Pre Upgrade Instructions:
- So, before we proceed to any other instructions you need to ensure that you have taken a backup of all the data which is there in your phone. This data includes the data like SMS, Contacts, Songs, Videos, Images and other data like the MMS as well as the APN Settings.
- You can transfer all your photos, songs, videos to your internal / external SD Card so as to ensure that the data is not either corrupted or lost. The other data like SMS and Contacts can be backed up by referring to the links which are mentioned below. Kindly follow the instructions to back up the same by following the below links as many times it has been found that users ignore this and eventually at the end of the day users mention about issues with the data restoration.
- Next up you also need to note down the APN Settings as well as the MMS Settings which are basically responsible for the internet access. Once you note down these settings, you can then re configure these settings in your phone once the firmware updation is finished. The APN Settings as well as the MMS Settings in your Galaxy S can be backed up from this path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”.
- It’s very important to follow the instructions which are mentioned in this article so as to just ensure that you will be well versed with the instructions which are mentioned below and then you can proceed with the following of the instructions.
- Last but not the least, ensure that your phone is at least charged to a minimum of 90%+ so as to just avoid from the battery calibration part which is bit of a tedious job. Please note that the battery life will stabilized after few cycles of charging after applying this update. Also, this article can only be applied for the users who have the Windows based operating system computers as of now as it has been found that while downloading the zip file in mac, it tends to get corrupted.
So, let’s get started for the procedure on how you can update with the same in the next page.
