[Q] Random no service on i9000 roms - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey all, since I've started using Axura and Assonance I've have random total service drops that stick until a reboot. I've flashed both jpp and jpm modems and get the same eventual result. Also, in the network control section of the service menu I've tried to use only 1900 bands then only 850 bands--still same crap. Anyone have any ideas??? Thanks!

I had some bad service/no service issues at first. Try a master clear, stock reinstall of perception. It has the hspa modem. Works great and solved all my problems!

hey jd, thanks for the reply. yeah i flashed stock and master cleared last night but still no dice. weird stuff man...

I've had the same issues. I found that going into service mode and changing network control to wcdma 1900 only helped. I think it has to do with band switching.
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Hmmm... Try a odin flash of a modem... if that doesnt help, go stock and go visit att lol

bobbylx said:
I've had the same issues. I found that going into service mode and changing network control to wcdma 1900 only helped. I think it has to do with band switching.
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that's weird, i did read that working for some people but hasn't for me. are you running axura or assonance? if so, which modem--jk3?

i've flashed jpp and jpm to no avail. i should go to att and make a big scene with a rep while i'm running froyo and a custom rom--that would be hilarious

I am having the exact same issue. I have tried several roms and modems with no luck. I called at&t tech support, they had me flash back to stock and then they did some magic push to my phone to try and fix the issue. It worked great for a couple weeks, but who wants stock? So I tried to flash everything again and now I'm back to the same random no service issue until I reboot. Gonna flash back to stock again tomorrow to see if that fixes it again. Let me know if you make any progress with this issue!

I've found one of my brothers! I've seen others who have the issue in various i9000 rom threads for the captivate but never a definitive answer. So weird, did you happen to get your phone near launch day? Or do you live near Dallas, TX? Grabbing at straws here...

jdbeitz said:
Hmmm... Try a odin flash of a modem... if that doesnt help, go stock and go visit att lol
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I would recommend the same, have seen funky modem issues in the past that were resolved by re-flashing the modem only (using odin not an update.zip).

I have already flashed the older i9000 modems with no luck but I'll re-flash jk3--who knows. Has anyone tried using a Captivate modem with the current i9000 roms?
Edit: Re-flash didn't help

derek_h77 said:
I've found one of my brothers! I've seen others who have the issue in various i9000 rom threads for the captivate but never a definitive answer. So weird, did you happen to get your phone near launch day? Or do you live near Dallas, TX? Grabbing at straws here...
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I did get my phone near launch day, but in Phoenix, AZ. I'm about to give this issue another few hours of tinkering to see if I can make any progress. I'll let you know if I do.

chiming in from a similar thread that was in development but got moved over here.
i can confirm that for me it seems to be in connection with the phone jumping between 3G and H (i believe i am inbetween towers where i live). i also have a day 1 captivate, but i live in southern NJ.
i have 2 questions:
1) i just odin'ed back to stock. i am trying to do a master clear as well, for good measure. however, i start the master clear and it either stops after a sliver of progress, or after about 20% progress. doesnt appear the phone is doing anything and odin just sits there. i let it run the first time for about 20 mins, didnt go past 20%. - any idea on why this is or what i can do to get a full master clear?
2) i believe i will be flashing over to perception 8. once that is done, id like to re-flash the modem only. would anyone be able to point me to how that is done? i can get the modem.bin from the modem thread, but i wasnt sure if it was just a matter of picking that file in odin and hitting go, or if it was a little more sensitive.
thanks for the help and reading. glad im not the only one in limbo with this issue!

1. Make sure you aren't in DL mode if you're master clearing.
2. You need the full version of odin (3.0 I think) and put the modem.bin in the phone section (you'll see once you get odin 3.0). But again, I've flashed jpp and jpm and it didn't work for me

derek_h77 said:
1. Make sure you aren't in DL mode if you're master clearing.
2. You need the full version of odin (3.0 I think) and put the modem.bin in the phone section (you'll see once you get odin 3.0). But again, I've flashed jpp and jpm and it didn't work for me
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got it. thanks.
at this point im willing to try it if for some reason it has worked for others.
im wondering why this problem occurs after a while. some kind of cache filling up? ATT's network rejecting the phone?
bleh.

yeah it's really weird. for me it will sometimes happen within 20 minutes of a reboot and being in the same location. other times i'll have service for a few hours. best of luck with the modem and let me know how it turns out!

Here is what I did today:
Restored back to JF6 using the Odin 1 click application
Did a Master Clear using the Odin 1 click application
Rooted using the one-click root app
Installed CWM and flashed Perception Build 8
So far I haven't had the no reception issue, but sometimes it seems to work normally for a while then just starts having problems constantly. I'll post back if I do start having problems, but this is the most promising attempt so far. I also did a bunch of other stuff prior to restoring back to JF6, tried flashing several modems and ROMs, but nothing was really helping. I think that odin restore clears everything completely, so hopefully nothing I did prior to that was actually required to make things work.
Here are a couple of things I ran across while I was trying to get this all working, some I tried, some I didn't, but different people said these helped them so I wanted to list them here in case they are useful.
Do not have your phone plugged in to USB when you flash the ROM with CWM. People mentioned this messing up their flash, but it didn't seem to affect mine.
Some people did not have any data signal at all right after flashing Perception, they had to enable/disable airplane mode before anything started working.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my phone will actually keep working this time. Unfortunately, it sounds like some of you have already tried basically the same steps I did and haven't had any luck so this post may not be incredibly helpful to everyone.

nedryerson said:
Here is what I did today:
Restored back to JF6 using the Odin 1 click application
Did a Master Clear using the Odin 1 click application
Rooted using the one-click root app
Installed CWM and flashed Perception Build 8
So far I haven't had the no reception issue, but sometimes it seems to work normally for a while then just starts having problems constantly. I'll post back if I do start having problems, but this is the most promising attempt so far. I also did a bunch of other stuff prior to restoring back to JF6, tried flashing several modems and ROMs, but nothing was really helping. I think that odin restore clears everything completely, so hopefully nothing I did prior to that was actually required to make things work.
Here are a couple of things I ran across while I was trying to get this all working, some I tried, some I didn't, but different people said these helped them so I wanted to list them here in case they are useful.
Do not have your phone plugged in to USB when you flash the ROM with CWM. People mentioned this messing up their flash, but it didn't seem to affect mine.
Some people did not have any data signal at all right after flashing Perception, they had to enable/disable airplane mode before anything started working.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my phone will actually keep working this time. Unfortunately, it sounds like some of you have already tried basically the same steps I did and haven't had any luck so this post may not be incredibly helpful to everyone.
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i definitely appreciate the information and post. the more we discuss it the better the odds of coming up with a solution are.
i just did the same as you (odin to stock, cwm to percp.8) - i will also post back with findings.

i agree we just need to keep talking about this problem until it gets solved.

a few hrs into perception 8. all is well so far.
will leave it on the charger overnight and post back if the issue
comes up or a few days go by and it doesn't.
(samsung sghi897 on perception b.8)

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SOLVED - Sasktel (bell) phone running Darky's ROM

Ok so I'm running Darky's 7.5 ROM just loaded it and it's flying . i'm having issues connecting to my carrier. I"m from canada and run on a network owned by Sasktel. We get our phones from Bell and our current release is JL2 I think. I was running this ROM fine but wanted to see what all the hype was about .
Now the only problem i'm having is I can't register on my network and thus my phone isn't working as a phone, lol. can someone help me set it up. here are the frequencies we run on.
SaskTel
GSM - N/A
UMTS/HSPA - 850/1900
I went into the APN and set that up so I should have data I just need to get registered. I can see the network Sasktel but it wont let me register. I get the exact message when clicking on it
"Registering on Sasktel......You SIM card does not allow a connection on this network"
any help would be great, thanks
I tried going in here *#2263# but didn't know what to pick so I left it to automatic
I don't know.
When you flash back to official firmware, everything works fine again ?
This may sound funny but try 'sim unlock' your phone.
after flashing, your phone might have reverted back it's original lock which is to BELL.
I agree with the other reply stating for you to have your phone unlocked.
xxgg said:
I don't know.
When you flash back to official firmware, everything works fine again ?
This may sound funny but try 'sim unlock' your phone.
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I unlocked my phone a while back and it's unlocked still, Network lock = off. and yes flashing to other roms specifically for my phone will work fine on the network. Is this because Darky's ROM is based on a European ROM JPY and i'm supposed to be running a Canadian ROM JL2?
Hi. I have a SGS straight from Sasktel here in SK. I checked my setting under 2263, and it is automatic (top one). After I checked it, it lost cellular connection for about a minute, then eventually came back (phew!).
adamge said:
Hi. I have a SGS straight from Sasktel here in SK. I checked my setting under 2263, and it is automatic (top one). After I checked it, it lost cellular connection for about a minute, then eventually came back (phew!).
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awesome what happens when you go back into 2263 and click on the wcdma band, which ones are stared in there?I have 2100, 1900 and 900 starred but 850 is not.....Also could you post your APN settings. those are in settings, wireless network, mobile networks, access point names and then click on the inet.stm.sk.ca one and if it's not too much for you could you post them up here along with the wcdma band settings. Thanks bud
can we actually install darkys rom on BELL vibranat i9000M
i would like to find out if darkys Rom works with Bell vibrant thats i9000M from canada ?
well his rom is up and running fine yes, I just have to get the right setting to run on my carrier....I own a i9000m it's a bell phone that my carrier gets supply from. So yes his rom works great on this phone, it's so fast, I might try flashing a modem for the canadian phones and see if that works i'll post back
SOLVED - Sasktel (Bell) running Darky's ROM
So I figured it out, I was running JL2 and then flashed speedmod kernel to get 2e. I then upgraded to Darky's 7.5 ROM, when that came up I was unable to get on the network. I was getting an error "Sim doesn't allow connection on the network" error when looking in providers. anyways, I just flashed the JK3 modem and i'm back on the network with Darky's rom
I grabbed the modem from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846237
I used JK3 because they were having issues with JK4 bricking for some reason and didn't want to risk it. now to just get JL2 modem some how
There is a JL2 modem floating around somewhere.
I am also running jk3 modem with xxJPY, love my phone now.
No more bridling issues
BlackDino said:
There is a JL2 modem floating around somewhere.
I am also running jk3 modem with xxJPY, love my phone now.
No more bridling issues
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Me too, so fast and smooth
If we could get jl2 modem with darkys
Is there a way to get jl2. Modem working with darkys then it would be perfect if u do find it let us know and make a step by step tutorial how it's done from the scratch for newbees canadiens thanks
notoriouspk said:
Is there a way to get jl2. Modem working with darkys then it would be perfect if u do find it let us know and make a step by step tutorial how it's done from the scratch for newbees canadiens thanks
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It's very simple, TURN OFF ANY/ALL lag fixes!!!!! Back your **** up. then you can begin
You phone should be unlocked but might not have to be.....mine was, you can grab sgs unlocker form the app market also, You have to be running 2e recovery. so check on that first by powering your phone off, wait till it's actually off, froyo vibrates when it's shut down. After it's off, hold volume up, home button and power till you see the i9000m then let it go. it should boot into recovery. If you were running Froyo then you will have a 3e recovery, we need 2e. Also you should check and make sure you can get into download mode, by powering off, volume down, home and power key. If you can't get inot download mode you have to fix that first. if you can proceed:
So grab the recent stable speedmod kernel from hardcore here DON'T get the development version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822756&highlight=speedmod
depending on how you want to flash grab either the CWM or the other one which needs to be flashed via odin. Flash either or and your phone should boot with 2e. follow the instructions hardcore has posted and make sure you hit the thanks button for him .
After we have 2e installed you can grab Darky's ROM located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
I used the non wipe one and didn't have issues, make sure you back your **** up before flashing anything. If you notice battery drain after you flash you could flash the wipe version just to make sure. anyways, Follow Darky's instructions to the T and dont forget to thank him
After his ROM boots, I grabbed a modem for our phones (bell, sasktel) I used JK3 because the search wasn't working last night but found this morning a link to JL2....i'm not sure if this is legit JL2 because I haven't used it but give it a shot if it doesn't work flash another on top (I can confirm JK3 works)
JL2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...1&d=1293577837
Grabbed that from a link Samdroid_G_S posted so thank him for that.
JK3: was from docs link located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846237&highlight=bell
you can thank him for that. I used JK3 because of the issues JK4 was causing. I wouldn't use JK4 but that' up to you.
again you can use either odin or CWM to flash the modem. once you flash the modem you should be able to register on the network. you might not have internet, so you will need to go in and edit your access point name. Located in your phone here:
Settings | wireless and network | Mobile Networks | access point names
If it is blank click the menu button and New APN, all you need for sasktel's is a name, can be whatever and APN, the APN should be "inet.stm.sk.ca" without the quotes. Leave everything else default and save it. you will have to click the bullet after you created it so it knows to use it. should be good after that. For bell just do a quick google search for bell apn or bell access point name, i'm sure someone has posted on xda also.
I am not responsible if you brick your phone, this is entirely on you if that happens.
Thanks man
That's what I have been looking for . A step by step tutorial how is the rom working for you I will give it a shot . I hope sd card Won't die on me again .I can deal with other problems but what could u do when sd card dies
on u .Thanks!
Hey no problem, by default the voodoo lag fix is disabled but honestly you won't need it.....
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Nice, one of the great posts ever on xda. Is there any advantage to running darky's ROM? My SGS on JL2 has been good, and battery life seems awesome now that I turned off automated email checking.
adamge said:
Nice, one of the great posts ever on xda. Is there any advantage to running darky's ROM? My SGS on JL2 has been good, and battery life seems awesome now that I turned off automated email checking.
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Pretty much preference I guess. I love Darky's ROM but JL2 was good, Darky's seems faster it's built upon 2.2.1 and I read Samsung did some kernel upgrades so that's why it's faster. If you do try it out just make sure you can get into recovery and download mode first.
i can confirm that Darkys rom works, I'm running 7.6 atm. I did notice that the APN settings in my original settings were missing ports numbers for data.
I tried this and it did not work, I still don't have data connection and I am on Bell canada.
Are u still getting text's? If so then you are registered on the network, all you have to do is go into your access point names and create an entry, then highlight it after it's saved. See my post above
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Can't use a Phone as a Phone

So I flashed my Captivate with Serpendity or whatever, and my sim card didn't work. I flashed cognition, and I even flashed stock. I tried master clear and everything.
My sim still isnt working.
Im not just understanding whats going on. I hope its the sim card, but it was working before I did this, and it wasnt in the whole time.
I followed the directions and and search the forums, and Im not getting any help as to why this might have occured.
Please, whats the use of a phone if I can't communicate with people.
I would really appreciate it.
what you should have done, instead of flashing around after serendipity, is:
1. unplug phone from computer
2. reboot
and if it still doesn't work, post on the serendipity thread.
hope that helps, and keep me updated.
absolutechaos92 said:
So I flashed my Captivate with Serpendity or whatever, and my sim card didn't work. I flashed cognition, and I even flashed stock. I tried master clear and everything.
My sim still isnt working.
Im not just understanding whats going on. I hope its the sim card, but it was working before I did this, and it wasnt in the whole time.
I followed the directions and and search the forums, and Im not getting any help as to why this might have occured.
Please, whats the use of a phone if I can't communicate with people.
I would really appreciate it.
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When the phone is powered on, go to Settings, About Phone. Do you see a kernel version listed, are there any blanks? Also, try going to your dialer and dial *#1234# After you press the last # sign it should take you to an info menu. See if you have any blank areas.
I've had this happen in the past and for some reason I had a bad kernel or modem flash. Either way my sim wasn't seen.
My fix was to go to the samfirmware.com site and picked up a stock ROM like JF6. These version use Odin but they are not 1-click. So you download the ROM, 512 Pit, and regular Odin. When you unpack the ROM you will have the CSC, Modem, and Phone files. Try flashing that way. Setup is the same as one-click, but in odin you actually have to specify the files you are flashing.
I want back to stock. That didnt help. But thanks. At&t rushed delivered me a new Sim card in one day. No worries. But I flashed Serendipity or whatever to have 2.2 and now I have 2.2 and a working sim card.
Yes !
I help this don't happen again.
Not Recieving text
So after enjoying having service again. Now Im not receiving or sending texts. I can make and receive phone calls. This whole things is really annoying, and I doubt I'm going to flash again.
Im on serendipity. 3.5 or something.
Please help.
absolutechaos92 said:
So after enjoying having service again. Now Im not receiving or sending texts. I can make and receive phone calls. This whole things is really annoying, and I doubt I'm going to flash again.
Im on serendipity. 3.5 or something.
Please help.
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Have you checked our APN ?? You seem to have flashed alot lately so my guess is your final rom as not installed your provider APN and you must add them manually.
It wasn't the Rom fault. Somehow and I dont know how, messaging was removed from my Att service plan.
But while I got some attention. Serendipity 4.1 just came out, is it safe to stay on 3.5 because Im scared of flashing and breaking something again.

Need some advice with i9000M

Hi guys, I know I need to make this short but I want it to be clear anyway. This is crazy I wanted nothing to do with smartphones 3-4 days ago because all the carriers rip us off with huge bills to get them. But low and behold when my cheap flip phone died after 3 years of loyal daily work a friend of mine offered me his Galaxy S i9000m for a good price. Started playing with the device and having a strong software/computer background started having a lot of fun with all the applications and was amazed with the possibilities (Networking, ipcam whatever) that just kept multiplying until I fell upon applications that needed something called gingerbread... Anyways I can tell you I learned a ****load in 48hours...
So I installed Samsung Kies, it found me the update and put it on for me.. (2.3.3 Gingerbread) then the nightmare started. The phone would boot, and would randomly reboot a random number of times until it could finally stay on and this could last from 2-30 minutes. So I thought, I'll just do a factory reset, to realise that its "STUCK" in 2.3.3 once its updated no going back to 2.1 or 2.2 easily.
Started looking around for ways to downgrade, and EVERY SINGLE LINK redirects to these 'mass download' sites that end up saying the firmwares were taken down for copyright issues. So desperate to find something, I fell upon a multiple CSC FROYO 2.2 firmware for the i9000 and was able to flash that in download mode the phone worked fine, except for me being very curious about the fact that I lost the "M" in my model description...
So started reading this thread(Mostly because I had already realised that with this non i9000m rom I had lost the 3 button DOWNLOAD MODE which i Had before) **** : http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s-a...flashing-darky-v9-gt-i9000m-minimal-risk.html
Got it rooted, got clockwork on, never managed to get the voodoo kernel working had errors in CWM.. so I was ready to give up until my eyes caught the
"*#*#2663#*#*
Then click Touch key FW update"
Which I thought would be neat to try.
NIGHTMARE, now BACK and MENU are dead, I understand that this is because I am running a non i9000m ROM and that updating the firmware rendered them unusable.
I came accross a post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869492
Where this problem is adressed, I pretty much understand everything that should be done to get this back on its feet (right now the phone is still working I can use it at least 75% of its functions work except no back and menu)
Where I need your help : I'm not too sure how to attack this the right way, since I can't get into download mode I understand flashing is now more complicated to accomplish and now that I know that I need a i9000m firmware how can I find that...
Sorry for the long post I know I'm a noob here but I wanted to prove I had done all my homework to get where I'm at now seeking help from you guys!
Thanks a lot
Mat
By the way : Galaxy S GT i9000m currently on a 2.2 i9000 rom, my carrier is BELL. (Canada)
So there's no way of updating to 2.3.3 using Kies?
The only thing I can think of is getting a USB jig from ebay, which makes the i9000 go to download mode instantly. Good luck!
Alright, so I used CHECK FUS, and was able to get the i9000m stock BELL firmware YAY
now the help I need is to flash it correctly and find a way to get past the no download mode problem, would be very appreciated,
thanks guys
No, similar minds Sepharite, I also thought of redoing the Kies method, and then going back again if I needed to but now Samsung Kies says "Your device does not support firmware updates through Kies" Wow.. useful app, a samsung native app can't even detect it's own fricking hardware.
Thanks
UPdate : Was able to restore the 3 button "DOWNLOAD MODE" with a little tutorial online. Now I tried flashing my i9000m with ODIN, it flashed all the way and I get a i9000M logo now but it gets to the splash S logo and keeps rebooting never gets into the actual android setup is there something I did wrong?
In Odin all I put was the "BELL i19000m stock ROM" under PDA and wrote it. The device rebooted after flash but there still seems to be something I haven't done right.
Thanks guys
Please help guys, I know some of you out there have got this stuff nailed down!
Did you flash with a 1 file ROM or a 3 file ROM?
Using the UGKG3 ROM that you can fine here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881
Place the 3 files in their respective places (PDA, PHONE, CSC), for the PIT file, select the 512 pit file that should have come with ODIN, connect the phone, wait for ID:COM to turn yellow, and press Start.
That should get you going again. You may get apps that force close, so you'll need to delete the apps data and then reinstall them.
Hey thanks a lot man ya my flash was a SINGLE FILE, I bricked it yesterday trying to flash a different ROM since I had nothing to lose, I just got it working again on the old 9000 ****ty version that my back and menu keys don't work...
Now for some reason the USB JIG doesn'T work anymore after a couple of uses... could something have been damaged by doing it many times?
And your original roms section they are all unavailable due to copyright did you check the links before sending them?
When you say get the stock roms, I was able to get the UGKG3 file, but what about the versions? When I look at the north american section of the 2.2 version
UGKC1/UGKC1/BMCKC1/Sbl
UGJL2/UGJL2/BMCJL2/Sbl
UGJK3/UGJK3/BMCJK3
which one of the three suits me?
Thanks for your help, and if I get this running and go back and update my touch key firmwares with the right "Vibrant / 9000M" roms I should get them working again?
PS : I'm also very preoccupied by the fact that the USB JIG fix doesn'T seem to pop download mode anymore because this version of the ROM that I have has Download mode not working with the 3 button method. :S I wonder whats going on, but basically if I get your ROMS working the first time It'll fix everything but if it crashes then I lose the galaxy haha
Not sure why the USB jig doesn't work anymore. I have a couple and have only tested them on my phone to make sure they work, but they did not work on a Galaxy S II that I tried it on.
I just checked and the download link for the UGKG3 ROM at multiupload (downloading from multiupload), still works (you need to enter the captcha phrase).
The site megaupload was shut down by the US gov't, so that one won't work.
EDIT: UGKC1/UGKC1/BMCKC1/Sbl is the latest Froyo release from Bell. That's what mine and my wife's gt-i9000m phones came with.
She's still running it on hers.
Ok sorry for all these posts, basically when you said UGKG3 you want me to get the 2.3.3 ROM on ? Is that right? What if I Want to put on 2.2 to be sure I have no trouble with it since I'm in all this mess because the Kies update to Gingerbread had my phone in a bad state.
Thanks a lot by the way!
Sorry your post refreshed right after I did mine. Alright cool so I'll try the one you say your wife is running, I had made myself a JIG with a stock Samsung wire, it was working fine with a 300K resistor and I decided to solder it on and then it stopped working after that.... maybe the actual "usb plug" is damaged from the soldering heat I guess I'd have to try another wire, but anyway I'll try to download the 2.2 I just got the UGKG3 3 FILE rom downloaded one of the links did work!
But I'm a little worried about 2.3.3
I'll try to see if i can download the 2.2 first.
I mean basically... these roms shouldn't jam during transfer i Guess
One other thing I see different confusing information, is it important for me to click 'update bootloader" with these stock roms since these files contain an 'SBL' ? Because both times I bricked it was with an "update bootloader checked" firmware update trying to put the ARIES 3 button method fix as a boot.bin and sbl.bin
Fanks..
Files with SBL in the name already have the bootloader included in the PDA file, so "update bootloader" should NOT be checked.
That reassures me, because the only times it did jammed was when the bootloader was checked! THanks a lot blackrose i'll go out and buy another usb cable because I destroyed mine making my JIG. And I'll try yours out. I was reading a lot on another thread and found this one guy who flashed the JL2 one to save his keys instead of the C1 you said your wife was running, whats the main difference between those two and which one should I start with?
Update : I got a new wire, flashed the KC1 version of the firmware, everything goes fine, I did a repartition with the 512 PIT, it reboots the phone, loads all files in a prompt in yellow and there are no errors that appear, the phone reboots after writing 'successful update' and then goes to the galaxy logo and jams there and does the ONE vibrate, PAUSE, 2 vibrate on a black screen forever. The advantage of having successfully flashed a 9000M ROM allows me to have access to my DOWNLOAD MODE 3 button method, but ever since I flashed that 2.2 i9000 XXJP2 (seems its a euro version) off a torrent I found on the web (When I was desperate to find a functioning 2.2 working version) it seems as though it doesn'T want to boot with any other rom than that one, because all the 9000M roms that I've tried so far flash correctly, and the logo actually changed from i9000 to i9000M on the startup, but they just don't boot.. what could be missing it doesn't seem to be much???
Thanks Mat
If any of this can help, the device was rooted, I was following the darky's mod i9000M guide so I had previously installed the CLOCKWORK MOD and that's as far as I got because my eyes caught the FIRMWARE TOUCH KEY UPDATE which ruined my keys.
Could any of this have screwed something that stops my other roms from booting?
Thanks guys I really want to get this phone up and working again as I don't have much money and am afraid I'll have to cancel with my phone company if I just can'T get this running. I am also willing to make a significant donation to whoever can help me.
You in Canada right? Where abouts?
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Quebec province
Alright, if this can help anybody my whole problme is solved.
I flashed the ****JL2**** the KC1 did not boot, the JL2 did.
Once inside JL2, I was able to update my TOUCH KEY FIRMWARE *#*#2663#*#* and everything went back to normal
I have no idea why the KC1 does not work, bugs me out.

[Q] Just bought a captivate, No Signal is displayed and baseband version is "unknown"

[Q] Just bought a captivate, No Signal is displayed and baseband version is "unknown"
Please, I need your help, I just bought a Captivate for my GF, we live in Honduras, Central America and the phone was supposedly sent unlocked, she inserted the sim card and the phone did not asked for any code, but, it has no signal, it is currently displaying "no Service", and when she goes to look at her baseband version, It displays "unknown"!
It has a crappy ICS rom, since Im an Nexus one owner I dont know a thing about this phone version!
Can you PLEASE! help me?
Can I just flash a CM nightlie over this ****ty ICS rom?
Do I have to upgrade or downgrade anything else?
Please, any help is welcome!
I assume you probably have, but are the APN settings correct?
You can probably flash a CM7 nightly over it. Worst case, it doesn't work and you have to flash back to stock first and try again.
It sounds like you don't have a working modem. If flashing CM7 doesn't fix it, flash a CM7-compatible modem and see if that fixes it.
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apbthe3 said:
You can probably flash a CM7 nightly over it. Worst case, it doesn't work and you have to flash back to stock first and try again.
It sounds like you don't have a working modem. If flashing CM7 doesn't fix it, flash a CM7-compatible modem and see if that fixes it.
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Lolz good advice...just in the wrong order...
I would flash the modem first....cause it is the least invasive (doesn't wipe anything) and most likely will work.
Roms contain modems, so if fishing as ROM didn't fix it fishing a modem after that is just spinning your wheels.
BUT, since op doesn't even like the ROM...just flash to kk4 stock.
I would also make door that the phone is actually unlocked...but aosp doesn't have the same dialer codes to just dial and check, and i don't know those.
studacris said:
Lolz good advice...just in the wrong order...
I would flash the modem first....cause it is the least invasive (doesn't wipe anything) and most likely will work.
Roms contain modems, so if fishing as ROM didn't fix it fishing a modem after that is just spinning your wheels.
BUT, since op doesn't even like the ROM...just flash to kk4 stock.
I would also make door that the phone is actually unlocked...but aosp doesn't have the same dialer codes to just dial and check, and i don't know those.
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I agree that it is less invasive, but he already said he wanted to go to CM7 so I figured he could skip a step if the flash actually worked. He bought the phone this way so who knows what the previous owner did to it. Both ways should fix his issue though (unless his phone is locked, as you pointed out).
If you flash to the most recent nightly or a kang, the Samsung dialer codes work to check your lock status.
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So, thank you guys for helping me, heres what I did:
A friend told me that since I had ICS on it, I had to flash a compatible modem on it, I flashed I9000BVJJPD which is used on cm9.
When it turned on, It asked for an unlock pin, I tried to generate it with the SGSunlock app but didnt worked, so I downgrade it to cm7 (2.3.7) and tried again but with no success...
Tomorrow morning Ill take it to an unlock shop so it can be unlocked (hopefully).
Does the modem that I flashed is the correct one for a network that uses 850 bands?
I heard that some captatives erased the imei causing the "unknown baseband" issue, I dialed *#06# and it retrieved the imei code so, it isnt ****ed right?
any help is welcome, Ill let you guys know how it goes.
thanks!
donchele said:
Does the modem that I flashed is the correct one for a network that uses 850 bands?
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Yes, JPD should support 850.
apbthe3 said:
Yes, JPD should support 850.
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Up to you, which is the best modem out there?
No such thing..every phone acts differently, not to mention the signal at your location is a huge variable we can't factor in.
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No such thing..every phone acts differently, not to mention the signal at your location is a huge variable we can't factor in.
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I know, but, for example, developers say that the lastest is the best, but, you only can say if you test them...
But, have you test some of them? Which gave you the best result?
I always include jk4 in my roms as a good standard.
donchele said:
I know, but, for example, developers say that the lastest is the best, but, you only can say if you test them...
But, have you test some of them? Which gave you the best result?
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I understand your dilemma. You look at a list of 50 modems and go, "Where do I even start?"
Personally, I have tried lots of different modems, old and new, and I always come back to KP1. I think it's worth adding to your list of modems to try out. I would also try JJJV5 and KG3.
donchele said:
So, thank you guys for helping me, heres what I did:
A friend told me that since I had ICS on it, I had to flash a compatible modem on it, I flashed I9000BVJJPD which is used on cm9.
When it turned on, It asked for an unlock pin, I tried to generate it with the SGSunlock app but didnt worked, so I downgrade it to cm7 (2.3.7) and tried again but with no success...
Tomorrow morning Ill take it to an unlock shop so it can be unlocked (hopefully).
Does the modem that I flashed is the correct one for a network that uses 850 bands?
I heard that some captatives erased the imei causing the "unknown baseband" issue, I dialed *#06# and it retrieved the imei code so, it isnt ****ed right?
any help is welcome, Ill let you guys know how it goes.
thanks!
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If the imei is still present it's good. Did you check the imei displayed is the same on the sticker under the battery?
Did you try the SGS Unlocker website with the nv_data.bin ? http://www.communityhosting.net/sgsunlock/
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I always include jk4 in my roms as a good standard.
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apbthe3 said:
and I always come back to KP1. I think it's worth adding to your list of modems to try out. I would also try JJJV5 and KG3.
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Thanks, you guys rock, Ill the 3 that you mentioned here and let you know which one is my best...
Ill Compare Battery life, Reception and data...

[Q] Emergency Calls Only after CM install?

I've spent the last few days trying to figure this out without any luck. I have GT-S5830D (Canadian Koodo version) on stock firmware TLKI4, unlocked with SpeakOut sim (which operates on Rogers network).
Android Version: 2.3.4
Baseband Version: S5830DTLKI4
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-perf-CL568978 [email protected] #1
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.DTLKI4
PDA: S5830DTLKI4
PHONE: S5830DTLKI4
CSC: S5830DTLSKI4
In this stock firmware, I have no issues at all. Everything works fine, can place calls, WIFI, GPS, data all works. If I flash a new rom to the phone, I can see the networks still show up with signal strength showing okay, but the phone will not place calls. Just says Emergency Calls Only.
I've been reading about everything I can about this phone, and I just can't figure out what the problem is. I have flashed the modem with DDKQ7 and I was able to again place calls, however with this modem firmware, the connection was very unstable and would drop frequently.
Is there an issue with directly updating the stock rom to CM7 or CM9 that would cause problems with this baseband? I was under the impression that baseband wasn't really important. Interestingly enough, I have another phone that is the same make and model and is not experiencing this problem. I feel there must be something I am missing, if anyone can shed some light on this, I would appreciate it.
Thank you.
I have a feeling that I may be the only person that has experienced this issue. Continuing to search the internet for other answers, I've discovered that the baseband is the cause of this issue, but I still don't quite understands how it relates. My other phone is on the stock firmware (TLKI4) and is running CM7 without issue, on the same network even.
Do the APN settings have effect on voice calls too? Or is it strictly for data?
Also, I read a post on here that sounded like there was a limit to how many times you can perform a complete flash with Odin? Is that true? I'd love to keep experimenting, but each time to roll back the stock firmware, I need to use Odin and I'm hesitant due to the thought that will eventually brick the phone.
Thanks again.
tried to flash cm7 again??
Yes. I have installed cm-7.2.0-cooper.zip as well as some of the nightly's and still only get emergency calls only. I have another phone, exactly the same setup, and it works without issue. I even tryed GalaxyICS-latest and the same problem.
Now I did install a different modem firmware, and performed the upgrade and I don't have the issue anymore, however I have other issues, dropped service, 3g doesn't work properly, wifi and mobile data won't switch, gps is has extremely long lock time if it locks at all.
Does anyone here have the D version of this phone from Koodo? Which modem firmwares are you using? Anyone specifically using the phone on SpeakOut? Any hints would be helpful because I'm completely at a loss, will just have to keep it stock until I can figure it out.
I had the same problem as you, don't worry though because there is a solution. The Koodo Samsung Galaxy Ace only receives a signal when using the original Koodo baseband. (Basebands have to do with wireless signal, sometimes referred to as modems.) The good thing for you is that you can use any ROM or firmware you like, as long as after installing it you flash the original Koodo baseband (S5830DTLKI4) using Odin. I found a download link for the baseband in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1381595
After downloading, (I'm assuming you know how to use Odin, if not you can find a guide easily) open Odin, and in the "Phone" section browse to the file and select it. (You will have to extract the ZIP) Then press start and wait until it is finished downloading and that should do the trick. If you need any more help post back because I know what a pain it is to try and get this particular phone rooted and install a custom ROM.
ALSO MAKE SURE TO BACKUP IN CLOCKWORK MANAGER BEFORE FLASHING THIS
cause you never know what can happen.
If I flash CM7, it still shows my baseband being the same. It doesn't appear to have been changed. So what I need to do is flash CM7 and then just reflash the baseband with Odin and it should work? Even though the baseband shows the same? I'll give it a shot and let you know how it works out, but does anyone know why this would be required, to have to reflash the baseband even though it was never changed?
Is your current baseband S5830DTLKI4? Because in my experience that's the only way I could get service unless I was on the Koodo stock ROM.
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Yes, that is the firmware that I'm on. That firmware was installed with the stock rom that the phone came with and I have not changed it. Although I have changed it before, it fixed the issue with getting 'emergency calls only' in CM7 but the service was so flaky it wasn't worth keeping as a solution. If I leave the firmware from stock DTLKI4 and flash CM7 over it, I end up getting stuck with emergency calls only problem.
Is the current official CM7 not compatible with DTLKI4 firmware? Could that be the problem I'm having? I'm still really confused why this isn't working, but I will try to install CM7 again, and then use Odin to flash the DTLKI4 on top to see if the install is causing any issue with it. It doesn't really make sense.
Alright, interestingly enough, I just flashed it again and all is working as expected. I've flashed this phone about 10 times, using the same files and it would not work.
This time however, what I did differently is not root the phone. I've been using the universal_gb_root_v20.zip to root the phone previously, but I found that rooting before installing CM is waste of time as root is enabled in the CM7 rom already.
Also, when I flashed the stock rom with Odin, it usually used selected the KDO CSC automatically, last time I flashed it came up with TLS CSC and had the Telus branding. I don't know if that made any difference. All I know is that it worked and I am able to make calls and use data without any problems.
Thank you Dynamic_Apple, although your recommendation was not required, it did give me the motivation to try again and that was enough to get it working. I've never had so much difficulty modding a phone in my life, especially a model that I have messed with before.
Glad I was able to help, I had just as much trouble getting mine modded too, it makes me jealous of all the generic Galaxy Ace owners, but it's good to know that you can actually get past Koodo's sneaky limitations.

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