Pre Requisites:
Note : Over a period of time it has been seen that users are not following the Pre Requisite section due to which users report issues in the comments section like phone not being turned On, non-working of the Internet , data loss etc. So, it’s a kind request from Team Android Advices that you follow all the instructions carefully before proceeding for a safe and speedy firmware update.
- In the process of the firmware update you will be losing all the data which is there in the phone which includes SMS, Contacts, images, videos, songs and other files which is there in the phone memory. You can move all the data to your phone’s internal / external SD card so that the data is safeguarded from getting deleted or corrupted. You can also refer the below tips or methods on how you can create a backup and then restore of all your data.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
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”
- Note that you need to ensure that you atleast have a computer / laptop installed with Windows XP/ Vista / 7. As of now the Odin flash tool doesn’t support Mac, as soon as it gets supported we will let you know about the same. Also, ensure that you have admin privileges in your computer as it requires you to have the open USB ports with full read / write access.
- Apart from the above things another important thing is that you also need to note down the APN Settings as well as the MMS Settings as both are responsible for Internet access and for sending the MMS Messages from your phone. Both of these settings can be backed from the path of Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names.
- Note that you only use the Odin version which is there in this article as if you continue to proceed with any other version then there is a possibility of failure in firmware update.
- Please note that this update can only applied to the Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 phone and not to any other handsets with similar looking model numbers as it has been found that there are some handsets with suffixes as L / B which doesn’t support this firmware.
- Ensure that the phone is charged to a minimum of 90% plus so as to avoid from calibrating the battery again which is a hectic process and also make use of only the USB cable which you have got along with this phone.
Special Instructions for the users on Custom ROMs:
- There are many components which gets installed in the phone when you are on a custom ROM, so to clear all these you will need to get into the recovery mode and then you need choose the option of Wipe data/factory reset and after that select Wipe Cache partition. Reboot your device by selecting reboot system now after selecting the former options. As soon as you do so, all the cache files and the custom ROM specific files are erased completely after which it will now become safe to proceed with the instructions.
So, assuming that you have followed all the above instructions which are mentioned in the page, it’s now time to proceed to the next page where we will see on the procedure to apply this XWKPT update.
