It’s quite common for a hacked phone to not play nicely with OEM software created to interface with the devices. Notable examples include HTC Sync and Samsung Kies. When a phone is rooted and running custom firmware, these services may not read the phone properly and may not recognize the device as one that needs an update. In rare cases, they don’t even recognize the connected device as supported. Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G owners have been having a problem with Kies recently, and now there is a fix.

Okay, to call it a fix may be stretching it. XDA Forum Member jparnell8839 has figured out that Kies won’t recognize the phone on any stock firmware after UVLB7. So if you’re running something that came after that and want the next official update, you will run into an error where Kies claims the phone isn’t compatible with their software upgrade service. Says jparnell8839:

Finally, I thought “hmmm, it still says custom binary when im in download mode, even though I’m stock with stock recovery” so I went to sammobile and got the pre-july 16th image (UVLB7) and flashed just the tar.md5 file (no pit) made sure repartition wasnt checked, etc. in Odin

upon reboot, Kies immediately recognized there was a firmware update and pushed me up to UVLF4 (flash counter is at 4 btw). When it rebooted to download mode from Kies, it said Samsung Official binary this time

In order to be more helpful, jparnell8839 has uploaded the firmware that was used to fix this problem for others to download and use. With it, stock users can upgrade to the next update easily. For more information, go to the original thread.

Recently, we’ve seen quite a flurry of development activity for Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G. As the little brother to the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II, the Blaze is not exactly Samsung’s flagship device on Magenta. However for those looking for a powerful device with a less huge screen and a lower price tag, the Blaze packs quite a punch that may make other, higher priced smartphones a bit nervous. Featuring a powerful 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 processor and 42 Mbit HSPA+ connectivity, the Blaze certainly lives up to its name.

Now thanks to the burgeoning development community, we have root, recovery, and a return-to-stock ODIN package. Given the development activity and countless requests from our awesome community, we saw it fit to give the device a home on our forums. If you already own or are interested in picking up the Blaze, head over to the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G forum to get started.