yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] onetik:
Is it necessary to format the USB storage (SD card) every time I install a new ROM, or just a factory reset will do?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Not sure, perhaps search the forums or just use the stock JVQ, it's quite good.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
No that isn't necessary. Factory reset is fine. I tend to do it every 10 or so times i flash just to be safe.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mathijs727:
I'm currently running 2.3.3 (JVH), can I update to JVQ without repartion and factory reset?

Or will it give me errors and stuff like that?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fbs^:
I went through the guide, but it looks like the CWM is not installed. I used the firmware given in the TS and did everything as described in the guide, but i just get the default recovery mode, not the clockwork one.

What should I do now? Flash a CF-root?

Firmware: 2.3.4

Baseband: XXJVQ

Kernel: 2.6.35.7-XXJVQ se.infra@SEP-39 #2

PDA: XXJVQ

PHONE: XXJVQ

CSC: XAJVQ

edit:

I rooted it myself, everythink looks fine now :). I still wonder whats wrong tho.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kohkohnut:
I am really tempted to try this but I am still pretty worried. Bah
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
You can but you will get better performance if you do it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Yeah flash CF-Root to get root control and CWM.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mario031:
Is anybode yet try to update if you have previous install Darky 10.1 (2.3.3)?

EDIT: working great!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] FarSight87:
i used odin on a windows laptop a week ago and had no worries with the upgrade, phone still going well.

Just wondering how i would go about it on a ubuntu laptop? what program/files would i need to flash using ubuntu?

cheers :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
You'll need to use Heimdall instead of odin. It's a different procedure which i'm not too familiar with. I believe it's much the same except that you have to extract the 3 tar files and use all the files out of those in the appropriate fields in heimdall. You might want to find a guid on this forum. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JarikSolo:
Thanks for the guide, I installed the ROM and the SpeedMod kernel, and everything seems to be working perfectly.

Now I'd like to try a different ROM, namely Darkys.

In the install guide for Darkys it says to disable lagfix and other tweaks before installing.

How do I disable this ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
SpeedMod does not automatically enable tweaks (including lagfix). To be sure however, boot into recovery mode (view guid appendix), navigate to speedmod features and run convert filesystem to RFS. If lagfix was on then this should convert it back. Then you should be ready to go to darky ROM. Ideally if you make sure lagfix is off then flash stock firmware, you should have no problem with darky ROM.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JarikSolo:
One more question, does installing Speedmod give me root, wich I assume is required to install cusrom ROM ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vinc3nt:
i used this guide and everything goes nice....thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jeet1988:
hi friends i m going to root my wife s samsung galaxy s model GT 19000m canada carrrier bell ,,can i use the same method to root it which is used for international version ,,plzz suggest

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] FarSight87:
Thanks mate, i read something about heimdall before. Installing it now. cheers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mNiosu:
Very nice guide! Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
You're welcome and thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] FarSight87:
Just flashed my mates sgs using heimdall and this firmware set.

Apparently when using heimdall you have to untar the CSC MODEM and CODE archives and select the files individually. I did this with all the included files and flashed successfully according to heimdall.

Problem is, the phone boots up with normal galaxy screen then goes to a FUZZY grey static screen for 1-2seconds. Then boots up like normal. Is this normal? Are there any extra files i need that arent in the firmware package supplied?

cheers. Pretty worried as i dont want to f*** my mates phone :D

EDIT: just did a reflash and realised i forgot to select secondary bootloader file. Works a treat now!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] XIOZ:
Great guide! Clear and informative without leaving anything out. Thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Cool exactly what I was going to suggest. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] timmash:
Thank you so so much!

Used this tutorial to get out of my BSOD!

Great firmware too!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rob2011:
Thanks for this excellent guide jcspecs.!! :D

sweated all the way through the flash. :eek:

Phone was on a horrible T-mobile JVO update. Now running XXJVQ. Can report battery life seems to have improved (needs more testing though to be 100%) wifi signal better. Much much higher quadrant scores. Previously I was getting 1020, now its 1478 !:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Laccnow:
Hello

I'm about to try to install 2.3 on my friends sgs and luckily I stumbled upon this thread. However, I still have concerns about it.

