I'm a real phone dullard and need some help updating my phone firmware.
Here are some details.
Model number
GT-I5500
Firmware version
2.1-update1
Kernel version
2.6.29-perf
Baseband version
I5500NEJJ1
I got this number by pressing in some *code after reading a thread here on XDA, but dont know what to call it
YKAH3G
It's on the UK 3 network, but has no options for tethering and what not, I have seen the same phone with these options and would like to upgrade.
I have no idea where to start though.
All the links to latest firmware seem to be dead now but I got what I think is the correct update here
"samsung-updates com"
Download said
Below you will find all available downloads for I5500XWJQ3 firmware version for N/A (GT-I5500) from region H3G
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I'd appreciate any advice on what tools I need to get in order to update.
Downloaded latest kies installed, rebooted, rebooted phone.
Started kies, plugged phone via USB, and kies informed me there was an update available.
PDA:JQ3 / PHONE:JP2 / CSC:JP2 (H3G)
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Kies downloaded the update and then just hung, left it for an hour, and had to end it, I tried a couple of times.
Any Ideas?
Look at madteam.co
You might find something there.
And let us here know what you find
Sent from my GT-I5500 [CM7.2]
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I got a 10.1 3G version today in the UK and the first thing I did was a KIES update.
The firmware that's now installed is P7500BUKI1 (Bravo Uniform Kilo India One).
I've done a google and can only find one reference to this firmware, is it brand new?
I've also done a google search and a search here for how to dump a firmware and can't seem to find a useful howto, could someone point me at one possibly?
Thanks
Would be great if you could find a way to get the firmware uploaded - been trying to get the tab back to a stock UK firmware for a while now!
Does Kies not store the downloaded firmware?
I found out how to do a CWM backup so have done one and now have a fullset of .img files.
If someone can point me at a howto to extract them I can try to put together a recovery zip for you.
ok cheers. I tried to do a quick search to see if I could help, but I can't!
Is yours a carrier version? Is the CSC XEU or did you buy a Tab in the UK that's from another country? Mine's an October build and this is what shows in Kies:
PDA:KHD / PHONE:KG1 / CSC:KH3 (XEU)
There aren't any updates available which is unusual if they've already started shipping units with a newer build. Is the new ROM 3.1 or 3.2?
pinsb said:
I got a 10.1 3G version today in the UK and the first thing I did was a KIES update.
The firmware that's now installed is P7500BUKI1 (Bravo Uniform Kilo India One).
I've done a google and can only find one reference to this firmware, is it brand new?
I've also done a google search and a search here for how to dump a firmware and can't seem to find a useful howto, could someone point me at one possibly?
Thanks
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KI1 is a September build, it is Android 3.1. I have been running Italian (ITV) KI1 firmware for some time already and it is really smooth.
If you can give us more information then we probably can find this firmware on Samsung servers.
Please post the contents of following files (you don't need root to access these files, you just need a file explorer):
system\CSCVersion.txt
system\csc\customer.xml Only one line: <SalesCode>???</SalesCode>
From Settings > About device:
Baseband version and Build number
poisike said:
KI1 is a September build, it is Android 3.1. I have been running Italian (ITV) KI1 firmware for some time already and it is really smooth.
If you can give us more information then we probably can find this firmware on Samsung servers.
Please post the contents of following files (you don't need root to access these files, you just need a file explorer):
system\CSCVersion.txt
system\csc\customer.xml Only one line: <SalesCode>???</SalesCode>
From Settings > About device:
Baseband version and Build number
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system\CSCVersion.txt
P7500VODKI1
system\customer.xml
Sales Code is VOD
The phone (as you've probably worked out) was Vodaphone initially but now unlocked model.
Anything else you need?
pinsb said:
system\CSCVersion.txt
P7500VODKI1
system\customer.xml
Sales Code is VOD
The phone (as you've probably worked out) was Vodaphone initially but now unlocked model.
