yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] biscuit26:
thanks for your answer, since im a total noob this method seems difficult, but i did unlock my phone following this method :

1-i flashed gingerbread 2.3.4 jvr firmware

2-then i rooted the phone with cf-root

3-i unlocked it with helroz's galaxy_s_unlock app

4-finally i flashed bell gingerbread modem

Everything is working perfect now :), exept the fact that i can't get a qwerty keyboard anyone knows how to get it ??

Edit : well it seems my keyboard was set in french i simply changed the language to english and i got my qwerty keyboard
[Galaxy S I9000 General] doktorV:
Worked a treat thanks.

nicely rooted with TiB back. now to explore more.... :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] homeyg:
this rooting method worked for me as well. Very quick and easy, thanks for the info.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] greeced:
The rooted stock kernal is the one I use too. Works well I think.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vanisleryan:
Does anyone have a link to download the complete rom for ugkg3 2.3.3, the one posted earlier in this thread doesnt seem to work anymore. My buddy has messed up his i9000m and need to flash it with odin. Luckily he can get to dl mode.

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rogem_kk:
google GT_I9000M_UGKG3_UGKG3_BMCKG3_Sbl.exe (just a self extracting zip file)

The file will be 146,924,055 bytes
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
IMHO, install JL2 and let kies update the thing with all that is "intended" by the provider once.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxbeanxx:
Use check fus downloader. You can download any official ROM straight from Samsung using this tool.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] polinoo2:
the Kernal tweak does work for me. I have a sasktel Vibrant gingerbread i9000M. I have tried to root my phone for five day and bump into this post. Tried it, phone rooted and unlocked my phone.. Good job Triple Thumbs up
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Speedum:
I haven't really tried/need the GPS until today. In 2.2 (KC1, my GPS was able to get a lock inside my car (partially shielded by the roof). The 2.3 (KG3) I cannot get a lock inside my car, unless I place the phone way in front of the windshield, even so, it lose the signal lock from time to time.

Outside with a clear view of the sky it can lock within say 20 seconds. However, it looks like the signal is (via the GPS Status app) worse than 2.2 as far as I can perceive.

Now investigating which mix of modem and rom will 'fix' it..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] darrenweiner:
Does anyone know how to flash clockwork mod recovery to the rooted kg3 firmware? When I try to install the recovery I get an unsigned package error.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lgsshedden:
your problem may stem from the version of Busybox and SU installed -- I read elsewhere you can address this using (1) the fix permissions option (2) an app such as Root Check by joeykrim (3) the fix supplied by ChainsDD Superuser Update Fixer or (4) flashing a kernel or Rom that has a functioning version of busybox, SU and CWM as part of its install package.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxbeanxx:
On our devices the recovery image is a part of the kernel. When you try to install the CWM recovery you are getting the package error because you are using a stock kernel (I assume) which contains recovery v.3e. The ability to flash dev-signed zips was removed in 3e.

If you want to get CWM installed, you need to find a kernel with it integrated, or integrate it into the stock kernel yourself, which is a little advanced. There is a thread around that discusses how to pull apart and reassemble a kernel, so that would be a good starting point for you if you go that route.

You could also try to find a kernel with 2e recovery, but what's the point. It would just be more work for you when you wanted to get into CWM (you have to flash CWM every time you use it).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jim5055:
Have you had an joy finding a modem that provides better GPS?

btw I am running JL2 modem at present - better but still not good.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] g00gler:
There was someone on the cyanogenmod forums who mentioned that after they flashed the JVT modem and now they get a quick fix.

Someone else here (though with Darkyrom): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19936828

mentioned that the JVT modem also helped them considerably getting a GPS fix.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jim5055:
I do not think it is compatible with KG3. No 850MHz even though all the options selected in the config (ie *#0101# then back through the menus). Was able to recover back to KG3 modems after some weird things like losing menu bar icons like dialer. Working my way back to JL2 modem now. Dang wish I could get CWM running - much easier to roll back.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
just flashed via Kies
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CatalystWon:
Same here.

