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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeroculture:
Yah... as mentioned above, I think the biggest issue with all the anger surrounding the lack of 2.2 stems from the empty promises. A lot of people bought this phone with the expectation that the update would be out in September. Then October, Then November etc. etc. (I expect their to be more empty promises). It also doesn't help that both Samsung and Bell have refused to even answer any inquiries about it. Even though they won't provide a date they could at least acknowledge people's requests or frustrations.

Then there are all the issues ... (GPS, SD Card, etc) that should never have existed. It just shouldn't have been released with such major pitfalls.

All said and done, I think the worst thing about this phone is that on paper the specs are amazing. It is extremely powerful compared to what's out at the moment, and the screen, OMG it's perfect. It is just being let down by shoddy software, and even worse support.

I think Samsung will be hurt the most by this, even if it is Bell causing the delay. Even if they fix all the issues, and even if Froyo is a huge improvement, I still will never buy a Samsung phone again. You can bet HTC will be the first place I look for my next device. I imagine there are lots of other people on here that feel the same way.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yeria:
Maybe December 23rd instead?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frandromeda:
I'm using Doc's 7.6.2 XXJPO, and the front camera appears to be working. I haven't tried any video calling (it's 2am here...) but if I download the Mirror app from the market it works.

Flash at your own risk... I've flashed my phone a couple of times over the last month, and I haven't had any (unresolvable) problems. But then again, I'm not so sure it's worth it. My wife has the identical phone running stock 2.1, and the user experience is quite similar... But it's in my nature to want the newest and best. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franckqcc:
Ok forget what I've sait with the front camera not working on Doc' rom, it works... I had only tested it with debug and seemed not to work but I just tested with the camera app and works fine... so Doc' Rom (JPO) works like a charm. :)

For the reasons why we wanted froyo... Well if google took time to create it it must be because of improvements somewhere...

Personally :

- having a GPS that actually works

- having flash support for full website browsing

- Few adds in the apps

- Better management of wireless and 3G data transmission

- Swipe keyboard...

for the rest I'll have to discover but definitly it's worth it...

Can't wait to see Gingerbread lol
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
Well on my Desire I have seen a HUGE battery increase after the "Official" Froyo update on Telus.

I need that on the Galaxy in order to justify still keeping the phone...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Croak:
You won't see any battery increase on the Galaxy with Froyo.

Keep in mind that 2.2 was written from the ground up with your particular Desire's hardware in mind. Everyone that's not HTC and not running a Snapdragon are missing out on all the JIT optimizations Google did for the Nexus One family, which besides a nice speed increase, also make the device more power efficient.

Anyway, I had 2.1 and was happy with it, but you know, grass is always greener. Flashed to JPA via the Kies trick, used it for ten days, and was not impressed with it (lots of FC's, odd lag and stutters, big step back in browsing). Then the internal SD went tits up, about the time I was ready to flash back to JH2.

I sent it out for repairs and got a Telus Fascinate as a replacement, which is running a late build of 2.1. It's rock solid and fast, the only Froyo thing I missed was Market search, and the better YouTube application (that I barely used).

Today, I finally got official Galaxy Froyo from Bell Mobility. It came on my new Galaxy Tab. And guess what? It's slower in most every aspect than my 2.1 Fascinate, even after I did OCLF on the Tab.

Mind you, it's not **** slow, it's quite a fun and snappy device, but where it's snappy, my 2.1 Galaxy is blazing fast. Part of that I'm sure is due to the resolution difference, but part of it is also due to Froyo still not being ready for primetime on non-Snapdragon devices. You'll also notice that the Droid line, using OMAP processors, had a bit of a rough time with Froyo as well, and Froyo wasn't such a quantum leap for them as it was on the HTC phones, in terms of performance.

And that's why I'm betting that Samsung lobbied Google to make the next Nexus, so that Google engineers would have a chance to do some magic with non-Qualcomm devices.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
@ Croak

I would love to get a "Telus Fascinate" but I'm stuck in the US so I have no means of being able to get it.

As for Froyo on galaxy, I'm not losing hope. People said similar things about the Desire that "You might as well do the RUU and Goldcard Updates" and then others weren't that impressed with Froyo. But Froyo definitely helped my Telus Desire's battery life.

Also I've seen Youtuve reviews that say that the Official Froyo versions have really helped their battery life.

Then again maybe I just have false hope... :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmanaudio:
Froyo is 10 times better in every way compared to 2.1!!! Don't listen to anyone who says otherwise!

I finally updated to Doc's JPO and wow what a difference. I was on stock JH2. Everything is smooth and fast and I have not added lagfix or any tweaks, there is no need really!

2.2 Froyo is worth the upgrade!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
How's your battery life on Froyo compared to 2.1?

Same or Better?... :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skud51:
Actually, I have had no issues after moving to 2.2. I've had to use an updated Email.apk, but after that it's been working perfect. I have full push sync between two Exchange servers with contacts/calendar/email.

I've never heard of Moxier. It looks cool, but they don't say anything about multiple Exchange accounts. Touchdown supports multiple accounts, but only in the same way Outlook does. You need to configure multiple "profiles" and switch between them.

Riley
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skud51:
I've been running the Doc's 7.6.2 for a week or so (7.5 before that) and it's been fantastic.

With mixed calling, light web surfing, light GPS usage, and mostly on WiFi my battery is at 75% after 24 hours (I didn't plug it in last night).

Riley
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexcyn:
I am perfectly fine with 2.1, however, I just want Flash to work.

I have no GPS issues after adjusting some settings in the service menu, and everything else seems to be working fine. The only lag I get is when installing applications so I could care less about a lagfix.

I just hope my SD card doesn't die.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmanaudio:
I would say it is about the same...but I have been using my phone a lot more due to Froyo and how much more fun the phone is...so I have to change batteries more for now...but still holds up for most of the day.

Everyone should load Doc's latest and be done with it....it is perfect.

Also...do not load any lag fixes...there is no need. Just do a factory reset before you load the Froyo ROM and you will have no lag. I loaded all my apps and zero lag!!!! The phone is perfect now.

If you are on Rogers...you will be only on the EDGE network after you load it and will have to go into the radio sections (secret keys) and select all GSM for it to work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
The potential internal SD corrupt thing bothers me, but also from what I've heard the "Official version" seems better too...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmanaudio:
Well...I bought mine almost 3 months ago from kijiji and have no receipt. I have flashed twice now and tried 2 different lag fixes and still the phone is going strong.

I dont think CWrecovery flash is bad...it might be the safest way. If your phone is gonna die, it will die....just flash now so you know what you have. Doc's Rom is as good as it gets....so I say flash and see...if it works...keep it this way for a while.

I just hope my phone lasts till christmas so I can get the NEXUS S and sell this one. I do feel like I have a good one as it has never crashed or bricked in anyway. 3BR works perfectly also out the box.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0cs:
I never did get Doc's rom to work with my phone, very close but never did figure out the FCs on incoming calls.

On a whim I tried Darky's rom, installation is nearly identical and it works just fine. Doc's has more options and more tweaks, especially around the battery bar, etc but not enough to make it that much more desirable.

Speed on both feels the same.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warfanax:
If you are afraid of flashing try kies reg patch. I updated from JH2 to JPO with reg patch using XEU settings and it works perfect. Its been 3 days so far and dont have any problems with it. Yeah dont listen people who say Eclair is better. Froyo wins hands down. Has lots of new features and makes SGS expwrience much easier and better with flash, easy text selection, auto app update, etc...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omishi:
care to post the link for the kies patch?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snuff96:
Off topic but could someone do a full tutorial for docs froyo install for an i9000m from bell?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
just came back from a long assignment.

i was hoping to get the Froyo release for Bell, but sadly there's nothing new on Kies yet

looking forward to try any new firmwares that won't kill the internal SD
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] striker456:
what root are you guys using?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbiev80:
Samsung Canada has posted on Facebook that it will be released on Dec. 15th for Bell.

Wow.

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Sorry I didn't see this was already posted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxgg:
Hey there,

Wondering if you got your phoneS with dead internal sdcard fixed ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bossman74:
If you want a Telus Fascinate I might have a brand new one to sell, let me know if you're interested.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frostshock:
The only Froyo features I want are Skype actually working on the Galaxy S and a (hopefully) mostly fixed GPS. Ever since updating the JH2, which is honestly a pretty fast and good 2.1 ROM, my GPS has not worked at all when it worked acceptably on JG9. I probably need to do a data reset, but I'm lazy :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
FutureTel are not accepting phones directly, only through phone dealers & cartels like Bell, Rogers, Telus and alike

I'm going to try so small flies and see if they accept it for phones without an invoice
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnicronx:
This is true, but may I remind you that the reference design of all 3 chips we see today are the same. (i.e Cortex A8's) While it would probably take more time to properly optimize jit for OMAP and hummingbird chips, its a not a complete from the ground up process. It should speed up Android on any of the three chips to a certain degree, its just about how much. (Although the extra time its going to take is reason enough to delay 2.2 for these devices, and as you have noted, a good part of the work has already been done for snapdragon based chips which would explain why they got it faster)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightmare56:
used the registy hack with the latest version of kies. upgraded to jpo uk version. working flawlessly. im using 850 band 5 and before froyo i was always on 1900 band 2. with both i am getting a full signal. i dont have a data plan so i cant test internet speed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samdroid_G_S:
Yea I couldn't wait either. I flashed Spike speedy edition 3.0 O.C though. Been working fine for a few days now I tested all my bands 850/1900 both are working great, how ever I did lose my APN settings when first installing it so I had to search the forms for those settings and my 850 was not checked in bands to connect to so I had to manually set that aside from that Wifi Works great. Everything just seems to work. 1800+ in quadrant as well, this rom is fast. I'm not even sure if I'll go to the stock bell Froyo rom when it comes out anymore.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightmare56:
i would have flashed doc's froyo but im sticking with real firmwares for now, i can't risk having this phone dying on me. trying to get voodoo5 though, my quadrant score is only 1010, up from 856 on eclair.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samdroid_G_S:
Why docs over spikes? I know spikes has some minor bugs but none that really effect me.

To be honest I was gonna flash docs but it seemed to me allot of bell users lost there 850 band with it. Maybe I will try it out in the near future if I know theres some benefits using it over spikes.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattymon:
You do momentarily loose the 850 band, however, all you have to do is enable it under settings. I have it installed and it works beautifully with all bands.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloudrainstar:
Saw this on the Samsung FUS twitter...

http://twitter.com/SamsungFUSNews/status/5592255763054592

http://fus.samsungmobile.com/Phone_...00BMCJK4_I9000UGJK4_I9000UGJK4_UG_BMC.zip.enc

Looks like a new unofficial bell firmware? Maybe Froyo? Anyone know how to decrypt it? :-P
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samdroid_G_S:
Theres a i9000M jk3 there as well, hmmm.

I would test it if I knew how to decrypt it lol...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvatarReborn:
If someone figures how to decrypt one of these I'll be a guinea pig.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveJeep:
I'd like to test it too!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grashoper:
me three!! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvatarReborn:
I posted a request in the Dev section...

could someone provide me the link to the jk5 mentioned as well?

twitter is blocked for me at work. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olografix:
Just as an FYI, I just came back from a Bell Boutique. I saw an official communication from Samsung to Bell saying that Froyo will be available in about three weeks. The communication was sent yesterday to the store.

That puts the estimate to around December 9th.

The guy told me that this is the first time since release that they get an actual communication from Samsung.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1mman:
I'll try to upload the .enc on mega upload (upload speed kinda sucks in here) and update with link ASAP
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvatarReborn:
Thank you !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] striker456:
new doc rom v8. anyone tried it yet?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1mman:
Done

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VKRC4IU4
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveJeep:
Anyone tried this yet? I plan on trying when I get home from work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samdroid_G_S:
Needs to be decrypted before we can try it...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Everyone send thanks to Chainfire for supplying me with decryption code!

File is decrypted, and uploading to multiupload as we speak!

*Notes:*

Flash successful with 512 pit...

Cannot boot! Getting the "E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10" error :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightmare56:
wow just when i flashed jpo last night. waiting for your reply! is it really the bell version? (with the bloatware like bell pvr)?

thanks :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samdroid_G_S:
Sweet, can not wait to try it! It will also be my first time using odin

. What version of odin did you use to flash it? And can I just use the instructions at samsung firmware?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeff260z:
The link is down is there another download link?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
U have any lagfix running ?

Also try another pit ? :S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveJeep:
:eek: Oh no
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Nope, running stock UGJH2

Trying 803 pit now...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
Are you able to flash back to JH2 or whatever you were using before and not get that error?

as in hoping it's not a permanently dead internal SD issue just because you were testing this new beta froyo from bell
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
Nah doesnt look like an internal sd corruption.

That would be on the lines of mmcblkop1 error
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Flashed back to JH2, it reformatted everything fine and booted. Now i'm flashing JK3/4 without repartition to see what happens...

*Booting now without the STL10 error!*

Lets see if it boots into android! I'll keep you all posted.

23 mins left to the multiupload!

GOOD NEWS!!!! I'm now running an OFFICIAL Beta Bell Froyo!

There is no JK4 though. The JK4 I downloaded from FUS was actually JK3 when I extracted it!

How I did it:

Make sure you're running UGJH2.... (if not, flash it with odin!)

Download the un-encrypted file I'm soon going to post.

