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$10 paypal donation to whomever can help me overcome the "charge your battery" issue
I desperately need to upgrade my firmware (Bell i9000m) to the new one (with the 3 button fix)
However I can't. When using KIES I only get "please fully charge your battery and try again"
DESPITE IT BEING IN THE CHARGE DOCK FOR 2 DAYS STRAIGHT
And before you start posting the "HTC fix" -- i've done it already (3 times) and nothing works.
I've tried powering down, connecting, starting up, connecting, powering down, etc. over and over.
$10 to the first person who can show me, conclusively, how to upgrade my firmware via KIES without getting the stupid "charge your battery" message
Cheers
I would try to uninstall Kies, and install latest version..
already done that (3 or 4 times at least)
I have the latest version
Try wiping the battery stats.
Either through ADB:
just open an adb shell and type the following.
mount -a
rm /data/system/batterystats.bin
Or
You can manually delete the file "batterystats.bin" stored in /data/system/ using apps like Root Explorer. Before you have to set the filesystem as "read/write".
this would seem to be a hardware rather than a software issue (i.e. i don't think it's necessarily Kies related -- Kies is up to date)
liqn7 said:
Try wiping the battery stats.
Either through ADB:
just open an adb shell and type the following.
mount -a
rm /data/system/batterystats.bin
Or
You can manually delete the file "batterystats.bin" stored in /data/system/ using apps like Root Explorer. Before you have to set the filesystem as "read/write".
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As stated above, I've tried this "fix" -- many, many times. Almost twice a day for the past week.
Nothing, i repeat, nothing has worked. I've done that "fix" a few times then left my phone in for 2 days straight and STILL it said I had to charge my battery
WTF?
liqn7 said:
Try wiping the battery stats.
Either through ADB:
just open an adb shell and type the following.
mount -a
rm /data/system/batterystats.bin
Or
You can manually delete the file "batterystats.bin" stored in /data/system/ using apps like Root Explorer. Before you have to set the filesystem as "read/write".
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Just so I can try again, maybe root explorer is better, how do I set the filesystem as "read/write" ?
Apologies I didn't know what you meant by "HTC Fix".
read/write should be an option in Root Explorer. Estrongs File Explorer also does it if you turn on the advanced root options.
Do you have an external SD card installed? Try removing that and see if Kie's works.
If that doesn't work, or you don't have one, try unmounting than remounting the internal Storage.
greeced said:
Do you have an external SD card installed? Try removing that and see if Kie's works.
If that doesn't work, or you don't have one, try unmounting than remounting the internal Storage.
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Yes I do - a 32 GB one - is that whats causing the issues ? little bugger...
will need to try when i get home from work -- if it works pm your donation link
Funkadelick said:
Yes I do - a 32 GB one - is that whats causing the issues ? little bugger...
will need to try when i get home from work -- if it works pm your donation link
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Not saying it is the problem, but could be... I've seen having one installed has KIES work incorrectly.
tried other USB plug / USB cable?
Firstly, have you tried rebooting your computer after installing Kies? Might fix something.
You might wish to use Odin to flash the latest Bell firmware (I think it's UGJH2 - guys, please correct me if this is wrong). Use "adb reboot download" to put the phone into download mode without needing 3BR, and flash the firmware directly.
Hey Funkadelick - I'd almost say I'm "glad" to see someone with the same problem, but I know how frustrating it is when kies won't update for this reason...
I've tried every solution suggested in this thread, and I'm still getting the problem.
Just to sum up:
- happens on multiple PCs (Win 7x64, Vista x64, XP x32)
- appears to have no relevance to what version of kies you're running
- tried several different USB cables, original Samsung included
- have tried the "reset battery stats" fix several times
- tried when the battery is nearly empty, all the way up to full. Even just after/while the "battery full" message is on the screen
It doesn't appear to be a registry setting, as the check is done several steps after the initial check for firmware version/phone ID;
I can get Kies to:
- Recognise the phone
- Start firmware update module
- Show available firmware update (with no regisrty editing or trickery)
- Start firmware update
- Tick box and click "Next" on verification screen
- Click "Next" on firmware information screen
- Download screen shows "Downloading from server... Do not remove the mobile device from your PC while downloading" for about 20 seconds, then give an error "The device to upgrade does not have sufficient battery power. Charge the battery and try again"
Thing is - I need the "official" carrier update for my phone from Kies so I can send it back for a fault with the signal. I was waiting for the official Vodafone update to come through Kies, in the hopes I could flash my phone back to an "official" stock to get it sent back.
I know there *is* a way of recovering the .tar file kies uses to flash the phone by looking in the user's "temp" folder in windows - but kies won't get far enough to download the file without a phone which will go through the entire upgrade process.
