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[Galaxy S I9000 General] bestbeancounter:
Same thing happened to me this morning.. Froyo was working fine for just over a day and then this morning I turn on my phone, get a bunch of FCs.. I reboot.. get another bunch of FCs.. reboot.. and now it won't go through the "S" splash screen. When the screen disappears I press the buttons and it just glows..

I don't know if it's bricked or what.. when I run recovery I get this error.

E: can't mount /dev/block/mmcblkOp1 (I/O Error)

E: Copy_dbdata_media:can't mount SDCARD:

your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.

copy default media content failed.

Is this what everyone else is getting? And what are my alternatives?

If my phone is pooched then I'll be pretty pissed since this is my 3rd SGS, I gave the SGS up when it had issues in low reception and the 850 band lock fixed it. If this totally pooches my phone I'm never buying another Samsung mobile product again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jcdsilva:
Yes. Mine is showing the same message right now.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Uss_Defiant:
Got this now

"Phone is being processed for shipment to the store."

intitally it was supposed to be repaired beginning of dec, so hopefuly this is a good thing.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
i'm not ditching the SGS yet, because simply there is nothing better out there in the market yet, and Nexus S is a Downgrade from SGS, no 850 yet, and no external SD

it would have been the perfect phone if it had an External SD + 850

i might consider getting the Nexus S if they release a 850 version, and i guess i could get by using a micro USB adepter and hooking up SD cards / USB thumb sticks to it for additional storage & backups..... but it's sooooooo inconvenient, i'm so used to backup directly with TitaniumBackup to the External SD, and not have to waste precious internal SD and kill the lifespan of the internal SD
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TriC_101:
After flashing JK4 my phone started having issues.. can't mount SD... I have flashed my phone over 50 times now and JK4 broke it... not the funny thing is I can see my SD card if I flash the Clockwork Recovery.. but as soon as I boot into the os I shows no mem available and my ext SD will not read even tho I know its good since I can plug it into my PC and it works but the phone from android will not see it.. I can even install apps from ADB shell but from the android system it just says no space... very odd but for sure its a software issue. since I can see the SD card in some programs.

I'm going to try some things before I send the phone back since I can still see the SD card... but if you want a bell 2.2 rom.. I suggest JK3 as I have not had an issue with it but after running JK4 for about 1 hour the phone was done.. well not totally
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fast1fred:
I'd have doubts on JK3 even - it's what killed my phone. After about 2 hours usage I got the SD card error.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xZeDgEx:
My repair status says "In transit to repair facility".

It has not changed since the last time my phone was repaired... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] achong20:
jeez this poll is scary! am i in the minority with a working i9000m that i've flashed over 30+ times? or am i facing an inevitable dead internal sd card (knock on wood).

fyi, never flashed JK4 froyo or any bell specific rom
[Galaxy S I9000 General] willhong:
On 2.1 I originally got the can't mount sd card and then I would start getting FC messages about once every week or two or sometimes sooner. Every time I knew on the next reboot I would get the the black screen. However, each time I could just do a factory reset and I was back to normal for a while. I had to factory reset my phone about 6 times on 2.1

I installed Froyo Friday night and I was running well. I did a factory reset before and after installing the update. This morning, ironically I was reading this thread on tapatalk and soon after I started getting the vibrate pulses (one pulse followed by 2 quick ones) that some others are reporting. I decided to reboot right away and I got the stuck screen but with the same vibrate pulses after the S screen. I was still able to do a factory reset to get back to normal. In a way I'm hoping it fully dies so when I do bring it to Bell they won't just reflash it to fix it like I can.

One common thing I noticed every time I start having problems is that it happens when I am close to filling the internal sd card full of xvid videos. After each reset I'll start refilling the phone until I am forced to factory reset.

Anybody else have a similar experience as me? How full is your sd card before it starts to act badly? Seems like my phone is bound to die sooner or later but it seems to hang on. I've decided to hold out until after Christmas as long as my phone can survive on factory resets.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Frostshock:
Brought it into a Bell corporate store today. They said a week or two to fix it but from what I've been reading here I highly doubt they'll replace the motherboard that fast. The person wasn't aware of any major issues besides people bringing them in after dropping them and breaking the screen, or at least that's all he said. If it comes back that fast then it's just doomed again because they'll have only done a complete wipe and reinstallation.

Either way, a family member needs a phone so they got the Desire Z on a three year, I put my SIM card in it, and they're taking the Galaxy S when it is eventually repaired since they're in no hurry. HTC's build quality (if you come to terms that gravity will open your hinge, don't hold it upside down) and snappy ROM are really quite an eye opener to the butchered job Samsung did with plastic and RFS. And the GPS is astounding.

I'm sure Google has minimum quality standards so the Nexus S should work very well but Samsung's left a sour taste in my mouth for all their other phones. It's a shame really, I would have been happy with an international Galaxy S with an 850 MHz chip thrown in instead of whatever other hardware changes they made for Bell's. The defect would even be acceptable if they handled it properly.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] betaboy00:
any repair center in vancouver bc?

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nooganator:
Hi,

Just sent my Galaxy S i9000m in Dec 1st. I went to the store today while i was passing by and the girl pulled up the current open workorder on my device and the last comment was "pmain failure" on dec 7. This must mean that the whole mainboard should be replaced im hoping.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] whitewindhtc:
My status has now changed to "Phone is being processed for shipment to the store". It was originally went in for repairs on Oct 27th.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jeremie1974:
Went back a the samsung repair shop in mtl yesterday after noon. And they gave me a replacement unit, like brand new. They told me the main board was defective. This new one has froyo installed already, hoping it will last.

Good luck everyone. If you leave in the Montreal area you better go there in person, it's much faster than going through bell service.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] scouzer:
Yeah.. it's called Futuretel. That's all I know. That's where my phone went.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] robinsonj:
Odd behaviour

Well I've been reading through all these posts and realizing I'm lucky mine still works after froyo, but wondering if I'm doomed anyway.

I've been noticing unexpected behaviour with wifi, data, and TS...

I grabbed the phone off the charger this morning and headed off to work. Received a couple txts from co-workers and responded with no problem... then tried to look at the weather but got a "cannot connect" message... nor would any other internet site. looked through the phone settings (I had edited the APN settings last night to enable mms messaging) and all looked ok EXCEPT it was not connected to data network... tried a few times to turn that on and off, then rechecked my APN settings... had switched to MMS only... reset to internet+mms and tried again with no joy... so I rebooted... still no internet... looked at the settings again and it had reverted to mms only again (yes I "saved change" each time) I switched it back and went into settings to turn data off and back on... it worked.

My homescreen seems to have dropped 7 or 8 icons though? I really don't like when a computer doesn't behave the exact same way every time! I'll add them back once again, but this is very strange.

When moving from one wifi network to another it sometimes just turns off the wifi instead of grabbing the available one. (easily fixed, but I shouldn't HAVE to)

I'll keep using froyo for now, but unless I figure out that I'm doing something different and not the OS, I'm going to be hoping that a firmware bug fix comes out soon... computers should be very predictable, they're too dumb to be giving me "creative changes"...

I'll keep reading this thread daily in the hopes that someone comes out with a definitive answer whether this is a HW or SW issue... given the number of returns I suspect the answer is self evident, but I'll hang on to hope for a little longer (corrupted data could manifest as bad memory if it's OS data).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] delly47:
anyone want to buy a phone? im going to sell my sgs when i get it back, and get a htc desire.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tarambuka:
After five days of perfectly working Froyo my phone died completely. Started with a LauncherPro force close and then it couldn't boot, just looping non-stop through the Samsung logo screen. Now I can't even go into Recovery/Download mode. Never had any lagfixes installed - just the two official JH2 and JK2 through Kies (not even root). Damn! :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ordio:
Happened here.

I installed froyo last week using the reg hack... had no problem until yesterday about 2:30pm.

Went into the recovery mode and the problem turned out to be the internal sd card (as mentioned in recovery mode).

Took it to bell and now have the original galaxy... Wow, can't believe the difference between 2.1/2.2 and 1.5... lol.

3-6 weeks for replacement... Hopeful for a sooner replacement.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
So your phone is being shipped back to the store to be returned to you. Nice,

Keep us updated as to what type of repair was done.

Thanks.

So intead of repairing your phone, they just gave you a new phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] irietek:
Hello,is there any service centre in Toronto?

If there is, do I HAVE to go through bell to get this exchanged or can I just straight to the service centre?

:(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jpaik:
FutureTel, the Toronto service centre, will not deal with you directly. You have to go through Bell.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
Just send it via Bell if you can.

Or if you want, try calling the Montreal location and see if you can send it into them.

Sure you'll have to pay for shipping and such but turn around time seems to be very quick.

So if you want to try the Montreal location, informations are already posted here. Make sure to ask how the process of shipping to them works and etc...

Good Luck!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] billypg:
It just happened to me this morning!!!!!!!! It was working fine and suddenly when i woke up it was turned off. I tried to turn it on and it got stuck on the Galaxy S screen then went blank. Recovery and download modes work. When i go into recovery mode I can format the internal SD after 2 tries but it still doesn't boot and gets stuck on the same place. I see the internal sd card error.

I'm far far away from Canada for one month so no way to take it back to Bell. Anything i can do on my own?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] groaner:
Update,

I just called the Bell repair center and was told that Ottawa phones go to the Montreal shop. I was told that my phone that has been in their systems since the beginning of November, is awaiting a new mainboard that has been backordered since November 11th.

That's all i've got for now. I'll be bringing in my 3rd dead SGS for repair tonight making it 2 SGS's I will have in for repair. The service manager at the Bell shop did say yesterday that she was going to speak to her manager to see if there was anythign they could do to help me out given the troubles I've had (not that I've been through 5 or 8 SGS's, but we all know our pain) but I don't expect any miracles. Chances are I'll ahve to send it in for repair again and they will do nothing more for me. small chance that they will replace the phone in the shop, and next to NO CHANCE that they will give me a refund and let em walk out with the HTC Desire Z.

News at 11.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] w98seeng:
My unlocked Bell (not Bell customer) SGS just died today. The last couple of days the back button seemed like it was sticking because when I pressed the home button, it took a screenshot. Today, the phone froze so I rebooted it and it wouldn't go past the Samsung "S". Next, I tried to flash JH2 (Bell 2.1) from JK3 (2.2) using Odin. I entered recovery mode and reset the phone.

This worked, but the phone now will not go past the initial boot screen, it just turns itself off. I can no longer get into recovery mode either. Download mode still works though.

When in Odin, I can no longer re-partition. It will not work.

My main concern is that since I am not a Bell customer and I bought the phone off of Craigslist, how do I get the phone fixed?

Will it cost an arm and a leg? Is the phone I paid $500 for f*cked? I have read quite a bit about Bell SGS's having a problem with the internal memory, is anyone taking responsibility for faulty hardware and recalling the phones?

Help,

Ian
[Galaxy S I9000 General] evil-doer:
isnt the mainboard essentially the entire phone minus the outside case? wouldnt this also change your imei etc? basically being a new phone?

i hope these are as network unlockable as the first ones were with 2.1. what happens if i get mine back and i cant unlock it? the only reason i bought the phone off contract and from bell in the first place was solely because it was easily network unlockable. im gonna be mighty pissed if i cant unlock it and/or they wont unlock it for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] groaner:
You should be getting back your phone in working order. I would expect that coming from Bell it may come back to you locked. That is possible. I would make sure when you get it back taht they know that if it is not what you gave them then you will be back to get it rectified. Confirm if they can do an unlock. If they can, but charge, then make sure they confirm that they will do it for free. If they dont then you may have to unlock it yourself or find someone else to do it at cost. but dont expect bell to pay for it.

