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[Q] I cannot upgrade firmware Galaxy S

Hi ! I have a Galaxy S, SGH-I897, AT&T, unlocked. I have been trying to use Kies (version 1.5.3.10093_80) to upgrade the firmware, as stated on Kies window.
Everytime I try it, I have "Firmware upgrade cannot proceed. Firmware upgrade will close." Also, Kies crashed after clicking on cancel after it.
Version installed: PDA:JF6 / Phone:JF6 / CSC: JF6
Most recent: PDA:JH7 / Phone:JF7 / CSC:JF6
Current firmware: 2.1-update 1
Baseband version: I897UCJF6
Kernel version: 2.6.29
Builder number: eclair
WIndows 7 - 64 bit
Please, any idea how to fix it?
Tks !

Bump !! Anyone ?

Kies sucks. Use Odin
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willasb said:
Hi ! I have a Galaxy S, SGH-I897, AT&T, unlocked. I have been trying to use Kies (version 1.5.3.10093_80) to upgrade the firmware, as stated on Kies window.
Everytime I try it, I have "Firmware upgrade cannot proceed. Firmware upgrade will close." Also, Kies crashed after clicking on cancel after it.
Version installed: PDA:JF6 / Phone:JF6 / CSC: JF6
Most recent: PDA:JH7 / Phone:JF7 / CSC:JF6
Current firmware: 2.1-update 1
Baseband version: I897UCJF6
Kernel version: 2.6.29
Builder number: eclair
WIndows 7 - 64 bit
Please, any idea how to fix it?
Tks !
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Samsung has Mini Kies (or Kies Mini) which is more stable then Kies. It is on their web site under support software for the captivate.

I have tried it already (Mini Kies) and does not work as well...

LinuxNewb said:
Kies sucks. Use Odin
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Must I repeat what he said?
Kies sucks. Use Odin.
I'll even be nice and give you some links.
If you want Froyo 2.2 go here
If you want 2.1 JH7 go here
And for stock 2.1 JF6 go here
You should ALWAYS keep the one for JF6 on your computer incase you have a catastrophic failure of your phone and need to return to stock for any reason.

Got it ! Thanks !!!!!

I downloaded the 2.2 Odin and it does nothing... Not sure how Odin works...
Thanks in advance for your help... Oh... Miztaken do you work for ATT? If so, I wanted to ask you some quick questions if I could... Thanks!!

No I don't work for AT&T lol. For Odin to work you need to put your phone in download mode. Turn it completely off. Remove the USB cable. Start Odin. Hold both volume keys on the phone and plug in the USB cable. The phone should say download and do not turn off target. At this point Odin should see your phone. Click start on Odin and your phone should be updating. If you have any other questions just ask
Sent from my Captivate

Thanks so much for the info! As a newbie... gotta ask how do you put the phone in download mode? As I understand it, download mode is activated by the holding down of the buttons right? Thanks again!!

Does odin work even if your phone is rooted or should you unroot first like kies?
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Just wanted to thank you again! I was able to run it and my phone is up and running now!

berd said:
Does odin work even if your phone is rooted or should you unroot first like kies?
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Odin works regardless of if your phone is rooted or not.
Sent from my Captivate

Cool. Ill give it a try. Thanks
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Successfully upgraded using Kies
If you want to be sure you are installing the official version try to upgrade to the latest version of Kies first.
I am running Win7 and had the same problem before upgrading Kies.
You have to do factory reset on phone after upgrade to froyo (could not find icon for market!)
so, finally the official froyo update is here.
but it sure needs a lag fix still... (i actually got slower results in J disk benchmark after upgrading to froyo)
Anyone knows if it is possible to apply lag fix to this version?
I am running:
firmware 2.2
I900XXJPM (PDA=JP6, PHONE=JPM)
Looks like Samsung has fixed the most obvious TouchWiz bugs!
Finally being able to create contacts in phone and make them sync to gmail.
Default option when creating entry in calendar is also to changed to make entry sync correctly.

Hello, i have a Samsung SGH-i987, i want to upgrade version 2.2 to version 4... Can some ine help me please?? Thx.

[Q] HELP! Need to go back to 2.1

I did the ODIN one click 2.2 update a few months ago and I've been having little issues here and there and I need to go back to stock ATT 2.1 and I'll wait for 2.2. I thought Master Clear did that but it just clears all data. I've looked around the forum but I haven't seen a definitive answer and I just want to make sure I do it right. Can anybody help?

Just use odin 1 click JF6.
http://www.multiupload.com/XAZUYNXSC1
But if you have build # 1010 phone, use my guide to revert back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
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Is there really a way to go "truly back" to stock phone after flashing a new rom?

Eschatologist said:
Is there really a way to go "truly back" to stock phone after flashing a new rom?
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ODIN will do it....

Pirateghost said:
ODIN will do it....
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I guess I should've specified that I'm on Rogers, which is not the case, since both the stock 2.1 and 2.2 roms posted here still retain the ATT logo boot splash after they've been reflashed. Besides some direction to the ATT splash, can someone educate me on what files are NOT overwritten/replaced/fixed/etc when flashing a new rom?

The initial At&t logo is loaded from files within param.lfs

_baron said:
The initial At&t logo is loaded from files within param.lfs
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I'm kind of a noob so bear with me...but other than adding the ATT graphic to the boot cycle, what else does (I should I say, doesn't) the flashable roms here fix or change?

Ok so that worked no problem, but now trying to get the ATT update failed, I'm wondering if I'll be able to update to the 'fixed' 2.1 and eventually the 2.2 sometime in 2012 at the rate they are going.

Unofficial firmware- replacement phone?

Hey guys,
Carphone Warehouse sent me out a brand new to replace my broken one, i got it today and i tried to update it from 2.1 to 2.2 in KIES but it says it is an Unofficial Firmware, the firmware information is completely different to what it should be.
The phone is a Samsung Galaxy Europa (5) I5500- This is what it says on KIES;
PDA:JED / PHONE:JED / CSC:JF1 (H3G)
As you can see this is not right, any help? I don't really want to mess around flashing roms etc- bad experience in the past.

Help me please- I'm lost without half the features from Froyo

Anybody?
Would my only option be to Root and flash to an official stock and then update?

CurtisAndroid5 said:
Anybody?
Would my only option be to Root and flash to an official stock and then update?
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Go to http://www.samfirmware.com to download (registration required) the official stock ROM and Odin. Read the guide on how to update.

Can I safely flash my phone to stock 2.1 via Odin and update to 2.2 through KIES? I know what I'm doing but obviously it's a risky thing- Basically I download the I5500 UK firmware and the Odin+OPS file- using one package and protect ops?

CurtisAndroid5 said:
Can I safely flash my phone to stock 2.1 via Odin and update to 2.2 through KIES? I know what I'm doing but obviously it's a risky thing- Basically I download the I5500 UK firmware and the Odin+OPS file- using one package and protect ops?
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Just flash direct to 2.2. It should be the same update that KIES have.

I just flashed to Cyanogenmod 7.1 with CW Recovery, ill flash to 2.2 whenever i get bored of this, so far im loving it.

CurtisAndroid5 said:
I just flashed to Cyanogenmod 7.1 with CW Recovery, ill flash to 2.2 whenever i get bored of this, so far im loving it.
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Of course you'd love it, CM7 is gingerbread already (android 2.3.++).

Wanted: Radio For Stock ICS Firmware...(LOOK)

Ok....i have a Skyrocket that i got that was already ROOTED. But i didnt like the launcher....so i used the Odin and put the Original non root firmware on it then factory reseted the phone. Now im on a stock ICS 4.0.4.
NOW...the phone is unlocked and im using it with T Mobile. But im only getting a Edge "E" signal....which is slow as sh**. My question is....(May be a dumb question but worth asking)....can i keep this Stock Firmware and flash some kind of Radio over it to get 3G/4G? Or do i have to flash a custom ROM to get that? Love the phone...hate the edge tho. By the way....i have the SGH- I727

first check your apn settings.
you have to flash a custom recovery first, then root it so you can flash a different radio, third link in my sig, you can flash any ics radio, there in my first link in my sig.
check your apn settings

DJR0D said:
Ok....i have a Skyrocket that i got that was already ROOTED. But i didnt like the launcher....so i used the Odin and put the Original non root firmware on it then factory reseted the phone. Now im on a stock ICS 4.0.4.
NOW...the phone is unlocked and im using it with T Mobile. But im only getting a Edge "E" signal....which is slow as sh**. My question is....(May be a dumb question but worth asking)....can i keep this Stock Firmware and flash some kind of Radio over it to get 3G/4G? Or do i have to flash a custom ROM to get that? Love the phone...hate the edge tho. By the way....i have the SGH- I727
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Might take a look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1783795
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Im gonna check both of those out. But to be clear....after i install CWM....then ROOT...ill still have my Stock firmware on the phone after that right? I did yesterday. Then from there what? Clear cache and flash the Blaze Mod Radio on top of the stock 4.0.4 firmware? Is that possible? Thats what i really wanted to know. I did that last night and got my signal all messed you. But i used the Blaze Radio without the "Mod". Which they said was the wrong one.
Main thing is....i wanna keep the same stock firmware i have now....but just add the Blaze Mode Radio to it. Thats what i wanted to know.

DJR0D said:
Im gonna check both of those out. But to be clear....after i install CWM....then ROOT...ill still have my Stock firmware on the phone after that right? I did yesterday. Then from there what? Clear cache and flash the Blaze Mod Radio on top of the stock 4.0.4 firmware? Is that possible? Thats what i really wanted to know. I did that last night and got my signal all messed you. But i used the Blaze Radio without the "Mod". Which they said was the wrong one.
Main thing is....i wanna keep the same stock firmware i have now....but just add the Blaze Mode Radio to it. Thats what i wanted to know.
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yes, installing the recovery and rooting is still stock ics, you wont see any changes when your phone boots up, but its not true stock for warranty purposes because of the custom recovery

[Q] Downgrading gingerbread to froyo

I have a Samsung Galaxy S 4G (SGH-T959V), my phone came stock with Froyo 2.2.1 (T959VUVKD1). My phone is now running on Gingerbread 2.3.6 (T959VUVKJ6).
I want to go back to stock Froyo 2.2.1 because i like it better. Can I go back to Froyo 2.2.1? Can anyone please post what I need to put into odin and where i would put each file into odin to get my phone running back on Froyo 2.2.1 if i currently have Gingerbread 2.3.6. Thanks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2042484

Samsung Galaxy S 4G (GB 2.3.6)
champ1919 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2042484
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This link that you put, after i go to there what am i supposed to download? Also will this take me to stock froyo 2.2.1 (t959vuvkd1). I want go to froyo 2.2.1 because that what it was when i bought my phone. If there is a one-click to go to stock froyo 2.2.1. Or the files i need to get me to froyo 2.2.1 on odin.

In the sixth post is a one click kd1... download & run. Simple

What if my sgh-t959v, gingerbread 2.3.6 is rooted would the one click thing back to froyo 2.2.1 still work if my phone is rooted? So your saying i just have to download the froyo one-click and it will take my phone from gingerbread 2.3.6 to froyo 2.2.1 all by itself? Im really nooby at this please let me know.
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Yes, the one-click will basically install the other version on your phone. It will most likely remove root.
You will almost certainly have to backup all the data you wish to preserve with something like Titanium Backup and restore it to the phone as Android and apps don't "downgrade" very gracefully.

I think @FBis251 made a froyo oneclick.

Woops this one was on accident, look at post #9.

Hey can anyone tell me the process of using the kd1 one-click for my sgh-t959v. I heard that i have to go into dl mode and plug in my phone and open the sgh-t959v-kd1-one-click.jar and run it. And the second time i run it i should have flash bootloaders checked. And after that i should do factory reset, clear cache from the android recovery screen? After i run the jar for the first time what will my phone screen be on after the process is done? After ive ran the kd1.jar twice will it take me setting up phone phone steps. Please anyone tell me steps using the kd1-one-click.jar if i have to run it once or twice and have flash bootloaders checked. Thanks.

You should be following this guide when flashing one clicks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
The one click @bhundven mentioned is this one:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamacid/files/fb/roms/one_clicks/kd1-stock-sgh-t959v-one-click.jar
To be specific, lumin's guide will tell you how to flash a one click. You should be flashing the one click I linked you to (kd1-stock-sgh-t959v-one-click.jar) while following the instructions in that guide.
Good luck!

Im just wondering, after if i am back on froyo 2.2.1, would i be able to use Superoneclick, (version 2.2) i think to root my phone on froyo 2.2.1?

Badking said:
Hey FB in lumin's post he posted is one that will take you to stock KJ6 Gingerbread 2.3.6. but what about this link that you gave to me www.sourceforge.net/projects/teamacid/files/fb/roms/one_clicks/kd1-stock-sgh-t959v-one-click.jar. Will this take me back to stock Froyo 2.2.1? I'm just saying this because in lumin's post the one click he talking about is KJ6 but the link you put here is to go to froyo 2.2.1? Thanks.
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That's correct, the KD1 one click I linked you to will take you to stock Froyo. Any time lumin mentions the KJ6 one click, just use the KD1 one click instead and you'll be back to Froyo in no time .

Sorry, but i have another question, I dont even know what bootloaders are. Will I need to have flash bootloaders checked the second time when i am going back to stock froyo 2.2.1? Or will i only have to flash it once with the sgh-t959v one click. Let me know. Thanks

Badking said:
Sorry, but i have another question, I dont even know what bootloaders are. Will I need to have flash bootloaders checked the second time when i am going back to stock froyo 2.2.1? Or will i only have to flash it once with the sgh-t959v one click. Let me know. Thanks
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Yes you need to flash the bootloaders. The GB bootloaders your phone has at the moment aren't compatible with Froyo, so you should follow the instructions to the letter.

Badking said:
Im just wondering, after if i am back on froyo 2.2.1, would i be able to use Superoneclick, (version 2.2) i think to root my phone on froyo 2.2.1?
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Maybe I missed the answer, but will Superoneclick, (version 2.2) root an unlocked T959V running stock Froyo 2.2.1? I think I would like to root frist and remove some of the bloatware - before upgrading the firmware to GB, ICS, or higher.

Yes, it will root froyo.

champ1919 said:
Yes, it will root froyo.
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Great! Thanks for the instant reply.
I think upgrading to GB from a rooted T959V running FROYO is the way I will proceed. If the root is successful, I'll try to remove some or most of the bloatware, then see how I like the phone - before moving up to GB, ICS, or another firmware upgrade.

Hey, Can someone help me fast. I'm doing the steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2 and my command prompt never said Installing drivers and I am in download mode but never said installing drivers and zadig didn't open on my computer. My phone is in download mode right now, what should i do? I followed all the steps correctly.

I have Odin also, but I don't know what files to put in odin, I was using the kd1-one-click to go back to stock froyo 2.2.1 and i was in command prompt but never got the (installing drivers) message and zadig didn't open. I need the the files that i can put into odin that will take my phone to froyo 2.2.1 stock. Please someone help!

I downloaded Zadig from the internet and ran it and did the steps in lumin30 post. After I clicked flash on the kd1 one-click, and on the bottom is says flash SBL after my phone finished it loaded into the android page and installed packages and show the tmobile splash screen then the samsung boot logo.(It shows the froyo 2.2.1 boot logo though because i remember how the gingerbread 2.3.6 boot logo. and then i took out usb like lumin said and put into download mode again and checked flash bootloaders and and still says flashing sbl. My phone is now with a black screen and vibrates every 10-15 seconds and my lights on the 4 buttons on the bottom are on. Please I need the files that i need to put into odin to get my phone to boot up!! All my phone does is black screen and vibrates every couple seconds. Someone please help if i can use odin to fix this.??