Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 - user opinions and reviews
- alokeb
- PSL
AnonD-283917, 16 Jul 2014Man. You went to the service centre?I agree with Ramki. Yes, flashing the ROM at service centre might fix the issue as mentioned in my earlier post. The only headaches are re-installation of all the apps again and of course, long queue (>1 Hour in my service centre).
A tip on backup: I use Super backup to backup contacts and SMS. Also, Many of us worry about how to backup whatsapp data. Whatsapp stores its data in a folder WhatsApp in internal memory. Make a copy of that in your SD Card(or in your PC) and after the factory reset, copy that back to internal memory. Then after you open Whatsapp and register your number again, it would say "found message data, do you like to restore"? You select yes and it would restore all the messages. However, somewhere I read that this restore of Whatsapp data would work only if you restore within 7 days- so be careful about this. I haven't yet tried to restore after 7 days of delay.
- AnonD-28775
- 7tx
Kitkat just awosome!
- alokeb
- PSL
Regarding the GPS problem reported by me earlier- it was almost fixed after the 4.4(Kitkat) update, but still there were a few times when it was taking a long time to get the location lock. later on I found that that was because "Power Saving" mode was enabled. Now I disable "Power Saving" mode before using GPS and the lock is now very fast(less than 15 seconds in open sky and around 20-30 seconds near a window/inside my office which is a single floor building). I thought this tip(disabling Power Saving mode before using GPS) would be helpful for others- so posting it here.
- AnonD-283917
- 2@r
Ramki, 15 Jul 2014i faced the same problem dude.just backed up my data.went to the nearest samsung service cente... moreMan. You went to the service centre?
- alokeb
- PSL
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.
- AnonD-269763
- YT1
Omg my grand2 camera was very bad....so got rid of it....
- Anonymous
- fqd
Would Samsung make changes on their KitKat update, or all these issues will remain?!!
- Rock
- vb{
Woking fine after kit kat update
- k
- bCq
pan4u, 16 Jul 2014Shall i buy Samsung galaxy grand 2 3g or 4g? which is better 3g or 4g? and what is differe... moreIs 4G available in your place? Check that too.
- nikhil
- bCY
Anonymous, 15 Jul 2014which is better between grand 2 and asus zenfone 5 ? can anybody suggest honestly? i am new to... moreboth are not good but you can think of mot x or htc desire 816 which are the best phone
- Semo
- ajb
What about heating issue ??
Resolved or not by kitkat update
Plz let me know
Thx in advance
- pan4u
- A9k
Shall i buy Samsung galaxy grand 2 3g or 4g?
which is better 3g or 4g?
and what is difference between them.
- Riaz
- KAD
AnonD-283917, 15 Jul 2014I just updated to android KitKat and after installing it . the whole notification bar turned i... moredefinitely your a L.L
- Anonymous
- 95%
AnonD-283898, 15 Jul 2014You guys if still under warranty and unfortunately find yourself with an unstable kit kat upda... morenice feture
- k
- bCq
Avoid installing kit kat right away.Wait for updates too
- k
- bCq
sunny, 15 Jul 2014i started upgrading my phone and download completed but while installing it completed 31% and ... moreClose and restart it will start at 31percent.
- Himanshu
- XuT
siddhss, 15 Jul 2014ohh...4.4.2 is very fast and very smoothly responding...upgrade now and yes if you face proble... 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
- AnonD-284013
- vfx
RAM should be 2GB not 1.5GB...
btw.. i like GRAND 2
- 7oda
- fkM
Guys .Iwant to ask u .If this Mobile to buy or not? Abd how long can it live with a person use it Frequently ?
- Shikeb
- rKa
Mani Shekhar, 15 Jul 2014Solution of frequent Reboot after kitkat update: Just give a try... press volume up + ho... moreIs data is goin to be clear? R only a restart?
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