Hi, Im admittedly a bit thick when it comes to flashing, although I've done my sgs a few times now. But this time its much harder.
I had a go at slim ics and no phone (modem / network) and then a few others
Ive spent 2 days again reading up trying to remember stuff, but to be honest, its hard. And although I managed to reflash a really old set of files I had with odin and got it working again, as soon as I try a new rom- its back to square one.
I have to criticise a little the developers and posters even though I'm totally grateful and wouldnt even know where to start with all the work that they do, so total respect and thanks The problem (with me ) is not understanding the language. i.e. the phrases and one word explanations and even lack of plain english or info. Especially region stuff.
Sorry to be picky, but just a little friendly observation .
So Im hoping some kind soul will spoon-feed me with a link to a rom + csc files I need to flash a new-ish lite rom. I really like the new ICS But MUST work for UK. I understand I need 'XXJPY' and XEU (is that GB)but can never get a separate modem, pit ? to work. I'm fine with various processes of it and following instructions.
I think there's also a general issue with many links now being dead (mega, file etc.) which doesnt help.
I still have imei and sim is OK, just doesnt work atm. I'm currently have a bit of a botched mix of android ver 2.3.7, for some strange reason i9000xxjvu, a 2.6.35 kernel running modver Cyan4tomorrow, with build gwk74.
But no working modem (with xxjvu) still, and its not that great to be honest.
Id just like a complete wipe and a good working nice lightweight upto date flash.
Thank you for reading and any reply.
Just a quick update.
Save anyone typing. I've managed to sort it, all by myself.
Oh the relief -
What I did was revert back to crappy old froyo or whatever, had to upgrade the boot loader used busybox (pit) odin, to change change it to allow me to apply the slim.zip Wouldnt let me before even renaming to update.
So then installed slim ics.
But no baseband again!!
so this time installed, copied, jpy.zip I found somewhere.
And it works on ics slim (thanks dev's) and now have a working phone as well
JPY was CRUCIAL for UK modem.
Now I know its easy, I hope this post will be here to read in six months when I try and do it all over again.
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Hey guys.
I know this has probably been asked/answered a million times before, but hopefully you can understand me wanting a final confirmation before i risk my £500 phone...I have done a lot of reading around this subject, and and *think* i have my head around the most of it now.
Sorry for the block of text, I have put my actual questions in blue to make them a little easier to spot.
So I have the 16GB Galaxy S from Vodafone UK. It is currently completely stock (not even rooted), and is running the JF3 firmware. The details of the phone are:
PDA: I9000XXJF3
Phone: I9000XXJF3
CSC: I9000VODJE4
The phone is unbranded, and will accept an o2 SIM, so I assume it is SIM unlocked.
I am wanting to try out Froyo on my device, and think the JM8 build is going to be the most appropriate.
Do I need to root/backup anything on my phone first? (I am fine with losing apps etc, and would rather reinstall from scratch anyway).
I have signed up to SamFirmwares, and have downloaded the file GT-I9000_I9000XWJM8_I9000XXJM4_CODE-MODEM, which I believe is the right firmware for my phone and region. I have also downloaded the s1_odin_20100512.pit file, which i *think* is the right one.
I also got the CSC_I9000OXAJM1.tar.md5 file which i think should be the right one. I also have Odin3 v1.3.
Can someone please just confirm these are the correct files for me?
So, all I need to do is:
- Start ODIN.
- Put my phone into download mode.
- Select the Re-Partition box, and make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked.
-Select the CODE file in the PDA box, and the Modem file in the PHONE box.
- Put the CSC_I9000OXAJM1.tar.md5 in the CSC box.
- Press Start.
Am I right to think my phone will now flash?
What are the likely-hood of me bricking/destroying my phone if I follow this procedure?
Again, I'm sorry that you have probably answered these questions a hundred times before, but hopefully you can understand why I want to be sure I'm doing this right .
Before you do anything please check if you CAN access download mode. If you can then its all GOOD! you are spot on and I congrats you on doing your research as many don't. Also PLEASE don't install the Froyo Betas as you can see for yourself (JPH/JP3) that theres ALOT of problems on it especially if you don't know much about flashing. Just wait another week or less for OFFICIAL FROYO as if something does go wrong we can actually get support from Samsung as its OFFICIAL.
Also NO you do not need to root your phone. You can do that if you choose to afterwards with a rom update/custom mod. Or just download the samsung root app from market rooting is very painless.
JM8 is NOT froyo.. It's eclair... (JP# is the currently designated Froyo series, but I suspect the designators may change after it becomes stable to the per-month thing)...
Honestly, at this point of time though, it isn't worth it. Samsung seems to have backported the highmem patch to eclair anyway, and Froyo isn't yet stable. Furthermore, there are reports of people's imei getting corrupted (which is fine if you back up /efs maybe, but it still isn't a safe operation).
Honestly, unless you have a need for the new API's, just wait until it's released (it's expected by the end of the month). And then, to be uber safe, use kies to upgrade.
Although, at this point of time, you should probably upgrade your firmware to a newer version of eclair anyway (using kies), because JF3 is ancient, and plenty of problems were fixed in August.
Thanks for the advice guys. I thought JM8 was a Froyo release. After researching more tonight, it seems the JP releases are less than stable at the minute, so i'll stay away from them and wait for the official release.
I updated my firmware via Kies this morning, and am now running:
PDA: I9000BUJM4
Phone: I9000BUJM3
CSC: I9000GVODJM3
The system seems to be running pretty much the same as before. There is no lag etc and it all runs smooth enough.
The only problem I have is that the software updated has now filled my phone with Vodafone branding. It has the Vodafone start screen, and loads of crappy Voda apps on it.
Is there a way I can remove these? or at least make sure I get a "clean" upgrade with the next software update (would removing the SIM before updating work?
You COULD root your phone and use Titanium Backup to remove the apps you don't want. But in all honesty I say get the latest official rom that your provider has. Be it the old JF3 as when Froyo comes out and you do (fingers cross) get a problem you can get actual support. This moment in time I would recommend you do nothing but go back to JF3 and wait for Froyo. But its your device so upto you
I have samsung galaxy s(gt-i9000/it is not vibrant or...) which use this rom:
baseband version:i9000bojf1
build number:eclair.bojg3
I live in kuwait,but when i buy this phone it has one bag for used phone(T...MOBILE/UK),and in all user manual's i see t..mobile&samsung brand.
this version don't has arabic/persian lanuage&letter support,and i want use a JPJPG 2.2 rom to see arabic letters correctly/and all network lock is off on this phone and it's work correctly on kuwait's network...
can i use official rom's (froyo jpjpg 2.2) on this phone?
is this doing risky to brick my phone?
(i have no downloading problem)
is this a international version of galaxy s?
sorry for my bad english!
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i have problem,help me,no one to answer me?
SOS
AliReza711 said:
I have samsung galaxy s(gt-i9000/it is not vibrant or...) which use this rom:
baseband version:i9000bojf1
build number:eclair.bojg3
I live in kuwait,but when i buy this phone it has one bag for used phone(T...MOBILE/UK),and in all user manual's i see t..mobile&samsung brand.
this version don't has arabic/persian lanuage&letter support,and i want use a JPJPG 2.2 rom to see arabic letters correctly/and all network lock is off on this phone and it's work correctly on kuwait's network...
can i use official rom's (froyo jpjpg 2.2) on this phone?
is this doing risky to brick my phone?
(i have no downloading problem)
is this a international version of galaxy s?
sorry for my bad english!
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can i use jpjpg 2.2 official rom on this?how?
please guide me!
update via kies is risky?
i want an answer pls!...
If you have not had an answer to your multiple posts it usually means .
Nobody knows the answer or nobody understands your post .
jje
keep searching...
spark001uk said:
Originally Posted by jimsey View Post
my phone was on tmobiles BOJG3,
not sure it matter but i checked there tmobile hadn't re-enabled the sim-lock- which they hadn't
I flashed my phone using the rom I was using weeks ago: XWJM5 (using 512.pit, SERJM1 CSC and XXJM3 modem) all the files are in the JM5 download(single folder) from samfirmware.com
I used adb to get into download, then I selected repartition whilst flashing. ( not sure it's worth noting there's a sbl.bin file in the phone package that gets written to the device)
once i had JM5 up and running i checked whether the 3 button combo was working - it wasn't.
i then followed post 1 to the letter.( no .pit, select bootloader etc) - it takes just a second to run.
Now I just have to decide which ROM i want to try next -JPH awaits !
Well Jimsey, guess what.......... JOB DONE!!!!!
Did exactly what you said - except i added 1 step, (don't know if essential but i've heard reports that it saves some people needing to do a wipe/reset in recovery mode) :- i did a factory reset just prior to flashing of JM5. Other than that tho, i followed everything you did above TO THE LETTER!
Mind you, it wasn't good for my health i swear. It rebooted after flashing JM5, and a load of yellow writing came up saying all the little files it was initialising etc etc blah blah, and then... in RED writing it came up with - CANNOT ACCESS MULTI LOADER FROM TMU, or something like that.
Well, i felt the blood drain from my face. Then it booted up, damn that was scary!
You're right about the combo fix as well, when i flashed that it is as you say a dodgy two seconds, then a few more seconds on a black screen, i swear my heart didn't beat during that time!
Anyway there you go guys, i've just (narrowly avoiding a coronary) flashed my stock T-Mobile UK from BOJG3 to an unbranded, smooth as silk XWJM5, and on top of that flashed the standalone bootloader from post #1. And it works. I have the handset in front of me and it's all lit up on the home screen!
A big thankyou to Jimsey, for being the first pair of feet to jump!
Also to Richthofen for his bootloader fix, and his superb support in all this.
Well, don't know where next, JPC/JPH i suppose, but not yet, i need a drink to recover from this bit first!!
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but few guy's in this forum do this work?!
theresee post 293
but my modem is different and it may cause some problem
pda:I9000BOJG3
PHONE:I9000BOJF1
CSC:I9000GTMUJG1
this csc and risk of this do is my problem my friend!?
Hi, i would love to have gingerbread but i bought a 2nd hand gtab 7 and its on region xsg and i live in Australia, it also does not state a pda or csc. When i plug it into kies current firware is blank and there is no option to update. If anyone has any ideas that would be great.
You need to find out, is it a gt-p1000, or a gt-p1010... If it doesn't use a sim card its a cdma tab and there aren't many roms to flash. If its a p1010 then you have a wifi only tab. No real way to play with it as there aren't many, if any, roms...
If you have a g1000.....
You need to go to the developement section and find a rom you like but before you flash, use the bootloader check.apk found in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888071 to see if the bootloaders are locked. Then I'd suggest going to the rom upgrade tutorial found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205990 .
You will find in this thread all the things you need to upgrade, ODIN, m rpit file and the safe rom.
From there you should be able to flash any rom you want whether its Overcome Kratos, Boca or any other. Just make sure its not a cdma,p1000l/n rom or for the p1010. These will brick your tab if you try to flash these...
If you have a CDMA tab then you will need to do some research as theres not many roms out there, I can't help as I've never flashed one of these and my knowledge is sketchy at best...
P1010 tab means no roms for you....
Good luck....
Thanks i have the P1000 but must i be wary that i am on region xsg and cannot display a pda or csc code?
Not really sure, if you root your device thn use a root explorer to find and backup your efs folder to your external(removable) memory card. It should have data inside that is your csc, imei and a few other things you might like to keep.
At the end of the day its really up to you if you wanna try to flash or not, I offer no guarantees as neither does the chefs, its flash at your own risk... There's help out there if you need it, however, as I tell everyone else, read up on what you need to do, then when you know, reread it again. Take it slow, do 1 step at a time so you won't miss anything (you'll feel a right **** if you don't untick or tick something in ODIN you were supposed to and it hangs at startup).
