[Q] SGS II update via KIES - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i have a vodafone UK SGS II, using outside UK, my firmware i 2.3.3. i want to update my phone, the problem is;
i get connected to KIES sometimes, and disconnected to KIES after some seconds but i get a notification that a new frimware is available whenever i get connected luckily
most of the time i do not get connected to KIES
please help me in updating my firmware and tell me if i can update with OFFICIAL firmware without KIES?
since i am using my phone outside UK, if i update to latest firmware, is there a risk that my phone gets locked ?

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i am also using juice defender and battery dr. applications as well, i dont know whether these apps are preventing my phone from connecting to KIES , can any one help ?

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atifajaz said:
i have a vodafone UK SGS II, using outside UK, my firmware i 2.3.3. i want to update my phone, the problem is;
i get connected to KIES sometimes, and disconnected to KIES after some seconds but i get a notification that a new frimware is available whenever i get connected luckily
most of the time i do not get connected to KIES
please help me in updating my firmware and tell me if i can update with OFFICIAL firmware without KIES?
since i am using my phone outside UK, if i update to latest firmware, is there a risk that my phone gets locked ?
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Of course you can update official firmwares via Odin. But as you are sometimes getting connection with Kies, I'd advice you to re install the drivers and then try again. And make sure USB debugging is Off before connecting.
However if the problem remains then Odin is the option, and you can get official firmwares from here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Regards.

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additionally if i download the indian update version on my vodafone uk SGS II, is it ok, ?

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ithehappy said:
Of course you can update official firmwares via Odin. But as you are sometimes getting connection with Kies, I'd advice you to re install the drivers and then try again. And make sure USB debugging is Off before connecting.
However if the problem remains then Odin is the option, and you can get official firmwares from here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Regards.
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as further informaiton
My phone build No. is Gingerbread.BUKG2
Kernel Version [email protected]#2
Baseband Version I9100BUKG1

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Your Baseband is KG1! Did you update via Odin before? If you updated a leaked version then Kies won't support any further update.
Regards.

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How can I get kies to work to update my SGS to gingerbread?
Hi I'm a noob member of this forum, but have been watching it for 3 months. With suggestions from this site, I have eventually managed to get the current version of kies (2.0.0.11014_49) to connect to my Galaxy S I9000 - at least some of the time (it's a bit hit and miss).
I have been able to sync my contacts and podcasts from my phone to my computer using kies.
I can get to the kies screen for updating firmware. BUT - this is the really frustrating part - it tells me that my firmware is up to date.
It correctly tells me that my firmware version is:
PDA-JP5 PHONEJP3 CSC-JP4(XSA) - this matches the output of the not-so-secret key-code.
From the handset, in Settings About Phone I get:
Firmware version 2.2
Baseband DTJP3
Kernel version 2.6.32.9 [email protected] #7
Build FROYO.DTJP5
I am aware of the post "Kies firmware update without using (all of) Kies!" by miki4242, but this doesn't apply to the latest kies. Does anyone know how to do the same thing with the current version of kies?
I'm also aware of the post "Kies 2.0 Registry Patcher 1.8.0.0, patch registry on latest Kies" by Nodial, but I'm looking to do it as simply as I can. I have not rooted my phone, and would prefer to use Samsung software (kies or part thereof) to get gingerbread. Surely it shouldn't be so hard!?!
(Or why can't we get it as a download direct to the phone from samsung or the market?)
PS: I tried to post this qn as a new thread, but the site wouldn't let me (the error msg said I couldn't paste outside links).

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I never used Odin for updates however I recently updated via Kies and my current firmware is kj3, now waiting for official ICS update
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