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[Q] galaxy s stuck on "Galaxy S" screen

hey,
i have an issue, i fear i may have bricked my phone, thou i cant be sure!
It gets stuck on the galaxy s screen when you first turn it on, thou i can still hear the start up sounds.
any ideas on how i can fix it, though i have tried the factory reset, no luck!
i tryed to use Odin, though i dont know how to use it very well!
cheers,
madkid21

Mind at least telling us what the heck you did before this happened?
It would REALLY help us in diagonising your problem, you know.

heh i suppose it would wouldnt it!
I installed the battery icon mod..
Madkid21

How did you try odin? I think that should have done the job.
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well i looked at it and thought wtf, how i use this **** lol,
any chance you can explain how to use it, i got it recognise the phone but thats it!
i put phone into download mode, could you explain how i can fix with it?
thanks,
madkid21

Have you downloaded an official ROM?
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not yet, im not sure where to get it from! lol
i only had the phone like a month or 2, and i broke it but got it replaced under the warrenty lol
so where can i get a offical rom from?

There are lot of ROMs on samfirmware.com and guides on how to flash them. You need an account though.
Have you even flashed a ROM before?
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i have flashed rom on a HTC Hero before, which was my old phone, but not on this phone, dunno how different its gonna be!
madkid21

Check samfirmware.com, it will help you (a lot).
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thanks muchly, i will check back soon when i have attempted to flash it!
madkid21

BTW, you could also check Doc's ROM if you want to use custom rom. I personally use it and its great. It has also some good guides compiled on the first post. I strongly suggest you read the Doc-Froyo.pdf guide in that thread.
Good luck!
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awesome i sorted it!!
thanks for your help mate,
*at least i think i sorted it*
Odd everything is foceclosing on me now, even the main android os!
Madkid21

No problem I assume you have your device working now.
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[Q] No soloution anywhere i look, needs some serious help guys.

hi all,
when i first got my galaxy s it was locked to Orange (UK Network) and i unlocked the phone to be used on any network, and have been happily using it for well over half a year, i also attempted to flash the F1 SG2 Rom, however, there wasnt enough space on the partition so i flashed the phone back to XXJVQ (which i had on the phone before trying to install the F1 ROM) however, now my phone doesn't recognise the SIM that i put in, im wondering if the flash had anything to do with it or if the phone has locked itself. i have been researching around and some people have said that its something to do with efs or IMEI, i have no clue what that means but its sounds important, they also say that you need backups of these and that they contain phone files, however, if they were important there would be more emphasis placed on backing them up...
anyone who has had the same issue or someone who knows whats going on please help. everything else works fine, so is there a way to get my phone to read the SIM again without risking totally bricking the whole thing??
an (easy to understand) guide on how to fix this would be much appreciated...
thank you.......

flash a new modem file.. cause u may have corrupted your modem while flashing.. if that does not work change kernel( helped me once)..

Ive rooted it. If i flash something else wont it remove the root. Alsp which 1??
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GalaxySN00B:0 said:
Ive rooted it. If i flash something else wont it remove the root. Alsp which 1??
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Flash a kernel with root........ There's plenty in the development thread. You could also flash a new modem. Very simple.
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Kk. Ill try but i alreadt flashed a kernel in order to aquore root. Wouldnt it just be the same thing if i flash a new ? Thanks for reply though...
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Your imei is the code that identifies your phone. Look in settings, about phone, status.
Have you tried reflashing your rom?
If all else fails, i would recommend a flash of jm9 with odin. Files can be found at samfirmware.com. It's got me out of some deep black holes in the past!
Don't stress too much mate, there's been plenty of times that my phone hasn't recognised my sim when flashing cm7.
Reflash your rom, if that doesn't work, flash jm9, and most of all, relax.
S.U.R.F.A.C.E 2.something

Worth trying the simple things, take out sim, clean and reinsert, this has worked for me in the past, and when you do get going again get sgs toolbox and with that you can make a back up of your efs folder, check your imei against the label on box that phone came in
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slaphead20 said:
Worth trying the simple things, take out sim, clean and reinsert, this has worked for me in the past, and when you do get going again get sgs toolbox and with that you can make a back up of your efs folder, check your imei against the label on box that phone came in
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Hi slappy, probably best to use nitrality for efs backup, no?
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woolf clubs said:
Hi slappy, probably best to use nitrality for efs backup, no?
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Very true! My bad lol
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Damn. Threw the box away is the IMEI specific to each individual phone?
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Thanks 4 the encouragement. Ill try flashing that 2mrw...
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woolf clubs said:
Your imei is the code that identifies your phone. Look in settings, about phone, status.
Have you tried reflashing your rom?
If all else fails, i would recommend a flash of jm9 with odin. Files can be found at samfirmware.com. It's got me out of some deep black holes in the past!
Don't stress too much mate, there's been plenty of times that my phone hasn't recognised my sim when flashing cm7.
Reflash your rom, if that doesn't work, flash jm9, and most of all, relax.
S.U.R.F.A.C.E 2.something
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Theres only 1 thing. Im running Gingerbread w.e.r XXJVQ not Froyo. :0 will flashing this help?
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Jm9 helps everything - trust me.
When you flash a rom with odin it completely wipes your phone. The process of getting cm7 2.3.4 on your phone involves flashing back to froyo or eclair first.
You seem hesitant, if you're worried, i suggest you spend a few days reading up. Try the sticky on rooting/flashing in the development section.
P. S. There's a thanks button at the bottom of every post.
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GalaxySN00B:0 said:
Damn. Threw the box away is the IMEI specific to each individual phone?
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Yep. Will probably be with your original paperwork though.
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[Q]Returning back to the LGOB Stock ROM [Q]

Hey guys, I've seen a few threads about this but its not really answering my question properly so I hope one of you can...
I am currently on the NOVA ROM V8 and I want to return back to the LG Stock ROM, what is the easiest and safest way to do this?
Thanks,
TomByrne94

By the kdz method. Look over at the Optimus Black development section for the UPK thread, it has everything you need.
You will lose your apps though, unless you back them up with apps like titanium backup
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Any chance you can provide a link? Theres a thanks in it for you!
Is UPK = Update Kit? If so just say.

Could I not just do a factory reset?

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Could I not just do a factory reset?
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No. You must flash a stock firmware.
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By the way... Can Titanium Backup restore applications data, when phone is unrooted?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111771
yup upgrade kit. read the KDZU guide in it.
but first of all, you will need to get your stock firmware http://luivit.altervista.org/firmwareP970/

Fail to root my new x2

Just bought a used x2 there is stock firmware 4.0.4 installed.
Supe oneclick stops at step 7
An even the nv method wont work perhaps i'm doing something wrong? Im no noob in android but.i cant figure out where is the problem.
Thanks for any help darkmind
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Darkmind82 said:
Just bought a used x2 there is stock firmware 4.0.4 installed.
Supe oneclick stops at step 7
An even the nv method wont work perhaps i'm doing something wrong? Im no noob in android but.i cant figure out where is the problem.
Thanks for any help darkmind
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Yes, there is a lot of reading to do, if you want to study it all.
I dont think SuperOneClick is meant for ICS, I will recommend you to look at this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028946
And then I would suggest you try option 2 in "How to get root". You dont need to download ICS, you already have it.
Good luck.

[Q] Rooting problem

I´m in need of big help, i was rooting my device with smart flash tool and it all went well until the phone rebots and appears the message "security error" under the LG logo. What do i do?
Please help, it´s an emergency.

You can see alot of questions here with that security error issue. Just download a kdz of a gb rom and extract it. Then flash with sft
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And will that make the phone usable again? Another question, why did that apear? My phone is locked to a company, and the ics rom that i was using was the original but for unlocked phones, it´s that the problem? Do i need to use the rom for the locked phones to be able to root it to ics?

It will. Aslong as you can go to s/w download. I dont get what you just said cause im no expert. i rooted my phone wth stock ics with unlockroot.com . but i have the ku5900.
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My phone it´s locked to a company,(like at&t, vodafone, etc etc), and i was using the stock rom from lg (v30b), but for my country that version is only avaliable for unlocked phones, and i was using it.

Then you did something wrong maybe. I had that security error when i tried to flash cwm with ics.
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And what did you did to resolve that problem?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448803
Read
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I already saw that, thanks, but i´m really a noob in this xD and there are some things i don´t understande, but the phone is working now really thank you, i almost had an heart attack xD

only one problem now, when i try to instal an application it reboots the phone. what do i do?