Samsung Galaxy S stuck at bootloop

Question

I've bricked my old Galaxy S (GT-I9000) into a bootloop.

Trying to fix that, I've uploaded Semaphore's ClockworkMod Recovery to my device successfully via Linux.

However, when I press VUP+POWER+HOME, I get to the boot screen and it keeps flashing without booting into recovery mode.

Download mode works fine.

What can I do to restore the functionality of my device?

martinkem · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-15 15:59:40Z

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You should try flashing a stock rom on your Galaxy S with Odin.

answered Jun 15 '13 at 15:59

martinkem

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I don't have Windows at the moment, and apparently Odin doesn't work with Linux.
– jcora
Jun 15 '13 at 16:10
Checking the Odin tag-wiki here, you can find an alternative working on Linux as well: Heimdall (again a tag-wiki here ;)
– Izzy ♦
Jun 15 '13 at 16:25

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jcora · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-15 16:13:05Z

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Basically I flashed zImage from FixRecovery.tar and removed my SIM (Don't know why that works, it's probably not required).

answered Jun 15 '13 at 16:13

jcora

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Is that safe? Will it change your official ROM? Will it wipe any data on your phone - contacts, SMS, photos, etc.? I am new in this stuff.
– anar khalilov
Mar 16 '14 at 18:10
@Anar don't know man. Follow at your own risk. My phone is dead now, for other reasons though. But yeah that changes the "official ROM", and always backup when you're messing with ROMs.
– jcora
Mar 16 '14 at 18:23

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