Quick Pre Upgrade Instructions:
- Backup just everything which is there in your phone so as to ensure that just in case if the data in your phone memory gets lost or corrupted, the same can be restored easily with the help of the created backup. For your convenience, we have also provided a list of tips below with which you can backup and restore the data. Please don’t make use of any PC Suites to back up your data.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
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”
- Up next you need to download the Gingerbread 2.3.6 Firmware Package in your computer which we will be seeing in the due course on how to use the same.
- While the firmware is getting downloaded, charge your phone to a minimum level of 60% so as to ensure that the device doesn’t get turned Off in the process of firmware update.
- Enable the USB Debugging Mode in your Phone which you can do from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. With the help of below mentioned image you can get more info on the same.
- Close all the tools like Security Suites, Firewall tools and also the KIES PC Suite as these tools generally tend to interrupt the process of firmware update.
Special Instructions to users on Custom ROM:
- Just in case if you happened to be on any of the Custom ROM firmware, then you need to get into the recovery mode first and you need to wipe all the data as well as the cache data by selecting the appropriate options.
- The recovery mode can be entered by just holding down the Volume UP key and then press the Power ON button simultaneously to turn ON the device in the RECOVERY mode. For your convenience, we have also made a short video on how you can get into the recovery mode.
So, now lets head to the next page where we will see on what are the instructions to apply this Gingerbread 2.3.6 release in your Samsung Galaxy S 4G.
