Saturday, August 20, 2011

Flash your Samsung Galaxy S II with the official Arabic ROM by Samsung

"How-to" Flash Samsung Galaxy S II with the Latest Arabic Firmware

* Special thanks to Samfirmware.com for posting all official firmware versions* 

1) Sign in to Samfirmware.com and register if it's your first visit
2) Go to the firmware page
3) Scroll down until you see: Arabic Samsung I9100 Firmwares
4) Download (280 MB)* the latest Arabic version for Egypt, currently it's:


Arabic Firmware CSC.PIT AndroidCountryDate Download 
I9100JPKF3 ##CSC = OJPEXT4.PIT2.3.3Egypt2011 JuneDOWNLOAD 
I9100JPKG2 ##CSC = OJPEXT4.PIT2.3.3Egypt2011 JulyDOWNLOAD 

* Use this to password to unrar the downloaded file: samfirmware.com

5) Download Odin v1.83 (tested) or above, which is a useful tool used to flash the firmware into your device.
6) Extract the firmware downloaded in step (4), and do not extract the .TAR file.
7) Run Odin
8) Click on PDA and browse to to the extracted firmware:


9) Put your device in Download Mode (Press all together: Down volume key + Home key + Power key, click the up key again to confirm placing the phone in download mode)

10) Plug your device to the PC using the USB cable, make sure you have the drivers installed, Windows 7 will install it while in your download mode if it's not installed before. Odin will show that your device is connected:


11) Keep all default settings in Odin, and click the Start button, and wait until Pass! appears.


The phone will reboot and your have a full Arabic interface and in all apps!
Gmail
Messaging Stock App
Whatsapp
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