Anything else you need?
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Baseband version from Settings > About device?
Any one managed to track down the firmware yet?
ashy7 said:
Any one managed to track down the firmware yet?
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KH3 XEU was just released three weeks ago on the delayed 32GB and 64GB P7500's that were all built in October. What OP received is probably that update (along with carrier customizations) that's being pushed out to Vodafone Tabs. This is especially true if it's 3.1. I'd guess the next general XEU update will be to 3.2.
BarryH_GEG said:
KH3 XEU was just released three weeks ago on the delayed 32GB and 64GB P7500's that were all built in October. What OP received is probably that update (along with carrier customizations) that's being pushed out to Vodafone Tabs. This is especially true if it's 3.1. I'd guess the next general XEU update will be to 3.2.
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I know, and it is exactly what I need so that I can get my tab back to the stock XEU firmware that I have spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to get!
i think not yet
ashy7 said:
I know, and it is exactly what I need so that I can get my tab back to the stock XEU firmware that I have spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to get!
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KH3 XEU is available on Samsung servers, if you need it, I can get it for you.
poisike said:
KH3 XEU is available on Samsung servers, if you need it, I can get it for you.
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If you could that would be brilliant. I've been trying to get my tab back to stock and updatable with Kies for ages!
Hi there
First of all, i have checked out intratech's thread but the links referring to the firmware are not working. I have also checked sammobile, and i found a firmware that supposedly was for my phone, but Kies begs to differ
Anyway, the phone i have is a GT-9100LKANEE, and it was shipped with
android: 2.3.5
baseband: I9100XXKI4
Build: GINGERBREAD.XWKI8
So i thought i struck luck at sammobile when i found this: I9100XWKI8_I9100OXXKI2_NEE.zip.html
It flashed allright and i thought i was out of the woods, but when i went through the startup wizard the language was danish (i am norwegian), and now Kies wont even bother looking for updates for my phone. It just says "this device's version cannot be updated"
So much for the "stock" experience
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
catolh said:
Hi there
First of all, i have checked out intratech's thread but the links referring to the firmware are not working. I have also checked sammobile, and i found a firmware that supposedly was for my phone, but Kies begs to differ
Anyway, the phone i have is a GT-9100LKANEE, and it was shipped with
android: 2.3.5
baseband: I9100XXKI4
Build: GINGERBREAD.XWKI8
So i thought i struck luck at sammobile when i found this: I9100XWKI8_I9100OXXKI2_NEE.zip.html
It flashed allright and i thought i was out of the woods, but when i went through the startup wizard the language was danish (i am norwegian), and now Kies wont even bother looking for updates for my phone. It just says "this device's version cannot be updated"
So much for the "stock" experience
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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You can use Check Fus Downloader to check and download stock ROMs directly from Samsung servers.
Here is a link to the Check Fus homepage => http://fus.nanzen.se/
Good luck !
It_ler said:
You can use Check Fus Downloader to check and download stock ROMs directly from Samsung servers.
Here is a link to the Check Fus homepage => http://fus.nanzen.se/
Good luck !
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Thanks!
I downloaded the right one, but it is the same as the one i flashed from sammobile. But for some reason Kies does not want to have anything to do with updating my device. I mean, it is fully updated now though, but whenever ICS comes along through kies, it wont let me update.
This was all easier when all i had was the HTC Hero
Unfortunately, that seems to be happening a lot to people who have gone back to stock firmware. Kies should work so far as receiving updates go, but for whatever reason they don't. It may be a case of having not downloaded the correct firmware in Checkfus. It may be some kind of country mismatch which is causing Kies not to allow you access to updates. Or it could also be that Kies has no updates available now.
Having not experienced the problem (and having not ever used Kies/not wanting to ever use Kies for anything/and not really being interested in ICS), I can't say why this is happening for sure.
Whatever the reason for the problem, when ICS is released, you'll be able to download this with Checkfus as well (Checkfus enables you to download any firmware updates available via Kies).
catolh said:
Thanks!
I downloaded the right one, but it is the same as the one i flashed from sammobile. But for some reason Kies does not want to have anything to do with updating my device. I mean, it is fully updated now though, but whenever ICS comes along through kies, it wont let me update.
This was all easier when all i had was the HTC Hero
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I'm in Norway too, and as far as I know KI8 is the most recent official stock firmware. I'm on Netcom, who's your operator?
Try an older stock firmware - KE7 for example, and see what Kies updates to. Back up first though.
Lykke til.
B3311 said:
I'm in Norway too, and as far as I know KI8 is the most recent official stock firmware. I'm on Netcom, who's your operator?
Try an older stock firmware - KE7 for example, and see what Kies updates to. Back up first though.
Lykke til.
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I am on Teliasonera (Tele 2)
I'll try your suggestion!
Takk.
So i think i have found out why Kies wont update my phone. It seems the product code on my phone has been changed somewhere along the flashing spree i've been on.
My phone is originally a GT-I9100LKANEE, but now it is GT-I9100LKAXEU. So what now? i downloaded the firmware for LKANEE on checkfus but it still comes out LKAXEU.
Do i have to change it manually? Like explained here: http://goangeek.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/how-to-change-sgs2-product-code/
And do i have to flash something again?
I am completely lost at the moment.
And i am threading around carefully because i dont want to brick my phone in the process.
catolh said:
So i think i have found out why Kies wont update my phone. It seems the product code on my phone has been changed somewhere along the flashing spree i've been on.
My phone is originally a GT-I9100LKANEE, but now it is GT-I9100LKAXEU. So what now? i downloaded the firmware for LKANEE on checkfus but it still comes out LKAXEU.
Do i have to change it manually? Like explained here: http://goangeek.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/how-to-change-sgs2-product-code/
And do i have to flash something again?
I am completely lost at the moment.
And i am threading around carefully because i dont want to brick my phone in the process.
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Finally, changing the product code to the correct one did the trick.
I am now a happy camper (with a binary count at 10 nonetheless)
*edit*
How do i update thread to solved?
I live in China and I bought a GT-I9300 yesterday.
I noticed the phone was out of date when I got home so I started the update process, the first update went smoothly the phone rebooted and I checked if there was any other updates and there was one. The update downloaded successfully and rebooted to install and got to 31% and failed out and rebooted the phone.
At first I thought it was because the phone was partially set up to show that it wasn't a fake phone, so I did a factory reset and started the whole process over, and the same thing the update fails out at 31%.
The phone suggested I use Kies, but Kies says my phone's current firmware version is not supported via kies.
So I took to the internet to try to manually update, I spent the better part of yesterday and today trying to figure out everything about this phone but I just can't seem to get a 100% conclusion on anything so I don't want to try flashing anything and possibly messing up my phone. There just seems to be 50 different models that all have different roms and I don't want to flash the wrong one.
Info from Kies: Current firmware version: PDA:LF1 / PHONE: LEF / CSC: LF1 (XXX)
From my phone:
Model Number: GT-I9300
Android Version: 4.0.4
Baseband Version: I9300XXLEF
Build Number: IMM76D.I9300ZSALF1
Part of the problem was the guy was selling both the Western Europe model and the Hong Kong model, I was told I was getting the Hong Kong but he may have given me the Western Europe model by mistake.
From what I have read XX means means Western Europe model but another website said ZS was Hong Kong? I don't know if I go off the Baseband version or the build number.
Then I thought I will just root the device, slap CMW on it do a backup and then slap CM10.1 on it and call it a day. But following this rooting guide I need to know which version of the phone I have first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
Also CM10.1 only has 1 I9300 (International) build is that a universal I9300 ROM that is safe to use on my phone?
Long post but the help is appreciated!
So I think I figured out why this isn't updating, and I think it might be rooted as I see the SuperSU app installed. I don't really care if my device is rooted or not. SuperSU has a "Clean up feature" but it isn't uninstalling and removing root.
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So I think I figured out why this isn't updating, and I think it might be rooted as I see the SuperSU app installed. I don't really care if my device is rooted or not. SuperSU has a "Clean up feature" but it isn't uninstalling and removing root.
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I'd suggest you return the phone to the guy and ask for a completely clean no root version of the phone. But if that's too much of a hassle right now you can just flash stock firmware using Odin.
offgrey said:
I'd suggest you return the phone to the guy and ask for a completely clean no root version of the phone. But if that's too much of a hassle right now you can just flash stock firmware using Odin.
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Right I would just flash to stock with Odin, but that was part of my question. Which stock rom do I use? Or does it even matter and any ROM will work, I think I have the Hong Kong model but I am not completely sure and I don't want to risk bricking the phone with the wrong ROM.
Your phone does seem to be an International version which means any ROM except the China ROMs will work.
The reason Kies will not update the phone is because the CSC is XXX which is pretty strange but seeing how the phone came rooted someone has been playing.
Do you want to use the phone in HK or CN? and do you need Chinese input?
Odia said:
Your phone does seem to be an International version which means any ROM except the China ROMs will work.
The reason Kies will not update the phone is because the CSC is XXX which is pretty strange but seeing how the phone came rooted someone has been playing.
Do you want to use the phone in HK or CN? and do you need Chinese input?
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I use it in China, I rarely to HK. I don't need the Chinese language on the phone although it would be nice as I am trying to learn Chinese, but I could live without it.
Thanks for your help! Much appreciated.
I a going to flash this ROM today and see what happens!
United Kingdom 2012 December 4.1.2 I9300XXELL4 I9300OXAELL4
I'm in a similar situation,
Baseband: I9300XXLFB
Build Number: IMM76D.I9300XXBLFB
Let us know how you go with the update. Thanks
ch3mic4l said:
I use it in China, I rarely to HK. I don't need the Chinese language on the phone although it would be nice as I am trying to learn Chinese, but I could live without it.
Thanks for your help! Much appreciated.
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The ROM you are going to flash should be ok, if you ever need Chinese input then flash any ZS or you can just install Google pinyin IME.
BTW If flashing the ROM you was going to, does work ok, then your better off having the International version than the Chinese version anyway, since you are not stuck to waiting for Chinese ROMs or installing hybrid ROMs.
Yeah I am having trouble finding a download that will work here in China and my VPN connection is down so it will be sometime before I can even download this ROM. samfiles or samfirmware can't remember the website, is blocked in China, hotfile.com is blocked which seem to be about the only 2 websites that host all the firmware downloads.
EDIT: Speak of the devil, my VPN service just released an update for their connection app, I am downloading the ROM now. Should be able to report back in around an hour and let you all know.
EDIT: Spoke to soon, VPN issues again.
would someone be willing to download I9300XXELL4_I9300OXAELL4_BTU.zip for me and throw it up on a dropbox account or some other website besides hotfile.com I am having trouble downloading this file from China.
www.sammobile.com
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Yay, I was able to get my VPN connection to stay on long enough to download the firmware and I was able to successfully apply 4.1.2 Jelly Bean to my phone!
Thanks for all your help!
Kies now reads: PDA:LL4 / Phone: LL4 / CSC: LL4
I have searched and cant find an answer ...
I have a completely stock , non rooted and sim free UK S3.
I got the terrible 4.3 update and suffered for a few weeks like the rest of us.
I then got the OTA MK6 25mb update which has thankfully given me back a phone I like.
However... I now have one small issue ....
If I connect my phone to Kies it says ...
Your current firmware version is not supported by kies for firmware update.
Current firmware version : PDA:MK6 / PHONE:MK6 / CSC:MK6 (BTU)
Why is this happening and what does it mean ?
