For those who have trouble connecting their Kies to their PC. Here's a piece of advice.
1. Uninstall old version of Kies using Revo uninstaller and remove all associated files.
2. Download and install new Kies (Dec 2 as of this post).
3. Launch Kies
4. Connect device to a fast USB socket (normally at the back of the cpu casing)
5. Download and apply update
P.S. DO NOT MOVE PHONE WHEN UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS!
1. Uninstall old version of Kies using Revo uninstaller and remove all associated files.
2. Download and install new Kies (Dec 2 as of this post).
3. Launch Kies
4. Connect device to a fast USB socket (normally at the back of the cpu casing)
5. Download and apply update
P.S. DO NOT MOVE PHONE WHEN UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS!