Pleased to be useful .

Just download it and flash it using Odin, I think it’s the easier way to do it ! Kies is made to ugprade, not to downgrade.

Thanks

Anyway I think this subject is more likely to be discussed on this article : Root you Android phone.

On this article (link above) you have instruction to root your phone using Odin & a couple of do-it-yourself. But note that you may have to download the I9000XXJVQ (as it is your version) ROM in order to get its kernel.

I hope this will help, feel free to post a comment back if there is something you don’t understand.

Tom : In any way, ALWAYS do a complete backup of the phone (« nandroid backup » for instance) before doing anything dealing with updates/roms.

Your phone as to be rooted to do a nandroid backup (using ClockWork Mod).

Keep the backup files on the sd card where they have been stored by cwm (clockwork mod)

If the upgrade goes wrong, then restart in recovery mode and restore the nandroid backup.

If you are using Froyo maybe you can’t use the CWM recovery mode, as it says « unsigned something blabla ». That’s my case, here is the procedure I do :

* I put the i9000 default kernel, and I use the CWM recovery mode (applying the update.zip file) to do a Nandroid Backup.

* I put back the right kernel (for instance, the Froyo’s one) and restart the phone

* I do the update stuff with Kies

If it goes wrong (happend to me a time where I did something wrong… I don’t remember exactly)) then :

* Put the i9000 default kernel
* CWM Revovery mode
* Restore the nandroid backup done just before the update stuff
* Put back the right kernel (for instance, Froyo’s one)
* Restart the phone : ouff, the phone is just like before, I can now try again the update process …

The thing important is to keep the update.zip of CWM on the root of the sdcard in order to be able to go to the CWM Recovery mode.

If it happens that you can’t go to the CWM Recovery mode because the update.zip is not there anymore you can use ADB to push a file on the sdcard or even you can use a custom kernel including the CWM Recovery mode by default…

The important thing is : being able to go to Download Mode AND doing a nandroid backup BEFORE anything.

As long as Download Mode is working, you can flash a fresh ROM and install what you need to the restore the phone and etc. …

Hope this will help

@Raj : By the way, thanks Raj’ for coming back and answering the comments, your help / feedback is welcomed

So when you upgraded using this procedure, you didn’t have any problems with your phone on the Vodafone network; i.e: Phone calls, data usage, wifi .. etc…??

I am tempted to upgrade but at the same time wary of ending up with a bricked phone.

If I was to upgrade to Gingerbread 2.3.3 first and then to 2.3.4 is it as simple as updating to 2.3.3?

Cheers mate.

I’m from Australia and i upgraded my Galaxy S using the above mentioned method… had absolutely no problem.

If you’re an amateur at upgrading/flashing ROMs, I suggest you use the method described here (Gingerbread version 2.3.3). It has worked on my Galaxy without any problems. Mine was locked to Vodafone.

If you’re a bit more experienced, I suggest you look at some more updated versions of Gingerbread, i.e. version 2.3.4 which has stuff like video and audio calls on Gtalk.
You’ll get more details on this website: http://androidadvices.com/update-samsung-galaxy-gt-i9000-extra-ordinary-rom-v34/

Hope that helps, mate!

-Raj

Anyone who has commented on here and is from Australia, please get in touch with me and tell me of your thoughts about upgrading on the Telstra Network.

Regards,

Tom

@Arash : I am not the developer of Spooffw, if it does not work on your phone, I advice you to go to its topic on XDA-Dev ton discuss about those problems with the developer

@Mike99 : Yes I have some unpredictable hangings and even sometimes auto-reboots… ! But, well, I don’t think this is a problem of using EU instead of FR or anything like that. I think it is just simply Android which is unstable. I mean, I had similar problems on Froyo : hanging… stuff like that (I even had sometimes auto reboot with Froyo, but it was less often I think).

And, unfortunately, I don’t have any suggestion on how to make Android more stable… Sorry But maybe you should ask on XDA-Dev forums, the real Android experts are over there !

First let me thank you for your help.

Yes i should have said that my phone is rooted and i did grant the application root access for Spooffw. i also have my WIfi connected to the internet.

Is your phone rooted ?

I am from Canada and its July 27th and still no update from Samsung. I am getting soo frustrated at them even though i love their phone this might be my last Samsung phone if they keep this up.
I tried what you said and even after the update preset i don’t get anything other than the one for Canada

P code. GT-I9000HKABMC
PDA. I9000UGKC1
PHONE I9000UGKC1
CSC I9000BMCKC1

Thanks for you comment ! Pleased to have someone from Russia, I think you’re the first here

So there is now a « SuperOnClick v2.0″ working well with Froyo ? Nice to know ! It is certainly simpler that my method. My method to root is a bit tricky but version-independant.

it shows « This version of the device cannot be updated »

@hasib : If there is a problem with the Spooffw App, I would advice you to go to XDA-Dev Forums and report it to the dev. here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959806

GT-I9000HKYBHT
PDA: I9000XFJP9
PHONE: I9000XXJPP
CSC: I9000XFJPA
————————————————————–
There are 2 messages poping up when applying backup step:

« Got BusyBox and found Product Code. »
« Something went wrong when backing up.Err:1″

And detected product code is a strange (with lot of ‘?’):
????????????GT-I9000HKYBHT

« This version of the device cannot be updated. »

Current firmware version: PDA:JVO / PHONE:JPP / CSC:JPO (XEU)

ProductCode: GT-I9000HKDXEU
PDA: I9000XXJVO
Phone: I9000XXJVO
CSC: I9000OXAJVO

But this is, of course, for the i9000 version.

Are you sure you have used the « Update presets » button, with your phone connected to the Internet ?