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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FarligOpptreden:
Aw crappers... Sorry to hear that. I'm just still awaiting feedback on e-fused devices that tried the latest fix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lupy:
i have e-fused but my phone is from orange romania with jm1

but 2 guys with the same phone and firmware succeded with update.zip

Can anyone with the fix aplied dump the bm3 file and see if the file has e-fused ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pcericpro:
THANK YOU

super thank you works on gti9000 UPDATE.ZIP

Pda i i9000xwjm2

phone i9000xxjm2

csc i i9000 projmi

proximus belgium NO NAME
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FarligOpptreden:
There's already one confirmed user here who did it with e-fused, yusuf_fee...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] xrayA4T:
My e-fused phone is untested. Waiting on others to do more testing and hoping the fix will roll-out to other regions so that I can get my service provider to flash my phone so I don't void the guarantee.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] akex054:
Just bought a new Galaxy (SFR), no 3B combo (i canceled my last one for the same reason). So angry, it's not fixed yet ...

Will check my mbl1 tonight and will probably try to flash it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] yusuf_fee:
I have the BML3 how do i check for e fused?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ingvay2009:
yusuf_fee,

Check Post 520
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] darrensnake:
I believe the 3 button recovery mode is hardware related.

I bricked my phone trying to flash this fix.

Sent the phone back to Samsung and they replaced the motherboard.

With the new m/b, 3br is back.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] yusuf_fee:
My BML1 bottom line says efused

My BML3 bottom line says nothing

'I searched for fused and it came out blank

I searced for U3 and this is what came out.

What do you guys think?

http://www.dropbox.com/link/17.X6uArl4evx?k=5746a334027b080d10fdebf6103018f4

heres a screenshot
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] akex054:
OK, so i will try to flash it. If it brick my phone, call to Samsung to replace it :).
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] bigl666:
if you check out my in between summary in post 508 you will find out that there are different versions of e-fused around.

@yusuf_fee: can you upload your version of bml1?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] yusuf_fee:
its in my drop box link above
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] evoprime23:
just tested this with my phone... this is with 3br disabled and when i checked the BML1 file it has e-fused on it but i still tried it as i was curious... well end result it worked i can now do both download and recovery no problems ...

running on stock AUST OPTUS fw i9000dtjg3
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Prostheta:
Success! Thank you so much, Richthofen. Next time I'm in the land of the blind, I'll buy you a beer, a cane or a dog. :-D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Ian_Cog:
Now I don't know what to do. The 3BR doesn't work.

It was originally Orange UK branded, but I flashed it over with XXJM1 etc.

I've unlocked it to any network and it's rooted.

Here's my dump, let's see what the experts think.

PDA: XXJM1

PHONE: XXJM1

CSC: OXAJM1
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FarligOpptreden:
Quick feedback - took the plunge and applied it to my e-fused phone and... it worked! No bricked phone here!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] X-GoD:
E-FUSED

@Richthofen

I have

PDA: XXJM1

PHONE: XXJM!

CSC: OXAJM1

I got this from UK , unbranded.

it is efused according to my bml1 dump

attached bml1 dump
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] theonlyhero:
MY Mobile was Bricked even i did everything and u3 was shown :'(
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ijat91:
@Richthofen

I have

PDA:I9000DXJG4

PHONE:I9000DXJG4

CSC:I9000OLBJG4

unbranded version, according to hex, my bml1 dump contain efused, is it safe for me to continue??:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Evil_Gouky:
works on my "e-fused" GT-I9000 from Proximus Belgium

Hi,

The update.zip works on my "e-fused" GT-I9000 from Proximus Belgium

Pda : i9000XWJM2

phone : i9000XXJM2

csc : i9000PROJM1

Thank you very much...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] spark001uk:
As far as i can see, only one method has not bricked any phones yet, not even the dodgy t-mobile ones. It's the method myself and a few others here have used.

After a factory reset to begin with, it involves first flashing the whole XWJM5 package from samsung-firmwares, and then flashing the original SBL fix by Richthofen, but unfortunately that fix has been removed now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] p1ceus:
So for my this fix bricked my phone, I have T-Mobile one but I was able thru registry change put a new nonbranded firmware PDA I9000XWJM2/I9000XXJM1/I9000OXXJM1 and also change CSC to nonbranded. But after I put command to enter recovery mode in cmd select update and press home button, fonts on screen get larger and then phone turn off and never turn back on again. I waited for 5 minutes, and then try to pres power button, remove battery for some time and try to turn it on again...no luck :( so I guess my only option is to visit Tmobile shop or Samsung, right? :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jaja.ptak:
I have SGS from T-Mobile too. A have problem with start when I installed lagfix. I visited Samsung servis and then flash firmaware and than all is OK.

(Jinak pro tebe česky, Taky se mi seknul, ale nechtěl jsem k T-mobile tak jsem šel do servisu Britex a tam mi za 250 Kč nahrnuly JM2 a můžu zase experimentovat. )
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] drferk:
GT-I9000HKDORO (Orange Romania was simlocked but unlocked)

Was JM2 when used that 3bf update.zip

Flash after that JM8-JPH-JM1-JF3-JI1 used format only with pit and still work 3bf

BML1 dump is U3
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] deepside7:
I had etagged as well, but worked successfully
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] reglaspv:
so .. there is no exact rule about when to flash/not to flash
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] franklin01:
I think CSC causes the problem, so check your csc, and if it is "unusual" dont fix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] spark001uk:
Or use the method myself and a few others did !
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ashmodai:
It is getting really confusing .... based on the last messages the e-fuse or U3 is NOT an indication of potential success since we have now bricked U3 and successfully flashed e-fused... spark001uk, I don't know if enough people did try your method so that it can be described as safe ... I am afraid we still did not understand the criteria behind success or failure ... That's still fun to see how many people are brave (or crazy) enough to still try with the number of bricked reported :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] spark001uk:
Well, first of all, I will say although i have used the method, it's not really mine, it was Jimsey who told us it worked, and we followed, and as far as i know there's no bricks so far. Not many have done this i know, but with the other fixes there were reports of bricks in the first few people who tried! I think there's actually two things going on here, one is using a fix that will work, and the other is finding out exactly what's causing the bricks for some people with the other fixes?

Bottom line is, if we get a method that works, does it matter why the other ones are more risky or don't always work!?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ingvay2009:
ok guys another brave one is here :D my bml1 say e-fused :eek: ...and finaly i did the fix and it works like charm :cool::)...good luck guys
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] bin_asc:
Interested if international version aka Romanian ones work with this.

Anyone ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zyberace:
Okay, now I understand. I'll give it a try and will post the result.

Thank you guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] yusuf_fee:
sorry to be a noob guys, can someone tell me where i can find Odin 3 and the drivers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] vinclar:
Canadian firmware fix my recovery in a samsung galaxy S 8GB from spanish provider movistar, after flashing canadian firmware JM2 I flashed European JM8 and it works, and the buttons work too. My phone was bricked, buttons didnt worked then, and with the the hot of a hair dryer it finally enter into download mode!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] funghi1970:
Nope. Open european version I9000XXJM1 (CSC OXA) with t-Mobie SIM but not branded or locked.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Cyclone1:
This thread had me registered to xda!

Every year 17th of September, we shall celebrate 3BR Failure Memorial to honor the heroic and awesomeness of Richthofen!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Verygromf:
Err... can you clarify the part involving a hair dryer ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] s4int:
k, thanks for the info. what about the others that bricked their phones with this update? was the phone from a provider and/or branded in any way?

so far it seems the bricked phones were all branded!?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Hemix:
Does someone have a trick for a phone that won't turn on ? (before sending it back to customer service...)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Richthofen:
Does it stay completely black?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Hemix:
Mine was branded SFR (french vodafone), but flashed via kies with Firmware JM2 (via the registry trick)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Casio1987:
@Richthofen

- What firmware did you use?

- What's the difference between Samsung's fix and this fix regarding 3br only (only bml4)?

- If flashing new firmware, does it overwrite your fix settings in bml4?

If so, phone could be fubar again without working 3br on failed flash, right
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zyberace:
Thank you Richthofen, you are my true hero!!! I can access recovery mode now.

For others as an information, I'm Thai and my phone firmware is DXJG4, so I think this method is safe for international GT-I8000 for sure. By the way, please follow instructions carefully before you try. Good luck :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dasefx:
6. Start a new command prompt and type "adb reboot download"

How to enable it to Odin?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] bigl666:
can the bricking be related to the OS?

Are kies drivers more stable on xp than win7?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mengsuan:
I have the same firmware but mine is singtel branded. Is yours?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rantak:
Just succesfully flashed this on my unlocked Finnish Galaxy S. No problems whatsoever, and the three button recovery worked instantly afterwards.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Etzolin:
Worked fine for me, unbranded/unlocked phone :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
only the recovery mode works again after the flash or the download mode work again too?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Richthofen:
Both will work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Funkadelick:
Ummm..

Where do you download this GT-i9000_SBL file ???????
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] masterslacker:
Um, the download link is right after step #11 in the instructions.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gnasher666:
Wanted to add my results:

Stock Australian (Optus) Galaxy S running JG4 (rooted) with e-fused in dump file.

Success :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mislead:
Just for the record.

I had an e-fused o2 branded Galaxy from Germany.

Specs were:

PDA: I9000AOJM1

PHONE: I9000AOJM1

CSC: I9000VIAJM1

BML1 dump said e-fused

I applied the method spark001uk mentioned.

