Thank you schaggo.. Not everyone who owns a fast car is a pro racing driver..To be blunt: it's his own fault he did the update via Kies, he did not inform himself and he brought himself into this situation. May this be a lesson to him.
And to actually answer the question: no there is no way. Downgrade, root, upgrade. Chances are high you can preserve data if you explicitely chose no-wipe ROMs to get the job done. I cannot answer the question though which ROMs are wipe and which are no-wipe. Research this yourself. Good luck.
To preserve root, do the upgrade using CWM App if your friend does not want to afford MobileODIN Pro. I put up a guide here in the dev forums.
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Which way to downgrade(lets say back to KK9) without risking binary counter increase?
Thanks.