My Samsung Galaxy S Upgrade

I have finally got past those pesky Samsung Kies related problems in attempting to update my Samsung Galaxy S from the now outdated Eclair (Android 2.1) to the new slimmed down and more zippier Froyo (Android 2.2). My problem in getting the update was that Kies wasn’t recognising my Galaxy S when it was plugged into the PC. After many attempts using a whole plethora of techniques after scrounging through many online forums with frustrated users with the same problem I decided to bite the bullet and factory reset the phone. Now important that if you do this that you have your contacts, calendar stuff backed up via Google or any other online service (Google stuff works best I believe) and also that you have all your photos backed up too via Picasa.
Good so once you’ve gone and done that you need to get the scary business of resetting your phone to factory settings. There’s a heap of different advice out there but the one that got me one the way was this video:

WARNING: THIS WIPES OUT PERSONAL DATA - Basically you need to dial *2767*3855#

Then after you’ve done that you should start to see your phone set about resetting itself. Once you’ve got this far you need to connect your phone to the PC with Kies running. You SHOULD see the phone connect now with no problems. Then you need to update the firmware from Kies.
The benefits? Well not only does 2.2 run so much smoother than 2.1 but it has many improvements in speech recognition commands, better lay out in on screen design and improved design. But also Samsung offer a free GPS program from Navigon. Overall the Navigon program is actually quite good and runs better in many ways than even Tomtom does. It displays ultra smooth maps on the screen and has the added bonus of being able to Google your destination direct from the phone to the Navigon program. This saves you time in setting your course as most people don’t even have their address they’re going to when attempting to plot their course!
Google have recently released Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and this update should be available to the Samsung Galaxy S as soon as Samsung OK this. But till then this is a must do update for all owners of the Galaxy S. It may be a hassle for the average user but the benefits are worth it!