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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S stock rom flashing help

Hello,
I am completely new to flashing roms on android devices and i am just trying to understand the basics behind the process.
- Installing custom roms
- reverting back to stock firmware after installing a rom
I read the 4th post in this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991792
i kinda have some understanding about flashing roms now but i still dont fully understand it.
My device is a Samsung Galaxy S i9000.
Thanks

What exactly do you want to know?
1. Installing custom roms is pretty easy the hard part is choosing the rom and to flash a rom you need to have the cwm recovery and like be on the base you need. ex: lets say you are on a jvt rom and you want to flash a jw1 rom, well in this case you dud need to flash jw1 from odin and then flash the rom from recovery...., but if you are on a jw1 custom rom, then in that case you can just flash the rom from recovery with wipe (recommended).
2. To flash back to stock: you dud need the stock file from sammobile or from wherever you get it and you would need odin, you place your phone in download mode then you put 512pit in the pit section/ code in the pda section/ modem in the phone section/ and csc in csc. then you have to make sure that repartition is ticked and all the others. make sure that the download is not interrupted for that would brick the phone.
-to flash a kernel you dud need to put the tar file in pda and Don't check repartition and click start.
I hope this helped a little
and remember to do this at your own risk.

Sorry for the noob questions but im just trying to understand haha
1. what are jvt and jw1 roms?
2. When you say be on the base you need do you mean the base firmware required for the rom?
3. How would i know which rom i have now, JVT or Jw1?
4. Whats the thing u mentioned whipe in "you can just flash the rom from recovery with wipe (recommended).?
last.5. I already found the stock firmware i have now and ive downloaded it for later if i need to restore it. but what is the tar file you mentioned in the end?
Thanks Man. I appreciate it.

yazzy44 said:
Sorry for the noob questions but im just trying to understand haha
1. what are jvt and jw1 roms?
2. When you say be on the base you need do you mean the base firmware required for the rom?
3. How would i know which rom i have now, JVT or Jw1?
4. Whats the thing u mentioned whipe in "you can just flash the rom from recovery with wipe (recommended).?
last.5. I already found the stock firmware i have now and ive downloaded it for later if i need to restore it. but what is the tar file you mentioned in the end?
Thanks Man. I appreciate it.
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sorry, this is not meant to be offensive but you have a lot to read. There're some good tutorials on how to flash your phone here on xda. search for it.
short answers to your questions:
1. jvt or jw1 are versions of stock samsung roms
2. I think he means if you are on a jvt rom you should only flash custom roms for jvt
3. settings>about phone
4. wipe means resetting the phone, deleting cache and dalvik-cache

no matter what u know u first should know about flashing stock roms..in case u mess something up u will need to flash the stock roms,its a good thing that u have already downloaded these..then u should know how to install kernels to root n have Clockworkmod recovery,then u will be able to flash custom roms..u should serach the net for these questions with a 'How to' at first...

Instruction for new ROM installation
There are basically 2 methods for flashing a ROM
1. CWM recovery menu mode
2. Download mode.
1. For CWM recovery mode you phone must be rooted with CWM, just put the ROM zip file in sdcard of your phone of your choice. then power off the phone. Then you may want to boot in reovery mode for this use pressing and holding 3 button combination simultaneaously as Volume UP + Home key + Power key now you should be booted in to recovery mode there just wipe data/factory reset then wipe cache from option then find and select install from sdcard -> chose file zip from sdcard and press power key to selct and start flashing. wait max 5 min and your phone will be booted with new rom of your choice.
2. Boot in to download mode by pressing and holding 3 button combination simultaneaously as Volume down + Home key + Power key now you should be booted in to download mode now connect your phone with PC and open odin in PC then select ROM file as PDA, PHONE & CSC under propoer boxes then click start - wait max 5 min and you phone will be booted in to new rom.
Thanks
dktechdev.in

Enjoy...
1st - Rooting - visit http://gopalasubramanium.blogspot.in/
2nd - Custom ROMs List - http://alchemistar.blogspot.in/2010/10/samsung-galaxy-s-custom-roms-list-1014.html
3rd - Original ROMs List - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881

