Captivate FAQ's/Known Issues - Please Read Before Posting

[Cory Streater]

The following are frequently asked questions within the Captivate forum. This page will be updated frequently, and suggestions are welcomed. Please PM an Admin or a Mod if you have a suggestion or would like to add additional content.

Documentation:

1. User Guide.

2. Samsung Support FAQ's.

3. Exporting/Importing contacts from Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Palm and other devices into Android.

4. Android Central's How-To Articles.

Popular Discussions:

1. Task Managers.

2. Tethering.

3. Wallpapers, Ringtones, and Themes.

4. Best apps.

5. Cases.

6. Performing a backup.

7. If I exchange/replace my Droid for a new one, will everything be transferred over?

8. Favorite music apps.

9. Sync with iTunes via WiFi.

10. Other iTunes synching methods.

11. Where to store custom notification sounds & ringtones.

12. Converting movies using DVD Catalyst (Original Droid settings also apply to X) or Handbrake.

13. Everything you need to know to uncripple your Captivate.

Known/Common Issues:

TBD.

If you do not see an answer to your question above, please use the SEARCH feature of the forums, to look for a solution, before starting a new thread.

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

One of our podcast listeners and chatroom attendees (and I'm sorry, I forgot your name!) asked about this one.

Happen to be lucky enough to know a pretty savvy network engineer, who is also an Android geek who pointed me in the right direction just a few days ago about this one.

Depending on your specific network, it might not work. But I promise it won't be any worse than it is now

How to fix Android Wi-Fi problems :: SearchNetworking.com.au

Thanks to the good folks at Search Networking, and thanks Dave for pointing me to it.

[Ross]

Thanks for slogging this out, AmsDiane! I too had the apk file in the payload directory and got the same error. All is good now.

[captivated climber]

I had no problems setting it up and it works great...Just trying to find some worth while apps now that i haven't already bought...

[myk26]

Id love to find more as well...best I could come up with was Trillian and Sirius.

[shatteredfx84]

can some one help... me plz if they can ... plz reply to my aim at starsxbroken


thank you so much for in advance..

[ragnarokx]

Originally Posted by shatteredfx84

can some one help... me plz if they can ... plz reply to my aim at starsxbroken


thank you so much for in advance..

Post your question and we'll try and help.

[shatteredfx84]

Why does not the sideloader does not work on my computer.. it is driving me nuts

[vinniecaleb]

If you use kies, will it let you do your software updates on it from samsung's website? I uninstalled kies from my computer because it said my device was not supported or something like that.

[the3dgm]

I have, FINALLY, got it to work on my Vista 64 bit machine, downloaded the USB drivers for 64-bit systems here, removed the Samsung Drivers first, of course. The USB connection is rock solid and instant now that I switched to a USB port at the back of my machine. It was always hit or miss, mostly miss, with the front ports. Removed SWM v1 and replaced with v1.1beta which turned out to be a good thing since v1 always gave me a fail message it seems it did put the .apk on my phone, whether it was all or part I don't know since I did not try it, but, since v1.1 has the UPDATE check box it overwrote the installed .apk and now AndroidWifi Manger, it's .apk and the PC part work fine and I'm able to sync and back up my phone, since Kies has never worked for me.

Thanks everyone for the information that helped me to trouble shoot everything and getting SWM to work!