Also, if you know what the stock FROYO rom was, grab a copy and keep it on your pc. Its a hell of a lot easier to have everything you need at your beck and call then it is to have to find and download later...
I leave it in your hands...
Your Excellent ROM Flashing Explanation
Thanks for this simple, cogent response on flashing a ROM for the various Tab flavors. My head usually starts swimming when I try to understand how to do the deed, but your brief couple of paragraphs here lay out the process perfectly.
-- A happy P-1010 owner. No whining. It is what it is.
Hey everyone i have had massive problems with the IMEI on my i9000 finally managed to flash back to stock ROM but im still getting no signal. The IMEI is fine and i have a backup of the efs folder saved. What files do i need in this folder as i will delete all of the contents then start again.
Thanks
If your still getting no signal but are not getting "No Service" then either the modem you flashed in the stock ROM is utter pants for specific handset so trying flashing a different modem or a different ROM altogether :/
But if a different modem or ROM doesn't fix it then you have a antenna problem... sorry bud
Hey mate,
Cheers for the reply. I will try a new ROM can you recommend any small ROM's that will work on my device? I don't know a great deal abour ROM's and flashing in general tbh.
I need to finish my guides badly! Then I'd just be able to point you towards them :/
But since their not... cause I've been lazy, please head over to SamMobile/ and create an account if you haven't already done and download the correct firmware for you i9000.
Getting the right firmware is difficult, it's even more difficult since I'm guessing you don't know the PDA build from what the phone was running originally... for example by phone when I got it was running I9000BVJV7 which is actually Android 2.3.3 for the UK and sim locked to Orange.
When you take into account that the Android version, the country and the carrier have an effect on the specific firmwares for two (on the face) identical phones you can begin to see how many millions of different firmwares there are out there just for one phone...
So just try your best and read all the helpful info on SamMobile. If you get really really stuck or if something nasty happens to the phone while flashing either come back to this thread or PM me and I will talk you through a recovery kit that will hopefully restore the phone to a stock ROM (but not official stock ROM).
Since you're new to flashing please be reminded flashing can completely kill a phone to the point of no return, having said that I must have flashed a million times in both ClockworkMod and Odin but that doesn't mean death can't happen at any time.
Thanks mate i really am grateful for the help. I will give that a go and see what i can find.
Downloaded all of the vodaphone rom's and all of the orange roms. The device was used on vodaphone and im still getting the same error :/ any more ideas?
Hi
There's a lot of discussions here about changing the baseband to solve RIL problems.
I have this problem from time to time (sometimes I have network drops and sometimes it works perfect, plus the GPS is horrible – I'm able to live with it after I found a fix that makes it ok – not great…. Just ok)
Since I bought the phone offshore and using it in a different continent, I guess changing my baseband should help.
I already flashed using Kds to euro-open, it help a little but I guess using the original country rom should make it a lot better.
And now I'll get to the point …
Obviously flashing the original rom thru Kds then reflashing your phone with a custom rom
And recovering all your stuff is a huuuuugh trouble, time consuming and can be little dangerous (the kds part) , plus if you want to check a couple of basebands to see what's the best one for you – the time frame for this is weeks (kds,reflashing,recovering,testing)……
So I did some digging around XDA and found that it is possible to change the baseband simply by flashing radio-baseband packages thru recovery… yes just easy flash with CWM, etc.
There is no need to use kds, reflasing etc..
Here is an example to this project on a different phone:
WARNING – DO NOT FLASH IT !!! ITS FOR A DIFFERENT PHONE !!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335273
WARNING – DO NOT FLASH IT !!! ITS FOR A DIFFERENT PHONE !!!
Well, I'm not a programmer and I don’t know how to create this packages so if someone here know this stuff and can take this project I think it will really help our P880 community.
I will gladly give some of my time to help if I'll get some instructions.
Pfffffff, this was a long post