2 steps behind. Can anyone advise how I can upgrade my S2?

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#101323 28-Apr-2012 20:26

I got my S2 parallel imported and using ODIN upgraded it to 2.3.3, the Vodafone NZ firmware downloaded from xda developers. The kernel version is 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKG3-CL374944 root@DELL127 #2. Baseband version is I9100XXKE7
Build is GINGERBREAD.XWKG3.

I would like to upgrade the firmware preferably to ICS through Vodafone. Kies says the firmware isn't recognised. I don't want to root the phone.
Where do I find an upgrade that will work? I believe the phone came from Romania (COA).

I'd appreciate any direction.

Cheers,

Stephen

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#616761 28-Apr-2012 20:37

Bteam: I got my S2 parallel imported and using ODIN upgraded it to 2.3.3, the Vodafone NZ firmware downloaded from xda developers. The kernel version is 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKG3-CL374944 root@DELL127 #2. Baseband version is I9100XXKE7
Build is GINGERBREAD.XWKG3.

I would like to upgrade the firmware preferably to ICS through Vodafone. Kies says the firmware isn't recognised. I don't want to root the phone.
Where do I find an upgrade that will work? I believe the phone came from Romania (COA).

I'd appreciate any direction.

Cheers,

Stephen

I'm in the same process, I've done a firmware upgrade from 2.3.4 (SMO) to 4.0.3 (VNZ) and ended up with the same kies problen.

I'm had a couple of forum replies from the XDA developers and there are a couple of other things to try that I will give ago over the next few days.

I'll let you know how I get on

Greg

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#616768 28-Apr-2012 20:55

Thanks,

Problem partiallly resolved through this link http://androidromupdate.com/2012/04/27/vodafone-new-zealand-samsung-galaxy-s2-ics-update-4-0-3-android-ice-cream-sandwich-i9100xwlp7-vnz-kiesota-stock-firmware/
I have to wait an hour for free download of 400Mb file so will report back tomorrow on my success?

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#617024 29-Apr-2012 17:13

Upgrade successful. For other beginners...I ended up wiping data and restoring the phone to factory settings then using Kies as Odin wouldn't work for me at first. I think it would have worked had I done a factory reset. This has meant reinstalling apps and getting the phone back to my preferred settings but I do have ICS.
Sorry that I haven't been more ambitious fellow geeks