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[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
I've done the update from the previous stock Rom. Not flashed any unofficial Roms so cant make a comparison.

Obvious differences were a little task widget on the home panel, which links to a new task manager. There was a new swipe screen on the locked page. I'm pretty sure the data connection has been improved, as my 3G is on much more and signal strength is higher. This seems replicated in faster data times while out and about.

Kernel version is 2.6.29 umts_scm@S1-BUILD05 #2, cant remember if thats the same as before or not.

There's a couple of bugs that seemed to have been cleared up in Contacts with facebook/twitter integration, although second time around I knew how to set them up properly, so not sure.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] djglenn1337:
Thanks for the update Trav...will give this a shot myself. Can you confirm if you lost all of your apps etc completing the update? Sorry but I am a complete n00b on android...i don't even know how to select an mp3 as a ringtone! Lol
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Alpha Trion:
Currently running the stock ROM version JF3 & can confirm the Kernal version is as above.

Probably going to suffer the JF3 ROM & all its GPS & lag issues untill the official 2.2 arrives. Then i'll try & find a PC so i can update (curse samsung & their non OTA ability)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] robnil:
From what ive seen on youtube and some threads, the current froyo-firmware is rather laggy in the web browser. Is this fixed now?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tyxerakias:
Do you have problems with market apps like someone else reported above?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sionyboy:
No update for me, must be for unbranded phones only :(

Still, least I finally managed to get Kies to see my phone, what a clusterpunk of a software utility that is!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] poolcin:
I can not see few apps, so yes - problem exists
[Galaxy S I9000 General] galthop:
How long does the update take?

I updated my phone through Kies and after downloading and updating, kies said the phone would restart. It has now been stuck on the black 'Galaxy S' screen for about 5 minutes.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] immyh:
warning guys doing the firmware update resets the phone and apps so anything you have saved off any memos or diary entries will all be gone and you home screen resets also and all apps disappear.

That is pretty bad so everytime you upgrade you loose everything.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] galthop:
It's been about 30 minutes and still on the black galaxy s screen. Is this normal? If not, how do I recover?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
I hadnt noticed that any of my regular apps were missing, although I did a search for myplayer as another member mentioned he couldnt see it, and likewise it wasnt there for me either.

The other new feature is on the pull down, which now has a hot switch for GPS, which until the fix comes along is kinda handy as a quick toggle of the GPS can normally get it going again.

Another person asked if it wiped apps etc, yes, a firmware update completely resets the phone to a near factory state, you need to reconfigure it from scratch. While I enjoy that sort of thing, its probably annoying or a pain for many others.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Salubri:
Has any other country gotten a firmware update via Kies?

I am from Sweden and I haven't got any.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] penfold:
no, if it gets stuck on the boot screen you probably have to reflash, try doing a factory reset first by going into recovery mode
[Galaxy S I9000 General] poolcin:
That's strange. Can you do a little experiment plz? Uninstall and install Kies again (I know it's a pain ;) ). But installing it choose UK as your country. :rolleyes: Wonder what happens...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] immyh:
Hey everyone just want to give you my first impressions and its good.been running with the new firmware for afew hours and I must say so far the lag has gone for me everything is smoother and connection is much more stable. Haven't tried gps yet but overall its a good start although losing all my apps and data is going to be a problem in the future.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lex_87:
It would make sense for Kies to have a built in backup system for your phone when upgrades are done, but maybe I'm asking for too much.

It can't be that hard to implement can it? There's plenty of backup apps that do a similar job.

Also has anyone one run quadrant with the new firmware? From recollection JF3 (stock firmware) gave a score of about 800-900 (at least on my phone it did).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tanis64:
Believe me

For that people who build Kies it must be very hard to implement real functions with just a nice GUI Construction Kit, which i asume they use for building Kies.

Sorry USB is no new technology, Samsung should have a lot expirience in using that interface for any Fone, Smartfone requirements. But over the last years all the Samsung PC Software was 99% Design and 1% Functionality.

Instead of fixing that Problems with a complete reingeneering or redesign, they ignore the Probs (Service Talklines: 'reinstall Windows' etc.).

If Samsung would not wake up soon, their worldwide launch of the Galaxy S will confirm the bad customer service expirience with the last released Galaxy Series.

It looks like they only take care of customers before they buy!

Even the websites for the Samsung Galaxy S are not working correctly.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MoWa22:
Has anyone with non-official firmware upgrades been able to get the official upgrade through Kies?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Salubri:
I just tried it and I get the same message as before from Kies. That I am on JF3 and that the device cannot be upgraded. Is there something wrong with my phone?

EDIT

Just got off the phone with Samsung support and the guy there told me that the firmware upgrades are region based and he thought it was weird that other swedes that bought the phones at a later date than I did, got a newer firmware than I have. He basically told me to wait and that hopefully I would get an update by the end of august. Or I'll have to wait until october for the 2.2 update...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MoWa22:
...delete... a typical didn't-read-before-replying-post :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] borchgrevink:
Probably a Nordic version then, because in Norway there is the same prob on jf3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pc1977uk:
I can now install the myplayer app samsung must have made google aware of the firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zebbedi:
I'm in the UK with a totally untouched phone from t-mobile.

Whenever i try to update the firmware in kies, i get the below message:

"this device's version cannot be updated".

The device info is:

PDA: I9000XXJF4

PHONE: I9000XXJF3

CSC: I9000TMUJE6

does anyone know if t-mobile have locked the phone down or something stupid?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ownhd2:
Yeah like to know this aswell
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zebbedi:
A colleague here has an O2 version with

PDA: I9000XXJF3

PHONE: I9000XXJF3

He is off today, but previously the same kies install told him his phone was up to date.

Don't understand why it would work for him but not mine, other than maybe t-mobile have done something to prevent updates. Which is a bit worrying given that i want froyo when it comes out.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Prufrock:
It wouldn't surprise me if T-Mobile is very delayed in getting out the firmware update for their customers. I know they've not bothered sending out the update from 1.5 to 2.1 for the Galaxy Portal, even though 2.1 has been out for quite a while. Although I am a T-Mobile customer, my phone is not network branded nor locked (I got a stock phone), so the update shows for me.

I was bored last night, so decided to update - except Kies wouldn't connect (that software is a POS PITA!). Bored again now, so if it connects today, I will update. Don't forget you can connect to Kies via bluetooth, too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zebbedi:
Surely kies wouldn't connect to a t-mobile site to check for updates though? Figured it would just use samsungs own site?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Prufrock:
I guess if the phone is network branded, the firmware updates will also be network branded. Kies will detect if the phone is network branded, as the firmware will be different to an unbranded phone. I would expect the network branded phones to possibly get OTA updates from their networks when the networks themselves are ready to release them. My unbranded stock phone has different firmware to the T-Mobile branded phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] immyh:
to get kies working better i have found if you turn off kies starting automatically and in the tray and also turn off start automatically when phone connecting. Then connect your phone wait for the normal windows box that pops up and then start up kies manually it should work better try it works for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simion_levi:
Damnit! Had a JF1(!) O2 UK handset, though unlocked/unbranded it was ADJF1 pda/O2UJF2 csc. Obviously no update.

Just flashed to XXJF3/OXAJF3 and still cannot find the JM1 update through Kies :(

May as well stick with Odin flashing then I suppose - unless anyone who has just done the JF3->JM1 update knows their original CSC and it was different to OXA?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tyxerakias:
No, it was OXA. But it seems that Kies checks the country you're in. Are you in the UK? Or did you just have a UK phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simion_levi:
In UK, installed Kies as UK and have a UK phone :(

I wonder if Kies obtains operator relationship by something other than the CSC - be it by another indicator file or IMEI database?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] padlad:
I have O2 jf1, I think we can safely say that the only way we are going to get updates is through Odin. O2 are terrible when it comes to updates to firmware (HD2 anyone!?)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dragon546:
I have the same device info as yours but mine was unlocked with no T-Mobile customisation.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] enigmameusa:
I have an untouched, unlocked T-mobile phone, no T mobile customisation and on the JF3 firmware. When I go to update it says "This devices version cannot be updated"

I guess T mobile updated the PDA file part as that says JF4?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fornowagain:
I have exactly the same as simion_levi, JF1. All I get is the device is already up to date. I've even tried updating through some of my VPN proxies from around Europe for a laugh. Has anyone managed to get a copy of this UK update to use via odin?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] frozen199:
I was able to update from Kies. I purchased my phone unbranded/unlocked from Carphone Warehouse. All I can say is that this firmware is much better than the stock firmware. No lag like before and a new samsung task manager when the home button is held down with the ability to close all running apps.

Updating through Kies was a real pain, it stopped several times during the flashing process due to errors. Luckily Kies detected the phone in download mode and recovered the phone using the new firmware. I was able to get Kies to work properly with my phone once I uninstalled Launcher Pro and used the stock Touch Wiz launcher.

I believe this update is only for unbranded sim free versions of the I9000.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] :
I have an unbranded i9000 in the UK and I am not getting the firmware update. I am being told that PDA:JF3 / PHONE: JF3 are the latest version.

My phone is standard other than rooting it.

Could they be only enabling the update for a few phones at at time?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tricky103:
I am sitting here with the battery cover off of my phone odin started with all of the files loaded ready to do the JF5 update to my phone, and then I see posts that an official firmware is out..

I ave connected via Kies and I cannot yet receive the firmware update. I am on Vodafone and have JF3 currently on the phone.

Anyone confirm if Vodafone are set to receive this update ??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
That's interesting. Has anyone who rooted gotten the update through Kies?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simion_levi:
To report, I had no luck after trying a few things - I wasn't expecting O2 JF1 to give me new fw, but had hoped that the 'stock' European JF3 flash file would essentially give my phone the standard unbranded UK profile. Obviously it doesn't because Kies still didn't give up the goods, so I wonder if the CSC on samsung-firmware.webs.com is different to that contained in UK units (despite apparently being the same name) or whether Kies identifies via some other method.

For the moment I've just moved onto JG5 via Odin, with JM1/2 ready when I read a little more about battery life - but I'd be very interested if there is a way for anyone to extract their stock CSC from an untouched sim-free/unbranded UK handset so I can try a JF3 flash again?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] galthop:
Mine was standard with root and I got the update though kies.

My phone got stuck on the black screen after the update so I had to reflash with odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rocketpaul:
Is the new firmware jm5?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] VikingDK:
It's weird, when I check the Firmware version through *#1234# I get:

PDA: I9000XWJFB

PHONE: I9000XXJF5

CSC: I9000XXJF5

When I connect my i9000 to Kies, which btw i can only get to recognize my mobile once I switch to the stock TwLauncher, it tells me I'm already on the newest version which is PDA:JFB / PHONE:JF5.

The exact "error" it gives me is: "The latest version is already installed on connected device."

I'm on Vodafone in Ireland.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tyxerakias:
Yes, and it finished with no problems at all (well, except for the pain of restoring my apps afterwards). From I9000XXJF3 (PDA & PHONE) and I9000OXAJF3 (CSC), now I am at I9000XXJM1 (PDA&PHONE) and I9000OXAJM1 (CSC).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] :
I am on the same PDA/PHONE: I9000XXJF3 CSC: I9000OXAJF3

So I am a little stuck as to why it isn't upgrading. Unless it is a rolling upgrade like OTA upgrades are done.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fatherboard:
I doubt that's related to particular phones, it's more likely that some of the "Kies" clients are trying to reach servers which contain the updated firmware, and others do not.

Kies won't allow you to upgrade your firmware if there are mismatched versions of PDA/CSC/MODEM (i.e. PDA OF JF3 and CSC/RADIO of JF1).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] VikingDK:
That can't be entirely true as my Kies is not telling me to **** off, rather it's sayig I'm on the latest version (see my prev post for detailed msg).

And I'm running:

PDA: I9000XWJFB

PHONE: I9000XXJF5

CSC: I9000XXJF5
[Galaxy S I9000 General] :
I am also only being told that I am up to date. For what it is worth I used WireShark and found that Kies was connecting to fus.samsungmobile.com.usgcac.cdnetworks.net when I updated.

Frustrating as Tyxerakias has managed to update with the same set up. Grr
[Galaxy S I9000 General] VikingDK:
Hum, I just connected my I9000 to Kies and now i'm getting the same "error" previously mentioned in this thread: "This device's version cannot be updated."

I've changed nothing on my phone, it still runs stock PDA:JFB/PHONE:JF5.

Maybe Kies isn't happy with the battery level on the phone and thus refuses to update? :confused:

Anyone got any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zebbedi:
How do you know this? Mine came from tmobile with different versions. Does that mean i can never update?

** Update **

I've just got off the phone from samsung technical support who checked with their 'product specialist' and have advised that my phones firmware cannot be update through kies as it has been branded by t-mobile. He said that its up to t-mobile to release the update and until they do, i wont be able to update.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lex_87:
I've got a vodafone galaxy s, and it looks like the CSC file is vodafone specific:

PDA: I9000XXJF3

PHONE: I9000XXJF3

CSC: I9000VODJE4 <-- looks like vodafone CSC file

I guess the only way to get round this is to use odin to replace the CSC file/firmware, or wait for our networks to release updates (phone will probably be obsolete by the time they get round to it).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] padlad:
Too true! The only thing that's stopping me updating through Odin is not being able to get hold of my carriers (O2 uk) firmware, CSC etc for the 'just in case' scenario.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hellish80:
I'm not able to update through kies too... says that 'this device's version cannot be updated'

My galaxy s is unlocked sim free and stock firmware

PDA ...XXJF3

Phone ...XXJF3

CSC ...XAJF3

Does it have to do with the country I'm living? what could be the issue? any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Prufrock:
Yep, I think they did. My phone was JF3 across the board, and I got the update.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Prufrock:
Yep, my phone was rooted and I saw/got the update...had JF3 across the board on mine, too. My phone is now JM1 across the board (CSC, Phone and PDA).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tyxerakias:
Since today, my updated JM1 from JF3 (like Prufrock's) says that the device's firmware CANNOT BE UPDATED. Since I updated it and up until yesterday, it said that JM1 was the latest version.

What's going on? Who knows...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fornowagain:
So anyone know if any of the leaked firmwares have matching CODE/CSC/MODEM files? If one did, maybe flash that first then try an update?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Prufrock:
Mine said that when I was on JF3 and there was no available update (I think). I'm assuming it means that you've got the latest official firmware? Considering going back to JF3, mind, as I swear my HSDPA connection is worse than before.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rawat:
I'm on JF3 across the board, got the phone from Voda, unlocked.

Popped it into kies earlier, but it says I'm uptodate.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sionyboy:
Just *#1234# and it says

PDA: I9000XXJF3

Phone: I9000XXJF3

CSC: I9000ORAJE5

Obviously that Orange CSC is stopping me from updating.... Hmmm....

If I flash a firmware through ODIN then will that give me an unbranded phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nielsvg:
I bought my phone last week in belgium and it allready had the jm1 update standard installed?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ancient_One:
Yes it will.

My phone is an unlocked OPTUS Australian phone and I have flashed several firmwares.

European is the best so far I feel with JM5.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tim182:
I have an unlocked SGS (German) which originally came with JF3, I then flashed to 2.2 and back to JF3 (from Samsung Firmwares). The device is rooted and I am connecting Kies from South Africa.

Result: This version cannot be updated....

Has anyone running the "original" JF3 from samsung-firmwares been able to upgrade?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simion_levi:
People say so but, in the context of this thread, the question might be related to getting the official update via Kies - i.e. UK JM1.

You may well end up with a seemingly unbranded phone, but to my knowledge no one has yet managed to flash via Odin then get the update over Kies. (I'm very interested in being corrected though!) My suspicion is that the files on samsung-firmwares are not truly network independent, there must be some taint that prevents Kies from giving up the goods, or to put it another way the firmware must be different to that of genuine UK sim-free handsets that have been able to get the update. You may have seen that I tried with downloaded XXJF3 files some time ago, which absolutely appears to be generic UK in terms of PDA/Phone/CSC, yet had no luck. Now I've installed the new .83 Kies I might try flashing back to JF3 and trying once more, but I'm not really expecting success.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tim182:
I have the same suspicion. I am running JF3 from samsung-firmwares and and the kernel is showing as 2.6.29 umts_scm@S1-Build05 #2. I might be wrong but I think the stock firmware JF3 had a different kernel number, I can't remember umts being in the name. Can anyone confirm?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lamatrast:
Thats the exact same I have on the updated one via keis.

