tnx in advance
You'll need the firmware for your variant of S2 (there are many different ones) and the firmware flashing program called Odin (at least version 1.85 or newer). Odin runs from the PC (must be as admin) and installs the operating system, modem, sets partitions (if needed), etc while you are in Download Mode on the PC. That's the general outline. Depends on what version of the phone you have and what update you are on currently to if there are any additional steps that might need to be taken.
Alternatively, you could try Samsung Kies to update, but Odin is WAY better at installing updates in my vast experience.
where can i download the firmware and how can i determine the right firmware for my phone
pedrocubacub06 said:
where can i download the firmware and how can i determine the right firmware for my phone
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Here, on xda, in the forum for your variant. But since you haven't said which version of the S2 you have, can't really provide any more details.
Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II this is my s2 what firmware for this
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Hey...
I wanted to know about details of available Samsung Galaxy S2 firmwares what changes did each bring?
Mine is XXKF1. When I connect my phone through KIES it says that its the latest one available. Is it really the latest one?
I believe that is your latest firmware available from your carrier.
If you're not patient enough for your carrier to release firmware updates, you can flash updated firmwares by visiting this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Don't forget to say thanks in his thread if you found his post useful.
If you're feeling a little "adventurous", you can try flashing Custom Roms, that are based on the KH3 firmware (latest leaked firmware right now).
Hope I helped,
haseebahm said:
Hey...
I wanted to know about details of available Samsung Galaxy S2 firmwares what changes did each bring?
No change log flash them all and test if you want to find out .
Mine is XXKF1. When I connect my phone through KIES it says that its the latest one available. Is it really the latest one
As posted above if Kies says its the latest for your phone then it is .
jje
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Hi there,
I have a phone bought an unlocked phone from Romania, and I've tried various roms and kernels for 1 year.
Now I want to sell my phone to a friend, but he wants to have the device being able to be updated through kies (he doesn't want custom roms, stock will do for him)
The problem is that I can't get it to be recognized by Kies.
What are the prerequisites to make a firmware to be recognized by Kies as an official stock rom, and after that to be able to update the phone via Kies?
I've tried different firmwares from sammobile, but didn't get neither to be Kies compatible, so please help me.
Thanks in advance!
valentinv said:
Hi there,
I have a phone bought an unlocked phone from Romania, and I've tried various roms and kernels for 1 year.
Now I want to sell my phone to a friend, but he wants to have the device being able to be updated through kies (he doesn't want custom roms, stock will do for him)
The problem is that I can't get it to be recognized by Kies.
What are the prerequisites to make a firmware to be recognized by Kies as an official stock rom, and after that to be able to update the phone via Kies?
I've tried different firmwares from sammobile, but didn't get neither to be Kies compatible, so please help me.
Thanks in advance!
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first, do u know the firmware u had on ur phone when u bought it. since that would be a very usefull info to proceed
second try downloading a firmware from sammobile pertained to Romania flash the same thro ODIN and see
Unfortunatley not, when I've used the phone for myself, I didn't plan to use Kies ever (useless bloatware) and I've flashed so many kernels and roms that I forgot about
Now I can't get it to be an unlocked international version. I will try right now an Orange firmware from sammobile, but I was wondering...do I need to flash a diffrent CSC or stuff like that? I don't know at what Kies looks to validate a phone being eligible for update or not.
Sun90 said:
first, do u know the firmware u had on ur phone when u bought it. since that would be a very usefull info to proceed
second try downloading a firmware from sammobile pertained to Romania flash the same thro ODIN and see
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valentinv said:
Unfortunatley not, when I've used the phone for myself, I didn't plan to use Kies ever (useless bloatware) and I've flashed so many kernels and roms that I forgot about
Now I can't get it to be an unlocked international version. I will try right now an Orange firmware from sammobile, but I was wondering...do I need to flash a diffrent CSC or stuff like that? I don't know at what Kies loook to validate a phone being eligible for update or not.
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its the CSC which makes the diff, when KIES tries to recognise the phone
so after flashing any stock rom u can always change the CSC pertained to ur region, so that u will not have issues with KIES
I've flashed an Orange Romania firmware and the *#1234# command returns this:
PDA: I9100BVLPB
PHONE: I91000BVLPB
CSC: unknown
How can I get the correct CSC for Orange Romania? I've understand that its code is named ORO.
