yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
I haven't heard of GK3 firmware for i9000 yet.

Could it be that it is a Galaxy S Captivate firmware? If you have flashed a firmware for wrong phone, it is hard bricked and only JTAG could revive it. Can you please post whole firmware code and source where have you downloaded it?

I am very sorry for your issue, mate. Now trying to figure out what has caused bricking the device.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thewoose:
Now that I think about it, I believe it is a Captivate. I used the Odin files in this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2434225

Thanks,

thewoose
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Do you mean it is indeed a Captivate firmware and you have flashed it on the i9000? Then we would know what has caused your hard brick. You again haven't written whole the firmware code so I still could only guess.

If I remember well, even Eclair firmware codes for i9000 (the earliest) starts with "J" (build No, the last three letters). Whole code contains probably 15 signs (letters and numbers).

If it is a hard brick, I don't think it makes sense to let it be repaired. But you can sell on ebay phone as broken device for people who will use only the screen to repair their broken one, sell separately original back cover, original charger and the battery. For money you get for all this and service price you didn't pay you could buy much faster and more modern hardware like Motorola Moto G 16GB.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thewoose:
Thanks for your help. SInce it is a hard brick I'm moving on to a different phone ... it's about time anyway :)

I'll look into the Moto G.

Regards,

thewoose
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolKid98189:
Is it possible to brick when you're on stock ROM? Or is there 0.00000001% chance of that??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
I don't understand what is your point.

Any system modification can cause minor or major problems, but it is usually easy to solve them.

Stock firmware is also isn't forever: sometimes even an app update can block the OS and cause random FC. Besides, stock firmware is designed to get slower and slower by the time, until it gets laggy to unusability. Then they tell you to buy the new phone... easy calculation.

Therefore it is strongly recommended to gain root access. So one can delete temporary files and data corpses. With a custom recovery one can create nandroid backup that can be restored at any point, if anything goes wrong.

tetakpatalked from the legendary i9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolKid98189:
Yeah, all the bloatware given by the manufacturers (eg TouchWiz) makes the phone laggy. I was too scared about rooting because of what it did to my S3 mini (I don't have a Galaxy S, the reason I came to these forums were for my friend). Thank God I now have a OnePlus which comes with CM11S, no fear of rooting since it already has all the customisability right out of the box :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
i9000's problem is only ca 200MB for the /system partition, as provided by stock. The size-limited /datadata folder grows quite quickly therefore.

Custom ROMs since Android 4.3 use enlarged size of 600MB.

i8190 has much more potential in the hardware and great ROMs like Omni by golden-guy or SlimKat by Android-Andi... also TWRP, PhilZ etc.

tetakpatalked from the legendary i9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coolbilal:
hi i have Samsung Galaxy S GT I9000M

i flashed PIT file without uncheck repartition and disconnect my phone before completing and it said failed

no my phone is not turning on

when i press VOL-UP + POWER it shows modem booting and then start uploading from computer

now help me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
I am really sorry for your phone mate, I have no idea of the "M" variant and what the difference is. This thread is exclusively for the international model i9000.

In general, void to flash anything done for different phone models. Good luck.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coolbilal:
Bro please help me i cant find the flash file of GT I9000M

it doesnt show the samsung boot logo just showing DL mode
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
I'm sorry mate, but I am really not familiar with the "M" variant.

Try to see in xsenman's sticky thread here under the same help section, he knows all variants. He hasn't posted anything since more than 6 months, IDK what is going on with him.

tetakpatalked from the legendary i9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] An Droid:
I just reverted my old I9000M to stock GB 2.3.3 (Bell Canada KG3 ROM) from CM11 KK 4.4.4 using Odin 1.82.

If you've got access to download mode, just use Odin and the correct ROM from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102881

Once you're back to stock and booting, you can then proceed to root, install custom recovery and try other roms.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolitsryan96:
CWM

hi guys i am currenlty on a very old CWM verison.

ever time i try to flash a new rom it fails, is it becasue of the old recovery?

if so how do i update from CWM to TWRP?

thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Can you provide more details? Which ROM or firmware are you using now? Check also this recent post of mine and you'll know why am I asking:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=56648065

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mać Wać:
Thanks:good:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naimish16:
phone is not entering into recovery mode

i have flashed a rom dy DIRTY UNICORN following is the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2623421

while flashing when i went for the last step ...restart but now its not operational as thre is just omni symbol blinking and i am not able to get back to recovery mode??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Hm... which was your previously used ROM? Please answer this question.

Without recovery mode you have two solutions:

1. try to flash with Odin any KK kernel as tar.md5 file without auto-reboot. Then remove USB cable, turn off and try to reboot into recovery with 3-buttons-combo

2. if that doesn't work, flash an entire stock Gingerbread with PIT 512 file and repartition enabled, best JVU or JVZ

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoGoR:
Problem

I tryed to install stock rom for my samsung i9000 and it works all, but when it restart, boot logo looping... Can anyone help me, please? I have stock android recovery.

Here is a short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ4jQjlHnF8
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
For some reason, the kernel doesn't boot up the OS. Don't worry, you will probably fix this easily.

Which ROM was the last one installed before and which stock firmware did you install?

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoGoR:
1. I9000XXJVU_I9000OXAJVU_OXA Gingerbread 2.3.6

THIS IS THE LAST ROM INSTALED

CODE_I9000XXJVU_CL851880_REV03_user_low_ship.tar

MODEM_I9000XXJVU_REV_00_CL1092175.tar

GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJVU.tar

2. GT_I9000_XFJV7_XXJVQ_OXFJV1_Sbl Gingerbread 2.3.4

CSC_OXFJV1.tar

PHONE_XXJVQ.tar

PDA_XFJV7_Sbl.tar

3. GT_I9000_XFJS3_XXJPY_OXFJS4 Froyo 2.2

CSC_OXFJS4.tar

PDA_XFJS3.tar

PHONE_XXJPY.tar

All with s1_odin_20100512.pit and Re-partition CHECKED

At gingerbread, I see one difference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEYUeBJoMNA
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
OK, thanks, that should work fine, you have installed properly.

I think we have the key of bootloop in your photo of the recovery screen. The resolution of your photo is too low so I can not see the red text clearly, but is it possible that it says something like:

E:failed to mount /sdcard (File exists)

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount /sdcard ?

If so, it is known thing that sometimes happens, I wrote about it under "troubleshooting".

In such case simply flash with Odin in download mode dbdata.rfs file (attached on the bottom of the first post). First unzip it with 7-zipit has to be chosen under "PDA". Options auto reboot and reset time checked, repartition unchecked. The phone should boot then.

That should do it.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozyk100:
Please help me!!!

I have exact same problem but when I flash dbdata.rfs.tar I get cache.rfs problem and I cant seem to choose cache.rfs under pda!

If you could post cache.rfs.tar I would be gratefull...

What if problem persists?

I flashed Darkys Resurection rom multiple times but always get dbdata (sdcard) error!

Is my phone finnaly dead?

Sorry for my english
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Don't worry, mate- the i9000 is very tough phone :)

The cache.rfs file is attached under the first post, but you have to extract it first as it is a 7-zip file. Then you will get the cache.rfs system file and Odin will be able to recognize it ;)

I didn't want to leave any chance that system files could be corrupted through upload or download, so I've zipped them.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozyk100:
I tried probably 50 times and cannot find .rfs when opening under pda! It simply doesn't show so I can select it. I've even tried multiple versions of Odin but no luck! I don't know what to do next, could it be because of my windows 64bit?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Outsch, sorry mate, my bad!

Of course, as Odin needs .tar file format! Just compress the unzipped cache.rfs into *tar with 7-zip and it will work!

tetakpatalked from P5110
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozyk100:
Thank you for your time and help but it seems like it's finally dead! No matter what I do now, error is always the same : failed to mount sdcard (file exists)

copy dbdata media........

It just won't budge.

Perhaps I'll try to flash Froyo when I calm down...

Thanks mate
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Hey, mate :)

Don't dispair, I'm sure you will revive it.

Can you make a photo of that screen and upload?

Maybe you need just dbdata file....

tetakpatalked from P5110
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozyk100:
Must have flashed dbdata 10-15 times but no efect, just the same message
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Hm, sometimes the internal storage (sdcard) gets corrupted. If it is a software related error, flashing a stock firmware with Odin with PIT file and enabled repartition is the best way to go off the scratch.

Give a try with JVU just like described in the first post (unbricking). There is even a video with that procedure and download link for JVU.

If the error is hardware related, like corrupted internal memory (defective) only replacing the motherboard could help. It is not worth paying it, IMHO, as there are such great and cheap devices like Moto G, where you get quadcore CPU, bigger memory and screen for about same price like repairing the i9000

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozyk100:
I finally flashed Froyo and got the option to format SD card in the recovery but it looks like my storage is corrupted (posted photo). From what I can understand from some research, it seems that emmc has two partitions and one of them got corrupted.

I read somewhere that I can convert microSD so that the phone will recognize it as primary storage but that requires some serious "magic" with ADB and is beyond my capabilities and probably not worth the effort.

I used this phone for work (my phone is LG G2) and I`m seriously suprised that it`s lasted for this long!

Thanks everyone again for their help! :D:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
[MENTION=3353447]ozyk100[/MENTION] maybe it would be worth it to try with external SD card as primary storage.

My wife's i9000 is also dying slowly, while mine i9000 that is 1,5 years newer works fantastic. I think the hardware components built into the i9000 first models aren't same good as components of the later models.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CroInterista:
Hi, few months ago I followed this guide and it worked (with lot of tetakpatak help :)) perfectly. I installed English 2.3.6 Android, but now I would like to sell my phone. So I want to revert to Croatian language (I guess I could do it myself, with rereading this thread), but I would also like to completely un-root my phone.

How do I do that?

Sorry if it has already been discussed here.

Thanks

PS: Regarding Croatian firmware, I saw that you linked this - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102881 - However, I can only see MultiCSC. Do they offer Croatian language?

I googled "i9000 croatian firmware" and found out this - http://samsung-updates.com/gt-i9000-samsung-galaxy-s/ - Is this site trusted?

Also, before any modifications, my phone was Android 2.3.3 , base version: I9000XXJVO, kernel version: I9000BOJV9.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
[MENTION=4029212]CroInterista[/MENTION] why stock? There is no warranty for i9000 anyway and you would probably even get better price if you sell it with JB or KK, :D LOL

I don't think most of buyers would even know what root is and that the phone isn't stock. Many custom ROMs have croatian language. If your phone works good the way it is, consider to just do factory reset and sell it.

Android is open source anyway and Samsung TW is a crap.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CroInterista:
Haha, probably you are right. But at least I need Croatian locale because the potential buyer maybe won't know English. Even if she knows English, she may be suspicious why my phone is in English :)

I haven't followed have i9000 deals with newer versions of Android (maybe 512mb of RAM is not good enough) so I would just like to flash some stock croatian ROM and that's it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
I am using SlimBean 4.3 on my i9000 now, it contains some 60 languages, Croatian is also there.

If you're upgrading from stock system partition sizes (custom 4.2.2 or earlier) be sure to flash CM10.2 before (three attempts necessary) and to reboot into the OS once.

After that, SlimBean 4.3 (final build 2.2) installs perfectly fine.

Flashing SlimBean directly tends to unmount modem or efs folder which results in corrupted IMEI No or no network. Flashing stock GB usually restores all fine. I never had any problems if SlimBean 4.3 was flashed right after CM10.2

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CroInterista:
Ok, I downloaded from here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102881 ) this version XWJVZ/XXJVT/OXXJV9/Sbl (MultiCSC). Beside that, there is also link for Kernel download.

Do I need that (kernel)?

First, I just want to get back to 2.3.6 stock croatian firmware so I think that I will need just in Odin select pit file (and repartition checked) + 3 files from Stock ROM (pda, phone, csc), and leave Bootloader section empty.

Am I wrong?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
It sounds correct to me. I don't know if you need PIT and repartition, as if you are now on Android 4.2.2 or earlier, your phone already uses stock partitions sizes, so there wouldn't be any need for PIT and re-partition.

JVZ firmware contains the Gingerbread bootloader, so it will be automatically flashed regardless of your settings in Odin. JVZ also contains its stock kernel (just as every other firmware or custom ROM as well always contains the kernel) so no need to flash the kernel separately.

Make sure to use Odin 1.7 or 1.82 or 1.83 and run it as administrator.

Good luck :)

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CroInterista:
Great! So, basically this will be my settings - http://prntscr.com/5yb5bk .

Do I need to wipe before flashing?

And do you have any negative experience with Windows 8.1 64bit?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Looks good. If phone drivers are working fine, give a try.

Odin must display ID Port No of the USB connection and "Added" in status bar.

You don't have to wipe, Odin flashing includes formatting of all system partitions.

tetakpatalked from P5110
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jancsessz:
Install my rom for sp and bootlop.

sony logo (phone spend: illumination bar: red and green)

Install new rom error 91%

14/029/2013 12:29:22 - ERROR - Read error :31 : To a system connected device is out of order.

14/029/2013 12:29:22 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

14/029/2013 12:29:22 - INFO - Device disconnected

14/029/2013 12:29:26 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

14/029/2013 12:29:26 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

14/029/2013 12:29:27 - INFO - Device disconnected

Pls help.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruchirtrehan:
Turn off your device from back button, wait 5 mins, restart your pc, open flashtool, follow instructions like always > flash mode > select ftf > connect usb by pressing vol down button and connecting USB, it should work.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jancsessz:
How to back button?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruchirtrehan:
Back button was for old devices, you have to press volume down button for new devices.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jancsessz:
Not working ! :(

14/044/2013 16:44:15 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

14/044/2013 16:44:15 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.11.0 built on 2013-06-04 22:50:00

14/044/2013 16:44:19 - INFO - Selected C5303 / 12.0.A.2.254 / o2

14/044/2013 16:44:20 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

14/044/2013 16:44:20 - INFO - Device disconnected

14/044/2013 16:44:40 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

14/045/2013 16:45:01 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

14/045/2013 16:45:01 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

14/045/2013 16:45:01 - INFO - Reading device information

14/045/2013 16:45:01 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

14/045/2013 16:45:01 - INFO - Current device : C5303 - CB51243LWL - 1272-4891_R4A - 1269-3538_12.0.A.2.254 - GLOBAL-LTE_12.0.A.2.254

14/045/2013 16:45:01 - INFO - Start Flashing

14/045/2013 16:45:01 - INFO - Processing loader

14/045/2013 16:45:01 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:01 - INFO - Flashing data

14/045/2013 16:45:06 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_7054 - Version : R5G006 / Bootloader status : ROOTABLE

14/045/2013 16:45:06 - INFO - Processing partition-image.sin

14/045/2013 16:45:06 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:06 - INFO - Flashing data

14/045/2013 16:45:07 - WARN - This file is ignored : simlock.ta

14/045/2013 16:45:07 - INFO - Processing kernel.sin

14/045/2013 16:45:07 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:07 - INFO - Flashing data

14/045/2013 16:45:09 - INFO - Processing fotakernel.sin

14/045/2013 16:45:09 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:09 - INFO - Flashing data

14/045/2013 16:45:11 - INFO - Processing amss_fs_2.sin

14/045/2013 16:45:11 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:11 - INFO - Flashing data

14/045/2013 16:45:11 - INFO - Processing amss_fs_1.sin

14/045/2013 16:45:11 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:11 - INFO - Flashing data

14/045/2013 16:45:11 - INFO - Processing amss_fsg.sin

14/045/2013 16:45:11 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:11 - INFO - Flashing data

14/045/2013 16:45:12 - INFO - Processing elabel-C5303-row_201306241700.1_12.0.A.2.254.sin

14/045/2013 16:45:12 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:12 - INFO - Flashing data

14/045/2013 16:45:15 - INFO - Processing apps_log.sin

14/045/2013 16:45:15 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:15 - INFO - Flashing data

14/045/2013 16:45:16 - INFO - Processing cache.sin

14/045/2013 16:45:16 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:16 - INFO - Flashing data

14/045/2013 16:45:18 - INFO - Processing system.sin

14/045/2013 16:45:18 - INFO - Checking header

14/045/2013 16:45:19 - INFO - Flashing data

14/048/2013 16:48:05 - INFO - Ending flash session

14/048/2013 16:48:05 - ERROR - Read error :31 : Egy rendszerhez csatlakoztatott eszköz nem működik.

14/048/2013 16:48:05 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

14/048/2013 16:48:05 - INFO - Device disconnected

14/048/2013 16:48:08 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

14/048/2013 16:48:08 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

14/048/2013 16:48:11 - INFO - Device disconnected
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vieose:
Corrupted ftf maybe.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Update Flashtools latest version
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technaudio:
0.9.11.0 is latest isn't it??

In reply to OP I'd suggest try another ftf.

---------- Post added at 09:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:58 AM ----------

What he means is the button on the back of the phone.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jancsessz:
Flashtool 0.9.11 and rom c5303 .254_o2

Working.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sn0w78:
HELP !

I get my XSP bricked and i can't reboot it ! It's blocked on sony logo..
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rajeev:
Its not bricked bro :D:D Bricking is different... Try to flash Latest firmware using flashtool...

U can switch of ur mobile by removing the back pannel and press the of button. One gold color small button.. Press it for 2 mnts and it will switch of with there vibrate

Then flash firmware using flashtool
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sn0w78:
Thanks it worked ! I didn't know the SP has a button like that x).
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinhhaanh:
Press gold color small button 2 minutes or 2 secons????
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jancsessz:
Use pcc or flashtool.

Turn off your device.

Runing flashtool press flash/flashmod/your rom wait.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinhhaanh:
i can't turn off my device. It's blocked on sony logo
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jancsessz:
take the reverse side off

Take a pencil and hold off button,
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinhhaanh:
I pressed the off button but my phone rebooting and blocked on sony logo
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] starker99:
I have up dated my Rom to Buzz's WM5 1.60c up grade,

This left me with 14.54MB storage (& 120.32MB Programe)

However, after sync'ing with activeSync 4.0 (I have 4040 contacts), the storage has become low, Critical in fact! (0.65 MB). I have serched XDA-Dev & Buzz's site and all I have seen is a discussion on RAMDisk (I downloaded this programe but when I un arcived it did not have a .CAB for me to put on my XDA) & Hima_DOC_Tools_1.0 which I cant find anywhere to download on either site.

If someone could help, that would be great

My other concerns are

Camera & Record Button not working

MMS messaging missing

Aart from these small problems, I find the WM5 a greatly usefull OS
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Rudegar:
i believe most your answers are addressed here

http://xdaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=42