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[Q] How can I install a kernel? (please don't kill me)

Hi everybody!
I tried to search everywhere, but I can't find it.
Does anybody know where can I find a tutorial/guide to install a kernel (voodoo if possible) un our SGS flashed with darky's 8.1?
Every info i found is uncomplete or requires certain things I've never done before.
thanks in advance!

Flash .zip(kernel) with clockwork mod recovery like you flashed darky's rom.
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Majes said:
Hi everybody!
I tried to search everywhere, but I can't find it.
Does anybody know where can I find a tutorial/guide to install a kernel (voodoo if possible) un our SGS flashed with darky's 8.1?
Every info i found is uncomplete or requires certain things I've never done before.
thanks in advance!
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Every kernel developer writes installation instructions in first post. Well,
*if you have rooted phone with ClockWorksMode recovery you just download one of CWM zip files of kernel of your choice and go to recovery and install zip file from there.
*If your phone has 2e recovery do the same as above but rename your zip file to update.zip and place it in root of sd card and flash update from recovery
*if your phone has 3e recovery you need to use Odin - download odin version of kernel of your choice, unzip it to get .tar file, add this tar file to PDA field of Odin, start your phone in download mode and flash it from Odin.
You can also use "SGS kernel flasher" from the market. It is simpler (recommended). Use CWM versions of kernels or unpack zImage somewhere.

You do understand that Darky's Rom comes with a kernel (Voodoo Advanced without OC/UV I believe).
You can check it's enabled by enterring recovery mode on your phone by turning it off and then turning it back on with the combination of Vol-down + Home + Power and then the appropriate sub-menu.
If you want to install a new one, download the CWM (ClockWork Mod) version of the kernel and flash it through the same Clockwork Recovery.

three excellent responses, each one better than the other
Thank you, thank you very much !

Sorry to be picky but its vol up, home and power.
Vol down gives you download mode.

Yes, as Zeroundead said, if you already have Darky's ROM, you just reboot into recovery, and enable it.
Darky's Version 8.1 has Speedmod kernel.
Here's a video of enabling the lagfix in version 8.0.
Check from the 09:30 min point:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvqTEW0oPrE

Boot loop on SGS I9000 / Gingerbread and Darky V10 RC3

Hi guys,
My first post, so don't be too harsh
So, I'm stuck with a boot loop. Here's what I did:
- flashed Gingerbread 2.3.3 XXJVK with PIT file via ODIN
- flashed supercurio kernel by ficeto using ODIN (PDA)
- copied Darky's V10 RC3 zip file on phone's sd card
- rebooted in Dark Core Recovery and flashed the Darky's V10 RC3 ROM
- no errors so far, everything went smooth.
But now I'm stuck in a boot loop.
Please advise & thanks !

I guess you have to flash stock rom (or Darky Resurr.) with odin :/

Working again!
I did everything from the beginning, except this time I used K13D instead of Supercurio.
And now it's working like a charm ...
Firmware 2.3.3
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I9000XXJVK-CL75655 [email protected] #2
Build number: Darky's v10.0 RC3
Thanks again !

I was in the same situation. The idea is that you have to flash a compatible kernel for your ROM (ie : if you use 2.2.1 firmware you can basically flash any ROM from Speedmod`s kernel to Voodo LaggFix; if you are on 2.3.3 thare are few kernels available because the devs didn`t have enough time for compiling, etc. so you have to wait). Yesterday I tested 2.3.3 Darky 10.0 RC4 Gingerbread and I had a semi-lagg experience (the only cool thing is the animation when you scroll up or down - it`s a light). So I reflashed 2.2.1 with Darky Ressurection via Odin and then I put Ultimate ROM with DamianGto (latest) kernel - I score around 1900 in Qadrant with 1200Mhz OV and 24mv UV - but it`s cool and no lagg.
I was a begginer too, but from my experience if you have any problem (bootloop, freezeloop) go into download mode, prepare Odin and just flash the device again with Darky Ressurection 9.2 to make a safe downgrade (All info is in the .zip package, PDF format).

