Yes I searched, if I missed "the thread" please just point me in the right direction and save that awesome sarcastic comment you've been waiting to unleash for someone else.
Here's the deal:
So I tried to help my girl get official ICS last nite.
Installed kies (Win7 32bit home edition) and plugged in the Note, but kies said it can't install the upgrade for some reason. No other information. This was as soon as I plugged in the phone.
The phone is 100% stock. (ATT version)
Any ideas?
orangekid said:
Yes I searched, if I missed "the thread" please just point me in the right direction and save that awesome sarcastic comment you've been waiting to unleash for someone else.
Here's the deal:
So I tried to help my girl get official ICS last nite.
Installed kies (Win7 32bit home edition) and plugged in the Note, but kies said it can't install the upgrade for some reason. No other information. This was as soon as I plugged in the phone.
The phone is 100% stock. (ATT version)
Any ideas?
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just some ideas/thoughts for you ok,
100% stock ATT Gingerbread?
-do you have the full Kies installed on your pc?
-did you put your phone into download mode to trying running the update via kies...?
bigjoe2675 said:
just some ideas/thoughts for you ok,
100% stock ATT Gingerbread?
-do you have the full Kies installed on your pc?
-did you put your phone into download mode to trying running the update via kies...?
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yes full kies, yes 100% stock GB (non rooted)
no download mode, was I supposed to do that?
I've only done OTA updates on phones before...
orangekid said:
yes full kies, yes 100% stock GB (non rooted)
no download mode, was I supposed to do that?
I've only done OTA updates on phones before...
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that is how i did mine...put it into download mode then did the update...remember it will kill all on the phone...kk
bigjoe2675 said:
that is how i did mine...put it into download mode then did the update...remember it will kill all on the phone...kk
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It wipes the phone?
I guess you didnt get the memo?
Yes it wipes the phone.
Put the phone in download mode first, then open Kies and do the following.
Get your serial number and model number(behind the battery) and put it into the Firmware upgrade and initialization under the Tools Menu. Then it upgrades and wipes the phone.
I suggest you backup via Kies or Nandroid first though.
edpsx said:
I guess you didnt get the memo?
Yes it wipes the phone.
Put the phone in download mode first, then open Kies and do the following.
Get your serial number and model number(behind the battery) and put it into the Firmware upgrade and initialization under the Tools Menu. Then it upgrades and wipes the phone.
I suggest you backup via Kies or Nandroid first though.
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The text from att said it wouldn't wipe the phone...
And kies nor the text said anything about download mode...
I swear att is so gay. Why not just do a no-wipe OTA like normal?
I'll back up and try again
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orangekid said:
The text from att said it wouldn't wipe the phone...
And kies nor the text said anything about download mode...
I swear att is so gay. Why not just do a no-wipe OTA like normal?
I'll back up and try again
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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Well I'm on note #3 since the update was released. I'm thinking no OTA so there was no blame to place on ATT. Today at the ATT service center I was told that they had seen multiple phones that day for the same issue. The strongly advised against updating, or at least using the route Samsung offers. I also followed the directions to the letter and bricked two phones. Ill chalk it up to a bad DL of kies last Thursday night. The Samsung tech that I spoke with last night told me that it wasn't a systemic issue on the note and that she would make a "note" of it. The Samsung tech that I spoke with this past weekend told me to not try to update to ICS until at least today. He advised me to wait longer if possible.
The ATT service center said just the opposite and directed me to watch the forums They have been very helpful in replacing phones, next day shipping in my case since the SC didn't have them in stock. Samsung asked me to send it back to them for repair and said I would be without a phone for 5-7 business days plus shipping? I don't consider that acceptable being that I have both insurance and a warranty on a phone that was purchased 36 days ago. I wont be attempting the upgrade on this new phone for sometime, Id rather have a working phone for business at this point. I'm sure its a very simple process and I'm doing something incorrectly, like not putting it in DL mode. Either that or I have techherpes and shouldn't be touching any HW.
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So I'm sure I'm going to get flamed ,or told to go read, or have grammar made fun of. But at this point I I'm lost. I have attempted to download every file and try every method listed to get my phone back to stock, nothing is working.
ROM: Team objection UCLE 2 #2 RC1
Baseband: 1717UCLF5
Carrier: at&t
Up until now I have never had too ask for help reading was always enough to get all the info I needed but not this time.
