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[Galaxy S I9000 General] Phams0:
Ok. Following zippyconch's long post, I have a long post of my own that I hope can help solve this problem.

My first samsung phone was the OMNIA II i8000L from Bell. I bought if off craiglist and had it unlocked to use with Fido. After a few month of use, the internal SD disappeared. After reading on forums, I found out that it was a common problem for the i8000L from Bell. There was a fix that allowed you to remount the internal SD, but if that was not possible than the only solution was to send it in for repair. My OMNIA II could not be remounted so I had a phone that only had 500MB of storage (2/3 was used for windows mobile). Bell and Samsung refuse to help me fix it. (Surpised?)

Anyways, I end up getting the Galaxy S i9000M from Bell (I know I was stupid to trust bell and samsung again). My Galaxy internal SD failed yesterday. Pissed off I returned to using my OMNIA II that only had 150MB free. I read through Howards forum and found out that someone found a different fix for the failed internal SD that I didn't try before. I tried that fix and it worked. I got my 16G internal SD back.

I started to wonder if the internal SD failure for my OMNIA II and the Galaxy was similar. I seems that the root of the problem may be the same. Samsung/Bell screwed up something in both the phones that resulted in internal SDs failing.

I posted the file that fixed my OMNIA II. and the link of the forum I got it from. Hopefully, someone who can understand the codes can produce a similar fix for the Galaxy.

modaco.com/content-page/303952/my-storage-was-gone-and-i-got-it-back/page/20/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kwakman99:
What does RTIS mean?

Like many here, my SGS had the internal SD card problem a couple of weeks ago. After reading all the threads on how to flash the phone with no successful fix I contacted Bell for a warranty replacement.

Now I bought my phone full price from Bell, and it was an unlocked phone (see attached image) with a 10.09 build date (new phone is 10.11). My phone died without the Frodo update, so this confirms it's not only the soft update that is at fault but simply aggravating a weakness in the phone.

Now I just got my supposed brand new replacement phone from Bell. One concern however is how the box now says RTIS and not UNLK like the first one I had and how the label has a small blue dot on the tag (much like the company I worked for used to do when they would refurbish their electronic hardware products). As well the sticker that has the RTIS marking on it is covering another (same size) with the letters HL

Does anyone know what RTIS means? Or HL for that matter.

I'm about to call Bell to activate the phone and I will try to get answers from them, but given the way they never seem to know what the hell is going on I'm not holding my breath.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dopplerfx:
Bell are thieves

just an update.

sent my phone in for repair 12/18/2010 unlocked Bell SGS. got a call a couple of days shy of a month. picked up my phone the next day. got the phone back in working order. got my deposit returned (Printer Board Assembly replaced) however they locked the phone with the Bell 2.2 Froyo update. i was really pissed. got on the phone with the Bell customer service rep and they told me that they had unlock codes for the phone but i had subscibe to 2 months of their service and pay a $75 dollar charge. asked to speak to a supervisor on duty and the customer service rep played a waiting game with me by telling me that he could not find a supervisor on duty. wtf. i just said to myself screw it and got off the phone. got home and within 1 hour i found out how to unlock the phone myself (**** you Bell...**** you hahaha) i have a new smartphone now and currently lending the phone to friend to test how long it will run on the stock 2.2 froyo preinstalled
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rezenx:
Someone from bell called me today and told me they are sending me a new smartphone in 3-5days and I have a working froyo updated phone and they told me I could keep my old one. I never contacted Bell about any problems with it at all since its been working fine. So I guess I am getting another vibrant for free.

I updated to Froyo the day it was released, works fine but they are sending me another free one.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reeneebob:
Wait you just out of the blue got a call from Bell giving you a new phone? Did you file a complaint with the consumer relations board like a lot of people did? I have a really hard time believing Bell just called out of nowhere and offered you a new Vibrant...I call shenanigans.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rezenx:
I have no reason to lie, I don't even use this site because I am unwilling to flash roms and stuff to my phones. I just found this thread googling galaxy s vibrant froyo update after I recieved the call, I have been to the site a couple times before though curious about other stuff.

