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[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
i think it reached its limit, it wont let me install anything new to the phone from market, or from apk on the external SD, unless i reboot it several times

and each time i reboot, it'll take forever to pass the S color logo screen

if i try to install anything it gets stuck trying to install

by the way these pictures are taken just now, after i did another Format and clean factory wipe to the phone

even if i mount the internal SD as a mass storage device, it will not let me access it from the PC
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Samdroid_G_S:
It sounds like you are only trying factory resetting and formatting. Try flashing to another rom a different Kernel and then back to JL2 repartition the drive ext.

Its possible you could have had a bad flash of Jl2. When my SD died on my first phone I never had any of the symptoms your describing for me it was just a random FC reboot the phone and it was in it a boot loop.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kunjar:
These threads should be emailed to ALL Samsung support departments, in each different country, unless there is one global support address. Like REALLY, this shouldnt be expected of a handset costing £400-500. Pathetic really. Just received my 2nd replacement handset today, screen is faded. Im not having it. The average user wouldnt notice it but after owning two previous handsets, i instantly knew the colour reproduction was off.

But atleast both units have had solid GPS reception, real world performance on the other hand im not too sure of but hopefully tomorrow i'll receive a FULLY functioning unit.

How different are the internals of the Nexus S?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
that's the next thing i was going to test, i just needed to max out the current stock setup, to find out its limitation.

by the way the STOCK formats and wipe didn't work

i had to use the secret code format (it is different than the private format data, and also different from the recovery format)

if that didn't work, i'd have used the ADB mount to format via Linux
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mortify1:
My phone just died last night... Called Samsung Canada because my phone is unlocked to Rogers and then sent me the electronic label for me to send it in tomorrow..

Is Samsung still replacing the phone or going back to repairing?

How long did it take for the replacement to arrive?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shadoslayer:
Ok, so if everything works fine on JH2 (which makes this entire thread moot), then you do not have an internal sd issue. JL2 doesn't magically create a dead internal sd.

Like I said earlier, use odin and flash to jh2 w/ dbdata and sbl (get a full rom), and flash back to JL2 using odin. Or try kies again, whatever, but flash to JL2 from stock instead of rooting, lagfixing and all that fantastic stuff. And if you won't flash back to JH2, because your convinced froyo buggered up your phone, then flash Darky's or Doc's roms, and see what happens.

If you won't do that, then <shrug>. Good luck to you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 9mui:
My SGS is dead, I can't turn it on. Bought it from Bell and unlocked to use in Fido. Do I still get warranty from Samsung?!?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yes, just call samsung to have it replaced
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
you still don't get it do you?

the fact that it works on JH2 is not because it works properly, rather it works because it is NOT working properly

lots of people have been having hardware issues that were not evident in JH2, myself included.

once the phone was upgraded to froyo the hardware problem becomes evident quickly as it accelerates the decay.

when it is completely gone, even flashing back to JH2 doesn't do anything.

it took me a few tries flashing different ROMS just to revive it again

JM8 + JH2 + JL2

it wasn't working when i flashed it to JH2 after the last death, there was simply no response at all, until i remove the battery
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Check Titanium Backup Update available Today on the market. It says something about fixed issues about file locations.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jjazzyj:
I've probably flashed my I9000M a dozen times to various iterations of Darky's ROM and to various kernels. I've experienced absolutely no issues at all. I'd stay away from Titanium Backup, I've heard that it doesn't work very good with 2.2 ROM's at all.

I honestly don't even know what I would do with 365 apps. You need to watch your internal phone storage, if you start to have less then 20% free space it can cause issues with your phone and all apps are stored there by default.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
already to the latest one direct from market

that is the first thing i download everytime after i flash a phone
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
Final update.

this phone is going back to the repair shop.

tried several roms (Doc's, Darky, Euro, American, with mods, without mods, etc), all exhibiting the same behaviour

it will sort of work at first, but as the phone gets filled with apps, and android market updates gets installed

it will eventually lock up, and over heat, the phone will randomly shutdown on its own, and force closes everywhere

the only way to fix it again is to go back to 2.1 fix the SD card and partition issues, then go back to 2.2 any ROM

just reloading another 2.2 ROM doesn't help

the Z4mod does improve speed, but even the EXT2 doesn't help the internal SD lock up.

this is definitely a hardware error

it has the same behaviour as when a hard drive have a lot of bad sectors.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
Did you already receive a $100 credit from Bell? If so, let us know if you're eligible for another kick at the $100 credit can. I think it's unlikely but ....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Videonut:
Lucky you ,Allgamer.:(

If I'm not mistaken you have the one and only screwed 12.10 build so far.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DvTonder:
And let me add my voice to this:

I received my brand new replacement SGS after having my phone in for repair since Nov 20th.

It worked fone for a while (running Darky's Rom) and then suddenly started force closing - on reboot my phone would not start. I tried all kinds of recovery options, including trying to restore from a CWM backup but nothing would work - my phone is now once again displaying the dreaded corrupted internal SDCARD messages I have seen so many times before.

This is CRAZY! I thought they were supposed to have fixed the phones - back to the Bell store again tomorrow! ARGGG!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] knightdaemon:
This is with a 10.12 Manufacturing Date on the phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DvTonder:
Yes, was given my new phone at the bell store this morning at 10:04 am. Has the 10.12 indicated under the battery, new IMEI etc.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DvTonder:
Called Bell and they have:

- Credited my account with $100 for 'pain and suffering'

- Shipped a new replacement phone - should have it in 3 - 5 business days

Rep said that the new phone will have the latest software on it (the one I got this morning still had 2.1)

(see this thread for calling details http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894025
[Galaxy S I9000 General] knightdaemon:
You have to ship it back to them at your own expense or they are providing some sort of packaging?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Samdroid_G_S:
So you were only running darky's for a few hours, I took awhile as in a week or more.

Just a quick question did the phone come with jh2 on it? If it did, did you go directly from jh2 to darky's or did you go to jl2 first then to darky's?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
If you're phone has failed, call the number in the thread quoted above and they'll ship you a new phone. You'll then ship them back your dead phone at their expense.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] khmerpride:
This scares me.. I'm supposed to receive the new replacement tommorow and be shipping back my old phone. Been without a phone for a week now over the holidays when I needed it most. Did I mention this is my 4th replacement?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DvTonder:
Phone came with JH2 installed. I went directly to Darky 7.8. Phone ran fine for several hours and then, just after I had spent 30 minutes linking all my GMail and Facebook contacts, I decided to reboot the phone to start with a 'fresh' boot and enjoy the rest of my day - the phone did not immediately reboot and then gave a FC on something (cannot remember what) and that was it - it would no longer boot.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] knightdaemon:
Makes me think, maybe the only "good" phones, if there are any are the ones that ships directly with JL2?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pr0cs:
This thread is terrifying and depressing at the same time.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
It's too early to know for sure. There have been 2 reports of problems with the new phones but we have no clue how many are running fine (so far). I just got my replacement today with a 10.11 date and running JL2.

We just need people to post clear details of their replacements so we can figure out if there's a pattern or not.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aquenne:
ive got my 10.12 phone back for less than a week.

Ive upgraded to JL2, nothing custom, straight out of kies.

Upon rebooting the phone, while android loads up, I got a FC on the email app (not gmail, just the strandard email).

Also, if I click on the app to run it, it also FC.

Is this a sign my internal memory is failing (again for the 3rd time!!)?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] deezy7:
This is absolute bollocks, and I'm not even British.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pr0cs:
So I presume that no rom custom or otherwise is safe. The problems appear to be a design flaw with the 9000M?

I used to see a lot of Canucks running Darky/Docs but with the recent deaths of the devices there aren't many Canadians commenting in those threads.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tylerham:
Yes.

I'm only on my second SGS (first was launch to early November) and since I got this one in mid November it's always been on Doc's and now Darkyy's ROMs.

I had only one problem last week that I fixed by doing formats of /data and /dbdata, maybe others too, but not /sd + an Odin reflash, then back to Darkyy's.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
of all the CUSTOM ROMs for I9000M Hell.. Bell I mean...

Doc's custom rom was my favourite, not a big fan of Darky

the stuff packed in DOC's was more in sync with what i needed
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lokks:
With all these issues with Bell's Galaxy S is there any comparable phone out there? with the features of the galaxy s but without the issues we have been encoutering. I am thinking of selling my galaxy and getting a different phone all together. Hopefully with a 4 inch screen. Does any one know if the Fascinate is encoutering lagginess and FC's?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yes I9000T the latin american version also does 850/1900/2100

no problems like the I9000M, because it uses the 8GB storage instead of the 16GB storage that is known to cause problems

most I9000 in Europe are 8GB as well, there were a handful of "special edition" that were on 16GB

on the I9000 topic voting for internal SD card issues they also had some internal SD fairlure for the 16GB version, but no were close to the horrible mountain of I9000M
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lokks:
Thanks does that mean that I can get the Telus version and I will not have to deal with the issues the 19000m is having? Or is there other comparable android phones out there?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] p_shad0w:
10.11 Came with JK4

My 3rd SGS i receieved Dec 28th.

Clerk at bell store told me these are the 'new ones allready updated' they had just received.

Phone had JK4 on it so i assume the guy there didn't know his arse from his elbow.

Upgraded to JL2 and it has been nothing but FC's and lagginess ever since. GPS = NO GO. Power button gets Stuck.

Right hand button works only whenever it wants to.

The first handset had the same exact issues and it died in 14 days. I suspect this one won't last that long. I left it all in stock since i am positive it will fail any day now.

In 2 months since i bought this phone it is my THIRD handset. I believe the problem is not any ROM / software issue but with the 16GB moviNand chip in general.

As soon as i put all my movies/music on the phone it would die shortly aftewards. I was using 10GB out of the 13 available with both phones that failed.

BOTH phones failed a day or 2 after i had loaded up all my movies/music on them.

I do not know how the heck the I9000M fails so much and yet the Captivate with the same Chip appears to be just churning along nicely. Does the captivate have the same 16G Chip in it ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] g00ndu:
And I was wondering whether the 10 million units of SGS sold include the replacement quantity as well.

:(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] khmerpride:
Just got my fourth replacement, pre-loaded with JL2. Going to load up the internal sd with music and videos to see if it fails over night. I'm getting an htc if this thing breaks on me...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] knightdaemon:
So how is it holding up? Did you abuse the SD card with Titanium Backup, flashing etc?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] khmerpride:
I didn't flash it but I have loaded it with media files and formatted it and reloaded. Everything seems to be running still with no force closes. My third phone died without even using the internal SD though or any modifications to software.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zshakespeare:
I don't think reading and writing to internal memory really qualifies as abuse so much as basic functionality regardless of the name of the application you use to do it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] johntitor:
Any suggestion on how to get in contact with Samsung Canada avoiding the 1-800-726-7864 number...?

I'm at the US, I don't really know how to get my phone repaired from here...

any comments will be appreciated.

Thanks guys.

--

Samsung Galaxy S i9000m Unlocked (Bell Canada) = $500 USD brick X(

Froyo

SD Card Dead - Black screen after "S" logo.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kewjoe:
I've been running my 10.12 i9000m (replacement for my 10.08 model with sdcard death) for 2.5 weeks now. Currently running Darky's 8.0, with Speedmod K12I and JL2 modem) So far so good. I've flashed, reflashed, did a lot of stress testing to my sdcard and so far haven't had any issues. (knock on wood :))
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
Send me a PM, I can help you with that.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DvTonder:
Are you running any lagfix or stock RFS?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
I hope all of these guys you're helping are doing more than simply clicking the thanks button on your posts :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] adamge:
Titanium is doing more than just copying a few media files onto the drive. It has to somehow install software into an OS. No comparison there to copying media files.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] knightdaemon:
I'll receive my new phone soon, did yours come with JL2?

Was there additional steps involved to install Darky's 8.0? I read somewhere about downgrading to JH2 and flashing the JL2 Modem, how do you go about that in the process?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Woolios:
August 6th 2010 Purchased Original Phone

August 19th 2010 Replacement over the counter. Phone would not boot past S logo. UG9 2.1 Bell Firmware

Oct 26 2010 Phone out for replacement. Dead internal SD card. JPC Firmware 2.2

Nov 1 2010 Bought new Galaxy S for wife

Nov 2 2010 Returned new for replacement. Dead internal SD card Doc's 5 / 6 JPO 2.2 Firmware 9 hours of use.

Nov 13 2010 Received warranty phone from Bell.

December 31 Dead internal SD card x2 (Both phones) Darky's 7.7 JPY 2.2

Called Bell shipping me new phones after a lot of grief and running around

Story is I bought these phones outright and originally when on a monthly plan cancelled the same day 30 days later service was officially cut off. I had to get a pre paid account set up just so I can deal with the warranty issues. Apparently bell doesn't want to do d**k unless you have an active phone number with them. So today I went to a bell store setup a pre paid account with a phone number came home called bell and now there shipping me 2 new phones. One phone per pre paid account phone number. The guys at the bell store were great they set me up without having to pay a dime. Bell themselves can kiss my ***. Just to get the service that should be provided when I bought these phones. I'm not expecting the world I'm just want working phones.

BTW. They will not credit $100.00 to a prepaid account, not that I care. But I managed to get phones being shipped out to me. GL everyone who has to deal with bell.

For all others who want service from bell that may be on other providers such as myself get a prepaid sim from bell and they will be more inclinded to deal with you. Also I have all my receipts from buying these phones outright.

(I'm able to run my phone in the mean time with JK3 firmware I have no internal SD card available but I can message and phone in the mean time until I get my new phones then brick the old ones again with JL2.)

Process was

JH2 > JL2 > JK3 = Still constant reboot. But the magic touch is flash old SBL with ODIN which I found on the net. Presto working SGS no sdcard though. And don't reboot because it wont remember your contacts and other settings.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zshakespeare:
It doesn't 'somehow' install software into an OS. It copies files. If you knew anything about how a linux based operating system works you would know that installing is simply copying files and data (i.e. reading and writing to memory) into the correct locations for the software to be operational. There is literally no difference between installing 100 apps with Titanium backup and installing 100 apps with the Android Market. Therefore if you make the claim that using Titanium backup to install apps is abusing the internal memory, so is using the android market, so the phone is going to die anyways.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mortify1:
I am trying not to be a **** on the interweb, but seriously? You're saying that our backups are killing our phones... What about the millions of other solid state drives that get files copied to them everyday?

These phones should be able to handle everything that it was designed for, including installing apps.. how else do you get all the functionality out of this phone??

If an SDCard can't handle write and read... that wtf is it there for.

UGH.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kewjoe:
I'm running lag fix. I'm on ext4.

Sent from my GT-I9000m
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kewjoe:
Mine came with jh2. I flashed to jl2 before deciding to go with darky + speed mod. Jl2 has 3e recovery, so I first flashed to speed mod using odin to get clock work mod. Then did darky using cwm, and speed mod again with cwm because darky's overwrites the first flash of speed mod.

I detailed my steps in another thread but I'm on my phone right now and it'd be difficult to find.

Sent from my GT-I9000m
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Samdroid_G_S:
If your sd fails just flash any official bell rom such as JL2 with odin as this will put the stock kernel back and make your phone only show i9000m during boot up.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] noob15:
wait if the sd card failed how do i flash a rom to my phone if the sd card is fried?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] knightdaemon:
You should still be able to get into download mode when your SD Card fails.

Does Darky's also unlock the phone? It is a bit complex to do on JL2 (or any 2.2). I'll try following your steps but might just try flashing JH2 over Jl2 just to get the unlock code.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reeneebob:
I must be the only user alive who won't root, lagfix or apply alternate Roms. I like the phone fine as is.

My first was a 10.06 build, lasted 2 months before sd failure. Sent in for repair the second week of November and new replacement phone received end of December. Build is 10.09 and came with jk4. Updated to jl2 through kies without issue. So far so good.

That said, I am expecting my Telus Fascinate that I won on their Facebook contest shortly and I will be unlocking it and holding onto it as a backup just in case. If my I9000m makes it through the next several months i'll sell the Fascinate. Maybe.

I don't know, what do you guys suggest, keep the Telus model and sell the I9000m?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] noob15:
so if my phone sd dies again i can use odin to flash jl2 to my phone again in download mode.

are you sure of this because the sd card cannot be used AT ALL (yes i am paranoid about this XD)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tylerham:
You're in the significant majority of non-ROM flashers. Don't get confused just because every regular person doesn't post here.

If you aren't going to flash anything, then the Fascinate may be better for you as they're almost exactly the same phones, but the I9000M may always have the SD card issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reeneebob:
Its so wierd that its this one specific model. I dont get it, you would think they would have the same boards and flash sd setups...Im definitely holding onto the Telus. Not like I paid for it. Lol
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tylerham:
Most other Galaxy S I9000s only have 8GB of internal flash memory, so this could be one reason why.

The other reason could be that Samsung suggested or Bell specified a particular component in this phone's design (either unwittingly or for lower cost) that unexpectedly ends up being faulty in the longer term for some devices.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Samdroid_G_S:
WE answered this already. If your SD dies , you will still be able to flash back using odin to change the kernel. I was running a custom rom when my SD failed and I simply flashed JH2 back on my phone and sent it in , no questions were asked I never really gave them a chance to ask any I was frustrated that they sold me a faulty piece of hardware.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] noob15:
ok thank you samdroid i am sorry about re-asking this question just previously i asked on a chat and someone said this it was not possible and i would be screwed if i did so (wanted someone to say that already did it)

Sorry if i sound annoying and thank you for all the help :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NoobProof:
guys, the things that you go through are not easy things. a phone failing 4 times is not good for human health, especially for us, the OCRF's in the xda community. i believe you should sue samsung or bell because of this issue. well, i hope you will resove your issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] terranq:
Anyone know if these Samsung Canada numbers are any good for us SaskTel customers? It's the exact same hardware (I9000M), but SaskTel isn't doing the replacement/credit thing that Bell is.

If I can get Samsung to ship me a replacement, it would be much better than sending it off for repair. It took 5 weeks to come back last time, and only lasted a week (just conked out on me today)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lokks:
It looks like the Telus Fascinate http://www.telusmobility.com/en/AB/samsung_fascinate/index.shtml has 16gb as well but I have not heard of it having the issues the Bell Vibrant is having. I am thinking of selling my Vibrant and picking up a Telus Fascinate.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reeneebob:
The Fascinate came today. I have had two random freezes and shutdowns with the vibrant, something that I never had before. It makes me paranoid the SD will fail again.

Im working on unlocking the Fascinate now.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] johntitor:
removed

please open a new topic in the Market section of XDA

all sales/trades/buys are only allowed in the Market section
[Galaxy S I9000 General] raheelc:
ok, this thread has got me really scared....I have a i9000m 10.10, and i flashed to jl2 about 2 days ago (also rooted the phone, and using ryanzas oclf app for lagfix)...i've transferred some pics and music over to the internal sd card (abt 1.5gb worth) and also moved them off of the internal card again (so the card has been in use somewhat).....the phone seems to be working perfectly fine, no problems what so ever....do i need to be worried about the internal sd card failing on me anytime soon? Should i revert back to JH2 or a a custom rom to prevent sd card failure?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Samdroid_G_S:
Stay on JL2 or even flash to a custom froyo rom.