
wat firmware are u on now? ... since u wan to upgrade u should be in eclair 2.1, wat u mean y cant connect? ...
basic steps are, on ur Kies, plug in ur phone, from ur phone u choose Samsung Kies .. then let ur Kies detects and connect your phone ....
possible threats that prevent connection,
1. there may be rubbish (unknown extensions files in ur phone) find them out and delete them by looking through "My Files" or root explorer ...
2. possibility of the driver corruption on ur comp, go into Program&Features ... find anything related to Kies and Samsung galaxy s, uninstall them .... then reinstall latest kies and now perform the basic steps ...
u can use the no-wipe version ... i used it back in v7 without wiping any cache, works like a charm till now ...
Its the first day of 2011!! ... androids users not as no life as like some who worships someone else ... if u get wat i mean XP
hmm, i think i read that u can change in somewhere in darky's thread ...

UPDATE! ... Darky's v7.8 is out!! it says 02-01-11, my time now is only 1-1-11 @10pm ... LOL
UPDATE 2 ... Doc updated his kitchen too!! ...
question: anyone got DXJPE yet? .. i think alot Sg ppl already got it, but how about msia?