(Q) About updating firmware using kies

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I just bought a tab 7 plus, and when I connected using kies it detected that I have a firmware update. However I have installed so many things since I bought it and also rooted it. There are also many things in the 16gb internal storage (nothing saved in my sdcard since internal still have free space). What I want to ask is, if I want to update using kies, does it data wipe my tab? Do I lose everything in my internal storage after updating? If yes, I plan to just stick to this tab without updating :-\

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If you update using kies it will not erase data on the sd card but since you have rooted your tab i suggest you make a backup of your data & apps first using TB then upgrade it so you won't lose anything and can restore it back later.

Edit : updating firmware may result in your tab to lose root
if you do a factory data reset it will restore back to factory default setting and wipe out eveything in the internal memory as well.



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My first update on P6200 galaxy tab 7.0 plus comes OTA. After update was completed all things are still there. Apps, contacts, settings, all. But I dont had root before update.

Originally Posted by vs_infinity

If you update using kies it will wipe out everything

That's not true. Kies is the official way to update your Sammy device (beside OTA) . It does not wipe anything. If it would (without warning you) samsung would get a class action suite in a heartbeat.
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Originally Posted by vs_infinity

If you update using kies it will wipe out everything most likely but since you have rooted your tab i suggest you make a backup first using TB then upgrade it so you won't lose anything and can restore it back later.


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So if I don't have memory card, will all my data in internal memory be lost too? I have backed up using titannium backup, but the backup is in internal memory.

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Originally Posted by pakalrtb

That's not true. Kies is the official way to update your Sammy device (beside OTA) . It does not wipe anything. If it would (without warning you) samsung would get a class action suite in a heartbeat.
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Are you 100% sure? I don't have a sdcard at the moment and I don't want to lose all my data :'(

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Originally Posted by leviathian

Are you 100% sure? I don't have a sdcard at the moment and I don't want to lose all my data :'(

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are you using cmw? if i'm not mistaken it's not compatible with updates from samsung.. if not, don't worry, it won't wipe anything. the worse is it will wipe out the settings back to default.. even flashing using ODIN doesn't wipe anything.. but as a precaution... do backup your data..

Update via Kies will not wipe your data

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I bought my gt7+ about 2 weeks before the firmware upgrade that is currently available was made available. By the time they released this firmware upgrade I had several weeks of data, apps I installed and had rooted my tab. I performed the update via Kies and the update did not remove any of my data or the apps I installed. The only thing it did effect was root. After the upgrade my device was no longer rooted but that was not a big deal since rooting this device is so super easy. It took me less than 2 minutes and my device was once again rooted.

Originally Posted by leviathian

Are you 100% sure?

Positive. Use the latest version of kies and you'll be fine.

thanks so much everyone for all the replies, really appreciate them. I have updated and i didn' lose any data. Even my root is not lost ;) h