Many people around the globe reported lots of issues related to SGSD, such as
shagginess, out of memory, battery draining and many more. As we know the better option to solve all these problems at one go is to upgrade to any available custom ROM
and for Samsung Galaxy S duos fortunately and unfortunately there is only One custom ROM
available which supports full dual SIM functionality.The ROM is Kyle Open Rom
There is no Cynogenmod Rom available for SGSD yet. Don't be get fooled by other posts claiming the CM 9 or CM 10 Jeally bean update for SGSD.
Here are the features of the latest Kyle Open ROM v3.4.0 :
- Based on stock S7562XXBMD6 ROM- Debloated (see list of removed bloat below)- CM9 Imported (see list of CM9 packages below)- Deodexed / zipalligned (can be themed!)- Rooted (incl. insecure kernel using chainfire modded adbd method)- Custom boot image enabled- Custom boot sounds enabled (wav only!)- Busybox support- Overclock / Governor Kernel- init.d script support- Add-on support- OTA Update engine- Google Now included- Flashplayer support (download flash APK from here)- Samsung S Voice support through add-on
- QtADB Support (get it here)
WARNING: Flashing this ROM will make the orange triangle appear and increase the flash counter. Flash at your own risk, I am not responsible for your actions. Follow the instructions below ONLY if YOU are sure of what you are doing. Otherwise stop here. You can reset the counter and remove the triangle using the app developed by chainfire (triangle remover).
Follow the below instructions to install this ROM on your SGSD
- Before proceeding further make sure you have root access and CWM recovery installed on your device, refer this link to know how to root and install CWM on SGSD. Also follow a quick check on below artifacts.
- Battery should be Charged above 70%
- Samsung device drivers should be installed on computer,if you don't have it download drivers here.
- Odin set up should be available for SGSD, get it here.
- Download the Baseband Rom image here.
- Download the latest version of Kyle Rom here.
- Place the Kyle Open ROM ".zip" file on your SD Card and make sure there is at least 2Gb free space available on your SD-Card.
- Once you are sure that you have obtained root access and have CWM recovery working fine, switch off the phone boot into CWM recovery mode by pressing key combination Volume Up + Volume down + Home + Power.
- This will boot your device in CWM recovery mode, now browse for option "back up and restore", use volume rockers as touch screen doesn't work in recovery mode.Select the option by pressing home button and then get your device's existing ROM backed up by selecting option Backup.
- Once the back up is completed successfully select the option "reboot device now" and let the phone reboot.
- Now take back up of all your applications and personal data such as contacts, messages, call records etc. use the application super back up download it from play store
- If only you are sure that you have all back up you needed then proceed further cause you will lost all the data by following below procedure.
- Though we can directly flash the Kyle ROM ".zip" file to upgrade SGSD it is recommended to upgrade to this base band version (S7562XXBMD6 ) to make the Kyle Rom work for you and avoid any problems you may face if flashed on existing base band version.
- In order to upgrade to base band version mentioned above, download the stock ROM for this base band, as you may already downloaded it if you have followed the above steps.
- Now switch off your device, get into downloading mode by pressing key combination Volume down + Home + Power.
- Once you are in download mode connect your device to computer using USB cable and open the Odin.exe downloaded above.
- The Odin should reflect on of its COM port as yellow, which indicates that the device is connected to computer and intern to Odin successfully
- You can observe various options on Odin screen, make sure that F.reset time and Auto reboot and PDA are checked.
- Now click on PDA and browse for the Stock ROM you downloaded above namely S7562XXBMD6_S7562OXXBME1_S7562XXBMD4_HOME.tar.md5
- Click on Start and wait for the process to complete your device will reboot automatically once
Odin shows the PASS indicator and COM PORT turns Green.
Once your device is up and running connect it to computer and place the KOR-Release 3.4.0.zip file (Kyle open Rom) on sd card and follow the below procedure.
To get into recovery mode switch off your device, then press the Volume Down+HOME + Power key simultaneously Once you are successfully booted in recovery you should see the screen below
- Select the option wipe data/factory reset.Use volume rocker keys to go up or down and Home key to select option.
- Navigate to Yes option using Volume rocker and select it by pressing Home key.
- Now select the option wipe cache partition, and follow through
- Now go to advanced option and do a dalvik cache wipe using same procedure mentioned above.
- Once all this cleaning is done, your device is ready to install new custom Rom.
- Now select the option Install Zip from SD card and browse for the ROM file.Use volume rocker keys to go up or down.
- Select the ROM (Zip file you placed onto SD card in step 2). Press Home key to select
- Navigate to Yes option using Volume rocker and select it by pressing Home key.
- Now the installation of ROM will start,wait for some time and once you see the log as successfully installed the ROM reboot your device, using reboot system now option
- Wait for phone to boot up, have patience First time boot may take 10 -15 min.
- Once Phone boots up successfully set up the google account and do other settings
- Enjoy you have installed the Kyle Open ROM on SGSD successfully.
If you have Any questions, problems and reviews please post below in comments
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