Cyanogenmod 7 problem? - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

When I finished flashing cm7 on my crappy, I tried to reboot but it just sat at the "galaxy s cyanogenmod" screen for a good 30 minutes. I took out the battery and tried again but I got the same results. Any ideas? BTW I didn't disable lag fix before I flashed. Is that the problem? Thanks in advanced!
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trell959 said:
When I finished flashing cm7 on my crappy, I tried to reboot but it just sat at the "galaxy s cyanogenmod" screen for a good 30 minutes. I took out the battery and tried again but I got the same results. Any ideas? BTW I didn't disable lag fix before I flashed. Is that the problem? Thanks in advanced!
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Sounds like a bad flash, try reflashing it. If I recall correctly, it changes the fs, so having lagfix enabled shouldn't be a problem, though in general it's good practice to disable lagfixes before flashing anything just to play it safe.
So try a reflash and, to quote atinm from the OP of the CM7 for captivate thread:
atinm said:
Please know what you are doing before installing this.
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From what I read, CM7 requires ext4 to run and lagfixes are accomplished by converting over the filesystem from RFS to ext4. So if anything, having the lag-fixed enabled is what you are suppose to do. I wouldn't turn it off as that would mean converting the filesystem back to RFS, which is incompatible with CM7.

The early gingerbread ports (dual boot) required you to have an ext4 lagfix enabled, but CM7 for captivate as it stands now gives you a fresh filesystem either way. The only prerequisite for installing CM7 for captivate currently is a kernel with CWM recovery.

Enhanced said:
From what I read, CM7 requires ext4 to run and lagfixes are accomplished by converting over the filesystem from RFS to ext4. So if anything, having the lag-fixed enabled is what you are suppose to do. I wouldn't turn it off as that would mean converting the filesystem back to RFS, which is incompatible with CM7.
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OK so I tried re-flashing, but this time when I flash the intital kernel and booted into (Orange) clockwork, its says at the bottom "E: no misc partition" . I continues flashing and got the same results. What now?
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Thanks a lot you guys I really appreciate it
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The error message happens to everyone and is a non issue.
Are you following the steps of formatting data, cache, system? Are you doing a factory reset after you flash the cm7 initial xxxxx zip?
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mcord11758 said:
The error message happens to everyone and is a non issue.
Are you following the steps of formatting data, cache, system? Are you doing a factory reset after you flash the cm7 initial xxxxx zip?
Yeah every step. Oh well I will just stay here on serendipity until an official comes out
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That's probably the best idea
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BTW does anyone have the xda premium app? I get a lot of FC'S with it and sometimes it doesn't "quote " just. Putting that out there
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trell959 said:
BTW does anyone have the xda premium app? I get a lot of FC'S with it and sometimes it doesn't "quote " just. Putting that out there
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I have not had any issues with it
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ha! third times a charm! it worked!

Either you didn't follow the flash instructions correctly or something in your phone is preventing a successful flash. restore your phone to unrooted stock, and then re-root and try the install again. be sure you are doing exactly what the instructions say.

Thanks you guys
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[Q] Failed toinstall OneClickLagfix v2.2