Sorry, not much help.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Jordiharrison:
I have had FOUR i9000m's replaced (more time in repair then actual use) due to the internal SD card issue and my sister just sent hers in because 2.2 fried her internal SD. This is a joke and if this is not addressed you can bet on a class action lawsuit.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bentonius:
Maybe we should all do reviews of our loaner phones ;) It would be like travelling back in time... "The Samsung Galaxy i7500 can make phone calls. It can also text, albeit very slowly. The screen is so bad that the four-way selector could be considered the preferred navigation option." etc.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] w98seeng:
I do not see Samsung doing anything to remedy this problem for those people who have the I9000M. Take a look at what Apple did with the iPhone 4, they didn't recall the phones, they just gave out crappy phone covers that help but do not solve the problem for those who already paid their money for the phones. There is not integrity in business today.

Phones are coming out before they are properly tested. They money the company makes outweighs the responsibility they have to the people they sell their product to.

Samsung might do something if they are sued, but it will take time and people will not want to wait.

What about all the people who got their phones on contract for next to nothing and are selling them on eBay or Craigslist, where I got mine. Because we are not the original owner, we have no warranty. This is another way out for Samsung to cover any defects with their phones. They know people sell them, so they do this with the knowledge that they will have less phones coming in for repairs on warranty, great for the bottom line, but screw the customer.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MaestroSeven:
If anyone has a story about a repaired Galaxy working properly for them and not bricking for a second or third time, could you please post it in here? It would sure make me feel a little bit better.

Has there been any success stories on a repaired I9000M?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Jordiharrison:
Haha That is what I am currently stuck with. Its cool to see how far Android devices have come....then I remember why I have this piece of crap loaner.

I have also had a Blackberry Bold that would turn off if you picked it up, but it had some nudey pics(and video!) of girls the previous user was with, so it kinda softened the blow.

I got stuck with some sort of Nokia with Symbian. I nearly shot myself in the face.

There is a very cute girl who works at my Bell store, so I don't mind going there ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cytherean:
I have a 7500 for a loaner as well. It was straight out of the box. What a piece of crap, touch screen sensitivity is terrible. Hopefully not much longer with it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] neiu:
lol...what bugs me the most is how bell is charging $25 for the loaner. They must be making a killing on these loaners since I was at the toronto eaton centre and the guy was like, "yeah I'm out of loaners because of the samsung problem". looks like the loaners are the next hot thing. At this rate I think we can expect some sort of class action lawsuit to take place. I'm surprised bell has not reacted with some sort of official statement recognizing this problem and informing people of this issue. Maybe they're ok with causing people frustration and inconvenience with no accountability.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zshakespeare:
They gave me an Omnia II as a loaner. OFFICIAL PHONE OF THE VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPICS. I've never used windows mobile before, and I never will again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Jordiharrison:
Really? I have NEVER been charged for a loaner. A credit card imprint is mandatory, but they can go ahead and charge it if they want, it's canceled.

My sister got stuck with that thing last night. So bad.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mobius8:
Advice?

I purchased a used bell I9000M shortly after it was released in Canada. It had the 3 button download mode working out of the box and was unlocked so I could use it with rogers. I have flashed both Doc's and Darkyy's roms with no problems and have the latest JPU roms installed. I noticed that using JK3 and JK4 modems substantially improved signal in certain locations compared with the modems included in the roms. The phone seems unbrickable so far and has not acted up yet. *fingers crossed*

However, because I am with rogers and do not have a receipt for warranty, I am debating if I should try to get a captivate in exchange for my bell SGS such that it will be easier to send the phone in for repair/replacement should anything happen.

Any suggestions?

Would I be able to send it into samsung for repairs should anything happen without proof of purchase assuming the warranty is valid since the date of manufacturing?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
If your phone has survived since the launch, I assume there is a good chance that you have one of the properly working condition phone.

Enjoy.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] evil-doer:
im really surprised that these people that are on their 4th or 5th phone havent caused more of a stink than they have. im seriously pissed off and its only happened once. i cant even imagine it happening a few times.

we are now at over 50% of the people voting had their phone die on the 2.2 update. and thats missing all of the people who voted before their phone died! this is messed up.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] desikage:
Update for my SGS

Hey guys, just thought I'd provide an update on what I've been through.

Upgrade to Froyo Thursday, dead by Sunday - have never done anything to it (root, unlock, etc), no lag fix, nothing (my GPS worked and everything seemed fine).

Anyway, I called around to several stores in the GTA and the ones nearest me didn't even have a loaner phone, and the ones that did only had dumb old phones.

I finally got fed up and called Bell tonight (after already talking to them Sunday) and told them I couldn't even get a loaner phone was quite annoyed considering my phone was only 2 months old. Anyway, the guy said he'd send me a loaner (SGS) and a box I could put my phone in to send to Samsung. 3 to 5 business days the estimate and I'll try to update again when I get it.

They still charged the $45, but I don't want to dispute that until I have the working SGS loaner in my hands, then I'll go after them to get that back.

Anyway, just thought I'd share my experience in case it helps somebody out.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] betaboy00:
thanks for the info.

the website says it doesn't take walk-in customer. it says

"Please note: Unfortunately we do not accept walk-in customers. Please send your handset or accessory to us through your local retailer. Thank you for your cooperation. "

how do you get them to service your unit? what do you need to provide them?

Sorry I couldn't call them to find out now because I'm out of the country for a month.

It's a bad timing that my phone died on me when I'm travelling..#$^@!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] yongwanee:
Terrible Loaner

Well, I go to school in the relative small town of Waterloo, Ontario.

My phone got the Internal SD, unable mount E:/, etc etc, so I had to send it in for repairs.

Only thing is, the one and only corporate Bell store in Waterloo didn't have any loaner phones.

So I went to its sister city Kitchener and got a terrible, Nokia dumbphone.

My god, it feels so bad trying to use this thing. I can't imagine how I lived with something like this before.

I understand Bell's supposed to give you a similar phone to what you have, but apparently this is all they had.

So I would advise people to call the stores beforehand and check what loaner phones they have before going in, because getting stuck with a candybar featurephone from the 1990's feels terrible.

And yeah, we need something like a class-action lawsuit or something because the situation is getting ridiculous.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lagghshield:
I have NEVER flashed/rooted/unlocked my phone EVER and after using jk4 for a few days, now it seems my internal sd is dead. Had my phone for a few months. Now I have to send it in =/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Deviatorz:
So people who bought their phones from craigslist will have their warranty voided? Just double checking cause I won't be updating because of this....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Skud51:
Everyone who has issues needs to send tips to places like engadget.com. They are well-read enough that they will attract the attention of those who have some influence.

With enough tips they will investigate this issue.

Riley
[Galaxy S I9000 General] got_milk:
tips@consumerist.com

They're an American website but Samsung being what it is I don't see why they'd turn us down.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] o0revenger0o:
I noticed that if I take out my micro SD card, my SGS won't even get to the S logo screen. It would just show my model and turn black while if I put it back in, I'd get to the jingle thingy.

BTW I bought my SGS used locked to bell, I unlocked it, updated it, killed it, then tried flashing back to 2.1 with no luck. I have no contract with bell and a 3 year warranty with t-booth. Does anyone know if t-booth will actually give me a replacement or is this related to bell and has to be replaced through them?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rickjames22:
Thank you. Please do, looking forward to see what the outcome is. For the better, I hope. I REALLY, REALLY hope it is a software issue that Samsung can address and release a fix.

Here's to dreaming.

Rick