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[myTouch 4G General] Shivansh:
It's like a ticking time bomb. You will never know for sure when it's gonna fail ( if at all ).

People have had this issue while restoring nandroid back ups. Some have had fc's while phone was on and restarted to be greeted with this issue. Again may be not all M4 chips are bad and may be its just a bad batch that may have this issue.

As i said no one knows for sure...
[myTouch 4G General] Smurphjw:
So even just being rooted (on stock 2.2.1) is a gamble?
[myTouch 4G General] Shivansh:
AFAIK it is. My guess is that people on stock may have had this issue as well but then they would just get a replacement from HTC. So there is no way find that out.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xava44:
everytime i factory reset and reboot on my g1 a red green blue and white screen comes up with serial0 in the middle, not sure what to do, any help?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldrifta:
sounds like you have no recovery.. is your device rooted? try holding home and power to turn it on (when its powered off of coarse)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xava44:
ive tried that, it goes straight to the same creen with serial0 in the middle
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldrifta:
oOo uhhhhmmmmm i dunno if that means its bricked..? i hope not.. wat have you tried so far? and wat else does it say when you get it on? it only says serial 0??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xava44:
anything i try to do, it ends up at the screen that i said before with 4 different setions horizontally, red, green, blue and white. on the red portion there are yellow letters that read as such:

"DREA100 PVT 32B

HBOOT-0.95.0000

CPLD-4

RADIO-2.22.23.02

SEP 2 2008"

then on the middle of there is a white strip across that says "serial0" in black letters and thats all.

i havent tried much, just read a few suggestions on other websites with different button combos to get it to work but they didnt. i also took it to the t-mobile store and the guy who helped me did a factory reset and when he rebooted it, it went straight back to this screen and he said he didnt know what to do
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldrifta:
hmmm... try to flash this nbh file.. jus boot up into that screen like usual and have this file on root of sd card. than when it powers up it should say something about an update.. press what it says to press to apply the update.. ( just incase turn the phone on by holding camera button and power button)

http://www.4shared.com/file/9SCWX8Id/DREAIMG.html
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xava44:
i tried that, the update will complete and tell me to press the track ball but when i do it goes right back to that colored screen then the update just comes up again
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziffbam:
I got my Transformer yesterday and so far I have been happy. I got the keyboard today and when I went to connect it, that's when my issues started. The mouse cursor appears on the screen, the status bar shows the keyboard is attached, and the battery shows that it's charging.

However, the keys and trackpad do not work. I have noticed that if I rapidly press keys while inserting the tablet, I can hear clicks for about 5 seconds, but then it stops. What's strange is I can mount external storage via USB.

I have not rooted my tablet, and I have tried restoring to stock settings, and rerun the update. Not sure what else to do. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimi_Q:
Maybe you can try the newest FW-V8.2.3.13 with Dock 0209 for solving this problem. :o
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
I have the newest version of KIES

It connects fine but disconnects when trying to upgrade (look at the third picture at the bottom right corner)

Is it because I'm in the united states?
[Galaxy S II General] rwj5279955:
Try a different USB port. Preferably directly on the motherboard.
[Galaxy S II General] Dreadsteel:
what's new in the new firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] rwj5279955:
Hopefully a more compatible modem for wider areas. My H+ is what my HSDPA was on my Captivate.
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Seriously, what is up with this POS KIES program? My phone is connected then once I start the upgrade, the connection is lost. WTF???

I've been googling this issue for an hour.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Why not just flash with Odin? I've not used Kies to update firmware since Galaxy S JM8 firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] David9723:
Where does one find the official untouched firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Usually your PC /AV/Firewall .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
guys I think this is because he is in the states. Its obvious Samsung's servers aren't ready for them it isn't even out yet. Hack reg kies or flash Odin. However it is only minor fixes. Swype + little connectivity issues and auto brightness fix. Unless you use them regularly I wouldn't worry about it.
[Galaxy S II General] Huck33:
check your firewall

i tried three times before the update worked

i'm using Nod32 as AV & Firewall, and the software asked me to allow different connections
[Galaxy S II General] phkrh:
I have the same problem. Am in the UK. Trying to do it officially. Only had the phone a couple of days. The handset says it is connected but Kies goes round and round incirclesoffering me he upgraqde, backing up everything and then sayig it is disconnected. Help!
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Read the thread, the OP has been helped.
[Galaxy S II General] phkrh:
I see alternative ways outside of Kies for doing things, but nothing that covers why the 'proper' way of doing things doesn't work for some of us.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Oh well, it's proper enough for the official service centres to use that where it came from.
[Galaxy S II General] phkrh:
In case it helps anyone else, a combination of uninstalling Kies, reinstalling and using a different USB port [on a laptop, so they are all on the motherboard] appeared to do the trick for me, though I have no idea why that should be.
[Galaxy S II General] davidoff08:
Me to and turning my phone on and off works 2, also turning the Anti Virus off...
[Galaxy S II General] sahhab:
thanks for your advise i was trying to update my sgs2 ke2 version and i had same problem than i tried an usb on the motherboard finally it works
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
I have got the same problem as the OP while trying to update the firmware of my galaxy s II. I tried everything from reinstalling kies to running it as an administrator and I even connected to every usb port on my laptop. The same thing happens: When i click skip backup and start to download the update, the connection is immediately lost (as shown in the SS of OP).

I haven t tried ODIN yet, and would rly like to update my phone with kies and use odin as my last resort since I m not a techie.

I also disabled the anti-virus and also tried to update my phone in flight mode without any success :/ I should also mention that my kies is somewhat ****ed up as sometimes it keeps connecting to my device. To solve the problem i have to uninstall the drivers of my phone from the pc and reinstall the device automatically once i plug it in the pc. After that kies connects automatically to my device.

Somebody else is experiencing the same problem and managed to solve it? Any help would be appreciated :) Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] rosmiitto:
I can't Kies to work at all. It detects my phone and has presented the firmware upgrade dialog couple times but the upgrade always fails before starting. I've disabled my firewall (Windows Firewall) and anti-virus (Security Essentials) to no avail. Backup also never works, it just says "Preparing..." forever. There seems to be no way to trigger the update manually (rightclicking on GT-I9100 shows firmware upgrade item as disabled).
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
Well for the backup thing, just keep waiting cause that happened to me and for a moment I even thought that my pc had frozen! Same here disabled everything and still can t update my phone :/ It really sux for Samsung to have made a perfect phone but made such ****ty software for pc sync :/
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
Its not samsungs fault its your fault. User error. Even my ****ty 5year old laptop with 512 RAM CAN DO IT. (KIES MINIMUM REQ =1GB ram)

Obviously the problem is on your end.
[Galaxy S II General] pulser_g2:
Or just use ODIN?

Heck, I don't plan to load kies... I just need ODIN and virtualbox for everything :)
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
Obviously some noobs find it so hard to switch the usb cable to one of the main ports on their pc

Dont blame kies. Kies v2 is much more stable.
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
For your information, I m doing everything as I should and I still can't update. I tried everything but still getting the same error and my phone is disconnecting as soon as i hit the update button. I browsed the internet and everybody is complaining about kies. Heck I couldn t even use kies to connect my phone to the pc because it kept "Connecting". However i found a way around that problem and have to uninstall the drivers of the phone from the pc each and every time i connect it with kies. I really do not mind to this as long as i can connect it. Furthermore it s not the pc's fault, come on don t talk rubbish. It sj ust a program and there are others who can t use kies even on brand new pc's. And about using ODIN, I never tried ODIN and if all else fails, sure I will try it. But I don't expect to buy a premium device such as the Galaxy S II and the software that came with it does not work. Of course there are those which works for them and there are others who have problems with it. Just google "Can't update firmware using kies" and you ll find loads of people like me with similar problems. Furthermore please I came here asking nicely for help. If you do not want to help, the least you could do is ignore this threat rather than call us "Noobs". Oh and I just read your last thread, I m using the latest kies, Kies v2.

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Problem is last poster one Kies is rubbish we know that complaining to Samsung .

Two a number of posters are just asking the exact same question in the same thread without bothering to read the posts and possible fixes .

Three yes often is your PC change PC wipe Windows and you may well get a first time connection . change usb port likewise clear old drivers likewise etc etc .

No single fix but a multitude of posted fixes .

I will see if their is still a Kies faq about and post it .

Its not samsungs fault its your fault. User error. Even my ****ty 5year old laptop with 512 RAM CAN DO IT. (KIES MINIMUM REQ =1GB ram)

Obviously the problem is on your end.

And that was totally out of order and more to the point plain wrong as many have tried every fix on many PCs and still it fails .

Devs no custom roms please custom Kies instead for those that want to stay inside the regulations .

That is if you use Odin Samsung might get very Thor .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
Thanks for your reply! Well I know that the problem is my pc basically because I downloaded the same kies that others downloaded which might work for them. The thing is I tried everything and before posting on XDA, i googled the problem and spent nearly a whole day trying to fix the problem yesterday. Then when I gave up, I came here, searched for a similar thread with my problem and each and every fix that was posted in this tried, I tried it. Still the problem persisted and decided to post. Then a troll decided to butt in.

Now I ll try to remove all the apps i installed and try to update. It might be that an app is causing the problem or something. I ll post the result!

Edit: Removed all apps i installed and still with no result :/
[Galaxy S II General] wutang01:
Given up on Kies, and tried Odin. Worked perfectly. Thank you!!
[Galaxy S II General] erazer007:
If the problem is with getting access to the net, you should try adding it to the firewall exception list.

