New version of Kies

For anyone unsure about the link above here is another one that i have posted several times and seems to be a reliable download. There is an update available to the file in this link since its the 1.5.1.71. file not the most recent update one. You don't have to update it since it seems like there is a bit of trouble going on with connection properly.

http://mytopfiles.com/programs/file/Kies_1-5-1-10071_32/371606.htm

If you are having trouble with connecting to Samsung Kies it would appear that MOST of the tips on other forums on how to fix this is to go from your phones main screen;

application>settings>SD Card & Phone Storage> Unmount Internal SD Card
(MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP ANY DATA YOU WANT TO KEEP)

After doing the Unmount, restart the phone and make sure you have Wifi & bluetooth off (not sure if it helps but i had it off when i did my unmounts)

Hopefully once you have performed the unmount and installed Kies the driver for your type of Gem Model you will be able to use it, personally i choose to just use the mass storage mode but anyone else can do what they want.

if it seems i left a step out or you get confused, just say so and i can clarify hopefully!

Hi, I have also bought the new Samsung Captivate from AT&T. I am a newbie to Android and this my first smartphone, although I am an experienced computer user. I downloaded and installed the latest version of Samsung Kies from the website: Kies_1.5.1.10074_2_6 and installed it on a clean version of Windows (i.e. had no earlier version of Kies installed before this). I am running  the 64bit version of Windows 7 Professional.

After the installation Samsung Kies did not recognize my phone if I set the USB option on the phone to be "Samsung Kies". It is detected by Kies only if I set the option to "Mass Storage" but then Kies complains that I should change the mode to "Samsung Kies" to get full functionality and access.

As advised on the link above, I rebooted my phone and then presto -- when I plugged in the phone and selected "Samsung Kies" the phone was detected and Windows installed some drivers. The phone displays "MTP application" and shows connected. However, the Kies itself program shows "Connecting the Device - Please wait"  and is just stuck there.

Any ideas what is going on?

I really require the ability to sync my contacts and my calendar with Outlook, otherwise I will basically need to return this phone.

-uv

Have you tried syncing with the Google calendar instead? I know it supports outlook syncing, so if you can get them to sync you might just have a work around for those issues you are having. We needs more people to test the step by steps guides posted here so we can confirm if they are absolute fixes or just flukes....

Unfortunately, I don't know any other methods or workarounds for this problem, hopefully someone does or Samsung releases an update again to correct all these Kies problems, i agree with having a problem with untested software, but maybe it was tested and we just don't have the proper tech knowledge as a collective to get an error free run...

that version of kids might be the most recent I think the last update I got was for .78 and I think the one before that was the .74 version...