For any of you that have a Samsung Intercept on VM running Android 2.1 and its feels sluggish and slow. This guide will erase the phone and install a Sprint software image on it. This isn’t for the faint of heart, following this guide might leave your cellphone bricked as in…. as useful as a brick.
*** I’M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR BROKEN CELLPHONE AS A RESULT OF FOLLWING THIS GUIDE ***
This is a condensed guide based on the write-up by Bpear96 if you want a longer better explained version head over to:
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/intercept-guides-and-tips/(how-to)-install-froyo-2-2-on-your-virgin-mobile-intercept!/msg130029/
If link is down here’s a PDF
I made this guide so I could quickly upgrade my friends phones and have all files required and instructions on one site.
Download this file and unzip it
Steps:
1.0 Install the Samsung software
2.0 Install the update to the software
2.1 Reboot your PC
2.2 Delete ’SPH-M900_MR2_DE03_REL_1.tar.md5′ from ‘C:\Program Files\Samsung Electronics\SWUpgrade\Models\Binary\’
2.3 Copy ‘SPH-M910_MR_DF27_REL_156.tar’ file to ‘Binary’ folder. Make sure thats the only file in the folder!
2.4 Run SWUpgrade to update phone with new software
2.5 Copy ’Update.zip’ to SD card on phone. Power phone off
2.6 Press VOL Down, End call, call, at same time follow menus to update from from Update.zip file
2.7 Install Voicemail Notifier
3.0 Copy ‘SlapKernel-v1.1.tar’ to ‘Binary’ folder and run SWUprade make sure thats the only file on the folder.
3.1 Remove Sprint Software with newly installed program