Hi to all, I connected my GS 3 to Samsung Kies and found the LFB update.. I proceeded with the download which seems to be taking a lifetime, I am on a 50MB connection, the program itself took a few seconds to upgrade, the download of the firmware however is taking a lifetime! it would go to 2% and report an error, restart the download goes up to 3 or 5% and again reports an error, every time i redownload it increments by 1 to 2% and reports an error.
Anyone experiencing such issues with Kies?
Can I simply download the LFB firmware via SamMobile and flash it with Odin?
Thanks for the help..
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Hi to all, I connected my GS 3 to Samsung Kies and found the LFB update.. I proceeded with the download which seems to be taking a lifetime, I am on a 50MB connection, the program itself took a few seconds to upgrade, the download of the firmware however is taking a lifetime! it would go to 2% and report an error, restart the download goes up to 3 or 5% and again reports an error, every time i redownload it increments by 1 to 2% and reports an error.
Anyone experiencing such issues with Kies?
Can I simply download the LFB firmware via SamMobile and flash it with Odin?
Thanks for the help..
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sorry mate can't help as mine worked fine.
I just followed the instructions and walked away from the phone until it restarted.
is your phone fully charged before you start the update? and are you updating via USB(I assume you are)
Phone was 88% and is now fully charged since the download started!!, Yep it is connected via USB..
edd080 said:
Hi to all, I connected my GS 3 to Samsung Kies and found the LFB update.. I proceeded with the download which seems to be taking a lifetime, I am on a 50MB connection, the program itself took a few seconds to upgrade, the download of the firmware however is taking a lifetime! it would go to 2% and report an error, restart the download goes up to 3 or 5% and again reports an error, every time i redownload it increments by 1 to 2% and reports an error.
Anyone experiencing such issues with Kies?
Can I simply download the LFB firmware via SamMobile and flash it with Odin?
Thanks for the help..
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I had that too, do yourself a favour and uninstall Kies (except for the usb drivers).
Than download the rom you need from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ ,
download Odin V3 3.0.4 and flash the rom with Odin. You don`t need Kies perse to update. Kies is a nightmare
gee2012 said:
I had that too, do yourself a favour and uninstall Kies (except for the usb drivers).
Than download the rom you need from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ ,
download Odin V3 3.0.4 and flash the rom with Odin. You don`t need Kies perse to update. Kies is a nightmare
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Ah ok so I can download the firmware and flash with odin.. thanks alot mate thats what i needed to know..:good: to hell with Kies... it really is useless ...
Thanks again..
Just make sure you follow Odin to the letter...... Don't tick any boxes that look as if they need ticking..... and make sure you drop the phone into Download mode before connecting otheriwse Odin won't find the phone.
Beards said:
Just make sure you follow Odin to the letter...... Don't tick any boxes that look as if they need ticking..... and make sure you drop the phone into Download mode before connecting otheriwse Odin won't find the phone.
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Yep I am familiar with Odin, used the CF root twice 6.3 and 6.4 to root my GS3, wont tick any boxes for sure
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edd080 said:
Ah ok so I can download the firmware and flash with odin.. thanks alot mate thats what i needed to know..:good: to hell with Kies... it really is useless ...
Thanks again..
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Readup a bit, it isn`t hard but there are a few things you must know:
1. Enable usb debugging on your phone
2. Go into downloadmode (volume down + power + menu all at the same time)
3. See if IDCOM light up yellow and in the left bottom window it says added when you connect your phone to the pc.
4. Unzip the downloaded file ONCE into a .tar or md5 file
5. Place that file in the PDA section.
6. Do not tick anything, only f.reset.time and autoreboot should be ticked.
7. Start
Too late but maybe usefull for someone else
I installed Samsung Kies on my main PC, on one of my secondary SSDs. It prevented my entire PC from closing down, the processes could not be ended in task manager, and it bluescreened my PC when it started up. Had to uninstall it from safe mode in the end. However, on my laptop it worked fine... WTF? Giant POS.
Yep kies sucks, I'm using odin most of the times!
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jaju123 said:
I installed Samsung Kies on my main PC, on one of my secondary SSDs. It prevented my entire PC from closing down, the processes could not be ended in task manager, and it bluescreened my PC when it started up. Had to uninstall it from safe mode in the end. However, on my laptop it worked fine... WTF? Giant POS.
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If you`re using a windows pc you could install a programm called Revo uninstaller to uninstall software, it works fine for me and cleans all directories that windows doesn`t clean.
Managed to update my gs3 using odin, just had to reflash cf foot all seems ok ;-)
Sent from my Galaxy S3
edd080 said:
Managed to update my gs3 using odin, just had to reflash cf foot all seems ok ;-)
Sent from my Galaxy S3
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Nice one Edd
Well done
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Kies in short is a cancer.
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Hi altogether,
i have an SGS2 and got an ofer to upgrade firmware via kies. I didnt flash or root anything with this phone yet.
After flashing the phone via kies i only get the problem picture: Phone-yellowtriangle-PC. AFAIK this is the sign you get, when the bootladers are corrupted. Am i right?
NEvertheless download mode is accessable, so i downloaded a stock firmware from this site and tried to flash it via odin. It connects, starts to flash, but wont go further than SBL1 for over 10 minutes. then i stopped flashing. I tried the same with just the kernel and it flashed correctly, and the phone restarts, but just to the SGS2-screen with a yellow triangle at the bottom. No further for over 30 minutes, so i canceled that too...
Any suggestions, how i can rescue the phone? Data is not important, i just want to get it running again...
try to use the files from the next thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
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in addition try to preform a full wipe if the data is not important (will delete all data including the contacts)
Also make sure NO Kies related processes are running (Taskmanager -> "End Process" everything that even remotely sounds like anything containing "Kies").
Connect phone to another USB port and do not use a USB hub, connect the phone directely to the PC.
Maybe that helps a bit....
Thank you for your fast answer, but that is the guide i used first to flash a stock firmware. I maybe should have mentioned it. And thats the way it didnt work.
Just the single kernel worked out to cause a little positive result. But only seeing the start screen (not even bootlogo, and no further) is not what a phone should do.
genius5 said:
Hi altogether,
i have an SGS2 and got an ofer to upgrade firmware via kies. I didnt flash or root anything with this phone yet.
After flashing the phone via kies i only get the problem picture: Phone-yellowtriangle-PC. AFAIK this is the sign you get, when the bootladers are corrupted. Am i right?
NEvertheless download mode is accessable, so i downloaded a stock firmware from this site and tried to flash it via odin. It connects, starts to flash, but wont go further than SBL1 for over 10 minutes. then i stopped flashing. I tried the same with just the kernel and it flashed correctly, and the phone restarts, but just to the SGS2-screen with a yellow triangle at the bottom. No further for over 30 minutes, so i canceled that too...
Any suggestions, how i can rescue the phone? Data is not important, i just want to get it running again...
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Don't use kies, its rubbish, when this is fixed just use ODIN Use the method in intratechs thread in the dev forum, using Odin
Sent from my Samsung Galactic Crusader S II
Hope someone can help. Recovery is accessable too?
As it was Kies i would take to a service centre .
jje
Great MAster Darkyy helped me, and gave me that advice too. I dont really understand, what exactly went wrong, but as no flashing worked....
i just build myself a JIG, reseted the counter and will send it to service now....
nevertheless TY for all your help and fast answers....
How can a global player like Samsung really keep crappy software like KIES on the market for such a long time??? Did it ever work???
genius5 said:
How can a global player like Samsung really keep crappy software like KIES on the market for such a long time??? Did it ever work???
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No complaints to Samsung is probably why .
jje
Hello, I was attempting to flash Clockwork Mod on my G5, whilst doing it Odin crashed and now my phone is messed up.
It will turn on but a PC-Triangle with a ! in the middle-Phone, it will go into Download Mode but Odin doesn't recognise it so i can't re-flash it, any ideas?
Please help, this is urgent.
The phone itself is on stock, it turns on but displays the error i have described above, it will go into download mode but Odin doesn't recognsie it.
Thanks, Curtis.
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Hello, I was attempting to flash Clockwork Mod on my G5, whilst doing it Odin crashed and now my phone is messed up.
It will turn on but a PC-Triangle with a ! in the middle-Phone, it will go into Download Mode but Odin doesn't recognise it so i can't re-flash it, any ideas?
Please help, this is urgent.
The phone itself is on stock, it turns on but displays the error i have described above, it will go into download mode but Odin doesn't recognsie it.
Thanks, Curtis.
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No need to worry about it.
Uninstall the drivers associated with the phone. Are you using Windows?
For XP: Go to start > Control Panel > System > Click on the Hardware tab and then Device Manager. Find the driver for the phone. I remember it has a yellow icon, and the drivers name is a mix of capital letters
It's probably similar for Windows 7, but i wouldn't know.
Uninstall the driver associated with the phone, then reinstall by plugging your phone into the computer in download mode. It would help to uninstall and reinstall Odin as well, just in case.
If you get Odin to work, just work away like you would.
Thanks for your reply, i have uninstalled the drivers, but when i plugged my phone back in, the drivers are not being installed and i can not find them on the internet. Any ideas?
I know how i messed up, i completely forgot to root my phone before i started to flash, any ideas on how i can just get my phone back to its normal working everyday self?
Will i just need to get the device recognised by Odin then insert the Ops file and the I5500.tar file and flash it back to stock?
edit- managed to get drivers installed, now how do i fix my phone? Just flash the .OPS and the stock I5500.tar file?
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Thanks for your reply, i have uninstalled the drivers, but when i plugged my phone back in, the drivers are not being installed and i can not find them on the internet. Any ideas?
I know how i messed up, i completely forgot to root my phone before i started to flash, any ideas on how i can just get my phone back to its normal working everyday self?
Will i just need to get the device recognised by Odin then insert the Ops file and the I5500.tar file and flash it back to stock?
edit- managed to get drivers installed, now how do i fix my phone? Just flash the .OPS and the stock I5500.tar file?
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I think it'll fail again if your phone isn't rooted. You can't get rid of the Computer-Caution-Phone image without succesfully using Odin.
You could try to flash the .tar and .ops file again. I can't see it working though unfortunately.
Any ideas then? Is there a way to root my phone via Odin or anything?
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Any ideas then? Is there a way to root my phone via Odin or anything?
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I've never heard of rooting your phone through the download mode or through Odin.
Maybe there's a file you can put on your phone through Odin which doesn't require root? I'll take a look around for you.
Thank you so much, i appreciate it, I'm 16, can't really live without a phone especially with college parties coming up in the next few days aha, I knew i shouldn't of risked around with flashing again!
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Thank you so much, i appreciate it, I'm 16, can't really live without a phone especially with college parties coming up in the next few days aha, I knew i shouldn't of risked around with flashing again!
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Just thinking that Odin is a program which requires root so there won't be any file you can transfer when unrooted. I had a quick glance over at the Odin thread, and the first step is that you have to root your phone.
I'm sorry, but there's nothing else I can think of which might help. Maybe if somebody with a bit more knowledge/expeerience sees this thread, they might help.
Can Odin detect your phone?
Ah man, thanks anyway, yes Odin detects my phone, I'm trying to use SuperOneClick Root on my PC- Do you know any other Root software that works on PC?
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Ah man, thanks anyway, yes Odin detects my phone, I'm trying to use SuperOneClick Root on my PC- Do you know any other Root software that works on PC?
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I don't know of any others, but Superoneclick works fine for the Galaxy 5. Like I said, I've never heard of using it during download mode so just be careful with that.
