No Luck Upgrading to official GB - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

I've had absolutely no luck upgrading from KD1 to offiical GB.
I started off with the official KD1 (from Kies) that I have been running for months.
The only mods are root and CWM.Kies downloads the GB update (taking several minutes) then immediately comes up with the screen saying my phone could not be updated. It leaves the phone in download mode.
If I reboot I'm back to where I was.
Taking a suggestion in another thread, I cleared data and cache, and tried again.
Same result.
Taking another suggestion, I Odin'd another KD1 on top of my original. Same result.
Taking another suggestion, I Odin'd a KC1 on top hoping that Kies would upgrade me to official KD1 or GB. However, Kies took one look and said there was no upgrade.
I've Odin'd back to KD1, so after a lot of work I'm back to where I started.
Any ideas?

Flash ravers kj6 deodexed its the same rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19455525
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Stupid question,
Can I flash Raver's ROM directly from Bionix Frost or do I need to go back to a KD1 ROM?

mdrinkwine33 said:
Stupid question,
Can I flash Raver's ROM directly from Bionix Frost or do I need to go back to a KD1 ROM?
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First you would need gingerbread bootloaders if you have them then flash away, if not you will need to odin kg4 for the bootloaders then drhonks kernel for root then flash kj6 from cwm.
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cnote74 said:
Flash ravers kj6 deodexed its the same rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19455525
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I probably will, but I also would like to find out why I can't Kies the stock GB Rom. Obviously Kies doesn't like something it sees on the phone.
There is another issue I'm fighting at the same time. Until now I didn't have a data plan and just used wifi for data. I just got a data plan and haven't been able to get the phone to use it (just voice/text). I want to put the phone into a completely stock condition to try and eliminate variables, and possibly get T-mobile to help. I also feel that what ever Kies doesn't like might be a factor with the cell data issue.

Kies is potentially bad news for your phone if you've been on a custom ROM. If it doesn't work smoothly on the first try don't try and force it. What inevitably happens is that in a sudden rush to get it to work you start flashing one ROM after another (something you wouldn't normally do) and end up issues. There have been a bunch of posts about losing recovery and download modes as people start trying to flash back to froyo from GB. A buddy of mine just jacked his phone up so bad doing this...no recovery, no download, couldn't get it to adb boot on his Linux box. I finally got it into download mode with an adb/odin circus trick, hail Mary, and odined ravers hawk.zip to clean everything up. There is no way i want to go through that again, and there is no real logic in the way we fixed it, but it all started with a bad flash from kies. To any one reading this, USE THE CWM FLASHABLE THAT RAVER MADE IN THE DEV FORUM, take advantage of their knowledge and hard work and save yourself (and your sgs4g) some heartache.
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Try this
Ravers's ODIN for stock KJ6

candler33w said:
Try this
Ravers's ODIN for stock KJ6
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Thanks! This Odin rom worked for me. The earlier suggested recovery flash rom just got me into a booting loop.

kmandel said:
Thanks! This Odin rom worked for me. The earlier suggested recovery flash rom just got me into a booting loop.
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thats probably due to you not disabling Voodoo...I did the same thing

is any one having an issue getting wi fi to work after installing dr honks kj1 kernel on ravers 2.3.6 official rom? , everything seems good linda says voodoo activated phone boots up and then i try to turn wifi on and the icon just shuts off and it wont pick up any wifi signal, i tried factory reset wiped the cache batt and dalvick tried it again and nothing!!! so i just had to resort to flashing back to 2.3.6 official rom for cwm and now just have blue and yellow stock recovery if any one can give a few pointers id really appreciate it if not well then just have to wait for all the good **** to come about PEACE

