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[Galaxy S II General] Alpha Trion:
I'm on XEU code too & successfully updated.

Kies is an arse. Try uninstalling kies completely (drivers & all) then redownloading kies from samsung direct http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/smartphones/android/GT-I9100LKAXEU-support & trying again. This is what I had to do.
[Galaxy S II General] charmz2k2:
Thanks Alpha - Just came back to edit - I restarted the PC and BANG!! Comes up with I need to update Kies and then update my firmware :)

Thanks!! Looking forward to this!! woo hoo!
[Galaxy S II General] elkikin:
Update also available in Portugal (CSC: TPH). Finally!
[Galaxy S II General] infamous6622:
do the jigs bought on ebay still work?? do they reset the flash counter or do i need to remod the jig
[Galaxy S II General] Alpha Trion:
If after downloading the firmware kies says 'can't recognise phone, remove cable, remove phone battery & plug cable in again' (or words to those affect) do this then click on 'troubleshooting'. Kies will go through a 4 stage process, reinstalling the drivers then should update your phone.

Again this is what happened to me
[Galaxy S II General] charmz2k2:
D'oh!!

Lost root!!
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
No wai! You flashed a new firmware and lost root privileges? Here I was expecting my system folder to remain unchanged when I update the firmware. What the hell were Samsung thinking? Can't they update the system without changing the system?

Now I have to spend all of 10 seconds to root the device again. :(:(

BTW, firmware packages are available with the old bootloader in the dev forum so you can use the Jig to reset the binary counter.
[Galaxy S II General] kitch9:
Would you go for this or KI3?
[Galaxy S II General] Alpha Trion:
**NEW MARKET**

finally! 2.3.4 seems to have brought the new market with it too.
[Galaxy S II General] shawsky:
You're not going mad :) On KE7 there was no charge indicator if you didn't use a lock screen, but there was if you used pattern lock etc.
[Galaxy S II General] charmz2k2:
I know - no WAY!!

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hmm... Still not got that :( But waiting intently :)
[Galaxy S II General] mrm1:
Jigs no longer work, you will need to flash the old bootloader with odin.

Intratech has provided this in another thread

http://xdaforums.com/show...8&postcount=60
[Galaxy S II General] Alpha Trion:
Swype's been updated - word choice selection appears as a scrollable bar rather than a pop-up.
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
i can confirm that jigs no longer work to reset the counter,

your link doesnt work btw...
[Galaxy S II General] segunmichaelolu:
i got this update via OTA. I wonder why people are so curious updating through kies which i think samsung should get rid of . Why is it that with XEU FIRMWARE The stupid kies still tells you it is not an official firmware. Why should i mingle around the world because of a simple update. Afterall we all pay for the device it was`nt stollen. Samsung do something about your kies software or give it to nokia or whatever.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I've used XWKI4 for a few days before I used XXKI3. I prefer XXKI3

Either flash the firmware from the dev thread or just flash the old bootloader tarball using Odin and then you can reset the counter again. :)
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
the rom is 'exactly' the same as the UK kies version, right? :cool:

ive never flashed just a bootloader before, would rather just flash the whole rom.
[Galaxy S II General] mrm1:
Here is the correct link

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17831528&postcount=60
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
lol, wrong firmware.

ive found what i was looking for thanks - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II General] mrm1:
Yeh incorrect firmware but the info and link to the old bootloader should be correct. Its the one I have been using since yesterday.

But at least you found what you was looking for.
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
thanks, all is well. :)

installed, rooted and back to stock kernel.

Custom Binary Count: 0 :D
[Galaxy S II General] manmikey:
""""* MTP is a background process, after upgrading phone wasn't recognised until restarted and replugged, then different driver installed? """"

keis doesnt now recognise the Galaxy S2 after a succesful update.....? What did you do to solve this?

Ive rebooted, reinstalled driver etc.... Keis ust sits there saying "connecting"

Out of interest the "USB Utilities" had gone after the update, it was the one that allowed you to choose between "Keis" and "Mass storage"(?) I had a short cut to this but it now says "application not installed on your phone" so it seems im stuck in mass stoarage mode and can not change it to connect to Keis.