Hi guys,
i have also the problem with the bootloop. I can´t swich in cwm or anything else.
I hear a very fast speach and then the galaxy starts the next time.
I was updating from v9.5 to v10 RC6 follwoing this:
ww.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/guide-installing-rc6-need-to-flash-dark_core_2-2-first.2382/[/url]
It was fine and the phone was working fine. then i have start the lagfix in cwm. since my phone is in bootloop.
Have any idea? plz help... and i´m sorry for my bad english...

the noise you are hearing is the lagfix being installed.
this is normal on darkys rom / voodoo kernels.
try again and give it 10 mins, if it still does not boot, re flash through odin and give it some time.
if you pull battery out / switch off whilst lagfix is being installed you will get serious issues.

Hi guys,
i have flashed Ficetos JVB a second time with odin 1.3. It does´t work at all. Bootloop is coming back after the restart.

Hi azzledazzle,
i have really done it maybe one hour ago... i mean to pull the battery out....
what can i do now to manage this problem?

kannixdafür said:
Hi azzledazzle,
i have really done it maybe one hour ago... i mean to pull the battery out....
what can i do now to manage this problem?
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boot into download mode
flash darkys 9.2 resurrection edition through odin.
make sure you have pit and re-partition.
let it boot - 10 mins max
install whatever version of darkys you want in recovery menu.

Hi azzledazzle,
at first... thanks for your immediately help!
i have flashed darkys 9.2 resurraction edition... but it still in bootloop even after 10 min boottime... (can´t hear an noise this time)
have you any idea?

did you use 512 pit ? and did you check re-partition and finally did you load the .tar md5 into pda section ??
if you did all of that and it still didnt work.
flash back to stock eclair and try again

[Q] [SOLVED] Continuum v5.4.1 Installation

Can someone please post a more detailed set of steps for installing Continuum v5.4.1 from stock. I've been using FireFly for the last 3 months and really want to try out this rom. I've restored back to stock using ODIN one click and have done a master clear. There are no details on how to install the new bootloaders and the kernel using ODIN. Please don't slam me as I am new to this. I've read the entire first post. I've watched the MobileTechVideos video on youtube, but it appears to differ from what is posted in Icezar's post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9PKsk32Y0s (appears to be one file that gets bootloaders, kernel and ROM).
I've downloaded the ROM to my internal SD card. I have the talon kernel TalonDEV-0.1.2.tar file and the galaxys-bootloader-JVB.tar.md5 file on my computer. I used the ODIN3 v1.3 that was listed in the thread using the bootloader file in the PDA field. The installation fails; my phone is in download mode and connected to the USB on the motherboard. I end up having to pull the battery and have a soft brick (I have to use a jig to get download mode again and one click to get back). I've tried ODIN3 v1.82 doing the same steps, but in that version I put it in the bootloader field; it fails as well. One thing I noticed is the bootloaders linked in the thread say JVB and the ROM now says JVH; is there an error in the post? Does the version of ODIN matter? Do I need Galaxy S windows drivers? Right now I'm staying on stock until I can figure out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for your time...

Follow Mobile tech videos Samsung Captivate (How To Install Gingerbread ROM's) video instead, it's how I installed Continuum. Just install continuum instead of whatever he installs at the end. Same process.

For what it is worth, the version of ODIN you use is very important. There are a few versions of the one click download version that are specifically meant to return you to a stock rom. You want to make sure that you are using the full version such as ODIN 3. I have ODIN 3 version 1.7 and have used that several times to install Continuum and other stuff like different kernels.
The latest version of Continuum comes with the proper kernal already packaged. For the sake of playing it safe, when I was flashing 5.4.1 over stock 2.1, I installed an older version of the talon kernel first. I don't know if that was necessary, but it didn't hurt the situation either.

Thanks for the replies; I really appreciate it. So continuum v5.4.1 has the kernel bundled. I still have to do the bootloaders first using the pda field and not the bootloader field in ODIN3 v1.82?

Another question that came to mind; is there a way to get out of download mode without using 1 click back to stock. If I am in download is there a key combo that will reboot the phone normally? Thanks!