My friends phone has never been updated non-official way, only KIES and also never been rooted.

So the question comes: is it just okay, if I do EVERYTHING just as in the guid until the step 3.2?

Do I have to do the recovery steps after the rom is installed?

I have a Blade, and these wipe things are about to be done -before- flashing a new rom, that's why I'm confused with this guide right now.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sico69galaxy:
Hi guys i have dwnld the xxjvq firmware and i use winrar to unzip the files but wen i unzip xxjvq frwre im still left with the code.csc.modem file thats still need to be unzipped...i have dwnld other firmwares then unpack using winrar i never had an issue with those files and have flashed my phone bout 5 times...now i want to try xxjvq it seems like they are not unpacked fully,or is this still ok to use
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
If you are using odin then the CODE, CSC and MODEM .tar files are what you need.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Well if you want to maintain all of your friends data, sms, contacts and internet settings then yes, i recommend you do the backup/recovery phases.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sico69galaxy:
Hi ,..i understand the files i use but wat im wandering bout is the code modem,csc files still have the winrar icon on them,like they still need to be unpacked again or it will work this way.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
That's because winrar is set as your default program to handle "*.tar" files. They are fine to use as is. Odin has built in package management for these files.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sico69galaxy:
Thanks for ur reply back ...ok cool will flash that now cheers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sico69galaxy:
This is wat it looks like
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mr.seddon:
Dont know if anyone has encountered this but after flashing this I cant use internet with my Optus im but I can with Telstra, any help would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chillibanana:
Hi

I have followed all the instructions and all went well - apart from one major problem. The phone no longer recognises the sim.

I am on Vodafone in the Uk if this helps

EDIT

I redid the process, minus the cache wipes on my Win7 machine and all is fine. Originally followed all instructions on my winxp machine.

Hope this info helps and doesn't put people off.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DPSK:
Hi nice guide.

may i know do your firmware comes with the bootloader? because i remember reading about installing a bootloader when coming from froyo -> gingerbread.

from my froyo, im planing to flash to gingerbread.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DPSK:
also may i know why is your gingerbread 100MB bigger in size compared to the file posted by Ramad?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102881
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Yes bootloaders are included.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
I don't know. It must be stripped down or packaged different.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mixze85:
Problem

Ok so I read the guide twice just to make sure I did everything right.

Pushed start and waited for 30min (guide says it should take around 2-10min)

Re-read the entire guide again and can't find anything that I could have done wrong. It's now been 45min and Odin is still stuck at "DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!"

What should I do, wait or what? :(

Any help would be great!

[EDIT]

Found another thread that hopefully solved the problem, at least it's installing now (Link:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=929439)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Great I was going to suggest rebooting or battery pulling but glad you found that thread. I might have to add a troubleshooting section.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Chilly0046:
Followed the guide, all went well so a big thanks for that. My old 2.2 was a bit slow and now 2.3.4 is much better.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mixze85:
Don't think you really need too, since most of the problems has been address somewhere else on this forum. People just need to google/search ;)

Thanks by the way for the guide, now my phone is way more resposive and a lot quicker as well ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dr150:
PLEASE HELP!

I have the same issues. I followed the directions

to the letter

BUT the files are in

RAR

form on my (Win7, 64 bit computer).

When I used the RAR files in the appropriate categories (i.e. Pit, PDA, Phone, CSC) (the RAR files show up as .TAR in the Odin program) and then press START button, the progress is

stuck

at: "Do not turn off target" and with no progress meter of any sort.....as the Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLXQn0gOBuA) immediately shows additional scripts beyond "Do not turn off target" and some progress in the meter.

My phone is currently

STUCK

in this process. I haven't unplugged anything yet for fear of BRICKING it!

