yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
If you have flashed JPY with my howto, you can install DeepBlue Theme from Recovery Menu. This Theme is for stock ROM, not custom ROM, so it will work.

I have slim version of the theme too, which will only apply theme without modified apps, if you are interested.

It should be, but keep in mind, that SuperOneClick do not work with every ROM. Sometimes it fails.

Hello Newcommer :-P Yes, you can use any version of Odin starting with 1.3 and higher.

No. SDK calls specific switch with adb, which will not work in case your phone will be without OS. So, you MUST have ability to switch to the recovery mode manually, in case something goes wrong.

Have you flashed it with re-partition ticked?

Or, in case you do understand howto itself, download JS5 version of the ROM from samsungfirmware.com, and flash it over it, with re-partition ticked.

You can use CF-Root for JS5, and any Voodoo Kernel starting with 5.4.1, and you will be fine too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
I will update this howto for JS5 firmware, propably this weekend. I will flash my wife's phone, so I will have nice opportunity to repeat all steps again (it is not for the first time with JS5 for me)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rabb2000:
followed instructions at beginning and repaired my logo-locked UK SGS ..... excellent
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Thepinkpenguin:
Thanks Virnik0 and XDA, worked without a hitch!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] captainskywave:
Hello Virnik,

I have not followed this thread for some time - I did the procedure you described on page 1 of this thread - has that procedure been changed or is it still the current way to do the flash? No updates to it?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
Procedure is little bit different, from firmware to firmware, but only details, which are not so important. Actually, I have successfully used the same procedure for JS8 firmware, except for low firmware, where JS5 was used with repartition, and JS8 over it without repartition. after that, CF-Root was flashed, followed by Voodoo Kernel flash.

If you are brave one, you can continue with Darky's ROM 9.5 install.

I have did exactly this to reflash my father's phone and my wife's phone. I am staying with JPY firmware for now, waiting till 3.2.3 firmware is released, voodoo for it prepared, and apps working on it. Not all apps are working at JS5/JS8 firmware yet, for example Dolphin HD is still rejecting it's licence, even genuine one, unable to save it's configuration (and yes, I have wiped it's DB, it's dalvik, and I have also tried to reinstall it), and few other apps are acting the same.

I have prepared new DeepBlue Theme and new DeepPurple Theme for JS5/6/7/8 too, but as said before, I will not release it before it is fully usable. The same with the howto, that is why it is not updated yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
That is right question. I dont know. I do not use Kies at all.

I am waiting for fully working voodoo for 2.3.3, so I can reflash Gingerbread.

After that, I will update howto. Right now, from what I know, Voodoo works on Gingerbread, but only with stock kernel, and I want supercurio's.

But back to your problem with Kies: Do not use it. Install Kies Air from Samsung Apps. If you have wifi at home, you will be satisfied enough, because you will not need any cables anymore. It runs as webserver inside your phone, so you can do everythink like you' ve been used to with standard Kies app, but only thing you need is wifi at home and web browser on your PC.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] captainskywave:
hmmm i dont get it:

after doing a successfull flash according to virnik's procedure everything was fine - for couple of weeks or so..

battery would last for days and days just in standby - then suddenly it started to run down pretty quick - now it lasts not even 24 hours - and that is even without any usage at all - just lying there on my desk - idle..

i have absolutely nothing running - no wireless - no programs running - only the mobile network connection - all other programs stopped..

i even bought a new battery - but same problem - less than 24 hour standby on idle.. not even 1 telephone call..

i also tried resetting the battery..

would it help to do a complete re-flash?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cfawilliams:
Marketplace.

The update worked excellently for me from stock 2.2. I really do want to hug you!

I also installed the blue theme.

Couldn't do the Kies fix for the 3B mode so used this update.zip method:

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

Couple of things happened though:

- None of my apps worked, had too uninstall all of them.

