can i upgrade my froyo into gingerbread without even rooting my phone?. when i connect my phone to a computer, and then the samsung kies tells me that there is no any firmware version upgrade available for my phone.. anyone can help?
depends on which phone you are using. if it is a captivate on att the lady said that when the update is available you will get an over the air update message
You will only be able to update your phone without rooting when the manufacturer and your carrier decide you can
my phone is Glaxy i9000 S. not the captivate nor wifi. the SuperAMOLED one.
and how will i know if my manufacturer and carrier if they allow me to upgrade?
nieohl said:
how will i know if my manufacturer and carrier if they allow me to upgrade?
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You will receive a notification saying that an update is available.
nieohl said:
my phone is Glaxy i9000 S. not the captivate nor wifi. the SuperAMOLED one.
and how will i know if my manufacturer and carrier if they allow me to upgrade?
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Or you can alternatively downloade the gingerbread rom for your region/country's device from www.samfirmware.com and flash it manually using Odin Multidownloader ...
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Hi,
I just bought S3 GTI9300 unlocked phone from amazon and this being my second phone and to save some dollars i am going with prepaid option and NO data plan.
Samsung USA Support say that they won't support this phone as it is not manufactured in US and probably Kies may not detect any software upgrades.
Can some one confirm the same and in case if it is true then what are my options for upgrades with out a Data plan when Andriod 4.1 - Jelly Bean is released for S3.
Appreciate your help on this.
You can flash whatever custom rom you like when jb hits.. There will be stock roms from samfirmware etc to just download and flash with odin, no worries
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Thank You
Thank you very much for your reply and advice .I will open the package now
it's international sgs3. sure there will be stock rom for OUR device for JB.
Kies or OTA should recognize the phone and offer firmware updates .
Firmware will be for the original product code and location ..
jje
It worked.
Hi JJEgan,
I opened the package today and inserted the prepaid sim card and it worked and moreover in an hour I was able to connect to Kies thru home wifi and it detected the software upgrades and applied 24MB of the same.
Thank You for your post and it worked as you mentioned.Can you please clarify if Jelly Bean will also be detected the same way as it detected the firmware or they are both different.
Appreciate your help on this.
vravik said:
Hi JJEgan,
I opened the package today and inserted the prepaid sim card and it worked and moreover in an hour I was able to connect to Kies thru home wifi and it detected the software upgrades and applied 24MB of the same.
Thank You for your post and it worked as you mentioned.Can you please clarify if Jelly Bean will also be detected the same way as it detected the firmware or they are both different.
Appreciate your help on this.
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You will get the JB update when it comes out. And this will be available on KIES as well as OTA(if Samsung releases it OTA as well). It does not matter where you Galaxy S3 is located, it only matters where it is from.
Thank you very much
Thank you for your response.That really answered my main concern about buying a international unlocked phone.
Note:In my previous reply i mentioned Kies but actually update was from OTA.
Hi guys...
Well today I first time used Kies. It was just for curiosity as I do all things via Odin.
However, I encountered strange thing. My SGS II got upgrade (from 4.0.3 >4.0.4), which is strange as Software Update in the phone kept saying No Update. So I let it do the business and the plugged in my SGS III and surprise : NOT SUPPORTED via Kies.
Not a big deal, as I said using Odin, but it's strange , isn't, that newest device and not supported.
Anyone had similar "experience" ???
Attached pics from both devices.
Note : noticed that the SIM lock status code ( *#7465625#) doesn't work anymore on both phones. Is there something "hidden" in 4.0.4 fw?
Do you have a custom rom installed? Because I had kies installed from when I had my sgs 1 and plugged in my gs 3 and it worked no problems ,offered to update my firmware but I did it OTA with wifi.
The only time I have seen the problem that your having is when i had custom or roms from another country installed, Unless your kies installation is corrupted which I doubt because it is working for your sgs2.
I also updated my s3 with no problems via kies before I custom I applied custom Rom perhaps try reinstalling kies/check for updates
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ralliart3 said:
Do you have a custom rom installed? Because I had kies installed from when I had my sgs 1 and plugged in my gs 3 and it worked no problems ,offered to update my firmware but I did it OTA with wifi.
The only time I have seen the problem that your having is when i had custom or roms from another country installed, Unless your kies installation is corrupted which I doubt because it is working for your sgs2.
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Hi, no custom ROM installed. I got my S III from Vodafone. What I did straight out of box was flashing generic (not branded) ROM via Odin. Phone is OK, with great battery life, however I noticed another thing - it's working on G rather than H+ (I have full coverage)...
zaware said:
I also updated my s3 with no problems via kies before I custom I applied custom Rom perhaps try reinstalling kies/check for updates
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Kies is up to date. when run it it came up with New version notification so I updated it prior to upgrading phones.
aspot72 said:
Hi, no custom ROM installed. I got my S III from Vodafone. What I did straight out of box was flashing generic (not branded) ROM via Odin. Phone is OK, with great battery life, however I noticed another thing - it's working on G rather than H+ (I have full coverage)...
And another thing, with S II... After updating with Kies its serial number is all 0's...
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May be flashing the rebranded version is causing this. There has to be some mis-match happening. Kies simply wouldn't say that simply.
By serial number, you mean IMEI???
123shree said:
May be flashing the rebranded version is causing this. There has to be some mis-match happening. Kies simply wouldn't say that simply.
By serial number, you mean IMEI???
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Hi, no IMEI is ok thanks God :angel: , but serial number is changed. It's in the About phone - Status - and scroll down. It's second last option...
Kies and Mountain Lion
I purchased a new galaxy S3 yesterday, 4 August to compare this device against my iPhone 4s.
I downloaded the latest version of Kies from Samsung's site and attempted to install it on my iMac running the Mountain Lion OS.
It would not load and came up with a message that Kies for MAC only supports up to OS 10.7
I have Googled the problem and it seems to be a common problem on ML 10.8
Hopefully Samsung come up with an update a.s.a.p
Any suggestions?
can't backup gs3 with Kies, it stucks when the backup starts. any suggestions?
I tried to update kies, it happens with stock rom too.
ralliart3 said:
Do you have a custom rom installed? Because I had kies installed from when I had my sgs 1 and plugged in my gs 3 and it worked no problems ,offered to update my firmware but I did it OTA with wifi.
The only time I have seen the problem that your having is when i had custom or roms from another country installed, Unless your kies installation is corrupted which I doubt because it is working for your sgs2.
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Man, you was right . The problem was that I had ROM for different country (NEE). Now flashed latest ROM with correct country code (BTU) and all OK. Kies recognized the phone and confirmed it has the latest official ROM available.Right now doing Restore to see if Kies can be usefull in the future
oookram said:
can't backup gs3 with Kies, it stucks when the backup starts. any suggestions?
I tried to update kies, it happens with stock rom too.
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Its not stuck , depends on the size of your stuff it may look as "frozen" but need few minutes... My back up is about 9.8 GB and it took 5-7 minutes to start back up process. Same for restore...
basilrsa said:
I purchased a new galaxy S3 yesterday, 4 August to compare this device against my iPhone 4s.
I downloaded the latest version of Kies from Samsung's site and attempted to install it on my iMac running the Mountain Lion OS.
It would not load and came up with a message that Kies for MAC only supports up to OS 10.7
I have Googled the problem and it seems to be a common problem on ML 10.8
Hopefully Samsung come up with an update a.s.a.p
Any suggestions?
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You answered your own question
Kies supports MAC til 10.7 and Lion is 10.8... So only thing you need is patience till Samsung release update which is compatible with Mac ML.
But why you need Kies??? Just used it first time today, but not impressed. Did back up, but Restore "missed" apps, however the rest is ok (pics, music etc).
If you wanna flash different/custom ROM use Odin...
Hi,
I have a SGS2 handset that I bought from India which has CSC set as INU. Now, I am in US for a few weeks using AT&T sim card and recently found out that a new firmware update has been released for my handset. I was trying to update it using Kies but got the error that my device does not support firmware update via Kies.
Now, there are 2 cases:
1. If this is because I am in US and my CSC is for India, Kies is not letting me update.. then either I can wait for a while, go back to India and update it. Or, please suggest me if there is a way to tell KIES to use INU code for updating this handset?
2. If there is some other issue, then I would want to resolve that right now instead of waiting.
Can someone please suggest me if it's 1 or 2? Any suggestions would be most welcome.
I know ODIN is an option but I prefer to use KIES.
Thanks.
crypticlight said:
Hi,
I have a SGS2 handset that I bought from India which has CSC set as INU. Now, I am in US for a few weeks using AT&T sim card and recently found out that a new firmware update has been released for my handset. I was trying to update it using Kies but got the error that my device does not support firmware update via Kies.
Now, there are 2 cases:
1. If this is because I am in US and my CSC is for India, Kies is not letting me update.. then either I can wait for a while, go back to India and update it. Or, please suggest me if there is a way to tell KIES to use INU code for updating this handset?
2. If there is some other issue, then I would want to resolve that right now instead of waiting.
Can someone please suggest me if it's 1 or 2? Any suggestions would be most welcome.
I know ODIN is an option but I prefer to use KIES.
Thanks.
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Go to sammobile.com, create an account there and download a firmware from the US.. since OTA updates are region-wise.
After downloading the file, you will get a .zip file.. when you extract it, you will get a .tar file
flash via Odin..
Put your phone to download mode and put the .tar you just extracted to PDA
Cheers!
You may love Odin. It's much more secure
crypticlight said:
Hi,
I have a SGS2 handset that I bought from India which has CSC set as INU. Now, I am in US for a few weeks using AT&T sim card and recently found out that a new firmware update has been released for my handset. I was trying to update it using Kies but got the error that my device does not support firmware update via Kies.
Now, there are 2 cases:
1. If this is because I am in US and my CSC is for India, Kies is not letting me update.. then either I can wait for a while, go back to India and update it. Or, please suggest me if there is a way to tell KIES to use INU code for updating this handset?
2. If there is some other issue, then I would want to resolve that right now instead of waiting.
Can someone please suggest me if it's 1 or 2? Any suggestions would be most welcome.
I know ODIN is an option but I prefer to use KIES.
Thanks.
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Just dont do anything.Why are people like you hellbent on updating.Do you think you are missing out on something free.
I wonder if any of them athletes that were over here for the Olympics updated their Samsungs.
Thanks for the suggestions.
I got this resolved few days back and figured what the issue was so wanted to drop a line. Actually, I was trying different modems few months back and had installed a different one than what Kies was expecting and hence I was getting that error. I had completely forgotten about it and then one of my friend reminded me about it.. I switched back to the original modem and Kies agreed to update my phone's fw.
I do like Odin but since I haven't used it much and still have my phone under warranty, I prefer to stick to standard methods.
Hi i need ur help. I just bought a GAlaxy Beam gi-i8530 and it is unlocked to any carrier. I read that it can be upgraded to ICS. My current android version is 2.3.6 Gingerbread and i wanted to know how can I upgrade my galaxy beam.
juank2507 said:
Hi i need ur help. I just bought a GAlaxy Beam gi-i8530 and it is unlocked to any carrier. I read that it can be upgraded to ICS. My current android version is 2.3.6 Gingerbread and i wanted to know how can I upgrade my galaxy beam.
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You could update you Rom on the official way.
Install Samsung kies on your pc and connect your device with the pc. Kies should guide you through the update.
You can also
juank2507 said:
Hi i need ur help. I just bought a GAlaxy Beam gi-i8530 and it is unlocked to any carrier. I read that it can be upgraded to ICS. My current android version is 2.3.6 Gingerbread and i wanted to know how can I upgrade my galaxy beam.
