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    Power Profiles?

    Very simple: I want the timeout for the screen to be "never" when plugged in and 30 seconds when on battery. I'd also like to automatically adjust brightness based on power source. That functionality was a built into WinMo in 2002! Am I missing something here?
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    Woo-Hoo! TEARDOWN!

    Teardown of the Captivate with pics! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740022
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    Has anyone w/GPS probs tried this?

    I dicked around with all those BS static settings of "Custom Config" in the SUPL/CP Settings in GPS diag mode and eventually just set "Server FQDN Type" to AUTO Config and it works great! The server that it automatically came up with was h-slp.mnc410.mcc310.pub.3gppnetwork.org Port: 7275 I'm...
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    www.galaxyshelp.com

    Looks like Samsung has launched a dedicated site supporting the Galaxy S - www.galaxyshelp.com I contacted their live chat on the site and asked about the GPS issue. Here's a short snip of the conversation Ruth: We need to perform soft reset by removing and reinserting the battery. If the...
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    Custom launchers don't work with MTP/Kies!?

    Preface: I've run LauncherPro from day one. I started evaluating ADW Launcher today. So I decided to try Kies again. I set it up and hard set my USB connection on the phone to Samsung Kies. I plugged in my phone and didn't even get the notification from Windows that a USB device was plugged...
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    Swapping it out

    I've decided after the last 5 days of playing with different charging methods and battery managers, I'm going to swap out my Captivate for another one. Since there's no 3rd party battery available yet (unless you want one from Hong Kong on Ebay), I can't really test a different battery to see if...
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    Help Found & Disabled: AT&T Startup Sound

    I know some of you have been wanting to get rid of that annoying startup sound on your phone. Here's what you'll need....(some instructions copied from Maerlim to save time) You'll need the Android SDK (guide to download and install is here) You'll need the USB drivers (Stickied post in this...
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    Button brightness/intensity

    Anyone figured out how to make the Menu, Home, Back and Search buttons brighter or stay on longer? The buttons on my girlfriend's Vibrant are bright as hell!
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    Another AT&Greed Restriction

    I rooted the phone and promptly went to Gameloft in the phone's browser to install some games. AT&Greed intercepted the traffic and gave me the AT&T Gameloft page that ID'd the Captivate and said I could install only 1 game - Asphalt. I used Skyfire and it ID'd my Captivate as a Behold 2! I...
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    Google Ads

    Jesus! It's like my phone is infected with a virus. Almost every app I go into has a Google Ad banner on it! Any way to get rid of that?
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    Missing Ocean Waves

    Dieing for that "missing" Ocean Waves live wallpaper? So was I! I even went to the developer website and searched as they instructed - no luck! I ended up finding here, although it was right where they said it was. I can't explain why it wasn't found before.... Ocean Wave Live Wallpaper -...
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    Official AT&T Captivate Support & Tutorials

    Support Page: Phone and Device Support | Learn how to setup and use your cell phone | AT&T And the Tutorials - Pretty slick coming from AT&T: AT&T Device Simulator