I'd like to flash a voodoo kernel to see how the sound features affect my mic. Any suggestions on what kernel would work? I've been in a kernel-looking-loop all day.

Thanks!:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CatalystWon:
Thanks xxbeanxx. I learned this from trying to install ROM Manager. It failed to install CWM for the reason you stated. I then tried ROM Toolbox which at least provided a message stating it could not install CWM.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
you have to flash a ROM with build in CWR like the one in the guide i posted on the HOWTO guide
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BioHazard2000:
Bricked my i9000m

I am in need of a stock i9000ugkg3 kernel in odin format or the rooted kernel referenced on page 19. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16589476#post16589476

Since megaupload is now gone I was wondering if anyone could link me this file so I can start using my phone again.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Black Rose:
Here is the rooted kernel from megaupload.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mikextr23:
Hi! I have an international sgs i9000 phone. And i was wondering if i can install this bell official firmware on my phone knowing that mine is not i9000M sgs. The reason i'm asking is because i just moved here in Canada and from where i came from, we don't use 850mhz bandwidth. Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] grokon:
Yes you can, but it could be better to only install kg3 modem

I am used to run i9000 (not M) firmware with local modem.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mikextr23:
Thanks! Will try that then. Do you know what's the best stock GB firmware that can run with bell modem?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gn2:
The links are FBI dead,
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
Oh crap that's right. I suppose there might still be stock folks that want root.

Give me a bit I'll re-post those files.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
Updated KG3 root post

Open Odin, put the tar file as PDA, put the phone in download mode (Vol down + Power [+ Home?] while off), plug it in, wait for the box under ID:COM to go yellow and the 'added!' message and hit start. It will be done in a few seconds. Install superuser and busybox from the market to see if it works.

(It didn't work right away for me, superuser just FC'd on the first boot. Not sure if it was reflashing or rebooting that fixed it. Just a warning that some tinkering might be required.)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorxd:
hey, now that megaupload is down where can I get the rooted KG3 kernel?

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
Look up I already attached it to the post right above yours.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dlockhart:
---edit, I posted in wrong thread
[Galaxy S I9000 General] laulakh:
hey anyway you can upload this again. thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DoriGuy:
ics 4.0.4

is this modem comptiable to ics 4.0.4?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] que3jxp:
Yes indeed it is. I am running CM9.1 and the KG3 radio driver and it is working great!!!

Eagerly awaiting a stable release of CM10 for testing...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
KG3 modem also works for JB roms, I tried CM10 and SlimJB and it's pretty awesome!

BTW, anyone know of a way to install CWM on KG3?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] que3jxp:
You can go to my site frontlinegeek.com and I have a rundown on how to do it with both all the links and files needed and credit to those who came before me to help.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cardiacrhythm:
3button recovery does not work for me either, however power plus middle of volume button boots me into recovery.Gingerbread 2.3.3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] que3jxp:
That was changed some time ago. The two combos are vup and vdn, home and power or vdn, home and power.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorxd:
Can someone post the Swype version? It could be the first updated Swype with French Canada QWERTY (no damned AZERTY!!!) keyboard.

Also what is the build date?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arr0ww:
Have you tried a older kernel that was originally for 2.3.3 instead of the newer 2.3.4 ones?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beermadness:
I am still at work, how is it working. Please tell me ok.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] quaff:
Try checking out these threads

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1166889

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=896551

Hope that helps!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dcarr622:
Modem & bootloader

Okay guys, here's the bootloader and modem. Tar plus a CM7/MIUI compatible zip for the modem. Let me know if there are any issues with these files :)

radio-cm-7-GalaxyS-KG3-signed (for CM7/MIUI)

Modem KG3.zip (for Samsung ROMs)

I9000UGKG3-PHONE.tar (for Odin)

I9000UGKG3-sbl.tar (incomplete, don't flash)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dcarr622:
Thanks...though it was easier simply to extract them from the Kies download.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] quaff:
:D:D:D:eek::eek: Can we be friends?? :D Thanks dude!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
Hey i'm looking for a new sgs and still have a couple of months left on warranty, will this update do the same damage as 2.2? ;)

I'm kidding of course.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] phenom97:
Fully updated here, working fine so far. Does indeed seem faster.