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You can aslo go the unofficial way and try custom roms!!!!:laugh::laugh::laugh:
GB<ICS<Jelly Bean<CM10
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You could update you Rom on the official way.
Install Samsung kies on your pc and connect your device with the pc. Kies should guide you through the update.
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i tried doing it but it says that no update have been found and I researched that the galaxy beam can be upgraded to ICS
juank2507 said:
i tried doing it but it says that no update have been found and I researched that the galaxy beam can be upgraded to ICS
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If kies says that there is no update available it means that the ics update is probably not released in your country.
You could wait till its official available or take the unofficial way and flash a custom rom.
use unofficial ways like installing cyanogenmod.. the kies update comes with touchwiz wich sux for me.. dont know about you...
Hello guys, i Recently bought an at&t Alpha G850A used phone in Pakistand. Everything is perfect except its not updating when i go to about device section BUILD NUMBER is KTU84P.G850AUCU1ANH8 Whereas at&t has released an update for this phone which is BUILD NUMBER G850AUCU1ANL1. When i try to update it searches for the update for some time and then says update interrupted there is no new update for your device try again in 24 hours.
Q1) Is it because i am using it on MOBILINK NETWORK (Its a local network in pakistan) ? do i have to be on at&t sim to update?
Q2) Is there anyway i can update it manually?
*note i have already tried updating after factory reset.
Any help will be appreciated.
dork997 said:
Hello guys, i Recently bought an at&t Alpha G850A used phone in Pakistand. Everything is perfect except its not updating when i go to about device section BUILD NUMBER is KTU84P.G850AUCU1ANH8 Whereas at&t has released an update for this phone which is BUILD NUMBER G850AUCU1ANL1. When i try to update it searches for the update for some time and then says update interrupted there is no new update for your device try again in 24 hours.
Q1) Is it because i am using it on MOBILINK NETWORK (Its a local network in pakistan) ? do i have to be on at&t sim to update?
Q2) Is there anyway i can update it manually?
*note i have already tried updating after factory reset.
Any help will be appreciated.
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Try to update it via Kies or download it from http://sammobile.com and flash it via ODIN. Are you connected to any wi-fi network when you try to download the firmware or just cellular data?
aresbv2000 said:
Try to update it via Kies or download it from http://sammobile.com and flash it via ODIN. Are you connected to any wi-fi network when you try to download the firmware or just cellular data?
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I have tried Kies it says this is the latest software available whereas i know it is not.
2) I have tried both, wifi and cellular.
There are no firmwares for ALPHA SM-G850A on sam mobile........at&t variant has TERRIBLE support and no root yet. There was a guy who posted a possible root exploit here but nobody bothered so my guess is this device will soon be joining the list of those phones who were never rooted.
dork997 said:
I have tried Kies it says this is the latest software available whereas i know it is not.
2) I have tried both, wifi and cellular.
There are no firmwares for ALPHA SM-G850A on sam mobile........at&t variant has TERRIBLE support and no root yet. There was a guy who posted a possible root exploit here but nobody bothered so my guess is this device will soon be joining the list of those phones who were never rooted.
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Just a ideea....why don`t u flash the phone with SM-G850F firmware?
is it safe to do so? woudnt it brick the phone as the processors are different
Do not flash 850F firmware on 850A, there is too much diference between hardware in those phones. You will brick your phone!
Your phone is similar to :
SM-G850W for Canada
SM-G8508S for East & Southeast Asia
So maybe you can try to find can you flash software for those models...
Can anyone please confirm if i can flash the firmwares of SM-G850W for Canada or SM-G8508S on SM-G850A ?
dork997 said:
Can anyone please confirm if i can flash the firmwares of SM-G850W for Canada or SM-G8508S on SM-G850A ?
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did you tried flash with thath models? i cant update the same model
Can someone help us. We need a root and some roms