I was upgrading my Galaxy Ace from S5830DDKQ5 ## to S5830DDKQ6 ## but suddenly an error occurred while the firmware was being downloaded on Kies..
And suddenly a pop-up window appeared for Emergency Firmware Recovery... I selected it, and the recovery was carried out.. and when when i checked the version on my phone it was showing DDKQ6(latest version in India)..
I'm in a doubt how could the emergency recovery updated my phone to the latest version and that too it took just 2-3 minutes only(while it was taking around 30-40 mins when i was doing the regular updgrade)..
So, Is my phone completely upgraded to DDKQ6... Or is it just an improper upgrade with many of the files and features missing???
You know what, Odin flashes the phone in 2 and a half minutes.
you are lucky it doesnt take 30-40 minutes. if it is then your phone might be bricked
So, is it sure that a complete DDKQ6 package has been installed successfully..?? Cos i'm doubtful if the whole package was properly downloaded or not??
But don't you think if the firmware hadn't been downloaded fully then it shouldn't have completed the upgradation successfully ??
spare the hassle and headache, use odin instead of stupid kies. agree with jun hong, ur lucky enough it doesnt bricked ur device
So if the Current version of the android is shown as the latest version in my phone then it is sure that the phone has been upgraded successfully ?? And i shouldn't worry that the phone will not malfunction ??
Also i wanna ask - Are these Kies updates an Add-on updates or the complete Firmware gets downloaded and replaced??
that was the cause of still pursuing the update via kies..hehe..
odin was a friend of mine..^^
So what should i do... Is my phone perfectly right to be used ?? Or should i reinstall the firmware using Odin...??
varunmehta11 said:
So what should i do... Is my phone perfectly right to be used ?? Or should i reinstall the firmware using Odin...??
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I'd say go with Odin just to make sure.
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Having searched 2 days for a solution (and failed), I feel this forum is my last hope:
So finally Kies notified me that the 2.3.4 update is available for my phone. After backing up all my data I started the update process.
It took 3-4 times & one windows restart for Kies to successfully download the firmware and start the actual update of the phone - the android logo appeared on the phone and the blue progress bar started advancing.
Both Kies and the phone froze on 6% for two hours. So I disconnected the USB cable, removed the battery from the phone, switched it back on and the lovely phone-yellow exclamation-compute threesome appeared.
Kies suggested an emergency recovery which pretty much looked the same - this time it froze on 7%. Also tried doing the emergency recovery from a different PC.
I came across the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1293144
But I have no idea what my phone version is and how to choose which firmware to use (and obviously can't or don't know how to get this data out of my phone)
I do remember that the guy that sold me the phone said he buys them in Spain.
I'm really hopeless and will greatly appreciate any help that can be provided.
I also hate Kies.
read this thread, use odin and you can upgrade to 2.3.5 by using any of the KI or KJ firmware you like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
you are not limited to 2.3.4.
what country are you using the phone in?
I'm using it in Israel (but haven't installed any of the localized roms)
So it is ok to simply choose the last firmware under the original firmwares section:
XWKJ3
PDA:XWKJ3
PHONE: XXKI4
Date: 25/10/2011
Android 2.3.5
XEN (Netherlands)
Sorry for the dumb questions
yes, it is but need to input your data settings manually.
Thanks!
2.3.5 is up and running.
Hey there. First of all I'm sorry of my bad english.
So I bought Galaxy S3 2 weeks ago. I started phones camera and phone suddenly shut down (got bricked?) Phone is not rooted / flashed. It worked well until now. Phone has 24 months warranty/guarantee, so I dont want to lose it by manually flashing.
What happens? Look this video by me:
if embed not working use this: youtube.com/watch?v=W_PsHpAgSpI
*Volume down + menu + power button combination works, but there is no factory reset option*
Can you help me? What I can do?
If only way to rescue phone is to flash it, can you link me a tutorial and if I do it, can I upload phone via Kies anymore? Will it stay "official".
Fundamental element in order to be able to complete the update process of the Galaxy is to have a firmware entirely original. If you have on your phone a test version, root permissions enabled or a modified kernel installed (e.s , CF-Root) will be unable to update.
Kies in fact, in these cases will not be able to recognize the correct version of the software installed on the Galaxy s3.Finally, in order to be able to update without problems with the tool journal Samsung there is a requirement that many neglect themselves and to which do not lend themselves never attention.
