yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omaga:
I did tried to get my phone to recovery mode (again:) today many times without success. Later I was forced to recharge the phone and when it was nearly full i tried the rec.mode again and then it worked again?!? Tried many times and it worked every time. So i wonder if the batterie must be charged or over 50% to get the rec.mode?? Im just speculating but can that be true? Now when i have the phone in my charger its go to rec.mode everytime.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wired_God:
My battery is 99% full and it's not working.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omaga:
:) ok so there is my theory blown away. Have now tried 6 times when the phone are still connected to the charger it get the rec.mode 6 times, makes me wonder, sometimes it works all the time and then it don't work at all.

Have you tried connect the phone to charger when you take the three button combo don't release the power button.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wired_God:
I haven't. I don't mean to hi-jack the thread btw.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omaga:
I test again without the charger and got it in rec mode once, seems that you must release the power button quite in the right moment. Too early or late the phone just reboot. When the phone are in the charger its seems easier to handle . If you had it ;) (rec mode) if not. ..you don't have it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wired_God:
Didn't get anywhere with having or plugging the charger in. I just don't have it.

UPDATE: Just spoken to another Samsung rep (a guy called Sam) to which he confirmed that XWJP6, which will be released in around 2weeks will indeed fix the bugged bootloader. Let's hope it does!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AsgardCurse:
before the official 2.2 update I had a nice 2 button combo to get to download/recovery vol up/down + home, now I got vol up/down + home + power.

I gotta say that I really preferred the 2 button version, since I got a handicap and got problems to press those 3 buttons at the same time, only reason I know 3 button works is since my sister helped me test..

so, yea.. 2.2 update will "fix" the "problem" with no 3 button combo
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nzroman:
Samsung NZ confirmed that the official Froyo release in NZ will enable the 3 button recovery/download function. :>

It's weird that some people said it was a hardware fault, when the Samsung rep I spoke with said that the NZ office had made the decision to block this function on all of the Galaxy coming into the country as they don't want customers playing around with it too much before the Froyo update. Although this does not match some reports from users who purchased the handsets in NZ and have that function enabled out of the box. Could possibly be more lies by Samsung. Who knows. Once the 2.2 update comes out here (NZ), I will report if this function is being enabled. I don't have it currently and Samsung NZ said that they wont enable it for me (my phone is still under warranty) as they don't consider this as a fault... :|
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheetah2k:
"official"??? JP6 & JPM roms are still beta.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnttiV:
That may be, but at least for awhile they were officially available through KIES, at least here in Finland - hence they ARE official.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wired_God:
Well, the Samsung rep I spoke to wasn't fair off on the release date but the version number is different. Still, not massively impressed with JPO but it's nice to have it and I got a brand new handset so working recovery mode.

I was working before the update and after so can't say if it was JPO that fixed it for me.

:/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AsgardCurse:
Yes, JP6 were the OFFICIAL Scandinavian/Norse FroYo that we could update through the OFFICIAL Samsung Kies without any hacking.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mascool:
My phone didn't have the 3BC option enabled so I fixed it using these instructions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=785201

but then I flashed from JM1 to JPO thorugh Kies and it's disabled again..

UK unbranded
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vampiro2000:
Same here with the new stock froyo release for Portugal branded devices (Galaxy S)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XtremeMaC:
I've successfully upgraded to froyo 2.2 without the 3-button fix. it took a while to manually enter to download mode and etc with batch files but in the end i'm on 2.2

and still DON'T HAVE 3-button combo

fyi, i tried 2 methods to get 3 button working prior to flashing..

I was on T-mobile and if i remember correctly was on GT-I9000HKDDTM

(i didn't get the galaxy s turkcell was selling..)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] break45:
Howdy.

PDA: I9000XWJPA

PHONE: I9000XXJPP

CSC: I9000NEEJP4

Build Info: 2010.10

3-button combo working occasionally, i.e. when..

phone is on

charger is plugged in

I get the recovery/download mode working maybe 1 out of 3 tries.

