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[Q] Bought second hand sgs and it has 2.2...

Hi all,
I bought a second hand SGS and it has 2.2 froyo
How can i put it back to normal 2.1 android please?
i dont want root or anything...
can any1 help? ill put a few quid in your paypal if you can take the time to guide me through it?

Well, you could always just goto settings and initiate a factory reset... You'll lose root and revert back to the stock eclair 2.1 ROM.

where is that option?
i found sd card and phone storage and
internal sd card format option
i notice another option in privacy that says factory data reset. but that looks like it might be just personal data reset not full reset thingy,
if what your saying works i will be very happy!

Prasad007 said:
Well, you could always just goto settings and initiate a factory reset... You'll lose root and revert back to the stock eclair 2.1 ROM.
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Think about this for a second....a factory reset is somehow magically going to pull stock 2.1 out of .....where exactly?
the OP is going to have to Odin back to stock....plenty of info here on how to do this....

what is Odin?
the search functions are down at the moment so i cant search the forums
Maybe you can help mate? please!
Its laggying badly this 2.2

masterotaku said:
Think about this for a second....a factory reset is somehow magically going to pull stock 2.1 out of .....where exactly?
the OP is going to have to Odin back to stock....plenty of info here on how to do this....
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Why else would it be called FACTORY reset ? It would be the firmware provided with the phone, which would be eclair as opposed to the froyo build he received on a rooted second hand phone.
The option is in settings-> privacy-> factory data reset

You can't get Froyo without flash to a froyo ' factory' firmware. In this case, A beta firmware. Whenever you flash to a new firmware, you lost your old firmware completely.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

yeah i guessed it wouldnt be that simple.
guys can you give me a clue?
im thinking this: see if im anywhere near.
download odin
connect phone to pc
restart holding the volume down, power and home
flash with original files - im having trouble finding these
will my samsung be 2.1 and non rooted after that?
will i be able to re-root if i need to? ie to apply lagfix

vinny1684 said:
yeah i guessed it wouldnt be that simple.
guys can you give me a clue?
im thinking this: see if im anywhere near.
download odin
connect phone to pc
restart holding the volume down, power and home
flash with original files - im having trouble finding these
will my samsung be 2.1 and non rooted after that?
will i be able to re-root if i need to? ie to apply lagfix
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1. Download odin,
2. Download the needed firmware files from Samsung firmwares,
3. Phone off. Vol down, menu, power
4. Add pit512/513 (can't remember which), pda, modem, csc in odin
5. Tick re-partition
6. Connect phone to pc
7. Click start and wait for your phone to restart
All done, This is just a quick and rough guide how to do it, there's a much better guide on this forum what to do and how

do you kno where the firmware files are exactly? i cant search the forums for the guide.. search function is down.

A quick look and you'll find 'forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596'
For firmwares, a quick Google 'samfirmware' you'll need to sign up to access the files in the firmware section That's if there not in the above link

the first one you must to do is download the firmware file through the internet,
then download the drives and odin and pit512 file,
and then install the drives ,then run the odin,select the re-partition,in pit,select the pit512,in pda,select the firmware which named with pda,in modem and csc is also select the firmware named with modem and csc,
shut down your phone then press vol- ,home ,power at the same time,you will see a android ,
connect your phone with the pc,
when the com is turn green ,press start.and wait..after you flash the firmware,you should format the sdcard and wipe your data..

thanks guys
i think ive sorted it, but still seem rooted somehow
is this the right firmware?
2.1-update1
basedband version I9000XXJM4
Kernel version
[email protected]#
Build number
ECLAIR.XWJM8
If thats all good! then thanks very much guys.. but root still looks iffy to me.
will this stop me from receiving updates from samsung? ie propper froyo when its out.

damn i just read that i think i should have used the 803pit and not the 512. is that right?

vinny1684 said:
damn i just read that i think i should have used the 803pit and not the 512. is that right?
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if you are trying to flash the leaked BETA froyo from Korea, yes you need the 803 pit

foxbat121 said:
You can't get Froyo without flash to a froyo ' factory' firmware. In this case, A beta firmware. Whenever you flash to a new firmware, you lost your old firmware completely.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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I didn't know that... Thanks!

vinny1684 said:
do you kno where the firmware files are exactly? i cant search the forums for the guide.. search function is down.
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You can get the firmware here http://www.samfirmware.com/home.htm
Depending on what country you are in, there are diferent firmwares.
Download odin from that page aswell.
They also have a how to guide on how to flash with odin.

