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[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
I'm not sure.... you could try SamMobile http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9000&r=1#regiona

Whats wrong with your phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Marshy919:
I think the back light is ruined. The screen flickers like crazy. Can take an hour of pulling the battery in and out and restarting to get the picture to finally show up. It's wierd because the more I use the phone the less it flickers. And if I leave it off or standby for a few hours, the whole screen (besides the notification bar) turns grey.

Edit:. Forgot to mention I've already checked there, they only have the OPTUS firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
Sounds like you may have a loose connection somewhere. I'm not sure where you can get the Virgin mobile firmware unfortunately... I don't think I've ever seen it floating around :-/

Actually, have you tried flashing back to a generic stock gingerbread rom and see if it fixes the issue? Maybe worth a try... nothing to lose.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Marshy919:
Yeah I'm taking the phone to a local repairer on the 1st. He's going to check if it's just a loose connection for free. I've flashed probably 10 ROM's since the problem occurred a month ago.

Still no idea what firmware they use...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
Hmm I think stock OPTUS is the closest you're gonna get. It'll be a lot easier to explain a stock optus than ICS LOL
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Hi all

Ive been away from flashing roms for a while and come back to discover that Im very confused about it now lol

Im currently on

a cooked rom from romkitchen for the samsung galaxy S (optus unbranded)

2.2.1 – i9000XXJPY

build Doc_v9.9.5.xwjs8

kernel – 2.6.32.9 hardcore@speedmod-k13d-500hz #22

what I wanted to know (and yes IVe googled and searched but not found a clear answer) is how do I get to update to gingerbread or one of the other newer builds.

the information now is a little confusing some say you need to flash back to eclair and start again ...others say you have to install a 2.3 kernel and then install ur new rom then another says you have to load with new boot loaders.

all I did last timeon stock 2.2 was root with z4root, then install CWM and installed the cooked rom from My sd card ... straight forward and easy.

to make matters worse I can not get into sam firmwares at all to look at firmwares or to even download stock ones and romkitchen is only giving options for gingerbread with no information on which is which csc etc ...it used to say if they were australia or not.

I Know this has probably been asked a thousand times My Im so out of date on what is what now.

any advice would be much appreciated .... which would be the best set up too as Im in perth with optus.

so many CSC's and modems to choose from lol

I have downloaded the stock latest optus rom jvn_jv5_jv1.tar using CheckFusDownloader ...should this been flashed first and then a cooked rom ?

By the way Ive never used odin either

Rob

I did ask on whirlpool forum but it seems not many answer on there now ...unless its to tell you how much of an idiot you are :eek:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
The best thing to do is to flash a gingerbread stock rom first using Odin. After you've done that you need to flash with Odin again, a kernel which has CWM included... Speedmod will do the job here. Once you have that you can flash the gingerbread ROMS via CWM.

-- Taken from the romkitchen post --

Recommended Install Method ( Stock > Custom Rom )

Step 1 : Back up EVERYTHING (Internal/External - Including SD Card) to a PC/External Storage/Laptop/Desktop etc

Step 2 : Enter Download Mode & Flash a Stock Rom with Bootloaders and PIT if necessary (Odin/Hemidall)

Step 3 : After you device has reset and when the phone has booted key in *2767*3855# into the dialler, this will do a FULL FACTORY RESET

Step 4 : After your device has reset and rebooted, enter Download Mode and flash a custom kernel which will also contain CWM (Odin/Hemidall)

Step 5 : Download your rom and put it onto the Internal SD Card

Step 6 : Enter Clockwork Recovery (CWM) and Flash the Rom

Step 7 : Enjoy

Important : Full Factory Reset is Highly Recommended by Samsung

You can get the stock Gingerbread from:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9000&r=1#regiona

You should be able to get odin from that site as well. You will need to register at the site but that's free so it's all good. The CSC on the stock roms should be fine for OPTUS usage. If they're a bit off you can get the correct APNs at Ausdroid. Modems, well that you'll have to test yourself but the latest JVU one seems to be ok. I sold my SGS1 so I can't help past JVU roms as that was the last one I flashed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] m1n1on:
Anyone flashed to XWJW1?

I just flashed to XXJVU last night, however, my external speaker is not working. Will try XWJW1 to see if it fixes the issue. Otherwise I'll have to go back to my old cooked rom JS8 which is like 2.2.1 =\
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alramsay:
Telstra sites - still accessible?

Hi there, Do you access the Telstra/Bigpond sites, like "my account", "mobile tv" etc with this version or did you have to modify to enable them to recognise your phone?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Many many thanks for the help ... but unfortunately I cant get into samfirmwares anymore ... Ive been registered with them for a year and now everytime I go to the site and try to log in it sits at Logging in .. Please wait ....

I saw a few others have been having this problem but no one has said how they managed to get past it.

Anyone else had this problem and managed to get in ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] m1n1on:
Argh... flashed it to XWJW1 and was still getting no sound through the rear speaker.

I've got a feeling that during the conversion from ext4 back to RFS that something went wrong. As when I was disabling the lag fix before flashing it to JVU and the process got stuck when it had converted everything back to RFS and was testing. However, when I turned the phone off and turned it back on it booted into the Rom as usual but without any of my apps or settings.

After that I just flashed the XXJVU with Odin as I assumed that the conversion must have worked. Even looking at the phone now using "CF-root ext4 add-on" it does say that everything is RFS. However, my rear speaker sound is gone :(

Any ideas how to fix my problem? I've tried converting everything to ext4 again using "CF-root ext4 add-on" however, the /system fails to convert to ext4 but "/dbdata /data and /cache" can convert fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
You have to re-register. It did that to me until i re-registered. I think they must have wiped the user database.

---------- Post added at 09:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:11 PM ----------

Did you flash JVU with re-partition on?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] m1n1on:
Yup I did flash JVU with re-partition on.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
Did you try doing a full factory format with *2767*3855#

Just make sure you save all you need from your internal SD first as this will totally wipe that too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] m1n1on:
I did but when it resets it goes into "Android system recovery <3e>"

-- Copying media files...
Successfully copied meida files

-- Wiping data
Formatting /data...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

Formatting /dbdata...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl10

Formatting /cache...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl11

Deleting Meta Data
Data wipe failed

-- Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Applied the CSC-code 'KOR'
Successfully applied multi-CSC

After rebooting from that recovery I can boot back into the phone, with nothing being touched (as the log would indicate).

However, if I boot into my CWM Recovery I can do all the wipes successfully. I just don't understand what's going wrong.

btw thanks for helping me =)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
I dunno...

Have you tried flashing with Cyanogenmod? Worth a try..... :-/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Marshy919:
What's a good modem for use in Australia? I've been on Jvt and jvu for a while.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
They seem alright modems from what I remember. My GPS was having issues locking with JVT though ....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Marshy919:
Yeah I use my gps like once a month so that's not an issue. Having problems sending texts, all of them get stuck on sending.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
Which rom are you using? Are you able to receive txt msgs ok?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Marshy919:
I can receive them fine. I'm using sixstrings aokp build 27 - 2.

I tried adding the sms center number into phone settings (*#*#4636#*#*). The numbers don't stick after you exit the application.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Looks like the rom kitchen is down ...Ive tried to cook 4 different roms over the past couple of hours and keep getting this error

Not Found

The requested URL /tmp2/tmp.4f54d3db076a2/JVT_No_Wipe-v9-15-55-23-05-03-4f54d3db076a2.zip was not found on this server.

Might have to start looking for a different rom ... any advice on a nice rom ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
Ah you're trying one of the ICS builds. I'm thinking your issue could be more to do with the actual rom considering those builds are originally made for the Nexus phones.

---------- Post added at 07:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:53 AM ----------

Mmmm not really. I ended up using the stock JVU build with a custom kernel (speedmod first to get root and cwm then the galaxian kernel for the cool stuff) and then deleting the apps I didn't want using Titanium Backup and then replacing them with other apps. The stock ROM isn't too bad nowadays and with the custom kernel it's pretty slick.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Marshy919:
Very possible as I can't remember having this problem on slim ICS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
Yeah, it's probably the ROM. Try going to one of the other ICS if you want to stay with an ICS rom. The batterylife was terrible when I tried out ICS, has it improved recently? I don't have an SGS1 anymore so I can't really comment on what's good and what's not. I did go back to JVU though after trying out onecosmic's ICS rom. My phone wouldn't go into deep idle and usually only had a battery life of 6 - 8 hrs not doing anything much at all. I also lost my GPS for some reason, couldn't get it back either by flashing other roms so I sold the phone for $300 LOL
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Cool ...will give that a go :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oswade:
You can modify the sms message center number throught the sms app.

open it and tap the menu touchkey. Hope it solves your problem :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Just a couple of questions I have about flashing with odin

I downloaded the optus stock rom named GT-I9000_OPS_2_20110718164813.zip

inside is a folder named jvn_jv5_jv1.tar

inside that are these files

boot.bin

cache.rfs

factoryfs.rfs

modem.bin

param.lfs

sbl.bin

zImage

I understand the modem file and where that would go in odin but not the others

would it be better not to bother with this stock optus one and just flash the JVU europe one I downloaded and then possibly extract the modem from the optus firmware and flash that to be sure.

also in the flashprogram I downloaded from samfirmwares

it seems to have different versions of odin in the folder

I90003_odin3 v1.82.exe

Odin v1.3.exe

Odin_v1.0.exe

s1_odin_20100512.pit

s1_odin_20100513.pit

s1_odin_20100803.pit

If I understand correctly I need to use the 512.pit file to flash the JVU firmware from samfireware

But also reading these are old Odin programs ...the current seems to be Odin v1.85 ... or do I just use the v1.3 ?

I promise these are the last questions I have lol ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
Don't use the 1.85 as that's for a different version of the SGS. Use the 1.3 one and use the 512 pit.

As for what to flash using odin, flash the entire .tar file as the PDA file. Don't open the .tar file.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
ok ...so just as PDA and pit ... can I do that for both firmwares or just the JVU one ?

yeah I know...it wasnt My last question after all lol
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
Depends, some firmware are split into 3 different tar files, PDA, MODEM, CSC while others just have the one file.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Marshy919:
Do you mean the ics button they implemented? The one with 3 circles?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
ok ...so Im thinking I should leave the stock optus one alone and just use the JVU ...and if I have problems with the modem then find one that works better.

You Sir are a legend ...Many thanks for the help :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Marshy919:
Yeah the battery is consisently getting better. Definately usable.

I ended up fixing the smsc problem, downloaded go sms just then, went to settings > send settings > custom smsc:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
Oh well.... I went the way of the GNex

There's not so much development being done on it ... a little disappointing LOL.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Damn Im a bit dissapointed with speedmods latest gingerbread kernels ...K16-11 doesnt have voodoo sound in it anymore well not that I could see and the voodoo app doesnt recognise it either

better kernel to use ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
I switched to Galaxian after speedmod.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
cool ...will have a look for it

found it .... Im assuming this is the one u used

[KERNEL] GALAXIAN [344MB][JVU][Voodoo Sound][EXT4][BLN][COLOR]
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
Yeah thats the one.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Well I tried it ...but it killed My back button :confused: so I had to reflash the speedmod kernel ...now its all working fine again.

*EDIT*

Never Mind ...Im a doofus ...I got the captivate one by mistake ....I might need glasses lol ... proper one works great :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheLach03:
Network Speeds

For those living in Victoria or Melbourne, what network/download speeds are you getting? I'm on JVU and only getting around 80KBps..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Samurai05:
Network Speed

I'm with TPG (Optus reseller). I found the network speed depends on how strong your phone signal is.

Phone Signal (Max 4 bars) to Download speed using the Speed Test app:

1 bar ~= 900 kbps (that's kilo BITS per second)

2 bars ~= 2000 kbps

4 bars ~= 4000 kbps
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheLach03:
Even with 1 bar your download speeds are faster than mine! Do you know what modem you're using?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Samurai05:
Off peak faster than peak

Same as yours: JVU.

Off peak would be faster than peak.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] charmthief88:
Cool what phone are you using now? TeamICSSGS which is continuing onecosmic's latest work (RC4.2) has solved most issues so it runs smooth with good battery life. I used it for 2 weeks before venturing out to check out other roms. AOKP is was my favourite, although Dark Knight just became the top dog as it almost perfect now with Rom control.

I heard a discussion of modems, and its seems JVU is best for most aussie, exceptions to Telstra users who seem better on JVQ. Or am I missing something?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zedaycee:
I moved on to the GNex ... nice lil phone for the stock experience. I like it :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nchc:
Any opinions on nexus s radios for Aus?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1548815
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheLach03:
I'm running KF1 at the moment, and signal is pretty good. As you can see from my posts above, i'm constantly struggling for signal and download speed, but i'm pretty satisfied at the moment!

On top of this, however, I don't think i've ever seen my battery life so good (be it if it's in direct relation to the modem or not!) Still calibrating at the moment, but at 1 day and 10 hours, 2.5 hours of screen time with bucketloads of facebook, google maps and internet browsing, and still at 10%. Lost 1% on standby over a 9 hour sleep!

Hope this helps!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Ok so I installed JVU and Optus modem with Galaxian kernel ... everything running sweet ...well until the battery improves although I know it needs a few charges to settle down.

so have any of you installed new themes on JVU ... I love the look of NeonGT but Im not sure if it is comaptible with JVU

any thoughts or suggestions ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kevin2516:
Any sydney ppl on optus use the nexus s modems?

I've been using jvt lol.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ActionBastardDV:
best modem for Vodafone South Australia?

Hi guys,

What modems would be you recommend for an i9000 running ICS in South Australia on the Vodafone network?

I have tried JVU and am currently trying out JVT, but just wanted to know if anyone could make an informed suggestion to save me going through every modem I can find.

While on JVU, signal strength was often weak at best, with odd spikes of strong reception with full bars. Data connection was often on E.

When I was still on GB Rom, signal strength was decent, and data connection often on H or 3G

Any help/advice/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
You could just download the vodafone latest firmware update and strip the modem out of that then flash with odin ... I did that with JVU and got the last optus firmware then took the modem from it ... seems to be working ok for Me
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gbatman:
I am having the same problem chubbychibi is having on my SGS. So what is the best modem for Optus? I am going to flash SRJV1 to it, I think that is the official Optus modem. Does any one know where I can get the OPS CSC?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ActionBastardDV:
I've now tried JVU, JVT, JVQ, and am currently trying SRJV1. With each modem, data is always on E, even when I leave the house (my house often has poor reception but anywhere else, it's usually fine).

As I mentioned before, while on GB, I used JVU, JVT and JVQ modems that came with each DarkyRom (I never changed the modem as the stock modem always worked fine) but am now finding that the equivalent modem on ICS is performing quite poorly.

I believe the last official update from Vodafone was JVU 2.3.6, so naturally I thought the JVU modem would be best, but it has performed quite poorly (decent compared to all over modems, but poorly compared to past experience)

If anyone is on Vodafone with an ICS rom and knows of a modem that provides a strong signal, I would like to hear about it.

Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BenzOzzy:
If possible, can someone link me to the best suited most reliable ICS build that i can download. I can flash with odin OK, but a step by step tut would be good as well, as i am no expert...and have screwed up a flash once before.

Looking for something that works well with OPTUS (NSW)

Its for my wife's phone which running

FW 2.3.6,

Kernel 2.6.35.7-I9000XWJVZ,

Build GB.XWJVZ

She has recently been having issues with the camera, and sending texts. Both SMS and MMS can often arrive the next day lol. The internet is also slow, compared to the iphone 4s which seems to be a lot faster here at home on our wifi. It was never this bad on stock 2.1 from memory, but that was like 18 mths ago.

Many thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ReAvenger:
I followed this guide step by step when i first started playing around with my galaxy s

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494493&highlight=ics

as for modems jvu works fine for me in sydney (optus), however it depends depends from phone to phone, so if u are feeling adventurous i would recommend testing different modems
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
I used CheckFusDownloader to get the latest version of the optus firmware

just put in your phone info and it will tell you what the latest optus firmware is...then download it.

once downloaded you can extract the modem file and flash it as a PDA file in odin to your SGS.

My house is up on the top of a hill away from towers so My signal isnt fantastic...but anywhere else it works great ...but as mentioned before ... its really a case of trying different modems that work for you in your area.

you can infact use the firmware to flash back to stock Optus GB too
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Bonta768:
Melbourne, optus. XXKB3. Works great. Was on XXJVU.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ActionBastardDV:
Hi again guys,

I am finding that when I enable 3G, "cell standby" shows that "time without signal" to be approx 18%, but when I have "use 2G only", there doesn't appear to be anytime without signal. I was just wondering why that is. I know that it must have something to do with certain areas around my neighbourhood which has no 3G coverage, but shouldn't the phone go to 2G and eliminate any time without signal?

Is there something I can do to eliminate/reduce this time without signal without disabling 3G.

Again, any help will be greatly appreciated.

ps. I am runnning Slim ICS 2.9
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ActionBastardDV:
bump

Sorry to ask again, but I am still having trouble with this. Does anyone know what I can do to fix it?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] charmthief88:
Modems are always a good query

I'm looking into how to flash the nexus s modems, want to try them out. But now we have JW4 I might just be adventurous test it out to see if it fairs well in Australia. see if they affect battery life.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ActionBastardDV:
Let me know how it goes. I know your results may not be useful to me as you're on Optus, but I am interested to see what works for you
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheLach03:
DTJP3

Guys I reckon i've been searching for a good hour now, and still having no luck! Is anyone able to point me in the direction of a DTJP3 modem that is compatible with ICS? Cheers!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] charmthief88:
Here is some help with the modems.

Generally I found JW4 to be good all around. Better and more consistent in peak traffic times than AUKF1... during off peak KB3 can really dominate 5.7mbps with decent 1 mbps upload speeds. They all suffer in really bad areas. JW4 can be found on Perka's stash.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ActionBastardDV:
Hi, I was using JVQ recently on slim ics 3.1 which was great, but after updating to 3.2 JVQ is not that great anymore. JVU is OK, but only just better. I'd like to try JW4 but can't find it on Perka's stash. Is it XXJW4 because I can't see it anywhere. Can you tell me the whole name so I can find it.

Thanks. Much appreciated
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ptiggerdine:
Upgrading telstra eclair 2.1 to froyo questions.

I'm sorry if this question have being answered elsewhere, but my google fu and xda fu don't seem to be working well even after a couple of days of search.

I about to flash to JM8 from stock, but the JM8 ROM I have (with multiupload down it's hard to figure out what's being used in the past in howto's) don't seem to contain sbl.bin or the secondary boot loader file and the term "repartition" without those boot loaders seem likely to brick my phone. I understand the flash process with both odin and heimdall, but can some explain what "repartitioning" does? And is it safe todo tick "repartition" when flashing to JM8 even without the sbl.bin or secondary boot loader files?

Also does anyone have the CSC for .au for froyo 2.2.1 (JPO) or can I use the one posted on page 100 for gingerbread?

Thanks in-advance for your comments. The work XDA-developers and the community at large does is just tremendous.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ActionBastardDV:
Hey, would you be able to post that modem here for me. For some reason I'm unable to find it in Perka's stash.

Many thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] charmthief88:
No worries, here it is.

It is the XXJW4, this version is flashable via CWM. The ICS version worked well in contrast to the value pack I flashed with Odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wogfella:
Hey guys if ever you can't find a modem in Perka's try silky_dude's thread, too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ActionBastardDV:
Yeah tried looking there as well but couldn't find it in the OP. Forgot to search the entire thread incase someone else added it randomly, but will keep that in mind for next time