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[Galaxy Tab General] d4005:
Same for me, and sometimes worse than that. If anyone asks now, I tell them to think about why they really want Gingerbread. What feature is it exactly that's so important you have to have it. I think people just want to have the latest thing, even when they don't know why.

I've asked on at least 5 forums and nobody has said how I can go back to Froyo yet.
[Galaxy Tab General] daatjie:
Just connected device to PC using Samsung Kies, it tells me my current version 2.2 is the latest version. So nothing for South Africa yet, back to Overcome for me :-)
[Galaxy Tab General] d4005:
So you'll be ignoring all of us who upgraded to 2.3 and wished we hadn't? Which feature of 2.3 do you need?
[Galaxy Tab General] guerreroxp:
P1000L

as in Chile is a shame to wait so only Kies
[Galaxy Tab General] skylt:
For me main reasons are Office 2010 support and speed - my HTC Desire (yes the old one) became very very fast with Stock Gingerbread also reboot and are a much more pleasant experience...
[Galaxy Tab General] Subbu567:
AvailablE in India since 22nd August

Folks-Successfully downloaded and installed GB via kies on 22nd August 10 pm.

After the upgrade the 'About Device' reads

Firmware version :2.3.3,Baseband version :P1000DDJP4;Kernel version 2.6.35.7 root@SE-S605 #4;BUILDNUMBER :gingerbread .DDJPA.

On installation-Many a times KIES will report 'time out'-you need to restart and once it fully downloads and installs.

The Touch jerkiness seems to have marginally reduced and the Fonts ,battery life etc seem to have improved.

However there is a stock app called pulse-which at anytime consumed 40% battery and is annoying....

no major improvement so far experienced-the fonts appear sharper though and most icon colors have changed to green from Froyo's blue
[Galaxy Tab General] bongski55:
You can sort of "disable" pulse by removing/deleting all of the "news". The other way is to freeze it using titanium backup but you have to root.
[Galaxy Tab General] pokey:
'Pulse' is a News Reader app ... so you can configure what & how often it syncs. Some poeple think its great - personally I don't like it much. You should be able to uninstall it - it doesn't seem to be in ROM; I simply went to 'Manage Applications' & uninstalled it.
[Galaxy Tab General] roncza:
GB upgrade still not available in Germany for my tab.

For some other people it seems to be available in Germany already.

I wonder what KIES is checking besides the country for showing the upgrade.
[Galaxy Tab General] MaVe_64:
"all of us "? I only heard of happy upgraders. There are no disadvantages to GB I know of...
[Galaxy Tab General] morgessa:
I did not read thru this topic but just got my UK T-Mo GTab back from repair with GB:

Firmware 2.3.3

Baseband p1000xxjpz

Kernel 2.6.35.7 root@dell101 #2

Buildnumber gingerbread.xwjp9
[Galaxy Tab General] dio62000:
I wonder if this delayed upgrade has something to do with the Apple-Samsung conflict? It seems to be about the Android versions up to 3. Maybe Samsung is planning to roll out only Honeycomb ROMs from now on?
[Galaxy Tab General] daatjie:
No I wont be ignoring any of you guys who already updated. I just wanted to do the upgrade to 2.3 like everyone else, but seeing that the update was not available in my country yet, I'm going back to Overcome until such time it is available then ill load stock froyo which i have backed up initially and then do the update.
[Galaxy Tab General] ultramag69:
It'll be a cold day in Hell before Telstra Australia release upgrade to gingerbread... As far as I know they no longer stock or sell the Galaxy tab 7"...

Only way to get this OS is through places like XDA where you have the option to upgrade...

Honestly, Telstra SUCK.....
[Galaxy Tab General] hex007:
Plz start the list in the first post itself so that people dont have to go through the entire pages before they find what they are looking for as in countries available----->
[Galaxy Tab General] zoee88nabeel:
pls help! can i update to 2.3????

hello,

i recently bought a Samsung galaxy tab 7 (wifi only model) and i live in saudi arabia.

my firmware version is 2.2 and build number is FROYO.JPKC4.

I heard there is an update available for galaxytab to gingerbread os! (2.3) but is it only for tab users with gsm+wifi+3g users?? (gt p1000)??

can i update to gingerbread 2.3??

i also heard that these updates comes region wise!any saudi guys out here in this forum pls help me and lmk if gt p1010 can be updated to gingerbread easily!

thank you! looking frwd!!:(

please help!!
[Galaxy Tab General] goughymachine:
Problem is it's very much a list of people saying it's still not available in their country. There'd be a lot of work going through the thread to sort out which is a yes and which is a no post.
[Galaxy Tab General] speedy051:
Im here to complain about no gingerbread update in croatia.