Any one else got this since the update?
[Galaxy S II General] twixyz:
Hi,

I just successfully updated to 2.3.4 through Kies in the Netherlands. This should include an update for Google Talk, introducing video and voice chat.

Unfortunately Gtalk wasn't updated. How can this be fixed? Thanks a lot!

Regards,

Gerard
[Galaxy S II General] bimmerboii:
Will upgrading through kies wipe my data and apps? Or do they remain untouched after update?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Absolutely Untouched.

You will definitely lose root, if you are rooted.
[Galaxy S II General] zamana:
This possible isn't the response to your question, but it is an interesting insight (taken from HTC forum) about dual-core (including some words about S2 itself):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238056
[Galaxy S II General] SE-Naz:
If I want to go from KI3 (2.3.5) to this one using ODIN...

What is the best way please.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Chivalryyyy:
says on kies that the battery needs to be 100% before flashing? is this really necessary?
[Galaxy S II General] xmfpdlemalnz@hotmail.com:
when can we expect 2.3.5 for UK version?

I don't see the point of releasing 2.3.4 when there's already official 2.3.5 rolling out in Poland and Hong Kong
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Doubt it,mines 93% in not scared still gonna do it,well...as long as tho update for the phone appears after kies finally updates. God I hope it can update my phone otherwise this will be a waste! Lol

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wahoo its looking promising, an update has shown....here we go....its so exciting after this loooong wait!!
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
Pink spot in camera is still there :-(

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Disfected:
That isn't fixed by these updates, you'd have to upgrade the camera firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] ryn888:
Some says 2.3.4 is kinda laggy.
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
How do you do that?

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Disfected:
Check this thread, might want to read part of the near end. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1098834
[Galaxy S II General] :
Finally there are Wi-Fi only and automatic updates for the software update settings. Hopefully this means all updates will be done straight from the phone OTA and I can finally uninstall Kies - a God damn poor excuse for a program!
[Galaxy S II General] CEPi:
Just updated, UK bought phone factory unlocked but the version is CSC:KH2 (XEU)
[Galaxy S II General] Raspster:
Is the battery life worse with this ROM..? I was getting amazing batt life before. Now it seems like its draining faster. That's some major BS!! Also, no google video chat..? WTH...
[Galaxy S II General] Chivalryyyy:
Slightly better connection for me with this... where I could only manage a 3G connection in certain places before I can now scrape a H .... :o)
[Galaxy S II General] amukilla:
some things ive noticed after updating to KI1 so far:

- unlock pattern now has a glass/transparent look (cheap looking)

- mini paper does not function. not editable.

- new default font. (ugly+bold)

- memo doesn't 'expand' anymore when you click on it. it opens up the memo as a whole page instead. example: previously if i had 5 lines of words, clicking on it expands in the same window to show only the 5 lines i had. it was neat and professional. BUT now it brings up an entire page just to show that 4-5 lines.

- web brower's animation to open new window different now. a little weird. plus you can't view all windows in a row anymore, you got to view em one by one to choose to remove/close the window. expanding and closing windows was so much better before.

- more lag overall.

to sum it up, watever samsung has done with this update is for the worse! there isn't anything i like about it. so keep that in mind before updating to this firmware.

Could someone point out the difference between this firmware and the KI3 2.4.5 firmware? I hope it is different and does not have all these issues/"new" ugly features.

Cheers!
[Galaxy S II General] LouisJB:
I did not get the new market app with this update and I am stuck with the old market! Did this update come with the new market app or not? How did you guys with the new market get your update?

I have noticed that the white background colour on all white pages now has a slight yellow hue, with a strange blotchy shadows in the yellow hue. Has any body else noticed this or is it just me? It is quite distracting.

I like the new font much more, the text is more readable, but there again I need reading glasses!

The new 3d effects are just terrible especially in the stock browser window selection page.

Is the "system power setting" in power settings new?
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Wicked,all updated a little before midnight,thankfully the scroll lock screen stutter has gone! Pleased so far!
[Galaxy S II General] pda_crazy:
Just now successfully upgraded. No issues so far...
[Galaxy S II General] h_kiat:
Got stuck during the upgrade process and won't progress any more.

