yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
lmao! my girlfriend has the mytouch4g & i found out it had 720p recording. asked her if she knew. she always thought she had it switched on too.

I'm glad you got it figured out
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patrick0823:
How do I get to the bootloader screen I'm new at this but everything I read hasn't worked
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
If you're on 2.3 you need to go to settings, applications, and unchecked fast boot...then power off the phone and hold volume down and the power button. Or download quickboot from the market

We're comin from a pure power source.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbrawley1:
Turn phone off all the way.......

Hold Vol. Down

while holding Vol. Down

Hold Power button...

for 2-4sec then white screen should pop up
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BonkyMoon:
If Quickboot is enabled and you haven't disabled it, then you'll need to pull the battery out, put it back in, and then hold Vol. Down + Power for a few seconds until it gets to the bootloader.
[Xperia Arc General] Mobage:
http://www.ptcrb.com/ctiastaff/complete/view_complete_request.cfm?modelid=18647

HW Version	SW Version	Request Type	Date Certified

A	4.0.1.C.0.86	ECO	Oct 4, 2011
[Xperia Arc General] maidguitar:
Does that mean we're getting ota soon? I'm still on 2.79, like at the bottom of that list :(
[Xperia Arc General] Mobage:
Have you spoken to NTT DoCoMo about it?
[Xperia Arc General] maidguitar:
I have not. We're still on 2.3.2 out here, and waiting on .3... doesn't find updates through pc companion either. Maybe I'll give em a call later.
[Xperia Arc General] Mobage:
HW Version	SW Version	Request Type	Date Certified

A	4.0.1.C.0.55	ECO	Sep 28, 2011

Don't see the American and/or the International version yet.
[Xperia Arc General] augie7107:
It's about time.

I'm running 131 and there is no themes, xloud etc
[Xperia Arc General] chitose_ndy:
In Indonesia we've already had the OTA update.. the 2.3.4 ..

well many changes though.. lil bit excitin :)
[Xperia Arc General] rizkyadhi:
what is the differences between Indonesian Firmware & Generic Firmware??? :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] chitose_ndy:
as far as i know,

our region (Indonesia) doesn't seem have that specified firmware (like US, UK, etc).

so, we r using the global generic firmware.

there's no such thing as "Indonesia Firmware".

its global generic firmware. :)

Indonesia is one of many countries that's using global generic firmware

my arc is made from Singapore, and still, its using generic global firmware.

not "Singapore Firmware" .

hope it helps. :D
[Xperia Arc General] squalldua:
yes. i bought my arc in indonesia, got 2.3.2 by default, OTA to 2.3.3, then flash to generic global .368 (LT15i_4.0.A.2.368_Generic Global.zip).

and when i plug the arc to my pc last week, pc companion says 2.3.4 update is available ! woot :D

btw, what's the different between arc SO-01C and arc LT15i?

(besides SO-01C is a japanese version)
[Xperia Arc General] augie7107:
Nothing. 1-2-5 bands like LT15a. Lots of bloatware but most can be deleted.
[Xperia Arc General] squalldua:
so.. it's the same thing, but has three available colors (blue, silver, pink) ? :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] augie7107:
That's all with the exception of it is locked to Docomo at purchase, has a japanese keyboard option, one additional static wallpaper (blue/pink) and one additional live wallpaper (ambient time).
[Xperia Arc General] chitose_ndy:
and why dont they just make the same firmware.. just too complicated to create special firmware for japan but no big difference at all with the other firmwares.. @_@

who knows..
[Xperia Arc General] squalldua:
hmm, not much of a diference.. i thought it has diferent antenna or cdma mode, or something like that :p

like chitose_ndy said, why does it took so long to release the 2.3.4 update ?

another mistery :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] chitose_ndy:
Well.. looks like japan arc's hardware maybe has something differrent than others.. :)

And.. what will happen if we have the generic arc fw(uk, global, etc) , and flash it with japan fw?

I'm wondering what will happen :p
[Xperia Arc General] augie7107:
You will have a LT15i running Docomo's firmware. From information I gather here, any firmware will work on all three arcs in question, LT15a, LT15i and SO-01C.
[Xperia Arc General] squalldua:
so just go flash "LT15i_4.0.A.2.368_Generic Global", then OTA to 2.3.4 :D
[Xperia Arc General] chitose_ndy:
Sounds interesting!!

I will try hhehehehe :p
[Xperia Arc General] Mobage:
HW Version	SW Version	Request Type	Date Certified

A	4.0.1.C.0.86	ECO	Oct 4, 2011

For all regions, LT15a, LT15i and SO-01C.
[Xperia Arc General] augie7107:
New firmware available for SO-01C

4.0.1.C.1.9

Available at Wotan and supposed to be available via PC Companion beginning at 8PM Thursday November 10th Japan time.
[Xperia Arc General] senthilpgv:
unlock so-01c x10

Hi,

My SO-01C docomo xperia arc is SIM unlocked, fi i flash generic firmware through flashtool,

Will it remain SIM unlocked???

please reply
[Xperia Arc General] Someguyfromhell:
If you do not flash simlock.ta via Flashtool, then it should remain unlocked.
[Xperia Arc General] senthilpgv:
so-01c arc

Thanks mate,.. I tried downloading a generic firmware from web.. if I placed it in flashtool 'firmware' folder, flashtool lists simlock.ta..

What should I do?
[Xperia Arc General] Someguyfromhell:
Tick the Exclude TA option.
[Xperia Arc General] senthilpgv:
Ohh ok.. I will do it and let you know..... Thanks
[Xperia Arc General] senthilpgv:
Thanks mate, flashed with generic firmware.. Thinking to install a custom ROM

What I know is, boot into Recovery mode and install custom zip and follow Aroma installer...

Please suggest me best custom ROM for my arc.. I'm in locked bootloader..

and if you can get me the installation process of a custom ROM..

Thnaks in advance...
[Xperia Arc General] Someguyfromhell:
Best ROM - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2097137

You can find the installation process in ROM's topic, they explain how to get it working.
[Xperia Arc General] EBUKS4UALL:
Please can someone help me with the SO-01C docomo xperia firmware to wake my SO-01C docomo xperia ???

the phone always stuck on boot!!:crying:
[Xperia Arc General] nhuduy:
you can get flashtool... flash file ftf fw JP,

Version Docomo 4.0.1.C.1.31

docs.google.com/uc?id=0B0EOZK8Eg5HBLWhHQXJ4NVJxME0&export=download
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ochakov:
Stock JVP 2.3.4 on Galaxy S

Getting FC on com.android.phone after a phone call 2-3 times a day (~ every 10 calls)

Getting FC on messaging and receiving SMS (rare)

Still happens after a full wipe

Anybody else experiences the problem?

Any more FC on JVP?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got-petrol:
No fc here have you installed any thing
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadwarrior:
I'm having the same issue too for com.android.phone. EXACTLY the same as u. I lose signal for a few secs then it's ok again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ukdtweak:
Look in the "Stock 2.3.4" thread, there is a cmw.zip with a fixed Phone.apk, just flash it via CWM...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leroys:
Sorry can't find it can somebody post it here.i am also having this problem with jvp, thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mozzer2k4:
same problem here!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paroulis:
the same issue for me too
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vln_Thomas:
Should be this :) Page 54 in the thread :rolleyes:

Next time you may should effort more time and search for it by yourself instead of letting others do that:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paroulis:
with witch kernel are you??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barvna:
I have the same problem!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paroulis:
your kernel??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fjelsten:
I also get this on JVH (and JVB before that) - always phone dialler searching for contacts by entering digits. Also using Go SMS or stock SMS client it sometimes happens.

CF Root.

I have even flashed 2.2.1 and upgraded to 2.3.3. though Kies. Still the same. It's driving me nuts.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seresseran:
Same fc issue. I had to revert back to 2.3.3 again. Very annoying. Another thing everybody i am talking told me to speak more loudly because they can not hear me and that my voice is not clear.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vladoots:
I had the exact same problem with JVH (but not with any other firmware, including JVP). I tried to re-flash JVH (with re-partition), but it persisted.