From my understanding you won't be getting Froyo OTA, you will be getting it via KIES. But with all the modding going on I doubt KIES will let you so you like everyone else here will have to get it installed via ODIN, no big deal at all . Just check back xda when froyo is in news for sgs

ickyboo said:
From my understanding you won't be getting Froyo OTA, you will be getting it via KIES. But with all the modding going on I doubt KIES will let you so you like everyone else here will have to get it installed via ODIN, no big deal at all . Just check back xda when froyo is in news for sgs
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Will this also be applicable to me ? I have only rooted my phone. It's unrooted now... And I've not deviated from the stock firmware.

I advice you to check if the 3 Button Combo works on your Phone. If not, apply the 3 Button SBL Fix before messing with ROMs to help recover the device in case of a brick.

5 Rookie questions needing 5 answers please read!!!!

Hi guys,
Im thinking of flasing a custom rom using odin.
Im running stock froyo 2.2.
PDA: I9000XWJPA
PHONE: I9000XXJPP
CSC: I9000XEEJP4
My phone is rooted and lag fixed. I understand that i need to remove the lag fix before and flash.
I updated to this using the registry hack. My questions are as follows...
1) Can i flash a custom rom from stock 2.2 or do i need to firstly flash a kernal with recovery 2e and then flash a custom rom?
2) Am i right in thinking that the PDA is the right bit to be looking at i.e when people say this rom is usable with JPA / JPO etc. The phone and CSC are not important when flashing a custom rom ( but still needed obviously )
3) If by some miracle of god we ever do get 2.3 and i flash back to stock Froyo via odin using a rom from samfirmware.com, will kies recognise my phone? Or will i forever be destined to flash "unofficially" through odin.
4) Looking at the PDA etc given above can anybody recommend a good rom to flash with gingerbread theme and apps. ( i keep seeing Darky's rom popping up in conversations ) and also have a link to it if you would be so kind. Im not lazy but theres so many roms all over i want to make sure i get the right one.
5) Once i have recovery 2e can i flash future roms over the top using rom mananger by clockworkmods and not have to go through odin? Or how does that work?
If i could get some clear answers to the above that would be great.
Yes i am a newbie at this but i am confident that i understand the basics, its just a couple of things above that i want clearing up before i proceed.
I know how to use odin correctly. ( close kies first / make sure odin opened before plugging in phone etc. )
P.S Yes i have 3 button recovery and download mode.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and a big thank you to any body that takes the time to respond with help.

Any body that can help?

dude i feel your pain. i've rooted and installed custom roms on two other phones, most recent the HTC Desire Z. and it was quite a nightmare to just start off to know what the first step is, there are soo many different guides its hard to know which is what and what has now been superceeded by something else!
now i'm trying to get a custom rom on my galaxy S too, but really having a hard time understanding everything becuase guides and stuff are so different for different roms, gets confusing and dont know which one is for me!
my phone is already rooted, i have firmware 2.1-update1, i know i have voodoo lagfix somewhere installed. but my base band version is I9000XXJM4, which i hav'nt seen in any guide! where did you get your seperate PDA, PHONE, CSC info from?
sorry i could'nt help you and i justed added a bunch more questions to mix
also how did you manage to get Clockwork Recovery on your phone? i have recovery 2e atm. i downloaded Rom manager from the market and tried installing Clockwork rewcovery, but first it would not even download. then i tried next day and it downloaded it through rom manager. but i dont think it installed it. i went into recovery mode and then it tried to auto-install clockwork recovery in recovery mode! but it just hanged at zero status bar for like 20 mins. i turned the phone off and on, went back into recovery mode and it was still recovery 2e, how do i get clockwork recovery to flash as the recovery mode?

Type *#1234#into your dial pad and it will come up. If I'm right I believe that 2.1 is more simple to flash over than 2.2 which is the bit that's confusing me.
I believe that you would need to flash a new kernel with recovery 2e and then flash a new Rom over the top.
I'm a but confused though as to weather or not I would need to flash back to 2.1 and then do a couple more flashes to get the job done.
Can some one please clear this up.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

1. You don't need to have 2.1 rom to flash, since you'll be able to do all the flashing using Odin and download mode. Just flash a kernel, using odin, that has clockworkmod integrated, and you'll be able to flash most roms and kernels with the clockworkmod.
Speemod kernel is a great kernel, and has clockworkmod included.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822756
2. PDA is the rom part. CSC is important when using stock roms. I think that custom roms have CSC included in them.
3. You'll always be able to flash with Kies by using the Kies Registry Hack or by flashing a stock rom through odin. Kies will recognise your phone even if you are on a custom rom, but I'm not sure if it'll flash your phone.
4. I prefer Docs Ultra Slim roms because it's light, and you can customize them however you want. Darky's rom is a good option if you want all the features of a stock rom, and more. I use a Gingerbread theme with Doc's rom.
Links,
Darky's: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
Doc's: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817703
Both can be installed through ClockWorkMod
5. I think I answered this already.