Couldn't get it working with the previous Kies-updated Froyo version (JM6/JP6 ?)

Now going try one of those lag fixes, as didn't have any earlier... The phone freezes constantly, I don't recall it was this bad with 2.1 ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrangeRafi:
I have the official Froyo update from Kies (JPA) but I still don't have the 3 button combo.

I'm from Philippines btw.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knuckle03:
before froyo do you have the 3BC on 2.1?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrangeRafi:
my 3 button combo is working before I upgraded to froyo.
[Epic 4G General] IBNobody:
I'm on my 3rd Epic, and this one is going back, too.

Before I send it back, I'd like to disassemble it. I think that the current problem (speakerphone returns static to whoever I talk to) is a soldering issue and may be easily debugged and fixed if I could open up the phone.

Opening up this guy is not easy.

I can remove the visible screws.

I can remove the two screws hidden under the serial number sticker / battery mat.

Even after removing these screws, I can't get the back plate off.

How do I do it?
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
Opening it voids your warranty and you will be unable to return it if your repair fails.
[Epic 4G General] IBNobody:
It only voids your warranty if they can tell you opened it. I haven't run into any tamper-proof stickers.

So do you know how to get into it farther, or were you just poopoo'ing my attempt?
[Epic 4G General] 2kidz:
lmao @ ====> or were you just poopoo'ing my attempt?[/QUOTE]

hilarious!
[Epic 4G General] los1223:
http://www.chipworks.com/samsung-epic-4g.aspx Shows some pics of it disassembled. Maybe it will provide some insight as to how to open it, and maybe not. Better than nothing. Try searching Samsung Epic teardown and digging a little deeper than the first page.
[Epic 4G General] IBNobody:
Searched disassembly, not teardown. Thanks.

The link actually helped.

The Epic has 2 microphones?
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
start up at the top by the power button and use something plastic to wedge between the pieces. DONT user metal, it will scratch or break something.
[Epic 4G General] IBNobody:
I've found a teardown picture that illustrates the difficulty...

https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=1311529

The problem was the two tabs. I didn't realize how long they were.
[Epic 4G General] arashed31:
There are clips where the back casing sticks to the silver band around the phone. You have to use a thin flat head to separate it. Be careful since the silver band is made of plastic and will crack if bent.

I had to take apart 2 Epics and swap out a faulty keyboard with another one before returning it.
[Epic 4G General] IBNobody:
Once I saw how the back cover was snapped on (wide indents that snap to the silver), I was able to remove it. I used a credit card, sliding it down from the volume button, parallel to the phone. Every so often, I'd use the card as a wedge to pry the top off. Eventually, it snapped open.

Unfortunately, I am unable to find a problem. The main microphone works. It just doesn't work in speakerphone mode.

Oh well... I'm on my 4th Epic. I'm holding off on returning them to Amazon. I'll have 3 of 'em sitting around in case I need to make a FrankenEpic.
[Epic 4G General] houkah:
Do you see any way to tighten the screen slider?
[Epic 4G General] bitbang3r:
Hey, if/while you're still in there... do you see a MLF-type chip (these are the ones that look like a plastic box with no visible pins because the metal pads are entirely on the underside) that's approximately 3mm x 4mm that has something like "FSA 9480" (or just "9480", or even "Fairchild") written on it? Probably near the USB port? I've read about its existence inside the Epic (and all Galaxy S models), and it seems to be getting enumerated by the kernel during bootup, but I didn't see any actual chip bearing the name in any teardown pics I've looked at. I'm starting to suspect that the "9480" *might* just be IP that Samsung licensed from Fairchild and incorporated into one of their own ASICs (with "9480" being the "IP name" of the chip Fairchild sells as the 9280), but it's really hard to tell.

