[Q] New to me captivate, can update firmware without data cable?

[paulie2plates]

First off THANKS!

With that being said i have an att galaxy captivate, i am trying to upgade to the latest firmware. I am currently running 2.2 froyo.

I downloaded kies, kies mini, kies air
I followed all the steps to allow sharing with my windows 7 pc
kies air recognizes my device but does not promt an update.
kies mini seems to only work with a data cable which I do not have... I know.

What am I doing wrong? Or is firmware updating only via usb?

Thanks Again

humble noob

 

[TRusselo]

you NEED usb cable

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00024051&fm_seq=24219

 

[paulie2plates]

Cant find the button but thanks EH!

 

[TRusselo]

Must have 8 posts to see thanks.

 

[paulie2plates]

DONE

I was able to update last night
A lil more help if u please after installing latest gingerbread 2.2.5 i thnk
camera ics is now inverted. any help would be great or recommendation of a better camera app.... Thanks

 

[TRusselo]

If you are on gingerbread you should not have ICS camera, You should have gingerbread camera

 

[paulie2plates]

I should have been more clear. Prior to the firmware update I installed camera ics app from google play. It worked like a charm after update to 2.3.5 I897uckk4 kernel 2.6.35.7 gingerbread.uckk4.
The cam was inverted, i uninstalled and then dl again reinstall and still inverted.
The gingerbread cam is on the device now along with the cam ics app, I kinda like the interface of the ics version

Thanks Eh!

Ok fed ex just brought my Straight talk sim card. phone is operational. changed apn looks good so far
Configured phone to straight talk apn

speed test very poor fastest 1.44 mbps down .026 mbps up
slowest .41 up .09 down

sorry for high-jacking my own thread but are thier any changes I could make to settings to achieve better results.

 

[TRusselo]

modems control data speed and voice quality. read about modems in development section (sticky). then start testing... to each their own you will learn.

ics camera *may* not be compatible with gingerbread... try some other camera apps, if it is just that one app contact the developer of that app.... but if he has a thread or website, read any info first so you arent telling him something that he knows or has explained already.

 

[aceoflove21]

I was able to update last night
A lil more help if u please after installing latest gingerbread 2.2.5 i thnk
camera ics is now inverted. any help would be great or recommendation of a better camera app.... Thanks

how you were able to update samsung galaxy s i9000 firmware with data cable?

 

[BWolf56]

how you were able to update samsung galaxy s i9000 firmware with data cable?

You're in the wrong section, here's the one for the I9000: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s-i9000