imperialWicket

I wrote about my Captivate trials before here and here. In general, I have been less than pleased with the device. Anyway, I finally got around to installing a ROM, and it did not go quite as smoothly as I had hoped. Since I encountered a lot of conflicting information and took a few wrong turns, I wanted to post…more

So I joined Google+; more on that later. I joined with one of my non-primary gmail accounts, thinking it would shield me from some things - the effectiveness of this strategy is up for debate, but that is what I did. I thought it would be great to download the Google+ mobile app, and that's when I remembered how much…more

During the course of troubleshooting why my Samsung Captivate could not update its software and could not stay turned on, I encountered several posts about possible issues with LauncherPro. LauncherPro is an excellent application, and although it has some minor issues on a few devices, it receives regular updates and has an active community of users. In fact, it's …more

UPDATE - The replacement battery did not fix my device power down issues. Since it is still under warranty, I get a replacement device (refurbished) at no cost. I get to keep the replacement battery. I can't help assuming that my 'refurbished' device will be a Captivate that someone else returned because it was powering down.more

UPDATE 2: My Captivate powered down this morning twice of its own accord (in a span of about 2 hours, which is a new record for me). The internets suggest that the JH7 software update fixes the power down issue for some, unfortunately not me. I'll be backing up my data and attempting to get a replacement from AT&T very …more