For anyone who didn't see my other post, or the thread in the I9000 board, the FSA9480 is a USB switch that enables the USB port's two data pins to be repurposed for a) serial UART Txd and Rxd, b) Stereo audio left and right out, c) mono headset with audio out and mic in, and d) JTAG via a special interface called "JIG" that's kind of like Atmel's Debugwire and serializes the various pins of a JTAG interface. It's not actually using USB... it electronically disconnects the two pins from the USB interface, and connects them to the audio/uart/JIG pins elsewhere inside the phone.

Also, if you can see anything that resembles a manufacturer or part number for the USB port, that would be awesome. I know that someone, somewhere HAS to make them, but trying to find nonstandard, offbeat connectors in the millions of items sold by companies like Digikey, Arrow, Avnet, Mouser, etc. is like looking for a needle in a haystack unless you already know the exact part number you're looking for.
[Epic 4G General] tubasteve:
didnt really llook too hard, but i didnt see any
[Epic 4G General] Chabsin:
How difficult is it to replace the entire screen/lcd? Is it possible to easily remove the entire top off the slider and replace it?
[Epic 4G General] gitit20:
Yes its rather easy you take off the back cover use something like a guitar pick to pop the back snaps apart then from there undo the connections to the main board remove it a few more screws under the sticker and one under the main board i think there is a ribbon cable you have to be genital with they rip really easy also make sure its put back the way it needs to be.. when replacing the screen there are tear down guides all over the new that show it in detail...

Edit: Found a Video for you... http://satmedia.co.uk/sprint-samsung-epic-4g-galaxy-s-sph-d700-take-apart-tear-down-video-mpg/
[Epic 4G General] Kif420:
Pry bar and hammer should do it!

Sent from my '' Bag Phone ''
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lupin57:
How to flash official JPM Froyo using kies.

Hi,

Is it very important ? If yes, why ?

Thanx ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
Kies might not be able to modify a different filesystem than RFS. So if your lagfix for example uses ext4 then that could be a problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
All I have done is change the firmware code and I am being offered JPM. So do you really need to change the country code as well?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] madpete:
I cant get this to work, been trying for the last 20 mins. It detects the firmware, starts downloading but crashes on "decyrpting files" every time. Tried on two different pc, one with WinXP 32 and one with Win7 64.

Is this just Kies being crap again? Or am I doing something wrong?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
Last question. Does your 3 button recovery still work ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
Strange, what version of kies are you using? See if there is an update. I'm on win7 64 and have no problems. I have "run as admin" checked in the executable but i doubt that makes a difference.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
Recovery mode still works :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
Probably not, but it really doesn't matter, Kies overwrites those keys the next time you connect your phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] madpete:
1.5.3.10093_82 on Win7 64 and 1.5.3.10093_81 on WinXP 32, I thought about run as admin too, so I tried that but still same.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
I'm on an older version: 1.5.1.10074_2 so I doubt that's the issue.

So the same thing is happening on different pc's? All I can think of is that you could try doing a factory reset but that will wipe all your data. You removed any lagfixes right?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] david2189:
hi, first of all a big thanks for the easy walkthrough (think allot of people were wanting this) just a few questions, have you applied the lagfix after the firmware update or does it not really need it??

if you did apply the lagfix, any chance you could let us know how you done that? (or just link me to the relevant guide)

ill be trying to apply the new firmware tonight, hopefully kies recognises my phone!

also is this ok to do for branded 8gb vodafone devices??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lokie538:
What happens if I can't remember what lagfix I used... Yes I know it was a stupid mistake :/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] madpete:
Yeah exactly the same thing, it starts downloadingand gets about 3 quarters of the way along the progress bar, then it changes from downloading files to decrypting files. Straight away the updater crashes and windows says the program is not responding, only option is to close. Dont understand it.

Is this just me guys?

I do have another machine up stairs that has an older version of kies on it, guess I could try that.

Just getting a bit worried that it's kies, and I wont be able to update to anything...god kies is pants.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
You should probably add informations about band and frequency so that someone would check it before replacing it with a firmware based on different settings and be left with no data and such
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
Did you remove any lagfixes? It sounds like kies cant extract the files on the phone. You could also try a factory reset if you don't mind losing your data.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jonnie86:
I currently have a i9000m on 2.1 (with unlock, root, and lagfix).

I currently have lagfix disabled with the "disable lagfix" method.

If I were to upgrade to Froyo 2.2, will it update both the Firmware and the Kernel?

(I want to get rid of lagfix permanently).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] madpete:
Yeah removed lagfix and unrooted just incase, just trying an older version of kies now. If not I might wait for the uk version, if that doesnt work I'll try the factory reset. Thanks for your help dakine.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
I have not applied another lagfix yet, first I need root access.

Sorry I'm not sure about branded devices especially if they are carrier locked.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] madpete:
It was kies, just tried on a third Win7 pc but this one has kies version 1.5.1.10074_45 installed and its gone through the upgrade without crashing....so far.

Edit: Yep thats worked, I'd best not upgrade this version of kies!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] stevegold6:
Thanks dakine

UK T Mobile user

Followed your instructions, worked like a dream.

All working great, many thanks

Steve
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jgrilj2:
My Galaxy S hangs after Boot Animation is vibrating every few seconds

Goto Recovery (Volume Up + Home + Power) and do a Data/Factory Reset. Now it should start correctly.

_____________________________________________________________________

Unfortunately, I read too late that it is possible to enable three buttons to download and recovery mode. When I first updated GSM I did this with Odin 3.1 and SDK (download 'reboot download', recovery 'reboot recovery'). So after firmware update may phone not reboot and vibrating every 15 seconds. Becouse i can't go to revoery mode with 3 buttons even with SDK, i am wondering if official mobile serviser can stil repair this phone?

Thanks for the reply in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chessplayer60:
Just a little update on the GPS: in house with lots of clouds outside it took about 20 seconds to get a fix and about 9 sattellites were seen. So is is DEFINITIELY an improvement. :)

Concerned about battery life though. Will have to keep an eye on that. :confused:

chessplayer60
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
I'm sorry this went bad for you. As far as I know the lack of a recovery mode is a manufacturing fault so you should be covered under warranty.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sutton1001:
Working

All good now worked a dream after I copied and paste the reg hack instead of typing it I must have type errored!!

AM I STUPID DOH'

Thanks for this guys..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] desreg2913:
hi may i know is tis europe firmware or asia??? if i want asia firmware how can i get it??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Croak:
Did you try going into Band Select in the Service menu? Factory resetting a Euro firmware will automatically select 900 instead of 850, but you can set it back.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TrevorDTodd:
I upgraded with this instructions and now I'm missing the Market app? is there a way to reinstall it?

And is it possible to do an official update if available trough Kies in my Country?

bets wishes

tdt
[Galaxy S I9000 General] inefavel:
How do I fix the "This device's version cannot be upgraded" issue?

I have JP2 (stock, came with the phone) (rooted and OCLF'ed)

I have i9000 - international version, brought from amazon. When I try to upgrade the firmware, it says "This device's version cannot be upgraded". Whats wrong?

PDA: I9000XXJP2

PHONE: I9000XXJF3

CSC: I9000OXAJP2
[Galaxy S I9000 General] maryhinge:
Well finally got sorted, don't know what is wrong with my pc but installed kies on my other pc and done the reg hack, now got shiney froyo. Had to reset but up and running
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
Hi all thanks for the feedback. I see a lot of questions that have actually been answered in the first post. Please read the whole post before asking here :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shi.indra:
got lucky the second time.

First time went from JP4 to JM1. It was still Eclair. then realised that the country code i used was wrong GT-I9000HKAXSS

but did it again and this time with the code GT-I9000HKDXEE and it updated to froyo just fine. no bugs noticed yet.

:D thanks for all the help guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] browny905:
all went well untill reboot, just get blank screen and occasional vibrate, no 3br and pc not detecting handset :(

Bust??

Any ideas??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
Guys why is this happening to so many of you? Did you not read the first post?