Hi all brothers..i am newbies here..may i know after i install OneClickLagfix v2.2 it prompt out with failure msg"Could not mount loopback device/dev/loop5!mountevice or resource busy..may any brothers mind to help me???thanks a lot
wrong subforum!!!!
don't use it it is too old and not functual with newer roms search the thread and you will find answers.
a modern lagfix is for example voodoo with ext4
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sorry brother..may i know ehere can download voodoo with ext4??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
read this and understand it it is old in parts but you will find all infos you need
check your 3btn combo first
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I personally still recommended oclf as a way to improve a phones performance for a newbie or someone who is not ready to flash kernels or ROMs yet.
If you have an external SD card in, remove it, uninstall the ext2 tools, install them again and try the lagfix again. Once you get it to work, remember to undo it before flashing your first kernel.
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I personally still recommended that NEVER use oclf. It's outdated, with very ugly install scripts, a plague to remove and nightmare to fix with a post flash to retrieve data (if you don't dare lost data it's ok).
rschenck said:
I personally still recommended oclf as a way to improve a phones performance for a newbie or someone who is not ready to flash kernels or ROMs yet.
If you have an external SD card in, remove it, uninstall the ext2 tools, install them again and try the lagfix again. Once you get it to work, remember to undo it before flashing your first kernel.
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you recommend an app that is outdated whos dev left it to make a better edition which is more simmilar to a modern lagfix?
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.Slane. said:
I personally still recommended that NEVER use oclf. It's outdated, with very ugly install scripts, a plague to remove and nightmare to fix with a post flash to retrieve data (if you don't dare lost data it's ok).
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I didn't have a problem using it, or removing it....and I have a feeling far more phones were trashed by people rushing in to flash kernels before they knew how then have been damaged by oclf.
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gbohm said:
you recommend an app that is outdated whos dev left it to make a better edition which is more simmilar to a modern lagfix?
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The creator of the app left XDA for lots of reasons, very few to do with technical issues. Yes I recommended it as a simple way for someone brand new to android or sgs (as I was) to make his phone more usable.
You can try to use it again, or flash a kernel directly via odin...either way I hope it works out for you.
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rschenck said:
The creator of the app left XDA for lots of reasons, very few to do with technical issues. Yes I recommended it as a simple way for someone brand new to android or sgs (as I was) to make his phone more usable.
You can try to use it again, or flash a kernel directly via odin...either way I hope it works out for you.
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no oclf was abandoned before he left xda he built another better lagfix after oclf ( i think it is called z4mod)
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+1 steer clear of OCLF you're far better off with voodoo or chainfire
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lagfix causing lag on overcome gold?

I upgraded from stock froyo to oc 2.0.0 gold.
Then I noticed some lags.
the worst were in the gallery app which had about one fps while thumbnails were loading and in maps when zooming in to a level where buildings are displayed and then I then scrolled. This totaly stalled the device for more than 10 seconds sometimes.
Then I disabled lagfix in recovery and now it feels like in froyo again, both maps and gallery (i have about 800 photos on the device so itcan be easyly reproduced.
I wanted to post it in the oc thread in dev section, but I do not have permissions to do so.
Any ideas?
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any ideas of what if you already found the solution ? ... they have to work on it little bit more give them time , they will release an update so wait
For me my problems are solved, but isnt this the purpose of this forum to tell others?
I know that there were reports of lags but I dont remember someone pointing at lagfix to cause the lag.
Sorry if this was already known.
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Your gallery will lag after a new rom, as it needs to build a cache first.
If you followed the instructions perfectly when flashing overcome you shouldnt have any lag
I followed the instructions 100%. Really pedantic.
After killing and restarting the gallary app the lag was back evrry time, rebooting didnt help either. It didnt seem to be a cache issue.
After disabling lagfix galary was fast right from the start.
also all other lags I noticed vanished.
I can turn lagfix back on and see what happens, my guess is that lags will come back.
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areshinakya said:
I followed the instructions 100%. Really pedantic.
After killing and restarting the gallary app the lag was back evrry time, rebooting didnt help either. It didnt seem to be a cache issue.
After disabling lagfix galary was fast right from the start.
also all other lags I noticed vanished.
I can turn lagfix back on and see what happens, my guess is that lags will come back.
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The lagfix could be borking with the included tweaks, but you dont need the lagfix anyway
Yep, lagfix is a stupid name for a filesystem conversion anyway.
I admit I did not know what lagfix was until I tried to disable it, heard the robot voice and then checking via adb shell for mounted filesystems.
I have no problem with rfs and will stick to it for now.
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areshinakya said:
Yep, lagfix is a stupid name for a filesystem conversion anyway.
I admit I did not know what lagfix was until I tried to disable it, heard the robot voice and then checking via adb shell for mounted filesystems.
I have no problem with rfs and will stick to it for now.
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if you want ext4 see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943669
Use that kernel, and see the instructions in converting, i'm currently using the kernel, so far so good.
natious said:
if you want ext4 see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943669
Use that kernel, and see the instructions in converting, i'm currently using the kernel, so far so good.
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are you using this kernel with overcome gold ? i really need to know the benefit cuz overcome also got the same kernel or am wrong ? thanks in advance
ok I converted back to ext4, tested and converted to rfs once more.
with ext4 gallery lags like hell, with rfs it is okay.
Strange..
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With overcome 2.0.1 the problem I described in this thread is gone
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[Q] Rom and flashing material

