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How can I fix Wi-Fi hotspot on Dark Raider?

Hey guys. I've had a Raider on Rogers for quite some time, and the Dark Raider rom with KozmikKernel RC1 has been working well for me for what I need. However, the Wi-Fi hotspot hasn't been working for me no matter how many different third-party tethering programs I installed. I'm on the AT&T build.prop. Is there any way I can fix this problem on my current setup, or should I just switch over to stock Rogers ICS and go back to a custom ROM later?
I've also attached a screenshot of what happens on the default hotspot app (My phone crashed while trying to take the screenshot.... weird )

Try the beta 12 from kozmick , or faux 123 (007 kernel) see if that works for ya.

Bigtjmc said:
Try the beta 12 from kozmick , or faux 123 (007 kernel) see if that works for ya.
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I just installed beta 13 and it didn't work. Also, my phone's performance is now choppier, probably because of the badass governor.

i hope i helped.
i have had the same issue before, and after a lot of reading and searching, i came to figure out what i was doing wrong.
you should keep reading and searching too, you will learn a lot.
but i will tell you what i know and i hope it helps.. it all has to do with the way you flash roms and kernells to your device. if you have already achieved S-off, then your problem may be a lil more difficult,, but if you are just fastboot unlock and rooted.. what you need to do is stract the boot.img of the file that has the kernell inside the rom zip. and flash that separately via fastboot.
place the boot on ur file that ur using to flash stuff, and then use the proper command,
"fastboot flash boot boot.img" in command pront,
if u are confuse, take a look into this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836
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I've tried 3 different kernels, still getting the same error message as above on DarkRaider. I'm not with AT&T. Any advice?

Reflash the Rom and when its done flash the kernel should fix it

Bigtjmc said:
Reflash the Rom and when its done flash the kernel should fix it
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Tried that with several ROMs and several kernels - still get the same error. Thought I had it fixed with that world-famous Illuminati ROM, but alas it was not to be.
It has to be an APN problem, in that it's looking for AT&T info and not finding it. That's all I can think of it being...

gfinockio said:
Tried that with several ROMs and several kernels - still get the same error. Thought I had it fixed with that world-famous Illuminati ROM, but alas it was not to be.
It has to be an APN problem, in that it's looking for AT&T info and not finding it. That's all I can think of it being...
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Only one I ever got the hotspot to work is dark raider buy just clicking on it , only didn't work one time and I reflashed it and the kernel and it worked again I never had to add any thing just click on the hotspot icon .

Bigtjmc said:
Only one I ever got the hotspot to work is dark raider buy just clicking on it , only didn't work one time and I reflashed it and the kernel and it worked again I never had to add any thing just click on the hotspot icon .
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Are you with AT&T though?

gfinockio said:
Are you with AT&T though?
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Yea att,

that is what mine looks like , at the top right you can see the active symbol.

On a stock ROM, that's exactly what I see. It works on stock but any modded ROM gives me an error. It works on AT&T, but not on any other carrier. That's what I'm trying to figure out.

Spalla said:
Hey guys. I've had a Raider on Rogers for quite some time, and the Dark Raider rom with KozmikKernel RC1 has been working well for me for what I need. However, the Wi-Fi hotspot hasn't been working for me no matter how many different third-party tethering programs I installed. I'm on the AT&T build.prop. Is there any way I can fix this problem on my current setup, or should I just switch over to stock Rogers ICS and go back to a custom ROM later?
I've also attached a screenshot of what happens on the default hotspot app (My phone crashed while trying to take the screenshot.... weird )
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Actually I'm using this on my HTC Vivid for tethering!! I did this that a saw on a Vivid ROM thread, I think it was on Dark Raider's..... so I don't deserve any credit, I just want to help. I'm rooted and tried it and it works perfectly!! You can just hit the thank you button.
You'll need SQ Lite Editor:
1) Dialer Storage
2) telephony.db
3) carriers
4) 12 Entitlement 310410
you shoud change the value under "apn" from "broadband" to "pta"
5) Please restart your device and you will get it!!

[ROM][JB+, 4.2.2]OFFICIAL AOKP for Droid 4 [LATEST BUILD 5-23-13][NIGHTLIES]

****ALL CREDIT FOR THIS GOES TO HASHCODE AND DHACKER****
I saw this rom on hashcode's rom page, but didn't see a thread for it here. So I decided to create one.
Discuss bugs, experiences, questions on this thread I guess.
Installation procedure should be the same as CM10.1:
"Using this ROM requires Safestrap v2.11 OR SAFESTRAP 3.X currently. As things progress we may add support for Bootstrap or others in.
In all cases moving from ICS to JB, I recommend a full wipe and Titanium Backup restore of just apps+data.
If moving from KEXEC STOCK there might be some issues where you will need to wipe and restore. Be aware.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLASHING:
1. Download the ROM from the above link
2. Grab Jellybean GApps
3. Place both files on your SD card
4. Reboot into Safestrap by pressing [menu] at the splash screen
5. If necessary format /system when swapping from ICS to JB to make sure that GApps and other files are reset correctly
6. Also if necessary do a wipe of data/cache (when moving between ICS and JB)
7. Flash the .zip files as normal
8. Reboot and let the phone sit for about 1 minute while it re-indexes files, etc."
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Able to be installed on ANY slot in safestrap 3.x.
Build 6 and on is kexec, needs to be installed on romslot-2, as pointed out by Kwyrt
http://goo.im/devs/aokp/maserati
jsnweitzel's AOKP builds, among other Droid 4 goodies: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mhmmrku5e4x8boj/hbd5BE-Nae
The rom runs same as CM10.1, but has some other awesome features added to it
If you have any questions for Hashcode about this, I think it would be best to contact him on twitter at http://twitter.com/Hashcode0f

alex94kumar said:
****ALL CREDIT FOR THIS GOES TO HASHCODE AND DHACKER****
I saw this rom on hashcode's rom page, but didn't see a thread for it here. So I decided to create one.
Discuss bugs, experiences, questions on this thread I guess.
Installation procedure should be the same as CM10:
http://rombot.org/ROMs/maserati/aokp/
The rom runs same as CM10, but has some other awesome features added to it
SCREENSHOTS
(hashcode, if you see this and anything needs to be added, PM me or post it here, ill edit this OP post accordingly)
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Global Data and Voice calls working?
What are Things that are added apart from hashcode ROM?
Saw the screenshots, very beautiful.. Lot of features seems added.:good::good:

I have been running Stock based AOKP for about a week now and it runs well. The only issue I have with it is no flash for the camera.
I also have been building my own from hashcode and dhacker29 source. I noticed that the stock-aokp build on rombot is a couple of days old. Here is one I did yesterday that is android 4.1.2 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31584441#post31584441

yeah, there are workarounds for most of the bugs in this rom

NEW BUILD, 10-14, updated in OP. This AOKP build has been merged with JB 4.1.2

The ota updater is fixed now too. No more prompts to update to an older rom. But no flash for the camera still.
Sent from my XT894 using Tapatalk 2

im just waiting for camera flash or mms to work... id be happy with just one of those

He's about to go beta with ssv3, I'm sure then they will focus on the kenex builds and get everything working.
Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2

I think you mean kexec?

I just updated to SS3 and followed all of the instructions, once I rebooted to the new recovery my phone bricked. I was running CM10 on the DROID 4 and now I'm stuck in a boot loop. I tried flashing RSD fastboot files but still no go. Any suggestions?

f0r71fy said:
I just updated to SS3 and followed all of the instructions, once I rebooted to the new recovery my phone bricked. I was running CM10 on the DROID 4 and now I'm stuck in a boot loop. I tried flashing RSD fastboot files but still no go. Any suggestions?
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Just to be clear, you are actually bootlooping, not getting any error messages, yes?
Second, try wiping data in stock recovery.
Let us know if that works!

f0r71fy said:
I just updated to SS3 and followed all of the instructions, once I rebooted to the new recovery my phone bricked. I was running CM10 on the DROID 4 and now I'm stuck in a boot loop. I tried flashing RSD fastboot files but still no go. Any suggestions?
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Not sure if I can help, but certainly interested in what happened to cause it. Did you boot back to stock and uninstall the older safestrap first? If you can still get to the recover there must be some way to get it working again.

podspi said:
Just to be clear, you are actually bootlooping, not getting any error messages, yes?
Second, try wiping data in stock recovery.
Let us know if that works!
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I ended up doing this right after i made my post and it booted up.