Please HELP

....................
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Try remove battery and restart computr then put phone into download mode and try again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 011Bojan:
Is there a link on how to RooT 2.3.4? And which root and lagfix work the best?

Best regards
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Root by flashing a custom kernel such as cf-root or speedmod. Rfs is as fast or faster on gingerbread than ext 4 so lag fix is not necessary. However speedmod has the option to change built in which can be accessed with the recovery menu.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] manel13:
hi,

I just installed 2.3.4 and don't see Gingerbread launcher, it still has "normal" one.

am I missing any step?

thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sanderopovic:
Ok, I can't wait anymore for Vodafone Australia to release this update. Now my question: can I use this international firmware for my Australian phone? Won't I have issues (network/internet/future updates?etc) with my phone after the flash??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
No this is a samsung official firmware so it will still have touchwiz i'm afraid. You still have gingerbread installed though.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Yes you can use this with australian firmware, if you follow the guide and backup your APN's you should be able to restore them after to sort out internet connection. You won't be able to do future updates via kies but you can do them like this in the future. Once you've done it once it's easy.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sanderopovic:
Cheers mate, running 2.3.4 now and it's just like a new phone...smooth as!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shomy_037:
Issue

Hey man, I'm having issue to getting into download mode.

The HOME button + the VOLUME DOWN button + the POWER doesn't work on my phone and I'm going to the step 2.2

I've followed instructions, but I didn't find Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 5... to check, instead I found revision 6. I left that and one more up checked, all rest I uncheck and going forward like you said.

When I get indo cmd and type C:\SDK\SDK2\platform-tools\adb reboot download

and press enter it says error: device not found.

In which mode I should connect, i have downloaded your drivers.

My version is:

GT-I9000

2.2.1

I9000XXJPY

2.6.32.9

root@DELL92#1

FROYO.XFJS3

Thanks in advance...

Miloš
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rauel199:
Coming from 2.2.1

Hi i`m coming from official 2.2.1, and i want to install this one... but i have a question: In odin should i tick "phone bootloader update" or not?

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] damar88:
I need help!

After installing Gingerbread 2.3.4 on my Samsung Galaxy S, the screen went black, and it took too long time, so i remove the battery, put it again, then my phone is not able to turn on at all, what's wrong? any solutions? :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sundar83:
ugjl2 modem file realy rocking i just compare this file to this modem xxjvq
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Try my other guide.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
No need to.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] robytron:
guide for noobs, so a noobish question, I am planning to flash My i9000 (current fw is xxJPP) with new xxJVR fw, which CF-ROOT should I exactly flash with this, i meen which version, sorry i'm a bit confused, should i go with CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVP-v3.7-CWM3RFS.zip ? Is it good for JVR ?

from http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=620698&d=1307663627

Thx.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
The latest JVP CF-Root SHOULD work for XXJVR. I know Semaphore kernel does and it is based on CF-Root.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] the_pipmister:
Hi, I'm looking at updating from official 2.2 JP3 (Optus) to 2.3.4

This is my first odin flash and an very worried about doing something wrong.

Is there anything different i need to do in odin with regarts to bootloader or repartioning?

Getting pretty confused :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] robytron:
Ha, i have just flashed My SGS with JVR + CF-Root v4.1 for JVR, stock modem, and it's perfoming quite good... Thx.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] skuzy:
Cheers for the write up! helped solve issues with my phone and now have a fresh start.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] GTRSkyR34:
I buyed my SGS with official 2.3.3 flashed with Kies.

It have a few bugs, and i thought to update on this 2.3.4.

Do you recommend me to update?

I watched this video, its so easy, but in tutorial in this thread after installation it says wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. Is that necessarily or I can install withouth that?

EDIT: CSC File is zipp file, in Odin I select zipped file or I must unzipp and select 2 .rfs files?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] the_pipmister:
just updated to JVR....all seems well, on to testing :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] armincifuentes:
Bricked Galaxy S

Hi, I'd like some help!

My phone is bricked, and I'd like your input on this.

