The official news is that – Android 2.2 Froyo Update for Samsung Galaxy S is out but for a few countries only. In this article we are going to show you how you can quickly start the upgradation process of the Android Froyo update on your Samsung Galaxy S device. This is possible with the small trick listed below.
Normally once you complete the setup of the Samsung Kies software and continue with the upgrade option, you will get the following message on the ‘Firmware Upgrade’ page. It says that – ‘The latest version is already installed on connected device’. Along with this the ‘Upgrade’ button is disabled because this update is not yet available all over the world and is limited to a few cuntries only.
Next click on the ‘Cancel’ button and proceed back to the home screen, but dont close the KIES application. This will just keep it running and at this moment you will have to open the ‘Registry Editor’ on your computer.
For this you will have to click on the Windows Start > Search programs and files > regedit.
Next under the Registry Editor you will have to access HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Samsung > Kies > DeviceDB. Here you will get a list of different sub folders in numerical order.
Under these folders you will have to click on each of them and try to find the folder where you will find the Entries like SoftwareRevision, Product Code, HIDSWVER etc.
Next to all these entries there is a small ‘ab’ icon. Double click on these and change the value data of the corresponding entries to the ones listed below.
Value Name – SoftwareRevision
Value Data – I9000XXJF3/I9000SWC/I9000XXJF3/I9000XXJF3Value Name – ProductCode
Value Data – GT-I9000HKDXEEValue Name – HIDSWVER
Value Data – I9000XXJF3/I9000SWC/I9000XXJF3/I9000XXJF3
Once these changes to the entries are made, you will have to click the Registry Editor and move back to the Samsung Kies application which is still running in the background.
Click on the ‘Firmware Upgrade’ button and proceed with the installation process. You will now find that the ‘Upgrade’ button is activated and you will be able to perform this Upgrade now, even if you are from a country where its not available yet. Do make a note that if you perform this upgrade, you will loose the rooting of your device.
Installation Demo :