Not sure if this is what did it but when I was on Froyo I couldn't download an app over 25mb, first thing I did was try to download a 40mb one and it worked.

I just hope my SD card doesnt blow like my old one did when I upgraded to froyo.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
Has anyone tried this modem with JVR? Working/not working?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arr0ww:
Just flashed it with JVQ and it's working...will see how the signal is when i get outside. I get zero signal with any modem in my office (concrete building)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CASz:
I've stayed stock. The update when smoothly and things seem faster but I don't have the 3 button recovery any more either. Next up, rooting again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dcarr622:
This update worked fine with me, when I am done testing it, I think I'll just flash a custom kernel with Odin and go back to CM7. I'm gonna keep this modem and see how it performs.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arr0ww:
Can you try new combinations? Try 2 buttons, power+vol up..see if that works.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xZeDgEx:
Just updated my friends phone (Bell) with Kies. Went fine, I notice there is no longer a daily briefing widget or any type of weather widget.. I had played around with the leaked AT&T Captivate gingerbread update which had very nice new daily briefing widgets.. Not sure why those were not included. Haven't noticed much else.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] windraker:
Anyone have Speedmod 2.3.3 kernal? The ones on his download don't work, I bootloop :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shadoslayer:
Something wrong with that bootloader, Odin won't flash it. Had to interrupt, get back into download and flash JVQ bootloader to get back up and running.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arr0ww:
I had to take the modem.bin out of the modem .tar package for it to flash for me, if it was in the .tar it would just stall out and not flash.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] szhusain:
What about the modem file? Is it flashable using Odin?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shadoslayer:
Dunno, I'm using CM7 so modems are flashed through cwm, not odin. Maybe I'll try just flashing sbl.bin instead of the tarball...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
Yes you should be able to flash it with odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] M4ZE:
just lost 3 buttons mode and data
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Obridgenut:
Yes, it's available via Kies. I just updated but can't find the gingerbread launcher or gb keyboard, just Samsung TouchWiz.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
I wonder if another sbl.bin from another 2.3.3 rom would work with this. That should give people back 3 button combo but i'm not entirely sure if they would be compatible.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] windraker:
FuguMod 405

Speedmod K13E

Speedmod (newest)

CFRoot

All don't boot or get into recovery
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
They should be on the market.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Obridgenut:
I can't access 3 button recovery mode anymore after upgrade via Kies to 2.3.3. Download mode is still available however.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
It sounds like an issue with the bootloader, maybe they did it on purpose? I'm sure someone who knows more about this will be able to show a work around for it. Or to clarify if it's possible to flash another boot loader from a different 2.3.3. rom with working 3 button combo.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] windraker:
Well it appears fugu did root it and install CWM, which i didnt want, just wanted root ><

Busybox fails to install using stericons, so working out that one
[Galaxy S I9000 General] windraker:
I'm making an odin flashable one with testing to see if SU can be included :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kaiser__sose:
I'm running stock 2.2 and trying to upgrade via kies but having no joy.

I connect the i9000 to the comp and fire up kies. it tells me firmware update available so i run it. backup fails - so i just tried skipping backup.. then it downloads the firmware.. then it says it cannot connect to device and tells me to reboot and reconnect.

i have tried about 5 times .. rebooting comp and phone and each time the same thing happens . after it downloads the firmware it says cannot connect to device and tells me to reboot.

can anyone help? is there another way to flash this ?

after about 5 more tries i finally got it going
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxbeanxx:
I created a rooted kernel if anybody is interested.

I just added the su binary and added two lines to init.rc to copy it to /system/xbin and setuid it.

Other than that it's completely stock. No superuser, no busybox (they can be grabbed from the market), no tweaks whatsoever.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxbeanxx:
This happened to me before, I had to update my drivers manually. Find the superoneclick package the includes the drivers and install those.

Letting windows automatically pick the best driver may not work because it may think the one you have is a better fit for your hardware. You'll have to tell it what driver you want it to use.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JJNutty:
2 Bugs I have noticed so far:

1.) The 3 Button recovery mode is no longer working.

2.) The browser scrolling bug is present (browser scrolling locks up when fast-scrolling through web pages.)

I haven't got to test GPS yet because it is raining here. Anyone else get to try their GPS?

EDIT: I just got my phone to go into recovery... Instead of holding Power + Home + Volume Up, try holding just Power + the center of the volume rocker. Works for me at least.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bestjsg:
after 3 reboots for the phone and restart Kies, finally it seems like it is going , then it went to download the firmware upgrade, then it has been in 'preparing firmware upgrade components' for the past 45 mins...any suggestions ? should I just unplug and forget it?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxbeanxx:
Just grab the zip using fus downloader and flash it with odin. You'll get the same results without going through all the kies garbage. The bell roms come as one big tar file (homebinary) so you can just flash them as a pda without partitioning and you won't lose any data.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] windraker:
Yes m'son :D Might you have that kernal or a method to get just SU installed? :) Would be much appreciated :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JJustin:
Thanks!! Going to test out how well it works with CM7 :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jack0131:
Hi, any chance of converting the modem to CWM zip? Thanks.

:p

Thanks.

Jack

Bell
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bcduma:
Running this on Galnet MIUI and everything is good so far.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kaiser__sose:
quick update. Well after installing my GPS is now working. I was running 2.2 before and my GPS would not get a lock.. it is now working flawlessly even indoors.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxbeanxx:
If you want to do it yourself (highly suggested), here is a nice tutorial (credit to lownoise):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1152740

There's no need to create a script in sbin to copy/chmod the su binary like the tutorial suggests. Just look for the line in init.rc where the /system partition is remounted as readonly and put your copy/chmod commands immediately before that.

Here's my zImage: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D4V641OH
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tl_tiger:
I lost the 3 button recovery after the update. The download still works (power + vol.). Does anyone know how to re-root?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kpucci:
if i have rooted with shortfuse, do I need to un-root first to do this upgrade? I have not used a custom rom, just rooted.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dcarr622:
I decided to try to flash to CyanogenMod from this ROM and keep the bootloader & modem. So I flashed Fugu 405, used the Power+Center volume rocker trick to get into recovery, but nothing is mounted so I can't flash it :(

I guess it's back to an Odin reflash after all.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorxd:
Flashed this new modem over JVP + KC1 modem. Working great.

Can anyone tell me the Swype version included in this release?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JJNutty:
Instead of holding Power + Home + Volume Up, try holding just Power + the center of the volume rocker. This worked for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JJNutty:
2.70.75.22679.22684.471.i9000m
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gfacer:
Sorry what is the 'fus' downloader? I have a odin installed stock JL2 with just root and kies says 'upgrage not available for your phone'.

Thanks, Graham

edit: ok used that new fangled 'google' thing and I now see what it is but no real link for the downloader that I saw. But I changed my csc so kies should work now (and since it wipes for kicks and giggles I'll be trying it in the am so I can restore).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] evil-doer:
if im running the latest official firmware and install this one via kies does it keep all of my apps and settings intact?

thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RyYYZ:
I've just installed it this evening and so far so good.

It appears to keep apps and settings, but the arrangement of stuff in the launcher its lost.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bestjsg:
thanks.!

so I googled and managed to get the zip file , extracted, only 2 files are included. 'i9000UGKG3-homebinary' and SS_DL.dll , and I have d/l Odin3 v.185 , so I just use the homebinary file as PDA and leave all other settings un-touched ? ( the default is everything un-checked except 'auto reboot' and 'f.reset time'.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] circa84:
Updated this afternoon with no issues but the loss of 3-button recovery (did revert lagfix first, had speedmod kernal for 2.2 at time of update)

I can confirm that the Power + the center of the volume rocker works! (THANKS JJNutty!)

I did call Samsung/Social Hub over the 3 button recovery issue. After being on hold for 25 minutes of the 30 minute phone call the Samsung employee assured me of no updates thru Kies today and that all Canadian i9000 phones should still only be on 2.2 as the official supported firmware, he also verified with multiple co-workers. He told me to go to Sasktel and have them reflash me to 2.2 and was telling me I flashed with a 3rd party tool. They also told me to phone back in 2-3 days to see if they have more info and a fix.........Thanks Samsung........
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gfacer:
is odin3 the right one. Not on my regular computer but I think odin3 is for another model and might screw things up? Just double check..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SWave711:
Odin3 is ok, just flashed the modem using it. It got a gps lock in the house but around 10secs.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gfacer:
Sorry, mental remenants from the threads of the truly bricked...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lgsshedden:
also used check fus downloader, downloaded the firmware, extracted it and then flashed just the modem.bin in odin -- worked fine and seems to be ok -- hopefully it will be as serviceable as kc1 has been and at last we have a GB modem to use
[Galaxy S I9000 General] XDcdn:
The only thing I found so far is that vlingo constantly force closes. I uninstalled since I really dont use it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] astralmind:
Could you make a CWM zip that is flashable on Samsung based GB ROMs please ? Using Galaxian kernel right now.., that'd be really appreciated :)

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxbeanxx:
I found an issue with wifi that I really hoped would be gone.

Sometimes when I'm connected to my home network I look at my phone to see both the wifi icon and the packet data icon present in the status bar. When this happens I essentially have no network. Looking in wireless settings the phone seems to think it is still connected to my wlan. Usually at this point, disabling wifi and reenabling doesn't work (when I reenable it says "starting wifi" for a few seconds and then just goes back to the off status). However starting wifi a second time brings it back to life.

I didn't have this issue whatsoever using XXJVQ or XXJVR using KC1 modem so I had hoped it was fixed in gingerbread. Later today I'm going to have a look at this rom and JVR to see if I can see anything different that may be causing this.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DT3CH:
I noticed that too, for me I have my data network off a lot of the time, when it did this for me, I just turned the data network off then the wifi stayed active, turned the data back on and it was fine again, didnt show up with the double icon
[Galaxy S I9000 General] que3jxp:
I just tinkered with the buttons and specifically, it is vol up AND dn with the power and you are into recovery mode.

I actually like this better as the old way you could sometimes repress the home btn and accidentally reboot yourself out of recovery mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sci05:
I have the same question, I assume I don't need to unroot as the new firmware will overwrite everything?

Also anyone know of a working root? Want to make sure I can get titanium to work. I know super one click says that 2.3.3 from samsung is not supported.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tl_tiger:
Installing the new firmware overwrites everything including the root. I started off with a rooted phone as well (via Shortfuse SuperoneClick). Once I updated the new firmware, the root disappeared; and I did not have to un-root the phone first. I tried to re-root using the latest Shortfuse 2.1.1 and it did not work.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] evil-doer:
i was really hoping this newer swype would be a big improvement over the last. ITS EVEN WORSE. when it gets a word wrong (which is OFTEN), when i double click on it to choose an alternative word, all i get is the double selection arrows under the word, it does not highlight the word. youve gotta press and hold the word, then choose select word from the menu, etc. it takes longer. and you have to do it for every god damn sentence because the accuracy sucks. sigh.

other than that its a lot faster in almost everything over 2.2. even turning the wifi on and off is faster and less glitchy. launching programs and moving around the phone are definitely faster.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sci05:
Awesome thanks. That's what I assumed. On the shortfuse.org site he said 2.3.3 on most samsung devices can't be tired with ginger break.

Anyone else have alternative methods to root. I just wanted root so that I can restore all my apps.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorxd:
Thanks, this look pretty recent as JVP had 2.28
[Galaxy S I9000 General] evil-doer:
if you are going from stock to stock with kies it does not overwrite your apps and settings. dont know if you are or not.