Galaxy S2 Upgrade Android 4.4

Samsung Galaxy S2 GT I9100 Android smartphone can now be updated with the latest version of Kitkat 4.4.2. Unfortunately, Samsung won’t be pushing the update officially to Galaxy S2 devices. But all thanks to the custom ROM makers who are working constantly to come out with the most stable firmwares based on the Kitkat 4.4.2 firmware.

Finally after long waiting, some stable, and high performance Android 4.4.2 KitKat are now being distributed by developers. It always takes some time to bring bug free version of Rom, it needs good efforts also. Just few days back, Samsung had announced KitKat updates for many devices but Galaxy S2 wasn’t present on their list. It is respected that, they will roll update in Q2 for 2014, or may take longer than that.

Install Android 4.4.2 KitKat on Galaxy S2 i9100 with NeatROM While most of the latest android devices are already getting their KitKat updates, older devices like the Samsung Galaxy S2 is still stuck with the good old Jellybean. Even Cyanogenmod is slow this time in bringing the KitKat update to the S2 or i9100.
Samsung Galaxy S2 receives new custom firmware! Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 users can now install Android 4. 4 KitKat update via a custom ROM! A new custom firmware based on Google's latest.
The most famous and well known Cyanogenmod 11 Custom ROM based on the latest Android 4.4 KitKat has been successfully flashed on your Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket SGH-i727. To confirm the same, go to Menu→Settings→About Phone. If you come across any difficulty then feel free to comment below.

Don’t need to bother that. We have our own way to get updated to latest Android operating system by mean of custom Rom. To update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.4.2 KitKat, we would use SlimKat Rom. Based on official AOSP firmware, it has been transformed to slim version, but still it is feature rich, and very beautiful in terms of user interface. It comes with entirely dark user interface, which is very smooth, and looks classy too.

With high stability, this Rom comes with very high performance with minimal or no bugs inside of it. This feature rich Rom is good choice to update your device, as it has been distributed officially, so there won’t be any problem regarding to it. To install it successfully we recommend you to follow each step very carefully without skipping any of them. If you want to read more about this Rom then you must consider to visit the XDA Thread here.

Before going any further, read all the pre-requisites listed below, and prepare your device according to them. Read all the prerequisite that we mention below. Try to read them thoroughly.

Pre-requisites

SlimKat Rom, and this guide is especially made only for Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 handset, and meant nothing for any other device. So before installing it, make sure to check the model number of your device, it should be I9100.
To install this Rom, you must be on custom recovery. Latest TWRP or CWM recovery is necessary to install this Rom, otherwise you will get bugs, and other issues after installing it. To install custom recovery, you can use Rom Manager app, it will easily install CWM recovery on your phone.
Backup all the information stored under the phone, because installation process will go through complete wiping of internal memory. Go through our guide to backup Android phone to make it easy. Also, the guide includes the method to backup the current of the device.
Make sure to enable to USB debugging on phone. To enable it, go to phone’s Settings->Developers Options->check the USB Debugging box.
Charge the device to good extent. We recommend to charge at least 40% level, so it could easily survive during the installation.

Downloads

→Get the latest built of SlimKat Rom from here. (Slim-i9100-4.4.2.build.3-OFFICIAL-3081.zip)

→Get the Gapps for Rom from here. (Slim_AIO_gapps.4.4.2.build.3.zip)

How to install SlimKat Rom on Galaxy S2 I9100

Download both the files listed in download section, then put’em all to phone’s SD card. Remember the name, and location of the files.
Turn off the device, and wait at least 5 seconds.
Turn on the device by pressing, and holding Volume Up + Home + Power buttons together until Samsung’s logo gets appeared on screen. Then release the buttons, and you’ll be at recovery mode very soon.
Under recovery mode, select “wipe data/factory reset”, then select “yes” on next screen to confirm your selection.
Now go to “mount and storage”, under it select “Format System”, followed by “yes” on next screen to let it perform.
Get back to main menu, there select “install zip from sd card”, then “choose zip from sd card”, find and locate the downloaded SlimKat Rom zip file, and select “yes” on next screen to confirm the installation process.
Similarly, install the Gapps zip package.
Once you done with both the files, go back to main menu then select “reboot system now”.

Your phone will restart, and boot up to home screen. For first boot up, it can take some longer time than what it usually takes. So, don’t get panic, it is natural. Fill the Google account settings to get started with your phone.

Further to improve the device performance, you can visit our post on root apps for high performance and improve usability.

Hello guys the device in our list was Samsung Galaxy S2. We are publishing this guide because the official upate is not available for the device. Follow our guide to Update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.4 Kitkat. This guide is tested and confirmed that it has been successfully working on Samsung Galaxy S2. Hope it works for you too. Just follow our guide on How to Update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.4 Kitkat.

The update we are going to write about is not official update its makes your device look alike the latest Google Android 4.4 Kitkat. By installing this Rom you will lose your warranty. Follow the steps carefully this procedure is only meant to update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.4 KitKat and may not work on any other device. Don’t try to do on other devices this will make the devices not work causing them a hard brick which is hard to recover. Proceed with caution.

Prerequisites to Update Sasmung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.4 Kitkat:-

Make sure that your device is Samsung Galaxy S2.
You must have a rooted samsung galaxy S2 to install CM 11 Rom.
Root your device and install a custom recovery to the device
Download Update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.4 Kitkat.
Download G-Apps from here.

Lets go to next step process to update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.4 Kitkat.

Process to Update Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.4 Kitkat:-

Galaxy S2 Spec

Copy The downloaded update to sd card.
Reboot to recovery using the 3 button combo.
Wipe everything including cache and Dalvik cache.
Now select Install from sd card and select the CM 11.
After that install g-apps the similar way.
Wait until it completes installation.

Thats it voila you are running latest Android 4.4 on Your samsung galaxy S2 by Following our guide on How to update samsung galaxy s2 to Android 4.4 Kitkat. Do let us know your reaction about How to update samsung galaxy S2 to Android 4.4 KitKat.

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