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[Galaxy S I9000 General] ofulanof:
Hello there, first of all, thanks to everyone who contributed in this thread. It is already my homepage.

I want to ask a partly n00bish question about the firmware guide here. I think it should be included in it like "How to flash your rom if you have internal stock roms installed"

I have 2.1 Eclair PDA: I9000XWJM9 / MODEM : I9000XXJM4 / CSC : I9000DBTJM1 on an international SGS unlocked.

With all this hype going about Froyo around, I couldn't get Kies firmware updates. I'll go with Odin manual method instead.

So, please forgive my n00bish question, in what order should I flash Froyo? Do I need to 1) Repartition? 2) Install a previous Froyo build? 3) Repartition? 4) Install latest Froyo build? 5) Can I select XXX general Europe CSC?

Thanks again for putting this huge thread together. I learned much from it.

Regards
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Aboyhtc:
I want to upgrade From 2.1 to 2.2 with Odin but I want to download Stock ROM 2.1and flash back if I use froyo not stable.Could you tell me where to download Stock ROM 2.1 file?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jotafk:
I need HELP!

After rooting all seemed to look fine, but now I've restarted the phone and it does not boot!

I do not have the 3 button enabled so I can't enter donwload or recover mode!

It vibrates once, then 3 times faster... does this a few times then reboots again!!

Does anybody know why does it behave like this??

HELPPPPPPP!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Jac_83:
Hello there!

I'm sorry if this already has been answered, I tryed to search and read as much as possible on the topic but there are just so many threads! :)

I ordered a SGS and had a small discussion about different displays on smartphones with a friend. He provided me to a screentest from displaymate where it is stated that SGS runs on 16-bit color depth with dithering to 24-bit. I can't post the link to the test but I'm sure someone already read it.

I'm now confused about the color depth issue mentioned. Does the SGS run on 16-bit overall or is it just the gallery and browser that are affected? And is this issue a fact/ been resolved?

Thank you in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] respider:
I have read that after I have 2e and custom roms I cant flash stock rom.

What if I want to? Is there a way?

Can i download a stock rom file and flash through CWM?

i am usinf CFroot 1.2 and Doc ROM
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
You can just flash stock rom. Where did you read that?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] respider:
I dont remember where I read that, but it scared me lol :D

So if I have 2e recovery I can flash anything since I dont use Kies to replace 2e?

I read in samfirmware that to install JPO (2.2) I need to flash JM8 (2.1) first with 512.pit and re-partition and then flash JPO.

This is necessary in all cases, or just to 2.1 phones? Mine is already 2.2 and I have ClockWork. Can I use it to flash to stock JPO since I have a custom JPO (Doc's)?

Man, this is confusing :confused::D

I'm sorry for noobness. I'm trying to research but I'm not finding a "forbidden moves" topic :D

This is my first android phone :p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
You dont "replace" Kies with 2e or anything like that.

The official 2.2 firmwares come with 3e recovery which denies the installation of unsigned update.zips. So we replace the 3e recovery with the 2e recovery with custom kernels (also on some of the root fixes).

If you already have 2.2 and clockwork, there is no need to go back. You can just install new 2.2 firmwares without going back to 2.1.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] respider:
Thank you!

So there is no way to update to official 2.2 and official kernel without updating 2e to 3e? Only custom kernels and custom roms?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
All official kernels have 3e recovery.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kirakira:
Hello everybody,

I've done a big mistake when I tried to flash my galaxy with a JM2 rom, I took the wrong .pit file...

So now my phone boots until the big "S" glowing, then black screen and the two sensitive key with light.

On the two first reboot the phone went to recovery mode with a message like something in media missing.

Something like that :

But now I'm not root anymore, and no access to recovery and download mode, I can't activate USB debug mode, so I can't reflash my phone again with good .pit file.

Couldn't use ADB without usb debug mode, so I don't know how access to download mode :/

Anybody to help ?

Thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Your three button download mode doesn't work? (volume up + home + power)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kirakira:
Nop, I have to install a fix to have recovery and download mode.

But I could install the fix only with ADB, and I couldn't use ADB because I couldn't access to the system to activate usb debug mode...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I'm sorry to say it, but that is EXACTLY why there is a thread in every subforum with the OBVIOUS warning to fix three button recovery BEFORE flashing.

Well, since you are already there: Search the dev subforum (before there was a 3buttonfix, this occurred somewhat regularly). In extremely rare cases, devices that were in conditions similar to yours sometimes connected to ABD during the "S" animation and could then be rebooted into download mode. However, the chance that you have permanently bricked your device is very high. A samsung service center might be able to help you or might replace your device if you're lucky.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kirakira:
Yes it seems it's bricked. I've already ask my operator to change my phone.

But in my case my phone (Orange - France) couldn't go to downlad mode. I have to fix this issue with odin and a little flash (I launched adb, asked for download mode, then flash, then download mode working with 3 buttons).

I'm aware about to not flash without download mode.

But when I flashed with the wrong pit file, i couldn't access anymore to system, so I couldn't have usb debug mode, so I can't reboot with adb, so i cannot fix the download mode...

I just would like to know if there is a solution at this stage, and apparently not.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Miggles:
Thank you very much for this technique - it was the only one that managed to get my I9000M into download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] respider:
my SGS is rooted and when I use adb and type "su" I get permission denied.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Val3r10:
When you use adb shell, ensure your phone isn't in lockscreen.

As soon as you type "su", the phone's busybox should ask you for admittance.

Then give your ok on the phone app.

This should work
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Cezlec_06:
Hi guys, please help me

I've tried changing ROM of my newly bought Galaxy S Anycall (SCH-I909) Version following the instructions on this thread.

In Odin, it just keeps on getting FAILED> and afterwards, phone won't start up anymore. Just completely black but can still go to DOWNLOAD mode. Can still be detected by Odin. I am not sure which firmware will work on this one. Please enlighten me and help me out on this. I feel so down, can't go to sleep because of this. : (
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DPSK:
is there a list of jargon dictionary android ? what is UV, UF, etc?

am i correct to say, we need to remove lagfix before installing new firmwares from kies?

how does the installation using CWM file works? download the CWM zip file, rename to update.zip and copy to SD card?

thanks. pls help
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DPSK:
i think you can try to download your original firmware from samfirmware website
[Galaxy S I9000 General] splurge_in:
the features of this rom says that it is rooted but whenever i use titanium backup i am facing an error that it is not rooted...........
[Galaxy S I9000 General] trixnix:
thanks for this. i am now elightened.

more power xda dev!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alanchanwl:
Thx Brother, Great work!!!

Appreciate your hard work!!!

this thread is pretty clear for a new user like me...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 17mayis:
i have rooted and installed latest busy box but when i write :Android/tools>adb shell

adb is not recognized as internal or external command .operable program or patch file .

any idea how to fix that.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxtokerxx:
By the way just ran a benchmark test.

Total: 850

CPU: 767

Memory: 1788

I/O 676

2d: 153

3d: 866

This is v5.2

Will flash 5.4 later this week
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zumi78878:
Hey guys... my phone is currently stuck at a boot screen loop and it doesnt stop doing it. What can i do to fix this? i am able to go into download mode,. but not recovery! i know how to use odin, but can anybody guide me to which files i should use to put into odin to fix my phone? please help, thanks!! BTW, my i9000 is from BELL CANADA!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
I can't get the link for you right now but go to samfirmware.com and navigate to the firmware section. Pick one of the i9000ug versions to try flashing. JH2 was the last official 2.1 while JK3 isn't official but is a decent 2.2 firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] prakunal:
samsung galaxy s I9000m bricked

HI

i have a Samsung Galaxy S I9000 M , i was updating it to 2.2 foryo version through keys and after 4 days my phone got bricked . i bought this unlock version from Canada but presently i am in India ,so when i went to service center they said its a I9000M model but here in India Samsung released I9000 .... so they dont have the proper firmware to flash this phone ... they dont want to take any risk ..