I tried to update my SGS to Gingerbread 2.3.3 using a guide similar to this one (can't post link due NOOB policy). I assume they are similar versions, as both guides require the four files (PIT, Phone, CSC and PDA) and need 'Auto-reboot', 'Re Partition' and 'F. Reset Time' checked.

Thing is, I did the whole Odin routine flawlessly: it displayed 'success' in green when all steps finished, and then the phone tried to reboot. The screen was on, but black. It stuck there for long. I waited a while longer, but then I thougt it was just frozen, so I did a force-reboot.

And then the drama begun: It did just not turn on anymore. I can't see anything in the screen, it just doesn't even turn on, not even displaying black as before the reboot.

I tried many key-combos to enter Download Mode, Recovery Mode, but none worked. Tried to do a full battery charge, discharge, removed the battery, plugged to USB... as many combinations as I could come up with. Nothing.

(Keycombos tried: VolUp+Power, VolDown+Power, VolUp+VolDown+Power, VolUp+VolDown, VolDown+Home+Power, VolUp+VolDown+Home+Power, tried them all with/without battery, charger and USB)

So, whats your prognosis? Is it hard-bricked? Will a JIG work? I really appreciate your help. A dead phone is quite sad. :(

Thanks everyone!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hofinho:
Hm is it possible that you ticked re-partition and accidentaly inserted wrong/no pit file? anyway you said you can charge still!? if both is correct you can enter still enter download mode the following way: charge battery to full -> remove bat for at least!!! 10 min -> and then you have to do a `special move` (not kidding ;) ) : hold vol.down,home and power button and insert bat by doing so-> you should get into download mode now and only then release buttons

if this doesnt work, do you have odin log of your flash that caused the prob?

some more options what to do here: http://androidforums.com/captivate-all-things-root/149354-you-bricked-no.html

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 General] armincifuentes:
Thanks for your quick answer :D !

I double checked every ticket were checked, all three "Auto-reboot", "F. Reset Time" and "Re-partition". At least, the guide said they all needed to be checked. So I did.

As for the .PIT file, there was only one in the folder, so I think it'd be rather hard to choose the wrong file. As good as I remember, I chose the right .PIT file, but there's always a chance I misremember. Then again, Odin succeeded all steps. Would it work, if the file was wrong?

About charging, I don't see the charging screen/icons, nor anything else displaying in the screen when it's plugged in, either to the wall, or via USB. Just a black, powered-off screen. I just assume it still sucks energy.

Lastly, Odin left me no log. I can't find it in Odin's folder, at least.

Will try your killer-combo as soon as I get home! Already crossing my fingers in hope! Also thanks for the link, I'm reading it right now.

I'll let you know how it goes as soon as I do my tests. Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] macaroo:
I ran the CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVP-v3.7-CWM3RFS.tar and it appeard to install busybox and superuser

running jvp. 2.3.4

sgs bell.ca
[Galaxy S I9000 General] macaroo:
im a pants and suspenders man

just cuz I like it when someone tells me it was right...

Ran the GB upgrade as per the vid posted my the sgs guy on youtube to JVP.

It ran perfect...

Then I was like 'I'm going to AMERICA tomorrow. I need to unlock this badboy!"

How do I do that .. .where to start.. So I read the novela versions on XDA and figure I need the CFRoot posted linked by JcSPecs and created by chainfire here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788108

I lilke it!... simple instructions. I grabbed the file that matched my version.

CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVP-v3.7-CWM3RFS

Ran it through Odin. Booom! I got super user/ cwm!

Now I'm thinking though.. I'm still locked though. I remember this Helroz Galaxy Unlock tool on the market. I go grab it (galaxy S unlock).

I follow EACH step.

reboot after the super scary black screen

Am I done? How do I know I am unlocked?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tigersman1000:
Thanks for this mate!

Quadrant score went from 960 to 1360 after the update to JVR.

Btw, Can I use SuperOneClick root to root Gingerbread?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] :
Should i check phone bootloader update ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Nash123:
No! You should not.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] trixnix:
Thanks!

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[Galaxy S I9000 General] dezshiz:
Hey guys, I have a 2.2 phone and I seem to be at a problem. Here is what odin showed up with while trying to flash.

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid

<OSM> CODE_I9000XXJVR_CL425308_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is invalid.

<OSM> End...

Any ideas why this occurred?

EDIT: turns out something was wrong with the file, extracted it to a different location again and it is working now

EDIT 2: Now it seems to be stuck here

<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..

<ID:0/007> File analysis..

<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..

Is it safe to remove USB cable and restart phone?

EDIT 3: removed USB and battery, phone went BSOD then I just entered download mode again. Changed USB hub and now it worked and the flash worked!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mickyman:
Great guide jcspecs! My flash was successful and rooted it right away which also went like a charm.

Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Peter1234:
thank you very much for your post.

Before I flash my froyo I would like make sure thet the file I downloaded as a Firmware link in the beginning of this thread is correct.

There is a little discrepancy between content of the firmware and what is written above:

1. Firmware file contains Odin v1.83, you are writing about version 1.85

2. I found CSC.tar file instead of GT900*.md5

CSC.tar file contain 2 files: cache.rfs and dbdata.rfs What is the second one for?

Is the firmware file I downloaded correct?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Peter1234:
My current ROM is 2.2 and I would like to upgrade as well but I'm not sure if the file I downloaded from the link on the top of this thread is correct. What file did you use as a CSC? I've got CSC.tar - is it the one you used? Was your phone locked after update?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
The second contains all the stock data.

This firmware is fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
This is correct.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gmduncanidaho:
Thanks for the guide!

it's been 20+ minutes and I'm stuck at the download screen, odin is supposedly setting partition. here is what odin says:

Any advice other than waiting for longer?

Edit: I'm at step 3.2

Edit: 50 minutes. Lost hope a while ago. too afraid to interrupt the process, thinking of what to do next

Edit: Interrupted, got BSOD but could start download mode, did that and restarted odin with repartition unchecked. now my phone is running JVR :)

I'll continue with the guide now

Last Edit: decided to try CM7. Thanks for the guide op!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcspecs:
Sweet, i was about to say that as its only at PIT you could interrupt it, get a BSOD and then boot back into download mode, but looks like you figured that one out already. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Marty4Kam:
Hi Mine is stuck on SetupConnection... for the past 15mins not moving anywhere What shall i do?

Phone still in Downloading... mode. What shall I do?

please Help Asap! Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] appletech:
i tried this on my unrooted i9000 with stock elciar I9000DXJF4 firmware. after i flash this room my imei became 004999010640000. what to do?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] n99flake:
I'm an Orange user and i got my phone from them.

If i flash my phone using ODIN using this guide, is there any chance my phone's IMEI number might be affected?

Just want to check as it that gets bummed then i'm... bummed right?

I read a few posts saying you shouldn't flash a network locked phone... Now i'm worried.

Any ideas? (I'm using a SGS)

Flake x
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wayne96:
I made all you do in Odin and i wait for 10 minutes and nothing happen it stopps on SetupConnecting.

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CODE_I9000XXJVR_CL425308_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> MODEM_I9000XXJVR_REV_00_CL1044379.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

What I need to do ????
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nobleskill:
This was nerve wrecking I can tell you. Flashing a friends i9000t and sure enough got stuck @ pit for a long time. No n00b but i was nervous to say the least as I'm pulling the USB after about 25mins sitting with no updates on either phone or pc....

Bsod, reboot in download... oh thank god!!!! Still there. Hit start again... straight through no problems... lol.. clean pants/undies and now to try and get 850 Telstra running... oh need nextg Sim huh? Ended up just flashing the last 2011 modem in the list in op and will organise new Sim tomorrow.

Wonder what the issue is with the. Pit? I mean it does bootloaders right after pit so pull @ the wrong moment and it could be trouble.... when i can get the phone back for a couple hours I'm gonna do the modem dance see if it makes a difference...