Hi,
My gf has the same phone as me, but I've rooted mine and got Ultimarom 10.1. However she only has ICS. I would like to avoid rooting it, and I'd also like to keep it all official so her insurance will pay out. she does drop it every now and again,
anyway the main thing im concerned with is she keeps having random reboots and she is most likely vulnerable to sds, and less serious problems like media server draining battery. (EDIT:all fixed in my rom lol)
I want to know what is the latest OFFICIAL update for the UK, i9300, using only kies or ota or any other official channels? I would prefer not to use sam mobile.... anyway before i tell her i need her phone for several hours (update restore tidy n setup) I'd like to know if there is a jb update for her available on kies or ota
She's 100% stock.
mattyyey said:
Hi,
My gf has the same phone as me, but I've rooted mine and got Ultimarom 10.1. However she only has ICS. I would like to avoid rooting it, and I'd also like to keep it all official so her insurance will pay out. she does drop it every now and again,
anyway the main thing im concerned with is she keeps having random reboots and she is most likely vulnerable to sds, and less serious problems like media server draining battery.
I want to know what is the latest OFFICIAL update for the UK, i9300, using only kies or ota or any other official channels? I would prefer not to use sam mobile.... anyway before i tell her i need her phone for several hours (update restore tidy n setup) I'd like to know if there is a jb update for her available on kies or ota
She's 100% stock.
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latest is emb5 for uk which is based on 4.1.2 if you didnt know already
ok but will that actually come up on kies? because it deffo doesnt come via "system updates" in settings like i said i want to avoid unofficial channels
mattyyey said:
ok but will that actually come up on kies? because it deffo doesnt come via "system updates" in settings like i said i want to avoid unofficial channels
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which carrier is the phone on or is it unlocked? emb5 is the latest unbranded fw im not overly sure in terms of carrier branded fws the only way to check that would be the carriers forums, other people on here with the same carrier or check on sam mobile, but im sure there will be an update to jelly bean if you plug the device in through kies i would have thought because everyone in the uk should have jelly bean by now
Not being funny, but I would trust the Odin flash method far far more than I would trust Kies or OTA
Simple connect to Kies update for that phone is a yes or no .
No then flash latest UK stock from General Firmware thread .Or wait and wait and wait for Kies to get the update for that phone .##
Stock Samsung firmwares via Odin do not invalidate warranty .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
jje
She's on O2 and i suspect it's locked. Not checked...
Like I said I don't really want to set her laptop up with kies n everything unless I know there is one... However it's good to know that it won't void the warranty, would her insurance still pay out presuming that I don't break it in the update process?
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mattyyey said:
She's on O2 and i suspect it's locked. Not checked...
Like I said I don't really want to set her laptop up with kies n everything unless I know there is one... However it's good to know that it won't void the warranty, would her insurance still pay out presuming that I don't break it in the update process?
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Check on the o2 forums im pretty sure youll find on there if its updated to 4.1 but im fairly certain it will be
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Hi i bought a new samsung galaxy s2 the other day and immediately checked for updates ota. it said an update was available, so i downloaded it and clicked install. the phone rebooted and began updating but once it got to 14 percent it stopped, rebooted then said update was unsuccessful. So i connected to kies and it told me my phone wasnt compatible for updates via kies. any ideas?
Kies is useless, if you really want to update you can use odin yourself... up to you and voids warranty
Try uninstalling and reinstalling but too be honest, forget kies...
hmm. ok. any ideas on why the ota update stops at 14 percent? im on stock 2.3.4 and not rooted.
yes, because kies is rubbish....
settings - about phone - update... Over The Air update is probably not available lol ...
With odin you can flash stock updates... really simple, but get used to the phone and if you want to take the leap, its not difficult but do plenty of reading, it can a bit daunting initially...
Is there anything wrong with your phone or just hungry for the latest version?
OTA is not in use/working for many yet but is supposed to be working when ICS is released .