I seriously got a call from bell, I will be getting a new vibrant phone in 3-5 days and I can keep my old vibrant. I was never asked for credit card information and the lady new all my account details and information and just asked if I wanted to accept the new phone.

The new phone comes with a free month unlimitated calling and data and doesn't affect my old contract. I was also assured I would still only be paying my regular amount as I asked a lot of questions.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] knightdaemon:
I got back a new phone 10.11 though, testing it.

I noticed it was preloaded with JL2 but with a different kernel:

shout.lee@sep-09 #6

Anyones has this? I've only seen/noticed:

shout.lee@sep-09 #3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reeneebob:
Sounds like a scam phishing call.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ronsweet:
@rezenx:

Is this possibly because you purchased your SGS as oppossed to taking the 3 year contrat price?

Or is it possible (dreaming) that Samsung/ Bell are going to replace everyones phone that was mfg'd before a certain dat?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
I received my replacement phone, it came with a prepayed return waybill and asked me to return my 'damaged' phone within 5 business days or i would be charged the full amount for the new phone. The old phone was returned to me from futuretel in working order and seems ot be holding up fine.

My question is, does anyone know what they will do with the returned phone? I have unlocked it and it has a fair about of scratched on the bezel and home key. If they are going to sell it as refurbished then i might offer them a token bit of cash for the old phone and let my girlfriend have it. Does anyone know how much they go for at refurbished prices?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
I have to say...

It now now way too much to keep up with the i9000m issues... as there are too many different threads talking about same thing all over the place.

Gone out of control, maybe Allgamer can make ONE thread for any i9000m users to talk in. Just One for i9000m issues and warranty servicing talks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pavbul:
If I have internal SD failed (can't mount, won't load with default firmware) on i9000M, can I at least have external microSD working?

I've uploaded XXJPY (2.2.1) firmware and speedmod-kernel-k12q-500hz kernel, the phone is booting and working, but can't see both cards! It says 00 at Total and Available space for External SD card, and if I unmount the card it won;t mount back. No application like My Files, Media Player or Camera works.

I don't have an easy option to repair the phone, so I'm searching for the way to use it somehow.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TrainAss:
I'm not sure if this is related or not, but I've been noticing that my phone will also randomly crash. Sometimes not even wake up from locking. Even after updating to 2.2. And the most recent (which I'm now recovering from) is that my phone randomly partially reset itself to factory defaults. Only I couldn't access any of the Google apps. All my stuff was still present on the internal SD (for how long, I don't know. Its been backed up to my PC now), but I had to perform a full hard wipe to get my phone back. I'm sure this is only the first of many issues...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gfacer:
Is this the same?

I've looked though some of this thread but its hard to narrow down the search terms enough.

I think I have the SD card issue but my question is that most people talk about the phone dying and not being able to enter recovery etc. But mine will load up (with some for closes for widgets that no longer seem accessible) and enter CWM recovery (steam recovery is no longer available).

I cannot mount the sd in CWM or format it or do anything. It just seems a bit odd that the phone still loads up and I can still chose the launcher, still access the internet, still log in to gmail (I have to reenter the details each time though).

Yesterday I had an issue (should have been my first inkling) and I solved by flashing another speedmod kernel. Well I still lost my apps so today I got Ti backup and that ran twice so it was stressing the card more than usual.

On a side note, my ext sd card also seems to be sort of wiped. Just a log file re permission fixes, and android.secure folder and a lost.dir folder

Anybody know if its official and maybe the total demise is just coming?

Also since I can't get it back to stock does it actually say anywhere that you aren't allow to root/alter the roms - I looked at the user guide on virgin's site (I am actually with virgin and I did not see anything offhand).

Thanks G
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reeneebob:
That's how mine started. It lasted 3 days after that and boom...black screened brick. Only difference is mine was unrooted stock.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
If you can get to download then you should be able to flash a base rom if you ever needed to send it back
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lokks:
Or you can sell it and get a Fascinate
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
So What is the current status of the Bell i9000m hardware?

Phones are still failing left and right and center?

My phone which has been repaired two times now is still running....

been running for almost 4 weeks now.

Could I have finally got one of those few lucky hardwares that isn't dying so soon?

Seems these failure threads are slowing down or something. Maybe end-users are experiencing less issues after multiple replacements?

or that it has already gone through all affected users and we aren't reporting any updates because it's all old news now?

So sad.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sackofnoise:
Mine too still running, been running darky rom and flashed 3-4 times around and no force closes or weird things happening :) hope it last this time, better unit i used so far (appart from the galaxy tab but don't have big enough pocket so...

Oh and i also got it repaired twice (first reflash, then changed motherboard and got it with jl2 (first time was with jh2)).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
Mine also running like a dream since I got it back with new board and JL2 about a month ago.

No doubt people would still be posting if there were more failures and re-failures. The issue seems to have been resolved with the new hardware and/or JL2 bootloader.

Now let's hope the phones last since we only have 90 days warranty after repair/replacement! :(

I'm not one to make demands but a nice gesture (not to mention demonstration of commitment to their customers and faith in their products) would have been to maintain the 1 year warranty, at least from the purchase date if not from the repair/replacement.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
The full warranty should be extended to two or more years given the issues but no I've has had luck getting that from samsung or bell.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] GOTFrogqc:
Got my phone on the 26 of december with JK4 installed been flashing it back and forth, recorded alot of HD vids with no Issue, I'm really happy with it even the GPS is working great I've been using it alot 20+ time per week.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
let's all mass kill our phones same time and send it in same time.

just kidding.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
wait what? we only have 90 days warranty left after it has been returned from repair?

My replacement phone is fine, got it back in early january and immediately installed docs rom. I was really stressing it to try and find a fault but it hasn't happened so far. Doing a lot of nandroid backups and moving a lot of music files, recording a lot of hd video. It all seems to be fine now.

If the pre-jl2 bootloader was the reason the installs were getting corrupted or the reason the sd cards were failing then i hope they learnt a valuable lesson.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
Actually I'd only heard this so decided to check for myself. Snapped a couple of (terribly-lit and unsteady) pics:

So it turns out I got BS'd (then spread the BS :() as it clearly says that other than cases/holsters the warranty is the remainder of the original warranty or 90 days, whichever is longer. So we're good.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
Phew!.. good to hear. The most misinformation i've had came straight from the bell sales reps. When trying to get my phone replaced under the DOA policy some said it didn't exist, to it was 14 days, to 30 days then one who said it was 60 days.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
so what is the latest news on i9000M bricking?

Still happening ?

mine has been alive for a month so far.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] que3jxp:
I am now at 8 weeks tomorrow on my fully replaced hardware (Dec vintage) and all is well other than now having sluggish first lock on GPS and some quirky transport keys issues (Play/Pause) with my Motorola BT headset and the built in audio app on the phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] adamge:
The problem is clearly fixed in the latest firmwares. The drastic difference between the activity in these forums on this topic now, relative to December, is further proof that the firmware they released killed phones, and then they released a firmware that doesn't kill phones.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wang1chung:
i thought that as well, so i loaded jk4 (original killer of my phone), and it worked for over a week no problems whereas it originally killed it in 12 hours, and my buddy's phone in 2 days. i don't think it's ONLY firmware now, i think there is some hardware change/fix.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omishi:
mine been fixed for over a month. so far so good. before the fix, my phone wont even last 5 days without geting bricked. first one lasted a week after exchanged a new one it lasted only 3days.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reeneebob:
I got a call from Bell corporate...they noticed I didn't get the $100 bill credit because it was announced after mine bricked. I was chatting with him (it was someone in executive relations) and he said that they had gotten a final report from Samsung and it was a large batch of faulty boards/SD mounts that the software made worse but wasn't the only problem (makes sense since mine died on original recipe, unrooted 2.1) and it affected mostly Bell but also a small amount of Telus models. Whatever it was, mine has been running since December 31 with a small glitch fixed by updating the touchscreen firmware. It is a 10.10 build date so we shall see. Its running awesomely with Darkys rom now.

