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[Q] where is my official JJ3 -> JJ7 upgrade?

My current device info:
GT-P1000
PDA:JJ3
PHONE:JID
CSC:JJ2
Unbranded, stock firmware, rooted, but then unrooted. Bought in Norway.
Why can't I get JJ7 from samsung kies? It says I already have the latest version installed. There is supposed to be an upgrade for my device, right? Or is it only for UK tabs??
I can't wait to get the browser fixed, but I'm too scared to install JMC/D after those scary bootloaders jumped out from under the bed.

crippleb0y said:
My current device info:
GT-P1000
PDA:JJ3
PHONE:JID
CSC:JJ2
Unbranded, stock firmware, rooted, but then unrooted. Bought in Norway.
Why can't I get JJ7 from samsung kies? It says I already have the latest version installed. There is supposed to be an upgrade for my device, right? Or is it only for UK tabs??
I can't wait to get the browser fixed, but I'm too scared to install JMC/D after those scary bootloaders jumped out from under the bed.
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I really didn't have a clue either why kies won't pass the jk7 update through. though you're safe flashing at least jm6 following exactly the guide in the dev topic, this fw version won't pop them bootloaders up, and will fix most of your issues. If you're uncertain of flashing outside of kies, don't do it, hang around for a while on jj3 as samsung is planning a official update somewhere near coming weeks, as with the sgs after completing the roll out of the sns

martincm said:
I really didn't have a clue either why kies won't pass the jk7 update through...
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Thank you for your reply.
But others already got this way back in november(?!) Did samsung pull it for some reason? Or is it all just bull? All I can find is a thread here on xda and another over at android forums mentioning the jj7.

Really wanna know too, i am in Denmark and is allso on jj3

In Belgium we're also still on jj3 and no updates available in kies.
On my Galaxy S at least I could change the country code to UK Generic (thanks to the registry hack) to get the update faster :-D
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Same here im in australia, but im too scared about flashing and borking somthing up, as the tab is my primary device for calls/txt/ect lol

crippleb0y said:
Thank you for your reply.
But others already got this way back in november(?!) Did samsung pull it for some reason? Or is it all just bull? All I can find is a thread here on xda and another over at android forums mentioning the jj7.
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Bought mine in Norway too, still waiting for JJ7. One question, if you could please help me out: Can you connect your tab to Kies? Assuming you got the newest version of Kies. I can't, and I can't for the life of me fix it. Would be pretty annoyed if Samsung release a FW-update, and not being able to apply it cause of Kies-issues.
Edit: I can mount mass storage, and get access to it through USB, but I just can't get Kies to recognise the tab. It's no problem with my SGS.

Here in the UK the tabs from carphone warehouse (big phone retailer) have been updated but the Tesco (big supermarket) ones haven't
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I picked up a tab from Carphone Warehouse last night, after wrestling with Kies, it finally connected and updated to FROYO.XWJJ7

Same here on 3ireland which is supplied by 3uk. I'm on jj3 detected by kies but it says latest software installed.

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same issue here in Sweden,, looks like English only got JJ7.

theexx123 said:
Bought mine in Norway too, still waiting for JJ7. One question, if you could please help me out: Can you connect your tab to Kies? Assuming you got the newest version of Kies. I can't, and I can't for the life of me fix it. Would be pretty annoyed if Samsung release a FW-update, and not being able to apply it cause of Kies-issues.
Edit: I can mount mass storage, and get access to it through USB, but I just can't get Kies to recognise the tab. It's no problem with my SGS.
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Maybe you should verify your settings
-> wireless and network -> usb settings
I set mine to «ask when conected»
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Guys, AFAIK it depends on the pre-installed Sales Code on your Tab. If you have a JJ3 CPW Tab (UK Carphone Warehouse) you will be offered JJ7 through Kies, if not it seems you won't. There are ways to fake the Sales Code in Kies if you want to, look in the Galaxy S forums for details or flash the ROM of your choice (carefully) with Odin or Hemidal..!
If you flash with Odin or Hemidal I recommending flashing the modem.bin from your original provider version back to give best phone/modem performance unless you know that the modem you flashed to is suitable for your country conditions.

