yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
If you need to enable repartition depends on which .pit file you used when you last repartitioned. If the .pit them is incompatible with the rom you're trying to flash you will run into issues if you leave repartition disabled. If not, there is no problem and you can leave repartition off.

Did you disable Kies? It use the same com port. Otherwise, try disabling all unnecessary programs that may be using the com port.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] balenax:
it works 100%. 2 more friends with orange locked ones flashed jg5 and worked like a charm too. we all tried our phones before and after flashing : net locked. just make sure you use 512 pit and all will be smooooth :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NickChaplin:
hi guys my friend has a i9000 that he got through Optus in Australia. it comes with:

PDA:I9000DTJF3

Phone:I9000DTJF1

CSC:I9000OPSJF1

it suffers a terrible lag issue. so much so that he wants to take it back.

is there anyway to update the firmware considering that optus havent released an update? also i have read that the update can improve the lag issue, is that correct or is it only fixed when running a custom rom?

thanks

nick
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thedonsza:
...

4pc's and still no luck X( . The phone is not bricked it turns on i get through the lockscreen than a sorry message appears. the application twlauncher has stopped working. Please try again.... use *#9900# to copy out log. Then force close! this message appears in every 3sec. Once i managed to press search then searched settings, from there factory reset. everything was normal! Now i know that kies was the problem when i wanted to sync this error message appeared ! Any sollution? thx in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
As of now there is no firmware that completely fixes the problem

. However newer firmwares are reported to suffer much less lags and programs like autokiller can help alleviate the issue. There may be a definite fix from samsung in the future. If he wants to be completely on the safeside. Returning the device now and getting it again later may be a solution.

@thedonsza: I'm sorry. Your last text makes very little sense to me. Can you try formulating differently?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] boredtoday:
Thanks man! Can't wait til I get home ^_^
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Chainfire:
This thread seems like a sticky to me

Stuck!

(for the time being, pending review)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BackfireNL:
Thumbs up for the ADB tutorial!

Now all i need is a bigger SD card!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dirk1978:
From my experience JG5 completely fixes the issue. Performance is now very good and I haven't noticed any lag. I did do the SD ext4 fix though, but it seemed fine before this.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aciduzzo:
personally speaking, the JG5 upgrade made little difference. However the SD ext4 fix made a MASSIVE difference. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] boredtoday:
make that twice. i just flashed my SGS that is sim-locked to Globe Telecoms (Philippines) and it went through without a hitch.

EDIT: oookay, it seems wjg5 is slow on my sgs (previously dxjf4). now im trying to revert back to dxjf4 but the download has only 1 file, now i'm lost as to what that file is, and where are the other two (pda, modem and csc).

id appreciate some help, thanks :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sany:
Maybe this has something to do with my problem as well - I am exactly trying to update to JF4, what I see is I can see the 'binary being downloaded' message and once downloaded the message changes to 'upgrade has started', in around 10 seconds the message says 'failed to convert to upgrade mode'..I tried this in all my PCs running xp, windows 7 etc., same thing in the climax. What is an upgrade mode? but initially at one point of time in my windows 7 I got the message after the binary download, it said failed to upgrade since RAPI.dll is missing in my computer but the latest message I get is 'failed to convert to upgrade mode'.

by the way, how did you upgrade to JF4 before and now - is it through Kies?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sany:
this is my earlier post desperately looking for answer or atleast some peers so to assure that i am not alone or else I have to suspect my device:

http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7244744&posted=1#post7244744

Guess people have not checked Kies yet and still busy trying to learn the phone
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lemillion:
my mobile hang up on samsung logo what should i do i try with odin but not work it didnt start upgrading just analysis file and still remain in recover not going to flas what should i do now help me :( :( :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sany:
just power off your device and switch it on, if it had not upgraded but shows a screen on your device with message 'downloading do not unplug' - simply press and hold the power button and after it goes off - hold it for a while on the power button and switch on, it will boot as normal.

Last resort, try hard reset (hold volume UP +power+home screen button all at same time)

Hope this works since you said the upgrade didnt succeed. Guys and devs and experts here please comment if i am wrong as this is how I came out of it when the upgrade failed.

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lemillion:
same here the problem the logo of downgrade don't appear wen i open the odin and add all files and i go to recovery mode and then i select start form odin it's remain there no movement and the mobile is in Android system recovery :( :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thedonsza:
...

This is weird! my fw version is i9000xxjc3b haven't seen it on sasmung-firmwares... it's a 16gb model!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
The bottom line is (I'm afraid) that Kies is one crappy piece of software and we will have a hard time getting firmware updates if samsung doesn't improve it.

However, I haven't tried it myself since I just flashed with odin.

Additionally, if I am not mistaken, many phones in Australia came with DXJF4 preinstalled!

There are probably at least some firmware updates via Kies. The original firmware on you phone appears to be VERY old (i.e. from May) so samsung may well have officially released the JF4 firmware as an upgrade. However, Kies is among crappiest pieces of software I have ever seen (especially if your PC is running Windows 7). Before we can help you at all with the Kies problem, we need to know your Windows version.

The root@SE-S604# would suggest that your device is in fact already root. However, that would seem very strange and would mean that samsung rooted this one from factory :S

I don't believe your device is actually rooted.

Lastly: If I am not mistaken, Kies will push the update that corresponds to the locale of your current firmware OR to your IMEI (one of the serial numbers of your device). However, using Odin to flash European firmware onto a device that previously had Asian firmware is not problem at all so if you want to upgrade, feel free to do so.

I replied in your thread.

Not all firmwares that ship with phones have been leaked/released. My device for example came with the XXJF3 firmware, which isn't on samsung firmwares either.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] emelie:
maybe this thread could also be added to the faq:

i9000 Secret Codes

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=721111
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Chainfire:
I agree with at least a link to that post, if it's not in there already.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Chainfire:
Has this GPS fix been tested by users here ?

From the OP of the FAQ I see only the SkyHook solution, which just uses Wi-Fi AP's to get a fix quicker. AFAIK it doesn't help at all if you do not have Wi-Fi on and have known networks in range. I would personally not advise to use SkyHook at all.

The fix linked above seems to adjust your A-GPS settings to something that actually works, and might be a far better solution.

I wouldn't post it in the OP unless people here have tested it and found it working, though.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Added.

I edited the GPS entry. I just applied the fix you posted and will give it a run now. However, I cannot seem to find any satellites from within my room so far which isnt a very good sign.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Out and about on my bike now for about 10 minutes. Haven't gotten a single fix and test says it only find one satellite.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Chainfire:
Did you turn off skyhook and rebooted the SGS ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I did. No solid fix in 30 minutes. Also after reboot. The test found 5 satellites at one point but failed to find them again. Google maps doesn't get a fix at all.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Chainfire:
Ok, too bad then :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] appelflap:
Hi Darkstriker,

Thanks for all this useful information!! Great job.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] appelflap:
with respect to replacing an unrecognized build.prop with the one from an official firmware version, I liked the solution proposed in this thread more than the one in post #4. Maybe you can add is as an alternative. (Ok, it requires the root explorer, which is 2.50 pounds at the moment, but you need that anyway :P )

again thanks for your work.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I used to link to a tutorial like that. But as you say, root explorer is necessary and I don't see why I should advise people to pay for an application (if you "need" it anyways is a whole different discussion) while the same thing can be achieved with virtually no additional effort for free.

Besides what you posted is identical to what is in my tutorial except the file used to replace build.prop is a modified version of the JG1 instead of the original JF5 build.prop. I personally don't see the advantage. If you can give me a good reason why that tutorial would in fact be better, I'll gladly put it up!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] appelflap:
Ok, valid argument. Agree.

On the other hand it is very instructive to give users alternative methods. By studying altnative methods one gets a better grip on the matter at hand. (It prevents that one is blindly following a procedure without knowing what one is doing).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Generally speaking that is true most of the time. However, someone who wants to know what is being done can read the little "Background" text and just read the commands. ("mv" quite clearly means "move"). I will add what exactly is done by the "mount" command.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheOccult:
Thank you sir!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Project1.exe:
Just wanted to add to the confirmation for locked phones. Mine is network locked :) still be able to flash and using the 512 pit (didn't try the 513 pretty scaredy cat here).

From DXJF4 to XXJG5 + modaco lag fix :)

thanks guys. rock on
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Thanks for the confirmation.

I actually just went back to JG1 with r2 and mimocan's prefix. I find that JG1 get way better results on the gps than JG5.

And mimocans lagfix gives a lot better results than modaco's for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sany:
Hi Darkstriker, thanks for the expalanation for droid newbies like me. My next question as a followup would be....when I use odin, am i rooting the device (dont really know what odin does)

second question is, since I already have a singapore (Asian firmware-singtel) I think it is safer to flash a latest asian fw and if do so, will I safely get my main language as english and not chinese and will be stuck to navigate menu for flashing again. Will the default language be english?

Thirdly, is this the place http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/samsunglettercode.htm where I should look for official fw or is there any other

also point me to a place where I can know something about unbriking if something goes wrong.

thanks

S
[Galaxy S I9000 General] damianarnold:
That's doesn't mean the device is rooted, it's just the username and DNS name of the machine that compiled the kernel, Samsung have just left it on there for reason only known to them :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sany:
Thanks damianarnold - that really comforts me.

cheers

S
[Galaxy S I9000 General] quinckekorotkoffqk:
darkstriker u r just super man .you gave us nice guide.

i have gone through first page .did u find any solution for getting/keeping warranty safe after new firmware flash.? Thank u.:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I'm afraid you will technically always void your warranty if you flash firmware other than that provided by samsung through kies. However, you should be fine as long as your phone isn't branded since you can flash back to something like jf2 which was used as factory firmware on some phones if I'm not mistaken. They will not be able to tell that you flashed unless the phone was branded since we do not yet have those CSC files.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
I had the market issue when I flashed to the newest firmware. However, I found a much more simple fix here:

http://android.modaco.com/content/s...t-i9000-firmware-with-protected-apps-access/#

i had to wait around 8 minutes, but it worked. Also, you need root.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kristianmaar:
updating firmware on a Mac

Is there any way I can update my GT-I9000 firmware on my Mac?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I'm afraid not. You should be able to do this in a virtual machine that supports usb though.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kristianmaar:
another problem

Ok thanks, I thought so. In the meantime I tried updating the firmware and put the wrong update.zip in the sdcard so now I can't even access the menus on the i9000 when it is turned on. It keeps coming up with alerts saying that "android.process.media has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again" then if I tap "force close" it just shows med another message befor I have a chance to access the menu.... It's a real mess.. what to do?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Try FAQ#20
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kristianmaar:
re

Ahh, hadn't seen that. But I think that's what went wrong the first time. When in download mode, all I see is a yellow sign with an android robot, a text "Downloading..." and "Do not turn off your target" what is it downloading and how? I don't see anything happening on my pc.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Just keeps reading. It's all there.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cdmackay:
I've been trying to do this using VirtualBox on my Mac, but unfortunately, MacOS doesn't seem to properly pass through the Galaxy's USB to the guest OS. I can pass-thru lots of other types of USB device, no problem, but not the Galaxy "Android Gadget" in download mode.

Whether this is a VB or a MacOS bug remains to be seen.

Does anyone have this working? It's infuriating, as I don't (won't) have a native Windows system in the house.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
As you can see in the thread several people have this working with linux/virtualbox so this seems to be an issue of osx. (who would have guessed...) ;-P

Maybe trying it on a different mac will solve it. Otherwise ask a friend who's got windows if you can do it on their pc.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kristianmaar:
Ok, so I kept reading, and flashed my sgs again, but this time it won't even start up the Android OS. It starts up, but there's and just a black screen. When the flash was done, it restarted, but I had to press reboot in recovery mode myself, it didn't boot up by itself. I would have posted a link to an image, but as unverified user I can't :-S ... So, go to:

yfrog "dot" com "slash" jvtqfj
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Which rom did you use and which .pit file did you use and dodd you check repartition?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kristianmaar:
This is the rom, an yes, I checked re-partition.

ROM: www "dot"multiupload "dot"com/JHIFK9K80P

.PIT: s1_odin_20100513.pit
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
That is not a rom. That is an update.zip. What were you trying to do?

Where you trying to gain root access?

Tell us exactly what you did please!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kristianmaar:
1.

I wanted to update the firmware to XWJG5, but failed because I had put the Odin files in a non-system folder (I learned this this morning as I moved the Odin files to the system drive and managed to update the fw)

2.

I thought: why don't I try and install the customROM that my brother sent me, though he specificly told me not to do so until I had installed the correct fw-version. So I did, and then my sgs started acting weird - empty home screen, constant error messages that keeped popping up after I tapped "force close".

3.

To repair this I put the phone in download mode and started Odin. It finished successfully but now I have a black screen when I turn it on.

(thank you for your help btw)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] marius323:
i flashed my locked ( orange romania) galaxy s phone and it worked. used 512.pit. no problem
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kristianmaar:
Problem solved. Flashed the phone with a supposedly newer

fw that som guy just posted in this forum.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thedonsza:
...

Still no luck! I've read the instructions several times. used s1_odin_20100512 pit file, installed drivers, changed ports, tried on 3pc's so far...don't know what to do.

Odin : <ID:0/009> Added!!

<ID:0/009> Odin v.3 engine (ID:9)..

<ID:0/009> File analysis..

<ID:0/009> Removed!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] azreil24:
Thank you for the tutorial. Just flashed for the first time, no problems. I used the Odin version. Updated from JF5 to JM1 using 512 pit, didn`t try the 513 pit, actually, sorry for my ignorance, but I don`t know the difference, I presume that there are different versions.

Also, my phone is sim-locked on Orange, no problems after flashing, but is still locked :p

Cheers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
First of all, let me apologize for reacting so late.

As for your questions:

If you use Odin you are not necessarily rooting the device. Yes, you CAN root your device using odin (however, that is not commonly done and not handy either). If you use it as instructed you will be updating your firmware.

As far as I know, all firmwares contain English. I cannot tell you if it will default to that but it should if you put in a non-asian sim-card. otherwise changing the language should still be possible of course.

However, there should be absolutely no problem in flashing European firmware on a device that has asian firmware currently instlled so I would suggest doing that if you don't need/use the asian languages.

The samsung-firmwares site has firmwares that are unmodified versions of what samsung has produced. However, those are not necessarily official releases and some may contain significant bugs. I would suggest searching the forums about the specific firmware version you intend to install.

I'm not sure if this will work or if it applies to you, however, I will just suggest it:

If you are running the Odin application from a location other than the partition on which windows is installed, it may not work (just read that somewhere). I dont believe it will work if you for example put it on a usb stick.

Let me know if that helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JaGuR:
Hi, I have flashed to this firmware from J1, it all flashed properly, then got to reboot, and says it can't e:can't mount /devblock/st110(invalid argument ?

I reboot, and it gets stuck on the Galaxy S screen, what can I do to fix this ?

Do I need to flash back to another version ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
That sounds like a major error. Reflash using the 512.pit file and select repartition.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JaGuR:
Yh, I did that thanks.

Working again :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thedonsza:
...

yepp... odin is on c:/. Phone info: Model number : sec_aries

Firmware version : 2.1-update1

Baseband version : J9000XXJC3b

Kernel version : 2.6.29 umts_scm@s2-servant03 #2

Build number : ERE27

I've found somebody on another forum with the same specs and same odin error! If u know something please help! Will post if i find a sollutuin too :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MaltaSoron:
So you had the same screen as is posted in the I9000XWJM1 online!!!!!!-thread?

So how exactly did you solve it? By only filling the PIT 512 file en checking the box for re-partitioning? And without the PDA/PHONE/SRS?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
This means flashing a complete firmware (WITH pda/phone/csc) using the 512.pit file and with the repartition option checked.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Barachiel:
So, i'm about to Flash my Galaxy S using Odin.

I have one question though, i downloaded the JM2 Firmware, and...

http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/galaxy.png

Well, you see there that i've added the "modem" under the phone button.

Is that correct?

Don't want to brick my phone. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Yes that is correct.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Vitz1988:
Hi,

I'm as new to this as can be and am spending a lot of time doing research and stuff, but so far I've only managed to find answers to a couple of questions I have.

Something I've not been able to get clarified is the following:

Next week I'll be receiving my Galaxy S. I'm from The Netherlands, and the phone is on a contract, so it's most likely to be sim-locked. Now I know it can be rooted without too many problems, but according to this thread I shouldn't really go ahead and attempt to slap on custom ROMs because a sim-locked phone generally doesn't seem to respond particularly well to that. However, does this also mean I can't flash my phone with newer firmware? It's rather questionable the company I'm getting it from has already flashed the phone to the latest firmware with the lag fixes, so I was wondering if I could do it myself, even though there's a sim-lock present.

If this shouldn't pose a problem, here's the second obstacle: I'm from The Netherlands, and the firmware versions are coded per country. However, the Dutch version isn't available for download. Would it be possible to simply install the firmware intended for the US/UK or something? If it would mean the phone would go through life on the English language setting from that point in time, that'd be perfectly acceptable as I always set it to English anyway.

Now, let's say this is all possible and will work without problems; are there specific things I will have to look out for during the flashing process? Note that I'm not trying to put a custom ROM on it; I merely want the newest firmware.

Thanks in advance to anyone who's willing to help me out.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I'm not really sure if you actually read this thread completely. For one thing, there have been 4 or 5 posts here from ppl with SIM-locked phones and all of them reported that flashing firmware worked without a hitch. (And it's kinda clear from the first post too)

As for your second question: All these ROMs support dutch without any problems for both the system language as well as for the dictionary in Skype.

I personally have a SGS from Vodafone NL (gekocht bij belcompany) and it does NOT have a SIM-lock (using it with Tchibo-mobile in Germany right now, without any problems). As far as I know, the only provider that does SIM-locks in NL is T-Mobile (don't quote me on that tough)