Like many I installed the leaked version of Gingerbread on my Galaxy S when it first came out, but now Samsung have finally released Gingerbread in the UK, I would like to install the official release. But need to reinstall the official version of Froyo in order to do this via Kies.
I have had to spend quite a large amount of time looking for the process of doing this, as there seems to be conflicting information/methods out there. Also I understand Gingerbread has a new boot loader (the installed the version including the secondary boot loader) which also needs taking back to original, and I have also found that most of the guides out there always seem to leave a few questions unanswered
So after finding what appears to be the best and I believe the safest method, I thought I would post it on here for others.
Before I go into the steps on how i did this, I need to make a few points:
1) Any firmware installation carries risks. This is not approved by Samsung, and you do it entirely at your own risk....i’m no expert, I simply found a method that works for me. So if it all goes wrong, don’t come crying to me (however, after trying a different method previously, my phone would not boot, but I was able to re-flash with the leaked Gingerbread successfully).
2) Do not try this procedure if you are unable to get your Galaxy S into Recovery mode (Vol Up + Home + Power) and Download mode (Vol Down + Home + Power). A number of these phones have this issue, mine was one of them, there are guides online to fix this issue.
3) There seems to be a number of people who have issues with upgrades on Kies even when they haven’t messed with the firmware, so even if you cannot upgrade thru Kies, it doesn’t mean there has been a problem with Flashing the phone.
4) Backup your phone before flashing, as the phone will be wiped.
5) As far as I understand, this is only for the I9000 model and not for any of the other variants of this phone out there.
6) NEVER try to flash the phone without putting it into Download mode first, you will brick your phone.
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First of all you will need a Windows PC, USB Cable, 2 Downloads (below)....oh and ideally a Samsung Galaxy S
Download 1 (JPU)
http://hotfile.com/dl/99955459/dea6962/I9000XXJPU.rar.html
Password: samfirmware.com
Contents when extracted:
GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJPU.tar.md5
I9000XXJPU-REV03-PDA-low-CL747761.tar.md5
MODEM_I9000XXJPU.tar.md5
s1_odin_20100512.pit
Odin3v1.3
Download 2 (JPY)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EWTHLRU6
No Password
Contents when extracted:
JPY_JPY_JPY.tar
The idea is to flash with XXJPU first to get the base version of Froyo which includes the SBL, then to Flash with JPY, this will allow you to use Kies for firmware updates (ensure Kies is completely closed before starting this).
1. Download and extract the above files.
2. Power off phone, remove sim and memory card, then start up in Download Mode and plug USB cable into phone (not PC).
3. Open Odin and select the following Files:
PIT: s1_odin_20100512.pit
PDA: I9000XXJPU-REV03-PDA-low-CL747761.tar.md5
PHONE: MODEM_I9000XXJPU.tar.md5
CSC: GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJPU.tar.md5
Ensure the following options are ticked: Re-Partition, Auto Reboot & F.Reset Time
4. Plug the USB into the PC, after a few seconds it should displayan “Added” message in Odin, then click on the ‘Start’ button.
The JPU firmware will then be installed onto the phone, it will take a few minutes and the phone will reboot.
***Under no circumstances unplug the usb cable, press any buttons on the phone or generally do anything that could interrupt the process, until it has complete and the phone is full restarted***
Once this is complete, you are ready to flash the phone with the JPY version, very similar process, but please read as not all of Odin settings are the same.
5. With USB unplugged from PC, power off the phone and restart in Download mode.
6. Re-open Odin and select the following files:
PIT: s1_odin_20100512.pit
PDA: JPY_JPY_JPY.tar
Ensure the following options are Ticked: Auto Reboot & F.Reset Time (NEVER tick ‘Re-Partition’ when using a single firmware file for flashing as this could Brick your phone)
7. Plug the USB into the PC, after a few seconds it should displayan “Added” message in Odin, then click on the ‘Start’ button.
The Firmware will then be installed onto the phone, it will take a few minutes and the phone will reboot.
And thats it, you should now be able to upgrade the firmware via Kies....that’s assuming Kies is working correctly, and your carrier has released it, i’m with T-Mobile UK, but bought my phone through the Carphone warehouse, and was able to update immediately.
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I hope this has been helpful, if you have any queries, I will try to answer, but as I said I am no expert, i've simply spent alot of time looking for the best method
Just thought I should point out that xxjpy is a european version and is not carrier specific. So it shouldn't matter if your carrier has released gingerbread yet.
This method will allow kies to update your phone to the lastest european firmware.
Why the pain?
No need to go through all this downgrading palava any more. Just use *spooffw and upgrade via kies as normal...easy peasy and no flashing required.
Search for "kies spoof"
*it fools kies into thinking you're on older firmware and offers you the upgrade to current fw
Don't need to tick "update bootloader"?
No, only tick the options stated in the guide.
Also be aware that you do not tick "Re-partition" on the second flash (JPY)
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Thanks for the guide! I flashed it from a branded FW (was a backup) to stock and until now it's all pink and fuzzy!
Thank you, that's what i was looking for.
I never realized there was a written guide for this.
I just posted a video yesterday on how to debrand, unroot, and then update via kies.
Thus going from any custom kernel/rom theme etc.. to:
JPU, JPY then updating your version via KIES to JVO - good for warranty purposes.
thanks for this guide
Thanks for this guide. I was on JVO (samfirmware) and wanted to downgrade to get the official latest version installed later.
It didn't fully work for me but eventually got it working.
After having flashed from JPU to JPY Kies detected the phone (did not on JPU). However, it said there is no newer firmware version available.
So I flashed I9000XXJQ3_XXJPY_DBTJS2\PDA_JQ3.tar.md5 as PDA and I9000XXJQ3_XXJPY_DBTJS2\CSC_DBT_JS2.tar.md5 as CSC which I got from samfirmware (these were the versions I used to have on my SGS originally from Kies when I was still on 2.2.1).
*edit April 2012:*
had to downgrade again and went same procedure. However, couldn't remember whether I also flashed "phone". So this time I also added I9000XXJQ3_XXJPY_DBTJS2\PHONE_JPY.tar.md5 as PHONE in addition to the files I listed above as well as I ticked re-partition and added the same pit file I used on the first two flashes.
Afterwards, Kies detected the phone and offered the upgrade. Did that and now it has PDA: JVI, PHONE: JVO, CSC: JV2 (DBT)
*edit end*
cookm75 said:
The JPU firmware will then be installed onto the phone, it will take a few minutes and the phone will reboot.
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How long is a "few minutes"? Odin has been at the following stage for just over half an hour now...
<ID:0/011> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/011> Initialzation..
<ID:0/011> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/011> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
My phone doesn't appear to be doing anything and just has the yellow/luminous green android figure digging with "Downloading..." beneath it and "Do not turn off Target!!!" showing on the screen.
Should it be taking this long?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S I9000 that was on GB 2.3.4, but due to excessive battery draining, and the phone locking up on a black screen with the only way to recover being to remove battery, it was suggested to me at Carphone Warehouse to try flashing it back to Froyo.
No I had the same issue. From what I understand if there are no file names under the do not turn off target line and no blue progress bar on the phone then you waited too long from connection to flashing. Get everything ready and then connect the phone and start.
Nothing has been done yet at the stage you mention.
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Just pull out the battery, boot into download mode again and try flashing once more, it will pass successfully this time.
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Thank you both gfacer & Lunchbox115.
I have now successfully flashed my phone with Froyo and then re-upgraded to Gingerbread through Kies.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the problems my phone was having have now been solved.
thanks, very useful information.
This may be a dumb question, but anyway... Does this whole thing works for samsung galaxy mini? If yes, do you need to unroot it if you already have it rooted.
I had flashed my I9000 with stocked xxjpu. my location is India, and I could have used ddjp6 or something. Now, once I flashed my phone, Kies does not connect to it. It shows in connecting mode and stays there forever.
Workaround tried:
I tried the fix with SGStool but not working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872874
Please help me to get Kies connected so that i can upgrade my phone to I9000DDJV6.Official Gingerbread released in India through Kies
For Kies to conect you need to be on you stock firmware.
I find Odin and custom Rom's much better then stock firmware, and Kies. But that's just me
Hello i wanted to update my phone via kies but unable to i have flashed back to stock but kies tells me the upgrade is not for my phone and sometimes it says kies cant update software etc. any way to sort this
Okay. So I had to sell my mums SGS because we needed the money, but before i sold it, I had made a backup of the rom via CWM.
NOTE>the phone was on 2.3.5
So anyways. I bought another SGS for her the other week running 2.3.3 and i havent been able to get kies to load up on my pc so i can update it to 2.3.5. I've searched all over google and youtube. used all methods however, when i click kies, i just get a loading circle on my pc(Windows7) and then the circle stops. Kies never opens. I've reinstalled but it still won't open.
When i go into settings/aboutphone/updatephone. it says theres no update for it when it's clearly running 2.3.3
I wanna restore my mums phone with the backup however i can't update my phone to 2.3.5 to do so.
Note' I havent been able to find any versions of kies to see if they'd work
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try to flash stock rom via odin.............................
agree with ^, try flashing from begining.. there are many of tutorials on xda. u can try development section goodluck
MattyOnXperiaX10 said:
Okay. So I had to sell my mums SGS because we needed the money, but before i sold it, I had made a backup of the rom via CWM.
NOTE>the phone was on 2.3.5
So anyways. I bought another SGS for her the other week running 2.3.3 and i havent been able to get kies to load up on my pc so i can update it to 2.3.5. I've searched all over google and youtube. used all methods however, when i click kies, i just get a loading circle on my pc(Windows7) and then the circle stops. Kies never opens. I've reinstalled but it still won't open.
When i go into settings/aboutphone/updatephone. it says theres no update for it when it's clearly running 2.3.3
I wanna restore my mums phone with the backup however i can't update my phone to 2.3.5 to do so.
Note' I havent been able to find any versions of kies to see if they'd work
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Okay , first go to sammobile.com and register go to firmwares and smartphones , android, GT-I9000 select your region and look for android 2.3.5 download then download Odin and unzip the firmware , you have PDA or CODE Phone or MODEM and CSC and pit file put your phone in download mode by turning it off then press the down volume button and the home button and the power button at the same time open Odin and connect your phone vi USB cable and press the pit and select the pit file then PDA and select the PDA or Code file then Phone and select Phone or Modem after that CSC then press start your phone will flash and you are on android 2.3.5 )
Thanks guys, I'll try this tonight
Hi folks,
this evening i connected my S4A to my Mac and Kies told me there was an update and i decided to let Kies do what Kies can do (what seemed to be a _big_ failure). Kies messed up while uploading the new firmware to the device after just a couple of percent. After a reboot I now see a screen telling me: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I tried an 'recovery mode' with the recovery-code Kies provided. But this gets also stuck at just a few percent.
My next try was to use Odin with the approriate firmware i managed to download after somer hours (man - some servers are really slow theses days) but then i got the message about a missing PIT. =/
Does anyone have an idea of how i should continue from here on?
Regards,
Skavaer
skavaer said:
Hi folks,
this evening i connected my S4A to my Mac and Kies told me there was an update and i decided to let Kies do what Kies can do (what seemed to be a _big_ failure). Kies messed up while uploading the new firmware to the device after just a couple of percent. After a reboot I now see a screen telling me: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I tried an 'recovery mode' with the recovery-code Kies provided. But this gets also stuck at just a few percent.
My next try was to use Odin with the approriate firmware i managed to download after somer hours (man - some servers are really slow theses days) but then i got the message about a missing PIT. =/
Does anyone have an idea of how i should continue from here on?
Regards,
Skavaer
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Can you get into download mode at all? And why Kies? Is that all you have is Mac? I would say if you can get into download at all and have access to a windows device to Odin back to stock MF1. Sorry about your luck though
lances1027 said:
Can you get into download mode at all? And why Kies? Is that all you have is Mac? I would say if you can get into download at all and have access to a windows device to Odin back to stock MF1. Sorry about your luck though
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I can get into download mode and I already tried with Odin in a VirtualBoxed Win7 with the current FW .. (Odin in a VirtualBoxed Win7 to me usually works fine) .. but Odin wanted a PIT.
Why Kies? In my naivity I didn't even in my dreams thought Kies could mess up this bad =/.
Now my dumb question: where can I get a (3-part) stock MF1? Aunt Google was not helpfull.
EDIT: It finally worked - I just had to use the original USB-Cable ..
Good news there! Its amazing how much the cable can make a difference
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Is there an update? Kies is telling me it does not support an update for my current version (MF3)
skavaer said:
Hi folks,
this evening i connected my S4A to my Mac and Kies told me there was an update and i decided to let Kies do what Kies can do (what seemed to be a _big_ failure). Kies messed up while uploading the new firmware to the device after just a couple of percent. After a reboot I now see a screen telling me: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I tried an 'recovery mode' with the recovery-code Kies provided. But this gets also stuck at just a few percent.
My next try was to use Odin with the approriate firmware i managed to download after somer hours (man - some servers are really slow theses days) but then i got the message about a missing PIT. =/
Does anyone have an idea of how i should continue from here on?
Regards,
Skavaer
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Exactly the same happened to me. I managed to return to previous state by flashing stock ROM i9295XXUBMK3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2401301
However my issues with no sound and random reboots remain. How annoying it is to reboot phone once or twice everytime you want to make a phone call. And byebye receiving phonecalls.. If anyone knows solution to this, I'd be glad to try it.