[GUIDE] noob. EASY Bell I9000M galaxy S pre-ROOT with JP3 Froyo or stock rom

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Bell (canada) calls it Vibrant, but it's really I9000 with NAM.
anyways, I prepared some tutorial based on MODACA, Paul's JP3 rom (prerooted)
(Paul's original thread can be found here. http://alturl.com/bu6qh)

Before I begin, I would like to warn you.
I initially bought 2 phones but only one of the phone was able to go into "download mode"
this is very important because in case of emergency, this is the only way to revive the phone.
if your phone can't get into "download mode" by pressing "pwr, vol down, home" simultaneously, then
I advise you to
go back to the store and have it exchanged
go back to the store and have it exchanged
go back to the store and have it exchanged

When I went to the futureshop to excahnge the phone, I tried the phone right on the spot after the payment.
put the battery in, three button, if you see the download mode.
Take the phone.

Another way of quickly checking if the phone can go into download mode by pressing buttons vol down home pwr to turn on and see if it goes into the DL mode

IF your phone can't be in download mode and you don't feel like exchanging the phone.
please proceed to ALLGAMER's post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...23&postcount=2

===============One shot BETA froyo JP3 FW pre root===================
pre req, <samsung kies installed> <win7 64bit adb usb driver>
Steps: (download the link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9J6TYUKF unzip with 7zip)
1. put the battery into the galaxy S
2. Go into the download mode (mentioned above)
3. run Odin
4. select PIT 512 (included) chose radio, PDA, CSC and check repartition
5. connect the phone
6. FLASH!!!!!!
7. done

your phone is now rooted with latest JP3 FROYO.

I will post the video tutorial soon

I am currently using this phone on FIDO with sim unlocker that I bought 2 years ago from
dealextreme.com
it works with data, SMS, outbound calls
but I am having trouble receiving calls. (8outof 10 times, it goes directly into the voicemail)
this is not realated to the firmware but my faulty sim adapter.
I ordered an unlock code from unlockgenie (for 26$)
I will report once I get the unlock code.

========ROOT for STOCK ROM===========
(if you would rather wait for the real Froyo from samsung)

the attachment is the modified version for 2.1
I simply changed i9000 to i9000M
put the file in the SDCARD (not external SD card)
do vol up, home, pwr
chose to run update.zip

now you have rooted I9000M

===========tweak=================
do the following tweak
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749495

My score went up from 900~ to 1700~ woot!!!!

========AUG10th===================
Been using JP3 last couple of days with above once click patch.
the patch made huge difference.
Browser crashes time to time where there's heavy flash video.

missing incoming calls due to the unlock sim adapter,
outgoing and 3G works great
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Latest Adobe Flash
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NT2ER7HX
websites tend to crash less with the latest Flash beta 3
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64bit driver for ADB
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K5458W3G
Use drop box if you want to share your android phone with PC
http://db.tt/pGyW1E

for those who are worried about losing WCDMA850 band (850 3G frequency)
I can confirm that with JP3 rom, you will get the band depending on the area.
Although in the service menu, 850 band is not picked, my phone was on 850 3G band.

yes, like many others, i've found out my version of Bell, does not allow you to do the 3 button recovery mode

now i've to do it the long way via adb, but even so it's not showing up in the list of usb devices in adb.

but it works fine in win7 x64 + Kies and as a Mass Storage

not sure if it's something in Bell firmware did to block the phone to make it harder to hack

I cant extract the zip with winrar, it says its broken...

Originally Posted by audino

I cant extract the zip with winrar, it says its broken...

try 7zip, or you need to download it again, most likely your download was incomplete

Originally Posted by AllGamer

try 7zip, or you need to download it again, most likely your download was incomplete

Downloaded 2times, and tried 7zip -> same problem...

does this unlock the phone by any chance?

Mine just keeps rebooting when I hold down by pressing "pwr, vol down, home" simultaneously. I must be doing something wrong.. but I can get in download mode when connect to my computer and I use the Android development tools

I don't think swaping the phone is going to work for most people since the phone a store has are likey from the same lot.

Originally Posted by audino

Downloaded 2times, and tried 7zip -> same problem...

can anyone repack this?

Ive downloaded the file 3 times on 2 pc and the same issue with 7zip/winrar...

Originally Posted by TriC_101

Mine just keeps rebooting when I hold down by pressing "pwr, vol down, home" simultaneously. I must be doing something wrong.. but I can get in download mode when connect to my computer and I use the Android development tools

I don't think swaping the phone is going to work for most people since the phone a store has are likey from the same lot.

I got the Vibrant from Bell and have the same problem as you. I can't get into Download Mode not matter what I try. I can get the phone into Recovery Mode using the Android SDK though. How do you get into Download Mode using the SDK?

I successfully rooted my phone but now I am trying to get Froyo on it. Is it possible to use Rom Manager to flash to Android 2.2? I tried using the rom you linked but the file cannot be unzipped as others have mentioned.

Thanks