Ok so, work kies it will never connect to the service the phone that is, all drivers up to date. PC can see it just fine.
Have tried to use the different unrooted methods in the super everything thread such as the Odin flash and ask the others listed. Can some one please help me before I really mess up my phone?
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Try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518962
See the file right after #11 that is what I used.. Wondering if you are in download mode when in Odin.. There are different ways.. This is only what I did.. I hope this helps you
Will this get me back to being able to connect to Kies so I can do the upgrade? I know this one said unroot but I was unsure if i need to get back to a stock ROM as well. I kow I read some where able to unroot thought kies, but all I was ever able to get was a connection error.
Yes , I was in DL mode in Odin as well, but hey sometime we have to ask the obvious questions like. " Is the device plugged in to the outlet"
You don't need to go back to stock to get the ics upgrade!
Go to the samsung page where you upgrade (this link was sent out by at&t in a tezt message), scroll down near the bottom and do the emergency firmare install.
It will wipe your phone clean but will leave your sd card alone.
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rangercaptain said:
You don't need to go back to stock to get the ics upgrade!
Go to the samsung page where you upgrade (this link was sent out by at&t in a tezt message), scroll down near the bottom and do the emergency firmare install.
It will wipe your phone clean but will leave your sd card alone.
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Ill give this a try on my lunch break at work. and report back. Thanks
Make sure you have the samsung usb/charging cable.
This emergency option is under "tools".
I'm on Telus, rooted and running a ics rom, would this kies method work for me or is it only for AT&T users?
would I have to wait until my carrier releases the update?
Thanks!
rangercaptain said:
You don't need to go back to stock to get the ics upgrade!
Go to the samsung page where you upgrade (this link was sent out by at&t in a tezt message), scroll down near the bottom and do the emergency firmare install.
It will wipe your phone clean but will leave your sd card alone.
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I never got this text message, is anyone able to post a link to it?
id_mew said:
I'm on Telus, . . .would I have to wait until my carrier releases the update?
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At&t firmware. Telus says mid July. Several posts in general about other carriers release dates.
Rambler358 said:
I never got this text message, is anyone able to post a link to it?
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Still have not been able to try this yet, but I see the updats is still done by kies, unfortunatly I cannot connect to Kies keep getting an error when trying to connect.
I have the link but i cannot post it yet sorry, need more post...
I just got the AT&T text message about the ICS update. And it's the same link I've seen before taking you to the Samsung web site and instructing you how to use the Kies software to update.
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rangercaptain said:
You don't need to go back to stock to get the ics upgrade!
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Apparantly you do.
Go to the samsung page where you upgrade (this link was sent out by at&t in a tezt message), scroll down near the bottom and do the emergency firmare install.
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I saw nothing on the Samsung page that instructs on how to do the emergency firmware install.
First download Kies and install it with your phone unplugged from the computer. make sure Kies does all its updates. while its updating remove your battery and write down your S/N as well as the model of the phone cause youll need it, go ahead and remove ur SD card to be safe. Once its fully updated put your phone into DOWNLOAD MODE, then connect it to the computer. in Kies goto Firmware Upgrade and Initialization in the Tools Menu. This will wipe everything from your phone so backup any pictures/music/movies whatever. your going to accept the new firmware install and be asked for your S/N of the phone and the phones model number. depending on your internet speed should take about 15 mins or less to do the upgrade to ICS
How do I get the emergency code to xo this
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Rambler358 said:
. . .Apparantly you do.
I saw nothing on the Samsung page that instructs on how to do the emergency firmware install.
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Look at the tools menu.
From any rom you can upgrade.
rangercaptain said:
Look at the tools menu.
From any rom you can upgrade.
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I tried that. It disconnects the device then asks for a code. It does not install the update - at least on my device.