[Q] Screwed my i9000, requesting help :(

Feel free to mock me at any time for my horrible work
I decided today to finally upgrade from Darky's 9.4 to 10.4. Put the zip file on, and have tried to flash through ODIN.
When it goes to install, it comes up with:
Installing Core System...
This might take a while...
E:Error in /mnt/sdcard/DarkyROM_v10.4.2.xip
(Status0)
Installation aborted
I've tried everything I know (which isn't much, to be fair) and I can't even get the phone to boot up normally. It appears in Odin, but I honestly have no idea what to do. I'd be happy to go back to the stock rom (although I can't find my firmware anywhere, Optus in Australia)
Please, xda, I beg of you some assistance. I will handsomely reward you in cookies if you can help me, or direct me to a thread (which I haven't been able to find) which will help me.
Edit: Some more information, on the green text screen, I have options for advanced ClockWorkMod features, and advanced SpeedMod ULK features
*I have no idea what I'm doing dog.gif*

You tried to flash the zip file through CWM, not Odin, didn't you? And can you boot into download mode or even into CWM recovery?

Okay probably the easiest way out is to do this: read the whole Darky ROM 10.4.2 thread. You find that you must install "base rom" before you can install that package, and it must be installed with Darky app, not CWM.
So, the way out:
(from the Darky 10.4.2 thread, http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/darkyrom-v10-4-2-xwjw1.6577/ )
Long Guide(from stock ROM/froyo ROM/CM ROM/MIUI ROM)
1.Download DarkyROM 10.2 RE Odin ROM
2.Extract ZIP
3.Start Odin 1.3
4.Put the pit file in PIT
5.Tick repartition
6.Put PDA.tar it into PDA
7.Put phone in Download Mode (vol-down+home+pwr)
8.Connect through USB to your computer (make sure Kies is off)
9.Hit Start and wait for process to complete and your phone to restart
10.Once phone has booted restart into recovery mode (vol-up+home+power)
11.Go to voodoo and enable both lagfixes and restart phone
Download DarkyOTA from the market
12.Copy the downloaded DarkyROM v10.4.2 ROM to your internal phone storage (straight to the main directory / no sub-folders).
13.Open the "DarkyOTA" App
14.Go to the "DarkyROM" Tab and configure the ROM before flashing (Don't tick "Ad-Hoc").
15.Tick "Wipe"
This will delete your apps and settings, but not your media content.
16.Add file /sdcard/Darky/no-mods if you dont want to install mods (locks toggles powermenu crt)
17.Go to the "General" Tab and select "Flash/Install File from SDCARD".
18.Scroll down and select the desired ROM to flash.
19.Confirm the warning and wait for the installation to finish.
20.Enjoy
ask if you didnt understand something, I will help!=)
hope that helps
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA

You, my good sir, are an absolute genius.
I'm only halfway through it, but you have saved my life substantially here.
I cannot express my gratitude enough, (assuming it works of course ) but I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
My amateurish mistake was not downloading 10.4.2 and not putting in PDA.tar (which is probably a really big issue, which I didn't realise)
And my phone has just booted up to 10.2!
laehtis, I do not know who you are, but I give you 100 karma points. You have earned them. Go do something evil, as your generosity here today has made up for at least a week's worth of good deeds.
(If I could post an appropriate dog/meme picture, I would)

Hit the thanks button on the man's post then.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

Installing Stock ICS over Rooted GB 2.0.6 ??

I have 2.0.6 GB ROOTED
And I checked software updates in settings to find A new firmware Android 4.0 about (337) M.B
The question is if i accept downloading this update via wireless .. will I preserve the Rooting option in new ICS ???
Or better to download the Firmware (621) MB from hotfile & Flash it through [mobile odin] ?! although im still aware to do something wrong to end stupidly in breaking the device =/
All i want to keep the Root as I overclock the phone to 1.6 Ghz ...
sry about the nuby question but im afraid to brick the phone +/
Thx in Advance >>>

Emmmm.... if you need the rooted phone, you need to flash custom ROM through CWM. If you'll download new ROM via Wi-Fi, you don't get root.
Just flash 4.0.x through CWM. If you haven't CWM, flash GB with custom kernel with CWM through Odin.
You can get the bricked phone only if you'll make wipe through CWM builded on the stock Samsung ROM.

how do I install ICS on my rooted galaxy note, rookie!!
I want to install ice cream sandwich on my rooted galaxy note but i have no idea how to do it. I hate gingerbread and all the apps and the way they are displayed. I would like to get the stunned ice cream sandwich software and all the really high end stuff on my note i just need help getting started!!! If someone can either reply to this or email me that would be great!