I am generally new (noob) if you will to dev for androids. I am rooted, over clocked, add free and other thing but what I haven't tried yet is getting new roms, kernels, etc. I would like to learn these functions so I can upgrade my phone. Does anyone have and material, websites, etc. on flashing or installing different roms that I.can look over to learn about the process and how to do it exactly? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I can't imagine how your over clocked if u haven't flashed a different kernel. Anyways look around the general section, you may have to dig alittle but all the info your looking for is here.
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akwhite23 said:
I can't imagine how your over clocked if u haven't flashed a different kernel. Anyways look around the general section, you may have to dig alittle but all the info your looking for is here.
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You can use stock kernel and overclock at the same time.
I finally tried it last night but I.got stuck in a loop I believe.. I tried flashing thriller.. lucky I installed cwm recovery and had backed up my last phone. When I flash a.new Rom do I have to return the phone to factory settings? The tutorial I was using was for the old version on cwm recovery and didn't translate to the new one so I basically had to make an educated guess.
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This is exactly what I did. I installed cwm recovery. I.backed up my phone. I downloaded the thriller zip. Connected my.phone to computer and cut and pasted the thriller zip folder onto my SD card. I booted in cwm recovery. And clicked install from SD I found the thriller Rom and downloaded it. Once it was done I clicked re booted normally and when I did this it only showed a bunch of colors coming.g together into and x and did that for 10 minutes until I booted into cwm recovery again and restored from my latest back up. Anything I did wrong or didn't do? Any help would be appreciated.
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Yeah, I didnt figure he knew how to configure an overclock module asking all those questions.
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Not quite sure what your asking but yes if i was you when you flash a knew rom do three wipes, factory,cache,davik. if you dont it could cause boot issues.
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Yeah, I didnt figure he knew how to configure an overclock module asking all those questions.
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Not quite sure what your asking but yes if i was you when you flash a knew rom do three wipes, factory,cache,davik. if you dont it could cause boot issues.
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Extremely unnecessary wipes.
Factory reset does these three things.
Wipes /data
Wipes /cache
Wiping dalvik-cache is useless in a factory reset as "dalvik-cache" is stored in "/data".
OK so from your experience am I doing it right except for the factory wipe? Or are the wipes unnecessary? Thanks for the print responses too!
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Its important to know what version software your running. I believe the thriller rom only works on android software version 2.2 aka froyo. If your phone is running 2.3 gingerbread that would be the reason why the rom didn't work. Check in settings>aboutthisphone>androidversion to see which software you've got. I'm relatively new to all this also but I hope I helped
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ANdroid1AC said:
OK so from your experience am I doing it right except for the factory wipe? Or are the wipes unnecessary? Thanks for the print responses too!
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I'd suggest always doing a wipe when going from ROM to ROM.
This is how I do my wipes.
NANDROID current ROM
Flash new ROM
If I even see one force close, I factory reset.
@lestat.. but when I do wipe it.. doesn't it wipe the SD card too? Like when I hit factory settings does it clear SD as well?
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ANdroid1AC said:
@lestat.. but when I do wipe it.. doesn't it wipe the SD card too? Like when I hit factory settings does it clear SD as well?
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I'm not sure on that as I always use ClockworkMod to factory reset.
It doesn't touch your SDcard.
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@twin.. I'm running gingerbread so what's a good Rom to run with 2.3.5? @ lestat.. OK cool then ill try it through CWM.. thanks man
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ANdroid1AC said:
@twin.. I'm running gingerbread so what's a good Rom to run with 2.3.5? @ lestat.. OK cool then ill try it through CWM.. thanks man
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You'll have to try the ROMs for yourself. I can't say for myself as a dev.
I personally like thrill seeker. The original developer had to give up on it because he's been busy, but another dev (Bdadd34) has picked it up and is continuing to work on it. I like it because its stable and very simple to flash and I don't have to flash to a different baseband (which I've never tried). Also from reading on here for a while I know lestat's acidhazard rom is a favorite among most not only for the thrill here in the US, but also for a lot O3D users. His is a rom kitchen so you pretty much build the rom with features you want. its still a little over my head but lestat has a great reputation on here for being super helpful. I'm sure he'd explain it much better or just check out his website which I'm sure a link is in the post for his rom.
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I'm using Dark's acidhazard rom with acura's beast 1.3 extreme low voltage kernel. I have no complaints and the support from dark is incredible. I'm on v20p too and I haven't experienced any ghost calls yet. *knocks on wood* I would definitely recommend acid hazard..
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I tried to flash thrill seeker to it but it put my phone in a loop so I don't know what's going on.. I don't think I know enough yet. Any suggestions. Play by play would be nice.
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ANdroid1AC said:
I tried to flash thrill seeker to it but it put my phone in a loop so I don't know what's going on.. I don't think I know enough yet. Any suggestions. Play by play would be nice.
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You need to go into cwm using the 3d volume down and power button combo when you see of symbol let off power button then once in cwm recovery then you need to do a factory reset then reboot phone that should fix your problem
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Lg Thrill (p925) on tmobile network v10e ROM HELP
hi everyone.. i was wondering could anyone tell me which roms i could flash on my stock 2.2.2 v10e lg thrill 3D? i liked CM 7.2 but no baseband... i tried a few methods posted around the site here but jus keep gettin bricked and looped at startup screen..thanks goozeness for CWM lol...thanks in advance
oh and probably dumb to ask since all leads have pointed me to a hell NO
but can i get 3g/4g on my thrill using tmobile?? i know smack me now lol but i ran into what someone called "the golden ticket" and when i d/l the zip to my sd whether its internal or external sd.. i cant find it in CWM mode to flash it.
wayno140 said:
You need to go into cwm using the 3d volume down and power button combo when you see of symbol let off power button then once in cwm recovery then you need to do a factory reset then reboot phone that should fix your problem ..
Thanks man but when you factory reset does it clear ur external SD card?
My other question is when I copy n paste it zip file containing the ROM to my phone should it be on internal or external?
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Wife's galaxy s

