Samsung Galaxy S duos is now very good budget smartphone, which also supports the dual SIM
functionality. But lots of user reported the performance of this device from Samsung is not at expected
though it has standard 1GHz ARM V5 processor and acclaimed 1 GB of RAM (which is actually 765Mb)
People also reported few bugs like sudden discontinuity of packet data connection and, slag.
Well I myself own a Samsung galaxy S duos too and I have also faced these issues, but rather than regretting on
my design to purchase this handset I have found some procedures which can actually make this frustration vanish. Here it is all for you.
Disclaimer :- If you are not sure and not confident on what you are going to do next then beware
you are on your own. I will not be responsible if you bricked your handset following this procedure incorrectly.
Rooting Samsung Galaxy S duos-GT-S7652:-
In order to start upgrading you first need to make your device completely yours..:-)
It means you need to first root your device, If you are coming across this term first time then you
better first read this.If you are aware of rooting you can proceed further and root your galaxy s duos
To Get started with rooting your device follow the steps below.
To Get started with rooting your device follow the steps below.
- This is easiest procedure follow this link
- If this doesn't work for you go on to next step
- Download Root package for galaxy s duos form here.
- Extract the package on your desktop, you will get 5 files inside namely CWM- SuperSU.zip, CWM-Superuser.zip,odin.zip,recovery.tar,stock_recovery.tar
- Once you have all these files on your computer you need Samsung USB Drivers, and USB data cable for connecting your device to computer.
- If you cant find Samsung USB driver install them using kies or download here.
- Once you have Samsung driver installed on your computer, Go to the settings menu on your device and then to developer options and then check enable USB debugging.
- Now Copy the file CWM-Superuser.zip to your phones SD-Card,
- Switch off the phone. Now get your device in downloading mode using following key combination press Volume Down + Home+ Power On keys simultaneously.
- You should see following screen.
- Press Volume Up key to continue booting into downloading mode
- Once you have booted in downloading mode open the Odin.exe and connect the phone to USB cable.The COM port in ODIN should be turned yellow as shown in below screenshot.
13. The yellow color indicates that your device is identified and connected. Now make sure that F. Reset Time is ticked.
Auto Reboot is ticked.
PDA is ticked.
All other boxes should be unticked.
Auto Reboot is ticked.
PDA is ticked.
All other boxes should be unticked.
14. Now click the PDA button and browse for the file recovery.tar you will find this file in Rooting package you extracted above.
15. Remove the back cover from your device before you follow the next step. This is required as you will need to remove the battery with a perfect timing, after you complete the next step.
16. Click on start. Let ODIN complete the flashing process. Don't interrupt the process. A green bar will tell you the progress of the operation. When the green box in Odin window shows "Pass", your phone will start a reboot.
17. It's time for you to jump into action. When the phone reboots, a vibration will signify that the phone has shut down completely, and is ready to boot up again. That's what we've to prevent. Just as the phone vibrates, remove the battery. We prevented the phone to boot again as this would've triggered the install-recovery.sh script to re install the stock recovery.(which we don't want!) You can disconnect your phone from the computer now.
18. Now boot into CWM recovery mode using key combination Volume Up + Volume Down + Home + Power.
If you cant see the CWM recovery you need to repeat the above procedure carefully this time.
19. Once you are booted in CWM recovery mode you can browse the option back up and restore using Volume Up and Down keys, select the option by pressing Home key.
20. Make sure you have min 2 GB space free on your Sd card. and then select the option backup, wait till CWM takes nandroid back up of your device so that at any point later in time you can restore your device to its previous stage.
21. Once back up is completed select the option Install zip from SD card and browse for the file CWM-Superuser.zip, select this file press home key browse through all No to locate and select option "Yes". and check the logs it will say " you have rooted your device successfully".
22. Once finished. Selcet option Reboot your device Now....and enjoy Now you are free to Install any custom ROM on your Samsung Galaxy S duos..
You can find the tutorial on installing the only available custom ROM on your Galaxy S duos here.
If later some point of time you found that you have lost CWM Recovery follow this post to get permanent CWM recovery on your SGSD.
Any questions suggestions please post in comments below.
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