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[Guide]Upgrade SGS I9000 to 2.3.6 (Value Pack) & Root It

Hey Users,
Heres a guide for upgrading to 2.3.6 form any firmware..This guide is ONLY for SGS GT-I9000..
This guide can also be used if your phone has a boot loop and you cannot access CWM Recovery..(Provided your Phone Boots atleast to "Galaxy S GT-I9000" & Download mode)
Note:
1.Phone must have atleast 60% Battery
2.Take Backup of all your phone data like contacts,etc. as this process will factory reset your phone
--Plus take imp data from your Internal SD Card(for safety)
Take backups by using 3rd party apps like Astro for Apps,SMS Backup & Restore for SMS,ETC.
3.Enable USB Debugging (IMPORTANT)
--Goto Settings->Application->Development->Turn On USB Debugging
4.If your phone is being connected to the PC for the first time (in Download mode), then make sure that it installs all the drivers
Downloads:
1.Android 2.3.6 Value Pack from here(password: samfirmware.com)
2.Root File from here or here
3.USB Drivers form here(This Is Optional if it is already installed by your phone, else you need to download it and install it)
4.PIT file form here
Steps:
To Upgrade:
Once the download is complete, extract the files in one place
1.Run Odin3 and add the files as follows:
--PIT: Put the PIT File,
--PDA: Put the Code File,
--Phone: Put the Modem File,
--CSC: Put the CSC File,
--(IMAGE ATTACHED BELOW :1)--
2.Put your SGS to download mode. Do so by 3-Button Combo..
--Volume Down+Home (Center) Button+Power Button
Press and hold it till you see "Download" (Attached Image :3)
And then connect it to your system for odin to recognise it, make sure there is the a yellow box in "ID:COM" (Shown in Image :1)
If its not recognising make sure the drivers are installed..If the are then try other versions of odin3(Also attached with 2.3.6 File)..
3.Hit the start button and wait for some time..
Remember IF there is no progress for 5 mins or so, disconnect your phone and try it again..and also use different odin versions (Also attached with 2.3.6 File)
The phone will automatically reboot..The first reboot make take 5~10 minutes..
To Root:
1.Run Odin from the downloaded file and add only 1 file
--PDA:Put the CF-Root file that you just downloaded
--(Image Attached :2)--
2.Attached the phone in Download mode (As Mentioned Earlier)
--wait for it to be recognised by odin..
3.Hit the start button and wait for a few seconds
The phone will automatically reboot..After reboot check if Superuser application is there with other 2 new applications on your phone (As a System file i.e; you cannot delete this application)
(This checks if your phone is rooted or not)
Enjoy
Edit:I have requested the moderator..and i apologize for the same..

Please move it to general section.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk 2

Not again,why do you keep on posting in dev section?

I'm sry but WAT'S THE PASSWORD!!! for first zip?

Tchindalia:
1. Start reading stickies
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20056581
2. As a consequence of understanding 1.)
Tell moderator you have posted in wrong section (Dev) when the right place would be (General).
3. If not 2.)
You will probably get reported.
I would recommend reading Ramads thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14273101
instead of yours. He has already answered the questions people are going to ask here.

Plz the Root file , the link doesn't work with me
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app

AFAIK everyone here is aware of this procedure. Pls post such threads in the General section

Hi everybody
Ive just wanted to extract the zip files , so i nedded the PASSWORD, Can anybody please help me

I need the pit file , it's not included in Rom files

hello
saw man said:
I need the pit file , it's not included in Rom files
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I've tried all of the above but my device was stuck before I could check USB debugging.
So I got a Fail while trying to flash.
The eroor on Odin 3.1 is Can't open the serial(COM) port.
Can you help, please?
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tchindalia said:
Hey Users,
Heres a guide for upgrading to 2.3.6 form any firmware..This guide is ONLY for SGS GT-I9000..
This guide can also be used if your phone has a boot loop and you cannot access CWM Recovery..(Provided your Phone Boots atleast to "Galaxy S GT-I9000" & Download mode)
Note:
1.Phone must have atleast 60% Battery
2.Take Backup of all your phone data like contacts,etc. as this process will factory reset your phone
--Plus take imp data from your Internal SD Card(for safety)
Take backups by using 3rd party apps like Astro for Apps,SMS Backup & Restore for SMS,ETC.
3.Enable USB Debugging (IMPORTANT)
--Goto Settings->Application->Development->Turn On USB Debugging
4.If your phone is being connected to the PC for the first time (in Download mode), then make sure that it installs all the drivers
Downloads:
1.Android 2.3.6 Value Pack from here(password: samfirmware.com)
2.Root File from here or here
3.USB Drivers form here(This Is Optional if it is already installed by your phone, else you need to download it and install it)
4.PIT file form here
Steps:
To Upgrade:
Once the download is complete, extract the files in one place
1.Run Odin3 and add the files as follows:
--PIT: Put the PIT File,
--PDA: Put the Code File,
--Phone: Put the Modem File,
--CSC: Put the CSC File,
--(IMAGE ATTACHED BELOW :1)--
2.Put your SGS to download mode. Do so by 3-Button Combo..
--Volume Down+Home (Center) Button+Power Button
Press and hold it till you see "Download" (Attached Image :3)
And then connect it to your system for odin to recognise it, make sure there is the a yellow box in "ID:COM" (Shown in Image :1)
If its not recognising make sure the drivers are installed..If the are then try other versions of odin3(Also attached with 2.3.6 File)..
3.Hit the start button and wait for some time..
Remember IF there is no progress for 5 mins or so, disconnect your phone and try it again..and also use different odin versions (Also attached with 2.3.6 File)
The phone will automatically reboot..The first reboot make take 5~10 minutes..
To Root:
1.Run Odin from the downloaded file and add only 1 file
--PDA:Put the CF-Root file that you just downloaded
--(Image Attached :2)--
2.Attached the phone in Download mode (As Mentioned Earlier)
--wait for it to be recognised by odin..
3.Hit the start button and wait for a few seconds
The phone will automatically reboot..After reboot check if Superuser application is there with other 2 new applications on your phone (As a System file i.e; you cannot delete this application)
(This checks if your phone is rooted or not)
Enjoy
Edit:I have requested the moderator..and i apologize for the same..
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I've tried all of the above but my device was stuck before I could check USB debugging.
So I got a Fail while trying to flash.
The eroor on Odin 3.1 is Can't open the serial(COM) port.
Can you help, please?

Its your second post in wrong section.
And there are lots of such guides already there in this forum so whats new in your?

this is the guide I've used to root my i9000 3 weeks ago. Just had to get Odin 1.7 by searching on Google. Thank you !

thnx.... for the links ...

how can i update to ics ?

Thank you tchindalia

Can I flash this to my hunagrian (PANJV2) device? In other words, can I flash firmware other than Hungarian to my Hungarian phone?

Anteino said:
Can I flash this to my hunagrian (PANJV2) device? In other words, can I flash firmware other than Hungarian to my Hungarian phone?
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yes, you can flash any firmware to it, 90%+ of firmwares have Hungarian language in them

Excelsior!
Thanks very much for this guide, it was quite clear cut and helpful. Only things I mention incase anyone else has similar issues; getting the installer for the Samsung drivers to work on W8 took many clicks and admin access and I had to track down Odin 1.7 for it to work.
Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 2.2 -> 2.3.6

thank you for the excellent post. breathed new life in my old phone

Thank you!
Your guide helped me . And the phone is much faster and smoother with this value pack. Also I got more free RAM .

Galaxy S3 i9300 Unbrick [restore to stock rom] [noobs][easy]

Hi guys! This is a noob-proof guide on how to flash stock samsung firmware on your i9300. Whether you have bricked it or just want the stock firmware back. Here's how to do it (detailed explaination)
WARNING! : This is only for the GT i9300 (international version) , Check your device before proceeding. Also you might lose all your data. So backup! i am not responsible if you brick your phone(although very unlikely) by not following the guide properly
Also you will lose your custom recovery, Custom ROM and will not longer have root
Ok lets begin!
1. Make sure you have the samsung drivers installed on your pc (http://bit.ly/SDaIIE)
2. Your device should have at least 80% battery left
3. Enable USB Debugging by going to Settings>Developer Options>Tick the Usb debugging tick box!
Files needed :
1. Android 4.1.2 I9300XXEMA1 for Galaxy S3 I9300 - http://bit.ly/10vkxdj
2. Odin 3.07 - http://bit.ly/16aRzF4
Extract The firmware Zip file until you get a file with a .tar extension and some other files. Do not extract furthur
Extract odin zip file till you get Odin3 v3.07.exe
Now here comes the actual flashing part
1. Power off your smartphone. Wait 5-6 seconds for vibration to confirm complete switch off.
2. Now, get into Download Mode by pressing and holding Volume Down, Home and Power button simultaneously until Samsung Galaxy logo appears in phone screen. Wait few seconds and your phone will be in download mode.
3.Open odin as administrator and connect your s3 to your computer with usb cable
4. You will get a message "Added" in the message box in odin and You should also see COM port with a number in Yellow if you successfully added your device.
if you don't get this , try another usb port.. if it still doesn't come , reinstall drivers.
5. Select these files from I9300XXEMA1 folder in Odin at respective buttons:
Click the PDA Button, and select the .tar.md5 file here with *code* appearing in its name
Click the Phone Button, and select file with *modem* in its name (leave if there is no such file)
Click the CSC Button, and select file with *csc* in its name (leave if there is no such file)
Click the PIT Button, and select the .pit file. Use only if you got it while extracting , otherwise ignore it.
6. make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checkboxes are selected. Also, make sure that Re-Partition checkbox is selected, only if you are using a .pit file
7. Double check everything above and hit start!
8. once flashing is complete the phone will reboot automatically and soon you will see a PASS message with green background in the left-most box at the very top of the Odin. You can then unplug the USB cable to disconnect your device from computer.
congratz , you have just restored your i9300!
If this has helped you make sure to hit the thanks button!

what have you developed?

We already know Odin, and this doesn't UNBRICK anything
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

This is so worthy of development thread. ...:banghead:
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

Helpful post to some,,,,,however the unbrick part is misleading as all this does is flash a stock ROM.

Only soft brick... like any other Samsung device.

Reported not development plus we have all this information already posted .
OP is splattering this post all over the forum .
jje

[GUIDE] Recover Samsung Device from Bootloop or Back to Stock Rom

I wanna share my knowledge here
Learning from my experience using Samsung's devices, I found similarities in the way of reversing Samsung devices to stock rom.
So this guide should be practice for almost all Samsung devices
Ok, let's get started
First, download all these stuff
1. Samsung USB Driver or go to this Thread (install it)
2. Samsung Kies (install it)
3. Odin v.4xx or Odin v1-3 or go to this Thread (just open when need it)
4. And of course your stock rom
Download from here (choose the right stock rom and the newest depend on your model)
5. Extract the stock rom using winrar/7zip
-you should 3 files PDA_xx.tar.md5, Phone/Modem_xx.tar.md5 and CSC_xx.tar.md5 or more
-If you have just two files, .xxxx.tar.md5 & SS_DL.dll, i'll give it the guide too
Second, Go to download mode
- For device with Menu button : hold power button+menu button+volume down (vol -)
- For device without Menu button : hold power button+volume down (vol -)
For the 3 Files or more
- Go to download mode
- Plug your device to PC/Laptop
- Open Odin
- Choose PDA (browse it from your extracted stock rom)
- Choose phone/modem (browse it from your extracted stock rom)
- CSC (browse it from your extracted stock rom)
- If there's more files, just put it on the same box of the files names
- Check list auto reboot and f.reset time(look at the left)
- Click start and wait
- If success, should be writen "PASS" on left side
For 2 files only
- Go to download mode
- Plug your device to PC/Laptop
- Open Odin
- Just choose PDA and browse it the file(forget about SS_DL.dll or XX.dll file)
- Check list auto reboot and f.reset time(look at the left)
- Click start and wait
- If success, should be writen "PASS" on left side
If there's something miss or wrong, please tell me, I'll fix it this ASAP
And Let's helping people

Grand uses Odin 3.04/3.07 only.
Sent from my GT-I9082 using Tapatalk

[Q] Little help with my S4 please!

So i have a rooted galaxy S4, it also has a flashed rom on it (its an s4 rom but was manually flashed due to a few problems)
So I was wondering, is there any way for me to unroot my phone, but also reset everything else (I mean the flashed rom etc back to normal..., and just have my S4 like I just bought it?)
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
-Eddie

in order to reflash the original rom you had, you need to have some former-flash informations:
-Android version you had before the flash
-Country of origin of the rom (not really important but if you want it really as you had it from factory you need this information)
Now what you need to do is to activate usb debugging from parameters : (Plus -> about device -> tap 8 times on baseband version, it will tell you that developper mod is activated, back to menu, tap developper options, tick usb debugging)
You need to download Odin 3.07 or whatever (i advice you use this one.)
and download the firmware you exactly want from sammobile (Warning, choose the exact model device you have)
then you need to factory reset your phone (via recovery)
now shut down your phone, put it on download mod (down volume + home button + power button)
press up, open odin on your computer then plug your phone to the computer. wait until your phone is detected in odin (a blue com will appear on odin). if your phone is not recognized, install usb drivers (google it) and turn off kies.
now extract the firmware you downloaded from sammobile, you will have a .tar.md5 file, click on pda, (or ap if newer odin version), then choose the file (it will take a long time to charge, if you don't want to wait, you can rename the .tar.md5 file to just .tar)
Click start and wait until "pass!" appears on odin.
That is all.

Filous11 said:
in order to reflash the original rom you had, you need to have some former-flash informations:
-Android version you had before the flash
-Country of origin of the rom (not really important but if you want it really as you had it from factory you need this information)
Now what you need to do is to activate usb debugging from parameters : (Plus -> about device -> tap 8 times on baseband version, it will tell you that developper mod is activated, back to menu, tap developper options, tick usb debugging)
You need to download Odin 3.07 or whatever (i advice you use this one.)
and download the firmware you exactly want from sammobile (Warning, choose the exact model device you have)
then you need to factory reset your phone (via recovery)
now shut down your phone, put it on download mod (down volume + home button + power button)
press up, open odin on your computer then plug your phone to the computer. wait until your phone is detected in odin (a blue com will appear on odin). if your phone is not recognized, install usb drivers (google it) and turn off kies.
now extract the firmware you downloaded from sammobile, you will have a .tar.md5 file, click on pda, (or ap if newer odin version), then choose the file (it will take a long time to charge, if you don't want to wait, you can rename the .tar.md5 file to just .tar)
Click start and wait until "pass!" appears on odin.
That is all.
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Downloaded the correct ROM of sammobile. Can't try at the moment in school right now!
But thanks for the great reply, I'll do it when I get home and let you know how it goes

How to install S4 Mini firware in to a rooted device!

Hey guys! I don't know if anyone else uses Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini today. But I had to install a firmware in the model GT-I9190! This should have been easy enough, but for me it was a little more complicated. I searched for hours for a good firmware. And finally I found one compatible with my region. (Europe).
If anyone else needs to do this. I will offer here the simplest and easiest way to install firmware in Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9190.
Here is what you need to successfully install:
1. Laptop or PC
2. USB cable
3. SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile: developer.samsung.com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows[/url]
4. Odin 3.09 or higher - odindownload.com/Samsung-Odin/#.XWLDG3tDP4Z[/url]
5. Firmware for your phone: samfrew.com/download/GALAXY__S4__mini__/ie59/SER/I9190XXSCQA2/I9190QERCOD1/[/url] (01.10.2017 multi languages)
samfrew.com/download/Galaxy__S4__Mini__/v050/SER/I9190XXUCOC1/I9190QERCOD1/[/url] (27.03.2015 multi languages)
-First of all you have to download and install SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile and Odin on your computer.
-Download the firmware for your phone into a folder and unzip it.
- Open Odin: right click, runs as Administrator.
- Select only two options in Odin: Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time
- Turn OFF the phone and Power On in Download Mode: (Download Mode: Volume Down button + Home Button + Power On Button, at the same time)
- If the phone started with the android logo now, push volume up once to enter download mode
- Now connect the phone to the computer in download mode.
- In the left corner in the text box it must be written: <ID:0/006> Added!!
- Now press the AD button and select the firmware from the folder where it was unzipped.
- If all went well. Then press start button and wait for Odin to do the job. This may take several minutes.
- When everything is ready in the first box on the left side you will need to see PASS
- That's all. Enjoyed your phone