Anna Pemberton said:
I want to install ice cream sandwich on my rooted galaxy note but i have no idea how to do it. I hate gingerbread and all the apps and the way they are displayed. I would like to get the stunned ice cream sandwich software and all the really high end stuff on my note i just need help getting started!!! If someone can either reply to this or email me that would be great!
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You have no idea ? I'm not surprised !
Look around you and SEARCH for the things you want.Check out dr.ketan's thread for rooting and follow individual rom guides (in their respective threads) for installing ROMs.Don't just sign up and say you don't know anything and want to be spoon-fed.
Also,read the hardbrick warning posted by the devs in the dev section

Okay, first of all, small Q&A:
QA:
1) What is CWM? CWM is advanced recovery program. It's built-in in kernel. You can enter in CWM by pressing in powerd off phone home+vol.up+power.
Wht is kernel? Kernel is the core component of the phone ROM. You can flash it separate from other parts of ROM.
2) You can also flash separately the Modem (phone), CSC and UMS parts. Remember, some kernels do not support some ROMs, for example: If you'll flash the Cyanogen Mod, and then some Franco kernel, your phone will cannot start properly. Ofc. you can use CWM in this case.
3) This is scary to flash my phone? No, if you read all instructions, you can "breack it" in the only one case: you'll wipe it from the CWM builded in official samsuung 4.0 - 4.0.3 RoM.
4) What is "wipe/format user data"? This is the way to clear your personal data, and the other trash in your system. You need to wipe before installing new ROM.
5) What happens if i flash new ROM without it? Nothing critical, but some of your apps can work incorrect this way.
6) How to flash kernel from CWM? Download the kernel in *.zip file, copy it to the SD-card, restart in CWM, install zip file. If you have *tar rom-file, use the PC-Odin.
7) What is Odin? Odin is leaked samsung app for win32 for flash samsung devices by USB
8) What is mobile odin? It's better than odin for bigbro? This is the superapp made by one of the xda-dev (chainfire, if i don't mistaken). But u need the root priveledges to use it.
You need to find PC-Odin 1.85 or 1.87, and the rooted ROM with CWM in *.tar format. Close all kies services with "task manager".
Connect your phone in download mode (home+vol. down+power and when is powerd on and ask you about flashing, press "vol. up"), launch Odin. You will see yellow quadrant in odin. Then you need to click on "PDA", then selecting the downloaded ROM file, and do not forget the "pda" checkbox. Do not touch the other checkboxes, then Start.
Wait before it's flashed.
This is the basic guide, ofc.

[SOLVED] downgrade from stock ics to stock gb -> stuck at bootscreen

hello,
i bought a fresh n7000 with stock ics firmware on it. i wanted to go to paranoid android.
1. i rooted the stock ics
2. found out that i need gingerbread to flash custom firmware
3. installed sdk, driver on ubuntu
4. installed heimdall, as its the odin for linux
5. downloaded N7000XXKJ4 from samfirmware.com
6. extracted it to have the single images to flash with heimdall 1.3.1
7. booted in download mode, attached the phone to usb and hitted detect device in heimdall
8. device was found
9. started flashing, first without repartition
boot.img as BOOT
param.lfs as PARAM
factoryfs.img as FACTORYFS
cache.img as CACHE
zImage as KERNEL
Sbl.bin as SBL1
hidden.img as HIDDEN
modem.bin as MODEM
10. flashing went all thru, the phones screen showed the progress also
11. phone did a reboot, after all flashing was done
12. stuck at bootscreen
13. found in the web that its normal and i should do a factory reset in the recovery (its not cwm)
14. stuck at bootscreen
15. repeated step 9. with pit file and repartition
16. same bootscreen
i know the phone is not dead, just not booting, but i have absolutely no chance to find out what to flash exactly and how to do it.

hm could i now just flash the abyss kernel and cwm recovery.bin or so and install a custom rom?

if you are now on GB then flash a kernel, either in CWM or odin and do a full factory reset along with all caches and dalvik cache.
i wouldnt recommend flashing a custom ROM until the stock rom is booting, you dont want to be covering up any underlying errors.
Also, Why did you re-partition ? Did you re-partition using a 3 file firmware (PDA, CSC, Phone) or just a single firmware - PDA ??

hm i dont know on what i am, because it doesnt boot.
i thought i eventually had to repartition because i changed from 4.0 to 2.3.5 ... i used the n7000 16gb pit file.

Well what did ODIN say ? Did it complete or did it get stuck and fail ?
You can flash a kernel in ODIN which should allow you to enter CWM and do a wipe, However you might get issues if you flash a GB kernel over ICS Firmware and vice versa

heimdall ran complete through, said its all fine and the phone rebooted at the end of flashing as it should be. seems all perfect.
the issues i get can not be worse?! if i would now flash a gb kernel, even if there is ics under the hood, the phone would also just not boot?!

I dont know really, Ive never tried, nor do i intend to lol.
But i imagine GB is now on your phone considering it all passed without fail So i guess you should try to flash a kernel and then do a full wipe and see if it boots then
chances are there are some ICS files left on the system preventing it from booting.

and following the guides on xda im not allowed to flash the other kernel with heimdall/odin.
i should use the cf-kernel for my firmware and flash it with the bat-script, is this correct?

Just flash this in ODIN and you will be fine
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69014495/GingerBread-speedmod-kernel-n7000-k2-12-Odin.tar
boot into recovery, do a factory reset, then clear cache partition, then go to advanced and clear dalvik cache, then reboot
then report back

ok. now i have the yellow triangle. i wanted to avoid this.
BUT it looks very promising. clockword mod is starting. did the wipes. and when i reboot it boots directly in cwm. i think this is good atm.
i have to leave at work now. tomorrow morning i can flash a rom with cwm right? and if i flash an ics rom, then i have to flash a ics kernel, too?!

Dont worry about the triangle, Use this app to remove it https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69014495/eu.chainfire.triangleaway-47fe5bbd55070e4eddce741c0ef13110.apk
Like i said above, Make sure the phone boots before flashing any other ROMs. If you want to upgrade to ICS you will need to flash ICS in ODIN, Unless you want to use a CM9 / AOSP based ROM like Paranoid Android, In this case you will stay on GB, Just full wipe and flash ROM in CWM
EDIT: I mis read your post, Your phone is not booting, But only booting into CWM, In this case, try a custom ROM, Nothing to extreme just a simple GB ROM and see if it boots properly then

thanks so much!
flashed checkrom notehd via cwm. boots clean and nicely up.
i flashed/rooted some phones before htc hero, hd2, zte blade. but none of them, even the hd2 with its windows conversion was as unclear as the n7000. i think because in former times the developers wherent as many as actual, and there were much less guides/tuts/howtos which made an user less unsecure.
nevertheless, your support is gorgeous: friendly, fast and ultracompetent.
edit: can i change the title in solved anyhow?

xmaskx said:
thanks so much!
flashed checkrom notehd via cwm. boots clean and nicely up.
i flashed/rooted some phones before htc hero, hd2, zte blade. but none of them, even the hd2 with its windows conversion was as unclear as the n7000. i think because in former times the developers wherent as many as actual, and there were much less guides/tuts/howtos which made an user less unsecure.
nevertheless, your support is gorgeous: friendly, fast and ultracompetent.
edit: can i change the title in solved anyhow?
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Your welcome!
Glad to see you're up and running again
Oh and if you go to your very first post on this thread, Click edit then you should be able to put [Solved] in the title bar

Buddy start from crap...and one advice..u never know the depth of an ocean unless u dive into it..be brave...just follow cursed4eva tutorials on youtube.u will know everything...and only u can teach uraelf no one else..what i did when i was a boy,i mean when i was new to note,i followed this guy and he saved my daymy recommendations is to use odin...flash a 3file rom whose links are provided in cursed4eva's video..and flash it...u will be on stock gb..
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app

How To get Rid Of Froyo 2.2

my father has a stock samsung galaxy tab (p1) running the horrible android 2.2 with touchwiz all over it
he asked me to update the device so it can run ICS
i've done that with my SGS1 which was easy, but now i have a problem.
when reading the guide for installing cm9, its says "This guide applies to a Samsung Galaxy Tab (GSM) on the stock 2.3 release"
my sgs1 was already running 2.3.4, so i just followed the instruction and that was that, but my fathers tab is stuck on 2.2 and has never been rooted or anything
my question is can i simply just apply the steps or do i have to update the device to 2.3 and then follow the instruction
i cant afford to brick the device or i'll never hear the end of it, he love his tab as if it was his child or something
PS. I've learnt how to root the device using (superoneclick) and i've also found how to flash CWM on it, can i do that and then flash the CM9 Rom to it.
im sorry if missed a similar post somewhere but im still a noob at this and i really wanna do it (froyo + touchWiz is a recipe for a crappy device :silly: )