PANTERA56 said:
is any one having an issue getting wi fi to work after installing dr honks kj1 kernel on ravers 2.3.6 official rom? , everything seems good linda says voodoo activated phone boots up and then i try to turn wifi on and the icon just shuts off and it wont pick up any wifi signal, i tried factory reset wiped the cache batt and dalvick tried it again and nothing!!! so i just had to resort to flashing back to 2.3.6 official rom for cwm and now just have blue and yellow stock recovery if any one can give a few pointers id really appreciate it if not well then just have to wait for all the good **** to come about PEACE
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I would use ODIN to reinstall Dr Honks KJ1. it will give you CWM and You should be OK. It might have just been a fluke on install the first time

Still no wifi "f.m.l"!!!
Everything works accept wifi reinstalled kj1 kernel frs, wiped down phone completley even used odin again to reinstall 2.3.6 official from ravers post and nothing ive done everything 2 or 3 times the sameway even tried different usb slot i used odin 1.85 i just dont get it anyone else got this problem

As ignorant as this sounds, I had the same problem once. I rebooted my wireless router & it started working again.
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Tried resetting router and still no luck I give up

Is there security on the router? If so, what happens if you take it off (temporarily)?
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[Rom][ODIN] Stock Gingerbread 2.3.3 Deodexed + Root KF2

Some people have requested this, this is Gingerbread KF2 Deodexed + Root and odin flashable.
This contains all bloat.
Instructions:
1. Perform Factory Data Reset/Wipe Data (If you skip this step it may still work but may leave existing apps and may cause FC's)
2. Flash Via Odin
3. Wait 5min to boot
4. Hit Thanks
The messed up Rainbow at boot is normal if using Froyo BootLoaders just wait it will boot.
Below File contains no BOOTLOADERS
T959VUVKF2 NO BOOTLOADERS
Thanks
Dr.Honk for answering all my stupid questions.
Krylon360 for original KF2 leak
nice dude!!!
Been looking for this. Might be enough to make me give KF2 a try finally.
Thanks.
Nice up man
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If I apply this (without manually doing a factory reset along the way), will I retain all of my apps and app data through this process?
I know I've used ODIN to update to the current stock release and used ODIN on my Vibrant and didn't lose my apps and app data.
Yes, there was some people in another thread that said you ALWAYS lose data when you update. I know they are wrong, but not sure what the case is with this particular update.
Does that fact that it's deodexed make it less likely that the data will be retained?
just flashed and waited 15 minutes on the rainbow screen, flashed again,same thing. how long does it take to boot the first time?
lexluthor said:
If I apply this (without manually doing a factory reset along the way), will I retain all of my apps and app data through this process?
I know I've used ODIN to update to the current stock release and used ODIN on my Vibrant and didn't lose my apps and app data.
Yes, there was some people in another thread that said you ALWAYS lose data when you update. I know they are wrong, but not sure what the case is with this particular update.
Does that fact that it's deodexed make it less likely that the data will be retained?
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This will erase all apps, you need to use titanium backup first if you want to save that stuff.
Do I place in pda or phone in odin
My Fon is the shizz'nic!
Tommyboy2k said:
Do I place in pda or phone in odin
My Fon is the shizz'nic!
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place in pda
punkkloser said:
just flashed and waited 15 minutes on the rainbow screen, flashed again,same thing. how long does it take to boot the first time?
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try hitting the power button quickly it should loop once then work.
which bootloaders are you on?
froyo bootloaders. will try it again.....
K. running smooth now,will test more tommorrow.
I see the wifi signal is weak,as with the previous rom
Strangely enough I have the froyo bootloaders, flashed this, got an upgrade failure to which got me to that annoying ass screen rom upgrade failed, so I tried it again, it was successful, but oddly not only did I not get the rainbow screen but I booted with all my apps and everything intact but confirm that I am now at 2.3.3 by su binary had gotten downgraded to 2 from the ,3 beta I had had and I was coming from the KD1 rom.... Anyway strange I know....
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aestivalisakito said:
Strangely enough I have the froyo bootloaders, flashed this, got an upgrade failure to which got me to that annoying ass screen rom upgrade failed, so I tried it again, it was successful, but oddly not only did I not get the rainbow screen but I booted with all my apps and everything intact but confirm that I am now at 2.3.3 by su binary had gotten downgraded to 2 from the ,3 beta I had had and I was coming from the KD1 rom.... Anyway strange I know....
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That's strange I wonder if its not clearing everything before flashing. I will look into this.
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Flashed last night no problem, but now my phone wont register to my tmobile network.
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Thanks my friend!
My Fon is the shizz'nic!
Like I said, weird as hell but no issues and its running beautifully..... Shrugs....im not going to argue lol
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anyone else having issues registering to there network? ive flashed 3 times now and still cant register to my tmobile network.
dj02 said:
anyone else having issues registering to there network? ive flashed 3 times now and still cant register to my tmobile network.
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What were you running prior to this flash?
If you are having troubles with this flash please give more info, what rom did you have before, what bootloaders are you using? Any info helps so that I can narrow down any issues and fix them.
Thanks.
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corradokng said:
What were you running prior to this flash?
If you are having troubles with this flash please give more info, what rom did you have before, what bootloaders are you using? Any info helps so that I can narrow down any issues and fix them.
Thanks.
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had the fully stock gb rom that shipped with the phone. i was able to flash with no problems, just cant get it to connect to the network just keeps saying searching, wifi calling and txting work just fine.
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oh right after i did the flash, i did do sgs unlock pro app. not sure if that would of caused any problems but it looks like my IMEI is showing up as .[]x[]~ ".[]x[]~
I was having issues with this version and getting stuck on samsung screen a whole lot; and i'm talking about i started clean with KC1 full with .pit>whitehawkxKD1+root>then this rom.
tried the other route and odined back to KD1>boot into cwm>checked mount and flashed the cwm version. worked flawlessly; except the rainbow, ofcourse.
my recommendations are quiet obvious
dj02 said:
Flashed last night no problem, but now my phone wont register to my tmobile network.
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try toggling airplane mode on & off.

Can't root from KG4 to save my life!

I have never had so much trouble...rooting and flashing came pretty easy to me since I figured it all out. But last week I tried to flash the Valhalla 1.3.2 and my phone was bricked. It took HOURS but I was finally able to get something on that lifeless black screen.
So now I am on the stock KG4 and no matter what method I try, I can't root. When I used Odin, it just hangs in the beginning stages forever. I can't even get Heimdal to work on my computer. I am just at a loss, I have never had any issues until now. What do I do?
Glad you got it back to life. Maybe do a factory data reset?
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Ive tried resetting, flashing back to stock using kc1 and then going to kg4. but everytime i try to just flash the kg4 kernal with cwm and voodoo it hangs. will i ever be rooted again?
Are you using straight KG4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183413 before trying to drop drhonk's KG4 w/CWM kernel?
reflash using fb's gb start pack. sounds like (1) your computer is messing up or (2) your bootloaders didnt install properly.

[Q] Rewinding sound while speaking.

Hi, I recently started messing around with my sgs4g and installed a custom rom using the GB Stater Pack and flash the KJ6 AOSP, everything is working flawlessly except that everytime I'm talking to someone I suddenly hear a rewinding-kind of sound and the other person can hear it too, it happened to me using octane rom, stock GB update and AudiophileFTW edition, can someone please help me get rid of that sound it's getting really annoying, I would really appreciate any help given. Thanks in advance
dude, you hurt your hardware.
Go back to stock KD1, and see if you still have the issue, If you do, go to the tmobile store.
airfluip1 said:
dude, you hurt your hardware.
Go back to stock KD1, and see if you still have the issue, If you do, go to the tmobile store.
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If I Odin the stock one the rewinding sound goes away, I already did that, but I really want to try a few custom roms because the battery consumption of the stock one is awful.
I have 2 galaxy s 4g both of them are having the same problem one is running the kj6 aosp and the other one is running stock gingerbread leak rooted
ajtorres14 said:
If I Odin the stock one the rewinding sound goes away, I already did that, but I really want to try a few custom roms because the battery consumption of the stock one is awful.
I have 2 galaxy s 4g both of them are having the same problem one is running the kj6 aosp and the other one is running stock gingerbread leak rooted
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When you flash the GB ROMs, are you doing a factory data reset, clearing caches, etc?
stephen_w said:
When you flash the GB ROMs, are you doing a factory data reset, clearing caches, etc?
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Factory reset, wipe cache & wipe davlik and my mount settings are u,m,m,u..
ajtorres14 said:
Factory reset, wipe cache & wipe davlik and my mount settings are u,m,m,u..
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Weird issue. I know you didn't mention it in the OP, but are you over or under-clocking at all?
I'm somewhat with airflup on this - it seems to be a hardware issue. I am saying that based on the fact that I've not heard of anyone else having this issue on GB ROMs. It could be something funky with one of the chips in the phone but only manifests in the GB ROMs. It's weird but not unheard of.
I've not attempted this so someone tell me I'm an idiot for thinking about this, but what if you flash a stock GB ROM followed by the modem from KD1 or whatever Froyo ROM you're using to see if the problem is still there?
If you have the same issues on 2 different devices, you should redownload the roms(cwm and odin), maybe its a download issue i.e. mds5 error
Tell me if that works
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As of today I have rooted my phone with different methods, re-downloaded everything, used different versions of Odin, went back to stock, install official GB, it's still doing it, also with the stock Gingerbread leak I noticed that besides the rewinding nose every 4-5 minutes, also the call log doesn't work and while I was watching a movie at work the phone light stayed lit during the whole film... I don't know what to do, is either go back to stock and recharge my phone every 4 hours or go back to kj6 aosp and deal with that annoying sound ..
stephen_w said:
Weird issue. I know you didn't mention it in the OP, but are you over or under-clocking at all?
I'm somewhat with airflup on this - it seems to be a hardware issue. I am saying that based on the fact that I've not heard of anyone else having this issue on GB ROMs. It could be something funky with one of the chips in the phone but only manifests in the GB ROMs. It's weird but not unheard of.
I've not attempted this so someone tell me I'm an idiot for thinking about this, but what if you flash a stock GB ROM followed by the modem from KD1 or whatever Froyo ROM you're using to see if the problem is still there?
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Kernel is stock no under nor overclocked, btw what's the modem's role on the galaxy s 4g can this be the issue, I have never changed it but what if I do, can it help in any way, thank for all the help...
The modem is the radio for your phone to communicate with the cellular service. People change the modem file to see if they get better speeds in their area. Check the dev section, there's a whole thread containing just the modem files to flash.
I don't know if it will makea difference but it certainly couldn't hurt to try.
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[Q] All apps force close on boot, even after wiping and flashing stock

