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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikagl:
Guys,

Make sure to always use search because this has been discussed many times before :)

Why not just tar the boot.img and recovery.img and flash them as "one package" with odin? There's several threads about that:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20715314#post20715314

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19826062#post19826062 (just read the ps at the end)

Also, why do you want this? If you want to return your device for warranty you will always need to flash a stock rom to return it to stock. The custom roms usually contain so many items (like root, busybox, deodexing, init.d scripts, non-stock system apps, etc.) that prove you have been "playing around" with your device...

Regards,

Nika.

---------- Post added at 09:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:15 AM ----------

One more thing. When you want to return the device for warranty, do the following:

1. Install feamod/cwm (if you don't have it yet) recovery

2. Make a full backup to internal sdcard (and restore it once to check whether it's ok)

3. Copy the files to your external sdcard, pc, mac, linux box or whatever to keep them save

4. Copy all other files from your internal sdcard too

5. Install the stock rom with which your device was supplied

6. Remove the external sd and do a factory reset with *2767*3855# (warning: this wipes all your data including internal SDCARD!)

Then you know your device is 100% stock again and warranty cannot be voided.

The only thing I am not sure about, there's some threads that mentioned a flash counter somewhere - anyone that knows more about that?

Regards,

Nika.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
Lol mate their's no need to complicate things with internal and external sd. The problem with released stock roms is that they don't give u the local stuff ur carrier threw in,so if u have a nand backup (made directly after u have rooted and installed cwm and before u do any other modifications) , u can get back to full stock by only removing cwm (by replacing boot.img and recovery.img from a stock rom) and flashing the unroot unzip after that. My nand backup contains all the bloatware that my local t-mobile threw in and that can't be found anywhere else, so that's an example when replacing the earlier mentioned files can be useful, of course if u know what u're doing ^^ And i guess the guy i was helping knows what he's doing since he directly asked for those 2 files :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elios93:
It's exactly my problem! Moreover I don't find my stock rom: XXKPI anywhare! I'm pretty sure that if I try to flash another rom and use my warrenty they won't change my device..:( I've altready tried with odin but there was something wrong and it wasn't able to load the boot.img (i've needed to reinstall feamod, comparing the log of feamod and my tar package I've noticed that it's like if odin skips some steps)...what can it be the problem? I'll try again with the .img files from a rom that is very similar to mine (built in september 11 and with android 2.3.5). I've already tried to build my tar package using boot.img, recovery.img, partition.bin, EMMCBOOT.MBN, dbl.mbn and osbl.mbn (some that are in the feamod 1.2 tar) extracted from a smd file of I9001XXKP4 stock rom.

I'm sorry for the time you're missing for this story..:(

The first thought is that was a permission problem but I don't know...

I've attached the tar file I've made however...if you are so kind to take a look at that...:)

However thanks a lot guys! :)

http://www.mediafire.com/?5m4ozgr902roxjn
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
XXKPI ? it's not in the list, so it's probably a local version for ur country, try asking on some Italian forum if someone has a nand backup of that version, at least if they can provide u with the system.ext4.tar .

as for the file u attached, honestly i'm not sure why u couldn't get the boot.img to push correctly. try through adb or terminal emulator, just make sure u get the code right. but first, as i already said try to see if someone would send u their nand backup coz i doubt that they'll accept to repair it on warranty if they see a different build.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elios93:
I have already a nandroid backup of that stock rom...:) the problem is that it was done using FeaMod...and so the problem with the boot.img and recovery.img is still there...:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
great,so it's the same as my situation,and i pushed the 2 files through terminal emulator from the phone. as u mentioned earlier take both files from the stock rom closest to the one u have, and try the terminal method, i gave u the codes in the earlier posts, when u push them reboot and it should work. the recovery.img between those versions is surely the same, as for boot.img it might or might not be different, it's really minor changes between different versions, even between 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 (only the google music shop is new if i'm not misktaken). so what i'm trying to say, even if the boot.img is not exactly as the one u had in stock, it should boot the device with no problems. plz report back how it goes ;)

note that the boot.img can't brick ur phone (of course as long as it's not from another device), it can only get it into bootloop which u can solve easily. bricking mostly happens if u play with the bootloader partitions, or for example if u unplug battery while flashing new radio (baseband).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elios93:
I hope it will work....:) however do u think that the I9001XXKPU would be ok? :D I'd like if u could give me your opinion..:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
depends on what version ur stock is. my phone came with I9001BOKP4 (2.3.5). chose the same fw version and also the one nearest the the date of release of ur version (just in case, it doesn't mean the other versions shouldn't work).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elios93:
the nearest is a russian rom I9001XXKPS with the date of november 11 and android version 2.3.5...there would be another one built in september..but it is a exe package..only executable...:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
u're looking at sammobile links right ? :)

i'd say download one of the 2.3.5 from our stock list on xda , it should be fine. the kernel version on BOKP4 is 2.6.35.7-perf root@Dell133#1 , check if it's the same as on ur build (XXKPI as u said) and u're good to go. (the kernel is contained in the boot.img).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elios93:
Yes that's right...:D Do u think BOKP4 is good for me? :)