Thank you for clearing that up. Very helpful but unfortunately you now raised another question haha.
You said that I would always be able to flash through kies using the registry hack... but wasn't that disabled so the registry hack wouldn't work any more a couple of versions back on. 803 or whatever it is?
And you also said that kies would recognise my phone but might not flash it which if I'm reading it right.contradicts.what you said about always been able to flash through kies.
Thank you so much for previous post it was very helpful.
Sorry if I sound stupid for.asking so many questions but I want to make sure I have covered all the angles before I proceed.
Again thanks for taking the time to help.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

By registry hack, I really meant the Kies Registry Patcher app found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835628
Works on all Kies versions at least for now.
Like the original registry hack, this using this app makes Kies think that you have a stock rom and as long as Kies thinks that you have a stock rom, it will flash your phone.
In the sentence where I said that Kies will recognise your phone but won't flash, I mean't that it wouldn't flash without the Registry Patcher.

Thank you sooooooo much for your help dude.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Storage not prepared error on SC-02B (docomo)

Hello all,
My phone is an SC-02b (Japanese Docomo version of the I9000)
First off a little history...
I originally purchased the phone here in Tokyo and it was Froyo 2.2.1 build. I used superoneclick root from here on XDA to root the phone and everything worked great
I wanted to try out Darkys Rom so I flashed it with ODIN. Everything was ok with the new Rom except there was no internet connection at all. I did a bit of checking and found out that the Modems are different on my SC-02B the other I9000 versions.
In order to change the Modem I tried flashing Darkys again with the original stock modem (found it here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11614716) This resulted in Odin crashing and I had no choice but to unplug the phone from Odin in the middle of the process.
Stupidly I did not make a backup of my original phone so I used the original firmware above and flashed it back, now my phone is Froyo 2.2
Everything works ok but when I enter recovery mode I get the following error...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
(No such file or directory)
E:install_applications_for_customer: Can't mount H
IDDENSDCARD
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy application failed.
I used Samsung KIES to upgrade the phone to Froyo 2.2.1 but now Superoneclickroot doesn't work anymore, the program simply stops responding at waiting for device (tried all the fixes in the forum threads and in recovery but nothing works so I'm assuming it is because of the error above)
For now I simply went back to the original Froyo 2.2 and rooted with Z4 Root but I would really like to fix the problem and be able to have a rooted phone with Froyo 2.2.1
Any ideas on how to fix this?

Bump... hopefully someone knows how to fix this?

The SC-02B doesn't seem to like custom kernels and roms
I rooted mine on 2.2.1 with superoneclick. My only issue was my AV software was stripping parts of the app so it would not work. I had to disable my AV software and then download and run it. After that it ran perfect.

Thanks very much for the reply.
Thankfully the issue has been resolved... it seems as though when I flashed the initial Rom it screwed up the drives for my phone so I had to go into device manager, uninstall everything and then install the correct drives manually.

Thankfully the issue has been resolved... it seems as though when I flashed the initial Rom it screwed up the drives for my phone so I had to go into device manager, uninstall everything and then install the correct drives manually.
I am getting this same message how exactly did you fix this?

same here..im getting this message..how did you fix this?

[Q] Massive SGS Problem

Hey All, sorry if its and easy problem or if its been posted heaps before i have been searching and tried everything to no avail so here i am putting it to all u xda members to help me with all your wisdom. See i have had my galaxy for a few months and thought hey time to play with the pre release of 2.3.3 before it was officially released well now im buggered lol i cant wipe, i cant factory reset i flash another firmware and it all goes fine it reverts back but all my apps and settings and accounts are still there and when i delete my apps and restart there all back again! i install new apps and they delete on restart... frustrating...i cant put any update.zip onto my internal as it deletes it straight away and installing from external SD dosent seem to work, i tried a few posts like this one as suggested by JJEgan else where to no avail either (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556) id love to be able to use my SGS again as i bought a windows phone 7 as a replacement and i dont like it lol SAVE MY ANDROID AND MY SANITY PLEASE!!!!!

Is it an international I9000? Or the I9000B? It seems to me as though your sdcard might be corrupt... Wipe your Dalvik cache. Did you try flashing a DBDATA containing firmware onto your phone, using ODIN? If not, flash XXJPU (Froyo) and see if that helps...

well its a telstra GT I9000T the 2.3.3 firmware i have is the only one i can seem to find with the 3 files lol i try to wipe dalvik it says it completes but nothing changes at all do u know anwhere i can get 3 file firmwares from as samfirmware.com only has 1 file flashes cheers for the help!

Prankzter said:
well its a telstra GT I9000T the 2.3.3 firmware i have is the only one i can seem to find with the 3 files lol i try to wipe dalvik it says it completes but nothing changes at all do u know anwhere i can get 3 file firmwares from as samfirmware.com only has 1 file flashes cheers for the help!
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Look around for a I9000T firmware that contains DBDATA. It should hopefully fix what you're experiencing... Personally, mine's an I9000 so I have no idea about your firmwares... But you can search this forum..

Prasad007 said:
Look around for a I9000T firmware that contains DBDATA. It should hopefully fix what you're experiencing... Personally, mine's an I9000 so I have no idea about your firmwares... But you can search this forum..
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thanks for the help mate ill google around

Prankzter said:
thanks for the help mate ill google around
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You're welcome.

nah no good for some reason recovery wont even change back from 3e i flashed my original firmware and it changed to 2e i reset to flash to 2.2.1 as u suggested and its back at 3e so who knows...may have to reflash to original and take it back to telstra unless u have any other ideas

Prankzter said:
nah no good for some reason recovery wont even change back from 3e i flashed my original firmware and it changed to 2e i reset to flash to 2.2.1 as u suggested and its back at 3e so who knows...may have to reflash to original and take it back to telstra unless u have any other ideas
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If you have warranty, you should flash the stock firmware for your phone and take it in for repairs... Honestly, can't think of anything else... Unless there's more input from others here on the forum with your model.

Prasad007 said:
If you have warranty, you should flash the stock firmware for your phone and take it in for repairs... Honestly, can't think of anything else... Unless there's more input from others here on the forum with your model.
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yeh looks like its time to return it...maybe i can get a sgsII lol i cant even repartition the damn thing...on a side note all my other flash based things like my camera and usb dongles and sd cards are all doing the same as in restoreing everything on reboot or unplug...wierd

[Q] Who can solve this problem?

Ok, this is a question or questions for all of you who have experience with flashing ROM's and all other stuff. i got I9000, and I saw a couple beautiful running new ROM's running around with all kind of stuff. I've flashed my phone before with ODIN and I know how this works...but...my phone was broken a few months ago ( motherboard was malfunctioned) and I needed my warranty back so I needed my stock ROM back on. My problem is this...I couldn't fint it anywhere!! You must be thinking by now:" Oh what a noob, stock firmwares are available online etc"..but mine is not...believe me! The team in T-Mobile Croatia, from I'm coming were gracious and they have replaced my motherboard under warranty because problem was within motherboard. But this is where problem starts... My stock ROM 2.3.3. Gingerbread PDA is available online (I9000BOJV9), PHONE also (I9000XXJVO), but there is no CSC (I9000GCROJV7). If I want to put on for example Ice Cream Sandwich, I need to have rooted phone to do that in CWM, and also to make backup of my stock ROM since there is no CSC stock available to download. And again I'm bumping against the wall. There is no suitable CF Root for BOJV9...That means no new ROM for me...Or...someone is smart out there...

Why do you need stock rom? install for example darky ressurection and make back up

martynas900 said:
Why do you need stock rom? install for example darky ressurection and make back up
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I need stock ROM so I can flash my phone with it in case something goes south with phone and that I can bring back warranty on it...

You don't need root for working with Odin, only download mode (3 buttons combo). You can flash any other rom, CWM it and then flash ICS.
CSC is irrelevant. I don't use it at least 10-15 last flashes and everything works fine. I had to modify one for my SGT and I saw there is nothing important in it. But while I was still using it, I just copied it from /system/csc and after flash returned back using Root explorer or Es file manager. SIM (Simobil) is allso hard to find.
Now I see that ICS is not using CSC at all. Can't find it.
When you talk about GB (I9000BOJV9) PDA, is it really just PDA or is it full ROM? On samfirmware (don't know the new adress, don't use it any more since ICS) are usualy full roms, CSC included.
Like I wrote, copy /system/csc, store it somewhere safe, and if you need it again just copy it back.