ok now i have done little bit research flashing my phone through odin but i am unable to get the firmwares i tried many sites but when i start my odin its unable to recognize the firmware for eg like pda file ,modem. when ever i browse to paste this file in ODIN 1.03v its doesn't show the file which i have unzipped in the same folder it only shows the rar. file . so i am unaple to add pda file ,modem file. etc .....

kindly let me know where i can find the firmware for my model plssssssssssssssssss and let me know why my odin is not recognizing the unzip file .., it only recognizes the zip file .....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kimezra:
RECOVERY Problem

hi,

I tried to follow the instruction on the recovery, but i can't enter into recovery mode, when i press volume up+home+power, the brick notification still appears.

Please help...

Can samsung costumer service fix this? but if i can fix it on my own, it would be better...

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] LukeSP:
What do you mean about brick notification? Phone-!-Pc image?

If you can not use Download Mode, you can use JIG to force it to download mode or send it to Samsung Repair Center.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ian_Cog:
I hope someone will help me instead of sending me back the Search.

I've spent the last 5 hours searching and reading and downloading and flashing with Odin.

I'm not new to flashing a ROM here and there and have done 5 or six since I got my SGS.

I first upgraded to Darky's v5.6 a couple of days ago. It worked fine and I was happy with it. I then saw there was a v6.0 I figured I'd like this as well and this is where all the problems started. It wouldn't load, I kept getting errors on Line 5 or Line 6. I tried various different methods, to no avail.

The final one was to downgrade to JM8 and try from there. That didn't work and I was advised to format my SD cards. I backed them up to my PC and did that.

Ever since then I can't get my phone to boot past the initial start-up screen. No matter what ROM I use. 3-button download works fine, Odin reports PASS every time. But the phone will not boot. I've gone back as far as a 512 PIT and JM1 PDA/PHONE/CSC combo.

Is there a fail safe way of getting my phone back using Odin or even adb, please?

I have a back-up that was done with ROM Manager when I was on Darky's v5.6, if that's any use.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DPSK:
You mean even after flashing to stock firmware, you still cant boot?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ian_Cog:
Correct. It just sits on the start-up screen, forever. If I push the power button it goes off, but starts straight back up on that screen again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DPSK:
i know you are an experienced flasher. could you probably used the wrong setting?

in case you miss, try follow ahmedzheeshan guide on clean install

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9728021&postcount=14527
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
You might want to try flashing cyanogenmod and formatting all positions expect boot from recovery, them flash a normal kernel (voodoo or steam) and install doc's mod from there.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ian_Cog:
My apologies. I should have come back and let you know how I sorted it.

I flashed it with the 803 pit, repartition enabled, on it's own.

Then I flashed it with PDA JM8, on it's own.

Factory reset, clear cache. Then it came up with Internal SD not formatted and the option to do it in the UI menu. Formatted, another factory reset and the phone is back up and running.

I first flashed it back to Darky's v5.6. Then went from there to v6.0 and on to v7.0 with no issues. Since then I've also flashed SGS Battery Icon Mod2 and a Glass Dialer, all with no problems.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] suruguru:
Thnx for sharing. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DPSK:
interesting. so its something to do with the odin configurations ie pit and repatition stuff. its good your hp is up and running
[Galaxy S I9000 General] irule9000:
epic boot and clockwork fail

long story short, i bricked my epic and clockwork refuses to boot(stuck on samsung mobile screen) the battery doesnt show how much charge is left when charging. I have downloaded di18 about 4 times on two different computers and various odins getting a range of fails from invalid image type to <ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid

<OSM> SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 is invalid.

<OSM> End...

I am a clueless noob and begging for your help. if anyone has any clue of what to do please post, im stuck with a very expensive paperweight rightnow.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I'm afraid I can't help you with that. You should probably look for help in the Epic subforum.

Edit: The error you get sounds like the firmware you are trying to flash is corrupted (the file itself). Try finding a different firmware package.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Domiac:
From JM2 to JPY, how to make it correctly?

I currently have a stock unlocked (never flashed) I9000

PDA: I9000XWJM2

PHONE: I9000XXJM1

CSC: I9000NEEJM1

Download or recovery mode are apparently disabled, cannot get them activated through volup/down/home/power key combinations.

Here comes my questions for the I9000 hackers..

Question 1) Before flashing I should make sure that I can get to download mode to ensure I won't brick my phone?

Question 2) Is there a way to get download mode working on my phone using three finger combos?

Question 3) Is the USB rig with resistor a solution that should work in any case? This is the most reliable solution, right?

Question 4) If phone has I9000XWJM2 (PDA) and I'd like to get the latest (I9000XXJPY) into my phone, can I simply flash with only one file (JPY_JPY_JPY.tar) using Odin 1.7 OR do I need to go to intermediate / earlier versions before flashing JPY? I assume re-partitioning or PIT change is not required because JM2 and JPY work with 512?

Big respect to all experts out there, thank you for answering to any of my questions..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] royalgok:
Arabic to European question

First of all kudos to Darkstriker for such an awesome guide.

I have a question and I would greatly appreciate your help.

I got my factory unlocked GT-I9000 in the United Arab Emirates. Its current firmware version is

PDA: I9000JPJG8

PHONE: I9000JXJG2

CSC: I9000OJPJG9

I'd like to upgrade to I9000XXJPY (which is European 2.2.1) from my Arabic 2.1 ROM. However, my CSC is different (note the extra 'O' before JPJG9) from most as it's customised for the Arabian region. Because of this, Kies is also not giving me updates.

My question is, can I just flash using only the PDA file for I9000XXJPY? Do I not need to update the CSC (and PHONE) somehow? Or, like Domiac asked, should I first upgrade to an intermediate version and then go JPY?

Thanks for bearing with me and thanks in advance for your help.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I personally haven't flashed the stock XXJPY upgrade. If you have download mode through the button combo, I would simply say just try it. In all probablility it will work. Since I do not have the XXJPY PDA i cannot tell but I believe it includes modem and CSC so there will be no worries in that regard.

Let us know what you do
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jopps:
Big thanks Darkstriker

Just wanted to say thank you Darkstriker for this fantastic guide, it saves so much time!! I have been using your guide for a while but never said thanks. One of the best guides I have ever read regarding phones, computers etc., it is very structured, understandable, very clear (colors, spaces, titles).

I have also visited your web page with files, great structure everything what is needed is there, you have just forgot to upload anything for the last 2 months :p:p

Now I can go in peace :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mindr:
Thanks a lot. i was not able to get my phone in recovery but due to ur post I am able to flash roms again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Domiac:
I used Odin 1.3 and GT-I9000_P-SBL_RCVDL_FIX_ODIN.7z (see this forum's post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10219125&postcount=1387).

Now I can get to download mode!

Upgraded straight from JM2 into JPY using Odin 1.7 and single file I9000XXJPY.rar (JPY_JPY_JPY.tar), did not touch Odin default settings. This upgraded my PDA, PHONE and CSC nicely.

Note: use APNBackup software from Market to backup your network settings before you do firmware upgrade, with this app it is very easy to restore original network settings.

Now I got latest Android version and download mode works, excellent!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aaanekre:
After reading this and other forums for hours I found the courage to upgrade my Galaxy after reading your post Domiac. I used exactly the same procedure as you but now my Galaxy fails to boot.

It starts up in the recoverymode after a successfull flash with the Odin 1.7 and I do a factory reset with wipe and cache wipe. When choosing reboot the device boots normally with the animation and plays the welcome sound but then it remains black and start to vibrate. First one buzz and then a fast buzz-buzz-buzz 5 soconds later. This repeats forever in about 1 minute intervals.

When removing the battery I can enter the download mode again, so I have tried the whole procedure twice with the same results.

I am going to try another mirror and post back..