Here there is a screen...:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
here is an attackment of the BOKP4 , as u see it's the same base but not quite the same kernel, so there should be no problem in booting ur device, but it's obvious that when u go claim ur warranty they're gonna notice the difference. so to be on the safe side try to get the kernel (boot.img) that goes with ur build. i'm afraid i don't know which stock version contains that kernel :rolleyes: .

Edit: p.s. it's a quite interesting story with u, now that u know the method, u are missing the boot.img file to push :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elios93:
It's a story without end...:S I really don't know where to find that file...:( just a little opportunity...my gf has a galaxy s plus too...and I think with the some kernel, baseband..ecc.. She doesn't root it or anything else...(she say it's a stupidity..:D)

So, if i root her phone, and use a terminal emulator...there is a code to backup her recovery.img and boot.img? (I thought about it only now...:D)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
great then ur job is very easy, no need for any codes, just root her device (don't install or flash anything else) , install root explorer or a similar app and copy-paste the 2 files to her sd. (remember to mount /system as RW in root explorer). , then unroot her phone back :) (u can also adb pull the 2 files, but isn't root explorer easier? :P )

p.s. my gf also has the S+ and she didn't root, she doesn't even use widgets on her homescreens coz as she says the phone is simple enough to use (comparing to her old phones) and doesn't need widgets to make it even more easier to access stuff.. ahh women and technology :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elios93:
ahahah!! Would be a very difficult mission to ask her to let me do this...I'll need to be very romantic...:D

However where to find the 2 files? how to put them on my device? using terminal? sorry..i'm a little tired about this and i have too things in my head...:D

Thank u mate...:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
trust me it's not hard to find them, just install root explorer, longpress on the file and chose copy , then navigate to sdcard (that's the internal sd card) and paste it there. do the same for the second file. then either transfer them from her phone to ur pc (by pluging her phone through usb) or send as an email, or share to dropbox, lol , whatever makes u feel good :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elios93:
Can't u say me the directory and files name? Just to be sure...:D

than, when i copy them on my device can i simply parse them in the some directory with root explorer? :)

ps: when i go to /dev/block using root explorer i see only 2 folders...i can see the mmcblk0p8 file only with the terminal i think..:s
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
hmmm i guess i mixed things up , i thought they were "outside" just as they are in a nand backup, and i'm not able to check on the phone atm, sorry mate :(

send a pm to skywalker maybe he could help u with the exact location..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elios93:
One moment..i've find and copy to sdcard mmcblk0p8 and mmcblk0p13 using terminal..can't i just replace them to my phone? :) thx...if u don't know i'll ask to skywalker..:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
i'm not able to test on my S+ so i tried on my ideos U8150 , using Qtadb , u get to see the files in /dev/block, all the partitions (see the attached pic). if i were u i wouldn't be messing with those partitions as u know what they could cause, when i'm really not sure about it i'm not gonna tell u to try it, but my suggestion would be to ask someone who definitely knows better, and skywalker is ur man ;)

i guess those files are not easy to find after all, sorry for misleading u with the root explorer advice :S .
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elios93:
I thought would be a good idea to sleep on it...:) I had an idea: can't I use this?

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/sdcard/recovery-backup.img

And another thing...where can I find skywalker? :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
yes, that's the solution, this link makes a backup of the recovery, u can do it on ur gf's phone, u just need root and terminal emulator. and the same procedure goes for the boot.img except u replace the location with mmcblk0p8. and once they are on the sd card u can get them to ur pc and rename them back to recovery.img and boot.img. Nice u remembered that line of code ;)

in case u need him :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JorisJK:
fixed already
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] predrag80:
Hallo to everyone! I have a very strange thing happening on my SGS+ which I didn`t found on forum (sorry for that). I had android 2.3.3 don`t know which version and had some interruption durring calls. I`ve read on this forum that newer versions of android are better and solved this issue so i decided to update with Odin. Update went well, i have now 2.3.6 XXKPU version on it and indeed i dont have anymore problems with calls. But there appeared another problem and that is with Wifi stability. Every 3 min. i have a dropout of the signal and also a reconection which is very annoing, especialy when you are using you tube or skype. I`ve tried also other versions of android and all of them are behaving the same on my phone. With 2.3.3 version i didn`t have that problem. I must specify that my phone is not braded, not coded in any network what so ever and never was. I didn`t have any problems with Odin. Everything went smoothly. Can anyone help me? Thank you in advance!

P.S. Sorry for my English!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
Check your wifi-router settings:

Set the DHCP lease time lower than infinite, i.e. to a limited time.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr3quency:
Why no CM9 port for the 9001? Not official. Just port... It's kinda lame that none of the devs can port CM9 for 9001. :S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
what don't you give it a shot ? ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevenx3:
Is it possible to unlock the Galaxy s+ ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] predrag80:
@rayiskon: thank you very much. It vorked. I`ve checked DHCP lease time at 1 hour and i have realy strong connection. No dropouts. Thank you once again very much.

Still, i have two questions: at the office i have static IP. Could I make the same setting on static IP?

Seccond question is: why i haven`t any problems with the old android version and with newer i had?

Once again thank you very much for your help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
1- you can try it if u have similar problems with the office router, but if it's working then there's no need to change anything right? :)

2- i think it's a combination of a certain type of routers and some software versions.

(drago mi je da je proradilo ;) )
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loplo:
Stevenx3 there is no way. You have to pay for an unlock code.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] predrag80:
I will try indeed at the office. But on Monday afternoon. I have the same type of rooter there and the only thing different is that i have static IP. But, I believe that it will work at the end. Now i know what medicine to prescribe :D

(Hvala jos jednom od srca. Tri sam dana lupao glavu bez pozitivnog rezultata. Hteo sam u ponedeljak da odnesem telefon u service. Ali sad nema potrebe :)).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RavoxX:
Do it by your own if you think that it is that easy ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr3quency:
lol idiots. If I was a dev, would I be here sitting? If I could, I would. It has almost the same cpu as the other CM9 ports. And I'll say it again, idiots.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alopos:
Konstantinos has a point, but still, the device is not even 6 months old yet and it's not as popular (yet, at least) as the 9000, for example, so it's not that weird.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
Seriously, u should go take a look in the mirror. with people like u no wonder ur country is worth sh*t nowadays ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alopos:
I'll try not to get off-topic, but please, don't prejudge because not everyone is the same and it only makes you look bad.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr3quency:
Butthurt much? y/y? :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeugapnganlanhon:
Anybody could show me the link to download the Revolution Rom ? Because I can't down the link in Multiupload.com (this web was closed).

I need Revolution Rom RC3! Please! Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wintel_mac:
I still have an CWM package lying on my HDD. I'll push it into my Dropbox and PM you the link when it's done.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkpatrolman:
audio prb

how to improve volume in samsung i9001? the audio volume is low i can not increase. thanks for any response.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthewonderland:
Camera issue

Hello , in CR8 rom's the photo size capture with camera is only 600kps compare with stock which is 1.4mbs. Am I the only one who experience this problem? Any solutions? Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rrrmanish:
can any one explain frimware nos
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0407:
Sorry, accidentally posted in the wrong section, this can be deleted
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikagl:
See the wiki?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pascal1990:
problem

i have a prob with the cymod rom 4.99.i can paste it in odin but odin does not recognize the rom:confused: help
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MayanKKaushik:
installation of roms

have galaxy s. i have rooted it n installed boot recovery. i m having prbl in installing roms it shows error Unable to varrify whole file signature. file signature not varified. wat can b the possible solution
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
hello world im a proud owner of the I9001

i found an article in an asian forum with a special custom rom called "shadow0 rom -kp7 v1.5.1-Fear"

i'm not allowed to post links -.-

has anyone tried this rom?

are there any specials that other custom roms haven't got?

sorry for my bad englisch- i'm german
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikagl:
It's a cwm installable, so needs to be installed with Feamod recovery (ClockWorkMod). Use Poweroff, then Vol-up plus Poweron. If you fail, please use Cymod or CWM thread to ask questions about that :)

Please post screenprints. What roms are you having trouble with? Please post in those threads for help. Did you try turning of your device, disconnecting power and battery for 5 minutes and reconnecting it?

I've found some threads, but couldn't find the actual download. I don't think anyone used it here. I wasn't really impressed what I saw compared to the ROMs here. Here's one of the threads:

Translated link
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klub81:
Hi! I am asking if someone knows how to flash a stock rom. I had xxkf8 and forgot to make a backup before flashing a new one. I got the rom and odin but I don't see how to flash a .rar, or if I extract it I get 2 .smd files. Can someone help me or tell me where to get a one pack .md5 file?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] binlalo:
Cranium 8 mistake

I made a mistake while installing the cranium 8 rom and now my device gets stuck in the galaxy S plus animation.

The mistake I made was installing the "Cranium_i9001_rc4_fixed_framework.zip" right after the "Root-i9001-Signed.zip“ without having installed the updateFMR and the Signed Cranium.

Is there any way to solve this?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikagl:
Rar you can also flash as a odin one file.

You should flash another (stock) rom again I guess? Or try the Odin package of RC8 in the Cranium thread? And post this type of questions in the cranium thread, as they are more related to the ROM than to regular Q&A ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c0dac0da:
guys I'm new to android and dont have any ideas abt roms & falshing ... just wanna know i'm from India & there are no official updates ... m having 2.3.4 ging on my S+ ... can i flash with any of the roms aviable in this forum like broodcomRC2 or cranium etc ... can i flash those roms to my 2.3.4 ... will there be any issues ... pls help i'm confused
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brotdose:
nandroid backup

Hello,

I´m new to this forum and to Android. Now I have a question. How can I get a backup of my original stock rom (I think it is called nandroid?). I want a possibility to go back after flashing a custom ROM.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
flashing a rom will replace ur current one, the custom roms we have are all based on 2.3.6. u can also flash one of the stock roms. educate urself with how things work and the way it should be done before starting to flash anything, better safe than sorry.

just install feamod recovery after rooting and u'll have an option to do a nand backup/restore there. just keep in mind if u install the recovery with the kernel ur backup will have the feacore kernel instead of ur stock, there has been a lot of talk in the feamod thread about flashing only the recovery, so take a look there.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brotdose:
Ok, thank you. But then I do not have a backup of the Stoch recovery, right? So I do not get my phone back to the state it was delivered?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elfman91:
Confusion!

Im sorry im new to android :P I have 2.3.3 , PDA XXKG3 which is a UK release PHONE XXKG3 which is also UK and CSC ORSKG2 which is Slovakia Orange, but orange doesnt seem to give a damn about updates so im stuck im 2.3.3 (neither Phone or Kies would update...) So the question is... i want to have a backup of this XX XX and ORS 2.3.3 if something went wrong :) and want to update to 2.3.6 polish which should contain SVK language (although i have my phone in english but im afraid about the CSC one) Anyway! so i need to do:

1. Root because i cant use titanium (to backup the "android version" ? or its only about files?)

2. Save the 2.3.3 right?

3. use odin to install polish 2.3.6

4. Will it also overwrite my CSC file? (bugging 3G which i saw all over the forums?)

5. Why cant i update the PDA/PHONE to UK 2.3.6 and stay with slovak CSC??

Please PM/reply me with the list like 1.root 2.feamod 3.odin , i will learn im just confused from the flood of info

(PS: i dont mind having my phone in english, but again why there is only polish/germany release? i tough the first to release are for UK/france/spain/(okay maybe germany)/etc. ?)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
every time I touch my back button is lit on a small spot just below this- is this a pixel or did i scrape off the paint ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
It was already discused here , go a few pages back , u will lear how to replace the recovery.img and boot.img files to go back to stock recovery. It was also discussed in the feamod thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
Titanium is for backing up apps, for backing up the whole system u need to do a nandroid backup through feamod (cwm) recovery. Flashing a newer version (2.3.6 for example) through odin should solve ur 3g bug. U can't update coz ur carrier (orange) is not feeling like it, in my country for examp. 2.3.5 is the latest official version.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elfman91:
Thanks a lot for responding :)

do i need the "Busybox Installer" ? im also confused that there 1.1 and 1.2 with odin then some with kernel with OC... :( So after i figured it out ill start it in recovery mode and Backup ?

(the 3g was that im afraid after flashing with the polish 2.3.6 it will bug out... cuz it will also flash my CSC, or not? :D)

PS:Flashing will also remove your root access and your CWM recovery, you will need to re-install them. So screw the backup, just flash with 2.3.6 if problem flash with 2.3.3 ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
well yes u need to install busybox if u want to flash the feamod recovery for example,titanium also needs it, but it's not a problem to do that right ? :P

look at the end of the thread for the discussion about 1.4 version, and how to install only the recovery. but as u already said, flashing a custom rom with odin with get u back to stock recovery, and yes u lose root. but making a backup of ur shipped rom isn't a bad idea, u never know when u'll need to go back.