Procedure to Update Vodafone Galaxy S2 with Official ICS Firmware:
- As per your region, you need to download the appropriate Firmware package from the below mentioned country. (We will soon update the Links as in when they are ready).
- After downloading, you need to extract the same so as to get the odin along with the tar file.
- Open the Odin executable file in your computer and turn Off the phone so that you can then enter the device in the Download Mode.
- Download mode can be entered by pressing Volume down Key, Center button, and holding both simultaneously press the Power Button after which a green robot will be shown indicating the Download Mode has been entered.
- Connect your Phone to the computer with the Original USB cable and then you will see that the ID: COM section will turn Yellow which will mean that all the drivers have been successfully updated.
Note: if the ID : COM section doesn’t turn Yellow, you need to check with two things which are mentioned below,
- Install the USB Drivers in your computer &
- Go to the Path “Settings > Wireless & Network > USB Settings” and ensure that “Samsung KIES” option is ticked before connecting the phone to the computer.
- Now, you need to click on “PDA” to select the tar file which is there in the extracted folder.
- After selecting the file, click on “Start” to start the process of firmware update and then once the firmware is updated successfully, the phone will be restarted and then once you see the home screen, remove the connected USB cable and turn off the same so that you can then turn ON the device in the recovery mode.
- Recovery mode can be entered by pressing Volume Up Key, Center button, and holding both simultaneously press the Power Button after which a recovery list will be shown indicating the Recovery Mode has been entered.
- In recovery mode, select Wipe data/factory reset and also you need to select Wipe Cache partition and then reboot your device by selecting reboot system now with the help of Volume rocker keys. Once it’s done, you then will have to select the option of “reboot system now” for restarting the device.
Note: At any point of time just in case if the process of firmware update gets stopped due to any reason, all you need to do is restart the process from the start by re inserting the battery.
Congratulations, you have now successfully applied the update of Official ICS Firmware in your Samsung Galaxy S2 GT I9100. Do let us know just in case if you face any issues in the process of the firmware update as we will try our level best to sort out the same.
