When you don’t want to change your handset, you certainly wish to upgrade it. Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 users have got a good news as Official Android 4.2.2 JB XXUBMHF Firmware is ready to update the existing handset with new features.
Once installed, the new Android not only offers new applications, it offers stability in comparison to its previous version. With a better life and big fixing features, this new android is a gift for the Samsung mobile users. We are ready with a tutorial for those who didn’t receive the official OTA release with the new JB XXUBMHF update.
This firmware has been released by OTA for limited markets and in coming days it will be released for other markets in a phased manner. This tutorial is useful for users who have a Grand rooted device and an unlocked one. As you probably know that the rooted devices and the unlocked devices don’t receive the OTA update, so in these cases a manual installing procedure is necessary in order to install an official firmware.
For manually flashing we advise to use ODIN software, which is a dedicated flashing tool developed by Samsung.
Pre-requisites and guidelines:
- It will work for both, rooted and un-rooted devices.
- Installing an official firmware, you can restore the warranty for Grand device, if it has been previously voided during different rooting or custom process.
- The guide doesn’t require having a custom recovery image installed on your device; Odin will be used for flashing the firmware file.
- The guide uses a manual method, and that’s why you need to be an Android advanced user who knows to work with ODIN app.
- A Windows based PC, the Galaxy Grand device and its USB cable must be near you.
- Uninstall or deactivate/ disable all the security programs that are running on your PC or laptop.
- Download and install on the computer the suitable USB drivers for Samsung Galaxy Grand
- Ensure that the device’ battery has more than 70 % power left level otherwise it may face a forced shutdown during the flashing process.
- Moreover, enable the USB debugging mode option from the following path: “settings>applications> development”.
- Backup all your data stored into your device’ internal memory. By using ODIN tool, the data will not be deleted as the system won’t be wiped, but remember that, this is a manual method and is better to have your data safe. In the rare cases, the data can be corrupted.
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How to Update Galaxy Grand I9082 to Android 4.2.2 JB XXUBMHF Firmware (September release)
- First, download the Android 4.2.2 JB XXUBMHF Firmware file from here, save it in your computer.
- Second, unzip the downloaded package.
- Make sure that the USB drivers for the device are installed into PC- you can use Samsung Kies app in order to download and install the USB drivers.
- Download ODIN, save it, unzip the file and install the same.
- Run ODIN on your PC.
- Turn power off the smartphone. Wait around five second to be sure that the device is completely turned off.
- Boot the Grand device into download mode (Press Volume down, home and power buttons simultaneously).
- Next, connect the smartphone to the computer using the USB cable.
- Now, take a look on ODIN and make sure that the ODIN application recognizes the Samsung Galaxy Grand device. In to ODIN the ID:COM section must be colored yellow or blue while the “added’ messages must be displayed into ODIN interface.
- Otherwise, if the ODIN doesn’t recognize the device, then you have to reinstall the USB drivers on your computer once again, and then repeat all the steps from the beginning.
- If everything is working as I explained, you can move to the next step.
- From ODIN select “PDA” button.
- Browse for the extracted firmware file and pick it from desktop.
- Now, click on “START” button from ODIN.
- Do not make any other changes on ODIN.
- Wait for ODIN complete the installation process.
- Once the flashing process is done, the “pass” message will be displayed on your PC and the ID:COM section will now be collared in green.
- When that happens that means the smartphone was updated with the latest Android 4.2.2 firmware.
- Remove the USB cord and reboot the smartphone.
Troubleshooting:
- If ODIN app gets stuck you have to do:
- Turn the smartphone off.
- Disconnect the USB cable from the PC.
- Force restarts the Galaxy Grand device.
- Reinstall the USB drivers on the PC.
- Repeat all the steps from the beginning.
- If the Samsung Galaxy Grand device gets stuck and it is entering into a boot loop then you have to:
- Reboot the device in recovery mode.
- From recovery mode select “wipe data factory reset” and “wipe cache partition”;
- Then return into recovery main menu and select “reboot system now”.
Congratulations, you successfully learned how to manually flash the latest Android 4.2.2 XXUBMHF Jelly Bean firmware.
For any supplementary questions or for sharing your experience with the latest update, please don’t hesitate to use our comment section from below.
