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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] timahawk:
I'm really happy to see that they acknowledged the issue. +1 for Samsung in my books. I hope this Samsung Mobile Canada page isnt some scam because anybody can make a fanpage on Facebook.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DvTonder:
Lets see what happens.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
check out the update guys!

they say a fix is coming

http://www.facebook.com/samsungmobilecanada#!/samsungmobilecanada

although they labelled it as an "intermittent software issue"
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TriC_101:
LOL they just likely wanted to say not on every device..
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] brunes:
Update by Samsung!

Not sure if anyone else noticed this on the Facebook page - looks like our "revolt" worked!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] :
This is also affecting american tmobile vibrants as well. Only problem is I can't get samsung usa to acknowledge it. I'm on my second replacement with the same problem. My next call will be with consumer affairs.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] t9x:
I'm confused ... I have my SGS for like 10days now and I was hoping to get the 3 button issue sorted with some kinda "flash-vodooo" a.k.a. software fiddle. Now I start to get worried that this might be a hardware or "not to be changed" firmware issue !?

I bought the last one at a Mediamarkt in germany - branding free!

I managed to get into download mode as well as into recovery mode after rooting it with the "one-click-root" tool, upgrading it from JM1 to JM5.

What is the status now? Is it more likely a hardware issue or something that can be sorted (soon)

Thank you guys for clearing it up again!!!

PS.: I will link your answers into a couple of german forums since quite a few people have the same issue here, if that is ok.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zirt57:
By 3 button do you mean holding down the down volume, home and power buttons? I ask because this works on my Galaxy S.

- Jeff
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] d3a:
can you all start asking for 2.2 as well! its coming but let them know that we want that as well... as well as a gps fix while they are at it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] memo855:
Samsung Mobile Canada Hi Jason. 3 button download mode is for internal firmware functions and is not recommended to end-users. It’s typically used by technicians to service malfunctioning phones. Modifying the internal firmware on a mobile phone device may void the warranty. What function you are trying to do? Maybe we can help find another way. Feel free to reach out to us at 1-800-SAMSUNG and we'll see how we can help. Thank

Ok very good answer Jason.. But please explain us (the end-users) why it works on some phone and not on others ?????????

They can say what they want but this is a 700 Dollar SMARTPHONE and it deserves the right to have a hard reset or a recovery mode working.

What will it be if u had a pc that u cannot reformat urself when it comes to fail ???
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zerverize:
Thats it, I am returning this phone. Isn't android suppose to be an open platform ? the user can do anything with the phone including modifying its firmware. Looks like I am better off with HTC
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DarthV:
Well the person you quoted also was taking a post on the facebook page that was done 2 weeks ago. Since then, Samsung Canada has said that there will be a fix for 3 button download/recovery modes.

I had returned my original SGS back in August when I found out it wouldn't do 3 button. Took almost a month of checking phones at different stores, but finally found one that worked.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zerverize:
Looks like Bell Canada Facebook has commented on the issue.

I can't post a link in the message, but maybe we could post this thread link in the original Bell Galaxy S no 3 btn recovery mode thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] khmerpride:
I had to personally send an email about the issue along with the fb page to a samsung rep that hasnt even heard about the problem so I could get an exchange for my phone. Good news is I got an exchanged sgs with recovery and download mode by bell in canada.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] cryolithic:
You can probably post everything after the .com/
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] miki4242:
Sorry to break this to you, but I'm afraid you're going to be out of luck with HTC, Motorola, Nokia or any other phone you try your hands on...except perhaps if you manage to get your hands on an ancient G1 or Google Dev Phone.

There will never be 'official' user firmware flash support on any phone unless the 'radio', 'modem' part of it is somehow sealed, black-boxed, encrypted, eFused or whatever you like to call it. The reason is simple, phone manufacturers are required by law to make it so, or else their devices won't be allowed to use the phone networks.

Also, the manufacturers, like motherboard makers, video card makers, etc. feel they have to protect their intellectual property in some way, so they usually put firmware updates inside sealed 'installers' with perhaps some stronger-than-average crypto (remember HTC's 'perfected' SPLs, needing a 'gold card' to unlock them?), tamper-proofing, whatever thrown in for good measure.

Trust me, I don't like this either, but I'm afraid we're only going to see more of this. FCC (replace with your national telecom certification board) people are no idiots, they too read these forums (or have people forward the unlock, hack, IMEI spoof etc. info to them). It's an arms race, and we're always going to get the short end of the stick.

The only way out of this I've mentioned time and again, some phone manufacturer has to come up with a way to separate the radio entirely from the rest of the phone, and arrange everything so that no matter what a user does to the rest of the firmware, s/he cannot make the phone do things which are illegal.

So far, I think we've been very lucky with Samsung, given how relatively 'open' their firmware is, how comparatively easy to root, tweak, replace, restore etcetera.

There will be a fix to the 3-button problem, it's only a matter of time.

If you really, Really want a device with full manufacturer support for flashing any firmware you want to throw at it, buy an embedded development board, make sure it has a USB port, and stick a USB 3G dongle into it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gsmmm:
@Bell i9000m users without download and recovery, what method are you using to put the phone in said modes? I have found that the method posted on many topics does not work for me. The phone just goes into the battery Icon and to a to black screen and back again loop.

To get it to work I found that the USB cable needed to be plugged in while to did the 3 button hold for it to work. All methods I have read indicate it must be unplugged before you do the 3 buttons, and it has never worked for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] belkre:
I have got it working by have it pluged in with oden 4.03 open (MUST BE ODEN 4.03)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zerverize:
I hope you are right miki, after i saw thatSamsung Canada's Fb update I am feeling a bit relieved. I have a dev phone though, its really old and it doesn't work on 850 3g :o

I might not have to return it after all, lets hope that there is a definitive ETA from Bell this week for the fix. Many people have had luck with returning and requesting a replacement though.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jensy:
Is there any proof yet that the samsung canada facebook page is actually an official samsung page?

I know I sound paranoid, but I don't want to get my hopes up (and why are they choosing to only release this news via facebook if they have had so many inquiries about it?)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DarthV:
Well since that facebook page is linked from the samsung.com/ca website, I'd say it's official. Errr, well the samsung mobile facebook page is a favorite on their linked official webpage.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] bobjr:
Yes, the facebook page is almost certainly legit. We now have Samsung on record saying there is an issue. This should give us ammunition in a fight should we have to replace our phones.

From reading a few other posts, from other countries (Australia, Italy to name two), there have been "batches" of phones with the combo disabled. Its also sounding like newer shipments have been enabled again. Somebody made an incorrect decision along the line and it was rectified.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] irkkso:
the official manual from KIES Samsumg!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
exactly! and even the KIES software gives the same instruction to use the 3 button that was "not for end user" to use... great Jason ... how do you explain that? LOL :D

(you should have asked on the phone, or in person if that was in a store, better yet print a screen shot of the Kies instruction and show it to them ;) )
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] irkkso:
if the device cant realise full functionality?

if the device cant realise full functionality described by the manual its a waranty case! am I right?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] cryolithic:
Another update on the samsung mobile page!

We even got a timeline!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DarthV:
That's if you take update to mean update.zip (a fix) ;) More like they will just wait til the end of the week saying that they are closing in on a fix :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] irkkso:
It may by something like.........

It may by something like......... "To fix your problem you must reboot your device into the recovery mode :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] bobjr:
It's not comforting to hear about those who are getting into recovery and download mode after heating the phone up. That is almost beyond belief.

I took things for granted when I bought the phone. I've had a couple HTC phones that would go into recovery mode without issue, I assumed that the I9000 would. In some ways, I feel I should have picked up a HTC Desire. I guess all devices have their quirks though. Its just that you don't want a dead phone if something unforeseen happens.

I really don't want to send a phone in for repair and get back in two months, but that is where it may come to.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] memo855:
Thank you so much for the Kies screen...

I bought my Galaxy S in Amsterdam in a Vodafone shop the 3 september but i live in Brussel. I was not aware of the problem of the three buttons . Back to Brussel i did what everyone want to do to their galaxy : root it.But sadly something went wrong and i was stuck on the Galaxy logo. I called Samsung Belgium and explained that i did an update over Kies and after a reboot i was stuck ,the lady on the phone said me it wasnt a problem i just have mail it to Antwerpen but strangly not to a Samsung repair service but to "Videp".And the entire procedure will take at least FOUR weeks :mad: Last friday i found another society named Dynafix in Brussel.They promised me that they will fix it in max 5 days and free of charge cause my phone stills under warranty. Is that not cool ? I will keep you informed about this...

But the question remains Will it be fixed ??

Cause i will not stop customizing my phone.I've flashed my Diamond2 maybe 50 times with roms of any kind and my Leo Hd2 too a few times but never had a big issue , when something went wrong,hard reset et voila . I never had to call once Htc or Nokia.

Now waiting for my phone i'm playing with my friends Desire who is really fantastic :rolleyes:

Sorry if my english hurts you.. :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TheAlphonso:
I've got mine from a Vodafone official shop in Bucharest too, around the begining of the month, and it has the same 3 button issue. A colleg of mine bought his Galaxy S from an Orange official shop around the same time with me and his phone's IMEI is somewhat similar with mine's (/04 batch) but his phone can enter in the recovery mode, so I'm not sure anymore if that explanation regarding batch # still holds.

