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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] noobishuser:
Hi, after spending the past several hours reading/flashing I think I've finally understand most of what's going on.

I was able to successfully some modems. However none of them work perfectly for Mobilicity.

The call/text works fine, but there's no data.

I'm wondering if there is a modem that works for Wind mobile modem with data.

Since I'm planning to switch to Wind mobile anyways later.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
It's more than likely your APN's aren't set and that's why you're not getting data. you can look online on what the mobilicity ones are and can through settings, mobile data, mobile networks or something like that, and either enter them manually or scan to force it to try and pick them up. If calls/txt work, data should work. It's on the network. Try and google what to figure out to change. If you can't pm me and I'll try and help.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] noobishuser:
Omg thank you very much! I've successfully got data working now.

Now i feel like an idiot in the past 2 hours trying out every modem I can find...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
Good stuff. The LB6 modem seems to be the most liked for the most part and is the one I got from my Wind phone. Works good for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] christian5916:
Q here, does this modem support the 850mhz frequency and can I flash it to a T959V

Forgot to say it's the wcdma band :D

I'm new to this phone, exchange an IPhone 3GS for this one.......
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lylon:
my t959w completed successfully then keeps rebooting on team acid logo
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] abonides:
Did you use heimdall 1.3.1?

I had no problems but a friend of mine had to flash twice

sent from my t959w running RemICS UX,Voodoo sound, Rom Toolbox pro
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] coolboy:
Bricked my phone following the instructions on this post

I researched and researched and researched for 3 days and finally came to this post which looked very promising. But it was just another post.

I read each and every line of your instructions 20 times and then started the process, I still have a bricked SGH-T959W Galaxy s 4G phone.

it's only giving me the following on the phone:

"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"

Kies obviously doesn't recognize this model of the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
That firmware screen means it's in download mode and you should be able to follow through the instructions again. I'm not sure what happened, but we can try and step through it if you explain everything that happened.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] coolboy:
Big Relief!!

Thanks for your response Getochkn. I tried running the file about 15 times and this time the phone finally took it, makes me feel very happy and lucky.

The phone boots and load up fine. I have the following issues now:

- No Modem (as you mentioned earlier in the instruction)

- No CMW installed on the phone.

I tried booting up in to the recovery mode, but phone just boot up normal with no CMW or stock recovery (download mode works as normal)

Without recovery mode, I'm unable to flash modem file or CM9/CM10 on the phone.

I'd really appreciate your help with this.

Thanks again
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
recovery should be there if it took it, sure you're getting into recovery mode properly (you should be able to do it from the ROM, hold the power button, choose reboot and you should have recovery as an option there, but maybe not in that ROM, been a while)

If not, shut down the phone complety from the ROM, Then press vol + and vol - at the same time, then press the power button till it turns on, then let go of the power button and keep holding the vol buttons for a few more secs and it should boot up to recovery. Sometimes pressing both the vol button is hard, but if it flashed the package, the kernel with it does support recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] coolboy:
Job Done!!

You were right, pressing the button hard did it; the top button was the issue, I had to press it really hard along with power and vol. down button and got the CWM recovery mode.

I went to CWM recovery and selected install from zip file option and tried flashing recommended radio files (lb6cm9flash.zip and sgh-t959v_mtd_lb6_padded_modem.zip) and even it showed successful, but radio was off, no wifi no network etc.. then did some hardcore research for 3 hours on google and downloaded and installed (cm-9-20120830-UNOFFICIAL-galaxys4gmtd.zip) rom on the phone and Voila, everything worked like a charm, Radio was back and phone had custom OS.

I downloaded google apps and installed on the phone for playstore etc. rooted phone and installed galaxy sim unlocker and it was reading codes fine also.

For newbies like me around from Canada using Wind Mobile/Mobilicity Galaxy S 4G phones: detailed information was for you, in case someone gets stuck doing the update.

Experts like Getochkn are around to help us anyway, but they must got too much on their plates already.

Thanks Team Acid also for your volunteer support and roms. You guys are awesome!

I got last question here for you getochkn before closing this long reply, would you suggest any better kernel/radio and rom for T959w phone, I was thinking of upgrading to faster kernel and upgrading to JB CM10.1 etc?

One again Thank you so much for your help and prompt response!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
The JB is almost there, and many people use it for the daily but things like GPS don't work yet, so if you need that, might not want to try it.

I would say if it took your 15-20 times to get it to finally flash, I would say your cable is wonky or heimdall doesn't like that usb port. Sometimes switching ports can make all the difference, but you're in now and have CWM, so you should be good to go between the different ics/jb's. I'm running Ultragen, in my signature, with the LB6 modem and the latest proton kernel. I like the LB6 for my area in the GTA, I get great signals. You may differ, everyone has different success with the modems.

Glad you got it going though, but could tell you weren't hard bricked, just heimdall crapping out, probably cable or port related.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] swoop81:
Thank you getochkn for the clear write up. Unfortunately I can't get heimdall to see my T959W (was on Wind, unlocked to Fido). I am running Windows 7 64bit.

I installed the usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip driver. I got the phone into Download mode. But when I hit 'Detect' in Heimdall Frontend, I get "Failed to detect compatible download-mode device". I then followed the instructions you pointed to in the Heimdall One-click For Dummies thread, specifically using Zadig to install a driver. My phone in Download mode shows up as Gadget Serial in Zadig. It showed up as Samsung USB Composite Device in Device Manager.

I tried Heimdall 1.3.2 but again with no luck.

Do you (or anybody) know what I could be doing wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
so when it shows as gadget serial in zdiag and you click install drivers on that device, waht does it do. watch the zdiag log as well, it could be a driver enforcement issue, but that usually isn't an issue on windows 7, but can be sometimes. you might also have to run zdiag as admin if it doesn't come up and say it need permission. Again, watch the zdiag window at the bottom and see if it says permission failed or something. worse comes to worse, i can maybe teamview you later and see.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] swoop81:
zdiag did say device driver installation successful. zdiag running did lead to a prompt about the driver being not signed, but I will try to run it as admin anyway. I am also going to try a different USB port.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
Ya, sometimes ports/cables are a pain. Stay away from 1.3.2, has some issues and our phone has enough issues with heimdall as it is as certain things don't work right despite it seemingly being identical to the V. Let me know and I can probably teamview you later and see whats going on with it myself. Sometimes that just makes it easier for me to see.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] swoop81:
Root success! Steps:

- Switched USB ports (was using USB3.0 port) - no device detected in Heimdall

- Switched cable, ran zadig as admin (it saw the device as Samsung Composite rather than Gadget Serial) - device detected in Heimdall!

- Heimdall failed with "failed to retrieve config descriptor", rebooted both phone and system

- Heimdall got further but failed when flashing PIT - power off phone led to scary "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Select recovery mode in Kies & try again" 'softbrick' screen. Tried Kies - no luck. Played around with Heimdall - device still detected. Under Utilities, did a Download PIT, which succeeded. Then did a Print PIT - and that worked too - and then..... an End session is printed, and a rebooting device, and the phone boots! :)

- Crossed fingers, put it back into Download mode and ran Heimdall again, repeated process described by getochkn, and this time, the PIT flashed, and the other files flashed (bated breath as some of them flash slowly), and SUCCESS! Device rebooted.

On to flashing a ROM! So bhundven says here that I shouldn't flash ROMs with bootloaders. How do I check if a ROM comes with a bootloader? I was planning to try the slim bean ROM but I am not sure if I should? I am guessing CM10 is fine?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
Good stuff. No ROM's come with bootloaders anymore, you can flash away for any of the slimbean/cm10/cm9/Pacman/Ultragen/AOKP you want. Just read the instructions as some need modems, some like the JB based ones don't have GPS working yet, etc. Take your time, as you see, sometimes it doesn't go perfect and it's out of the realm of the packages and just the device/cable/time of day/phase of the moom, whatever. The "W" phone doesn't play fully with Heimdall and I tried many versions, OS's, etc and this was the best I could. Team Acid helped, Heimdall creator tried to help, but it is what it is for this phone. I thank Team Acid for stepping me through and Brian offering to fix my phone if I hard bricked it as he told me to try stuff. lol.

Anyways, another "W" user can enjoy all the "V" stuff, so success !!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] swoop81:
Yes, thanks to you and Team Acid, especially bhundven. I am running CM9 for now and it works great! Feels much snappier, and is so much cleaner than the jarring Samsung TouchWiz. Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] deepak299:
hey im new to the site.. and totally new to androids. I seen this thread and decided to give it a shot. In zdiag it showed mine as gadget serial as well. I installed it anyways and i got to the point where it said "failed to config descriptor" . basically i got to the point where i thought it was 'bricked" so i unchecked partition and now it worked, but my kernel is blastoff v2. Im trying to root my phone im from wind. Any help would be appreciated. ps a lot different from iphones man.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] swoop81:
If your kernel is blastoff v2 and you have booted with it, that means you are rooted. You should be able to get into CyanogenMod's Recovery mode (see this wiki and install a custom ROM (see wiki). See list of custom ROMs again linked to from the wiki.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] deepak299:
thanks man, but what i dont understand is, if its actually rooted . i dont have superuser? & the site says to download rom manager but i dont have any connection on my phone. & also could you explain what , slimbean , slim ics, cwm9, what are those . are those different os im trying to install onto my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] swoop81:
Did you read the wiki? Try following instructions here in the section "Installing a ROM via ClockworkMod Recovery" (I think you have completed step 1). You don`t need ROM manager - again I followed instructions on the wiki. So please read it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] deepak299:
alright man thanks a lot after trying it a couple times, i got it. Im just confused to if i should stay on cwm9 ? what would be the best one for my phone to be the fastest because thats why i wanted to do all this in the first place. sorry if i sound like a dumbass haha
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] swoop81:
I did it because I didn`t like Samsung`s Touchwiz. I am on CM9 right now and its okay - I don`t think it will get faster as it is an upgrade from Gingerbread and so probably needs better hardware. But I think it is the same as the stock Gingerbread OS performance wise. The battery used to last almost 2 days after a full charge with the stock OS. With CM9, it seems to last only about a day. I might try Slimbean later on, but given that it is JellyBean, I think it would be slower and suck more battery. So maybe Gingerbread without Touchwiz would be the fastest and best for the battery. Try different ROMs till you find one you like I guess. Its definitely nice to have the ability to do that.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] deepak299:
hey man if you could help me with this final question. i backed up my efs. before this entire process. if i tried to restore it would it overwrite the rom?and if not how could i overwrite it?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
Why would you need to restore it? It is fine an never needs to be touched in 99.9% of the flashes. Copy to backup off the SD card, and email it to yourself so you ALWAYS have a copy saved out there for that 0.1% of the time you do need it.

FYI, flashing back to GB stock with most of the 1 clicks or packages like mine will redo the EFS automatically anyways.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] deepak299:
hey bro thanks a lot . i got it all working. but what i meant was. when i flashed the cm9 rom i lost all my data on my phone. even contacts i saved on my sim & what not. i backed up my efs file on my computer how would i be able to restore it ? i tried replacing it with the new efs. but that didnt work & i had to reflash cm9. I loved the thread man , finally got overclocking on my phone, runnin 1.4 ghz its running like crazy!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
You should always wipe before switching ROM's, so backing up data with titanium backup or something is advised. As for contact, they should be synced to your google account and appear when you log back in with a new ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ccamfield:
I've run into the same problem that swoop81 had earlier: I have my phone in download mode, but Heimdall can't recognize my phone in Heimdall... and can't get zadig to find it despite running it in admin mode.

The thing that REALLY worries me is that usbdeview lists EVERY one of my usb ports as USB 3. I didn't realize that this might be some sort of issue when I bought this computer in January...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Theraze:
I've flashed my 959V from a USB3 port. Just checking... you ARE setting Heimdall to show all devices, right? Or are you just seeing the default devices in there?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ccamfield:
Thanks Theraze, that's encouraging.

Yes, reasonable question when dealing with noobs. Let me go through this again.

I have installed usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64. I downloaded this back in August, Aug 4 apparently. (I wouldn't need a different set of drivers for Win 7, would I, as opposed to the... Vista... I was using on my old computer?)

I've powered off my device, inserted the USB thing, powered it on, putting the device in download mode. Removed the USB thing.

Running USBDeview, I see Galaxy S 4G listed, and a couple of entries of Android UMS Composite USB Device. Blundven's thread on doing the install stuff said to remove those to ensure there isn't any confusion on the PC with respect to USB port used. So, running as administrator, I uninstall them.

Now I connect my phone by USB cable to the computer. Windows 7 says "installing device driver software" and lists "SAMSUNG USB Composite Device" and "SAMSUNG Mobile Modem"(?!) as installed.

Now, I'm running Zadig as admin. Options->List All Devices. I see my headset, mouse, keyboard, something called "HDH-U" (ahh, my external HD), "Gadget Serial", and "Gadget Serial Control (Interface 0)".

Going back to USBDeview, "SAMSUNG Mobile Modem" is listed against Gadget Serial.

Ok, so in zadig (again as admin) I selected "Gadget Serial Control (Interface 0)" which shows Modem against it as the current driver, and do install.

Eh, that doesn't seem to have done anything: Heimdall finds nothing compatiable.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
Gadget serial should be your device..
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ccamfield:
*facepalm* you have to run Zadig when the phone is not in download mode... either that or uninstalling and reinstalling the Samsung drivers helped.

---------- Post added at 02:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:15 PM ----------

I put my phone back in download mode, plugged it in, ran Heimdall as admin, and it still won't detect it. I'm doing something else wrong, aren't I? :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
As said, gadget serial is what you want.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ccamfield:
Ok, I selected Gadget Serial and install, and it installs successfully (Current Driver shows 'WinUSB'...), but when I go back to Heimdall (as admin, again), I *still* don't find any compatible devices.