Kies allows you to install updates only if the firmware currently installed on the device coincides with the one provided for your Product Code. For the person who has carried out a procedure of root In this case we can do nothing other than install the firmware manually through the tool Odin.Follow the guide Update firmware with odin ;http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
download firmware stock here;http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/
I am actually a Newbie to Linux & Android stuff...
I am from India & since a Month, My Phone SGS3(Current Version is 4.1.2) kept saying there's an OTA Update of 4.3 & I kept Postoning it till today...I have downloaded the Update, but I kept postponing it...
But, just today, I decided to do the OTA Update...
1) Phone had 37%-of-Battery when I started the Update...And ALSO I connected to the Power Source before starting the UPDATE & made sure the Phone was charging...
2) Exactly at 84% of the UPDATE (it was just around 2-Minutes after starting of the Update, so that means the 30%-odd Charging left is not a Problem I am sure), PHONE went BLANK & it did not Restart (or) do anything even after I waited for around 30-Minutes...It is Just SIMPLY-BLANK...
3) Now, when I disconnect & connect the Charger, there is no Indication of Charging also...
4) Now, When I Hold the POWER-button till the Samsung LOGO comes, it just goes BLANK again...Phone does not Load into the OS...
5) Now, KIES also not detecting the Phone...Also, I Re-installed Kies, but in vain...(Actually, many a times, KIES would not work for me, so I always used Phone Explorer to Backup the Data...I hardly use/used KIES)
Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help somebody...
Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Thanx in Advance
umakanth said:
I am actually a Newbie to Linux & Android stuff...
I am from India & since a Month, My Phone SGS3(Current Version is 4.1.2) kept saying there's an OTA Update of 4.3 & I kept Postoning it till today...I have downloaded the Update, but I kept postponing it...
But, just today, I decided to do the OTA Update...
1) Phone had 37%-of-Battery when I started the Update...And ALSO I connected to the Power Source before starting the UPDATE & made sure the Phone was charging...
2) Exactly at 84% of the UPDATE (it was just around 2-Minutes after starting of the Update, so that means the 30%-odd Charging left is not a Problem I am sure), PHONE went BLANK & it did not Restart (or) do anything even after I waited for around 30-Minutes...It is Just SIMPLY-BLANK...
3) Now, when I disconnect & connect the Charger, there is no Indication of Charging also...
4) Now, When I Hold the POWER-button till the Samsung LOGO comes, it just goes BLANK again...Phone does not Load into the OS...
5) Now, KIES also not detecting the Phone...Also, I Re-installed Kies, but in vain...(Actually, many a times, KIES would not work for me, so I always used Phone Explorer to Backup the Data...I hardly use/used KIES)
Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help somebody...
Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Thanx in Advance
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Can u get into download mode? Flash stock rom with odin.
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Jumaqidi said:
Can u get into download mode? Flash stock rom with odin.
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Yes, I can go into Download MODE...
Make sure your firmware matches your phone. Flash via odin, factory reset, flash via odin again.
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Hello all,
A friend of mine has a galaxy note 2 from AT&T. I'm not clear as to what exactly he did but he says he had it unlocked and had custom firmware on his phone and the phone did an update on its own and locked up, but by looking up on the Internet all signs point to a soft brick. The phone only turns on and displays firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. My dumb as volunteered to help him as I thought how hard could this be? Anyway Kies failed to help. Secondly I followed the instructions on here as far as downloading Odin, downloaded stock firmware, downloaded Samsung drivers. I plug it in a all appears good in Odin. Mp5 file checks OK and once it starts running there is even a progress bar on the phone showing its downloading but once it gets to the end it fails every time. The screen on the phone displays
Odin Mode
Product name sgh-I317
Current Binary Samsung official
Current status: custom
Knox warranty void: 1
RP SWREV: A3
SW REV: invalid magic string
Any help would be appreciate I've almost had it with attempting to help. He apparently didn't know what he was doing now I obviously don't know what I'm doing.
Thatguycurt said:
Hello all,
A friend of mine has a galaxy note 2 from AT&T. I'm not clear as to what exactly he did but he says he had it unlocked and had custom firmware on his phone and the phone did an update on its own and locked up, but by looking up on the Internet all signs point to a soft brick. The phone only turns on and displays firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. My dumb as volunteered to help him as I thought how hard could this be? Anyway Kies failed to help. Secondly I followed the instructions on here as far as downloading Odin, downloaded stock firmware, downloaded Samsung drivers. I plug it in a all appears good in Odin. Mp5 file checks OK and once it starts running there is even a progress bar on the phone showing its downloading but once it gets to the end it fails every time. The screen on the phone displays
Odin Mode
Product name sgh-I317
Current Binary Samsung official
Current status: custom
Knox warranty void: 1
RP SWREV: A3
SW REV: invalid magic string
Any help would be appreciate I've almost had it with attempting to help. He apparently didn't know what he was doing now I obviously don't know what I'm doing.
