Yes, I am based in India - Mumbai. As mentioned in my post I updated using Kies.
for detailed tutorial - link - TechGom: [Official]Upgrading Samsung Galaxy 3 I5801 to 2.2 [DDJP2-India] via Kies
Have successfully upgraded to Froyo thru the official update using Kies at the fifth attempt. All data, settings are intact. Prima facie all looks ok.
Am now moving Apps to SDCard to free up phone memory thru - Settings > Applications > Manage applications. Press on an app , and...
Looks like something is coming -
"Samsung company has announced two news, one about releasing a Gingerbread update for Galaxy S and another about Froyo (Android 2.2) update for Samsung Galaxy 3 (I5800) and Galaxy 5 (I5500).
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..... Galaxy 5 (15500) will get an update next week (14-20...
I picked up this phone last week. Works fine except for One issue - I hve a prepaid card and the balance is slowly reducing without even making any calls or sending messages. I have yet to activate gprs. After some googling have deactivated background data use in the settings. Even then...
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