Samsung Galaxy Grand 2
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- alokeb
- PSL
- 16 Jul 2014
I am using the kitkat version in Grand 2 since Last Saturday and Haven't faced any restating issue or GPS issue or volume button issue or lock screen wallpaper issue reported by others. The only issue I am facing is that the single handed mode is not working properly. After the upgrade my phone has become very fast and GUI is very smooth now. I had GPS problem in 4.3 version and after upgrading to 4.4 the GPS is working fine till now. However, note that my phone was upgraded to Kitkat not using the online update(FOTA) , but at the service centre. The service centre person updated the firmware i front of me and I noticed that he updated it using a software called ODIN and using USB cable connected to the Mobile. As far as I know, this process cleans the whole file system and makes a clean install of the OS- so it deleted all the data and application in the phone(that's one disadvantage), but I think since my phone was updated using ODIN at service centre, I am not facing most of the issues faced by others. As somebody mentioned in this forum, the issues faced by others may be due to some apps installed in the phone which is not yet fully compatible with Kitkat. For example, day before yesterday I was suddenly facing Battery charging issue with Clean master software installed and after uninstalling the cleanmaster and re-booting my phone I am not facing that issue any more.
So those of you who are facing restarting or volume button issue can try a factory reset first and if that doesn't work, take it to a service centre and get it flashed through ODIN.
I am guessing Samsung also might be doing all their testing using flasing by ODIN- which means a clean install and Samsung might never notice all these issues which are faced by FOTA update- so I doubt whether they would fix these issues caused by FOTA update. They might just ask you to go to service centre and get it flashed.
Note that you cannot downgrade the OS back to 4.3 once you have upgraded to 4.4. This is due to some security feature introduced in Kitkat boot loader. This was told by the Samsung service centre guy. That’s a bad news if you want to go back to 4.3.
Personally I feel except the performance(due to better usage of RAM in Kitkat), there is no significant benefit in Kitkat upgrade- so if you don’t want to do a factory reset better not to upgrade. Moreover, you would have lots of limitations of SD Card access(3rd party apps cannot write to SD Card) which is a big disadvantage in Kitkat.
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- AnonD-269763
- YT1
- 16 Jul 2014
Omg my grand2 camera was very bad....so got rid of it....
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- Anonymous
- fqd
- 16 Jul 2014
Would Samsung make changes on their KitKat update, or all these issues will remain?!!
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- Rock
- vb{
- 16 Jul 2014
Woking fine after kit kat update
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- k
- bCq
- 16 Jul 2014
pan4u, 16 Jul 2014Shall i buy Samsung galaxy grand 2 3g or 4g? which is be... moreIs 4G available in your place? Check that too.
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- nikhil
- bCY
- 16 Jul 2014
Anonymous, 15 Jul 2014which is better between grand 2 and asus zenfone 5 ? can an... moreboth are not good but you can think of mot x or htc desire 816 which are the best phone
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- Semo
- ajb
- 16 Jul 2014
What about heating issue ??
Resolved or not by kitkat update
Plz let me know
Thx in advance
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- pan4u
- A9k
- 16 Jul 2014
Shall i buy Samsung galaxy grand 2 3g or 4g?
which is better 3g or 4g?
and what is difference between them.
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- Riaz
- KAD
- 16 Jul 2014
AnonD-283917, 15 Jul 2014I just updated to android KitKat and after installing it . ... moredefinitely your a L.L
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- Anonymous
- 95%
- 16 Jul 2014
AnonD-283898, 15 Jul 2014You guys if still under warranty and unfortunately find you... morenice feture
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- k
- bCq
- 16 Jul 2014
Avoid installing kit kat right away.Wait for updates too
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- k
- bCq
- 16 Jul 2014
sunny, 15 Jul 2014i started upgrading my phone and download completed but whi... moreClose and restart it will start at 31percent.
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- Himanshu
- XuT
- 16 Jul 2014
siddhss, 15 Jul 2014ohh...4.4.2 is very fast and very smoothly responding...upg... moresome days before i am using samsung galaxy grand 2 plz tell me sir if i upgrade my os 4.3 to 4.4 then what benefit i can get plz reply me my email id is himanshu.nanda84@gmail.com
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- AnonD-284013
- vfx
- 16 Jul 2014
RAM should be 2GB not 1.5GB...
btw.. i like GRAND 2
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- 7oda
- fkM
- 16 Jul 2014
Guys .Iwant to ask u .If this Mobile to buy or not? Abd how long can it live with a person use it Frequently ?
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- Shikeb
- rKa
- 15 Jul 2014
Mani Shekhar, 15 Jul 2014Solution of frequent Reboot after kitkat update: Just gi... moreIs data is goin to be clear? R only a restart?
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- Tanvir
- K6m
- 15 Jul 2014
is the update Available in Bangladesh? anyone please help.Should i buy this phone. plz suggest me.
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- AnonD-283917
- 2@r
- 15 Jul 2014
I just updated to android KitKat and after installing it . the whole notification bar turned into white .
The WiFi symbol,the battery symbol everything is in white now
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- siddhss
- tA{
- 15 Jul 2014
ohh...4.4.2 is very fast and very smoothly responding...upgrade now and yes if you face problems after upgrade then check out my previous post...i have posted all details.. but 4.4.2 i m lovin it
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- AnonD-273904
- H4u
- 15 Jul 2014
AnonD-273904, 15 Jul 2014I have also my phone to kitkat but not able to change the l... more*updated