Being a relatively old device, the Galaxy S4 won’t be updated by Samsung to official Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. But that doesn’t mean you can’t actually run the latest Android firmware on. Download the Galaxy S4 SGH-i337 Lollipop OTA ZIP file and move it to your phone. Turn the phone off. Remove the battery to confirm that it is completely off. Take your phone and press the volume up, power and home buttons at the same time to boot into recovery. Step 1: Download Android 8.0 Oreo ROM and Google Apps packages from downloads section to your PC. Do not unzip the packages. Step 2: Connect Samsung Galaxy S4 to PC using an USB cable. Step 3: Transfer the downloaded packages into the root of phone/SDcard memory. Step 4: Once the transfer is done, disconnect the USB and turn off the Galaxy S4. Let’s start the Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 10 ROM flashing process. Steps to Install Android 10 on Samsung Galaxy S4. Connect your phone to PC and copy the zip files on your phone. If you don’t have a PC, then you may directly download the files on your phone. Power off your phone to boot it into TWRP recovery.
Samsung has not yet provided Android 6.0 marshmallow update for Galaxy S4. But, the developers has made it possible. Yes, you can now update Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 to Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system.
The firmware is developed by GearCM. It is a optimized version of CyanogenMod which is stable and feature-rich firmware. As the firmware isn’t officially released by Samsung, it may posses few bugs. So, do not install this firmware for daily use. If you are still ready to try and update Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500 to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, do follow this XDA thread to get solutions for minor bugs. Further, follow the below prerequisites to safeguard your personal data and to ensure successful installation.
Check Device Model Number
It is vital to check device model number before rooting/unlocking/flashing process to ensure flashing compatible files on the device. The device model name should be Samsung Galaxy S4(GT-I9500). If the device model number doesn’t match with mentioned one, do not attempt the tutorial.
Samsung Galaxy S4 USB Drivers
To transfer firmware packages, it is to be connected with PC. For the PC to detect the device, it should have installed Samsung USB drivers. If you’ve not installed previously, download them form below source and install manually.
Steps To Be Considered
Are you sure you completed all the above steps? Yes, you can now get started with the Marshmallow installation process.
Disclaimer: Rooting/Unlocking/Installing custom ROMs and Kernels are not official methods. So, neither device manufacturer nor Droid Word team is responsible if anything goes wrong with your device during the process. This article is only for educational purpose. You can continue with the implementation at your own risk.
Step 1: Download Android Marshmallow ROM and Google Apps packages from downloads section to your PC. Do not unzip the packages.
Step 2: Connect Galaxy S4 to PC using an USB cable.
Step 3: Transfer the downloaded packages into the root of phone/SDcard memory.
Step 4: Once the transfer is done, disconnect the USB and turn off the Galaxy S4.
Step 5: Enter custom recovery mode on Galaxy S4. Don’t know how? Do follow the simple step below:
Turn on the device by holding Volume up+Home+Power buttons together until you see the recovery mode.
Step 6: In custom recovery mode, you can view a list of options which are not available in Stock recovery. Among them, find and select wipe data/factory reset(In recovery mode the touch interface will not work. You can use Volume buttons to navigate and Power button to select).
Step 7: Now perform a complete data wipe by selecting wipe cache partition.
Step 8: Once done, enter advanced options in recovery mode and select wipe dalvik cache.
Step 9: If you are done with all the above steps, you can flash the firmware package now. Select install zip from sdcard, navigate and choose the previously copied Android Marshmallow ROM package. Confirm the installation and do not interrupt the process.
Step 10: After completion follow Step 9 again and choose Google apps package in this case.
Step 11: Once the packages installation is completed, select reboot system now option.
That’s it! Your device now boots up running Android 6.0 Marshmallow. You have successfully Updated Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 Android 6.0 Marshmallow. If you face any issues while following the above guide, do let us know through the comments section. We may help you out.
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