If you are the owner of Samsung Galaxy S GT I9000 and waiting for upgrade,then you are at the right place to get easy steps to upgrade. Please make sure that this is not a official release by Samsung . This upgrade is developed by AOSP, So because of Samsung is not going to release further upgrade so we provide custom upgrade for user. Here follow the easy steps given below to upgrade your Samsung Galaxy S GT I9000 to Jellybean 4.2 AOSP Firmware.
Important Note: This Firmware for Galaxy S GT I9000 is taken from a very reliable developer from XDA Forum and is completely safe to install on your device.Yet we would advice you to go for this upgrade at your own risk as neither this site nor the author can be held responsible for any problem in upgradation such as bricking of Device. However, this happens only in rare cases.Also you would lose warranty of the hardware(if any) after upgrade.
To make it easier for Galaxy S GT I9000 users to upgrade your device, the entire upgradation process has been divided into two easy to understand parts:
- Pre-Upgardation Steps.
- Final Upgradation Steps.
Please follow all the steps with extra care and donot miss even a single step.
Pre-Upgradation Steps for Galaxy S GT I9000
- First of all make sure that your device is Galaxy S GT I9000(Check at Settings> About ). Don’t try to run this upgrade on any other version.
- We would advice the users to first take a complete backup of the existing ROM by using Nandroid Backup and Restore App.
- Important data such as SMS, Contacts etc.can also be backed-up on PC or any other device .
- Also make sure that your Galaxy S GT I9000 is at-least 55% charged as the upgrade will be done on the battery power.
- Next, we would recommend to disable all the anti-virus(if any) which are running on your Device. Also uninstall the Kies package from the computer which will be used to upgrade.
- Now th important step,enable USB Debugging on your Galaxy S GT I9000 (The option available at Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging ).
- With this, your Galaxy S GT I9000 is now ready for upgradation to Jellybean 4.2 AOSP Firmware .
Final Upgradation
- First of all, download the Jellybean 4.2 Firmware Package and Google Apps Package on your Laptop/PC.
- After the download is done, transfer the Zipped folders to the SD card using USB cable.
- Now disconnect you device from PC/Laptop and turn it off (so that it can be started into recovery mode).
- Now the next step requires you to download the ROM Manager app from the PLAY Store on your device.
- Then open the ROM manager App in your Galaxy S GT I9000 and select the option “Flash Clock Work Mod Recovery“.
- Your device will now boot in recovery mode. If it is not, try repeating the above steps.
- Now in the recovery mode, Select “Wipe data/factory reset” >> “Wipe Cache partition”.
- Then select “install zip from sd card” >> “choose zip from internal sd card”.
- Then select the zipped folder(first ROM, then Google Apps) you’ve downloaded and your device will start upgrading.
- After the upgrade is completed, just restart your cellphone.
With this, you’ve successfully upgraded to Jellybean 4.2 AOSP Firmware. Enjoy your Galaxy S GT I9000 with more efficiency. If you face any issues during upgradation, feel free to ask us in the form of comments below.
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