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[Galaxy S I9000 General] kingharsha:
sir i have to have some doubts... i also bought my SGS somedays ago..

i want to root my mobile and rock it ... But in the mean time how to go under official firmware to get the warranty.,,, suggest me best roots . like ADN or ODIN.,..,. according to u.. please say
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chiyaw:
need help!

i flash my samsung galaxy s, problem half way

after restart the sceen stop at samsung galaxy

when i go to download mode, odin said couldn't connect to the COMT

what can i do?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mobile88:
I manage to flash successfully. But in mu last try to flash back from ver 2.2 ( XXJP2) back to Eclair WXJM8 - my phone hang there with the downloading no response. I then took out battery and what I have is a black screen with a logo : Phone and PC with a hazard sign in the middle

I tried to use the 3 buttons cannot boot into recovery or download. My unit originally unable to use the 3 buttons but I could flash using thro adb reboot download commands

Please advsie what can I do now ?

I have tried using Odin and choose start - no response
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xtrememorph:
Most cases i read from the forum, once you reach this stage (flash with no recovery mode enable SGS), you will have to bring back to Samsung service center for repair. So far there's no solution for brick phones with no download function enabled.

It is usually not recommended to flash the phone without 3 button recovery enabled using adb.

Do you know there is a thread that help you enable your 3 button recovery?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I haven't seen an error like that before. Maybe you can try a different USB port? Alternatively, a different version of odin might help.

Edit: 100k+ Views. Thanks to everybody for making this such a success!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chiyaw:
thanks for ur response.

i had tried all port. but failed.

i am thinking don't know whether due to my usb setting not in debugging mode.

but i can't access to my phone, how can i change the usb setting?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Qazz~:
Went to the Voodoo project webpage and from what i read, the Voodoo lagfix changes the samsung RFS file sysytem in the normal ext 4 only right?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Essentially, yes.

Your usb settings aren't related to odin. However, I have never seen this problem before. I would suggest trying on a different pc and opening a specific thread. You might also want to consider heimdall. It's an alternative to odin (see forum for more info)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mo_danish:
I flashed XWJM8 through Odin but I keep on getting an error saying E:Can't mount /dev/block/st111 (Invalid argument) in the recovery screen and I am am even not able to root.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mdalacu:
Flash only kernel.

Hi, how can i flash only the kernel with ODIN

? Please provide detailed instructions.

My problem is that i successfully flashed JM8 and then i applied Voodoo B4 and i have a lot of battery drainage. I want do disable first voodoo lag fix by creating that file and then i want to flash stock JM8 kernel, without loosing anything. Please help.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Try reflashing a ROM with a full CSC (like XWJM1 or XWJM2) with 512.pit and repartition checked.

Follow the steps of HOWTO#1, but do not using .pit/modem/csc and enter the .tar file that contains the kernel as PDA. Do not check repartition.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mdalacu:
Thank you, i will try that.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kelvs:
The file: GT-I9000_I9000XWJM8_I9000XXJM4_CODE-MODEM

contains 2 files namely:

MODEM_I9000XXJM4.tar.md5

CODE_I9000XWJM8.tar.md5

am i supposed to input both files into Odin for PDA and Phone to upgrade to JM8 ? Or should I just ignore the JM4 modem files ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Put both and also find a suitable CSC file from Richthofen's post
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kelvs:
okay done.

severely noob question: how do i access the internal sd card so i can upload update.zip

edit: ok nvm got it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gaore:
Thanks. I'll flash Samsung vibrant soon
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wickedsaint:
i think i have bricked my SGS!!

Hi all,

I flashed according to the Odin method. My previous PDA/CSC/modem was I9000DDJF6. I downloaded XXJPH, But after flashing now i am getting the glowing S screen and then the screen is going blank. There is occasional vibration in the phone and the sofykeys (the menu and back) button is glowing all the time. But not getting anything on the screen. I have done wipe/factory reset and the cache partition wipe both. Still no use. Have i bricked my SGS??

If anybody can help??

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Try a different ROM or simply download the same one again and reflash. That by itself might help.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wickedsaint:
thanks for the quick reply. I cant find the same firmware anywhere!!! In Wuala.com it is not there!! can u refer to any froyo rom with which i can solve this problem?

Thanks again!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Well

The other Froyo Roms are usually worse. If you insist on Froyo, try XXJPH again. Otherwise I would recommend XWJM8 and Voodoo
[Galaxy S I9000 General] appagom:
reposted as separate thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kg3:
Hi Darkstriker ,

Just want to say great FAQ! I knew nothing a few days ago, but thanks to this thread ive taken a few steps forward in understanding all things android.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gllu:
hello guys

on a lot of threads people recommend to backup some "efs folder" so one won't lose his original IMEI.

Would be useful to add to FAQ 'bout that (as I barely understand it)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Shujitzu:
Hi I am new in flashing android phones. I had my sgs for a week now and just had an idea to factory reset my phone by volume up,home&pwr button. I saw a clear cache and reset to factory setting which i did. After this a got the force close errors. Now I've flashed by using odin which was a success. My phone did not have any problems before I was just being curious.

Whenever I try to update firmware through skies it won't let me.

I'm just wondering how can I put the stock rom back and update through skies. This issue has probably been discussed before. If someone can just point me to the right direction, it will be great..

Thanks... in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] giokou:
Thank you very much for all the tutorials!!!

If it was not for you guys, our galaxy s 's MYTHIC POWERS would be unexploitable!!!

Thank you for everything!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dani31:
Please update

This should really really REALLY be updated to point to the stock kernel woodoo fix found in: [Voodoo Lagfix] : Play Voodoo with STOCK ECLAIR kernels! - FINAL

Battery problems with JM8 and woodoo custom kernel are confirmed, myself I've got 5-6% battery drain per hour of standby.

With woodoo with stock kernel I get less than 1% consumption per hour of standby and ~1600 in quadrant.

Regards,
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I really can't confirm that and even with the OC kernel I don't get anywhere near that percentage per hour. In fact I haven't been using my phone a lot the last couple of days and I didn't charge it and it dropped about 5% in a day. I am aware that some people are in fact experiencing battery drain and I will post the alternative but I don't see a reason to completely replace the original voodoo.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] drbunny:
I agree a good guide about "efs folder"

Would be useful to add to FAQ 'bout that (as I barely understand it). Trying to back up and to change the product code is doing my head in
[Galaxy S I9000 General] digitaljeff:
im wanting to flash the bell JH2 rom (is this the latest?) and wondering which pit file to use

in the faq it says 513 is old, says to use 512 for 2.1 roms, but on the link provided to download the pit files, there is only 513 and 803.

should i be using the 803 pit file to flash this firmware rev?

https://www.wuala.com/Samsung Galaxy S/Firewares , Updates and Odin/Odin & .PIT/?key=AfzUZSU4SpKU

is the link to the pit files provided in the guide

btw i have a bell i9000, wanting to flash latest stock rom...

edit: found what i needed im all golden now
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
I'll look into that when I get the chance. Right now I'm really busy and I can't say I ever experienced the imei issue and the product code is easily registry hacked as required by the specific rom for kies.

@digitaljeff: apparently I placed the wrong .pit file in the old folder. Will correct as soon as I have access to a desktop pc.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dani31:
OK thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kg3:
I am currently running the stock aussie DTJG4 firmware with voodoo and rooted however my battery life has been shocking since. I want to revert back to a stock phone. Do I just flash the PDA? Or do I also have to flash the Phone and CSC?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Flashing the pda should be enough.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] miscemayl:
Hi, I've read the FAQ and been thinking about flashing my an OCLF v2 rooted SGS to an Asian stock because I want Chinese handwriting input.

My existing firmware is:

PDA: I9000HVJH1

PHONE: I9000HVJG3

CSC: I9000HUTH1

My question is, "What are the precaution steps I should do BEFORE flashing?".

- How can I back up the existing firmware? What are the tools and steps?

