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[Q] Moding and installing custom 2.2 India

1st A big Hiiii from India.
I am a noob in this android scene. The most closest experience I have had to this is moding PSP's(done so many can't count) bricked and unbricked as well.
I got my SGS this week and the first day itself i started to see how i can make it better.(had seen a lot of vid in youtube). Some problems i faced initially was:
1. the 3 key hold to go into recovery mode just wont work for me so i used the easy reboot recovery script.
2. Intially i tried a couple of roots which would give me errors like it failed to run. The phone came with DDJG4 and i was able to get Superuser 2.3.1 was able to update SU database to V5 from android market.
3. Installed Ryan ZA lagfix 1.6.0 from market and now I am able to get a quadrant score of 2172. Earlier it was around 900.
What I want to do now is to have 2.2 froyo on it. I want feedback as well as help. Feedback as in is it worth it? How do I goto 2.2 custom and which one? where do i get rom and which custom one to go for. I have been seeing so much of stuff on the internet that i am a little too much confused. All help appreciated and thanks for your post.

DO NOT INSTALL FROYO! you will brick or have problems. Read all the people who installed Jpc and prev betas. Seriously. Im sick of people asking for help after installing froyo who have not done their research as to how much problems it has. Also your phone had download disabled. If you screw up there's nothing anyone can do other then tell you to get hair dryer and heat the thing up. Also don't ask me about that as im not stupid enough to install unofficial froyo
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DDJG4 is gr8 .. dont try to install any Froyo build as of now.. i have tried all and have experienced a lot of issue and reverted back final to DDJG4 ... wait for the official release or mess things up as u like.....

dewimagica said:
DDJG4 is gr8 .. dont try to install any Froyo build as of now.. i have tried all and have experienced a lot of issue and reverted back final to DDJG4 ... wait for the official release or mess things up as u like.....
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how to revert back to DDJG4... cant find ne thing...

Alright folks i am so sorry had been away! I am really sorry i did not check the posts however was really restless to see flash 10 so I ended up using odin to get into I9000ZSJP2 I used paul's rom with clockwork mod from modaco.
It was real laggy and the ryan fix also dint help much. So I downloaded the OG DDJG4 as well as I9000XXJPC. Wanted to give one last try as had seen a lot of youtube vids of it being the most stable one out there.
Frankly it worked like a charm. I used it for couple of days it had all the features working. I even rooted it the way told in xda here. by using odin and couple of files. I restarted it many times and had no issues.
Suddenly this is the problem when i switched it off to switch my sim. The phone starts goes to Galaxy S logo and stays there for like 2 mins and then it goes black.
None of the recovery mode combo and download mode combo work for me hence I had to use script.
The script also dont work now over USB. I tried removing sim and sd card. How do i get back to JG4. all help appreciated. I am sure i am not going to froyo until final build if i get this fixed.

ickyboo said:
DO NOT INSTALL FROYO! you will brick or have problems. Read all the people who installed Jpc and prev betas. Seriously. Im sick of people asking for help after installing froyo who have not done their research as to how much problems it has. Also your phone had download disabled. If you screw up there's nothing anyone can do other then tell you to get hair dryer and heat the thing up. Also don't ask me about that as im not stupid enough to install unofficial froyo
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ok i had froyo jpc and then easily went back to eclailr build because of bugs and then went to the hk jp2 which i love. yes he can have issues but bricking the phone is hard with odin if you follow the instructions

I dont think mine is brick eh! i can still turn it on. Its more like a no boot. Brick is a no post

I tried both JP2 and JP3 and they were OK at best since they were in early beta and inspite of speed, they were unstable and very unstable. I would say they are good to play around a bit but definitely not for daily use.
If you still want to get your hands wet, you can try Doc's RomMod Froyo V2 + Superlite (I9000XXJPC) 9/9/10
But as every one is saying already, stick to the current ROM and wait for an official release from Samsung.
Just don't forget to install a lag fix.
And don't worry about bricking, it's very hard to brick your phone, so go ahead and give a try and play around to know your device better.
Enjoy the SGS!

Thx mate.. needed some emotional support on this one.. well i have to report officially I could not get my phone working and recognized by Odin. The guys at samsung service center also gave up after looking at it for 30 mins. I have to say.. they knew less than I did about the phone. I have said its less then 7 days so either they fix software of I replace the phone. Thats how it works in india and guess what I went on the 7th day I read a lot of peps here sayin if the phone does not go into recovery or download by key combo it is getting replaced. I am going to post soon what happens. Until then keeping my fingers crossed and prayers.
PS: another guy in my office has SGS and he is able to go to recovery and download so its not like an all india thing.

I got my phone back last week they replaced it with another one with JG4

Which City do you live in? I have a Bricked phone and I am thinking of getting it replaced.

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Which City do you live in? I have a Bricked phone and I am thinking of getting it replaced.
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I am from HYD.. Btw I found a way to fix the non three button fix from the forum itself.. i just fixed one of my friend who had the recovery mode hold not working.. ova the weekend..

[Q] Back to stock

This is probably a question answered a milion times. But my friend has a verizon droid and it has been slow ever since he got the OTA froyo update. He wants to go back to Stock 2.1. His phone is not rooted and he dosent care for it to be. I have flashed tons of samsungs back to stock and finding guides are easy. But for some reason I am having the hardest time finding what I need for this phone. Can someone please tell what I need to get and where to get them. So far I got RSD Lite v4.5.3. Please help. Thank you in advance.

[Q] Galaxy S Problem...(S Logo Boot)

Hiya guys.
I've searched the forum as much as I can to try and solve my problems and it's got me so far but I can't find any more information to get my phone back working properly so though I'd bite the bullet and make a thread. If the information I require is actually lurking out there then I apologise just please point me in the right direction.
Here is my story.
Right I rooted my device through some video I followed on youtube (I cant post the link)
I think it successfully (as far as I know) rooted my SGS.
So with my newly rooted SGS I downloaded Darky's ROM and followed the instructions in the guide to flash it onto the device.
In the end it failed and the phone powered off and wouldn't power back on.
Panic Ensued.
I have since got my phone back into the download mode and flashed froyo 2.2 (I downloaded from some link on this site) it said it was successful but now it won't boot past the Samsung Galaxy S logo.
Please help?
Thanks alot in advance.

try to do a factory reset in recovery (sometimes it works)
and another thing, it may be that the froyo rom you downloaded was bad or something..
try to use this one with odin if the factory reset wont work. i know this one works.
Flash as PDA using Odin with repartition enabled and 512 pit
http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamhacksung/files/galaxys/GT-I9000_FROYO_FULL_PDA.tar/download
that one fixed my friend phone when something slimier happened to him.

Right thanks alot mate don't know what the hell happened but left it off and just turned it on and now it's working fine!
Scared me a little that I nearly bricked it but I really wanna try installing a new rom but don't wanna break it again :S

Just read the flash instructions and you won't have any problems.
Sent from hell to take your soul

When you flash it can take up to 10 minutes for the 1st boot, so go have a cup of tea and be patient!
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Ah right that was my first time so it might have just been me being impatient and thinking it wasn't working because it had been broken.
Also just wondering, the link I downloaded this Froyo ROM from (from another thread on here, can't find it now) is it custom or stock?
Heres some details...
Firmware version
2.2.1
Kernel version
2.6.32.9
[email protected]#36
The phone feels much snappier than before!
I'm new to all this ROM/flashing bees wax so just wondering.
Thanks muchly!

If its from some thread on here its custom some how some way (unless you just changed the kernel - which is speedmod - a very popular one - from your details.
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Yeah it's off here from a thread I was reading on how to sort my phone being stuck in download mode.
Is it alot faster than the original rom I was running then?

Going back in time... Sort of.

Ok I got a quick question and the searching I've done really hasn't turned up anything definitive. I've got andromeda 3 right now and a back up from rom manager from when my cappy was stock running 2.2 and just rooted running either possibly onix or speed mod kernel that I made before I went with andromeda and, I also have a stock kernel backup from sgs kernel flasher.... I know I was very paranoid before my first rom flash. My question is if I wanted to go back to stock at some point should I just use clockwork to restore the nandroid I made with rom manager and flash the kernel after with sgs kernel flasher or should I do an odin 1 click to get to stock 2.1 then use mini kies to go back to 2.2. I guess it wasnt too short, really I just wanna know is one way 'safer' than the other to go back to stock if I decided too.
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There is a cwm flashable stock image in dev somewhere, I don't have it bookmarked sorry. I always use ODIN to go stock. Doing a nandroid backup wasn't backing up all the files like it should back in the day. Not sure if it is now, but I never relied on it. I haven't used kies in months, no need to do a stock update. But, really, the only reason you would want stock is if you're selling it, warranting it, or something where you need stock on it. AdamOutler is working on heimdal. I think there is stock version of it. But as far as bootloaders go, you're on 2.2, now. ODIN brick is ok. I've had a few. Jig will solve it.
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I guess, to answer your question, ODIN is fine going from any 2.2 rom to stock 2.1. The trouble is going from 2.3 to 2.2 or 2.1. Then the bootloaders change. If something messes up in the process, you're screwed.

Ok thanks that's what I've been trying to figure out, and yeah I have no reason to wanna go stock but its just for future reference, wanted to sell *gasp* or need to have it repaired. Who knows maybe i'll throw my back up at it at some point just to see what happens and see if it really was a full back up and I'll search for what you mentioned. Kies has worked the one time I used it so maybe I'll try that for fun and see if it goes alright again. Really I'm just looking for the fastest way to go back which if it goes alright should be my rom manager back up. Thanks for mentioning the deal with 2.3 roms from the forum threads I've read it seemed kinda risky to make the jump so I've stuck with 2.2 roms so far.
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[Q] Failed updates

I need some help. I have a revolution with 2.2.2 still on the phone. due to being a noob I tried to install a gingerbread version of a rom on the phone of course It didn't seem to work. by the way i should mention I am rooted and I can not upgrade veia the phone upgrade failed every time. However in the research I have done has lead me to believe that all of the roms I want to try to get a hold of are on a non existence web sight Right now I just need anything that will get my phone back up and running. I would very much like to use the revolt Rom but again the multiupload.com is down. Can anyone help me with this. I have searched the sight but I seem to be going around in a circle.
Ok so thank you for helping me out, however, being as I am slow to understand things. I figured things out. and just so everyone else doesn't feel bad. I have no problem with people laughing at me

this may help...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337386&highlight=zv4&page=1
im currently dabblin with this one since my phone is still runnin 2.2.2 as well, reverted to stock rom unrooted everything and no ota updates so this is how to do it manually.
as long as its not currently bricked otherwise u have to do it the long way. i think, unless im thinkin of my old droid... but if this doesnt help give more info and someone will be able to help

regarding OTA, does anyone know the name of the file, and what folder in which to find it? Tired of having to DL it aGAIN every time whatever I try fails. I'm guessing cache....nothing seems real obvious, like it was on my Bionic
(update, got update to complete 2nd try, MtMichaelson is slightly richer!)