With users complaining much about the earlier build of ICS 4.0 firmware, here comes an improvised version dubbed as XWLP8. In the process of this article we will be checking out the same. As per the reports this firmware has been officially pushed to the users of UK. Since this version of firmware is boot laoder free, anyone from any country can apply this update in his Galaxy S2 GT I9100. The only condition which you need to make sure is that you should have a Galaxy S2 which is a NOT a network carrier locked, if you apply this firmware in your device then there is a probability that you may brick the device.
Disclaimer: Neither we, nor developer should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article. It’s very unlikely that there will be any issues but just in case if at all there are any issues then we are committed to help you in solving the same.
Rooting Information: Applying this update doesn’t mean that you need to root the device before & also the device will not get rooted after applying this update. Just in case if your device is rooted, after applying this update the rooting access will be revoked. We will soon come up with the rooting process at the earliest.
Pre Requisites:
- All the data present in your phone should be backed up as in the process of applying this update, the data might get either lost or corrupted. With the help of below mentioned steps you can easily backup the same. After updating with this release, the KIES won’t recognize the device as it’s a custom ROM firmware.
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”
- Minimum charge left in the device should be at least 70% so as to ensure that device doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of firmware update.
- Enable the USB Debugging in your Galaxy S2 from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. The USB Debugging option should be ticked.
- Just in case of you are on the custom ROM firmware, you need to ensure that you have disabled the Lag fixes if any installed from the recovery mode. You also need to ensure that the Dalvik Cache in your phone too is wiped off so as to ensure that just in case if any data cache is there that too is wiped off completely.
So assuming that you have followed all the instructions mentioned above, you can now proceed to the next page where we have summed up a detailed tutorial on how to apply this update.
