Tutorial to update Galaxy SL I9003 with Gingerbread 2.3.4:
- First up you will have to download the Gingerbread Package for your Galaxy SL I9003 on your computer. Once you download the file, the next thing you will have to do is to just right click on the file and need to select the option of “Extract Files”. Please note that in the due course of the extraction, you will be prompted to enter the password, enter the password as “androidadvices.com” without the inverted comas.
- Now after this as soon as the files are unzipped, you will see the files which are mentioned in the below screen shot, please note that just in case any file is missing then you will have to re download the whole firmware again as the download wasn’t successful in this case.
Now, from the extracted files, open the Odin file as shown in the above extracted files and then a new window will be opening up as shown below,
- Now, first switch off your phone, take out the sim card along with the memory card and Switch On your device in the download mode. To start download mode in Samsung Galaxy SL I 9003, you need to hold down the Volume Down button + the Home key button (the middle button). While holding these both buttons, you need to switch ON your device. If you see a screen like the below one then only it means that you have successfully started your device in the download mode. If your device restarts normally with home screen then that means download mode have not been initiated, in this case you again need to switch off the device and again you will have to try restarting your device in download mode. Please note that as long as you are installing anything in download mode, you will never brick your phone.
- Once the download mode is entered, you will see that the ID:COM block will glow yellow which will mean that all the required drivers have been installed successfully and you are ready to flash the device.
- Now, once you add the files, you will now have to double check the same on whether the files are the same which are mentioned above or not. Just in case if you have selected the wrong file then you will have to re select the files correctly as mentioned and click on the “Start” option to start the firmware updation process. After clicking on the start, you will see that the firmware will be installed in your phone within a time of not more than 5 minutes.
PIT – latona_20110114.pit,
BOOTLOADER – APBOOT_I9003XXKP9_CL309731_REV08_eng_mid_ship.tar,
Phone – MODEM_I9003XXKP9_REV_00_CL1027275.tar.md5,
PDA – CODE_I9003XXKP9_CL309731_REV08_eng_mid_ship.tar.md5,
CSC – GT-I9003-CSC-MULTI-OXAKP9.tar.md5,
- The firmware installation process will be initiated once you click on the “Start” tab and then within a maximum time of 5 minutes the updation process will be finished. Just in a very rare case if it hangs up at one particular place for more than 10 minutes, then just pull off the battery and re follow the instructions from the start after restarting the computer.
- So, now as soon as the firmware updation process is done, you will see that language selection option followed by the Gmail account details will be asked which you need to enter accordingly.
- After you update the phone successfully, you will now have to perform another step so as to ensure that the firmware is installed correctly and all other cache files which are system generated are removed from Epic 4G. For this first up you will have to put your device in the recovery mode.
So, in this way you have successfully installed the latest Android version of Gingerbread 2.3.3 on your Samsung Galaxy SL I9003. Please note that since you have updated your firmware, all the APN Settings will be cleared. So, to access all the data services / MMS / Internet, you will have to get the Internet settings from from your Service provider. Do let us know if you face any issues or problems in the comments section below as we will try to solve the same.