Thanks
Prozmonkey said:
I have searched and cant find an answer ...
I have a completely stock , non rooted and sim free UK S3.
I got the terrible 4.3 update and suffered for a few weeks like the rest of us.
I then got the OTA MK6 25mb update which has thankfully given me back a phone I like.
However... I now have one small issue ....
If I connect my phone to Kies it says ...
Your current firmware version is not supported by kies for firmware update.
Current firmware version : PDA:MK6 / PHONE:MK6 / CSC:MK6 (BTU)
Why is this happening and what does it mean ?
Thanks
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Everyone will have this at the moment the server Kies connects to doesn't currently recognise the firmware as its only an OTA update at this time
Ah ok. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
I was beginning to think something was wrong with the phone.
Hello guys, i Recently bought an at&t Alpha G850A used phone in Pakistand. Everything is perfect except its not updating when i go to about device section BUILD NUMBER is KTU84P.G850AUCU1ANH8 Whereas at&t has released an update for this phone which is BUILD NUMBER G850AUCU1ANL1. When i try to update it searches for the update for some time and then says update interrupted there is no new update for your device try again in 24 hours.
Q1) Is it because i am using it on MOBILINK NETWORK (Its a local network in pakistan) ? do i have to be on at&t sim to update?
Q2) Is there anyway i can update it manually?
*note i have already tried updating after factory reset.
Any help will be appreciated.
dork997 said:
Hello guys, i Recently bought an at&t Alpha G850A used phone in Pakistand. Everything is perfect except its not updating when i go to about device section BUILD NUMBER is KTU84P.G850AUCU1ANH8 Whereas at&t has released an update for this phone which is BUILD NUMBER G850AUCU1ANL1. When i try to update it searches for the update for some time and then says update interrupted there is no new update for your device try again in 24 hours.
Q1) Is it because i am using it on MOBILINK NETWORK (Its a local network in pakistan) ? do i have to be on at&t sim to update?
Q2) Is there anyway i can update it manually?
*note i have already tried updating after factory reset.
Any help will be appreciated.
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Try to update it via Kies or download it from http://sammobile.com and flash it via ODIN. Are you connected to any wi-fi network when you try to download the firmware or just cellular data?
aresbv2000 said:
Try to update it via Kies or download it from http://sammobile.com and flash it via ODIN. Are you connected to any wi-fi network when you try to download the firmware or just cellular data?
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I have tried Kies it says this is the latest software available whereas i know it is not.
2) I have tried both, wifi and cellular.
There are no firmwares for ALPHA SM-G850A on sam mobile........at&t variant has TERRIBLE support and no root yet. There was a guy who posted a possible root exploit here but nobody bothered so my guess is this device will soon be joining the list of those phones who were never rooted.
dork997 said:
I have tried Kies it says this is the latest software available whereas i know it is not.
2) I have tried both, wifi and cellular.
There are no firmwares for ALPHA SM-G850A on sam mobile........at&t variant has TERRIBLE support and no root yet. There was a guy who posted a possible root exploit here but nobody bothered so my guess is this device will soon be joining the list of those phones who were never rooted.
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Just a ideea....why don`t u flash the phone with SM-G850F firmware?
is it safe to do so? woudnt it brick the phone as the processors are different
Do not flash 850F firmware on 850A, there is too much diference between hardware in those phones. You will brick your phone!
Your phone is similar to :
SM-G850W for Canada
SM-G8508S for East & Southeast Asia
So maybe you can try to find can you flash software for those models...
Can anyone please confirm if i can flash the firmwares of SM-G850W for Canada or SM-G8508S on SM-G850A ?
dork997 said:
Can anyone please confirm if i can flash the firmwares of SM-G850W for Canada or SM-G8508S on SM-G850A ?
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did you tried flash with thath models? i cant update the same model
Can someone help us. We need a root and some roms