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2 i9000's keeps rebooting (softbrick) $20 bounty

Hello,
I have read many threads and have tried many solutions with no avail. I am giving out $20 (may not be much but still an insentive) to whomever that will help me solve this.
I have 2 vibrants that keep booting to the Galaxy S i9000 intro and keeps rebooting there. I can't get into the recovery mode, but I can get into download mode and ODIN works just fine.
Please someone help

trojjanhorse said:
Hello,
I have read many threads and have tried many solutions with no avail. I am giving out $20 (may not be much but still an insentive) to whomever that will help me solve this.
I have 2 vibrants that keep booting to the Galaxy S i9000 intro and keeps rebooting there. I can't get into the recovery mode, but I can get into download mode and ODIN works just fine.
Please someone help
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Just flash another firmware with Odin.Download a stock firmware,click re partition in odin,load all 3 files and pit and flash it.
You see sometimes after flashing with odin in some cases you might have to do a factory reset to boot the phone,since you cant go in recovery you will need to flash a complete stock firmware.This will probably work.

trojjanhorse said:
Hello,
I have read many threads and have tried many solutions with no avail. I am giving out $20 (may not be much but still an insentive) to whomever that will help me solve this.
I have 2 vibrants that keep booting to the Galaxy S i9000 intro and keeps rebooting there. I can't get into the recovery mode, but I can get into download mode and ODIN works just fine.
Please someone help
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Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853950
and flash this firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883568

The people above me pretty much said it.
Go into download mode, connect to odin, download a firmware that will work with your phone, flash your phone. That should fix it.
Best of luck! Tell me how it goes

K. Just came back from bell corporate store. Said I can't do anything without a receipt so until I get a hold of my friend that I bought this off of, I will try what you guys have suggested.
By the way, the gentleman (who seemed very knowledgable) tried flashing my phone on the spot behind the counter and now the phone boots with a black screen and the bottom keys glow when pressed.
When entering recovery mode <3e> and try to format internal sd-card, i get the following:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(No such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:
I will now try what you guys have suggested and keep you updated.

tried kewjoe's suggestion but no luck. Any other suggestions?

Time for a replacement - looks like you've got the ever-so-popular internal SD card death.
If you take it into a Bell store they'll send it out and you should get a new one sent back to you in the mail. Bonus if you have any scratches on the phone or anything.

trojjanhorse said:
tried kewjoe's suggestion but no luck. Any other suggestions?
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Read some of the bell threads that deal with this sdcard issue. Some people went through samsung directly and didn't need a receipt.
Sent from my GT-I9000

trojjanhorse said:
K. Just came back from bell corporate store. Said I can't do anything without a receipt so until I get a hold of my friend that I bought this off of, I will try what you guys have suggested.
By the way, the gentleman (who seemed very knowledgable) tried flashing my phone on the spot behind the counter and now the phone boots with a black screen and the bottom keys glow when pressed.
When entering recovery mode <3e> and try to format internal sd-card, i get the following:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(No such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:
I will now try what you guys have suggested and keep you updated.
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I've had that problem, shouldn't be too hard to fix.
Flash the Rom JPC with a 512 pit, make sure re-partition is ticked.
Then you can go back the original rom you was on without a pit and without re-partition ticked.
Make sure you do all them steps
Hope this has helped!

trojjanhorse said:
Hello,
I have read many threads and have tried many solutions with no avail. I am giving out $20 (may not be much but still an insentive) to whomever that will help me solve this.
I have 2 vibrants that keep booting to the Galaxy S i9000 intro and keeps rebooting there. I can't get into the recovery mode, but I can get into download mode and ODIN works just fine.
Please someone help
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I had this issue when flashing from JL2 to another
- some of your partitions got messed, first boot odin, put your phone into download mode and make sure odin see's it. Select JL2 in the PDA secion and click the phone boot loader update
- after it's flashed, find the speedmod from hardcore on xda and flash that, also in the pda part, make sure everything else is default so it's best to close odin and reopen it
- after you have the speed mod on you should be able to get back into recovery.
- almost there, flash the stock 2.1 on your phone this has some data that no other rom has, once you flash that you can flash JL2 over top once again and you should be good to go
- msg me if you have issues

is this issue still on ongoing?
try this (if you haven't tried it before):
1. Launch Odin
2. Put the necessary stock firmware + PIT file that goes with it
3. tick re-partition (not sure what partition you are currently in so that's why I'm suggesting repartition)
4. Go into DL mode and plug the phone in via USB
5. Flash it
6. Once done, go flash hardcore's latest speedmod kernel via Odin again
7. Go to cwm recovery (hardcore's speedmod will give you this)
8. wipe partition cache+factory reset + clear dalvik cache
9. reboot system (will take a several minutes to boot out of the Galaxy S screen)
10. Hopefully your problem is solved.
11. If my method worked for you, PM me. I'll ask you to give that $20 to a local charity of my choice. Street kids needs some love too in the new year

Had this problem yesterday. I wrote in this post how to fix it. Looks like similar advice to what others are telling you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892534

this will work for sure..
download jpu from here http://hotfile.com/dl/88094739/f5545cc/I9000XXJPU.exe.html
after self extract
put the phone on download mode
open odin
select the files (pda, csc, pit )
check repartation , reboot , reset time

[Q] help needed: problems to upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2

background: i have an international i9000 galaxy s.
and my problems are:
im on my way to upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2 using odin.
downloaded all the needed .tar and all that.
but after installation finished, my phone wont start up and only stuck on the first screen, showing galaxy s gt-i9000
only then i realized that i did not uninstall lag fix from my previous installation.
so i gonna need a big advise from the pro's to help me.
i was really tired on searching the solutions for my phone (the whole day today)
please, help.

http://www.multiupload.com/PUSOOBQ8K5 this is froyo 2.2.1 flash it thru odin with all 3 files and 512 pit (included) and check the repartition box on odin. when thats done give the phone plenty of time to boot (10mins should suffice) then when thats done upgrade to a newer version (the one in the link is JPU)

i will give it a try (downloading it)..
I had tried to reflash it using odin to jm8, it will say on the android recovery
E:can't mount /dev/block/stl11
(invalid argument)
am i in a bigger problem?

i dont think so no... just flash the above firmware make sure you use PIT and RE-PARTITION they are essential.. then report back as to whats happened

okey.. still downloading it..
its kinda slow because i dont have megaupload or any downloading accounts.. hope u can wait coz i will surely report back.
additional info:
my phone does not have 3 button combo for recovery and download mode..
so i just made myself a home-made jig to make my phone run on download mode

does the jig work ?? have you never had the 3 button combo

the jig: perfect! =) it worked just like it should if u seen it on the net or youtube
the 3 button combo : need to root first, then use the 3 button combo fix.. then i will have the 3 button combo.. but if had to be rooted 1st, so how can i root if i cannot pass the boot menu?? hehe.. so jig is the answer..

mate, i just finished downloading the file u recommended, but it ask for password.. do u have the password?

samfirmware.com i think

on to it!!
installed JPU using odin and right now its rebooting..
do u mean that 10 minutes to boot (while it stuck on the s boot screen)?
so now i just have to leave it? then i will report back in 15 minutes.
hope this work..

the screen turn black after a while showing the s boot logo..
the sometimes its vibrating.. is that normal?

its not normal but there is life in your phone so all is not over yet...
did you use pit and re-partition ?? also Kies wasnt running on your pc was it ?? even in the icon tray ??
another thing.. you did try JM8 right ?? did you use pit and re-partition with that firmware aswel ?

i used pit 512 and tick re-partition on both JM8 and JPU..
i dont install kies but i have the driver for the galaxy s and working fine on 2.1.
i hope there is still life on my phone.. please help me make it awake.. really counting on you and any1 who can help..
most of all, thanks because still spending ur time on noobs like me =)

i will be here all night if i have to... your phone is gunna live im gunna make sure of it lol. im just having a toot thru the threads to find some alternative methods.
In the meantime have a look thru this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
Also when you did the JPU method is this how you did it ??? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10449932&postcount=7

guest what, my phone now have 3 buttons combo!!
in recovery mode, i wipe data/factory reset
then wipe cache partition
then format internal sd-card..
do i have to apply sdcard:update.zip??
while the screen is black after stuck in s boot screen, the two buttons that is menu and back buttons turn on its light..
any ideas?

no apply update:zip is just to install signed zips like CWM. did you do full reset in recovery ?? is it still not booting ??? and is it still vibrating

how are you getting on ?? im on the edge of my seat here

i did the full reset in recovery..
it still not booting and still vibrating.. hurm.. can you teach me how
- to speedmod kernel using odin with suitable file to be downloaded?
while im downloading the how to describe whole procedures to install android 2.2.1 to samsung galaxy s..

i dont know how flashing a kernel will help but anyway. all you do is put it in odin in pda. NO REPARTITION AND NO PIT. then flash as normal in download mode.
also download stock JPY 2.2.1 what i use all the time if i have trouble. do the same in odin in pda NO REPARTITION AND NO PIT just pda. then tell me how you get on
have you read thru these ?? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=926399
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556

i fell asleep infront of my pc while downloading flip 360 clean JM9!!
sorry about that
now.. after the fresh install, it will boot into recovery and this message is shown:
E:can't mount /dev/block/stl11
(invalid argument)
i think its the internal memory, do u agree?

[Q] can someone help please!! phone goes to blank screen and vibrates every 10 secs

can someone please help me!!
i had oclf and z4root installed and i installed an app and it reset my phone and now it wont start up..
i have went into recovery mode and i deleted everything, reset my phone data/settings, but when it switches on it goes blank and vibrates every 2 seconds then comes up with ->
'no package found that provides factory test.... Mozilla/5.0(;U; android android.process.media) AppleWebKit/533.1(khtml, like gecko) version/4.0 mobileSafari/533.1'
and at the bottom it says [ read browsers history and]
i have no idea what this all means but i cant get past it!!!
i have tried using samsung kies but it just keeps on saying 'connecting' forever!!
please help someone i dont know what to do now!!

Get into download mode (volume down + Home button + Power button)
Download a firmware from samfirmware.com (preferably 3 files and pit)
connect the USB, Open up Odin, and flash it

ok i can get into download mode but what do you mean by '(preferably 3 files and pit)' ?
i have got a pit file and a tar file but only goes into pit and pda section..
where can i download those 3 files?
ive tried flashing the phone a few times. it says passed and completed but it turns on it just stays on the galaxy s screen. wont go into recovery mode but i can get into download mode.. :S
what to do?

ok i can get into download mode but what do you mean by '(preferably 3 files and pit)' ?
i have got a pit file and a tar file but only goes into pit and pda section..
where can i download those 3 files?
ive tried flashing the phone a few times. it says passed and completed but it turns on it just stays on the galaxy s screen. wont go into recovery mode but i can get into download mode.. :S
what to do?

I have a similar problem...
The phone was 2.1 stock, then i rooted, made a backup in clockworck recovery, and flashed one of darky's custom roms and it was fine until i wanted to restore from that backup I made... if I remember corectly it did the restore part and couldn't boot after that... anyway i got into download mode (3 buttons method works) and tried to flash a stock firmware with odin. after that it couldn't boot. I tried it again, and still nothing, it just vibrates in a very scary way. Like it's trying to tell me something but can't because I killed it!
Please help! I would hate to tell my dad I bricked his phone...

There is a new XWJS5 (jan 2011) firmware on samfirmware.com that comes in 3 files
If that doesnt work or it leaves you with some sort of error 'Cant Mount dbdata' Flash an old firmware like JM8 with 512 pit.

Yeah, after Odin finishes and the phone tries to reboot, it ends up in the recovery (3e) and I see this:
update media, please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(Invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy deafult media content failed.
I am downloading JM8 firmware now so we'll see how that goes... If anyone else has any ideas, they're most welcome to share

As I was looking at the recovery screen, I gave the "wipe data/factory reset" option a try... and it worked. I don't know how or why but now the phone works and has a XPY firmware... now I need to root it again and get to that damned backup...

[Q] Flashed my Captivate and seriously f*cked up (I think)

DISCLAIMER: I am amazingly new to the Android, as I have been a hardcore Apple fanatic for years now (Since iPod Touch 1G came out).
I tried flashing my Samsung Captivate i897 from 2.2 Froyo to Cognition 4.3 and I some how seriously screwed up. I rebooted into CWM's recovery mode, but got "E:unable to authenticate whole-file verification"
I tried multiple times and continued to get the same result, so I uninstalled and reinstalled CWM and tried again, only to get the same result. After trying 8, or so, times, I decided to try to flash a CWMrecovery.tar with Odin only to have it fail.
My phone, after rebooting got the [phone]--!--[computer] image and was frozen.
After entering download mode successfully, I tried re-flashing a stock ROM, only to have IT fail as well...
And now we get to my Captivate's current state. My phone automatically boots into an odd system recovery screen.
It sorta looks like this:
Android system recovery (2e)
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
[ reboot system now ]
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
__________________________
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl11
(Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl11
(Invalid argument)
Since I cannot mount /dev/block/stl11, I cannot apply an sdcard update, and wiping cache does me no good. I try to factory reset, but am confronted with a PRESS VOLUME UP TO CONTINUE AND VOLUME DOWN TO CANCEL screen.
This wouldnt be a problem except that the up button is not a working button in this mode. The touch buttons at the bottom work, and the volume down works, but power and volume up wont. The menu button hides the "console" text, the home button selects the option, and the other 2 are useless.
I probably sound like a complete moron and I know I cannot fix this on my own, as I have tried everything I can think of, from the Odin One-Click (which wont work because I have no 3-button mod for download mode), to factory resetting (which doesnt work because the menu I am at doesnt support the up volume button), to reflashing with Odin (which cant read my phone without download mode). The only thing I can come up with is buying a download mode jig and using the Odin One-Click to see if that would work.
So my question to XDA-Dev. is this: "What must I do to get my phone back onto a stock 2.2 Froyo ROM?"
Please help in any way and any comments are welcome, and thank you for taking the time to actually help a complete idiot.
~iZ3RO

iZ3RO said:
DISCLAIMER: I am amazingly new to the Android, as I have been a hardcore Apple fanatic for years now (Since iPod Touch 1G came out).
I tried flashing my Samsung Captivate i897 from 2.2 Froyo to Cognition 4.3 and I some how seriously screwed up. I rebooted into CWM's recovery mode, but got "E:unable to authenticate whole-file verification"
I tried multiple times and continued to get the same result, so I uninstalled and reinstalled CWM and tried again, only to get the same result. After trying 8, or so, times, I decided to try to flash a CWMrecovery.tar with Odin only to have it fail.
My phone, after rebooting got the [phone]--!--[computer] image and was frozen.
After entering download mode successfully, I tried re-flashing a stock ROM, only to have IT fail as well...
And now we get to my Captivate's current state. My phone automatically boots into an odd system recovery screen.
It sorta looks like this:
Android system recovery (2e)
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
[ reboot system now ]
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
__________________________
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl11
(Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl11
(Invalid argument)
Since I cannot mount /dev/block/stl11, I cannot apply an sdcard update, and wiping cache does me no good. I try to factory reset, but am confronted with a PRESS VOLUME UP TO CONTINUE AND VOLUME DOWN TO CANCEL screen.
This wouldnt be a problem except that the up button is not a working button in this mode. The touch buttons at the bottom work, and the volume down works, but power and volume up wont. The menu button hides the "console" text, the home button selects the option, and the other 2 are useless.
I probably sound like a complete moron and I know I cannot fix this on my own, as I have tried everything I can think of, from the Odin One-Click (which wont work because I have no 3-button mod for download mode), to factory resetting (which doesnt work because the menu I am at doesnt support the up volume button), to reflashing with Odin (which cant read my phone without download mode). The only thing I can come up with is buying a download mode jig and using the Odin One-Click to see if that would work.
So my question to XDA-Dev. is this: "What must I do to get my phone back onto a stock 2.2 Froyo ROM?"
Please help in any way and any comments are welcome, and thank you for taking the time to actually help a complete idiot.
~iZ3RO
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ok all i can say is read next time read, then ask questions because alot of the information is dated and doesnt apply in 2.2. 2.2 has 3e recovery that only accepts digitally signed update.zip files. 2e recovery runs self signed update.zip files
cwm cannot be flashed in odin as far as i know, instead you need a kernel with cwm baked in, speedmod is my kernel of choice for this as it has a .tar version and is super stable.
you are lucky and not beyond repair but we may need to try a few things. did you try a master clear(in recovery mode not download mode)? then another flash?
you can odin flash 2.2, i need to find the thread. once on 2.2 flash speedmod kernel in odin, from there you can do all the mods you need.

most on att are using kies to get 2.2 after they flash 2.1. still looking for the kb1 odin. i can get you the thread for the rogers rom if you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143
this odin is safer(dont forget 512.pit file). if you get the phone bootable put a custom rom on the sdcard>flash speedmod kernel>boot into recovery(phone wont boot on 2.1 rom and speedmodkernel but will enter cwm recovery)>flash rom. that's the quickest way to a custom rom, also maybe the quickest way to root
for a safer alternative i can .tar unhelpfuls kernel v1.7 which has cwm as well and will boot on jf6 but im not gonna test it for you, still a lot of risk involved.

are you rogers by chance? i had the cant mount/dev/block error from flashing a bad stock and incorrectly choosing to use pit.
the error is due to the "stock rom" not having dbdata file and using PIT. which will repartition and format, loosing your original dbdata.
if you are rogers, use the stock in my sig to fix!!
if you are AT&T use the Odin-one-click downloader. not the odin flashing util

Trusselo said:
are you rogers by chance? i had the cant mount/dev/block error from flashing a bad stock and incorrectly choosing to use pit.
the error is due to the "stock rom" not having dbdata file and using PIT. which will repartition and format, loosing your original dbdata.
if you are rogers, use the stock in my sig to fix!!
if you are AT&T use the Odin-one-click downloader. not the odin flashing util
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oh didn't realize that can be a problem, im definately taking a note of that.

I had that problem once. Try removing the battery, hold both volume up and volume down then put the battery in. That may put you into download. If not buy a jig. I use mine all the time when I soft brick. Once in download mode you can use odin one click to go back to 2.1 stock. Then I use baywolfs AIO toolbox to root and load the first 2.2.1 ROM back in. Just make sure you dont mount your SD card.

Thanks for the help guys. I ended up going to RadioShack and building a solderless jig to get back to download mode.

[Q] Phone displaying error on Recovery and refusing to boot - bricked?

My SGS seems to have got itself screwed. I had been on Darky's 9.5 but had been getting rapid battery drain, so decided to go back to a stock rom for a while.
Went into Recovery from 9.5 and checked lagfixes were disabled.
Flashed JPY via Odin 1.7 - all worked absolutely fine.
Then tried flashing the JVH file from Samfirmware again via Odin 1.7 - 512 pit file in the appropriate field and the single JVH file in the PDA field. Appeared to flash OK according to Odin - got the usual sequence of messages in the lower left of the Odin screen and the box went to PASS.
However, when Odin rebooted the phone, it went into Recovery which displays the following - coloured as it appears on the screen (items in green are actually yellow, but used green here for clarity):
Android system recovery <3e>
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
Enter: OK Key, Select: Vol Up / Vol Down
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
format internal sd-card
----------------------------------------
update media. please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(Invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed.
Can perform a factory reset and format the sd-card using the options in blue, but when I then go to reboot, it then pauses on the swirling S animation. SD card buzzes once, then three times in rapid succession and the screen goes to sleep. Pressing the home key lights up the menu and back arrow lights but the screen stays black and the sd card continues the one, followed by three rapid buzzes routine.
Took the battery out and rebooted back to Download mode and attempted to flash JPY back again. Appeared to be successful via Odin, but Recovery still shows the same error messages and will only boot to the S animation as described above.
I've pretty much convinced myself I've bricked it, but do any of you SGS experts have any ideas? Wishing I'd stayed put and kept with Darky's now ...
EDIT: Now fixed - got hold of a JS7 firmware consisting of PDA, PHONE, CSC and 803.pit files, flashed that and all is now fine

Had same thing , actualy its 1.7 Odin is bad , use 1.3 or 1.82 , flashed original JVH for buddy of mine and phone reboots in to recovery and gives me same messages u got , for a moment i though internal memory gon bad , flashed again all files with bootloaders , same e:\ cant mount and etc , took his phone home and on my pc i only have odin 1.82 so reflashed it again and it booted right away with no problem at all
Hitec

Can't say I've had a problem in the past with 1.7, but the irony is I think 1.8 is the version I've got on my laptop - all this was done on my other machine. If that turns out to be the case, will copy it over ASAP!
Either way, it was a bit of a wake-up call not to be so complacent!

A well known error : trying to repartition without dbdata.rfs, it's far from a brick but Recovery log is a little scary for this error

Yes. When repartitioning you need all 3 files. Pda, csc and phone.

I've lost count of the number of times I've told people this recently but odin 1.7 is not designed for the i9000. Odin versions are device specific, you should be using 1.0, 1.3 or 1.8.
See this link from samfirmware.com
http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-programandroid.htm
Sent from my GTI9000 using XDA App, gingerbread 2.3.3 jvh rooted, ADW launcher + gingerbread theme

His fault was using pit and repartition with single file tar, that doesn't have DBData file inside....
This is a soft brick, just install JVB 3 files with pit and repartition and then flash JVH without pit!
ps: odin is not specific, 1.85 works for I9000 as well the 1.7
Sent from my SGS with Simply 3.3 FINAL ROM

You have to flash "dbdata.rfs.tar " as pda. Please read TechKidTarek method for solving this problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984140&highlight=stl10