I then went for an even older FW (an Eclair ROM), then re-flashed JHV (with bootloaders) and it worked just fine.

I still don't know what caused the problem, but that's how I solved it... Hope this helps! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paroulis:
i did the same thing yesterday night and now testing the jvp..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bulkmania:
lokk here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14688449&highlight=Phone.apk#post14688449
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vln_Thomas:
Why you guys even did not read the first page instead of posting rubbish?

Shame on you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mammenj:
I was on a call and it FC'd and network signal was lost as well.

I dont know if FC was due to lost signal or lost signal because it FC'd, either way its a major bug in JVP.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vln_Thomas:
Sorry man but are you stupid?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raider0001:
I had that too but only 1 time, after i hang up phone suddenly lost network and after cuple of seconds it was back. No FC no errors. Maybe it is becouse of dirty sim card, i had samsung i5700 before and had to clean sim card, after cleaning it never happend again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ukdtweak:
Ok, I give up, here is the cmw.zip, being has how so many people cannot be bothered to read or search ....

Just copy to your Internal SD card,

reboot into recovery

select the option to install .zip from SD card

Choose .zip

Use the volume keys to scroll up/down the list till you find Phone.zip and select it !

Credits to Brotuck who uploaded the file in the Stcok 2.3.4 thread :)

P.S. I take no credit for this, nor responsibility if flashing it causes any problems, but it worked fine for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cool_nemo:
I used jvp about one week. But I had not found any FC at all. You may be some problem about your apps
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leroys:
I dont understand what you are talking about but thanks for the link, very useful.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fjelsten:
The update.zip has not fixed my issue on jvh. I still get force closes on using the dialler (searching for contacts) and sometimes opening GoSms or the default messaging app - but *only* these.

Any hints for me?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chief_Death:
Because it is for JVP...

now I believe that the human race is doomed >.>
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2310greg77:
i had this bug with ficetos 2.3.4..i hard reset my sgs flash the rom from samfirmwares ,hard reset 1 more time ,no root,and no bug at all ..very happy with batery no fc in any app included phone apk..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ochakov:
I have updated the new zipaligned phone.apk

At first, i though the problem was solved, but after a few hours I've got the same FC on com.android.phone as before

In the second thought, I am running Ramad's deodexed version and the problem might be with him.

It seems that either JVP has a bug or Ramad did a bad job in deodexing the rom. I think to install the original non-deodexed version and try
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pendejerto:
I got the same problem with the stock jvp, with the original odexed apk. Maybe is a jvp bug.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] {Angel}:
Where you on stock kernel? I was getting this with cf-root, did not try stock. Always happened to me when somebody hanged up a call on me while i was using bt.

And i was using stock odexed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pendejerto:
it was harcores, t8 i think. when i received or made the calls, at the moment of the hangup, it fc and lost signal for about 2 or 3 secs.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syamsoul:
Deodexed JVP with Speedmod kernel here!

Reporting in sometime have FC in messaging app!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xchasa:
Same here on Symply GS2 rom.

Open phone app and then it closes. Thought I was bumping the back button at first. So frustrating.

Just apply phone zip in this thread and its sorted. For JVP anyway.

Edit. No its not.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atv3d:
+1

Enviado desde mi GT-I9000 usando XDA Premium App
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmy:
Tried phone.zip update on stock JVP rom. Same problem, phone.apk crashes
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fjelsten:
Well, the point was that I have experienced a somewhat similar problem so maybe people had an idea about the root cause so it could help me in my investigation.

Get over yourself.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SKeijmel:
i have been running it for a week nog and still never had a force close.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madd0g:
Worked fine for me. Make sure you got a DEODEXED ROM.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $omator:
ive heard that fc's happens on custom kernels like fisceto and so on

had no fc on stock+cfroot
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steph_1973:
Well your lucky so far, Just went back to 2.2 stable.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $omator:
i am not 'lucky so far' i just know how to flash and use my phone =)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hidr0*:
i fixed that issue by re flashing 2.3.4 and using JV6 modem since i have a i9000T not sure if thats the issue but worked for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.go:
I had the same issue as most of you on Ramad's deodexed. Flashing the updated phone.zip did nothing. So I reflashed the stock JVP with repartition. Then Ramad's deodexed. It's been 2 days, and I haven't had a force close yet. So, it might have been just a bad flash. I will know in the next few days.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ochakov:
Reflashing a different modem did not solve the problem. Also, I have bluetooth hanging problem which I am going to write in a different post.

This build is unstable and not useful for day by day usage.

Hope Samsung devs are reading this forum.

Going back to JVH
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xchasa:
I have had GB launcher now for 1 whole day and no fc issues yet.

Tried everything to replicate.

Tw4 had this commen issue for me.

Might have something to do with tw launchers.

Edit. Still does it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qobok:
If the phone enter in standby and the phone.apk FC, the process it won't restart until you unlock the screen and press "force close". You won't know if someone is calling you.

The person who is calling will hear your phone ringing (so your phone will be registered on network) but your phone will not ring. Happened to me.

My phone is rooted, I'm thinking maybe this is the reason... I had no time to test yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poker_X:
Hello,

I have the same FC issue on ODEX JVP...

For about 1/2 - 1/3 calls, when I hang up the phone.apk app crashes and I have to force close.

Is there any solution for this? I would try the fixed apk above, but unfortunately it's only for deodexed rom, so it won't help me :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzello:
I have had this phone FC only once after flashing to JVP. No roots just stock. When this FC happened I was driving with my car and the phone was connected to my bt car kit. After the FC the connection to car kit was also lost even the kit showed that the phone is connected (it did not work though).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalki:
not, you're just a big SPAMMER, and nothing more.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msedhom:
I have the exact same problem as you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonyhaha:
yes, we all with the problems are the stupid ones and somator is the all knowing eye. the brown eye. Mr somator, please stop acting like the biggest prick :).

i am also running stock odexed jvp with cf-root. and that is all. and i have hadd the issue since i installed jvp. for me it is completly alleatory.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poker_X:
I noticed that someone posted a fixed phone app for deodexex roms. Can someone please do the same for ODEX JVP?

Thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msedhom:
It didn't work when I tried it. Problem persisted, so didn't make a difference.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xchasa:
F1 V7 Rom.

All sorted:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r1racer:
Hello, same problem here.

had the stock jvp with speedmod kernel T8b.

to test it myself. i am calling my own sgs with another phone, i take the call on the SGS, then a few seconds when the screen goes off on the SGS, i hang up on the other phone (not on the sgs)...then i get the FC. when i hang up the call on the sgs there is no problem.

now i have tried ROM "F1 JVP Mod V7". short time after flashing...no FC, but now i have finished all my settings (did it all manually without titanium) and i have these FC´s again!!!!

Tried the Phone.zip...still FC´s.

have all these GB 2.3.4 based ROMS problems with the "com.android.phone" FC´s?

Sorry for my bad english.

thx, Racer
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poker_X:
I have a hunch that this issue appears because of a conflict with the AOSP lock screen mod, as I didn't have it at all before instaling this mod.

I will revert the mod today and see if I still have this FC.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonyhaha:
I just flashed a fresh jvp stock firmware, odexed. Cfroot seems to be the only thing causing phone to crash. I formatted internal storage and everything else from came recovery. Flashed firmware with able and got my first phone crash after 12 he's. So... this must be firmware bug or a bug from cfroot. I don't see any other source causing the problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poker_X:
It's not related to cf-root, as I am on stock kernel (used voodoo to root, then went back to stock kernel).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterJam882:
Have JVP ODEX running with supercurio kernel since day it was leaked.

I did a clean install never used titanium or something like that,.

After that I applied voodoo kernel and activated ext4.

And after this step I began to download all my apps I need.

Not a single FC so far. and phone is running like hell with ext4.

Beside googletalk1.3, dagnarfs gpsfix and the tiny gb mod from Somator I have no tweaks installed.

Maybe this helps some ppl.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poker_X:
okay, on my side I can conform that the FC is generated by the AOSP lock screen from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13924654#post13924654

after reverting to all stock, then installing the mod without the lock screen and wiping cache/dalvik cache I have no more FC (tested at least 10 times).

