![]() Check if you have all the necessary files:.Uncompress the downloaded firmware package, in my case -> OK – 2.2 – FROYO – BRASIL SEM OPERADORA.rar.These are specific to Brazil (or Latin America) region and has firmwares to Brazilian operators.įor this tutorial I’m using Froyo 2.2 (Operator Free):.The website requires login but it’s 100% free.Here are two options to download firmwares: I’ll stick with the “original” ones and since I’m in Brazil, my device has digital TV so I need to use a GT-I9000 B firmware. Some of them claims to be original ones from operators and some others modified/hacked versions with extra functionalities. You have many options over the web to obtain different versions of Android. To flash your device you must obtain the firmware version that you’ll apply. Using the GUI version I’ve got some strange behaviours and some times the GUI just said that Flash happened without any processing. You can grab heimdall packages for Ubuntu from their website -> įor this tutorial I’m using Heimdall 1.1.1 command line tool. It has ports for Mac OSX, Linux and even Windows, although most of the Windows users prefer to use Odin to flash their devices or even Samsung Kies. Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite used to flash firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy S devices. HeimdallĪccording to their website, here is a description: Please check samfirmware website to download. UPDATE – The same procedure works with Android 2.3.3 ( Gingerbread) firmware. It’s a very stable procedure but $hit happens. Please Note: These steps worked for me but it’s possible that will not work for you. For my surprise, there are some options to accomplish that and I’ll explain the one that worked for me. ![]() In fact, for about 5 months already… But my phone shipped with ECLAIR version of Android (2.1) and since I’m an Ubuntu user, I would find a way to flash my device and update my firmware to FROYO without Window$ / VirtualBox traditional approach. As some of my friends know, I am now a happy Android user.
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