NEW HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134290
Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
jje
Just like having the latest firmware.otherwise I'm loving it. Much better than my old milestone
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Thank you.very helpful post
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okay so im trying to exaust all my options before rooting considering my only computer is ancient and runs at the pace of a snail.. i called samsung and they told me my phone came from overseas, so my update wouldnt be avalaible through kies or ota...is there a way to resolve this? i am in the us but have the international version of the i9100
tann3r12 said:
okay so im trying to exaust all my options before rooting considering my only computer is ancient and runs at the pace of a snail.. i called samsung and they told me my phone came from overseas, so my update wouldnt be avalaible through kies or ota...is there a way to resolve this? i am in the us but have the international version of the i9100
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i9100 stock roms in the stock rom thread al you need is to match modem and csc to location and network .
Rooting has nothing to do with updates or making the phone faster .
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
oh okay thank you. one more thing though should i flash the stock rom that matches the region on my phone now or can i download the one for my actual region?
tann3r12 said:
oh okay thank you. one more thing though should i flash the stock rom that matches the region on my phone now or can i download the one for my actual region?
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You said you're in the US? Then there isn't a stock ROM for the i9100 for your region. I'm in the US too. You should be able to use any from Intratech's official firmware thread just fine. I flashed from XWKE7 for the UK (2.3.3), that came with the phone, to XXKI3 for Poland (2.3.5). Haven't found a need to upgrade beyond that yet, but there are newer versions available.
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You said you're in the US? Then there isn't a stock ROM for the i9100 for your region. I'm in the US too. You should be able to use any from Intratech's official firmware thread just fine. I flashed from XWKE7 for the UK (2.3.3), that came with the phone, to XXKI3 for Poland (2.3.5). Haven't found a need to upgrade beyond that yet, but there are newer versions available.
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ok! my main concern is being able to get the official ice cream sandwich update once it comes out through ota or kies
tann3r12 said:
ok! my main concern is being able to get the official ice cream sandwich update once it comes out through ota or kies
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OTA and Kies won't work for us dude, I hate to be the bearer of bad news. We'll have to rely on ICS being posted somewhere here.
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OTA and Kies won't work for us dude, I hate to be the bearer of bad news. We'll have to rely on ICS being posted somewhere here.
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ahh of course :/ well thanks for the info!
got my s3 yesterday and I thought I would try to upgrade officially rather than root straight away. tried kies first but wouldn't work and then I thought I would try the update through the phone but my phone doesn't have that in the about device bit.
so my questions are is there something wrong with my phone? and should I just use odin and flash the latest stock firmware? or which is the best custom firmware that keeps all the stock functions?
my apologies of this has all been covered before.
thanks
First we need to know what firmware have your phone preinstalled.
Type *#1234# in dialer.
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i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
Your phone should be able to receive OTA updates, Kies is for most users a pain in the xxx. Best way to update is to flash the updated rom through Odin (see item 2 and 3 in my signature). For custom roms see the developers thread, there are many good rom`s with all the stock features. My preference is what you see in my banner. First read up about rooting, flashing, CWM and stuff to avoid problems
Well, since you are asking in XDA, YES don't wait for OTA or Kies. Use odin to flash original firmware.
Root it as fast as you can
Try every custom roms until you found the one you like the most.
Happy flashing
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Use the all in one toolkit and root then flash android revolution.
Job done
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I appreciate all your answers. I'm not new to to flashing as my last phone was an S2 running wajk miui, just curious as to whether there was something wrong with my phone as it doesn't have the update in about device.
didn't want to root straight away as I'm not convinced I want to keep this phone yet, not impressed with it as I thought I'd be.
mrbuzz1967 said:
I appreciate all your answers. I'm not new to to flashing as my last phone was an S2 running wajk miui, just curious as to whether there was something wrong with my phone as it doesn't have the update in about device.
didn't want to root straight away as I'm not convinced I want to keep this phone yet, not impressed with it as I thought I'd be.
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You say Kies does not work ???
No update well that begs the question is their an update for your phone .
No OTA in settings About Phone System Update that suggestions that the vendor has removed OTA updates .If so firmware updates are via Kies when the vendor decides to push them out .
jje
JJEgan said:
You say Kies does not work ???
No update well that begs the question is their an update for your phone .
No OTA in settings About Phone System Update that suggestions that the vendor has removed OTA updates .If so firmware updates are via Kies when the vendor decides to push them out .
jje
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thanks for the reply. did try with kies and it was updating but timed out twice so I gave up. my current firmware is BVLAF4.
despite how easy it is to just root my tab 10.1 and just slap the 4.0.4 update on there, i've been holding out for the OTA.
the problem is, it seems like everyone already has the GT-P7510 OTA, but i'm still getting nothing when trying to get a software update
might there be something wrong with my tablet (partially why i'm hesitant to attempt root and flash)? or will i just be the last guy to get the update in the world?
demographic wise; i'm in the USA, state of Mississippi
Osbor said:
despite how easy it is to just root my tab 10.1 and just slap the 4.0.4 update on there, i've been holding out for the OTA.
the problem is, it seems like everyone already has the GT-P7510 OTA, but i'm still getting nothing when trying to get a software update
might there be something wrong with my tablet (partially why i'm hesitant to attempt root and flash)? or will i just be the last guy to get the update in the world?
demographic wise; i'm in the USA, state of Mississippi
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Well according to sammobile there is a USA 4.04 update for the P7510 on Kies servers. Have you tried plugging into Kies and see if you're prompted for an update? You dont need to root to flash with Odin anyway.
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dave106 said:
Well according to sammobile there is a USA 4.04 update for the P7510 on Kies servers. Have you tried plugging into Kies and see if you're prompted for an update? You dont need to root to flash with Odin anyway.
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thanks for that, i didn't realize kies did sanctioned firmware upgrades
but apparently my device "does not support software upgrading via Kies". oh really, samsung?
what would even prompt a device to not be supported?
Osbor said:
thanks for that, i didn't realize kies did sanctioned firmware upgrades
but apparently my device "does not support software upgrading via Kies". oh really, samsung?
what would even prompt a device to not be supported?
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Rooting it for one... But there are so many reasons for the OTA/Kies not to work, it is stunning...
You should have been able to get the OTA for almost a month now in the US, if your tab is an US one...
Hello to everyone. Sorry if the post does not go here.
I have a factory unlocked Galaxy S2 and wanted to know if there is a way to update it with the official jelly bean update, since the roll out started for some countries i thought maybe i could do the update too. My country didn't recieve the update yet, and when i search for updates, it obviously says theres none. But wanted to know if theres a method, that does not involve rooting or something like that.
Thanks in advanced
Just flash some other countries rom
I.e Spain
Yeah i heard that, but i wanted to know if there was a way to updating it without flashing some rom. Because i cant understand why i can update since my phone is unlocked. I even tried to search for updates without a sim but with no luck.
elloco4ever said:
Yeah i heard that, but i wanted to know if there was a way to updating it without flashing some rom. Because i cant understand why i can update since my phone is unlocked. I even tried to search for updates without a sim but with no luck.
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No.
If you want JB now then you will need to flash Spains or some other countries stock rom via ODIN or flash a custom rom via cwm recovery.
elloco4ever said:
Hello to everyone. Sorry if the post does not go here.
I have a factory unlocked Galaxy S2 and wanted to know if there is a way to update it with the official jelly bean update, since the roll out started for some countries i thought maybe i could do the update too. My country didn't recieve the update yet, and when i search for updates, it obviously says theres none. But wanted to know if theres a method, that does not involve rooting or something like that.
Thanks in advanced
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It's about the firmware, not about network status (locked - unlock).
Judging by your nick you are from Argentina-Uruguay. You'll get the update in march.
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hahah gastonw you are correct about the country! My phone is from eeuu, but it was updated with ICS from my country, so I suppose I´ll have to wait till march.
Thanks to all for the help
elloco4ever said:
hahah gastonw you are correct about the country! My phone is from eeuu, but it was updated with ICS from my country, so I suppose I´ll have to wait till march.
Thanks to all for the help
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Just flash it via Odin / mobile odin so you can show off running JB while your friends run gingerbread or ICS (or iOS, they always look away going like "argh...I got nothing to show against that spaceship", luv it )
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Hi
I recently purchased an s3 international in thailand it was locked i took back to dealer and he fixed but i notice i now have cmw so i presume its now rooted. If i remove (unroot) phone so i can get official updates will the phone re lock. If already answered can someone point me to the correct forum
Thanks in advance
Hey
I'm a bit new to samsung, as far as I know cwm should not bother you getting ota updates.
Edit:As long as you are using a stock rom.
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bunter2000 said:
Hi
I recently purchased an s3 international in thailand it was locked i took back to dealer and he fixed but i notice i now have cmw so i presume its now rooted. If i remove (unroot) phone so i can get official updates will the phone re lock. If already answered can someone point me to the correct forum
Thanks in advance
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To be honest it depends on how he unlocked it. It may buy you would have to be complete factory with an unmodified state to get the official updates. Take my carrier for example. They flash a custom rom on it without fixing the modified state so OTA or Keis updates dont work.
why ask in General, and not the help section?
davidk-il said:
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I'm a bit new to samsung, as far as I know cwm should not bother you getting ota updates.
Edit:As long as you are using a stock rom.
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When i try to update via settings i am told "unable to update modified hardware" and kies tells me the device cant by updated. When i get back to oz i was going to flash the telstra stock rom but scared it will carrier lock which is not a biggie because i am with telstra. I would like have phone stock and upgradable . My s2 was always flashed with westgrips ics but i am done with continually updating to keep getting the latest.
It depends exactly how he unlocked it, but I have never seen it saying it can't update modified hardware, normally if you are rooted it would say "unable to upgrade as the system has been modified" (or something very similar) also if you are rooted and have CWM but on a stock rom you should be able to update via Kies.
I would think something dodgy is going on, I would go back to the dealer and show them the OTA update message you got and see what they say
delsus said:
It depends exactly how he unlocked it, but I have never seen it saying it can't update modified hardware, normally if you are rooted it would say "unable to upgrade as the system has been modified" (or something very similar) also if you are rooted and have CWM but on a stock rom you should be able to update via Kies.
I would think something dodgy is going on, I would go back to the dealer and show them the OTA update message you got and see what they say
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Yes, the error message was similar to the one you said, this has been going on for 3 days, the first one supplied had been rooted and coud not be updated and as soon as I saw CMW I ook it back and asked for one hat had not been tampered with. They exchanged with another new unit which could be updated but when I finally started using it the radio was locked. I then took it back and said it was fixed only to find that they unlocked it using CMW but NO Busy Box (unless they uninstalled it).
Now I have a phone that is the same as the first one but has been updated to 4.1.2, at the same time I bought an S3 for my wife which updated to 4.1.2 and was unlocked from the same dealer. Unfortunately we go into the country in the morning for 2 weeks and cant return to the dealer till I get back to Bangkok.
That is why I asked if I can restore the phone to stock and still be unlocked and unrooted as I dont want ato go down the path of my old S2 and get into a ROM cooking frenzy. I am happy with stock and want to get update as if released look forward to 5.x.x
bunter2000 said:
Yes, the error message was similar to the one you said, this has been going on for 3 days, the first one supplied had been rooted and coud not be updated and as soon as I saw CMW I ook it back and asked for one hat had not been tampered with. They exchanged with another new unit which could be updated but when I finally started using it the radio was locked. I then took it back and said it was fixed only to find that they unlocked it using CMW but NO Busy Box (unless they uninstalled it).
Now I have a phone that is the same as the first one but has been updated to 4.1.2, at the same time I bought an S3 for my wife which updated to 4.1.2 and was unlocked from the same dealer. Unfortunately we go into the country in the morning for 2 weeks and cant return to the dealer till I get back to Bangkok.
That is why I asked if I can restore the phone to stock and still be unlocked and unrooted as I dont want ato go down the path of my old S2 and get into a ROM cooking frenzy. I am happy with stock and want to get update as if released look forward to 5.x.x
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Well if your looking forward to 5.0 then you will end up flashing a custom rom anyway as this device may see a 4.2 official but doubt it will see an official 5.0