subject: Tips On How To Update Samsung Galaxy S2 To Android 4.0 [print this page] To upgrade manually the software of your existing Galaxy S2 to Android ICS, then you may have to pay attention to the below guideline about how to update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.0. This step-by-step guideline may be useful for people that own the unlocked device or perhaps who has not received the update from the vendor or carrier. Thus, lets take particular notice at the below tutorial on how to update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.0 on your own.
There are actually a few things that you'll need to do before we begin with this guidance on how to update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.0 namely you must prepare the smartphone for sure, Windows PC, cable data and USB driver. Be sure that the smartphone has at least 70 percents of power and you will also need to remove the Samsung Kies program if you have previously installed it on your PC. This can be a necessarily thing to do as that application can interfere the upgrade process. You will also have to download the XWLP2 firmware (430 MB) and the Odin3 software (415 KB).
Once you've downloaded the above important softwares, you're now ready to upgrade the handset. First of all, set up the USB driver and Odin3 on your desktop and extract the XWLP2 firmware which will contain 2 files namely file.tar.md5 and SS_DL.dll. Next, restart the Galaxy S2 and then switch the device to the Download Mode. To activate this mode you can easily press the Home, Volume and Power buttons all at once, if you see the Warning! alert on the screen then it signifies that the Download Mode has been properly turned on.
Next, connect your own phone to PC with the USB cable data and launch the Odin3 application. If you've properly connected the device to desktop, there'll be the Added! notification on the bottom left section of this app. In case you dont notice this alert, you need to check the cable data and make sure that it works properly. Next, click on the PDA tab on Odin3 and pick the file.tar.md5. After that, press the Start button to start flashing the firmware (updating the operating system). If this operation has been successful, you will notice that the handset will immediately reboot. Additionally, you'll see the information on the top left section of the program that tells the installation process has successfully finished.
Lastly, you can detach the phone immediately after you've seen the Samsungs welcome screen. Only for the tips, make sure not to modify any configuration on the Odin3 application before or after the installation process. Ideally, after you are looking over this simple guideline on how to update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.0, you'll be able to perform this operation by yourself and you'll not need to wait any longer to taste this Ice Cream Sandwich on your handset.