If you have no 3br mode and ADB Shell wont recognize the handset then I believe your only option is to take the phone to a service center. Your phone should have had 3br mode and if it doesn't I believe its considered a manufacturing defect so Samsung should fix that at no cost to you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shi.indra:
Need Root now!!

can someone please direct me to the thread to root this bugger now....cant seem to find the right thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] makanaku:
Also need proper root!

Hey, thank you for the great post, everything worked great.

Now did anyone find a proper root method for this flash?

Please help.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] :
Have a look in the dev section there are at least two there.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788108
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rojohi:
I had the same problem, so I went in and changed Model Name to GT-I9000

I also had to un-install my version of Kies, and use the one on Samsung Canada's website (without updating afterwards)

I just successfully flashed, and updated the APN. Next stop is exploring in here to set up the 850 frequency.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rojohi:
Croak, I can get it to select all the bands in the service menu. Is there a way to unselect the non bell frequencies, or is that simply not necessary?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rojohi:
nm found the issue
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JFBlouin:
I had COMA problem with my SGS. When I eared that 2.2 is released, I flash it in my phone with Odin. I also root it with One-Click Root. Every thing was OK but I can't connect to data network.

I tried a Reset Factory and after that every things become BAD.

When I start my phone, it jam on start-up GALAXY S GT-I9000 page.

3 keys start-up do the same thing.

The only way I can unfreeze it is by One-Click Root and USB connection.

A scroll menu appear (Android system recovery). I have choice between: Reboot. Apply sdcard. Wipe or Format.

What can I do ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chablo12:
Thank you very much for these. I bought this Samsung Galaxy S as Sim free from Amazon in UK. It had JM1 after a previous upgrade.

I upgraded using the registry hack, through KIES 1.5.3.10093_82, in Win 7 32bit, it went smoothly, now I am having PDA:JP6/PHONE:JPM/CSC/JP4.

Is this the version for UK? or is it the version for EU?, because now I can see French, German, etc.. locales.

When I tried to upgrade again after the above without registry hack, it says "this version cannot be updated". With the old version it said "this is the latest version".

why is this?

Out of curiosity I done the same hack and tried to upgrade again, it shows an upgrade available, anyway the same as my current one.

Do I need a similar registry hack if I need any upgrade in the future?

Now this Samsung Galaxy S ROCKS!!!, Its fast, Better battery power, GPS works very well. orientation is by a far sensitive, Flash 10.1,

A small niggling issue, apps were listed like in the order of installation, now it all changed to alphabetical order. But the new apps goes to the last.

Now I cannot access GPS settings using *#*#1472365#*#*. Just nothing happens.

I previously changed GPS settings to supl.google.com. I thought I will reverse it back to factory settings. But GPS works now.

Now I can recommend Android phones with conviction.

Bravo.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] abwilliamson:
Thanks worked for me on Orange Branded phone.

One small issue was that I had no market app, a fact reset sorted this out though :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jacko1977:
im getting the same thing im trying to find the codes for kies so i can flash back to vodafone australia firmware
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alijones:
Still no Go for me running as Admin. Always have "Firmware upgrade cannot proceed. Firmware upgrade will close".

My settings are:

SoftwareRevision

I9000XWJM8/I9000TMNJM1/I9000XXJM4/I9000XWJM8

ProductCode

GT-I9000HKDTMN

HIDSWVER

I9000XWJM8/I9000TMNJM1/I9000XXJM4/I9000XWJM8

Any ideas what i can do?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arifmohdt:
Froyo Update..

Thank you team.. You guys are awesome.. The update went smooth.. Phone is faster now.. two glitches appeared. Personalized screen was lost and lost software installed through slide me. No worries though.. I have a question.. Is this jpm version is for UK..Once again thank you guys..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Monu123:
Product code changed

Hi,

Product code changed to HKAINU to HKAXEE, How can I change back the product code..I even tried flashing back to official ROM via Kies but product code not reverted back.

Pls help
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jacko1977:
i got the same thing here i did a factory reset now works fine :D i still like to get kies codes for Vodafone Australia firmware :confused: