Hi guys,
I have browsed the forum and have tried several of the remedies here but still no luck. I have been running Darkyy's 9.0.2 rom for a few weeks now, with a 500hz- speedmod kernel (don't remember what flavour, but was flashed via CWM). It has been running great since I flashed.
The problem arose when I went into settings to simply change the lock screen. I selected another lockscreen and my phone rebooted. Then it gave me quite a few FC errors,so I decided to boot into recovery and 'restore' a previous save. Now my phone just shows the samsung logo and reboots.
I am able to get into download mode but not recovery. This will be the fourth time I have to send it away. Is there another option or is this still my only option?
Any thing specific I should try to flash.
If it helps I am on the BEll network (gt-i9000M)
try to flash JPY base stock ROM with Odin......
try without repartition and pit (1 file PDA, no pit file from samfirmware.com)....
Then flash the latest speedmod kernel.....
Now it should work (maybe! XD)!!
Thanks for your reply, I tried your suggestion but still the same problem. I also tried all of the suggestions on this link. I finally was able to get into the recovery console by flashing JPY (no part, no pit), then immediately flash JL2 (with bootloader, no flash, no pit) but I got the dreaded 'no such directory'...again. So I am SOL but have to take it back today.
Did you tried flashing with 3 files + pit + repartition?
With this method it should work...
Remember: no bootloader update!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Did you ever upgrade to the official Bell JL2? If not, I'd probably do that through Odin and have it update the bootloader. I had gone from JH2 to different cooked roms and would always run into corruption/fc problems a week later. And eventually the phone would just not boot into the OS. The last time it happened, even flashing to another cooked ROM would not work. The official bell JL2 has an bootloader update that seemed to have fixed the issues I was having.
Booted official JL2 and remembered how much I hated lag After that, flashed a 2e kernel through Odin then seeARM's cooked JL2 through clockwork. Been running that for 3 weeks now without any issues.
Hi Guys,
I should probably write down what I flash when I flash it. I honestly do not remember what I flashed. I went through all the threads I could find and tried everything. So to answer your question, I cannot say for sure if I did that or not. But I ended up sending the phone away. It was weird, I asked my fiance to take my phone in while I was at work. She called me later that day and told me that her phone did the same thing so she sent hers back the same day....weird.
How did I permabrick my cappy?
Flashing with Odin, I restored to the Rogers stock 2.1 firmware, however the phone refused to boot past the rogers loading screen. I re flashed the phone a few more times playing with the flashing options of Odin, using alternate stock .tar files with no luck. My final flash caused the phone to get into such a state that going into download mode no longer worked, as well as it failing to boot. Luckily Rogers warranty has replaced the phone for me
Any ideas on what caused the phone from booting into the OS, so I don't do it again?
Additional Questions
1. The new cappy given to me through the Roger's warranty has stock 2.2 loaded on it. Is there anyway to back up this firmware to a tar file for later use? If so, how can I use it in conjunction with Odin to restore to stock 2.2?
2. Do I HAVE to restore the phone to 2.1 eclaire firmware before loading a custom ROM on it? Or is it possible to root / reboot into clockwork recovery and successfully flash from stock 2.2 froyo?
3. In my past experiences, after restoring to Rogers 2.1 stock firmware through Odin, kies no longer recognizes the firmware currently loaded on my device... Is this normal? Any fixes? Is there anyway to get kies to recognize the firmware such that it would be able to upgrade or even wipe the phone with the standard stock firmware? I ask this because on the new kies I see the function "emergency firmware recovery".
did you brick flashing the NEW stock 2.1 thats in my sig? or the old one that messed alot of people up in a few ways?
#1 yes but unsure how to make, it would be used like any other tar and odin.
#2 from what ive seen sofar, 2.1 wont boot on phones that came with 2.2, but it was a noob i was talking to that had the issue. the only thing you run into is having 3e recovery and needing the fix before you can load clockwork on 2.2. all is good from there.
#3 normal. no fix. keis sucks
Trusselo said:
did you brick flashing the NEW stock 2.1 thats in my sig? or the old one that messed alot of people up in a few ways?
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Yeah it was from the one in your sig (linked in the stickies I believe).
#2 from what ive seen sofar, 2.1 wont boot on phones that came with 2.2, but it was a noob i was talking to that had the issue. the only thing you run into is having 3e recovery and needing the fix before you can load clockwork on 2.2. all is good from there.
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Thanks for the link! and the prompt response
Are there any .tar files floating around for the Rogers froyo 2.2 that address the warranty / logo issues? (search function seems to be broken).
Any stock 2.2 rogers .tar files for use with Odin floating around the board?
What is your recommendation with regards to proceeding with flashing? Should I try to flash 2.1 on the phone with 2.2 preloaded, or just go the 3e clockwork recovery fix route?
Any other pieces of reading you might be able to point me towards in this regard?
I would suggest adding your locale to your profile for future reference, as restoring an I896 is different than an I897.
There is also another way to get clockwork on your phone.
Use Odin and just flash the speedmod kernel .tar from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893880
I have done it this way since I got my phone and have yet to run into a problem. This works with 2.2 only.
2.2 odin flashable (NO ATT boot fix) and cwm upgrade from 2.1 zip. are here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905042
the person i mentioned before that couldnt get my 2.1 stock to boot on his 2.2 ... he did fix the att boot by un-successfully flashing my 2.1 then the 2.2 overtop, then it booted correctly WITH the i896 bootscreen, basically double flash.
i will contact the creator of the updated 2.1 and see if he can do it to 2.2 as well.
feel free to attempt to flash 2.1 to confirm weather or not it does work on a phone that comes with 2.2. as this isnt confirmed. also note any new notes on the 2.1 stock rom page.
oh and speaking of the updates on that page...
theres the fix for the getting stuck at rogers bootscreen on first boot after flash... (the problem you had)
reboot into recovery and clear data and cache, reboot. done.
sorry its late...
Trusselo said:
oh and speaking of the updates on that page...
theres the fix for the getting stuck at rogers bootscreen on first boot after flash... (the problem you had)
reboot into recovery and clear data and cache, reboot. done.
sorry its late...
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That's common. Everytime I flash the gf's Galaxy Spica, that's the first thing you have to do with it is clear the data and cache. I just do it instinctively now.
having a wierd problem, as the title says i am unalbe to change roms and have it boot.ever since i flashed the ROGERS 2.3.3 (containing i896 ROGERS bootloaders)
no big surprise i didnt like it.
while reading this keep in mind i have alot of experience flashing, and yes lagfix was disabled!
odin flashed a CWM kernel (one was using before rogers)
restored Nandroid. (of before ROGERS)
stuck at kernel screen
Flashed different kernel compatible with rom.
stuck at kernel screen
Loaded CWM to flash a custom rom.zip
flashed OK
reboot stuck at kernel screen
Odin flashed i9000 gingerbread (with i9000 GB bootloaders) from few months ago
stuck at kernel
Odin flashed ROGERS 2.1 eclair stock.
stuck at kernel
Odin flashed ATT one click
SUCCESS!!
Odin flahsed Rogers 2.1 eclair
SUCCESS!!
ODIN flashed i897 ATT GB bootloaders
ODIN flashed CWM kernel CWM flash ROM
Restore NANDROID
SUCCESS!!
finally back to normal...**never flashing rogers 2,3,3 again!
or so i thought.
got bored and went to flash a different ROM
STUCK AT KERNEL
had to repeat all above steps!! ALL before it was back to *normal* again
any thoughts to what got permanently messed up????
Did you try reformatting system and cache before flashing a new ROM in cwm? (i'm just guessing here)
yes and the Odin one click re-partitions - wiping everything known.but still the problem exists after flashing my 1st custom rom i am unable to boot into a second ANY rom (stock or custom)
and this is VERY frustrating as i just finnished my own custom ROM and am unable to quickly flash test versions.!!
I don't know. Odin one click should have fixed everything. Did you master clear/reformat the internal Sd?
no not the internal sd.
also i remembered at one point right after being on ROGERS stock 2.3.3
the first rom i tried flashing was a custom build I made with a kitchen tool using cygwin.
anyways after flashing and failing, i noticed the update script i created flashed the zimage to 2 different dev/bml blocks!! one i never seen before.
i stopped using that kitchen tool but is it possible it flashed something to a dev block that odin one click isnt clearing? but it repartitions. that should clear EVERYTHING!
still my problem presists...
flashing issues. cracked screen. might be time to buy a new phone.....
You could use Heimdall to dump your partitions and find out.
Heimdall print-pit...in case u didn't know
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
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:
so i have been running Paranoid android for a while, and wanted to try this out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051904
flashed the latest cm10.1 kernel, and then formated cache, dalvic, battery stats, etc.
then i managed to reboot before i had flashed the new rom and got stuck in bootloop. could not access CWM any more
after this i downloaded odin after a few forum reads, and flashed different versions of CWM to see if i could get back in to flash the rom.
the latest one i have in it is this:
http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00033/pQK/GT-I9100_JB_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.2.9.tar
as it was recommended in some un-brick thread. still no access to CWM
after this i flashed a stock rom, as i could not find any .md5 or .tar roms to use with odin, and i got at least a samsung logo on hte screen, before i got back to boot screen and was stuck there again.
CWM still not working, or showing up in any way.
out of obvious options i now tried flashing the pit file trough odin from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
and after this the samsung boot logo did not show up anymore. only boot loop
i am now going to try and download the older ginger bread rom and flash it trough odin, but i got no idea if it will make any difference.
otherwise phone goes to download mode just fine, and i got working drivers in windows trough kies.
im quite new to this, and dont really know what would work from here. ill end up hard bricking the phone if i don't get some help, and the trash can will be my n7000 next home.
any advice is welcome
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EDIT:
flashing official rom again after the pit file acrually gave me a working phone again. also i now got 50 gb of drop box storrage for free, so thats nice