SGSII Odin3 help please - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello all,
Ive got Kies and Odin3 v1.85 for my galaxy s2 and when i put my sgs2 into download mode, odin 3 does not find my phone. but when i turn the phone on and then open odin 3, it displays a com port???
Ive tried reinstalling kies several times with no luck!
Any help would be gladly appreciated.
thanks,
Alex

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Weird! Try closing kies altogether. That includes exiting it from the system tray.
If that doesn't help, see if you have USB debugging on under settings / applications / development. If it's off turn it on.
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sxi200 said:
Weird! Try closing kies altogether. That includes exiting it from the system tray.
If that doesn't help, see if you have USB debugging on under settings / applications / development. If it's off turn it on.
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what do u mean system tray?
I do have usb debugging on.
thanks,
Alex

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Even though kies is not open, it is still running. It usually starts automatically when PC boots up.
Not sure what you use, but on windows xp in the bottom right corner where the time is, you can see what is running. Sometimes you need to expand it to see what else is running. Or even press ctrl+alt+del and in task manager kill kies process from there.
Might not help but worth a try.
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alex4659 said:
Hello all,
Ive got Kies and Odin3 v1.85 for my galaxy s2 and when i put my sgs2 into download mode, odin 3 does not find my phone. but when i turn the phone on and then open odin 3, it displays a com port???
Ive tried reinstalling kies several times with no luck!
Any help would be gladly appreciated.
thanks,
Alex
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u only need kies to install the drivers after that dont use the program kill all processes by using ur task manger open odin prior to pluggin in ur usb lead once in download mode then connect it then u should be able to see the yellow com box but maybe try a reboot of your comp/laptop which sure u already done

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I didnt think Kies was supposed to be running full stop when your using odin??

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Demon_man said:
I didnt think Kies was supposed to be running full stop when your using odin??
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its not they both will conflict with each other hence reason i mention in my prev post to only use it to grab drivers then kill program crap anyways lol

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thanks for yalls help!
im still working on this fyi
cheers,
Alex

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Odin3 still my phone in download mode?
i tried uninstalling and re-installing odin3 again twice with no luck?
if you have any imput on what i should do, please let me no?
thanks,
Alex

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Keep Driver SGS2 and Unstall Kies, and try
Or
Use Odin in different Version
Or
if nothing then use another PC and Try

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javasaad said:
Keep Driver SGS2 and Unstall Kies, and try
Or
Use Odin in different Version
Or
if nothing then use another PC and Try
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tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220045
but did now work! im using windows 7 on a Mac using parallels desktop and this is really all i've got at the moment!
any other suggestions?
thanks for your help

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ODIN3 Problem
Hi yall,
Noob here im sorry but I was wondering if you guys can help me out.
I am trying to root my SGS2 and/or update firmware to ICS using ODIN and various ROMS.
I have the Samsung drivers and unistalled KIES since iv read in some forums it can conflict with ODIN. ODIN does recognize my phone as a COM.
I am having a problem with the ODIN3 software both v1.85 and v1.83. For some reason that I cant figure out, when I try to load the PDA file, I find the file and add it but it will not show the file in the PDA box (its like it wont allow any file to be loaded)
I tried going ahead and flash the phone assuming the file loaded with the PDA tick box checked...and nothing (doing everything by the books here i.e. using USB debugging, connecting the phone only when in download mode etc.)
Appreciate the help.
Tnx
Phone details:
Bought in Austria:
PDA: I9100XXKI1
Phone: I9100ATOKI1
CSC: I9100ATOKI1

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Try to uninstall samsung drivers and install again. Works for me

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078gregory said:
Try to uninstall samsung drivers and install again. Works for me
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Thx for the quick response, I have tried that and still I am not able to see the the PDA file in the box on the ODIN window.

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GustavGG said:
Thx for the quick response, I have tried that and still I am not able to see the the PDA file in the box on the ODIN window.
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Are you using Windows Vista or Windows 7? Try running Odin as administrator. (right click > run as administrator)

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GustavGG said:
Hi yall,
Noob here im sorry but I was wondering if you guys can help me out.
I am trying to root my SGS2 and/or update firmware to ICS using ODIN and various ROMS.
I have the Samsung drivers and unistalled KIES since iv read in some forums it can conflict with ODIN. ODIN does recognize my phone as a COM.
I am having a problem with the ODIN3 software both v1.85 and v1.83. For some reason that I cant figure out, when I try to load the PDA file, I find the file and add it but it will not show the file in the PDA box (its like it wont allow any file to be loaded)
I tried going ahead and flash the phone assuming the file loaded with the PDA tick box checked...and nothing (doing everything by the books here i.e. using USB debugging, connecting the phone only when in download mode etc.)
Appreciate the help.
Tnx
Phone details:
Bought in Austria:
PDA: I9100XXKI1
Phone: I9100ATOKI1
CSC: I9100ATOKI1
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you sure it's a tar file your putting into pda and not zip

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djseaneq said:
you sure it's a tar file your putting into pda and not zip
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Im using vista and I am running as admin,
the file is a tar.md5 file what can I do?
PS: Once iv added the file the pda box checks I press start and I get:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I still cant see the file right next to the pda box once ive added the file

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have you tried using task manager and stopping kies like other posters have suggested.

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Yes I did try that, I have kies uninstalled but still have the samsung drivers and still no luck.
What else can I do?

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you tried opening odin first then putting phone into dl mode maybe try different usb ports or redownloading drivers.