If Odin detects your phone, have you tried just closing Odin and plugging out the USB safely?
Can't use Superoneclick as my phone isn't in USB Debugging and i obviously can't change that aha I have just tried that, no luck with the closing Odin and unplugging it, should i try installing CWM again or is that a bad idea?
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Can't use Superoneclick as my phone isn't in USB Debugging and i obviously can't change that aha I have just tried that, no luck with the closing Odin and unplugging it, should i try installing CWM again or is that a bad idea?
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It's a bad idea because it just won't work. Odin will crash again.
I don't know what to do I'm afraid.
Looks like my phone is shagged due to my own stupidity, I forgot to root it because my phone was previously rooted and it went back for repairs, then I completely forgot i didnt install Root access -.-
Do you think i can recover my phone or is it well and truly gone?
Well it's not like your phone is bricked or anything. It's just broken a connection to Odin and it won't boot until it's completed.
You could always return it for repairs again. Your warranty might be broken though.
If I happen to come across a DIY fix then I'll post it here.
Thanks for your help mate, i've decided to just send my phone back for repairs, buy a new phone (Probably a Blackberry for BBM and stuff with all my mates), and sell my phone once i get it back.I have gave up on Samsung mobiles.
Thank you.
Did you send your phone alredy? Uncompress the firmware.tar file and unselect "one package in Odin" . On the boot in odin select the boot file of the .tar and run odin. Maybe that will help
Sent from my Galaxy5 using XDA App
Dude have u tryd using samsung kies it might detect it n let u do an emergancy firmware recovery or maybe (a verry unlikely maybe but still a maybe) it will detect the problem and provide u a solution hope this helps.
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Ah man, thanks anyway, yes Odin detects my phone, I'm trying to use SuperOneClick Root on my PC- Do you know any other Root software that works on PC?
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Hi, had the very same issue as you. Odin crashed just few sec after start. What I did ; uninstalled everything (Odin & files comes with it, KIES). Then restart PC, go to Samsung.com and download latest KIES, when downloaded go to Tools and check for updates. Accept/run them, when done restart PC. Now, read the steps bellow, and see the attached picture.
1. Extract Odin v4.28 and Ops File.zip I5500XXXX.rar
2. Open Odin v4.28,
- Select OPS tab: EUROPA_v1.0.ops
- Make sure Auto Reboot & Protect OPS selected in Option tab
- get this I5500XFJPQ from samfirware.com ( for some strange reason only this package worked!), download, and unzipp to folder called GT-I5500. In to this folder place Odin and ops as well.
- Make sure One Package selected in Option tab
3. Turn off phone, remove battery for 5second, put it back
4. Hold "Volume Down, Center button & Power button" in the same time to enter Download Mode (yellow triangle)
5. Connect to PC with USB cable
6. When the data line and the phone connection is successful, com port shows yellow in Odin
7. Press Start on Odin
8. Waitin & Pray!
9. PASS, its done!
*Hard reset after flashing *2767*3855#
*Check ur Phone Info *#*#1234#*#*
Note: my i5500 was rooted, so if was yours then ok. When pressing buttons you must see an yellow triangle! If you don't see it don't try connect. Remove battery for 3-5 minutes and try again...
Thanks for the replies, I've got my 'broken' phone in its box on my wardrobe, Carphone Warehouse have ordered me a brand new G5 to replace mine, I should get that sometime next week, but I'm buying a HTC Wildfire S pretty soon anyway!
Thanks for your help, I'd rather keep my broken phone well, broke aha.
Have you tried flashing twrp recovery then using cf-autoroot?
I've searched google and XDA for a solution to this but so far can't find one.
I flashed the speed mod kernal and ever since i just get "Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again" when in upload mode.
When i reboot the phone i just get the samsung screen with the exclaimatino mark.
I tried flashing the stock rom again and get a fail (see attached)
Is this bricked now?
Put phone in download mode and flash a ROM using ODIN
Official ROMS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Carrier Branded ROMS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
i've tried flashing a stock rom but still getting Fail as per 1st post.
any other ideas?
Thansk
Is it even i9100 or other variants of galaxy s2 like i9100G or so..
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Its defo GT-I9100
Just tried flashing Lightning 6.1 and getting fail on that too
did you try KIES Recovery?
Pull out your battery on your phone, . Re-install usb-drivers in Kies, reboot your computer.
Close everything related to Kies, also in toolbar trayagent and kies pdlr (right-click on windows toolbar). Put phone in downloadmode and try to reflash firmware with Odin.
Good luck
I've tried it in kies and my phone cannot be found. Just says connecting then no device found.
mwatson said:
I've tried it in kies and my phone cannot be found. Just says connecting then no device found.
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Reinstall your usb-drivers with Kies
gee2012 said:
Reinstall your usb-drivers with Kies
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How do I do that? Can I just re install kies?
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How do I do that? Can I just re install kies?
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No, connect your phone to kies. In the topbar on the right next to help click and you`ll see something like usb drivers or connection problem, click on that and you can reinstall your drivers
gee2012 said:
Pull out your battery on your phone, . Re-install usb-drivers in Kies, reboot your computer.
Close everything related to Kies, also in toolbar trayagent and kies pdlr (right-click on windows toolbar). Put phone in downloadmode and try to reflash firmware with Odin.
Good luck
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ok..
Battery out of phone
Re-installed Kies driver
Rebooted PC
In task manager end process all thing kies
Tried to flash in odin and failed again..
My sim is now is my old Orange san francisco
It can enter download mode ok.. so must not be totally bricked?
Thanks for your help so far guys.. much appreaciated
Is your phone recognized in Odin?
Does IDCOM light up yellow and does it say added in MESSAGE below in the left corner?
gee2012 said:
Is your phone recognized in Odin?
Does IDCOM light up yellow and does it say added in MESSAGE below in the left corner?
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It is added in odin.. see attached picture.
Thanks
Maybe a bad flash, dowload the rom again and try it again. The rest seems fine!
Re-extract the .tar from the .zip and try again. I ran into the same issue once; prior to re-downloading the firmware again I re-extracted the .tar, and all was golden. Good luck.
I re-downloaded the rom.
Stiil fail...
I can flash the kernal ok, but thats about it. Seems to be going wrong at the NAND write..
Uh oh...is this now an expensive piece of plastic?
Sorry mate, i don`t know what how to help you anymore. I suggest you go to a service center and ask for a software flash. Covered under warranty.
Good luck
gee2012 said:
Sorry mate, i don`t know what how to help you anymore. I suggest you go to a service center and ask for a software flash. Covered under warranty.
Good luck
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I guess they won't do it under warranty s its got a flash count of 5 now?
Thanks for your help though
Buy a jig, that resets the counter
Hi everyone,
I brought a new galaxy s2 phone about 4 weeks ago and it has spent most of that time soft bricked since I tried to update it to the newest firmware, K14....
I am using windows 7 starter, 32bit. I have installed kies, uninstalled and re-installed kies, tried uninstalling kies and just using the drivers.
Recently I did a clean install of windows, installed kies, as more drivers seem to be recognized and downloaded odin v1.85. I restart the computer, start task manager end all processes that say kies, run odin as a administrator, put the tar file in pda, only auto reboot is selected. I then plug in the phone, in download mode, wait for yellow box and press start and the process only goes as far as boot.bin.
I have tried all of my usb ports and the only difference is the number of the modem installed driver and how far along odin gets. With two ports it only goes as far as setup connection which was as far as anything went before I re-installed windows. I have replaced the usb cable and made sure the phone battery is fully charged. The phone was put into usb debugging mode before it was bricked. I have attached a picture of what drivers get installed when I plug in the phone. The firmware I am attempting to flash is the uk 3 version off the firmware page of this website.
Please can somebody give me the solution it is driving me nuts!
Sorry for waffling but I figure you need to know what I've tried so that I don't waste anybodies time.
Thanks guys
Did you try a different stock rom? Did you try a different pc? Or if you want to, flash a CF-root kernel. Then boot in recovery and flash a rom of your choice.
The flashcounter will start and stock roms can't be flashed this way (at least as far as I know).
Is your phone a I9100 model?
I ask this to make sure you are trying to flash the correct firmware for your device.
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Cookoospite said:
Hi everyone,
I brought a new galaxy s2 phone about 4 weeks ago and it has spent most of that time soft bricked since I tried to update it to the newest firmware, K14....
I am using windows 7 starter, 32bit. I have installed kies, uninstalled and re-installed kies, tried uninstalling kies and just using the drivers.
Recently I did a clean install of windows, installed kies, as more drivers seem to be recognized and downloaded odin v1.85. I restart the computer, start task manager end all processes that say kies, run odin as a administrator, put the tar file in pda, only auto reboot is selected. I then plug in the phone, in download mode, wait for yellow box and press start and the process only goes as far as boot.bin.
Possibility one bad firmware file or wrong file ,
Or not using Samsung USB cable .
jje
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Hi Lenny,
Yh, i have tried it on my desktop which runs 7 home premium. Clean install with same results. Tried the K14 firmware a few times but that never got any further than setup connection. Don't understand the rest of your post sorry. Can you do a flash for dummies thing? And is there a firmware you would recommend trying?
@ aceofclubs -the box says i9100 and so does the sticker in the back.
@ JJEgan - the first cable I used was the one in the box and while the one I have replaced by ebay, they had good feedback. The K14 firmware was given to be by a user of the galaxy s2 that he had successfully flashed with.
Does the phone look to have installed correctly, the guy who gave me the firmware said he had abd appear in device manager, which I haven't got. Also after the phone is finished installing drivers if I click in the system tray, the green icon that shows devices that are present is not there and neither is the phone but if I go into device manager samsung composite device is.
Cookoospite said:
Hi Lenny,
The K14 firmware was given to be by a user of the galaxy s2 that he had successfully flashed with.
Does the phone look to have installed correctly, the guy who gave me the firmware said he had abd appear in device manager,
Better of following the instructions than second hand stuff .
Download firmware from stock rom thread no excuses of bad firmware then .
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
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Thanks for the suggestion JJegan but I just tried another firmware from the link you provided above with no success, stopped at setup connection. What is abd and do I need it? Think I must be missing some drivers!
Cookoospite said:
Thanks for the suggestion JJegan but I just tried another firmware from the link you provided above with no success, stopped at setup connection. What is abd and do I need it? Think I must be missing some drivers!
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No you dont need a ADB neccesarily for flashing. ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is a tool that comes with the Android SDK that allows you to control and interface with your Android device. Well do u have the phone specifications before bricking it, like Model No, Built, CSC, Kernal Etc.
First try to uninstall Kies and Install the latest version, so that you have the latest drivers.
Check the Intratech thread on Stock ROM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278) and download the correct rom.( I presume you have I9100 Intenational Version of S2). Open Odin 1.85, do not change any options, brownse and put the stock rom u downloaded into the PDA section and click on start button, you should be good.PM me if you have any issues.
The above didn't work. Here's what I got:
Cookoospite said:
Thanks for the suggestion JJegan but I just tried another firmware from the link you provided above with no success, stopped at setup connection. What is abd and do I need it? Think I must be missing some drivers!
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AS you have the yellow box in Odin you have the drivers all the firmware in that link works .
run odin as a administrator, put the tar file in pda, only auto reboot is selected. I then plug in the phone, in download mode, wait for yellow box and press start
Lets do this the right way just to be sure . Open Odin put the tar file in PDA
go to download mode at first screen download mode on phone follow instruction ( vol up from memory ) after next screen connect Samsung USB cable to phone and PC .
jje
Thanks, think I've done that anyway but, just to check, what do you mean by next screen?
The screen when you are in download mode and press volume up.
Yh that is what I'm doing, thanks tho. Can someone please give me a reliable link to an older version of Odin to try? At the mo I am using v1.85, this the latest version?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Odin 1.3 here
Cookoospite said:
Yh that is what I'm doing, thanks tho. Can someone please give me a reliable link to an older version of Odin to try? At the mo I am using v1.85, this the latest version?
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So close! I plugged the phone in and got as far as cache with the green progress bar showing just the tiniest bit. Left it for over an hour but the bar didn't move at all! Encouraged I restarted the computer to try again only to find that now the computer and odin won't recognize the phone until I uninstall and reinstall kies and always hangs on cache. I restarted in the first place as the phone never shows in the system tray. Sorry to be a bore but have you any idea why everyone else can plug in and flash and my machines refuse to! I welcome any ideas you have. Thank you.
Instead of Odin, you could try Heimdall. Maybe that will work for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104826
Thanks Lenny. Don't know how to use it tho no boxes like on the tutorials I have watched in the latest version. Can you clue me in please?
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Here is a guide, it should work the same for our phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878686
Thanks. Have to wait a couple of days to try it now. Happy Christmas
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hey hope everyone had a good christmas and new year. Still no joy, where do I get PIT files to flash with the newest version of heimdall to go with our firmware? The newest version won't let me add files until I enter a PIT. I tried version 1.1 but I couldn't get it to recognise a compatible device.
On the odin front: I thought I'd cracked it. It started flashing, took hours but I had half a green progress bar and then it just seem to freeze. Also this seems replicable a few times and then I get stuck at setup connection again. I then have to do a system restore to get it to flash to the furthest point again. Does this give anyone any clues? Or does anyone know of any heimdell packages I could try? And the long shot, any way of getting firmware on to an sd card and flashing that way when a phone is soft bricked?
Sorry if I'm annoying you but there has to a way round this. I brought a rooted one to use while this is sorted, love the phone but need to know I can update and be able to sort it out if things go wrong.
Thanks again for your help and suggestions.
Call me stupid or what but I used Kies to change the firmware and it got as far as 27% and it just hung for over an hour. I have now got " Firmware encounted an issue, Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. " . It down loads something , gets to 100% then it closes down and the Kies main program doesn't respond in windows. I had Triangle away using the delay method, I know I should have uninstalled but I thought Keis would have cleared before the update.
Iam on GT I9300BVBLH2 TMUBLH2 BVLH1 stock rom, Flash counter 0 and normal status.
I have a USB rig on the way.
Thanks.
jb.traveller said:
Call me stupid or what but I used Kies to change the firmware and it got as far as 27% and it just hung for over an hour. I have now got " Firmware encounted an issue, Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. " . It down loads something , gets to 100% then it closes down and the Kies main program doesn't respond in windows. I had Triangle away using the delay method, I know I should have uninstalled but I thought Keis would have cleared before the update.
Iam on GT I9300BVBLH2 TMUBLH2 BVLH1 stock rom, Flash counter 0 and normal status.
I have a USB rig on the way.
Thanks.
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Try to get in downloadmode with the jig ( turn the phone off first) and flash the stock rom manualy with Odin. That should do it. First end all Kies tasks before flashing with Odin in task and tray manager.
gee2012 said:
Try to get in downloadmode with the jig ( turn the phone off first) and flash the stock rom manualy with Odin. That should do it. First end all Kies tasks before flashing with Odin in task and tray manager.
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Thank you for the quick reply but I have sorted it. For anyone else it was my Windows Vista Business laptop going into exception. So I used my sons PC windows 7 and odin 3.07 loaded the new stock rom 4.1.2.
When it goes tits up normal reasoning is out of the head.
Thanks again. :good: