Samsung Captivate : Does Updating To JH2/JH3 Require A Format?
Sep 2, 2010
I'm still on the stock FW that came with the phone. If I update to JH3, will it automatically format and reinstall (is it a full ROM) or is it just an update?
If it does format, is there a good app to backup my apps and such (would Titanium help or does that do a full restore including the OS?).
Also, does anyone know a good app to backup/restore/transfer SMS? At the AT&T store, they transfered all my texts from my BB to this phone in a couple minutes but forgot to ask what they used for it.
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Aug 9, 2010
I was looking at my upgrade options and total pricing with regard to the Captivate. When I added the phone as an upgrade, not only did it not make me choose a data plan, it didn't even give me a choice to pick a data plan (at the moment I have just minutes and texts). Is this an error on the ATT system or you can get the phone and the data plan is only set up once you use the phone?
Because what I am thinking is upgrading 2 lines on my family plan - my line with an iPhone which requires data when you purchase the phone, and the Samsung on the line that will not get Data. I will only use one phone (the Samsung on my line) and sell the iPhone brand new in box. Will that work or will ATT realize when I only have one phone in use on my plan even though I 'upgraded/renewed' two lines?
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Aug 6, 2010
I have a new Samsung Captivate. Sometimes it requires a Password to be entered upon Wake. How do you stop this? All I want to do is slide to unlock. Yes, I have checked Menu->Settings->Location and Security. I do not know what is requiring me to enter a password in order to stop it.
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Sep 22, 2010
Or just taken out and stuck in the phone?
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Nov 21, 2010
I'm a new captivate user but feel I am learning new things every day. I have my captivate rooted, and have upgraded the firmware to froyo. When I try to update the ROM it has a verification error, I know this is because of the kernel being e3 and not e2. Is there a way I can downgrade my kernel, and keep Froyo?
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Nov 12, 2010
Does anyone know if it's possible to record video on the Samsung Galaxy S Captive in a different format other than .3gp, or know of a program that will read this format? I was trying to send a video to a friend via email but he doesn't have a player for it.
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Oct 11, 2010
Im going to be installing the new JH7 update tonight and am wondering if there is anything I should do. Is there a way to backup the old firmware incase I do not want JH7 for whatever reason? Downgrade it ?
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Oct 21, 2010
Mobile Banking came with my Captivate, and I've frozen it via Titanium Backup because I have no intention of using it. Now there's an update on App Brain, and it's always on the top ready to be updated - any way to get rid of it?
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Sep 18, 2010
I finally decided to apply a lag-fix to me phone. I used the RyanZA fix available in the market. I'm not exactly sure on the stock partition configuration on the Captivate but if I understand the lag-fix, an ext2 partition is created and the system files are moved to that partition. Thinking ahead for when Froyo arrives, I'm wondering if I can format all of my internal storage and reinstall a ROM. If I format the internal storage, do the necessary partitions need to be created manually or does installing a ROM create the needed partitions? I'm fairly new to Android so excuse me if my terminology is off.
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Oct 19, 2010
Anyone else have an issue with the weather channel app? Occasionally I'll notice that the temp is way off on my home city. When I tap the widget to view my home city in the app there is no weather data - just a big N/A at the top of the screen. It will not update again until I reboot the phone. My other cities are always still updating. Only my home city is fried.This happens about once a day- anything I can clear out in the phone that might help? Uninstall and reinstall the weather channel app?
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Aug 6, 2010
I just got my captivate today. is there a way to make fonts and stuff smaller, and change the threaded text message format to something besides bubbles?
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Sep 2, 2009
In the android phone, click "settings" and then goto "date & time settings" , user can choose "Use 24-hour format" or not. My question is how to find out this setting through api?
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Jan 12, 2010
This maybe be a simple question but how do you format a double into a dollar format? For example I have a value of 4.2. In a textview I would like to see $4.20. Also what are my options for applying the correct currency symbol?
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Sep 6, 2010
Passing two int values m =0 & s = 11, to below function String formatted = String.format("%1$02d:%2$02d", m, s); returning the value like .0:11 ,What could be the problem? m=0, s=11 -->.0:11 m=0, s=1 --> .0:.1. The 0 added to format the string always coming as '.' (dot). Can anyone know ,from where the number patterns are getting loaded in Android? I gone thorough the code, Its related the following file, androiddalviklibcoreicusrcmainjavacomibmicu4jniutil Resources.java ->localeData.numberPattern. How the pattern for particular locale is loaded, What could be the problem for the above?
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Jul 23, 2010
Does anybody know what the best video format for the moment is when converting videos? Ive tried google searches and the search here but cant find nothing concrete. I just want video thatll fit the whole screen and not be fuzzy. I have a good converter just need to know the format.
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Jul 24, 2010
Anyone having trouble with widgets stop updating? Like my clock/calendar/weather/news/pretty much any widget i have stops updating after an hour. So i look at my clock widget two hours later and it is an hour behind. Happens to ALL my widgets.Even the quick turn on/off wifi,bt,gps and such. They just stop updating/showing animation.I have ADW launcher installed. I am wondering if it is that. I do not really want to remove it as i hate the stock 3 button interface at the bottom (why do i need a contacts and phone, just use the phone to look thru contacts, wasted space IMO) and am quite keen on keeping the 5 button.Any ideas? If i power off the phone and turn it back on it's fine again for about an hour. SOmetimes randomly thru the day it will start updating and working fine again then randomly stop again.
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Mar 28, 2010
Where can I get a (free?) pdf viewer in apk format so I can download using my computer and install with phone? Is there a good spot for other apps like this? I found other apps but looks like they were specifically for other phones (HTC etc).
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Oct 14, 2010
I just pulled my phone from my pocket and it was frozen so I pulled battery and restarted it. The SD card format was unrecognized. I stuck it in a card reader and it wouldn't show up on my pc. I stuck a different card in my phone and it is fine. I called Sprint and the card is not covered by warranty. The warranties are device specific and Samsung does not feel that they need to cover them. I was lucky that the Sprint store did replace my card with a Sandisk card. I have numerous Microsd cards. They all came with a lifetime warranty. Samsung fails on this note. I still love this phone.
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Nov 29, 2010
How do I get the Avatar movie off my Vibrant in a file format capable of running on my computer or HDTV?
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Sep 5, 2010
I finally got around transferring my 32Gig card out of my Evo and into the Epic. After I put it in I decided to clean it and reformat it in the Epic. Epic starts the format then comes up with a message "card damaged cant format". I put the same card in the Evo and it formatted just fine and then worked in the Epic. Then I tried to format it again in the Epic and again I get the card damaged pop up. Again it reformatted just fine in the Evo. Any ideas anyone else get this message? Just to add I tried to format a smaller card in the Epic and it was able to format that fine. Once the 32gig card is formatted in the Evo it will work fine in the Epic.
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Aug 29, 2010
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Oct 9, 2010
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Sep 13, 2010
is there a way to download files even if the phone doesnt support the format? example. i tried to download a .rar file and an .avi file but it says cannot resume download cause format not supported. is there a way around this and be able to download it anyway?
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Oct 25, 2010
I rooted my captivate thinking that i could install apps that are blocked on my phone, like Sirius XM, WiFI tethering.....even after rooting the programs are still being blocked and i cant install them. am i missing something? im new to android and had an iphone that i jail broke. im confused on what rooting actually.
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Jan 23, 2010
Well I bought my Galaxy here in India yesterday, and you all and this forum has been a major source of info to make up my mind.
Well I've bee browsing this forum trying to understand all that I need to know for the past two days before I could muster the courage to ask a couple of questions.
1) My Galaxy is on Firmware II3, is it worth upgrading to IK5 ?
2) When I upgrade, does everything, contact, apps etc, get wiped of from the device or do they remain as they are ?
3) Is there a way I can take a complete backup of my contacts, apps etc and restore them after a firmware update ?
My phone has not been rooted yet and I plan to use ODIN for updating the firmware.
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Nov 20, 2010
I must have changed some setting by accident. When I call up my photo gallery pictures I get a strange format where all the photo windows are showing at a tilted angle with one of the pictures showing as a wallpaper but its blurred and its driving me crazy. How do I get it back to the stock format.
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Oct 20, 2010
I would like to upload videos from my computer to my SF. I'm using Salling to do the same thing with my music but was wondering what the easiest way is for videos? Is there even a video player on the SF? What file formats will it recognize? This is a very important feature to me and I'm surprised it isn't very intuitive.
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Aug 28, 2010
Samsung Galaxy S getting "Unsupported file format" on .mp3s in AllShare (DLNA). Want to stream music from Windows 7 computer to Android device. Connected AllShare to Windows Media Player 12 over WiFi G network to "Play file from server on my phone". I can browse PC media folders from the Galaxy S. In AllShare, I click an .MP3 from my PC library, add it to the AllShare playlist, then the circle spins for about 10 seconds and I finally get the pop-up error "Unsupported file format." All .mp3's are DRM-free unprotected files. They play fine directly from the MicroSD card through the standard Android Music app. Disconnected/reconnected WiFi, same results. Read a few other posts on various forums, a few people have the same issue. Looks like fewer are even trying to use DLNA like this. Heard plenty of "hypothetical" troubleshooting steps but still searching for someone who's actually tried the steps & got it to work. Some had success with other DLNA media servers or by using different software altogether. I want to specifically stream music from a PC to my SGS using DLNA & WMP. Great for portability. Any "dittos"? Resolutions? By the way this device is AWESOME (Sprint Epic 4G) Also I realize this post is verbose; I want it to easily appear for others' search results. Please feel free to copy, paste & post in a more appropriate forum or thread.
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Apr 7, 2010
I current have a bunch of books in .lit (microsoft reader) format, and I just got Calibre to convert them, but I don't know what format they need to converted in to make them work in aldiko premium.I thought it was EPUB, but when I try to open the book in Astro, it says that EPUB is not a supported format.
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Nov 25, 2010
I'm kind of new to Android. Only have had this phone for a few weeks,switched over from the iPhone. Anyway, I'm having trouble with Game boy emulators. I loved playing Pokemon on my jailbroken iPhone and would really love to enjoy it on my Captivate.
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