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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NIMBAH:
I'm not sure why you would want to it in the ROM and not the kernel. I'm not sure you actually understand the difference between them. A kernel will not affect the ROM visually or break any apps etc.. FM radio, swype and so on will all be working. JW4 is a stock ROM not custom.

4.2 is the only ROM I've heard of that has any SD card issues. And FM radio and the Samsung swype keyboard is dependant on the touchwiz framework. These are NOT bugs. Custom ICS and JB ROM's are not based on touchwiz so they are not supported.

It seems you haven't really understood the world of custom ROM's and kernels. The best thing for you is to just install a stock ROM and CF Root kernel which will give you the voodoo sound that you want. You will need to download the Voodoo app from the Playstore to load the module and actually use it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaris:
A kernel (as the word in itself suggest) represents the very core of a system....therefore flashing a kernel isn't a joke or something to be taken lightly not less or more than flashing a ROM imho - and Voodoo doesn't just modify sound - at least when flashing a Rom which already includes Voodoo sound there are more chances the system will work without any glitches (depending on the good job from experienced developers)...that's why I'm taking my time before flashing the Voodoo kernel onto JW4 - of course I might just do some backups and flashing everything at will just because I can (like I've done a few days ago) - but the more you do the more the chances of bumping into some unpredictable issues which cost time to readdress.....at one point my ROM not only wasn't accessing the external SD (no matter what ROM I was using 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.2 or 4.2) but apparently it swapped it for the internal memory? go figure - so, back to square one (JW4).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaris:
flashing a camera isn't a priority for me and I wouldn't bother (expecially if I stick to JW4) - in actual fact, as the i9000 doesn't provide a flash I see no point in having all those parameters as these are ready available in my Kodak camera...all in all the camera found on the new Roms is ok for me - what I really miss is FM radio and access to external SD (swype didn't work that well too).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NIMBAH:
Your being too cautious in my opinion. When the process of flashing a kernel is as simple as booting into recovery and flashing it then then yeah it's not something you would put too much thought into. As long as you read the description and flash the right one for your phone, your fine.

Having voodoo sound in the kernel is the default way it should be loaded so I would say its better to flash the kernel, not to mention all the other benefits a custom kernel will provide.

You need to understand that even though you've had problems in the past with flashing etc. the vast majority of the people in this forum haven't. I mean I've literally flashed so many ROMs over last two months I've had this phone and have only had problems once or twice. Quick flash back to stock and all was good.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaris:
too cautious? Not really...after someone hinted I could install the FM Radio I tried fast without checking the so many negative comments about trying to install it on custom Roms. The radio did work somehow but the volume was so high I had to bring it down completely (no wonder some had to replace their speakers)....then the audio from the FM radio was popping at random even after I closed the application (very strange indeed).

I did try Voodoo too....nice female voice telling me everything was being installed - then, the phone frooze and blackened completely (only the notification on top showing) - then back to normal and total black again?! once the system settled (apparently), I've found out that my phone wasn't fit for voodoo (message on voodoo application). Maybe the problem is that my phone was already rooted and the root from Voodoo collided with the existing one? Dunno, can't be bothered to find a solution the info in these forum is messy and cryptic and at time very misleading indeed.

Good news, maybe I've found out how to solve the case of the missing external card....

by now, I'm counting the hours I've lost playing the game of getting my phone "updated"....I'll give it another few days and if no solution for all these issues is found I'll close the "update" episode and go back to normal (stock rom).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NIMBAH:
Then its your own fault for rushing into it. You should always read before installing anything especially if its experimental. But a kernel that has been around and updated since the beginning of development for the i9000 should be safe don't you think ?

And the lady talking is when your file system is being converted into ext4. I'll admit first time I did that I was a little confused about what was going as I hadn't read anything about it, but I left it for a while and it booted up fine. Maybe it was the ROM you was trying to install it on ?

Personally I think you should pick a gingerbread ROM based on stock. It'll have all the stuff you need FM radio etc. Plus all the goodies of a custom ROM.

Just remember to read everything thoroughly before you attempt anything, I do this with all the phones I've flash and root and have never got into any serious problems.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hr Kristian:
I can honestly say I have no idea how xelaris manages to run into every conceivable and inconceivable problem in existence when doing pretty simple stuff.

*Backup

*Wipe data etc.

*Flash CM10 stable & gapps from recovery

*Flash kernel with Heimdall (semaphore is luv)

*Forget about the voodoo app, use the built-in DSP Manager.

*Profit.

There are no bugs or problems at all following that simple process, unless your phone is broken...

Also, OC with semaphore manager to 110%, activate "Allow purging of assets" in system settings, and live the lag free dream.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaris:
you don't read messages before posting do you?

The FM radio doesn't work properly unless you use stock rom (end of) - that's nothing to do with me (or me rushing thing and experimenting without reading between the lines).

The external SD issues is also quite common...

"use the built-in DSP manager?! that's basically voodoo sound embedded in many custom roms nowadays - voodoo kernel flashing + app was designed to work with Froyo - some Gingerbread versions exists but as it stands this particular version lay in a sort of limbo in voodoo sound terms....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaris:
My fault in rushing into it? If some suggest that there is an FM radio for the new roms what do you do? Let's face it, it's an application (no flashing required). The installation was painless but the functionality of the radio was pathetic (that's supposed to be an update?) - then I've read about all the issues with other users and the many unfortunate who blasted their loudspeakers...

There is no way you can read all and everything....in the end there is always an element of gambling and experimenting which is up to personal choice (and luck).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NIMBAH:
Regardless it's no ones fault other than your own. You took responsibility when you installed it.

Of course there's an element but when your talking about a kernel that thousands of people have used with no problems I'm pretty sure the risk is quite small. Also the ext SD card problem is no way near common.

No DSP manager is not voodoo sound. DSP manager is just the default equalizer that comes with Cyanogenmod ROMs. Voodoo sound is a kernel hack that harnesses the power of Wolfson audio chip. You should do some research you know. Oh and I have no idea what your going on about voodoo was designed to work with froyo and its in limbo or what not, your not making sense.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaris:
can't you see that DSP is the same as Voodoo sound? Surely they look differen't on the surface but basically they both take advantage of the sound processor of the Galaxy (the true potential of this hardware was left dormant until voodoo arrival).

If you check the Voodoo thread you can see that Supercurio (the guy behind the Voodoo project) has left things unchanged since the Froyo times...basically his work has been transferred, disguised in other versions/shells etc. - basically, he sold his project to others? (my wild guess).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NIMBAH:
No they are not the same. DSP manager is just a equalizer. And now your just talking nonsense.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaris:
Solved

All fine now...I've just installed Darky11 and with a few adjustments I was able to fix everything: Radio FM, Voodoo, Swype, and external SD!!

In fact, I believe all the other ROM I've tested before can achieve the same - the only difference here is that on Darky11 you'll find an option in Semaphore which helps a lot in installing Spirit Radio and Voodoo has an option to correct the FM radio volume level (in line with the rest of the phone).

The External Sd missing mystery? Darky comes with ES explorer pre-installed and by setting it to read the root one can see that there is an "emmc" folder which is the external SD card - this can't be accessed by using the "external SD" folder on the upper level (go figure) - but who cares? As long as the 32Gb are available (through the back door?) I'm not complaining...btw: on other ROMs my external card was registered on the Storage option (in Settings) and files from there were loaded if searched via other applications - so I believe this issue is a non existent one even with other ROMs as long as one remembers to use the "emmc" folder instead of the "external SD" one.

The original Swype isn't there (as expected), but there are plenty of other alternatives which work just fine (TouchPad Keybord and TSwype seems promising).

The Voodoo is also pre-installed (no need to install kernel nor app from Google play) - in my opinion (early days) this seems an overkill and most functions found on the DSP manager do take full advantage of the Wolfson hardware on offer (the DSP isn't just an equalizer - the volume and audio quality is improved greatly coming from GB, not to mention the Dynamic Compression) ...still Voodoo offers a very useful setting to fix the FM radio which alone might justify having Voodoo installed (and maybe there are other advantages too).

So, I got the updating bug myself - like when I first bought my Galaxy (as I needed to unlock it by myself from T-Mobile)...it lasted for a couple of weeks and then forgot about it and used GB2.3 for years without any problem...now I'm up and running for another couple of years? (but I can afford another couple of days to re-consider JB4.2 - after all it was working fine apart from FM radio and some other bugs which can be fixed).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NIMBAH:
Lol finally, that's great news. Ah yes emmc is the default place the external SD card is mounted so its not actually a bug. Although some ROMs do mount the ext SD card in external SD so I can see why that would be confusing. I'm pretty sure darky ROM installed a kernel while you flashed it which is why you can use voodoo. Also some ROMs have a modified DSP manager that can load the voodoo module, I forgot about that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hr Kristian:
The DSP manager is also in no way just borrowed/transferred from voodoo, in fact, reason I suggested a room with DSP is that the voodoo app actually broke my sound.

Glad to see you've found something that worked for you, I don't know exactly what sound issue you had with Spirit FM btw, but I'd be careful with using the phone speaker either way (voodoo or not), as the problem there lies with ALSA.

And yup, Darky installs semaphore kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaris:
Yep, Darky "installed" the right kernel and the Voodoo lot for me (in a way) - much better and safer than having to select the right kernel for the existing ROM....

You are right about the confusion Voodoo/DSP Manager; fact is that some of the custom Roms I've installed in these few days have Voodoo incorporated in the DSP - in the AOKP rom for example by accessing DSP Manager one is able to change the input gain (very relevant for quality recordings) - in Darky these function is available in the Voodoo Sound application and not in DSP - I'd rather have all the audio settings in one app so, I'll check AOKP and a few others...

In a way finding the right rom is a bit like testing Linux Distros...it's just a question of trying a few of them and finding out which one is better suited for our needs.

With the latest success, I'm getting choosy - apparently the Darky11 isn't the latest (4.0?) - so, what sort of improvements will I get if I install JB4.2? (ideally with voodoo preinstalled and semaphore).

this guy tries to explain the differences between ICS and JB (in some ways ICS is faster and the conclusion is quite bizzarre):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56NjJkI2YxQ
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaris:
The problem with Spirit Radio in the previous ROMs was that the volume was waaay too loud and even with the level set to "0" it was still too loud (but bearable) - most worryingly, the FM noise kept lingering in the background even after the app was closed...this noise was popping at random for a few seconds when using other apps (even 20-30 minutes after Spirit FM wasn't running anymore) - that's was way too unstable for my taste so I decided to uninstall the bugger for good.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWulf:
Personally I am happy to take a bit of a performance hit and lose FM radio in order to have Jelly Bean. There was a huge overhaul of UI between GB and ICS. Jelly Bean just further refines it. I'm on CM10 Stable, and frankly it is the best ROM I have ever used on my Galaxy S. It really doesn't feel like out of date hardware either. For the best part everything performs well. Rendering web pages is still very slow, but it always has been on this phone regardless of what ROM you are on.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziporpor:
Again, stable CM10

Look,

Until about a month ago i was with a very stable version of GB, I was very satisfied by it and never thought about upgrading to JB.

My initial thoughts were that the JB is a total over-kill for this device.

And then, with a spare-of-the-moment decision I decided to try out the M2 build of CM10 (It was 2-3 days before the stable version) and I was completely overwhelmed - the UI looks great, the phone has no lags whatsoever, the battery consumption was great and all I could think about was why I hadn't made this move earlier...

IMHO, give it a shot, flash it clean with formatting everything and I think you'll be more than pleased :cool:

Good Luck!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaris:
Well, this issue of the FM Radio being not that important (or even out of fashion?) come across so often it this time to make a point:

Case scenario...you go on camping in a remote area and your football team is playing - right? You get your Galaxy S with blazing brand spanking new JB4.2 sporting the latest look and amazing smooth graphics and you have paid your monthly data plan (have you?) - so you turn on your phone and watch your team playing live?! Maybe, if you are lucky...but there are good chances you'd have to give it a miss cos' unfortunately, even in the UK there are some weak spots where Data coverage is so poor, it won't allow you to ear any streaming radio/podcast (let alone watching live video streaming).

Well, that might appears a small issue if you don't go camping and you dwell mostly in urban areas but if you start traveling abroad in rural areas in Southern Europe (e.g. in certain secluded beaches in Spain or Italy) - then, you'll know how relevant and important having an FM radio could be - last summer, for example I followed the Olympic games nearly entirely via Radio FM (and yes I had a data inclusive plan which proved to be pointless most of the time).

Point made - once and for all (I hope).

btw - it seems I might have Spirit FM get working on JB too....:good:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mindist:
...JB on i9000??? .. . well I think that is very good idea.... I'm using RemICS-JB_4.2 and its very smooth and fast, UI is from sgs3, advantage is that you can use some applications like Google Now, all other stock apps are improved like YouTube....

...definitely its worth to try JB on i9000...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtdrdn:
JB on i9000 feels like a Nexus 4 with bad resolution and bad camera :)

Running on Slim Beam, extremely smooth and fast
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rest0ck:
Quick Question: When i downgrade from 4.2 to 4.1 or 4.0.4 do I have to make a full wipe?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hr Kristian:
Expert hijacking there but okay, no, you won't have to do a full wipe, however it's never really a bad idea to do it just for the heck of it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niziol_pl:
IMO its worth bothering, i have 9001 and using custom rom based from cm10 so JB source, by Doomsday and it is awsome. seriously its lot smoother and even more stable than on TW on stock rom, only one con, battery life is slightly worse :silly:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrAndroid12:
60fps, really?

