Procedure to Update Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500 with ICS Android 4.0.3 Firmware:
- Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500 needs to be rooted before you proceed to the process of installing the ICS Alpha firmware of 4.0.3 release by Cyanogen Mod.
- Download ICS Android 4.0.3 Package for Galaxy 5 I5500 and Google Apps in your computer and connect your phone with the computer with the help of original USB cable.
- Copy the downloaded ICS Zip file in your phone’s SD Card, not deep into any of the sub folders. After this, you need to remove the connected phone and turn off the phone to enter the device in the recovery mode.
- The recovery mode can be entered by “Pressing Volume Up key+ Menu Key + Power ON the device”. Once you enter into the recovery mode, you need to select “Wipe data/factory reset” & “Wipe Cache partition” so that this will clear the cache which is there in your device.
- Select “install zip from sd card” > “choose zip from sd card” > and select the Zip file of ICS 4.0.3 Firmware which you have placed in your phone.
- After this, you need to select “++++ Go Back ++++” and then select “reboot system now” to restart the phone.
- Please note that, it may even take more than 8 – 10 minutes for showing up the home screen. After the home screen shows up, you need to again turn your phone off to boot the device in the recovery mode.
- In recovery mode select “Wipe data/factory reset” & “Wipe Cache partition” so that this will clear the cache after which select “++++ Go Back ++++” and select “reboot system now” which will restart the Galaxy 5.
Tip: Just in case if the device refuses to boot up, then you need to retry the whole process from the start by re inserting the battery.
So there you are with the ICS Android 4.0.3 firmware on your Galaxy 5 I5500 device. Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same.
