I had the same scare, ignored it and went ahead flashing my device successfully following the instructions of this thread.
keas

 

has anyone tried this method yet on their samsung galaxy mini? was there a firmware upgrade?

 

I haven't tried this method i think i will give it a shot, though, however guys the reason why your phone isn't upgrading is most likely because you have a branded phone.

Kies will most likely only update unbranded firmwares, you must wait untill your phone network release there branded version of the update (A bloated modded firmware with useless apps and links)

Or News - www.SamFirmware.com to flash it your self, i did it this way because i had a branded vodafone mini.

I will later downgrade back to froyo unbranded then try to update officially using kies

 

then perhaps i will wait for your feedback on this

 

I haven't tried to upgrade through Kies as galaxy mini is not available in ma country India. Here its Galaxy Pop which has no official updates till nw. still stuck with froyo WTF
So I updated directly to honeycomb and then to vanilla rom using my pc
That was easy

 

It takes 3 more months for Gingerbread to come to India officially through Kies.

 

Help! just got my samsung galaxy mini, and tried to upgrade to latest firm via Kies. I was prompted "firmware upgrade failed" now my unit won't work.. it just shows pc and cp icons..don't know what to do..help please... thanks much..