I to boot looped my phone, so i wiped data and factory reset in stock recovery, which once it booted, i disabled super user than re enabled it, which then i was able to update it and get busy box installed than install SS3 and everything is back to normal

Glad to hear it all worked out for you

This latest build is awesome. I got a good battery life and smooth as butter. Love it so far and definitely my daily driver. I just found that checking global options makes gsm function. But,signal won't come out. Cdma ruim works fine.
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I have stock camera working on 10-14 build! it has never worked on any previous build, I've done nothing different.
however, there is still no camera flash.

I've seen this problem on other AOKP ROMs... how do I disable the AOKP Statistics notification that keeps popping up? Already ticked and unticked the report checkbox. I just cleared Settings data/cache so maybe that will change it.
Also, how about we "kang" the lockscreen options from CM10. Miss those already.

Freezing??
Has anyone experienced their D4 freezing up and then rebooting itself?

Briteyez83 said:
Has anyone experienced their D4 freezing up and then rebooting itself?
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Yup, last night when I was trying to use the Alarm Clock, and then again today with the Camera. This one has some neat features (Status/Notificaiton Bar customizations are outstanding) however its not quite un-alpha enough to use as a daily driver for myself. I will be keeping an eye on this one though, its looking very promising.

Black SCREEN!! please help

hi guys
in my case i have got a droid xt862 i did one click sbf and then i updated 5.7.906 ((Blur_Version.5.6.890.XT862.Verizon.en.US)) and installed safestrap 2.10 after rooting
1) now inside safestrap i first go to the menu and enable it
2) then i wipe data, cache partition and dalvik
3) i installed KEXEC-cm-9-20121006-UNOFFICIAL-solana rom
4) i restarted
5) i get black screen
i tried and tried searched and searched wipe before and after etc combinations with different roms safestrap version please help i dunno where i am going wrong
also after sbf the chinese solana xt883 rom not flashing through rsd lite

vthl said:
hi guys
in my case i have got a droid xt862 i did one click sbf and then i updated 5.7.906 ((Blur_Version.5.6.890.XT862.Verizon.en.US)) and installed safestrap 2.10 after rooting
1) now inside safestrap i first go to the menu and enable it
2) then i wipe data, cache partition and dalvik
3) i installed KEXEC-cm-9-20121006-UNOFFICIAL-solana rom
4) i restarted
5) i get black screen
i tried and tried searched and searched wipe before and after etc combinations with different roms safestrap version please help i dunno where i am going wrong
also after sbf the chinese solana xt883 rom not flashing through rsd lite
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As I recall, the latest KEXEC roms do not work on Safestrap 2.10, it requires Safestrap 3.x which hasn't been released yet. For now, I'd say grab an older version, or settle with a current GB rom for now and watch development.

Skreelink said:
As I recall, the latest KEXEC roms do not work on Safestrap 2.10, it requires Safestrap 3.x which hasn't been released yet. For now, I'd say grab an older version, or settle with a current GB rom for now and watch development.
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and what about the wiping procedure i mean before and after?
can you pls link me a rom that will work with 2.10

vthl said:
and what about the wiping procedure i mean before and after?
can you pls link me a rom that will work with 2.10
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Wiping before or after does not make any difference (though I always do it after flashing the ROM.) Wipe data/factory reset also wipes the cache partition, and, of course, Dalvik cache, so those two wipes are redundant. Any ROM that doesn't start after a wipe data/factory reset has a problem with the ROM, not with how many times that you wipe data.
I would frankly wait on CM9 or CM10 builds until Hashcode gets the new Safestrap working on the D3. There are plenty of ROMs that will work - Maverick, Steel Droid (the GB version is more feature-complete), Liberty, Bionic. You can find them here, but it might be easier at droidforums.net: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-3-roms/

doogald said:
Wiping before or after does not make any difference (though I always do it after flashing the ROM.) Wipe data/factory reset also wipes the cache partition, and, of course, Dalvik cache, so those two wipes are redundant. Any ROM that doesn't start after a wipe data/factory reset has a problem with the ROM, not with how many times that you wipe data.
I would frankly wait on CM9 or CM10 builds until Hashcode gets the new Safestrap working on the D3. There are plenty of ROMs that will work - Maverick, Steel Droid (the GB version is more feature-complete), Liberty, Bionic. You can find them here, but it might be easier at droidforums.net: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-3-roms/
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thanks i tried maverick rom 4.5 ((D3-MavROM-4.5)) its 157mb file but no hope it has the same problem with 2.10 do you have idea why?

