Update Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082/I9082L to Android 4.4.4 KK With CosmicCM ROM

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos is currently running on Android 4.2.2 and it doesn’t seem that Samsung will be bringing any further version of Android to this device anytime in near future. The only way to get your device a new life at the moment is the use of a custom ROM. Google has gone far ahead with its Android operating system, and currently it is at Android 4.4.4 KitKat which is far away from Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. If you happen to be a Galaxy Grand Duos I9082 or I9082L owner and you wish to get the latest and greatest version of Android running on your device, we’ve found a very nice custom ROM that will do the job for you and get a KitKat for your device.

ComicCM ROM by XDA dev k2wl  and is AOSP based custom ROM available for the Galaxy Grand GT-I9082/L. This ROM comes with some cool features that are added by the developer himself, atop of this, as metioned this ROM is based on the latest Android by Google, the Android 4.4.4 KitKat. Most of the custom ROMs have been lagging the double SIM feature, luckily, this ROM has a working Dual SIM mode.

In the following post we are going to update the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos GT-I9082 and GT-I9082L to Android 4.4.2 KitKat using the CosmicCM 4.4.4 custom ROM. In case you’ve been looking for an upgrade, all you need to do for now is to follow this guide carefully.Samsung-Galaxy-Grand

Here are the early preparations:

      1. This ROM is only for Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos GT-I9082/I9082L. Do not try this on any other device, please check your device’s model in Settings > About Device > Model.
      2. Your device must have a custom recovery installed, in case you’re missing it you may Follow our full guide here to install CWM.
      3. Your device’s battery should be charged at least over 60%. This is highly recommended in order to prevent any power issues during the flashing process.
      4. Make sure that you backup your important media content, Contacts, Call Logs & Messages. This is highly recommended just in case something goes wrong and you need to reset your phone.
      5. If you already have rooted your device, use Titanium Backup to back up all your important apps + system data. Also if you are using a custom recovery, it is recommended that you backup your current system using that first. [Just for the sake of safety]. Here’s our full Nandroid Backup guide.
      6. You will have to go through Data Wipes during installation of this ROM, so make sure that you have backed up all the mentioned data.
      7. Make  EFS backup of your phone before you flash this ROM.
      8. You need enough confidence to flash this ROM on your Galaxy Grand Duos.
      9. Alright! Go ahead and flash the custom firmware, follow this guide to the letter.

Disclaimer: The methods involved in flashing custom roms and rooting your phone are highly custom and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturer that is SAMSUNG in our case. Also rooting your device will void its warranty and you will be no longer eligible for any kind of free device services by the manufacturers/warranty providers. In case of any mishap we may not be held responsible. Follow these instructions to the letter to avoid any mishap or bricking. Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

How to Update Samsung Galaxy Grand to Android 4.4.4 KitKat with CosmicCM custom ROM:

      1. Download cm-CosmicCM-20140411-i9082/L.zip  file.
      2. Download Google Gapps for Android 4.4 KitKat .zip file.
      3. Connect your phone to your PC now.
      4. Copy both the .zip files to the storage of your phone.
      5. Now disconnect your phone and turn it off complete.
      6. Boot into CWM recovery now, in order to do so, turn it on by pressing and holding Volume Up + Home Button + Power Key. You should see the recovery mode in a while.
      7. Now in CWM recovery, wipe cache, factory data reset and advanced options > dalvik cache.
      8. After wiping all these three, select “Install” option.
      9. Now select “Install > Choose Zip from SD card > Select cm-Cosmic.zip file > Yes”.
      10. This will flash the ROM in your phone.
      11. Once again in CWM select “Install > Choose zip from SD card > Google Gapps.zip file > Yes”.
      12. This will flash Gapps in your phone.
      13. Reboot your device.
      14. You should see the CosmicCM Android 4.4.4 KitKat running on your device in a while.
      15. That’s all!

Enable Dual SIM:

  1. Install Android ADB and Fastboot Drivers.
  2. Open the ADB command terminal, as explained in the guide.
  3. Enable USB debugging mode on your Galaxy Grand.
  4. Now connect it to your PC.
  5. Issue this command in command terminal:
su 
setprop persist.radio.multisim.config dsds

Once done, you will find the Dual SIM option in Settings > Multi SIM Settings.
That's all!