I was running a stock backup, when I decided to try installing Tweaked 2.0 (via ODIN). That didn't work (I watched the boot animation for a long time, and I don't think it ever got up and running; maybe just rebooted over and over).
Anyway, since Tweaked 2.0 didn't work, I installed TweakStock 1.4 via ODIN, which I have done before and had success with. This also didn't work.
And yes, I wiped data, cache, and Dalvik cache when I installed these ROMs.
So, I installed Clockwork Recovery, and had it restore an update, which I have had zero problems with in the past. This time, the restore completed, but when I restarted and got into the OS, *everything* force closed immediately -- even stuff that couldn't possibly be running. After dealing with many freezes while attempting to dismiss this dialog, the radio would lose and regain connection, and I received no updates (e.g. new texts, emails), and the OS eventually became unusable.
What can I possibly do? I have tried clearing data, cache, Dalvik cache, and flashing with stock roms and modified roms, but nothing works: everything results in the situation above.
I know this seems like a duplicate thread, but none of the other threads I found addressed my specific issue, and none of the fixes worked.
Can anyone help point me in the right direction?
U r flash dancing between roms where one is fp1 n the other is ep4. If u flashed tweaked2.0 on a ep4 kernel its not gna work.
Cwm recovery never works so thts not a surprise.
My suggestion would be to go the post called "how to fix ur phone" flash back to stock using the .pit file. From there boot up ur phone, do the ota update to fp1. Then odin cwm n flash tweaked 2.0
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I've installed imnuts' EP4 (Android 2.3) ROM, along with the PIT file, and still had these issues. I can try it again when I get home, but I'm not optimistic.
Do I need to install a kernel or modem or something independent of these ROM flashes?
Well unless the rom says it has a kernel included, it doest. Im thinkin u may have flashed a fp1 rom on an ep4 kernel or vice versa. The flashing back to stock n using the pit file should at least get u runnin on stock ep4 again. After that, if u want to stay ep4 u have to flash tweaked 1.5, or update ur kernel to stock fp1 or the pjb fp1 kernel in which case u can flash tweaked 2.0
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I've tried flashing with stock ROMs and kernels (EP4 at the last attempt, from imnuts.org), and absolutely nothing works. Assuming I get the phone to boot all the way up, once the Setup Wizard is finally displayed, I start getting tons of seemingly random Force Stop messages -- including for the Setup Wizard itself.
Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with my phone? Is there something that these flashes are missing that needs to be fixed? Is it a hardware malfunction?
when u flashed in Odin, u put the ROM in the PDA slot, correct? I've messed up flashes a bunch of times and I just follow the "How to fix your phone" post and it always gets it up and running again. Maybe you have something on ur sd card that is screwin stuff up. Try flashing back to stock (with pit) without ur sd card in the phone.
cnoevl21, thank you for all your attention. I did try just booting without the SD card in now, just to see what would happen. That didn't change anything. I'll take it out completely, along with the SIM card, and reflash.
edit: Yes I used the PDA slot I'm very paranoid about it!
Use Samsung PST to flash an OTA stock (stock, not rooted or debloated or anything) and repartition with the PIT. If it keeps happening keep trying-eventually it goes away. I've had this problem several times.
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[Q] trying to upgrade to newer os

so I am rooted and have superuser access. trying to get ics on this thing and from what ive read you have to go to gb then to ics. so i downloaded cm7 to get to ginger bread. everything flashed fine but when rebooting from recovery its just hanging at the samsung logo. sorry if i sound like a noob. im really not, i just have a galaxy nexus so i haven't rooted a non nexus phone in a very long time. especially one still running froyo. any info would be a huge help
kendall316 said:
so I am rooted and have superuser access. trying to get ics on this thing and from what ive read you have to go to gb then to ics. so i downloaded cm7 to get to ginger bread. everything flashed fine but when rebooting from recovery its just hanging at the samsung logo. sorry if i sound like a noob. im really not, i just have a galaxy nexus so i haven't rooted a non nexus phone in a very long time. especially one still running froyo. any info would be a huge help
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Have you tried booting back into recovery and flashing the same rom once more?
Also, did you make sure to wipe all data, cache, dalvik cache and such before flashing the rom?
My suggestion: use heimdall one-click uclb3, and preferably also flash GB bootloaders (to avoid rainbows in ics or jb recovery). Flash Entropy's dd kernel which will give you red cwm, and from there you are ready to flash ICS.
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Ryo Misaki said:
Have you tried booting back into recovery and flashing the same rom once more?
Also, did you make sure to wipe all data, cache, dalvik cache and such before flashing the rom?
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yes to both
kendall316 said:
yes to both
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No luck? =(
Give Andros' suggestion a go. Even with bootloops, you can still put your Infuse in Download Mode to use Hemdall or Odin.
Ryo Misaki said:
No luck? =(
Give Andros' suggestion a go. Even with bootloops, you can still put your Infuse in Download Mode to use Hemdall or Odin.
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Before you go and bite my head off, listen
first time i was upgrading a rom, i thought i was at a samsung boot logo freeze, and it took my phone around 20 minutes to fully upgrade, if this isnt your problem, then i miss understood, and recently, ive started using odin, and it is much easier than using the cmw
Reading and research is always the answer to everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1700416

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