Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread on Samsung Galaxy S

in Mobile Updates, Science & Technology | by noman | on January 24, 2011 at 2:35 pm

Here are the step by step instructions on installing Android 2.3 Gingerbread on your Samsung Galaxy S:

Requirements for installing Gingerbread on your Samsung Galaxy S:

You need to have:

a rooted Samsung Galaxy S Phone. We recommended using Z4root one click app to do the job.
The /data on your phone must be Ext 4 converted by Voodoo Lagfix kernel.
A utility to create backups on your phone.

How To Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread From Google Nexus S On Samsung Galaxy S i9000

1. The first step is to download these Nexus S system files (dump) and save them on your computer.

2. Once done, connect your phone to the computer, mount SD card and copy the downloaded file to SD card root.

3. Now install and configure ADB on your phone.

4. Now start > command prompt and type the following commands in ADB:

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 download

4. Once you are done typing these ADB commands, download nsonsgs.tar.zip and extract the .tar file.

5. Now use ODIN to flash this nsonsgs.tar kernel on your Samsung Galaxy S.

6. Once done, your phone will be reboot into Android 2.3 Gingerbread. In case you want to revert back to original settings (Froyo), then simply flash your desired kernel form Odin that supports Ext 4. There is extensive work being carried out now to make this process simpler and to make it ODIN flash compatible.

Please proceed to the official XDA thread posted here for support and more information regarding this Nexus S Gingerbread to SGS port.

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