That’s all with the ROM installation. In case you get stuck with anything or you are facing any difficulties regarding this post, feel free to stop by the comment box below and drop your query. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you all.

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Usama is a software engineer by profession and at TechBeasts.com he uses his expertise to solve everyday consumer tech problems with his main areas of interest being Android, iOS and Windows.

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94 COMMENTS

  1. Dear Usama, i can´t copy de CM COSMIC it appears a notice thas says ” Your device stop working,” but i can copy normally de GAPPs and any other file. what can i do?

    • @inspyra:disqus are you getting this error while copying the file from PC to phone? if that’s happening, then its not something wrong with the file.. Please make sure that your device is properly connected. Another thing you can do is, use an external SD card and use a card reader to plug it into your laptop/PC and copy the files to card and give it a try. Let me know if it works or not.

      • Dear Usama, i tried with a card
        reader, and no problem copying the file, but when I tried to install it,
        all the process has been aborted, and the cellphone stop de installation
        of CM COSMIC,… I remember that when I tried to open the file in my lap top
        with RAR, I couldn’t, it seem that the file CM COSMIC is damaged.

          • Dear Osama i tried with this one v4.8.1 (it is the last version in XDA, everything perfect, but the Gapps are imcompatible. looking for GAPPS.

          • @inspyra:disqus thanks for letting me know, I’ve updated the ROM link in the guide as well now. I’ve also attached the new Gapps link. Give it a try and it should work fine. Good Luck

  2. Hi Usama,
    Call recorders are not working with this ROM. I tried with Androrec & Automatic Call recorder. Could you please guide me to resolve this issue….

  4. Hi, install your version toy is happy for the speed, but you as experts, may install radio and OTG in the near future?

  5. Hi, install your version and I’m happy for the speed, but you as experts, may install radio and OTG in the near future?

  6. Hi, sadly I must say I take kitkat 4.4.4 from GT 9082L, sticks, restarts, I consume a lot of battery, all this from one day to another, it will be some virus, I have installed ESET. Thanks now I will make a down grade to 4.4.2.

    • @eduardorojashuerta:disqus you may try clearing up your cache and dalvik cache. No, there won’t be any virus and ESET is non of use. Android doesn’t need an antivirus actually. You may try downgrading or try using another custom ROM. But Custom ROMs are never bug free.

  8. hi, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy Grand grand duos I9082L Duos, I followed the process and restart it but only after logo appears and does nothing more there. what should I do?

  9. Hello.I have upgraded my grand into this 4.4 kitkat.but I m nt liking the display.so I want to downgrade into jellybean 4.2.2,.kindly can I know the process to downgrade it?

  12. I use cyanogenmode with KitKat 4.4.1 and is fabulous! But I have 3 questions 1.- I can’t save my pics directly to my sd card. Is possible to do? 2.- I read that KitKat have a call identificator for enterprises that works with googlenow but I can’t find this option. 3.- I read too about the left handed mode, but i can’t find it either.

    Finally what’s the difference between KitKat 4.4.1 and 4.4.4 versions

    Thanks for your help!

    • @disqus_HjrxjEt0tf:disqus this is a custom ROM, you might face so many differences between a stock and a custom ROM. About the SD card, try pulling it out and pushing back, and check the image location in camera settings.. There was no 4.4.1 was old, 4.4.4 is new. Obviously, the newer is better and enhanced.

  13. i am using android 4.4.2 kitkat(probam) but onlly single sim is working in my galaxy grand duos.so i wanna flash it & upgrade with cosmic rom 4.4.4 but samsung kies is not connecting with my phone.

    • @hirdeshkumarraj:disqus developer options should be under settings, if they do not appear, just open about device and tap build number for 7 times. About the camera, no idea about that, that might be a bug in this custom ROM.

  14. Hi. I have several questions.
    Don’t know much about rooting. Do I need to root first to use this ROM? What are the main 3 advantages and disadvantages?

  15. Help me guys. I can’t wipe the cache. An error appears and it boots the system. And in my recovery menu it says “Apply update from external storage is it the same as “install zip from SD”?

      • Hi Usama, I am trying to install the custom recovery, in Odin it says complete but when I boot phone in recovery mode it’s still the stock recovery.

