[Q] About Firmware Update - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have some problem with Kies so I can't update my Mobile firmware using Kies.How to update my mobile Firmware using Odin.I will change to Official update only so After using Odin can I get back to Kies again?

In short yes. But not if your phone is rooted.

KennyLegend said:
In short yes. But not if your phone is rooted.
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I have not rooted it..Can you say how to update my mobile

Raviteja_HYD said:
I have not rooted it..Can you say how to update my mobile
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I would stay with official kies updates if you are a noob. Try kies on another pc maybe or update the drivers.
If you really want to use other methods I'd search the forum for guides.
I wouldn't be a suitable candidate to advise you.

KennyLegend said:
I would stay with official kies updates if you are a noob. Try kies on another pc maybe or update the drivers.
If you really want to use other methods I'd search the forum for guides.
I wouldn't be a suitable candidate to advise you.
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I think you are right I will try it on PC (XP) ..It failed in laptop (Windows 7).

Raviteja_HYD said:
I have some problem with Kies so I can't update my Mobile firmware using Kies.How to update my mobile Firmware using Odin.I will change to Official update only so After using Odin can I get back to Kies again?
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If you use the official firmware for your country, rooted or not, KIES will function normally. I wonder where a lot of the BS being written online about using KIES and rooting causing KIES not to work properly comes from.

Intratech said:
If you use the official firmware for your country, rooted or not, KIES will function normally. I wonder where a lot of the BS being written online about using KIES and rooting causing KIES not to work properly comes from.
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My Problem with Kies is it download's Firmware than it shows preparing for upgrade and after 10-20 seconds I get error saying Kies Firmware up grader has stopped working and it give 2 options saying click here to check solution for problem 2nd option is close.When I close it and try again it gave same problem.I have restarted laptop,re-Installed Kies, did factory reset in mobile

Raviteja_HYD said:
My Problem with Kies is it download's Firmware than it shows preparing for upgrade and after 10-20 seconds I get error saying Kies Firmware up grader has stopped working and it give 2 options saying click here to check solution for problem 2nd option is close.When I close it and try again it gave same problem.I have restarted laptop,re-Installed Kies, did factory reset in mobile
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Hi,
Don't use KIES for updates.
Use ODIN3 1.85
Look for the HOW TO, and for downloading your official firmware here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
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sicopat said:
Hi,
Don't use KIES for updates.
Use ODIN3 1.85
Look for the HOW TO, and for downloading your official firmware here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
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Ok Thanks,I will read it..Do I need to be in download Mode to update my Firmware from Kies?

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Unable to Update SGS2

I am trying to update Firmware using Kies but I have a Problem.When ever it tries to update Laptop gives a Error saying KiesUpdater is Not Responding.I have restarted Laptop and Mobile still Same Problem.Please say how to fix it.
Raviteja_HYD said:
I am trying to update Firmware using Kies but I have a Problem.When ever it tries to update Laptop gives a Error saying KiesUpdater is Not Responding.I have restarted Laptop and Mobile still Same Problem.Please say how to fix it.
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I am also trying to update my mobile but still couldnt do it??? how could this be solved?
jjegan2111 said:
I am also trying to update my mobile but still couldnt do it??? how could this be solved?
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I have no Idea
Can Any One Help Me?
I had a different problem with updating through KIES, but all the same, Odin flashing is the best way to go.
Have you all got the latest version of Kies? I believe there was a sizeable update recently. I can't really advise more than that as I get updates from here and use Odin.
johncmolyneux said:
Have you all got the latest version of Kies? I believe there was a sizeable update recently. I can't really advise more than that as I get updates from here and use Odin.
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I have latest version of Kies.
Raviteja_HYD said:
I have latest version of Kies.
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what is the latest version that you have?
zabihjan said:
what is the latest version that you have?
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Ver.2.0.1.11053_99
Same problem, that I am facing. Latest kies as well. Seems like kies is the worst software ever designed in the history of mankind.
Any simpler way to update the phone. Does ODIN require root?
androidsos said:
Same problem, that I am facing. Latest kies as well. Seems like kies is the worst software ever designed in the history of mankind.
Any simpler way to update the phone. Does ODIN require root?
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Yes Kies is 100% Worst ..If you use ODIN Once you cant use Kies (Official Firmware Updater) till you get back to Official Firmware again (The One you got with Mobile)
Any One Know How to Fix it?
androidsos said:
Same problem, that I am facing. Latest kies as well. Seems like kies is the worst software ever designed in the history of mankind.
Any simpler way to update the phone. Does ODIN require root?
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Does ODIN require root? Not to install stock firmware .
jje
Raviteja_HYD said:
Yes Kies is 100% safe ..If you use ODIN Once you cant use Kies (Official Firmware Updater) till you get back to Official Firmware again (The One you got with Mobile)
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Its never been 100% safe .
If Product codes etc are matching \a firmware on Kies then you can update .
jje
JJEgan said:
Its never been 100% safe .
If Product codes etc are matching \a firmware on Kies then you can update .
jje
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*Facepalm* I was thinking I typed 100% Worst ...

[Q] Kies update firmware is blocked

I was updating the phone with Kies, and the update is locked at 49% while the phone is in downloading mode.
What should I do?
wait kies can brick your device
Are you looking to me?? i have an chinese ARMY !! (-(-(-.-)-)-)
lollazzo said:
I was updating the phone with Kies, and the update is locked at 49% while the phone is in downloading mode.
What should I do?
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Wait...Wait...And Wait....
Kies is a *****,it will brick your phone if you interrupt the upgrade process
Prawesome said:
Wait...Wait...And Wait....
Kies is a *****,it will brick your phone if you interrupt the upgrade process
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help my phone
lollazzo said:
help my phone
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approximately how much time its been locked??
One hour .
Wrong place for this thread.
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lollazzo said:
One hour .
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probably its tooooooooo late for this thing.... my advice would be reboot the phone as no update takes one hour..
if your phone boots fine then good.. keep usb connected to phone and kies
when you will reboot kies will show you to have firmware recovery or do it manually.. and your phone will be updated with firmware you just downloaded..
this happened with me also when i was upgrading from froyo to GB and that worked
and from next time onwards do post in general section
I kill the process and install firmware recovery, tnx
The phone have 2.3.3 version, Kies says that is the latest version. How to upgrade to 2.3.5?
lollazzo said:
I kill the process and install firmware recovery, tnx
The phone have 2.3.3 version, Kies says that is the latest version. How to upgrade to 2.3.5?
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USe odin
Are you looking to me?? i have an chinese ARMY !! (-(-(-.-)-)-)
lollazzo said:
I kill the process and install firmware recovery, tnx
The phone have 2.3.3 version, Kies says that is the latest version. How to upgrade to 2.3.5?
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Yep..Use Odin,the reason Kies is saying that 2.3.3 is the latest firmware,is because its not out in your region yet

How do i get Kies to update.....

my phone? it wont update it at all.... it says "Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies"
I did update it ages ago with odin to XWKJ3
How can i get Kies to update it again?
Cheers
Then you use ODIN to update simple as that . You no longer have the correct codes for KIES server to match to an update .
jje
i've got the same problem
JJEgan said:
Then you use ODIN to update simple as that . You no longer have the correct codes for KIES server to match to an update .
jje
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there is no way to get the kiesprefered codes back to my phone? (with wipe/official software etc...?)
flunkyou2 said:
my phone? it wont update it at all.... it says "Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies"
I did update it ages ago with odin to XWKJ3
How can i get Kies to update it again?
Cheers
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Nectilion said:
i've got the same problem
there is no way to get the kiesprefered codes back to my phone? (with wipe/official software etc...?)
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Depends on what region your phone belongs to download and flash the latest ROM released for your region and you are good to go
You can get the boxed ROM and the latest through this website
http://fus.nanzen.se/
Use intratech's thread for flashing the stock boxed or latest ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
nope cant get it to update! its doing my head-in.... My phone is open on all networks and not locked so i have no clue what software to use!
flunkyou2 said:
nope cant get it to update! its doing my head-in.... My phone is open on all networks and not locked so i have no clue what software to use!
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Sounds like you will need the xeu rom then

