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GT I9000m

I looked and couldn't find a match to what i needed so if it is somewhere please point me in the right direction.
So here's the thing i have a GT I9000m through bell. I have done a few upgrades and modifications without a real understanding (like senior members or moderators)
Any way here's what my phone looks like now
Model NUmber
GT-I9000
Firmware version
2.3.4
Baseband version
I9000UGJL2
Kernel version
2.6.35.7-I9000XXJVQ-CL281085
Build number
DarkyROM JVQ v10.2
So what i would love to do is bring it back to how i got my phone when i left the bell store(the 3rd time) back in Jan. So what i'm looking for is a complete idiots guide to going back to original firmware so i can start from scratch and update to the real gingerbread release then root my phone again. Now if anybody has any better ideas to make my phone run smoother, faster and still have a nice sleek look that would be GREATLY appreciated.
The reason why I want to do this is my apps force close,my map randomly closes, and it reboots out of nowhere.
P.s. I want to be able to update with kies in the future too. (Might be a whole different thread with that one)

Okay, it's easier than it sounds. Rule number one its not to panic. I know I'm not a senior member but I didn't join until I knew I could contribute. I've been where you are, and this is the best way I found to go almost stock. Go to the development section and look for a thread by Ramad, it has a ton of stock firmware that has been pre rooted, deodexed and zipaligned. This means that it has superuser capabilities, runs as smoothly as possible and is as good as it gets without a custom kernel. You want the firmware that is known as UGKG3. Look in the general section for a full guide on flashing with odin, but really you just flash in download mode with all 3 files and the 512.pit file. You need repartition to be selected. This will give you an almost stock, smooth as possible, rooted phone that can be updated with kies.
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Oh, note that before you add any apps, you can install themes that require you to be deodexed. You did say you wanted a sleek look, you can check out the theme and app section for more info on that.

I too am looking for the stock froyo for i9000m. I have installed two separate packages both claiming to be stock bell firmware, unfortunately they have both ended up with the product code of XEE (sweden I think) when I want BMC. If someone could point me to stock froyo so I could update to stock gingerbread via kies I would be eternally grateful.
I have tried spoofing the product code which allows me to initialize the update in kies but I get stopped before anything actually happens with a "this version of the device cannot be updated" error.
The kies thing is kind of important since I plan on selling this phone to upgrade to an sgs II.
Thank you in advance.

[Q]about rooting/installing rom/kernel SGS. newbie here.

well im kinda new to SGS. i currently use Go Launcher EX as for my phone to look good. and install some games/apps.
what i want to know is what is the best root / kernel / rom. and what should be done first? updating my firmware to gingerbread or installing/flashing root/kernel/rom?
my phone is still froyo as well. just like newly bought SGS.
my phone details:
my phone details:
SGS i9000. (not captivate nor wifi)
Model Number: GT-I9000
Firmware version: 2.2
Baseband version: I9000DXJPB
Kernel version:
2.6.32.9
[email protected] #1
Build Number: FROYO.DXJPE
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my phone can't stay so long, it can only stay up to like 7~10 hrs, doing texting/quite gaming.
can only stay up to like 3~5hrs with full gaming.
my phone lags sometimes.. especially when exiting/minimizing(press home) the "Eternity Warrior" app. and
playing too long to "Cut the Rope" app.
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and starting up my phone, takes a while for it to be ready to use. and sometimes lag for any other app use.
i want to have these following apps/or whatever they are: though i dnt know what's their use.
SuperUser
BusyBox
Voodoo
Odin
can someone please help me about these questions?
Thanks in advance for you guys who will help me.

BUMP!! >.<

Look around some custome ROM to flash and lagfix it, after that you have gain root permission and many stuffs u can play around

What's the best way to root stock galaxy s with 2.3.4?

First of all you have to download a 2.3.4-firmware (I'd suggest JVS, it's 2.3.5) and then flash it with Odin (you know how? If no, just let me know and I'll explain it ).
After that just look for a kernel that fits your firmware and also flash it with Odin (PDA-filed) and you're done.

Lunchbox115 said:
First of all you have to download a 2.3.4-firmware (I'd suggest JVS, it's 2.3.5) and then flash it with Odin (you know how? If no, just let me know and I'll explain it ).
After that just look for a kernel that fits your firmware and also flash it with Odin (PDA-filed) and you're done.
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Should be fine with it, can you direct me to the Odin rom in question please? I take it that its pre-rooted with clockwork recovery?
You could post the steps as it's for a friend and I can direct your post to him.

Hey guys I have a related question regarding kernels, posting here to save creating more threads.
I've come from Froyo 2.1.1 with Voodoo Kernel. Only reason I've updated to JVR 2.3.4 is because I've read this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225879 and realised I can have glorious Voodoo sound again on newer firmware.
So I've gone ahead and followed this guide to update firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1139050
However I was unsuccesfuly in installing madrooster's kernel, through Odin I semi bricked and through CWM it gave an error. Perhaps because I am not rooted? However I was successful in installing Dark Core 2.6, I read that this had Voodoo sound but upon installing the Voodoo control plus and running it, no controls were available. It said phone needed to be rooted to load the driver....I'm really lost, I need help

Tried to flash kernel - Think I bricked phone
I tried to flash a dark core kernel using SGS kernel app. Phone rebooted and showed funny colours on the screen with a robotic voice giving commentary every now and again. Now just keeps rebooting and showing random colours on the screen. I have not backed up the phone, but contacts etc are on google. Can anyone help?

[Q] Can flashing firmware brick your phone?

Hi guys,
Just as the title says. And if it is possible to back up your original stock firmware , in case something goes wrong and need to be restored to the original firmware. I'm thinking to flash my phone but not sure which firmware to choose and its problems involved. Is flashing firmware is riskier than rooting? And how do I know if particular firmware will work with current carrier provider? Thanks a lot!

Yes, flashing can brick your phone(but repairable).
The original firmwares are available on this forum, so no worries. Just backup all your data, contacts, photos, etc., just in case.
Which firmware are you running right now??

It is possible to brick, but to be fair Android is a great OS. I myself have screwed my phone up to the point of saying "wheres the microwave" but with my friends google, and XDA I have always managed to sort it.
Rules I go by, always, and I mean always read all tutorials at least twice, compare tuts if you can. I always flash on over 75% battery power, always make sure I have everything I need before I start, from the original firmware and the custom rom. I always remove the external sd card and the sim, as I have had times where I managed to wipe both!!
Take the plunge mate, have a bash, and dont look back.
Cant remember how many different roms I have flashed on mine, and friends phones.
Above all, read and enjoy!!

steve19800 said:
Hi guys,
Just as the title says. And if it is possible to back up your original stock firmware , in case something goes wrong and need to be restored to the original firmware. I'm thinking to flash my phone but not sure which firmware to choose and its problems involved. Is flashing firmware is riskier than rooting? And how do I know if particular firmware will work with current carrier provider? Thanks a lot!
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You can follow the video guide for flashing different roms.

itspb said:
Yes, flashing can brick your phone(but repairable).
The original firmwares are available on this forum, so no worries. Just backup all your data, contacts, photos, etc., just in case.
Which firmware are you running right now??
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Currently running 2.3.3
PDA: I9000XWJVN
Baseband: SRJV1
CSC: PSJV5
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I9000XWJVN-CL366455 [email protected]#2
So basically we don't need/ can not back up current firmware, only need to find the same firmware (including the kernel) and install it?
If the guide is followed properly from start to finish, is it still possible to brick your phone? Such as unforeseen problem. Is it highly likely to happen?
I'm thinking of upgrading to 2.3.5 JVT but is it worth the risk or not, is it originally release by Samsung? It seems to me it's hard to find perfect firmware for Galaxy S. Thanks.

If you've got an hour on your hands, Adam outler's unbrickable mod means no, it's not possible.
To be fair, it's pretty fxxkin hard anyway.

buttwad said:
It is possible to brick, but to be fair Android is a great OS. I myself have screwed my phone up to the point of saying "wheres the microwave" but with my friends google, and XDA I have always managed to sort it.
Rules I go by, always, and I mean always read all tutorials at least twice, compare tuts if you can. I always flash on over 75% battery power, always make sure I have everything I need before I start, from the original firmware and the custom rom. I always remove the external sd card and the sim, as I have had times where I managed to wipe both!!
Take the plunge mate, have a bash, and dont look back.
Cant remember how many different roms I have flashed on mine, and friends phones.
Above all, read and enjoy!!
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Yes mate it is a great OS, but one thing I experience and hard to experience from my 2.3.3 is its stability and smoothness.
Have you found nice firmware for your droid? Sometimes I think Droid leaves this last finishing job for us to do

I have flashed mine too many times with too many different roms. The current one i'm using is galaxydroid 5.0, found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1344489
The battery life is very good as roms go, but am still playing around.
I have flashed mine to 2.3.6 at the mo as per instructions (above link)
Looks like from your current rom you should be opk for JVZ. (Going on the assumption your in europe as JVZ is open europe rom)
If you follow said above instructions on the link, you'll be fine. I also recommed flashing semaphore kernal after flashing the rom, I did this as it gave me the ability to add custom boot animation.
Another thing worth doing, is register on www.SamMobile.com as this is where all the samsung firmwares can be found, so backups are never too far away!!

woolf clubs said:
If you've got an hour on your hands, Adam outler's unbrickable mod means no, it's not possible.
To be fair, it's pretty fxxkin hard anyway.
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I read somewhere their phone are dead after a month of flashing or rooting, any thought on that ?

So basically we don't need/ can not back up current firmware, only need to find the same firmware (including the kernel) and install it?
If the guide is followed properly from start to finish, is it still possible to brick your phone? Such as unforeseen problem. Is it highly likely to happen?
I'm thinking of upgrading to 2.3.5 JVT but is it worth the risk or not, is it originally release by Samsung? It seems to me it's hard to find perfect firmware for Galaxy S. Thanks.
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Yes, yo do not need to backup your original firmware as it is already available on the internet. You just find the same CSC. Modem and PDA file and flash it to return to the original state of your phone.
No, if you follow the guide(word to word), 99% chances are that you will not brick the phone. Even if you brick it, it will mostly be a soft brick. Hard bricks occur only if you are flashing a bootloader.
You can flash to JVT, it is pretty stable. However, the latest is JVZ, 2.3.6.
There is nothing like perfect firmware. If you want to stick with the latest stuff, get JVZ. Since you are a beginner, i would recommend that you get comfortable with flashing Samsung ROMs at first. Then you can Root your phone, flash custom ROMs etc.

itspb said:
Yes, yo do not need to backup your original firmware as it is already available on the internet. You just find the same CSC. Modem and PDA file and flash it to return to the original state of your phone.
No, if you follow the guide(word to word), 99% chances are that you will not brick the phone. Even if you brick it, it will mostly be a soft brick. Hard bricks occur only if you are flashing a bootloader.
You can flash to JVT, it is pretty stable. However, the latest is JVZ, 2.3.6.
There is nothing like perfect firmware. If you want to stick with the latest stuff, get JVZ. Since you are a beginner, i would recommend that you get comfortable with flashing Samsung ROMs at first. Then you can Root your phone, flash custom ROMs etc.
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What I meant perfect is best firmware for Galaxy S. I'm not a fan of Apple but it performs really smooth, relatively fast and stable.
Is JVZ official Samsung firmware? Do you have the link, looke like Samfirmware hasn't been updated yet. Thanks for your reply

I had few i9000's without imei after wrong flashing. I tried to do something (flash again correctly),but it didn't works. Central service was repaired them (price ~ 15€ in Poland).
Latest official rom in PL is JVT
I just remember one sgs that customer tried to flash it to i9001 or i9003. It isn't good idea . Phone dont start in any mode. Only service jtag helps.
Wysłano z GT-I9000 z użyciem Tapatalk

So I've just downloaded 2.3.6 JVZ, extract it and got five files, they are :
CODE_I9000XWJVZ - PDA
MODEM - PDA
Pit - Pit
Csc - Csc
Then what is file start with APBOOT? Can someone please shed some light, Do I need to put the apboot in bootloader or just those four files? Any reply would be appreciated.

steve19800 said:
What I meant perfect is best firmware for Galaxy S. I'm not a fan of Apple but it performs really smooth, relatively fast and stable.
Is JVZ official Samsung firmware? Do you have the link, looke like Samfirmware hasn't been updated yet. Thanks for your reply
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SAMMOBILE as I previously said is the new site for all the OFFICIAL samsung firmware releases, both new and old. Register and goto the FIRMWARE tab at the top and see for yourself, just keep an eye on the region on the right.

buttwad said:
SAMMOBILE as I previously said is the new site for all the OFFICIAL samsung firmware releases, both new and old. Register and goto the FIRMWARE tab at the top and see for yourself, just keep an eye on the region on the right.
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Yes Samfirmware/Sammobile, I found mate, heaps of thanks!

I've flashed to 2.3.6 JVZ. What I feel from this upgrade is the battery life slightly improved, and cosmetic appearance i.e. blue shade colour instead of bouncing when you scroll to the edge of the screen. Overall great firmware.

steve19800 said:
I've flashed to 2.3.6 JVZ. What I feel from this upgrade is the battery life slightly improved, and cosmetic appearance i.e. blue shade colour instead of bouncing when you scroll to the edge of the screen. Overall great firmware.
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Good for you mate. I've flashed my phone well over 200 times (not including kernels or themes), it's still running same as day one. As long as you can read and don't do something stupid like flashing an incorrect kernel, repartition when you shouldn't or **** around with bootloader - you'll have no problems.

woolf clubs said:
Good for you mate. I've flashed my phone well over 200 times (not including kernels or themes), it's still running same as day one. As long as you can read and don't do something stupid like flashing an incorrect kernel, repartition when you shouldn't or **** around with bootloader - you'll have no problems.
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Likewise, lost count how many times I've put different roms/themes/kernels on mine, and touch wood not an error in sight. I agree with the bootloader comment...some things best left alone as you can brick it doing that wrong.

Congrats! Now do some research on what you want to do next. You can root, install custom rom, themes etc! It is pretty much the same procedure for everything but be sure to read the instructions and warnings. Never do anything without knowing what you are doing and what effects can it have. And as mentioned before, do not play with the bootloader and you will be just fine.
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I'm glad I did, congratulations.

Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant [i9000M BELL]

Hello XDA community,
Lend me your ear..eyes.
I have relentlessley been trying to find a way to flash my phones rom to a ICS port but scouering the internet, hard it has been (Yoda Voice).
I am hoping that someone who has been able to sucessfully flash ICS on a Bell Vibrant [i9000m] can point me in the right direction. I see alot of i9000 guides but we all know how those end up when you try to follow them on a phone with just slight differences and I really dont want to have a *epic fail* moment and be forced to have to dust off the old Motorolla Milestone.
Whoever can help me will get will get the feeling of accomplishment and be labeled as just a nice guy, or girl.
-Additional Info-
The phone was sucessfully rooted using SuperOneClick v2.3.3
Model Number: GT-i9000M
Firmware Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: i9000UGKG3
Build number: GINGERBREAD.GK3
Let me know if you need anything else. I am quick to respond.
So please XDAers show me how to use the force. The force of ODIN if necessary

Try looking in the other subforums for help. This section is for DEV related posts. Here's your answer, it's even a sticky. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379650

thraxage said:
Try looking in the other subforums for help.
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But, even though it will work, don't waste your time with Allgamer's endless method.
Here's how I did it without any issue at all!
Choose your ICS flavor (OneCosmics' Team ICSSGS or TeamHacksung CM9) and follow the provided instructions to the letter.
There is only one extra step once you're done : to flash a compatible 850MHz band enabled modem.
For this, download the CM7/CM9 compatible UGKG3 modem from the link below and flash via CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16528695&postcount=105
Voilà, you have a working ICS on your i9000m... enjoy!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19983502&postcount=2
follow this post. At first it seemed like I was stuck in boot loop, but I unplugged the usb cable and plugged it back in. You gotta wait a few mins for it to boot, so be patient. This happened twice, but after, everything was sorted out. Then after you get ICS up and running I recommend installing the wifix apk to fix the wi-fi signal issue. You should be good to go then.

i9000M Soft keys not working after fw update

So I was trying to root my i9000m and I read a forum post that advised me to update the soft key fw before doing so... little did I know I was on a custom fw already so it broke my soft key functionality. I've read a few posts that have instructions to fix the problem, by rooting the stock fw for the model and updating soft key fw before rooting again. problem is my phone was originally on FROYO and I can't locate the original file anywhere. can anybody point me to a file dl for the stock fw, or maybe someone has the file on their computer they would be willing to share? it's a bit frustrating not having the keys to go back, and i can't use certain apps due to not having a menu key..

If you don't find what you are looking for, try updating to a custom ROM that includes a Navigation Bar, as shown in the attached pic.
What's the ROM in the screenshot?
It's SlimBean 3.1 = Jelly Bean 4.1.2
With this ROM you can have up to 5 soft keys in the Navigation Bar.
This way you could care less about the phone's soft keys.

There are sites such as this one where you can find official Samsung roms
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9000M&pcode=0&os=1&type=1#firmware
If you did manage to root your phone, you could also try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832638

Thanks nyloncrack, I didn't know that there were roms that included a nav bar! I will try that, and Marshian I've gotten the firmwares from sammobile but apparently my original firmware for the i9000m (Canada) was 2.2.1, which I have found, but apparently not found the proper version of the rom that came stock with my phone. I believe it was 2.2.1 froyo. I am currently running 2.2.1 froyo.xwjsd which seems to not be the correct version.

There's a thread here with a couple of roms for the I9000m, other than that I'm afraid I can't really be of any use to you. Good luck though!

Marshian said:
There's a thread here with a couple of roms for the I9000m, other than that I'm afraid I can't really be of any use to you. Good luck though!
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I got the jl2 rom and reflashed and it worked! I downloaded UGJL2/UGJL2/BMCJL2/Sbl (MultiCSC): reflashed with pda, phone, and csc checked and then updated the touchkey firmware and voila! I got them from the same link you posted, just before you posted it, bang on Marshian!
It was actually really simple once I wrapped my head around it, now I just need to update to a newer, faster custom rom! now let's see if I can't get this rooted and unlocked again without messing it up . any suggestions for a good, bug free rom? I haven't looked into it too much yet but i hear ice cream sandwich and jellybean are recommended for my device?

trickassfoo said:
I got the jl2 rom and reflashed and it worked! I downloaded UGJL2/UGJL2/BMCJL2/Sbl (MultiCSC): reflashed with pda, phone, and csc checked and then updated the touchkey firmware and voila! I got them from the same link you posted, just before you posted it, bang on Marshian!
It was actually really simple once I wrapped my head around it, now I just need to update to a newer, faster custom rom! now let's see if I can't get this rooted and unlocked again without messing it up . any suggestions for a good, bug free rom? I haven't looked into it too much yet but i hear ice cream sandwich and jellybean are recommended for my device?
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Good to hear!
I've got the I9001 so I don't really know what kind of roms are available for you, but in my experience for my own phone ICS is currently the best trade-off in features and stability. JB is still quite new and not fully ported yet, while ICS is nearly bug-free. It could be different for your model, that's just my two cents. Either way, as long as you don't brick your phone you could always try out a couple of roms and see what you like best. The only downside is changing a major version requires a full wipe.

I used this to go from gb to ics.
[HOWTO] Flashing CWRecovery to i9000m & upgrade to ICS AOSP 4.x ROM from any version
This way your i9000m becomes a i9000 for searching out new ROMs.
For whichever ROMs (ICS or JB) you'll always need to flash the KG3 modem.

nyloncrack said:
I used this to go from gb to ics.
[HOWTO] Flashing CWRecovery to i9000m & upgrade to ICS AOSP 4.x ROM from any version
This way your i9000m becomes a i9000 for searching out new ROMs.
For whichever ROMs (ICS or JB) you'll always need to flash the KG3 modem.
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I've tried using that guide before but the JVP link is invalid. i did a quick google search am i just looking for Gingerbread? because I have a file already on my computer titled "CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVP-v3.7-CWM3RFS.tar"

Yes, that will work.
Looking at my notes from back then I actually also used:
CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVT-v4.3-CWM3RFS, and
CF-Root-XX-_OXA_JVU_2.3.6-v4.3-CWM3RFS
They were just later versions of GB.
JVU was Samsung's appeasement to i9000 users when they were told ICS wasn't coming. Had a couple of ICS features; window dressing.

Remember to make a full backup before touching anything this time

I've been trying for hours but I cannot for the life of me get windows to recognize the device in download mode. It was working fine until i updated the rom, then intermittently, then i updated the rom again and it has stopped working. i've uninstalled the drivers, tried with debugging on and off, restarted windows, installed the newest version of kies, bought a new usb cable, to no avail. this is maddening. is there a better alternative to do this on my mac? I'm using a virtual system running windows but I'm positive that isn't the problem, since it was working great before on vmware, and parallels. any ideas? I'm about a half hour away from selling this device and going back to the iphone haha.
so basically my question now is how do I downgrade back to the original firmware, so I can put this nightmare behind me? I had it unlocked and rooted on gingerbread before... don't ask me how it took many many hours. now the device isn't even being recognized in kies. If I don't get this figured out soon i'm flipping this b*tch for an iphone 4, because I do appreciate the one touch jb/unlock. I've literally wasted days of my life trying to figure this out and it doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere. too bad because I really appreciate the android system and all its capabilities but I don't have the time to waste on stuff like this
Another Edit! So, after fussing and fiddling, I decided to try one more time, I swear, I was actually going to give up at this point if it hadn't worked. so basically I removed kies, loaded the driver i was using, which was 1.3.450.0 and it didn't work, so I loaded 1.5.5.0 and it connected! My guess is that after updating the rom the driver was outdated, but I figured kies would give me the most up to date driver, seems it didn't oh well, I'm almost afraid to load ics since I've worked so hard and wasted so much time up to this point, but i've come this far...
one more edit, the kg3 modem kept crashing odin on me so I had to stick with the jl2 that was flashed earlier.. which doesn't give me network access, I'll try to find another file but is there any reason odin should be crashing like that due to this particular file?
hahaha, shouldn't speak too soon, jl2 works after reboot, should I update my modem firmware now, and what is recommended for my system {2.3.4} kernel {2.6.35.7} and if i flash to ics will I need kg3? Thanks for all the help with this seemingly never ending process