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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1301950:
THIRD replacement.

I'm in Ottawa and yes, i'm on my third replacement. Glad that the Source have some in stock every time. But i think i'm just going through each one from the same batch 'cause they all bricked the same way - can't mount, no such file and directory. All i did was unlock so i can use it on fido. No root, or lagfix.

First and third time, i was downloading youtube video using besttube (saving the videos to internal sd). Second time it just won't turn on after a while. I think it really have to do with writing to the sd to a particular point and wham, you got a bricked phone.

I'm thinking of going to bell to get from a different batch. But will they ? if i bought it from source?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a7ad67:
is there any solution yet mine is dais to
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rumy:
What is your batch number it is in the form of 08/10 or 10/10 under your IMEI
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgevision:
Another brick here. I live in New Brunswick, no Bell Corporate stores here. So, so pissed. I've had the phone for 6 days.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seidren:
It doesn't matter what carrier you are in. Go to a bell corporate store(eg square one). They will get you your proof of purchase and send your phone to repair. It is very easy
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wang1chung:
well, you can change my vote from "working" to fried...........i went against my gut instinct and listened to someone else who said flashing roms doesn't fry the sdcard, and flashed a jm8-->jpm just like is listed on samfirmware..........and after about 30 minutes, she's toast........can't mount blah blah, no such file.........i've flashed 4 times with repartition and keep getting black screen of death.........won't even charge. can't get into recovery.......wtf, i hate this phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
Curios, did u select "re-partition" when flashing through odin ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlockhart:
stupid bell phone is broke and in for repairs
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
Aha this made me lol.

I myself am awaiting my 3rd replacement within 1 1/2 month :eek:

All from dead internal sd.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlockhart:
mine died yesterday after I voted working... not anymore.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wang1chung:
yeah man, like 8 times.........i have found that i can enter recovery IF i put in an external sd card...........and that the phone will boot up to the 's' and not stop after the gt-i9000m screen or whatever.

i have tried 803 pits, 512 pits, jg8 and jh2.........this **** will NOT go.

when i do make it into recovery after a flash, it says:

update media, please wait

E:Can't mount /dev/block/sdl10

(Invalid Argument)

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:

copy default media content failed

little help please? i swear i'll never flash any other roms, except through kies if i get this fixed!

edit: well, now it's soft-bricked (pc!phone symbol)..........what a scam.........i flashed jpm as it's 3e recovery had an option to format the sdcard..........so i formated the sdcard like 30 times, over and over again, even though it was giving me an error........then it still failed, so i then tried flashing jm5 for absolutely no reason at all, and it soft-bricked. i even had to reinstall the drivers to get it to be recognized by odin.

edit2: hmmmm, well there's a new development. i am no longer getting any mounting errors in recovery, but i still can't bootup........i'm going to continue messing with this thing.

edit3: well, epic fail........i flashed jpm, but got the error again in recovery, which is strange because i didn't have it with the 2e recovery..then i flashed jm5, but this time it didn't fail, and boom, lost 3br fix, and now i'm screwed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yougotdangled:
if you find a fix... pm me, I've been trying to fix this thing for 2 weeks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uss_Defiant:
Anyone know how long the RMA takes? I sent mine back last sunday and i'm still waiting and using my old HTC Titan :(.

Also, according to bell, Samsung's DOA period for the galaxy was extended from 30 days to 60, so if your > 60 days get it exchanged ASAP.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rumy:
you mean < 60 days :)

Also my experience has been 2 weeks. 8 - 10 business days. bell eaton center

But they fix it and it keeps getting messed up regardless. My phone has been in service more than with me :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgevision:
I just called my dealer (Cox Electronics) and they will only exchange the phone for up to 14 days and ONLY if I've used less than 50MB data and 20 minutes talk time!? Otherwise 'it gets sent out for repair and will take a long time.' wtf?

I have no idea what my usage is but I've only had the phone for a week so I'm going to bring it in tonight and see what I can do. I'd rather just tell them to take it and give me back my upgrade credit so I can get a Desire Z November 3.

I !@#$ing hate this and I hate wireless carriers and dealers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rumy:
Take it to a bell corporate store with your recipt and thry will exchange it under the 60 day policy.

If they say no twist an arm, I got mine swaped on day 59
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgevision:
That's the thing, there's more to Canada than just Ontario and from what I understand the only Bell Corporate stores are in that province. I'm in the Maritimes.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rumy:
I think someone needs to take the initiative on making this a PR nightmare for Bell and Samsung. Perhaps that will get thier attention. Remember Apple's antenna issue ;)

Anyone with links and/or suggestions?

