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[Q] How to Flash XXJPY

Hi, I got the JPY ROM from the thread in the general discussion, and any time i have tried to flash it onto my phone, the phone refuses to start properly. It just vibrates a couple of times and black screens.
I am using Odin 1.3 and PIT 512 for this as it says on SamFirmware.com.
Is this the ROM not working properly, or me doing something wrong?

Mate did you click repartition in odin?If you did then you SHOULDNT!!!!
Try to get in to recovery mod with the 3 button combo and make a factory reset if yo had NOT clicked repartition.
In case had HAD clicked repartition in Odin then i guess you ll have to download a foul stock firmware and flash it.Meaning a firmeare that has Modem and CSC files aswell and not only PDA file...

I'm just about to flash XXJPY and I was just wondering, do I have to unroot 'before' flashing the single file (pda) XXJPY or can I leave it as is..?? Does it make any difference..??
Thanks

tackygr said:
Mate did you click repartition in odin?If you did then you SHOULDNT!!!!
Try to get in to recovery mod with the 3 button combo and make a factory reset if yo had NOT clicked repartition.
In case had HAD clicked repartition in Odin then i guess you ll have to download a foul stock firmware and flash it.Meaning a firmeare that has Modem and CSC files aswell and not only PDA file...
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haha, thanks mate, i forgot to try that, i'll give it a go later.

topcat888 said:
I'm just about to flash XXJPY and I was just wondering, do I have to unroot 'before' flashing the single file (pda) XXJPY or can I leave it as is..?? Does it make any difference..??
Thanks
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nah you dont need to have it rooted to flash JPY.
I believe the JPY file in the general forum is just an upgrade / high level package which is why you dont tick repartition. Usually look for posts by Richthofen- hes the dude who converts it to mid level packages so you can couple it with a CSC and modem.

hi there same thing happened to me i updated this thru samsung kies im stock at black screen would factory reset make my phone work again? i need help please please please

dopeee said:
nah you dont need to have it rooted to flash JPY.
I believe the JPY file in the general forum is just an upgrade / high level package which is why you dont tick repartition. Usually look for posts by Richthofen- hes the dude who converts it to mid level packages so you can couple it with a CSC and modem.
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I am already rooted so should I un-root before flashing or just leave it rooted..???
And also have SGS Battery Icon Mod installed, again does this have to be un-installed before flash or not..??

Can someone post a link to the right ROM that I can use to update using ODIN that will not result in existing data lost ? The one that I downloaded is a single tar file (Size - 298,890KB) that contains these files. If this is the right file, do i just specify the tar file in the PDA and uncheck repartition ?
modem.bin
param.lfs
zimage
cache.rfs
factoryfs.rfs

[Q] Flashing stock 2.2.1 ROM on branded i9000 questions.

A friend of mine is on a T-Mobile UK Samsung Galaxy S. He's stuck on a non-simlocked and non-netlocked 2.2 (JP3), T-Mobile UK aren't releasing 2.2.1 any time soon, and hence he wants to upgrade to an unbranded 2.2.1. He doesn't want to root it... he just wants to be on the same or similar firmware as I'm on (i.e. a stock, stable, UK, unrooted, no "lagfix", etc, 2.2.1).
He has Odin. He has the Windows drivers installed. But I have some questions.
I'm on JPY which has been perfect for me. Zero problems. Is there much advantage with JS5? What has changed/added between JPY and JS5?
Best place to get the European firmware is here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
Does he need just a pit file, or other files (e.g. tar) too?

extorian said:
A friend of mine is on a T-Mobile UK Samsung Galaxy S. He's stuck on a non-simlocked and non-netlocked 2.2 (JP3), T-Mobile UK aren't releasing 2.2.1 any time soon, and hence he wants to upgrade to an unbranded 2.2.1. He doesn't want to root it... he just wants to be on the same or similar firmware as I'm on (i.e. a stock, stable, UK, unrooted, no "lagfix", etc, 2.2.1).
He has Odin. He has the Windows drivers installed. But I have some questions.
I'm on JPY which has been perfect for me. Zero problems. Is there much advantage with JS5? What has changed/added between JPY and JS5?
Best place to get the European firmware is here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
Does he need just a pit file, or other files (e.g. tar) too?
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JPY is the lastest UK rom pointless using anything else until its out for the UK
People here just love new numbers and letters.
if he is going from branded would be best to use a pit file. ( pit 512)
then flash the 3 JPY files.
I tend to debrand phones when I get them in as I don't think its fair being stuck on older versions.

So... download Odin + PIT from the top of that page I linked. Flash the 512 PIT using Odin with repartition. Download the JPY firmware from the same page. Flash the 3 files in there. Reboot. Done?
What about clearing cache? Factory reset?
Anything else?

Flashing with Odin will do the factory reset.
Sent from my GTI-9000 Using that XDA app thingy

We've hit a problem
He's been trying the files on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
He selected repartition, and flashed the PIT file + JPY_JPY_JPY.tar at the same time (although I believe we've tried one at a time too).
Now when he reboots his phone it doesn't boot - it just vibrates.
He's tried going into recovery and clearing the cache, user data, factory reset, etc.
He can still get into download mode and recovery.
Any suggestions?

extorian said:
We've hit a problem
He's been trying the files on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
He selected repartition, and flashed the PIT file + JPY_JPY_JPY.tar at the same time (although I believe we've tried one at a time too).
Now when he reboots his phone it doesn't boot - it just vibrates.
He's tried going into recovery and clearing the cache, user data, factory reset, etc.
He can still get into download mode and recovery.
Any suggestions?
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Flash pit with repartition selected.
Wait till you see a green box with pass
Unplug phone take battery out.
Then put it back on download
Click reset it Odin
Untick repartition
Select all three jpy files.
Plug in phone. Click start.
Leave till you see green pass.
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All three files? Should they have come with the firmware download? That only contained a 300MB file JPY_JPY_JPY.tar.

extorian said:
All three files? Should they have come with the firmware download? That only contained a 300MB file JPY_JPY_JPY.tar.
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Different to how I get them direct for Samsung. So wouldn't know sorry.
Sent from my GTI-9000 Using that XDA app thingy

Can we get the JPY firmware direct from Samsung?

No, but samfirmware.com has all those firmwares.

Yeah they have JPY. However it's just a 512 PIT file. Is that all he needs?

Thats what i flash JPY with .
Error solving with a rom install i usually wipe everything flash back to eclair with 512 pit and repartition . That works i then flash to Froyo no repartition .
jje

Still no joy
OK, so as per the instructions above (I think), we made sure the SIM and SD card are removed. Connected the phone. With Odin, ticked Repartition, and then flashed the 512 .pit file. Waited until we saw the green box in Odin with Pass on it. Unplugged the phone and took the battery out. Put battery back in and booted the phone into download mode. Clicked Reset in Odin. Made sure re-partition was unticked. Made sure the pit file is no longer selected. Added the JPY_JPY_JPY.tar to the PDA section. Plugged in phone. Clicked start. Left it until we saw green pass. On restarting the phone, it to boots past the Galaxy S splash screen and tune then there's a single vibrate followed by a double, which then repeats.
Did we do something wrong? We noticed in Recovery there is an error displayed:
E:can't mount /dev/block/st110 (invalid arguement)
E:copy_dbdata_media:cant mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed
What else can we try to get to JPY?
The firmware from samfirmware.com and the firmware linked from the firmwares post on XDA (mentioned earlier) both give an identical JPY_JPY_JPY.tar. We've been unable to find any firmwares with the three JPY files in it. Anyone have a link? Or any other things we can try?

extorian said:
Still no joy
OK, so as per the instructions above (I think), we made sure the SIM and SD card are removed. Connected the phone. With Odin, ticked Repartition, and then flashed the 512 .pit file. Waited until we saw the green box in Odin with Pass on it. Unplugged the phone and took the battery out. Put battery back in and booted the phone into download mode. Clicked Reset in Odin. Made sure re-partition was unticked. Made sure the pit file is no longer selected. Added the JPY_JPY_JPY.tar to the PDA section. Plugged in phone. Clicked start. Left it until we saw green pass. On restarting the phone, it to boots past the Galaxy S splash screen and tune then there's a single vibrate followed by a double, which then repeats.
Did we do something wrong? We noticed in Recovery there is an error displayed:
E:can't mount /dev/block/st110 (invalid arguement)
E:copy_dbdata_media:cant mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed
What else can we try to get to JPY?
The firmware from samfirmware.com and the firmware linked from the firmwares post on XDA (mentioned earlier) both give an identical JPY_JPY_JPY.tar. We've been unable to find any firmwares with the three JPY files in it. Anyone have a link? Or any other things we can try?
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You only use the PIT file and choose re-partition when you have the 3 separate flashing files.
When you have the singe JPY tar file you do not select re-partition and do not use the PIT file - do the following:
put phone into download mode
open Odin
choose your single JPY file as the PDA
make sure "re-partition" is UNTICKED
DO NOT select your PIT file
connect your phone to PC via USB
Odin will detect your phone - click start
let Odin do its stuff until your phone restarts
you are now on 2.2.1 stock
I always do an immediate factory reset.....it seems to sort out any lags or issues that you occasionally get after flashing
good luck!

When he tries to just the .tar without repartition or .pit, Odin fails.
When he tries to format the internal SD card from Recovery it says:
E:can't mount /dev/block/st110 (invalid arguement)
E:copy_dbdata_media:cant mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed
It could be that repartitioning previously has messed stuff up? Maybe the wrong PIT (we used 512)? I've read in a few places that Clockwork recovery can fix this. Thoughts?
Or is there a 3 file JPY option we can use?

So, according to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784958#8180949 it seems we messed up the partitions by using the pit file originally with repartition. If JPY isn't a full firmware we'll need to flash back to a full firmware to fix it. For example he says "The reason for this screwup is because the JH7 tar package does not contain params or dbdata files, it's not meant to be a full installer- it's meant to be an upgrade. When you partitioned you deleted your existing dbdata and params partitions on your phone, so when JH7 tried to set them up they didn't exist."
We're going to try JPU (somewhere said that's a full update) with 512 pit + repartition, then if that boots update to JPY (no pit, no repartition).

FIXED!!!
After putting the three-file JPU on it from samfirmware.com with 512 pit and repartition, it booted up into 2.2.1 fine. We then flashed the JPY tar (no pit, no repartition), and it's working.
Thanks for the help guys.

Thats great news. X
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Hi I am the friend that has caused the headache throughout this thread, I'd just like to say a big thank you to extorian and everyone else that provided input and solutions to getting the rom installed on my phone.
I'm over the moon with the update, phone runs better than ever. Thanks again.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

[Q] Odin PIT mapping failed

Im trying to install the speedmod kernel for MIUI via ODIN and it keeps failing at get PIT for mapping?! Never had this problem when flashing a kernel before.
Im on JPY firmware using JPU for partition and PIT.
Someone help please :/

Have you made sure 're-partition' is UNchecked in odin ?
and you have not loaded a PIT file have you ??
could you post a screen shot of what odin looks like before you press start ?

Flashed T959 stock on i9000... boot loop

I can't believe I overlooked such a vital detail when flashing with Odin...
I flashed UVKB5_Deodexed_Stock_Voodoo_odin.tar.md5.tar (which is for T959) with pit512 with re-partition checked on a vibrant i9000m which was originally on I9000UGKG3.
Once the flash completed, the phone was looping. Couldn't get to recovery mode, but was able to get into download mode.
So I flashed I9000UGKG3 stock with pit512 and re-partition checked, but now I'm getting boot loop up to the splash screen but it just repeats itself. It did enter recover right after the flash but I am not able to return to it anymore even with button combos.
What should I do at this point?
EDIT: Right after flash, in the recovery screen, it said the following "E:failed to mount /dbdata (File exists)" and plenty other red text...

Just flash the stock firmware for your phone via Odin.. Put the single file u get in pda... U can download it from Samfirmware.com for your respective country...
If my post helped, don't mind hitting THANKS

am i suppose to re-partition and do I use a pit file? If so, which one?
thanks

trojjanhorse said:
am i suppose to re-partition and do I use a pit file? If so, which one?
thanks
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don't tick on repartition.. And no pit file is required.. Only a .tar file LL be there.. So just put it in PDA and flash..
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Semi-Brick....could be the eMMC brick!?!?

Hello all,
I recieved a Galaxy Note for repair from a friend of mine. She says that the phone was working normally until it rebooted and then didnt get past the first Samsung Galaxy Note Logo.....she took it to samsung who said it was a faulty motherboard (hint: possible eMMC brick, though in India, thats their go-to response). The phone now shows a firmware upgrade failed sign (PHONE----------!-----------PC) telling me to plug it into Kies, which doesnt recognize it. It doesnt go into recovery mode at all but goes into download mode. I opened odin and flashed a stock gb rom with pit file(repartition ticked). The phone gets stuck at Set Partition. Have tried different Odins, different USB Cables, ticking diff. options in odin and god knows what else. How do i get this phone up and running? Is it the emmc brick bug? I think it is...

did you kill kies processes before using odin?

Yup. Done already....no change

if it gets stuck at repartition process, then its more than an eMMC brickbug. How its the phone right now?, can you go to recovery?. The best you can do: flash a safe kernel and then a cyannogenmod (or AOSP) rom, if it boots (probably you will get a lot of force closes), try to flash a jelly bean stock rom (without repartition) and then repartition it.
If still not work, the last option its jTag (riff box), it will repartition the whole phone.
Sorry my bad english

Hmmm, I'm not sure about that last part, but if I do it without repartition, it gets stuck at nand write of cache. Right now, it either goes into upgrade failed connect to kies sign or into download mode, both of which I'm guessing are the same

try uninstall and reInstall you samsung usb driver...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956
and try use other pc odin version..
try flash without repartition.

Checked. Same issue

xyancompgeek said:
Checked. Same issue
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Odin stuck on?..
lets try flash kernel using pc odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901191

Odin is stuck on this screen. Phone is in download mode. Cannot go into recovery.

You might need a usb jtag thing.maybe that will help in getting ur phone 8dentifiedby odin
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It is recognized by Odin, it just cant flash anything. One thing though, odin 3.07 atleast has the courtesy to tell me that it failed on set partition, odin 1.85 gets stuck at set partition.

what are you trying to do? you are only selecting the PIT file and nothing else in Odin. use the Original PIT not modified one with the rom file in PDA .
Nothing more is supposed to happen if only PIT file is added to odin. Donot use a custom PIT file till its confirmed a EMMC corruption.. use the original PIT file from Dr Ketans Guide in Original Dev Section