So first upgrading to full JM5, then applying the fix ( Edit: not the update.zip or any other automated version, the old one with flashing the GT-I9000_SBL_RCVDL_FIX_FINAL via Odin as described here a few days ago on page 1 ).

And it worked!

Download and recovery mode are fully functional now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ashmodai:
hummmm

I would love to see what Rich thinks about the last developments and flash results ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ashmodai:
I agree but understanding why it does or does not work is the only way to make sure not to brick your beloved Galaxy when flashing it ;-) I killed one already so I am not willing to take too many risks when it comes back from service (even more since it will highly probably not be fixed under warranty ...)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rainae:
probably someone (with the skills) can prepare the jm5-firmware along with the 3-button-fixed pbl. this would make it easier for people to flash all at once and have a 3-button-fixed and updated galaxy-s in one step.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] elmigu:
Galaxy-S Proximus

Worked on my efused Galaxy-S from Proximus.

PDA:I9000XWJM2

PHONE:I9000XXJM2

CSC:I9000PROJM1

Enjoy
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] D@rk_4ngel:
PDA: I9000XWJM3

Phone: I9000XXJM2

CSC: I9000XFVJM1

Update.. I successfully updated my South-Africa Vodacom e-fused Galaxy S.. All buttons working!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rainae:
has anybody with a BOJG3 Branded T-Mobile phone (e-fused) to apply the update.zip and succeeded? i haven't tried yet, and i'm not sure if i should.

Probably someone with the same configuration and the method, rich mentioned to PM him?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] akex054:
Anyone with T-mobile or SFR branded phone succeeded ?

As it seems, they are "specials" ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] iamlegendfb:
Hi, i bought my SGS with no invoice. It is illegal. It is cheaper in Turkey.

How do I know where did my phone come from? Can i learn with IMEI ? If it is, how?

Because i try this fix and my phone is dead now. Only black screen...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pgn:
Verified for Belgian Proximus Galaxy S!

Thanks a LOT, sammy support couldnt even get the latest firmware version right...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
make it like this :

http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-ha...-3-tasten-problem-beheben-download-modus.html

and its work 100% ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MyKEcz:
I have non-branded phone e-fused with XWJM2 will it work?:confused::(
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
make it with this manual when you understand german ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MyKEcz:
i understand but its 100% success?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Flail:
nobody bricked his phone yet...so yes (tried with SGS with Vodafone, O2 and T-Mobile Branding and unbranded of course)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] noccon:
I have:

PDA: XXJM1

PHONE: XXJM1

CSC: OXAJM1

it's an unbranded free version, i didn't flash anything yet.

is there anyone outside who already bricked his unbranded free phone with one of this two fixes(especially the second one)?

Is it only dangerous for the branded phones to install this fix or do i also have to be careful?

Should i try the German style, first flashing XWJM5 and then the fix with odin, or should i do it with the update.zip?

I think there are much more people like me, waiting for a save method to activate the 3 button combo!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Funkadelick:
"2. Connect the phone to the computer and mount the INTERNAL SD as mass storage"

can someone help me out with this ? where do I go in the phone to do this ?

When I "connect my phone" to the computer a box pops up asking me if I want to use it for KIES, Internal storage, etc.

How do I "mount" it on the "INTERNAL" SD ?

Also, when putting update.zip on my sd card or whatever, how do I make sure it's in the "root" folder ? is that just the main folder ?

sorry first time doing this

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] akex054:
Works for SFR too (just did it as no one with a SFR Galaxy S, wanted to try). Good Game. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
yes its 100% success ;)

nice, im very happy about that ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] kstou2001:
dadonaly Do you try the flash?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
@ hollanderu

danke für die englische übersetzung ;)

@kstou

yes i tested ;) and its work 100%
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] spark001uk:
I used re-partitioning option when i flashed jm5, i wasn't sure if it was necessary but it flashed fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] VladaP85:
haha

I have a regular Galaxy S GT-i9000 and when I run this fix my phone went dead...

Just black screen,nothing works...

What to do?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hollanderu:
Have you really exactly done what was described here (Post 605)?

htp://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8269953&postcount=605

At what step did you fail?

I do have a Telekom phone (so probably one of the problematic ones) - and do have a working download mode + branding free.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] franklin01:
Maybe we should start a Bounty for the fix?

Should work on every phones (gt-i9000 gt-i9000m gt-i9000b)

Should work on every firmwares including branded ones

Should be easy to use (the update.zip seems to be a good idea, but dunno if it works on froyo)

Should be permanent if possible (so even low flash doesnt affect it)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hazerfox:
I9000BVjF3 - Orange - rooted - [e-fused]

i think i can do nothing with that ... fk
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mavicafoto:
confirmed, it works on the Galaxy S I9000 16Gb by Proximus (Belgium)

PDA : I9000XWJM2

PHONE : I9000XXJM2

CSC : I9000PROJM1

I was scary to use it, because i read a lot that many phone bricked, but it was safe for mine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] franklin01:
Same here, already bricked 3 phones... Hope one day we will find a way to update our phones.