Previous software: Android 2.1.1 eclaire

Phone was not branded or SIM locked

PDA: I9000XWJFB

PHONE: I9000XXJF5

CSC: I9000XEEJG1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Domiac:
(Sorry, I forgot to mention that I too did a hw reset after JPY upgrade. I also deinstalled all programs trying to make sure that internal SD is as "virgin" as possible, most likely this has no meaning)

After I flashed JPY to my phone booted normally (not in recovery mode) and once I got past the android "tutorial" my phone too kept vibrating 3 times and popping a notification that read something about a process that crashes (this occurred in a loop!). At this point I shutdown my phone and restarted it using three finger combo and selected wipe date / hardware reset. After this point the phone has been working very good and I've been happy using it.

Hope you get your problem solved.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aaanekre:
Thanks for your info. Its probably a plausible explanation why my upgrade went tits up. I did not do a hardware reset....

I dropped the latest update and followed the description in this thread by Virnik0 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=818556

by the letter, and it seems I now have a working (and fast) phone again.

There is however one thing I have dicovered so far that does not work. My language!!! When changing to my region using the IMEI code the phone reboots and swiftly reports an error and reboots again. And I am back to the original languages with no support for my norwegian Æ Ø Å letters... Oh well... I have to do some more research I guess...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Domiac:
I'm using finnish local, it seems to work fine. Only thing that I'm missing is that scandinavian Ä Ö Å letters are no longer visible as own buttons on the "keyboard", however I can find them underneath other letters such as A so it's not a big problem for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
That sounds like it is simply a matter of the base firmware not actually supporting the scandinavian languages. With the multi-CSCs it's possible to change the region, however, the language and font support has to be there in the first place from the CSC change to hold. The CSC doesn't actually contain that info. That is part of the PDA section.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] royalgok:
Yep. Flashed to XXJPY without any problems. The 3-button combo was disabled so had to apply Richthofen's SBL fix first.

You're right. The flash also updated PHONE and CSC as well.

Thanks a bunch for the guide and personal help man.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] keeyie:
guys i want to root my phone .. wat should i do ? using 2.2 froy , baseband version I9000DXJPA ,Kernel version 2.6.32.9 root@SE-s604#1 , build number Froyo.DXJPA... which update zip i need to download ? can tell me the step to root my sgs?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] keeyie:
i rooted my phone using z4root ... how i flash new rom ? wat update zip should i apply for it ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] royalgok:
Do you mean installing custom ROMs? This is Darkstriker's list of popular custom ROMs and instructions on how to install one. (found on post #1) Usually though, ROM makers provide detailed instructions on which files you need in their threads.

Hope it helped :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sherban1988:
Hey guys.

I have JP6 installed on my phone with a custom kernel I read about somewhere else (damian's it's called) and the lag fix from Z4mod. The phone scored ~ 1800 in quadrant, which i think is pretty good.

The thing that bugs me are the background apps. After using a task killer, i have around 120-130 Free ram, but in mere seconds after that I drop back down to 50-60 because the stupid apps the task killer closed reopen. What can I do to prevent this?

Thanks, hope y'all can help :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] keeyie:
i use htc desire before .. so i need apply for the update zip den only go for wipe factory , and so on den apply for sd custom rom that i saved into external sd card ..so where can i found the update zip ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] royalgok:
Oh I get it. I think the update.zip you mean is ClockWorkMod recovery. You'll need it to flash custom ROMs because you can't do it using the default recovery in FroYo.

You can get ClockWorkMod Recovery update.zip from here:

http://www.multiupload.com/5CUIK88JM0 (link courtesy of Darky)

Remember to put both the custom ROM zip and this update.zip in your INTERNAL SD card.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] limthegreat1:
i want to update my firmware from dxjpa to xxjpy.

dxjpa using pit 513 with 3 file,

xxjpy using pit 512 with 1 file (from samfirmware)

so how can I flash the xxjpy with odin?

any suggestion?

are using pit 512 with repartition or not.

can give me some step by step.

thx.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] keeyie:
dude when i flash the update.zip it say E: error signature verification .. wat should i do