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[Q] HELP! Samsung Galaxy S I9000 not turning on

Guys, I desperately need your help! I'm a bit of a noob and tried to update my Galaxy S to 2.2 and forgot to uninstall Voodoo and unroot before doing so. My phone now won't switch on properly, displaying only a black screen and the capacitive buttons are lit up. I have downloaded odin but don' t know what to do from here. I have searched EVERYWHERE for what files I need to download to flash it to stock firmware. PLEASE PLEASE help, I'm so lost! Thanks...look forward to replies

Take out battery, sim and SD, open up Odin and plug USB cord into a USB port. Now plug the battery back in your phone and DO NOT TURN IT ON! hold the two volume rockers(maybe difdrent for you, I have a Captivate) and plug your phone into the USB cord. You should now be in download mode with Odin running. Flash a working firmware(get them from samfirmware.com) and you'll just have an working phone running whatever you decided to flash. I think your new so ill warn you right quick: read, alot!
PS: might wanna post this in q&a. People tend to get p-ssed off when you post non-development stuff in this subforum.
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Searched everywhere!? Can you get into download mode? If you can grab the stock firmware from somewhere like samfirmware and flash the files using odin. If you search "everywhere" again I'm sure you'll find a good guide on how to do this.
You've also posted this in the wrong section

First off are you looking to flash the i9000 or the i9000m below are the instructions for the i9000m from Canada.
Here is a Tutorial if you dont want to follow my steps below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853950
Ok download mode is your down volume button, power and home key all at once, if you cant get here you are f'd. So power off your phone, take your sim and sd card out, place battery back in, then hit the 3 buttons to get into download mode.
Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
Get odin and the rom you want, if you are on Bell or Sasktel use the link above and download the proper rom either 2.1(i9000ugjh2) or 2.2 (i9000ugjk3), it's under canada you can't really get that wrong.
Once you have both open odin v1.7, put your phone into download mode and plug it in, you have to have odin open before plugging it in, you should see the driver installing and when it is ODIN will show your device under ID:COM, it will be yellow something like c:[COM15] (note it doesn't have to be 15) just has to show added!! under Message.
Now click PDA button and find the rom you downloaded. Make sure Re-partition is NOT checked and that is it, click Start. You can have autoreboot checked and reset time. NOTE: DO NOT USE PIT FILE. All you have to do is find the rom via PDA button, and click start.
It should flash your rom, post back if you ahve issues, I had a few issues and know this pretty good, I also used a pit file and thought I bricked my phone but it's ok. Hopefully you can get into recovery mode also which is vol up, power and home.

Hi guys,
Thank you all so much for the help!! Thanks to you my phone is now up and running on 2.2 firmware I9000XWJPA and its schweeet.
Legends.
P.S. Sorry for post in the wrong section, I'm new around here.

afrika23 said:
Hi guys,
Thank you all so much for the help!! Thanks to you my phone is now up and running on 2.2 firmware I9000XWJPA and its schweeet.
Legends.
P.S. Sorry for post in the wrong section, I'm new around here.
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Nice job on the working phone! I reccomend flashing the ULK kernel. It basically includes anything ever whipped up kernel-wise. Also, I think you'ld like Doc's V9 Jpa and to top it all off flash the Jk3 modem(unless you live EX-USA. then flash JPP). These are all CWM flashable so no more Odin hassle.
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IMHO hardcore's K10h kernel is the best.
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Noob questions here

So i rooted my Captivate I-987, used rom manager to backup my stock rom and flashed Axura on. I wanted to change roms to try new things out and i hit recover in the clockwork mod recovery mode, and it didn't go back to the original. So now the only working zip file on my phone is axura and i want to know is there anyway to get the original ATT stock to work, i know there is ODIN but i'm a little unsure on how to use it. Any help is appreciated, and i know there are posts about Odin but i was wodering if someone can help with the clockwork recovery possibly.

Pegleg2060 said:
So i rooted my Captivate I-987, used rom manager to backup my stock rom and flashed Axura on. I wanted to change roms to try new things out and i hit recover in the clockwork mod recovery mode, and it didn't go back to the original. So now the only working zip file on my phone is axura and i want to know is there anyway to get the original ATT stock to work, i know there is ODIN but i'm a little unsure on how to use it. Any help is appreciated, and i know there are posts about Odin but i was wodering if someone can help with the clockwork recovery possibly.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
**Backup your apps first using Titanium backup**
ODIN is really easy to use once you know how to use it. First, download the correct drivers and ODIN as the OP says in the thread. Fire up ODIN after your download has finished.
Next, take out your sim card. Don't connect your USB cable to your phone yet. If you are on Axura currently, what you can do is long press the power button and boot into download mode (you will see the option along with power off and reboot). Once your phone is in download mode, ODIN will say "added!". If your phone is currently turned off, you can try pressing both volume buttons and connecting the USB cable to your phone and continue pressing the buttons until you see the download mode screen. Again if you do it right, ODIN will say "added!"
Once ODIN recognizes your device, press start and watch the magic happen! Your phone will be back to stock. It will lose root as well but you can re-root it easy.

PS ... get used to doing this. Flashing back to stock is always recommended before you flash a new ROM. Will save you lots of headaches.

No you can not get back to stock with out odin. If you used rom manger it would no doubt cause problems. When you flash a rom it can change stuff on the phone that can only be reset through odin. Its a clean slate for a rom and prevents most errors.
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Flashing problems.....is this the right place to ask?

So I put Andromeda on my phone a few weeks ago. It went fine, no problems, liked it. So I went to put it on my wife's phone. I was able to get it rooted. Into download mode, and Odin on it. But I couldn't get it into recovery. Vol up/dn/pwr just booted the phone normally. Vol up/dn does work to change the volume settings normally so it's not a bad button. So I thought, I had mine on stock 2.2 when I did everything. So I hooked hers up to Kies and put 2.2 on it. Rooted it. Now I cant' get the phone into download or recovery mode. Vol up/dn, plug in usb not working, it just goes into battery charge mode. We got our phones the same time so they're both same hardware rev. Any ideas?
TIA,
Scott

This should probably go in the q&a section. But did you try the three button fix. Search the forums for it.
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slevy951 said:
So I put Andromeda on my phone a few weeks ago. It went fine, no problems, liked it. So I went to put it on my wife's phone. I was able to get it rooted. Into download mode, and Odin on it. But I couldn't get it into recovery. Vol up/dn/pwr just booted the phone normally. Vol up/dn does work to change the volume settings normally so it's not a bad button. So I thought, I had mine on stock 2.2 when I did everything. So I hooked hers up to Kies and put 2.2 on it. Rooted it. Now I cant' get the phone into download or recovery mode. Vol up/dn, plug in usb not working, it just goes into battery charge mode. We got our phones the same time so they're both same hardware rev. Any ideas?
TIA,
Scott
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I donot know whats causing the problem (dont have the knowledge) but i can suggest buying a usb jig (costs only 8$ including shipping) which is pretty cheap and useful considering if you change roms frequently.
U just plug in the usb and the phone goes into download mode and you good to go.
If u wana buy just google mobile tech videos and buy it from their website (the guy john selling it is a rom reviwer on xda so its a safe site to buy) or on ebay. hope this helps
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so its back to stock 2.2 ?
try using rom manager to boot into recovery.
note with 2.2 stock it has 3e recovery. to install cwm you must root and replace with 3e hacked recovery
use rom manager to boot into recovery. from cwm you can tell the phone to reboot into download.
or if you still have a custom rom, you use the advanced power menu (power button menu) to select download or recovery. no button tricks needed.

Trusselo said:
so its back to stock 2.2 ?
try using rom manager to boot into recovery.
note with 2.2 stock it has 3e recovery. to install cwm you must root and replace with 3e hacked recovery
use rom manager to boot into recovery. from cwm you can tell the phone to reboot into download.
or if you still have a custom rom, you use the advanced power menu (power button menu) to select download or recovery. no button tricks needed.
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3e recovery can be a bit of a pain, it is easier to Odin one click to 2.1 with the 3 button fix and go on with that.
The other solution would be to go with Team Komin's Ursa Minor kernel. There's a video posted on the forum (and youtube) by AdamOutler (I think that's his name) on how to do it - very clear and easy to follow.
@ Trusselo, I don't mean to go against your suggestion. I went through the 3e recovery myself and it can be a pain for a newbie so I'm giving him/them a second opinion/suggestion

the 3e instructions are written like crap. i asked the OP to change it but no.,...
its actually super easy if you have root explorer. (google *cough cough*)
use root explorer to mount RW then drop the file over the old one.
done
@ bwolf_56 Oh and no offece to you but he cant get into download mode to flash the Ursa kernel from odin... so...

Trusselo said:
the 3e instructions are written like crap.
its actually super easy.
use root explorer to mount RW then drop the file over the old one.
done
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Yup, they're. I had to go through the replies to find the actual good way to do it and even then it wasn't so clear.
Once you know how root explorer works, then go ahead and use the 3e recovery but I wouldn't suggest that to some1 new to all of this I mean, you don't wanna replace the wrong file either (or even worst, delete system files).
Either way, It's up to you OP - both solution works great. I hope we helped
EDIT: lolol - I guess w/o dl mode, my way doesn't work so well You can try one of the 3 ways to get in dl mode, the one that works best for me is:
1. Turn off phone, remove battery, sim card
2. hold down both volume button
3. plug the usb in (while holding both volume still)
4. A nice triangle with a Android holding a shovel should show up
If that doesn't work. My apologize and go ahead with the 3e recovery that Trusselo suggested. You can pm me for clear instruction (and probably Trusselo as well)

Thanks all for suggestions....
so its back to stock 2.2 ?
Yes. And I believe I got it rooted with Superoneclick because it has superuser on it.
it is easier to Odin one click to 2.1 with the 3 button fix and go on with that
Exactly what I'm trying to do. But can't get into download mode or 3-button recovery mode. Neither are working. I didn't try the abd server method. Looked a bit scary, but may try it this eve.
use root explorer to mount RW then drop the file over the old one
Forgive me. Root explorer from market, right? 'mount RW' ? Drop what file over what old file?
use rom manager to boot into recovery. from cwm you can tell the phone to reboot into download.
So mount the SD and copy cwm to it and rename to update.zip. Get Rom manager from market and that will get me to cwm to get to download mode to use Odin to go back to 2.1. Then root again and install rom manager again to get into recovery to load the Andromeda? Is that close?

odin one click isnt 3 button fix
3 button fix is a flash you use with the NON one click odin
root explorer is from the market... (can also be *found* on google [for testing purposes])
3e recovery fix is a file you must replace. xda search it!
rom manager will download and copy the update.zip for you! so you dont need to do it frist. its the first button in the app! Rom manager also has a button. "boot into recovery" use it to boot into recovery...
so flash to 2.1 with 3button fix (regular odin) 2.1 no 3e recovery forget that.
root
install rom manager to get cwm
cwm flash your new rom
delete rom manager.
sounds like you need to do more searching and reading...

Trusselo said:
odin one click isnt 3 button fix
3 button fix is a flash you use with the NON one click odin
root explorer is from the market... (can also be *found* on google [for testing purposes])
3e recovery fix is a file you must replace. xda search it!
rom manager will download and copy the update.zip for you! so you dont need to do it frist. its the first button in the app! Rom manager also has a button. "boot into recovery" use it to boot into recovery...
so flash to 2.1 with 3button fix (regular odin) 2.1 no 3e recovery forget that.
root
install rom manager to get cwm
cwm flash your new rom
delete rom manager.
sounds like you need to do more searching and reading...
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Little question here, why would you delete ROM manager after?
@ OP - Please read some more before trying what has been suggested here. Trusselo gave you a good rundown which isn't too hard to do (there are also vid on it). A little reading could save your android, that coming from a guy that is usually hasty to act (notice how I bricked my 1st cappy )

most custom roms have CWM built into the kernel. rom manager and the update.zip with cwm are no longer needed with one of the cwm kernels.
and custom roms usually have the advanced power menu. boot to recovery/download easy peisy
rom manager only confuses people if you have both. took me a couple weeks to learn that..
bricked my first one too, kinda, (coulda fixed it) but couldn't wait and had it only days, easy exchange with in-store dummies.. lol

So I looked at Rom Manager on my phone.
Since the wife's on stock 2.2 and rooted. Seems that I can just d/l Rom Manager on her's. Copy the new rom to the SD. And use Rom Manager to flash it.
Can it be that simple?
And yes, I've been doing alot of reading. But, some of you guys talk a different language.....
Thanks again.
Scott

For future reference, this is not Dev-related and should have been posted in the related sticky in Q&A.

Miami_Son said:
For future reference, this is not Dev-related and should have been posted in the related sticky in Q&A.
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Ya, wasn't real sure where to put it. Apologies. If you want to move it.....
Scott

Moved to proper forum.

slevy951 said:
So I looked at Rom Manager on my phone.
Since the wife's on stock 2.2 and rooted. Seems that I can just d/l Rom Manager on her's. Copy the new rom to the SD. And use Rom Manager to flash it.
Can it be that simple?
And yes, I've been doing alot of reading. But, some of you guys talk a different language.....
Thanks again.
Scott
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No, it's not that simple, on 2.2 with the 3e recovery you will get a signing error when trying to flash and it won't work. Follow the suggestions and just use odin with the 3 button fix to get to 2.1

To get into download did you try removing battery from captivate, start Odin, plug USB cable to PC and captivate, hold both volume keys, and reinstall battery? On Stock that's the only way I can get into download. There is a thread on here with more detail but that's how I do it.
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talbtimber said:
To get into download did you try removing battery from captivate, start Odin, plug USB cable to PC and captivate, hold both volume keys, and reinstall battery? On Stock that's the only way I can get into download. There is a thread on here with more detail but that's how I do it.
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Yep, tried that one.
Spent a couple hours on this last night. I isntalled Rom Manager. That will get the phone into recovery. But, since it's 3e, doesn't do me any good. Signature errors. No matter what I do, can't get the phone into download mode. Last night I even tried with adb. The phone just reboots normally with the adb reboot download command.
I know your gonna say there is the 3e fix, keep reading. I found it. But, really didn't understand it. And I don't want to brick the phone. I think the wife is going to be staying on stock 2.2 at this point. I don't know what else to do.
Thanks to all.
Scott

Try and make or buy a jig?

Buiding a JIG is quite simple and cheap, you should try it.
Also, you can pm me for 3e recovery. I'll give you a nice rundown - It's quite easy, just not well explained on the thread

[Q] TMobile Galaxy Tab that wont get out of recovery

I am struggling with something that I hope that someone can help me out with. I just bought a galaxy tab from a buddy of mine. It is a T mobile tab that has had the phone option added (euro firmware I believe). This isnt my first foray into android modding as I had a tmobile vibrant before. In an attempt to get the phone into a useable state, I installed clockwork mod from the marketplace and selected the tmobile galaxy tab option. It installed without issue. I attempted to reboot into recovery through clockwork mod but it stalled out. I then entered recovery using the power and volume up combo. This worked. I installed the update.zip (as was always the case with the vibrant). Now, my tab shows a picture of an android with a yellow triangle with an exclmation mark over his head. I have tried using odin to flash new firmware (odin shows a com port but will not get past the connection phase). I have tried flashing the p1_hidden.pit file (no luck). I am at a loss. Any help would be a god send at this point.. Thanks in advance!

Bet you didn't check to see if you had locked bootloaders, huh...
You would be best to reflash stock rom, the rom that the tab was shipped with. You also need to do a bit more reading, I've never used update.zip but went to "chooose zip file to install" as most chefs don't name their roms update.zip.
Good luck with fixing, there is a sticky in the developement thread. I always keep my stock rom handy though in case of accidents...
You are in the secondary bootloader mode so as long as ODIN recognises it you should be ok....
Good luck...

Thanks for the feedback. I was able to get the tab into download mode and flashed the euro firmware. The whole point to doing this was to flash the Tmobile modem (I really dont need to use the tab as a phone) and since the modem is a zip file, I figured I would need to do this from recovery. I may give the modem flasher a try and see if that works for me. Thanks again.

[Q] Have I ruined my in law's phone? Can anyone help me please?

My father in law bought a new phone SGS on O2 and I offered to unlock it as I have unlocked my husbands last week (he's was on O2 as well but in 2.1 or 2.2.1 version I think-froyo?)
Before I continue may I say I know you guys out there know so much more than me and I really need your help. I really tried to help unlocking this phone and for hours I searched and read things like reboot, download mode, recovery mode, flashing, JKV and so many other words and letter that I could not understand. Very few I understood in the end but may have messed up badly (?).
Please, I need help and please treat me as if I were your mum or even grandma. Step by step in simple normal English please.
My father in law's version is 2.3.3
I tried unlocking it the way I unlocked my husband's but didn't work. After looking for hours I thought that the best way to do it would be to downgrade from 2.3.3 (gingerbread (?)) to 2.2.1 (froyo (?)) and then unlock it.
I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089989
and tried to follow it.
I downloaded EZRom and EZboot-Froyo-1.0.tar.md5 from the same post.
I followed:
•Download the right version from section above
•Reboot your phone into Download mode
•Connect your phone to computer
•Run EZOdin
•Select EZboot-Froyo-1.0.tar.md5 or EZboot-GingerBread-1.0.tar.md5as a PDA file in EZOdin
•Check the "Phone Bootloader Update" checkbox
•Click Start
I waited for the phone to turn off and feel the little vibration but didn't. Instead it just froze at the first screen when you turn on the phone. The black background with white letters: Samsung Galaxy...
I waited and waited and as nothing was happening I then I took the battery out. Put it back in and tried turning it on. I wouldn't it would just stop and that same screen, the black and white one.
I reread
•Wait until phone reboots and make it reboot into Recovery
SO then I remembered in the many threads I read about the recovery mode so 3 clicked vol up + button at them bottom and turn on bottom.
It gives me a few options. When I click on reboot all it does is show me the black and white screen again and nothing else. ah!!!
I took the battery off and put it back on many times, I also selected the fatory reset option and tried different buttons but nothing. Please help me.
I'm happy to phone any of you guys to help me and guide me even if it's just to put the phone back to what it was before, turning on normally, etc. I'm feeling really sad and a bit stressed as these days are supposed to be a nice time to spend with my little ones and family.
Anyway, please ask me anything.
Thank you so much in advance. I really hope I didn't do anything wrong and I'm just stuck because I'm ignorant in this matter. Thank you

I was never a fan of EZ-stuff.
That said, think you can easily solve that flashing your phone with odin and a proper rom. At this point i am unclear about what bootloaders you have on your phone since you've tried a downgrade.
Without getting into further details (sorry, at work atm). You can get tutorials easy for all of this around this forum.
I'd get Odin, get a proper stock rom from samfirmware with bootloaders included and flash it fresh from start with that. Doesn't really matter if it's froyo or ginger as long as it includes bootloaders.
You'll be left with a working phone at this point.
From here, if you still want to try to unlock it, i'd flash a kernell that would get me root (like the ChainFire one) since i find this the safest and easiest way of getting root on your phone and do a backup of your EFS partition (preferably saved in your computer or wherever outside your phone). This is very important, if you lose of mess up with this part of your phone it will be a pain.
Now, there are several ways of unlocking this phone, the only one i found to be most reliable (but not the easiest one) is to manually edit the nv_data.bin file (located in your EFS partition in hexadecimal.
There's a tut right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045&highlight=unlock

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply although you are working!!! Really appreciate it.
I'll try your suggestion but I don't know how to choose the right stock rom with bootloader from samfirmware. I went to the website and registered but don't really know what to do.
I know you are working so might not be able to help me, may be someone else?
Here's where I am. Update. I found a list of firmware. This is the last one on Samfirmware.com.
Europe Samsung I9000 Firmwares.
I9000XXJVS ##
512.PIT
2.3.5
2011 September 8
CSC = I9000OXAJVS
DOWNLOAD
Things I need: (I think)
-Download a firmware (should I use the lastest one?) or 2.2 or 2.3.3? . Is there one better than the other? or is it my choice? How can I choose the best one for me?
-Odin. I have OdinMultiDownloader v4.03 in my desktop. Is that the best thing to use or should I use Ezodin. I don't know what the difference is.
-(Do I need to download or do anything else?)
Things I should do:
-Put phone in download mode
-Plug it to the laptop
-Open Odin (or Exodin?)
-click PDA. Choose the fie I downloaded-firmware.
(-after this I don't know what else I should do or tick or untick)
Am I in the right track or completely off it?
Thank you again to anyone taking the time to read this.

Download Jvt From sammobile. com, you need Odin on your PC (1.7 or 1.8) plus Samsung drivers. Read there flashing guides carefully, check you have download
Mode, battery charged > 50% etc
There is also a video on youtube which shows you how to upgrade to jvt.
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Sounds like you've got the boot-loop problem, which means that you most likely "soft-bricked" the phone. Don't worry, this isn't that big of a deal and can be fixed with relative ease. I agree with the posters above, a clean flash with Odin will probably fix your problem and get you out of the boot-loop.
I'll go into a bit more detail with some steps (feel free to correct me if I missed anything)
1. Download Odin 1.85 here.
2. Head over to Samfirmware.com and grab the latest firmware for the phone. I recommend Gingerbread 2.3.5 (JVT).
3. Make sure your computer has the proper drivers installed so it can communicate with your Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000. If you've flashed the phone before with your computer then you probably have the drivers installed, but here's a link for them just in case: Samsung USB Drivers
4. Enter download mode on your phone, depending on your firmware, it could be Vol down + power + home OR Vol up + power + home. Pull the battery out, pop it back in, and hold those three buttons until the phone turns on.
If you can't enter download mode with the 3-button hold method, then you might have to do so via ADB with the command "reboot download".
Getting into download mode is pretty critical, as you cannot progress further without it.
5. Once you're in download mode (should see a triangle with an Android shoveling stuff in it), plug your phone into your computer's USB port and open Odin. In Odin, press "Reset" on the right hand side. Odin should be able to detect your phone (this is indicated by a yellow box on the left side). I'm using a PC, so inside the yellow box I see something like this: 0:[COM9]. On a Mac it probably says something different, but as long as you see the yellow box appear then it's all good.
If you don't see the yellow box, then there's no communication between your phone and the computer, which means that you may have to reinstall the Samsung USB drivers.
6. With the contents in the firmware package that you downloaded from Samfirmware.com extracted, load them onto Odin accordingly.
PIT: use s1_odin_20100512.pit
PDA: JVT (sometimes the PDA is labeled CODE instead)
PHONE: JVT (sometimes labeled as MODEM instead)
CSC: use HOME-MULTI-OXAJVT (should be about 9.5 MB in size)
Since your father-in-law's phone was originally 2.3.3, you shouldn't have to alter the bootloader with Odin, so leave the bootloader field empty.
7. Once you've loaded up all the necessary files, make sure Re-partition and Auto-reboot is checked. Leave the rest of the checkboxes as it.
8. Press Start. This should initialize the flashing of the new firmware. After the phone has been flashed, it should reboot automatically and should hopefully be able to get past the Galaxy S black and white logo (aka. boot loop).
9. The phone should be in working order now. I used this method to unlock my SGS: SIM Unlock on the SGS. With this method, your phone needs to be rooted, so head on over to ChainFire's thread here to install his kernal which is already rooted.
Flashing firmware can be pretty scary since nobody wants to end up with a brick that costed $400 and it seems like so much can go wrong, but hopefully the steps I've provided helped. Good luck!