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Feb 12, 2012, 2:31:43 PM via Website
Feb 12, 2012 2:31:43 PM via Website
Post 1 - Firmware-Overview and Firmware of Providers
Post 2 - Reasons for rooting
Post 3 - Segmented Firmware
Post 4 - Root-Kernel and pictured instructions
Dear Galaxy S i9100 friends!
When the SGS 1 was released, we all tried to figure out what Firmware is available and what Firmware is the newest. Well, we are going to play the same game with the SGS 2.
You'll find several lists in this thread, which will show you the differences of each Firmware. Furthermore you are gonna find extra informations about the Firmware.
We will differentiate between official Firmware which you can get from Kies and Beta- (unofficial) Firmware which you can currently get on www.sammobile.com. You can get the latter on your phone with the Flashtool ODIN via your computer.
ATTENTION:
Flashing with Odin isn't challenging, but unexpected side effects can appear. Experience with others have shown, that many had trouble with recovering the original Firmware. Therefore I'd suggest that you think about it carefully before you upgrade to a higher Beta-Firmware. If you want to change the looks of your interface, try stuff like Go Launcher, ADW Launcher etc.
We are not going to talk about CustomROMS since that's definitely for experienced users.
YOU can find an entire list of the latest Firmware here.
This is a list for the European Firmware, but you can find the American Firmware, the Australian one etc. on that page as well.
Firmware / .PIT / Android / Date (Day/Month/Year) / CSC
I9100XWKDD ## 02.03.2003 2011 April MULTIOXXKDC
I9100XEKDB ## 02.03.2003 2011 April MULTIOXEKD9
I9100XWKDF ## 02.03.2003 2011 April MULTIOXXKDD
I9100BUKE5 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May
I9100XEKE1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIOXEKE1
I9100XWKE1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIXEUKD1 Europe
I9100XWKE1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIOXXKE1
I9100XWKE1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIO2UKE1 United Kingdom (O2)
I9100XWKE1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIXENKD3 Netherlands
I9100XWKE1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIHTSKD2 Sweden (Tre)
I9100XWKE1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIHtdKE1
I9100XWKE1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIH3GKD4 United Kingdom (H3G)
I9100BUKE1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May I9100VODKE2 United Kingdom (Vodafone)
I9100AIKE1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May I9100TIMKE1 Italy (TIM)
I9100BOKE3 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May
I9100BOKE3 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May I9100TMUKE3 United Kingdom (T-Mobile)
I9100XWKE2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIXEUKD1 Europe
I9100XEKE2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIOXEKE1
I9100XXKE2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIOXAKE2 Open Europe
I9100XXKE2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIFOPKD2 Spain
I9100XXKE2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIXENKE1 Netherlands
I9100XXKE2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIO2UKE1 United Kingdom (O2)
I9100XXKE2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIATOKD1 Austria
I9100XXKE2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIOXFKD4
I9100XXKE2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIXEFKE2 France (La poste mobile)
I9100XXKE4 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIOXAKE4 Open Europe
I9100XWKE7 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIXEUKD1 Europe
I9100XWKE7 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTICPWKD1 United Kingdom (Carphone Warehouse)
I9100XWKE7 ## 02.03.2003 2011 May MULTIITVKE5 Italy
I9100XWKF3 ## 02.03.2003 2011 June I9100BOGKD3 France (Bouygues)
I9100XXKF2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 June MULTIOXAKF2 Open Europe
I9100XWKF3 ## 02.03.2003 2011 June I9100OJVKF1 Europe
I9100XWKF3 ## 02.03.2003 2011 June I9100KPNKF2 Netherlands (KPN)
I9100XWKF3 ## 02.03.2003 2011 June I9100O2IKF1 Ireland (O2)
I9100XWKF3 ## 02.03.2003 2011 June I9100O2UKG2 United Kingdom (O2)
I9100BGKF3 ## 02.03.2003 2011 June I9100XECKF3 Spain (Moviestar)
I9100XWKF1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 June MULTIOJVKE4 Europe
I9100XWKF3 ## 02.03.2003 2011 June KCL Kazakhstan (Kcell)
I9100XWKG1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 July I9100OJVKG1 Europe
I9100BUKG2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 July I9100CNXKE1 Romania (Vodafone)
I9100BUKG2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 July I9100VODKE2 United Kingdom (Vodafone)
I9100BUKG2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 July I9100VD2KE3 Germany (Vodafone)
I9100XXKG1 ## 02.03.2004 2011 July MULTIOXAKG1 Open Europe
I9100XWKG1 ## 02.03.2003 2011 July I9100MOTKF1 Slovenia (Mobitel)
I9100XXKG2 ## 02.03.2004 2011 July MULTIOXAKG2 Open Europe
I9100XXKG3 ## 02.03.2004 2011 July MULTIOXAKG3 Open Europe
I9100XXKG6 ## 02.03.2004 2011 July MULTIOXAKG6 Open Europe
I9100BVKH2 ## 02.03.2003 2011 August cscAMNKH1 Spain (Orange)
I9100XXKH1 ## 02.03.2004 2011 August MULTIOXAKH1 Open Europe
I9100XXKG5 ## 02.03.2004 2011 August I9100XEUKG5 Europe
I9100XXKH3 ## 02.03.2004 2011 August MULTIOXAKH13
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100OXFKE1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH TELECOM)
I9100XWKI8 ## 02.03.2005 2011 September I9100OXXKI2
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100OXXKI2
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100TENKI1 Norway (Telenor)
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100DBTKH1 Germany
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100OXIKH1
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100OXEKI1 Ukraine
I9100XXKI3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 September I9100OXAKI3 Open Europe
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100BOGKD3 France (Bouygues)
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100OXFKE1 Croatia (TWO)
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100OXFKE1 Croatia
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100OXFKE1 Serbia
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100OXFKE1 Serbia
I9100CEKI2 ## 02.03.2004 2011 September I9100XENKH1 Netherlands
I9100XWKJ2 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100XEFKJ1 France (La poste mobile)
I9100XWKI4 ## 02.03.2004 2011 October I9100OXIKH1 Italy (Vodafone)
I9100AIKJ1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100TIMKH1 Italy (TIM)
I9100XWKI8 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100EIRKJ1 Ireland (eMobile)
I9100XWKI8 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100METKJ1 Ireland (Meteor)
I9100XWKI8 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I91003IEKI2 Ireland (Three)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100ATLKI2 Spain (Vodafone)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100VGRKI3 Greece (Vodafone)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100VD2KI2 Germany (Vodafone)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100CNXKI2 Romania (Vodafone)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100TCLKI3 Portugal (Vodafone)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100SWCKI2 Switzerland (Swisscom)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100VDIKI3 Ireland (Vodafone)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100MOBKI2 Austria (A1)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100SIMKI2 Slovenia (Si.mobil)
I9100XWKJ1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100LUXKJ1 Luxembourg
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100VDFKI2 Netherlands (Vodafone)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100VIPKI2 Croatia (VIPNET)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100VDCKI2 Czech Republic (Vodafone)
I9100XWKE7 ## 02.03.2003 2011 October I9100OXXKE4 Slovakia
I9100XWKI8 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100H3GKI2 United Kingdom (H3G)
I9100BGKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100XECKJ2 Spain (Moviestar)
I9100BUKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 October I9100VODKI2 United Kingdom (Vodafone)
I9100BVKJ4 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100IDEKJ4 Poland (Orange)
I9100BVKJ4 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100OROKJ4 Romania (Orange)
I9100BVKJ4 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100ORAKJ4 United Kingdom (Orange)
I9100BVKJ4 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100AMNKJ4 Spain (Orange)
I9100BVKJ4 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100ONEKJ5 Austria (Orange)
I9100BVKJ4 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100FTMKJ4 France (Orange)
I9100XWKK5 ## 02.03.2006 2011 November I9100OXXKJ3
I9100XIKK1 ## 02.03.2006 2011 November I9100OXIKK1 Italy
I9100BOKK1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100CROKJ4 Croatia (T-Mobile)
I9100BOKK1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100DTMKJ3 Germany (T-Mobile)
I9100BOKK1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100COSKJ3 Greece (Cosmote)
I9100XWKK5 ## 02.03.2006 2011 November I9100MOTKK1 Slovenia (Mobitel)
I9100BOKK1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100TMZKJ3 Czech Republic (T-Mobile)
I9100BOKK1 ## 02.03.2006 2011 November I9100TMUKJ2 United Kingdom (T-Mobile)
I9100BOKK1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100MAXKJ3 Austria (T-Mobile)
I9100BOKK1 ## 02.03.2006 2011 November I9100TMUKK1 United Kingdom (T-Mobile)
I9100XWKK2 ## 02.03.2006 2011 November I9100LUXKJ1 Luxembourg
I9100XWKI8 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100OXEKI2 Russia
I9100XWKJ1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100YOGKJ1 Spain (Yoigo)
I9100XWKJ1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100OJVKJ3 Turkey
I9100XWKJ1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100O2IKI1 Ireland (O2)
I9100XWKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100KPNKJ1 Netherlands (KPN)
I9100XWKJ3 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100XENKJ1 Netherlands
I9100XWKJ1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100O2CKK1 Czech Republic (O2C)
I9100XWKJ1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100O2UKJ1 United Kingdom (O2)
I9100XWKJ1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100OXXKJ1 Slovakia
I9100XWKI8 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100VIAKI1 Germany (O2)
I9100XWKK2 ## 02.03.2006 2011 November I9100KPNKJ1 Netherlands (KPN)
I9100XWKK2 ## 02.03.2006 2011 November I9100XENKJ1 Netherlands
I9100XWKJ1 ## 02.03.2005 2011 November I9100EPLKJ1 Germany (E-Plus)
I9100XXKP4 ## 4.0.1 2011 December I9100OXAKP4 Open Europe
I9100XXKP8 ## 4.0.3 2011 December I9100OXAKP8 Open Europe
I9100XXKL1 ## 02.03.2006 2011 December I9100OXAKL1 Open Europe
I9100BVKL1 ## 02.03.2006 2011 December I9100AMNKL1 Spain (Orange)
I9100BVKL1 ## 02.03.2006 2011 December I9100ONEKL1 Austria (Orange)
I9100BVKL1 ## 02.03.2006 2011 December I9100IDEKL1 Poland (Orange)
I9100BVKL1 ## 02.03.2006 2011 December I9100OROKL1 Romania (Orange)
I9100XXKPA ## 4.0.3 2012 January I9100OXAKPA Open Europe
I9100XXLP1 ## 4.0.3 2012 January I9100OXALP1 Open Europe
I9100XXLP2 ## 4.0.3 2012 January I9100OXALP2 Open Europe
I9100BVKL1 ## 02.03.2006 2012 January I9100FTMKL1 France (Orange)
I9100XILA2 ## 02.03.2006 2012 January I9100OXIKK1 Italy
I9100XXLP6 ## 4.0.3 2012 January I9100OXXLP3
I9100XXLPB ## 4.0.3 2012 January I9100OXXLP5
I9100XWLA4 ## 02.03.2006 2012 January I9100MOTLA1 Slovenia (Mobitel)
I9100XWLA4 ## 2012 February I9100DBTKH1 Germany
The newest published Firmware (via KIES) can be found here:
Where can I acquire Firmware?
Usually the Firmware is offered via Kies. Devices without provider will get 1-3 Updates more than devices with provider(I suppose that Providers are just too lazy to keep updating their System to the latest standards). If you plan on downloading/trying out new Firmware, don't be afraid to sign up on www.sammobile.com. You will usually download Beta-Firmware on that site(just a heads-up!).
You'll need to sign up once but you won't get any Spam Mails, so don't worry about that.
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One-piece or three-piece Firmware:
You can flash three-pieced Firmware with PIT File and Repartition. It's known to be the best installation because it will format your entire memory. It will lead to the loss of your data however. You can compare one-pieced Firmware with an update because you don't need PIT File or Repartition AND you will keep all of your files (including the ones you don't need).
It really depends on whether you want to delete everything anyway or if you want to keep your stuff.
Flashing with ODIN:
-You'll need something like ODIN 1.85
-If you download a Firmware consisting of 3 parts, click on ODIN RE-Partion!
-If only one file exists, just ignore RE-Partion!
How do I get the stats to my current Firmware?
-Dial *#1234#
There is also an Online-Tool by samfirmware, it's called SamFit (Surprise surprise!). Just find the PDA Version, just type in the PDA Version into the tool and you will get various informations (Language version, release date, whether it's branded or not.). Here's the link to the almighty tool(FYI, the tool doesn't work right now, they still have to fix it.)
Helpful Stuff
-Samsung GT-i9100 User Manual English
-Link to Kies
Thanks guys, I hope you will enjoy this thread!
Yours Truly,
John
PS: Thread will be continued!
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