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Bell i9000m

Is there anyone out there that might have a factory version of eclair for the bell i9000m to flash with odin??????

You should be able to grab a copy at samfirmwares. If you dont find it I can help you out later!
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Try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913

Yeah I looked on there, didn't see one, for some reason all I can flash to from odin is i9000xxjp3, kernel 2.6.32.9, build FRF91.372

Worked, re-partition with 803.pit and JH2 pda...thank you sir!

you should be able to flash jh2

I got it to work...now back with 2e, what do u use?

[Q] XXJG7 Firmware

Hi Guys,
Ive searched the forum, to no avail...
I would like to flash my Apollo with FroYo, but for safety's sake im trying to find a copy of my original firmware so I can flash it back and use KIES if needed.
If I type in *#1234# I get:
PDA I5800XXJG7
Phone I5800XXJG3
CSC I5800XXJG5
Does any kind person have the relevant files handy for upload please?
Also, If I flash a new firmware should they all match the original (ie the I5800XX part).
Thanks for your help

I posted the same question a week ago. I didn't get a straight answer. I had the same firmware before i flashed to XXJPM. Your firmware is XXJG7, but I didn't find it on samfirmware. I found XWJG7, but I think that is not the same, because there is xxjpf and xwjpf - the first one being older. To update via kies when the official update comes u need an official firmware, XXJG7 is official since u got it with your phone, but u cant find it, can you? So you need any official firmware, but i don't know witch are official except XXJG7... Anyway don't bother with this, you can flash froyo without backup, i did it and nothing went wrong but be cautius and folow the steps closly and when the official update comes it will be avaliable to flash via odin. until then flash any non official froyo

I have this rom and am uploading it now its I5800XXJG3 - csc xxjg5 - phone xxjg5 - pda xxjg7 will post a link soon

here you go
megaupload.com/?d=OYHZW0WX

Thanks
I see the numbers are slightly different, does it matter?
I have also read that flashing the bootloader can cause hard-brick issues, is it better not to flash the bootloader?

i did not flash the bootloader just to be on the safe side, not sure what the cl447760 & cl460190 mean all i tell you is kies see's this as the latest firmware for my phone the uk .
i got the phone three weeks aga at the carphone warehouse it is unbranded and unlocked

Thanks again for your help. I have now upgraded mine to the standard XXJPM FroYo with ODIN. Just out of interest, is there a way I could have got the old firmware off my phone into files like you uploaded?

i think you can dd them to the sd card but not sure how to do it , i googled for ages to find my that firmware on some random site because i did not like froyo after i flashed it

ive gone back to 2.1 until i can find a fix for icons not staying on the home screen from apps installed on the sd card after a reboot. other than that i was pleased with it.

[Q] Necessity for Flashing ?

So many official Froyo firmwares have now been released, each having its own pros & cons. With Kies being a pain, most of us are now using Odin to flash Froyo.
What I wanted to ask is that do I need to flash a region specific BASE ROM for each & every Official Froyo release?
E.g. do I have to be on DDJG6 to flash DDJP2? (Although the former isnt exactly a base ROM for the latter -more a precursor, but I hope you get the point)

No it is not the same for every rom
Jpm can be flashed directly but jp2 requires to flash jg6 first!

Yeah,
Choose the best rom for your region or other region that worked on SG3
For example : i used JPM from EUROPE region
cdesai it's right, some rom required old rom flashed before
either your phone not working
Just simply flash it using custom ROM and it's better than any based ROM

Tianhe said:
So many official Froyo firmwares have now been released, each having its own pros & cons. With Kies being a pain, most of us are now using Odin to flash Froyo.
What I wanted to ask is that do I need to flash a region specific BASE ROM for each & every Official Froyo release?
E.g. do I have to be on DDJG6 to flash DDJP2? (Although the former isnt exactly a base ROM for the latter -more a precursor, but I hope you get the point)
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Yup if u want to flash using Kies then DDJG6 is required as it was the official firmware for Galaxy 3 GT-I5801

Tianhe said:
So many official Froyo firmwares have now been released, each having its own pros & cons. With Kies being a pain, most of us are now using Odin to flash Froyo.
What I wanted to ask is that do I need to flash a region specific BASE ROM for each & every Official Froyo release?
E.g. do I have to be on DDJG6 to flash DDJP2? (Although the former isnt exactly a base ROM for the latter -more a precursor, but I hope you get the point)
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hi
if u want to flash DDJP2 via kies or odin u need to flash DDJG6 or u will get into a boot loop based on my experience flash DDJP2 via odin & kies
and if u want to root it latter on use superoneclick 1.7.0 it worked for me

Thank you for your responses. Based on my experience, i shall narrate below the sequence of flashing my Galaxy 3 through various ROMs (Please note that i used Odin)
1) Bought my Galaxy 3 with stock DDJG6 (Eclair) pre-installed.
2) Tried updating via Kies to DDJP2 but failed due to poor connectivity (timed out). Flashed through Odin successfully. Rooted with SuperoneClick (Rage against the cage). Deleted stock Swype apk & other relevant files with Super Manager and installed Swype beta.
3) Flashed XWJPF directly over it.
4) Flashed Indroid V3 custom no lagfix directly.
My phone is currently on Indroid and running OK(touchwood !). Some of the precautions that i took before flashing was - backed up data, backed up efs folder, deleted bootloader & sbl.bin files from every firmware with IZArc. Also i hard reset the phone before & after flashing. Phone must have ample battery charge. In case of a bootloop (which happened a day after a flashing DDJP2 i flashed again)
The only problem which i have faced since my first flash to DDJP2 & which persists till now even after flashing of multiple ROMs is that some of music files are not played on any music player (stock, custom or downloaded from market). Notably all of those files are .m4a format although some of the other .m4a files do play. A case of missing codecs which doesnt allow playing of files with certain bitrates? I suspect it has got something to do with the sbl.bin file although that's pure guesswork

[REQ] Stock kernel file

Is it possible for someone to upload stock kernel file for 2.2.1 XXJPY (kernel version is 2.6.32.9 [email protected] #1). Version that is flashable via odin, not cwm version.
I am about to flash my kernel with custom one, but would like to have stock kernel near me, just in case that something goes wrong...
Subquestion is:
is it even possible to reflash to stock kernel via odin once you fot custom one (speedmode to be precise)? I think i read somewhere on forum that it is not entirely possible. Does someone have any expirience with this?

Samfirmware (http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9000.htm) has all stock firmwares.
Yes of course you can flash back to stock, you just need to make sure that lagfixes are disabled if you enabled one.
But honestly, I'm 100% sure you won't go back to stock after flashing a custom kernel or rom, it's just that much better.

koflem said:
Samfirmware (http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9000.htm) has all stock firmwares.
Yes of course you can flash back to stock, you just need to make sure that lagfixes are disabled if you enabled one.
But honestly, I'm 100% sure you won't go back to stock after flashing a custom kernel or rom, it's just that much better.
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Thank you very much.
But, as I can see, on this page there are whole roms to flash, I wanted only kernel files. Could kernel be downloaded somewhere?

I'm on stock rom 2.2.1 with CF-root kernel.
Haven't seen a stock only-kernel when I searched for it recently on this forum.
I decided now to download the full stock rom from samfirmware instead which I can go back to in case Kies won't allow me to update to Gingerbread. I figured there's no big difference whether I flash a ROM (which includes the kernel) or just the kernel, the effort is the same.

I just learned that returning to stock ROM (kernel) will be little more difficult for me because my phone is T-mobile branded!

If I flash to a stock firmware does that mean kies will then recognise my firmware as offcial so I can download new updates through it. Thanks

warfighter172 said:
If I flash to a stock firmware does that mean kies will then recognise my firmware as offcial so I can download new updates through it. Thanks
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You can always use SpoofFW to flash to your original firmware

warfighter172 said:
If I flash to a stock firmware does that mean kies will then recognise my firmware as offcial so I can download new updates through it. Thanks
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No as its not the firmware that came with the phone nor its Kies update .
As post above only method once you use Odin is either a backed up copy of original firmware and yes a few backed up or spoof fw .
jje

Thanks for your help what do you mean by 'spoof' fw

http://www.appbrain.com/app/spooffw/com.johnan.spooffw
jje

JJEgan said:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/spooffw/com.johnan.spooffw
jje
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Ok, this is my real problem. JJE might know solution to it...
Before i start flashing my kernel, ROM etc... I would like insurance that if in a couple of months something dies in my SGS, like speaker or something, I can go to repair shop and have guarantiee.
For that I would have to reverse all changes to virginly clean T-mobile branded ROM.
As I understand, to do that i would have to flash it via Odin with 3 files (PDA, PHONE and CSC).
Currently, when I type *#1234# in phone I get:
PDA - I9000BOJS5
PHONE - I9000XXJPY
CSC - I9000GCROJS4
so I presume that are the files version that must be flashed in Odin.
I managed to find all files except CSC code (for Croatian T-mobile 2.2.1 ROM). Couldn't find it anywhere.
Is it possible to put some Multi CSC and then later change it to right one ( I9000GCROJS4) with spooffw?
Or there is another way to find/backup/extract CSC from my current configuration.
Or another way to get back to stock branded ROM if anything goes wrong?
I can do nandroid backup because I cant get to CWM because i dont have 2e recovery (that is one of reasons I want to flash to another kernel, to get 3e and CWM).
Please help!

[Q] if i didn't did backup for my stock rom i still get back to it ?

hello
i have now the litening 1.5
and i didn't backed up my stock rom
there is a way to back to stock rom now ?
my phone from clove.uk
(i know that it might be at www.samfirmware.com but don't know what to search....)
thanks
and sorry for the newbie question

Just flash KF2 in odin again (presuming thats the firmware you were on before litening rom) and you will be back on stock firmware with all your apps and data in tact.

do u mean this one ?
I9100XXKF2 ## EXT4.PIT 2.3.3 2011 June MULTI - CSC - OXAKF2 ?
and how can i be sure that this was my firmware ?
as i said ... my phone from clove.co.uk bought it on 9/6/2011 if it help

Hi I've byen wondering the same thing.
I flashed my phone before taking notice or backup of anything and so haven't a clue which versions my phone came with.
It is great that all the stock stuff is available but does not help me much as I have no clue whether, whatever I flash will be the same as what the phone came with...
I suppose that it is too late to think about that and not possible to find out exactly which combinations the phone came with from emei or serial no. or something like that..

by the way
if my friend bought the galaxy s II from clove 2 weeks after i did
it should be same firmware ?
(he didn't root it and flashed it yet....
then he still with the stock rom , it can help me ?

You can flash back to KE7 stock. This has been available via the official KIES Samsung channel.
Check the Development forum for stock firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

waynej4 said:
You can flash back to KE7 stock. This has been available via the official KIES Samsung channel.
Check the Development forum for stock firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
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do u mean this one ?
XWKE7
Firmware info
PDA:XWKE7
PHONE: XXKE4
CSC:XEUKD1 (XEU)
Build date: 18/05/2011
Generic XEU: http://www.multiupload.com/IBRBHDUDXI
MD5: F388DB98FC83861C2F22E607AE940DBB
and how i can really know that this is what i had before i flashed the litening 1.5 ?
and what about the kernel ?
should i need to do something about it ?

At the end of the day I don't think it matters what firmware you go back to as they are all pretty much the same with no major changes. If you are in the UK then it probably came with KE7 as that is the latest official ROM for this area. Litening ROM 1.5 is based on KF2, so flashing stock KF2 won't do any damage.
Before flashing anything do a backup just in case, but if you flash any PDA in odin none of your data will be wiped.

Epic-Emodude said:
At the end of the day I don't think it matters what firmware you go back to as they are all pretty much the same with no major changes. If you are in the UK then it probably came with KE7 as that is the latest official ROM for this area. Litening ROM 1.5 is based on KF2, so flashing stock KF2 won't do any damage.
Before flashing anything do a backup just in case, but if you flash any PDA in odin none of your data will be wiped.
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and what about the warranty ?
if i will need it samsung will be take it with KE7 ?
and what about the kernel ?
if i back to KE7 the kernel will back to KE7 too ?