[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] me_salman148:
Installing Firmware through different method

Hi SGG Fan'z,

Here the tutorial for installing firmware of Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082, I’m taking I9082XXAMC5 as an example firmware which is latest as of now

(March 2013).

I had given skill levels required for these methods and Images below are taken as example.

There are two way for doing this

The Odin way:

Skill level: 4/5.

Recommended:

1: Make sure you have complete backup of apps, data and settings. Use Titanium backup (for apps), SMS backup(for SMS) ,Call Backup (For call history)

as this method will wipe out all your data.

2: Download Odin3 v3.07.exe. Link--> http://www.google.co.in/#hl=en&gs_r...76,d.cGE&fp=afeb7cba53225f58&biw=1280&bih=677

3: Latest version of Samsung Kies need to be installed in your PC as its drivers will be used by ODIN. Link--> http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201302/20130220165326135/KiesSetup.exe

4: Phone firmware for example (Download I9082XXAMC5_I9082ODDMB2_INU.zip from sammobile.com). Link--> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2199398

5: Minimum battery charge of 60% - 70%.

6: Patience.

Steps:

1: Enable “USB debugging” on your device, you can do this by going to 'Settings >> Developer options >> Enable USB debugging'.

2: Extract the zip file (I9082XXAMC5_I9082ODDMB2_INU.zip (~700 MB)), there you can see a file with .tar extension along with other files.

3: Open Odin.exe.

4: Switch off device and Boot device into download mode. this can done through by Pressing and holding Volume Down, Home, Power till device turns on

and then press Volume Up to enter download mode.

5: Connect your device to computer using USB cable. Odin will detect your device and ID:COM will turn yellow/blue and a message appears in left side

panel as “Added”. if it does not show then there must be a problem with your driver, re-installation of drivers will fix this problem.

6: In Odin make sure that “Auto Reboot” and “F.Reset Time” are checked and “Re-Partition” is unchecked.

7: Click on “PDA button” and navigate to select '.tar' file which you have downloaded.

8: Then click on Start button in Odin to start flashing, when flashing process is completed successfully you will get a PASS message.

9: Then the device boots automatically.

10: Congrats, Now your is updated with latest/required firmware. you can verify this by navigating to Settings --> About Phone --> Firmware.

The Kies way:

Skill level: 2/5.

Recommended:

1: Make sure you have complete backup of apps, data and settings. Use Titanium backup (for apps), SMS backup(for SMS) ,Call Backup (For call history)

,this method will not wipe out your data but in case if same thing goes wrong back up will be useful.

2: Latest version of Samsung Kies need to be installed in your PC.

3: Minimum battery charge of 60% - 70%.

4: Make sure your device does not have any security locks. If it has then keep it to 'None'.

5: Good internet speed as it will download a file around 600-700 MB and if some thing goes wrong it will start download from scratch.

6: A cup of coffee or a Movie to watch, if you don’t have patience.

Steps:

1: Open Kies and connect your device .

2: If your device have an update firmware then Kies will provide you a pop-up of Current and Latest firmware of your device then click ok to update.

But in a case if your device has a latest firmware or it does not give a pop-up then go to TOOL --> FIRMWARE UPGRADE INITIALISATION --> Ok.

3: Then sit back and relax as this will take around 45-60 mins to complete as Kies will downloads required firmware (If firmware is already

downloaded by Kies previously then it will take around 15-20 mins).

4: During this process your device will go into download mode automatically and boots up when the installation is done.

5: Congrats, Now your device is updated with latest firmware. you can verify this by navigating to Settings --> About Phone --> Firmware.

6: Enjoy...

BONUS: :laugh:

Installing SGG ROM:

Skill level: 4/5.

Recommended:

1: ROM File for example [ROM]Galaxy Grand Pre-rooted GT-I9082. Link--> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2199398

2: Rooted device.

3: Minimum battery charge of 60% - 70%.

Steps:

1: Connect your device to PC and copy the ROM to External SD card.

2: Boot your device into Recovery Mode, You can do this by Press and holding Volume Up + Home + Power Buttons until it boots into recovery mode.

3: In recovery mode, Clear your cache, wipe out data, clear dalvik cache.

4: Then Select "Install from SD card" option and navigate to the path where you have saved your ROM file, then select install.

5: The device may take some time to install it, After the installation completes again Clear your cache, wipe out data, clear dalvik cache.

6: Reboot your device.

7: Congrats, Now your device is installed with custom ROM. you can verify this by navigating to Settings --> About Phone --> Firmware.

8: Press Thanks. :good: