[Q] Flashing with ODIN - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm currently stuck in a position where my phone will not boot at all (the boot screen displaying "GT-i9000" and "Samsung" in white font does NOT appear AT ALL), nor can I boot my phone into recovery mode—absolutely every effort produces no effects, and leaves the screen in a solid, lifeless black. The only thing that has any effect is booting the phone into download mode, which is successful; however...
I am unsuccessful in flashing a ROM with ODIN. I have the proper drivers installed, and the phone shows up in ODIN just fine. It also goes through the entire ODIN flashing process as if everything has worked fine. The end result is, at the end of the ODIN flashing process, when the phone restarts and boots, it has the white font (GT-i9000 + Samsung) cycling—it appears, disappears, reappears, and seems to cycle infinitely. The only way to stop the cycle is to do a battery pull. At this stage, my phone repeats the symptoms of the first paragraph: pressing/holding the power button does NOT boot the phone, but does nothing; pressing/holding the volume up + home button + power button does NOT enter recovery, but does nothing; however, I can successfully enter the download mode.
My phone shows up in ODIN without a problem, and I have attempted to flash various original stock ROMs via their respective TAR files—but to no avail. I am in a cycle that produces no effect.
If anyone could advise me as to whether or not ODIN is flashing incorrectly, or what is going on, I would greatly appreciate it. If anyone could point me to the next step, it would help tremendously. Thanks in advance.

Try flashing firmware with PDA, Modem and CSC with repartition?
Maybe some Eclair firmware...

i was in the same situation as u were. i got the (asian version)I9000ZSJP2 ROM and flashed my mobile using odin. I used pit, pda, phone and csc files from the same link from samfirmware (cant post links)
(also had re-partition checked against website's address).
it was a chinese rom and had to change language in settings..> locale...> english.
hope this helps.

Hi,
You can make a flash to the last stable version JPY. In the arhive provided by samfirmware there is a single file "*.tar" select that file on PDA option on ODIN. You try first without cheking "repartion" checkbox. If not working check repartition. That it's all.
REMENBER: JPY is for european model of samsung galaxy s.

I have tried with "repartition" both checked and unchecked. My phone is an i9000m, but I'm assuming JPY would work fine on it, considering every custom ROM I've ever used was based on that firmware. Is this an incorrect assumption? Should I find i9000m firmware (if so, where)?
I'll try getting some files from samfirmware. Fingers crossed! I'll report back on the results.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
Try
jje

I have tried every combination of repartition, pit files (or no pit files, as suggested on samfirmware), firmwares, etc. that I can possibly think of. All with the same result: the phone displays the intial boot screen (not the animated one, but the one that says "GT-i9000" and "Samsung" in white font) and get stuck showing that (it flashes the screen, goes away as if it is going to boot, then shows the screen again, cycling forever until I battery pull).
JJEgan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
Try
jje
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I will try this method and report back. Hopefully I can get past that white text!

JJEgan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
Try
jje
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This did not work. It produced the same results as any other attempt to use Odin, being stuck looping the screen with the white text. Download mode continues to work, but powering on the phone normally AND trying to boot into Recovery BOTH get stuck looping the screen with the white text.
Has anyone heard of this problem before? I'd really like a definitive answer before I write my phone off as bricked/dead.

Man, if you have a i9000m that means you have a USA phone model. So go to samfirmware.com and flash with odin version I9000BVJJPD, this is the last firmware for your specific model.

adams.alex said:
Man, if you have a i9000m that means you have a USA phone model. So go to samfirmware.com and flash with odin version I9000BVJJPD, this is the last firmware for your specific model.
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Galaxy S i9000m is the Canadian version of the i9000, which is the European model. USA does not have such models; the closest is the Vibrant, which is quite different.
Nevertheless, I'll take your advice assuming you know something that I do not. i9000m's are not sold in the USA (as far as I'm concerned), so samfirmware's site having a "USA" section for i9000 left me confused. Considering every custom ROM I've ever flashed onto my phone was based off i9000 firmware, as well as the fact that I once tried flashing USA firmware on my phone which left it unusable, I assumed I should be looking at the European versions. I'll try the latest USA version and see what happens.
I will report back. Fingers crossed!

