I've come to find out that my voice has some fuzzy/static sound on it when I call people. Almost like I sound like a robot. Has anyone had this problem before?
Phone has worked fine for last year or so. 3 months ago I flashed from Apex back to stock UCKB2 with Odin and that's when some people started to comment about the sound of my voice. Today I flashed the ATT GB bootloaders along with the UCKB1 modem to see if that would fix it, but the problem still exists.
Any suggestions?
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I'd say try to change the modem again. I've had a bit of luck with KK4 and KJ3, but the modem experience varies from phone to phone.
I flashed the modem and kernel back to stock again and it made a small difference. It still has a fuzz sound on the voice to me, but people say they hear me better. Maybe it's time to put it up on Craigslist and look at something else.
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Ok im at my end with this, whenever I have a custom ROM on my captivate I constantly lose signal and have to reboot my phone to try to get it back, sometimes twice. The main time it does it is anytime I charge it, whenever i wake up the next morning no signal. Then sometimes it will show I have signal but It wont allow me to do anything (calls, text, or internet) So far the only ROM that I havent had any problems with is Cognition. And I have also tried numerous modems, ROM, and kernel combos, but still no luck.
Many threads have discussed this. "random signal loss on i9000 roms"
No solution or definite cause has been found afaik. Some think it has to do with the phone itself and a refurb is your only remedy other than sticking with captivate based kernels/modems/roms.
So I should only flash 897 ROMS, we need a list of which is which
The list is short. Nothing atm besides cognition which is actually a rogers rom...might be one more.
well cognition for me than. Till someone finds a fix.
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well cognition for me than. Till someone finds a fix.
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Cog. 3.04 has been a great rom, I have been sticking with it and FB2 kernel, other setups make my phone do wonky things, bluetooth voice call is only issue. Be great if that gets fixed but no biggie.
Just out of curiosity what is the build # of your phone? If you look on the white label on the back of your phone (remove the battery) you should see it there.
Be interesting to see if it was a specific build or not.
Firefly is also a rogers 2.2 have you factory reset at all? Bad hardware?
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well cognition for me than. Till someone finds a fix.
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Andromeda doesn't have that issue either.
Firefly and Andromeda both had the issue on my phone, which I hated cause I really wanted the themed Andromeda.
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Just out of curiosity what is the build # of your phone? If you look on the white label on the back of your phone (remove the battery) you should see it there.
Be interesting to see if it was a specific build or not.
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rev 0.4, just cant trust anything at&t
Seems to affect rev 1007 and a few others. I did a warranty exchange and got another 1007 that works with everything. Running CM7 now.
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I cant hear the caller but they can hear me. But the problem is that when i reset the phone evrything works fine then.... for awhile. Now it started to happen more and more often. Once every day i have to reset the phone.
I didnt have my phone moded so i moded it with latest darky mod, and still it didnt solve the problem.
It hapens also when im using in car parrot instalation. They can hear me and i cant hear them.
But when i put them on speaker i can hear them. Weird!
Is that a software bug or hardware?
If you did not have a custom rom i would take it to a service centre .
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Do you use a Voodoo custom kernel?
If yes - and you use an older version of the Voodoo control app with the setting "Direct DAC" this would be the result. Upgrade the Voodoo app.
I had the same issue with Darky's v9.4, when I flashed v9.5 it solved my problem. I hope it helped.
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Have you tried flashing another modem? I had a similar problem, calls got cut after a short time, but another baseband solved it.
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Kinda a weird problem.
So my captivate won't play any system sounds at all. It's particularly weird, since all media apps work just fine. This was fresh from Samsung's repair center, and had a new install of official 2.2 on it. It wasn't even rooted when this problem started, and after a flash to 2.3.3 it still has the problem. I've tried changing the ringtone, notifications, and every other sound; same thing with turning everything up all the way. Nothing has changed and there is no silent mode active anywhere. It seems to only vibrate when a message comes in. I'm fairly confident that it's not a software problem, due to the updated firmware and kernel. Has anyone had this problem? Do they know of a workaround?
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Hey guys-
Kinda a weird problem.
So my captivate won't play any system sounds at all. It's particularly weird, since all media apps work just fine. This was fresh from Samsung's repair center, and had a new install of official 2.2 on it. It wasn't even rooted when this problem started, and after a flash to 2.3.3 it still has the problem. I've tried changing the ringtone, notifications, and every other sound; same thing with turning everything up all the way. Nothing has changed and there is no silent mode active anywhere. It seems to only vibrate when a message comes in. I'm fairly confident that it's not a software problem, due to the updated firmware and kernel. Has anyone had this problem? Do they know of a workaround?
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Mabey an odin one click, then keys update to froyo might work ??? !! I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO DO THAT, I'm just suggesting that might work. If it came with froyo then you might get a bootloop so I would suggest getting a jig if try this way
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in all cases the jig is your lifeline lol. I SUGGEST having a jig handy when any new roms are installed. There are alot of good roms out there having no phone for a couple days changes the perspective and for you to make a jig is under 10$ .... Did I mention lovin the new Serendipity 7, good clean rom.
Just went down to at&t and exchanged my 1007 captivate for a 1106. The firmware on it is UCKB2 instead of UCKB1. So far the gps is horrible but I haven't had much time with it. Its still stock no root. I'll get back with you guys later. I have to go for now.
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So far the gps is horrible but I haven't had much time with it.
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That sucks, also the reason why I don't exchange my 1007. The GPS works, it ain't great but it works.
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That sucks, also the reason why I don't exchange my 1007. The GPS works, it ain't great but it works.
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GPS didn't work on my old one either so I figured I'd take the chance.
What I find interesting is the updated froyo build.
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Just went down to at&t and exchanged my 1007 captivate for a 1106. The firmware on it is UCKB2 instead of UCKB1. So far the gps is horrible but I haven't had much time with it. Its still stock no root. I'll get back with you guys later. I have to go for now.
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Hi, Wolf how did you get a 1106? Did you set up an exchange over the phone or did you go into a at&t device center? I just setup an exchange of my 1007 that I got on launch day in hopes of a better GPS. I thought I would try it out before my 1 year warranty was up. I was hoping to get the newest hardware rev. but your experience sounds bad.
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Hi, Wolf how did you get a 1106? Did you set up an exchange over the phone or did you go into a at&t device center? I just setup an exchange of my 1007 that I got on launch day in hopes of a better GPS. I thought I would try it out before my 1 year warranty was up. I was hoping to get the newest hardware rev. but your experience sounds bad.
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I went to the local AT&T store and tried to explain to them the GPS issues I was having. They ended up getting hung up on AT&T Navigator trying to tell me to use that to get my GPS to work. Eventually they set me up to call the AT&T warranty department. Then the Warranty Department told me that kept thinking it was a software issue and wouldn't honor the warrant and told me to call Samsung. Called Samsung and they told me to call AT&T, then I had the store manager talk to Samsung themselves and eventually it got worked out that I was able to to an in-store trade out. And I got the 1106.
So if anyone wants me to create a back up / pull the firmware from my phone I'm going to need assistance, as I've never done that before. The KB2 Rom maybe more stable on another device.
Edit 1: Also, on this build the colors seem to be a little off. Maybe a little warmer than normal.
Edit 2: Just rooted and made a backup so I can start flashing this thing. If anyone wants the FW the offer still stands until Monday at 6PM eastern time. After that I probably won't have time to pull it for a while.
^ Dang, wish I could help, but I don't have the know-how.
Sure hope someone offers up. I really would like to test that KB2 modem out.
unknown sources enabled perhaps ?
CB650 Wolf said:
Just went down to at&t and exchanged my 1007 captivate for a 1106. The firmware on it is UCKB2 instead of UCKB1. So far the gps is horrible but I haven't had much time with it. Its still stock no root. I'll get back with you guys later. I have to go for now.
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That's something you should have tested before you left the store.
I just returned my 1007 via the phone and received a 1012. That phone's GPS didn't work either so I went to the repair center (40 minutes away) and exchanged it again.
I made them confirm the GPS would lock in under 10 seconds on the first phone they brought out, another 1012. It did not so I asked if they had any newer builds...the guy brought out a 1102 and it grabs a lock and holds it.
The 1102 also had the UCKB2 kernal which has the signed bootloaded which must be cracked before customer roms will work. Annoying, but there are easy workaround to it posted here already.
UCKB1 official Froyo build is horrible in many aspects. UCKB2 is probably just some bug fixes. I'd skip all AT&T Froyo build to the UCKF1 Gingerbread ROM. So far it is a much better 'official' ROM than any official Froyo ROM. If the rumor is correct, GB ROM will be released in the middle of July, I'd bet this UCKF1 is the final build.
Interesting. I exchanged mine last week. GPS didn't work, search button pressed itself sometimes etc. Got one with great GPS, but didn't notice when dim the screen was yellow. Had to go back and got an 1102. Didn't check version but right now I'm on cog 5 beta 3 and got there with no problems.
I just went and exchanged my phone again. This time I got a 1106 with KB2 and perfect GPS. I got 10/0 (visible/in-use) satellites inside the AT&T store. As soon as I went outside I got 10/10. Inside this old gov't building I'm seeing 6/0 in the center of the room but close to the window I get 7/5. Never out of all my Captivates, this being my fourth, have I seen such good GPS.