Re-Roll out of Gingerbread

Anyone in Ireland get the Gingerbread update since its re-roll out on Samsung Kies??
Checking everyday but all I get is you have the latest firmware
Love the phone but pretty pissed off at Samsung with how slow they are to update the phones.

here we are stuck with 2.1 man, so you should consider yourself lucky
really....

its not a re rolout - they use old builds with some branding and new modems
at least that is what i can say about todays uk o2 ginge
that is jvh_jv3_jv2.tar so
good old JVH base (vodaphone had JV9)
JV3 csc i guess thats for uk o2 (vodaphones was JV5)
and some new JV2 modem in opposite to vodaphoneuk JV3
but asian ones seems to be made out of fresher build

RorixRebel said:
here we are stuck with 2.1 man, so you should consider yourself lucky
really....
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Still no 2.2 in Mexico
There roll-outs are very poor.
I have a Samsung Omnia Windows Mobile 6.5 for years now and its never had an update. My son has the Apollo that he got about 8 months ago and again no updates.

jetpack101 said:
Anyone in Ireland get the Gingerbread update since its re-roll out on Samsung Kies??
Checking everyday but all I get is you have the latest firmware
Love the phone but pretty pissed off at Samsung with how slow they are to update the phones.
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If you're on a branded phone, maybe you should place the blame at your carrier

blazevxi said:
If you're on a branded phone, maybe you should place the blame at your carrier
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Is it the carrier that need to approve the update from Samsung ???
I'm on Meteor Ireland (MET)

jetpack101 said:
Is it the carrier that need to approve the update from Samsung ???
I'm on Meteor Ireland (MET)
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Well from my limited knowledge, the carrier takes the update and adds their own stuff to the update. The unbranded updates from samsung come out pretty fast.
If it's your carrier you're waiting on, maybe theyre just taking their time

While I did get my phone from the carrier it's not branded. I have put other carrier sims in it and it worked fine. Think they forgot to brand my on.
Anyway with that in mind, it must be unbranded.
Just wish they would a get a move on.
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jetpack101 said:
While I did get my phone from the carrier it's not branded. I have put other carrier sims in it and it worked fine. Think they forgot to brand my on.
Anyway with that in mind, it must be unbranded.
Just wish they would a get a move on.
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Mine was Meteor (2.2), I'm on Vodafone though, had a hardware problem and sent it off for free through Vodafone shop, got it back with 2.2.1 (JPY) on it, Kieds never gave me the option to update from 2.2, my friend's phones are all stuck on 2.2.
Bought a JIG, read up on Odin and flashed 2.3.3 (JVB)...

Thought about doing the update via odin but wanted to keep to the offical kies updates.
To much of a wimp to take the risk
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jetpack101 said:
Thought about doing the update via odin but wanted to keep to the offical kies updates.
To much of a wimp to take the risk
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Have a look at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11458431

Is it the carrier that need to approve the update from Samsung ???
I'm on Meteor Ireland (MET)
Samsung pass the updates to the carrier its then up to them to do what they want ..
Check Fus Post 44. and 1,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032437&page=5
jje

jetpack101 said:
Thought about doing the update via odin but wanted to keep to the offical kies updates.
To much of a wimp to take the risk
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So was I until I found a stock rom for my phone on samfirmware that I can flash with odin. So, any trouble - back to stock!

OK I've downloaded Z4root and I have a
Temporary Root
Permanent Root
I'm told that I can root and unroot with this app. Has anyone any feed back as I am not knowledgeable in Android whatsoever.
I'd like to root the phone then unroot it to get the Gingerbread update on Keis when it comes out.
I want to run OCLF as I getting a lot of lag issues

jetpack101 said:
Thought about doing the update via odin but wanted to keep to the offical kies updates.
To much of a wimp to take the risk
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Use spoofFw availible on market to trick kies .
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Question about kes2 firmware

I'm sat waiting for my new s2 which arrives from amazon tomorrow ive been looking through this forum and can see loads of upgrade to kes2 quotes .... Is kes2 official or a routed version ? Ive loaded kies on my pc .... So I'm ready to go on that just thought id ask re the firmware
Mine is gonna be unlocked unbranded.... I'm asking cos of the complaints about gps
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KES 2 ????
No listing for that
In date order KE2 KE4 KE7 KF1 KF2 KF3 .
Firmware posted on this forum is stock firmware from Samsung unofficial router requires flashing via Odin.
Kies is legitimate Samsung upgrade path .
GPS problems that was SGS1 .
jje

Ah sorry my mistake ..... So latest firmware is ke7 ?
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So can firmware be done over the air or hasit got to be done via kies
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mancuk29 said:
So can firmware be done over the air or hasit got to be done via kies
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Official updates are done through Kies, unofficial (i.e. leaked) software is through Odin. There are no OTA updates

No OTA via Kies only
Latest firmware is KG 2 now or more generally KF3 .
Firmware update is dependant upon product code and area they dont all roll out at the same time .
jje

jlevy73 said:
Official updates are done through Kies, unofficial (i.e. leaked) software is through Odin. There are no OTA updates
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The firmwares posted in the dev forum thread are official firmwares for use with Odin. When your device is FUBAR'red how do you think they are flashed at the service centers? They use Odin and firmware files like the one in that thread.

so will windows 7 64 bit be ok on the new kies .. ive used before and it was awful to get it to work .. im concerned that i dont wanna crock up my new phone with kies if need be ill install 32 bit .,..
any advice would be good before my new phone arrives
thanks

mancuk29 said:
so will windows 7 64 bit be ok on the new kies .. ive used before and it was awful to get it to work .. im concerned that i dont wanna crock up my new phone with kies if need be ill install 32 bit .,..
any advice would be good before my new phone arrives
thanks
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Win 7 X64 does work but some users report problems often best with a clean install .
Go down the Kies upgrade path if you want but this is XDA developers forum and sticking to stock makes the forum redundant . Kies develops nothing but slow updates often months behind official Stock firmware . As long as you have a backup of your original firmware you are 99% safe .
jje

New Kies 2.0.3.11082_152, no firmware update on NEE

Finland, new Kies version. No firmware update -- still same offering: PDA:JVH / PHONE:JVO / CSC:JV3 (NEE)

I really hope they will give us something new. Like GTalk 2 with video support

I got the new Kies on Monday. In my experience that sometimes predates an Android update, which was promised for the end of September.

If you guys aren't using Odin, you may want to give it a try.
Once I learned about how to use Odin, I couldn't go back to Kies ever again...
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I've used Odin and tried all the custom ROMs. I decided I prefer to keep it stock. Waiting for OTA updates to kick in though...

I am in Serbia and I got the same update, but no ginger yet.. I don't want to do it myself because of the warranty,so I'm waiting for couple of months now..
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amwebby said:
I've used Odin and tried all the custom ROMs. I decided I prefer to keep it stock. Waiting for OTA updates to kick in though...
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I'm on stock currently myself. You don't need Odin for custom ROMs, there's plenty of stock already on samfirmware.com.
Kies already bricked my i9000m twice using Samsung official firmware. Samsung's response was that the firmware wasn't available for my area yet. I told them that Kies gave me the green light, and their response was still the FW wasn't approved yet. That was a PITA to get resolved.
Samfirmware.com has firmwares (including stock) that many have tried, and Odin takes the tedious waiting out too. Between waiting and 2 bricked phones from Kies, I am done with Kies forever!...
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Hmm, Samfirmwares may be stock but not necessarily official releases. I don't trust Kies although I've never had a really bad experience using it. I just want OTA updates like I used to have on my Nokia 4 years ago!

amwebby said:
Hmm, Samfirmwares may be stock but not necessarily official releases. I don't trust Kies although I've never had a really bad experience using it. I just want OTA updates like I used to have on my Nokia 4 years ago!
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There's a few that are 100% official. The rest are stock waiting for carriers to chop them up.
Honestly the only thing that you are waiting for is carrier bloatware.
BTW I used to be a Nokia e71/72 user myself...
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Luckily mine is carrier-free. Discerning the "final official" roms and installing them whilst retaining my current set up is what concerns me. Like I said, petitioning for OTA updates.

It would be best to work like google chrome browser auto update. It downloads the update, and next time you start it it installs. No questions asked... no time wasted... Always the newest firmware. OTA of course. It could work on android. Downloads update, waits for restart. When restarted if battery >60% installs. Piece of cake...

thurtig said:
Finland, new Kies version. No firmware update -- still same offering: PDA:JVH / PHONE:JVO / CSC:JV3 (NEE)
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Now I'm on JVS STOCK+ v1.5 and with this new Kies version , when I plug the phone and open the Kies, the message displayed is:
Firmware information
S/W version in your phone is not an official version.
Firmware upgrade of unofficial S/W version is not suported.
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Kies works ok but this message didn't apears in the old Kies version.
Lol

Samfireware.com does carry stock Samsung roms (it is not an official Samsung site) and they aren't official releases.
I have the 2.3.5 update from there and it is noticably quicker that the official 2.3.3. That being said kies detects the new version and says that its not official and that the upgrade service is not available for non-official versions. If samsung release an official update I might flash back to and older version then update through kies if I really had to which is no drama.
Brian

emilcioran99 said:
Now I'm on JVS STOCK+ v1.5 and with this new Kies version , when I plug the phone and open the Kies, the message displayed is:
Kies works ok but this message didn't apears in the old Kies version.
Lol
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For novice users, Samsung should just ditch Kies and go with OTAs...
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ccrows said:
For novice users, Samsung should just ditch Kies and go with OTAs...
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I noticed today the UK Samsung site has full instructions for OTA updates, which they call FOTA, for Firmware Over The Air.
The instructions were posted just after the last official update in August. Hopefully a sign that OTA is on the way.

amwebby said:
I noticed today the UK Samsung site has full instructions for OTA updates, which they call FOTA, for Firmware Over The Air.
The instructions were posted just after the last official update in August. Hopefully a sign that OTA is on the way.
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If possible can you provide link to that instruction?
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androiderrr said:
If possible can you provide link to that instruction?
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http://skp.samsungcsportal.com/integrated/popup/HtgDetailGuide.jsp?cdsite=uk&seq=7406

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http://skp.samsungcsportal.com/integrated/popup/HtgDetailGuide.jsp?cdsite=uk&seq=7406
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Interesting,thanks for sharing the link
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Guys, i need some help/tips about updating my Firmware. I have a samsumsung GT-I9000 with Android 2.2 (Froyo). I know that there is a newer version (2.3 or so).
I downloaded Samsung Kies but on the general information screen it doesn´t give me the option to update the firmware version, it is only showing me my firmware version (not the latest version available, neither the chance of updaiting it).
I have tryed to install the Kies in differents PCs and I had the same issue.
My GF has a Samsung 5500 (Samsung Galaxy Europe) with Android 2.1, and we had the same problem trying to (or not having the chance to) update the firmware.
My first option is to try with Kies as it is an official source (I don´t want to have troubles with the warranty), but if it is not possible let me know any other way to update our phones.
I will really appreciate any help.
Cheers,

It sounds as if your SGS is tied to a carrier, in which case you are dependent on them for their version of the upgrade.
I would contact them first. If you get no joy there your only option is to "unlock" the phone from that carrier, thus enabling Kies to give you the generic upgrade.
This is what I did. I was locked to o2, here in the UK. Upon unlocking I get the latest generic update via Kies as soon as it becomes available, which is months before o2.

[Q] Update from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 not available

Hello all,
I've got GT-P5100. In "Settings->About" i have Android version 4.0.3. When trying to update (either via Kies or via Tablet) it says no update available. This is strange because I've contacted the Samsung and they told me it should update... My friends that have the same tablet (branded) already have 4.0.3. How can I find the cause and resolve it?
Samsung support told me that this is 'impossible' and I should go to service.... of course I can but firstly... it will take too much time (It's my new toy - you know what i mean) and secondly it's rooted so I probably would have to spend some time to unroot it and get to 'new' look. (I've also tried updating before rooting...)
Thanks in advance
edit: I just noticet that this is not this section. Tried to repair it somehow but no option. Sorry

See www.samfirmware.com for 4.0.4,
then flash it via odin, but make sure it is for 5100 and has your language
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Mohamedselim said:
See www.samfirmware.com for 4.0.4,
then flash it via odin, but make sure it is for 5100 and has your language
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Thank you for your answer. It seems that my version is still 4.0.3 because its:
P5100XWALD7 PDA AP
P5100OXXALD9 CSC
and my friend has (which is not exactly found samfirmware - only AP/PDA is found):
AP5100XXBLH2
CP5100XXLH2
CSC5100PRTBLH2
This is very strange to me that we're in the same country, we have the same language on tablet but different versions of Android. The only difference is that he has Tablet from one of our mobile (carriers?) which means its somehow branded and I have not branded bought in normal shop.
How can I solve it? Can I install any 4.0.4 on my Galaxy or even the JellyBean?