Here is good news for all Samsung
Galaxy SL (GT-I9003) owners of India! After the announcement of Ice-cream
Sandwich with Google Nexus, Samsung launched Galaxy Note. The most anticipated
upgrade to Gingerbread for Samsung Smartphone is now available in India. Now
you can upgrade your Samsung Galaxy SL to Gingerbread 2.3.5. You can upgrade
your phone by two ways- either by visiting Samsung Service Center or upgrade it
using your PC. And if you are a person who don't like to go to service center
here are some simple steps for upgrading.
First of all you need to have latest
version of Samsung Kies. It can be downloaded from Samsung's official website.
Please make sure you are using latest version i.e. 2.1.0.11095_121.Because if
you are using the earlier version you may not be able to upgrade.
Here is the simple
guide to upgrade your phone to latest firmware.
Before you start upgrading.....
- Please ensure your battery level is more than 70% You can check your battery level through Menu>> Settings>> About phone>> Status
- You
can check your current Firmware version through Menu>> Settings>>
About
- Don’t forget to take back-up of your data as it may flash your phone storage while upgrading
- Don't disconnect the phone from PC until upgrade is complete
- Don't press any button during upgrade process
- Have patience since upgrade can take 5 to 30 minutes, but it can take longer depending on your internet connection speed
Here
we go for upgrading your Samsung Galaxy SL to Gingerbread 2.3.5
- Connect
your phone to PC and open Kies. As soon as Kies starts, it will give pop-up
showing “A new firmware version is available”. Click on the ‘Update’ button.
- It will show warning. Select ‘Allow saving’ radio button and click on ‘Start Upgrade’ button
- It will start downloading files for firmware upgrade.
Have patience because this process may take long time varying with your
internet speed.
- After downloading Firmware upgrade components, it will download files for upgrading
- After it downloads all the files it will start installation of Gingerbread 2.3.5 on your Samsung Galaxy SL. During this process you can see yellow triangle on your phone. It will take two minutes to install. Phone will restart automatically. Now, you have Gingerbread 2.3.5!
- You can check your firmware version through Menu>>
Settings>> About phone
