Procedure to update Official Gingerbread 2.3.3 XXJVO for Galaxy S GT I9000:
- First up you will have to download the XXJVO Firmware Package in your computer and then you will have to unzip the same to get 5 files which are the PIT, PDA, CSC and Phone files along with the Odin flash program which will be used to flash the firmware. Please note that in the process of extraction if you are prompted to enter in the password then you will have to enter the password as androidadvices.com. So, as soon as you etract successfully you will get the extracted contents as shown in the below screen shot. Just in case any file is missing then you will have to again download the whole firmware zip file from above link.
- So, after following the pre upgrade instructions which are mentioned above, you will have to proceed and switch Off your phone so that you can turn your phone ON in the download mode. The download mode can be entered by holding the Volume Down button + the Home key button (the middle button). While holding these both buttons, you need to switch ON your device. Now, if you have successfully entered into the download mode then you will see a green screen which is shown below.Please note that if the device boots in the normal mode with the home screen then retry the process and if despite retrying you are unable to get into download mode then you will have to fix the download mode error for your phone.
- Now, as soon as you get into the download mode, you will have to connect the Galaxy S GT I9000 to the computer with the help of USB cable while Odin opened in the desktop. As soon as you connect the phone, you will see that first ID:COM box as shown below will turn yellow and in the message box you will see that it will show ADDED as shown in the below snapshot.
- So, after connecting the Phone and ID:COM light glowing Yellow, its not time to select the files with which you can easily update your phone. Please note that its very important to enter in the files as mentioned below or else you will surely brick the device. Just click on the options to select the files from the downloaded and extracted folder.
PIT – s1_odin_20100512.pit
PDA – PDA_XXJVO_Sbl.tar.md5
Phone – PHONE_XXJVO.tar.md5
CSC – CSC_OXAJVO.tar.md5
- As soon as you feed in the files, you will have to double check the same and then you will have to proceed and click on the “Start” option to start the firmware update process. After clicking on the start, you will see that the firmware will be installed in your phone within a time of not more than 5 minutes.
