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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dane_extazy:
Hello guys.

I have problems with my Galaxy S i9000, i've bought it bricked, no EFS backup, i don't know the original firmware that it had installed, i only knew that it was neverlocked.

Somehow i've manage to start the phone with i9000XWJVZ 2.3.6 ROM but:

- it was not able to recognize my INTERNAL MEMORY.

- there was NO BootLoader

- There was no IMEI

i've tryed a few ROM's from XDA and SAMFIRMWARE but none of them worked, all the time after installing roms, they didn't boot but i got messages like: Can't mount EFS and RFS errors....

This phone belong to a girl, she never connected it to a PC, never tried to update or anything like that, one day she wakes up and find that the phone is closed and couldn't turn it on...boot screen, restart, bootscreen.....

later edit, i've tryed to flash it again with i9000XWJVZ 2.3.6 ROM and i get exactly this:

your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.

Meida files copy failed.

-- Deleting files...

E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)

E:failed to mount /data (Invalid argument)

E:delete_data_files:can't mount /data

your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.

-- Updating filesystem...

E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)

E:discard_filesystem_for_rfs:Can't mount /efs

-- Wiping cache...

formating /cache...

Cache wipe failed.

--Appling Multi-CSC...

E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)

E:multi_csc:Can't mount /efs

Multi-csc applied failed.

*****if i ress wipe data/factory reset from ANDROID SYSTEM RECOVERY <3e> i get this:

-- Wiping data...

Formating /data...

E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

Formating /dbdata...

E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)

Formating /cache...

Data wipe complete.

i need some help to restore my imei, reformat the efs and rfs partitions, or what it takes to acces internal storage, and reflash it to ANY version of android, just to make it work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krivas:
My phone is i9000. How do i "reflash" the firmware?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sikiduck:
Flash your currently firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
I have a problem with my phone detection. I flashed my phone to SlimICS and now odin v1.3 won't detect my phone. Am I missing something? I installed Kies/drivers for my phone but the problem still occur. Now that I'm on ICS, is there a driver that I need now that my phone is ported to galaxy nexus?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
There shouldn't be, I am running Ics ported from a nexsus, try using another os or USB cable. First try a newer version of Odin. I use 1.7 and haven't experienced the prob unless I was one another version

Samsung Galaxy S I9000

Rom: Team ICSSGS RC4.1 Kernal: Semaphore 1.0.0s

KEEP IT ANDROID!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hforking:
hey, i've got a question.

I've actually installed the tiramisu rom v 1.8 and then wanted to adjust the colors with the app Galaxy S Settings.

But there is no app or apk in this rom of galaxy s settings. i searched this and other apps to adjust the colors for galaxy s, but could not find one.

i hope someone can help me :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
Someone told me that I need to install ADB drivers. Can you point me there? Don't know how to setup ADB. I'm running win7
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
I find that windows xp works best in my opinion and from other stories I have read. Here's a thread that may help. Its for windows 8 but it has the drivers. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1583801

Please thank if you like my posts

Samsung Galaxy S I9000

Rom: Team ICSSGS RC4.1 Kernal: Semaphore 1.0.0s

KEEP IT ANDROID!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krivas:
Can i do that with KIES or Odin? I wanna keep him "standard", with the Samsung software and things like that. Also wanna keep him in the duth language.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopman:
When I install gameloft games it installs on internal memory so i just want to know are there a way to install it on external sd?? ;-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
This thread is very helpful. I have question again. I installed the game space cat 3D and it is accelerometer enabled. Whenever I'm on landscape, it kept tilting sideward though Im holding it in right position. Same with games with accelerometer in landscape. I dont have much problem in portrait mode. It seems like that the portrait mode is the default thats why whenever im on landscape, it kept tilting itself.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
If you can get into download mode use Odin. Google gb 2.3.3 odin with boot loaders and you should get wat u need

If you find my posts helpful press thanks

Samsung Galaxy S I9000

Rom: Team ICSSGS RC4.1

Kernel: Semaphore 1.0.0s

KEEP IT ANDROID!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asoom69:
which is better ?

hi there

which is better & faster ?

GAMERZ v 10 OR INFINITUM v 2.2 ?

and what is the the best kernel goes along with them ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
SlimICS for me is the fastest! I tried infinitum and sometimes it's snappy. No offense to infinitum users. I just find slimICS is the smoothest! Best with semaphore 1.0.0s :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asoom69:
i will try it now ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zodiaxe66:
There is a no "best" rom it depends on your needs and phone(every phone is different) try out some roms and theme and find your best combo.

Saurom-gingerbread

Clean aokp 32(slim)-ics

Is some good ones to start with
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
SlimICS 3.4 is the updated version :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asoom69:
ya for sure

am on INFINITUM v 2.2 now & the devil 2.0.72 kernel now

they the best what i see until now

but the lag is killing me & the crash restart

& for sure the HUGE battery drain ...

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yap i find it :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepstate:
How can I disable the unlock vibration in ics? Turning off vibrations doesnt help.. all vibrations are off except the unlock.

Gesendet von meinem Galaxy S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zodiaxe66:
About battery drain,after flashing let phone run out of battery,recharge it while its off when battery is full turn on the phone(DON'T unplug yet) and calibrate the battery,use battery calibration,app is free from market and your good to go

With problem with GPS,use gps aids app from market or mctweaker(but dont alter any other setting unless u know what u are doing in mctweaker) and u need root for both apps to work

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Yep there is.

Download an app from market GL TO SD and follow instrucktuons

Then u can move GAMELOFT games to sd
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asoom69:
thanks i just gonna wait for it to drain & then do it :D

it will not take much time in my phone :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
It dpends what kernel you're using. If you're using semaphore, go to semaphore settings and change the vibrator setting
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spm0:
About infinitum2.1 on i9000

So i've got to q's about the Infinitum2.1 ROM i installed on my i9000. Noobish q's, didnt feel like they were right for the developer thread

1. The default wallpaper for the rom (infinitum2.1, came with nova launcher) was really nice. But now I cant find it anywhere in the filesystem?! Where is it?

2. Is there a way to disable the Icy Glitch kernel boot screen?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Niscap:
This must be a frequently asked one, sorry in advance! Which ICS rom + kernel are the best overall at battery draining in your opinion?

Currently i'm on the teamics 4.2 with the latest 0.72 devil kernel, and battery drains too fast for me...

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asoom69:
for 1. search in google for it or ask the developer

2.in setting > rom control > general ui > disale boot animation
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepstate:
Using semaphore.. so I just can disable ALL Vibrations together? In semaphore settings there is no specification between different vibrations. Thanks you for your help

: )

Gesendet von meinem Galaxy S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
I'm afraid you cant disable it at all. But you can lower down the level if you dont want it in max. It applies to every vibration youre using including the keyboard vibration. So if you set the vibration to minimum, alarm vibration,notification vibration,unlock vibration will be set to minimum level. Saves juice :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepstate:
Well thank you for your advice :) obviously I have to live with that :o
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hameedhudeen:
can you please help me with this?

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1616323

thank you so much
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asoom69:
& what is the best modem goes along with them ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
Stock is fine :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asoom69:
so it is the base.zip & the essentials without reboot right ?

it broke down :)

can you give me the direct link for the base ICS SLIM 3.4

& for the essentials :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthkir:
How do i color calibrate my screen? I jut change my faulty lcd and the new one is very cold.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HenryJe:
jw5 and jw4: which one is better?

and besides semaphore, is there any kernel else for jw5 and jw4?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
Download base.zip and essentials suitable for your phone model. Go to CWM,flash base,and essentials without rebooting.

Here's the link. Please do give krarvind credit for it.

Dont hesitate to hit thanks :)

http://slimics.haxer.org/Slim_ICS/404/3.4/

Go to settings>Display>Horizontal Calibration
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asrafw:
Samsung hdpi or mdp?

When SAMSUNG GALAXY S I9000 is HDPI device then why people are creating ROMs for MDPI? Is there any plus for that? The icons get too small when set at 160 MDPI.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveBG:
Hi everyone i have the following problem:

I have Cyanogen Mod 9 ICS on my SGS phone.

According to my phone settings i have more than 1,4GB free space on every partition. (On my external SD card i have 20 GB free.)

Now this does not show the internal ROM memory where i have according to Titanium Backup about 20MB free.

I have installed this game now Death Rally FREE:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.remedy.DeathRallyFREE

It is ~50MB in size. When you start the game for the first time it wants to expand some files (unpack maybe). At some stage 50 from 475 it crashes... Then i get icon that my device is low on storage. I check in settings and still everywhere i have more than 1,4GB free. The game size is increased to about 80MB which when i clear its data is reduced back to 50 and the warning is gone...

I am not sure what is going on. Why it thinks i have no space and does it fill up the System ROM file system?

I moved it to the SD card and there is no change in the behavior.

Is there a way that i can increase the internal ROM file system?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zodiaxe66:
U can change your dpi with nitrality app or dpi changer (search market. Stock resolution is 240 but 210-220 looks great(my opinion).remember that sometimes market don't allow u to change dpi so u can't buy apps. If this happens clear data in settings/apps/market, if this doesn't help, change back to original dpi that came with the rom

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Have u tried to mount externalSD in setting/storage/mount SD-card.. DON'T HIT the erase SD-card
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] werbistdu:
my phone becomes very hot sometimes, depends on which rom. especially when i charge it. what could be the reason?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopman:
When will value pack officially be released for galaxy s plus so we can update with kies??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveBG:
The battery heats during charge. Charge it via USB. Because of the slower charging it may prolong the life of the battery a little.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seb1207:
Thanks for offering !!!

i Everyone,

Thanks a lot for all this informations. This website is very well done.

Here is my issue, I got a SG SII l9100G updated to the latest version with Kies.

I rooted it, and install the clockword mode.

I wanted to install a Ressurection Remix so I put it into the memory of the phone and run it via the clockword mode. I didn’t realize I had to have the l9100 and not the G version for the ressurectionRemix so now it is stuck on the Samsung first page, I cannot access to the phone anymore, only the Download mode (pressing the down volume button and the others) and ClockWord Mode (pressing the up volume button and the others).

I have downloaded SuperROM_v3.0 and put it on the external SD but it keep on failing when I’m trying to install (,, so maybe because it’s on the external sd card and not in the phone but I don-t have access to the phone via my computer anymore, itdoesn-t detect it) y phone is really useless now.

Is there anyone that could help me with that ?

Sorry for asking and thank you for reading .

PS : I couldn't find the Q&A thread for the G version that's why I post here, but tell me where you want me to do so otherwise.

Seb
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
Flash to stock rom using odin. Then flash to your desired rom. You're lucky that you can stll get into download mode.

Hit thanks if it helped :)

Btw, there's Q&A for I9100 or SGS2. I think yours is included there. This is for SGS I9000 forum so it'll be a lot better if you post it in right section for they are more knowledgeable about your phone model.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siuling:
Dear all,

nice to meet you guys, I'm new to this forum

I just installed new rom (Dark Knight 5) on my phone, and i want to flash a newer version of baseband (i am on JVK now)

Is there any guide on flashing baseband?

Also, is there any recommendation on the newer baseband to flash? For example, JVU?

Much thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diaa_khalouf:
help with semaphore

hi i am using ICSSGS v4.2 with semaphore 1.0.0s kernel

i imstalled orbot in order to open the market but everytime i start orbot it says:

'' erreo starting transparent proxying''

what is the problem?

is it the kernel? can't semaphore support iptables?

or is it the rom?

F.Y.I: orbot worked well with darknight 4 and with stock rom.

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
I would put it on the kernal. I used that rom and my iptables worked well and so did proxy web browsing. Maby some one else has a better response. Try it with the stock kernal if possible and give us feed back

If you like my posts hit thanks

Rom: Dark knight 4

Kernel: Devil Kernel

Keep it ANDROID!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zodiaxe66:
U need to enable IP-tables in semaphore app for orbit or droidwall to work
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 930793:
In the process of fixing my softbricked gt-i9000

Hi,

I've just managed to get my phone into recovery mode using 'fixRecovery.tar.md5' from Odin. Previously it was stuck in a boot loop. Currently I cannot browse the phone in windows but it will talk to Odin, I've tried 'mount USB storage' from recovery but that's not doing anything. Is there a way for me to flash a ROM to my phone using Odin? I can only seem to find .zip's for ROMs.

Thank you so much for all of the support you have provided people already.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
I suggest you flash back to stock rom and when you have access to your phone via USB storage, copy the zip file to your SD card then flash the zip file through CWM. I did that a while ago cause I was stuck in bootloop too but I used darky's rom because I have it already on my computer.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diaa_khalouf:
Hi

thanks all I flashed the Devil2 0.72 kernel and it worked well. it is defenetly a kernel issue.

now i am having another problem......

music player plays the songs with stutter only when i turn off the screen (with the screen on the sound goes normal)

I tried to install real player but the problem continued.

I installed n7player from the market and it solved the problem but I dom't like it i want to use the rom's music player plz help
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
Umm after much thought I have to solutions. Either reflash the rom or just use n7player or maybe get poweramp which is really awesome. Umm but I'll spend some more time looking into the problem and let you know.

If you like my posts hit thanks

Rom: Dark knight 4

Kernel: Devil Kernel

Keep it ANDROID!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eminakbulut:
can someone please tell me how to make the background of the dark knight 5 rom the colour ''black'' like the preious rom dark knight 4? (i mean the background of the system settings menu, manage apps menu etc. i want them all in black )

thanks. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasilis1:
I have problem with internal mas storage. I have free storage 1,60gb and. And message is low space what can i do!? Ics rom Infinitum
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shell47:
vibrate on answer

on earlier versions of android there was "vibrate on answer"

now i'm CM9 and i don't seem to find or get to it

do you know any program that can "vibrate on answer"?

LE: after some searching i found <CallVibrate>

LE2: i have installed 2 Compass programs, and the readings are just awful, any fix? (it points north everywhere :confused:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RenOwen:
Samaung Galaxy S keeps rebooting after root.

Hi, I'm new to all of this so please bear with me.

Basically, I tried to root my phone using this guide (I can't post a link so click the first link after Google'ing "how to root samsung galaxy s". The name of the site is androidadvices)

Unfortunately, after I performed the root using Odin, the phone reset and now that's as far as I get. The "GT-I9000" logo appears, goes off and then repeats the cycle.

I've tried wiping the phone back to factory settings but this does nothing. I can get to recovery and download mode. I cannot access the phone nor the internal or external SD card on my PC.

Someone had a similar problem and his advice was to "update with the firmware xxjvu 2.36". How do I do this? Or, if that isn't the answer, how can I fix this issue?

Thanks in advance for any replies.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shell47:
it happened to me once, when i tried to root

the problem is that you rooted another kernel

let's say you had jvU and you flashed a jvT or a cm9 one etc.

do you remember your baseband version (last 3 characters)?

(someone correct me if i'm wrong)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
Look for a guide on xda on how to install gingerbread 2.3.3 using odin if u wanna use gb for

dauly use again u might need ur base and version like he said but if u just want to unbrick your phone then use anyone. Ummm flash it using Odin and when u root it make sure u rooting it with the right file. If I remember correctly the correct file is on the guide aswell.

If you like my posts hit thanks

Rom: Dark knight 4

Kernel: Devil Kernel

Keep it ANDROID!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sammyservices:
Hi ! Have tried many, many ICS and stock Roms like Mandana, Simplicity, Amestris, etc., and while I really do highly appreciate the developers, I am not still getting what really I need - until XXJW4.

Its awesome ! ICS is the best but all the BUILDS have issues and after a couple of days makes me miss the GB stability. But why does XXJW4 lags ? Day one is great but after this the phone starts lagging as if the cpu in my phone is thinking before taking any action ! I have Semaphore kernel and even when I did not have it earlier ( have come back to XXJW4 4 times from ICS ) I still had suffered in the same way. But I really then don't know in this case which stable rom should I have ? I like the Facebook syn and like the Calender and camera in GB rom but it's slow and hangs at times ! Like when I swipe lockscreen to open at times the phone ' thinks' wheather it should open or not ! Pls help ! Can anyone make any suggestions ? Thx !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RenOwen:
Cheers for the replies.

Scrap that post, it's fixed now. Thanks so bloody much, guys. Really appreciate the help.

Now, this may seem like a stupid question but, it says that my Kernel version is 2.6.35.7-I9000XWJW1-CL788890 root@DELL89 #2

Does this mean my phone is rooted?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sammyservices:
so you think jw1 is better then jw4 ?

About root , you would need to root yr phone once again after u install new gb firmware cause cause Odin erases everything and starts from the beginning. Hope this helps u .
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RenOwen:
Right, I think I'll leave the world of rooting until I know more about it lol.

Is it safe for me to update the phone normally using Kies?

Edit: Kies says I can't update it using that method.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
It not that hard you just have to make sure u have the right files. I was successful on my first try surprisingly. I just had someone telling me wat to download and I got the idea of it and I haven't had problems since. Pm me if you need help

If you like my posts hit thanks

Rom: Dark knight 4

Kernel: Devil Kernel

Keep it ANDROID!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sammyservices:
Guys ! Could u pls tell me if I can install Hybrid Rom which says for XXJW4 but install from my Gingerbread JW5_JVC_JW4 instead of XXJW5 ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
Can u explain what u need done. Do u need to change your rom to JW4 or to JW5 or do u just need help flashing

If you like my posts hit thanks

Rom: Dark knight 4

Kernel: Devil Kernel

Keep it ANDROID!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sammyservices:
Hi! I actually took a chance and flashed Hybrid on xxjw5_jvx_jw4 and it worked ! Was worried about flashing Hybrid on JW4/JW5 rom cause in their website only jw5 is mentioned but the Samsung update is kind of mixed. ! However, this problem is solved but now a new one ...rom is too slow and lags at times. For instance, contact book, Dialer and programs which I open but refuses to close ( showing a black screen) and then need to reboot, wipe all including dalvik . Any suggestions or recommend a better rom ?

Thanks. !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
You want a gingerbread or ics rom

If you like my posts hit thanks

Rom: Dark knight 4

Kernel: Devil Kernel

Keep it ANDROID!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopman:
I got 3 questions about root the first is when i root my galaxy s plus will the bootloader get unlocked??

2. If i brick my phone can i just then repair it with kies by choosing update firmware or emergency recovery??

3. Is it possible to unroot with kies??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kachrukamble:
New here,

Which ICS rom is much stable to use as daily driver?

For flashing custom rom, is CF-root sufficient?