yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G General] tachasmo:
From what I have found by researching this problem it seems like you are correct. I downloaded the 3.29.ruu and ran it, but I keep getting the "error[170]: usb connection error". It says the rom update utility cannot connect to my android phone then tells me to check the cable, but the cable is fine the computer sees the phone in the device manager. Any ideas why it is giving me this error?
[EVO 4G General] tachasmo:
Potna you were correct with what was wrong and I got everything fixed and am running great. Thank you so much for the help.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crx4xharder:
Not sure if this is the right area or not for this, but it can be moved accordingly. I was trying to lock onto my position with navigation. It was about a half a mile off. So I did some googling and found a droid thread where a guy simply spun his phone around on all three axis. Something about reseting the magnetic sensors. And its completely accurate now! I instantly went from 2 satellites to 10! Just figured id post this find for those of us that have random gps inaccuracy.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjjackson56:
This is actually a trick used mainly for the compass. With my radar detector I had to drive in a circle three times to calibrate it same with an app from the market - don't remember which one though.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crx4xharder:
Yea, something was mentioned about the compass in the thread. I neglected to continue reading b4 I juggled my phone. Lol
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QUEDRO:
My gps show the right location, but it always jumps from a position to another, hardly locks.

I remember it was an apk, that sets your gps to use only North America satellites. It was a good apk, it would find the location faster, I used that on mytouch 3G.

Can someone remeber that app?
[Galaxy Tab General] shagkie:
I can always reproduce this problem. If you configure the "Screen unlock settings" to use a pin to unlock your screen then load up the default browser (in portrait mode). Then if you rotate the tab to landscape mode (while the browser window is up) it will bring up the window to ask you for your pin to unlock the screen. Even if you type in the correct pin it will just flash the browser window for a split second and you're back to the window that ask for your pin to unlock again. Basically you can't unlock your screen. I had to reboot the thing to get back into the tab again. So the problem is,

1) it shouldn't put up that unlock screen when you rotate the tab

2) typing in the correct pin still can't unlock the screen.

A bit more information, my tab was flashed to the euro rom using the instruction in this forum. The browser is just the default browser that came with the tab.

I was wondering if anyone experienced the same thing. Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xjayman:
Will New Market Auto update on cm6 at some point or will this have to be done manually?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
I did it manually, you will have to reinstall gmail and youtube, but it's worth it. Here you go.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
This application *requires* root.

This app can flash a kernel within android on Samsung i9000, Captivate, Fascinate, Vibrant and more.

Features:

* backup kernel as update.zip (for recovery)

* flash kernel from zImage, any .tar or .zip that contains a zImage

* reboot

Usage:

backup kernel: creates an update.zip (for recovery) containing a backup of the current kernel with time and date in /sdcard/sgs-kernel-flasher/backup/

choose kernel: choose kernel image (mostly named

zImage

) or any

.tar or .zip

that contains a zImage

flash kernel: flashes the kernel

reboot: reboot the phone

Android market: SGS kernel flasher

DISCLAIMER:

The author of this app is not responsible for any damage to your phone that may be caused by usage of this app or by deficient kernel images.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Daneshm90:
Im curious, is it "bad" to flash to the partitions when in use ?

Shouldn't it be done via recovery ? Something like cwm where you'd choose flash kernel, it would safely restart your phone into recovery where it would flash your zimage and reboot.

Thnx
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
This partition is safe to be flashed from within android - otherwise i would not publish an app that can do that.

The partition is not used while android is running - only read at boot.

Just dont use the app with wrong files - you have to know what you are doing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
I improved the app:

v1.0.1 stable:

* added: manual reboot

* added: check selected file for valid zImage

This app is now stable - happy flashing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] crossjaw:
oooh naice!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] EarlZ:
What are the benefits of flashing the kernel while the OS is running ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] chancsy:
For me, it hurts when pressing the Volume keys up/down in Recovery!:p
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Hrc4u:
Whats the difference between this and the Tuxility app.? It does the same thing..?

/H
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] iiixda:
what about checking ( disabling ) lagfix?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
This app does not use the redbend_ua binary - no forced reboot.

And the only purpose of this app is to flash the kernel, nothing else.

I will implement a check that will show a warning, but disablinf or removing of a lagfix is too much at the moment. There are too much different lagfix approaches and considering them all is pretty complex.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] xan:
I keep most of kernels on /sdcard/kernals/ directory in .zip (CWM) format.

Any chances of adding support of such files?

Adding .tar should be straightforward too :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
I have updated the app one more time:

v1.2.1:

added: PDA.tar and update.zip file support

added: choose file starts in /sdcard/sgs-kernel-flasher/

added: lagfix detection and warning

That means you can now select any

.tar

or

.zip

that contains a zImage and the app will automatically extract and flash that zImage.

Major break through for easy kernel flashing on i9000, Captivate, Fascinate and Vibrant- please propagate this awesome news. :)

Btw. the app is now on market.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] xan:
Ok this is awesome!

(you beat me to it, you know, congrats!)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Pierreken:
I'm running the 2.2.1 firmware ( JPX trough KIES) and used the "SuperOneClick 1.5.5" application to root.

When I run the kerner installer, it would tell me that I have a lagfix installed (AFAIK I don't have any) and also tells me that my device is not rooted.

I can confirm that it's rooted by using the root-explorer and have super-user and busybox installed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Did you see the root request dialog?

If not, you may restart the app or just have look what the superuser app says about the permissions of the sgs kernel flasher.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] xan:
Does it support 'CWM' .zip files?

I mean these where not only zImage resides, but also some other thingies.

I ask this question because I wasn't able to flash SO_4_5_1 kernel using CWM file provided in this topic: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=811660

file: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=467462&d=1292684343

Attempt on JPX+SO_4_5_1 kernel (so basically it was an attempt to reflash of the same kernel)

zImage extraction failed!
Kernel flash failed!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
I will check that. :)

edit: fixed will be released in a few minutes
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Bugfix release:

v1.2.8:

fixed: zImage not correctly extracted from .zip-files
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] xipod:
Hello,

Many thanks for this so nice app :) .

I have to inform You that he detects lagfix is running on my phone, but that is not true.

My phone is running on 2.2.1 Froyo, XXJPUI9000, and i flashed all .PIT, PDA, MODEM and CSC files trough Odin.

I rooted My phone with CF-Root.

And ofcourse differenc is visible, I charge my phone each 3 days :) .

So if this BUG can be fixed would be nice.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
I will also check that - it is only a warning message, you can ignore that for the moment.

Edit: I need some mount listings, if you have working adb, please run something like this: "adb shell mount > mount-listing.txt" and attach that file to a post in this thread. That will help me to improve the lagfix detection. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jose.celestino:
Doesn't work on Gingerbread yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gcogger:
???

I've been using this app on Gingerbread for ages. Maybe it's a problem with CM7 specifically?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] demusglyn:
No change to "About Phone" listings

I recently used SGS Kernel Flasher to flash Hardcore's SpeedMod Kernel to my Captivate.I saw no change of kernel on "About Phone "page. Everything else went perfectly;if I hadn't gone gone into Recovery I wouldn't have known that the flash was really successful. Its all great now ,just have no clue why there was no change in "About Phone":confused:

Actually phone is super-great .Thanks for your awesome work!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
What is the "Kernel version" in "About phone"?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Schareng:
Will give it a try.

Thanks for your effort.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] demusglyn:
No change to "About Phone" listings

Kernel:2.6.32.9 Just these numbers alone;no mention of Speedmod.Thanks for your rapid response.:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] katenaccio:
it works perfectly on gingerbread.......

maybe doesn't work on cm7 because cm is based on nexus ...not on galaxy code.

sgs kernel flasher is for only sgs
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] movieaddict:
are u gonna update this for SGS2 devices?? would love to have this on my tmobil sgs22????

ty
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] micku7zu:
thanks for this awesome app!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] emreng:
thx for sharing such a lifesaver app for newbies :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] parusia:
+1. I would love to have this in my Tmobile SGS2.:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Threezees:
Script

I think he is talking about a script that would clear the Dalvik-Cache and Cache partitions prior to flashing, as that is usually recommended when flashing a new kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mohanass:
Hi neldar and all,

What is the best kernel for SGS when is not connected to computer? I have tried installing/uninstalling the driver. ODIN is still recognize my phone on DOWNLOAD Mode. But I couldn't transfer file(s) between phone and computer anymore. Any help will appreciate it. I also try searching on the forum but still no luck as I can not post to any thread yet ( beginner :D ) Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mohanass:
Flashing Kernel

Try using SGS kernel flasher app from Android Market, you can backup your current kernel first before flashing a new kernel just in case if it's something wrong. I haven't try it actually but it sounds good to me :D .Hope this helps :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] CatalystWon:
For version 1.6.2, GP market says: Requires Android:2.1 and up, but some users claim it doesn't work with gingerbread?

I want to use it with Stock 2.3.3?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Iloveyouandroid:
It works on Gingerbread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] franzyroy:
And ICS, it work or no???
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] saphirrot:
Neldar, an ICS update would be fantastic !!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] simplymonis:
hi neldar

i have tried your app to change kernel from semaphore 2.7.4 to 2.7.4sc.

every thing is working fine. I have make a backup of my kernel using your app.

And i notice that the zimage size created using this app is different then the original zimage size. :confused::confused::confused::confused:

Is it fine or have i done something wrong.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] senotrius:
second that.ics update.devil kernel rocks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] manish.triveni:
doesn't work with custom rom :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] franzyroy:
It work on the custom Roms... it's on the ICS Roms that it don't work!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] djceet:
"Error:The Flashtype of this device is not (yet) supportet!"

SGS1 @ [ROM] Helly_Bean [4.1.1], based on sources of cm10, 08/07
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] larry12s:
Flash

Will this work on the Samsung GalaxyS 4G -T959V - current Kernal 2.6..35.7 T959VUVKJ6 CL
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] CatalystWon:
How to backup/restore only CM 10.1 stock kernel?

So how would we backup CM 10.1 stock kernel before flashing Semaphore kernel, and then restore (this backed up) stock CM 10.1 kernel later if needed?

Thanks!:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] thahim:
on my s4 it says file type of this device is not supported.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Gangster Nerd:
Does this app work with SGs5 g900f?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sturmeh:
The other thing we need is the ability to backup in a CWM compatible format. (zImage + redbendua + update-script)

This way we can still restore from a state that only boots into recovery if we flash incorrectly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DAGr8:
tried 1.21 this afternoon , failed ... wouldnt flash

just tried 1.28 now , it flashed but when it rebooted got stuck at ATT boot screen

had to go in dl mode and reflash

I have a captivate I was running AXURA rom with setiron kernel tried flashing another setiron kernel on top of it .
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] doccrow:
I think u can improve this app by allowing to download various kernels through app itself with permissions from developers it is a good app it will become a great app
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] xan:
excellent idea, shouldnt be hard to implement :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Could you give me a link to that file you tried to flash, please?

I would like to check that.

That is on the way - next update.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] kenkiller:
Curious....

Would recovery still work properly in the event of a failed flash? Isn't the kernel consisting of the recovery too?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Pierreken:
Hi Neldar,

Thanks for the feedback. I had some other issues with my rooting and those are fixed now. Apparently my device was not correctly rooted. Now the kernel flasher is working perfectly fine as well.

Regards,

Pierreken
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Sometimes the recovery is still working - if the boot hangs at bootscreen, than is the recovery mostly working.

And an other update for the app:

v1.3.2:

added: update.zip backup

added: bmlwriter with verify

fixed: log auto-scroll

improved: gui responsiveness

I still need some mount listings, if you have a working adb, please run this: "adb shell mount > mount-listing.txt" and attach the mount-listing.txt to a post in this thread. That will help me to improve the lagfix detection. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] slangza:
Tried to flash http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=811660

but it failed
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Which of those files in that thread did fail for you? All?

And what does the log say?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] slangza:
I tried SO_zImage_opt_ext_root_V4_5_1.zip

Log said failed to verify flash.

Rebooted phone, and now its stuck on the Galaxy S screen. Will be booting into clockwork to try something else
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
The log should have shown: Flash verify failed! - Try again!

That means you should try again or the kernel is not completely flashed.

I see - i have to change that...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] slangza:
Thanks, but the problem is now, I cant try again as the phone is stuck on the Galaxy S screen. Can only get into downloadmode. Clockwork does not bootup at all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Hmm, you are right it does show verify failed - my mistake - i found a typo...

You should use odin or heimdall to recover.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DAGr8:
it is some i9000 kernel reoriented by setiron for captivate, sadly the 1.54XT verrsion is not hosted anymore by setiron so here is the upload

its a flashable cwm zip file and everything went well , except when I cliked reboot

IT IS A CAPTIVATE KERNEL ..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Should be fixed with v1.3.3, please test that and give a feedback.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
And once more an update:

v1.4.2:

added: buttons disable and show circular progress while install/backup task is running

improved: bmlwriter

improved: lagfix detection

After 6 hours of testing i can now say it is rock stable.

I improved the bmlwriter and fixed a serious bug in the code: a major design flaw. :eek: (not caused by me - do not always rely on work done by others, even if you trust them...)

The occasional reports about failed kernel flashes should belong now to the past - only if you seriously try to make it fail, it will fail (for example pull the battery while it flashes...).

Happy flashing. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] iamsatan:
lagfix detected

Hi

I am on stock rom xwjpa. It has been rooted, but never installed a lagfix. Still kernel flasher tells me that a lagfix is detected. A bit strange isn't it? May it be so that it detects that I have apps installed that are able to do a lagfix on my SGS?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Do you have a SD card in your phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] iamsatan:
Yes I do. I tried to take it out, but still the same warning.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Ok, then i would like to see a mount listing of your phone: adb shell mount > mount-listing.txt

Please attach the unchanged "mount-listing.txt" to a post in this thread.

And if you dont have a running adb: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

In the sdk package is up-to-date adb included.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] miragebg:
Tried to flash Voodoo Advanced 5 OC kernel, was successful and when rebooted was stuck at boot logo. Now I don't have recovery mode, only download and don't have PC around to use ODIN...completely f....d up...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
How did you do that?

I like to reproduce that failure.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] iamsatan:
Here's the mount-listing.txt file you requested. Good hunting :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
A few more questions:

What phone are you using?

And what ROM/firmware version?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] antz_77:
Same here with JPY STOCK ROM. After flash with odin, all is working again

Galaxy ship s
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] iamsatan:
I am using stock firmware XWJPA. Phone is international I9000. Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] hiperjp:
Same for me, I'm on JPX too, last version installed and the root request dialog has been accepted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] somboo:
I know what the dude is talking about. It really hurts!!! :D

thanks a looooooot for this app!

Kudos!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jim_panse:
The App always say "zImage extraction failed". I tested with all Kernels around here in a tar package. Didnt work. But dont know why. Is logcat showing the error?

Edit: Logcat says "flash failed with exit 6"

Have Lagfix activated. But shouldnt play a role...

Found the error. You should use Busybox 1.17.1.

I only had 1.16 installed. Is this stated somewhere? If yes, excuse me!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Then you may want to use heimdall...

I recommend not to use this app without access to odin/heimdall.

Thanks, you reminded me to include my own tar - relying on the systems tar is not a good option. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] RonMcDon:
JPY not working

I tried app with Stock-JPY-Kernel.

Backup - Flash - Reboot, all were OK. But after Reboot the Samsung-Logo stayed and my SGS did not work anymore. Recovery-modus also was not working and so I had to Flash new with odin.

Regards,

Ronald
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
What version did you use?

Edit:

I ask because:

The 1.4.4 should address this problem again, because Unhelpful and me discovered that the xsr does not always behave posix conform.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] M40TURBO:
I have tried to flash the OCUV-TINYRCU-BFQ-ZRAM] Super Optimized Kernel(4_6_RC1 STABLE ) and OCUV-TINYRCU-BFQ-ZRAM] Super Optimized Kernel(4_5_3) inn Darky's V6 rom via sgs kernel 1.4.4

But only get flash failed. The V6 is a JPX rom if i'm not mistaken. All lagfix and debug options are off. Maybe i need to be inn a different rom to flash??
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Sorry, i forgot to add one return success :rolleyes: - that means it showed flash failed but it actually had success.

Fixed in v1.4.5.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
In 1.4.6 bmlwriter is replaced by redbend_ua - bmlwriter is not reliable enough at the moment and i can not reproduce the errors.

So the phone will be forced to reboot directly after the kernel flash.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] brujoand:
Just a heads up neldar. Bmlwrite and bmlunlock is apparently old now. «flash_image» is the recomended flash tool. Check my assets folder for my app tuxility on github if you want to try it. Its highly recommended instead of bmlunlock by the makers of bmlunlock. Just pm me if you need info on how tu use it, gj on this app btw:) happy xmax, and take it easy:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gadjet0:
Hi,

After update to SGS Kernel flasher all I get now is Update failed message when trying to flash BLN 2.3.1 (or any other BLN version).

Previous version worked OK with 2.3.

Is there a problem with SGS flasher or BLN?

Stock O2 phone with Froyo via Keis +PDA update via Keis and Z4root.

Phone:JP3

CSC:JP3

PDA:JP6

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Sorry, my mistake - i mistyped the flash command in the app... i was in a hurry - xmas you know. :rolleyes:

The 1.4.8 does fix that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] JuiCe57:
Hi Neldar,

I just tried using your app for the first time. I encountered an error trying to flash "speedmod-kernel-k12c-256hz-CWM.zip".

The returned error was "Selected file is too big! Kernel flash failed."

Any idea why?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
On my phone that file is flashing fine - no error.

Do you get that error once or repeatedly?

If you get that repeatedly i would like to receive the content of "/sys/class/block/bml7/size" on your phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gadjet0:
Brilliant, I'll give it a try later, thanks for you efforts, it makes a good phone even better.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Robse86:
Hi Neldar,

I have the same issue! Iwanted to flash the Voodoo 5.0.3 Kernel, Hardcores K12C or Trasigs v69. Doesnt matter which one or if its "tar" or cwm zip, it just wont work! Do you want the content of .../size too? Btw Im using the v6 nsonsgs Kernel (Nexus S) ROM and I wanted to use yr app to get back to my normal 2.2.1 Doc ROM without using ODIN on PC. Making a Backup of the current Kernel fails aswell! Hope this Information helps you.

Could it be because of the Nexur ROM/ v6 Combo?

Greets n merry christmas
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] neldar:
Yes, i would like to see the content of /sys/class/block/bml7/size of your phone, too.

german:

Ich wünsch dir auch ein frohes Fest. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gadjet0:
Neldar,

Thanks for the update, I successfully flashed the 2.3 Kernel and now all is well.

Merry Christmas
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sonic76:
Hi,

i stay on Darky's V7.0 Firmware, i like Vodoo more then K12 Kernel

but i can't live without BLN so i Flash K12 over Vodoo an all works fine!

Nice Job, Thank you!

Very X.- Mass 2 all

Regards

(soul)Sonic
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ScaGin:
Here ya go: http://scagin.home.mchsi.com/mount-listing.txt
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] oswade:
I also get the "file is to big" error on nsonsgs kernel/rom.

I guess it's just incompatible with this hack or maybe gingerbread in general?