[Samsung Galaxy Mini] rupeshpunyani:
Dear Netas,

one AndroForum Fellow Member suggested this , do you agree or make corrections

according to your experience , please remember one thing in mind ,

My GT S5570 is still virgin LOL . . . . ;-) ie. I haven't roote or flashed

Requirements : Download Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread XXKPI, OPS: TASS_v1.0.ops and ODIN.

Instructions :

1. Turn off the phone and boot into “Download” mode. To boot into ‘Download’ mode, press and hold VOLUME DOWN, POWER, and HOME button together till you get yellow triangle with Droid character constructing some thing.

2. Now run the ODIN Multi Downloader v4.38.exe file.

3. Connect the phone to computer using USB cable. You will notice yellow box lightening up in the ODIN interface.

If you aren’t getting the light, check the process again and also ensure that the drivers are installed properly.

4. Click ‘OPS’, and select the downloaded ‘TASS_v1.0.ops’ file.

5. Click ‘BOOT’ and select the Bootloader file ‘APBOOT_S5570XXKPI_CL260130_REV02_user_low_true.tar.md5’.

6. Click ‘Phone’ and select the modem file ‘MODEM_S5570XXKPI_CL260130_REV02.tar.md5’ file.

7. Click ‘PDA’ button and select the file named ‘CODE_S5570XXKPI_CL260130_REV02_user_low_true.tar.md5’

8. Click ‘CSC’ button and select ‘CSC_S5570SERKPI_CL260130_REV02_user_low_true.tar.md5’ file.

9. Now the stuff should look like the above screen-shot.

10. Click start and wait for the update to complete.

Below is how to change Phone language from Russian to English.

1) Go to Settings Tap the Locale and text ( Fifth from the bottom )

3) Scroll down!! to !! ENGLISH !!!

Okkkkkk now you have got Android OS 2.3.4 (Gingerbread)..... It is now time to flash custom ROM you choose which one you want from the ones mentioned above....

1. Download and install ClockworkMod (CWM) Recovery using Odin ==> http://xdaforums.com/show...37&postcount=2

2. Download S5570XXKPI_MOD_ROM.zip and save it on the root your SD card ==> http://www.multiupload.com/7GJEPE1967

(This is Gingerbread vanilla ROM for ANDRO-ID visit http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1107331 and for Cyanogenmod7.1 vist http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1167750) I will tell you from my experience to go for Vanilla ... you will love it

3. Turn off phone. Go into recovery mode by pressing and holding the Home + Power buttons. Release buttons when you see the Samsung logo

4. Once you are in recovery mode you will get lot of options on screen. In recovery mode touchscreen does not work, so use the Volume button to toggle through options, Home button to select option or confirm action, and Power or Back button to go back to the previous menu.

5. Select 'wipe data / reset'. Confirm action

6. Select 'install zip from sd > 'choose zip from sdcard' > file in Step 3. Confirm action

7. Go back to previous menu and select 'reboot system now'

Done!

Congrats...!!!! you are now on Gingerbread Vanilla ROM....

If you do not see menu text brightly just do following ..

Minor issue with the custom theme ==> Menu fonts are not visible on some apps. If you want to revert to stock theme, apply attached update.zip in recovery

update.zip :-- http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=660021&d=1

Follow below link for vanilla instructions...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15811702#post15811702

I think this much would be enough to let you install custom ROM

The most important things to remember...

Custom ROM is Europe model...

1. so there is no hindi fonts in it... you can google and install it afterwords like I did it successfully..

2. While in the recovery mode make ur SD card partition (minimum 1024 MB will be good) as ext3 type and then install Link2SD application this will move all your application to SD card... first install link2sd and then any application so that it creates link or just move it to SD card...

3. Your online market account website may not recognise your device country... but you can access market without any problem from your phone....