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[Galaxy S I9000 General] apolousm:
Bricked my phone while using heimdall HELP PLEASEEEE!!!!!!

Hi everybody. Im new at this of rooting the Samsung Galaxy S, but not on rooting an Android device, but right now i've been facing a problem and I hope you can help me, or at least, point me in the right direction.

The thing is that I decided to root my Galaxy (GT-I9000T) so, I followed the instruction, as it was suposed, in the exact way as it is in the WIKI. Everything was fine, the HEIMDALL uploaded the KErnel, but while rebooting, the phone stays in the "opening" screen, I mean, it is stuck in the first screen.

Any suggestion? is my phone lost?

I know I should have searched first all over the forum, but I really can't find anything about it. It is reaaaaally possible that I don't know how to use the search engine, so could you guys help me over here?

The phone goes into the download mode, and I can even upload the Kernel again, if I wish to, but the device doesn't goes further than the first screen.

UPDATE: I have just noticed that in the time the phone reboot, the model first says "GT-I9000T", but right after, it changes to "GT-I9000". I can get into the Download mode, but not into the recovery mode. Aditional I was running Android 2.3.3 on the phone.

UPDATE II: I managed to solve the stuck problem, right now the phone makes it to the principal screen, but it keeps going in a reboot loop. I installed another Kernel, that says it was for the GALAXY S GT-I9000T UNLOCKED (I bought mine from Amazon) but after a found that it was a kernel for a Mexico mobile operator and it jhas some problems with the modem and other things. Where can I find the original Kernel for the Galaxy S GT-I9000T Unlocked? the one that is distributed by Amazon. I tried to install another room to fix the problems, but the ODIN doesn't recognice the phone when I go to download mode.

Thanks a lot, really...

Help please :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] keuda:
Nice work !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DroidSamster:
Help much appreciated dude, my phone is alive again!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] johnhagi:
Thank you for this great info/guide.

Very helpful...!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vertigoct:
Thanks, this was very useful.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] B3nnyTh3KiD:
THX 4 your work dude
[Galaxy S I9000 General] GunnyHighway82:
thanks for faq
[Galaxy S I9000 General] moegrave:
this thread is sticky material

Thanks for the ADB tutorial, really helped me to take the first correct steps!

And nice overall touch :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tartakobsky:
tnx, it helped me alot
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chymore:
nice work,thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kuribo67:
thanks budy!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dragonkhan9:
good job budy very well work's
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Anboy:
Thanks for the very important information in the OP!:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] prashanth_sgs:
Gingerbread 2.3.3 rooting

Hi,

When I dialed *#1234# my samsung galaxy s i9000 displays as below

PDA: i9000ddjv9

phone: i9000ddjv5

csc : i9000ddjv9

and from the settings : the model number : GT-I9000

baseband version: I9000DDJV5

kernal version : 2.6.35.7 - I9000DDJV9-CL312456 root@SE-S605 #2

Built number: gingerbread.ddjv9

searched for rooting options but confused with too many different results. But the question is

Can i root this version of my phone, and if yes, what is the way.

Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Anboy:
Need update_intson_android.zip for version 2, Augen 78.

Sorry, wrong thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mojod:
mistake SHW-m110s flash with firmware galaxy Si9000

please help me I made a mistake SHW-m110s flash with firmware galaxy Si9000. but because I was wrong I flash back to original firmware SHW-m110s Froyo, but now can not be a signal from the operator. I buy SHW-m110s in korea and now I'm in Indonesia. please help me. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] meanmonster:
Thanks a lot, very useful
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shomanadeh:
thanks man, this was really helpful

---------- Post added at 03:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:00 AM ----------

thanks gr8
[Galaxy S I9000 General] inkyadrian:
Go to samfirmware.com and you can download a stock ROM for any country and flash it with Odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Madriss:
great tutorial

very helpful for newbies like me :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bauersein:
Thanks,

for that great work, helped me a lot. I'll come back to hit the thanks button as soon as i see it.

Maybe it takes a while, I don't want to write nonsense to get the required 5 posts. So, thanks, see ya.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] justin911:
*edit* n/m got it working =)

Hey can someone help me real quick please :)

Ive got JVQ relady, trying to update to JVS..

