Upgrade samsung galaxy s4 to android 4.4.2 kitkat

If you have a GT-I9505, here's how to install the leaked test KitKat firmware, whose pre-release version won't increase the binary counter, neither will it void your warranty:

  •  Back the content of your handset up as you should do prior to any such firmware update efforts. Remember, this is for model GT-I9505, country code: Open Europe, product code: OXA. The changelist is 276328, build date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 23:30:51 +0000. 


  • Download Odin3 v3.09, Samsumg's firmware upgrade software, if you don't have it already, and start it.

  • The phone now has to be restarted in downloading regime by pressing and holding the Home + Power + Volume down buttons keys all at the same time

  • Hook the Galaxy S4 with an USB cable to your computer, and wait until Odin indexes it, indicated with a blue sign

  • Click the Add button in Odin, and point the file browser to the firmware file I9505XXUFNA1_I9505OXAFNA1_I9505XXUFNA1_HOME.tar.md5, wherever you extracted it in the second step. Don't tick the re-partition option, or untick it if it's checkmarked.

  • Press on the start button and wait until the update is finished. If you encounter any forceclose, boot loop and so on error, press Home+Power+Volume up on your handset to get into the recovery mode, and choose to wipe/factory reset, which will return your phone to the stock state, erasing all your data on the internal and card storage.

  • After the update is over, press on the reboot option, and you would be loading into Android 4.4 KitKat on your GT-I9505 Samsung Galaxy S4


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1 comment:

shivansh said...

First it was not working but nw its working nyway.....nice.... thnx

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