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Hello ,
I have a problem with upgrading my SGA to an official firmware via Samsung Kies
when I start upgrading its OK , But after a few minutes , the Downloading come and it keeps downloading and nothin happen after this , it keeps downloading and I waited for more than 30 minutes and it keeps downloading
I tried three times , 2 times yesterday and now and I need to remove the battery and turn on the device to work again
is there a problem with my device ??
NOTE:
My device has android 2.2.1 ROOTED
so do I need to Unroot and try again ??
Afaik u dont need to unroot to update via kies. Please someone correct me if im wrong.
Thing is, kies already knowned as troublesome and laggy software/tools. If u know what update u will get via kies, just search for that particular update/rom on samfirmware and use odin to flash ur device. If i remember correctly, there are user that bricked their ace when upgrading via kies. For backup purpose, kies can do just fine, but for upgrade, i wouldnt even think of using kies because already got trustworthy odin by my side
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omaar97 said:
Hello ,
I have a problem with upgrading my SGA to an official firmware via Samsung Kies
when I start upgrading its OK , But after a few minutes , the Downloading come and it keeps downloading and nothin happen after this , it keeps downloading and I waited for more than 30 minutes and it keeps downloading
I tried three times , 2 times yesterday and now and I need to remove the battery and turn on the device to work again
is there a problem with my device ??
NOTE:
My device has android 2.2.1 ROOTED
so do I need to Unroot and try again ??
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Lesson learnt: Don't ever use Kies XD
Download ODIN 4.38 and the 2.3.3 ROM from samfirmware.com .
Flash the 2.3.3 with ODIN when your phone is in Download Mode .
When it successfully flashes , it's DONE !
Thanks for everyone , I won't use Kies after this day , I will update it now via ODIN
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?
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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.
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..
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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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.
Hello,
well 2 days ago I installed Chainfire3D , After installing the Chainfire3D's drivers my phone closed then my phone wa s freezing after the logo with a blackscreen, I could only see some light in the night , so after watching some tutorials now it's the freezing logo problem,
and I was trying to install a new rom but I need Odin for that I tried all versions of Odin but my phone does not connect to my pc/Odin
Also tried it on other computers , Samsung Drivers are all installed also Samsung KIES , Is there a solution before I have to pay for it to repair?
(my phone is rooted) & installed Android 4.2.2
(also did everything with the chache,fqctory,& tried a lot..)
Please help, Thanks mertonixx(sorry for my bad engilish)
just to get sure: you mentioned that you have kies installed. Before connecting to odin have you killed kies and all its processes in taskmanager, because they cannot work at the same time (and as I know kies starts automatically at boot)?
and you are in download mode? (you did not mention that so i have to ask )
mertonixx said:
Hello,
well 2 days ago I installed Chainfire3D , After installing the Chainfire3D's drivers my phone closed then my phone wa s freezing after the logo with a blackscreen, I could only see some light in the night , so after watching some tutorials now it's the freezing logo problem,
and I was trying to install a new rom but I need Odin for that I tried all versions of Odin but my phone does not connect to my pc/Odin
Also tried it on other computers , Samsung Drivers are all installed also Samsung KIES , Is there a solution before I have to pay for it to repair?
(my phone is rooted) & installed Android 4.2.2
(also did everything with the chache,fqctory,& tried a lot..)
Please help, Thanks mertonixx(sorry for my bad engilish)
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You have to kill Samsung kies from task manager in your computer than open odin and connect your phone.
If my post had helped you than please press Thanks button. It might be very little for you but VERY BIG for me.
THANKSS!!
Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
You have to kill Samsung kies from task manager in your computer than open odin and connect your phone.
If my post had helped you than please press Thanks button. It might be very little for you but VERY BIG for me.
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I LOVE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chain !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ,,, if i reainstall the rom should it work ? , thanks a lot!
mertonixx said:
I LOVE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chain !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ,,, if i reainstall the rom should it work ? , thanks a lot!
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Yes... You can flash any rom you want... all of them will work just fine...
So here's th thing, my phone's original battery was already old and wanted to change it, now i received two of new batteries i just bought, the first time everything was alright but now that i used again one of the new batteries suddenly shut down during the loading android screen (by the way i had cyanogenmod 11 working perfectly), i have tried reinstalling cm11 from the recovery mode but nothing, so i decided to reinstall stock rom but surprise! it doesn't recognize the device none of my 3 computers, help me please.... any ideas??
NOTE: i can access recovery and download mode but in download mode there's nothing i can do with odin because it doesn't recognize it.
Thank you for advance :fingers-crossed:
Alan S. said:
So here's th thing, my phone's original battery was already old and wanted to change it, now i received two of new batteries i just bought, the first time everything was alright but now that i used again one of the new batteries suddenly shut down during the loading android screen (by the way i had cyanogenmod 11 working perfectly), i have tried reinstalling cm11 from the recovery mode but nothing, so i decided to reinstall stock rom but surprise! it doesn't recognize the device none of my 3 computers, help me please.... any ideas??
NOTE: i can access recovery and download mode but in download mode there's nothing i can do with odin because it doesn't recognize it.
Thank you for advance :fingers-crossed:
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Install another rom from recovery that's not cm 11 or if you want stock try using mobile odin >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro <<
tallman43 said:
Install another rom from recovery that's not cm 11 or if you want stock try using mobile odin
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already tried installing another rom but nothing changes and in odin mode, device is not detected by the odin software in pc.
Alan S. said:
already tried installing another rom but nothing changes and in odin mode, device is not detected by the odin software in pc.
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Did you click the link? MOBILE ODIN ...Read the link this is a mobile version where you flash from your phone not pc
Mobile odin can flash a full stock rom from your phone it is for people who have trouble using PC version of Odin