Good luck! I hope that will work.

adams.alex said:
Man, if you have a i9000m that means you have a USA phone model. So go to samfirmware.com and flash with odin version I9000BVJJPD, this is the last firmware for your specific model.
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Using the USA firmware (I9000BVJJPD) gave the exact same result. I still cannot get past the white text. I do greatly appreciate the suggestion though.
Am I out of luck guys? =/

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[Q] SOLVED - First gt-19000m screen keeps rebooting - flashed back from JL2

So like everyone else having issues i'll explain mine if anyone cares. I flashed to JL2 yesterday, had it up and running no problem. Decided to go back to a more stable rom because my GPS wasn't stellar. upon flashing back to JK3 my flash went good, the phone rebooted and then got stuck at the busy icon (looks like a flower and usually goes in a circle) anyways, it shows that for a second then reboots.....does this forever. Pulled the battery and boots to the first screen for a second and reboots.
I can no longer get into recovery mode, BUT download mode works. I can flash anything I want, it passes using odin but still does the same. I've tried re-partition using different PIT files, different roms and still no luck. I'm almost at the point to take it back but honesly I dont think this is the SD card issue, I think it was just a bad flash. anyone able to get theirs back from this state??
again, no recovery, only download mode. keeps rebooting, I DO NOT see the S logo.
I've answered you in the UGJL2 thread, hopefully those instructions are clear and they help
cloudrainstar said:
I've answered you in the UGJL2 thread, hopefully those instructions are clear and they help
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You helped and brought my phone back from the dead, followed these instructions.
Flash the file you extracted from Chainfire's ROM in PDA, and have "Phone Bootloader Update" checked, and that's all you should have to do... (I'm using Odin 1.52, if that makes any difference...)
If that fixes it, then Samsung has done it, and if not, then they haven't fixed it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10040911#post10040911
follow that thread if you want more detailed instructions, within the JL2 rom there is a SBL.bin file, when you tick the phone bootloader update it uses that bin and that's what brought my phone back from dead.

[Q] Black screen and random vibrate

Hey,
I'm new to android.
I thought I've read up on everything I'm doing. Making sure to read the threads carefully.
I've rooted my captivate and tried to put OCLF. It said it was successful, except now when my phone was rebooted it shows:
device name (samsung i896)
rogers screen
galaxy s screen
then it goes black and vibrates every so often
I've tried searching and can't seem to find what I need.
If anyone can help, I can boot my phone into recovery mode, but thats about it. Nothing works in there right now,
Can anyone help me get this fixed, or back to the stock rogers firmware that would be great
Thanks!
you can try to use key combination to get into the download mode and flash the stock rom.
if you cannot get into the download mode, my suggestion is to build a jig or buy one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...47234&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_510wt_1139
you can try to use key combination to get into the download mode and flash the stock rom.
if you cannot get into the download mode, my suggestion is to build a jig or buy one just in case:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...47234&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_510wt_1139
I can get into download mode and recovery mode.
I'm kind of lost on flashing back to the stock rom. I'm looking at other threads on how to do so, but something isnt working when I try.
Someone please help!
I'm experiencing the same problem even after flashing Rogers stock (2.1 and 2.2) with Oden and Heimdall. All flashing indicates they were successful; however, I still get the black screen, lit touch icons, and vibrations after the three boot screens/animations.
EDIT: Problem was solved for me by flashing a stock file that contained dbdata.rfs and param.lfs with 512.pit and repartitioning. The Odin flashable Rogers 2.1 stock ROM I put together can be found here. Because it is complete, it will also remove the AT&T boot screen if you flashed an AT&T ROM.
im apparently having the same problem with ma GF's phone -
Vylle said:
im apparently having the same problem with ma GF's phone -
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Have you tried flashing AT&T or Rogers stock?