vthl said:
thanks i tried maverick rom 4.5 ((D3-MavROM-4.5)) its 157mb file but no hope it has the same problem with 2.10 do you have idea why?
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I would try MavRom 4.0 (4.5 has a battery drain problem with the overclock script), this is what I use + GSM unlock, in safestrap do a factory reset/data wipe before and after flash (I only do it once, but it's always recommended to wipe up to three times).

Skreelink said:
I would try MavRom 4.0 (4.5 has a battery drain problem with the overclock script), this is what I use + GSM unlock, in safestrap do a factory reset/data wipe before and after flash (I only do it once, but it's always recommended to wipe up to three times).
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Well I have same issue every single time I get black screen. Does these ROM support both network CDMA and GSM same as like XT883 ?

NIGHTMARE- said:
Well I have same issue every single time I get black screen. Does these ROM support both network CDMA and GSM same as like XT883 ?
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I use the XT883 radio with MavROM 4.0 AND Kexec CM10, works grand except in JB, the signal indicator is broken, I use a Network Monitor widget for a good signal meter.
If you install Safestrap, enable safe-boot and reboot, it will boot a black screen, since it has no rom to boot into. After enabling safe-boot, flash a rom, Gapps, wipe data/factory reset, then reboot. Although you can also just grab SafeStrap 3.05 now, which is a lot easier to swap between roms for testing.

Skreelink said:
I use the XT883 radio with MavROM 4.0 AND Kexec CM10, works grand except in JB, the signal indicator is broken, I use a Network Monitor widget for a good signal meter.
If you install Safestrap, enable safe-boot and reboot, it will boot a black screen, since it has no rom to boot into. After enabling safe-boot, flash a rom, Gapps, wipe data/factory reset, then reboot. Although you can also just grab SafeStrap 3.05 now, which is a lot easier to swap between roms for testing.
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Actually dhacker29 has been working on the signal strength bars and at on the 10/18 build it works for me on the 883 radio.

MrObvious said:
Actually dhacker29 has been working on the signal strength bars and at on the 10/18 build it works for me on the 883 radio.
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10/18 is the one I'm using with the XT883 radio, signal bars are stuck at 1, under status, signal strength is bogus.

Did you use my build.prop I posted a while back? I know it works for a fact because I have 4 bars now.
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MrObvious said:
Did you use my build.prop I posted a while back? I know it works for a fact because I have 4 bars now.
Sent from my XT862 using xda app-developers app
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Should be, yes... you could repost here so I could verify, would be nice.
EDIT: Mwuahaha, I edited the current build.prop (the one that came with 10-18) to work with XT883 and got the signal bars working.

Try that. Also make sure you uncheck both boxes under Mobile Networks for Verizon stuff.

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Try that. Also make sure you uncheck both boxes under Mobile Networks for Verizon stuff.
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Thanks, but I already fixed it. Decided to do some meddling with the current build.prop from the zip and whatnot on my own.

Skreelink said:
Thanks, but I already fixed it. Decided to do some meddling with the current build.prop from the zip and whatnot on my own.
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Good to hear!

Skreelink said:
I use the XT883 radio with MavROM 4.0 AND Kexec CM10, works grand except in JB, the signal indicator is broken, I use a Network Monitor widget for a good signal meter.
If you install Safestrap, enable safe-boot and reboot, it will boot a black screen, since it has no rom to boot into. After enabling safe-boot, flash a rom, Gapps, wipe data/factory reset, then reboot. Although you can also just grab SafeStrap 3.05 now, which is a lot easier to swap between roms for testing.
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bro last i checked with 2.10 and i did just as you said (without enabling it would be no sense to install rom & i know that)..... but i still got the Black screen @ the time ......thou i have to test the same with the new 3.05 but i hardly think that would make a difference

Please help
Ok, I need HELP. Please be kind as I am not nearly as inteligent as the rest of you and this is my first post, but I can follow directions well (so my wife says).
I purchased a Droid 3 with black screen. Phone powers on and I can hear it going through the boot process. Lights on the bottom 4 buttons light up, computer recognizes phone when plugged in. I think someone has tried unsuccesfully to flash phone or mod it in some way causing the black screen. I have downloaded the files to restore phone to stock state. NOW my dilema..... I can't see the screen to get the phone into ap fastboot so I can do the restore. I have rooted several phones and even unbricked many phones (all with the help of those much smarter than me and their directions). So if someone could give me the very detailed steps to get phone into ap fastboot without the ability to see the screen I think I can fix it (I hope!)
Thanks in advance.

swinter said:
Ok, I need HELP. Please be kind as I am not nearly as inteligent as the rest of you and this is my first post, but I can follow directions well (so my wife says).
I purchased a Droid 3 with black screen. Phone powers on and I can hear it going through the boot process. Lights on the bottom 4 buttons light up, computer recognizes phone when plugged in. I think someone has tried unsuccesfully to flash phone or mod it in some way causing the black screen. I have downloaded the files to restore phone to stock state. NOW my dilema..... I can't see the screen to get the phone into ap fastboot so I can do the restore. I have rooted several phones and even unbricked many phones (all with the help of those much smarter than me and their directions). So if someone could give me the very detailed steps to get phone into ap fastboot without the ability to see the screen I think I can fix it (I hope!)
Thanks in advance.
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Could be the flex cable..

Triple (Hitter) Question: See inside for Questions

First Question:
Is it safe to delete all contents of /mnt/sdcard ?
Second Question:
Is there a way to install to unsafe?
Third Question:
Liquid Smooth has parted ways. The two best ROMs that have been recommended to me were LS and Eclipse. I found Eclipse to be sluggish compared to Liquid Smooth. What is a good primary ROM with these two requirements: Stupid Fast and Everything Working?

mikemikemikexxx said:
First Question:
Is it safe to delete all contents of /mnt/sdcard ?
Second Question:
Is there a way to install to unsafe?
Third Question:
Liquid Smooth has parted ways. The two best ROMs that have been recommended to me were LS and Eclipse. I found Eclipse to be sluggish compared to Liquid Smooth. What is a good primary ROM with these two requirements: Stupid Fast and Everything Working?
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1) I would say no. Safestrap and some others are located there as far as I know. I mean you could probably do that and then install fastboot or something and update that way but i'm not 100% sure. Also what is the purpose? As far as I know with SS there is no need to do this.
2) IDK about that.
3) I found Blurry Maxx Rom to be a very snappy and responsive ICS based rom so everything works. It is not blur based so you won't have the quick contacts but I just put 8 "people" card widgets up and it looks the same as a pulled down contacts widget. So far everything except smart actions seems to work flawlessly. I did find v 3.8 to be more stable and faster than 4.2 (not to be confused with android version 4.2.1 or 4.2.2 this is an ICS rom not JB).
Hope this helps.

neo1738 said:
1) I would say no. Safestrap and some others are located there as far as I know. I mean you could probably do that and then install fastboot or something and update that way but i'm not 100% sure. Also what is the purpose? As far as I know with SS there is no need to do this.
2) IDK about that.
3) I found Blurry Maxx Rom to be a very snappy and responsive ICS based rom so everything works. It is not blur based so you won't have the quick contacts but I just put 8 "people" card widgets up and it looks the same as a pulled down contacts widget. So far everything except smart actions seems to work flawlessly. I did find v 3.8 to be more stable and faster than 4.2 (not to be confused with android version 4.2.1 or 4.2.2 this is an ICS rom not JB).
Hope this helps.
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1) Internal SD is starting to get crapped up and Android isn't very good at cleaning up after itself.
2) Not a huge deal until I find a new daily.
3) I was not clear and it was 100% my fault. I left out the detail that I am looking for a JB build. I have a near 100% Jelly Build from Liquid but there is an issue that I can't figure out.

mikemikemikexxx said:
1) Internal SD is starting to get crapped up and Android isn't very good at cleaning up after itself.
2) Not a huge deal until I find a new daily.
3) I was not clear and it was 100% my fault. I left out the detail that I am looking for a JB build. I have a near 100% Jelly Build from Liquid but there is an issue that I can't figure out.
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Sorry I can't be of more help. The JB builds are really hit or miss and seems individual phone dependent. I had CM 10.1 and app drawer stops working after 10 minutes, just FC. I'm hoping Liquid will be better as I've heard. Also it is known you can't do pattern unlock on JB builds as of now and you will need 3rd party camera app like camera fx. Good luck.

neo1738 said:
Sorry I can't be of more help. The JB builds are really hit or miss and seems individual phone dependent. I had CM 10.1 and app drawer stops working after 10 minutes, just FC. I'm hoping Liquid will be better as I've heard. Also it is known you can't do pattern unlock on JB builds as of now and you will need 3rd party camera app like camera fx. Good luck.
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My only issue is the whole mounting to /storage instead of /mnt everything else I can live with. I am thinking it is a JB thing. Other JB Roms are doing the same thing.
New question, to get as close to a stock phone as possible, is this the procedure?
1) Boot into Safestrap, remove safe-side ROM.
2) Boot into stock ROM, remove safestrap boot files followed by SafeStrap apk.
3) Do a factory reset.
Would this be the safe way about it?

mikemikemikexxx said:
My only issue is the whole mounting to /storage instead of /mnt everything else I can live with. I am thinking it is a JB thing. Other JB Roms are doing the same thing.
New question, to get as close to a stock phone as possible, is this the procedure?
1) Boot into Safestrap, remove safe-side ROM.
2) Boot into stock ROM, remove safestrap boot files followed by SafeStrap apk.
3) Do a factory reset.
Would this be the safe way about it?
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If you really want stock then I would delete all partitions and then remove bootstrap then RSDLite the phone to completely stock.

neo1738 said:
If you really want stock then I would delete all partitions and then remove bootstrap then RSDLite the phone to completely stock.
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Fresh in terms of stock leak, so that I can keep unsafe completely app free, only have contacts and use it in case of emergency for calls.
I will want to reinstall root, safestrap, and custom roms again but just want to decrapify the unsafe side.

mikemikemikexxx said:
Fresh in terms of stock leak, so that I can keep unsafe completely app free, only have contacts and use it in case of emergency for calls.
I will want to reinstall root, safestrap, and custom roms again but just want to decrapify the unsafe side.
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Can you use RSDLite with the stock leak? I'm not 100% sure about that one but I don't see why not. If you are using a ROM anyway what's the point of using leaked SW for the stock? Seems like extra work to me.

I figured out the formatting but what do you mean with extra work?
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mikemikemikexxx said:
I figured out the formatting but what do you mean with extra work?
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my thought is if you can't just use RSDLite to install the "leak" SW than it may mean doing more work figuring it out.

[Q] Now my kids device

I gave my kids my old Galaxy S1 Captivate. I have left the sim card in so that the "Emergency Call" button did not show up on the lock screen and I got a new sim anyway. Is there a way to remove the sim and get rid of the call feature all together? I was going to root the phone and update to 4.4 when I can. Is there a way to get rid of the "phone" features? I also have a Moto Atrix that I was going to do the same thing for my other kid as well. Any help would be great.

If it's rooted you can delete the phone and messaging apps
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Andrewasth said:
If it's rooted you can delete the phone and messaging apps
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When I tried rooting it, I got "E:signature verification failed Instalation aborted." didnt know what that meant so I was going to try to redo it on my pc. I originally tried to email the update.zip to myself and save it to the phone and reboot it that way but I obviously did something wrong.

Try again and report

wallacesm21 said:
When I tried rooting it, I got "E:signature verification failed Instalation aborted." didnt know what that meant so I was going to try to redo it on my pc. I originally tried to email the update.zip to myself and save it to the phone and reboot it that way but I obviously did something wrong.
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Try CF Autoroot from the play store (or think you can find it here).
Otherwise, you can flash a kernel with Odin (Corn for GB, Speedmod for Froyo) and enable root in recovery.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347220
Flash a kernel with CWM, flash CM7, then follow the instruction in the thread linked

wallacesm21 said:
I gave my kids my old Galaxy S1 Captivate. I have left the sim card in so that the "Emergency Call" button did not show up on the lock screen and I got a new sim anyway. Is there a way to remove the sim and get rid of the call feature all together? I was going to root the phone and update to 4.4 when I can. Is there a way to get rid of the "phone" features? I also have a Moto Atrix that I was going to do the same thing for my other kid as well. Any help would be great.
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heres what bwolf was talking about https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YvC_lLbjk06WOttsifG8fD2QUHvC9_rDtZdNrDZKAFc/edit?pli=1 be sure to give Val D. a thanks.

Credit goes to korockinout13, the author.
I often give a link to this Guide because it's explains very well the upgrade process.

Thanks guys for the info. Got everything set up, but now after rebooting, its telling me that android keyboard has stopped working and I am unable to type anything. Any thoughts?
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What ROM?

Cm10.1.3
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wallacesm21 said:
Cm10.1.3
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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cm-10.1.3-captivatemtd.zip then gapps-jb-20130729.zip
did I do the wrong gapps?

Try this:
- do Factory Reset
- clear cache
- clear dalvik
- re-flash CM10.1.3 package
- flash latest Android 4.2.2 gapps 20130812
- reboot in recovery
- do Factory Reset one more time
- clear cache
- clear dalvik
- reboot
See if this helps. Usually solves unexplained FC issues.
Sometimes it's just a bad download. If no luck, try to re-download the packages.

Val D. said:
Try this:
- do Factory Reset
- clear cache
- clear dalvik
- re-flash CM10.1.3 package
- flash latest Android 4.2.2 gapps 20130812
- reboot in recovery
- do Factory Reset one more time
- clear cache
- clear dalvik
- reboot
See if this helps. Usually solves unexplained FC issues.
Sometimes it's just a bad download. If no luck, try to re-download the packages.
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No Luck on the re-flash. I am now going to re-download the packages and try it again.
I am not finding gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip. I found a link in this forum and when it gets to the goo.im site it says file not found. When I search for gapps-jb-20130812 on the site, it doesnt have any on that date. Do I need to install a different gapps?
Here is the link to the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2405292

wallacesm21 said:
No Luck on the re-flash. I am now going to re-download the packages and try it again.
I am not finding gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip. I found a link in this forum and when it gets to the goo.im site it says file not found. When I search for gapps-jb-20130812 on the site, it doesnt have any on that date. Do I need to install a different gapps?
Here is the link to the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2405292
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im using 10.1.3 right now, maybe its a bad flash?

wallacesm21 said:
I am not finding gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip.
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It's here - http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps
Check MD5 sums for CM and Gapps packages just to make sure download is OK. Use the attached tool.
Trozzul said:
im using 10.1.3 right now...
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Yep, like many other Captivate users. No issues with CM Stable releases.

Val D. said:
It's here - http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps
Check MD5 sums for CM and Gapps packages just to make sure download is OK. Use the attached tool.
Yep, like many other Captivate users. No issues with CM Stable releases.
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YES! I am a dumb noob! Thank you guys for the input. I guess I was installing the wrong gapps cause I just got it and re-flashed everthing and now it works. Again, thank you guy for the help. I will be continuing to learn more, theres just so much information everywhere.

wallacesm21 said:
YES! I am a dumb noob! Thank you guys for the input. I guess I was installing the wrong gapps cause I just got it and re-flashed everthing and now it works. Again, thank you guy for the help. I will be continuing to learn more, theres just so much information everywhere.
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glad to hear you fixed your problem, happy flashing!

wallacesm21 said:
I will be continuing to learn more, theres just so much information everywhere.
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Captivate is one of best supported devices. CM is only the beginning of the road. Is the phone still going to your kid? :laugh:

Val D. said:
Captivate is one of best supported devices. CM is only the beginning of the road. Is the phone still going to your kid? :laugh:
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Yes, the phone will still go back to my daughter. It was a testing ground for me, since it is the first time. I will also be rooting and flashing my son's Moto Atrix and my Galaxy Tab 10.1 (first gen) "the one I really wanted to do". I also have my Galaxy S3 and my wifes Galaxy S3, but I wont be touching those just yet. Needed to get my feet wet. Now I need to figure out how to disable the phone feature part of the phones, and other stuff I don't want them to get into.
BTW, my kids are 4 almost 5, so all they need is the games. Using our old phones is much cheaper than buying any kind of game system.