Don't believe that it's not comparable to ios smooth which most of the time is 60fps

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If you have actually used a nexus 4, you'd feel how slow and laggy the i9000 is

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As far as I'm concerned, the working project butter on i9000 doesn't make it smooth at all.

It's seems like phones with exynos are running smoother without it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleepingsword:
Just noticed my phone was on the Samsung boot screen, it was just sitting on my desk I wasn't even using it.

The phone was only rooted via Odin about a month ago, using a stock 4.1.1 rom (Norway, Telenor)

I managed to get into the Odin mode so I can try ans re-flash the stock rom hoping this may fix it.

I could only find this ROM (which is a norway telenor 4.04 rom)

I9300XXBLFB_I9300TENBLF1_I9300XXLFB_HOME.tar.md5

My question is about why Odin fails, here is the message;

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXBLFB_I9300TENBLF1_I9300XXLFB_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

is the fone borked?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
so you tried to flash a pit file?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xSpeced:
Flash the stock FW from sammobile and leave all the ODIN checkmarks as it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
I just manged to help others over this soft brick problem, by flashing one of Darkys roms !!

Just find your country/region dl it and flash following his instructions

http://www.darkyrom.com/index.php?forum/#rom-darkyrom-iii-i9300.122

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Sammy rom wont solve the problem - Darkyrom will :laugh:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleepingsword:
Nay, didnt have much luck finding one, can you give me any pointers to finding it?

Tried again but still have this ''<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.'' error
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
Are you blind ??

Stock wont do, Darky will!:rolleyes:

Get CWM again do this>

*Installation

1. Download Odin3 and CF-Root-SGS3-vxx.zip

2. Power off your phone

3. Boot into download mod (Press vol down + Home + Power on)

4. Unzip CF-Root-SGS3-vxx.zip. You need to end up with a .tar file, dont extract .tar file.

5. Open Odin

6. Select PDA as CF-Root-SGS3-vxx.tar

7. Connect the phone to your computer

8. Make sure that re-partition is not ticked

9. Click Start Button

10. Wait for phone to reboot.

Now you successfully installed CWM + Super User + CWM Manager.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleepingsword:
Help me see... ;)

Darky guides say I need to install CWM first but ODIN still says there is no PIT partition when I try to install it...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
Look one post above :o
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleepingsword:
I think you misunderstand me, look at that CWM guide you gave me, it says use ODIN for flash CWM

but when it try to flash CWM via ODIN i get the same error: <ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
No you dident read properly

3. Boot into download mod (Press vol down + Home + Power on)

4. Unzip CF-Root-SGS3-vxx.zip. You need to end up with a .tar file, dont extract .tar file.

5. Open Odin

6. Select PDA as CF-Root-SGS3-vxx.tar

7. Connect the phone to your computer

8. Make sure that re-partition is not ticked

9. Click Start Button

10. Wait for phone to reboot.

You must flash the excracted tar file in PDA in Odin (whitout reparation) thats all

Link>http://speedy.sh/kcqvD/CF-Root-SGS3-v6.2.tar
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleepingsword:
as i said, trying to add the file CF-Root-SGS3-v6.2.tar give this result

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
then tick re-partition and try again

edit- whitch odin version are you using? gotta be 1.85
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleepingsword:
I need a PIT file for re-partition, i cant find one on the forums...

I have tried both ODIN versions 3.04 and 1.85

both say the same no pit partition.

this is looking like I will have to try and get a replacement from Samsung...

EDIT:

tried this PIT file: GT-I9300_mx_20120329

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/003> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Re-Partition operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
Try Odin v.3.07
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
dont work

Not sure but think , its possible a corrupted emmc !

But flashing a wrong pit file could make things even worse - lets investigate a bit more ?

Try latest odin 3.07

Btw: its a long shot but try flashing whitout external sd - remove it first
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleepingsword:
same result with Odin 3.07, no PIT partition...

so I found 3 PIT files.

GT-I9300_mx_20120220

GT-I9300_mx_20120322

GT-I9300_mx_20120329

alas none work, ODIN 3.07 just hangs on <ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

this happens if i select any .tar file (CWM or Sammy Firmware) with the PIT file, or Just the PIT file on its own....

its dead Jim.... :(

Thanks for trying to help me Spoonymoon
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
Damm sorry to hear br0 :(

And you're welcome :)

TRY THIS COULD WORK

http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-gt-i9300-clockworkmod-recovery-6-0-1-0-install-103347/