Anyways, I had to go to Service with mine cause on top of the 3 buttons issue I've got stuck with the pattern unlocking too. The Service guys told me they can only fix the pattern unlock issue but the phone will still not enter the recoevery mode. It seems that it's a hardware issue afterall.

Regards!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] reglaspv:
there is an update for Kies and canadian users that solves the 3 btn problem

i can't post the link, but is available in a post above - samsung/canada/facebook
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pure_energy1:
Uggh...

I've been running the JH2 firmware for almost a month now... and it's not resolved... Is Samsung just trying to buy time? I don't understand. If it's a new release, shouldn't it have a new revision number?

Anyhow I'll go check now. Seems that KIES has an update. We'll see what, if anything, it does...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] AllGamer:
New JH2!

http://www.facebook.com/samsungmobilecanada

apparently they released the JH2 again but including a SPL fix, so people already on JH2 will need to flash back to JG8 or something, then flash forward to JH2 again to get the new SPL fix
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Moxen21:
what do I do if I dont have the jg8 version?

I have stock version of jm1 (and also the i9000) and not vibrant ..

can I and should I use kies or should I wait for a fix thats made particularly for my version?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] wang1chung:
rather than flash 4 times in one week, i think i'll just wait for froyo, and hopefully that will have the spl fix in it as well.

i checked in Kies, and there's no update for my phone (been on jh2 for a month as well).
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] memo855:
At first wait for the feedbacks to see if it really works.And if it works it will be then soon available for other versions too.This issue must be a pain in the ass for Samsung.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pure_energy1:
Yeah, I'm just gonna wait for Froyo in that case...

Kinda dumb on Samsung's part to tell people who are already on JH2 to return their phones if the update can't install... why not just tell people to wait for Froyo and have less overhead in the service dept?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] wang1chung:
couldn't wait, so i flashed it.......if you do the registry trick, you only have to flash once.......no problems, working as it should have from the beginning now
[Captivate General] iamcombat:
I can not get the external SD card to work. It worked at first when I got the phone but now nothing happens when I try to mount it....I can format it within the phone and it even shows up as the folder "sd" within Astro but I can't move files to it at all on the phone or by drag/drop on the PC...

Anyone else with this issue or a known way to fix it?
[Captivate General] ianwood:
Have you tried a different card or tried the card on your PC? Do both the internal and external storage drives come up when you connect to the PC? My Captivate once gave me a no external SD message when there was one in there. Took it out, reseated it and it was fine.
[Captivate General] iamcombat:
It worked when I put it in the first time but ebert since I took it it when doing a restore with odin 3 it doesn't work anymore not even with stock firmware
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Is this a name brand card (Sandisk, Kingston, etc?) or a noname special? The cheap cards have high failure rates. You could try a PC USB reader, but you may have a dud.

Try a friends card and see, just to rule out your phone SD port.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droga:
Im fully rooted and running AvaFroyo v6 with kings kernel #6, and my Evo just wont make a call when I roam. I verified my roaming settings and everything is in order, so Im thinking that either the ROM or the kernel which is the culprit, as this didnt happen when I was using netarchys rooted 2.2 ROM. Does anyone know if anything can be done (sans flashing back to netarchys) to fix my issue? :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xZeDgEx:
I have a Bell Galaxy S that froze last night and then restarted itself. It now will not boot into the OS, it freezes after the swirly galaxy s animation.

I have not rooted/hacked/unlocked or done anything of the sort.

Best Buy have said the will exchange it but all the stores here are currently sold out.. so I am waiting.

The three button mode will not work, I have tried every single combination, usb plugged in, not plugged in, pulling battery etc. No luck.

I cannot use ADB as it does not see the phone. USB was not set to 'debugging'.

Is there anything else I can do?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] brunes:
Maybe this will be your golden ticket to getting a 3 button working phone.

You should not have to exchange at Best Buy... go into any Bell store? At least i assume...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xZeDgEx:
I phoned Bell who said they would do this. (first guy). When I phoned the closest "corporate" Bell store they said they would not exchange it as its was bought at Best Buy. After speaking to Best Buy again, they agreed to exchange it, I have 5 days left till I reach 30 days. However they are sold out. They basically told me if they don't get any before my 30 days are up they will no longer exchange it. Nice eh.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xZeDgEx:
I was about to give up and return the phone, cancel the contract with Bell.... They agreed to let me do this as I was under the allowed min etc. Was on my way to Best Buy after work.. figured I would stop in at the Bell store at the mall close by and see what happens. I explained what was going on, the woman (very attractive I may add) said she could send it for repair and would give me a loaner and wave the fee. I really like this phone and don't want any other phone right now so I gave in. Phone is off for repair and I have a very used loaner Nokia N97, its not bad and will do for a while, but damn do resistive screens suck ass.. :p Can't wait to get my Galaxy S back.

