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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chan1628:
Well, i'm pretty sure is the correct correct thread for ezbase

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991792

however, the links in the OP are all broken, so somewhere on pg10 of that thread, someone posted a new link to d/l ezbase (http://nfye.eu/autoindex/index.php?dir=EZbase/&sort=filename&sort_mode=d)

and that's what i'm using...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason123420:
Well this is strange to me.. everytime I do a clean flash I use ezbase 4... let the phone boot.. turn off 3 button combo into recovery and its always cwm3.. then flash cm7
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vanisleryan:
You're right the jvt modem will work but you'll find your reception a hell of alot better if you use the KG3 modem.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chan1628:
would you happen to have a copy of the EZbase MD5 files that you can share?

i dunno what else i can do.. every link I find is either broken or it leads me to the same place that I d/l it from yesterday

also, a couple other questions

1. can i flash a different kernel with while running ezbase (ie: Semaphore_kernel_JVT_1.8.0)

2. in ODIN, i know PDA = kernel, but when ppl say flashing the modem, does the modem = PHONE .... or does modem = CSC?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
modem = PHONE
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason123420:
flash this with odin

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1326416&highlight=rooted+odin

make sure you follow the instructions exactly

then enter CWM factory reset and wipe dalvik cache then flash CM7.. then gapps then your cm7 radio from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1158783

if your from canada use KG3

let me know if this works
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chan1628:
Hi,

for some reason, the DJBROM wouldn't flash successfully. I was still getting the 3E recovery and nothing flashed properly with the stupid recovery.

anyhoo, i ended up flashing ezbase 4.0 with TalonDev 2.2 kernel

finally, using that combination, I was able to get CWM3 onto the phone

and from there, I knew what to do and now I finally got CM7 nightly running

thanks again for all your help :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
REALLY appreciate you dumbing it down like this. When it's all said and done, I hope to have Cyanogenmod on my device. I'm really liking what it has to offer.

vanisleryan, thanks for your help. I will go back to it because re-reading it, like you told me, has led me to understand your instructions a little better, but not perfect yet.

chan, I know how to get into download mode, but ODIN does not recognize my phone even though I have Kies installed, I downloaded the drivers for my phone manually, I downloaded Microsoft .net framework and I checked the "debugging" option on my phone. Not sure where I would go from here. Here's hoping I can do this all this weekend!

PS Should I be saving my contacts to my SIM card before I do anything? All my pictures and apps I'll save to my computer and titanium backup, respectively, correct?

Seems easy enough, once I get my phone rooted..Jason, I heard that nightlies aren't stable. Should I bother with it? Also, is "flashing" just a way of saying connecting to ODIN?

Fantastic. THank you for your time and pictures and instructions. These things just keep getting better. I hope it'll work as ODIN is not recognizing my phone. I have Kies installed and everything else like I said in this post so I'm not sure what it is.

Maybe for another thread, but is Cyanogenmod the "popular" choice? Will "flashing" a custom ROM like that hinder any of my features now such as voice calls, GPS, signal strength??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason123420:
Seems easy enough, once I get my phone rooted..Jason, I heard that nightlies aren't stable. Should I bother with it? Also, is "flashing" just a way of saying connecting to ODIN

What firmware are you on right now?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
2.3.3 is my firmware version
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
Need help ASAP. So i followed all of the instructions and now there is red writing at the top and blue at the bottom. The blue says Modem booting...End modem booting. Now start usb upload.

It's been like this for a while. What do I do?

UPDATE: Just saying Galaxy S GT-I9000 and keeps rebooting. Won't let me do anything else. Won't let me go to download mode, but will let me reset. When I choose to reboot and just reboots and doesn't go in. What next?

UPDATE 2: Let me go into Download mode and I re-did all the steps. So it looks like it worked, BUT when I do a reset and it asks me how I want to proceed with recovery I choose reboot system, but all it does is show the Samsung GT I9000 logo and stays on then turns off and back on again. Somebody please help. I thought I had this, but it does not want to reboot. I tried booting from the internal SD card, but no file shows up.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
Which firmware are you trying to flash using Odin?

Did you flash anything extra?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
I did exactly how you had it in your post. I did not flash anything extra. The first time I may have used the European modem. But I redid it with how you had it exactly that's why I thought I had it rooted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
In order to root it, you would need to flash the kernel (i.e. CF-Root, semaphore 1.8.0, etc) after flashing the PDA, PHONE, and CSC files.

You might want to send a PM to vanisleryan to see if he can give any feedback on this, as he has used this combination successfully.

Which version of Odin did you use?

Also, how old is your i9000m?

Are you able to flash all of KG3 back onto your phone and see if it will get out of the boot loop?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
I flashed sephamore 1.8.0.tar after flashing the PDA, PHONE and CSC files

I used Odin3 v1.82

My I9000 is approximately 11 months old.