- How do I restore?

- How do I find the required firmware?

- What are the recommended tools that I should download before flashing?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Read the flashing guides and ask again. As for backing up your current firmware: it's complicated. Search for dump. There might be a guide somewhere.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mclad:
Will backing up apps e.g. with Titanium backup work across different firmware and android versions? (or is there another backup tool I should use?)

I have never backed anything up as yet; I applied xxJPK (froyo) and OCLF shortly after getting the phone a couple of weeks ago. Now I have lots of apps and have setup launcherpro the way I like, but am suffering massive lag again. Rather than be continually reapplying OCLF I want to go back to JM8 (eclair) and use voodoo fix, but don't want to lose all my apps and settings!

EDIT: OK, did some research and answered my own question.

From the Titanium Backup homepage matrixrewriter.com/android/

I did read somewhere though, to be careful applying system settings to different ROMs, for obvious reasons.

And for Samsung users:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ekitch:
I have the following problem,

I have a new I9000 and after carefull reading i started flashing it as per HOWTO#1

But after several error i came with the balck screen error many have faced before resulting from a bad collection of firmware and pit files.

I tried to get the XWJM8 files but still getting the same problems

Now i keep reverting back to a frensh t-mobile firmware with pit 512 which works

But it should be able to get to the nice and stable firmware you stated in the faq

Is there an overview of pit PDA/MODEM/CSC files that work together?

I tried it with 512 and XJM8 files plus CSC_I9000OXAJM1.tar.md5

But there are so many variables do I have to try them all? Which one did you use? As long as it is english or dutch I am fine

NVM: finally worked with pit 512, Firm XJM8 Files, and CSC CSC_I9000TMNJM1

Now i have a completely wrong language but that i will figure out.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Oxajm1 worked fine for me so this is a bit weird. All the csc files from richthofen's post should work with all his releases until now (xwjm6/7/8 and xxjm7)

I don't see a good reason why a specific one would not. Maybe try a factory reset before flashing again?

@mclad: restoring settings that were created on a different android version can cause serious issues that may ultimately require you to do a reset again. I would recommend against restoring the settings if you go from jpk to jm8
[Galaxy S I9000 General] johnnie93:
Hello my Galaxy S is probably dead now and my problem is that when i boot up i cant do anything because of the constant force closes and when i try going into download mode its just boots up the device and i tried adb reboot download and i got nothing please help me!

-my ROM is Froyo and the firmware is I9000JPJG8

-I installed using Odin.

-I cant wipe because i cant get the phone to go into recovery by either the buttons or the adb reboot recovery command

-the Error is Constant force closes and vibrates two times and then one more time then gives me a force close loop and my device cant go into Download/recovery mode..

HELP!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
If you were able to get into download mode with the key combo before, it will still work. Try to take out the battery for a minute and do it again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] johnnie93:
unfortunately i dont have 3 key combo and i got download mode though ADB..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Well then you will have to manage to get into download or recovery mode using adb or else you are probably out of luck.

Why didn't you first apply the three button fix before flashing? It clearly says to do so on the howto here and all guides that i am aware of advise you to not flash if you dont have the combo.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] johnnie93:
ya since i was coming from a nexus one and was an expert in flashing ROMs and stuff i didnt read alot xD anyway im going to return it and get a new one or see if they cant fix it for me..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] roymesi:
Need a BIG help here... stuck on DOWNLOADING... screen

I tried to burn a version to the phone. The ODIN idetified the phone. I clicked on start but it seemed to be forever on DOWNLOADING... screen (I have the 3 buttons combo) more than 10 minutes without a respones, so I took out the battery and put it back again.

The little yellow triangle showed up blinking!

I took out the battery, put it back again, and succeeded in going into DOWNLOADING... screen again, went thru the whole process again - same thing!

The phone shows the DOWNLOADING... screen with out any response!

What should I do?!!?

HELP ME!!!:confused::confused::(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mansourns:
Help needed

Hi

I flushed a ROM on a Vibrent, everything went fine and the phone works great, but i conn't get kies to work.

