Ultimate Rooting Guide: how to install kitkat in galaxy grand

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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Your phone must be rooted before doing this process. Guide to root Galaxy Grand Duos--></span><span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.ultimaterootingguide.in/2014/05/how-to-root-galaxy-grand-duos-i9082.html" target="_blank">Rooting Guide for Galaxy Grand duos</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Galaxy grand duos is one of the most affordable phones out there that provide a good smartphone experience. It comes equipped with a 5 inch screen with a 480 x 800 pixel screen display, mostly providing a fairly decent image quality. The screen however is not HD. It runs on a Samsung Dual Core processor and has fast processing speeds of 1.2GHz, meaning that the phone isn’t completely lag proof, but is subjected to this condition quite rarely. The galaxy Grand Duos comes with a worthwile back camera capable of recording 1080 pi videos and a 2 MegaPixel front camera for video calling. It has a batter life of 2100 mAh lasting up to an average of 10 hours and comes in three variants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rooting the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos has several advantages, mainly accessibility features. Some of them being:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.Titanium backup</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">2. Debloat the ROM with stuff</span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">  </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">you do not desire using ROMCleaner</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">3. Adblocking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">4. Flashing mods like increased in-call volume, increased brightness, interface customization etc.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Overclock for performance or under volt the kernel to save power.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">6. Getting rid of the Samsung Wiz UI, improving overall performance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.1600608825684px;"> You can check some of the tweaks & apps after rooting this phone on our youtube channel </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ELITEXTREMEZ" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.1600608825684px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><span id="goog_649743272"></span>ELITEXTREMEZ</span></a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.1600608825684px;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Follow these instructions:</span><br />
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1. <span style="background-color: white;">Enable USB debugging in your phone settings > developer options.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">2. Install </span><a href="http://www.samsung.com/in/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP" style="line-height: 22px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Kies</span></a><span style="line-height: 22px;"> for usb drivers (but </span><b style="line-height: 22px;">don't op</b><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>en</b> it while doing this process)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">3. Enable USB Debugging Mode on phone [</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Settings>> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Developer options >> check</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">USB Debugging Mode</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">.]</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">4. Download </span><a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/nMlYH1osba/recovery_20131212.html" style="color: blue; line-height: 22px;" target="_blank">CWM Recovery</a><span style="line-height: 30px;"> &</span><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.4shared.com/folder/qpT1KFTP/Odin3_v3.html?detailView=true&sortAsc=true&sortsMode=NAME" style="color: blue; line-height: 22px;" target="_blank">Odin</a><span style="line-height: 22px;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">5. Switch off your phone & Boot into </span><span style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Download Mode</b></span><span style="line-height: 22px;"> by pressing and holding </span><strong style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Volume Down</strong><span style="line-height: 22px;">, </span><strong style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Power </strong><span style="line-height: 22px;">and </span><strong style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Home</strong><span style="line-height: 22px;"> buttons together. Release all three buttons when the GT-I9082 logo appears on the screen. Then press </span><strong style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Volume Up</strong><span style="line-height: 22px;"> button to confirm to enter into Download Mode.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">6. Connect the phone to the computer via USB cable while it is in Download Mode & open </span><span style="line-height: 22px;">Odin3 v3.04.exe as administrator</span><span style="line-height: 22px;">. Wait until Odin detects the device. When it is connected successfully, an </span><strong style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Added</strong><span style="line-height: 22px;"> message will appear under Odin's message box. Additionally, the ID: COM box in Odin will turn blue with COM port number indicating successful connection.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">7. Now click the </span><strong style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">PDA </strong><span style="line-height: 22px;">button and select </span><span style="line-height: normal;"><b>recovery_20131212.tar</b></span><span style="line-height: 22px;"> file.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">8. Uncheck </span><strong style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Auto Reboot </strong><span style="line-height: 22px;">and only </span><strong style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">F.Reset Time</strong><span style="line-height: 22px;"> should be checked. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">9. Hit </span><strong style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start</strong><span style="line-height: 22px;"> button in Odin. The installation process should begin now and would take a few minutes to complete.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">10. When the installation process is completed, unplug the USB cable & remove the battery & keep it back after few seconds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. Download  Android 4.4.1 KitKat CM11 ROM  from <a href="http://www.4shared.com/get/F2aXTM7Kce/cm-11-20131211-UNOFFICIAL-i908.html">here</a> and the google apps package from <a href="http://www.4shared.com/get/L0hu-xe5ce/pa_gapps-stock-442-20140213-si.html">here</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. Connect your Galaxy Grand Duos to your computer via USB cable. Copy the files to your phone in zip format & make sure you<b> don't extract</b> them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13. Turn off your phone.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14 .Enter into recovery mode by<b> pressing volume +</b>, <b>home </b>&<b>
power button</b> together until you see galaxy grand duos logo, release all three
buttons at the same time to enter recovery mode.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(In this mode, use Volume buttons to scroll & Power button to select)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15. Perform a factory reset by selecting “<b>Wipe data/Factory reset</b>.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16. Go to “<b>Choose zip from/storage/sdcard1</b>”  and select "cm-11-20131211-UNOFFICIAL-i9082.zip". Do the same for google apps ( go to “<b>Choose zip from/storage/sdcard1</b>”  and select "pa_gapps-stock-4.4.2-20140213-signed.zip".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17. After the installation is complete, press “Go back” and then select “Reboot system now” to restart your phone. This may take some time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you have restarted your phone, you will find your phone is running Android version 4.4.1 KitKat.</span><br />
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How to flash KitKat ROM for Galaxy Grand duos (I9082) with Video Guide

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