Projectdwnshft said:
First download Kies and install it with your phone unplugged from the computer. make sure Kies does all its updates. while its updating remove your battery and write down your S/N as well as the model of the phone cause youll need it, go ahead and remove ur SD card to be safe. Once its fully updated put your phone into DOWNLOAD MODE, then connect it to the computer. in Kies goto Firmware Upgrade and Initialization in the Tools Menu. This will wipe everything from your phone so backup any pictures/music/movies whatever. your going to accept the new firmware install and be asked for your S/N of the phone and the phones model number. depending on your internet speed should take about 15 mins or less to do the upgrade to ICS
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After pulling my head out of you know where and being done with work and class for today this worked perfectly. Thank you for all the replies and assistance from everyone
thanks for the info I didn't know about this either
Projectdwnshft said:
First download Kies and install it with your phone unplugged from the computer. make sure Kies does all its updates. while its updating remove your battery and write down your S/N as well as the model of the phone cause youll need it, go ahead and remove ur SD card to be safe. Once its fully updated put your phone into DOWNLOAD MODE, then connect it to the computer. in Kies goto Firmware Upgrade and Initialization in the Tools Menu. This will wipe everything from your phone so backup any pictures/music/movies whatever. your going to accept the new firmware install and be asked for your S/N of the phone and the phones model number. depending on your internet speed should take about 15 mins or less to do the upgrade to ICS
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Thank you - this worked perfectly for me! :good:
So this method wipes the Note from root and cm9 and makes it bone stock again?
Iph0ne27 said:
So this method wipes the Note from root and cm9 and makes it bone stock again?
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this is one method that is used....but there are a few others as well....
the "note super everything thread" at the top of the general section, will show you all of the available options....g
I bought a used galaxy note and tried upgrading to ics but i keep getting this msg : your device does not support upgrading via kies.
The it ask me to confirm firmware version which i have using *#1234#. My phone shows correct version.
Android version 2.3.6, kernel 2.6.35.11 build gingerbread.ucla1.
Could someone pls help? my husband also bought a used note and his updated just fine. I don't.believe this phone is rooted.
Any advice would much appreciated. Thanks!
My advice is search the thread
Not trying to be rude but this issue is know and there is different ways of upgrading to ICS with out kies
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jayRokk said:
My advice is search the thread
Not trying to be rude but this issue is know and there is different ways of upgrading to ICS with out kies
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Totally understand. Guess Im scared of bricking my phone lol.
miketilly2 said:
Totally understand. Guess Im scared of bricking my phone lol.
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Just make sure you read tons before flashing
It should be pretty simple after you have an idea of what's going on.
Read the stickies they will help
And flashing the Official ICS thru Odin/Kies shouldnt brick or harm your phone at all
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miketilly2 said:
I bought a used galaxy note and tried upgrading to ics but i keep getting this msg : your device does not support upgrading via kies.
The it ask me to confirm firmware version which i have using *#1234#. My phone shows correct version.
Android version 2.3.6, kernel 2.6.35.11 build gingerbread.ucla1.
Could someone pls help? my husband also bought a used note and his updated just fine. I don't.believe this phone is rooted.
Any advice would much appreciated. Thanks!
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It does not matter if your phone is rooted or not. Start up Samsung Kies. Connect your phone. Go to the Tools tab. Select "Firmware upgrade and Initialization". Fill in the info and you should force the update. Model is SGHI717. No hyphen. And use caps for model and SN.
Agoattamer said:
It does not matter if your phone is rooted or not. Start up Samsung Kies. Connect your phone. Go to the Tools tab. Select "Firmware upgrade and Initialization". Fill in the info and you should force the update. Model is SGHI717. No hyphen. And use caps for model and SN.
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I tried that and it said SGH -I717 does not support initializing. Now what?
It say my current firmware is PD:LA1 / PHONE:LE2 / CSC :LA1 (ATT )
Maybe update not availble yet for that??
miketilly2 said:
I tried that and it said SGH -I717 does not support initializing. Now what?
It say my current firmware is PD:LA1 / PHONE:LE2 / CSC :LA1 (ATT )
Maybe update not availble yet for that??
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Update thru Odin
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jayRokk said:
Update thru Odin
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I will. I am curious though as to why kies is saying that. Oh and thanks.
Ill get my husband to do it, he's good at stuff like that. Plus if he messes up i can take his note as compensation
miketilly2 said:
I tried that and it said SGH -I717 does not support initializing. Now what?
It say my current firmware is PD:LA1 / PHONE:LE2 / CSC :LA1 (ATT )
Maybe update not availble yet for that??
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Its not that hard just a couple files you have to download and you'll be set..
Google Odin for ATT Note and
Download this .zip file found here
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162779447/3bb6230/I717UCLF6_I717ATTLF6_ATT.zip.html
(its stock official ICS ) extract the .zip and put the .tar file inside in the PDA slot
And hit start
Make sure you put your phone in download mode first
(Holding volume down and power when powering up)
You should be set
I think there is a video on the stickies on how to do it as well if you get lost or confused
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miketilly2 said:
I tried that and it said SGH -I717 does not support initializing. Now what?
It say my current firmware is PD:LA1 / PHONE:LE2 / CSC :LA1 (ATT )
Maybe update not availble yet for that??
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Some mentioned there was an ATT software update by OTA on some phones. Maybe this was an update for kies compatability on older Note handsets. Have you looked there first? Sorry if I could not help more.
jayRokk said:
Its not that hard just a couple files you have to download and you'll be set..
Google Odin for ATT Note and
Download this .zip file found here
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162779447/3bb6230/I717UCLF6_I717ATTLF6_ATT.zip.html
(its stock official ICS ) extract the .zip and put the .tar file inside in the PDA slot
And hit start
Make sure you put your phone in download mode first
(Holding volume down and power when powering up)
You should be set
I think there is a video on the stickies on how to do it as well if you get lost or confused
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Does this PDA include Modem too? Just out of curiosity.
miketilly2 said:
I will. I am curious though as to why kies is saying that. Oh and thanks.
Ill get my husband to do it, he's good at stuff like that. Plus if he messes up i can take his note as compensation
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As JayRokk suggested... Make sure your device is in download mode. If not, that would account for the error message.
Agoattamer said:
Does this PDA include Modem too? Just out of curiosity.
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It should
But there is always a flashable .zip if it doesn't
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zancro said:
As JayRokk suggested... Make sure your device is in download mode. If not, that would account for the error message.
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My husband said that it is in download mode. I'm just gonna update via odin. I give up on lies.
But if I ever do figure it out I'll post for others. I appreciate everyone's advice and input.
miketilly2 said:
My husband said that it is in download mode. I'm just gonna update via odin. I give up on lies.
But if I ever do figure it out I'll post for others. I appreciate everyone's advice and input.
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No problem. Report back and let us know how it went
Agoattamer said:
It does not matter if your phone is rooted or not. Start up Samsung Kies. Connect your phone. Go to the Tools tab. Select "Firmware upgrade and Initialization". Fill in the info and you should force the update. Model is SGHI717. No hyphen. And use caps for model and SN.
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Model is sierra golf hotel india seven one seven. All caps and no spaces. Kies probably didn't recognize the model.
FYI I guess there are different model numbers, or at least different ways the model number must be entered. My model # is SGH-I717...and when updating this way via Kies, I had to enter the dash. It wouldn't take it without the dash. Also, I've seen others report the model # they used was ATTI717.
I know old thread
miketilly2 said:
I tried that and it said SGH -I717 does not support initializing. Now what?
It say my current firmware is PD:LA1 / PHONE:LE2 / CSC :LA1 (ATT )
Maybe update not availble yet for that??
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and that you might have fixed it already but...
The quickest fix for me was to install ATT's original Baseband back its official I717UCLA1. Your note might have a different/custom one installed. I ran into the same exact issue today on my girlfriends Note (forgot I had a tmobile radio loaded for her). I would assume that CWM is loaded on the device also. If thats the case, search XDA for ATTNOTEUCLARADIO.zip (approx 22.1mb file) and copy to sd or internal storage on device. Boot into recovery via vol up + vol down + power. choose install via .zip. point to file and run. once completed, reboot.
now connect note to computer and run Kies. It will now tell you update is available.
Hope this helps anyone else who stumbles across this post via google search. I had to re-download files as we weren't home when I had did this where I have the files backup to to storage drive. Its safe and fast.
(Update) This will remove root access, remove CWM recovery and install ATT's bloatware crap. The cool factor: It DOES keep all your data and apps untouched except Superuser, which it removes
miketilly2 said:
I bought a used galaxy note and tried upgrading to ics but i keep getting this msg : your device does not support upgrading via kies.
The it ask me to confirm firmware version which i have using *#1234#. My phone shows correct version.
Android version 2.3.6, kernel 2.6.35.11 build gingerbread.ucla1.
Could someone pls help? my husband also bought a used note and his updated just fine. I don't.believe this phone is rooted.
Any advice would much appreciated. Thanks!
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Put it in download mode. Start kies and once it shows your phone as connected click emergency firmware upgrade have your s/n ready make sure you have 3 gigs of space on your pc and a internet connection. It will.restore to official ics for the i717. WARNING........ THIS WILL ERASE YOUR INTERNAL STORAGE MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP YOUR INTERNAL STORAGE BEFORE HAND. Stock ics sucks if i was you id root and install a custom ics. Example i am using the new blackstar Rom. Its the best Rom for ics in my eyes..goodluck.
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I just exchanged my phone with AT&t today. Before doing so, I brought it completely back to stock from CM9.
Odin'd stock GB rom.
Odin'd stock radio (1).
Odin'd CWM.
Flashed flash counter reset via CWM.
After doing that, Kies let the phone update to official ICS. But only after doing all of that. At some point in there might be your problem.
Once I got the new phone home, I IMMEDIATELY rooted and restored to my CM9 backup. Stock anything is blegh.
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I was also getting the message 'SGH-I717' does not allow initializing.
Going throught the post, I Booted the device with Vol-Up + Vol Dwn + Power (I kept the USB cable connected) and when the Samsung Logo first appeared released all the keys.
Once in the menu I selected last option click on Ok (the second touch button) then selected first option to reboot.
The phone booted normally and connect to Kies it asked for update. The update is downloading right now.
I had my samsung galaxy sch i545 rooted! But verizon kept pushing for the new update i unrooted and flashed back to the original stock firmware, and stored my original recovery! And then i factory reset! So everything was back to normal. I even ran the triangle away to set my flash counter to 0? I try to update, it boots into recovery and then when its updating it says error and restarts my phone. And it says update unsuccessful! Please help! What should I do next? I heard this was a good place to ask questions and the administrators and the moderators were really helpful! Please help guys!
goldenabhisek said:
I had my samsung galaxy sch i545 rooted! But verizon kept pushing for the new update i unrooted and flashed back to the original stock firmware, and stored my original recovery! And then i factory reset! So everything was back to normal. I even ran the triangle away to set my flash counter to 0? I try to update, it boots into recovery and then when its updating it says error and restarts my phone. And it says update unsuccessful! Please help! What should I do next? I heard this was a good place to ask questions and the administrators and the moderators were really helpful! Please help guys!
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Make sure you using stock cable that come with phone. ..try different usb port re download again kies power down and up computer. ....make sure there is no antivirus and firewalls running in background. ...make sure you don't have ticked nothing in developer menu. ......
And try again. .....
Verizon also pulled new update that was making problems with receptions bug...so call first and confirm that you getting one without reception bug that was pulled by Verizon not long ago
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okay i tried that and i have powered down kies and did everything! i just cant get it to work? I changed the port, i have to antivirus and i closed kies using task manager? Is there any reason this should be happening?
goldenabhisek said:
okay i tried that and i have powered down kies and did everything! i just cant get it to work? I changed the port, i have to antivirus and i closed kies using task manager? Is there any reason this should be happening?
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What do you using to update. ...
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samprocat said:
What do you using to update. ...
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I am using my phone?? Downloading the updating and ins taking from my Galaxy s4...
goldenabhisek said:
I am using my phone?? Downloading the updating and ins taking from my Galaxy s4...
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Try using kies. ...Over the air ...don't
Open kies conect phone to computer let kies find your phone. ..then from there use kies to find update for you
Last thing is to use stock 3c recovery and do hard reset there then boot let it go for 10 minutes pass all settings don't setup Google play store.....connect to pc to be recognized by kies and try again
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samprocat said:
Try using kies. ...Over the air ...don't
Open kies conect phone to computer let kies find your phone. ..then from there use kies to find update for you
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Okay I will try that when I get home and will post of our worked or not and thank you very much for the help and it out doesn't work I'll post again
goldenabhisek said:
Okay I will try that when I get home and will post of our worked or not and thank you very much for the help and it out doesn't work I'll post again
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How did you make out? I have the same problem and have spent all day searching for a solution. I am close to just buying a new phone out of contract because I can't spend anymore time on it. At this point I am assuming that as a result of rooting, even though I have removed it the OTA update continues to see something and so it won't complete it's update. I even installed the "full wipe" original stock ROM via Odin but no such luck.
dougbma50 said:
How did you make out? I have the same problem and have spent all day searching for a solution. I am close to just buying a new phone out of contract because I can't spend anymore time on it. At this point I am assuming that as a result of rooting, even though I have removed it the OTA update continues to see something and so it won't complete it's update. I even installed the "full wipe" original stock ROM via Odin but no such luck.
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I'd also like to know.
Not sure what you guys are doing but if you installed the MK2 no wipe image and did not try to root, the update should go fine.
