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Saturday, October 22, 2011

ODIN Guide: How to Install and Upgrade Samsung Galaxy Gio S5660 to Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread XXKQG Firmware Update

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This is the step by step procedure on how to manually upgrade or update the Samsung Galaxy Gio S5660 to the latest Android 2.3.4 firmware build S5660XXKQG with a default Lithuanian (Baltic language), since this is a Samsung Kies server official release over Lithuania, way back a few days ago from the time of this post. Although this firmware is for Lithuania this is also covers for Europe Galaxy Gio version for which it has also includes most European languages packed on it.

As of now there are two other 2.3.4 Gingerbread build for Galaxy Gio, the S5660XXKQB and S5660XXKQ6. You may check out all the previous and latest Stock ROM's available now on Samsung Galaxy Gio firmware updates list.

Samsung Galaxy Gio S5660 Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread Firmware flashing Via ODIN Procedure:

"Disclaimer: We Shall not be liable for any damage that results to your phone! Everything you do is at your own risk, Please proceed with extra precautions!

Samsung Galaxy Gio Stock ROM S5660XXKQG Firmware.

CSC File: CSC - SEBKQ1
PDA: PDA S5660XXKQG
OPS File: GIO_v1.0.ops
Android Version: 2.3.4 Gingerbread
Build Date: September 07, 2011
Download link from samfirmware.com
Password: samfirmware.com

OPS File: GIO_v1.0.ops Download
ODIN v4.42 Downloader Program:
Download

Okay, this firmware comes in single file .TAR packaged , so there 's no need to find the BOOT, PHONE, PDA and CSC file, all we need is the OPS file and were' ready to flash. Juts make a back up copy of all important files stored from the phone, although this is a one packaged , there is no wipe may occur but it is best to have an extra precautions to avoid any issues that may possibly happen.


1) Extract the downloaded firmware S5660XXKQG_S5660SEBKQ1_S5660XXKQ5
Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread XXKQG Firmware flashing for Samsung Galaxy Gio
Note: the DLL files included from the downloaded files is not for use in this process.

2) Run ODIN v4.42 on your computer's desktop.

odin guide samsung galaxy Gio android 2.3.4 gingerbread
3) Click the OPS button then select and load the GIO_v1.0.ops file.
    Tick on One Packaged checkbox, then click the One Packaged button and then load:
    S5660XXKQG_S5660SEBKQ1_S5660XXKQ5_HOME.tar.md5

4) Then reboot the Samsung Galaxy Mini  it into Download mode,. Turn it OFF the by pressing ( Volume Down + OK + Power ) you will then see the phone in downloading screen.

 samsung galaxy gio download mode 3-button combination
5) After that,  Connect  the phone to PC when the phone displays the downloading icon.,  The COM port mapping will turn to yellow colour when the device is properly connected and detected.

6) Then fire up the "START" button to begin flashing.  Don't touch anything until the whole process successfully completes. It takes just around 2-5 minutes just depends to your computer speed.

A word "PASS" will display on Odin once it finishes.
If the flashing  successfully completes, the phone will then reboot... you may then unplug it from your  computer.You can confirm the newly downloaded firmware version name etc by typing **#1234#.
Then do a full reset by typing this Code *2767*3855# to get a fully fresh firmware update installed. Then change the language settings at your own region. Just send us some feedbacks for any  issues that may possibly occur while upgrading.