Ive downloaded the files specified in the howto (pit/odin) and the JVS files..

But can someone tell me which i specify for the bootloader/phone/csc/pda ?

I was checking another tutorial on here to confirm, but there version of odin didnt have bootloader, so I just wanted to confirm if i leave the bootloader field blank and only use the other 3 ??

thanks heaps.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Wisehand:
I had version 2.3.4 for my SGS and it had errors and decided to install 2.3.5 and now i have the same problems, could you please advise how to make CLEAN installation by deleting all old system files as i guess my errors caused because of that? I did factory reset and cache cleaning before and after installation but that not helps.

Please advise. Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jhona23:
This is awesome! thanks a lot for this.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sgsmaniac:
Good Guide!!

increasing knowledge to playing around with my SGS GT I9000! tq!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] It_ler:
I would suggest to flash an original (stock) kernel (from Samfirmware) via Odin.

As you have a Custom ROM installed, you may have to do a hard (factory) reset with full-wipe.

So, please make a backup of all you do not want to loose.

Then get the corresponding CF-Root kernel from Chainfire's thread.

And install it as discribed there.

I have done this several times with a SGS (I9000) - successfully rooted!

---------- Post added at 06:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:07 PM ----------

As I can not find a corresponding CF-Root kernel for this version, you should try CLShortFuse's SuperOneClick.

Please search his thread and stick to his rooting guide.

Alternatively, flash a current stock ROM and use Chainfire's CF-Root kernel, too.

This is the better solution IMO.

---------- Post added at 06:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:17 PM ----------

For my SGS2, the following code helped me to make a hard reset -> completely factory reset with wiping everything on internal SD card:

*2767*3855#

Maybe, your SGS recognizes this code, too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lordskid:
Can anyone suggest a good ROM for SGS? Is there a Sense-like ROM for SGS? would like to play a trick on my friend. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] balaji345:
Yes you can. I had the same stock version with my phone.There is no CF root version available. I rooted it with Speedmod. Check on this forum, the speedmod guide should be available. However, Speedmod will enable lagfix and Superuser only through the CWM. So do check this.

As of now, I am on Simply Honey Revenge- 5.1 and Talon 5 kernel. Phone zips through. its an excellent ROM and kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ShiErD:
i just flashed my kernel to CF-Root... not i got bootloop evrytime i open wifi connection.

i am forced to factory reset in CWM 3.

what i want now is to restore my previous kernel which is the stock kernel for Gingerbread 2.3.3 DXJV9.

please help me how to flashed back to stock kernel. please...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lordskid:
I have same problem. Did you find the stock kernel?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lordskid:
I finally solved my problem I am now using hawkish ROM. Very nice indeed.

You can sownload the whole firmware and just flash it as pda in odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gamezazaza:
It increasing my knowledge

Thx:D:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mikeseguin:
is it possible to replace the 302610 code with the word Bell

sorry i'ma noob

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Life Engineer:
Hey!

I simply want to install another ROM (original firmware) on my phone but the first part made me confused a bit:

1.Flash Firmware and kernels using Odin.

Note: This will in (almost) all cases erase all your data and applications (includind root!). It will NOT touch the internal or external SD card.

Requirements:

-Odin3 version 1.82 (Note: Odin should be on the system partition (the partition where windows is installed) to avoid possible issues)

-".PIT" file for the Samsung Galaxy S (See FAQ#B9 or the source of the FW for the version to use! Not needed for kernel flashes)

-USB cable

-Desired firmware package or desired kernel package

Procedure:

1.Open ODIN. (And close Kies, if you have it open. It is important to have ODIN open BEFORE connection the phone via USB!)

2.Select the PDA/Modem/CSC/.PIT files in Odin. (For kernel flashes, only PDA is required. For FW flashes, .PIT and at least a PDA is required. Some PDAs have Modem and CSC integrated. Make sure you have the correct .PIT file. Usually 512.pit)

3.Check the "Re-Partition" checkbox. (Only do this if you have separate packages for PDA, Modem and CSC! Don't do this for single PDA flashes or kernel flashes!)