One thing I will say is everyone I talked to at Bell was extremely understanding and actually listened to me, this is rare today. I have heard Bell has very good customer service and I now believe it. Saved me as a customer today. Most of my anger is direct at Best Buy who are a bunch of grade a assholes as far as I am concerned. I will never purchase a phone from them again no matter how good the deal.

Tomorrow I am phoning Bell again and giving all the names of those I have spoken to on the phone and in person to make sure they know what great customer service they provide.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pj66:
The same thing just happened to my phone. The bell stores are closed tomorrow, I'm freaking out over here!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nalinbhatt:
Do not woory about the download mode. Samsung Canada has announced that they will provide a 'fix' for it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xZeDgEx:
Doesn't do much good now when your phone dies...
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apollostees:
So I need to edit my "hosts" file because it's blocking audiogalaxy. (a pretty cool music streaming app:p)

So far I have determined that the hosts file is just a text file. So I copied it and edited it with word.

My problem is I don't know how to replace the existing file because system/etc (the place where the hosts file is stored) is read only.

I think that I can flash this somehow, but, I don't know how to do this. Please help.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmfc187:
here ya go, i made you a hosts.zip. just open it up and put your hosts file into the system/etc/ directory, then sign and flash.

-BMFC
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apollostees:
+1 For that!

man that was super easy.

The only reason it took me so long to replay was because I was learning to learning how to sign an app.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmfc187:
hey, its all good. glad i could help. you prolly already figured this out, but keep the update then anytime you need to update your hosts just replace it and resign and flash again.

if you try to use adfree to update your hosts file, it wont work on slide*....but what it WILL do is save the hosts file to your sdcard, where you can transfer it to your pc, (optionally) edit it to your liking, then replace it in the update, resign and reflash.

*Adfree has an option now to symlink the hosts file to /data so that the app will work with a locked bootloader, but i couldnt get it to work. but i didnt really try very hard, either.

EDIT: where is your sig quote from?

-BMFC
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratchetrizzo:
I think the quote in his sig is from the Borg
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmfc187:
I know this may sound crazy, but i dont watch TV. i assume that its a TV show...at any rate i have no clue what the borg is...never heard of it..

-BMFC
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apollostees:
The Borg come from the Star Trek series. They are a race of cyborgs who consume the technology of other species and add it to there own.

Basically they take all the best of what everyone else has made. Kind of like I do with my phone.:D
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmfc187:
That explains it...call me sacriligious but I never liked star trek...

-BMFC
[Hero CDMA General] xxxk15:
having problems with hero...all the sudden i turned my phone on and it would not load the main screen and just keep tring to reboot it till i have to pull the battery. so i tried old nandroid restores and tried to flash the rom and and i wiped everything and nothing worked it does the same thing everytime.. i think it might be my cache because when i wipe it i went back into my sd card and it was still on my sd card..Should i delete it or is there anything eles i can do??
[Hero CDMA General] markus_del_marko:
do a full wipe and see how it goes. worse comes to worse RUU and root again.
[Hero CDMA General] xxxk15:
i did a ful wipe but i have another sd card so i will try that and if that doesnt work i will have to root again
[Hero CDMA General] ipfreelytech:
wipe doesn't affect the sd card, except for if you have an ext partition on it but thats a bit different.

since your recovery works, you should flash the s-off and or the eng spl and then that way if you RUU you can just flash a recovery and go back to your rom quick and easy.
[Hero CDMA General] xxxk15:
well i had a 16gb laying around so i decided to switch to it but thanks for everyones help
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hydrocharged:
Nevermind, somebody on another forum helped me out. Thanks if you were gonna try to help though!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yqaq:
Please i have the same problem

I have the sameproblem on my samsung duos GT-7562 . Could u please help me
[Android Software Development] Interrossiter:
I own an unbranded HTC Desire with Froyo installed & wondered, as Flash 10.1 is now installed, if there was any existing 'app' or other way I could now use to open swf games on it that I've used to date on my Archos?
[Android Software Development] kareemsamman:
+1

If there is, that would be great.
[Android Software Development] Anderdroid:
On my Vibrant with Flash Lite 3.0 if I go through a file explorer and try to open a .swf file it prompts me to either open with the browser or with Flash Player... Try that
[Android Software Development] Interrossiter:
Thanks for the reply, but all I can get via the file explorer is the option to either open the swf as text, audio, video or image none of which will open any of the files.

If possible to try, do you know if Flash Lite 3.0 still available for download anywhere & would it install given I have Flash 10.1 as part of the build & all my earches for Flash Lite have come up with dead links? Thanks.
[Android Software Development] Apsalus:
Also packing a Desire running 2.2 and I would like to find an application for this as well.
[Android Software Development] soyef:
There's an swf player on the market.....