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Ok, first off, yes, ive searched through general and development, but havent found anything that helped me to get it working. Ive downloaded the latest version of kies, set my tab to the original launcher, made sure debugging is off, and connected tab to computer, win7 64 bit. It scans for a few seconds then tells me my device is not supported? What do i need to do?
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I'm getting the same message.
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dont worry - the forums are getting bigger by the second and even i cant find the four other threads where ive answered this question
to connect to kies you must be using the stock launcher so
1. install homeswitcher
2. use it every time you want to connect to kies
problem solved, have a nice day
Did that, several times. No go. Still tells me device is unsupported? I also just installed kies on my laptop to see if maybe it was windows 7, but still wont work. Are there possibly some drivers im missing for it that need to be installed on computer?
ftgg99 said:
dont worry - the forums are getting bigger by the second and even i cant find the four other threads where ive answered this question
to connect to kies you must be using the stock launcher so
1. install homeswitcher
2. use it every time you want to connect to kies
problem solved, have a nice day
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hmmm... try reinstalling drivers through kies (its in the dropdown menu), restarting and repeating as in my original post
With or without tab connected? Guessing without since it doesnt recognize my tab.
Edit, still didnt work.
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hmmm... try reinstalling drivers through kies (its in the dropdown menu), restarting and repeating as in my original post
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Is there anything else I might be missing?
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Same issue here to, after update of kies to 1.5.3.10103.100 lost connection to tab all together...
edit.. its working again..had to set it to mass storage then change again to kies??
Well, after flashing the euro firmware last night, kies recognizes my tab now.
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Well, after flashing the euro firmware last night, kies recognizes my tab?
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Who are you asking? lol
My bad, not asking anyone. Just updating my thread. I know there were a bunch of people having issues with kies. Just posting that kies sees my tab now that ive flashed a different firmware.
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Who are you asking? lol
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I guess that the current version of Kies does not support the north american firmware version yet...
Oh well... hopefully they'll release an update soon.
Did anyone get this to work with CDMA equipment?
jtc442, did I get you correctly:
Kies didn't recognize you T-mobile Tab and you then flashed with a Euro firmware and now it works + that Kies now thinks you have a GTP-1000 instead of a SGH-TXXX.
Do you know if Kies will work to do future updates?
Reason for asking is that I have a T-mobile model and I want to make it a GTP-1000.
Yes, that is exactly right. Before i flashed the euro rom, i would constantly get the device not recognized or whatever. As soon as i flashed i decided to check again, and it found it immediately. Im unsure about future updates though.
teletub said:
jtc442, did I get you correctly:
Kies didn't recognize you T-mobile Tab and you then flashed with a Euro firmware and now it works + that Kies now thinks you have a GTP-1000 instead of a SGH-TXXX.
Do you know if Kies will work to do future updates?
Reason for asking is that I have a T-mobile model and I want to make it a GTP-1000.
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Great,
just what I was looking for. Which method to flash it to Euro firmware did you use (Odin, Register hack)?
Yes, I used Odin to do it.
teletub said:
Great,
just what I was looking for. Which method to flash it to Euro firmware did you use (Odin, Register hack)?
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I am on the 3 Network(UK), my phone is branded, no lagfix, no root, im on froyo 2.2 oficial upgrade through kies.
Can someone please give me a simple step by step guide on how to upgrade to the JPY 2.2.1 firmware please, i have the 3 button recovery option btw.
Thank you in advance.
Simple: flash with odin (read the stickies...)
Simpler: apply Kies registry hack http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835628&highlight=kies+registry+hack Product Code XEU
GMH24 said:
Simple: flash with odin (read the stickies...)
Simpler: apply Kies registry hack http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835628&highlight=kies+registry+hack Product Code XEU
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I'd go for a custom rom jpy based like docs or darkys and install through clockwork or you can go to samfirmware to download jpy and use odin to flash it up to you or just do as above and use patcher but jpy is definetly worth it.
The first time i tried the kies patch utility i got a messags saying there were more than 1 phone folders which threw me a bit, but managed to sort it in the end.
So now on ....
2.2.1
I9000xxjpy
2.6.32.9
[email protected] #1
froyo.xxjpy
Whoooohhooooooooo
Would you please share how you did it
jaytwo said:
The first time i tried the kies patch utility i got a messags saying there were more than 1 phone folders which threw me a bit, but managed to sort it in the end.
So now on ....
2.2.1
I9000xxjpy
2.6.32.9
[email protected] #1
froyo.xxjpy
Whoooohhooooooooo
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Hi Jaytwo,
I have the same rom version as you on 3UK. I'm also trying to upgrade to 2.2.1. Could you please share you you did the upgrade. what values do i need to select from the registry patcher.
Thanks in advance for you help.
Kayno9 said:
Hi Jaytwo,
I have the same rom version as you on 3UK. I'm also trying to upgrade to 2.2.1. Could you please share you you did the upgrade. what values do i need to select from the registry patcher.
Thanks in advance for you help.
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Hi Kayno
Set the "Enable Spoof" to True
Set "Spoof product code as" to XEU from the list
Then click on the Write Regstry button in the bottom right
Thats all you have to do, then voila when you start kies and connect your phone you should have a popup saying a firmware upgrade is available.
Good luck
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Hi Kayno
Set the "Enable Spoof" to True
Set "Spoof product code as" to XEU from the list
Then click on the Write Regstry button in the bottom right
Thats all you have to do, then voila when you start kies and connect your phone you should have a popup saying a firmware upgrade is available.
Good luck
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Thanks for the prompt repy Jaytwo.
I'll have a go and keep you updated.
jaytwo said:
Hi Kayno
Set the "Enable Spoof" to True
Set "Spoof product code as" to XEU from the list
Then click on the Write Regstry button in the bottom right
Thats all you have to do, then voila when you start kies and connect your phone you should have a popup saying a firmware upgrade is available.
Good luck
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Also did you save the Rom through Kies. Was a bit confused when i read this part on the Kies Registry patcher thread.
By the way hows your experience with the new firmware been so far. Is 3G and WIFI working correctly. Have you tried the app market. Hows the overall speed of the phone and is gps working better now.
Sorry for all these questions but i just wanted to determine whether the risk of updating is worth it.
cheers
Thanks
Kayno9 said:
Also did you save the Rom through Kies. Was a bit confused when i read this part on the Kies Registry patcher thread.
By the way hows your experience with the new firmware been so far. Is 3G and WIFI working correctly. Have you tried the app market. Hows the overall speed of the phone and is gps working better now.
Sorry for all these questions but i just wanted to determine whether the risk of updating is worth it.
cheers
Thanks
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No, i didnt save the Rom, 3g and Wifi are working fine but you will lose the My3 app because you will be basicly debranding your fone(if you are on contract), but if you start the default browser it takes you direct to My3 .
Havnt tried GPS , dont use it tbh.
The speed of the phone is so much smoother imo, im so glad i upgraded.
Hope that helps
jaytwo said:
No, i didnt save the Rom, 3g and Wifi are working fine but you will lose the My3 app because you will be basicly debranding your fone(if you are on contract), but if you start the default browser it takes you direct to My3 .
Havnt tried GPS , dont use it tbh.
The speed of the phone is so much smoother imo, im so glad i upgraded.
Hope that helps
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Thats great news. Can you still use the three services though? Because i'm paying a lot of money for contract don't want to be losing my data allowance
Thanks for help again. I'm about to flash it. Fingers crossed.
Kayno9 said:
Thats great news. Can you still use the three services though? Because i'm paying a lot of money for contract don't want to be losing my data allowance
Thanks for help again. I'm about to flash it. Fingers crossed.
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Jaytwo,
My installation failed. Did you manage to flash it on the first go. I did exactly as you said. The thing is it finishes downloading in about 15 mins then fails installation. I also had the multiple folder detected problem. I clicked on ok on the registry patcher to delete the folder and re-started keys with the sgs connected.
The phone disconnects and after about couple of minutes is says Failed to convert to upgrade mode. Please try later.
Does anyone else know how to fix this? Am i doing anything wrong
thanking you in advance
Yes it flashed first time for me.
When the phone disconnected did you do anything?
I noticed when i flashed that the phone disconnected but i didnt touch anything and left it to carry on, it took a while but all went well in the end.
Try flashing again, just to check do you have the 3 button recovery option on your phone?
jaytwo said:
Yes it flashed first time for me.
When the phone disconnected did you do anything?
I noticed when i flashed that the phone disconnected but i didnt touch anything and left it to carry on, it took a while but all went well in the end.
Try flashing again, just to check do you have the 3 button recovery option on your phone?
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Hi Jaytwo,
I have not touched the phone when it disconnected as i remember from a previous upgrade to Froyo from Eclaire when it disconnected and then reconnected before completing the upgrade.
I have the 3 button recovery i checked it. The wierd thing is the phone did not reboot to downloading mode where the yellow android digging man picture appears. The phone stays as it is. I wonder whether samsung changed anything recently.
kingconnought, on the main registry patcher thread also mentioned he is experiencing the same problem.
Can anyone else help.
Thanks again
I dont understand why your phone will not go into download mode as that is part of the flashing process.
Try doing a factory reset through settings on your phone, then try flashing again, apart from that im not sure what else you can do apart from flashing thru odin?
jaytwo said:
I dont understand why your phone will not go into download mode as that is part of the flashing process.
Try doing a factory reset through settings on your phone, then try flashing again, apart from that im not sure what else you can do apart from flashing thru odin?
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Thanks Jaytwo,
I will try factory restting. See if is works although i will have to go throught the pain of reinstalling all apps again.
By the way did you lose all your apps and data after the upgrade?
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By the way did you lose all your apps and data after the upgrade?
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No, thats the reason i wanted to upgrade thru kies as it keeps all your settings and apps, the only app i lost was the My3 one.
Hope its second time lucky for ya
jaytwo said:
No, thats the reason i wanted to upgrade thru kies as it keeps all your settings and apps, the only app i lost was the My3 one.
Hope its second time lucky for ya
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LOL... This will be my 5th time.
By the way i thought il tell you this. If you ever want to for God knows whatever reason re-brand your phone to 3 then select the H3G product code and it should Flash your phone to the latest 3 branded Froyo which is JP5.
If i have to resort to Odin then i might as well wait for 3 to update their version to 2.2.1 as im too scared to Flash via Odin as there is too many risks associated with it. Or who knows Samsung may decide to release another version which might work.
Thanks
I got a quick question about this subject. Ik have no experience without android firmware flashing. Do ik need to backup stuff like imei number? For when the **** hits the fan. And if so how do ik do that?
*edit
found the answer to my own question here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
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jaytwo said:
No, thats the reason i wanted to upgrade thru kies as it keeps all your settings and apps, the only app i lost was the My3 one.
Hope its second time lucky for ya
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not a good idea anyway.. there are a multitude of issues after upgrading os and not doing a factory reset...
Kayno9 said:
LOL... This will be my 5th time.
By the way i thought il tell you this. If you ever want to for God knows whatever reason re-brand your phone to 3 then select the H3G product code and it should Flash your phone to the latest 3 branded Froyo which is JP5.
If i have to resort to Odin then i might as well wait for 3 to update their version to 2.2.1 as im too scared to Flash via Odin as there is too many risks associated with it. Or who knows Samsung may decide to release another version which might work.
Thanks
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Jaytwo,
It was 5th time lucky thanks to your recommendation to factory reset the phone. i factory set the phone again after upgrade and it is taking off like a rocket. Still yet to check everything but i have lost access to My3 as you said. I will let you know if i can manage to get access again.
Thanks for all your help mate. I apreciate it
Over the past week I have helped 3 people that have had there phones messed up by the updating process of Kies. Thankfully they was all recoverable, but I actually think it won't be long before we see bricks using this software;+( So be careful guys, use Odin whenever you can
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I update using Kies and it went fine, don't have any other software on my laptop.
How do you mind explaining ?
Gavin.csy said:
I update using Kies and it went fine, don't have any other software on my laptop.
How do you mind explaining ?
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Well its been kicking phones out mid flash, if this happens while flashing the radio segment, its a dead phone:/
If you check intratechs thread in the dev section it will show you a better and safer method through Odin. Plus you will have the advantages of getting roms earlier sometimes
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JupiterdroidXDA said:
Well its been kicking phones out mid flash, if this happens while flashing the radio segment, its a dead phone:/
If you check intratechs thread in the dev section it will show you a better and safer method through Odin. Plus you will have the advantages of getting roms earlier sometimes
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are we talking about unnoficial flashes or official flashes? if it bricks with kies wont samsung be forced to replace my bricked phone?
typical "user error"
TheWarKeeper said:
are we talking about unnoficial flashes or official flashes? if it bricks with kies wont samsung be forced to replace my bricked phone?
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Yes they have in the past on SGS 1 or at least fixed the phone FOC .
Plus a bricked phone is very rare on SGS flash stock rom through Odin cures 99% .
Dead radio just flash a new Modem through Odin .
jje
JJEgan said:
Yes they have in the past on SGS 1 or at least fixed the phone FOC .
Plus a bricked phone is very rare on SGS flash stock rom through Odin cures 99% .
Dead radio just flash a new Modem through Odin .
jje
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ok thanks for the info
JJEgan said:
Yes they have in the past on SGS 1 or at least fixed the phone FOC .
Plus a bricked phone is very rare on SGS flash stock rom through Odin cures 99% .
Dead radio just flash a new Modem through Odin .
jje
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If the radio has been partially flashed and stopped mid flash i think that corrupts the baseband with no return. I remember that the only real way to brick a Nexus was to stop the flash process while the baseband was being wrote to.
And yes samsung would be obliged to give you a new phone or repair the damage caused if Kies is the culprit
Yeh kies is not very good, I've had many time outs.
If you are worried about flashing via odin don't be you can get official Rom to flash via odin.
They are Roms that Samsung has releases .
Read the simple instructions and flash via odin, once you do it one you will see how easy it is
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Random mate but where did you go on twitter? Lol
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I can't help but wondering how on earth someone manages to mess up a Kies update?
Unless they are running some custom rom/kernel...or somehow have a running process that interferes with kies during the update.
I have never had a problem updating through kies from official firmware.
So I am a bit puzzled when I hear this...
Yes, thanks a lot for creating this thread. Kies has been suffering in the firmware upgrade issue for a long time now. It is time for solving the issue with sincere urgency.
SHAME ON SAMSUNG.
Regards.
Yeah u r right,,,kies dont even work anymore,,,whenever i try to update,it just download the firmware and just before the flashing process a message pop up saying "FirmwareUpdate has been stopped",,,its damn irritating,,,i guess it doesnt work on Win 7...
But i wanted to ask something for a while,,,i see some people here are just "obsessed" with flashing firmwares and roms now and then ,,,,i wonder that isnt it a bit tiring to install all those apps again and again,,i mean i know google restores ur apps,,,but what about those which are ummm cracked?? (i kinda have alot of cracked games i bought only a few)...
Atleast with a Kies update all ur apps remain secure...
jimbiye said:
I can't help but wondering how on earth someone manages to mess up a Kies update?
Unless they are running some custom rom/kernel...or somehow have a running process that interferes with kies during the update.
I have never had a problem updating through kies from official firmware.
So I am a bit puzzled when I hear this...
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Kies from day one has been unreliable for a number of reasons mostly not user problems .
For starters its driver setup and use has always been poor .
Its connection setup is not robust likewise its failure to recover from broken downloads .
Kies in a nutshell does not recover from errors and is error prone even for the most advanced users .
jje
guitarmafia said:
Yeah u r right,,,kies dont even work anymore,,,whenever i try to update,it just download the firmware and just before the flashing process a message pop up saying "FirmwareUpdate has been stopped",,,its damn irritating,,,i guess it doesnt work on Win 7...
But i wanted to ask something for a while,,,i see some people here are just "obsessed" with flashing firmwares and roms now and then ,,,,i wonder that isnt it a bit tiring to install all those apps again and again,,i mean i know google restores ur apps,,,but what about those which are ummm cracked?? (i kinda have alot of cracked games i bought only a few)...
Atleast with a Kies update all ur apps remain secure...
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As we on XDA support the Devs and do not rip them off we do not have cracked software .
jje
jimbiye said:
I can't help but wondering how on earth someone manages to mess up a Kies update?
Unless they are running some custom rom/kernel...or somehow have a running process that interferes with kies during the update.
I have never had a problem updating through kies from official firmware.
So I am a bit puzzled when I hear this...
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It's just a matter of bad luck. It can happen, and maybe it'll happen to you one day. You can't always blame this on the user. Like for example, there's a power blackout in the middle of a flash and your computer suddenly turns off. Nothing you can do about it, yet you're screwed.
Kies is like that, it's a not a completely safe piece of sofware. Even flashing the bios on a computer isn't. Thing is, Odin allows you to flash official firmwares and is generally safer. There's no real reason to prefer Kies over Odin.
on your phone, go Setting:
About phone --> Software update -->Check for update
that got my phone updated to KF4(1st try).. tired with kies but no luck(2-3 hrs+ many dl errors)
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Random mate but where did you go on twitter? Lol
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Hi mate,
Yeah i was under the cosh at uni and soooo busy, deleted my profile on here too, only just reactivated...
At the time i was dicing between turning to the dark side so i thought i would not need my XDA account anymore
JupiterdroidXDA said:
Hi mate,
Yeah i was under the cosh at uni and soooo busy, deleted my profile on here too, only just reactivated...
At the time i was dicing between turning to the dark side so i thought i would not need my XDA account anymore
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Glad you didnt! Galaxy2 is a great device
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At the time i was dicing between turning to the dark side so i thought i would not need my XDA account anymore
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I can smell the apple all over you
Was updating my standard, stock UK T-Mobile GS2 through Kies, following it exactly.
It was downloading and then it said when it began updating, that the connection has been lost (with the phone)
It was from PDA:KE3 / PHONE:KF1 / CSC:KE3 to PDA:KE3 / PHONE:KF1 / CSC:KF1.
It then came up with the prompt to disconnect the cable, then battery, then replace battery and turn on and then try again. BUT should I do this?
BECAUSE my GS2 has the Android robot and says "Downloading" "Do not turn off target!!" on it?
It's been doing this for the past 30 minutes or so.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
well if you mess up your phone following kies' instructions you will still be under warranty if you have not rooted your phone
godutch said:
well if you mess up your phone following kies' instructions you will still be under warranty if you have not rooted your phone
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Eugh...warrenty. so much effort. never made a complete backup of all my apps and stuff.
I have slow internet...so I'm going to leave it till like 12, even though that might actually cause screen burn. then i'll turn it off and on again. :/
if you used kies it will have made the backup just before updating
godutch said:
if you used kies it will have made the backup just before updating
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it doesn't do apps and all of that does it?
no but google does, so if you do a full wipe and re-register your phone with google it will start downloading all your market apps again automatically, you can check your apps in your market account
https://market.android.com/
Happened to me one i unplugged it before i knew the risks.
Ignorance is bliss.
Nothing happened all was fine.
Id suggest using odin, its faster.
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Its just in download mode? Try to hold down the power-button for a while until it turns off. Unless your PC is still doing something the download mode does nothing
daivik said:
Was updating my standard, stock UK T-Mobile GS2 through Kies, following it exactly.
It was downloading and then it said when it began updating, that the connection has been lost (with the phone)
It was from PDA:KE3 / PHONE:KF1 / CSC:KE3 to PDA:KE3 / PHONE:KF1 / CSC:KF1.
It then came up with the prompt to disconnect the cable, then battery, then replace battery and turn on and then try again. BUT should I do this?
BECAUSE my GS2 has the Android robot and says "Downloading" "Do not turn off target!!" on it?
It's been doing this for the past 30 minutes or so.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Another kies mess up, always use Odin, read my thread mate... find instructions on how to use Odin on intratechs thread in the dev section. Kies is seriously messed up....
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daivik said:
Was updating my standard, stock UK T-Mobile GS2 through Kies, following it exactly.
It was downloading and then it said when it began updating, that the connection has been lost (with the phone)
It was from PDA:KE3 / PHONE:KF1 / CSC:KE3 to PDA:KE3 / PHONE:KF1 / CSC:KF1.
It then came up with the prompt to disconnect the cable, then battery, then replace battery and turn on and then try again. BUT should I do this?
BECAUSE my GS2 has the Android robot and says "Downloading" "Do not turn off target!!" on it?
It's been doing this for the past 30 minutes or so.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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If your still having problems PM me and I will walk you through recovery, I just hope it has not failed while flashing the radio:/
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JupiterdroidXDA said:
Another kies mess up, always use Odin, read my thread mate... find instructions on how to use Odin on intratechs thread in the dev section. Kies is seriously messed up....
[email protected]
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yup that's the way to win an argument, only see all the evidence in favor of your argument whilst ignoring the evidence to the contrary.
KIES is fine for most people and the OP should just use KIES to try and solve his problems first at least he will still be under warranty unlike a wrong odin flash
godutch said:
yup that's the way to win an argument, only see all the evidence in favor of your argument whilst ignoring the evidence to the contrary.
KIES is fine for most people and the OP should just use KIES to try and solve his problems first at least he will still be under warranty unlike a wrong odin flash
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The argument has already been won
Look at the title, stop deluding yourself mate and understand this software is doing damage. There is another one also just popped up on the q & a board, I don't understand your anti Odin stance, you seem to know a thing or two as well.
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sorry for hijacking this thread,
does flashing using odin void the warranty? my device was shipped with a german DBT rom and due to the fact that there is no ke7 dbt rom on this forum, i used odin to flash ke7 xeu. does that affect my warranty? i used the jig to get into download mode, as i am too stupid to access it through the buttons (although bootloader mode on winmo always worked for me, it isn't the fingers then ). my device is not rooted, nor has it ever had anything else than a stock rom on it and i never had the yellow triangle.
again, sorry for hijacking, i realize that this is a serious issue, but while we are on the topic of kies vs. odin, losing the warranty would be a clear pro for kies.
Chef_Tony said:
sorry for hijacking this thread,
does flashing using odin void the warranty? my device was shipped with a german DBT rom and due to the fact that there is no ke7 dbt rom on this forum, i used odin to flash ke7 xeu. does that affect my warranty? i used the jig to get into download mode, as i am too stupid to access it through the buttons (although bootloader mode on winmo always worked for me, it isn't the fingers then ). my device is not rooted, nor has it ever had anything else than a stock rom on it and i never had the yellow triangle.
again, sorry for hijacking, i realize that this is a serious issue, but while we are on the topic of kies vs. odin, losing the warranty would be a clear pro for kies.
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I think that so long as you flash official software, the warranty is fine. Its once you root/flash custom roms that the warranty may be affected.
Chef_Tony said:
sorry for hijacking this thread,
does flashing using odin void the warranty? my device was shipped with a german DBT rom and due to the fact that there is no ke7 dbt rom on this forum, i used odin to flash ke7 xeu. does that affect my warranty? i used the jig to get into download mode, as i am too stupid to access it through the buttons (although bootloader mode on winmo always worked for me, it isn't the fingers then ). my device is not rooted, nor has it ever had anything else than a stock rom on it and i never had the yellow triangle.
again, sorry for hijacking, i realize that this is a serious issue, but while we are on the topic of kies vs. odin, losing the warranty would be a clear pro for kies.
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You don't totally rule out warranty, it just becomes samsungs discretion they look at the flash counter, which you can incidentally reset using a USB jig
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JupiterdroidXDA said:
You don't totally rule out warranty, it just becomes samsungs discretion they look at the flash counter, which you can incidentally reset using a USB jig
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I believe that counter increments only on unsigned firmware. Official stuff should be signed ok
pulser_g2 said:
I believe that counter increments only on unsigned firmware. Official stuff should be signed ok
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I can confirm that. My fiance's sgs2 has only had stock software flashed, and the counter is still on 0. Her phone has been updated both via Odin and by Kies.
pulser_g2 said:
I believe that counter increments only on unsigned firmware. Official stuff should be signed ok
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Fantastic
Even more reason to use Odin lol
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JupiterdroidXDA said:
The argument has already been won
Look at the title, stop deluding yourself mate and understand this software is doing damage. There is another one also just popped up on the q & a board, I don't understand your anti Odin stance, you seem to know a thing or two as well.
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There are millions of people who succesfully use KIES to update their phones, a very small fraction have problems and come here, a tiny amount of people use ODIN to upgrade their phone, it does not take very long to find threads from people who have messed up their phone using ODIN. It's like advising a little kid who has cut his finger with kiddy scissors to use real scissors instead.
godutch said:
There are millions of people who succesfully use KIES to update their phones, a very small fraction have problems and come here, a tiny amount of people use ODIN to upgrade their phone, it does not take very long to find threads from people who have messed up their phone using ODIN. It's like advising a little kid who has cut his finger with kiddy scissors to use real scissors instead.
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I don't discredit your post whatsoever, I understand your logic, but I have never heard of someone messing their phone up who read instructions and flashed properly using Odin. People that flash kies normally, have a chance of messing their phone up, even though statistically small. Knowing that the benifits of Odin still outweigh kies, and that's from an experienced standpoint. Also backed up by giants in the field like pulsar and intratech, but your opinion is respected, I just don't choose to follow it, would rather follow advice from experience and developers always pal
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Hi All,
So about an hour ago I searched for an update knowing that Verizon was supposed to be pushing out a security update today. It found an update and installed it. After reboot, the phone will not start. The splash screen shows the unlocked lock and the word "custom." The next screen says "Start Up Failed - Your device didn't start up successfully. Use the Verizon Software Repair Assistant on a computer to repair your device. Connect your device to your computer to get the Verizon Software Repair Assistant." More specifically, in the corner it says "Custom binary blocked by SECURE BOOT (boot.img)."
The Verizon Software Repair Assistant doesn't pop up when I plug it into my computer, and I can't find it online.
Ironically this is the ONE phone I have not actually tinkered with so yeah... VZW said they will most likely have to ship my work a new phone for replacement. I can't expedite that since I'm not authorized on the work account. Is there an image for Odin floating around that I can use to flash this myself? Help me please!!!
You did tinker, you tried to install the wrong/a bad file.
Odin to stock, there's a thread in one of the S7/S7e forums with the Verizon stock files.
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yonith2 said:
Hi All,
So about an hour ago I searched for an update knowing that Verizon was supposed to be pushing out a security update today. It found an update and installed it. After reboot, the phone will not start. The splash screen shows the unlocked lock and the word "custom." The next screen says "Start Up Failed - Your device didn't start up successfully. Use the Verizon Software Repair Assistant on a computer to repair your device. Connect your device to your computer to get the Verizon Software Repair Assistant." More specifically, in the corner it says "Custom binary blocked by SECURE BOOT (boot.img)."
The Verizon Software Repair Assistant doesn't pop up when I plug it into my computer, and I can't find it online.
Ironically this is the ONE phone I have not actually tinkered with so yeah... VZW said they will most likely have to ship my work a new phone for replacement. I can't expedite that since I'm not authorized on the work account. Is there an image for Odin floating around that I can use to flash this myself? Help me please!!!
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where did you "find" this update? unless you went to settings and hit software update, you probably downloaded an incorrect update for the wrong phone, which soft bricked it. needs a re-flash.
jayochs said:
where did you "find" this update? unless you went to settings and hit software update, you probably downloaded an incorrect update for the wrong phone, which soft bricked it. needs a re-flash.
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I did in fact hit software update and let the phone search for the update itself. I have no reason to lie about this. I'm the first to admit when I screw up. I see someone has the firmwares on his mediashare in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65764861&postcount=14. I just requested access to the file I need.
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I did in fact hit software update and let the phone search for the update itself. I have no reason to lie about this. I'm the first to admit when I screw up. I see someone has the firmwares on his mediashare in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65764861&postcount=14. I just requested access to the file I need.
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UPDATE: I was able to get the phone back to life by doing a recovery boot (power up + home button + power). Previously, I was doing it the LG G2 way not using the home button. The phone booted all the way but now it still says I'm "custom." I'm holding off on using Odin to flash the full stock firmware because I've read that it won't reset that custom thing. Thoughts on Odin?
If you flash a factory image you should be good. Just make sure it's for the variant you are using.
Another update: I spoke with a great VZW rep today and explained everything. She posted an androidcentral forum link in the ticket where a woman had the same exact thing happen to her on her GS6. She also put in there that my valid is still valid. So that's that and I'll just keep using the phone as is now.
I just got the pop up for the OTA too...anyone had luck with it?
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evilbeef54 said:
I just got the pop up for the OTA too...anyone had luck with it?
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Update worked fine, no brick here. Don't know what it changed
djh816 said:
Update worked fine, no brick here. Don't know what it changed
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Same here. Appears to be some sort of security updates but no details. It does not include the March patches from Google.
Maybe you are rooted while upgrading your device into a new firmware? Some of peoples have problems with this.
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Maybe you are rooted while upgrading your device into a new firmware? Some of peoples have problems with this.
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If he is rooted he'd be the only rooted Verizon S7, so I doubt it.
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Maybe you are rooted while upgrading your device into a new firmware? Some of peoples have problems with this.
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Definitely wasn't rooted. I still suspect some goofball engineer at VZW in my area posted the update before it was signed properly or something like that. The phone has been working great though. It was a worthy upgrade from my LG G2.
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If he is rooted he'd be the only rooted Verizon S7, so I doubt it.
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yonith2 said:
Definitely wasn't rooted. I still suspect some goofball engineer at VZW in my area posted the update before it was signed properly or something like that. The phone has been working great though. It was a worthy upgrade from my LG G2.
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Oh I'll research that problem maybe soon as possible just learning how to fix it.
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yonith2 said:
Definitely wasn't rooted. I still suspect some goofball engineer at VZW in my area posted the update before it was signed properly or something like that. The phone has been working great though. It was a worthy upgrade from my LG G2.
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Oh If that is not the issue so it means you upgraded your phone with storage is full and battery bellow 50%.
Just got the SAME problem flashing stock did not fix it
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Another update: I spoke with a great VZW rep today and explained everything. She posted an androidcentral forum link in the ticket where a woman had the same exact thing happen to her on her GS6. She also put in there that my valid is still valid. So that's that and I'll just keep using the phone as is now.
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File please man