Procedure to Update Galaxy S2 with ICS XWLPD 4.0.3 Firmware:
- Download XWLPD 4.0.3 ICS Package from here to your computer. Once downloaded, you now need to extract in your computer. Download Odin and open the same in your computer.
- Up next, turn Off your phone so that it can be then entered 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 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.
- Click on “PDA” and select the “I9100XWLPD_I9100XXLPW_I9100NEELP4_HOME.tar.md5” file from the extracted zip file. Once the file is selected, you now need to click on “Start”.
- It will take around 5 – 7 minutes for the update to get applied and once it’s applied, the phone will be rebooted. As soon as you see the home screen, disconnect the phone and turn Off the phone so that it can be then entered 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.
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.
Congrats, you now successfully learnt on how to apply the XWLPD Galaxy S2 firmware in your device. Do let us know if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same in the comments section.