  17. @disqus_pwVleXZnVS:disqus Many of the people are facing this problem. I guess it’s a bug in this ROM. I’ll look out for this at the developer’s thread and update the post soon. Stay connected.

    • Hello, sorry for the late reply. I’ve been away for a while.
      I installed everything again, now without any problems. When I reboot, the Phone stays at the startup screen “CosmicCM k2wl”. I”ve cleared cache and dalvik cache. Still my Phone won’t boot?

  20. Hey Pls Help Me.. I am not able to download the gapps from the given link. please provide me some other link for that. 🙂

  24. dear . after i downloaded the cosmic zip on my pc and the the google gapps i placed thim on sd card .. then open the cwm recovery and installed the cosmic file successfuly but the the recovery mode didnt see the google gapps file … i feel i am in problem now :((
    what can i do

  25. @disqus_vi48lzafhr:disqus did you perform a clean installation? Try clearing cache and dalvik cache, if it doesn’t work, try performing the whole installation from scratch. It should work. Otherwise, go back to stock firmware.

  26. Hy after I installed d cosmic cm zip file in boot system and select reeboot now ..it gets stuck on cosmic cm screen(the animation where one fireball coms)….plz hlp!!

  28. I hav problem wit sd card…. Apps cannot b move to sdcard assd card partion is unavilable……. N when i tried link to sd n swapper than its also nt working wat to do plz help…. My phone model is samsung galaxy grand duos i9082 n hav install kitkat 4.4.4

  30. After rooting and installing the custom ROM, How to check to which sim I’m getting a call to? It doesn’t show any difference or details when we get a call. It just says xyz is calling. Plz help

  32. hi, please help me, i followed al the steps here and no error at all, but upon rebooting system now, my phone just keeps on rebooting and not opening at all. 🙁

  34. Excuse me! my english is poor and it hard for me to follow yr step. i have tried many time but it could not work! My problem is that it doesn’t know SD card even if i check my phone it already known. what should i do?
    Don’t u show us a video how to do it?

  35. Hi guys, i just loaded the Cosmic Rom but Wifi,and Hotspot is not working. Also, when there is a call on the second sim, it doesn’t display on screen or ring out that there is an incoming call on sim 2. You can only see it on the notification.

  38. Hi …I have instaled cosmic cm 5.6 on my galaxy grant i9082. But after this I can’t able to call from my phone …by dialling *#06# I found my imei number was missed….it shows full zeros as imei…what can I do….
    ..

  39. @ajithtc:disqus In the precautions of this post, we have mentioned that backup EFS. Did you backup your EFS partition? If so, then restore the EFS partition and your calling feature will be working fine.

  42. Download Google Gapps for Android 4.4 KitKat .zip file.
    Dear Sir this MEGA softwre install in my phone but this is empty. plz guide me to this step after instal this software.

  43. Hello guys I’m having a trouble wiping the dalvik cache….and please write me the link to download The custom ROM and the Gapps

  44. Hi guys, Is Custom Recovery is important or I can proceed without custom recovery because i have the stock recovery

  46. Dear sir,I have flashed custom ROM 4.4.4 on my Samsung galaxy grand duos gt-I9082. It is working fine but my both sim imei/null and baseband/unknown. Sir I have tried all method but no result. Airplane mode is always ON. I tried to OFF it but internally it is always ON. I don’t know how to fix it. Phone is not coming to ENGINEERING MODE. Kindly tell me how to fix it. Tks

  47. Dear Dev. I am using Samsung galaxy grand duos gt-i9082 since 3years version 4.2.2 . As it is 1gb Ram. I thought to upgrade to cosmic cm k2wl. But unfortunately my efs file is deleted. Now my both sim imei is null and baseband unknown. Now I have tried all possible way to solve. But no…. Kindly guide me how to solve it. Tks. Sir I have tried to get stock firmwear. But I could not get the correct link to download firmwear. Kindly provide the firmwear link. Tks

  49. As per your instruction I have flashed stock firmware but it is not working. imei/baseband null/unknown. kindly fix it. k2wl works fine and stable. only imei/ baseband is null/unknown.

    • @disqus_orO5GnZ1k6:disqus Do you have an EFS backup of your phone? Did you take an EFS backup before flashing the custom ROM? If so then restore the EFS backup ASAP.

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