Use overcome method.
I am sure you have seen so many posts here with the same instruction
(many of them by me too)
http://www.teamovercome.net
Read the guide,
Missing pictures can be seen here.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7k...EyNS00Yzg5LWE0MTktYmYyMjA1MThmYzQz/edit?pli=1
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20974872
Follow the picture step by step.
missing files at
http://tabfirmware.com/2012/01/romk...e-7-series-v4-1-0-♫-overcome-kernel-v4-0-0-♫/
and missing kernel here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27801159&postcount=8
Basically to restock:
Download GB-stock-safe-v5.zip, unzip it and and flash with ODIN according to the guide.
Stop there and you will have Gingerbread
But since you want ICS, continue reading the guide.
- download ICS (CM9 or AOKP) and gapps-ics and put in external sd card.
- boot to download mode
- you need to use Odin to flash Overcome kerner tar
- once flashed the tab reboots.
- ignore the robotic voice, just force the tab to off
- boot to CWM recover (press vol-up and power )
- flash ICS (CM9 or AOKP)
- after flashing the system will convert your tab to MTD partition, but it will probably bring you to recovery or stuck at boot.
- force reboot to recovery again
- flash ICS again
- immediate after complete, flash gapps
- reboot

priyana said:
Use overcome method.
I am sure you have seen so many posts here with the same instruction
(many of them by me too)
http://www.teamovercome.net
Read the guide,
Missing pictures can be seen here.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7k...EyNS00Yzg5LWE0MTktYmYyMjA1MThmYzQz/edit?pli=1
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20974872
Follow the picture step by step.
missing files at
http://tabfirmware.com/2012/01/romk...e-7-series-v4-1-0-♫-overcome-kernel-v4-0-0-♫/
and missing kernel here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27801159&postcount=8
Basically to restock:
Download GB-stock-safe-v5.zip, unzip it and and flash with ODIN according to the guide.
Stop there and you will have Gingerbread
But since you want ICS, continue reading the guide.
- download ICS (CM9 or AOKP) and gapps-ics and put in external sd card.
- boot to download mode
- you need to use Odin to flash Overcome kerner tar
- once flashed the tab reboots.
- ignore the robotic voice, just force the tab to off
- boot to CWM recover (press vol-up and power )
- flash ICS (CM9 or AOKP)
- after flashing the system will convert your tab to MTD partition, but it will probably bring you to recovery or stuck at boot.
- force reboot to recovery again
- flash ICS again
- immediate after complete, flash gapps
- reboot
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thanks a bunch, i'll download the stuff and see how it goes
wish me luck

one last question
when flashing the GB rom, i cudnt see the checked options in ODIN, it seems to me that all three options (auto partition, re-partition and i cudnt even read the last one) should be checked

yes, F. Reset Time (Force Reset Time)
all three checked

thank you so much priyana, and im soo sorry for being such a noob and wasting your time but pls bare with me
everytime i try to root the device using superoneclick the damn thing gets stuck on step no.5 (waiting for devices) is there a workaround this thing or maybe a different program, i've tried rooting my friends device using the same version of the program (his device is gt-i9100G) and it worked perfectly, why this idiot tab is giving me sooo much trouble

No need to root.
Just flash using Odin. Just start from page 7.

Rooting fix
priyana said:
No need to root.
Just flash using Odin. Just start from page 7.
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thank you so much for your help , i was buzy the last few days but today i've done it, many thanx for your guidenese and taking the time to help a noob like me
as for the rooting i've managed to somehow get it to work
-disable the antivirus
-unmount the sd card
-download and run superoneclick
-click root
-taadaaaa

downgrade
priyana said:
No need to root.
Just flash using Odin. Just start from page 7.
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can i downgrade from 4.0 to 2.3 by flashing the rom using odin, if its possible, what r the steps
ps im having some problems with the wifi in cm9

Hi, yes, same thing as before
use the guide, start from page 7 where the Odin screen shot is
GB-stock-safe, with pit file selected and "repartition" ticked.
But hang on, you are from middle east.
Do you have wifi cut out when a SIM card is inserted?
That is a known issue with middle eastern tab due to some wifi country code, that affects all Android 4.0
But I could be wrong, you may not have the issue.
Worth a try though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445766

i am
and i've never heard about this before, it used to work ok before
all the phones in the house works ok witth the sim inserted connected to wifi
i'll give it a try anyway
back to plan B
i've downloaded a rom for saudi arabia (arabic language support) but the downloaded files is .tar.md5
how can i flash this one

Do try the fix anyway.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app