If its issue just with the phone getting disconnected even though its able to access net, maybe its the problem with the privileges. If youre using Vista/7 try running it as administrator.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Many do just that but few have a backup of their official rom that came with the phone and expect Kies to update whatever rom they installed . Only to find product codes match nothing on the server . But saying that Kies seems a bit more lenient so far with product codes for SGS 2 updates .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Disagree with that, been using odin all the way on my first SGS, went to the SGS2 now and for once, tried to keep on the official route and not use odin. Got a nice "dll load fail" when connected via KIES.

Now getting firmware and odin 1.83 to flash my SGS2 the "right" way.
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
I'm in the states and I had no problem upgrading my firmware, via kies, when I first got my phone a month ago.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] weedfreer:
Thats great but this is a thread to discus a problem updating.

I'm happy that for you it worked but in all fairness the readers of this thread did not need to know this.

I would suggest that they are likely to see your post as a an attempt to 'Rub salt in the wound'.

Perhaps, given the issues people seem to be having with Kies, you should start a new Thread whereby people who have had a similar experience to yourself could collectively bask in the smugness of knowing that you're better than everyone else?

:-P
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Well I am on the lucky list too. But on my previous device, S8500, I never could get Kies work, for a whole year I tried, and failed. I really don't know why Kies has problem with some devices, and not with some. Don't know when Samsung will come up and do something about it!

One thing I can say to them who are having problem,

Just Google for Kies 2.0 Registry Patcher, it could force and change the product code of your device and firmware version too, then you could get it work.

Sent from GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] weedfreer:
I found this with the first 2 versions of the Software. It looked to me like there should have been some MSoft patches applied during the Software's installtion which never actually happened.

It took me ages to bottom it out but i posted the solution to this elswhere also:

samsunggalaxysforum.com/kies-problems/can't-connect-to-kies/230/?wap2

Following was actual post:

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Have Windows XP SP3 installed.

Installed Kies_1.5.1.10071_32.exe which worked. Recieved message to say that update available. Installed. Kies stopped working resulting in MTP Application constantly looping and Kies never connecting.

Solution:

On phone while unplugged from PC, went to settings --> Applications --> Developer Settings --> enabled USB Debug.

Connected phone via USB

stopped the MTP Application by pushing the home key at the right moment.

Went into the notification area and selected the USB message to mount it as a drive

Searched the main onboard memory for *Cache*.* and deleted/cu & Paste to temp folder on PC everything found in these folders.

As my phone is a Samsung, also went through each folder on the phone to see if there were any files with an extension greater than 16 characters (ie file.1234567890123456). If there were any files like this, either removed the associated software or cut and pasted the files to a temp folder on my PC.

Disconnected the phone

Downloaded new version of Kies (Kies_1.5.1.10074_2_6.exe)

Attempted install found it kept erroring while attempting to Download/install an outlook 2007 addin. Searched for the files that it thought it was missing. found them at:

microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=54eb3a5a-0e52-40f9-a2d1-eecd7a092dcb

microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=d8eb4921-891a-4b5e-973f-0b96e6ccf376

microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=59daebaa-bed4-4282-a28c-b864d8bfa513

Installed them all

Uninstalled kies and anything else samsung related in windows add remove programs

Ran the new installer for Samsung Kies (Kies_1.5.1.10074_2_6.exe) and found that this time it went through really quickly with no error messages.

Rebooted the phone opened Kies and connected my samsung device via USB cable and found it connected first time no problems.

Hope this helps someone took me an absolute age to figure it

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I have to be honest though, this hasn't been a problem for me with the more recent versions of the KIES SW. If you have an old system still affected by it though and you've got some time to kill, it may be worth a laugh to have a go!
[Galaxy S II General] yklai18:
try to uninstall and reinstall... I had this problem as well but after reinstall then it works again. or else you just flash with odin :)
[EVO 4G Accessories] KINGOFNOOBS:
I recently got a Seido extended battery case and I thought I could fit two regular batteries in order use one battery and have another battery there in the unit as a spare. As I thought about this however, why beat the bush?

Why not think of a way to connect the two batteries with a piece of electrical tape and have a cheap ~$6 3000mah battery. Thoughts?
[EVO 4G Accessories] backdown:
Well..you could always wire the contacts together, that way the contacts on the phone hit both of them at the same time. However, you would have to worry about over powering the phone (too much current to it). So..probably wouldn't be worth it. However, if you have insurance you could always try it...
[EVO 4G Accessories] Frans Parnel:
I actually thought of this before and was about to run to radioshack when I ran into a snag....

I was going to wire them up using a relay so when there was no charge on the original battery it would auto switch to the other. E.g. only one battery connected at a time.

Problems:

1. Phone would shutdown when the relay switched, not too big of an issue as you would just turn phone back on.

2. I think phone would shut off before relay would switch, due to Android turning phone off before battery is truely dead

3. Charging would be an issue due to relay

4. All the relays I found were pretty big :(

As far as wiring two batties at once to increase capacity. There's only 2 ways to do it:

1. Parralell (Wiring + to + and - to - and one battery entirely to load) which will end up with the same voltage as one battery but twice the amps!

2. Series (wiring - from one battery to load, + from other battery to load, then remaining - and + together) which will double the volts but the amps will be the same!

P.S. I'm not a licensed electrician...
[EVO 4G Accessories] ourtut:
Well ur gonna have to do alot of thinking. What ur gonna have to do is hok up 2 battery's to 1 circuit board otherwise you will blow up the battery's and fry your phone. So be careful and solder right. Do a good job and don't mess it up completely.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Frans Parnel:
Kept thinking about it and here is the easiest way to do it...and the reasoning why it will work.

1. If you are to do it you will need 2 identical batteries. Same make, model, and age...preferably new. Otherwise one will degrade.

2. Running in parallel WILL double mAh or discharge rate. I didn't think so at first but it will.

3. Since we can't supply the phone with more volts than it can handle we cannot wire the batteries in series.

4. So we must wire them in parallel, this will double batteries mAh, volts will remain equal to one battery, and double the amps.

5. Doubling the amps should not hurt phone as it will only use what it needs. It is bad to have less amps but not more.***

So, according to my original battery specs if I were to wire two together the end result would be:

3000mAh 3.7V @ 2A

To my knowledge this should work fine.

There is only 2 things that should be verified by an electrician - i.e. not me.

***1. I know more amps is OK, but doubling them I am not sure about. The phone SHOULD only draw at 1A regardless.

2. Charging with the batteries connected together should be OK, this is why I said to make sure their identical. But I would still recommend charging them separately as this is where most damage can be caused to batteries.
[EVO 4G Accessories] dowmace:
You would be fine with them in parallel, amperage is a nonissue as amps are pulled not pushed, charging I'm not sure about I don't know how the charging circuit works in these phones.

Ps I am a licensed electrician
[EVO 4G Accessories] hazakins:
If you ever take one of those cheap Chinese 3500 mah batters apart its just two smaller batteries hooked together and wrapped up.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Frans Parnel:
Well that is all any battery is, a groping of cells. And the cells inside of a single battery are paired to match the exact specs the phone requires.

P.S. I actually have another battery on its way in the mail. I had my warranty send me one so I have a spare. If it is identical to my current one, which it should be, I will test this idea out.
[EVO 4G Accessories] rugedraw:
Wouldn't it be easier to order an extended battery with the battery cover from eBay for like $7.50 delivered? Or is this something you wanna do just to see if you can? I don't see why anyone would take the risk of blowing up their phone for this.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Frans Parnel:
More or less just to do it, and I have warranty with no down payment so I can get new phone.
[EVO 4G Accessories] leeh41:
This ^

Why spend the time and risk damaging your phone?

I can understand the curiosity, as this has crossed my mind before as well, but i figured it simply wasn't worth the time/money/effort
[EVO 4G Accessories] Caferacer:
I'm an electrical engineer and this is correct. The circuit (phone) will draw the amperage needed to run regardless of capacity.

This is the same deal if you get a laptop charger. If your laptop takes 12VDC at 5A and you use a 12VDC that is capable of 12A, you won't hurt your laptop, as the laptop will only pull 5A max from the charger. If you use a 14VDC at 5A you will probably fry something on your mainboard.

Similarly, if your phone takes a 5V .5A charger and you use a 5V 1A you don't fry your phone.
[Nexus S General] westinl:
Let me first start off by saying that I am on a Mac.

I used these directions to get my phone unlocked and get ClockworkMod Recovery or whatever running on my Nexus S 4G.

I then loaded Cynogen onto my SD card, booted into Clockwork, wiped my phone, then tried to install Cynogen. It failed- it couldn't install boot.img or something.

Now, when I try to boot up my phone, it just shows the Google logo with the unlocked icon below it. It never successfully boots. I can still get into Clockwork Recovery, but below every menu section over the logo, it always shows some error like

E: failed to something something /cache

Can you guys please, PLEASE instruct me on how to get my phone working normally? I don't need it unlocked, just running the stock OS.

Anyone who can successfully help me do this on a Mac will receive a nice PayPal donation if they wish.

Thank you so much in advance.

And yeah, I know I shouldn't have been attempting this because I am such a n00b.
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
What version of CWM did you flash?
[Nexus S General] tanman21:
Pm me and we will use a chat service (aim, yahoo messenger) and I will walk u through it.