Can someone pls confirm?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r1racer:
ok.

now i flashed "Ficeto_JVH_I9000_Odin" and then "[ROM][F1 Galaxy S2 V2][Look & Feel Of Galaxy S2][Rock Stable!][6-21-11]".

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1129404

tried calling my sgs several times without FC´s. then i installed all of my apps with appbrain. Now again FC´s.

i think that ROM has no AOSP lock screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreaproietti:
try to replace phone.apk with one in darky's rom or in another JVH rom

work for me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewoks:
from witch DarkyRom?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lunchbox115:
After wipe there shouldn't be any FCs! Don't restore apps!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinagoshen:
For those with the fc on phone.apk, I posted a link to the phone.apk I found on a different thread on xda that sofar gives me almost 24 hours without the phone.apk fx, it's on stock 2.3.4 thread.

I hope it really is the solution.

Jvp 2.3.4 Ficeto
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinagoshen:
stock rom 2.3.4 page 62 post 613
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $omator:
anyone with fcs. try to install pure 2.3.4 - if you still got fcs you dont know how to flash properly - go back to kies
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r1racer:
i had Fc´s too. went back to froyo then stock JVP. and now i have found out after long time testing that the PROBLEM IN MY CASE IS THE "AUTOMATIC-TURN FEATURE" (don´t know another word for it). if it is on then i have no FC´s (com.android.phone). when it´s off then i get the FC´s!!!!

i was testing it when i tried to call my sgs with another phone. when i take the call on the sgs and push the power button to turn off the screen a little time later, then end the call on the other phone, then i get the FC´s (turn-feature off). i think it´s a bug in JVP.

it has been working all the time i tested it in that kind.

before i´ve tried all these phone-FC-fixes and nothing worked.

Maybe someone could sort that issue out?!

Hope i could help anybody too and sorry for my bad english.

greets, r1racer
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $omator:
there are no such problems on corectly installed firmware/rom - so if you have any problems you must have done something wrong - thats the facts mate

we dont have deifferent phones - its 1:1 the same

i am sorry but you have no idea what are you talking about =)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r1racer:
i think it´s not so complicated to flash that phone. i think i´ve done it right reading enough xda-posts to do so. flashed darkys jvh rom without FC´s. only the JVP-based Roms i´ve tested had that issues (for example gingerreal-rom or galaxy s2-V6-rom) and the stock JVP too.

i am now on galaxy s2 V6 rom, because i like it best.

and in my case the issue is the turn-feature.

maybe other people with com.android.phone-FC´s will test it and see that this is maybe their problem too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $omator:
so what i made different that i do not have any fc or any othe trouuble at all ?? if my works ok i asume i made everything ok - you have fcs - sorry youve made some mistake

to start with i think all gbs got some trouble with factory reset / wipe and solution to this is to flash some 3 file froyo first do fr there and then go on with gb you want and thats what i always say to do ....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r1racer:
i´ve done so. flashed froyo h ttp://hotfile.com/dl/109356131/6aab60b/I9000XXJQ3_XXJPY_DBTJS2.rar.html, wiped all the time after flashing, next GB ver. h ttp://hotfile.com/dl/120782210/8ac6b60/XXJVP.rar.html, wipe, cf-root 3.7, wipe, Galaxy s2 V6-ROM, wipe, 9-lockscreen-addon, wipe,wipe,wipe .... ok i think less wiping would have done it too :-)

i am not allowed to post links yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $omator:
then its a mystery =)

i wonder what would happened if i would flash your phone ;d

one cent :) that it would not have a single fc ;]
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madd0g:
Yeah one million wipe and flashes aren't necessary if you know what you're doing. But most of them just do it because that's the recipe they learned when doing it for the first time. Doesn't matter if they still have no idea what they're doing :D Same goes for flashing with Odin with repartition every time. Totally unneeded.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alnei1:
To prevent com.android.phone FC-ing on gingerbread make sure to have checked the settings/call settings/all calls/call status tones/"CALL END TONE"

It worked for me just great.