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[Q] What fixes have you tried for your dead i9000m?

So just like everyone else i've got a bricked i9000m. So before i send it off to repair (thats if they take it that is), Im sorta curious what fixes have all you out there tried on your phones?
So far i have flashed with odin1.3 to jh2 and now stuck a the "S" boot screen.
Is there a way to get cwm recovery on a phone that dont boot?

patman18 said:
So just like everyone else i've got a bricked i9000m. So before i send it off to repair (thats if they take it that is), Im sorta curious what fixes have all you out there tried on your phones?
So far i have flashed with odin1.3 to jh2 and now stuck a the "S" boot screen.
Is there a way to get cwm recovery on a phone that dont boot?
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i bricked my phone many times.i flash back to xxjm8 from samfirmwares.com, thats the password aswell you will have to register its free. if it does not work first time try flashinging again.use ordin 1.7 its good.you can get all your updates from ther without getting confussed on the fourm, i have been stuck on that screen many times trying to root my fone on the new 2.2.1 firmware.go to google type xxjpu galaxy root. the is a web site give you xxjpx rooted with voodoo + some cool tools follow all the steps to the letter,if you can print it off its only three pages .

what about adb ? Did tried it ?

a hammer
i flashed back to jh2 after it was in a boot loop from jk4 and then it wouldnt even turn on.. sent back for repair

bobekk said:
what about adb ? Did tried it ?
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tried it
i can't get the phone to connect. keep getting the stupid "unmounted sd......." crap.
but the funny thing is i can get in to dnl mode reflash with odin, and everything works fine no error codes. But the phone won't boot. keep getting stuck at the s screen

workaround
I've tried everything i can find, i used adb and mounted the card in windows then formatted the card (there is a how to on here for that) but that didn't work. I've tried multiple roms and kernels but i still have the same problem. It seems that my only option is to send it in for warranty. But, if you want to use your phone over the holidays or wait for samsung to come out with an answer before sending your phone in for repair there is a little work around that you can try to get your phone to boot. The phone will be fully functional except that you cannot use the internal SD nor an external SD. Thus, you won't be able to install or save anything to your phone.
to do this workaround just flash the bell froyo rom (there was another froyo rom that i had working but i can't remember which one) then install the voodoo lagfix kernel. When it boots you will hear the "cool voice" state that it is converting it to the ext4 partition and then it will boot into the OS. there will be a program or two that require a "force close" but at least you're phone will work until you can get it repaired. In settings under SD card you'll notice that it says there is no internal or external disk space that's just because you still have the SD corruption and that this is only a work around to get your phone to boot.

I'm curious, for those having this problem and can get into recovery mode, can you report if you're seeing an error msg under the menu and if so, what does it state? Thanks.

Where can you find the official firmware for the i9000m? I had a custom rom installed but my phone decided to brick - jpu worked fine but the minute i upgraded to jpx... Anyway I want to flash the official firmware and take my phone back to bell.
Thanks

I've ran my phone with the original Eclair rom for a couple weeks. I then figured that I couldn't wait for the froyo rom. I've been running the Spike Speedy OC rom, with the JK4 modem and voodoo lagfix. The phone was running just great, very fast. I then changed the lagfix to overkill ext4. Some hours later, the phone hung up. When I rebooted it, it said that the configuration had changed. I saw that one of the options was back to RFS.
What?? It's formatted as ext4. Oh sh*t. Well it didn't boot back up.
I've tried flashing every different firmware I could find. I then tried to re-format the SD manually and found that the partition table was bad.
I've tried to reformat both SD card partitions. The system one (p2) formatted fine, but the "internal SD" (p1) storage one wouldn't format. When I ran fdisk on it, it told me that the partitions didn't end on cylinder boundaries.
Then, I (mistake) flashed a T959 firmware on it. At that point, I wasn't able to get into the download mode using the 3-button combo. Oh shi*... Now I really messed this up. I've managed to get it into download mode using ADB and flash the bell firmware back on it. Oh yeah!! Here we go again.
After the fact that I had installed the T959 and flashed back I9000 firmware, I couldn't find the /dev/block/mmc*** anymore. As if the SD didn't load up.
At that point I inserted a microSD in, and it was recognized as the internal SD. I managed to partition and use that external microSD card just like the internal one and got the phone to boot and work. However, no storage.
All of which I was trying to do while my USB connection was on-and-off, because the usb connector was damaged. It initially had corrosion because my car plug that was kept on the floor of the car, with all the dirt, water and snow. I used alcohol and a tooth brush to clean it, between flashes. As well, flashing it through a VirtualBox VM since I'm on Ubuntu. Sh*t..
This morning I figured I would stop trying, flashed the JH2 firmware on it and brought it to Bell. I tried to get a refund with the argument that this phone is badly designed - with the samsung movinand flash chip - and that it would fail again even if they fix it. It didn't work out for me since I bought the phone about 40 days ago. I was thinking of getting a refund and buy a Nexus S, when a compatible one comes out. It has a different flash chip - a iNand from Sandisk I believe. Oh well. If it fails again, I can still call VISA and give it a try through the purchase protection plan. I have to mention too that I tried calling bell with my concerns - nothing they would do too.
I don't recommend you take my approach. IMO, maybe try, as root, to check the partitions using fdisk /dev/block/mmc(something) and if they appear ok, try to format the SD card using fat.format /dev/block/mmc(something)p1 - but that's it. I'm an experienced linux user, but I'm not a developper. I don't even clearly understand this ODIN flashing stuff. It's like not all firmware you find on the net have the same amount of components inside. I'm thinking stuff from the other flashing is still remaining, not replaced by the later flashes.
I have to say that the next time I'll approach this using fdisk and fat.format only (If I've got a recovery mode working, with root and adb support). Perhaps I will write down the numbers for where the partitions start and end on this SD card when I get my refurbished phone.
Some might say that I had time to spare... I wrote this for you that might be thinking of fixing your 600$ brick yourself.

[Q] Power button wont work

Hello guys
today my phone just random restarted and when i turned it on my power button wont lock my phone or unlock or shut down,its like it dont work,but strange is that i can turn on phone and i can go into download mode that require power button.
also i tried now to flash again stock rom that i have on phone and it stuck at factory fs,(its not first time) used pit file and repartition and booted up again and again power button wont work
also have one more question,first time when my phone stuck at factory fs i used repartition and pit file for 16gb,i have only 6gb available in my phone,it says 11gb total and 6gb free but i formated it so there is nothing on it is that normal or what i rememer that i had 11gb free

When you repartition, you bypass the damaged portion of the chip that can't be read or written to. You've lost 5gb which is a fair amount, usually its 3 or 4gb.
What rom were you flashing from and what rom did you flash to?
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i was reverting back from ics to GB (croatia vip gb rom)
and then it stuck at factory fs
my phone is acting now little bit strange it is slower than before
is it save to put ics back on it or is it a bad idea?
btw my power button now works,that is strange because my phone is acting strange

DNK13 said:
i was reverting back from ics to GB (croatia vip gb rom)
and then it stuck at factory fs
my phone is acting now little bit strange it is slower than before
is it save to put ics back on it or is it a bad idea?
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Well, you've bypassed the damaged section, but perhaps there's been more damage since. I'd steer clear of ics, unless you have warranty in which case see if you can flash it and try to brick again and claim warranty replacement
If not, I'd wait for a stable ics kernel release, I doubt it will be long. The devs have been on conference call to Samsung about this issue and are working on a possible method for us to recover damaged partitions ourselves so fingers crossed.
Its up to you at the end of the day, but you don't want to end up damaging too much of the chip so no rom will fit on it.
If you want safe ics try paranoid or cm9 cost they're tiny... like 100mb in size and safe kernels.
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hmm will see :/ i think i will not flash anything until there will be repair for partition and safe kernel :/
i have warranty but from slovenia and im from croatia xD so i need to go to slovenia to repair phone,now phone is working and im planing of selling it if there will not be repair for damaged partition

What on earth is up with my Note??

I bought a second-hand Note yesterday and it is constantly freezing up. I've tried flashing a stock CPW ROM to fix the issue but it still persists. Also under 'USB storage' the device says that there is only 8.24gb in TOTAL. Whoever owned it had clearly been flashing ROMs themselves as it was running a recent German ICS, the custom kernel counter reads '9' in download mode and the serial number is 000000000000 (though the IMEI is intact. When the device does run it seems fine but if I play with it within ten minutes it will freeze and need a force reboot.
Is there any hope for this device or should I just give up on it and try and contact the seller?

Get your money back.. You got scammed.. That's a suberbricked phone partial recovered by the pit file method
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Ok, Firstly I would recommend to flash a Stock GB firmware via ODIN, Once flashed, boot into recovery (or under settings) and do a full factory reset.
Then check your available storage space, It should be around 11gb, If it is not, there is a chance the previous owner bricked it and used patched pit files to re-partition the emmc (works, but loses around 2-3gb of space)
Also, as for your serial, This **should** get restored with a GB flash. If not let us know and we can look at some other solutions.
Did you buy this phone from a company / Online seller ?

Sounds like whoever had your phone had hard bricked it and used a PIT File recovery method to work around the problem thus losing some of the internal storage..
Usually once recovered they can work without issue just with a smaller internal storage;
Check out second post down on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661590&page=2
Should give you some further info..

azzledazzle said:
Ok, Firstly I would recommend to flash a Stock GB firmware via ODIN, Once flashed, boot into recovery (or under settings) and do a full factory reset.
Then check your available storage space, It should be around 11gb, If it is not, there is a chance the previous owner bricked it and used patched pit files to re-partition the emmc (works, but loses around 2-3gb of space)
Also, as for your serial, This **should** get restored with a GB flash. If not let us know and we can look at some other solutions.
Did you buy this phone from a company / Online seller ?
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I wouldn't encourage him to re flash anything on that phone... If he can get his money back he MUST have a partially working phone not a suberbricked phone or the seller could say he damaged it and as he does not have warranty is screwed...
Worst case if the guy does not want to give your money back.. Go to a Samsung repair center and get your mother board replaced paying some bucks
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True, Getting a refund is top priority..........But if it wasnt a genuine seller and the OP is stuck with this phone, He should at least try to get it working.
He will have to re-brick it to claim warranty or else they would spot the binary count and re-partitioned emmc.
Even then they may not repair as he is not the original buyer, I know it sounds far-fetched but these big companies dont give a **** about their customers, Only their money.
EDIT: damn the 8 thanks limit !!! I owe you one

azzledazzle said:
Ok, Firstly I would recommend to flash a Stock GB firmware via ODIN, Once flashed, boot into recovery (or under settings) and do a full factory reset.
Then check your available storage space, It should be around 11gb, If it is not, there is a chance the previous owner bricked it and used patched pit files to re-partition the emmc (works, but loses around 2-3gb of space)
Also, as for your serial, This **should** get restored with a GB flash. If not let us know and we can look at some other solutions.
Did you buy this phone from a company / Online seller ?
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I bought it from a private seller. Do you think flashing Gingerbread will get the storage back? I've flashed a firmware that was stock (not leaked) ICS but it was a PDA only file. No repartitioning or anything. I've downloaded LPF firmware with CSC and modem etc which I'd intended to flash to see if that works. Is that a bad idea? The phone works fine for a bit but completely hangs every few minutes. It told me there was a software update, downloaded it but the phone freezes when I try to run it.

A refund is unlikely. The seller lives miles away and I don't drive. I can trade it in to a phone recycler and only lose £38 but would prefer to fix it if it's even possible. If it didn't keep freezing I wouldn't mind only having 8gb of storage.

leoni1980 said:
I bought it from a private seller. Do you think flashing Gingerbread will get the storage back? I've flashed a firmware that was stock (not leaked) ICS but it was a PDA only file. No repartitioning or anything. I've downloaded LPF firmware with CSC and modem etc which I'd intended to flash to see if that works. Is that a bad idea? The phone works fine for a bit but completely hangs every few minutes. It told me there was a software update, downloaded it but the phone freezes when I try to run it.
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As mentioned above I think before commencing any flashing you should contact the seller and ask for a refund ! He / She did not specify the phone had been tampered with did they ??
You dont want to be buying a phone and then having to flash this and that just to get it in a working state.
Theres no guarantee that flashing GB will fix all your issues, But GB is the best firmware to fix issues, ICS is good but still buggy.
Anyway, If you cannot get your money back (which you should try as hard as possible to do)
Download a stock GB firmware, Flash it without repartitioning (this time) and do a full wipe, then see whether kies will update it.
Does your phone memory say something like Total space 8.xxGB ? or free space 8.xxGB ??
You could try to flash the normal unmodified pit files to put the phone back into its bricked state and try to claim warranty, But theres no guarantee it will be repaired for free
EDIT: Just seen your above post, Have a look at this thread for more in-depth details on recovering from a brick - http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...soHQCQ&usg=AFQjCNEkw1FE2ALb5gUsNOFFGIi5y-U_NQ
Luckily I have never bricked my Note (Yet) so i dont know much about recovering from one.

It says 'total space' 8.24gb (
What's the best Gingerbread file to flash? Got a link?
Thanks guys. Appreciate your rapid assistance.
I'm not having much luck lately. Two faulty Nexus 7s and I thought this would be a good purchase once I'd given up on those
I can now barely do anything on the phone before it freezes. Seems worse than ever.

this is the GB firmware I always revert to when I have any issues
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69014495/N7000XXLC1_N7000XXLB2_N7000CPWLB2_HOME.tar.md5
Do a full wipe AFTER it has flashed, Never wipe on stock ICS kernels

Cheers for the DB link. I was tearing my hair out over stupid Hotfile links when I was searching for one.
Is my storage permanently crippled then??
And sorry for the noob questions, I'm new to the Note. I can't believe Samsung have screwed up so much that you can't even do a wipe on their stock firmware even when it's OFFICIAL. That's a CRAZY mess up.

leoni1980 said:
Cheers for the DB link. I was tearing my hair out over stupid Hotfile links when I was searching for one.
Is my storage permanently crippled then??
And sorry for the noob questions, I'm new to the Note. I can't believe Samsung have screwed up so much that you can't even do a wipe on their stock firmware even when it's OFFICIAL. That's a CRAZY mess up.
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Well, You will not be able to get the missing 3Gb back if that's what you're asking.. And yes - very bad move from Samsung....

Yes I agree it is a bad design flaw, Of which they are aware of. Luckily there have been workarounds since the beginning, Only the users that dont read up on the issue will suffer the brick (the previous owner of your Note for example)
There are ways to recovery *Some* of the lost space but not all of it. Its a tricky method but if you want to give it a shot, Check the link i posted earlier.
Theres also a way to swap the internal with external using a vold.fstab swap method So say you had a 64gb external sd this would become your internal sd
If i was you Id just try to get it working, Then keep all your important stuff on the external sd and make do with the lack of internal space.
If it all goes wrong and you cannot fix it, Either send it off for repair and hope for the best / pay for new motherboard (if they will let you) or sell it on (but be honest) and purchase another one.

CJSlim79 said:
Well, You will not be able to get the missing 3Gb back if that's what you're asking.. And yes - very bad move from Samsung....
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Ok. Well if I could get the device running perfectly I wouldn't be so bothered about the missing 3GB. COuld I expect to face any problems other than this if I flash Gb and update through Kies or is my internal storage now permanently shot to pieces and prone to hangs and freezes?

leoni1980 said:
Ok. Well if I could get the device running perfectly I wouldn't be so bothered about the missing 3GB. COuld I expect to face any problems other than this if I flash Gb and update through Kies or is my internal storage now permanently shot to pieces and prone to hangs and freezes?
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As far as I know - if the re-partition has been done correctly then you should not be facing these issues.. There's alot of advice in the above thread I posted and I think forrest1971 is familiar with the PIT / Re-partition activities.
Fortunately I have never had to repartition / Run PIT files.. The good thing is it's booting and working at the minute so there's probably a lot of help / advice you can glean from these forums.. Unfortunately I'm not able to offer too much in relation to this one..

[Q] Galaxy Note Bricked / Freezed...

Hello,
I have samsung galaxy note after brick (I had to use pit's to help with brick). Everyhing seems to be okay on gingerbread (sometimes some few secs lags) but when I upgrade to stock xxlsz its freezing. Its freezing very often. Now I was adding google account and phone screen went black and nothing happens. Its connected to the pc and I can access storage but when I disconnect it and connect it I can hear in pc sound that its connected but I cant access memory anymore. Very ofter phone just displays the app that I was using and no touch or button reaction, even when I connect or disconnect charger. So i hold power button till it turn of and turn it on again then its mainly stucking on samsung screen and then reboot and its like that for loooong time. When i remove battery for 5 mins or maybe even less its botting up again but phone is wiped. I mean its asking for everyhing as I would do full data wipe.
I was checking I think every possible stock rom.
I also found this but Im not that good and I dont know what to do with it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823918
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
Any help would be very, very appreciated.
Thank you.

You have a bricked note with reduced memory. So the freezes are consequence of this. Nothing to solve. You'll have to replace the mainboard for a real solution.

Ok, but I still have 8GB of memory so it should be enough I think so.
If I need to replace mainboard can someone tell me where can I buy it and where is it cheapest?

Daxidov said:
Ok, but I still have 8GB of memory so it should be enough I think so.
If I need to replace mainboard can someone tell me where can I buy it and where is it cheapest?
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Only way: Samsung Service Center. The mainboards aren't available in the "free" market.
And 8GB isn't enough for JB Roms and even with the slim CM/AOSP ones you'll get the freezes.

Ok,
So if 8GB isnt enough why have I around 6GB free space for my files? Is there any way I can repartition it so system would have whole 8GB and there wouldnt be any lags?

the freezing is mainly because the OS could be still accessing the bad blocks.. run the scanner again to get new start and end and see it you can get a new pit to cover up those

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the freezing is mainly because the OS could be still accessing the bad blocks.. run the scanner again to get new start and end and see it you can get a new pit to cover up those
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Ok.
Can you tell me how can I do this test? And what software need I to use?
Thx

head over to HG42s thread and use the scanners he provided there.. tutorial also there

nokiamodeln91 said:
head over to HG42s thread and use the scanners he provided there.. tutorial also there
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When I use this on stock PIT using CWM I got brick between 863MiB = 930MB and 3072MiB = 3222MB but when I use same script and do the scan using CMD I get brick between 1023MiB = 1073MB and 15028MiB = 15759MB
When I use the same method but on modified PIT (brick between 00281MB and 03770MB FACTORYFS moved by 03328MiB) using CWM I got brick between 22 = 24MB and 4354 = 4566MB
After I use PIT brick between 00281MB and 03233-MB FACTORYFS moved by 02816MiB which schould be okay Im formating /cach /system /data and Im unable to format /emmc (Error mounting /emmc).
I really dont know what the problem is with.
On stock PIT Im not able to format /data and /emmc with which I got Error mounting /emmc
At last I have used this and its stucked at FACTORYFS nearly at the end.
I have tried to use PIT brick between 00281 and 12092-MB FACTORYFS moved by 11264MiB but even after this Im unable to mount /emmc. I can instal rom but its freezing whole the time.
Any ideas?

[Q] Captivate Internal Memory

My Cappy internal memory jus went dead on me the other day.
I was texting, it froze all of a sudden and then bootloop.
I got into CWM but couldn't restore any backups as I was unable to access the internal memory from CWM.
I was on Slimbean when this happened.
I onc click odin back to stock 2.1..placed the update.zip on the external sd..ran update package from 3e Recovery..got into CWM and installed Cyanogen, then flashed slimbean again..phone boots with external sd, if I remove this it keeps boot looping..
When it boots normal with the external sd in..I can't access the internal memory, it doesn't even show up in the phone.
Any help please..
thanks in advance

vaan1988 said:
My Cappy internal memory jus went dead on me the other day.
I was texting, it froze all of a sudden and then bootloop.
I got into CWM but couldn't restore any backups as I was unable to access the internal memory from CWM.
I was on Slimbean when this happened.
I onc click odin back to stock 2.1..placed the update.zip on the external sd..ran update package from 3e Recovery..got into CWM and installed Cyanogen, then flashed slimbean again..phone boots with external sd, if I remove this it keeps boot looping..
When it boots normal with the external sd in..I can't access the internal memory, it doesn't even show up in the phone.
Any help please..
thanks in advance
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Sorry but not much can be done, sounds like your internal sd is gone :/

I was really hoping there would be a fix by now..Ive read the other threads and there doesn't seem like this will ever be resolved..well done Samsung
Tnx for ur reply

No software fix for hardware problems. Things brake sometimes. >3 years lifetime is actually good for a cellphone.

Its a hardware problem, yours internal memory is gone. On the other hand, this is a perfect opportunity to experiment with ICS/JB roms XD

Tnx for ur replies
but I read on a thread that this was a software problem..but no one couldn't get it fixed..
Three years is not such a long time for a phone..this phone has its fair share of issues..looking at you speakers..
tnx anyway for the contributions..btw the wolfson chip keeps me holding on to this phone

There is only one major issue with this phone and it's GPS performance. Yes, some people have issues with buttons, speaker, memory, screen, etc... again, it's an portable electronic device and all portable devices show their age at some point of use. Also, many issues are user related. Phones get wet, full of dust, dropped, beaten, flashed endless times, etc. Every complaint thread deals with the result only, but very few with the cause.

Dude dnt get me wrong, I actually love this device, this is my 3rd cappy
and ure right abt the age of the device and age and stuff, causes and all..ure 100% correct
which device would you recommend with a similar sound signature to the captivate