I've been upgrading firmwares and rooting without any problem. Only issue is, the rooting update that I use will delete all apps and data from my phone. Not sure if there is any rooting procedure that will not wipe the phone. I prefer clean installs, anyway, as most of my data is already in the cloud.

P/S - I use the ODIN 'CSC flash' method, not the update.zip method for my rooting process.

Moved from the original I9000DXJF4 to I9000XWJFF, then I9000XWJG1, then I9000XWJG3 and finally now on I9000XWJG5. All rooted with the same LeshaK rooter (from Samdroid forum, I think) file, Superuser_v1_CSC.tar.

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: Jul 18 2010, 03:19 PM

I bought my 16gb unit from a maxis centre for 2599. Am on digi smart plan package. The default video player plays any mkv up to 720p with ac3 audio (not dts).

With Rockplayer, i can even play RMVB videos smoothly. I've rooted my phone and its running jg5 firmware now, much better than the original Rom.

Man, this phone is so beautiful to use naked (minus case or screen protector). However, besides being a fingerprint magnet, the backside plastic scratches easily!

I've only had my phone either in my hand or in my pants pocket but already there are hairline scratches all over the backside - trying not to worry too much about it as long as the screen and the shiny sides don't get scratches. Backside can always be replaced, after all it's all 1 piece..

Hmm, not sure if the display is scratchproof glass, but it doesn't seem to scratch easily. Must think long and hard whether I want to put on an SP..

Anyone in the same boat as me, enjoying things without any protection, ahem?

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: Jul 20 2010, 12:51 AM

Thanks for the advice, bro. OK la, must place order for SP already then. MFOP here I come.

Yes. Modem connection via USB works well for me.

Yep, the mobile hotspot method also works. The good thing about this method is that you don't need to have Samsung Kies software installed to ensure the modem drivers for the phone are available on your computer. However, as mentioned, it's a major batt sucker!

update.zip must be in the root folder of the internal memory (/sdcard) and not on the external memory (/sdcard/sd = microSD card). I just successfully flashed up to Samset 1.2 ROM (themed, optimized, rooted JG5) without losing my apps and data with this method.

Me, I think I'll go 'naked' for now..

3GP is just the container. I think the video still HD (720p).

Guys and gals, the latest European firmware (probably not Samsung official, plus no Asian input support) I9000XWJM1 has a superb Task Manager.



Update - Sorry, resized the screenshots. Initially uploaded using Photobucket app for Android.

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: Jul 23 2010, 04:24 PM

I'm actually about to flash up to the Samset 1.5 custom ROM from JM1 (which I've rooted, btw, to make screenshots and other activities possible). Why, you ask? Well, my previous experience with JG5 and Samset 1.2c (customised over JG5) showed that the custom ROM was quicker overall.

OK, on to your questions

1. Not gone, but I get them less often than when I was on the stock firmware JF4. The lag was nearly gone when I executed lagfix script after upgrading to SamSet custom ROM.
2. Slight improvement (the phone lasts until around 11pm instead of dying around 8pm).
3. Haven't used GPS yet so I can't say if anything's been improved in this area.
4. Newer firmwares are generally less buggy, less laggy, less power hungry..

Screenshots from JM1-based custom ROM, SamSet 1.5

Yep, you need to be rooted first. I use an app called drocap2 to capture screenshots off the phone (to JPG or PNG files).

Another upgrade cycle ha ha. No worries, will wait for SamSet custom ROM based on this JM2 before I move up.

The file is still there, bro. I just tried to download again.

http://www.mediafire.com/?fy34f0hqvb0x65r

Will try to reupload/mirror it at megaupload.

Update : Here it is, Samset 1.5 at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OBQL6GIV

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: Jul 24 2010, 03:56 AM

Me too. I've only installed Kies because I needed the modem drivers so that I can tether my SGS as a modem to my laptop. Other than that, I just mount my memory as drives for file transfer and I use ODIN to flash to newer firmwares.

For contacts and calendar sync - I do it via the cloud with my gmail account.

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: Jul 26 2010, 01:43 PM

Maybe you can consider syncing Outlook with Gmail, then Gmail with phone.

Looks like a possible beta version. Don't care anyways, will probably try it once it's available for download

http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/apps/blog...-s-android-2-2-

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: Jul 28 2010, 06:38 AM

Yahoo!!

Applied mimocan's kernel-based lagfix on my phone (XWJM2, rooted with leshak's update.zip file) finally, after going through more than 50 pages (500+ posts) on the xda-developer forum.

My Quadrant benchmark score has moved up from 811 to 1735!!

OK, I actually removed my 8GB micro-SD card and plugged it into a USB card reader and partitioned and formatted from gparted (I booted my laptop into gparted using a live CD). Made first primary partition FAT32, and 2nd primary partition EXT4.

Installed the micro-SD into the phone then only used ODIN to apply the kernel fix.

Yes, upon reboot of the phone, the EXT4 partition was automatically mounted by the OS as '/disk'.

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Added on July 28, 2010, 6:49 pmYep, I am using ext4 as I'm already familiar with this filesystem format, with 2 computers at home running Ubuntu 10.04.

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Added on July 28, 2010, 6:52 pmThe one in the Android Market is free to download and use.

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Added on July 28, 2010, 6:59 pmEh, I don't see this JP2 firmware yet on http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/samsungi9000.htm . Where did you see it? Another site?

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: Jul 28 2010, 06:59 PM