[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MT00321:
My starting point...

This was loaded with PIT *512, Odin 1.7, and PDA 20110318_ZSJPJ.tar (ASIA) with repartition selected

Wifi, APN, phone, android market, auto sync, and camera – working

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*2767*3855#	Device rebooted normally after factory reset. All settings lost, the device start appears to be fresh and clean.

Android system recovery 3e

Automatic time updating has never worked for me. I unselect automatic and manually choose Beijing +8.

Darky's ROM v9.5 Installation

Followed instructions found here:

http://www.darkyrom.com/community/i...rkys-rom-on-2-2-2-2-1-i9000-i9000m-only.1041/

Setup Darky’s ROM Configurator

Flashed Dark_Core_1.0.tar with Odin 1.3

The Dark Core kernel does not work on my phone. Still Android system recovery (3e)

Revised ROM configurator to skip kernel as per alternative kernel method

Flashed speedmod-kernel-k13d-500hz.tar with Odin 1.3

I skipped backup step. Fresh phone so no reason to backup

Completed efsbackup

Through recovery, wipe data/factory reset completed

Through recovery, Darky’s ROM v9.5 flash completed

Selected reboot device through recovery screen

The rest of the story...

This is a list of every action I took after completing what seemed to be a flawless installation of the ROM.

Updated phone settings…. Language, time, wifi password, google password, etc.

Sync of gmail, google contacts, and google calendar completed without problems.

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Opened home switcher app. Set homeswitcher to ‘Launcher’

Checked camera. Pressed home key and phone went back to original setup wizard screen, the one you see when you wipe your phone. I continued to press next to get through the sequence. Home screen switched back to ‘TwLauncher’ appeared to be the only change.

Pressed home button. Ticked box to set default. Selected ‘Launcher’

Tested camera again. I pressed the home key to get out of the app and the home switcher option came up again. Once again, selected to tick box to set the action as a default and picked ‘Launcher’.

Tested camera again. The home button properly went to the default this time.

The Places app does not launch.

Modified some settings inside Spare Parts app. Animation and wifi sleep policy.

Changed faster fix app to show China.

Opened Gmail app, rec’d ‘stopped unexpectedly’ message. Force close.

Tried to respond to an SMS message, rec’d ‘stopped unexpectedly’ message when I tapped the box to bring up the keyboard. Force close.

Opened Messaging app and tried again to respond to SMS message with same result.

Went to settings, modified input method to ‘Touch Input Chinese’, the device shutdown immediately.

Restarted phone. Unlocked screen and rec’d message ‘Process system is not responding’. It stayed there momentarily and then did a very quick reboot. I unlocked the screen and rec’d the same message.

I selected force close. The home screen was black with no wifi or phone service. Touching the applications button opened the list of app icons but the phone eventually the device did its very quick reboot.

I held the power button down for several seconds to force the device to turn off. I pressed the power button in hopes of it starting up normally… with the exception of having no phone service, it did seem to start normally.

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Rebooted device. No change in status from note immediately above.

From power off menu, selected recovery. Installed Darky’s ROM again from SDcard.

No personal information was lost. No change in status of phone service.

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Flashed stock ROM and returned to starting point noted at beginning of the post.