Steps to Upgrade Samsung Galaxy S to Android v2.3 Gingerbread

Steps to Upgrade Samsung Galaxy S to Android v2.3 Gingerbread

Samsung Galaxy S is mostly officially released with the operating system of Android v2.2 Froyo. However, on its latest development Samsung has made their product to be able to upgrade its operating system into the latest and supported devices.

Here are some steps to upgrade samsung Galaxy S OS Android v2.2 Froyo into Android v2.3 Gingerbread. Please follow the instruction below carefully to avoid any damages.

The first things you must do:

1. Your phone must be rooted
2. Your /data must be converted to EXT4 by the Voodoo lagfix
3. Complete backups are recommended before you attempt this
4. You must have Busybox

Downloads these files, below:

1. CM7.tar.gz
2. nsonsgs-unsigned-cwm-update.zip

Steps to Install Android 2.3 on Galaxy S:

1. Copy the file CM7.tar.gz on your SD card
2. Run these commands

adb shell
su
cd /data
mkdir gingerbread
cd gingerbread
busybox tar zxvf /sdcard/system-dump-as-root.tar.gz
mkdir data
busybox cp -a /efs efs
sync
reboot recovery

3. Unzip nsonsgs.tar.zip to nonsgs.tar
4. Flash nsonsgs-unsigned-cwm-update.zip via CWM recovery.

Congratulation, your Samsung Galaxy S should now be running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

To revert back to Froyo, just flash your Froyo ROM back using ODIN. It must support the EXT4 FS.

Tutorial source: pathikshah.com

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