How to Update Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL to Gingerbread

There are only two regions for now who can update Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL to Gingerbread via Kies its only Europe and Russia but with the help of some other virtual friends and some blog like this its now been pass thru some people who has knowledge in Android Flashing.. I am not good in flashing and actually it is my 1st time to have a Android Phone as i said earlier...

Just a tip for a newbie like me:
1. Please be sure of what you are doing.
2. Read Instruction carefully
3. If you dont sure what you're doing, please dont hesitate to ask to some experience person.
4. Please be guided of the Instruction always.
5. And Lastly if you failed to do so, do not hesitate to go to Service Center near you.. :)

Disclaimer: I am not responsible when you brick your device. just want to help you and share my experience with you.

Lets Start:

You will need:
      *A Computer (Laptop/Personal Computer) with Windows Operating System
      *A Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL
      *A mini USB cord (its in the box of your phone)
      *And a strong heart :)

1st you will need to download a Firmware for Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL to samfirmware
you will need to make an account for you to download an exact firmware for our phone.
then put your cursor to the TOOLBOX > FIRMWARE > FW ANDROID > then look for our phone below.
This is the exact picture of the firmwares that we have:

 

You can see that we have 2.2.1 and 2.3.4.

The 2.2.1 is an Froyo Firmware and the 2.3.4 is an Gingerbread Firmware.

You will need to download only 1 firmware and the most usable firmware that we have now is the XXKPH but you will need to flash the XXKPE twice before you can Flash XXKPH because of some bugs.

Now if you download the XXKPE firmware and extract it you will see odin.exe file inside the folder.

open it and you will saw this:

1st you will need to hold your phone and go to download mode:

just turn off your phone and 

*press volume down + home button and follow the powerbutton and wait for android downloadmode to pop out on the phone screen.

*And now get the micro USB and plug it to your phone and to your computer.

*the odin must recognize your phone

*then click repartition

*then click PIT

*look for latona_20110114.pit on the folder of XXKPE.

*the flash

*if done pls pull the USB and your Battery off, 

*then Put the Battery Back

*And Go to download mode Again

*back to odin pls click reset

Now its time to Flash to XXKPE pls put the items Accordingly.

*Click PDA button and select PDA file: example: I9003xxxxx-xxx...-PDA-low-CL890053.tar.md5 

*Click PHONE button and select MODEM file: example MODEM_I9003xxxxx_REV_00_CL889972.tar.md5

*Click CSC button and select CSC file: example: GT-I9003-CSC-xxxxxx.tar.md5 

*Then Flash wait until you see "PASS" on the odin

*Then Just do a factory reset after flash.

this is how to factory reset *2767*3855# type it on the dialer tab

As I said we need to Flash XXKPE Twice so that we wont encounter any bugs

*pls repeat the Flashing

*then do a factory reset again.

Congratulations!!! you now have a Gingerbread ROM!

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How to ROOT Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL

HDisclaimer: if you root your phone, you will also void your warranty.

There are several process and application to root your phone, it is depends on the firmware and application that you have.. In rooting your phone there will be no damaged that you may encounter with your phone and firmware but it is only 99.99% safe.. if you got the 0.01% luck, just prepare for a reflash..

Rooting for all 2.2.1 FROYO Firmware:
you will need:
Superoneclick of latest version
Your i9003 Galaxy SL
Computer with windows OS
your USB cable
Make sure Drivers are Installed for I9003 (Download and install Samsung Kies from samsung website)

After your download, extract the Superoneclick Application
-Open Folder
-And run the .exe application
you will have this

-put your phone in USB debugging mode and connect to your computer
-wait till the application recognize your phone.
-Click ROOT
-and wait till rooting finish
Enjoy Your Rooted Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL 2.2.1 Froyo!


Rooting for your Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL XXKPE Firmware:


How To Install

 1. Install CWM for XXKPE
     - Using odin
     - Turn off your Phone and go to download mode
     - @ Odin click PDA and search for your downloaded CWM for XXKPE
     - Put your phone in USB debugging mode
     - Connect your Phone to your Computer, wait for odin to detect your device
     - and flash
          You now have Clockworkmod for XXKPE Firmware.
2.  Download this >Root_2.3.4.ZIP    and Copy to external_SD
3. Go to the Recovery Mode
  -turn off your phone and press Volume up + home button 1st then press power button and wait till you see the Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL logo and remove home button and powerbutton.
4. Choose "mounts and storage" --> " - mount /system" --> Back --> "install zip from sdcard" --> "choose zip from sdcard" --> Search " - Root.zip" --> " - Yes - Install Root.zip" --> Reboot system now

5. After rebooting enjoy root access.

Congratulations! You have now ROOT your XXKPE Firmware


ROOT your Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL XXKPH and JPKP5 Firmware.


For XXKPH Firmware Download this

For JPKP5 Firmware Download this



- Using odin
     - Turn off your Phone and go to download mode
     - @ Odin click PDA and search for your downloaded CF-Root
     - Put your phone in USB debugging mode
     - Connect your Phone to your Computer, wait for odin to detect your device
     - and flash
          You now have Clockworkmod with root and tweaks for XXKPH and JPKP5 Firmware.

many thanks to Skin1980 and falex007

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How to Deodexed Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL

What is deodexex?
 - deodexing is a process to decompile compiled resources from .odex file and put these resources into .apk file
What is .odex?
 - An odex file is basically a chunk of source code that has already been extracted from the apk and put on /system/. This is done to speed up the first boot of a rom (you know how your first boot takes a long time… that’s while it is extracting all of these dex files) and also to save space on /data/. Our stock Galaxy SL rom comes with this odex files to give you those benefits, however it also prevents us from “hacking” those files and modifying them. This build has taken all those odex files and injected them back in the apk’s. So expect a slower first boot, and more space taken up on /data/, but you get benefits from it such as the vanilla lock screen being fixed and live wallpapers

What you'll need:
A Windows based machine
JDK
ANDROID SDK
XULTIMATE 2.2
And A Rooted I9003

Process:

Put the phone in USB DEBUGGING mode and DON'T PUT THE PHONE IN MASS STORAGE MODE
and connect your phone in your computer.
1. Unzip xUltimate v2.2, and launch "Main.exe"
2. If everything goes well xUlt should recognize the phone and make a connection. You now should see a list of options.
3. Run option 1. After option 1 is done, run option 2.
4. Now these well take a while. Run option 3.
5. IMPORTANT: After you have run option 3
6. Now run option 4, and wait.
7. Exit xUltimate, and put the phone in USB mass storage.
8. Go back into the xUltimate folder and copy "done_frame", and "done_app", and move them to the root of the internal sdcard not in the external sd.
9. Now Put the phone in USB DEBUGGING mode and DON'T PUT THE PHONE IN MASS STORAGE MODE
10. Open a command prompt, and do the following:

CODE:
adb shell
#su
#stop
#mount -o remount rw /system 
#rm /system/app/*.odex
#rm /system/framework/*.odex
#cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
#cp /sdcard/done_frame/* /system/framework/
#mount -o remount ro /system
#reboot



IF YOU DONT HAVE SDK environment:

 if you dont have SDK  environment on your system then dont worry. Insted of SDK simply use adb.exe file which is in the superoneclick folder.
Go into SuperOneClick-->ADB folder. There u will get adb.exe file.

 * Take that whole adb folder & copy it to C drive path (U can keep it anywhere) including other files inside that folder.
Means u will get path of adb file as C:\adb\adb.exe

 * Now enter into command promp.

 * There u will see a path like C:\document and settings> (This path may be different for someone else. Thats not important)

 * This is very impotant step. Simply write there as
cd C:\adb\
Then in next line write adb shell.
 You will see a msg on screen demon started successfully.
then do the CODE above.


-credits to vishal24387, kkrraazzyy and falex007
of xda developers

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