hi there, so ive got a samsung galaxy s i9000 in the uk with orange, finnaly got fed up of waiting for this damm froyo update, even though its been released now im aware seeing as my phone is a branded orange handset it could be even months before orange decide to make it avalible to download, so ive decided to go the unofficial route, ive also heard good things about rooting with regards to fixing the lag that these phones are prone to etc.
the thing is im a total newbie to all of this and ive found the xda forums very confusing....so many different versions of froyo and rooting programs etc which to use?
basically I want to debrand my phone get rid of all the orange bloatware, and flash it with froyo, my questions are just exactly how do i go about this and which version of froyo should I be using? which rom is generally accepted as the standard uncrashing version etc?
I also want to know is `lagfix` as ive heard about a good idea, and how do i go about rooting my phone in order to install this? the samsung does suffer from horrible lag so this would be a godsend if it worked.
thanks in advance
if it helps anyone give me advice the version of software now on my phone is the following(as seen when i go to download new firmware in kies...only to find there is none avalible lol)
pda:jm5/phone:jm1/csc:jm3
No offence, but I'd suggest waiting if I were you - as if you're not sure how to go about doing it, you're very likely to brick your handset and then have warranty issues.
If you decide to do it, then there's good info reading this thread.
Lagfix(es) reformat an internal partition with a different (faster) file system - deffo warranty void IMHO.
I would suggest firstly read as much as possible, secondly make sure you have 3 button recovery (this is a must).
Then id sugest the easist way would be to go to samfirmware to download appropriate firmware for your region follow the tutorials of how to flash from there site (its relatively easy) using odin.
Thirdly dont get over awed just read carefully it takes maybe 5 mins tops. You can either flash a different kernel which has root or try ryanza's new one click root tool and then use his oclf (one click lag fix) app to apply lag fix it really is not hard just common sense.
all done now froyo up and running, i used the files from the help page posted on xda, cant remember whos it was but it was for flashing froyo jpm version using odin. is that the latest version? my firmware is now showing i9000xxjpm seems to run fine havnt found any bugs so far. so glad i came across it anyway as i found that samfirmware site a waste of time.....i downloaded a few different versions ready to put on the phone only to find either no pit file, no tar file, no modem or phone file etc seems like there all incomplete rars im sure there meant to be that way and theres something you have to do to get them to work but i was looking for a complete package with all the files i needed like i found with the `how to flash froyo jpm version` post i came across.
also on the plus side it also removed all orange branding from my phone, noticing a difference between the os versions already, froyo seems to be a lot quicker and less laggy.
anyway cant remember who pasted the help thread with the links to the downloaded files you needed etc but cheers!
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For your future reference most roms are just 1 file that being the .tar whether that be from samfirware or a custom rom from this site and the pit files are at the bottom of the samfirmware page. Just use pit plus .tar as pda then flash with odin.
Hi guys purchased an SGS from Hong Kong, im in NZ, its on 2.1 and im desperate to get it to 2.2, is there anything i need to lookout for when upgrading?
If something happens and i need to revert back to stock do i need to use the HK firmware or can i use one local to my country?
Whats the best method to upgrade to 2.2, should i use a custom rom?
any help would be sweet, been reading alot but getting confused.
You should search up a program called odin. Its a pc program that most people use to flash their phones. Its also very versatile, can flash 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3 etc. Careful though, flashing the wrong settings may cause your phone to not boot. The guides on odin are pretty clear though.
Another thing to familiarize yourself with is clock work mod recovery. Its an app on your phone that can also be used to flash firmware or install applications - very useful.
Should something go wrong when flashing, there is a thread on xda called EZ base. Its a pre configured set of odin files that are very effective in restoring a phone in bad situations.
Youtube may be your friend to help you see how this type of thing works but nothing beats trying it yourself
Thanks ive done heaps of reading, aware of both those programs, just worried about flashing the wrong rom!
Flashed roms on android before but all my phones have been from my country
will look for the EZ base thread as back up.
Just check in your settings which version of Android is on your phone now, then go to samfirmware.com and check with which region your firmware coincides. There firmwares are generally split by continents, so all Asian firmwares should work for all Asian SGS but check to be sure coz your phone may have been imported
Hi guys,
Just as the title says. And if it is possible to back up your original stock firmware , in case something goes wrong and need to be restored to the original firmware. I'm thinking to flash my phone but not sure which firmware to choose and its problems involved. Is flashing firmware is riskier than rooting? And how do I know if particular firmware will work with current carrier provider? Thanks a lot!
Yes, flashing can brick your phone(but repairable).
The original firmwares are available on this forum, so no worries. Just backup all your data, contacts, photos, etc., just in case.
Which firmware are you running right now??
It is possible to brick, but to be fair Android is a great OS. I myself have screwed my phone up to the point of saying "wheres the microwave" but with my friends google, and XDA I have always managed to sort it.
Rules I go by, always, and I mean always read all tutorials at least twice, compare tuts if you can. I always flash on over 75% battery power, always make sure I have everything I need before I start, from the original firmware and the custom rom. I always remove the external sd card and the sim, as I have had times where I managed to wipe both!!
Take the plunge mate, have a bash, and dont look back.
Cant remember how many different roms I have flashed on mine, and friends phones.
Above all, read and enjoy!!
steve19800 said:
Hi guys,
Just as the title says. And if it is possible to back up your original stock firmware , in case something goes wrong and need to be restored to the original firmware. I'm thinking to flash my phone but not sure which firmware to choose and its problems involved. Is flashing firmware is riskier than rooting? And how do I know if particular firmware will work with current carrier provider? Thanks a lot!
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You can follow the video guide for flashing different roms.
itspb said:
Yes, flashing can brick your phone(but repairable).
The original firmwares are available on this forum, so no worries. Just backup all your data, contacts, photos, etc., just in case.
Which firmware are you running right now??
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Currently running 2.3.3
PDA: I9000XWJVN
Baseband: SRJV1
CSC: PSJV5
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I9000XWJVN-CL366455 [email protected]#2
So basically we don't need/ can not back up current firmware, only need to find the same firmware (including the kernel) and install it?
If the guide is followed properly from start to finish, is it still possible to brick your phone? Such as unforeseen problem. Is it highly likely to happen?
I'm thinking of upgrading to 2.3.5 JVT but is it worth the risk or not, is it originally release by Samsung? It seems to me it's hard to find perfect firmware for Galaxy S. Thanks.
If you've got an hour on your hands, Adam outler's unbrickable mod means no, it's not possible.
To be fair, it's pretty fxxkin hard anyway.
buttwad said:
It is possible to brick, but to be fair Android is a great OS. I myself have screwed my phone up to the point of saying "wheres the microwave" but with my friends google, and XDA I have always managed to sort it.
Rules I go by, always, and I mean always read all tutorials at least twice, compare tuts if you can. I always flash on over 75% battery power, always make sure I have everything I need before I start, from the original firmware and the custom rom. I always remove the external sd card and the sim, as I have had times where I managed to wipe both!!
Take the plunge mate, have a bash, and dont look back.
Cant remember how many different roms I have flashed on mine, and friends phones.
Above all, read and enjoy!!
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Yes mate it is a great OS, but one thing I experience and hard to experience from my 2.3.3 is its stability and smoothness.
Have you found nice firmware for your droid? Sometimes I think Droid leaves this last finishing job for us to do
I have flashed mine too many times with too many different roms. The current one i'm using is galaxydroid 5.0, found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1344489
The battery life is very good as roms go, but am still playing around.
I have flashed mine to 2.3.6 at the mo as per instructions (above link)
Looks like from your current rom you should be opk for JVZ. (Going on the assumption your in europe as JVZ is open europe rom)
If you follow said above instructions on the link, you'll be fine. I also recommed flashing semaphore kernal after flashing the rom, I did this as it gave me the ability to add custom boot animation.
Another thing worth doing, is register on www.SamMobile.com as this is where all the samsung firmwares can be found, so backups are never too far away!!
woolf clubs said:
If you've got an hour on your hands, Adam outler's unbrickable mod means no, it's not possible.
To be fair, it's pretty fxxkin hard anyway.
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I read somewhere their phone are dead after a month of flashing or rooting, any thought on that ?
So basically we don't need/ can not back up current firmware, only need to find the same firmware (including the kernel) and install it?
If the guide is followed properly from start to finish, is it still possible to brick your phone? Such as unforeseen problem. Is it highly likely to happen?
I'm thinking of upgrading to 2.3.5 JVT but is it worth the risk or not, is it originally release by Samsung? It seems to me it's hard to find perfect firmware for Galaxy S. Thanks.
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Yes, yo do not need to backup your original firmware as it is already available on the internet. You just find the same CSC. Modem and PDA file and flash it to return to the original state of your phone.
No, if you follow the guide(word to word), 99% chances are that you will not brick the phone. Even if you brick it, it will mostly be a soft brick. Hard bricks occur only if you are flashing a bootloader.
You can flash to JVT, it is pretty stable. However, the latest is JVZ, 2.3.6.
There is nothing like perfect firmware. If you want to stick with the latest stuff, get JVZ. Since you are a beginner, i would recommend that you get comfortable with flashing Samsung ROMs at first. Then you can Root your phone, flash custom ROMs etc.
itspb said:
Yes, yo do not need to backup your original firmware as it is already available on the internet. You just find the same CSC. Modem and PDA file and flash it to return to the original state of your phone.
No, if you follow the guide(word to word), 99% chances are that you will not brick the phone. Even if you brick it, it will mostly be a soft brick. Hard bricks occur only if you are flashing a bootloader.
You can flash to JVT, it is pretty stable. However, the latest is JVZ, 2.3.6.
There is nothing like perfect firmware. If you want to stick with the latest stuff, get JVZ. Since you are a beginner, i would recommend that you get comfortable with flashing Samsung ROMs at first. Then you can Root your phone, flash custom ROMs etc.
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What I meant perfect is best firmware for Galaxy S. I'm not a fan of Apple but it performs really smooth, relatively fast and stable.
Is JVZ official Samsung firmware? Do you have the link, looke like Samfirmware hasn't been updated yet. Thanks for your reply
I had few i9000's without imei after wrong flashing. I tried to do something (flash again correctly),but it didn't works. Central service was repaired them (price ~ 15€ in Poland).
Latest official rom in PL is JVT
I just remember one sgs that customer tried to flash it to i9001 or i9003. It isn't good idea . Phone dont start in any mode. Only service jtag helps.
Wysłano z GT-I9000 z użyciem Tapatalk
So I've just downloaded 2.3.6 JVZ, extract it and got five files, they are :
CODE_I9000XWJVZ - PDA
MODEM - PDA
Pit - Pit
Csc - Csc
Then what is file start with APBOOT? Can someone please shed some light, Do I need to put the apboot in bootloader or just those four files? Any reply would be appreciated.
steve19800 said:
What I meant perfect is best firmware for Galaxy S. I'm not a fan of Apple but it performs really smooth, relatively fast and stable.
Is JVZ official Samsung firmware? Do you have the link, looke like Samfirmware hasn't been updated yet. Thanks for your reply
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SAMMOBILE as I previously said is the new site for all the OFFICIAL samsung firmware releases, both new and old. Register and goto the FIRMWARE tab at the top and see for yourself, just keep an eye on the region on the right.
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SAMMOBILE as I previously said is the new site for all the OFFICIAL samsung firmware releases, both new and old. Register and goto the FIRMWARE tab at the top and see for yourself, just keep an eye on the region on the right.
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Yes Samfirmware/Sammobile, I found mate, heaps of thanks!
I've flashed to 2.3.6 JVZ. What I feel from this upgrade is the battery life slightly improved, and cosmetic appearance i.e. blue shade colour instead of bouncing when you scroll to the edge of the screen. Overall great firmware.
steve19800 said:
I've flashed to 2.3.6 JVZ. What I feel from this upgrade is the battery life slightly improved, and cosmetic appearance i.e. blue shade colour instead of bouncing when you scroll to the edge of the screen. Overall great firmware.
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Good for you mate. I've flashed my phone well over 200 times (not including kernels or themes), it's still running same as day one. As long as you can read and don't do something stupid like flashing an incorrect kernel, repartition when you shouldn't or **** around with bootloader - you'll have no problems.
woolf clubs said:
Good for you mate. I've flashed my phone well over 200 times (not including kernels or themes), it's still running same as day one. As long as you can read and don't do something stupid like flashing an incorrect kernel, repartition when you shouldn't or **** around with bootloader - you'll have no problems.
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Likewise, lost count how many times I've put different roms/themes/kernels on mine, and touch wood not an error in sight. I agree with the bootloader comment...some things best left alone as you can brick it doing that wrong.
Congrats! Now do some research on what you want to do next. You can root, install custom rom, themes etc! It is pretty much the same procedure for everything but be sure to read the instructions and warnings. Never do anything without knowing what you are doing and what effects can it have. And as mentioned before, do not play with the bootloader and you will be just fine.
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I'm glad I did, congratulations.
I'm on the tmo Galaxy N4 (SM-910T) and I want to try a N7 port, but I flashed one and it's in a boot loop. I have reason to believe that it will not work on will I am still on DOK2 so, I wanted to know if there's any way to update my phone through ODIN to 6.0.1 because I've tried going back to stock but it won't let me update for some reason.... So I'm trying to figure out if there is some kind of file I could flash to update it, or perhaps a rom I could use that would let me update since my stock won't let me... Thanks in advance.
(PS. I seen a thread on someone wanting to downgrade from EPG2 to DOK2. They say you can't go back, and I only have one phone still on 5.1.1, which is my N4. Is EPG2 worth it? Should I stay on DOK2 or should I really persue updating?)
The epg2 tar should be available from Samsung or here on the forums. I believe I downloaded it from a post here somewhere because I couldn't get my phone to install the update through ota due to bad home Internet and using an mvno so there's no free update data. I like the stock MM although the settings screen and colors are all awful. It's not been bad on battery for me or had any real issues. Using stock with magisk only.
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The epg2 tar should be available from Samsung or here on the forums. I believe I downloaded it from a post here somewhere because I couldn't get my phone to install the update through ota due to bad home Internet and using an mvno so there's no free update data. I like the stock MM although the settings screen and colors are all awful. It's not been bad on battery for me or had any real issues. Using stock with magisk only.
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Alright i'll go search thank you
H3dgehog said:
Alright i'll go search thank you
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-maximum-ovrdrive-6-0-1-mm-beta-4-13-t3358326 it's in the first post of this thread. Near the bottom in the downloads section.