sent from my Darky 9.2 Extreme pimped out Galaxy S Vibrant.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] #1RAGE:
My first 9000M worked for 4 months, then I installed JK4 and it worked for one week then failed. Give it some time, it still might die.

I'm still worried my replacement will die. Both my old and new phones are 10.08 manufacture dates. Both phones had bad problems about 2 weeks in where I had to factory reset. The first one wouldn't boot but the factory reset fixed it (for about 3.5 months anyway). The second phone started force closing many apps after 2 weeks. Still going but I had to put hardcore's kernal on it because it was getting really sluggish.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
My 10.07 seems rock solid after coming back from repair. It also had no problems (except lag in 2.1) until it threw up a week after JK4 installed.

Have you had both of the 10.08's repaired? You can check the build date with *#1234#. I got mine repaired so it still says 10.07 behind the battery but build date there says 2011.01.

I'm not worried at all about this one dying, but I might be if I still had original hardware (word seems to be that it was flawed hardware combined with 'bad' software in JK4 that killed them so quickly). I would probably stress the crap out of it and bring it in for repair if it showed any problems.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rhainman:
Its funny. I still have my July launch unit and it's running fine. I mod files using CWM a few times a week and I've installed and used at least a half dozen different ROMs. I've even used Odin a few times, and I used both JK3 and JK4 for a while before JL2 came out. Now I'm on JS5. Guess I'm just lucky.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pavbul:
Just in case, I also post link to this useful thread here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=973687

It's possible to flash I9000M with internal SD failure with Android 2.1 firmware and use external SD card for program storage. It makes it possible to install apps on "broken" Galaxy S. At least something.

I also repost my request from that topic: if someone can do a "hack" for Android 2.2 firmware so it can use external SD card for program storage specifically for I9000M device? And it would be terrific, if the remaining part of SD card (or at least some fixed size, like 4 GB) can be mounted as storage, so the data like music or photo or books can be uploaded.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] drunkrob:
In September my internal SD card had an error and refused to mount though the phone was still working. I was unable to take pictures or access existing pictures for example. I had to format the SD card to get it to mount. Wonder if that was related to the SD card problems.

My g/f's brother installed the dodgy Froyo version and eventually his phone bricked. He asked Bell to replace his phone with something different. They gave him a credit on his bill for the phone and got the Desire instead.

His Galaxy had been sent for repair and he eventually received that back. He called about that and was told to do as he pleases with it. He now has the Desire and the Galaxy S for the cost of the Desire on a 3 year contract.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] phzi:
That's your firmware build date; nothing to do with hardware.

My i9000M which required a mainboard replacement from futuretel has been going strong for 4 months now. Ext4 Lagfix and tons of firmware flashes (although always with CWM, never with odin except for the initial kernel flash).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Codename_Falcon:
Does anyone know if it is safe to flash any of the new 2.3.6 I9000 ROM's on these affected units? I have one from August 2010 but skipped the JH2 firmware so don't know if any newer ones for the international I9000 will cause it to fail.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] que3jxp:
I would say you are fine as that ROM was a Bell/Samsung unique to Canada issue. There is no Bell ROM that is higher than 2.3.3 That ROM being the UGKG3 ROM. When the disaster happened, Samsung pulled the bad ROM from KIES so that it would die the horrible death it deserved.

Honestly, if you are going to flash your i9000, put CM9.1 on it. Best thing I ever did for me and two of my friends that also have i9000's from Bell. Makes the i9000 just fly compared to the stock ROMs and gives you the Android 4.x that Samsung never will. CM10, Jellybean, is already well under way and when it is out in final release, it will be flashed onto my i9000 as well.

