How to Upgrade Your Samsung Galaxy Phone Episode 1 : Backup the phone data

 Click here to launch the podcast. Then, minimize that window and read this post to follow along.

Here are the step by step instructions for smartly upgrading your smart phone. An upgrade is a big deal. You could lose data, and even in rare cases your phone could stop working permanently. That’s called “bricking”, and you do not want to do that. Don’t worry, I will help you back up your data, and then upgrade your phone. ** if your phone is rooted, UNROOT before you upgrade or your phone  will brick!

Android Froyo 2.2 Operating System upgrade is now available for the SGH-i897 (Captivate). This update is only available by tethering your Captivate via a USB cable to a PC per the instructions below. Due to the large file size, the update is not available directly over-the-air to your phone.

Step: Get ready.
Here are the minimum requirements for upgrading your phone. Don’t begin this upgrade if you do not have everything.

COMPUTER

  • Desktop/Laptop Computer Running 32bit Versions Of Either Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, or XP
  • All Firewall & Anti-Virus Programs Should Be Disabled
  • Administrative Privileges Required To Download & Install Software Including Drivers
  • An Available USB Port On The PC That Supports 2.0 USB
  • Windows Media Runtime 11 (automatically installed by Kies Mini if not present)

PHONE

  • Fully Charged Battery

OTHER

  • USB Data Cable (Included In Retail Box)
  • Any Previous Samsung Kies Software Should Be Remove
Step: You must connect your phone to your pc

Connecting & Transferring

  1. Press the Home Key
  2. Plug the cable into the phone
  3. Plug the other end of the cable in a USB port
    • Tip: Avoid the use of multiport hubs if possible.
  4. When prompted, tap Mass storage
Depending on whether you have used  your phones mass storage before or not, you may need to configure the following screen(s)..otherwise you might need to slide down the top menu and choose “mount”..
    1.  Tap Connect USB storage

    1. Your PC will recognize your Phone as a Removable Disk. Click on Open folder to view files.

Step: back up your phone data

On your pc, you should go to the desktop, right click and create new folder. Name the folder with your initials, then “phone backup”, then todays date. My folder is named” DWD phone backup 08012011″. open the folder and adjust the window so it only takes up a small part of your screen.

When you have the window to your phone open, you will see a list of sub folders. Most important to a lot of people would be the photos taken with the phone. These are usually located in the DCIM folder under the Camera subfolder. The best way to be safe is to select all, right click, choose copy. Then click into your backup folder. right click , choose paste and prepare to wait for a few minutes for your data to back up.

 

Coming soon will be part 2: Upgrading the phone.

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