Pour le moment j'ai pas encore trouvé de moyen pour fixer les téléphones de Orange, reste qu'a attendre une maj vers froyo qui résoudra peut être le probleme.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Cy4n1d3:
Used dadonalis guide to successfully reactivate the rec/dl-menu on my formerly vf branded phone.

Dump on former vf firmware said e-fused, so I choose the (seemingly) 'safe' way :)

Many thanks to Richthofen and dadonali!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
Make it with my manual and it works 100% ;-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rainae:
thanks dadonali.

i used your guide - and everything went fine!

now i'm really happy that i don't have to be anxious about doing software-updates!

regards

Rainer
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Casio1987:
Not true at all. If it worked, nobody would have bricked his phone.

I think too many people think to easy about flashing this and flashing that. This counts for all roms on any device.

If your flashing attempt gets interrupted or gets stuck, you have a bricked phone.

So you can't say it works 100%, we are still looking for the exact cause.

Mine already got bricked at flashing the pitfile to phone, because it was stuck. This happens randomly with the exact same conditions on every attempt, because it was stuck on my other phone after the 5th time.

But, if you get passed this, there is a high change it's fixed (still not 100%), as some even bricked it during the process of flashing.

Discuss your visions about this issue at: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8262395
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
Yeah ok its work for 99% ;-) better?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] franklin01:
Well, we need the 3 Button fix because flashing can brick the phone even using Kies and randomly, but if we need to flash the phone in order to get the fix then we are screwd.

I bricked 3 phones and I am looking for a "safe" fix that doesnt require flashing the phone.

The update.zip method is safe but doesnt work on Orange branded phones.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] VladaP85:
Is there any way to unbrick phones?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gmaoc:
have already bricked one sgs wanted to check and make sure this 3 button combo fix will work for my phone.

PDA :I9000XWJFB

PHONE: I9000XXJF5

CSC: I9000OXXJF5

If anyone interested or if its relevant, it is a SGS bought from Meteor, Ireland, but it is unbranded.

Device is rooted.

Have checked bml1.dump, it says U3 at the end. File attached if needed. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] VladaP85:
And what did you do with your 3 bricked phones? Did you fix them somehow?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
than take my manual ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] franklin01:
Well tanhks but as stated before, phones branded Orange france have very little success in flashing, also as your method imply to flash it is very risky since we dont have the recovery buttons working yet.

Did someone using Orange france branded phones sucess with this method, or can someone try it?

Already bricked 3 phones, this is my last one and I cant take the risk to brick it, my retailler wont take it back anymore...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] akex054:
You can find some here : http://forum.frandroid.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=26795

I was on IRC with the ones who tried this method on Orange phone. Helped them to flash the good way and the one who tried first on the last SFR/Orange (france) branded phones.

Clean flash of a JM5 firmware (with a OXAJM1 CSC) and fix application after flash). 100% of success (only one fail, due to lagfix not removed).

Credits go to dadonali for his tutorial.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Aanze:
I was using a Orange branded phone and didn't have any probleme with this fix.

Just notice that I had a clean flash of JM2 before trying. Orange branded phone out of the box are usually running JF3 FW. I guess this update might brik the phones using it ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
yes pls make it with my guide and it works 100% ;)

nice translation to french ;) this is a 1:1 copy of mine, and no thanks at me, at the end of the guide :(

i'm very disappointed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] tom_riddle:
Hey guy, why don't you write your tutorial in English? :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] s4int:
someone already did:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
s4int post the english guide ;) its from hollanderu, this is a member from android-hilfe ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] es.kuku:
PDA - I9000DXJG4

PHONE - I9000DXJG4

CSC - I9000OLBJG4

sg set, it work for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gandalf027:
DADONALI (and Richthofen) and method worked great on a SGS JM3 TMN Portuguese Carrier.

Got the recovery and download mode working

I didn't have the U3 on the dump but the e-fused.

Thanks m8s!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] spark001uk:
The method of using JM5 was discussed a number of times way before any guides, and in english. Some people just don't read the whole way through the threads!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] slackovic:
OK, thanks for this detailed instructions. However, I have one question. In the first post of this thread, Richthofen says that if Hex editor says "e-fused" in the end that we shouldn't try to fix the 3-button problem. I know some of folks have succeeded even though their SGS was "e-fused" too. But I'd like to know if those instructions are 100% safe (you say in your post that they are) even for "e-fused" mobiles?

If it helps, here is info from my SGS:

PDA: I9000XFJM3

PHONE: I9000XXJM1

CSC: I9000XFJM1
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dadonali:
Yes make it with this guide and its work :-)