Hi my wife's galaxy s has started turning the screen on at random..and continuously sometimes. This as we know will start ruining the battery.I've had many issues with her ics. For some reason since installing a kernel. It messed it all up somehow the remains of the boot image or kernel etc is still onboard thankfully I still can boot her. Can't apply custom roms at all. I can send an official rom from the PC but that's it. I managed to get gb on. Its started randomly turning the screen on. Fairly certain its not the rom she's had it since last year
Any ideas? Is there anyway to totally strip the phone of virtually everything to the core and start against
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If you think its a kernel issue you could run a kernel cleaner script then reflash, but my sgs did this when it got water damage almost exactly as your described
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Thanks for the reply do you know where the kernel script is?
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Do a nandroid backup. Then copy necessary files to SD card (rom, kernel, modem, whatever.)
Then format /system and do a factory reset. Then do a fresh install of your kernel and rom.
Then in cwm go to backup and restore, advanced restore, and restore her data!
Then your phone is fresh .
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166954 here you go read the guide and flash it , I seriously doubt the other suggestion will work as the nandroid backup restores it to exactly how it was before I mean like if your wifi was left on it will be on after you restore exact, so what ever bug is doing this will almost defiantly restore aswell
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It will work we are just saving data like settings and apps.
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Ill just back up apps. And SMS etc that's it. Need a new rom anyway
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AlwaysDroid said:
It will work we are just saving data like settings and apps.
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It backs all the system apps up aswell and every single thing so if there is a bug it will restore that aswell... your better off just redownloading the Alps from play market after and using a sms backup app if you want a clean install
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[Q] my sgs is broken, how to solve?

hi everybody, since yesterday my galaxy s doesn't want to boot, and i have bootloop after some flickering on display...
i've tried to flash different ROMs and cyano, and stock, but still nothing :/
i formatted sdcard but problem remains!
is there any guide to solve it?
(see attached image about flickering)
Have a read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841250
I've tried to push power button for almost 1 minute,
Tried to flash param.lfs,
Tried the rescue kit but still nothing
I will try to install froyo, but i don't know what else can i do :/
Neither what do i have to search for
The same problem with froyo i don't know what else i can do
I had a similar problem on GB. Did you already flash a stock Gb?
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KUN1 said:
I had a similar problem on GB. Did you already flash a stock Gb?
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i've tried to flash jvz, 2.3.6, and froyo too, but the best i had was google service fc
Did you do a full wipe after installing the rom?
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KUN1 said:
Did you do a full wipe after installing the rom?
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of course i did,
it's strange thing, because it rebooted suddently and froze on the big S of galaxy S, then i've tried everything i found on the web but still nothing

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