Few weeks ago i have upgraded my wife’s Samsung Galaxy S Advance GT-I9070 from Android 2.3.6 to 4.1.2 using branded (P4) rom. My wife hates me for that because her phone slows dooooown….
I decided to install her new Android 4.4.2 Kitkat ROM (the same which i have on my Nexus 5). Below are step how i do this (of course it could’nt be done without googling the net)
- Create backup of all stuff which where on my wife’s phone.
- Root the phone by downloading this file root.zip and put it on SD card (root folder / is the best).
- Reboot the phone to recovery by powering it off and then VolumeUp + Home + Power
- Select Install update from external storage and select root.zip.
- After reboot you will have rooted device. Next step is to load ClockWorkMod Recovery (temporary). Download it from here → update.zip.
- After that download Carbon_Janice_KK-4.4.2_Build8_22.03.14.zip which contains latest Android 4.4.2 and Google Apps 20140105
- All files (update.zip, Carbon_Janice_KK-4.4.2_Build8_22.03.14.zip and GApps) put on SD card.
- Reboot to recovery and select install update from external storage →select update.zip.
- You phone would automatically reboot to ClockWorkMod Recovery.
- Perform wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition.
- Go to Advanced and select wipe dalvik cache.
- Go back to main menu and select install zip from SD card, next select choose zip from SD card and choose Android 4.4.2 rom file.
- Do the same with GApps.
- Reboot your phone →it will load about 5-10minutes.
- Enjoy your Samsung Galaxy S Advance GT-I9070 Phone running Android 4.4.2 Kitkat 🙂
I did like this.but now my phone unknown USB storage. What should I do?
Please download mobile and copy to memory card then reboot
Thanks sir…
Its work…
hard reset i9070
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TNX
is the kitkat version available?
There is no official update only by rooting your phone.
Thanks sir…
Its work…
not working… i try all the instructions not working…ask question .. to upgrade need a computer or laptop ?
may i ask u how do u upgrade your wife’s phone from 2.3.6 to 4.1.2?
i’m stuck
hope u could help me
It was a system update provided by manufacturer via Kies. You can also download proper image from Samsung site and use ODIN.
thank’s a loooooooooooot, u’re the best, I’ve been looking for the root rar and the upload rar for a long time, and I finally found them here, thank u so much
thanks a lot…………………….
i am searching for a root package from more than 3 hours. As original http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00023/ook/root.zip link is no more working.
And on almost all blogs (gone through around 20 blogs) this link is mentioned. so no more accessible.
Thank you!
I was searching for cwm recovery for a long time… thank you for this big help …direct download link is awesome
Thank’s for the great works. I have only one problem with install Gapps en the phone stock in reboot.
Hello, failed when install Gapps. What should I do? Thanks!