Technology landscape of the world business is gradually shifting from its present stage. Moving ahead and offering innovative instruments and software have almost become order of the day. Particularly in the mobile sector this change is more visible. Recently, Android 4.2.2 XXUAMH2 Jelly Bean Firmware has been introduced in the market for the Galaxy Mega 6.3 LTE.
The new Firmware is the latest Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS and has been released by Over the Air (OTA). This guide is provided especially for all those users who want to learn how to manually update the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 LTE I9205 device.
A manually update procedure is necessary because this new OTA Firmware is released gradually. As of now this new update is not available in the entire market. It is available in some limited areas only.
The new software comes with some bug fixing facilities related to the problems reported by users. Moreover, the new OS is more stable and brings some appealing features and applications.
The Firmware being an official one becomes its striking advantage. When you apply an official software it comes with numerous advantages as the warranty for your device, in case you have lost it, will be restored. If the device has been either rooted or has installed some custom tools and your device doesn’t receive the latest updates after you have an official update, these latest official updates will be available for you.
In additional to it, this new manual guide and the Firmware file work on both rooted and un-rooted Galaxy Mega 6.3 devices.
Pre-requisites:
- Odin software will be used for completing this step by step instructional guide. As, you probably know that the ODIN software is a dedicated tool, developed by Samsung, that is used for flashing stock Firmware on Samsung Branded devices.
- Even though the Firmware file is an official one and the ODIN is released by Samsung only, you should still remain careful while applying a manual guide. Because, if something is missing or the procedure isn’t correctly applied, you can end up either damaging or breaking your Galaxy Mega 6.3 LTE device.
- Before starting this process, you need to back-up all the data that you’ve stored into device’ internal memory of your 6.3 device as a precautionary measure. A wipe task is required but in some cases a wipe memory is required to boot the device if you fail to apply everything properly.
- To get a full back-up you should use a suitable back-up and restore applications from Google Play Store and save your important data.
- During the installation process, a Window based computer is required, a USB cable for device and the Mega 6.3 LTE I9205 device for installation.
- On the Windows PC, all the security programs such as antivirus, firewall and antimalware programs have to be uninstalled or deactivated.
- Ensure that the device’ battery has more than 60 % power left otherwise you may face a forced power off during the installing process.
- Enable USB debugging option on your smartphone from the next path: “settings–applications–development”
- Use this guide only for Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 LTE I9205 device, this present official Firmware file (Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean XXUAMH2) and all instructions listed here are working with the specified model only.
How to install Android 4.2.2 XXUAMH2 Jelly Bean Firmware on Galaxy Mega 6.3 LTE version
- Download and install the suitable USB drivers for Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 device, if you don’t have the USB drivers you need to download and install Samsung KIES application for getting these.
- Download the official JB 4.2.2 XXUAMH2 firmware file on your PC from here save it in your computer.
- Unzip the downloaded software file.
- Download the ODIN software from here save it in your computer and then install it.
- Run ODIN application on your PC.
- Next, power off the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 device before going any further.
- Boot it in Download Mode menu by pressing volume down and home buttons on the same time.
- Now, while the device is booted into Download Mode and the ODIN application is running on your PC, connect the device to the computer.
- ODIN software will start to recognize the device.
- If everything works well then the ODIN application will display added” message, while the ID: COM section will return yellow or blue.
- Note: If the ODIN application doesn’t recognize the device, close ODIN, then disconnect the USB cable and reinstall the USB drivers once again. After that, repeat all steps from the beginning.
- If everything is working as explained above, move to the next step.
- From ODIN application select “PDA” button.
- Browse and pick the firmware file from the place where you extracted the downloaded firmware file.
- Important: On ODIN application the re-partition and f.reset time checkboxes should be un-checked.
- From ODIN click on “start”.
- The installation process will start immediately; don’t touch anything else while the flashing process is in progress.
- When the installation process it is complete Odin will display the “pass” message, and in additional the ID: COM section will now turn green background.
- Now, remove the USB cable from the PC and disconnect the Galaxy Mega 6.3 device from PC.
- Reboot you’re the Galaxy Mega 6.3 device as you are done.
- Note: Keep in mind that the first boot will take longer time to complete than in the usual mode. Don’t panic, this is absolutely normal.
Troubleshooting and ways to solve the issues:
If the smartphone will enter into a boot loop, you have to:
- Reboot the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 device LTE edition into recovery mode.
- From the recovery mode select wipe data factory reset” and “wipe cache partition”.
- Important: When you wipe the system all your data will be erased, so a full backup is required.
- Now, select “+++go back+++” and return the system into main menu of recovery mode.
- From the main menu of the recovery mode select “reboot system now”.
If the ODIN application gets stuck:
- Close the ODIN application on your PC.
- Now, disconnect the Android device from PC by removing the USB cable.
- Force restarts the smartphone.
- Now, you need to reinstall the USB drivers for the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 once again on your PC.
- Repeat all step by step procedure from the beginning.
Congratulations, the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 LTE I9205 device,is running into Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean XXUAMH2 firmware.
