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[Nexus S General] brokentoaster24:
The update on monday might be 2.3.5 :)

Look for google wallet

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] hellcatt:
reverse

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[Nexus S General] hellcatt:
Same here, why is that? And our seems to be on 1x a lot more now

Sent from my pocket pal
[Nexus S General] lvnatic:
Any performance tweaks to be expected?
[Nexus S General] jrdatrackstar:
i just hope it fixes this stupid slow gallery bug and the speakerphone.....also some touchscreen issues that I (and apparently others) sometimes have.....

still, with these bugs, this is easily the best phone I've ever owned and will never get anything other than a Nexus (unless Windows Phone gets its act together and adds more things like front-facing cam and NFC....)
[Nexus S General] jrdatrackstar:
I just had an iPhone (my on-call phone for work) and it's edge was as fast (if not faster) than the 3G here in my hometown (there is supposedly an outage here, but then why would it keep showing I have full 3G bars and still can't connect to anything.......UGH )

When using 3G vs. 3G, AT&T usually won. AT&T's coverage blows and they suffer from tons of dropped calls, but I wish we used similar speed frequencies on Sprint (yes, I know they're GSM vs CDMA)
[Nexus S General] Maximilian Mary:
I think you got bumped off the business account prl back to the personal account prl.
[Nexus S General] johnxjets:
Hopefully now ill stop data roaming at my house.

Sent from my Cyanogen Nexus 4G
[Nexus S General] mikeyinid:
Dont count on it...
[Nexus S General] leerobson99:
I am interested in this too, I'm using i9020, will this update be coming to our phones?? With it being another version of android, one would automatically assume that it would be. Anyone know for sure??
[Nexus S General] ammarmalik:
Google thinks WiFi signal problem is on Sprint phones only?
[Nexus S General] Maximilian Mary:
All the leaks came from Sprint. And, almost all the updates are specially for Sprint network issues. ...with the exception of the NFC update, which may be for Google Wallet - confirmed to be released on Sprint first.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bignev:
Everything was fine for awhile...I used to flash many roms and never had this issue. I thought it might have been one rom but then realized that it happened with a few roms...didn't matter which one I flashed. The screen will freeze or the phone will freeze while charging and I need to do a battery pull to get it up again. Does anyone have any clue why this is suddenly happing to me?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the kid escobar:
How high is your overclock/voltage settings?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bignev:
simply installed a rom...no overclock...

It happens even if I select Normal and interactivex in speedtweak.sh which wasn't an issue before.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OneNutShort:
Dunno if this is of any help, but I too was experiencing frequent lockups. I am running rooted stock. The fix I found was wiping the dalvik cache. As soon as I did this I was lockup free. Good luck, and I hope this helps.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EFoxwell:
Same issue I had for awhile. Same solution for me too.

Message delivered via my BAMF Thunderbolt
[Galaxy S II General] y2jdmbfan:
I am about to faint here, they have finally posted the KF3 update on Kies! Plug your SGSII's into your PC and update!! Doing it now...Hopefully the camera focus during video recording is finally fixed!

Y2J
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Finally. Downloading now...
[Galaxy S II General] nraudigy2:
Finally! :)
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
is this a joke? not in the mood for jokes people.
[Galaxy S II General] Paganister:
Nope no joke. :)
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
Not seeing it here.
[Galaxy S II General] Teso Dos Bichos:
I can confirm it exists. Thanks for the info.
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Man, searched for my cable for like 10 minutes, connected, THERE IS the update available, but Kies says "recharge the phone" and does not let me proceed proceed with the update. :) It is end of day here on the east coast of the USA, phone is at 20% power. Gonna be one sleepless night for me :)
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
They released an update for Kies about two weeks ago. Are you using the latest version? Also, I don't know where you got your phone but some of the Expansys USA phones were from Eastern Europe if that makes a difference.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Because I'm anal, I rebuild my phone from a factory reset when I update it. It was kind of cluttered anyway. Since I've got to go through the whole setup process I'll post any changes to apps and such as I'm slogging through it.
[Galaxy S II General] leftovermagic:
I know this has to have been covered in the past, but I'm struggling to understand it. I know if I update through Kies, I'll lose root. Is there a way to download this kernel and push it through Odin and not lose root? Sorry to rehash this again. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
Actually how can you tell if it's UK or Eastern Europe? All my instructions came in English and both the device and manual use british english. Anyway just plugged in again and said I had latest which was KE7/KE4
[Galaxy S II General] chargen2:
Download is sooooooo slow.....
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
First casualty. IM is broken. Either through the Social Hub or via the IM app it craps out with "error occurred."
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
Maybe I won't be needing the update afterall :)
[Galaxy S II General] AaronUK:
When you plug it in Kies it should tell you what version your phone is in brackets at the end of the firmware version. Mine is (XEU)
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
The box would have been in Polish and when you turned the phone on it would have been set to Polish too. From what you described, you've got a UK phone. It's odd though, that Keis sees your phone's firmware but doesn't offer an upgrade.
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
I forgot to boot my mac into bootcamp. Kies for Mac is beta and hence does not offer firmware upgrade, only the PC version does.
[Galaxy S II General] elena11:
I have the polish version also, and Kies has KF2 as the latest firmware. I tried it twice, but I had lots of problems with data and voice connection on Rogers in Canada. I hope the KF3 will fix this problem, when it is available.
[Galaxy S II General] kirdroid:
Isn't kf2 much recent build than kf3? Wondering what is the advantage of updating to an older build.
[Galaxy S II General] Illicit Hero:
Can't see an update either
[Galaxy S II General] nraudigy2:
Confirmed IM error, wont load.
[Galaxy S II General] sorrowrain:
i updated .

first time i try updating the phone stuck on android the only way to shut it was to take out the battery then i did uninstall go launcher and it did update, why wont sammy do some thing about the shi#ty kies , it may brick someone phone
[Galaxy S II General] NZgeek:
It may be possible to download the firmware using the Check Fus Downloader tool (fus.nanzen.se), extract the TAR file from the ZIP that's created, then extract the zImage file out of that. Either that, or just wait for Chainfire to create a new CF-Root kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] LouisJB:
just updated. worked ok for me here in the UK.

Can some one please post a link to what has changed.

In particular

* has the WifiSharing bug been fixed?

* has the 3G data connection bug been fixed on the radio?

Louis
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Available in dev thread also: http://www.multiupload.com/ZZYM5ZAFA0
[Galaxy S II General] angerfist19:
hello

intratech do you got md5 checksum for the ato KF3 maybe??

Thanks in advance...
[Galaxy S II General] xinfinityoO:
just curious.. were u running a custom rom.. if so u may have to wipe/delvik/cache

before updating..or flash back your original stock firmware.. just my opinion
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
I think I might wait to see if it's confirmed to be a more recent build than kf2 which for me is very good but downloading it anyway!.
[Galaxy S II General] mca1490:
Yepp!!!! The 3g data is fixed in my device too!!.extremely happy :D xD
[Galaxy S II General] xinfinityoO:
what is the modem/phone version in this official version..
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
XXKE7...............
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
It's not, check the thread in dev forum where they are organised according to date.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
d3946c66c1026b3807006b3872d89415
[Galaxy S II General] xinfinityoO:
Thx.. sammy is slow..we need some good updates
[Galaxy S II General] angerfist19:
thx very much!!!
[Galaxy S II General] ashy7:
Hi,

I've tried not to ask any questions as I've been able to find the answers that I need through searches, but need some help for this one!

I'm currently on stock firmware and have rooted using the CF-Root method. I have installed titanium backup and have frozen all the samsung stuff and some other system apps.

My question is, do I need to defrost all the stuff that I have frozen, or should I just upgrade as is?
[Galaxy S II General] chargen2:
Fortunately I haven't had this issue.
[Galaxy S II General] vgasmo:
Well... Kies just stays forever stuck. Is this normal? I reverted back to my original FW (even though I'm rooted and i was on Kf2).

Not sure If it is updating or just sleeping. Any thoughts?

Edit: As soon as I click "proceed update firmware" Kies just seems to freeze.
[Galaxy S II General] AaronUK:
Where do you get this error to confirm I don't have same issue?
[Galaxy S II General] chargen2:
In the IM app
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
What do you mean by 3g data bug? From what version did you upgrade?
[Galaxy S II General] Northern-Loop:
What CF Root kernal do we use for this version? Do we have to wait for a XEU version?
[Galaxy S II General] vgasmo:
Done... It was a Kies problem (different PC and previous version of Kies and it Worked). Can't even start to understand how hard is to upgrade FW in this compared to Odin.
[Galaxy S II General] tosheeba:
What is the minimum battery % the phone must have to be able to perform the upgrade?
[Galaxy S II General] simacca:
Just upgrading as I type!

At last UK users get some of the upgrade goodness :)
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
Anyone knows anything about possible o2 update?
[Galaxy S II General] Paganister:
Just the KF3 one Chainfire links here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14283397&postcount=4

Worked for me. :)

I would like to know this also please? I had to go through the long way to upgrade/root/remove the boot triangle again. Would be good to know if there's a quicker way!
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
Is this gonna wipe everything i got on phone?
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Wish Vodafone UK would release KF3 :(
[Galaxy S II General] AaronUK:
I have/had a UK O2 handset with O2 branding. If you debrand it to a SIM free UK version (following the instructions in the dev section) you can upgrade through Keis.
[Galaxy S II General] simacca:
Just finished update after multiple failures. Kies really is a piece of crap!

Haven't noticed many differences yet. Scrolling through home pages with updating widgets still has a slight stutter. I was hoping the update would make things even more smoother.

Also yet too see if I still have the mobile 3g data bug. Hopefully that will be sorted in this update.

Camera still has pink spot, Grrr!

GPS locks on much quicker for me indoors. Under 1 minute :)

Didnt wipe any data on my phone after the update either.

Lets hope battery life is improved.

That's all for now....
[Galaxy S II General] shawsky:
Just updated also. If the phone is in silent mode the camera doesn't make any noise when focussing or taking a picture :)
[Galaxy S II General] nizarnoor:
Updated! It all went smoothly.

And then I rooted my device again so I can use Chainfire! :)

BTW, IM still works for me. I don't use Social Hub though.

Yes that's right! I love it!

Anyone notice other differences/improvements?
[Galaxy S II General] simacca:
Also if you turn the 'system volume' off the camera is silent :)
[Galaxy S II General] Viper.MK:
Any GPS accuracy improvements with this version?

I'm on KE7 and despite having a good/strong GPS signal it just doesn't get better than 20m ;( I only rooted the S2 to get the gps.conf fixed, but that didn't do any difference as far as accuracy is concerned.
[Galaxy S II General] simacca:
I think my call quality has gotten worse indoors on the o2 uk network.

Anyone else? Or am I imagining things?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] simacca:
SMS message themes has gone :(

I liked the white text on black theme. It's also good for the samoled screen, so haven't a clue why they removed it??
[Galaxy S II General] Paganister:
I can't 100% confirm this because I was only out for a couple of hours but the WiFi Sharing battery drain didn't happen to me at all. Usually I have to kill the task to stop it from draining almost right away once I start using the mobile networks rather than my home WiFi. Hopefully this is a good sign... I'm going out again in a bit so I'll see if it still stays away!

Still got the screen wake up lag though
[Galaxy S II General] mariusi:
Did the upgrade. When all data has been transferred to the device, KIES crashed. Fortunately the upgrade went ahead and completed ok.

So far no obvious differences compared to old firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] BonzoTW:
My first update, but it went (slowly) without any incidents. Everything seems to be working, including IM.

The only thing I noticed is that Samsung Dive thought I had changed my SIM card and I had to re-register my phone!
[Galaxy S II General] tomelsmith:
Yes, it's gone :(

I liked using the white on black theme as well.
[Galaxy S II General] pda_crazy:
I am confused that we all need to update our firmware via PC (unlike HTC phones) then what is the purpose of Settings>About phone>Software update>Check for update. It should atleast show that update is available for you. Any idea...

JM
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
Well its just doing mine now so········ i shall report back later
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
I agree. Why offer the update option and not use it?
[Galaxy S II General] leeboy22001:
I still have the original theme ?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
I heard that it's a service provided by Google to the manufacturers in Android and that Samsung would have to pay to use it.
[Galaxy S II General] El Salvador:
In Holland we got this update yesterday. Finally, I almost fainted as well. Under build info the date shows june 9th which is almost a month ago...

