Install Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread Official Update On Galaxy S 4G / Infuse 4G [Guide]

By Ali Waqas on Sep 27 2011 10 Comments

Finally there is some great news for Samsung Galaxy S 4G owners as Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread update for this phone just got released unofficially. The credit for releasing this update for general public goes to SamFirmware. This Android portal is dedicated to releasing official Android firmware / ROMs for Samsung phones that are still to be made public by Samsung or the carrier. This firmware / ROM leak for Samsung Galaxy S 4G and Samsung Infuse 4G updates your phone to Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread integrated with all the changes. Apparently Samsung Galaxy S 4G’s Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread update is meant for AT & T subscribers with Infuse 4G dedicated to T-Mobile only. We aren’t sure if you will be able to regain root access on your phone after upgrading to this build as there are no testimonies supporting re-root after upgrade. There is no clear or published changelog regarding Android 2.3.5 GB, so you will have to find the differences and fixes, if any, on your own.


Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Here is the step by step guide to install official leaked Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread on your Samsung Galaxy-S-4G-GB-235Galaxy S 4G and Infuse 4G via ODIN:

  1. The first step is download and install KIES on your computer so that you get all the required drivers to make ODIN work glitch free.
  2. After you are done with KIES installation, download Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread update build for Samsung Galaxy S 4G / Infuse 4G as applicable.
  3. After you downloaded the .rar file, extract the file on your desktop. You will now get a .Tar file with Md5 checksum extension.
  4. Now download ODIN from here, extract the package and launch the Odin.exe file.
  5. Now completely power off your phone and reboot it while holding power button along with volume up/ down and home key. If this method to get into Download mode doesn’t work for you, then try the one posted here.
  6. You will now get a warning message on your phone, press volume up key to continue.
  7. Now you are in the download mode on your phone.
  8. Once done, connect your phone with your computer via USB cable that came with the phone.
  9. You should now see Com tab going yellow in Odin application window.
  10. Now uncheck all options that are checked on ODIN control panel.
  11. After this click on PDA tab and select the .tar file you earlier extracted on your desktop.
  12. Once done, press Start and sit back while ODIN flashes / installs the 2.3.5 GB update on your phone.
  13. After the update is complete on your device, turn off your device and disconnect USB.

Now power up your phone again normally and you will , hopefully, be running Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread on your phone. In case you don’t really want to go with ODIN and stock firmware, then its better to wait for some custom ROM that is based on this build.

  • Lance

    my phone keeps restarting wont stop restarting after i did all this

    • Johnboynola

      My phone is doing the same thing!

  • Teddy g

    My phone work great and is very fast love the 2.3.5 update

  • nm

    broke the phone, dont use this .

  • christopher melgar

    works awesome   thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • min

    Works great, follow the instructions and make sure all the usb drivers are installed and your good!

  • Techno848

    lance i had the same prob the i gt my 2.2 android flashed again on infuse then backuped everything and formatted then again flashed 2.3 it worked and only the prob is the mail app given by samsung will not work 

    • Legendbarber

      I have Samsung Infuse 4g AT&T.
      I would like the GB 2.3 for phone.
      Is this good for me?

  • Ranos2013

    thank you very much but i do not like 2.1

  • Vippu R1859

    i have micromax a60…will this work in it….?