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Hi all,
Thanks to those who have helped along the way. None of this is my work, I am just putting it all in the one place for those who are in a similar situation as me - wanting to do get onto JG5, but not knowing how. Hopefully you can follow along!
This is the first time I've ever done anything to an Android phone, so consider me a noob! Here's all the files I used - multiupload.com/66CNCCTE4W (you will need to copy and paste the link into your address bar as I can't post links yet
Before you start, I did this on my Australian Samsung Galaxy S, so I'm not sure how different your model is!
Before starting, unzip the downloaded file above to your hard drive, and extract it to an easy to find folder - I'd suggest somewhere on your desktop.
1. Open the Odin3_v1.0 folder
2. Run Odin3_v1.0.exe program
3. Select the PIT, PDA, Phone and CSC files by clicking on the button, then locating the file in the I9000XWJG5 folder
a) PIT - s1_odin_20100512.pit
b) PDA - CODE_I9000XWJG5.tar
c) PHONE - MODEM_I9000XXJG1
d) CSC - CSC_I9000OXXJG4.tar
4. Remove the External MicroSD Card and the Sim Card
5. Turn the phone off
6. Get into download mode by pressing volume down + home key + power button
7. Connect the USB Cable from phone to computer
8. Wait for the drivers to be automatically installed.
9. Once drivers are fully installed, click START in Odin.
And that should be it!
P.s. I had to manually select my Network by going into Settings, Wireless and network, Mobile networks, and then selecting the Network (for me it was Optus). You will probably want to select Swype as the default input. To do this, press and hold a text input field, and press input and select Swype.
I hope this helps - please let me know how it goes for you!
*(Edited to include only flashing phone - I originally thought you had to root it first!)
You don't need to do step one and two.
lol,why bother about root ur device when u can straight away flash it like step 3??
Why do we need step one and two before ?
Since we are going to flash new rom and will need to do those again ????
Didnt work
So i tried to flash my SGS last night but it didnt turn out so well.
put all the bits and bobs in (.pit pda phone and modem) and then connected the phone in Download mode, seemed to connect to Odin, ID:COM 0:[COM20], clicked start, it seemed to be working so went to check on dinner and when i came back it didnt seem to be doing much, screen on the phone was blank and odin looked like it was tring to move across factoryfs.rfs, i look in the CODE file and saw that the factoryfs.rfs file was huge so thought id just leave it and wait. but nothing left it for 4-5 hrs then left the comp on all night when i cam back it was in the same spot but said removed and the phone was showing a phone then triangel with a ! inside the computer. so i unpluged it took out the bat and put it back tried turning it on, same thing, turned it off again and put into download mode seems to work but didnt get a chance to play with it at home, at work now and cant do it because it asks for admi privileges to install the drivers, so ill wait till im home again. anyone got ideas of what it might be? should i have connected to port 7?
Really? There ya go. Told you I was a noob! Sorry to confuse people. I have edited the original post so it only shows the flashing part.
#4 is not needed.
BTW: your tutorial is already stickied in the big faq (post 2).
I think alot of noobs will find this very useful. It's easier to follow for those who are flashing for the first time, i'm sure others wil appreciate your effort.
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Really? There ya go. Told you I was a noob! Sorry to confuse people. I have edited the original post so it only shows the flashing part.
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Hey Zac,
Don't worry if the steps are already in post # 2. I find yours better and more direct. More importantly, your phone is also from Australia, same as mine.
Thank you for taking the trouble to post this. I've been helped. I'm a bigger noob I guess
The only problem is that I don't seem to be able to download it. It stops after a few bytes. Know of any alternative links?
Edit: On the other hand, after going through some of the comments on threads related to JG5, all the problems are still there, so I don't see any real advantage over JG3. Will stick to this, since I'm about to get a replacement for my phone soon.
Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!!
I really want to thank you 4 this!! Damn you're the man!! This fixed my broked SGS immediately!! I can't thank you enough my best friend 4 ever!!
How do i get Superuser in to this?? And can i use Lagfix 2.0 too?? Please answer to me..i'm so so so damn gr8ful about all your hard work! Do i have to root my SGS again and where i can find the latest file update.zip which works with this your version?? I have already update.zip but it's kinda old file though.
Like i said earlier:
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
PS: I gave 5 stars !!
Dude don't stress!
For rooting/superuser read my tutorial!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728754
After that you can either apply One click lagfix or the CFLagFix 1.80!
I would recommend CFLagFix 1.80!
Buy me a beer if it works
LauncherPro problems
Hiya!!
U have any idea when i installed this jg5 my launcherpro won't work anymore at all, it just force closes all the time and i can't open my phone at all?? Why this is happening??
How do install this but still use LauncherPro??
( Though it works when i install it but immeadiately when i try ty restart my LauncherPro it starts to force close 24/7)
When i did a factory reset it didn't make it completely, it left something in in phone about this jg5...maybe that's why my LP is not working anymore...
Sorry but i'm a noob so don't judge me, i have a question now, where i can get "Stock 2.1 Eclair"?? I have now FRF91.372 2.2 in my phone it works like ****!! I don't even get LauncherPro work without continious force closes...i want that firmware where LP works without any force closes!!
Please help a noob...please, now i know how to use Odin, cause i have flashed already 3 times. But all the firmwares what i've tried have sucked.
PS: Is there any way i can do a raw clean for my SGS before install new firwmare, i ask cause i want to SGS completely empty before i install new firmware, is this possible?? I heard that if you swype your SGS empty new firmware will work much better...but this is just a rumour though
Gothic Touch said:
Sorry but i'm a noob so don't judge me, i have a question now, where i can get "Stock 2.1 Eclair"?? I have now FRF91.372 2.2 in my phone it works like ****!! I don't even get LauncherPro work without continious force closes...i want that firmware where LP works without any force closes!!
Please help a noob...please, now i know how to use Odin, cause i have flashed already 3 times. But all the firmwares what i've tried have sucked.
PS: Is there any way i can do a raw clean for my SGS before install new firwmare, i ask cause i want to SGS completely empty before i install new firmware, is this possible?? I heard that if you swype your SGS empty new firmware will work much better...but this is just a rumour though
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All the ROMs that are released by Samsung themselves are stock ROMs, e.g. JG5 is a Stock Eclair 2.1 ROM.
hey guys i have installed CM7 custom vers, but it does not working properly so i want to flash back to 2.2.1 official version, but my computer does not detec the phone, i already install htc sync software, it always said THE DEVICE IS NOT CONNECTED. when i run the firmware, it said USB error. so does anyone know what problem am i having? or any solution to flash back to official version, please help me out. thanks guys
Before we do that, I'm just curious as to what went wrong with CM7?
Not saying that I won't help or anything, but like I said, I'm just curious.
I would suggest going to recovery, and factory reset your phone.. then re-apply CM7.
Save your important stuff tho.. (contacts should be backed up automatically)
Google "how to root mytouch slide the unlockr" and their should be a result that says something about the exploid method of rooting the slide! on that page find USBDeview. Download and extract the zip file. Then, run the program (If you are windows XP, just double click, if its Vista or Win. 7, you must right click and run as admin!) And withOUT the phone plugged in, uninstall all drivers that have to do with HTC or Android! Then, plug your phone in and it should properly reinstall the drivers, see if this works
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
if you want to UNROOT, look at my signature. there is a link.
Hello everyone, First time posting long time reader. Only rooted about 30 phones so far, so I am still a noob. Well I decided to go ahead and try out the ICS alpha 5. It is working for the most part. Here is my problem. I can not get on the market to download anything. So, I thought maybe a bad install. Powered down the phone went into hboot to rewipe, and reinstall.
This is when things go wrong. Selected wipe, and nothing, so I tried to select install from zip, and nothing. Had to pull battery to do hard restart. So, I was okay, let try this a different way. Loaded the phone backup, and connected to PC, and went to change to MTP so I could transfer over the APK files. It force closes everytime I try to do anything.
Here is what I would like to try and happen. I would like to try another ROM, or another ICS, but I can not figure out a way to get it onto the phone, and with hboot messed up, I am running out of options that I am aware of.
Thank you for any help that is provided, even the bad news. (BTW love the I am noob video)
Personally I wouldn't call having rooted 30 phones a "noob" but that is just me. Unless of course you mean the same phone, 30 different times I've only ever owned the Incredible
Since you claim to be a noob, hopefully this question won't offend you...
Did you remember to flash the Google Apps package liked to in kush's main post?
EDIT: Sorry I didn't read the whole thing so I didn't see that you actually had two problems. For the market problem, see above. For the question about how to get something on to your SD card without MTP...
As tiny4579 below me said, Alpha 5 is supposed to have USB mass storage, so I would use that
If that doesn't work, you can download this
Alternatively, you can use samba filesharing for a wireless option (transfer will be slower)
Or... just download the ROM on the phone, then you don't need to transfer anything
Not sure if MTP works on this phone. Its not available on stock sense. Use USB mass storage and see how that works. I saw posted that alpha 5 should support it. If not there are apps for that.
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demarcmj said:
Personally I wouldn't call having rooted 30 phones a "noob" but that is just me. Unless of course you mean the same phone, 30 different times I've only ever owned the Incredible
Since you claim to be a noob, hopefully this question won't offend you...
Did you remember to flash the Google Apps package liked to in kush's main post?
EDIT: Sorry I didn't read the whole thing so I didn't see that you actually had two problems. For the market problem, see above. For the question about how to get something on to your SD card without MTP...
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Not offended at all. Just wanted to get that out. I can't install the Google app pack due to not being able to do anything from hboot. I will try your other way you suggested and see if I can get it to work. Thanks for the quick reply.
need to make sure
okay I am wanting to make sure I am doing this right. I have internet access on the phone and am able to surf with it just fine. When I go to the market place via webpage, and click install, It never installs anything. I look in the download folder and nothing. Not sure what other option's I have.
btw, this is the first time I have had any issues, so I guess now is as good as any other time to have one.
Elsore said:
Not offended at all. Just wanted to get that out. I can't install the Google app pack due to not being able to do anything from hboot. I will try your other way you suggested and see if I can get it to work. Thanks for the quick reply.
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I must be having a bad reading day, because I completely missed the fact that you were having trouble with hboot too.
Elsore said:
okay I am wanting to make sure I am doing this right. I have internet access on the phone and am able to surf with it just fine. When I go to the market place via webpage, and click install, It never installs anything. I look in the download folder and nothing. Not sure what other option's I have.
btw, this is the first time I have had any issues, so I guess now is as good as any other time to have one.
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If you can't flash the gapps package, then you wont be able to get things from the market, either through the web interface or through your phone.
You can get the gapps package by just opening up xda in your browser and navigating to that post and downloading it from there, but I don't know if you can just extract the zip and install the apks. I think you probably need to be able to flash it, but I'm not sure.
It seems like your best course of action would be to figure out how to fix your hboot, since that seems to be the main problem. If you can't find anything by searching I would create a new, more aptly-titled, post.
yeah, not sure I will be able to unzip it on my phone either. I might just chalk this one up to oops. I might head on over to the store and check out that nexus. This way I will have my ICS already lol. Plus the inc has been a good phone for the many years, but 4.6" screen is just calling my name.
I might have messed up my phone on a subconsciousness level.
Update
Just wanted to give an update. I am somewhat up and running again. What i had to do was take the memory out of my phone, put it in one of the adapters, and format fat32 again, and put the copy of the Stock rom back on it. That has the phone up, Hboot is still jacked up. Going to start a new thread to see if anyone else has had the problems I have. Thanks for your input.
I flashed Galaxy SBean but I didn't flash the PA Pref file, now my phone won't boot and I cannot mount the system through Clockworkmod, also when I try and format the system all it does is freeze CWM and now I cannot do anything, my brother who is very good with phones and knows how to make ROMs and stuff is trying to help me but he is gone for now, I messed up my phone last night before a movie and now I am frustrated because I cannot fix this... Please help? You guys know a lot more about phones than I do!
Mew351 said:
I flash Galaxy SBean but I didn't flash the PA Pref file, now my phone won't boot and I cannot mount the system through Clockworkmod, also when I try and format the system all it does is freeze CWM and now I cannot do anything, my brother who is very good with phones and knows how to make ROMs and stuff is trying to help me but he is gone for now, I messed up my phone last night before a movie and now I am frustrated because I cannot fix this... Please help? You guys know a lot more about phones than I do!
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Are you able to go into download mode? If you are able to get into download mode go ahead and flash a stock ROM using Odin. There are many videos and instructions on how to do this littered all over the internet. You will lose everything though user data, root etc. but from that point you can start fresh like you just took the phone out of the box. Also is your computer picking up the phone when you plug it in? If not, just make sure you have the drivers installed so your computer can identify that you've plugged in your phone.
WangLung said:
Are you able to go into download mode? If you are able to get into download mode go ahead and flash a stock ROM using Odin. There are many videos and instructions on how to do this littered all over the internet. You will lose everything though user data, root etc. but from that point you can start fresh like you just took the phone out of the box. Also is your computer picking up the phone when you plug it in? If not, just make sure you have the drivers installed so your computer can identify that you've plugged in your phone.
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Well I tried to install the driver, but it still wouldn't recognize the device.
Fixed it
Thanks to the previous reply!
All of a sudden multi window does not work. If I enable it the phone feezes for a sec then a com.sec error pops up saying cant run .com.sec.flashservicebar. or something like that pops up.
do I need to re install that system apk or file? If so does any one have that specific app singled out from the entire rom?
Running rooted, de bloated(but multi window still worked after de bloat). Im on the newest update as well.
thanks,
Any input is greatly appreciated...
sorry, but i dont have an idea why it won't work. try looking it up on google.
I have, unfortunately there is nothing but press releases about the feature that pop up, or one thread where some user flashed an international rom on his tmobile us phone and many features didnt work..
Ok then.... I see its just me w the problem. Since no one has any ideas I will be swapping my device.