with less than 50% battery every time and never return rom stock) and I fee like its slowly bogging down. As far as 2.1 vs 2.2 stock,I felt like 2.1 multitasked quicker,and easier. And it did everything I wanted with no lag. 2.2 wasn't bad but waking the phone up always took a second to warm up and get going and would lag if I ran Facebook,Gmail,browser and messaging at the same time. I know that's alot but 2.1 stock,handled it. For me anyways. Buy different users get different results I reckon
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I think you might wanna try out phoenix ultimate JS7, supernova JS7, FireFly roms and i'm sure it would cure all your problem. it's fast, really smooth, and really stable. the support is awesome so if you run into any problems you can get things figured out relatively fast.
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I think you might wanna try out phoenix ultimate JS7, supernova JS7, FireFly roms and i'm sure it would cure all your problem. it's fast, really smooth, and really stable. the support is awesome so if you run into any problems you can get things figured out relatively fast.
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Well continuum is actually a great,fast,smooth rom but Im just wondering what advice anyone would have as far as what precautions to take to have the best flash ya know? I decided to post this here instead of junking cezars thread
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brd912 said:
Well continuum is actually a great,fast,smooth rom but Im just wondering what advice anyone would have as far as what precautions to take to have the best flash ya know? I decided to post this here instead of junking cezars thread
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Just the usual, back up, flash to stock, master clear, charge battery to 100 re download the rom to make sure your copy didn't get corrupted somehow, once you are ready to flash, In cwm wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache, then flash rom. That is the cleanest flash possible.q
way to over complicate!
tibu backup
flash new rom in CWM (all good roms do a wipe NOW, going to stock is pointless!)
tibu restore!
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way to over complicate!
tibu backup
flash new rom in CWM (all good roms do a wipe NOW, going to stock is pointless!)
tibu restore!
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I agree its way over complicated, I dont do it that way myself, he wanted the way to get the "cleanest flash" and the way you mentioned always comes with the disclaimer that if you have problems go back to stock. Usually a simple wipe or reflash would fix the problem but a complicated process like that gives a placebo effect also
I too just wipe cache partition and dalvik cache and flash over, but if you want just a little more super duper clean I go into mounts and storage and wipe every thing but the boot and sd. When I do the verbage actually says formatting not wipe. Who knows it, it could just be a placebo but I haven't had any problems yet.
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will have to say,i tried clearing cache,going into advanced in recovery and formatting things. but after flashing back to stock and charging battery before doing anything,seemed to help. im back on continuum and its running better than i thought it was when i first flashed it..and,after playing with 2.1 stock today before rooting/flashing rom,i not withdraw my comment about it running better than 2.2 lol. i dont know what it was when i first got it but it seemed to run better.oh well,im satisfied
Oh, poor Samsung Galaxy S, So much times flashed,
Make an estimation how many times you flashed it, Stock, Custom, Stock, Custom, Stock, Custom... OMG
My Answer is about 50-60 times, 3 weeks with my device.
does this include flashing updates ?? if so mine must be over 100 lol
i must admit, since i turned to CM7 and MIUI i dont flash at all now, im very happy.
before this i was flashing new roms daily.... good old days
I flashed my phone from stock 2.1 to KIES 2.2. Then odin JS3,JS7 and finally JVK. I'm not counting custom kernels, but basically each 2.2 version was flashed with speedmod.
I'm even lazy to upgrade to latest ginger
Probably over 50 time including odin and cwm flashing darkys rom,simply honey now tweaky rom which is fantastic
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Lost count now! I've had mine 3 weeks now (came from a ZTE Blade). After the initial confusion and tendancy to not want to touch ODIN, the flashing has gone ballistic. Started to go through the ginger roms now... Fun times!
My average time with rom is around week but from last month it's CM7 to Darky or Darky to CM7, I can't decide which one will be the best for me. And I'm thinking myself it would be nice if Darky had that all option like CM7 and CM7 was stable like Darky
I'd guess around 50-100 times (including failed flashes, custom roms etc)
I have had mine since September and I would estimate easily a couple hundred times.
I hope the flash memory can take it!
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Lol around 30times for me I think. Did darkys but reverted to stock rom cus he updated it **** everyday lol. Used a xustom kernel with stock 2.2.1 jpy and been happy with it. Fast slick
Now....SGS II >
Yes poor sgs. In my drawer gathering dust.
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Poor Galaxy S or lucky Galaxy S? I rather think my phone is really stretching it's legs now under Darky's v10 RC6. I voted under 50, but I must be approaching that number. I've been flashing Darky's roms since the Legendary Steel Edition.
Wow, I think I would be lucky to have flashed my phone a dozen times. This includes and update through Kies, playing around with kernels and flashing back to stock and reflashing after making a brick.
I think once I found something fast and stable I thought I may aswell stick with it until gingerbread comes out of beta. Now I'm just waiting.
i have never flashed until now
i m a bit scared
Depends on what you mean by flashing. If you mean flashing a complete rom. About 10-15 times. If you include updates like theme and kernel. More than 50 I think.
I did like 4 flashes and around 10 updates
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i have never flashed until now
i m a bit scared
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Don't worry, we are here for you. You have nothing to be afraid of
...and if the hydrostatic radiation emitted by flashing it kills you, can I have your phone?
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...and if the hydrostatic radiation emitted by flashing it kills you, can I have your phone?
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Loooooooooooooooooooooool.
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rschenck said:
Don't worry, we are here for you. You have nothing to be afraid of
...and if the hydrostatic radiation emitted by flashing it kills you, can I have your phone?
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lol
hydrostatic radiation
i just downloaded the stock JVH rom will flash tomorrow
i try to keep the flashing to a minimum, i flashed it about 10 times since i got it in december, but i just found out there´s a new miui build, so i might flash the 11th time today
It is fair to say that we all are addicted to FLASHING?
Maybe we should leave computers and manage with photos
I have really lost count of how many times I have flashed my Galaxy S since I had it in November 2010...First custom was Darkyy's now I am on Tweaky Rom JVH, which is really nice
I am on stock rom and I cant explain how slow it is. I dont know what has happened to this phone but earlier it was just fine. Now it responds too slow. I did a factory reset and took it to Service center. They re-installed the ROM and gave it to me. 2 days the phone was ok but now again it is dead slow.
The phone doesnt have more than 15 apps installed. Since i got the new SGS II this is my secondary phone. Earlier this phone used to be fully loaded and never got such problem. Pls help me to install a fast custom ROM in this phone.
Thanks..
Here is the details of stock ROM.
PDA: i9000DDJV9
PHONE:I9000DDJV5
CSC:I9000DDJV9
built info wed jun22 16:46:20 KST 2011
Try ICS maybe if you don't mind the video recording and some other little bugs.
Try Simplicity
try miui.us
Best combination: Stock JVR ODEX, Semaphore 2.2.0 + 1.3 oc undervolted
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akhil7j said:
I am on stock rom and I cant explain how slow it is. I dont know what has happened to this phone but earlier it was just fine. Now it responds too slow. I did a factory reset and took it to Service center. They re-installed the ROM and gave it to me. 2 days the phone was ok but now again it is dead slow.
The phone doesnt have more than 15 apps installed. Since i got the new SGS II this is my secondary phone. Earlier this phone used to be fully loaded and never got such problem. Pls help me to install a fast custom ROM in this phone.
Thanks..
Here is the details of stock ROM.
PDA: i9000DDJV9
PHONE:I9000DDJV5
CSC:I9000DDJV9
built info wed jun22 16:46:20 KST 2011
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U can try my ROM . See my signature.
How good is MIUI? Is there any official guide to flash that ROM since i dont know much about this stuff..
Well I'm on gingerreal 1.1.9 JVT and have to say its a very very strong ROM - I've added thunderbolts tweaks 2.2 and Semaphore kernel 2.1.1 JVZ - and the ROM is very smooth and quick. It is also quite stable with no reboots, FCs or applications/functions not working. The latest one based on JVZ is out but I haven't tried that. I also use GO Launcher EX instead of TW and the response feels quicker and smoother. Overall I'm pretty happy with it instead of stock - I get about 1 day battery life with heavy usage and up to 2 days with moderate to light usage.
you have to try them all to see whitch one really fits your needs... =)
start at least with the three most popular, the most active and the most up to date xda samsung custom ROMs:
- Jetpack Mod
- Symplicity
- S.U.R.F.A.C.E.
some (relative) new ones that may be interesting (diferent category):
- DoctorZ ROM
- Sauron
- Amestris
- ...
but there are even more custom ROMs...
certainly try CM7, Insanity, MIUI and ICS
-Sam-
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Best combination: Stock JVR ODEX, Semaphore 2.2.0 + 1.3 oc undervolted
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LoL
4 versions behind mate...
you really should try stock JW1 with the same stuff...
did you try Insanity
there is no 'best' ROM, only one that fits you 'best' but what do is important, is a clean and fast Base
cheers
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Thanks Sam. Yesterday I flashed MIUI 1.12.23 and till now i see a lot improvement. Response is good. No FC or Reboots so far. Nice and clean UI with useful options. Kinda looks like iPhone. LoL..
I had 2 ROMs in mind. The most popular, CM7 and MIUI. I saw a problem with CM7 that it doesnt have native gmail and other google app support. So immediately shifted to MIUI.
I believe, just like ROM, a fast kernel is also important for overall snappy experience. Which one do you suggest? Is semaphore 2.2.0 is really good?
I know all custom kernels/roms are good but just asking for the fast and stable one.
SamHaLeKe said:
you have to try them all to see whitch one really fits your needs... =)
start at least with the three most popular, the most active and the most up to date xda samsung custom ROMs:
- Jetpack Mod
- Symplicity
- S.U.R.F.A.C.E.
some (relative) new ones that may be interesting (diferent category):
- DoctorZ ROM
- Sauron
- Amestris
- ...
but there are even more custom ROMs...
certainly try CM7, Insanity, MIUI and ICS
-Sam-
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Great spirit bro!! Keep it up ! their is no best ROM as said by hundreds of people , try any ROM that looks good to you and stick to it if its good and until the chef f**** his own ROM.
I know this sounds like a stupid question, but bear with me.
When I started flashing custom ROMs, GB was already out, so I never got to try out Froyo. I know the whole deal of "it's newer, they worked out some bugs and it's better". but i want to know:
1) Would I miss anything specially important if I "downgraded" to Froyo?
2) could anyone tell me a few 9000 and 897 based roms that i could try? (I'm not asking "which is best")
3) are there any advantages of running Froyo over GB?
I'm used to flashing and if i decide to give Froyo a try, i would like to flash a few before i settle into any ROM. Thanks.
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Froyo its more stable. Gingerbread is faster and has more features.
A froyo rom to try would be firefly or andromeda.
Gingerbread would be saurom. Kk4 or the jvz
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sepherian said:
Froyo its more stable. Gingerbread is faster and has more features.
A froyo rom to try would be firefly or andromeda.
Gingerbread would be saurom. Kk4 or the jvz
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Thanks for the reply seph!
I have tried numerous GB roms (Fusion, Pinnacle, Illuminance, Fasty, Serendipity, Apex, Darky, Serenity, MaxQ...the list goes on), but I am looking for the ultimate stable ROM, and wanted to try some froyo roms. Thanks for the suggestions.
Edit: When you say that GB is "faster" are you talking about Quadrant or overall usage experience?
kafepuya said:
Thanks for the reply seph!
I have tried numerous GB roms (Fusion, Pinnacle, Illuminance, Fasty, Serendipity, Apex, Darky, Serenity, MaxQ...the list goes on), but I am looking for the ultimate stable ROM, and wanted to try some froyo roms. Thanks for the suggestions.
Edit: When you say that GB is "faster" are you talking about Quadrant or overall usage experience?
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Quadrant means nothing, on any phone -_- so don't start talk about Quadrant. It is faster and looks more polished(GB that is)!
I know Quadrant means nothing, it's just that some people still put some weight on it when determining how fast a ROM behaves. I should have know Sepherian was not talking about Quadrant scores because I seen how involved he is in the Dev sub-forum.
Anyhow, I'm gonna give Andromeda a try, just to satisfy my curiosity. I wanted to try Firefly, but all the download links seem to be dead. Thanks for replying.
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Froyo its more stable. Gingerbread is faster and has more features.
A froyo rom to try would be firefly or andromeda.
Gingerbread would be saurom. Kk4 or the jvz
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I have to argue that after all of this time of being released GB is as stable as froyo (depends on the rom). Look at my sig, I recommend that rom. If you don't like mosaic, look on the i9000 android development forum. There are a bunch of roms there.
I highly suggest using GB over Froyo. GB is faster, has more features, far more development (Froyo is dead development wise), and much more options. Froyo has absolutely no advantages over GB that I can think of
^^Yeah.... i hear mosaic is decent
On a serious note, its all subjective...
If you want to try firefly though...there is a working link in the last 2 or so pages in the thread if you wanna give that a go.
F U tapalk!!!!!!!
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...Anyhow, I'm gonna give Andromeda a try, just to satisfy my curiosity....
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JFYI...I had been trying several different ROMS, and found myself constantly updating. Got tired of it. I posted to ask about a 'stable' rom, and got most feedback that Andromeda 3 was the way to go.
That has been months ago, maybe over a year. I installed that and have been good to go. Haven't reloaded since.
I have had some problems with lockups, and slow running lately. Was considering reloading Andromeda. But I am thinking my problem is with two things: on the lockup, a specific app (Blue Tooth app for external GPS...although it had been working for a long time); and I abuse the phone with just too many apps installed.
I can't compare to the latest GB ROMS, as I've been on this for so long.
For me (on Rogers stock ROMS) I found that GB looked nicer than Froyo, was less laggy and gave me superior battery life.
Someone earlier mentioned that Froyo was more stable but for me the only difference was the occasional sleep death on GB (never happened on Froyo).