Matter of fact, I like CyanogenMod so much, I am extremely close to putting it on my new S3. Only the camera software on TouchWiz keeps me where I am at the moment.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Codename_Falcon:
Let me clarify, I have a Bell I9000M from August 2010. I skipped over this faulty firmware. I am on official 2.3.3 but would like to try one of the official I9000 2.3.6 ROMS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] que3jxp:
2.3.3 was the last official ROM for Bell I9000M series phones. The other "official" ROMS are only OFFICIAL on the variant or market for which they were intended. The biggest issue will be radio performance. The UGKG3 radio drivers are generally the best for Bell/Virgin in Canada and there are many that just do not work in Canada. The stock radio drivers in the CM ROMs just do not work on Bell and I had to reinstall the UGKG3 radio drivers after I was done flashing. You would likely experience similar issues with I9000 ROMs from, say, Europe. There are several driver versions that do indeed work in Canada/US on our phones but overall, the UGKG3 seems to be the best.

As for the danger, that was inherent to that one very specific ROM in December of 2010. It was trying to repartition the storage of the phone and it was a poisonous pill for any phone that ran it. Samsung only tried that here in Canada on the phones for Bell so it is extremely unlikely that any other ROM from Samsung for the I9000 family will cause the same issue.

And I brought up CyanogenMod because if you are going so far as to flash ROMs, the factory ones are boring. CM is just pure awesome. 2.5 million+ users and growing fast. http://stats.cyanogenmod.com/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Codename_Falcon:
I understand the vast amount of improvements the CM ROM's provide however I would like to stick to the Touchwiz interface. So if I flash a ROM such as XXJW5 or XWJW6 with the UGKG2 modem I should be ok?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] que3jxp:
By all theory, yes. But if you want to be careful, just wait till someone who has the exact same scenario as you tries.

I have the guts of an August 2010 at home that has a cracked screen but too cracked to see anything on it to try flashing anything onto it. I would try for you otherwise.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] groaner:
i should note that up until today Bell has been stellar at helping me deal with my account and plans.

just when the hardware borks they turn against you.

"oh look, he needs hardware help! RUN!!!!"
[Galaxy S I9000 General] yiannisthegreek:
Mine was kind of like that too after I flashed and as I said in my post above, I factory reset through 3 button recovery and since then its been running very well. KNOCK ON WOOD!!!

I recommend that you do a factory reset and see if that helps the lag and occasional fc but... IF your phone dies I dont take any responsibility. I can only advise you as to what worked for me...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Samdroid_G_S:
Seems like right now this poll is saying you pretty much have a 50/50 chance of you SD corrupting. Most likly higher since some users will not loose there SD right away , mine lasted 3 weeks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] yiannisthegreek:
Yours lasted 3 weeks on froyo? It was obviously not the Official JK4 firmware then since that has only been out and official since the 9th of Dec. which is when I upgraded.

I am really hoping that this official firmware will not kill my phone as I have never flashed anything unofficial either with Kies or with ODIN even though I needed to trick Kies to let me install JH2 a second time to fix my 3 button mode but the WAS an official release.

My fingers are really crossed and I gues only time will tell...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Happy Hunter:
Went to Samsung to pickup my phone and they gave me a completely new one with Froyo already installed.

I left my phone on the morning at 10:30 and picked up new one at 14:30.

I would say pretty fast service.

And again when I came, there was another person with Galaxy, but this time the receptionist told him to pick up the phone tomorrow.

I would say that this is a major problem, since I already see 3 persons with the same problem at this repair center.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Singhman:
Can we not push Bell/samsung to do a recall on our phones? Like get a new internal sd installed? 50% chance of corruption is not accurate...i bet that as time goes on, and our warranties expire, the chances of repairs needed will be WAY higher than 50% (they're all the same phones, with the same hardeware, so why would some fail, and others be bulletproof?)....just a matter of time for me i think.