Help on this is really appreciated
Sun90 said:
its the CSC which makes the diff, when KIES tries to recognise the phone
so after flashing any stock rom u can always change the CSC pertained to ur region, so that u will not have issues with KIES
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After reading and trying diffrent firmwares flashed with Odin, I've found that all the files that I've needed pda, kernel, csc were inside the damn filme I've downloaded from sammobile Luckly I also had a linux virtual machine to cread some separate flashable odin packages for each component, pda, kernel and csc. I've learned this from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082288
Hope this info helps others in my previous situation
Now the phone is recognized by Kies and just updated to the latest firmware available for ORA (although a few reboots and wipe were needed before Kies actually recognized this device)
valentinv said:
I've flashed an Orange Romania firmware and the *#1234# command returns this:
PDA: I9100BVLPB
PHONE: I91000BVLPB
CSC: unknown
How can I get the correct CSC for Orange Romania? I've understand that its code is named ORO.
Help on this is really appreciated
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The reason why kies is not recognising your device is because the CSC code is unknown.
Use this app to change the CSC code to your country/region : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manniakk.cscselector&hl=en
Note that the process will wipe your phone so please backup your important data.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12
Dorimanx kernel 5.76B
GT I9100
Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
Excuse my ignorance on this however I have tried researching the questions I wish to ask and haven't got any further clarification.
I'm currently sporting a GT-I9300 (from Phones4U)on I9300XXLH1 (using the orange network) however the "wifes" puppy decided that he would take 'said' phone for a walk and smashed the screen (not the digitiser).
I have Insurance through Orange care who have agreed to honour the agreement and send me another S3 out today , I can only assume that this will be a branded S3.
I've downloaded Odin 3.04 and have obtained Modem_CWM_I9300XXLH1 file and Im awaiting delivery, however I now have a query which I'm hoping XDA can help me with.
1) Is this the right file to flash to get the operating system back to the international one and will it work?
2) Is there a hardware difference between the International/Unbranded Phones4u S3 and the Orange S3?
3) After I have flashed this ROM, can I use Kies to update the phone normally when Jellybean arrives?
I'm also using quicktap sim which was a pain in the butt to set up so this needs to be taken in to consideration when flashing the phone.
I have attached the ROM I've downloaded just for clarification
Any help, advice, guidance would be greatly appreciated.
LeViZ042 said:
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1) Is this the right file to flash to get the operating system back to the international one and will it work?
2) Is there a hardware difference between the International/Unbranded Phones4u S3 and the Orange S3?
3) After I have flashed this ROM, can I use Kies to update the phone normally when Jellybean arrives?
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Hi,
According your location, sorry for my bad skills in english :'/
So, I will try to help you.
1) No, it's not the right file. You need the full firmware containing apps/modem/csc_informations ...
For United Kingdom, the last one "by Samsung (not Jb leak)" is : PDA I9300XXBLG8 and CSC I9300OXABLG8 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
This file is about 750MB and is available on "sammobile(dot)com" > Firmware and files (I don't know if I can put link to another website here).
2) There are no difference between the Unbranded and Branded phone. Only firmware modification in the branded one and perhaps software Sim-lock by Orange.
3) If you don't "root" your phone with (CF-Root-v6.4 - thanks Chainfire), I think we can receive update from Kies. But if it's no possible, you can download Jelly Bean from the Internet and flash your phone using Odin of course.
Thanks
Thankyou for the response,
would you happen to have a link or the file that I require for the flash , I did a bit of searching last night and the one I got was the the one shown , however if you have links or know a better one I'd appreciate the information.
Thanks again
LeViZ042 said:
Thankyou for the response,
would you happen to have a link or the file that I require for the flash , I did a bit of searching last night and the one I got was the the one shown , however if you have links or know a better one I'd appreciate the information.
Thanks again
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Here, we will find tutorial about "Flashing new firmware on Samsung Galaxy S3" and others not necessary for the moment (don't root your phone if you don't know what is it) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
For the last firmware : http://samsung-updates.com/fw/Samsung-Updates.com-GT-I9300_BTU_1_20120806161432_al03it6wa2.zip
And if you don't have ODIN 3.04 : https://androidfirmwares.net/Tools/Download/8
Before flashing your phone, you need install the Galaxy S3 drivers (with Kies for example). Take care : when you use ODIN, Kies must not run on your computer.
cheers
thanks you I'm downloading the files now,
I assume that it I use kies already then my laptop with have my device drivers already (or do I need to re-download them)?
I know about Rooting I'm just not really wanted to do it
Many thanks for the help
LeViZ042 said:
thanks you I'm downloading the files now,
I assume that it I use kies already then my laptop with have my device drivers already (or do I need to re-download them)?
I know about Rooting I'm just not really wanted to do it
Many thanks for the help
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If you already use Kies, no problem with the drivers. They work.
Best regards
I have read some related threads for " Your Device does not support software updating via kies"
I am getting this issue.
I recently got a branded phone from orange after having a unbranded phones4u (the unbranded one was smashed and Orange replaced it with orange care) my concern was they the branded phone would be full of bloatware etc etc, so i came to XDA earlier in the week and I got some advice about Odin & flashing the attached stock ROM (I9300XXBLG_i9300XABLG8_I9300xxLH1_home.tar.md5) this seemed to go through very smoothly after following the XDA guide.
the S3 is now showing up as I9300XXLH1 which was the same as my Unbranded phone , however now Kies is being a bit of a bell-end and bring up the following message on the connection screen "Your Device does not support software updating via kies". after reading some related threads it would seem that the general consensus is that Kies is in fact a bit of a liability and its best to update via Odin.
This I don't mind doing, but as a bit of Noob , I'm a little confused over where to get a guide on which firmware in the UK will work. I'm not wanting to go for any the custom ROMs (Yet, I want to get used to flashing stock ROM's first) is there a website which gives you update on new stock firmware (for I9300 & I9100)that can be flashed (ie taking the place of Kies , so to speak.
Also I noticed that the Kies Back-up program doesn't work , it doesn't seem to work with any phone, I've tried reinstalling etc etc but it still doesn't work, I've tried Mobile Go which is okay but doesn't seem to backup user settings etc etc. I've heard of titanium but I don't want to Root at the moment is there any alternative?
has anyone got a link for relevant Stock firmware for Jellybean for I9300 UK & I9100
Thanks in advance
has anyone got a link for relevant Stock firmware for Jellybean for I9300 UK & I9100
Why would they JB has not been released for the UK .
JB is Poland only as per thread in General section.
You have changed the firmware and phone now presents wrong codes to KIES .
jje
Thanks
Thanks for the quick response,
I had assumed that changing the firmware would perhaps invalidate the connection to kies updates , my question was for someone in the know to point me in the right direction for ROM catalogue (of sorts) as being new to to this I'm apprehensive about putting the incorrect firmware on to the phone/s.
JB issue - noted.
Thanks
Roms
CHECKFUS is best download and flash via Odin genuine Samsung server firmware .
Or XDA General thread stock roms.
Or Sammobile.com
Or
http://live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=GT-I9300
jje
Hi I got the samsung galaxy s3 when i bought the mobile it was rooted but its unbranded as there were no logos on the mobile or on the mobile box. I unrooted the mobile and reset the binary counter back to 0, the firmware i installed than was original firmware from sammobile website, but later i found the firmware was customized and it wasn't complete. Finally I installed Samsung Kies and used the option of firmware upgrade and initialisation to restore my device to factory settings but when my mobile switched back on i was surprised to see s3 got firmware with vodafone settings, my mobile is simfree but now im not sure. can anyone please help me how i can get the original firmware on my s3 and samsung kies will recognize my device as after upgrade and initialisation when i connect the device to my pc i get the message samsung does not support the firmware and i cannot get firmware upgrade from kies.
really need help to sort it out.
First you need to determine what model the phone is. This can easily be determine under Settings>about device>Model number
If it says GT-I9300, then you have the international version, if not then google whatever it displays then it will tell you what version you have. depending on which version you have, you will need to go to the respective forum and download a ROM. Install this Rom in recovery mode (this is explained in another thread in Q&A)
mechryanc said:
First you need to determine what model the phone is. This can easily be determine under Settings>about device>Model number
If it says GT-I9300, then you have the international version, if not then google whatever it displays then it will tell you what version you have. depending on which version you have, you will need to go to the respective forum and download a ROM. Install this Rom in recovery mode (this is explained in another thread in Q&A)
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No remove battery and read SSN for a true version .
BASICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=34206496
jje
Wrong firmwere installed my galaxy k
I have Samsung galaxy k . i have installed wrong firmware of galaxy s.now my phone is bricked.i cant on my phone.no light.i want to my phone back position so what can i do?????? plzz help me...
nildhoa said:
I have Samsung galaxy k . i have installed wrong firmware of galaxy s.now my phone is bricked.i cant on my phone.no light.i want to my phone back position so what can i do?????? plzz help me...
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Take the phone to a service centre and pay for repair we cannot help you .
This is not Galaxy K forum either nor Galaxy S
jje