Is there hope that he offical update will come?
[Galaxy Tab General] Gainn:
The JP9 (CPW) update is still on kies now in the UK.. Just updated a Tab that has been sitting around a while due to a cracked screen.. The XEU coded one I have still reports no updates..

Odd that CPW phones have had the update for ages now, and XEU are still stuck on the last version of Froyo.. Someone forget to 'flip a switch' at Samsung HQ?
[Galaxy Tab General] hnareid:
My main problem with the upgrade is "Pulse" which to me is of very limited utility, but proves to be a major battery consumer. Apparently it can't be uninstalled, which really pisses me off.
[Galaxy Tab General] brilldoctor:
I just gave up on waiting for gingerbread for my XEU tab and installed overcome which is sooooo much smoother than the froyo rom. It is a bit of a pig to install though (use at own risk)
[Galaxy Tab General] bongski55:
For the nth time I would like to remind everyone that YOU DO NOT NEED KIES TO CHECK FOR UPDATES. Just install checkfus from the market. Free version is enough but the paid version can check automatically.
[Galaxy Tab General] weichei:
Why does it take so long to roll out GB for Germany?

What's your product code? Mine is DBT (german unbranded) but still no update wheather at kies nor checkfus (v.2.4.1 lite). Disappoinnting
[Galaxy Tab General] bongski55:
Maybe because Apple won against Samsung in Germany and all latest Samsung mobile products are now banned in Germany?
[Galaxy Tab General] roncza:
Same for me with country code DBT. No update. I also thing that the legal issues need to be cleared first.

Is the any option to change the country code to get the update via Kies?
[Galaxy Tab General] bongski55:
Not sure if it would make a difference but you can always change the CSC by *#272*IME number#
[Galaxy Tab General] Nash@xda:
Hi,

Be carefull, I think this action will reset your GTab (parameters + data).
[Galaxy Tab General] roncza:
Thanks. The product code has been changed but now Kies says no update possible for this device.
[Galaxy Tab General] roncza:
What is the best (easiest / safest) option to install stock Gingerbread without Kies?

Thanks again ...
[Galaxy Tab General] roncza:
I set the product code to ITV (Italy) and now Kies updated the tab to Gingerbread successfully. It runs just fine.
[Galaxy Tab General] ofiaich:
How do you set the product code to Italy?

Is it the same as changing the locale from UK to Italy?

Still no update for me in the UK. Purchased mine from Staples!

Ofiaich :confused:
[Galaxy Tab General] roncza:
In the phone app of your tab just enter:

*#272*IMEI number#

Where "IMEI number is your IMEI. You can find our this one under Settings -> About device -> Status -> IMEI.

When you entered the above code you will get a selection with all the product codes and you can shose ITV here for Italy.

Attention: This will reset your device to factory settings and all data will be erased. So, please make a backup first.

After the reboot of the tab you can just connect to Kies and for me it found the update to Gingerbread.

So, no real guarantee but I hope this will help you.
[Galaxy Tab General] ofiaich:
thanks roncza

I tried that and get a screen with

Preconfig

Sales Code ..........................XEU............

..

..

..

INSTALL ... CANCEL

If I press INSTALL I get the message " must beTHREE chars "

I cannot input into the box where XEU is written.

Ofiaich ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] musashiro:
try downloading a firmware in samfirmware and flash it via odin....

you can also follow the steps in flashing kratos rom found here... the guide has some pics so its easier..

take note: if you dont want to use kratos rom.... just stop after flashing GB STOCK SAFE v5. the stock flashing is until step 6. backing-up is optional... after flashing, you will have a factory-fresh JQ1 Gingerbread... and its country is ITALY..

another note: the guide can be used to flash firmwares from samfirmware..

thanks to teamovercome for the guide.... i used it for kratos...XD....

cheers
[Galaxy Tab General] ofiaich:
Thanks musashiro,

for now I want to stay with the Samsung update, but thanks for your excellent information.

I will give it another month before using odin..

Ofiaich ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] d0nate110:
Is It For Real ?

I have unbranded SGT-P1000 from Saturn Munich Store in Germany.

But somehow I personally don't believe, that just changing this code

gives you opportunity to update via KIES. I'll try to call Samsung support in Germany tomorrow or better at Monday morning and just ask, if:

1. Changing the code allows to update via KIES ?

2. changing the code and such an "strange" update does erase the guaranty for the device ?

Cuz actually you didn't nothing illegal, but then it must be a reason, why you can't do a normal update in Germany...
[Galaxy Tab General] mmohdekb:
Mine had country code DBT. I got fed up waiting for the update that never came, so I change my product code to ITV.

I was able to update to gingerbread via Kies.

Device is stable and working fine.
[Galaxy Tab General] my99scoob:
UK?

Having read through the post in this thread, can anyone advise if the UK has received any whiff of GB? Currently running a SIM free tab, and not seen any action on Kies! :(
[Galaxy Tab General] tudorc11:
Still no sign of Gingerbread in Romania, either. I called Samsung and asked if they could tell me if Romania will get GB in the near future and all they could tell was that the latest available version is Froyo...

Anyway, does changing the product code affect in any way the warranty? And is it possible to change the product code back to the original one after the update?, keeping Gingerbread installed of course.
[Galaxy Tab General] onsomethinguk:
Not as far as I know. I am on Orange UK and they've been preaching "soon" for months now. I've flashed with Odin. It's worth it - it's a much, much faster machine for it.
[Galaxy Tab General] mobilehans:
Which version of gingerbread do you have now? Is it xxjq1 or a newer one? Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab General] d0nate110:
not clear yet...

The people from Samsung Support Germany are still unreachable yet, so my question is not clear for now. I will try on till this will be answered.

Anyone from Germany can also try to call Support and ask the same questions:

1. If Changing the code allows to update via KIES ?

2. If changing the code and such an "strange" update does erase the guaranty for the device ?

EDIT:

This is the numbers for Germany:

Telekommunikation (Mobiltelefone, MP3/MP4-Player, Tablets)

Telefon 0180 5 M SAMSUNG bzw. 0180 5 67267864*

(*0,14 €/Min. aus dem dt. Festnetz, aus dem Mobilfunk max. 0,42 €/Min.)

Telefax 0180 5 121214*

(*0,14 €/Min. aus dem dt. Festnetz, aus dem Mobilfunk max. 0,42 €/Min.)

Montag – Freitag: 08:00 – 20:00 Uhr

Samstag: 09:00 – 17:00 Uhr
[Galaxy Tab General] artistiq:
Gingerbread availability

Gingerbread not avilable in

BANGLADESH..

tried with kies..

Model: GT P1000L
[Galaxy Tab General] d0nate110:
gray zone

Ok, you guys, I asked this question and the answer from Samsung Support is:

"This kind of update is NOT ILLEGAL... its a gray zone, but the warranty will be erased, cuz you've actually done an update, that is not supported in Germany."

So I wait another 3-5 months till I make a decision.
[Galaxy Tab General] bongski55:
Hehehe...If you wait for 5 months then your warranty will soon be over anyway after that long. Better for you to manually update. I suggest the Overcome ROM as it is based on a European firmware....
[Galaxy Tab General] stephane.papin:
Overcome is wonderfull for people under 2.2. Easy to install. Fastetn than 2.2
[Galaxy Tab General] skylt:
I also had DBT but gave up waiting - used spooffw to change to NEE and then voila - stock NEE (with kies which removes the modification and root)
[Galaxy Tab General] Ganas:
dxjpi is finally out for singapore.
[Galaxy Tab General] DaveBrockie:
So does this mean i can change my Region Code to ITA then update and change it back to german localization? Will it work flawlessly?
[Galaxy Tab General] d0nate110:
They said, that it is a gray zone AND if some thing goes wrong you just lose your warranty and eventual must buy a new pad...

EDIT:

Hey guys, I just found this site with stock ROMS for each region

http://www.gsm-data.com/download/viewcategory/885.html

could some one approve, that these files really are stock ROMs AND they CAN be flashed back via ODIN in case of official update with KIES ??

For example mine is below folders as single file

P1000XXJMG
[Galaxy Tab General] kirang89:
Gingerbread update for galaxy tab is supposedly available in India, but i got my device from the middle east. Kies does not suggest any firmware upgrade. Any way to get gingerbread into the device without rooting ?
[Galaxy Tab General] LlamaLlamaLamp:
2.3.3 has been released for Telstra (Australia) Galaxy Tab's

From the SamKiesUpdates twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/SamKiesUpdates/status/116378423160619008

TEL = Australia (Telstra) P1000TDVJP4/P1000TTELJP4
[Galaxy Tab General] d0nate110:
Germany is the last one

Dear German Tab Users!

As you all know Apple won versus Samsung only in Germany. That's why Germany will have the official Gingerbread update via KIES as the last country in Europa...

Sad but true !
[Galaxy Tab General] LlamaLlamaLamp:
god damn Apple.

Where's Anonymous or lulzsec when you need them...
[Galaxy Tab General] 1deej:
Kies does not seem to work on Sprint, any reason for that?
[Galaxy Tab General] Macktv:
I used this method to upgrade my Dutch DTV Tab and I'm now soaking in Gingerbready goodness! Thanks for the tip! :D
[Galaxy Tab General] goattee:
WARNING!

This procedure will format your data on the phone. In my case, the phone merely performed a factory reset. Maybe if your phone is waiting for an update, an Android update might be in your future. BUT IF NOT: you will have lost all your apps and will just have to set everything up as if the tablet came right out of the box!
[Galaxy Tab General] tudorc11:
Isn't it possible to a full backup and simply restore it after the update to GB?
[Galaxy Tab General] Macktv:
The key is to change your product to a country that has gingerbread on offer, Italy for example which I used. Just doing the reset without the change doesn't do anything and yes, you can do a back and restore.
[Galaxy Tab General] my99scoob:
Has anyone who's done the ITV region hack to get gingerbread via kies been using a sim free uk model on o2? Cautious about ending up with a brick...
[Galaxy Tab General] my99scoob:
Looks like I dont get the ITV option, all thats in the list is XEU and its not an editable field, any suggestions?
[Galaxy Tab General] Macktv:
The Dutch model I use is unlocked. I often swap in my O2 sim when back in the UK, so I doubt you'll have any issues as you're not doing a hack. The region thing is just a system setting menu selection and that's it.
[Galaxy Tab General] my99scoob:
Current firmware is:

Pda:jmi/phone:jma/csc:jm5 (xeu)
[Galaxy Tab General] ableeker:
According to WebFus (fus.nanzen.se) there's a new Kies update to Gingerbread for South-Africa (XFM), JQ3.

---------- Post added at 11:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:16 PM ----------

And another one for Optus Australia (OPS), JPJ?
[Galaxy Tab General] tudorc11:
I tried this but I don't have the ITV option to select. All I have is VIP, VIM, TWO, TSR, TRA, TOP, TEB, SMO, ROM (which I am currently using), ORO, MTL, MSR, MOT, MKO, MBM, KOR, GBL, CRG, COA, CNX, BHT and BGL.

Any thoughts about this?
[Galaxy Tab General] frblckstr1:
I can haz an update: unlocked P1000 in Holland.

Connected to Kies this morning, got updated to PDA:JMK / PHONE:JMA /CSC:JM5 (PHN)

From: PDA:JQ4 / PHONE:JQ3 / CSC:JQ1 (PHN)

About now says:

Firmware: 2.3.5

Baseband version: P1000XXJQ3

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7

Build number: GINGERBREAD.XWJQ4

Took about 15 minutes.

First noticable difference: slightly higher res and finer drawn icons it looks like, status bar now has both the wifi and phone signal indicators, battery status is now vertical.
[Galaxy Tab General] peukiemon:
Confirmed, i got the gingerbread 2.3.5 also this morning. (netherlands)

It runs smoother the top icons are in a different resolution.

Sent from my oversized phone
[Galaxy Tab General] jammysunny:
For me, Samsung has f.... off the tab and I really can stick their a....s with them!!!!!

I never got this angriness before, because every Phones, i have and had, got Updates....This Tab got no smallest Update since I bought it last year in July here in Germany, so they can go to hell, and I wish all bad things for them....I hope, apple will do more to stop selling this Tabs....Punishment is the real thing, nothing more!!!!
[Galaxy Tab General] DarkPal:
Well the updates are slowly rolling across Europe yet Germany is stuck at JMG Froyo build. Mostly due to legal battles my friend. If you are to blame anyone blame apple and your legal system for banning samsung updates. Also take a look at the carriers in your country, they have a saying when the updates can or cannot be rolled.

If you don't believe me. Asia has legal hassle hence they got BARRAGE of update for the tab.
[Galaxy Tab General] rizdroid:
I've just downloaded that using Check Fus, but I have to charge my GTab before flashing. Can you tell me what are the CSCs/languages in this firmware version?

TIA

---------- Post added at 11:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:08 PM ----------

First of all, it's worthwhile to say that CSC isn't important. If you have a GTab that is able to use mobile network (not wi-fi only), it can retrieve the needed APNs for most carriers of the world (based on MCC/MNC of the SIM card) from the file /etc/apns-conf.xml. Anyways, if you want to have ITV (Italy/Unbranded) and

you're rooted

, just pack your /system/csc, send me and I'll add ITV for you.

Actually, all you have to do is:

create a folder in /system/csc using the name ITV wich will have a couple of XMLs files related to ITV (Tim, Vodafone, Wind, Wind Biz & H3G);

add the path of your ITV folder to the files SW_Configuration.xml and CSCFiles.txt.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Tab General] omr911:
Released in Middle East yesterday including Saudi Arabia, Egypt , UAE etc...
[Galaxy Tab General] cloon:
same problem here - my Tab ist "ATO" - is the update with another one ??

i have eur too

greetinx CLoon
[Galaxy Tab General] jelleeelco:
I am puzzled. Updated previously to 2.3.3 Italian Gingerbread. KIES sayed it was up-to date, so went back to Froyo (JMK). Everything went fine (flashed pit/pda, after that phone), then KIES didn't even report the current firmware...

Somehow the normal dutch Product code is GT-P1000CWA... mine is GT-P1000ZKD which is a dutch version as well.

It looks like the 2.3.5 has been withdrawn by Samsung. Users in NL report that KIES no longer shows the update, alhtough day before it did (someone didn't update due to time, day later update was gone). Also Check Fus doesn't find the firmware that RIZDROID could download...

Can someone maybe upload the file to Rapid file, Megafile or something?? Would be VERY much appreciated!!
[Galaxy Tab General] DarkPal:
Its on the dev section.
[Galaxy Tab General] lukaino71:
Hi ,trying to follow your instructions to add CSC ITV: I'm fine with creating the folder and adding the path but the XMLs files related to ITV will be added by carriers or shall i create them? Thx
[Galaxy Tab General] :
I was able to update via Kies and I live in Kuwait. My version of Kies was not telling me when an update was available. In another forum, I found this link for Kies, installed, and it updated my Tab to Gingerbread:

http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/detail/1909/GT-P1000CWACPW-downloads
[Galaxy Tab General] jeremyr62:
I wonder if the XEU tabs will be updated to GB at all. Can't say I'm too bothered, but would be nice to know if they will get it eventually. Froyo is OK if a bit laggy. I don't really want to go through the root/cfw process if I can help it.

Sorry. I shouldn't have posted this in this thread. My mistake.
[Galaxy Tab General] jeremyr62:
Vodafone Australia putting out 2.3.6. Reported on a UK website so maybe Voda UK will get it too soon.

http://www.ukmobilereview.com/platforms/android/samsung-galaxy-tab-7-android-236-vodafone/
[Galaxy Tab General] d0nate110:
It will be no update for germany

So guys... all the German users of SGT-P1000 will be angry from this moment now on Apple and Samsung !

Yesterday I was in O2-Store in Munich (Marienplatz) and I asked one employee to call Samsung Germany and to get the info, if and when the Gingerbread will be released for our tabs... the answer sucked totally balls... Samsung Support in Germany said, that:

"...the GB-Update will be never released in Germany for all carriers and also for unbranded tabs due Apple sued and won vs. Samsung just and only in Germany! Also all shipping of SGT 7", 8" and 10.1" will be stopped. It means all the tabs, wich are in stores now, will be sold out, but the new ones will not be preordered..."

So you guys, God bless Apple and the Justice machine !
[Galaxy Tab General] pflorin:
your link is dead what was it? a stock uk based gingerbread rom?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab

www.pocketdroid.net
[Galaxy Tab General] doomplanet:
Hi,

I have an orange france tab 7, no update here, checked with samsung france the only thing they said was use KIES, so helpful.

Anyone knows what is going to happen in France?
[Galaxy Tab General] ellefant:
2.3.6 available via Kies in Germany

I just upgraded my unbranded tab (DBT) to 2.3.6 (P1000XWJQ8, P1000XXJPZ, P1000DBTJQ1) via Kies. Samsung finally made it in Germany after all.
[Galaxy Tab General] dietlund:
Hy,

I tried it yesterday and got the update over Kies for Germany Galaxy Pad, but we are right now in our holydays skiing in Swiss.

I've made a short test and every think works fine . . . But there are no great advantages either.
[Galaxy Tab General] bugeyes:
Good to see at last! Did you have to wipe to install it?
[Galaxy Tab General] fobas001:
Anyone tryed those fiwmwares, are they any better then italy one?
[Galaxy Tab General] innit:
i think it's faster and not packed with useless apps like the italien one. no freezes at all. i tried the latest overcome gingerbread but came back to stock asian as its definitely faster and has no lags as overcome. battery life is better as well.