Ladies & Gentleman, Guys and the Girls! If you are using Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone and is awaiting an all new firmware on the lines of new features which have recently been there Galaxy Note 2 and for LG Nexus 4 by Google then you no longer will have to look here and there as in the due course of this article we will be checking out on how you can actually make your S2 GT I9100 look better in terms of an improved user interface but also you can turn your Galaxy SW2 faster than the rest. Many of the users often Google around on how to make their GALAXY S2 faster? The answer is simple, you need to look for the firmwares which are based on the EXT4 build as this file system effectively improves the speed.
Change log of Firmware:
- Base updated to UHLPZ (amazingly stable & battery friendly)
- Note 2 Video Player
- Note 2 Paper Artist
- Beats audio mod
- Hold back to kill
- S3 icon pack
- Reverted back to Lidroid customizable 15 toggles (S3 themed)
- Reverted to normal multi DPI Google Play Store v3.9.17
- Better memory management
All the data in your device should be backed up with the help of below mentioned steps manually. Make sure that you are only creating the backup with the help of below mentioned steps and not with the KIES as it doesn’t get the detected.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
Download the Root Checker app from the Google PLAY Store to check whether your device is rooted or not. Just in case if your device is not rooted, with the help of below mentioned steps you can easily root your device.
How to Update Samsung Galaxy S2 GT I9100 with Official ICS 4.0.4 XWLPO Firmware
Disclaimer: Follow all the instructions mentioned in this article as if there is any damage caused due to not following instructions then we shall not be held liable or responsible. Just in case if you face any issues then we will try our level best to address the same.
From the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”, enable the USB Debugging and also make sure that your device is left with the minimum of 40% so as to make sure that the device doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of firmware update. All the USB ports in your computer should have Full Read / Write access.
So assuming that you are done with the above mentioned steps you can now proceed to the next step where we have summed up a detailed guide on how to apply this firmware update.
