SGH-F480 : Flashing

DISCLAIMER :
This Guide has been taken from several sources. Please do not blame me if anything goes wrong. Following these instructions has worked fine for me but I cannot guarantee it will work the same for you.
Here Is A Detailed Procedure Of Flashing F480!

First Of All :
Working Out Your Firmware Version :
How To Decide on which Firmware to Download and use...
To Check Your Firmware Dial : *#1234#
Example code explanation of F480XXHF7:

F480 = Model
XX = Region
H = Year
F = Month
& = Revision

Region codes:

BD Cyprus, Greece
CP Finland
DB Vietnam
DC Thailand
DD India
DT Australia
DX Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
DZ Malaysia, Singapore
JA South Africa
JC Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
JP Arabic
JR Arabic
JV Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
MT Switzerland
XA Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom
XB Denmark, Norway, Sweden
XC Portugal, Spain
XD Croatia, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia
XE Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
XF Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania
XX Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
ZC China, Hong Kong
ZT Taiwan
Mobile carrier codes:
AE SFR, France
AI Tim, Italy
AM Vodafone
AN E-Plus, Germany
AO O2
AS KPN, Netherland
AU Mobilkom, Austria
BB Tmn, Portugal
BF Optimus, Portugal
BG Telefonica, Spain
BM Swisscom, Switzerland
BN Amena, Spain
BO T-Mobile, Germany
BU Vodafone
BV Orange, Switzerland
BW O2, United Kingdom
CD Proximus, Belgium
CG Telia Mobitel, Sweden
CH SingTel, Singapore
CK Tele2 Comviq, Sweden
CT Tdc, Denmark
CU One, Austria
CV Telenor, Norway
DT Optus, Australia
DV Telstra, Australia
EF Celcom, Malaysia
JB Vodacom, South Africa
MD Telia Sonera, Finland
MJ Vodafone, Italy
MM Tele Ring, Austria
MV NetCom, Norway
NA Nrj, France
NB Tele2 Norway, Norway
NE H3g Nordic, Sweden
NP H3g, Italy
SS Vodafone, Japan
Release year codes:

A 2001
B 2002
C 2003
D 2004
E 2005
F 2006
G 2007
H 2008
I 2009
Release month codes:

A January
B February
C March
D April
E May
F June
G July
H August
I September
J October
K November
L December

Downloading Part :

You Need To Download Two Things :
A> Firmware :
Download - SGH-F480 Firmware
Mirror - SGH-F480 Firmware
B> Multiloader : (Program Used To Flash The Phone!)
Download - Multiloader V5.33
Mirror - Multiloader V5.33
Note : Make sure you remember where you have put these files as you will need to browse to them when using Multiloader.

Installing Part :

Preparing your phone:
Assuming here that you have already installed Samsung PC Studio and it works fine with your supplied USB cable.

Important NOTE: Flashing your phone will delete all your contacts, calender settings, ringtones etc.

You probably want to back up all your files and contacts. I recommend syncing your contacts etc. with Samsung PC Studio and copying over your files on your phone to your memory card or PC (your memory card will not be touched).

Once that's done remove any memory card you may have and then remove the SIM card. Put you battery back in. Your phone should be off at this point. Hold down the 'Volume down' key (The bottom rocker button on the left side of your phone) and the camera button and press the power on button. Your phone should start up into a weird screen with Downloader v.5.32 or something and some boxes. It's now ready to be flashed.


Using Multiloader:

Open multiloader. No options should be selected at this point (The middle section should be blank!) :
You should select the second option from the top (MSM6275/MSM6280).
Then press the AMSS button on the left side and browse to the firmware files you want to flash (unzip/rar them as necessary). Go to the binary folder and then select amss_compressed. Do the same for Rsrc1 Rsrc2 and FSS selecting the appropriate files.

You should now be ready to FLASH.
Connect your phone to your computer and then click download in multiloader.
Note : AT THIS POINT DO NOT TOUCH YOUR PHONE/DETATCH THE CABLE/SWITCH OFF YOUR COMPUTER.
Your phone should have a status indicator with percentages and this should be reflected in multiloader. The process should tkae about 5 minutes though I'm not sure about that. Once it's done your phone will restart twice by itself. Once this is done it should start up as normal into the widgets page. It's now complete.

Congratulations on Flashing Your Phone. You can now replace your SIM and Memory card and set up your phone the way you like it.

Example Picture:
Note: RsRC2 is not selected in this picture (please make sure you do with yours)


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Your Done
Regards,
MeaW