4.Turn the phone into the download mode by pressing and holding VolumeDown+Home+Power.

5.Connect your phone with your computer and wait until the drivers are installed.

6.When the drivers are installed, click Start.

7.The phone will be flashed and once it’s finished, it will boot up. (Do NOT disconnect the usb-cable, remove the battery or otherwise interrupt this process!)

8.You have successfully flashed your phone.

So i downloaded the desired firmware and the .pit you have linked to! But i didn't understand points 2 and 3; what is "Make sure you have the correct .PIT file"?!?! and should i "Check the "Re-Partition" checkbox." or not?!?!

10x
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
You download the firmware. Some firmware packages have seperate .tar files for PDA Modem and CSC. If they do you CAN but you DONT have to activate repartition. You can find the correct .pit file to use on samfirmware.com.

Most recent firmwares do not require the .pit to be selected at all and this you should not select repartition.

In short: dont select a .pit and dont select repartition if you are using a recent firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Life Engineer:
Man i downloaded a firmware (africans and arabs) from the link you provided on your account in the OP. Is this considered new?!

10x
[Galaxy S I9000 General] koaaN:
This thread got everything! almost :p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] laserb3ak:
Thankyou for the Information

keep up the good work,

I like the way the OP updates the posts by striking out information that is no longer relavent or useful, creating a tracable history.

much thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] magos1:
thanx that was realy helpful!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mkalter:
thnx!! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] onecosmic:
Great thread, thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pofy:
Nice guide. Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 General] weezill:
great guide, thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hohassan444:
exellent tutorial
[Galaxy S I9000 General] borgmanjayce:
I tried following the instructions, but I can't get the "$" sign to appear when using the ADB shell via cmd.exe and I also can't switch between read-only and read-write as well...

Are there any other ways to access ADB so I can fix the problem with my EFS folder without difficulty...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] castrozan:
Good tutorial for newbie,good job.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Saud1288:
Great ! Thanks alot ..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alwo1303:
good job this guide :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] grzessiu:
And that is true...

I think that all people here use only that "fantastic" OS from M$ witch is real OS.

I think that people who use real OS does not have to ask how to flash his SGS ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] artifisher:
please help.

So I have spent the past 2 days trying to solve this 'problem' on my own to no avail.

Details -

Samsung Galaxy S I9000m (UGKG3) on Virgin in Canada.

I rooted my phone with superoneclick (2.3.3.0)

I installed CWM (not sure exact version number) with RomManager

I then (probably not too intelligently) tried to make a back up of my phone with KIES.

this is where the problem starts.

I walked away from my phone while the back up was being performed, and when I came back to it, KIES reported an error and the phone was in a boot loop.

to fix this I tried to flash a new rom (Darky's 10.2) using odin. the phone rebooted, an android voice said something about restore operation disk partition or whatever and said that it would take approximately 2 minutes. the android voice also said voodoo grafx enabled. but thats all that happened. no splash screen, just the initial boot screen.

so, i read a few more threads on here, determined to fix this on my own, and eventually i found a thread with a link to my i9000m firmware, so i booted odin back up and reflashed with stock ugkg3.

my phone is now in the same state as before i flashed darkysrom. a boot loop that goes to the big s on first boot, and then loops to the galaxy s gt-i9000m screen for infinity.

please help me get my phone to boot up, i don't care what rom, (though i would like the stock one to work) i just want the phone to be usable.

EDIT: Download mode works.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Did you use a .pit file and select repartition?

That should solve your problem (use 512.pit and preferably a firmware with PDA/Modem/CSC separately)

These firmwares should be the one for your phone:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9000&r=5#regiona
[Galaxy S I9000 General] artifisher:
i have flashed with a .pit and without, neither are working for me. also that link doesn't seem to have an i9000m firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Regardless of whether you selected a .pit, did you select the repartition option?

To get this fixed I would suggest using the 512.pit, the I9000XWJS5 firmware and checking the repartition box and then afterwards flashing an I9000M firmware without .pit and without repartition.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] artifisher:
thanks for your replies, yes i did a repartition the last time, with a pit. i will try what you suggested and post the results.

thanks again!

RESULTS: XWJS5 flashed, booted, and then force reset. boot loop.

flashed UGKG3 with no pit and no repartition, boot loop.

so XWJS5 did work, for about 10 minutes. is this a serious problem? I'm guessing that since I had one successful boot this phone is fixable.

I have flashed XWJS5 about 5 times and it has successfully booted 3 times, but always force resets and won't reboot.

I now have more questions.

Should I boot XWJS5 (or any firmware for that matter) to the UI and then reset before I flash a new firmware on top?

OR should I flash it after it updates but before booting into the UI?

and could my UGKG3 be the problem? (I would use XWJS5 but it doesn't recognize my sim card..could be a cdma/gsm problem i will check next successful boot)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] richardnoob:
a question for somebody that knows more than me....

i have a problem......ill cut the s**t....:rolleyes:

i flashed cyanogen via cwm recovery.my galaxy i9000 froze after about a month,would still ring,accept messages,but i couldent answer as the touchscreen is the only thing that doesnt work....

i need to return to my carrier (orange uk)under warrenty..

tried flashing stock and couldent get past boot animation.flashed 2.1 jm8 firmware..next i will flash 2.2 jpy...and then i have 2.3.5 bvjvc orange firmware...

my question is....as i cant get into the phone because the touchscreen doesnt work,im not sure if orange will know that iv been playing???...i have deleted all cwm, cyanoen etcetc files from the sd card via computer,and if i flash the latest orange firmware and.....just say..."it wouldent work after i flashed" (via kies ofcourse):D.... will this allow me my warrenty.....or just a middle finger?????

thankyou in advance....greatful of all help :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] totocheku:
many many thanks for this excellent guide.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] artifisher:
resolved.

after trying everything to fix my phone, bit the bullet and sent it off to virgin. thanks to everyone who tried to help. not sure if it was by luck or if my phone was too buggered to tell, but they fixed it with no charge even tho it was my fault. got it back today and now i'm a little paranoid to flash... good luck to everyone out there with broken phones!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tonyg_253:
no 3 button combo, jig works but unrecognised USB

Hi all, I have a GT-I9000 that has no 3 button combo

made a Jig, that works to put the phone into D/L

however, when i plug it in, Windows 7 shows USB device failed and unrecognised device.

The phone boots and works fine, still running stock froyo. Samsung Kies loads all the drivers and see's phone no problems.

Just seems to be in D/L mode that i get the USB Failure.

Is this a bootloader issue, or hardware fault
[Galaxy S I9000 General] naughty534:
how to flash stock splash screen...please help!!!

guys i flashed 'GOOGLE nexus s' splah screen on my galaxy s gt i9000....by flashing some param.tat.md5 fıle (pda by odin).....now when i restart my phone 'GOOGLE' comes written instead of 'GT I9000' black screen and then a small 'google' comes and then boot animation....how can i go back to my gt i9000 splash screen.....im currently using ics... please help....and sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Flashing the PDA of your current build should do the trick
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lexrsk:
how reliable the the above "update to Android 4" as all the lastest info points towards the answer being no. if thats the case can you update the OP
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I have stop updating this post on a regular basis ever since it was moved from development to general and has been unstickied.

Too few people actually look at the general section before posting in the android dev forum.

Nevertheless I updated the Android version to the most current/reliable information that I could find.

IE: Dont expect official ICS for this phone. Ever.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] strumpfv:
this topic is very very helpful
[Galaxy S I9000 General] u.bindal:
I am using Android 2.3.3 on my Galaxy S i9000.... can i root it using 'Super-one-click'.....??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] GrippingSphere:
Very informative! Most helpful for beginners like me. Thank so much!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] solitudesage:
useful post

Darkstriker, i just started with my sgs nontheless this post is still very useful for me, thanks. :good:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] robertrath:
Warning Backup /efs First

REALLY IMPORTANT

Please ensure you backup the /efs contents first before you upgrade.

If you are jumping in one leap from Froyo to CM10.1 like I did you will loose it!

