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[Q] After flashing back stock ROM, the phone keeps blinking on the boot screen (HELP)

I am in desperate need of help you guys! I screwed up so hard that I don't even know where to begin...
THE SITUATION:
-Right now when I go to turn on my phone, it will only stay on the current SAMSUNG GALAXY S I9000 screen (the very first screen when booting your phone) and it keeps flashing in and out.
Before trying to use Odin to put back the original Kernal on my phone, it was just stuck as the SAMSUNG GALAXY S I9000 screen, still wouldn't start. <I followed this website step by step>
http://www.samsunggalaxysforum.com/...-to-a-stock-rom-after-installing-darky's-rom/
BEFORE ALL OF THIS EVER HAPPENED:
I finally rooted my phone and manage to download Clockworkmod recovery on my phone and then used it to flash Darky's 10.2 custom ROM. Everything turned out great except at the beginning of the boot, the screen turned all rainbow coloured, completely distorted, and it continued to do that. I then tried to go back to Recovery mode to do the Voodoo lagfix but I couldn't even get into the recovery mode anymore, it either wouldn't let me, or it did but the screen didn't go to it properly (more likely the first one). I read somewhere that if you reflash your phone again, it should make all the tweeks go away. So I tried that from the Darky's tools menu and ever since then, I've been stuck with the Boot Screen this whole time...
I already bricked my phone once, and that was before the Flashing Boot Screen.
I really need help you guys, I would at least like to have my phone back to the original basis, at least! Your help would be greatly appreciated!
THANK YOU
P.S. (i'm not that great at all this phone tweeking, but I've succeeded in doing it up until yesterday)

Weird colors on boot usually are a sign of an incorrect bootloader version. Since you seem to be familiar with darky stuff (ugh) you could try the darky resurrection edition; there should be easy to follow instructions on their site.

tamaleddon said:
Weird colors on boot usually are a sign of an incorrect bootloader version. Since you seem to be familiar with darky stuff (ugh) you could try the darky resurrection edition; there should be easy to follow instructions on their site.
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I just flashed the RE version and it's making some progress. Definitely no weird colors.
PROBLEM:
-the boot screen is still flashing when trying to boot my phone, only this time it's with the "Darkcore & Darky's ROM" logo on it. The flashing is at a slower pace this time around.
ALSO:
I can get into the stock recovery screen, I hope this can somehow help
what should I doo!!?!

Ok see your here too and more q's for you based on what I see here:
1) What did you start with as a rom before 10.2 (stock GB, Froyo rom or ???)
2) The RE version - was that GB or Froyo?
I am thinking as the other poster alluded to is that maybe you went from a Froyo rom to 10.2 without getting the GB bootloader from a stock rom (odin with bootloader update checked) and now you are still working with the wrong bootloader?
If that sounds like what happened try flashing the RE edition for Froyo (9.3 I think) if you haven't already.
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gfacer said:
Ok see your here too and more q's for you based on what I see here:
1) What did you start with as a rom before 10.2 (stock GB, Froyo rom or ???)
2) The RE version - was that GB or Froyo?
I am thinking as the other poster alluded to is that maybe you went from a Froyo rom to 10.2 without getting the GB bootloader from a stock rom (odin with bootloader update checked) and now you are still working with the wrong bootloader?
If that sounds like what happened try flashing the RE edition for Froyo (9.3 I think) if you haven't already.
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Once I rooted my phone, I automatically went from Stock Froyo to Darky's 10.2 extreme edition. It worked and everything except for that color disfiguration and the clockworkmod recovery not working.
It's weird because after I flashed my first darky's rom, i checked the phone and it said that the firmware version was 2.3.X (I believe X may have been 4). So from what you're saying, I don't exactly think it has anything to do with the fact that I went straight from froyo stock to GB darky ROM.
So are you saying that I should flash darky's 9.3 for Froyo and THEN flash the latest version?