Unrooting my Phone

Hi all Mizzeeboy here
I just wanted to know if it would be ok to unroot my phone:good: then update as I rooted my phone to unlock it so I could avoid a fee.If I unroot i9300 would I be able to download all other samsung updates from kies all right without my network being f**ked because I have an update for my phone on kies and i'm eager to update but I wanted to ask the experts so i'm sure of what i'm doing.
Thanks
mizzeeboy said:
Hi all Mizzeeboy here
I just wanted to know if it would be ok to unroot my phone:good: then update as I rooted my phone to unlock it so I could avoid a fee.If I unroot i9300 would I be able to download all other samsung updates from kies all right without my network being f**ked because I have an update for my phone on kies and i'm eager to update but I wanted to ask the experts so i'm sure of what i'm doing.
Thanks
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Why do you want to use kies? Just use ODIN to flash new roms...
klm67637 said:
Why do you want to use kies? Just use ODIN to flash new roms...
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I would like to use kies as I think they do more official updates than odin don't get me wrong odin is a sick program but I would like to stick with kies as I broke my old s1 with odin and do not want to have a new problem.
But do you know if I unroot and upgrade ? will my network be locked again?
How did you unlock your phone?
bunglebp said:
How did you unlock your phone?
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I manually changed the efs folder with the file which needed to be replaced i also used voodoo unlock
mizzeeboy said:
I manually changed the efs folder with the file which needed to be replaced i also used voodoo unlock
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Voodoo unlock requires ROOT so im guessing not, you could backup your efs then restore it once you've upgraded maybe
mizzeeboy said:
I would like to use kies as I think they do more official updates than odin don't get me wrong odin is a sick program but I would like to stick with kies as I broke my old s1 with odin and do not want to have a new problem.
But do you know if I unroot and upgrade ? will my network be locked again?
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Neither kies nor Odin does the upgrade..samsung releases the upgrades..on kies you will have to wait for the updates to be pushed by Sammy..using Odin you can download the update from Sammobile/samsung-updates and update any time you want..
by the way..Odin will not mess with your phone if you perform the steps correctly..Kies took around 50 seconds on my PC to open up..Odin does that in 5 seconds...
though there are some advantages of kies as well..such as backup and recover but for me..Odin trumps Kies
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I would like to use kies as I think they do more official updates than odin
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WHAT?!?!
They are the exact same firmwares, kies is just one way of getting the exact same firmware that you get from samfirmware.com. THE EXACT SAME, JUST AS OFFICIAL.
In fact you can get more recent firmware from samfirmware than what you will get from kies. (If your CSC isn't BTU)
Forget about kies and use Odin.
More official.....SMH....
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nodstuff said:
WHAT?!?!
They are the exact same firmwares, kies is just one way of getting the exact same firmware that you get from samfirmware.com. THE EXACT SAME, JUST AS OFFICIAL.
In fact you can get more recent firmware from samfirmware than what you will get from kies. (If your CSC isn't BTU)
Forget about kies and use Odin.
More official.....SMH....
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Thanks for that information but could you give me some sort of guide of odin and how to use it as I hate it a lot after what it did to my old phone which was my own fault anyway.
And no one still has'nt answered my question regarding the unroot and my mobile network being locked
mizzeeboy said:
Thanks for that information but could you give me some sort of guide of odin and how to use it as I hate it a lot after what it did to my old phone which was my own fault anyway.
And no one still has'nt answered my question regarding the unroot and my mobile network being locked
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A complete guide with pictures is in the stickies in the general section..
Here you go..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26530736
Next time try searching a bit more. .
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Thanks for that information but could you give me some sort of guide of odin and how to use it as I hate it a lot after what it did to my old phone which was my own fault anyway.
And no one still has'nt answered my question regarding the unroot and my mobile network being locked
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Odin is simple, boot into download mode (vol down+home+power) connect to computer with Odin open (kies closed and removed from system tray) put package in PDA, make sure repartition is NOT ticked and press start.
If you use Odin properly it won't damage anything.
Yes, depending on how you unlocked it there is a chance it will be locked again, Samsung blocked the method that voodoo unlock uses in the updates after XXBLG1.
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Will Sammobile firmwares receive OTA?

this may sound like an absolute NOOB Question but i had a rooted S3 and for some reason it was acting terrible
i therefore downloaded a stock firmware from sammobile and flashed it using odin
i was just wondering if i can still get OTA Updates or Kies
i ask this because when i connect it to kies it says "your device does not support upgrading through Kies" ( this is when using the USB cable that came with the phone, but if i use a USB cable that goes with any other phone it says "Current version Etc"
many thanks Jack
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858813
For all your jellybean discussion
JJEgan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858813
For all your jellybean discussion
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So are you some kind of a wizard ? he didnt state that he was using jellybean. ANY WAYS.
Op, if your using a stock firmware from sammobile then yes you will receive OTA updates.
EDIT : If your device doesn't get detected from kies you probably didn't choose the correct firmware for your phone or the CSC is wrong follow this video to restore it to completely http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_8Tga_yKywc
You need to download the firmware for your region, then kies will detect your phone.
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I flashed the firmware BTU, my S3 is an unlocked version, international and i flashed one of them (not JB)
Please jb now!!
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I did the exact same thing. Flashed BTU then kies gave me the same error. You need to change your CSC to BTU also. Then you will be able to upgrade via kies or OTA. Be warned though changing the CSC causes a complete wipe of all data and apps etc.
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I always just flash the generic UK FW and always get the OTA notification in the notification bar.
Another question:
I have a branded S3 (so not unlocked) and ive flashed the stock LH1 ROM to it, so now my CSC is unbranded (but matches my country)
so my question is, will i get OTA updates in the future?
After connecting to KIES i get the "this is the latest firmware version" message, so not the "your device does not support upgrading through Kies" message.
This means its OK?
JackHanAnLG said:
this may sound like an absolute NOOB Question but i had a rooted S3 and for some reason it was acting terrible
i therefore downloaded a stock firmware from sammobile and flashed it using odin
i was just wondering if i can still get OTA Updates or Kies
i ask this because when i connect it to kies it says "your device does not support upgrading through Kies" ( this is when using the USB cable that came with the phone, but if i use a USB cable that goes with any other phone it says "Current version Etc"
many thanks Jack
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If it's stock firmware for your specific device and region, it will work.
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I always just flash the generic UK FW and always get the OTA notification in the notification bar.
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I have an unbranded one and I have never got an OTA notification I have to update through Kies (or Odin) never found the problem, went to a service centre and all they said when I show them the error OTA throws out is to reflash (well of course they said they would do it)
Sorry for hijacking he thread
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Sorry to be a pain but how do i change my CSC? Also, BTU has to be the one im using because all the other options are Ukrange, vodafone Etc :')
I've noticed when you root your device you will not get the ota because your device status is modified
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Blush91 said:
I've noticed when you root your device you will not get the ota because your device status is modified
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Re flashing a stock rom will change modified status to normal.
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