How would I flash "all of KG3"? Can you explain that to me please?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
Instead of taking the PDA file from the JVT directory and the PHONE and CSC files from the KG3 directory, you would take the PDA, PHONE, and CSC files from the KG3 directory.

That will flash you back to what you had before flashing the european JVT.

When you flashed originally, did you use the 512 pit file and was Re-partition checked?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
I'll try that right now... not too sure since the directories are pretty specific. Will I cause more damage?

I did use the 512 pit file and re-partition was checked.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
I don't think it will do any further damage, but I am not 100% sure.

When I did my flashes with Odin, I simply flashed the 3 components, followed by the rooted kernel.

The phone restarted and booted with no issues.

I did not do a reset using the recovery menu, I did a "factory data reset" from the privacy menu after the phone had booted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
Ok. I got scared a little bit because I saw ClockWorkModRecovery and I've never seen that on my phone or ever loaded any custom ROMS yet. Anyway Black Rose, this last trick reverted back to what I had before. I got scared because I had to go through the welcome tutorial again so I thought all my stuff had been wiped out :eek: It did not and at least I can use my phone.

I think that's it for me for the night. I don't think my phone is rooted :confused: but at least it's useable. If someone can help me figure out where I went wrong so that I can spend the day rooting it I'd really appreciate it. I'd hate to go this far and not succeed.

Cheers everyone!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
OK, cool.

Glad you have a usable phone again.

I'm curious to find out what happened as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vanisleryan:
Hey, got your PM....not sure what your doing, but you must be doing it wrong. Its pretty straight forward. Put the 512pit file in pit....repartition will automatically check. Put the JVT Code file in PDA, Put the KG3 Phone file in Phone, Put the KG3 CSC file in CSC. Flash should take about 10mins, Pass, reset, disconnect phone. Let it reboot. After its rebooted you have a phone running on JVT with KG3 modem...if you want to root. Power it down and put it in download mode. Flash with Semaphore or what ever kernal. It doesnt need to be extracted...just put it in the PDA section of Odin...with nothing else....hook up phone press start...takes about 10 seconds, pass, reset, disconnect phone. Phone reboots and yay you are rooted. Man read the info on flashing with odin on the link I gave you with the firmware, it shows you screenshots of Odin and everything. Its really not difficult at all. The files Im telling you to use Ive used tons of times, I have them on my lap top and literally used them yesterday, while in my truck to flash back from ICS.

GL....If by chance you live in Victoria, Ill flash it for you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
Thank you very much. I don't know what I was doing wrong the first couple of times. The only thing I changed this time was that I connected my phone to a different port. I'm thinking it's also possible that I may have put the wrong files in different portions of ODIN. Nevertheless it's done and I thank you guys, specifically vaniselryan, chan and jason.

One more thing though. I noticed when I flashed the kernal sephamore 1.8.0.tar and it rebooted, my screen now is darker than usual and the letters and icons aren't as sharp as they used to be. Also, I'm noticing that the screen of my Galaxy S is not edge-to-edge anymore. I see from both sides that there is a little gap thereby reducing screen size.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
So back to the 2.3.5 version. The important thing is I rooted!

Now, how do I get all that crap out that I installed? I tried MIUI (unsuccesfully that is) Cyanogenmod 7 both stable and nightly. I have ClockworkMod on it still I believe. All that stuff that i downloaded today I'd like to get rid of so I can have peace of mind that there isn't anything in there that's bogging down my phone.

What kernel should I install? I'm not sure about installing any custom ROMS right now so is there a kernel that I should have over another?

I'm on version 2.3.5 and there is a Software update option. Even though it wasn't supported by Bell yet, if I keep checking that option is it still possible that I can get updates through this way?

I'm still having that dark shortened screen issue when flashing sephamore kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snehasish:
Hi pk1025

Could you tell me what version of stock you came from? I am running stock 2.3.3 UGKG3 (rooted with zergRush). I have Android recovery 3e on my phone and I cant seem to get CWM on it. I tried flashing with the instructions at the CM7 Wiki (hardcore's kernel with CWM) and went into a boot loop which flashed GTI9000 and GTI9000M. I was able to get back to normal by flashing a stock KG3 kernel.

Did you face the same issues?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
Hi snehasish

I came from 2.2, but I was on 2.3.3 when I flashed CWM.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snehasish:
I had 2.2 on my phone when I bought it and then I updated to UGKG3 via Kies. I guess its the same for you. Could you outline what worked for you?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
Is there a solution to maximizing screen size like I had before? Ever since I rooted and installed the Sephamore 1.8.0 kernel, I've noticed the screen shrink on each side roughly a millimeter. I undid everything, but the issue persists.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
So you're running stock KG3 again and the screen issue persists?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
Indeed it does :( Ever since I flashed Sephamore 1.8.1. I tried the other kernels, but it looks like it's permanent? Or it could be fixed and I just don't know how.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason123420:
Have you asked anyone in that thread if it has happened to them?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MysticDeth:
My friend wants to root his Bell Vibrant...Does this method work?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
i can attest to it that it does. Got some great help in here and great instructions.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcfaith1:
Many thanks to Vanisleryan and Stratosk for simple, easy, stable ways to upgrade and root the Bell I9000M Vibrant.

