JI5 available on Samsung KIES

[indiemixer]

This may be a wild and highly unlikely guess, but maybe it'll work on 1.5.3 now? I'm just really desperate for this update.

 

[Deleted User]

This may be a wild and highly unlikely guess, but maybe it'll work on 1.5.3 now? I'm just really desperate for this update.

Same here, same here. I was thinking of updating kies but not sure bc someone from xda recommended someone else not to so I dont know.

 

[w_bovine]

Installed Kies and it seems to work just fine, but when I click the fimware upgrade button, a window pops up showing "List of Devices Requiring Firmware Upgrade" and there are no devices in the list. I know my Vibrant is detected by Kies as I can use the device explorers and look at all the files. I'm running 1.5.1

Did you set it to Kies mode under Settings>Applications>USB settings>Samsung Kies?

 

[w_bovine]

This may be a wild and highly unlikely guess, but maybe it'll work on 1.5.3 now? I'm just really desperate for this update.

I don't recall anyone saying he got it to work with 1.5.3.

 

[w_bovine]

Tried it on my wifes Win 7 laptop, and it worked. Which is odd, because my desktop is Win 7 as well..

Updated both of our phones, and took around 10 min each. It hung for a while on the "S" logo, which scared me, but it's normal.

I also lost the Haptic feedback, but I just turned it off, then back on and it's working as it was.

A lot of people are having trouble...can you provide the steps you took?

 

[Zorlac]

Good reminder Bovine, as the first time I tried it, I was unable to even connect until I remembered the aforementioned settings.....

 

[indiemixer]

Samsung definitely pulled the plug on it. I guess most of us will have to wait for it to come OTA.

 

[Deleted User]

Samsung definitely pulled the plug on it. I guess most of us will have to wait for it to come OTA.

Ok but why would samsung do that? I mean now some people with the same type of phone have the update and some don't.

 

[indiemixer]

Ok but why would samsung do that? I mean now some people with the same type of phone have the update and some don't.

I'll never understand Samsung's stupid decisions.
Here's a post from XDA:

Not only is the update no longer available, but I talked to Samsung Tech support and they told me "There is no software available for Samsung Vibrant. If you download KIES it won't even work for your phone. Any update will be pushed OTA."

 

[Zorlac]

Lmao!

 

[w_bovine]

Samsung definitely pulled the plug on it. I guess most of us will have to wait for it to come OTA.

You could be right about this...later posts on xda are saying the same thing. Between Kies in general and now this...what a cluster**** from Samsung.

 

[Deleted User]

Wow, I just wasted an hour or so of my life downloading Kies just so I could get the update lol

 

[m4r10]

so wait. this means that I can't get the update through kies no matter what now?

 

[w_bovine]

so wait. this means that I can't get the update through kies no matter what now?

That seems to be the situation right now at least. I'm reading that people are still updating via ODIN however after downloading a .zip file of the update.

 

[Vibrant X2]

so wait. this means that I can't get the update through kies no matter what now?

Only unless Samsung adds it back in to kies. It has been pulled for now.
Who know's maybe it will be back tomorrow or someone at XDA will make a
file for us to flash update

same as above post

 

[Lionx3]

this was tweeted by T mobile Twitter / T-Mobile USA: @jammallnyte73 An OTA upda ...

 

[m4r10]

aha! ok.

 

[tm21fourt3]

How do i get kies / this update through my mac?

 

[w_bovine]

Only unless Samsung adds it back in to kies. It has been pulled for now.
Who know's maybe it will be back tomorrow or someone at XDA will make a
file for us to flash update

same as above post

People are already looking into making an update file that can be flash via the phone's recovery.

 

[ssiddiqi1]

Just a "stab" of course, but a server can be overloaded sometimes, making it unable to recognize updates, or perform properly. I understand this is a "program" but just the same KIES still has to update itself and receive info from the master server in order to relay the info...

I'd wait a bit, watch the forums, and check your phones periodically.

It is not a busy server. It was pulled, perhaps, upon T-Mobile request. (Samsung Vibrant receives GPS fix, update quickly pulled offline – Android and Me)

 

[Deleted User]

this was tweeted by T mobile Twitter / T-Mobile USA: @jammallnyte73 An OTA upda ...

I guess this tweet proves that TMO will control when we get it OTA and not samsung.

I kinda wish I could have got the original Galaxy S phone lol...but then again TMO is a step up from my last place(Cricket Wireless)

 

[rayn1328]

so now what im still new and dont understand what to do. just wait for an update available from my phone,check phone for updates or ......what? thanks.

 

[Deleted User]

so now what im still new and dont understand what to do. just wait for an update available from my phone,check phone for updates or ......what? thanks.

I suppose all we can do now is hope an OTA update comes soon.

 

[ssiddiqi1]

so now what im still new and dont understand what to do. just wait for an update available from my phone,check phone for updates or ......what? thanks.

Yes, that's only thing you can do, unless you use ODIN and unofficial releases. There is a risk of bricking your phone with unofficial releases.

 

[ssiddiqi1]

I guess this tweet proves that TMO will control when we get it OTA and not samsung.

I kinda wish I could have got the original Galaxy S phone lol...but then again TMO is a step up from my last place(Cricket Wireless)

That's correct. T-Mobile controls the firmware update. TMO Tweet claims "Due to known issues" customers should not apply update via Kies. I was managed to update at least one of my Vibrant. I do not understand what "Known issues" TMO is referring, except that older version of Kies (version 1..5.1) can be used. The newer Kies version 1.5.3 was unable to apply firmware update. This shows Samsung lousy and inapt programmers who code more bugs in the newer versions.
At least update via Kies was less risky then ODIN. On the other hand, the update fixed GPS and most of the known issues and lags. My Vibrant now behaves like it should have been.