The Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 is a decent Android smartphone with a slide out QWERTY keyboard and comes with affordable price. The Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 users can update ther device to latest version Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKPH firmware. The previous firmware version of Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 are XWKPG, XWKPB, and XWKP5. Thanks to Hungary who released this firmware and good news for European users can udpate their device with latest firmware version.
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Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 Specs:
The Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 runs on Android 2.2 Froyo operating system and it is powered by 600 MHZ CPU, Adreno 200 GPU and Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset. The Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 has the 3.2 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen display with the resolution of 240×400 pixels. It comes with 3.15 megapaixel rear camera. Other features are 160 MB storage, microSD card slot upto 32 GB, Wi-Fi, A-GPS support and Social networking integration. The Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 has the battery life upto 1200 mAh battery.
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Prime Requisites :
- Take Backup of your Android phone contacts, your apps and your accounts associated with it.
- Make sure Your Android device is atleast 50% charged so that it can’t get switched off.
- Disable Anti virus and other tools in your computer.
How To Update Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 With Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKPH Firmware:
Step 1: Enable USB Debugging mode on your device, You can do this
Settings> Applications> Development
Step 2: Download Android 2.3.6 XWKPH Gingerbread Firmware from here to your computer. Once downloaded, extract the same.
Step 3: Open ODIN file in your computer and turn off the device and enter into download mode.
Step 4: The download mode can be entered by pressing Q Button and simultaneously press the Power button.
Step 5: Connect the device via USB data cable while keeping the ODIN opened. When you connect the device, the ODIN program will automatically detect it and you will see yellow ID:COM box in ODIN which mean that all the drivers are loaded successfully.
Note: If ODIN doesn’t turn yellow, the you should not proceed to the next step. Then you need to Install the Samsung USB drivers, and the .Net Framework (its free) and also update KIES with the latest version.
Step 6: In Odin,
Click On OPS button and select the file as “CALLISTO_v1.0.ops”
Tick Mark On “One Package”
Click On One Package Tab and select the file as “I5510XWKPH_I5510VDHKP3_I5510XWKP1_HOME.tar.md5”.
Step 7: Click on Start button and process will begin. Once the update is installed successfully, the device will restart.
Step 8: Then turn off the Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 device and enter into recovery mode.
Step 9: The Recovery mode can be entered by press T button and simultaneously press the Power button.
Step 10: In Recovery mode, select “ Wipe data/factory reset” and “Wipe Cache partition”.
Step 11: After this, reboot by selecting reboot system now option.
Congracts! You have successfully Updated Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 With Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKPH Firmware.
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Does this work for indian users ??
Yes, it works perfectly.
Does this work for Brazil users ?? (My phone is a Samsung I5510, Android 2.2, baseband I5510XWJL1)
Note: The download link is not working.
Hello Gladyston,
The download link has been updated and is now working. Please check back and try again.
link dead… plz reupp.
Hi Zaid,
The link has been updated successfully. Please retry now.
dont use in canada
how much time it will take ????
It will take a normal time of operation. Approx 10-20 minutes, depending on your Phone’s speed.
I couldn’t find these files:
I5510XWKPH_I5510VDHKP3_I5510XWKP1_HOME.tar.md5
CALLISTO_v1.0.ops
Hi CNA,
Thanks for using our comment form, After receiving a request from XDA-developers thread from a developer, we have removed the links, so all you need to do is just head over to the XDA forums and search for this firmware and download it, and then return back here again to proceed to the Tutorial.
hi
the link is dead. it shows “This file is either removed due to copyright claim or is deleted by the uploader”. please resolve it
hai,
i cant find the files
dude i m from india
do i need to change the CSC setting !!
there is no I5510XWKPH_I5510VDHKP3_I5510XWKP1_HOME.tar.md5
pls provide a link
cant even find it on xda developers
dude i cannot use usb debugging in samsung galaxy 551. after update. i am unable to root my phone. plz help
will it really work or not?????
Is it genuine Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKPH Firmware(legal) version? and r u sure that all functions will work as were in previous version??
I have downloaded GT-I5510_XEO_I5510XWKPG_I5510XWKP1_I5510XEOKP5.rar from XDA-Developers. Will the firmware work in INDIA.
Also I cannot find from where I can start Odin. Where to download.