Samsung Galaxy S gets Froyo Android 2.2

Got several reports coming in from Samsung Galaxy S i9000 users in the Philippines that they’ve gotten the Android 2.2 Froyo update already.

So I took the Galaxy S out of storage and tried out the update using Samsung Kies.

Had a hard time updating the handset as Kies doesn’t seem to be able to detect the unit. After a couple of hours or trying and re-trying, the update notification popped up and says firmware is ready for upgrade.

A few more minutes of back-up and downloading the updates, the Galaxy S is now running on Android Froyo 2.2. So far, everything’s running fine.

You can download Samsung Kies here.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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56 Comments

jlapitan says:

14 years ago

with galaxy s on 2.2, is htc desire still better against galaxy s? haha! lapit n ko bumili eh
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jasetiojanco says:

14 years ago

I hope they give the Galaxy Spica Android 2.2 as well. :)
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Miguel says:

14 years ago

Hope we can get the Nexus S, for first-class Android update support.
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Dhan says:

14 years ago

@jasetiojanco

I second that motion.

come on samsung don’t let spica be left behind :)
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angelo says:

14 years ago

Any news if they will release the same for the galaxy i5503? I hope so cause they have been advertising that its upgradable to froyo.
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Lezuric says:

14 years ago

yey! finally! :D
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Ralph says:

14 years ago

Hmmm. Interesting. I just hooked up my Galaxy S to Kies, and it says firmware cannot be upgraded.

The only difference I noticed with your screenshot and the one I saw is that for CSC, mine had OLB:

“PDA: JFA4 / PHONE: JF4 / CSC: OLB”

Yours had JF4 for all 3.

I’ll be checking in the next few days, though, as they may be rolling this out in a staggered way.

*fingers crossed*
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blaze says:

14 years ago

good news….rooted my galaxy s using z4 and installed lag fix….do i have to unroot it before doing the upgrade…??? excited ,will be trying it out tomorrow…if it is true…good job samsung!!
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TwIsTeD_Rubz says:

14 years ago

Works great so far! Mababaw, I know, but I like the part where pinching on the home screens shows all 7 home screens, similar to the HTC UI. I really feel like my phone is faster now. Definitely worth the wait!
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Ralph says:

14 years ago

@yuga, TwIsTeD_Rubz: where’d you get your Galaxy S? From Globe? Does it have the SingTel branding?
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