Indian users of Galaxy mini S5570I can now update their phones with the latest version of Gingerbread 2.3.6 firmware which is dubbed as DDLD2 manually. Please note that this is the Official firmware which is released by Samsung Electronics and not the beta firmware. There is no update on by when this update will be pushed officially via KIES, but you can apply the same manually by following the instructions which we will be checking out in this article with the help of pre requisites and a detailed guide on how to apply this firmware.
Disclaimer: Neither AndroidAdvices, nor developer should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article.
Rooting Information:
- Applying this firmware doesn’t root the device.
- Just in case if you have already rooted the device then after applying this update the rooting access will be revoked.
- If you want to root the device, then we will very soon be coming up with a detailed guide on how to root Samsung Galaxy mini S5570I on Gingerbread 2.3.6 firmware.
Let’s head to the next step where we have summed up a detailed list of pre requisites you need to follow so as to ensure that the firmware is updated successfully in your device. Applying this update won’t void the warranty in any manner. There is no ETA on by when this update will be pushed via OTA or KIES medium, this firmware has just got leaked from the Samsung Servers. Unfortunately, there won’t be any updates of ICS 4.0 firmware due to hardware limitations.
Essential Pre Requisites:
- All the data in your phone should be backed up so as to ensure that just in case if the data gets erased or corrupted, the same can be restored with the help of simple instructions below.
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 60% so as to ensure that device doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of firmware update.
- Enable the USB debugging in your Galaxy mini S5570I from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. The USB Debugging option should be ticked. USB Debugging Mode can only be enabled once you disconnect the phone from computer. USB Debugging should be ticked as you can see in the below screen capture.
- Disable all the antivirus suites in your computer and uninstall the same in your device as these tools generally tend to interrupt the process of firmware update.
So, now assuming that you have followed all the above mentioned instructions you can now proceed to the next page where we have summed up a detailed tutorial on how to apply this update in your device.