Flash JK3 with odin 1.3 with the following options:

Re-Partition - Un-checked

Auto Reboot - Checked

F. Reset Time - Checked

Dump - Un-checked

Phone EFS Clear - Un-checked

Phone Bootloader Update - Un-checked

Pit - Nothing selected

PDA - "I9000UGJK3.tar" selected

Oh no! I just lost my internal SD! Got an "Internal sd suddenly removed" error, so I restarted, and now I'm getting the dreaded mmcblk0p1 error!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grashoper:
Holy Crap!!! sweet!! everything still working okay??

What did you do/use?? settings?? LOl I'm anxious!!

I just finished flashing doc JPA a few hours ago too... didn't want to wait for Mid Dec... first flash i ever done, and everything went perfect!!

EDIT: Oops... sorry... you must have been editing your post just as i was posting my message... waiting for download link... going to try flashing rite from Doc's JPA :L) What do ya think?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nemethb:
How is it Electroz? Faster? Better GPS? More fun? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Sorry guys. Can't say. Didn't have it booted long enough to check before I lost my Internal SD...... These stupid phones!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmanaudio:
For the 100th time...dont flash using ODIN!!!

If you want Froyo...flash Doc's ROM using CWR!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1mman:
You haven't read much of the least posts... we're talking about official beta rom from Bell here, not just to get froyo...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Uhh, ok... I guess you haven't read the last couple of pages. This was an official Bell release and I was testing it.

But for the people actually following this thread. It died in a different way that it did before.

I flashed back to JH2 and even tried JG8, but neither of them will even go into recovery mode anymore. The phone just shows the GT-I9000M logo and powers off. If I plug in a usb/charge cable, the battery shows up with the circle thing, and then restarts and just does that in a constant loop.

Guess this one is going back to Bell too...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
Odin doesn't seem to like our phones. It's only a few short weeks away (hopefully). You can wait and have a working phone in your hand or risk having it in for repair at the official launch date.

Hmm, seems like a no brainer to me.

We've waited this long, that's all I'm saying.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Upload complete. You can download UGJK3 here, but fair warning: I lost my Internal SD within 5 minutes.

http://www.multiupload.com/EOT5DW1U64

Instructions to install:

Make sure you're running UGJH2.... (if not, flash it with odin!)

Download the un-encrypted file I'm soon going to post.

Flash JK3 with odin 1.3 with the following options:

Re-Partition - Un-checked

Auto Reboot - Checked

F. Reset Time - Checked

Dump - Un-checked

Phone EFS Clear - Un-checked

Phone Bootloader Update - Un-checked

Pit - Nothing selected

PDA - "I9000UGJK3.tar" selected
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
The guy talking about odin, doesn't know. Lots of people have lost their internal SD's from Doc's and Darky's roms too. Some have even lost it with no modification at all. It's luck of the draw....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
Ah, didn't know that. Ok then.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1mman:
I got the same thing on my first SGS, most likely an issue with the USB connection... I could not even recharge it :|
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Could be...

Funny thing is though... When I flash back to JK3 it goes into recovery fine and charges fine. It just gives me that mmcblk0p1 error and won't boot into android.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmanaudio:
Odin does have something to do with it! Official firmware will be flashed using KIES.

There are a lot less dead i9000Ms from not flashing or flashing using Kies or CWR, compared to flashing with Odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
There a also a LOT less people that have done it through Kies or CWR compared to odin because CWR is much newer way of doing it. Just wait a few months and see. It'll even out.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lokks:
Hmm meaning that Bell will then have to test it and add whatever before they release it?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grashoper:
what are some other options to flashing this ROM?? how can we get Kies to flash it for us?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmanaudio:
You cannot do it using Kies...you can make it a CWR ROM and flash it using CWR...I do not know how to do it, but some Dev's do.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aquenne:
Has anyone checked kies lately? I just came back from a corp store having issues and they said the new firmware is out and should fiz the reception problems im having. (seriously doibt it i think they just wanted to get rid of me)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
i dont believe odin has anyting to do with it.. where is your evidence.. i flashed jm7 with odin when i first got phone.. and then after a couple o days when couldnt get 850mhz working flashed back to jh2 with odin.. been running this ever since.. this was back in aug.

recently been having some random reboots and a couple of fc's never did before.. think my sd may also be slowly going bad.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvatarReborn:
Just tried and no dice !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TriC_101:
I have been running the ROM for about 45min and now installing apps.. I just flashed with Odin 1.7 I flashed rate from Doc's JPO rom.. then did a factory reset.

Can anyone extract the Modem files from this rom so we can use it with Doc's rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aquenne:
hmmm.. they had a memo on there screen about the update, I took a peak and it even said Coming soon. I mentioned about the facebook memo.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvatarReborn:
What was the date stamp of your phone ??? it's under the battery.

And why did you not use a *.pit file ?