Galaxy S: Download and update to Android 4.4 KitKat [GUIDE ... - International Business Times Italy

Into Owners of the Samsung Galaxy S , the first smartphone to have inaugurated the successful series of the Korean manufacturer, can enjoy a preview of the user experience offered by Android 4.4 KitKat , the new version of the operating system Google , currently only available on the Nexus 5, 7 Nexus and Nexus 10 g hanks to the work of developers in the community who have made a ROM-based sula CyanogenMod version 11. The performance is excellent, in contrast to the stability that, according to developers, is still to be improved. The new features, however, are those presented by Google .

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Among these, the new application Telephone , the ability to record what happens on the display and screen recording, tweaks to the graphical interface, system optimization, and much more yet. However, for the curious all the details are available in the official manual published by the Mountain View giant, which you can download for free from this page.

REQUIREMENTS . To install the ROM of Android 4.4 KitKat, the requirements are few and include, in addition to longer battery life to 60%, the drivers installed on your computer and the USB debugging mode active, the presence of ROOT permissions and a Recovery installed . The latter need to be a CyanogenMod otherwise the flash will fail. If you do not know how to install it check out the video below. Finally, before proceeding with the installation, you should make a backup of your data that may otherwise be lost.

FIRST STEP . Go to this page to start the download of the file we’re going to flash using the same name option in the recovery menu. To address this other hand, all applications are available by Google. Move both files with the extension. Zip without extracting, in the external memory of the device.

SECOND STEP . Reboot your Galaxy S in recovery mode while holding down the volume on along with the power button. From the window that opened the choose Wipe data, cache, advanced> Dalvik cache to reset the terminal. It is recommended and an operation preparatory to the installation of the ROM.

FINAL STEP . At this point, select the option to flash ( install zip from sdcard ) and select the file of the ROM. Once completed, only for those who are interested in getting Google applications, repeat the same operation but with the second file you downloaded earlier. The procedure restart the terminal by selecting “Reboot system now”.

If you have done everything correctly you can enjoy the latest work in advance of the Google engineers.

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