---------- Post added at 03:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:01 PM ----------

Sorry guys, realized I'm being a real noob here - and my problem has nothing to do with the T959W package. :) I'm doing more forum searching and trying to learn more about Heimdall and zadig to figure out my problem. Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
You have uninstalled Samsung kies? Heimdall doesn't play nice with it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Cooptx:
Heimdall doesn't play nice with anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Theraze:
Oh c'mon... it plays with itself nicely.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Cooptx:
If you know what I mean...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] abonides:
Just an FYI...after returning to stock for some reason,my phone was not letting me flash a modem,then once I got one through flashing cm9 I found I had been locked out of my network. Sgs unlock pro rectified this.

t959w running slimbean b3.3
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
If you notice the 2nd post of the thread, FB made mention to using Odin to flash the modem. I never tried Odin and if it works with our phones but maybe a last resort. Just make sure the only thing selected in Odin is the modem, no re-partition, no bootloaders, nothing, just the modem.

Otherwise, I'll play tomorrow with my spare phone and see if I can get a modem to flash via ADB somehow.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] meekazhu:
Help

Hi,

I have started figuring out since this morning what rooting andriod phones is so that I can unlock my aunts phone. So if someone could clarify some of my doubts I would be really grateful.

1) I have followed the provided instructions in this post, does performing these steps imply I have rooted the device properly. As I am redirected from this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1358498 to this one. I am not sure, if it means now I have resume and go back to that post to completely root it.

2) I am also confused as how to	"Return to the 99% stock option (this will bring the phone exactly how you got it BUT will say T-mobile when you first boot it up. I have no way to fix this currently as I have no stock kernel to use. (hint, bug Wind or Mobilicity for the package and get it to me) Will work on this part.". I mean you don't have to explain everything, just guide me to the right posts and I am good to go.

3) How do I unlock this phone after completing the initial steps?

Thanks in advance, I hope these questions were not too noob-ish.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bbbb810:
Hey! You really saved my phone! TY. ( I know this is quite an old post)

But I have one question. How do i make my phone detect my SIM Card? I tried flashing kj6.tar.md5 and lb6cm9flash.zip but it still doesn't work. Any ideas? Any advice would help.

Thanks.

Also tried running T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar as cmd. Everything worked out except when it got to the MODEM part. The Uploading for MODEM failed so my phone works but my SIM card is still undetectable
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
If you're trying to flash from the stock on there, you need the cm7 lb6 modem, not the cm9, or install a different rom from recovery.

Yes, heimdall has an issue with the "W" verson and the modem for some reason. Even Adam, the Heimdall guy was stumped over it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] berna.g:
I had some problems with Heimdall but thanks to your recipe my Mobilicity T959W is now unlocked (tested with a Wind SIM) & running CM9. Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] 3tequilamore:
Error trying to flash

Hi,

I got to Step 9 and pressed start but keep getting this error "ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -12" any advice?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Theraze:
Unplug and re-plug the phone into the same port.

Reboot the phone back into download mode and see if it works.

Restart your computer and see if it works.

Install a different driver using zadig, reboot your computer and phone, and see if it works. Repeat with the other 2 or 3 options. Remember to reboot between.

If you've done that, and it still doesn't work... try a different USB port. Repeat all steps, including the many reboots, on that other port.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Mezabaru:
So I have a question, as you say the phone pops up as telus, I'm trying to send this phone in for warranty before I sell it. So what I would like to know is after I do this and remove all traces of rooting and rom flashing, will they accept it?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bhundven:
Again, from your other post, strange that it starts up saying telus. Make sure you have a T959W.

Otherwise, we've been saying from the beginning that there is no stock odin image for the T959W. Although I thought someone did a /system dump and also got the modem, so if you can flash those two things, maybe they will look past the kernel version :) It's hard to get all the way back to stock without the original firmware from the carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bbbb810:
Just a question

I don't mean to be rude and ignorant when you said no asking questions about roms but... May I ask which one you are using on your t959w?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] truelove04:
heimdall didnt work for me so i used odin v3.0.7

but it always stuck here even after ticking repartition in odin.

still the same problem.

<ID:0/090> Added!!

<ID:0/090> Odin v.3 engine (ID:90)..

<ID:0/090> File analysis..

<ID:0/090> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/090> Initialzation..

<ID:0/090> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/090> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/090> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/090> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/090> param.lfs

<ID:0/090> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/090> zImage

<ID:0/090> factoryfs.rfs

<ID:0/090> zImage-1

<ID:0/090> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/090> Removed!!

Pleasse help me boot my phone brothers
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jeffsf:
While I'd suggest taking the time to get heimdall running (probably drivers), the general approach will be the same; figure out what isn't flashing properly, then resolve.

I don't use Odin, so I can't be sure what is failing. Try one partition at a time. It looks like the second (useless) boot image, but check them all, one at a time.

Have you tried to boot it?

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maifs:
Hi.

I am trying to install latest version of android on my samsung galaxy s plus device.

My device model is GT-19001 and Firmware version is 2.3.6.

Guide me please in simple steps, (i am at beginner level) how to install latest android OS in which everything work probably fine (Radio can be excluded)?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
use this