Any solutions??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mclad:
As far as I know, you need to backup the contents of the /efs folder. Also I think potentially the /system/CSC/HUT folder (HUT is the CSC code for 3-Australia). Anything else anyone?

When you back these files up can you please upload to multiupload. I forgot to backup my folders before flashing my phone :(

(Everything works fine, but I may have problems with official upgrades or warranty claims down the line...)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Try a different usb port (make sure it's not front usb or a hub but directly on the motherboard) and report back.

@mansourns: there is any number of possible solutions and I don't know all of the. Search the forum please.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Benjamin Dobell:
Could the answer to that please be updated to:

No, Windows is not required. You can flash firmware on Windows and Linux (OS X support coming) via Heimdall.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Benjamin Dobell:
If Odin didn't actually start flashing any files then you can run Heimdall with the argument --close-pc-screen and it will return your phone to its previous state. i.e.

Alternatively you could perform a flash using Heimdall. If you've had trouble flashing in the past then use the --verbose argument as it will tell you what is going wrong.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mynimycu:
where i cood finde to download xxjm1 virgin software???
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Waldo358:
Hi,

Thanks for all info. I read quite a bit of the thread before I actually tried to flash / root but still managed to mess up somehow.

I read the advised firmware and lag selection guide and chose to install option number 1.

However, I think I saved the update.zip file on my extrernal sd card instead of the internal sd card.

I managed to flash the phone with Odin, and after rebooting it started in recovery mode automatically. When I tried to run update.zip it said it (logically probably)that it couldn't see the update.zip file and now I am stuck between recovery mode and the samsung sign that shows when the phone starts up but it doesn't boot the OS.

Do you have any ideas what I could do now? How can I copy the update.zip file to my internal sd card without the phone started up properly?

Much obliged to any suggestions. Would be nice to be re-united with my baby again!!

Thanks,

Wouter
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Wouter, please first do a factory reset and try to let the phone boot. That should work.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] harryphm:
hi please im confused

i will flash my asian firmware to european firmware? this is ok i can do that right?

and my second question is: what is more safe? enable repartition option or disable re partition?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
That should work just fine.

Edit: The grouping on the mirror and on samsung-firmwares.com is purely for the CSC and language-support.

It doesn't make a difference for safety as far as I can tell. There may be some firmwares in the future that may require a repartition but as of now I would leave it disabled. It's not necessary and I personally haven't used it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] harryphm:
have any way secure to do that? i see the video on youtube

but if i brick, have any method for unbrick?

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
If an odin flash happens to be unsuccessful you can just flash again since the downloader and the recovery screen don't get touched by odin.

However, there always is a small chance with these things that something goes wrong that isn't reversible. The chances of that happening are extremely small tough but a small risk always remains. Everybody has to decide for themselves if they take that risk.

Since we are working with the core software off the phone here, there isn't a way that will always restore the factory default because we are changing that basis.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] harryphm:
all i need to do is this?

.youtube.com/watch?v=PpWcM44On88

.youtube.com/watch?v=VzFE8-jWku0&feature=related
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
That tutorial seems quite complete. Note however that you phone does NOT have to show up as COM7 like he says. Any COM port will be fine. The repartition option will basically make sure that all days its removed. However, a normal firmware flash will also erase all data!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] harryphm:
nice i will follow this tutorial

u sure i can flash european firm right?

im using asian dxj4
[Galaxy S I9000 General] achio1115:
Thanks for creating the faq/guide. :)

Would've helped a lot when I first got my SGS last week, hehe.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] harryphm:
thanks for darkstriker for he patient with me =P
[Galaxy S I9000 General] speedofheat:
Thanks for the awesome, detailed FAQ darkstriker :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vosszaa:
May I ask..

Is SGS brickable phone?

How to avoid bricking the phone and if it can be recovered, how?

You may wanna put this in FAQ
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Techincally you can (of course) brick any device. however, I haven't read any posts of actually bricked devices. So far some have had troubles after f/w flash but all probs were recovered. Even interrupted f/w flashs can easily be recovered by booting the phone using VolumeDown+Home+Power.

Edit: FAQ 20 added
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Added FAQ#21 to adres the froyo update issue in order to get rid of pointless threads like this (Please ignore it. It's not worth a post).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Karupan:
Really good work! Would like to ask a question that can be added in the FAQ too. Is it OK to flash the European version of firmware on an Asian device? Are there any known compatibility issues?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Added. Like I said before, the international version should flash any of the ROMs on samsung-firmwares without problems. You just have to make sure you don't have the Korean version or something similar.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] harryphm:
dark i have this version

I9000DXJF4

is from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam

i can flash to I9000XWJG1 ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Shouldn't be a problem. The Korean versions will stand out a lot because their model is named completely different (it's called M110S in Korea)

But as said in the first post: I cannot guarantee this and I cannot take any responsibility either.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] harryphm:
darkstriker very very thanks i make and it sucessfull!!!

very very thanks!!!

now i have 2 problems

i dont have GPS installed on my samsung... on asian version it was installed and television too

any thing to do?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
Can you be more specific as to what isn't there? Which GPS program are you missing? (Navigation or does the actual GPS not work?)

Same for the television? What television App are you talking about?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] harryphm:
sorry... gps navigation

and when i have older firm have one App call HD television... i dont know.. for watch TV
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Waldo358:
Hi Darkstriker!

Thanks for your quick reply. I tried resetting but couldn't get it done. In recovery mode it kept on saying it was missing a file(s). However after trying a lot of different firmwares I found one (samfirmware. com) of which I thought it was my original one (should have checked beforehand...) and finally she booted up after flashing.

So for now I run I9000XXJF7 and can always revert back to that if I get stuck again.

Now time to check out some more firmwares and try rooting... ;)

Anyway. Thanks again!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] miscemayl:
Hi, I've re-read the guide, pretty much everything except for the dump question's answered. Unfortunately I searched for dump and didn't find anything useful (or looked at the wrong place).

Any further suggestions?

Anything else please?

(I'll upload once it's confirmed what we need).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] masaka_ne:
Samsung Vibrant stuck in "Initialization..."

Hi all,

My problem is this: while trying to flash JI6 ROM using Odin3, it only gets as far as "Initialization..." step and gets stuck there. Three-key combo only gets me into "connect to computer" icon. Kies software tries to connect to the device, but never actually connects to it.

FAQ says "run Odin without adding any files" - does not seem to be doing anything.

I can get the phone into the download mode and connect Odin to it, but "Initialization..." is as far as it gets...

UPDATE: problem solved (rather, worked around). Same exact process on a 32-bit Windows XP worked like a charm. My first (unsuccessful) attempt was performed on 64-bit Server 2008 R2 with 64-bit drivers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jurguh87:
hey man,

i really want to change the notificationbar and found a way but my rom has to be deoxed but what is that and how do i do it

runing 2.2 JPK rooted Twlauncher (mod for landscape mode)

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkstriker:
There are several guides for deodexing apps on the internet. If you can't manage to do it yourself (the deodexing) I would suggest trying one of the Froyo ROMs that are available. To my knowledge, they are all fully deodexed and zipaligned.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
OK I did read the FAQ sticky but I'm still slightly confused:

I have a i9000m (Galaxy Bell version using on AT&T)

PDA: I9000UGJH2

Phone: I9000UGJH2

CSC: I9000BMCJH2

Currently I have both "Download" and "Recovery" modes working.

I also download and saved on my PC the I9000UGJH2 firmware from SamsungFirmwares in case I ever brick this phone.

So if I ever did brick this phone would I need both the phone and the CSC firmware or can I reflash the phone's firmware (the I9000UGJH2 I got from SF) and just manually add the APN to get 3G?

Also would I use Kies or Odin since I currently have download mode working?

I know these are total noob ques, but I just want to clarify before messing anything up down the road. Any help would be greatly appreciated!... :)