Keep saying upgrade terminated and was asked to perform emergency recovery.

End up have to restart computer and rerun the emergency recovery. After that, everything just went on smoothly!
[Galaxy S II General] twixyz:
Would anyone check if Google Talk (Gtalk) is updated to support video and voice chat through the 2.3.4 update?

Mine isn't. It's still on v1.3 without the new goodies :-(

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] twixyz:
Stop the presses!

You guys can all stop checking and searching now ;-) because I've just found the answers!

At http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/...2-3-4-gingerbread-update-rolling-out-now.html is reported:

Sadly, Samsung has not included the newest version of Google talk for Android with video-chatting capabilities. This is quite surprising, considering the leaked Android 2.3.4 firmware for the Galaxy S II had Google Talk with video-chatting capabilities. Rumors are that Samsung is already working on the Android 2.3.5 firmware update for the Galaxy S II, with some minor tweaks and new features. Hopefully, Samsung will also include GTalk with video-chatting capability in the Android 2.3.5 firmware.

So in fact there is no problem with the 2.3.4 update, except for having to wait longer for the new Gtalk if you don't want to root and flash.

However I am wondering why Samsung excluded Gtalk from the update!
[Galaxy S II General] Raspster:
For some reason, Skype now takes more batt while it's on idle. I had the updated skype on 2.3.3 and it was still fine on batt life. Ever since 2.3.4, my batt sucks now... Every little move on the phone kills the batt more... Sucks!
[Galaxy S II General] ikanikolai:
Is it possible, just change the bootloader? I updated my SGS II via KIES but I'd like to reset the counter.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I don't understand, the old bootloader is already available.
[Galaxy S II General] bimmerboii:
To everyone here saying they have worse battery life, more lag, etc.. Try doing a factory reset. This cures 99% of problems encountered after a firmware update
[Galaxy S II General] ikanikolai:
I updated my SGS II with KI4 firmware. My JIG doesn't reset the counter. Is there any chance to just download the old (JIG compatible) bootloader and flash it with Odin?

UPDATE. I just found this post (by you)

If you've already flashed a full package from elsewhere or updated using KIES and cannot reset your binary counter using the Jig just flash this package in the PDA or Bootloader section of Odin to replace the bootloaders and then you can reset the counter: http://www.multiupload.com/LQQBRQVJUD

So if I am right, I could download this file and flash with odin as PDA or bootloader and there we go, we could reset the counter.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Yes that's right
[Galaxy S II General] ikanikolai:
I did it, works well. Thank you :)
[Galaxy S II General] mjeshurun:
Yes, Power Setting menu was updated.
[Galaxy S II General] ProtoKun7:
Another thing I've just noticed: I can't close homescreen folders with Back now; I need to use the close icon in the to corner.

And rather annoyingly, the video and music applications warn me about possibly damaging my hearing if the volume level goes above 13. Every time, but only on headphones. I take care of my hearing and I only turn it up when necessary. I don't see an option to turn that warning off.
[Galaxy S II General] kitch9:
Do people prefer ki3 or ki4?
[Galaxy S II General] Cpt Streamline:
My update went fine except for some KIES hiccups. I have noticed that the software update option on the phone has more options. Do you think Samsung have released we would like OTA updates like everyone else?
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
OTA updates are still in a test phase a few locations have been able to get the updates .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] charmz2k2:
Has anyone noticed something strange with the camera after this update?

I find it takes an image, shows one image and saves the moment s few milliseconds after - so what you see on the screen isn't what you save :-(
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
Kies2 works great for me...
[Galaxy S II General] Moedot7:
I had a similar issue.

Kies took like 30mins doing some **** that hadnt even yet touched my phone.

Then it popped up an error at 100% telling me to unplug USB, remove battery, blah ****ing blah and turn it on, and plug the usb in....