Hey guys, i had this exact same issue with a stock s4, never been rooted. called verizon and they told me to go to a samsung kiosk inside a best buy store. i had done all the usual stuff, including hard resets. The guy at the samsung store decided it would be best to do a Binary Wipe which wipes every little thing on the phone (take out your sd card beforehand). It worked, i had the update on the sd card and it took after the binary wipe. it is the lowest level wipe you can do. as far as i know only the samsung people can do it... they wipe it and restore stock 4.3 verizon to your phone, then the update will take.
I have a Samsung Galaxy SII (GT-I9100) and it was on t-mobile and had t-mobile software and logo appearing at the start up. I wanted to remove it so I downloaded odin and stock rom 4.0.3 and flashed it using odin and everything went pretty well and phone started but at the start i got the error "unfortunately the process.android.process.acore has stopped" I factory resetted the phone and it was gone and the phone worked ok. After I checked for an update and there was a software update so I done this update but this time through the phone connecting wireless to my home network and it was stuck while installing Foto Package and showed an error. I pressed few buttons power and home button and so on and it carried on installing and installed it correctly now I have the android version 4.0.4 on the phone (Phone is working). My question is I checked an update again and there is a new update: PDA:LSW / PHONE:MS2 / CSC:LS5 (XEU).
Shall I risk and try to upgrade it or just dont take the risk and leave it like this. And if you recommend me to upgrade please advice me what would be the best way to do it? Through phone, odin or kies... Thank you for reading and sorry if im in the wrong thread for this.
Just do it via odin,and factory reset.You get the firmware from sammobile.Just fill in the boxes and choose xeu(which is unbranded) opposed to any listings for tmobile.
And make sure 4.0.4 is gone before factory reset,just in case lol.
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You might want to do a nandroid backup first.. If everything is okay right now, maybe you should try kies, since its less likely to fail.
Dakura said:
You might want to do a nandroid backup first.. If everything is okay right now, maybe you should try kies, since its less likely to fail.
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With respect.....Kies is the biggest pile of c**p available.......Odin is far more reliable....... I've used kies on one occasion on my wife's S2....it f***ed up her phone big time.....other forum members will tell you the same......
Odin First.......Kies....LAST resort....
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keithross39 said:
With respect.....Kies is the biggest pile of c**p available.......Odin is far more reliable....... I've used kies on one occasion on my wife's S2....it f***ed up her phone big time.....other forum members will tell you the same......
Odin First.......Kies....LAST resort....
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Yeah, kies is indeed a useless pile of junk but take note that he got into this mess when he flashed via odin, maybe he does something wrong with odin, i thought kies would be easier and safer (for him).
Dakura said:
Yeah, kies is indeed a useless pile of junk but take note that he got into this mess when he flashed via odin, maybe he does something wrong with odin, i thought kies would be easier and safer (for him).
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Read his post again.
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theunderling said:
Read his post again.
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First he failed with odin, (odin is clearly not responsible but the fact is he used odin and failed) then he failed with OTA, so i thought he should try kies now, i would try with odin if it was me tho.
Read the 1st sentence after the bold letters,then we'll see what is fact.......or fiction lol.
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I bought her an unlocked i9205 back in December. It was rooted already. I put SU and TWRP on it and did a backup of it. Well she kinda trashed it so I did a TWRP restore which ended with an error. Now it just boots to the Samsung logo. Do I need to load a new ROM now? I'm hoping I can find something to just put on an SD card and flash with TWRP. Any help is good. I have a PC setup with drivers for it. PDANET, ADB, etc.. No Odin though.
- Joe
JoeLansing said:
I bought her an unlocked i9205 back in December. It was rooted already. I put SU and TWRP on it and did a backup of it. Well she kinda trashed it so I did a TWRP restore which ended with an error. Now it just boots to the Samsung logo. Do I need to load a new ROM now? I'm hoping I can find something to just put on an SD card and flash with TWRP. Any help is good. I have a PC setup with drivers for it. PDANET, ADB, etc.. No Odin though.
- Joe
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if you can get into recovery. try installing a new ROM
bnb25 said:
if you can get into recovery. try installing a new ROM
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I can get into TWRP recovery. Will any ROM work with that? Can you recommend any ROMs? The stock one was fine but it was so full of Samsung bloat it really didn't have much available RAM left of it's 1.5GB after boot. I guess I don't care as long as it's stable and works so I can get out of the doghouse...LOL
- Joe
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I can get into TWRP recovery. Will any ROM work with that? Cahttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2608110 you recommend any ROMs? The stock one was fine but it was so full of Samsung bloat it really didn't have much available RAM left of it's 1.5GB after boot. I guess I don't care as long as it's stable and works so I can get out of the doghouse...LOL
- Joe
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Try megafire mj2 v3x her3 in xda, it is stock with all the bloatware removed. Its is completely lag free.
JoeLansing said:
I can get into TWRP recovery. Will any ROM work with that? Can you recommend any ROMs? The stock one was fine but it was so full of Samsung bloat it really didn't have much available RAM left of it's 1.5GB after boot. I guess I don't care as long as it's stable and works so I can get out of the doghouse...LOL
- Joe
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Grab Odin and flash stock ROM
*S.O.F.A*2SHAYNEZ*K.C.C.O*
Thanks guys. I'm trying a MegaFireMj2V3 just cuz I already downloaded it. Stock kinda sucked. I'd look and she'd have 3 apps running with low memory warnings. It was rooted and I'd uninstall a lot of bloat, but somehow it would auto update all the bloat right back within minutes. I'll go back to stock if needed but I want to try something de-crapped first.
- Joe
It's worse now.
Ok. Flashing MegaFireMj2V3 was a fail. It seems as if the system partition always fails. So I got Odin and a stock ROM. That failed also, and now I just have a couple of little red lines telling me to use Kies Recovery or something. And I can't get Kies to connect to it. My PC sees it. Samsung USB drivers install. Kies sees it plugged in but just lays there saying CONNECTING. I paid like $400 for this turkey for my wife for Christmas and now she's yelling at me that I blew it up.. I guess I can keep trying Kies but it's looking fail so far. This really stinks. I bought it on Amazon. It's supposed to have a 2 year warranty. It's Unlocked International Version with Warranty. But I don't know what country?
- Joe
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Thanks guys. I'm trying a MegaFireMj2V3 just cuz I already downloaded it. Stock kinda sucked. I'd look and she'd have 3 apps running with low memory warnings. It was rooted and I'd uninstall a lot of bloat, but somehow it would auto update all the bloat right back within minutes. I'll go back to stock if needed but I want to try something de-crapped first.
- Joe
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Ok. Flashing MegaFireMj2V3 was a fail. It seems as if the system partition always fails. So I got Odin and a stock ROM. That failed also, and now I just have a couple of little red lines telling me to use Kies Recovery or something. And I can't get Kies to connect to it. My PC sees it. Samsung USB drivers install. Kies sees it plugged in but just lays there saying CONNECTING. I paid like $400 for this turkey for my wife for Christmas and now she's yelling at me that I blew it up.. I guess I can keep trying Kies but it's looking fail so far. This really stinks. I bought it on Amazon. It's supposed to have a 2 year warranty. It's Unlocked International Version with Warranty. But I don't know what country?
- Joe
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I you have the twpr try to change the recovery to the latest one.....try philz touch recovery
I think u have an old recovery
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shazzl said:
I you have the twpr try to change the recovery to the latest one.....try philz touch recovery
I think u have an old recovery
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I don't have any recovery anymore. It boots to a small failed update message. It's toast unless I can get Kies to work somehow.
- Joe
there is a way to use Kies to get Stock on there.. It involves typing in the words of your model or something like that./
maybe someone here can remember better than I.
On the Note, Ive seen it alot. there is a certian way that you have to type in the make and model and it will stock-ize you.
That is "IF" you can get it to connect to Kies..
I'll suggest you use a different USB cable..
Some will and some wont connect.....
good luck
Why don't you to flash a stock rom with Odin, I think you have dounload mode (as you don't have custom recovery it is the only way) ?
Search YOUR rom on sammobile, or the same level (not possible to doungrade you shall have more problem ! )
Lol this also happened to me but to recover, since you now only have download mode, connect it to Odin on your PC and find a brand new firmware. Try the latest versions because that's your best shot of recovering it. It doesn't matter what region you pick as long as that the model number is the same. Do note however that if you fail the flash KNOX will trip up and you will void the warranty. If it doesn't fail, it should boot up to the Samsung logo. If it still bootloops, go into recovery (since it should be there now), and wipe everything. Then your phone should boot up nicely.
Note: New firmware contains KNOX so rooting and installing custom recovery is now dangerous.
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