How To Update Samsung S7710 Galaxy Xcover 2 Firmware Using Odin Flasher

Updating the firmware version of you mobile phone is a very important operation to stay up to date with any new firmware error fixing and bug repairing, And the Samsung S7710 Galaxy Xcover 2 firmware update process is a most wanted one too, So you can do the job by yourself without waiting or buying any expensive tool at all, In this guide we used a very simple steps to perform this update, So all you have to do is reading, Understanding and applying.

Things you should do before updating:

- Backup your mobile phone's data, Read our online guide to performe it (How To Backup Your Samsung Device).
- Make sure to charge your phone battery to be at least at 90% of charging level.
- Check your current firmware version and write it down, It will be very helpful info in case something goes wrong.

Downloads:

- Official Firmware Package for Samsung S7710 Galaxy Xcover 2 (Download and extract)
- Odin flasher (Download and extract).
- USB Drivers for Samsung S7710 (Download and install, Then restart the Computer).

Tools:

- Suitable USB cable for Samsung S7710 model.
- A computer running Windows OS.

Samsung S7710 Galaxy Xcover 2 Firmware Update Stpes:

- Turn off the phone and take out any SIM card or memory card.

- Run Odin.exe program.

- Check these options: Re-Partition, Auto Reboot, F.Reset Time.

- Click PIT button and select: skomerxx_121217.pit

- If you have a complete firmware package of Samsung S7710 then you will see 2 files inside (PDA + CSC):

Click PDA button and select: CODE_S7710xxxxxx_..._REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5

Click CSC button and select: CSC_Oxx_S7710Oxxxxxx_..._REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5

- Put your Samsung S7710 into Download Mode:

Press and Hold Volume Down key + Home key + Power key

- Use the USB cable to connect the device to your Computer.

- Wait for a while until Windows detects the device and installs its drivers.

- Look at Odin's window and if you see the COM port number of the connected device (0:[COMxx]) then everything is ok.

- Click Start button, And Odin will install the new firmware files into your device.

- During the update process do not try to disconnect the USB cable or stop the operation for any reason.

- After the update is done your phone will reboot.

- If you see PASS! Word at Odin's window then the update was successfully done.

- Disconnect the USB cable.

- When the phone is fully on try to do a hard reset by this code *#87976633#

- The phone will reboots one more time, So wait for it.

- Now your Samsung S7710 Galaxy Xcover 2 is up to date, Enjoy your well done job.

Notices:

- After the update you can restore your data backup again (Read How to do it here).
- In case you get one big file (PDA) inside the firmware package then no need to check or use any PIT file, And select that file as PDA.