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[Q] Galaxy S crashing on boot

I'm a noob. I had JM1 running on my unlocked SGS. i downloaded JPM, tried flashing it via ODIN with the 803pit file. ODIN displayed a message in red, "FAILED". i took off my phones usb cable after a while and rebooted it. My phone wouldn't detect the SIM card. I did a factory reset and now all my applications force close on startup and I can't use ANYTHING at all! I tried doing a factory reset via the recovery mode and deleting cache, but it didn't help. I also tried flashing another firmwire using ODIN, but it also failed. My phone is detected by KIES and it recognizes my phone firmware as JM1... I;m really baffled here because I'm unable to flash anything using ODIN. PLEASE HELP

Okay, so somehow ODIN managed to install JM1 that I downloaded frm samfirmwares. But the old problem still persists, it doesn't recognize my SIM card. what is the solution? my sim card worked perfectly fine on JM1 when I updated from JF3

[Q] Kies will not firmware upgrade due to battery (even though its full!) HELP

Hi,
I have had my Galaxy S since it was introduced in the UK and I have had nothing but nightmares trying to get it to connect. It was not until today that I managed to get the damn thing connected. However I am following what a lot of people are doing and entering in the swedish reg key details:
"SoftwareRevision"="I9000XXJF3/I9000SWC/I9000XXJF3/I9000XXJF3"
"ProductCode"="GT-I9000HKDXEE"
"HIDSWVER"="I9000XXJF3/I9000SWC/I9000XXJF3/I9000XXJF3"
"DEVCONINFO"="" [delete the info and leave it blank]
This is excellent and when I follow the instructions the firmware upgrade option in Kies does pick up JP6 and I figured at last I was ready to go.
HOWEVER!, it gets to the part where it is going to start downloading the files for the upgrade when it said "Kies cannot continue with the firmware update as device is not charged enough" or something to that measure. I had a look at the battery and it was 84%. I charged it to 100% thinking that I was finally going to get 2.2 and to my dismay it did it again.
Having looked at the RegEdit I can see there is a field near the top called BatteryLv and it says no response, I believe this is what is causing the problem and I suppose it could be to do with the way I am connecting it to Kies:
1. Unmount internal SD card
2. Open up "Kies"
3. Open up "Device manager"
3. Plug in Galaxy S via USB (Ask on connection)
4. Select "Samsung Kies"
5. When it says "connecting device" in "Kies"; Disable the MTP driver (found in portable devices) in "Device manager"
6. Immediately unplug Galaxy S before it completes disabling driver.
7. Ignore message asking to restart computer
8. Plug Galaxy S back in and select "Samsung Kies"
9. While it says connecting re-enable the "MTP driver" (found in portable devices)
10. Kies recognizes the device (however phone is still constantly looping with the MTP driver initialization process)
This is the only way I have managed to get Kies to recognise my phone. I have rooted it, I have looked at every single guide on XDA and it was through combination of trial and error that I have gotten this far and now I cannot upgrade cause it wont recognize my battery.
Any ideas?

I have to remove all usb things (except keyboard+mouse) to even make it start
Maybe you should reinstall KIES from here: http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/d...enter.samsung.com/content/&ModelName=GT-I9000
Can you connect it to your PC? Is it properly recognized?

If I connect it in Mass Storage mode yeah it does, but the MTP driver never installs, I already have this new version of Kies, not sure what to try now.

Do a factory reset it will work. I had the same problem 3 days ago.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

I have already done a factory reset. I suppose I do not have much to lose and will try again but I am not hopeful.

james.boot said:
I have already done a factory reset. I suppose I do not have much to lose and will try again but I am not hopeful.
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Did you try?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

It is now saying the MTP is connected, but Kies just says "connecting device" constantly, I did two factory resets and its doing this now, which i think is a step in the right direction.

james.boot said:
It is now saying the MTP is connected, but Kies just says "connecting device" constantly, I did two factory resets and its doing this now, which i think is a step in the right direction.
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Factory reset solves battery problem. For connection issue unplug and plug always solves my problem (same with yours)
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lyelkenci said:
Did you try?
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for me it worked

unplugging and plugging in is not working.

First of all, you have to use TWLauncher for the Kies mode (on Eclair anyways). Close Kies (including the tray icon). Connect your phone, choose Kies mode and wait until the phone app says connected. Then open Kies... et voilà it works.
For the battery problem you might want to wipe the battery status (ClockworkMod recovery or from adb rm /data/system/batterystats.bin ) and see if that fixes it.

If you manage to get it connected, try set the BatteryLv to 8150 (if you are at 80% or over)

I am using TWLauncher as I have factory resetted the phone twice and there is nothing on it at all. I have the latest version of Kies and just tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it but this does not fix the issue.
Do you know how to stop it from saying "connecting device", is there a work around. I could not give a toss about using Kies, I just want to update the firmware.

Thanks for your help guys, I have got it working but now I have an even bigger problem. Its fantastic that I now have 2.2! but it wont recognise my SIM card!
Have any of you experienced this?

james.boot said:
Thanks for your help guys, I have got it working but now I have an even bigger problem. Its fantastic that I now have 2.2! but it wont recognise my SIM card!
Have any of you experienced this?
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Hi
I am having the same problem as you. How did you get it work?

have you tried to fully uninstall Kies
delete the Kies directory in the hard drive
reboot
then reinstall Kies?
that worked for me to fix some other crazy Kies issues

AllGamer said:
have you tried to fully uninstall Kies
delete the Kies directory in the hard drive
reboot
then reinstall Kies?
that worked for me to fix some other crazy Kies issues
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Yes, i tried that like 5 times until I decided to remove OCLF (v2 beta before the app came out). After that removing that, I am able to connect to Kies

Hi has anyone found a 100% solution to the battery issue?
I'm trying to update through Kies officially and have tried
1.) Full reinstall of Kies
2.) Factory reset
3.) Delete registry
4.) Alter registry to 8150 for Battery
None of the above work and I still get the 'not sufficient battery power' error when trying to update the firmware.
Any other suggestions
thanks

wsurfa said:
Hi has anyone found a 100% solution to the battery issue?
I'm trying to update through Kies officially and have tried
1.) Full reinstall of Kies
2.) Factory reset
3.) Delete registry
4.) Alter registry to 8150 for Battery
None of the above work and I still get the 'not sufficient battery power' error when trying to update the firmware.
Any other suggestions
thanks
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my solution was reboot pc reset to stock settings the phone connect to pc

hey guys. im now having this problem also. i have done a factory reset and got nowhere with it.
did you guys manage to get it working?

[Q] my device is not booting. help

Hi guys,
i have my I9000 upgraded to froyo and rooted without any problem. it had vodoo lagfix also with no problem
today, i installed (( galaxy s tweaker )) app and i dont remember waht i did but the device then shut down and reboot but it stuck to the boot screen that contains galaxy and samsung logo and it keeps restarting the same screen many times and nothing further happens.
i tried the recovery mood ( factory reset, restore, format ) but nothing works.
i tried to connect it to my pc and reinstall the rom from odin but odin is not recognizing my device even in downloading mode and i got this notification from windows that usb device was not recognized ..
please please please, help me
thank you in advance

life art said:
Hi guys,
i have my I9000 upgraded to froyo and rooted without any problem. it had vodoo lagfix also with no problem
today, i installed (( galaxy s tweaker )) app and i dont remember waht i did but the device then shut down and reboot but it stuck to the boot screen that contains galaxy and samsung logo and it keeps restarting the same screen many times and nothing further happens.
i tried the recovery mood ( factory reset, restore, format ) but nothing works.
i tried to connect it to my pc and reinstall the rom from odin but odin is not recognizing my device even in downloading mode and i got this notification from windows that usb device was not recognized ..
please please please, help me
thank you in advance
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Im guessing kies does'nt kies reconize phone? maybe uninstall then reinstall kies which will reinstall drivers. Have you tried pulling out the battery for 10mins and then retrying?

hi tragusman
unfortunately, both kies and odin dont recognize my phone though i tried to reinstall kies .
i tried to remove the battery for hours but it didn't work also

life art said:
hi tragusman
unfortunately, both kies and odin dont recognize my phone though i tried to reinstall kies .
i tried to remove the battery for hours but it didn't work also
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If you can get into download mode then Heimdall will be able to detect your phone using either Windows or Linux. Heimdall works on OS X also however a fixed bootloader is required.

update:
i installed the driver on my pc from softpedia
i restarted my pc and odin can recognize my phone now
i flashed froyo rom and its not working . i will try another rom and see what will happen
i installed 2.1 rom followed by 2.2 rom and its working like a charm
problem solved
thanx

No Connection with PC

I cant understand that I couldnt connect i897 to my pc. Beforehands I have never had such a problem. I tried 4 different PC but nothing changed. After plug in it starts to charge my phone and ask me the connection type. I choose mass storage but then nothing happens...
I tried many methods but didnt work. Now I decide to upgrade to KK1 from KH3 but it also didnt recognize my phone in download mode.
HELP

Are you sure you you have the correct drivers? It could be a bad cable. Have you ever used heimdall?
Sent from my ICS powered Captivate.

I tried 3 different cable and all of them were working good before. I uninstalled antivirus program and installed different drivers and many other stuff to have healty connection, but nothing happened.
I also reset and wipe data from the phone but nothing changed. Now I think that it could be hardware problem. There is no reasinable way that I find. So need help

Click on my signature below and then go to the "Connection Issues..." link from there.

4-2ndtwin said:
Click on my signature below and then go to the "Connection Issues..." link from there.
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No way didnt work... I only havent tried different OS. May be it will work with different OS. It is very strange that I connected my phone any of my PCs without a problem. But suddenly it stopped working with any of them.

4-2ndtwin said:
Click on my signature below and then go to the "Connection Issues..." link from there.
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I can connect my phone with bluetooth. Is there a way to upgrade UCKK4 with CWM recovery. As I rememder I can do this with update.zip file. If yes, how can I find this file?

I downloaded fasty kk4 for captivate and upgrade my phone with CWM recovery.
It looks fine but It still doesnt recognize my PC. When I plug phone to pc menu is coming and I choose mass storage then nothing happens. As I know I am using right drivers because it were the drivers working fine before.
Is there any advise at that point? Is it a hardware problem? By the way I am using comodo internet security.
Link that I downloaded fasty KK4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360854&page=12

After all I cant open my phone After last update with UCKK4 it was working fine. Then I decided to apply lagfix. I loaded update.zip in sd card then update it in CWM. After it was loaded. It starts to open recovery mode everytime.
Firstly At&t logo is apperaring for 2 times then recovery mode is coming. I cant connect my phone to PC in any way.
As a result, My phone is unusable. Is there a way to make it working?

What about using button combo to boot into recovery and reflash a Rom that u have on you sdcard.

When I use combo button it opens recovery modes but I dont know why, it is limited. I just can choose 4 options that;
-Wipe user data
-Wipe cache data
-reload(or smthg like this) package
-reboot
When I choose reload, it starts to apply lagfix. After it starts it automatically comes to recovery mode again. I loaded the kk4 update in external sd and open in recovery mode, but it didnt load this file. May be I need to reach to internal sd somewhat but I cant.

Em_Tech said:
When I use combo button it opens recovery modes but I dont know why, it is limited. I just can choose 4 options that;
-Wipe user data
-Wipe cache data
-reload(or smthg like this) package
-reboot
When I choose reload, it starts to apply lagfix. After it starts it automatically comes to recovery mode again. I loaded the kk4 update in external sd and open in recovery mode, but it didnt load this file. May be I need to reach to internal sd somewhat but I cant.
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Yeah, I think u messed up when u loaded the "update.zip" previously. There's no need for that on Gingerbread. Just flashing a dev kernel that has cwm recovery baked in will do. But regardless, what's done is done. You have just got to get into download mode somehow and flash a dev kernel then flash a dev rom or Odin/Heimdall back to a Stock.
?? What about wipe data/ factory reset from the recovery and then see if it will boot up.
Other than that u have gotta get into download mode. Have u gotta jig ? If not, look in my sig link below for links on how to make one or where to buy one.

Thanks for your care. I just check the link about jig. But it seems hard to apply for me and I just open the phone in download mode. The problem is the phone dont recognize the PC. I am now trying to connect the phone to my PC on Linux. Should I setup special driver to recognize the phone by Linux?
If I cant succeed, I will try jtag or smthg else. Thanks for your help 4_2ndtwen.

Using Extermal SD in Download Mode

My problem is I cant recognize my captivate to any pc because of a weird problem. So I have to use my extarnal sd somehow to flash my phone and hence to open&use it again.
Now after I open my phone it shows at&t screen for a while then open recovery mode. It occured after I apply lagfix.
I need help guys...

So your trying to flash a rom from the SD card without a computer? Have you got root already?
don't do school and stay in drugs?

Yes, lastly, I upgraded fasty UCKK4 and I was rooted. Then I tried to appy Lagfix and load the update.zip in extarnal sd and Set it up from CWM recovery. It was the last time to open my Phone after that So After My phone is opened it shows at&t screen and then goes to CWM recovery.
so I need to see external SD from CWM. But there is no such an option in it. Unfortunately My USB connection is not working. I cant find any alternative wayy

So I have a couple possible solutions try going to install from SD card go to external SD card and find the zip see if that does it if not try going to mounts and storage see if there is someway to mount the external SD card and lastly and most likely not to work would be to wipe the phone back to factory after that not sure let me know how that goes buddy
don't do school and stay in drugs?

Firstly I want to emphasis that I just can reach CWM mode in my captivate. No usb connection I have and no operating system can be opened. So I thought that I have 2 choice to repair my captivate;
1- there is may be an alternative way to see extarnal Sd inside so that to load the setup from there and fix the phone software again. I load a firmware and opened recovery mode and hit the reinstall. But it loaded from internal again. so npthing changed.
2- I must repair my phone's USB port to have an healty connection. Bacause it is now only charging. Is there any way to fix it easily that somebody knows? To date, I couldnt though I have tried thousands methods and drivers to ensure a connection.
so I am in trouble, I need a professional advise and help bra... !

Em_Tech said:
I load a firmware and opened recovery mode and hit the reinstall.
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Do you have CWM, or stock 2e/3e recovery? If you have stock recovery, which I'm guessing you do because you referenced "reinstall packages," I suspect you are screwed.
If you have CWM, you might be able to do it. These menu choices are from CWM 5 from the Glitch kernel, so your options might be a little different depending on what you are using. On mine, under "Install Zip from SD Card," there's "Choose Zip from Internal SD" which for me is really my external SD. You should be able to flash your zip from here.
If you borked it up flashing a lagfix, I think you're going to have issues with anything you flash at this point. If you have an option in CWM to disable lagfix, you should try this first before you flash anything else. If you can't get anything else to work, you should be able to flash CM7 because it will repartition for you and fix what lagfix messed up, but you may not be able to get back to anything else afterward.
If you actually manage to get it up and running again, LEAVE IT ALONE! If you keep flashing, you're eventually going to end up in a situation that's not recoverable from recovery and you'll have a paperweight (if you're not there already).

In cwm recovery which I used is 2e , There are 4 options;
- reboot system
- reinstall packages
- wipe user data
- wiper cache data
as you can gues, I tried all options also added a firmware to extarnal sd and hit the reinstall packages, but it just reinstall lagfix which is in internal sd and it started to loop.
I think second option is to be applied anymore. I need to have repaired my captivate's usb port

Em_Tech said:
In cwm recovery which I used is 2e , There are 4 options;
- reboot system
- reinstall packages
- wipe user data
- wiper cache data
as you can gues, I tried all options also added a firmware to extarnal sd and hit the reinstall packages, but it just reinstall lagfix which is in internal sd and it started to loop.
I think second option is to be applied anymore. I need to have repaired my captivate's usb port
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How do you know something is wrong with the USB? Have you tried going into download mode?
Sent from my (CM9) ICS i897 Captivate

Yes I got into download mode. There is no problem about that. But Pc dont recognize my phone. so it become useless.

Em_Tech said:
Yes I got into download mode. There is no problem about that. But Pc dont recognize my phone. so it become useless.
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So download mode with the picture of the Android guy digging? You seemed confused because your title mentions download mode but you only mention recovery in your post.
Open up heimdall or Odin, it should recognize your phone
Sent from my (CM9) ICS i897 Captivate

I should have asked before, but have you gone through this entire thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351224 The third section about connection issues would be most relevant to your situation.

It is exactly going into download mode. The problem is after getting into download mode it never recognizes with pc and hence with odin. So I gave up trying with odin and looking for alternative ways such as using recovery mode or anything else that I dont know and may be some professional knows.
Tu sum up, I cant have a connection between pc and Captivate because its usb port is not working properly(suddenly gone).
Captivate just can be open in download mode and in recovery mode. But because of usb port is not working I cant flash it. Recovery mode dont recognize external sd so I cant flash it again.
Note: Connection problem is npt a driver or cable issue. I am almost sure about this.

I understand your issue, the third section of the link I sent you was a list of ways to troubleshoot a non-working USB connection. I just figured I would check since these forums are littered with people who swear that they can't connect to their computer until someone tells them to try a new cable or USB port and it magically starts working. If you have already tried all of those steps, you are leaps and bounds ahead of most who come on here looking for help with this problem.
I asked because there is nothing that you can do at this point without a working USB port. You are only going to be able to flash whatever is named update.zip from your internal SD, which as you already know isn't going to help you at all. ClockworkMod Recovery would let you do what you need to do, but you're not going to be able to get it on there without either a working USB connection or being able to boot up normally.