Tutorial to Update Samsung Galaxy S2 with Jellybean Paranoid Android Firmware:
- Download the Jellybean Paranoid Android Firmware 4.2.2 and Google Apps Package in your computer.
- Connect your device to the computer with the help of original USB cable and place the downloaded Paranoid Android Jellybean 4.2.2 Android firmware Package and Google Apps package in your device. Ensure that you are not placing the firmware package deep into the phone.
- Turn Off your phone so that it can be entered in the download mode. Recovery mode in Galaxy S2 GT I9100 can be entered by pressing Volume Up Key, Centre button, and holding both simultaneously press the Power Button after which you will get to see a green robot indicating that the device has entered in the recovery mode.
- In recovery mode, select “install zip from SD Card” and choose the firmware zip file which you have placed in your device and then the Google Apps package. Once selected, you need to wait for the same to get updated in your device. It may take around 4 -5 minutes for applying the update. Once the device is updated, select the option of “Reboot System Now” for rebooting the device in the normal mode.
- You can check the current firmware version from the path “Settings > About Phone” where it will be mentioned as Paranoid Android Jellybean 4.2.2 firmware.
Note: Just in a rare case if the device doesn’t boot up or show the home screen then remove the battery and reinsert the same to boot the device again in the normal mode.
Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues in the process of firmware update as we will try our level best to answer all your queries / issues at the earliest.
