Procedure to Update Germany O2 Galaxy S2 with ICS 4.0.3 XWLP7 Firmware:
- Download the XWLP7 Android 4.0.3 Firmware Package from here to your computer along with the Odin. Extract the firmware file and open the Odin in your computer.
- Now, turn Off the phone so that you can then enter the phone 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.
- Click on the “PDA” to select the tar file which you get from the extracted firmware file. Once it’s done, click on “Start” to start the process of firmware update.
- Once the update is applied successfully, the device will be rebooted and once its done and you see the home screen disconnect the phone from the computer and turn Off the device so as to enter the phone 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.
Congratulations, you have now successfully applied the update of XWLP7 in your SAMSUNG Galaxy S2. Do let us know just in case if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same.