[Q] will not boot samsung galaxy s gt I9000

Hi all. (pardon my english)
I've been looking through this forum for a few hours now and I think I couldnt find a solution to my problem. My phone wont boot. In order to make this easy for you guys to diagnose. Ill brief as much as I could remember of what I did to my phone
I followed this instruction on how install froyo from this link androidadvices dot com/update-samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000-to-froyo-xxjpy-2-2-1/
I have a samsung galaxy s I9000. As I recall before I did any modification it was on eclair AND yesterday I installed one click lag fix which I downloaded from the android market which meant i've rooted my phone.
TODAY, I tried installing voodoo (for the lag fix) and from the link above it states that I need to have my phone to run firmware XXJPY. I installed ODIN and when asked for a PIT file I've entered the one from the downloaded .zip file (which is the wrong file I think!?), still it says "pass!" and after that I couldn't boot
Oh one more thing. What happens if I fully bricked my phone? If send it to the seller, what will the seller do?
I've tried the 3 combo, 2 combo and 2 combo button with usb cable but still wont work. Can anyone help pleaseeeee.......
Looks like you have lagfixed your phone .
I installed one click lag fix
You then failed to remove the lagfix before flashing your phone breaking phone .
Try via Odin reflash with pit 512 and repartition checked .
That fails do the same but use 2.1 Eclair
You cannot have two lagfixes One Click Lag Fix and Voodoo lagfix .
Oh one more thing. What happens if I fully bricked my phone? If send it to the seller, what will the seller do?
REJECT it broken warranty if they can prove unauthorized modifications but that does depend upon the symptoms it shows a dead phone may just get a correct flash from service centre .
jje
JJEgan said:
Oh one more thing. What happens if I fully bricked my phone? If send it to the seller, what will the seller do?
REJECT it broken warranty if they can prove unauthorized modifications but that does depend upon the symptoms it shows a dead phone may just get a correct flash from service centre .
jje
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correct me if i'm wrong but based on what i read i don't think he did any unauthorized modification. just tried to go from eclair to froyo.
ok here's an update, I managed boot it to download again and installed the proper 512.pit. Odin says "pass". On tutorial link I given it says
"So, now once you see the above screen with a Green box showing PASS! in the Odin then it means that your device has been successfully installed with the new firmware XXJPY 2.2.1 stock and is now safe for you to remove the USB cable from your phone and now you need to boot your device. Now after successful installation of the new firmware its now time to optimize your device with new firmware so that your phone becomes faster and zippier. First turn off your device, long press the volume up key, press Menu as holding both the buttons press the power button to start."
the difference with my phone is that its switched off instantly after downloading (right after it says "pass!"). When I press volume up + menu + start, it wont start Hope this could do some help.....
correct me if i'm wrong but based on what i read i don't think he did any unauthorized modification. just tried to go from eclair to froyo
Not through any Samsung channels .
As i said looks like you installed a rom with a lagfix enabled and that has broke your update .
Now after successful installation of the new firmware its now time to optimize your device with new firmware so that your phone becomes faster and zippier. First turn off your device, long press the volume up key, press Menu as holding both the buttons press the power button to start.
Dont know where thats coming from at all its nonsense in respect of rebooting an updated phone .
Update via Odin installs pass then phone should reboot if not take out battery for a while then press on button wait until boots .
The forum is littered with the correct instructions but its the lagfix that breaks an update lagfix off before update .
As i said flash to Eclair with repartition and 512 pit should fix the problem .
jje
It might pay you to go back to the forum you got these instructions from .
Or as i said download and flash according to XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
jje
ok i got it to boot with eclair. I downloaded asia (cause I thought international I9000 are separated by region )and I got chinese version (which I couldnt understand!) lol. Which one do I download? I want english!
btw, thanks for the help!
nvm! solved!
Which one do I download? I want english!
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Flash it with Eclair XXJM1 with 512pit. Remember the three boxes must be checked. i.e. Re-partition,Auto Reboot & Force Reset Time.
Then Flash with Froyo 2.2.1 (XXJPY) and this time No Pit & No Auto partition.
It will hardly take 15mins for both.
You're done!
I has problem D:
galaxy S i9000 wont boot anymore. Ive tried everything. i think. any suggestions as to what I can do?
Link to video explaining the problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4tgIWcCSBg

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S i9000 still not booting

I'm still kinda new to the Android platform and I need some help on this one.
I have a Galaxy Vibrant on Bell I9000m that was freezing after the "Samsung S" start up animation. I put the phone in download mode and using Odin I reinstalled the stock firmware (T959UVJFD) with (vibrant_21_stock_s1_odin_20100512.pit) on the phone. Everything appeared to go ok and Odin indicated "pass." After this was complete the phone is supposed to start a reboot process. This didn't happen, instead the battery life indicator will come on the screen for about 1 sec then the phone will reboot and show the battery indicator again. This will not stop until I unplug it. When I try to turn the phone on it will show the Samsung screen and then totally shut off. I can get it back in download mode. I tried three times with the same result.
Any suggestions?
M
Can you get into recovery (VolumeUp+Home+Power)?
If yes you could try to wipe your data-partition.
Note that after a new flash (or factory reset) the phone can take 5-10 minutes to boot.
Did you use a full firmware to flash (pda+phone+csc) or just a pda-file?
Did you use a .pit-file?
First question did you use the correct firmware for your phone ??
Your battery fully charged ???
jje
:Thanks for your replies. I can't get into recovery mode any more...I could before I used Odin. I used the pda file (which is a .tar file) + the pit file. The battery had over half charge when I did it.
Please excuse the ignorance of this question but is there :different firware for each network. So does Tmobile have specific firmware that if I put it on my Bell Mobility phone it can screw it up?
Thanks
More importantly than recovery is download mode, can you get into download mode?
Vol down + power + menu with usb disconnected and phone off.
Yes. Download mode still works. I tried reloading the software 3 times and i got the same problem each time.
Even though its a "Vibrant" its actually I9000M model. Vibrant is the american model. I9000M (bell) is the international model. So use different firmware
Seems like your trying to flash another phone's firmware.

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S I9000M Boot Screen Loop

Hi there, I am new to this forum as I am trying to fix my gf's Samsung Galaxy S i9000M on Bell.
I tried to search up boot loop and have tried a few different ideas on the board but it doesn't seem to work.
Would like to know if anyone can help.
Here are the specs: Samsung Galaxy S i9000M - unrooted / stock.
Problem: The phone when turned on will only show the "Samsung Galaxy S I9000M" screen. It will turn black and then reloop itself. I have tried the 3 button boot to "download mode" and have successfully connected to ODIN.
I have tried to download PDA/Phone/CSC from one of the pages on this forum containing North American firmware files.
However, the problem still persists! I cannot check the OS version as I can't get the phone to boot into the OS. Is this a bootloader corruption problem? What should I do to try to fix this issue?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! THANK YOU in advance.
I assume you want Gingerbread?
If so, you want the UGKG3 download from Bell (it's the only GB ROM from Bell to date).
Go here and search for UGKG3.
The file is in 7Zip format. If you do not have anything to unpack it with, download IZArc.
Thanks for responding so quickly.
I did try the GB firmware - flashed it with ODIN - the software says successful.
But once the phone boots - it goes back into the loop - it does not know to unpack the OS to try to install and boot into it....
Any other ideas? Thanks again!
Did you flash it as a single file or 3 files?
You need to unpack the 7Zip file so you end up with 3 files:
Select PDA_UGKG3_Sbl.tar.md5 for PDA
Select CSC_BMCKG3.tar.md5 for CSC
Select PHONE_UGKG3.tar.md5 PHONE
Then flash with Odin. That should get the phone up and running again.
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How long has she had the phone? I wonder if she was on Froyo or GB.
Can you get into the recovery menu?
Thanks for your response.
I have unpacked all three files and loaded it into ODIN as per the firmware upgrade instructions on the thread you provided me.
I have also tried loading in both both the GB and the Froyo versions (UGKG3, UGJK3). After the "successful" message on ODIN, the phone boots up - shows the Samsung Galaxy GT I9000M screen and then goes black and keeps looping again.
I have a feeling this made me a problem with the bootloader. If the phone is completely stock, which one should i try flashing?
As the phone is stock there isn't a recovery (CWM) that i know of.... Or am I incorrect?
thanks again for your help!
OK, thanks for the clarification.
There should be the stock recovery from Samsung (2e or 3e).
Yes, it does sound like a bootloader problem.
Is it still under warranty?
EDIT: What is the build date for the phone? There will be a number in YY.MM format under the battery.
See if you can get into the recovery and try to clear the cache. That may give an indication as to what is going on.
We've had the phone for a year and a few months, so no more warranty.
In fact, we brought it back to bell store and they said there is "no way" the phone can be fixed. (yea right).
So I see a bunch of bootloaders in the forum here. Are there specific ones that work for the GT i9000M on bell? Or since I've tried flashing gb on the phone, do I need to download one that is specific to the OS? sorry as I am quite a n00b at this.
thanks!
The 3 file ROMs include a boot loader.
The GB one for Bell only includes the secondary bootloader (sbl.bin).
Bell no longer sells the i9000m, so they are hoping you'll simply buy a new one.
Your GFs phone is a couple of months older than ours. I bet the phone is one of the ones that has the issue where the internal storage is known to fail (builds prior to 11.03).
If that's the case, I think Samsung may repair/replace it, since it's a known issue with the early i9000m phones.
Did the phone get updated via Kies recently?
thanks again for following up.
How do I test if the phone's internal storage failed?
No I have not tried to update the phone via KIES. How does this work and what will it do?
Thanks!
Going into recovery and clearing the cache might show it.
If you see an error message that it can't mount something, that would be an indication.
EDIT: What's the build code?
I can't get into a recovery mode because the phone doesn't have CWM nor can I get by even the Samsung screen when it first turns on.
How do you flash via KIES? All I can do is get the phone into download mode. Can't do anything more.
Thanks.
Boot loop on stock Bell GT-I9000M
I have the same issue and still trying to find a solution.
Can't get into recovery. From most of what I read it's the boot loader. But I may be wrong, I 'm very new to this. I flashed with I9000UGKG3-homebinary with no luck. I did not however try the Sbl.bin file yet. I can still get to the Download mode and don't want to loose that ability.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
galaxy s vibrant GT-I9000M
Bell mobility
Stock unrooted
GB
although you do not have CWM you should have a stock recovery... I know you have probably already tried.. but try again.
Menu+Power+Volume up...release only the power button as soon as the initial screen disappears.
if you do get into this screen you can do full wipes...
--pm me if you live in the Toronto area
It also might be a boot loader problem depending on what version of of android you were on and what you tried to do with odin and if you had the right version with the bootloaders etc.....
viperm5 said:
I can't get into a recovery mode because the phone doesn't have CWM nor can I get by even the Samsung screen when it first turns on.
How do you flash via KIES? All I can do is get the phone into download mode. Can't do anything more.
Thanks.
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As dlockhart said, you should have the stock recovery on the phone.
Since you can get into download mode, you should be able to get into recovery mode by pressing volume up+home+power button.
Flashing through Kies only works if your phone will actually boot.
Since the phone is constantly boot looping, i tried to go into the stock recovery mode multiple times with the volume up + menu + power combination. Tried releasing the power button when the words are on the screen, when it is blank, and other permutations - but i cannot get into the stock recovery.
Once i press the volume down button instead though, i can quickly jump into download mode.
Is this normal? or am i doing something completely wrong?
Is there another way to get into stock recovery mode?
Don't release the power button until you see the recovery screen.
maybe also try flashing another kernel?
Boot loop on stock Bell GT-I9000M
I have tried to get to the recovery screen also with varied timing on button presses and releases, but no luck. Vol down and power gets me to download screen every time though.
I would keep trying the volume up power and home and as soon as you see the black background with galaxy showing let go of all buttons but wait until you see it restart again. So you'll hold vol. up + power + home and your phone will restart and you'll see the galaxy words keep holding the buttons until it restarts again and when you see the words let go of all three buttons. Now if your willing to switch kernels I would go to www.darkyrom.com and follow the directions there for flashing darkyrom 10.4.2 its just as smooth as stock but its not stock and voids your waranty, but since you dont have a waranty go for it. Good luck if you need any extra help you can pm me as well. I have had my phone since Oct. 2010 and flashed atleast a hundred roms and thought i broke my phone a few times but these thing are damn near impossible to totally mess up.
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Is there a minimum remaining battery-life requirement for the device to enter Recovery?
Does the 3-button Recovery require power cable to be attached or not?
For what its worth, my I9000m has a Build Date of 11.04 and came with Froyo 2.2, so unless he already updated he's definitely not on 2.3.3
Downloading Kies to your PC and updating to 2.3.3 that way, just might work. Thats what I did.

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