As far as i read on the Darky Site you have to activate Lagfix to install 10.2
Do you?
In other case.
Install Resurrection 9.2 FW:
(sorry. new member no links outside allowed: Go darky forum, stable roms, darky resurrection 9.2)
If that works your bootloader if for Froyo and afterwards you can go on to flash Darkys 10.2 like written in the Darky Forum.
But i would suggest to stay on Darky´s 9.5 with 2.2.1
It is the stable version with no bugs at all. This gingerbread sucks a lot with Akku Drain, Light sensor and other thing. Also no call records.
I will stay on 9.5 so far. Best solution at the moment...
The thing with installing 10.2 you installed without installing 2.3.3 rom before could be, that is maybe possible to install Darkys 10.2 Theme on a 2.2.1?
But no guarantee...

roma17 said:
Once I rooted my phone, I automatically went from Stock Froyo to Darky's 10.2 extreme edition. It worked and everything except for that color disfiguration and the clockworkmod recovery not working.
It's weird because after I flashed my first darky's rom, i checked the phone and it said that the firmware version was 2.3.X (I believe X may have been 4). So from what you're saying, I don't exactly think it has anything to do with the fact that I went straight from froyo stock to GB darky ROM.
So are you saying that I should flash darky's 9.3 for Froyo and THEN flash the latest version?
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The colour distortion problem is 100% caused by incorrect bootloaders. Download jvq from samfirmware (or another 3 file gingerbread of you have one already), use the Odin version contained in the download, tick repartition and update bootloader then flash.
Download cf root for jvq and flash that as PDA without repartition. After the phone boots downlaod darkyrom from the market and from it flash darky 10.2.
Personally the kernal that comes with darkys takes too long to load the phone so I use galaxian instead. Phone flies and it's the first custom jvq rom I've used which doesn't reboot itself.
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sxi200 said:
The colour distortion problem is 100% caused by incorrect bootloaders. Download jvq from samfirmware (or another 3 file gingerbread of you have one already), use the Odin version contained in the download, tick repartition and update bootloader then flash.
Download cf root for jvq and flash that as PDA without repartition. After the phone boots downlaod darkyrom from the market and from it flash darky 10.2.
Personally the kernal that comes with darkys takes too long to load the phone so I use galaxian instead. Phone flies and it's the first custom jvq rom I've used which doesn't reboot itself.
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Thanks for your response! Greatly appreciated. But at the time, I'm just looking to get my phone to work. It still doesn't work, it's still only stuck flashing the bootscreen, nothing else.
From my other post:
Okay, basically at this point, I just want my phone to work I've tried what you said. I remember that before rooting my phone initially I was running Froyo 2.2.1. So I found the ROM for that ( http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9000.htm ) Just like you said. I downloaded from the *Provider Samsung Galaxy S i9000 heading and picked the I9000BOJS5 ## from February 2011 because I think somewhere around there I updated my phone to Froyo. Flashed it, did everything, still no luck.
I've had a recent hunch though. When the bootscreen boots up, it keeps saying i9000 only, when before it used to say i9000M at least for a little bit (yes my phone is i9000m). Is there a stock froyo rom that's specifically designed to go with the i9000m model? Or are they just all the same?
Never give up
-Thank you so much

Yes jl2 or kc1 roms are I9000M specific. But both need dbdata.rfs added to the roms from samfirmware.com if you repartition.
There was a post on the cm7 forums with a complete jl2 rom someone compiled with dbdata.rfs added. Look for that post as it might have some other info too.
The i9000 you see means the kernel is for i9000. But that shouldn't matter.
It's worth a try but I think that a trip to samsung is on your phones future.
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Could be that you have a lagfix enabled and the stock ROM can't read the EXT4 file system. If so, try flashing another custom ROM via Odin (e.g. GingerReal), disable the lagfix to go back to RFS, then from there you can go back to the stock ROM.

gfacer said:
Yes jl2 or kc1 roms are I9000M specific. But both need dbdata.rfs added to the roms from samfirmware.com if you repartition.
There was a post on the cm7 forums with a complete jl2 rom someone compiled with dbdata.rfs added. Look for that post as it might have some other info too.
The i9000 you see means the kernel is for i9000. But that shouldn't matter.
It's worth a try but I think that a trip to samsung is on your phones future.
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Well CM7 forum is down but here is the most of the link, you can google this and look at the cached pages. cyanogenmod topic/15707-how-to-restore-to-stock-on-your-gt-i9000m/
You should be able to click to the multi upload link too.
Now - you are aware of course that our i9000m models can suck and die fairly readily, especially when flashing certain roms. Has yours even been returned yet? Mine has and they replaced the motherboard. You may actually have a warrenty job and in any regard they won't likely fight too hard (just flash it to one of the jl2 or kc1 rom first).
If you want to find out for sure. look for the i9000m threads where they install eclair and use the external sd to boot and then look at the memory (internal then shows as external I think - its in the thread). Basically if it shows 0 available you're hooped.

gfacer said:
Yes jl2 or kc1 roms are I9000M specific. But both need dbdata.rfs added to the roms from samfirmware.com if you repartition.
There was a post on the cm7 forums with a complete jl2 rom someone compiled with dbdata.rfs added. Look for that post as it might have some other info too.
The i9000 you see means the kernel is for i9000. But that shouldn't matter.
It's worth a try but I think that a trip to samsung is on your phones future.
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I'm downloading the ROM from this link, could you verify it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883568

It may not have dbdata.rfs in it which you need if you repartition. I think they leave it out so regular users do not have to reinstall all their Apps.... Just look at what's in the file...
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gfacer said:
It may not have dbdata.rfs in it which you need if you repartition. I think they leave it out so regular users do not have to reinstall all their Apps.... Just look at what's in the file...
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there is a I9000UGJL2_homebinary_add_param.tar
and a SS_DL.dll
so All i would have to do is just put that .tar file in PDA field and get a regular .pit file and check off the re-partitions

gfacer said:
It may not have dbdata.rfs in it which you need if you repartition. I think they leave it out so regular users do not have to reinstall all their Apps.... Just look at what's in the file...
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Okay, I have great news!!!!!!!!
I flashed that previous stock froyo ROM and finally can use my phone once more!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! Special thanks goes to gfacer! I could never have done it without you!
needless to say, I still require a custom ROM such as Darky's 10.2 RE on this phone of mine.
As a final request, would you be so kind to list all the things necessary for me to do in order to get all the way to darky's 10.2 with the lagfix and all?
Or if not, at least a thread or website that says exactly how to do it on my phone (i9000m) ?
Thanks ever so much!!!

Great!
My advice would be to pretend it never happened, but read all the instructions for the rom you are interested in and start from scratch.
Generally I would go custom froyo kernel from odin which will root you and give cwm generally, update bootloader to gb via a stock rom or ezbase, then flash 10.2 via cwm.
Darky has excellent guides also look at ezbase thread.
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roma17 said:
Okay, I have great news!!!!!!!!
I flashed that previous stock froyo ROM and finally can use my phone once more!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! Special thanks goes to gfacer! I could never have done it without you!
needless to say, I still require a custom ROM such as Darky's 10.2 RE on this phone of mine.
As a final request, would you be so kind to list all the things necessary for me to do in order to get all the way to darky's 10.2 with the lagfix and all?
Or if not, at least a thread or website that says exactly how to do it on my phone (i9000m) ?
Thanks ever so much!!!
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To load Darky 10.2 successfully on your phone, you have to flash JVP or JVQ bootloader over your phone. The best solution is flash Stock Rom with bootloader over your phone. Then, flash Darky rom over your phone.

Verizon Galaxy Tab Guide

OK I have spent about 2 weeks now looking through roms, kernels, root methods etc etc.
I have come to one conclusion. IT SUCKS owning a Verizon tab on this forum.
Most of the guides are accurate, but often miss one little detail that anyone who knows this stuff would think "duh" about, but a noob will miss, and end up reflashing stock from heimdall 10 times over because of.
Long story short, I would like to see a Verizon guide here on the development section that is kept up to date and has proper links to working roms as well as IDIOT PROOF walk throughs.
I would be willing to do this, or someone else can, I do not care. I will edit this very post so that it can serve said purpose if it gets made a sticky, or added to a sticky thread.
In this spirit I will later edit this post but I have a few questions/requests first.
1. I have never had the need to host files for large numbers. I use my own server to host things, but I know I cannot do that for this. Can someone PM me with what would be the best method to host files for people (IE It seems one service somewhere will add links through direct downloads, Megaupdload, Rapidshare etc at the same time).
2. Correct me if I am wrong. Heimdall seems to be the best root method. Heimdall + the ec02 files = the most stable and fully robust and stable rom for the VSTG (Verizon SGT).
3. The Verizon SGT Bootstrapper will convert to Ext4 and add CWM, but results in a broken camera and rotation, the latter of which I have a fix for, but not the camera. Dos any other way of adding CWM work better?
4. Sprint has a completely working update to GB, that works on the VSGT as well, minus radio function. I read somewhere what steps had to be taken to get the 3g radio working as well, but have since not been able to find it. If someone who reads this knows, could you please post or PM me where to begin fixing the radio on the sprint rom to work with the VSGT?

Morkai Almandragon said:
3. The Verizon SGT Bootstrapper will convert to Ext4 and add CWM, but results in a broken camera and rotation, the latter of which I have a fix for, but not the camera.
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Please tell me how you fixed the rotation? I can deal with no camera, the one in my phone is better anyway.

I am not the greatest help in the world....but have a VSGT and will help where i can.
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mnpolock said:
I am not the greatest help in the world....but have a VSGT and will help where i can.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14954414&postcount=8
There is the thread that will fix the rotation bug... Now if I can get the camera working... LoL

Oditius said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14954414&postcount=8
There is the thread that will fix the rotation bug... Now if I can get the camera working... LoL
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Do not run a kernel that requires Ext4 and both work perfectly.
IE use Heimdall and install the ec02 firmware, then stop. Everything seems to work, without any fix required.

Morkai Almandragon said:
Do not run a kernel that requires Ext4 and both work perfectly.
IE use Heimdall and install the ec02 firmware, then stop. Everything seems to work, without any fix required.
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Man, I wish I spoke french... Because that is what the above looks like to me. My camera doesn't work, and I didn't do anything but root it, and install that Verizon Bootstrapper. Well at least the rotation works, still don't know what to do about the camera.

I used the verizon bootstrapper after restoring to completely stock ec02 and rooting with super one click. Then used heimdall to flash psirens kernel and then flash psirens rc 2.5. From here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1147277&highlight=vzw
and my camera and rotation work great after replacing the sensors.so file to fix rotation. Currently I am overclocked to 1.4ghz with voltage control and all is running flawlessly and fast.

ticklemegavin said:
I used the verizon bootstrapper after restoring to completely stock ec02 and rooting with super one click. Then used heimdall to flash psirens kernel and then flash psirens rc 2.5. From here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1147277&highlight=vzw
and my camera and rotation work great after replacing the sensors.so file to fix rotation. Currently I am overclocked to 1.4ghz with voltage control and all is running flawlessly and fast.
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How exactly did you install the kernel and rom? can you post a step by step
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Morkai Almandragon said:
How exactly did you install the kernel and rom? can you post a step by step
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Step by step and with links on everything that you need. Written so easy to understand so a person with no experience can knock it off with no problem.

Me, I'm on a stock but rooted VSGT, and I'm fine with it really. Only thing I do wish for is a 2.3 update from VZW. I don't care about OC'ing, Tab is very snappy enough for me and battery life is very good.
I looked into flashing the Sprint update but thought against it because I need 3g.
Recently got a Nexus S4G and running MIUI on it, and boy, I wish we could get a MIUI port on our tab. Those guys are just dang good and crazy.
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Ok here is what I did.
1. Get the stock un-rooted un-updated firmware from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136587&highlight=verizon
2. Follow this guide to flash the files you got in step 1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967175&highlight=verizon+stock+firmware
3. After you have flashed back to stock and booted up into android then update through android to ec02.
4. Download super one click from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682 and follow the instructions on that page.
5. You now should be rooted. Now download the verizon bootstrapper off the market and run it.
6. After that has completed download the rom/kernal and follow the instructions on this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1147277&highlight=vzw.
7. Alright now you should be rooted with a custom kernal and rom installed your camera should work. If your rotation doesn't work then get the sensors.default.so from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14954414&postcount=8 and follow the guide.
That's exactly what I did and my camera/rotation work fine.
If you want to overclock use voltage control from the market.

So, I have to go back to square one, where I started. and do everything all over again?
The use SOC to root it.
Then run the program that knocked out my camera/rotation again.
So I will be right back where I am now.
Then I have to update the kernel.
Then install a new rom.
And it should work.
OK, thanks...

Never mind, if I go back to square one, I will just stop and not go any farther. My GT was fast enough without doing all that. So I will wait, maybe someone will come up with a fix for the camera that was as easy to fix as the rotation. I don't video chat and my Mesmerize has a better camera and easier to use.

Yes that is what i did after trying to flash a voodoo kernel and getting stuck at the Samsung logo many times. I flashed back to stock and started over. Not sure when the camera started working in the process, I had checked after everything was installed. Also im not sure if psirens rom even flashed or not because everything looked exactly the same and still had the Verizon bloatware installed which I just removed with titanium backup. Im not sure if i have ext4 or not would there be a way to check?

The thing is I never flashed the voodoo kernel. I rooted the GT last week. Yesterday I was reading around, obviously not as well or completely as I should have. But I was going to flash a new rom and it stated I had to do the Bootstrapped first. So I downloaded it and that was when all heck broke loose. I read later on in the thread that the camera stopped working and so did the rotation. Well the rotation had a fix, but the camera doesn't. Oh well, I will keep looking, maybe if I just start at #6 because that is where I stopped.

ok What I am finding is this. Flashing the EC02 files through Heimdall result in a rooted Froyo rom that runs stable and decent, but without CWM.
You can then use the Verizon Bootstrapper on the market which flashes a new kernel that includes CWM. The new kernel breaks the camera and rotation though. Flash the better than life kernel and camera is fixed, followed by the rotation fix and you are now back to close to stock with root, and CWM...
Here is where I lose my way though. The Psirens rom looks JUST like the EC02 Heimdall install I have. I will post the files I am using once I get a host I am happy with.

Morkai Almandragon said:
ok What I am finding is this. Flashing the EC02 files through Heimdall result in a rooted Froyo rom that runs stable and decent, but without CWM.
You can then use the Verizon Bootstrapper on the market which flashes a new kernel that includes CWM. The new kernel breaks the camera and rotation though. Flash the better than life kernel and camera is fixed, followed by the rotation fix and you are now back to close to stock with root, and CWM...
Here is where I lose my way though. The Psirens rom looks JUST like the EC02 Heimdall install I have. I will post the files I am using once I get a host I am happy with.
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This is exactly what I think except that the ec02 files I linked will take you back to full unrooted stock where as the files from the tutorial for flashing ec02 I linked will leave it rooted but with stock ec02. I also cannot tell a difference between stock ec02 and psirens ec02 they look exactly the same. I almost wonder if cwm is not flashing the rom correctly. But even if it didn't you get a stable ec02 experience with a overclockable kernel which is all I was really looking for in the first place. I also could not get the voodoo kernal to work period I flashed it several times and always got stuck at the samsung screen on boot. My tab is much faster now and im pretty happy with it. Now if we could just get a stable gingerbread or maybe even honeycomb ill be all over that.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178414
Just saw this after my last post, looks like we will have gingerbread with working 3g (which I require) very soon. So we should be seeing some performance improvements whenever we get gingerbread.