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Sounds like you are trying to install a version of the firmware that is older than the one that was on there. What is the build version that you are trying? What step is it failing at in Odin? I'd recommend getting the newest version of 4.4.2 to avoid the risk of trying to downgrade.
Odin fails right at the end. I see a green progress bar on the phone as well as on my pc screen. I'm at work right now so I'm not too sure as to exactly what or where it fails. What firmware do you recommend I attempt to place on it? Thanks for your reply also, I appreciate it.
Thatguycurt said:
Odin fails right at the end. I see a green progress bar on the phone as well as on my pc screen. I'm at work right now so I'm not too sure as to exactly what or where it fails. What firmware do you recommend I attempt to place on it? Thanks for your reply also, I appreciate it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal.../rom-att-i317-ucucne5-mj4-stock-odex-t2802189
es0tericcha0s said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal.../rom-att-i317-ucucne5-mj4-stock-odex-t2802189
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Which one do I pick?
Ok...update....
After using Odin to put this firmware on AT&T UCUCNE5 i317 Stock ODIN Note 2 the phone actually rebooted when finished and seemed like everything was normal. However it shows Samsung Keyboard has unfortunately stopped working every ten to fifteen seconds and will not stop. I tried clearing data and cache of the Samsung keyboard app and that did not work. I tried factory and data reset of the phone as well as wipe partition cache and none of that worked. Any suggestions?? I couldn't do anything so I
managed to use a Bluetooth keyboard to go to play store and download new keyboard app but I'm using my google account for that and I personally don't want him having my account on his phone.
I apologize for all the troubles, I'm trying to help him out and didn't realize I was in over my head with no experience on this.
Thatguycurt said:
Ok...update....
After using Odin to put this firmware on AT&T UCUCNE5 i317 Stock ODIN Note 2 the phone actually rebooted when finished and seemed like everything was normal. However it shows Samsung Keyboard has unfortunately stopped working every ten to fifteen seconds and will not stop. I tried clearing data and cache of the Samsung keyboard app and that did not work. I tried factory and data reset of the phone as well as wipe partition cache and none of that worked. Any suggestions?? I couldn't do anything so I
managed to use a Bluetooth keyboard to go to play store and download new keyboard app but I'm using my google account for that and I personally don't want him having my account on his phone.
I apologize for all the troubles, I'm trying to help him out and didn't realize I was in over my head with no experience on this.
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You'll need to install a custom recovery, use that to wipe the system partition and data reset again then immediately reboot to Download Mode and reinstall the NE5 update.
You sir have been very helpful and I can't thank you enough. I was clueless coming into this thinking I could help my friend effortlessly but that was not the case. I've never had the intentions of rooting a phone or placing a custom mod on one but honestly now I'd like to try it lol!! With your help and this website I was able to fix his phone. I can't thank you guys enough. You're awesome!!!
Hello androiders,
Recently my friend drowned his S6 and told me that he needs a spare phone. He has one, but it's messed up he said. So as a good friend I took that phone home and it appears to be Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 international model for baltic countries. The phone was always kept factory set and never rooted or tweaked in any other way. I am also a really early begginner in this android business, so I am not completely sure what I did.
At first I thought, well, no problem I'm just gonna connect it to Kies and do an emergency recovery. But no, Kies downloads the files all right, but hangs on 0% when installing, also the phone doesn't show any progress bar in download mode. So I abandoned the Kies idea.
Then I said ok, let's try Odin. Got the ROM from Sammobile, checked the tutorials and tried flashing. It went okay for about 80% and then said "FAIL!". After browsing through the abbyss of Google I found that you have to extract the missing.img file and reformat it o .tar, then flash it again. Did that and it semi worked, it started booting! BUT nothing lasts forever, the phone started showing error messages in red and it looks like the phone cannot read the data flashed into it.
So, people, I am asking for your help. I think I need to delete every single crumb of information from the phone and write everything manually in it. Or don't I?