How to Install Android KitKat v4.4.4 on Galaxy S GT-I9000
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How to install Android KitKat v. 4.4.4 on Samsungs Galaxy S GT-I9000
Procedure
o I spent 1.5 day on rooting ( In Android devices, rooting is the
process of allowing of smartphones, tablets and other devices to
attain privileged control (known as "root access") within Android's
sub-system. ) and installing KitKat 4.4.4 (Almost Latest version of
Android Operating System, though Android 5.0 - Lollipop is there as
well) on my youngest sons Galaxy s GT-I9000. A good phone for a
starter, I think.
o I had to understand the whole procedure first, search the right
software and then had to go through hit & trial many times.
Ultimately I succeeded but it was really a painful experience. Based
on this troublesome journey, I decided to quickly share my
experience with public before I forget the whole damn procedure.
May be someone out there is looking for some advice on the
subject. Not in much detail but it would sure help the people. Here
is the procedure (By the way, same procedure is somewhat to be
followed for so many Android mobile phones out there):-
o Some pics of Galaxy S GT-I9000 are shown as Pics 1, 2 & 3.
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o (Please note that NO further upgrade was possible by phone's own
'System Update' and more over device was locked for rooting so un-
rooting was also required. Without un-rooting, you can't do anything
to make changes in the system)
o The system information of Galaxy s GT-i9000 before
rooting/upgrade (Settings --> About) is shown in Pic 4.
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(Note the Software version 2.3.5 Gingerbread)
I had to perform different tasks in the following order:-
o Check weather my device is rooted or not?
o To find a program to make the phone rooted (As mine was not rooted
o 'Rooted implies 'Having Super-User or administrative access'')
o To install a program which could install a new "Boot loader' and may
be help in installing the desired ROM for KitKat 4.4.4.
o To find the correct ROM - Again a challenging task.
o To cut the story short, this is how I proceeded:-
o I installed 'Root Checker Basic (2.33 MB)' by Joeykrim from 'Play
store (Picture 5a). It told me that my device was not 'Rooted'
(Picture 5b)
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o To solve this problem, I installed 'Kingo Android Root' software
(Picture 6) to transform my device into a 'Rooted' device.
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o On straight connection, Kingo asked for USB debugging to be
enabled (Pics 7 & 8).
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o I had to put my device in 'USB Debugging Mode' first, then
connect it via USB cable to computer (Picture 9 - 12).
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o Now, when I connected the phone to computer, it was just
a Click away task (Pic 13 & 14)
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o It was time to verify whether device was now rooted or
not? It was as 'Root Checker Basic confirmed (Pic 15)
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o Next step was to find and install a new "Boot loader'. I
found ROM Manager for the task. The free version had
limitations, therefore, I went for a Premium Version
which had no restrictions (Pic 16).
http://www.4shared.com/mobile/rB4m8RbUce/ROM_Manager_Prem_v5_5_3_7_apkg.htm?showComments=true
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o I used primarily the first option. On seeing my phone on
top, I used Flash ClockworkMod Recovery Option (Pic 17a
& Pic 17b).
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o The last stub born item was the base Kernel Version which did
not allow the program above (ClockworkMod Recovery) to take its
rightful place. Because of this problem, whenever, I used to
reboot, the original useless 4 lines menu (Pic 18) came up, not
allowing me to install the new firmware ROM.
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o I found a better kernel CF-Root-XX_OXA_JW4-v4.4-CWM3RFS.TAR
at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15188469 .
You can google this kernel at other places as well. I extracted it
to my Computer. Now, how to install it? For this, Odin_v3.09 (Pic
19) was the right tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15188469file:///F:/Galaxy%20SIII/Galaxy%20s1/Odin_v3.09.htm
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o Before you go any further, its time to download actual firmware or
ROM (Android KitKat v.4.4.4) (214.56 MB) and if you like
Applications Pack for this release. You can install most of these
from Google Apps as well.
o For firmware, I downloaded cm-11-20150316-NIGHTLY-
galaxysmtd.zip (It is in zip format and is to be copied to phone
memory as it is simply copy/paste it via usb cable in Windows
Explorer). If the link above is lost, you can google it at other places.
o For the proprietary Google-branded applications, I downloaded
gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip (150 MB).
o Lets get back to our mobile phone. By the way, we are almost done.
o To get the kernel updated through Odin, The phone was rebooted in
Download mode by pressing Power button, Volume Down button
and Home button (Pic 20).
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=galaxysmtd&type=http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=galaxysmtd&type=http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps#External_Links
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o When connected, the Odin software will show its details. Select the
Kernel File, we had downloaded on the desktop by pressing the
AP button. Before you press start button, things should look like as
indicated within blue boxes (Pic 21).
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o All set? Press the START button. If everything goes right, you get
this screen (Pic 22).
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o The phone will restart and go into ClockworkMod recovery mode
(Pic 23). If it does not, bring it manually by pressing Power button +
Volume Up button + Home button (Pic 24).
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o Once in root-boot mode, slip down to second option (By using
Volume button) and select the cm-11-20150316-NIGHTLY-
galaxysmtd.zip file, which we had copied to Phones internal
memory earlier.
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Hurrah, you have done it . I did it, to be more
precise o Here is the result of all this hassle
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Thats all guys. I hope that it was of some help to you. Good Luck
Abdul Qadir Khan Dilazak
Islamabad, Pakistan