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[Q] Cant flash custom firmware all of a sudden

Hello, sorry if this has been posted before but the search function is awful.
I have a UK i9000 (SGS) on Vodafone
I had my phone working great with some custom rom, Tayutama edition was my favourite. I dropped the phone on top of my computer, it went haywire and started resetting every few minutes. It would do it if you flicked it or jolted it so I assumed that it was probably a connector in the battery. It was not something I could fix so I prepared to phone so I could send it back as a warranty job. With a lot of work, I managed to return it to a stock firmware 2.1 (via ODIN), I have sucessfully updated it (via ODIN) to XXJPY and I am using kernel 2.6.32.9 hardcore_speedmod-k12r-500hz #6. My Phone is rooted with ch root.
I can get into clockworkmod recovery fine (by installing ROM Manager), i can install a custom rom no problem (it flashes correctly), but it refuses to boot after the flash process is complete. It just gets stuck at the 2nd boot screen (whether this is custom or the standard SGS gleam logo). It does this with various custom rom's and I was wondering what the problem might be. As I said, I could flash custom roms at my leisure until i dropped the phone, now it wont work. I am sure that it is not the phone that is phsyically broken as this sounds likely, but probably my flashing root.
To get the phone working, after flashing a problem rom, I must always use ODIN to flash JM6 with 512 pit and the XX CSC. Then I can flash JPY with ODIN (using an all in one package, so no CSC/modem etc), then root, speedmod kernel etc.
Anyone got any suggestions as to why?

do you have lagfix enabled on your speedmod kernel ? that can cause issues..
also how long are you letting it boot for ?? after a flash my phone can take upto 15mins to get past the boot screen.

last few times i had it disabled i think.
I did a full wipe of the SD card and the internal SD card, then flashed from download with odin successfully. Therefore the lagfix cant have been enabled as I understand it. I have disabled it the proper way (cant remember how) and still unsucessful.
In my experience it normally takes between 3-5 mins for the first boot, I had left it well over 2 hours once (to prove to myself that it was not my lack of patience) with out any change. I have tried taking out the battery, re-inserting it and booting again (for another 2 hours) and no success.
Is there a foolproof way to ensure the lagfix is disabled? Last time I tried a custom rom, I was coming from a totally stock firmware phone. No lagfix applied, no custom kernel, only rooted to allow clockwork recovery to install, should I try it again without rooting the phone, IE just using clockworkmod's update.zip at recovery?
miles

http://www.multiupload.com/PUSOOBQ8K5 download that and flash it with odin using the pit included and CHECK REPARTITION.. then when thats done flash JPY thru odin and then you could flash speedmod kernel thru odin..
when all that is done it will leave you with CWM and in there you can root / unroot You will be un rooted as default, also you can enable lagfix / disable lagfix you will have lagfix disabled by default too.
you are right about lagfix being removed when going back to stock.
so when all that is done your phone will be stock except the kernel, if all that works you should be good to start again..
just one more thing, when you are flashing a rom thru CWM you are choosing install update from sd card >> chose update from sd card right ??? you dont need to be rooted to flash speedmod kernel

[Q] help. Modem and kernel won't change!

Hi. I was running CM7 fine and then flashed MIUI last night and now i can't change the kernel or modem no matter how many times i try and flash in clockwork or clear caches or factory reset. I've lost cell network completely. Wifi works interestingly. Any ideas?

Anyone got any ideas how to fix this so I can actually flash new modems and krnels? They show as successfully flashing in CWM but About Phone doesnt change!
Would love to avoid going to sto ck via Odin if I can.
Th an ks

TheMathMan said:
Anyone got any ideas how to fix this so I can actually flash new modems and krnels? They show as successfully flashing in CWM but About Phone doesnt change!
Would love to avoid going to sto ck via Odin if I can.
Th an ks
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what modem and kernel are you trying to flash. you need the update .zip to be designed for gingerbread, different scripting for gb. so the kernel shouldn't be a problem unless you are trying to revert to 2.2.
im not sure if gingerbread is weird but maybe you can extract the zimage and modem.bin you are trying to flash and archive them in .tar files and odin flash. as long as you are not flashing anything with boot.bin or sbl.bin it shouldn't break the ability to odin back to stock.

A word of caution: If u get on GB kernel, and go to recovery, and try to use these kernel zips to flash back, they won't work. I realized this the hard way last night.

diablo009 said:
A word of caution: If u get on GB kernel, and go to recovery, and try to use these kernel zips to flash back, they won't work. I realized this the hard way last night.
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if you read any cm7 or other gingerbread thread they say you need 3 button recovery/download. this is one reason why! i think there should be a generic froyo kernel in the proper type of update file to revert. but maybe they are trying to scare away newbs till they complete cm7 or atleast have a release candidate.

Sorted in the end.
I just formatted every partition in Mounts and Storage first before a reflash.
Sent from my Armani S i9010 (CM7)

Galaxy S wont boot

Hi guys,
i just got a Galaxy S (international, germany) and wanted to flash Clockwork Mod so i can flash a custom rom (miui). I got it with version 2.2 so i rooted it with z4root 1.3 and then tried RomManager to get CWM on it. But it did always reboot into Samsung stock recovery mode. So i tried this Odin3 1.7 and flashed a Kernel and got into a bootloop (First this one, then i used the one promoted in this video (YouTube Video, description XDA Thread with promoted Kernel. Phone now stuck at booting (isn`t even bootlooping, just stuck at the GALAXY S GT etc. logo. I still can reach the Download Mode.
Can anyone please help how to get at least the phone working again I`m really desperatly.
Greetings from Germany & Merry Christmas
Alch

Install a new Rom with odin will make your phone boot again.

2.2 is probably too old now.
Upgrade to Gingerbread Stock using Odin. Turn on Repartition and follow the instructions to flash.
Download a Custom Kernel for the Gingerbread firmware that you flashed. Every Kernel except the stock comes with CWM Recovery.
Copy the MIUI zip file to sdcard and flash it with recovery. It should boot right up.
If you are still having bootloops, try doing a factory reset and then boot MIUI.

Don't try things that you aren't experienced with.
Anyway, download odin 1.85, flash stock Froyo, launch Kies, update to official Gingerbread, launch Odin, flash Semaphore Kernel and GG.
Merry Christmas!

How can i flash Stock Froyo/Gingerbread trough Odin? Can`t find anything usefull @ google
btw i can reach Recovery Mode (CWM / Speedmonk something)
(Kinda experienced by flashing around with my N1 for around 2 years now, but never heard about this Odin Program)
thanks for help anyway

AlchemistEDW said:
How can i flash Stock Froyo trough Odin? Can`t find anything usefull @ google
(Kinda experienced by flashing around with my N1 for around 2 years now, but never heard about this Odin Program)
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I am not going to help you with this one. You need to get comfortable with the forum and its contents first. Read all the guides and stickies before proceeding with Firmware flashing. There are many different types of firmwares with Bootloaders which are often dangerous to flash and few without bootloaders. Hence, first go through the guides and go with the flashing only when you are confident that you are doing everything in right order.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379853

Just do what dhiru1602 says. after you flashed it with the latest Gingerbread ,
flash the cf-root kernel with odin . than download the latest galaxian/semaphore kernel, copy it to your internal sd-card and flash it with the app SGS Kernel Flasher . you can find that app on the market. good luck mate !

Thanks guys, u really saved christmas for me Just booted up the latest Miui Rom!
Happy Holidays
Alch

Simpilicity crashed, stuck at bootloop, nothing works

Hi everyone,
First time posting, I was on Simplicity rom 2.2.1, playing tiny tower while my alarms were going off. Next thing I know, the whole phone (GT-i9000) crashes and its stuck in an infinite bootloop. I can get into download mode easy enough and I tried flashing to a heap of stock roms: JVT, JVU, JVH and JVN. Nothing worked. I couldn't get into recovery mode, but after flashing the original CWM7 kernel I could.
Tried wiping everything in recovery, including dalvik cache, then flashing back to Simplicity in CWM. Again, nothing working, in fact nothing at all. Tried stock again, not working. Tried flashing some other kernels, didn't work either. Curiously I tried flashing darkys rom RE 10.5 in ODIN and it failed at repartitioning. Not sure if there's anything behind that. Anyway, I don't really know what to do next, so I'm here.

i tried without repartition with repartition etc and it would always fail.. but then i tried again put repartition set pit file and now..its flashing it! so trying more might help you. btw im using darky resurrection

That didn't work, it only lets me attempt one ODIN flash per entry into download, then I have to reset the phone to try again.

Make sure flashing a rom with bootloader.
Sent from my I9000 running JW5 with Dmore3.3 and Semaphore 2.7.4

I've always been cautious about bootloaders, I read somewhere that if you do it wrong it will completely brick your phone. Can you tell me how to do this safely?

you need to flash stock rom 2.1 with three parts and pit 512 and repartition checked, if didnt work try with out repatition

Can you provide a link for stock 2.1? I can't find one.

Found one with a bootloader, used ODIN, and it worked! Then went to stock JVU, updated to speedmod kernel (still working) but then I tried to update to SURFACE rom and I'm back to square one. Bootloops.
Tried more stocks roms with bootloaders, none of them working. I can get to recovery again if I flash CWM7 kernel like before.

lankks said:
I've always been cautious about bootloaders, I read somewhere that if you do it wrong it will completely brick your phone. Can you tell me how to do this safely?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14273101
Sorry when I say bootloaders I mean they are built into the rom. I never flash them separately. The above link is a great resource to firmware with bootloaders. The newest gingerbread firmware is JW6... Try that or one of the others. I'm currently on JW5, with semaphore 2.7.4 kernel and DMore 3.3 Rom, it's rock solid. Hope you get it sorted.
Sent from my I9000 running JW5 with Dmore3.3 and Semaphore 2.7.4

vanisleryan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14273101
Sorry when I say bootloaders I mean they are built into the rom. I never flash them separately. The above link is a great resource to firmware with bootloaders. The newest gingerbread firmware is JW6... Try that or one of the others. I'm currently on JW5, with semaphore 2.7.4 kernel and DMore 3.3 Rom, it's rock solid. Hope you get it sorted.
Sent from my I9000 running JW5 with Dmore3.3 and Semaphore 2.7.4
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Yeah I found this thread earlier, I did flash with JW6, doesn't work.
So instead I just accidentally flashed a ROM for the Galaxy Tab, now my phone won't turn on at all, I'm afraid I just bricked it for reals. Can't enter download mode, completely dead boot.
http://www.teamovercome.net/p1000/?page_id=17

[Q] i9000 Black screen of Death, But can get into DL Mode

Hi Guys, I have a SGS i9000M, and I used this forum post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379650 to install CWM and ICS 4.0.3. I also installed Semaphore Kernel 1.2.0. It was working great for a month until I was messing with the Semaphore settings and enabled Bigmem, then when I rebooted it was stuck on the Semaphore Kernel screen, I couldn't get into CWM, but I could get into Downloading Mode.
I Run Odin 1.85 and select my I9000UGKG3-homebinary.tar file to go back to stock and when I do, I get the message: Cannot open the specified file (Line 1876). I have downloaded 3 different versions of that file, so I know it's not the file.
I've tried every combination of buttons I can, but it's not going into CWM, I just get the black screen of death whenever I reboot any way other than into Downloading Mode.
Can anyone please help me? Thanks!
*Edit: I flashed the PIT, PDA, CSC of the JVP Rom from the above linked post, and got it going, flashed chainfire, it works fine up until then, but when I install the ICS zip, it just flashes some installing stuff, then reboots, over and over, never completing, please help! I've tried different downloads of ICS 4. To repeat: It works fine installing Gingerbread and chainfire, but ICS gets stuck in a loop during install!

I remember something similar when I first flashed to ICS.
I just popped the battery out for a bit, not too long, and then re-flashed the ICS ROM. I was using the teamhacksung rom.
You could try flashing cm9 nightly (galaxysmtd), and Google Apps, and the cm7-kg3 modem.
I can't emphasize enough that you have to read, read, and re-read so that you do it exactly as written. There are lots of youtube videos that may aide you seeing what the "word instructions" mean.
Persist and you will get there.
As the the op says in the second thread of the link you quoted:
if your upgrade to ICS fail
do not despair...
just repeat the Odin steps to get back to KG3 stock + CWR
and flash another ICS build
A further thought may be that you do a factory reset at the beginning of your process. Make sure anything precious is saved to your external sd card.

Hi there, thanks for your reply. I will try your suggestion of the factory reset at the beginning. *Edit: tried, and same problem. When I go to flash stock rom I9000UGKG3, error Line 1876.
The problem i'm having is I can't flash back to KG3 stock, when I try to flash I9000UGKG3-homebinary.tar file to go back to stock, I get the message: Cannot open the specified file (Line 1876). All I can do is load the JVP rom. I have tried multiple different downloads of my I9000UGKG3 stock rom.
I've left the battery out overnight, and tried to flash all different versions of ICS multiple times. I do agree with the 'try again and wait' theory that goes with this stuff, because it works, but in this situation, it gives me the same error 1876 every time, I can't flash back to stock. That might be why I can't install ICS.
I was able to do all of this first time before and ran ICS 4.0.3 with Semaphore Kernel for a month before I messed it up.
Anyone know any other ways to get back to stock?
Thanks!

Hi,
Here some stuff I had in my notes, I'm just copy/pasting, excuse the repitition.
Ditch the i9000m stock rom (which is UGKG3 2.3.3, the one you're probably using) and flash JVT (2.3.5) stock rom, then flash CF-root for JVT. The Bell i9000m will run on the International i9000 firmware and this should get you out of the bootloop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1102881
Follow the instructions on here. Use the JVT 2.3.5 PDA, KG3 modem, and csc...its the canadian one. And you might as well repartion with 512 pit. All this can be downloaded on the link above. After you do all that you will have the latest gingerbread firmware. Now you can root with a JVT kernal like semaphore or CF root. There are also a bunch of custom roms you can use on JVT not much if anything for I9000m . The only thing you need from I9000M is the modem and csc....otherwise your cell coverage will suck. I assume you already have odin, if not its available on the above link aswell.
I remember ODIN flashing JVU before going to ICS. Just wanted to see what the value pack was all about.
PDA - use JVT/JVU
Phone - KG3
CSC - KG3
PIT - 512
Re-Partition - ON
Auto Reboot - ON
F. Reset Time - ON
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Here was something else in my notes:
Recovery
Mounts and storage - Format cache, data, and system
Flash stock

Hiya, thanks again for your reply. I also live in BC, Vancouver.
I will try your further suggestions, thanks so much for sharing your notes.
The link included seems to be dead, any chance to find the thread it would have pointed to?
Cheers.

Here it is:
[Firmwares]Official I9000/I9000M Firmwares collection [Latest: XWJW6, XWJW5, XXJW4]
I'm in Kelowna-fornia.

fixed - ICS install issue
That's sweet, Kelowna is a nice area :>
Well, I worked my butt off for almost two weeks, 4 hours a night.
I should start off by saying I still cannot boot to Clockwork Recovery with any button combination, i've tried all the usual suspects and then some atleast 50 times, probably way more. The only way I can is once in awhile a miracle occurs and it reboots to Clockwork Recovery 5 (the blue text themed one), or if I install CF-Root and use to reboot into recovery in it's options.
I should also mention that whenever I do get into Clockwork Recovery, it's like version 3, with the orange text theme. And I don't know if it helped, but I am now using Odin 1.87 instead of 1.85.
I was finally able to flash stock by flashing the 4 separate files, 512 Pit, PDA, Phone, and CSC rather than flashing the UGK3homebinary.tar.
I tried multiple different versions of Gingerbread with CF-Root to try to get ICS or CM9 working, JVT, JW1, JVU, all of them worked, but the same thing happened when going to install ICS, and even CM9, the install would start, once it got to the part where it says "Rebooting if necessary" on the ICS or CM9 install, it would reboot, show the install beginning again, then reboot at the same spot, infinitely. I made sure to try atleast 50 times so I could bypass the suggestion of trying again.
During this process the phone was acting very buggy, you know what I mean, restarting, freezing, force stops, mounting storage issues. I went into the options and set the phone to factory default, also during another miracle one time it booted to the stock android recovery, you know the one with like 4 options. Format, Wipe, go back, reboot. I formatted and wiped from there as well. These two things seemed to help alot, and the phone was less buggy and more willing to receive my treatments.
After browsing some more, I found this kernel cleaner, i'm surprised no one in the forum mentioned it to me, perhaps they were angry I hadn't discovered it on my own. In any case it's called 'Ultimate Kernel Cleaning Script - 4.0 [MIUI/CM7 and SAMSUNG]', there is one for Samsung Roms and one for CM roms, and all you do is run it to clean out the old before installing ICS. Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166954
Ok, so I am now I am excited, this tool looks like my answer. I flash stock, install JVT rom with CF-Root for JVT, (I run my sweet kernel cleaner zip I found) and go for ICS 4.0.3 install.....and same thing happens, sigh. Flash stock again, and oh what's this? I found another custom ICS Rom I can try, remICS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687727
Ok, so I flash stock again, install JVT, CF-Root for JVT, install remICS and....D'oh! Same thing, it's rebooting........but wait, this time it's rebooted into Clockwork Recovery 5 on it's own without any keypress, instead of looping. What a great time for that Miracle! (This only happened 3 times in about 60 hours of working on the phone!) Ok, but what to do now? Well, ICS didn't really install, it just started to, maybe i'll try to restart the install from in here! Choose install zip, this time I chose remICS only because so far it had the lesser fail rate - I didn't want to mess up this golden opportunity, I know it's just a different version of Clockwork popping up, but when anything different than the same failures happens, you don't want to waste it. It's installing....complete! Do I dare risk installing a customer kernel and destroying all of my progress? Yes! Install Semaphore 1.2.6 for ICS, working great!
So, I don't know if it was the kernel cleaner, the remICS, or the miracle Clockwork 5 boot, but I don't want to take anymore chances, that's how I got here, fiddling with what's working great already.
I probably didn't need to post this, but I wanted to recount my experience for anyone else having a similar problem. I have now been running stable with all my apps installed for 12 hours. I would like to have stock ICS with phone rooted, but I don't want to take any chances. This remICS custom rom is very nice, speedy and alot of the bloatware removed, along with some killer SGS3 menus and layout.
I would like especially to thank my Canadian friend for helping me :victory: