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[Q] Help Rooting the Brazilian SGS (GT I9000B)

Hi there, I just got a brazilian SGS the I9000B (the one with the tv receptor), and was wondering if anyone was able to root this thing.
Mine is the : GT-I9000B model, firmware version 2.1-update1, base band version I9000BVJJG7, kkernel version 2.6.29 latin.umtssamsung #2, and compilation number ECLAIR.VJJG9.
Since i live in Brazil i cant seem to get acces to paid apps in the market or to google navigation out of the box, it seems i would have to root, or get super user privileges, to do those things (sorry, i'm a complete newb at this stuff)
If anyone could help me, i would relly appreciate it,
sorry for the bad english

Could you check the phone model number in the settings -> about phone -> Model number!
I will update my update.zip to work with your phone!

Can you dump your firmware? I really want the pt-br Swype.

Use my tutorial!
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728754
And use the update.zip in this post! please let me know if it works!

BackfireNL - i tried your method, it didnt work, it gave me the E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip (Status 7)
My model is the GT-I9000B
Thanks for the help
laggedHero - how do i dump my firmware?

Well seems it's root protected!

That's a pitty... is there anything I can do in order to root unprotect my phone?
Is there any way of me accessing the market for paid apps/google navigation?
Thanks for the help!

straus91 said:
BackfireNL - i tried your method, it didnt work, it gave me the E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip (Status 7)
My model is the GT-I9000B
Thanks for the help
laggedHero - how do i dump my firmware?
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it's not that easy....
root your phone first.
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straus91 said:
That's a pitty... is there anything I can do in order to root unprotect my phone?
Is there any way of me accessing the market for paid apps/google navigation?
Thanks for the help!
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I'm afraid all that requires root. Could you possibly find a brazilian forum with more info on the specific model?
There do not seem to be many people with that model here.

@straus91 can you go to the dial pad screen and type
*#*#1234#*#*
then let us know the result
also if possible take a picture behind the phone without the battery to see what is the actual version code I9000B or GT-I9000B or whatever it might be

Darkstriker said:
I'm afraid all that requires root. Could you possibly find a brazilian forum with more info on the specific model?
There do not seem to be many people with that model here.
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I allready rewrote the updater-script to his model! but it doesn't seem to work!
Status 7 means that the NAND is locked! so it's write protected...

Hi there Allgamer,
here's what i get from the number typing:
PDA : I9000BVJJG9
PHONE I9000BVJJG7
CSC : I9000BZVVJJG6
I don't have a camera here with me but here's what writeen behind my cellphones battery:
MODELO: GT-I9000B
SSN: -I9000BGSMH
ALIMENTAÇÃO: 3.7V 1000mA
INDUSTRIA BRASILEIRA
ANATEL: 1048100953
IMEI:
S/N: RSBZ829514M
08/2010
Thanks for the help

Olá amigo!
I live in Brazil also, but I have the I9000 Euro model.
Your phone seems kinda different!
It says it was produced here in Brazil.
And a 1000mA battery? Shouldn't it be 1500mA?
And we don't have many info on those phones in national forums... The model is too new, not many people have it.
Another info for you: I have already rooted my phone, but Google Navigation wont work for us... I guess the problem is on the maps themselves... Google Maps has to know where you are in order to give you navigation, you can't fool this by rooting your phone like we do for the market apps.
Keep more data coming!
I'm also interested to know more about the I9000B.
A propósito, onde vc comprou? Qual operadora?
Paulo

Please, hide your IMEI!
Vivo is has it right now.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Prezados,
It was a good idea to put that tv. But the one-seg resolution would make me fell kinda bad. And not to say that brazilian tv sucks. I think that's what they call 'envy'.
I'll be following this thead closely, and I hope to help. Good luck on the rooting.
Abs,
Daniel
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

I am also from Brazil, i wonder why the brazilian version has the nand locked. Good luck rooting that phone.

Hi I'm from panama and I think I have the same problem here, but with the model I9000T for latin america. Also giving me status 7 after modifying updater-script.
If you find any possible solution please post it and txs in advance
Sent from my GT-I9000T using XDA App

ppeccin said:
Olá amigo!
I live in Brazil also, but I have the I9000 Euro model.
Your phone seems kinda different!
It says it was produced here in Brazil.
And a 1000mA battery? Shouldn't it be 1500mA?
And we don't have many info on those phones in national forums... The model is too new, not many people have it.
Another info for you: I have already rooted my phone, but Google Navigation wont work for us... I guess the problem is on the maps themselves... Google Maps has to know where you are in order to give you navigation, you can't fool this by rooting your phone like we do for the market apps.
Keep more data coming!
I'm also interested to know more about the I9000B.
A propósito, onde vc comprou? Qual operadora?
Paulo
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Stock Google Navigation won't work in Brazil, you have to use the brut modified version of Google Navigation (you can find the brut maps here in xda)... with the brut mod you can use navigation in any place that has google maps coverage, that is, virtually anywhere in the world...
I used google navigation just some hours ago to find an address in a neighbor city, worked great... of course, we all know that the GPS in the SGS isn't all that great, but if you're patient with the GPS lags and are willing to make some wrong turns you'll eventually end up reaching your destination
My SGS is the international one, I bought in Mercado Livre for half the price of a iPhone 4 (wich always leaves me happy to remind of), I'm running on JPC (Froyo) with Doc's RomMod v2 and LagFix, this is definitely the best device you can have
Saudações de Curitiba

richardbroder said:
Stock Google Navigation won't work in Brazil, you have to use the brut modified version of Google Navigation (you can find the brut maps here in xda)... with the brut mod you can use navigation in any place that has google maps coverage, that is, virtually anywhere in the world...
I used google navigation just some hours ago to find an address in a neighbor city, worked great... of course, we all know that the GPS in the SGS isn't all that great, but if you're patient with the GPS lags and are willing to make some wrong turns you'll eventually end up reaching your destination
My SGS is the international one, I bought in Mercado Livre for half the price of a iPhone 4 (wich always leaves me happy to remind of), I'm running on JPC (Froyo) with Doc's RomMod v2 and LagFix, this is definitely the best device you can have
Saudações de Curitiba
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Wow that is great! I didn't know that.
Can you please point me to instructions on how to install this mod?
Obrigado!
Paulo

brazilian phones
I live in Brazil, but I got myself an european model.
It was way cheaper and i really don't care about the TV reception.
Also, awesome mod comunity! (Thumbs up for XDA fórums!)
I'm using the european portuguese swype, and it works quite well.
The learning engine is very good.

xbox live issues hd7

Does anyone else have problems with Xbox live crashing? Has anyone else had this issue more important has anyone got it working?

If you mean the XBOX Live Extras app then yeah, it crashes when it starts. And from what I've read on the reviews part of the marketplace, everybody is having that problem.
The actual XBOX Live Hub though works just fine.

exact same here, even though i did get it working for all of 10 seconds the extras bit, then it crashed on me. just glad im not the only one having the problem

Same for me too
XBOX Live Hub works and played a game , but the XBOX Live Extras app will not work one bit , justs starts to load goes black and back to home screen .....
Any news on a fix for this ?
I have the HTC HD7 ..........

By the looks off it it only the HTC it not working on
Do u think we will get a fix or not ?

Should Help
http://klucher.com/blog/having-trouble-with-xbox-live-extras/
Update soon

lloydsparkes said:
Should Help
http://klucher.com/blog/having-trouble-with-xbox-live-extras/
Update soon
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Xbox live extra is not on the marketplace now and if u click on the link in xbox live u cannot download or share it .. {Hope this is a sign it is being fixed }

Not a great start, especially as it's a specific problem to the HD7. I wonder in what other ways the HD7 is different and if this problem will occur for other apps.
Also i'm not too happy in the way Europe is being used as a glorified beta test for America. We get to deal with all the immediate problems..

DaWolfey said:
Not a great start, especially as it's a specific problem to the HD7. I wonder in what other ways the HD7 is different and if this problem will occur for other apps.
Also i'm not too happy in the way Europe is being used as a glorified beta test for America. We get to deal with all the immediate problems..
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How is it a problem specific to the HD7?

scently said:
How is it a problem specific to the HD7?
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As it works on the samung and LG windows phone 7 .........
I am so scared this not get fix for the HTC

mine works fine on my HTC HD7 . . . . ???
The only thing I dont understand is that the Avatar is 2D and not animated !????

vardig said:
mine works fine on my HTC HD7 . . . . ???
The only thing I dont understand is that the Avatar is 2D and not animated !????
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you using Live Extras? the Avatar is 3d in that, which also happens to be the app not working mainly on the HTC handsets...

frontieruk said:
you using Live Extras? the Avatar is 3d in that, which also happens to be the app not working mainly on the HTC handsets...
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If he's only had his phone for a day or so, he won't see it. Seems the XBL extra app was pulled to be fixed, at least on the HTC's.

was just mentioning why his Live wasn't crashing like the rest of us... oh wait I reset my phone so I've not got it either lol oh well it'll reappear working hopefully, and has HTC updated 6 of their apps already?

I hope I was the beta user... I dont mind dealing with initial issues but be the first one to have new phone availability.
I need to buy my phones in Europe and ship them to Mexico because if I wait for Mexican companies to introduce them I will wait a year and will pay double the price (we have the worst Phone companies).
DaWolfey said:
Not a great start, especially as it's a specific problem to the HD7. I wonder in what other ways the HD7 is different and if this problem will occur for other apps.
Also i'm not too happy in the way Europe is being used as a glorified beta test for America. We get to deal with all the immediate problems..
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aaronio said:
I hope I was the beta user... I dont mind dealing with initial issues but be the first one to have new phone availability.
I need to buy my phones in Europe and ship them to Mexico because if I wait for Mexican companies to introduce them I will wait a year and will pay double the price (we have the worst Phone companies).
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It's normally the other way round and then we're complaining they get it first.....lol
Can't have it all ways.

does anyone know what the deal is with live extras at the moment, i have been looking for updates but it seems my google skills suck.

Hidden Google apps!

The apps Google play movies and google play magazines were hidden from my device till now! When using Titanium Backup, i found out and enabled them. Does someone know why Sony dis this so? Or is it normal? Am from India, using a sim free version of the device and its in stock .350!
Sent from my C6602

gire.prasad said:
The apps Google play movies and google play magazines were hidden from my device till now! When using Titanium Backup, i found out and enabled them. Does someone know why Sony dis this so? Or is it normal? Am from India, using a sim free version of the device and its in stock .350!
Sent from my C6602
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What Rom are you using?

I mentioned it! It's in Sony stock .350 just rooted!
Sent from my C6602

In Italy those services are not enabled. What about India?
Maybe in India they aren't enabled too so the apps are hidden.

graffus said:
In Italy those services are not enabled. What about India?
Maybe in India they aren't enabled too so the apps are hidden.
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in germany it is enabled, i see "Google Play Movies" in my Apps list with the red film stripe icon.
as i know it has just been enabled a few months ago in germany whereas in the usa it's been going on for over a year now.
it's all about legal stuff and movie licences..

graffus said:
In Italy those services are not enabled. What about India?
Maybe in India they aren't enabled too so the apps are hidden.
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I too thought the same! The Play Movies was enabled in India last week and after being rolled out even it wasn't enabled till I did so and the same is wit magazines though they aren't enabled in India yet!
A strange doubt, how does Sony or Google know that the service is available in the respective country and how can they enable it in my device remotely? Can they?
Sent from my C6602

gire.prasad said:
I too thought the same! The Play Movies was enabled in India last week and after being rolled out even it wasn't enabled till I did so and the same is wit magazines though they aren't enabled in India yet!
A strange doubt, how does Sony or Google know that the service is available in the respective country and how can they enable it in my device remotely? Can they?
Sent from my C6602
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they cannot..
they have to do an ota update that installs it to change anything on your mobile.

digitalray said:
they cannot..
they have to do an ota update that installs it to change anything on your mobile.
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Of course they can ,the phone checks what country you're in based on the mobile network and not the SIM-card. .
Think also how the split the updates to the world ,today UK tomorrow Germany etc ..they can see a lot of ways

right, italian journalist went to USA with Xperia Z and when he came back he noticed he had these two apps. That's it

graffus said:
right, italian journalist went to USA with Xperia Z and when he came back he noticed he had these two apps. That's it
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how would they check in which country you are in ? they need an app for that, which calls the home server by itself and tells them where you are ?
ok, sony has some update apps from sony. but do they really check the cell network you are in ? does it use google location based service ?
i don't know if it really does that. normally it's rolled out by serial number.
but without such an app or background service that is continuously sending data to sony or checking once a week, it's not possible for sony to know which device is where in the world.
i bought myself a device from asus from the uk with a UK Serial Number and the WWE Rom Version. i've only and just ever used it in germany, but i only got the UK OTA ROMS and got it when it was rolled out in the UK.
so without an app like sony update that connects periodically with sony servers and collects usage data, it's simply not possible. they OTA Updates are spread by Serial Numbers, that's what i was told by ASUS, and that's what happened with their devices. they don't have an update app like sony and that's why i wrote that in my last post.
does anyone really "know" what the sony update app is doing ? yes, no ? sorry, but if not, it's simply speculation on how the ota updates are rolled out.
imo the update app just checks for updates and submits the serial number of the device. it's a guess. if anyone knows better, please post.

digitalray said:
how would they check in which country you are in ? they need an app for that, which calls the home server by itself and tells them where you are ?
ok, sony has some update apps from sony. but do they really check the cell network you are in ? does it use google location based service ?
i don't know if it really does that. normally it's rolled out by serial number.
but without such an app or background service that is continuously sending data to sony or checking once a week, it's not possible for sony to know which device is where in the world.
i bought myself a device from asus from the uk with a UK Serial Number and the WWE Rom Version. i've only and just ever used it in germany, but i only got the UK OTA ROMS and got it when it was rolled out in the UK.
so without an app like sony update that connects periodically with sony servers and collects usage data, it's simply not possible. they OTA Updates are spread by Serial Numbers, that's what i was told by ASUS, and that's what happened with their devices. they don't have an update app like sony and that's why i wrote that in my last post.
does anyone really "know" what the sony update app is doing ? yes, no ? sorry, but if not, it's simply speculation on how the ota updates are rolled out.
imo the update app just checks for updates and submits the serial number of the device. it's a guess. if anyone knows better, please post.
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Have you read above my post instead of writing so much si(mp)ly speculations..
Read what Rickard writes 7th post ,
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/124330

nick2crete said:
Have you read above my post instead of writing so much si(mp)ly speculations..
Read what Rickard writes 7th post ,
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/124330
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yes, different countries use different frequencies for their cell networks, so what ?

digitalray said:
yes, different countries use different frequencies for their cell networks, so what ?
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\How the phone understands where you are ? so read again carefully this time...
... The phone checks what country you're in based on the mobile network and not the SIM-card.... , can see also from your internet ip when using wifi so simple so easy

nick2crete said:
\How the phone understands where you are ? so read again carefully this time...
... The phone checks what country you're in based on the mobile network and not the SIM-card.... , can see also from your internet ip when using wifi so simple so easy
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ok, i guess the ip thing is easier to work with than an app reporting the used cell network bandwidth.. whatever, none of us knows what the sony app really does and by what cause the ota's are rolled out.

I think that we go off topic ,Sony Video Unlimited app can see in which country you are and if your area is supported by the app or not ,thats different with hidden google apps ,on the home screen pull your finger from downbar upwards and see another hidden google app starting
Good night

Can I change a US Home into a UK Home?

I imported a US Home and I am interested in changing it into a UK Home. I am assuming the hardware is the same....
Thanks in advance.

Yeah hardware is the same.
It's with the Google account you going to use.
I am even using the Google home in India.
So no issues with the import.

Same, using a US one in the Netherlands. While I do prefer British over American English, I did choose to set mine to American as the UK voice doesn't use Wavenet for its text to speech yet, so it sounds more robotic.

Humpie said:
Same, using a US one in the Netherlands. While I do prefer British over American English, I did choose to set mine to American as the UK voice doesn't use Wavenet for its text to speech yet, so it sounds more robotic.
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Do you think that you will be able to flash it to Dutch when this arrives this year ?

jepe63 said:
Do you think that you will be able to flash it to Dutch when this arrives this year ?
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Flash? XD
You can just change the language in the settings, so when Dutch arrives you can of course just change the language of the Google home to Dutch.

Resurrecting this oldish thread, got both my Home and mini speakers from the US and was thrilled when it finally was released officially here in Sweden and tried to switch over to swedish from US English without much luck.
Swedish doesn't even show up as an option yet in language settings in the Google home app so hopefully it's just not fully implemented and I even reached out to Google for some clarification without much luck (surprise)
So I'm not fully convinced it's just enough to switch language due to the fact it says specifically that the country code on the devices firmware is set to US...
Might need to order a "swedish" mini to check firmware info to compare releases.

Using VOG-AL00 in Europe (Spain). What works and what doesnt works?

Hi! I finally decided to register and participate.
A good friend of mine is in Shanghai right know, and I ask him to buy the P30 PRO there for me, since it´s only 590€ at the moment.
I´ll be posting my personal experience with the chinesse version on this post, but first I wanted to ask some questions.
- Chinese version is ONLY labeled as VOG AL00 right?
- What can I expect? Any problems installing google services or using other language than chinese?
- How do the chinese versions of huawei phones usually do with firmware updates?
- Anything I should know?
Thank you all!

also would like to know..
also VOG AL00 is one chinese models but there more.. for example from GSM Arena Versions: ELE-L29, ELE-L09 (Global); ELE-AL00, ELE-TL00 (China)
but I think there are more than just those 2 maybe an AL10 or something like that. I'm pretty sure if it is not going to start with L (after the dash) then it is not intl

Hi there, I bought a VOG-AL00 as well, but I'm currently in Brazil. Everything seems to work fine besides "wallets" (NFC payments does not work) and "Ok Google Voice Match". The voice match will only work when you have a Google app opened on your screen (such Maps, Assistance, and etc.).
I really would like to find some way to fix these issues, specially my NFC payments.

are there anyway to fix that problem with NFC ? I have the same VOG-AL00 model and live in Brazil whowever I cand return the cellphone to change to a global one..

matheusgomes.p said:
Hi there, I bought a VOG-AL00 as well, but I'm currently in Brazil. Everything seems to work fine besides "wallets" (NFC payments does not work) and "Ok Google Voice Match". The voice match will only work when you have a Google app opened on your screen (such Maps, Assistance, and etc.).
I really would like to find some way to fix these issues, specially my NFC payments.
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u will NEVER have google pay unfort. on china versions..

Mystic.Iron said:
Hi! I finally decided to register and participate.
A good friend of mine is in Shanghai right know, and I ask him to buy the P30 PRO there for me, since it´s only 590€ at the moment.
I´ll be posting my personal experience with the chinesse version on this post, but first I wanted to ask some questions.
- Chinese version is ONLY labeled as VOG AL00 right?
- What can I expect? Any problems installing google services or using other language than chinese?
- How do the chinese versions of huawei phones usually do with firmware updates?
- Anything I should know?
Thank you all!
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I also have a P30 Pro from China (also a VOG-AL00) with all the Chinese software on it without Play Store.
What is your experience with this phone? Is the hardware exactly the same? Any problems? Did you flash it?
Because I'm wondering if it is possible to flash it to a normal global firmware. I've included a screenshot of the device specs. I would like to use it here in Europe without the Chinese software. Any advice is welcome. Thanks in advance.

xileS said:
I also have a P30 Pro from China (also a VOG-AL00) with all the Chinese software on it without Play Store.
What is your experience with this phone? Is the hardware exactly the same? Any problems? Did you flash it?
Because I'm wondering if it is possible to flash it to a normal global firmware. I've included a screenshot of the device specs. I would like to use it here in Europe without the Chinese software. Any advice is welcome. Thanks in advance.
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No it is not.. Sell it and buy proper one

PhoneTechShop said:
No it is not.. Sell it and buy proper one
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Didn't buy it in the first place, but just installing Google play is the best option that's available I guess.

xileS said:
Didn't buy it in the first place, but just installing Google play is the best option that's available I guess.
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Google pay n location won't work

PhoneTechShop said:
Google pay n location won't work
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Google pay won't be used, so no big problem. Google Maps should work I think.

xileS said:
Google pay won't be used, so no big problem. Google Maps should work I think.
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maps as gps will work but location sharing will be off.. china based phones don't want to be tracked with usa apps .. you won't be able to share your location with friends ..

PhoneTechShop said:
maps as gps will work but location sharing will be off.. china based phones don't want to be tracked with usa apps .. you won't be able to share your location with friends ..
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Sharing location with WhatsApp will be enough, I think this should work if GPS will work normally.

How did you managed to sync Google contacts?
I'm logged in, but can't sync the Google contacts..
https://i.postimg.cc/6pwhSrZ5/Screenshot-20190925-232201.jpg
It looks impossible to get the Google Contacts synced
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Google contact sync apk, did the trick.

VOG-AL10 with Android 9.1 and 10, google play store installed with apks, everything I need is working good, nfc pay with my bank wallet application, share location and so on. I don't realy know if phone clone from a Samsung phone helped me or not.
BR,

tengo un P30 PRO VOG-L29 quieres cambia?