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[Galaxy S I9000 General] MrIwik:
Water damage sounds like BS, I have submerged my SGS once pretty badly and I have lost count of the amount of times I have gotten it wet from a splash or condensation.

Sorry I wouldn't know where to take it in Brisbane.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] electrotune1200:
Breath condensation :p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kar200:
Thanks anyway, I normally put water on the screen (not submerged) and wipe it clean and it is just a bad habit I have had for a while (with all my phones).

When they opened the phone (and I opened it myself) you could see what they called corrosion (which was a white deposit really) on the bottom of the 2 screws. I also noticed that the actual screen has gaps on both sides where that silver side is. You cannot see it but they are not sealed together so any water that goes on the sides would end up in the bottom.

Anyway they wanted 250 bucks to fix it and I said not to worry. the button works to get the download mode and recovery but does not work when you switch on the phone.

I found a couple of places here a bit far so I will give them a call. In the mean time I am using CM7 which I have been for a while with the back button killing the app. The CWM also uses the power button to select so I don't really need that home button anyway :D.

K.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] electrotune1200:
Hmmm...

If the button works to get into download mode, then the button should still be functional.

Have you flashed back to a stock firmware to test? Either a 2.1 or 2.2 firmware. There may just be a glitch in the firmware that you are currently running.

I would at least try this before advancing any further.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kar200:
Yep, flashed 2.1, 2.2 and CM7. I even tried it in 2e and 3e recovery.

The button would work but I would believe it sends a signal to more than 1 place (different at boot time)

I tried to check the logcat while I press the button and nothing comes up either. I don't think it doeas all the time though.

Still no one wants to separate the 2. I am just going to use it that way and don't want to pay the extra really.

K.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] theltusexige:
hi,

ive been using a cooked rom on my sgs for a while now but want 2.3.3 or later not 2.2.1. any good ideas other than endlessly searching the net
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beaver2233:
You must use Odin to update as 2.3.3 has a different bootloader.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sico69galaxy:
Guess wat guys wowww i bit the bullet and bought the sgs2 for $779 with a cover thrown in...... All i can say is wowww wat a phone this phone is blazing fast has better sound quality for music,talking,loudspeaker is bettr than sg...mic is good everything is good on it :)did a benchmark score on it and it gave me a reading of 5583.... im stoked... Now im gonna sell my sgs.:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ktuluz:
I think I hate u.

The only reason I haven't got one was because of what supercurio said about sound chip being ****ty compared to SGS. U recon its better? Better then SGS with voodoo sound? Hhrm maybe I should get one haha cm7 on SGSii would be nice.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beaver2233:
Hehe I'm sure the sgs2 is tempting for every one of us sgs1 users...for me, I'm just gonna wait a while, price will drop ;) saw one on eBay for $689 :P
[Galaxy S I9000 General] electrotune1200:
Don't you know new toys always sound better? At first anyway :p

The SGSII uses an inferior DAC compared to the SGS. Quite a shame really.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jake921660:
whats the battery life on th S2 like compared to the first one?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] XilverGM:
JVP

Anyone tried flashing JVP yet?

Would it be ok to flash from JVH?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] goughymachine:
I'm using it, but didn't flash over jvh. I went the whole way, wiping everything including sd cards, then stock jvp, then speedmod, then doedexed rom via cmw then speedmod again. Seemed the long way around, but thought it the way to go.

Loving jvp so far.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] goughymachine:
Actually, I'll ask while I'm here.

Been on rom kitchen and had car home installed as part of it. On jvp now which doesn't have it, and while car home is backed up in Ti backup, it won't install them on jvp by the looks of it.

Anyone know how to get car home going on jvp?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beaver2233:
If anyone is bored of their phone or just wants to flash something different I would highly recommend MiUi...been using it for the past 2 weeks and simply put, it's amazing :) both MiUi and CM7 have come a long way, very happy.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JarradDD:
Im on jvp after clean install and car home works for me. Do you have two apk's for car home, one the car home apk and one the car home launcher. Thats what im using and it works fine. PM me and ill send you the two files if needed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] theltusexige:
I wamt to install a 2.3.3 jv6 rom but it doesnt come with a bootloader for a sgs i9000
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 6i9:
is it me, or is JVE seriously crap?

my phone keeps lagging and is not stable. It some times needs to be rebooted to work.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] theltusexige:
Dw bout my post. I re read the post i downloaded it off and now its fine. Gingerbread works really good
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rlorange:
jve? That is only a modem file... sure you dont mean jvp?

**Simply Honey3.5, Zak'sTalon 0.2.1 kernel 1.3ghz, ZSJV5 modem**
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 6i9:
Sorry I read it wrong.

Firmware Version: 2.3.2

Baseband Version: i9000XXJVE

Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-i9000XWJV1-CL31216 root@DELL101 #2

Build Number: Gingerbread.XWJV1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beaver2233:
wow, correct me if I'm wrong, but that is an early gingerbread release...I'd currently recommend jvp out of any of the stock firmwares
[Galaxy S I9000 General] theltusexige:
I love this thread
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beaver2233:
cos it's fully of Aussies, hehe
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rosse912003:
Help anyone!!!

I have a Australian Vodafone Galaxy S and have tried to flash some new firmware to upgrade to 2.3.3, but I wish I had not... The flash software Odin failed .. and now the phone is locked in a startup cycle. It gets to the "S"elblem and then reboots, over and over again.

I have a phone from Vodafone Australia. Can anyone offer some advice on how I might fix this situation, other than throwing the phone in the bin?? Is there a compatible Vodafone release for Android 2.3.3 available anywhere?? If there is, how do you flash it without Odin crashing all the time and wrecking the phone? Any ideas would be very much appreciated.

Ross
[Galaxy S I9000 General] electrotune1200:
Ross,

When you flashed with Odin, did Odin state that it failed?

What firmware did you flash, was it 1 PDA file?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JarradDD:
As long as you have download mode you'll be fine. Just download any three file rom and flash that. Search for "ramads" deodexed rom collection in the development section. Might as well download the latest jvp 2.3.4 one. Open odin again, place the three files in their respective section, make sure you use a pit file, and tick the repartition box. That fixes 99% of soft bricks. In his thread there is a guide with pictures that makes it reall easy. Remember to change the apn's back to your vodafone ones after flash. if you have problems post them up and ill try to reply quickly.

Also when using odin make sure you have not only kies applications closed, but other syncing aplications, ie sync9 loader, they also can cause odin to crash.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rosse912003:
Thanks JaradDD for your reply. I am looking up all the areas you have mentioned now and finding most things as you have described. However I dont understand what you mean about the apn's?? How do I change an apn and where are these parameters?? and what is a vodafone apn?? Sorry about being dumb but this is a whole new world for me... Thank you for your help..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rlorange:
Yeah jv1 was the first beta gingerbread and it sucks! Next came jvk which was 2.3.3 unofficial then there was jvh 2.3.3 official and its variants currently released now. NOT compatible with jvk/jvb. Go for jvh or jv9 for the current official latest rom with the most custom rom/kernels available.

Jvp is the latest unofficial leak and is good but still new... if you are sticking to stock the go for jvp.

Jv1 is ancient history :)

**Simply Honey3.5, Zak'sTalon 0.2.1 kernel 1.3ghz, ZSJV5 modem**
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rosse912003:
Thank you so much JaradDD, at about 2.30am I was still downloading a firmware that you suggested and after decompressing, was able to see Odin complete its upgrade task completely for the first time.

The phone still doesn't connect to Vodafone as the phone is locked, but everything else works great and works in Gingerbread which doesn't seem to be plauged with lags..

I am so happy to have my phone back ... Thank you for your helpful guidance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rlorange:
Do you mean data connection or a connection at all. For data just put in vodafone apn details.

**Simply Honey3.5, Zak'sTalon 0.2.1 kernel 1.3ghz, ZSJV5 modem**
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JarradDD:
You should be able to connect fine. As already stated try changing your apn's, google "ausdroid apn", and use the apns they have there. If that doesnt work you might have to put on vodafone's csc which isn't to hard, but ill only get into that if apn's dont work for you. Good luck.

Also the first time you boot up gingerbread it can take a while to find the connection. Try switching on flight mode then switching back off.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] theltusexige:
these are my apn mms setting, im with telstra but my mms still wont come through, it just downloads it for a while then says that it failed

telstra MMS

telstra.mms

proxy not set

port not set

username*

password*

server 10.1.1.180

MMSC http://mmsc.telstra.com:8002

mms port 80

mcc 505

mnc 01

authentication not set

apn type mms

does anyone know what is right, ive looked online but i cant find one that works, and telstra user want to share theirs
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Shanakin:
You probably can't connect because it is lacking the APN (Access Point Name, basically a set of details that tell the phone what and where to connect to on the internet to get data), not because it's locked.

All you need to do is go into the phone's settings

settings>wireless and network>mobile networks>Access Point Names

Then add the apn details that you can get off google for your carrier
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 6i9:
Thanks.

I also remember I tried to flash a ROM, once I was on the current one i mentioned and it didn't work. I was stuck on a looped reboot and I kept getting an annoying robotic sound so I flashed back to the Gingerbread Beta one because I had a feeling it'd work and it did.

Do you know how to avoid this problem if it happens again? I'm going to try reflash it to something better in the next two days..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beaver2233:
the annoying robotic noise is applying voodoo lagfix...which on some custom kernels (which come with the rom) apply automatically this lagfix on startup...wait around 4-5mins and the phone should start up properly ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 6i9:
Unfortunately I am quite a noob when it comes to technicals with Android.

I can't say I know what 'Voodoo Lagfix' is, or a 'Kernel'.

When I did it the annoying robotic noise stayed around forever.. I had read to leave it for 5-10mins, and it did nothing. I even left it for an hour and nothing happened. Thats when I flashed back to the GB Beta and I guess im stuck with an unstable phone now lol..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] electrotune1200:
So you flashed it anyway?

Voodoo is a very good kernel, and if it never properly booted, you probably flashed the wrong kernel base.

If you're unsure of what things are, I highly suggest you read the thread pertaining to the ROM/Kernel/Whatever. Don't be affraid to ask questions either.

Blindly flashing stuff for the hell of it will sooner or later have your phone sitting on some service desk, who knows where....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JarradDD:
If the phone is unstable, flashing a three file rom with a pit file and repartition will erase the filesystem the voodoo uses and put you back on stock filesystem. That should fix any problem the occurs, unless there is a physical problem with your sd card, which is very unlikely.Just search ramads, deodexed roms, and flash the three files through odin. Go to his thread, everything is explained. That will fix any problem with a bad kernel flash.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ktuluz:
I would recommend using jvp deodexed rom.. runing great for me at the moment see my sig for links
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rosse912003:
Thank you to everyone who replied to my call for help. I did have a problem with the install of firmware and the phone seeing the sim card. Even entering the area to alter the APN, the phone gave me a message to insert a sim card, although there was already one installed.

Anyway, I gave up in dispair and took the phone to a repairer here in Brissy, and the guy unlocked the phone flashed an official version of 2.3.3 to the phone and it works like a dream. I am sure any of you guys could have done the same, but I was really lost. So for $35, I have got my phone working again and better than ever. Thank you all heaps for your assistance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JarradDD:
For $35 you made the right choise. Thats the cheapest ive ever heard anyone unlocking and doing a firmware upgrade for.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Joelly88:
Hi guys.

So I've read a lot of whirlpool threads and posts in this thread, and have decided that Virgin is taking too long to release 2.3. I want to do it myself but I am so confused. I have not been able to find a guide that speaks to me in terms I can understand. I'm a noob.

I found this on whirlpool (not allowed to post link with low post count so here it is quoted)

and was wondering if this is a safe way to update. It says to make Kies think my phone is European and then it will tell me there is an update and it will work. However, is this a good idea and is it safe? Will my phone still work on Virgin Australia?

My current Android version is:

Model Number: GT-I9000

Firmware version: 2.2

Baseband version: I9000DTJP3

Kernel version: 2.6.32.9 root@SE-S604 #7

Build number: FROYO.DTJP5

The only "modding" I've ever done was the official update using Kies to 2.2.

So, is the link a good way to update or should I wait til Virgin finish testing or should I do it another way?

Thanks guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beaver2233:
that, to me looks like a very complicated method (In my opinion). One question for you, can you access download mode (while phone is off, hold home button + volume down + power button) and recovery mode (the same, but using volume up instead of down) ?? Just pull the battery out to exit the modes.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MrIwik:
Forget Kies, just use Odin and flash any rom you wish..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Joelly88:
Apparently not. Doing this just turned my phone on normally.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Joelly88:
As I understand it, Odin is a program used to install different OS ROMs for your phone. Correct? I know that much but don't know where to begin. Am I ok to flash my phone the way it is or is there things I need to do beforehand? Any tips or walkthroughs would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Shanakin:
Kies basically does the same thing as Odin, it's just an automated and dumbed down for the consumer. That big guide you found is basically a convoluted way of tricking kies into upgrading your phone with a firmware from a different region.

With Odin, you can download any firmware from any region you want and flash it to your phone. You can also flash parts of a firmware, ie the kernal, a new modem or whatever.

In addition to Odin, which is Samsung's internal tool for flashing. There is Heimdall, the open source equivalent which, unlike Odin, is multi-platform and is available for linux and mac. It basically does the same thing, but has a few extra options

Generally, Odin is used for flashing stock firmwares, and then flashing a rooted kernal with clockwork recovery. Then afterwards you flash customised roms (if you so desire) using the new recovery mode.

If you can not get download mode or recovery mode to work however then you can not use either method. Also if these don't work it prevents your phone from easily being repaired should something cause major corruption (unlikely but whatever). Samsung has released a patch for those without working recovery mode I suggest you look into if it doesn't work.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MrIwik:
Before you start worrying about that you must get 3br working on your phone. There is a fix that requires you to flash bootloaders or you could buy/make a jig to get into download mode (required for flashing) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551

Also start reading-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=939752
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Joelly88:
Thanks for the help. I'll have a read.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MrIwik:
This is the method I used to get the 3-button-combo working on my phone http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=821698&highlight=spl+fix (forum search function wasn't working before) half way through the first post you will see the Odin method, I used that.

Be wary, flashing bootloaders can be dangerous so make sure you read and reread and know what you are doing or just use a jig.

Once you understand the basics (just keep reading) and have 3br working on your phone (or have a jig to get into download mode) then comes the fun part of picking what you want to run on your phone.

There is no best ROM, some people like stock others like custom kernels, lagfixes and themes etc find one that you like (in the development section) that has good guides for flashing and lots of support.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] John.frisina:
Hi All,

I have an issue with my external SD card. I can't seem to write any new data to it. I also can't format it from my phone. That option appears to be greyed out.

Is there a safe way to format the card using USB or is there any fix for this issue?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 6i9:
Did some homework to learn about the terms chucked around here.

Ultimately ended up flashing my phone successfully to a 2.3.4 JVP (Ficeto) and its running faster than before and perfectly. Battery life is definitely better than Froyo's (considering this is my first 'real' Gingerbread firmware)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zziggy:
Spent a few days with JVP this week and it started lagging after two days (was brilliant before that). Nothing I could do fixed it up.

I'm back to my favourite XWJSD. The first day it was with the default JPY modem and battery drain was really fast, so the next step was to put my other old favourite the JVE modem on but decided to try the JVP modem instead. This has outstanding battery life and excellent reception on wifi, gps and mobile.

Awesome combo.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] devil6621:
Ok guys, im desperate. I need to flash a stock rom back after darkys and I have tried many but still cannot find one that will update through kies after flashing through odin. I have tried a variety of american/australian roms but kies wont update them. Bought the phone in November/December 2010 from optus and can't for the life of me remeber which one. Links to the rom I need to flash so it will update from kies in the future would be great. Reason being my phones 3g connection has decided to crap out and I need to send it in for warranty and Im almost postive they will know it has been tampered with (in kies it says its a korean csc :/)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zziggy:
I think mine came with 2.1 dtjg4 rings a bell. Flash one with odin from.

http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9000.htm

Then maybe do the optus 2.2 update in kies.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] John.frisina:
Hey all, has anyone gone to MIUI and ever looked back? I'm getting tempted to try but looks like a lotta work getting there and I'm unsure if it's 100% (I'm reading a few batt drain issues.)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beaver2233:
Battery life was better on miui compared the jvp roms that I'm using now, that's just my experience (may be caused by GoSMS). Ill be moving back to miui very shortly ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xavieda:
Three button fix first?

Sorry, was this upgrade from stock 2.2 Froyo? Also, did you have a working 3 button recovery mode before beginning the flash, or did you implement a fix?

Cheers,

Xav.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] HotrodHarry:
Both your "user name" and "password" needs to be

""

(two inverted commas)

And authentication needs to be

chap

Apart from that, it looks fine to me.

These are the settings I got from Telstra ;)

(I had to remove url, 'cause "I'm not allowed to post links.")
[Galaxy S I9000 General] John.frisina:
What was your experience like with MIUI overall??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beaver2233:
Great, for a change, however you may want to wait a week or so before you switch, reading the forum, seems that there will be a change shortly to the rom with some major changes (regarding "battery drain" and some other issues), but a very satisfying rom that imo beats any Samsung custom roms ...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Bonta768:
Sif MIUI. CM7 rox. IMHO :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mothatt:
Its outdated
[Galaxy S I9000 General] silashack:
?? you mean Rom Manager
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mothatt:
No, the stock aussie modem is outdated
[Galaxy S I9000 General] maccaberry:
From this message are you saying that you put a Telstra 850 Mhz Modem onto a I9000? If thats true then you can switch from Optus 900 mHz 3G to Telstra 850 MHz 3G, right? I didn't know that was possible.

Reason I ask is that I have a I9000 (900, 1900 2100 WCDMA) and will be moving to Australia soon and am interested in checking out the 3G service between Telstra and Optus/Vodafone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] silenttears:
Hi,

i need official rom for my samsung galaxy gt I9000 its unlocked purchased from Australia from three mobile. i need to update to froyo official rom, there is no kies update.

The following are my...handset detail's

PDA:i9000hvjh1

CSC:i9000hvtjh1

Kernel 2.6.29 root se-s604#2.

So what version can i update to plz do help me frndz.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] silashack:
Using romkitchen to build/test a few roms and have seen a few wobblies..

XWJS5 v9.6.6 WIPE

XSA CSC

Hardcore's Kernel *RECOMMENDED*

JPE Modem (as recommended in this thread)

Apps pretty standard

In Utils I select

Quickboot

SGS Tools

Spare Parts

Faster Fix

Phone.apk with 2 way callrecording

JPU Androdena Galassia AOSP extended powermenu

Matrix Boot Animation

I then let it compile and then flash

When it boots up, I do not see ANY the utilities

I am unable to use data without wifi (Virgin Mobile was selected at boot)

And NFI how to use the 2 way recording !!

Any clues much appreciated
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mothatt:
Did you factory reset?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] silashack:
Yup

FR

W data

W Cache

W Dalvik

reset battery stats

Tried this a few times to make sure I had not goofed up
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mothatt:
freset wipes /data this is where all those tweaks are. You're meant f reset before flashing, not after.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] silashack:
Who said anything about after? I'm not daft :)

I do all the steps, THEN I do the flash of the new rom
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mothatt:
ok, just checking. I've had someone else with the same issue, and that's how it was "fixed" :)

Try opening the .zip and checking for/finding out where the apps are.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] silashack:
data/apps

Those are the 4 utils I ask for, with a placeholder -0

So.... I need to figure out when data\apps gets parsed and installed
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mothatt:
script is in \META-INF\com\google\android\

called updater-script
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Bluephantom3:
Then what would you recommend and why?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mothatt:
JPE seems to work quite well if you live in the city (it's from hong kong, which would probably be why)

JPY is also a solid modem, which seems to be fairly universal, ie it works well in almost all situations