Pre Requisites:
- Backup all the contents which are there in your phone and this data includes Text Messages, Contacts, Applications, Images, Songs, Videos, APN Settings and MMS Settings. The best thing you can do is that you can move all the data like Applications, Images, Songs and Videos to your device’s SD card so that all the data is safeguarded from getting deleted or from getting corrupted. You can backup and restore the Contacts and text messages by following the instructions which are mentioned below.
- To make a note of APN as well as the MMS Settings, you will have to go to the path that is “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names” and then you need to make a note of all the settings which are available here.
- After this most important things are turn Off all the antivirus suites, turn Off the firewall clients, install the latest version of KIES and then last but not the least you can also additionally install the latest version of .net framework so that all the necessary drivers which are required in the due course of the update are successfully updated.
- It’s very important to ensure that you have the ADMIN privileges before you proceed to update your phone and also the USB port needs to be open which means that it should have the read / write access so that the firmware can be applied successfully. Ensure that you have a minimum of USB 2.0 enabled USB ports in your computer and as of now Odin only supports Windows based operating system and doesn’t support Linux or even Mac / Apple.
- Note that you will have to charge your phone to a minimum of 90% plus so as to ensure that you don’t experience the lesser battery life even after the firmware update. Many users ignore this step which is the root cause on why users face issues of battery backup even after updating with the firmware.
- Never interrupt the process of firmware update manually, just in case if it gets interrupted by power failure then no need to worry as all you need to do is to just follow the instructions again from the start which are mentioned in the next page.
- So, in the next page let’s get started with the actual procedure on how you can install the same on your phone. Please note that all the download links are mentioned in the article, so kindly find for the same.
