One of the highly rated Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy Core I8260 device received a new Firmware update. It’s known as the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update popularly called as XXAMH4 Firmware.
The latest Firmware is still stuck on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean version. Samsung has rolled out in phases for Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 model in France.
The users who didn’t receive the latest Firmware directly on their device can use our manual guide to install it. If your smartphone is rooted and has a custom ROM installed on it, you should use a manual installation method to flash the stock Firmware.
The above mentioned Firmware comes with minor enhancements, bug fixes and a better stability for Galaxy Core device. So, if you want a more powerful official firmware for your Galaxy Core device, you can try to install this latest XXAMH4 Android 4.1.2 JB Firmware.
Pre-requisites:
- By completing this guide, the warranty for the Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 device will be restored if previously, when a custom ROM Firmware has been flashed, or the root rights have been gained and in these process the warranty was lost.
- This present guide works for both rooted and un-rooted Galaxy Core devices.
- The new Android 4.1.2 XXAMH4 file and this guide are compatible with locked and unlocked Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 devices.
- For installing this latest OS file, the software ODIN program will be used. Odin is a flashing software developed by Samsung and it is used especially for applying this type of operation.
- Back-up all your data stored into device’ internal memory as a precautionary measure. All you have to do is to search and use free suitable back-up and restore applications from Google Play Store.
- A windows PC, USB cord and the Samsung Galaxy Core model number I8260 will be used during in the guide.
- On Android device, go to “Settings>Applications>Development” and from there enable the USB debugging Mode.
- It’s recommended to have more than 70%power left to avoid a forced power off in the middle of the flashing process.
- All instructions, and the Android 4.1.2 XXAMH4 file used in this guide are compatible only with Samsung Galaxy Core model number I8260 model.
- This guide is released only for educational and instructional purpose, so we (Android.sc) team can’t be held liable or responsible for any data loss or blinking of device during or after following this guide.
How to Update Galaxy Core I8260 to Android 4.1.2 JB with Latest XXAMH4 Firmware
- Download Android 4.1.2 JB with Latest XXAMH4 Firmware from here and save it in your PC.
- Unzip the downloaded firmware file on PC’s desktop.
- Download ODIN from here and extract the zip archive on your PC.
- Install the ODIN application from the location where you extracted it before.
- Download and install the Samsung Galaxy Core drivers on the PC.
- If you don’t have the suitable drivers for the device then you can download and install the Samsung Kies application from here.
- Now, run ODIN application on your PC.
- Power off your smartphone.
- Boot the device into download mode. To do this press on power, volume down and home buttons in the same time.
- Now, connect the Core device to PC via USB cable.
- While the device is running on Download Mode on ODIN software the “added” message must be displayed, and the ID:COM section is yellow or blue.
- If the ODIN didn’t recognize the device then you need to unplug the USB cable, close ODIN application and reinstall the USB drivers on the PC once again. Then repeat the procedure from the start.
- Click “PDA” from ODIN, browse and pick the Android 4.1.2 XXAMH4 update file.
- Now, click on “START” button without change anything else on ODIN application.
- When the ODIN application will display the “pass” message and the ID:COM section is turned green the installation process is done.
Troubleshooting:
If Odin might get stuck during the process:
- Close ODIN
- Remove the USB cable
- Force restarts the Samsung Galaxy Core device.
- Reinstall the USB devices drivers on computer.
- Repeat the step by step procedure.
If the Galaxy Core smartphone might get stuck into a boot loop then you have to:
- Reboot the device in Recovery Mode.
- From recovery mode menu select: “wipe data factory reset” and “wipe cache partition”;
- Now, return to the main menu of recovery mode;
- Select “reboot system now”.
Congratulations, you have successfully learnt how to manually update the Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 to official Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean XXAMH4.