- On the online Android Marketplace it says 'There are no Android devices associated with this account.'. So I can't seem to reinstall my apps through the web browser :(

- Samsung Apps app doesn't update

Any idea how to get the online marketplace to work? I'm in Australia.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Durka:
Allrite got a simple question. I want to follow your guide to flash my sgs. I'm not a big expert with stuff like this but a good guide will go a long way.

In your FAQ:

Q: I have my phone SIM-Locked, what can I do?

A: Follow second part of the howto first.

Q: I have my phone branded/download mode ignored, what can I do?

A: Follow second part of the howto first.

What is the second part of the howto???

I would assume its 'block2', but on the top of block2 it says:

If your phone is NOT branded and SIM-Locked, your way to new firmware is much more shorter. Follow theese instructions:

So i'm not sure about this, what stept to use if my phone is branded and/or sim-locked?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] homppi:
Hi,

I've tried to look for specific information on this with no success.

Previously I've flashed my phone as directed in this how-to. Now the official 2.3 is available and I'd like to try it. Kies says the phone cannot be updated, and I suppose it's due to flashing it with this package.

What should I do to be able to install the official 2.3 release with Kies?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
Your power drainage comes from mobile data. JpY firmware has fastest and most stable modem, but for a price - in this case higher power drainage. Switch your data connection to GSM instead of default 3g, or disconnect completelly from data, meaning that data connection will be automatically switched back on, in the specific intervals (I do call it data windows), in which your phone downloads emails, social updates, or your rss's. It saves me a lot of battery power. You can use Enhanced Controls widget for it.

Yes, that is how I'd get rid of my Vodafone bloatware :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
Download latest JVK firmware from samsungfirmware.com, backup your data and do complete flash with re-partition and BootLoader update options ticked in the Odin. Then you will be on clean official 2.3.3, and your phone will be again recognizable for your Kies.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] glennr:
Hi mate,

I know this is an old post, however, I like the way you think.

I have a major problem with my phone and am struggling to find a solution.

I upgraded to Gingerbread on my galaxy s I9000 using Odin hated it and flashed back to 2.2, this is when I started getting force close issues on just about every aspect of the phone, frramework, gapps, email, (this list could go on forever). basically, the only functionality this phone has is phonecalls and text (sometimes mms) and most of the time internet (as long as the download is set to external SD).

When I factory reset/ wipe data/ format/ wipe cache and then reflash a new firmware, my phone still stores google account information.

I think the problem is that gingerbread uses a different partition for the internal memory and by downgrading the phone I have put a new partition over the top of the gingerbread one (and no, going back to gingerbread does not fix this problem).

I have a thread running in here with loads of suggestions from awesome users trying to help, however nothing seems to be working.

So I thought, it couldn't hurt to ask you!.

Any advice would be appreciated,

Thanks,

Glenn.

EDIT:

Model Number: GT-I9000

Firmware: 2.2.1

Baseband: I9000XXJPY

Kernal: 2.6.32.9 root@SEP-51 #1

Build: FROYO.XXJPY
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
PIT is the same, don't worry. But your problems comes from not formated filesystem, it can rise once you or your system needs to write or read something from the internal memory, because if you flashed without re-partition, your old file ownership and permissions remained same.

To be absolutelly sure, I suggest you to reflash again with re-partition ticked in.

Your bootloader is already JVK I suppose, which should be fine (older firmwares has no problems with new bootloader Gingerbread demands).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] polkoy:
@Virnik0

Hey, i am a total noob and i was tempering wit stuff i do not understand (but this is how you learn right? :) ) anyways battery mod got my israeli froyo :) so lucky me found your thread and i after 2 hours files download (yea my net suck much i know) i started working on your tutorial.

the tutorial is amazing so thanks for that followed it couple times actually because of some little issues that i hope you can help me with... i read some of this thread but not all so i am sorry if I'm making you answer twice.

