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[Q] E:Can't mount /dev/block/st110 ... my nightmare begin!

Hi! Here is the story of my nightmare... I have a Bell i9000m with Android 2.1. I have use GST tweaker tools to root it. I also have do a backup with titanium backup (but I think it useless at this step) After this I have try to change the battery icon with the same utility. When I have rebooted the phone, it stop at the "S" logo for a minute and after the screen go black and the button are glowing and the phone buzz. After this nothing happen. When I go in recovery mode (3e) I obtain an error:
update media, please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/st110
(Invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions,
copy default media content failed.
I have try with odin3 1.7 to flash the phone but I'm a little bit confused with all possibility...
One stupid thing I have to say, I don't know my original firmware version... ;-(
I have see many good custom kernel... it is possible to fix this and by the way to upgrade to froyo?
It is possible to fix my problem doc?
Thanks a lot for your help!
P.S. Sorry for my bad english, (i'm from Quebec,Canada)

Easiest fix :
Go in recovery and wipe.
Then restart and see if that fixed your problem.
Alternate (Guaranteed solution) :
Go here
Click "Direct Download". If you don't see it try to refresh the page.
Fire up odin.
Extract the zip u downloaded
For pda in odin select the .tar you extracted
Put your phone in download mode.
Flash w/o repartition or nething.
That should work.

Hi! I have try the 2 solutions you mention. But always same problem... I have to mention I have installed speedmod-kernel-k12p-500hz it is correct or I have to replace it?

Ok then do this :
Get these two
Flash odin with repartition and select the pda,modem,csc
Once done
Go back to odin. Flash just pda with no repartition or nething of the jl2 (previous thing u downloaded in my first post).

Sorry for this question but what do you mean by nething? (sorry english is not my first language!)

So leave everything the way it is.
Dont check mark anything extra.

YEAH! You solved my problem!!! You rock man!
Before I do any other stupid thing any advice?
I have visit some european site about android. They offer some firmware.. it is better to keep the "bell" specific firmware?,etc...
I don't know if I already say this ... Thanks you!

Try them.
Now u know
exactly how to restore if nething ever happens

thenamelessthing said:
YEAH! You solved my problem!!! You rock man!
Before I do any other stupid thing any advice?
I have visit some european site about android. They offer some firmware.. it is better to keep the "bell" specific firmware?,etc...
I don't know if I already say this ... Thanks you!
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Glad to hear you got your problems sorted. Maybe you could hit the "Thanks" button under Daneshm's post.

Daneshm90 said:
So leave everything the way it is.
Dont check mark anything extra.
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Thank you! You indirectly helped me immensely!

thenamelessthing said:
Hi! Here is the story of my nightmare... I have a Bell i9000m with Android 2.1. I have use GST tweaker tools to root it. I also have do a backup with titanium backup (but I think it useless at this step) After this I have try to change the battery icon with the same utility. When I have rebooted the phone, it stop at the "S" logo for a minute and after the screen go black and the button are glowing and the phone buzz. After this nothing happen. When I go in recovery mode (3e) I obtain an error:
update media, please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/st110
(Invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions,
copy default media content failed.
I have try with odin3 1.7 to flash the phone but I'm a little bit confused with all possibility...
One stupid thing I have to say, I don't know my original firmware version... ;-(
I have see many good custom kernel... it is possible to fix this and by the way to upgrade to froyo?
It is possible to fix my problem doc?
Thanks a lot for your help!
P.S. Sorry for my bad english, (i'm from Quebec,Canada)
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this problem accure bcs of
1.you didnt remove bettry b4 flashing rom
2.some stoke filmware give you error message but if you flash with 521+pda+csc+modem file then tht problem is solve
and i found that I9000XWJM5 filmware is really good if somebody need it then pm me i all send zip file

Can anyone tell me how do bring back to life my phone??? I used this on my Vibrant and now my phone is DEAD!!! IT WON'T TURN ON AT ALL
ANY IDEAS??? PLEASE HELP!!! I KNOW I MADE A MISTAKE... ANYONE PLEASE

mobileoneexpress said:
Can anyone tell me how do bring back to life my phone??? I used this on my Vibrant and now my phone is DEAD!!! IT WON'T TURN ON AT ALL
ANY IDEAS??? PLEASE HELP!!! I KNOW I MADE A MISTAKE... ANYONE PLEASE
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do u have download mode??
if not buy a JIG or send back to samsung

HELPPPP
azzledazzle said:
do u have download mode??
if not buy a JIG or send back to samsung
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hi guys, i've follow this guide but my phone it's blocked from 15 minutes... any help please?

Daneshm90 said:
Ok then do this :
Get these two
Flash odin with repartition and select the pda,modem,csc
Once done
Go back to odin. Flash just pda with no repartition or nething of the jl2 (previous thing u downloaded in my first post).
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.. ok. call me a n00b or w/e u want, but i understood everything up until that last part. when u go back to odin.
It would help if you can describe the set-up, because clearly i did something wrong... screenshots would help if possible /:
p.s. i have all the files downloaded from ur previous posts... i just need to know the order. also for the second download file, which file is the PDA file? the one with the word "CODE" in it? or i dont even apply that one .. ;;;

Hello, i've been having the same problem with my GT-i9003, and even after flashing with odin i still have the same problem. Well, it's not exactly the same, cause my phone will keep on a starting bucle if i try to start it without my EXTERNAL sd card (the one i bought), and if i start it with the external card in, it starts, but i can't use anything that uses the sd card (music, camera, 3g), so yes i can call and message and use wifi, but that's not how it's ment to be. Basically it's like i had no external or internal cards.
So everythime i try to flash without the external sd card, i get the mounting error, and if i flash with the external card, it seems ok , but i still can't use any of the things mentioned above.
I'm a bit lost, and i believe it's because i'm missing something (i'm new to this). i don't want to send it to samsung (yet)
i've been using the firmware that came with the phone, didn't try anything new.
to sum up: any attempts to flash with/without the external card are irrelevant, the problem persists.
Any thoughts/ideas/solutions?
thanks in advance.

[Q] soft brick!...help please...noobs-r-us here!!

im a huge noob as far as this tab...i got a SGT-P1000 (3G/wifi version,euro i think..unlocked and bought from amazon)...anyways i want it back to stock!...i have odin3 1.7...and i got the FW JJ4 from samfirmware for euro..i didnt know what PIT file to get so i just got GT-P1000_M.PIT...the PDA file that i got was
P1000XWJJ4..but when i added it, it doesnt load all files in that file...so i found somthing on youtube and xda from RotoHammer..and tryed that route...it was an all in one file and had the PDA and PIT for me to choose..but the odin failed each time i tryed.....any help would be welcome thanks so much!!!!

dkills082 said:
im a huge noob as far as this tab...i got a SGT-P1000 (3G/wifi version,euro i think..unlocked and bought from amazon)...anyways i want it back to stock!...i have odin3 1.7...and i got the FW JJ4 from samfirmware for euro..i didnt know what PIT file to get so i just got GT-P1000_M.PIT...the PDA file that i got was
P1000XWJJ4..but when i added it, it doesnt load all files in that file...so i found somthing on youtube and xda from RotoHammer..and tryed that route...it was an all in one file and had the PDA and PIT for me to choose..but the odin failed each time i tryed.....any help would be welcome thanks so much!!!!
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You still can boot up your tab? Need the firmware information from *#1234#. If you are still on froyo then bootloaders should be unsigned.....

Better check overcome.mimzo.com/?page_id=64 section "Preppin’ The System…".
It is a wonderful guide for problem free flashing; for ANY version.
K.
ps: unable to paste "external links" due to small number of posts, copy/paste link above.

still now luck but was able to get to recovery mode...
the tab only would load the GT/samsung screen then freeze...i tried a few different firmwares but no luck...i tried this site...
how-to-flash-latest-gingerbread-2-3-3-firmware-to-samsung-galaxy-tab-p1000/?amp....and odin seem to work...but still didnt load..got to recovery and wiped cache and data and rebooted..still nothing..but i also noticed that the wipe was failing....hope the pic can show whats up...now im at a stand still....

dkills082 did u get this sorted as i am experiencing this issue for 48 hours now. i am sick as a dog trying different firmwares and still wont properly boot. still stick on Galaxy GT samsung screen..

I had problem similar to that, I took it back to stock froyo rom, the version originally there, and then proceeded to flash up to gingerbread again. It seems to have worked as I'm on Overcome - Hermes now with no problems.
I might suggest that you try to flash a kernal that supports ext 4 as you might of formatted to that... The overcome 1.64 seem to work but you will still have to flash the Froyo bootloaders....

still stuck...
still stuck but still can get it to recov...i tried other firmwares..but no luck...im lost...wondering if jtag would save it...the problem is that i dont know what original FW was on this tab...i got some new errors idk what to think of them...

pics of the errors
pics of the errors i get in recovery

[Q] Galaxy Tab Memory Problem

I've got a problem with my Galaxy tab. The problems are:
1. Whenever the device is turned off all the files are deleted - like a factory reset.
2. The language always reverts back to Chinese or something like that when turned off and on - I always need to change it back to English.
2. Recorded videos show unsupported file format when attempting to playback.
3. Doesn't charge using the wall charger when it is on but when it is off it's ok.
I've tried some TS like:
1. Factory Reset / Wipe Cache and anything I could see at Recovery.
2. Reflash Gingerbread
3. Tried downgrade to 2.2 - I haven't succeeded yet since I need some files to DL.
If anyone has an idea on how to solve it or encountered the problem pls share some thought.
The main problem I'm really frustrated is regarding the memory problem whereas I can't save any files nor store anything on the 16GB internal memory.
BTW, I'm running on 2.3.3 GB
BB: P1000DXJPD
Thank You.

this is wired ... can u tell us what is your Tab old firmware ?
and did you tried to back into froyo and back again to flash the gingerbread ?

k0sh said:
this is wired ... can u tell us what is your Tab old firmware ?
and did you tried to back into froyo and back again to flash the gingerbread ?
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I can't really say what's the old firmware since my mom just gave it to me.
I'll be trying to flash it back to froyo later though I'm still trying to figure out what Firmware I should download since the last time I tried it, the tab only goes to a constant boot loop.
I can't really figure out what's the problem with this tab. It seems like it's using deepfreeze (PC App) Since, the prior files saved are still present even after turning it off. I even tried deleting those files but to no avail after reboot it returns.
So, I'll try flashing froyo and let's see.
Thanks.

what is your tab ? GSM , CDMA ?

k0sh said:
what is your tab ? GSM , CDMA ?
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It's GSM, I've managed to flashed 2.2 now and the charging issue seems to be solved, could charge it now using the wall charger and via usb.
But the memory problem is still the same.
Let me expand on it a little more.
The internal memory which is 12.82 GB (12.80 Avail) and Internal Device Storage (1.85 GB) seems to be detected by the TAB, the problem is whenever I save a file or anything on it after reboot it's gone but some files (Pics) even though I delete it after reboot it comes back. It seems like the memory is froze or something.
Thanks.

craphack said:
It's GSM, I've managed to flashed 2.2 now and the charging issue seems to be solved, could charge it now using the wall charger and via usb.
But the memory problem is still the same.
Let me expand on it a little more.
The internal memory which is 12.82 GB (12.80 Avail) and Internal Device Storage (1.85 GB) seems to be detected by the TAB, the problem is whenever I save a file or anything on it after reboot it's gone but some files (Pics) even though I delete it after reboot it comes back. It seems like the memory is froze or something.
Thanks.
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Did u use pit when u flashed the rom¿
Can u reflash and use pit and after that go to recovery and wipe data and factory reset and check whether it works or no . If not this is totally a freak and wirdo thing lol
Sent From Hell To Take Your Soul

k0sh said:
Did u use pit when u flashed the rom¿
Can u reflash and use pit and after that go to recovery and wipe data and factory reset and check whether it works or no . If not this is totally a freak and wirdo thing lol
Sent From Hell To Take Your Soul
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Yes I've used a PIT file. I've successfully flashed it now with the ROM on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939360.
Still the same so it seems like this is most probably a hardware problem.
I've noticed that when I connect the Tab to my pc as a media storage, I could see the files on the internal memory. I've tried deleting it manually and quick format it. But after disconnecting it the same files returns.
I'm now trying to format it the long way, not the quick format.

I have the EXACT same problem with my Galaxy Tab 7 inch Sprint. My internal memory boots up as read only and resets itself every time I boot the device.
I've been looking for days to figure out what I can do solve this but it really doens't seem promising.
I was able to make the internal memory read writable through adb shell with:
mount -o remount, rw /
The problem is, when I reboot. All the changes are gone. If anybody has a clue please post here or PM me. Thanks!

jrhsu529 said:
I have the EXACT same problem with my Galaxy Tab 7 inch Sprint. My internal memory boots up as read only and resets itself every time I boot the device.
I've been looking for days to figure out what I can do solve this but it really doens't seem promising.
I was able to make the internal memory read writable through adb shell with:
mount -o remount, rw /
The problem is, when I reboot. All the changes are gone. If anybody has a clue please post here or PM me. Thanks!
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i didn't even root mine and i am having the same issue with a Verizon Galaxy Tab (CDMA)

u can try by flashing different firmware..i means if now u r using jqx1..try flash another that
Sent from my GT-P1000 using xda premium

Bricked ace keeps restarting (cannot go into recovery/CWM)

Hello all!
First of all, I would like to thank the entire XDA for all the help and great developers for all their hard work and everything! You're THE BEST REALLY!
I hope you could help me with my problem :/
A few days ago, I flashed a custom rom (i've changed a lot of them already and this has never happened to me before). After flashing the phone the android system worked perfectly fine but after rebooting, phone just keept (and still is) restarting every 3 seconds. I cannot go into CWM recovery, only into Download mode. I've tried flashing stock rom with odin and in the end when it says > Close serial port and wait until rebooting, phone just keeps rebooting again. (Black screen, flash for a second and then again reboot). I've found someone on YT who has recorded the same problem so that you would understand what am I trying to say.
Type SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE (NEED HELP IT WON'T BOOT!) into YT and you will see the problem. ( i cannot paste the link)
What could i do? Btw, i've searched the forums for solutions but i didn't find a single 1 that would help me I cannot do it even with odin
PLEASEE HELP ME

R: Bricked ace keeps restarting (cannot go into recovery/CWM)
Hi! I think your rom (read only memory) got demaged so nobody can help you now

MeltingSnowman said:
Hi! I think your rom (read only memory) got demaged so nobody can help you now
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Hello! So the only option would be to change the motherboard I guess?:/ Phone is in warranty unitil 17th of February but I don't know if they will repair it because I don't have stock rom on it anymore :/. I've changed many roms and the latest installed is CM10. Do you think that they will see which ROM and other stuff is on if It doesn't even boot? Is there a change that I could format the intrernal storage to cover up my previous installations? (hope you understand what I am trying to say)

R: Bricked ace keeps restarting (cannot go into recovery/CWM)
I understand what you mean, don't worry I think you should try the recovery procedure to unbrick the Ace as last thing you can do to use it back again. If EVRYTHING you can do (or you want to do) doesen't work send your device to service and hope that Samsung repair it for free because covered by warranty. Probably they will never know what you've done on it because memory is demaged. Some time ago I was too lazy to flash an original stock rom and I could not find the one I needed on the web so I sent my device to service with CWM on and no rom (formatted partition) and got it back with stock rom for free (was in warranty time). Best whishes
Inviato dal mio GT-S5830

Ok was afraid that you wouldn't hehe Yea well I tried like 10 times already with Odin but the problem is when Odin is kind of finished and it's time for phone restarting, phone just gets into a bootloop again (or how is it called). So I don't know :/ Maybe I need a new boot file? I can only enter download mode but unable to enter any recoveries modes although I have CWM. Ok I hope so, will probaby take it to the service tomorrow. Btw, do you know any other recovery procedures besides Odin? And thanks a lot for replying to my problem

If you have download mode still try kies to see if it will flash stock again
Sent from my GT-S5830

Ok thank you! Haven't tried that yet. Gonna try it right now.

Or try a different rom downloaded for xda and reflash, sometimes some roms get corrupted
Sent from my GT-S5830

Tried to use KIES but it says that the phone is unsupported :S Could the problem be that I'm using Win8? I've tried other roms already but I think that MeltingSnowman is right, it's damaged and I guess it's only fixable at service.

Nothing to do with win8 really and what method are you using on odin ? One package method or are you using all options
And try using a diff sd card as i had a damaged one that effected my flashing a while back
Sent from my GT-S5830

Oh ok I just thought that the compatibility could be the problem. I'm using one package method because I cannot find other single files :/. I've serched google already but all I ever found ware one packages. Sd card is fine. Do you maybe know where I could find single files? Please don't think that I am lazy but I really haven't found them

Your single files are in your rom you already have downloaded you just untick one package then apply them one by one which rom are you trying to flash ?
Sent from my GT-S5830

I've downloaded some stock 2.3.6 from SamFirmware but it's only 1 file (.tar )S5830DXKT7_S5830OLBKT3_S5830DXKT5_HOME.tar.md5.

It most likely to be a corrupt file, iv heard all sorts of stories from that site, find a stock rom on here thats flashable through odin and try your one package method again and also download the cooper ops file again, if you go to stickies at the top of this forum you will find what you need and hopefully get your ace to boot up again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
Sent from my GT-S5830

R: Bricked ace keeps restarting (cannot go into recovery/CWM)
1) Kies can't flash firmwares because you need an operative phone connected to PC and if you have anything different from stock rom on your mobile will obiviously say "Uncompatible Device", no matter wich SO you're running
2) A corrupted file from internet is almost impossible to get
3) A demaged bootloader would cause bootloops so if someone knows a way to load a new one to your device you'll be alright
4) One package or 100000 files can't cause a demage like that so the problem is sure not that
Inviato dal mio GT-S5830

Why cant there be a corrupt or faulty file ?
Sent from my GT-S5830

Didn't find any of these files. :/ Only ZIP files which are, If I am not mistaken, only supported by CWM.

MeltingSnowman said:
1) Kies can't flash firmwares because you need an operative phone connected to PC and if you have anything different from stock rom on your mobile will obiviously say "Uncompatible Device", no matter wich SO you're running
2) A corrupted file from internet is almost impossible to get
3) A demaged bootloader would cause bootloops so if someone knows a way to load a new one to your device you'll be alright
4) One package or 100000 files can't cause a demage like that so the problem is sure not that
3) I already tought of that but I couldn't find a way to install it, nor the bootloader itself. Hope some1 could provide this.
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Did you download the coopers ops file again from the link i sent you and try and get stock XWKTR firmware from samfirmware site i flashed it today and im currently using it and put your phone in download mode and try and flash again ill keep looking around to see if i can help you further
Sent from my GT-S5830
---------- Post added 24th January 2013 at 12:03 AM ---------- Previous post was 23rd January 2013 at 11:56 PM ----------
Here is a link for cwm recovery via odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465599
Sent from my GT-S5830

Still can't access CWM. Bootloops continue. I don't know what to do anymore. I've tried almost everything really. Will probaby sent it to repair tomorrow, I don't see any other option :/

[Q] SGS i9000 Operating System Problem

Hi guys,
I just got given an SGS i9000 that was on Bell Canada (not sure if that's relevant!?) and I wanted to root and load a custom rom etc, I downloaded odin and placed the 3 files in their relevant places and started the process, now the SGS won't boot and gives the following message:
E:failed to mount /dbdata (Invalid argument)
and also:
Installing Milti-CSC...
Can't access to ''/system/csc/BMC/system/'
Does anyone know how I can fix this? I've tried going back through odin, but the SGS is no longer recognised on any of my computers :crying:
Any help/pointers would be awesome!!

jesper10 said:
Hi guys,
I just got given an SGS i9000 that was on Bell Canada (not sure if that's relevant!?) and I wanted to root and load a custom rom etc, I downloaded odin and placed the 3 files in their relevant places and started the process, now the SGS won't boot and gives the following message:
E:failed to mount /dbdata (Invalid argument)
and also:
Installing Milti-CSC...
Can't access to ''/system/csc/BMC/system/'
Does anyone know how I can fix this? I've tried going back through odin, but the SGS is no longer recognised on any of my computers :crying:
Any help/pointers would be awesome!!
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you need to download odin then you flash dbdata.rfs.tar in though odin to the sgs in recovery mode.files below. maybe this will help.

jesper10 said:
Hi guys,
I just got given an SGS i9000 that was on Bell Canada (not sure if that's relevant!?) and I wanted to root and load a custom rom etc, I downloaded odin and placed the 3 files in their relevant places and started the process, now the SGS won't boot and gives the following message:
E:failed to mount /dbdata (Invalid argument)
and also:
Installing Milti-CSC...
Can't access to ''/system/csc/BMC/system/'
Does anyone know how I can fix this? I've tried going back through odin, but the SGS is no longer recognised on any of my computers :crying:
Any help/pointers would be awesome!!
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1. Just do a 'wipe data/factory reset' and reboot the device when done.
2. Let the device boot all the way then turn it off.
3. Re-enter Download Mode and re-flash only the CSC file without pit and without re-partition...

Hi guys!
Thank you for the replies and taking the time to help...my biggest problem is getting the computer to recognise the phone, I think when I flashed whatever it was before I've somehow "deleted" the O/S on the phone and now no mater what PC I plug it into the phone never gets recognised...and that means I can't use odin
If I can get that bit fixed, then I think I can recover the phone but just don't know how to fix that...odin was working perfectly before so I know it does, just need the PC to find the phone now!
Any thoughts? I've tried re-downloading Kies/drivers etc but to no avail.

But you can enter Download Mode?

That's probably has something to do with the fact that you have a I9000M, which is the Canada Bell version of the I9000. There are some subtle hardware differences between the two. Honestly, **** Samsung and their variants. It's a pain in the *** trying to remember if the difference still matters any more. When the I9000M first came out we encountered a whole load of issues with people frying their memories and having to send it back to Samsung for replacement. I think someone eventually came up with a way to overcome this, but I didn't read much about it.
Anyway, try getting a stock I9000M rom instead and flash that. As for your PC not recognising it, you did reboot between uninstalling and reinstalling the Samsung drivers right? Also, kies must NOT be running in the background when you use odin, otherwise odin will not recognise your phone.

KUN1 said:
But you can enter Download Mode?
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Yeah, I can get into download mode but nothing happens from there...because the laptops/PC won't recognise the phone I can't transfer anything on to it!
I've tried installing a rom from SD card but it fails :crying:
Any thoughts?

snapper.fishes said:
That's probably has something to do with the fact that you have a I9000M, which is the Canada Bell version of the I9000. There are some subtle hardware differences between the two. Honestly, **** Samsung and their variants. It's a pain in the *** trying to remember if the difference still matters any more. When the I9000M first came out we encountered a whole load of issues with people frying their memories and having to send it back to Samsung for replacement. I think someone eventually came up with a way to overcome this, but I didn't read much about it.
Anyway, try getting a stock I9000M rom instead and flash that. As for your PC not recognising it, you did reboot between uninstalling and reinstalling the Samsung drivers right? Also, kies must NOT be running in the background when you use odin, otherwise odin will not recognise your phone.
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Yeah, I read about that actually - I should maybe have paid more attention when I was looking into this in the first place!
Thanks for your reply man, I'm going to try getting stock I9000M rom tonight and have a go with that! But yeah, 3 different PCs/laptops I've tried it on, with variations of with/without Kies...still no joy as yet!
Thanks again for the reply though :good: