Ice Cream Sandwich available through Kies

[S Chonson]

Just updated my firmware through Kies and BOOM Ice Cream Sandwich is on my Galaxy S2 i777.

BTW my phone has never been rooted.

 

[dgreening]

I read your post and decided to connect to Kies - and for the first time I actually have an update available. I am hoping for the same result - ICS. I will update the post when it has completed the update but I am getting excited.

After it sitting on 55% for over an hour I finally removed it and started the emergency restore but it upgraded my S2 to ICS anyway.

 

[chaotic_zx]

Updated my phone through Kies. It updated to 4.0.3.

 

[angel71rs]

Will be monitoring thread to see if it does better than the problematic 2.3.6. Thanks to all taking the plunge, hope it goes well for you.

 

[th3goob]

my little brothers galaxy s2 says this device doesnt support being upgraded via kies.

 

[BigCiX]

I'm jealous

 

[jimmylavino]

I opened up Kies and dont see any update. Where would it be shown?

 

[hobobanana]

Got an i777 but Kies says I have the latest firmware. Anyone got a work around for this?

 

[Edge1978]

I wonder if it was removed. Because I see a few posts on different forums about the update not being there. I updated mine about 7:30-8pm EST

 

[sircolby45]

Mine shows that I have the latest firmware in Kies as well as when I do an OTA check.

 

[wolfyboy359]

mine says ota there's an update but the servers are busy. trying kies....

keys is updating.

ooh i was so excited i misspelled kies. No update yet for me.... =(
patiently waiting...

 

[TwinSac]

Im trying to figure out how to open Kies. Do I need to install it on the computer or will just plugging in the phone via USB make Kies available? I plugged in the USB and searched for Kies and didnt find anything.

 

[wolfyboy359]

Im trying to figure out how to open Kies. Do I need to install it on the computer or will just plugging in the phone via USB make Kies available? I plugged in the USB and searched for Kies and didnt find anything.

you gotta download kies from samsung website. scroll all the way down and make sure software is selected.
edit: hit see all downloads first.

 

[FlyingPigL]

I opened up Kies and dont see any update. Where would it be shown?

Found under tools. It takes a while but it's worth it!

 

[FlyingPigL]

Will be monitoring thread to see if it does better than the problematic 2.3.6. Thanks to all taking the plunge, hope it goes well for you.

so far so good. Seems to freeze, but this could also be GO launcher which I'm trying out.
Also, from a power usage standpoint, jury is out. I was reorganizing my home pages and downloading apps, and power went down from 70% to 30% in 2 hours.

 

[FlyingPigL]

my little brothers galaxy s2 says this device doesnt support being upgraded via kies.

just upgraded mine with Kies.

 

[th3goob]

just upgraded mine with Kies.

hmm, imma try one more time, but if not i have the file downloaded from samsungs website so can i just flash it via odin?

 

[SoxFanNH]

No luck here, Kies is telling me I have the latest firmware.

 

[hunhyung]

Also showing that I have latest firmware... anyway around this?

 

[wolfyboy359]

i don't see anything in tools. i tried the options but none of them upgraded my phone. one wanted to reset it. looks like a false start. this sort of stuff happens.

 

[lunatic59]

Many times the rollouts are limited by region or range of MEID/ENS numbers so the servers don't get overload with downloads. It's promising that some people are seeing the updates. I would be optimistic that everyone should be able to update by the end of the week.

 

[pkoutoul]

No luck here, Kies is telling me I have the latest firmware.

Same here. I hope it becomes available for me later today. I saw this message on the Samsung support site:

Kies Server Maintenance Notice: Kies will be unavailable June 22 11a.m.-9 p.m. CST
In order to provide the best experience to our customers, Kies will undergo routine maintenance and will be unavailable on Friday, June 22, from 11 a.m.

 

[wolfyboy359]

maybe they are updating on friday for ics? maybe?

 

[Rockk]

Says I have the latest firmware

and I was so excited...

 

[wolfyboy359]

don't fret. read lunatic59's post. seems to be about right.