you can see i quoted your OP from step 18 because this is where my "problem" starts: it doesnt take 10 min.. it doesnt do anything actually it just boots the device and nothing is happening to it, it just asking for a sim card and setup of the gmail account and so on. so no second reboot and no system file conversion.

other thing is the recovery mode.. in it i do not have the option you talk about in step 25 i only have "reboot now" "update.zip" "...chase" "format sd card" "..." but non looking like "Install zip from sdcard"

another couple questions: my phone was branded and i hated it.. but now i am missing my language. I don't really care for the system Hebrew (because i use English all the time anyways) but i need the fonts and swype.. i had originally Hebrew Arabic Russian English and i think one more but i am not sure.. now i got lots of languages i dont use (or know how to ;) Russian is there thought)

i was wondering if i can download it from market or anywhere else... or ill need to get it from a "friend"... also i was wondering if i could borrow like an hour of your time and skype you, as mentioned before i am a total noob and i would like to learn some more details about android and froyo and the inner workings of this firmwork :).. well thanks in advance i am sure ill have more questions soon.

If i wouldn't have found this as quick i i have i would have panicked :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
Your problem is, that You have forgotten to flash Voodoo Kernel.

Leave it be, I will update howto tomorrow, because I have finally moved to gingerbread, made new DeepBlue Theme, and I am preparing new howto for all users reading this thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] polkoy:
I've flashed it to voodoo kernal.. but doesnt matter ill wait for your update.. i found this as well:

just add the ww...(cant post links yet.. total noob and all) box23.org/pub/7500/misc/html/lettercodes.htm

might help you with the tutorial (country code part)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
First post updated. New howto released, along with all tools needed for it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MURDO:
hey there. going to give this a go now.

Just one question before i go at it. I recently had Darkys Resurection installed but went back to stock firmware ECLAIR.XWJM7. Reason for it was My GPS was kin of slow and unresponsive. Alos my phone provider in Ireland gave sky sports free til end of june, but i could never get it to work on the Darky Res rom.

Is the GPS in this release stable enough and would i still be able to access SkySports.

Network is 3 Ireland.

also Just want to say thanks in advance for the great tutorial.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
I've tested GPS this morning (installed ROM yesterday), and only for 20 minutes, during my route to work. And it was responsive, without blackouts, so I think that it is stable. You'll have to try it out. I haven't tested it too long.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MURDO:
no probs, will post back later.

Thanks for the speedy reply..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chimerical26:
18] Phone will reboot itself after successfull flash,

and right after reboot, it will start filesystem conversion (lagfix will be activated)

. It may take up to 10 minutes, so be patient. This Voodoo is not yet fully finished, so Conversion Voodoo Voice will be marbled, and too fast for you to understand. Just ignore it

It didn't start the conversion. I don't mind doing it manually from recovery but should I do system as well or what?

Edit: Can't Wait..... doing system as well. Fingers crossed. In spite of having flashed firmwares maybe 100ish time I've never tried the voodoo lagfix before. It always seemed like overkill and I love my battery life so we'll see how it goes. (Then again I'm coming from cm7 so the battery life is bound to be comparibly good!)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] polkoy:
well same here... it didnt reboot again and i didnt hear any sounds.. (how do you do it manually?) also in the recovery now i have something different from last time (had apply update.zip) now i have "apply update from sdcard"

when i try to run the darkys it writes first in yellow "-- Install /sdcard ..."

than in red " E:Short wrote of /tmp/sideload/package.zip (No space left on device)

than in yellow "Installation aborted."

when i tried the theme it wrote:

[COLOR="Yellow"]-- Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Verifying update package...
[/COLOR][COLOR="Red"]E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Yellow"]Installation aborted[/COLOR]

also in recovery i choose with the home button and not power like stated in the How To.. @Virnik0 last time you said "You have forgotten to flash Voodoo Kernel."

but in: options>about phone it says:

Firmware version: 2.3.3

Kernal version: 2.6.35.7-I9000XWJVB-CL118186curio@carton#Voodoo_dev

Build number: GINGERBREAD.XWJVB

hope you can help me sort this our.

also had a question from before about the PCode and what does that mean.

when i "call" *2767*4387264636# i get this:

SELLOUT SMS

[1]Sellout SMS : OFF

[2] PCode: Not Active

[3] Mode: Prod

well thanks in advance.

Edit: one more thing i remembered, when i boot and shutdown there is not sound (started after flashing voodoo) is this intended? or somehow related to my problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kevinre:
Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
search for Voodoo folder on your internal sd card, and delete it. then reboot your phone. Have you flashed voodoo tar file from within Odin?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
It's me polkoy I've created new forum account. Anyways I've followed your instruction step by step, voodoo using odin itself... Is the "apply update from sdcard" what I should have in my recovery?

Also noticed "tweaks" isn't working it asks for CF-root kernel (which I flashed using odin when I was following the tutorial) I'll try removing the voodoo folder from sd card and go to recovery again.. I'll let you know how it went

Edit: ok I've removed it from /sdcard and /mnt/sdcard and nothing changed. than I've tried to remove it from / basically delete /voodoo folder.. I managed, but after each reboot this folder returns

So what shall I do next?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hofinho:
you can handle the voodoo lagfix stuff also by downloading the app voodoo control from market, its free. and as far as i know, voodoo kernel has no tweaks to manually enable and disable yet, supercurio himself says that some things in recovery are still not working. if you mean the tweaks app, its from chainfaire and is only meant to work with his kernel it cant work with others
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
did that.. still cant flash the darkys rom.. did the whole tutorial again (7th time) it says no space

when i check the "repartition box" it clears up my root correct?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
ok after 2 more tires... sad huh? :P

well i didnt flash voodoo and changed the nv_data.bin and went into recovery and now it started the "clock recovery" which let me choose.. than i decided to install voodoo and it happened again... recovery went yellow again and didnt have the "install from file" option.. now i am going to try to do it without voodoo at all and get the darkys mod.

after i flash the CF root i lose boot sound (dont think its an issue) ill see what will happen if i do it like this.. bah i am so confused with all this flashing and reflashin.

edit: Well didnt work, it didnt let me install this as well.. said something about some restrictions.. getting frustrated with it already..

hope you guys can help me somehow..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
I am 100% sure that you have missed something, or did something wrong.

- make sure your internal SD card is empty (backup and then delete all data on the internal SD)

- reboot to download mode

- flash JVB firmware, make sure that you have both re-partition and Bootloader update tickboxes ticked

- reboot, click next, next, next in the configuration wizzard upon reboot, till you can access desktop

- switch your phone off, then start it in the download mode

- flash cf-root, press Reset button in the Odin first, or close odin, and start it again. then flash cf-root

- let it boot, till it reaches desktop, then switch it off again

- start in download mode

- flash voodoo, press Reset button in the Odin first, or close odin, and start it again. then flash voodoo

- after voodoo flash, phone should start talking right after reboot. Voice is damaged in this version, but you can see it booting longer this time - conversion process started.

- after phone reboots again, let it boot till it reaches desktop, then switch it off again.

- start recovery, press volume up, home, power buttons, and see if recovery changed color. It should be red.

- if so, then reboot your phone again, and then copy darky's rom packages on the internal SD card. from now on, you should not have any problem with next stepps.

- but if your recovery is not red, meaning blue/yeallow, then you have failed somewhere, propably right after cf-root flash

- if your recovery is not blue/yeallow, and is orange/white, then you have failed right after rom flash.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
yep followed these to the letter for maybe 30 times already (not exaggerating) and it does not work... tries some israeli version of pilotx rom last night and it managed to load but it is based on the 2.2.1 firmware and swype and other apps just kept on crashing making the phone unusable..

when i do repartition do i formate my internal SD? and yes i tried deleting everything from the internal sd when i plug it into usb.. now the phone is a brick (not bricked but nothing actually works anymore... even after a fresh flash) i still can get into download and recovery mod though.