So I successfully installed the gingerbread bootloaders. I used the new key combo to get into download again and used ODIN to install the talon 1.2 kernel linked in the continuum post and it completed and the phone starts to boot and I battery pull. I then used the new recovery mode combo which works, but when I try to find the rom on my sdcard I get an error that it cannot mount /sdcard along with a bunch of other mount errors. My screen is similar to this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076670&highlight=cannot+mount+/sdcard. In my case Odin completed successfully for the loaders and kernel. Please tell me what I missed. I used one click to get back to stock after I couldn't get past this error. Thanks...

icezar's instructions are probably the most complete you'll ever see for a custom rom ----- by far the best and most thorough, just follow them.
Best I can say is to just start over - one click back to stock, download mode, then flash continuum (first one - bootloaders).
I let everything boot up and then move updates to sdcard.
Flash kernel you want - I like Talon's (I'm on test 13 I think - OC'd at 1.2 -50,-50,-50,-75,-75-75 - all tweaks disabled)
Flash update zips via recovery .... 5.4.1 ---- I usually wipe Dalvick just to be sure, though it does it on its own.

Subv3rsion said:
Another question that came to mind; is there a way to get out of download mode without using 1 click back to stock. If I am in download is there a key combo that will reboot the phone normally? Thanks!
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On stock from download - just hold down all of the buttons, if it goes to recovery (which it should), just select reboot.
On GB loaders, it's different for the key combos, but still manageable.

I know exactly what you are going through. The instructions are very detailed. However, for those of us coming from 2.2 without having to understand Odin, the instructions are confusing. I think your confusion stems from there being multiple pit files. I have minimal knowledge of odin, but here is what I did to get GB Continuum from FF 3.0.
First off, I restored to stock using JV6 file without bootloaders per Icezar's link. I then downloaded each of the odin 1.3 rar files and extracted EACH (with 7zip) to a different folder. Then I ran the relevant odin file for each step.
Here is what I have gleaned from the process. The pit file in each rar is different, so normally you would select the relevant pit and pda file. The reason this worked without selecting the pit is because the pit and relevant pda were the only files in the directory as the instance of odin I ran. This may be wrong, but odin did not work if separated from the pit/pda.
Hope this helps because after tinkering with tweaks and UV settings I was at 40%battery after 1 day without charging.
---SGS i897 Captivate using:
Continuum 5.41 w/ Talon 1.7 [rfs all, OC/UV, TW4, no theme, no tweaks enabled, & NETFLIX!)

I have found I can UV 1000/800 150, but 100/200 only by 50 & 400 by 75 before boot looping. However I kept io deadline and tweaks above that selection on. With rfs it has been smooth and fast. But sd write speed no matter what is slow... Have you had any luck?
-- SGS i897 Captivate using:
Continuum 5.41 w/ Talon 1.7 [rfs all, OC/UV, TW4, no theme, no tweaks enabled, & NETFLIX!)

Thanks guys. I'm waiting on a JIG I ordered this weekend before I try again. It sucks sticking resistors in trying to get dowload mode after a soft brick. Does anyone know the techincal reason my sd card wouldn't mount after I flashed the bootloaders and the talon 1.2 kernel? From what I am reading I just do the gb booloaders then install continuum from recovery as it contains a newer talon kernel. Fyi my build number is 1009.

So I did my upgrade tonight to Continuum 5.5. This time I had my JIG from MTV; thanks Josh! It made it a hell of a lot easier. I did the GB bootloaders and did a battery pull after ODIN 1.82 completed and the galaxy s screen came up. Then I installed the old talon 1.2 kernel which I'm not sure if I needed to do. This time it worked and I believe my error was in the video he doesn't un check the Auto Reboot; in the ROM post it said to un check it. After the kernel completed I did a battery pull. I used the volume up + power combo to hit recovery. I did a clear cache and D Cache. Then installed the ROM. Thank you for all your help. I really appreciate it!

Good deal! Glad the jig worked for you. I have had an amazing battery life and modem/GPS functionality with 5.41 while keeping lagfix/extra 4 disabled.
Re: your 1.2 Q. Go to settings > about phone > kernel version. It should say 1.7 from the flashing of 5.5.
-- SGS i897 Captivate using:
Continuum 5.5 w/ Talon 1.7 [rfs all, OC/UV, TW4, no theme, no tweaks enabled, & NETFLIX!)

[Q] ROM Update gone bad, what to do ?

Hi,
Here's my story, I was running stock Froyo 2.2 on my Samsung Galaxy I9000 (India) and decided to give latest SpeedMod kernel (speedmod-kernel-k13e-500hz.tar) a try, things went well and I flashed the kernel successfully via ODIN. After this I went ahead and enabled all recommended tweaks and lagfix (both data and system) this also completed successfully.
Now problem started when I followed this guide and did something wrong (I guess), I skipped the "Flashing SpeedMod Kernel" step as I was already on that and disabled the lagfix (Data + system) after disabling lagfix and rebooting android setup screen came up and my data was lost followed by lots of force closes - I went ahead and applied "galaxys-efsbackup.zip" and flashed "CM7 kernel" as instructed. After rebooting the phone was on CWM Recovery 3 and I tried "“mounts and storage” which did not worked.
Now, I have flashed back the SpeedMod kernal and back to CWM recovery 2.51 but restoring backups is not succeeding, pls. suggest how to get my phone back to a working state ?
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This is now resolved I flashed the stock firmware via ODIN.

Pls. anybody for rescue ?

just download your stock 2.2 rom and flash the stock firmware with odin... should fix your problem

I was on Froyo 2.2, can I update to 2.2.1 latest firmware ?
Also what ODIN version and options should I flash with.

This is now resolved I flashed the stock firmware via ODIN.

[Q] Major issues with the i9000 right now. Please Help.

Hey guys,
So recently I tried rooting my phone with CF-Root and Odin, and then it went into a boot loop of just the Galaxy S on startup.
I eventually found out about Heimdall and right now I'm running 2.2.1 Froyo with Build XWJSD.
Problem is, that the phone doesn't read the SD card? Like it will see the SD Card, scan it, and say it's finished scanning but then it won't let me access it either in CWM or through the Android UI itself.
Any ideas? I just want to get MIUI installed haha.

Well I just tested the SD card in another phone and it works fine. So it's definitely the software/rom I'm using now I think.
Is there anything I can do to make this work. Maybe like a completely stock 2.2.1, that is guaranteed to work haha? I just need this card to be read. Because even when I plug the phone and run Kies, Kies doesn't recognize the version of the firmware. And If I try to use superoneclick root, it also doesn't recognize the version of the firmware.
So right now I'm using 2.2.1 XWJSD, which stock rom should I install with odin or Heimdall to make this work?
Thanks a lot again.

Head over to this thread and download JVZ (Gingerbread 2.3.6), flash with Odin with re-partition checked, then head over to Chainfire's thread for CF-Root kernel for JVZ and flash that through Odin as well.
Forget about Kies since you'll no longer be using that to update firmware and whatnot.
CF-Root will come with CWM installed, so after you get that done, download MIUI and flash through CWM

Thanks a lot will try it out.
This CF-Root right? CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVZ-v4.3-CWM3RFS.zip

Unfortunately the phone is stuck in a bootloop now after installing 2.3.6 JVZ.

Did you make sure re-partition is checked? If it still bootloops after re-partition then try JVT or some other stock ROM and see if that boots up before applying the CF-Root kernel

Yeah I made sure re-partition is checked, and I installed it with the 512 pit file, unless I shouldn't be using the .pit?

your gona have to reflash the rom or install arom thats already rooted you could try darky 10.2 re or check out puggerduk on tube
Root Galaxy S i9000 and install a custom rom

Hey guys refer to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1451345
He's having the same issue, so just help us out there Thanks alot!

eclipse245 said:
Hey guys,
So recently I tried rooting my phone with CF-Root and Odin, and then it went into a boot loop of just the Galaxy S on startup.
I eventually found out about Heimdall and right now I'm running 2.2.1 Froyo with Build XWJSD.
Problem is, that the phone doesn't read the SD card? Like it will see the SD Card, scan it, and say it's finished scanning but then it won't let me access it either in CWM or through the Android UI itself.
Any ideas? I just want to get MIUI installed haha.
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MIUI is running based on Android 2.3, I found the Android forum that helps me well enough to do my first flashing and rooting. Here is what you need to try to do:
1. Flash your i9000 with XXJVU 2.3.6 ( Value Pack ):
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/xxjvu/
2. Root your I9000 with CF-Root-XX OXA JVU 2.3.6-v4.3-CWM3RFS:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/root-xxjvu-firmware/
Do everything on the post and you can install MIUI ROM from recovery straight away after that.
Hope this helps. If it does, please consider press 'THANKS' button