If your flashing back to JF3 to update make sure you use the XA CSC file
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tim182:
I used CSC_I9000OXAJF3.tar
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lamatrast:
I used the same file to go back to stock firmware and mine updated via keis.

Not sure what the difference is between mine and yours
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tim182:
If you don't mind have a look here and send an answer, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7729776#post7729776

I will try to get to the bottom of this and find out where the problem originates. So many people don't seem to be able to upgrade and one of the things listed has to be the reason.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tim182:
I managed to finally update the firmware from a non-stock JF3 rooted firmware, on a German phone with UK firmware, in South Africa!!!

I tried all kinds of things and could not get KIES to update to the new firmware, no matter what firmware etc I used. Here is what finally worked for me :

- Flash with JF3 from Samsung-firmwares if you are not running this already, does not matter if rooted.

- Start KIES without connecting the phone, open firmware upgrade and hold keys ctrl+alt+u+p to get it to go into test mode

- Connect the phone and viola, you can upgrade!

Note, this does not seem to work on the newest KIES version. I tried this on both my netbook (old KIES) and my pc (newest KIES) and only the old version worked. I am ugrading as I type.

Note this may not work on branded phones. I own an unlocked SGS
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Alpha Trion:
I'm running stock unbranded, sim free JF3 & the Kernel number/version is the same as you have.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] VikingDK:
I wasn't able to upgrade before and I just tried the test mode trick, connected the phone and BAM, getting JM2 now! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tim182:
Glad to hear! But JM2? Don't you mean JM1?

I guess this is awesome for those who need to use their warrenty. Easy to get back to stock from most firmwares it seems!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] VikingDK:
Pre upgrade:

PDA: I9000XWJFB

PHONE: I9000XXJF5

CSC: I9000OXXJF5

Post upgrade:

PDA: I9000XWJM2

PHONE: I9000XXJM1

CSC: I9000OXXJM1

As I said, I followed your advice and started up Kies before connecting the phone, opened up the firmware section and pressed CTRL + ALT + U + P, connected my phone and upgraded without issues.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MoWa22:
Hm. I'm on Kies 10074_2, and it goes into test mode without a problem - but it still doesn't work. It just gives me the usual message that it can't update. I'm on JM5, so probably I'd want to keep that anyway, but it's still really strange that I've never had any "up to date" messages like some people have. I also tried with the latest Kies before downgrading to 10074.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] VikingDK:
Well you're on a newer version than what Kies is offering so that's not really odd :)

You can try flashing an earlier firmware like JF3 or w/e, then try the upgrade trick.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MoWa22:
Right, but it doesn't say my firmware is up to date - it says it can't upgrade it, like it has always been saying...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tachikoma_kun:
I installed JM1 via KIES last night (finally got the damn thing to connect...) and it's a lot better than the stock JF3(?) firmware that the phone arrived with. Battery life is massively better, still the odd judder, but no real lag issues. I also like the task manager, pain that you can't exclude certain apps, but it's fine.

Also, for some reason I now have over 200MB free RAM, when before I was hovering around 100MB free.

Not tried GPS yet, have to re-download the map pack for Copilot
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
JM1 doesn't include any GPS fixes. Although it does have a GPS button on the pull down menu to allow it to be reset nice and easily.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tachikoma_kun:
Ah well, didn't have that many issues with GPS as it was, only use it in the car every now and then, it's not something I rely on day to day.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rui.mamede:
Mine says

PDA: JM6

PHONE: JM3

CSC: JM1

after the update
[Galaxy S I9000 General] magic55:
Which version you had before ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rui.mamede:
Before i had

PDA: JFF

PHONE: JF5

CSC: dont remember
[Galaxy S I9000 General] magic55:
WX.. or XX.. ?