Pre Requisites:
- So, before you proceed ensure that you have created a backup of all the necessary data in your phone as in the due course of the upgradation of the firmware you will be losing all the data which is there in your phone. The data which is there in your external SD card will stay intact, so you can move all your data like images, videos and songs in the memory card so that all the data is safeguarded.
- All other data like SMS and contacts can be backed up easily too which you can follow the instructions from the below links,
- Apart from the SMS, Contacts, Images, Videos and Songs you will also have to ensure that you note down all the APN Settings which are there in your phone along with the MMS Settings which are responsible for accessing the Internet as well as for sending the MMS Settings. The APN Settings as well as the MMS Settings in your Galaxy POP can be backed up from this path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”.
- Now, once all the data is backed up you will now have to proceed for charging the phone. You need to ensure that the phone is charged to a minimum of 90%+ just to ensure that the there is no need for calibrating the battery separately. This step needs to be followed strictly so as to get the best of the battery life out of this firmware version.
- Some of the users have reported that the phone not being detected by the computer, then in this case you will have to ensure that the computer on which you will be connecting for the update is on the latest Windows 7 or even Windows XP / Vista with a minimum of USB 2.0 standard and also apart from this you will also will have to have the administration privileges in your computer.
- Note that you need to ensure that the Antivirus as well as the other tools like KIES are completely closed and should not be open in any manner. Also, ensure that the KIES version in your computer is updated with the latest version just to ensure that all the drivers are successfully installed in the computer so that it can be easily connected to the computer with the Odin flash tool which we will be using it for updating the device.
- So, before proceeding to the actual instructions which are mentioned in the next page, you will have to ensure that you go through all the instructions which are mentioned in the article so that you will be well versed with the instructions before proceeding to the following.