ill try again now.. but its kind of useless...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
well right now i cannot access my internal SD so i wont be able to remove what is on it... (cant boot the device) should i do first step and than remove and start all over again?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
ok back into recovery <3e>

it is blue and i did it exactly how you said... after CF-Root the boot losses sound (same for you?) and when i flash voodoo nothing changes (except the mount option changes to the android robot pic where i click (connect to PC) )

can there be something wrong with the file? or my device?

also what is the /efs folder responsible for? could i have screwed something up with that folder? (removing it or something) that could cause all this?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
Ok, so boot to recovery, and make factory reset, then cache partition wipe, and reformat sdcard. then try factory reset again. Do stock rom JVB boot on it's own, after that without error? If so, try to flash voodoo then, and see if it change recovery to red.

EFS contains your IMEI and product code, it should not be modified by flash itself, at least not if you not mistakenly ticked efs clear in the Odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
what if i deleted it manually and i also ticked it once because I didn't know what I was doing :) I was sure this KOR thingy is a problem and if ill delete it, it will just recreate itself on a new flash... so does that mean that i am without an IMEI ?

ill try what you suggested here tomorrow and let you know how it went..

bah getting really annoying :) my friend told me not to mess with the roms :) i was sure ill get the hang of it quite fast and have a cool looking phone that runs fast in no time.. instead i wasted who knows how many hours on this SGS :P oh well hope ill sort it out sooner or later.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
If you've deleted efs folder...well, you're ****ed up your phone. Try to find your IMEI at least, efs can be recreated and IMEI restored, but that is not part of this topic, nor was deleting it part of the howto.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] spiral5:
You don´t have efs folder copy in your pc?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] spiral5:
If you have efs folder copy you can put your imei again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
i might be able to find the imei on the box... what do you mean by ****ed up my phone.. how bad is it?

what file holds the imei?

because i might be able to recover the nv_data file on my pc somewhere

i've got the imei under my battery, also i might be able to get the folder from a friend of mine that got her's in the same cellphone company (both were branded to same provider) but she didnt modify her's

can this help?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shengchao:
Hi Virnik0

I had been following your tutorial since 2.2.1 and i plan to flash JVB based on your new tutorial.

Just to be sure, under step

e) Tick "Re-Partition: and "Phone Bootloader Update" tick boxes

So in total the options that is ticked should be

1) Re-Partition

2) Auto-Reboot (tick by default)

3) F.Reset Time (tick by default)

4) Phone Bootloader Update

am i right? Thanks for the tutorial!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
tried it same ****... the recovery is blue

i managed to get my old IMEI damned be the encrypted nv file :P but i got it.. so what does the KOR means? what country i am related to (and provider)?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
Yes, you are right.

Kor Means Korea :-) So are your phone working again?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
it was working all the time.. the imei was just screwed to the default samsung one 0049..... and so on.

i was reading what that means (stolen devices get imei block by cell company)

i dont know about market access (not sure if i tried it when my imei was screwed.. but i think it was working.. so i dont really know.)

but the flash itself fails time after time.. i did the voodoo second and cf third and tried this couple times... it just wont do lag fix file conversion on its own.. plus it wont chage the recovery to the red version.. (which is it by the way?) when i tried installing the israeli rom thingy it did change to e2 recovery using speed mod.

if you still can think about something that can help me make this rom run i'd appreciate it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Virnik0:
First, CF-Root goes right after ROM flash.

Second, Voodoo goes right after CF-Root flash.

So, you have changed order.

I have just tested what you are trying, and I can' t duplicate it, everytime I flash pure stock ROM, then CF-Root, and after reboot Voodoo, conversion starts as it should.

So, I think that you are missing something. You must be.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Weedalot:
Can't be I've done it too many times to be missing something....I've even went to a friend of mine and let him try it on his own and same result... My device just won't start conversion. Can that even be? It's just crazy strange..