Samsung S2 Kitkat

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Today, I am going to share some good news with Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 owners who are running Android Jelly Bean on their device. Now you can enjoy all features of Android KitKat on your Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100. Android 4.4.2 KitKat AOSB Project Custom ROM has been released for Galaxy S II. Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100: Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread: Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0: Android 2.2 Froyo: Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001. Android 4.4.4 KitKat: Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0: Android 5.0.2 Lollipop - T710, T715 Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow - T719N: Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7: Android 5.0.2 Lollipop - T810, T815.

Are you planning to install a new firmware on your Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000? Androidbiits.com brings some good news for the people who are using Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000. Android 4.4.2 KitKat XXUDNE5 [N8000XXUDNE5] has been released for Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000. Are you wondering how to install N8000XXUDNE5? Dear friend, I will help you in installing Android 4.4.2 XXUDNE5 on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000. Recently, I have published the step-by-step instructions for updating Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Wi-Fi GT-N5110 to Android 4.4.2 XXDNF1. Now I am going to write the step-by-step instructions to update Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000 to Android 4.4.2 KitKat XXUDNE5.

I am hoping that you will be able to install Android 4.4.2 KitKat XXUDNE5 on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000 easily after following the steps posted in Androidbiits.com. N8000XXUDNE5 will bring some improvements on your Note 10.1 GT-N8000. Well, it is not essential to install CWM recovery on your Note 10.1 GT-N8000. The good news is that soon you will be able to root your Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000 on Android 4.4.2 XXUDNE5. I forgot to mention that you must backup your important files in a secure place before updating Note 10.1 GT-N8000. Your PC will not be able to recognize your phone without Note 10.1 GT-N8000 USB driver, so you need to install it.

Below are the steps using which you can install Android 4.4.2 KitKat XXUDNE5 [N8000XXUDNE5]. Androidbiits.com will not be responsible if your GT-N8000 got damaged during the update process. Yes, the battery level of GT-N8000 must be above 84% before following these steps.

How to Install Android 4.4.2 KitKat XXUDNE5 [N8000XXUDNE5] on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000

1. First, you have to download Android 4.4.2 KitKat XXUDNE5 on your PC.

2. Now you have to download Odin to install N8000XXUDNE5 on your Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000.

3. Now you have to put your Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000 into download mode using these steps:

  • Turn off your Samsung Note 10.1 GT-N8000.
  • Press Samsung Note 10.1 volume down button and home button simultaneously.
  • Press Samsung Note 10.1 Power button at the same time while pressing the Home button and volume down button of GT-N8000.
  • Press Samsung Note 10.1 Power button again after viewing a warning message to put it into download mode.

4. Launch Odin on your PC and connect your GT-N8000 with your PC via USB cable.

5. You can see a message in the bottom left corner of Odin after connecting your GT-N8000 with your PC.

6. Now you have to extract the ZIP file of Android 4.4.2 KitKat XXUDNE5 on your PC downloaded in STEP 1.

7. Once you have successfully extracted the ZIP file of Android 4.4.2 KitKat XXUDNE5, you have to press “AP” in Odin and choose “.tar.md5″ file.

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8. Now you have to press the “Start” button in Odin after selecting “Auto-reboot” option.

Congrats, you have done it. Now you will need to wait until your GT-N8000 restarts. It may take around 5 minutes to reboot. You can enjoy N8000XXUDNE5 after your GT-N8000 is being restarted. In this way you can install Android 4.4.2 XXUDNE5. If you are facing any difficulty while installing N8000XXUDNE5, then you can share your difficulty with me in the comment section below.

Yes, now your Samsung Galaxy SII can also have kitkat!

UPDATED: 14/02/2015 , This post was originally posted in my old website zids dreamyworld, as that website is being shut down soon, the post had to be transferred to this site, Dead Links updated

Kitkat

Instructions

* – Your phone must be I9100 (not i9100G,i9100P or other variants) international version. go to settings > about phone > and make sure your phone is i9100

* – You must have at least 50% battery

* – Save, backup all your contacts and Apps/games before do this, or you gonna lose them all. Sd card and external card will not be deleted

* – Download and move these files to a safe folder to External Sd card

1. PhilZ-cwm6-XWLST-ODD-5.06.1-signed.zip

Download it here:XDA philz cwm list

1 – A * ( Warning!) after completed install philz cwm, reboot to recovery (volume up, home, power) , select Back up and restore , and back up your/efs from the next menus. This is important, it backs up your phone imei, and incase your phone has no signal,no imei after flashing this kitkat, just come to this philz cwm after installing it, then Restore it.

2. Download Cwm.kitkat.compatible. i9100.Zip here: CWM Kitkat compatible

Official

3. Download Cyanogen Mod cm-11-20141115-SNAPSHOT-M12-i9100.zip , Here: Download ROM 4.4.4 cyanogenmod

Use 3G or Wi-Fi to download this, don’t use slow networks because file may corrupt

4. Google Apps (Small) –
gapps-kk-20140105-
signed.zip here: Google apps and select Gapps small for CM11

Starting the Flashing Process


1. Switch Off Your Phone, Boot into stock recovery
(volume up+home+power)

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2. Select “ Apply update from external Sd card ” and go to the folder where the mentioned files that you downloaded earlier saved, and select and Install PhilZ-cwm6-*****-
signed.zip and wait…

Samsung S2 Kitkat

(Warning!) – Do the /efs backup as explained in 1-A , if you do not do this, you may end up with a phone with no signal!

3. After finish that, turn off phone and Reboot into Philz recovery
(Switch off and volume up+home+power)

4. Do a full wipe, wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache (it’s in the menu options)

5. Select install Zip and Install CWM.kitkat.compatible.i9100.zip and wait till it’s complete…

6. Reboot into CWM (volume up+home+power)

7. Wipe data/factory reset, Wipe cache partition, Advanced>Wipe dalvik
cache

8. After finishing wipe, Select install zip and Install cm-11-20141115-SNAPSHOT-M12-i9100.zip and wait a minute…

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9. After the installation complete, Select install zip again and Install gapps-kk-
signed.zip and wait..

10. After installation complete, Reboot and all done.

– first boot will take a few mins (sometimes more than 15 minutes) So Don’t panic 🙂 i have done this and successfully upgraded my S2 to kitkat

Screenshots

Samsung Galaxy S2 Kitkat Firmware Download

If there’s any errors or problems, drop a comment below, i will help 🙂

Galaxy S2 Kitkat Official Update

Enjoy the new kitkat 4.4.4 on S2!

Also search in the site how to get best battery life, signal and fix overheating of S2. My kitkat 4 4 4 is better than stock 4.1.2 with different modems, kernel etc

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