Kinda late but better late than never.
[Galaxy S II General] Viper.MK:
I just updated successfully to KF3 using Kies and I've still got the "old" theme.
[Galaxy S II General] rouvax:
Cant update mine :(

kies found update , but it says device does not repond :( cant start update. Do you have any idea ?
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
I had a similar issue (error was "cannot switch device in download mode" or something like this), I rebooted the comp and the phone, reattempted, and it worked. I bet some Samsung services on my computer got shutdown, because I rarely reboot it.
[Galaxy S II General] rouvax:
@kreoxda , yeap rebooting phone worked thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] v1rtu4l:
so you'd rather have a new update without any testing and then complain how crappy samsung are to give you an untested update ?

one month is not much if you ever heard of updates that were pushed back a few month due to some stability issues which are not even noticed by the people that use that unofficial firmware by odin anyways.
[Galaxy S II General] TheSopranos16:
I updated and rooted. So far so good. Is there any changelog for this upgrade from KE7? The only think I've noticed so far is text reflow now works in stock browser (if you change the setting to fit pages) and it never worked for me in KE7...
[Galaxy S II General] santhoshar:
I'm downloading the new firmware using Kies. Hope battery life will become steady.

Can anybody please tell me whats the difference between Samsung Kies and Intelligent software ne PC studio?

Is there any way to do the smooth transition from Portrait to Landscape as on iPAD 2? It is just jumping. And for the call logs, the buttons on top haven't smooth scrolling between dialpad, call history, phonebook etc. anybody have any solution?
[Galaxy S II General] garethclement2009:
without sounding like an ass is this 2.3.4?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
I lost 10% last night (8.5 hours) after updating and I use all the syncs and have Exchange push e-mail. That's a huge improvement (for me).
[Galaxy S II General] celeritykid:
I have a question here, might sound silly. I never updated using kies. If I update my phone by using kies, the root will gone, but will the update wipe out all the application or files(including files required to run games, that I stored in the phone memory(sdcard, not external sd)? hope u guys would help me. Thx
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Not sure if I understand your question 100%, but I did the Kies upgrade for this KF3 version, and everything remained the same on my phone, all home screens, apps, videos, pics, etc. This is not a guarantee it will work the same exact way for you. Simply be careful :)
[Galaxy S II General] nickkyboy36:
I just want to clarify something.

I am currently running KE7 which so far is great and i have 0 problems with. Should I update to this. Is this the newest firmware for european users?

nice onee
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
No and yes XEU Europe latest .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Krizp0:
2.3.4 for SGS2 is on it's way people
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
yeah yeah yeah ;)
[Galaxy S II General] dazzlerellis:
I'm new to the droid been on the dark side for years so forgive me for asking if stupid.

Im not seeing the update from kies (o2 uk) could this be something to do with installing rom manager?

Im sure i read after installing it i would have to do manual updates any more info ie how to revert back prior to rom manager or update via odin

Ty
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
He also said we were going to receive it last week. If it's so close, why would Samsung bother to push out the KF3 update to all XEU? He likes to drum up clicks and Twitter followers by dropping scintillating tidbits.
[Galaxy S II General] scottishlad80:
Maybe KF3 is needed before you can get 2.3.4?
[Galaxy S II General] parker7:
You could also say the world is going to end, but until i see it...:D
[Galaxy S II General] mca1490:
Well I had a problem with my connection : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15140851#post15140851

I had tried everything to solve it!! , custom roms , modems tweaks... But none of them worked . But I updated to kf3 and the problem is gone :D
[Galaxy S II General] AaronUK:
As it is a O2 branded handset O2 would need to authorise the update through Kies, this could take some time.

I have/had an O2 handset and I de-branded it to become a generic UK handset so I could get all official UK updates. There is a guide how to do it in the development section of this forum..
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
i'm on unofficial KF1, if I upgrade through Odin would it wipe out everything?

thank you :)
[Galaxy S II General] pda_crazy:
I successfully upgraded my phone in first attempt. It took 25 mins. Now I am on KF3/KE7/KD1
[Galaxy S II General] Viper.MK:
Try GPS Status ;)

It's now showing an actual value for DOP and VDOP rather than infinite!!!

Furthermore I followed these instructions [h**p://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2/370084-gps-fix.html#post2915591] as I never saw the accuracy go below 20m.

I've just tested it outside and I even saw it going down to !!!5m!!! while walking a bit.

I'm not sure if it's down to KF3, the instructions or both, but I sure like it.
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
i wouldnt exactly say the update was late - the build date was june 9th, samsung obviously put it to the test before releasing it publically. the only reason we see it as a late release is because it gets leaked lol
[Galaxy S II General] dazzlerellis:
Cheers mate, appreciated
[Galaxy S II General] pda_crazy:
Just tried gps inside house, earlier it never get connected and now it connected in 15 sec. I am loving it
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
All firmware files are self contained packages and do not have any dependency on any pre-existing firmwares.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
No....................................
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
sry if I got u annoyed but last time some1 told me the same thing about KF1 and wiped out everything :( so I had to be sure :)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
No not annoyed, just had to put in ten characters for the post. :D

If you update it the way the tutorial says in the dev forum then it won't wipe. If I upload a firmware that does a wipe of the system there is usually a warning in bold before the link that it will wipe the system.
[Galaxy S II General] NIK516:
XEU (Generic UK+Europe) : http://www.multiupload.com/ZZYM5ZAFA0

Is this the update we have to download to flash it on odin ?

First time im having trouble with an update, kies isnt working odin didnt flash it ?

Ill try again step by step lol

lol just realized that when i first tried to flash with odin i dint extract the file right lol, im so dumb lol i flashed flashed kf3 in 2.35 min lol man love odin.
[Galaxy S II General] scottishlad80:
Dont think that is true.
[Galaxy S II General] rulez77:
With O2 Germany the 3g data stall bug is still present. Anybody else?
[Galaxy S II General] i9100:
KF6 out?

Word is XEU PDA:KF6 is out but I can't see it. People on XEU versions, could you please make sure you have the latest Kies and check for firmware updates again?
[Galaxy S II General] pik1:
nope.........
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Where did you here this?
[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
what 3G bug??!?!
[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
no, think your making things up here
[Galaxy S II General] i9100:
I wasn't but looks like somebody were :-S Thanks for checking.
[Galaxy S II General] Manafa:
KF3 was available nearly a month ago for Kazahstan.
[Galaxy S II General] mchu6am4:
Keeps coming up with battery low...even though its 98% charged!!!! :mad::mad::mad::confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
after a full day with kf3 i can say that...

no wifi-sharing bug...seems fixed..

i downloaded many many apps and data..and the phone does not heat up!!!

huge improvement than previous filmwares!!!

speed and smoothness same as before..no change..

battery life to soon to know ...seems same as before but without the bugs..battery stats are completely different..no dialer app..no wi fi sharing...

i dont use 3g.always turned off..so dont know about the 3g bug..
[Galaxy S II General] rulez77:
The data connection stalls in upload (green arrow only). You have to go into flight mode and back in order to get the data connection running again. It happens in some cells and situations when the modem tries to get a data channel first on H+ then HSDPA and finally 3g.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1097612&page=12
[Galaxy S II General] biffsmash:
I had the 3G upload arrow bug thing this morning, but it was after turning on the 3G connection and this happened on my HTC Desire and my Xperia X10i and is something I consider normal, especially on Orange :p

Edit: I have noticed that I do not get the sharp downspike in battery when using the internet now.. which is excellent. Before the update, using the internet would result in the battery shooting down. This morning my net use resulted in a gentle downwards curve in battery, which I'm really chuffed about! I would explain what I mean better but hope everyone understands what i'm on about lol :D
[Galaxy S II General] rulez77:
I consider it extremely annoying :)
[Galaxy S II General] J.2K4V:
im tryn to update but I cant cos keis keeps on loosing connection with my phone, why is that??
[Galaxy S II General] SmilerOnline:
Try restarting both your phone & computer... I find this bug affects me too from time to time

*NOTE*

after a firmware update, I also suggest when its finished and you see your home screen even though it looks like its all dealt with, its still worth restarting the phone...
[Galaxy S II General] Nigma2k:
3D Graphics performance has improved. Just ran GLBenchmark and game scores have shot-up.