I've done some rooting and lag fix in the early Galaxy S days and needed to relearn all this so I can continue enjoying my phone until I decide to updrade to a Galaxy Note.

A few weeks ago I did the 2.3.5 XXJVT upgrade keeping the GKG3 modem as you suggested and used Semaphore 1.8.0 for ease of install as again as you suggested.

I have now just upgraded to Semaphore 2.3.0 and enabled the Netfilter in the Semaphore manager, which allows me now to run the full Avast security protection. Much peace of mind as I've had some recent questionable sites try to take me hostage. A firewall will be a big benefit.

But most of all since Aug 2010 this is now the first time this phone has truly been a top notch performing superphone that doesn't have me itching for a newer model. It works... great.

Please keep up the good work and keep this thread alive and up to date for all the needy (Noobs) Bell users here in Canada

Thank you./
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
Agreed! Good post
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcfaith1:
My wife and I have identical phones and I am now convincing her to do the exact same thing I did.

The two Galaxy S's side by side shows the huge difference in performance and speed from stock Kies 2.3.3 and the 2.3.5 JVT Semaphore setup. Clunker vs. hot rod.

I run Go Launcher EX with ICS look and that is a bonus too. This is something that could get the Galaxy S to the end of her 3 year contact before upgrading (1.5 more yrs)

Having two identical phones to compare shows me what each step had done for me. Very pleased and highly recommend it.

Now to start reading up on her Galaxy Tab (7" original) and think about doing that too.

Samsung considering ICS for us now is no longer a big deal, we can wait until whenever with the phones working this good.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enspyre:
Rooting my i9000m

Hello,

first off, thanks for this awesome thread. Super easy to follow.

I installed 2.3.5 following the instructions, but I did not root. Install went great, but almost every app/widget I had installed crashed. Launcher Pro Plus, my preferred launcher, continuously crashed and became unusable.

The main reason I flashed the phone in the first place was because 1.) SGS Lag was getting irritating, and recently started having a problem with tracking battery life. I would jump from 70% to 0% with the phone turning off (usually right after a call). On reboot, it would tell me my phone needs to be charged, but leaving the phone alone, the battery would slowly rise back to about 30% before shutting off again.

Weird and I don't have time to troubleshoot so wanted to flash a new OS and see if the problem persists.

Anyway, that wont happen because of all the crashes so I reverted back to 2.3.3 across the board. Unfortunately, the crashing has not stopped. Everything I have as a widget crashes. Grooveshark, Facebook, everything. Is there any way to get back to the original bell 2.3.3 version?

Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
Whenever you flash a new ROM, you need to wipe the cache and old app data, as app locations can change between ROMs.

I installed JW1 (2.3.6) yesterday and when the phone rebooted everything was crashing. wiping the cache & clearing the data resolved that.

My phone is rooted, so I was able to use Titanium Backup to save the data on Bell's 2.3.3 and then restore all of my app data on 2.3.6.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enspyre:
Thanks for the reply

Yeah I realized I had to wipe the data/reinstall the apps last night. All is working well. Have not rooted yet, a little hesitant. How can I go back to the original once I root?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vanisleryan:
You're welcome, but I didn't come up with the way, I just pointed you in the right direction. Glad to help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enspyre:
Some advice...

Hello all,

so as I stated above, I loaded the 2.3.5 Rom to my i9000m. The operation was simple and fast, and my confidence in flashing roms is pretty high now, however my phone is not in good shape. EVERY app on my phone is crashing. Clearing the cache did nothing, only a complete re-install worked. I have over 200 apps.

Anyway, Im okay biting the bullet this time but I really don't want to deal with this again. Here are a few questions that would be AWESOME if they got answered.

If I root my phone now, will I have to follow this process again or is this something that happens with a re-partition?

Do I need to re-partition every time I flash a new rom?

Is Semaphore 1.8.0 just completely replacing the existing kernal instead of using a root function?

If I do that, will I have the ability to switch back to my old Kernal?

If so, does anyone know where that can be downloaded?

Does the phone need to be rooted to install CM7?

Running 2.3.5, I can say the phone *feels* faster, but some of the slickness is gone (no animated zooms and such).

Am I supposed to be noticing a speed improvement?

Is the Galaxy S Lag gone or does that happen after the root function?

Why is CM7 so popular and how does it differ from Semaphore 1.8.0? (assuming they are both in the same category)

I know its a lot of questions but I'm a father of two children under 2, work 2 jobs, and pretty much have 1-2 hours MAX late at night to experiment with this stuff. The problems with my phone were getting ridiculous so I turned to XDA to find other options. I trying to read as much as I can but there is just so much content that the answers to the questions above would save me HOURS of searching. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the help!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
Did you also clear the app data? That's where a lot of the issues come from.

From the few times that I've flashed, the one thing that has saved my butt and my data is to root the phone and purchase Titanium Backup.

You can back up all your data, flash ROMs to your hears content, and use Titanium to restore your app and/or app data.

I back mine up to my external SD card so that there is no chance of anything being lost.

If you are using stock ROMs, you need to root them each time you flash a new ROM. If you are using something like the Semaphore kernel, you get root as well.

When I originally flashed UGKG3, I did not re-partition.

I was flashing over the update that Kies had done and I had buggered up.

When I installed JW1 the other day, I did re-partition.

Semaphore replaces the kernel AND adds root functionality.

That might be turned off.

When I installed JW1 (2.3.6) all animations were turned off by default.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enspyre:
Thanks for the reply,

when you say 'clear the app data' is that something that needs to be done app-by-app or is there a universal function? I did clear the data on a few apps and they still crashed on launch. It fine with this though as I am using this as an opportunity to rid my phone or the massive amount of apps I though were cool but never used.

I think im gonna use this opportunity to get root functionality, install titanium backup, and never have to deal with this again.

I know this is probably a huge noob question but Im having trouble understanding all these different Roms.

Semaphore, CM7, JW1; are these all simply roms? If you install Semaphore, and the install CM7, are you replacing Semaphore with CM7 or is Semaphore like a firmware and CM7 a Rom?

Yep it was turned off :) stupid me!

I'm not noticing a lag anymore. Does the 2.3.5 Rom have a lagfix or will the lag slowly come back as I use the phone?

Although I have things working great (after calibrating the battery, Im running at 19hrs with 45% remaining, moderate use), I am tempted to just go full cycle and install Semaphore. If I wanna go back to the default Samsung Roms, I am assuming I just flash their 2.3.4 firmware (don't remember the code)?

Again, HUGE thanks for this. I know these questions look pretty amateur, but you gotta start somewhere right?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
Settings -> Privacy -> Factory Data reset

This wipes out all of your app data, so if you don't have a backup, you lose everything.

Semaphore is a kernel that adds root and some other goodies

CM7 is a custom ROM

JW1 is a leaked official Samsung stock ROM

Compared to Froyo (2.2) I found the official Bell release (UGKG3) and JW1 to be much faster. There would be no lagfix on those, as they are stock.

Yes, just flash an appropriate ROM, or pieces of a ROM if you want something newer than the default Bell ROM.

Yep, you gotta start somewhere. I'm still learning some of this stuff myself.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envirojay:
I'm new and I just flashed my phone. I've noticed that the signal strength is no longer very good. How can you tell what modem you have flashed to your phone? I have Odin, but is there a way to flash just the modem you want? Thanks for any help you can give me. :) I live in Toronto Canada not sure if there is a special modem that works best for here.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
What ROM did you flash?

To see what modem you have, just select Settings -> About phone

Baseband Version will tell you what modem you have.

Since this is a Bell thread, if you flashed a Gingerbread ROM (2.3.x) you need the UGKG3 modem or would have had to use the special menus to configure 850 mHz coverage.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envirojay:
I flashed with the onecosmic ICS and the glitch kernel. Is there a better one? I am not sure how to change the modem with odin?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
I have no idea, as I'm running the JW1 Gingerbread ROM.

I don't know anything about the onecosmic ICS builds, sorry.

EDIT: You might find some more info here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1379650

Looks like the KG3 modem should be used.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envirojay:
Is it possible to flash just the modem file? I am not sure how to do that?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
Probably best to ask that in the thread I linked to.

Someone posted on page 6 yesterday about flashing the KG3 modem file.

I know you can flash just the modem with Odin for Gingerbread, but not sure how it's done with the setup you are currently running.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason123420:
Don't use Odin.. flash a cm7 radio through recovery in cwm
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envirojay:
Could you help me I'm not sure where to get that radio and how to flash it that way? Will that radio wrk with Onecosmic ICS RC2 and the glitch kernel? I am that's what I am running now. I am on the bell canada netwrk
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
THere you are good sir : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1158783
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kc101:
hi im new to all this i have tryed to flash xxjvt to my samsung galaxy s vibrant i9000m but i have had no luck i every time i try. I get setup connection and that is where it stops at. Can some one plz tell me what im doing wrong i have look at a lot of post on here for the i9000 but no luck and im useing odin 1.85