An article in the Sun or Star about the quality of these phones and the horrible customer service should do it :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rumy:
Call bell and ask them what to do, I am sure they have designated stores or they might ahip u one.

If not call samsung. They were in the process of exchanging mine, but I tricked bell into doing it instead.

Bottom line is yes we can exchange, repair etc... Right now, what happens after the 60 days / the waranty expires?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgevision:
After the 60 days they send it for repair.

I've sent this story in to Engadget. Let's hope they pick it up.

Talking to Bell now...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgevision:
OK so an update on my situation.

1. There are no Bell World corporate stores in New Brunswick

2. I called the dealer and they wouldn't exchange it

3. I called Bell. I described the state of the phone. I explained that my SIM card is working fine in my HTC Hero. The rep had to check with her tech team. They confirmed the phone is officially DOA.

4. She said I can exchange it at any Bell store. I explained point #2. She said that the dealer has to do whatever Bell corporate tells them to and put me on hold so she could call them.

5. She came off hold and told me that she had spoken to them, that they have my name and ticket # and that they (the dealer) will exchange my phone as soon as I walk in to the store.

I'm gonna go see how I make out at the dealer now.

UPDATE: I now have a brand new Galaxy S. Unfortunately it seems to be from the same batch so far... as the battery date is the same 09/24. :( Time to stress test.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1301950:
stress test ideas

Since all of my previous 3 bricks are while i was downloading youtubes through besttubes, i'm thinking it might be the writing to the internal sd that caused it. So try filling up your internal sd and see.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgevision:
You're right. My idea is to install doubleTwist and fill up internal SD with video podcasts/movies and then do data wipe, rinse, repeat.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xZeDgEx:
Theres Bell coporate stores in Calgary. I would assume they are accross Canada.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aGalaxySfan:
I originally voted "Still Working - 2.2 Froyo Firmware/No Lagfix" but sadly have to report that I'm now a "Internal SD Dead". I was using JPK and a few days ago I went to go into Settings when the phone froze, then wouldn't boot. In recovery mode I get the dreaded "Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (no such file or directory)" when trying to format the internal SD.

After scouring these and other forums and finding no fix, I re-flashed JH2 with Odin and tried taking it to the Bell outlet where I bought it, but their server handling repair orders was down. The rep said the DOA policy was still 60 days, but that means anybody that bought on launch day is no longer covered.

As of today (Monday), the repair server is still down.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whitewindhtc:
When you return the phone to bell, do they ever ask you for your bell cell #? What if you don't have one since you use a different carrier?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xZeDgEx:
Probably can't handle the load of all dead and returned Galaxy S phones.. :rolleyes:

Sadly I am not joking..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xZeDgEx:
I must have cursed myself with that last post... Im on my last nerve with this piece of ****. My phone died before, was repaired. Well same thing happened again.... Phone froze.. Shut off... Reboot goes to swirly s then black with back and menu button lit up. Luckily I now have three button recovery

. Had to do factory reset. WTF is wrong with this goddamn phone??? I am so pissed right now. **** I wish I kept my Nexus one. My phone was stock like last time.. Maybe 30 apps, 2 gig of music. @@"'@?""@"&&!&''
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wang1chung:
well, i'm back, compliments of TheBeano........his trick worked to get me into download mode, i re-enabled the 3br fix, and got back to flashing.......so far, i have gone from errors on:

first, mmcblk0p1

then stl11

then stl10

now back to mmcblk0p1.

this mmcblk0p1 error is killing me. i flashed 3e recovery, went in, it said error with mmcblk0p1 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (no such file or directory) and that it can't mount the sdcard............but i then i choose the format sdcard option, and it works fine and completes without error? so i'm confused. any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedauntlessone:
Your internal SD is dead? Your phone needs to replace the motherboard.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wang1chung:
dude, are you reading the thread? people are sending their phones in, and are NOT having the motherboard replaced. it is a software issue. something is corrupt, and needs to be formated and repartitioned accordingly.

all you're doing is cluttering this thread with useless posts.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aboganas:
E:Can't mount /def/block/mmcblk0p1

Mine (I9000M UGJG9/UGJH2 Firmware/With Ryanza Lagfix) was working fine; however, yesterday I flashed I9000JPJPA Froyo without uninstalling RyanZa lag Fix, so the screen went black after showing Samsung logo. when I enter the recovery mode it says :

E:Can't mount /def/block/mmcblk0p1

I reinstall stock rom and it got worse as it only shows the first screen for a second and restart again without being able to enter recovery mode.

So I install I9000XWJM8/I9000XWJP6/I9000XXJPM, It fixed the recovery problem but it only reach the Samsung blue logo, but it stuck at black screen.

So any one please can help me to fix this problem as I bought this phone from a guy in Kijiji and I am not able to contact him (I don't have the receipt)

Please please please advice me what I should do?????

Thank you all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedauntlessone:
And you're not? No one gives a **** what you're trying to do with your phone. What you've done have been done many times by other users. If there's a way to fix this problem, a workaround would've been made by now. And just FYI, there are people who had to physically replace their motherboard like electroz. A couple people mention they got some sort of software reflash and people like you talk about it like it's a fact that it's a software problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TriC_101:
chill!! a bit... all he was saying is that most the issues are software related and its true... I got mine working again by flashing all sorts of different things and now mine has been working fine for 3 weeks with not one issue and diffrent firmware flashes... but I did spend over 3 hours flashing different Roms then it came back somehow..and I had the mmcblk0p1 errors. most the issue are software related with corrupted SD cards.. but yes some are hardware.. this is also the reason Samsung is just re flashing most of them and not replacing any hardware.. if my SD card fails again.. I will log every step I do to get it back..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a7ad67:
so let me tall you guys some thing i have the problem before and same how i fix the problem and it works fine i flash maybe 3 or 4 different roms but for now i can't do nothing with this problem even flash more than 6 roms and the same error
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1301950:
I feel sorry for you man.. really do. i was so close to buying it from ebay and saved a hundred bucks or so. Now i'm really glad i didn't and went to the bell store and got this phone. I'm on fido. I went as far as getting a brand new 30day term for this phone. So it's 30$ + 35$ activation fee extra for the phone. But during this time, i went through 3 DOA with bell. And all exchanges were pain free and quick. I was thinking of ditching the plan after 30 days but now i'm afraid i might have to stick with the plan for another month or so after confirming it's a solid phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1301950:
i assume you said it's a "software issue" because there were posts that says people got their phone back with a paper that said "a software reset was performed".

Yea, i have read that too, but how much you can trust what those return papers said. maybe they are trying to downplay the fix, so people like us will be more assured that this can be fixed by software. Maybe we are seriously misled. If the data corruption (actually the error sounds more like a hw memory issue) is caused by a faulty chip, or a certain region of the flash memory faulty and will only blow up when you write or read from it, then maybe it is true that a motherboard replacement is required because the flash chip is soldered on the board.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmanaudio:
Ummmm....people have marked the screws and know for a fact that nothing was replaced...just software flashed for a fix!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wang1chung:
exactly! hence why i said to the other gentleman, have you read the thread? because if he did, he would've read that people have marked the screws and verified nothing has been opened.

i myself am going to have to send mine in because i can't use this piece of **** samsung r330, and i have flashed 40 times, and it doesn't give me any errors in recovery, just doesn't boot. but i do think if we had some better software tools like the guys at the repair office, we wouldn't have to send our phones in.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smacman:
Anyone here tried flashing with something other than odin? Like this..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aGalaxySfan:
Just got back from the Bell store. The server handling repairs is up again, so my phone is off to get fixed. Will post again when it comes back.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igorbelem:
Sent my phone in after getting internal SD problem. Just got it back today, after 11 days from Bell. The chick said they replaced the mainboard. Assholes forgot to screw in one of the tiny screws so the backplate won't budge. Not that biggy, getting tiny screwdriver tonight.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Actually one person stated he marked his screws... But only said it a couple weeks after receiving his phone back from repair after people asked started asking exactly what was written on his repair order.... So take that as you will...

Most people on here, it seems, have had their mainboards replaced.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igorbelem:
wondering if i should flash froyo again.. anyone know anything about official 2.2 from bell yet? o.o
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunes:
So I got phone back today. Repair report says they replaced the motherboard. I know it is true because unlock code is different. Same kernel / firmware as last time.

I am *NOT* going to install lagfix or mess with kernel on this one. Really do not want to send it away again because F'in Bell does not re-imburse you for data plan time lost due to no phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
Just got mine back today as well, "Sheet" said pcb replaced.

I ain't gonna b cautious lol, if its not from the "bad batch", id assume it shud withstand vast amount of "re-partition"'s and firmware reflashes. If it is, then heck imma keep sending it till i get it fixed :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plemen:
My motherboard was replaced as well (different unlock code). I did have this issue before and was able to recover by repartioning and replacing with 512 pit and jh2 but the second time it happened nothing worked.

I got mine back 3 days ago and I'm going to flash like a madman while I am in the warranty period! Currently running jp6 without any issues.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunes:
I have no issue with rooting, infact have already done it again, as well as some other mods. I am just saying I am staying away from lag fixing and kernel swapping, at least for awhile. From my experience it is questionable if it even really helps anything to begin with anyways... I think it may be more of a placebo. And it is very possible that ext2 is not friendly to this flash disk. Maybe the flash disk has no hardware wear-leveling so RFS is doing it in the kernel?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ysandhu:
wrong reply.. sorry
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ysandhu:
i was in same boat as you. Bought phone from usedottawa.. no receipt.. got into doing lagfixes and stuff. I was running voodoo on JPM for a week and SD card problem happened ..same way you have described..went to one bell store.. they told me that can't do anything without reciept..

Then i went to their mail store. I has original box.. They also told me to provide receipt.. i explained them that i do not have receipt.. they agreed to scan the product code on box and sent it for repair..

Once i get my phone back.. i m not going to mess up anything with original firmware..

people who do not have reciept.. or bought it used stay away from doing all this stuff
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scouzer:
So is it the consensus then that none of the 2.2 builds are safe for us Bell SGSers?

I'm on my 5th SGS and I've never even touched 2.2... so I'd rather not make it 6!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wang1chung:
well, for me, i loaded jpm, and within 1 hour, my phone was toast, and i just dropped it off to Bell this morning.

i don't care what any douche bag says, roms CAN brick your phone, especially certain (if not most/all) Bell i9000m versions.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pizzachips:
Got the same thing saying pcb replaced...

too bad i bricked in an hour after a flash...internal sd failure again...

Apparently I have a chance of getting a new unit if I have to send it in for repair again lol...

2 more weeks of waiting for my phone again...*sigh...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wang1chung:
which rom did you flash?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3a:
Could it be possible there is a andriod OS virus affecting galaxy S? Has anyone put free pirated apps from websites on their phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wang1chung:
only way would be if it only works on the froyo OS.......i had errors on froyo, but once i flashed back to eclair, i was fine for over a month until i flashed back to the official froyo. first time i had the same apps loaded as eclair, 2nd time i didn't have any apps loaded, just stock froyo. so i don't think it's app related.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
yes we are talking about the same thing

i have had several External SD cards and USB flash drive that died the same way, simply because it was used a lot, yet non of them were any were close to the supposedly 10 thousand writes that some NAND claims it supposed to operate on.

i got two 16 GB that was warrantied due the same reason, and another 16 GB ultra speed USB2 key that yes it was super fast, but.... it died in just 10 uses

all 3 have had their format and partitions changed

to my best knowledge NAND flash devices apparently are not partiitioning friendly, as they seem to die a horribly death if you change their partition structure too often

I use them to Image PC machines and other similar tasks.

if i don't ever partition the SD cards or USB drives, they will last forever

but as soon as you tinker with their partitioning it goes Koo Koo

got 3 out of 3 that did that

I'm quite sure if i grab another USB key and change its partition to whatever my PC machine deployment requires it to be, it'll die after a few uses as well.

for now my solution to prevent early death of USB keys and SD cards is to keep them as is, and only make them bootable without changing the partitions for image deployment.

that's why i'm saying the same thing it's not the Lag Fix Apps fault, but just the nature of the Flash medias that are not friendly to some uses
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PatcheZ:
firmware: tried various 2.1 roms, but back to stock UGJH2 (first one)

lagfix: did OCLF 1.6, reverted back to stock... lost ~1gb from internal sd card but still working

internal sd usage: not much, i put most of my media stuff on external sd

3 button recovery: working before update fix

i think mine's a 52xxxxx

i think a poll is interesting and all... but guidelines and additional info would definitely help such as firmware, which lag fix, sd usage, etc...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunes:
So here is my story. I had my Bell SGS. Installed OCLF. Used it a few days, then the phone went belly up, it would not boot anymore. Many on XDA said I had a bad SD card. I had no 3 button recovery, so no way to try anything myself.

Returned it for warranty, it was gone 1.5 weeks, I got it back yesterday. Repair report simply says "reloaded software". As far as I can tell, no hardware changed at all. Phone works fine now.

So, I wonder how many people reporting a 'bad SD card" actually have one. From my experience with flash memory, it is pretty rare for a flash card to "go bad" unless it does it in the first day or two of use... ie it is either a dud right away, or will last a long time.

(It's also soured me to the lag fix scene... staying away for now)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
chances of that happening is higher than you might think.

it really comes down to how you use the flash disk.

read my previous message above, it can be done (killed) quite easily
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunes:
I have no doubt it can be killed easily, I have had flash die as well. But it always dies within a few days of starting to use it. I have never had a flash card work for a month solid then just die.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donkeyhitman:
The poll results clearly shows that as long as you stick with the official firmware for your SGS model with at most a lagfix, you should be safe. This is good evidence for Samsung legal dept. Having said that, I have Bell's I9000M with XWJM8 and Voodoo beta 4 :D and I'm extremely happy with it. It's the best firmware/lagfix combo IMHO.