Is there anyone who's succesfully flashed the latest Vodafone UK firmware through Kies who can kindly see if the file is there and upload it to a file server, or transfer through dropbox?
I'll echo Funkadelick's $10 reward for anyone who can either trick Kies into downloading the file without a phone connected, or grab the following firmware:
PDA: I9000BUJM4
PHONE: I9000BUJM3
CSC: I9000GVODJM3
Why don't you try the update.zip fix?
Update.zip fix? Please, tell me more...
do you mean a fix for the battery stats problem, or is there some fix for this particular issue I haven't come across?
First this is the update.zip thread for fixing the 3BR without Kies and with no requirement on the battery level:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
I fyou are with Bell, it appears pretty safe to use. Other branded phones have had problems. Bonus: You wont lose your setup.
Kies battery problem:
Despite the message, Kies complains about the battery when the detected voltage is too low, regardless of the charge level.
- Try with another battery
- Make sure your USB cable is connected directly to your motherboard not through a hub or the front of your computer case.
Thanks for the explanation - though it won't help my situation I'm afraid. I'm already able to use the 3-button method to flash firmware, as I've got the european I9000. My problem is that the firmware I need (in particular the I9000GVODJM3 CSC) is only available through Kies.
I've tried through all the USB ports seperately on the 3 PCs I've been using, I don't know if trying a powered USB hub might help somehow... but I don't have one to test.
I suppose I could order a new battery to ry out, keeping a spare is something I've been thinking of in any case
backup and delete from your registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Samsung\Kies\DeviceDB
then update to something via Odin
open kies goto firmware update then close firmware update after it finds the version
restore the registry backup then go back to firmware backup and you should be able to upgrade to your correct regions firmware
PS NANDROID before
belkre said:
backup and delete from your registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Samsung\Kies\DeviceDB
then update to something via Odin
open kies goto firmware update then close firmware update after it finds the version
restore the registry backup then go back to firmware backup and you should be able to upgrade to your correct regions firmware
PS NANDROID before
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You, sir, win the prize
It never occurred to me to delete the DeviceDB folder entirely, though I'd reinstalled Kies dozens of times.
If you have a paypal address I'll gladly sent a present your way
Hi,
I had earlier opened a thread regarding this issue. But that was having more than one query and was misleading.
I need to install Froyo JP6 (the official one - no custom ROMs). Currently I'm having JF3.
Kies is not working for me (The MTP application in the mobile opens up, but gets restarted while getting connected to kies, so kies is not recognizing my mobile).
How shall I install JP6 without Kies?
Is it possible to install from mobile itself? (like installing apk file?)
nandihno had told me to install using odin. But i couldn't find it in dev section. Can anybody provide me the link for odin foryo JP6?
Thanks in advance!
Install latest version of Kies - 1.5.3.10093_82.
You can go in setting and Upgrage..
Once the latest version is installed, go into Program Files - Samsung
Delete USD Drivers directory here.
Now go in Program Files - Samsung - Kies - USB Driver
Install the drivers from here.
Once the installation is complete, go to settings in SGS (Galaxy) and unmount Internal SD card.
Connect SGS using USB Key and wait till system detects your SGS.
Once it is done you can use Kies to upgrade to Froyo... However as of today Froyo is not out for India... though there are work around to fool Kies and still download, though I will suggest to wait...
thanks I will try this as well. Well this also work with my issue? I tried to upgrade my firmware using kies, but it failed because of some file missing. I installed kites again, and now it detects my phone when I connect it, but it never seems to make the connection
It just says that it is trying to connect and this goes on forever.
So now I cannot repair my firmware using kies. Can this solution help with that as well?
Shurdus said:
thanks I will try this as well. Well this also work with my issue? I tried to upgrade my firmware using kies, but it failed because of some file missing. I installed kites again, and now it detects my phone when I connect it, but it never seems to make the connection
It just says that it is trying to connect and this goes on forever.
So now I cannot repair my firmware using kies. Can this solution help with that as well?
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Same problem here. It detects my phone. But freezes in "connecting your device".
@shurdus - when this is happening (connecting ur device), did you notice your phone restarting the MTP application.
I mean, the MTP application will be displaying "installing kies" but after some time, it disappears and appears again in a fraction of a second..
I have to try the solution said by satyawali.
Another doubt - unmounting internal SD card will affect the data?
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@shurdus - when this is happening (connecting ur device), did you notice your phone restarting the MTP application.
I mean, the MTP application will be displaying "installing kies" but after some time, it disappears and appears again in a fraction of a second..
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I have a similar problem. I just downloaded the newest version of Kies, but can't get Windows/Kies to recognize my phone. I unchecked "Automatically start monitoring for device..." and "Start Kies automatically..." in the Settings box, and I did the Driver Recovery and rebooted, all recommended in another thread. Still nothing. All I get is some very quick flashing of MTP Application and my home screen opening and closing. Then Windows (Win 7, 32 bit) tells me it couldn't do something and to contact the device manufacturer.
Have you found a solution?
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SlowRain said:
I have a similar problem. I just downloaded the newest version of Kies, but can't get Windows/Kies to recognize my phone. I unchecked "Automatically start monitoring for device..." and "Start Kies automatically..." in the Settings box, and I did the Driver Recovery and rebooted, all recommended in another thread. Still nothing. All I get is some very quick flashing of MTP Application and my home screen opening and closing. Then Windows (Win 7, 32 bit) tells me it couldn't do something and to contact the device manufacturer.
Have you found a solution?
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I haven't found the solution yet.
I guess the only solution is to format the SD card and then try. But I'm not willing to do that So no froyo for me... If only there was an OTA or froyo installer it'd be great
1. Uninstall KIES
2. Uninstall "SAMSUNG USB Driver For Mobile Phones".
3. Reboot your PC
4. Brows to "Program Files" (windows 32bit) or "Program Files (x86)"(windows 64bit) and remove the folder "Samsung".
5. Run "regedit" from Command Prompt and look in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software and delete the "Samsung" folder.
6. Right click your C-drive and choose "Properties", click "Disk Cleanup" and check "Temporary Files" and hit "OK".
7. Install KIES and reboot your PC.
8. When booted, don't start KIES yet, just connect the phone and let windows install the drivers for it, unplug the device when done, start KIES and connect the phone.
That should work out for you..
^ thanks. gonna try it now. Will let u know
@[Ramad] - even this didn't work.
The problem is in the phone - i can clearly see it. I guess, a factory reset will do it. Is there any backup software that can backup including the application data/caches ?
isn't there a download link for the new and original Froyo? there are too many pages and it's quite hard to find what you want (I've found Froyo but not the original one, I think, and I've found plenty of advices for kies but I don't want to do all that unistall-delete traces-install again, when there's a simpler way with odin)
Kies problem is related to the ammound of MP3's on your SGS!
Because MTP is a MP3 player connection protocol it's using some MTP Windows media player driver to connect. If you have all MP3 on an external SD card, just remove it and Kies will work fine. Otherwise remove or rename your MP3s to make it work.
Seriously this worked for me, credits to a user of some forum (can't find the post).
Force close all d launchers before connecting d phone to kies its very necessary step hope it will work
It's unbelievable... the best Android phone has the crappiest PC companion. Seems everyone has exactly the same problem with kies.
As far as I've read it's related to files with longer names stored inside the internal memory. Come on! The old Palm Hotsync didn't suffer from such stupid things!
I think we should start a global petition for Samsung to fix that. My wife has a 10 bucks nokia that has a far leaner/better/functional PC companion.
@nagash1979 - by saying remove it - u mean "all mp3/flac and media" in the external card?
@ srajoria - did that. In fact. uninstalled laucnher pro and then tried. no use.
@c3p9 - i don't think its a deal breaker for this phone. As there are alternatives for kies (like es file explorer for wireless transmission of files). But if only there was an OTA update, then no need of kies at all
@nagash1979 - i couldn't find any windows media player application running in the background. thanks anyway....
Finally I got the solution for the KIES problem.
I had recently downloaded winamp beta from android market. And when connected the phone in usb storage mode when winamp was open in PC and phone, my phone was detected as mass storage. And when I opened Kies, it also detected my phone (finally!), but asked me to connect to kies mode. I removed the cable and connected again in kies mode. And it worked like a charm! WOW!
But it's not working everytime!
Edit: The Mass Storage worked 4/10 times. Kies worked only once out of 10 tries. Everytime a alert message to turn off the SD card is popping up which is very irritating. Dunno how to fix that....
Atleast I was able to connect my phone with the PC using USB Mass Storage mode after a very long time - took the backup of all camera files
If you have latest version of Kies installed and drivers working and experiancing MTP crashing issue on phone then it is long file name issue.
To solve this, connect your phone in media mode and mount the card on system. Use attached utility and search long file names on phone and delete them.
Now connect Kies you should not get MTP issues.....
However this does mean this crappy software (Kies) will still detect your phone...
Try to use Antroid Manager will be satiafied. I have uaed it works fine over Wifi.
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This is becoming the hardest way to root apparently -_-
I`m trying to get z4root on to my Galaxy S Captivate from Rogers (SGH-I896) running 2.2
I`ve downloaded the apk file and placed it on my desktop, when trying to copy the file to my phone I get this error message.
(I tried to post a picture here but apparently I need to post 8 times?*fail)
It says an unexpected error is preventing the operation.
Error 0x80070057: The parameter is incorrect.
clicking try again just prompts the message again.
Phone is connected in USB mass storage mode.
USB debugging is on.
It appears the app is no longer available in the market so is this the only way to get it on my phone?
I've literally tried downloading the apk 5 different times from different places and they all give the same message when I try to copy, also tried copying the file pretty much everywhere possible on the phone. any help would be greatly appreciated.
1. make sure you turn on the debugging mode;
2. connect your phone using usb cable;
3. i used one click root to root the captivate, search that one in the forums;
4. follow the instruction of that root app;
Hey guys, run into a little problem recently. I am having trouble with file transfers via USB.
I can transfer/copy files from the phone to my pc without problems, so i know storage is accessible, BUT i cant transfer files to the phone from the pc, it give an error: device disconnected or something like that... Any ideas how i can solve this or what the issue may be? I used airdroid to transfer some files and it worked without a problem. I thought it could be USB problem, but since transfer from phone is working... and storage is not broken or unaccessible cause i can copy files with airdroid and i can also see files when i connect it to pc through USB.
As an extra piece of info (if they are related), i was trying to push the files through adb and it gave me an error:closed...and trying to mount sdcard from recovery didnt work...
Any help/solutions welcome!!
Thanks!!
Coldsun15
PD: im running trickdroid (version 5 or something like that...yeah, i gotta update hehehehe)
Not S-off nor superCID
mh doesnt sound good :/ maybe reformat? Have you tried another PC?
I never had problems with Win7 64 detect and transfer to and from the mtp partition, however had some problems with adb. you can always try clean reinstalling the HTC usb drivers, that helped here. as suggested above try other pc or different os, otherwise you might try to change roms or clean reinstall same or other rom.. hth
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hi
im trying to use ADB to delete some bloatware off of my phone, but im having troubles doing so because it cannot find my device. ive tried updating the drivers for it through Device Manager but the phone is not listed there. however, it shows up in My Computer and i am able to transfer files onto it.
are there any other solutions or possible fix for this?
thanks.
I'm new here so I can't post links. I was having the same problem with the Adb version I was using with my old phone (mostly getting "device offline" errors).
Google "15 seconds Adb". Its an up-to-date installer that weights almost nothing and includes all the necesary drivers.
Deleted Whats New with no problem.
julianf92 said:
I'm new here so I can't post links. I was having the same problem with the Adb version I was using with my old phone (mostly getting "device offline" errors).
Google "15 seconds Adb". Its an up-to-date installer that weights almost nothing and includes all the necesary drivers.
Deleted Whats New with no problem.
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ive tried it but it gave me an error message saying "ERROR: Invalid command line parameter '****\Desktop\adb-installer.log'."
edit: it said it installed all the drivers but my device is still not showing up
aznpiggy said:
ive tried it but it gave me an error message saying "ERROR: Invalid command line parameter '****\Desktop\adb-installer.log'."
edit: it said it installed all the drivers but my device is still not showing up
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Do you have USB debugging enabled?
Michealtbh said:
Do you have USB debugging enabled?
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yes i do
my computer is able to recognize my nexus 5 so idk whats going on
Have you installed the three things that come with the installer? (Adb+fastboot+drivers)?
Also: have you installed the propietary Sony software for Xperia interaction (can't remember the name, probably Xperia Connect or something like that) ? Maybe that has some drivers that you need.
I asume you also have installed the Google USB drivers installed (use 32 bit version, NOT 64).
I'm just naming all these because I had all of them already installed before I downloaded 15 seconds adb, so maybe they interact somehow and that's why it works for me.
Also make sure you are using latest version of everything.
Edit: did you get on your phone the debugging alert when you connected it?
Edit 2: please post what commands you enter into the cmd.
julianf92 said:
Have you installed the three things that come with the installer? (Adb+fastboot+drivers)?
Also: have you installed the propietary Sony software for Xperia interaction (can't remember the name, probably Xperia Connect or something like that) ? Maybe that has some drivers that you need.
I asume you also have installed the Google USB drivers installed (use 32 bit version, NOT 64).
I'm just naming all these because I had all of them already installed before I downloaded 15 seconds adb, so maybe they interact somehow and that's why it works for me.
Also make sure you are using latest version of everything.
Edit: did you get on your phone the debugging alert when you connected it?
Edit 2: please post what commands you enter into the cmd.
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i turned on a setting on the phone where it installs a software that organizes all the media files for your phone
right before i was about to install the software, i noticed that my computer started recognizing my device
everything started working like it should since
thanks for your help
edit: i didnt and still havent installed the file managing software lol idk why it started to work