Upgrade the Samsung Galaxy S to Android 2.3.6

Samsung GT-I9000 Galaxy S owners who have rooted their phones can now upgrade their phones to the latest update of Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread build XWJVZ. This firmware update fixes several bugs in the earlier version of Gingerbread for Galaxy S (such as errors, that to warm up the phone when the user games that play heavily on graphics causes). The installation of the firmware updates are encouraged to get rid of many of the errors in the earlier version. If you want to find out how you want to install the latest version, read on and see the instructions below.

Above all else, a few words of caution. This update is not the official firmware released from Samsung. After you install this update on your phone, it will not let you use Samsung gravel. Instead, you are flashing with Odin tool.

This update is also a global update, it means that anyone can install it with a Samsung GT-I9000 Galaxy this update. You should not use this update to devices that are network-locked.

Preparations

Before we go to the installation, note the pre-upgrade requirements:

Download XWJVZ Gingerbread 2.3.6 firmware update files on your computer. Download the zip file here. It provides the tools and files used to update the phone.
Get your mobile phone data is backed up because it is a very high probability that your data is in the process of updating the phone's firmware will be erased. Phone data, you may wish to secure the notes, messages, contacts, call history, files and Internet and MMS settings.
Enable USB debugging on the handset. You can by making the "Settings> Applications> Development> USB Debugging".
Close all security programs, firewall tools, and (close to go to Task Manager) Samsung gravel on your computer. These programs can interrupt the firmware update.

Firmware Updating Instructions

Here are the steps to update your Galaxy S on Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread build XWJVZ:

Unzip the firmware update files from GalaxyS_I9000_XWJVZ_2.3.6.zip in a temporary folder on your PC. Run the flash utility Odin, who is in the folder.

Make your mobile phone.

Start reducing your phone by pressing the OK button, Volume + button together, and while it is down to the download, press the power button.Was started after the cell phone into download mode, connect it to your computer via USB cable. Make sure that Odin is still running.
    The program updates the driver and Odin windows show a current ID: COM-field (yellow). If the ID: COM-Field Act does not turn yellow no.
    Fill out the following options in Odin as:
        Pit - s1_odin_20100512.pit
        PDA - CODE_I9000XWJVZ_CL762604_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5,
        CSC - GT-I9000-CSC-HOME-MULTI-OXAJVT.tar.md5,
        Phone - MODEM_I9000XXJVT_REV_00_CL1064602.tar.md5
    Click the Start button in Odin, start the firmware update. Wait a few minutes to complete the update.
    The phone must be restarted after the update. You must then verify that the update was successful by going to "Applications> Settings> About Phone" and see if the phone's firmware version "2.3.6 XWJVZ Gingerbread" shows.
    If you experience problems force close after installing the update, you can try to reset to factory settings and delete the cache in recovery mode. Here's how it can be done:
        Turn off the phone.
        Press and hold both Volume Up + OK button and hold, press the power button.
        The phone is to boot into recovery mode.
        The Recovery menu, select "Wipe data / factory reset" and then "Wipe cache partition."
        Start your device in normal mode by selecting "Restart the system now."
If it breaks during the software update, you must do it from scratch, meaning you must start the process over again until you are good to do. And if you're already finished with the update, you can remember the data you backed up earlier.

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