After all this Kies wouldnt recognise my phone, restarted my laptop, and its started ALL OVER AGAIN!!! ffs.
[Galaxy S II General] gc3:
+1 all over this...i have done all the deletes and reinstalls and still can't get kies to work right on this windows 7 laptop, wound up not even being able to access the phone direct through usb without kies installed...enough is enough, i will try odin
[Galaxy S II General] rasinell:
Hi. anyone notice Facebook contact pics don't show up in the message app since this update?

Iv cleared data on messaging app but no change, its strange because they show in the contacts list.
[Galaxy S II General] mjeshurun:
I can still see contacts pictures.
[Galaxy S II General] ProtoKun7:
Huh, using Back works on folders again. Maybe that was a glitch the first time or something.
[Galaxy S II General] rasinell:
In the message app?
[Galaxy S II General] BLfan:
Swype has also been updated to version 3.23
[Galaxy S II General] rasinell:
Facebook contact pics? I can see pics saved to Google contact but not Facebook :-(
[Galaxy S II General] mjeshurun:
I can see contact's photos in the new Facebook Messenger app and in the regular Facebook app.
[Galaxy S II General] rasinell:
Hi. thanks for your replies. I mean the stock sms message app, where you have conversation list sorry for any confusion.
[Galaxy S II General] cyanidem:
No update for me, why is that? :(

Is it because of operator? I'm on Three. :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] jgalan14:
Does this work on samsung galaxy s 2 in tge US(UK version ). Does anyone know ?
[Galaxy S II General] cyanidem:
It is branded unfortunately, I tried to avoid flashing but I don't think I can wait that long ;)
[Galaxy S II General] pvdruten:
Microphone sensitivity better???

Anyone info on Microphone sensitivity?

During videoing loud concerts the sound becomes very distorted :-(

Do you have info on this problem??? Please the phone is so great, but the video sound is so bad...!
[Galaxy S II General] flunkyou2:
I have downloaded this! Can anyone tell me does this update better the Battery life?
[Galaxy S II General] CarpathianUK:
Had latest version of Kies already installed so plugged phone in, did a backup of vital stuff (just in case) then did the upgrade to 2.3.4

No errors, no glitches, no loss of device part way through. Just worked.

Can't see many changes but I'm guessing that'll be 2.3.5 for a few of those?
[Galaxy S II General] Chivalryyyy:
well.. after 2 days im quite frankly astounded at the battery life now!

Phones been unplugged now for 15 hours... not had massive use today... a couple quick phone calls,,, a few mins browsing web.. checking emails.... and wi-fi been turned on all day, display been used for 20 mins or so...

After 15 hours? my battery is at 88% !!! extremely pleased with that :D
[Galaxy S II General] jgadams:
No the batt % on the lock screen was,nt always there..beleive me its 100% its new with the update...fact..
[Galaxy S II General] Raspster:
Yea, for some reason it un-synced all my facebook contacts attached to my google ones. I have to re-merge my contacts and delete the photos in the google part of the contact to allow the facebook pics to show. That is the only way you will see your facebook pics attached to people you have a text message thread with.
[Galaxy S II General] zee54:
You have to edit the contact and delete the Google pic in order for it to show the facebook pic. Unlike HTC, Samsung seems to prioritise Google over Facebook. So a contacts Facebook pic will not show if they also have a pic attached to their google account.

Also, you are probably also suffering from the same problem I got, where after the updated all my contacts had all their accounts split when i had joined them initially. You will have to go through your contacts list and re-join the contacts that have multiple accounts (google, facebook, twitter, etc). This is probably why you're not getting the facebook pics for some contacts, because they are no longer joined with their google contact counterpart.

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+1

It's true, the battery % on lock screen is new to 2.3.4.

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I have had the exact same probalem too. It's annoying. And to top it off, each of my facebook contact has 2 entries, one from the FB app and one from the Social Hub. So that means even more steps to re-joining them.

It doesn't seem to automatically join obvious mataches and I've looked around for an easier solution but there doesn't seem to be one available. So I've had to do em all manually ... still haven't got all the way through :(
[Galaxy S II General] rasinell:
cheers peeps will give that a try
[Galaxy S II General] CarpathianUK:
I wonder what version of 2.3.4 you're running as mine does NOT do that in any circumstance, headphones or not. Looks like we may have tweaks according to what is being updated?

The only change I have on the volume side is that it remembers the last media volume setting used when the phone or app was running previously. It always used to start off lower and had to be raised the first time you played media in a session but now it starts up and will carry on as it was before. Not major but one less hassle each morning!
[Galaxy S II General] willgask:
Hi guys, does anyone know if this is or will be available as an OTA update? I say this because i've never been able to connect my phone to my laptop (except via wifi).

It's incredibly frustrating!
[Galaxy S II General] mr.nike:
Hi Guys,

I've been connecting with Kies in the last few days but there is no update for me. I've got a SG2 from T-mobile (locked) is that the reason?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Tinderbox (UK):
Seems only simfree/unlocked are getting 2.3.4 at the moment according to the list below?

http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entr...-2-3-5-Countries-Release-Status-Daily-Updated
[Galaxy S II General] AaronUK:
The update will need to be approved by T-Mobile first. This will be the reason for the delay as T-Mobile will need to put it through testing first and add all their branding and bloatware if any.

You can debrand it to a generic UK handset with a XEU code. This will allow you to get the standard generic updates when they are released in the UK. Instructions to do this are in the Dev section but only do this if you know what you are doing and understand the instructions.
[Galaxy S II General] hazzamon:
Just got the notification of an update on Kies!

I'm on Three UK and afaik my phone is not sim-free.

Current: PDA:KF4 / PHONE:KF2 / CSC:KF1 (H3G)

Latest: PDA:KI4 / PHONE:KI1 / CSC:KI1 (H3G)
[Galaxy S II General] crypticc:
Get that bad boy to intratech mate
[Galaxy S II General] hazzamon:
...eh?

10char
[Galaxy S II General] CarpathianUK:
So far "1 day 8 hours" listed as 'on battery' (or an easier to gauge 32 hours if you will) and I still have 44% left.

Very glad I took the plunge to update mine on Sunday night :)
[Galaxy S II General] MrWixi:
Where is the update!?

I'm on Orange, but an unlocked I9000.

I've flashed a few times, but afaik i've got it back on the stock rom for an unlocked UK SGS.

Here are the current info's from about my phone. (JVO/JVO/JVO:CPW)

Firmware 2.3.3,

Baseband I9000XXJVO,

Kernel 2.6.35.7-I9000XXJVO-CL182937

se.infra@SEP-51 #2

Build GINGERBREAD.XXJVO

Any ideas why i'm not seeing it?
[Galaxy S II General] ProtoKun7:
I did manage to snap a picture of the toast that appears each time. I've attached it.
[Galaxy S II General] lyriquidperfection:
Because you dont have an SGS2!
[Galaxy S II General] manmikey:
I am a relative noob to android, coming from an iphone 3g about 6 months ago, I had many of your concerns and it really has to be your decision as to upgrade or not and if you stick to official updates only.

My choice is to keep my phone stock, no root and no custom roms. I update via Keis.

HOWEVER even this is not failsafe as I have twice have to use Odin and trawl the forums to help with problems upgrading a stock phone using and official update via Keis.

Firstly. I had to downgrade an update (using Odin and firmware downloaded from intratechs guide) that I had installed via Keis because there were network problems with my carrier (orange) with that update.

Secondly. Secondly I recently upgraded to official UK 2.3.4 (via Keis), after the upgrade my galaxy would not connect to Keis anymore and my wireless broadband on the PC even stopped connecting to the internet! AND the galaxy was stuck in a boot loop.

Using info from this forum I uninstalled Keis and its USB driver, then downloaded and installed the latest version of Keis. I then used Odin to reinstall the firmware on the Galaxy and all was well.

This is just an example of how things can go wrong even when you do it all officially. The Android ecosystem is fantastic compared to Apple (in my opinion) but tread carefully and research everything before you attempt it.

This thread by Intratech is excellent for a noob needing to use ODIN;

ROM+Guide]Official i9100 Firmwares KG1/2/3/5/6/7, KH1/2/3/4, KI1/2/3/4 Download
[Galaxy S II General] CarpathianUK:
a) Nope, never seen that at all :confused:

b) Great choice of music! :D