If you guys want a stock ROM, converted to ext4, just ODIN Boushh's kernel then (if you're on the newest VZW update EC02) replace the file in that thread that fixes auto rotation.

Coolsaber57 said:
If you guys want a stock ROM, converted to ext4, just ODIN Boushh's kernel then (if you're on the newest VZW update EC02) replace the file in that thread that fixes auto rotation.
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Boushh's kernel will not work for me I always get stuck at the samsung boot screen. Im flashing with heimdall though because I only use linux and i do not think there is a version of odin for linux.

[Q] New to this phone (I9000)

Hi I just bought this phone and im getting very confused with all the instructions everywhere for this phone. So far i've only managed to root it. It's on default Froyo 2.2.1. Im trying to install Frugu (kernel) with the voodoo additions and then onecosmic's ICS. But im so lost with what to do. Used to be easy with the xperia x8. Could someone show me in the right direction?

Go to Sammobile.com and download stock gingerbread rom. Install using Odin. (Instruction can be found on sammobile and xda forum just search). Make sure u have three button recovery mode. After installation via Odin look for a kernel (semaphore or chainfire's kernel)with clockworkmod and flash via Odin.
The remaining steps for installing ics can be found on the various threads.
Hope this helps
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Check my thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142499

i suggest you to flash teamhacksung's port of ICS, i have it and it's awesome! my friend try onecosmic's port and have problems..

ICS is brilliant but if you want reliability and good battery life. Any 2.3.6 rom is good. Especially mintberry Miui. Just an Opinion. I'd explore different custom roms to find the perfect one for you. Btw if any flashing goes wrong and you. Think you have bricked your phone, but download mode is great for sorting it. (power vol down home), thanks.
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Thanks for the help agbemenu, but im stuck again. I can't get Fugu or ICS to install in CWM. Whenever I try it cuts out, reboots and then is stuck in a bootloop. So I then have to reflash GB and semaphore to get a working phone again.
EDIT: AntAust1513 The main reason I bought this phone was to try out the ICS roms . Battery isn't much of a concern
EDIT2: I finally got it to work. Turns out I forgot to reset to factory defauls. After this it installed Glitch in ICS, rebooted, installed ICS, rebooted into ICS, asked to reset. Resetted it again then it took about 5 mins and it booted into a working ICS. Thanks for the help guys! =D
EDIT3: No GSM. I did flash the fix provided but I still get no GSM -.-. Any ideas?
EDIT4: Got that working by reflashing Fugu and resetting to factory. Damn its alot to get this working xD

Checkrom v7

I've always been happy with Checkrom. My previous ROM only lasted 4 hours, so when I saw V7 coming out I immediately flashed it.
After I succesfully flashed it I found out that the kitchenpro app didn't work and later I read that development was stopped. Not even swype which was part of the original samsung.
I now want to flash another ROM, but am afraid to follow the wrong procedure and brick it. It seems I can't even do a factory reset without the risk of bricking it.
I will never flash a checkrom product again.
Can I go into recovery and just flash wanamlite? Does it even work, as it's the standard recovery and not the full CWM?
No (extra) risk of bricking it?
I would appreciate a straightforward answer...

Another checkrom thread..
Sent from My Samsung Galaxy S2 running Paranoidandroid Rom.What else if not?=P

No, a direct question for answer I can't find anywhere.
I've always been helpful in fora on subjects I knew much about. Please, please refrain from answering if you don't know the answer or don't want to give it.

Look at the forum on www.checkrom.com. The instructions of flashing a kernel through Odin and a new rom are written in the V7-section.
Good luck
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Simply flash a safe kernel i.e. siyah kernel, reboot in to recovery and flash a rom(might want to do a full wipe beforehand) or restore a backup.
Good luck, this worked out for me.

frater said:
I've always been happy with Checkrom. My previous ROM only lasted 4 hours, so when I saw V7 coming out I immediately flashed it.
After I succesfully flashed it I found out that the kitchenpro app didn't work and later I read that development was stopped. Not even swype which was part of the original samsung.
I now want to flash another ROM, but am afraid to follow the wrong procedure and brick it. It seems I can't even do a factory reset without the risk of bricking it.
I will never flash a checkrom product again.
Can I go into recovery and just flash wanamlite? Does it even work, as it's the standard recovery and not the full CWM?
No (extra) risk of bricking it?
I would appreciate a straightforward answer...
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First off, wise decision...
With respect to getting out of this, you want to flash a 4.0.3 based ROM. Don't go for a 4.0.4 based one quite yet, regardless of recovery type, if you're after a quick and safe fix.
You want to flash Siyah Kernel first, and then flash the ROM from there.
Siyah Kernel can be flashed via ODIN (flash the TAR as a PDA file).
Then go about your procedure to flash as usual. As above I'll re-iterate, don't flash a 4.0.4 based ROM yet (LQ5 or LQM I believe), as these are not always 100% safe in all scenarios.
You're much better to stick away from these for now.
Again, I have no idea why "developers" are going about releasing ROMs which are based on these kernels, without clear and noticeable warnings about what people are getting into...
Oh well... Hope it goes well, just follow this and you'll be fine.

Use Odin to flash siyah,
then use siyah's recovery to install new rom

zzkonzz said:
Use Odin to flash siyah,
then use siyah's recovery to install new rom
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Exactly what Pulser has already said. Why repeat it again?
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Thanks all....
Now not on checkrom anymore...

It should be noted that Leo, the main dude, says on Checkrom.com:
"No more ROM development for SGS2.
On that note i am closing the thread."
...and slammed the thread closed here on XDA too!

The last time I used Odin was when I bought my SG2. Since then I flashed all my different ROMs with CWM.
Although I'm glad I'm not using checkrom anymore and never will because of the way they stopped their development I do have to admit it had more than decent battery life (their 4.04 version).
I‘m currently on wanamlite and after 2 hours I'm already on 60% :-(
I used to have cyanogenmod 7 on my HTC HD2?
It might be an idea to try 9 or 10

Check out ParanoidAndroid. I'm getting about 30 hours off of the battery.
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Very bad form closing the threads when quite a number of people had flashed the new checkrom with the promise of a fix. They could have at least fixed the kernal issue rather than just abandoning it. Very disappointed. Going to try to flash the kernal via ODIN if I can remember even how!

Seriously?!? rooting i9000 on 02 UK, HELP pls!

Hi guys,
I've been trying to root an SGS for 4-5 hours now and no success. I've tried one click methods and I tried Odin, but it doesn't recognise the phone. I did searches on xda and google but nothing I found worked. Maybe the problem lies because this phone is locked on 02 uk?
The current phone info is:
firmware: 2.1-update1
baseband: I9000ADJM1
kernel: [email protected] #2
build number: eclair.adjm1
* Also, I cannot boot into recovery or download mode with the 3-button thing*
I'm trying to root this and put the jellybean beta 3 on it. I'm doing this for a friend, so I'm not familiar with SGS rooting and flashing, I'm on a HTC desire myself and I found rooting that a breeze.
I would really appreciate it if someone could let me know how to root this thing and upgrade it, preferably a method that works with the O2 phone.
Sorry again if this information has been posted but I've been unable to find anything.
Thanks in advance,
Vlad

vladwt said:
Hi guys,
I've been trying to root an SGS for 4-5 hours now and no success. I've tried one click methods and I tried Odin, but it doesn't recognise the phone. I did searches on xda and google but nothing I found worked. Maybe the problem lies because this phone is locked on 02 uk?
The current phone info is:
firmware: 2.1-update1
baseband: I9000ADJM1
kernel: [email protected] #2
build number: eclair.adjm1
* Also, I cannot boot into recovery or download mode with the 3-button thing*
I'm trying to root this and put the jellybean beta 3 on it. I'm doing this for a friend, so I'm not familiar with SGS rooting and flashing, I'm on a HTC desire myself and I found rooting that a breeze.
I would really appreciate it if someone could let me know how to root this thing and upgrade it, preferably a method that works with the O2 phone.
Sorry again if this information has been posted but I've been unable to find anything.
Thanks in advance,
Vlad
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To unlock your sgs i9000 try an app on google play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwyLDEsImNvbS5oZWxyb3ouZ2FsYXh5c3VubG9jayJd) and some others (https://play.google.com/store/search?q=unlock+sgs)
For your root kernel (flash the zip in pda in odin) check out Chainfire's root kernels from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108 Pretty extensive list so you should get sorted.
If you can't find the root kernel, try updating your official samsung firmware using the samsung kies software which you can download from their website. I did this with my i9000 and got onto 2.3.4 gingerbread and upgraded from there.
Hope this helps?
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am2012 said:
To unlock your sgs i9000 try an app on google play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwyLDEsImNvbS5oZWxyb3ouZ2FsYXh5c3VubG9jayJd) and some others (https://play.google.com/store/search?q=unlock+sgs)
For your root kernel (flash the zip in pda in odin) check out Chainfire's root kernels from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108 Pretty extensive list so you should get sorted.
If you can't find the root kernel, try updating your official samsung firmware using the samsung kies software which you can download from their website. I did this with my i9000 and got onto 2.3.4 gingerbread and upgraded from there.
Hope this helps?
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ALSO TRY SUPERONECLICK http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953182 THIS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK ON ALL ROMS 2.2.1 AND ABOVE!

vladwt said:
Hi guys,
* Also, I cannot boot into recovery or download mode with the 3-button thing*
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You can't flash without Download Mode.

With no Download Mode, get a Download Jig.

Thanks everyone, managed to update it with Kies to 2.3 (worked this time somehow). Then put CFroot on it, worked fine... then messed up trying to flash JB on it (from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776738 )
at the moment I'm stuck in a bootloop, I can access recovery and download mode, but recovery can't detect any storage so I'm unable to flash any rom or wipe data... any ideas?

Did you unlock your phone before like the other posts suggested ?.
If you did not you can run into all sorts of problems so make sure is unlocked for all sims before modifying.
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Nope I wasn't able to unlock it since it wasn't rooted. It's fine now, managed to get GB working on it again then upgraded to ICS from CWM with full wipe. Gave it back to my friend to use today and I haven't had any angry phone calls to complain either because I did it right or because the phone's not working
I'll use one of the apps mentioned above to unlock it later and I'll try and get JB on it if I have the time.
Thank you all again for your help!

You're welcome :-$
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scull2011 said:
Did you unlock your phone before like the other posts suggested ?.
If you did not you can run into all sorts of problems so make sure is unlocked for all sims before modifying.
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No. It doesn't matter if it is Carrier locked or not. As for OP:
1. Flash semaphore ICS kernel via Odin in PDA
2. Then boot into recovery from there
3. Now flash the jellybean ROM
4. Now reboot recovery and wipe data/factory reset from new recovery.
5. Enjoy. Also I recommend either slim bean or cm9 for your ROM, since they are aosp and compiled from source.
Also FYI the only stand alone kernel that works with jellybean is devil kernel rc3
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First time flashing your i9000 and your using Jelly Bean?!! It's still very unstable at the moment. It's realy slow booting up.Try Cm9 RC2 dude you'll not be disappointed. It's a flyer!!

montage mahal said:
First time flashing your i9000 and your using Jelly Bean?!! It's still very unstable at the moment. It's realy slow booting up.Try Cm9 RC2 dude you'll not be disappointed. It's a flyer!!
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Actually my jelly beam ROM boots up faster than cm9, and is just as stable. It is my daily driver, its awesome. Everything works fine!
But not gonna lie the lastest rc cm9 builds are super fast. And perfect. His choice though
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