I also made it a point to show the difference in GPS ability compared to my old phone, my new one, and the display units to the store manager so he couldn't try to BS me.
I got my 1105, and it had UCKB2 on it as well. The GPS was terrible. Call quality was great, though. So far, I've been using the KC1 modem, and GPS lock is fast and stable, but call quality suffers at two bars and less.
I never knew that the GPS issues could be related to hardware problems, but it makes sense. I can put my wife's BB Torch next to my Cappy and she has -65dBm and mine has -95dBm. I've burned through about all the modems thinking it was software related and now I'm wondering if my phone has other issues. I can see a dB or two difference simply due to different antenna configurations, but a 30dBm difference is huge (the scale is logarithmic).
Just thought that I would add to this thread. I just got home from the Warranty Center with two replacement Captivates both with UCKB2 on them. Haven't had much time to fool around with anything yet though to confirm GPS or bug fixes.
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GPS is the best ever on my new 1012 UCKB2
I had a 1007 before and the GPS with various fixes was "OK" - much better than my wife's 1007 with the same config. However, I swapped it out yesterday and got a 1012 with UCKB2 and the GPS works perfectly. I actually wondered if I should stick with stock (a horrible thought) since I didn't want to screw up good GPS and then not be able to get KB2 back. It took quite a few tries to root it - SuperOneclick 1.95 worked after failures with One-click, SuperOneClick V2 beta and 1.7.
I will flash GB regardless - Continuum Platinum when it hits GA. However, IF by some chance I want to revert, flashing a 2.2 firmware ROM and then restoring a nandroid backup should get everything but the kernel and modem. Is there any way to get those back? I haven't tried yet but apparently KIES only installs KB1 from what I read.
I honestly don't understand why you didn't just one-click back to JF6 and install CWM and flash from there. You over complicated it I saw your post in the old JI6 2.2 thread. None of that was needed.
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When I told at&t about the gps issues on my cappy and you know what he told me? He said most smart phones even his htc aria has gps behavior which is normal. I told him about that the gps tend to jump around time to time and doesn't stay at one location. I don't believe what he says and can't issue an warranty exchange before the time is up.
I just exchanged a 1007 Captivate that was having all sorts of issues (gps, phantom search button click, random shutdown) via warranty. I received a 1008 batch phone.
First impressions were that GPS wasn't great, but phone signal was fantastic. Overall ran smooth. After figuring out how to install alternate recovery 3e, I backed up with CWM and one-click flashed to JF6 to do some test restores.
Once in eclair I decided to try restoring back to UCKB2. Whoops! Suddenly I didn't have button recovery or download modes, and was stuck in a boot loop (with recovery 2e). Not cool -- built a jig and flashed Andromeda3.
Now that I'm running voodoo lagfix ext4 again, I'm noticing some high CPU usage from kswapd0 that drains the battery. I don't think this was occurring in UCKB2 froyo and would like to flash back to do some comparison.
Is there some trick to restoring the UCKB2 ROM or should I just try again? (obviously after disabling the lagfix.) Not looking forward to another soft brick if I run into difficulty...
Where do you find the build number?
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Where do you find the build number?
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Settings, about phone
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The other day, I was given the challenge of rooting and reflashing a friends phone as the stock rom from Bell seems to get really laggy, AND he wasn't that happy with the aesthetics. So off to work I go.
I managed to get the phone rooted, backed up apps and data with Titanium Backup, and installed Firefly 3.0. However, this seems to have disabled or broken the phones ear speaker.
I installed Firefly 3.0 on my phone (Captivate via Rogers) a few months ago and everything worked flawlessly. However, on this Bell Vibrant i9000, the only fault seems to be the ear speaker seems to not work. I don't have the phone in my possession, nor will I ever again (Guy is moving out of province) so I'll have to walk him through either fixing/patching, or putting the original stock rom on it.
This site was helpful with bringing up possible threads, and from what I read, none seem to be useful. The owner of the phone said he's checked the volume while in call, the mic works and he can hear when using the big speaker, but the ear piece doesn't seem to want to work.
What details I have from the phone after upgrading:
Pda: 186uxjl1
Phone: I9000ugjk4
Csc: i897rwcjl1
Build info: 2011.02
The only difference between his phone and my phone is the PDA field.
What other information can I put out here that'll help me figure this out?
Since he has Firefly installed, and SGS Tools are installed by default, I can pull whatever stat I need.
I have the same issue with the handset speaker. After flash with a new ROM, the handset speaker's volume is so low that you can't hear it.
Did you ever find a solution?
Not exactly, no. We reflashed the phone back to stock rom and the phone started to work. Apparently its a driver issue of some sort.