Actually its not lost but you need to downgrade back to Froyo again to recover it as it lives in a mounted partition that later ROMS can't read.

...Robert
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Eleven_D:
my M110S is still getting stuck

I do the steps above but Odin cannot recognize my phone and I don't know exactly what's happening on 'adb.exe'

and my phone's still like this (see below)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] LinuxPusher:
[MENTION=2097072]Darkstriker[/MENTION],

Wow !

Thank You very much !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] boredtoday:
I really really hope balenax is right about flashing sim-locked phones, because im going to try it myself this monday.

Crossing my fingers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Wasmachinator:
I've got a problem, i flashed mine galaxy s with odin selected repartition and stuff. it was succesfully flashed to I9000XWJG5 but still mine old apps are in the homescreen and the phone starts up with a few error screens stating (insert app name) service killed, or something like that.

who knows what is wrong because my phone is virtually unuseable!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheOccult:
US AT&T Users?

Hi All,

Is there anything to be aware of if I'm a US AT&T Wireless user? (no jokes about their network, haha).

I understand that some ROMs are obviously country & language specific, but are their any other concerns I should be aware of. Apologies if this is covered in other posts. I didn't see anything AT&T centric.

From all accounts it should hit stores here in the US on Sunday July 18th.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Am I correct in assuming you did not apply the CSC that comes with JG5?

Regardless a factory reset should fix it (see faq)

Most importantly they are device specific. AT&T does (like the three other amrican carries) not sell the international but a modfied version of the SGS.

Find your respective thread here.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Wasmachinator:
i did apply the CSC that comes with it.. and doing a factory reset doesn't fix it :X.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Did you use the 512.pit file? The 513.pit files causes a lot of errors with the JG5
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dirk1978:
Just to let everyone know flashing using Odin from within Virtualbox on Ubuntu / Linux works fine. If you use the full version of VirtualBox with USB support it will pass through the device fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Wasmachinator:
i used the 512.pit file yes...

the strange thing with this is also when i connect my phone to mine pc in mass storage mode and remove folders from the phone the folders just come back:/....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
512.pit with repartition should do the trick.

I would suggest flashing JFF (if JG5 doesn't work). That one has worked just as smooth for me so far.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Wasmachinator:
keep having the same errors and stuff with the JFF. this first started when i had an message that the internal phone storage was almost full, since then i couldnt remove apps and such without seeing them returning. i hoped an flash would fix this but it clearly doesnt.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zer0ice:
I have a big problem. I managed to flash my phone (unlocked) with JG3. Then yesterday, I flashed mine with JG5 BUT encountered an error.

now I couldn't connect my device to my PC. Driver installations were successful but when I check Kies, it just displays "Connecting the device..." but nothing ever happens.

I've tried on two different computers already to no avail. :'-(

Help anyone? :-(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
First, try to make sure there is nothing on your phone that you absolutely do not want to lose (in terms of pictures, movies, music or whatever). Then try going to "Settings"->"SD card and and phone storage", at the section "Internal SD card" click "Unmount SD card" and then click "Format SD card". Then reset your phone into download mod, chose the 513.pit file & chose repartition and flash a f/w. Then after wait for it to boot an then flash JG5 with then 512.pit file and reportition.

Hope this helps/

PS: Could you possibly post the exact error message(s) you receive?

Does your phone still work or not? If so, I wouldn't worry too much about Kies. If you have your contacts on Kies, then this seems to be f/w related and you will probably have to go back to an older firmware.

If you phone doesn't work, try unbricking according to FAQ#20. Make sure that Kies is DISABLED while trying to connect to Odin!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lenrek:
Thanks for the info!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zer0ice:
thanks man!!! you know i took your advise and i disabled Kies. Looked for samsung drivers and it worked great!

for now i'm on JFB, then maybe tomorrow, might flash to JG5... oh, will remember to use .512 PIT file. Oh, btw, do I have to click on the repartition or not?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thedonsza:
help

hi all! i'm trying to flash my i9000 with odin. I've tried on several pc's both on vista and win7! Everytime i want to flash it i get this error: <ID:0/007> Can't open the serial(COM) port. " What m i doing wrong? Thx in advance!