update Karbonn Titanium S5 to Android Kitkat 4.4

Karbonn is one of the emerging smartphone maker in India which gives India affordable gadgets. The Karbonn Titanium S5 is a mid range smartphone comes with all new latest hardware and specs. The only things that it does not have is the latest Android Kitkat 4.4. But now if you have this device then you can also get this update by installing Kitkat ROM on it.

By Default the Device has the Jelly Bean version. Also The maker has not given much priority to the device to even have JellyBean or ICS update because of the downgraded hardware specs has been used.

If you are looking to update your Karbonn Titanium S5 to Kitkat 4.4 then you are at right place. Updating to Kitkat is not a hefty task to follow but yes you have to be careful throughout the process and also your device must be rooted and installed CWM recovery which you will easily get from out site by searching for the same or click here to redirect to the rooting tutorial page.

Quick Specifications of Karbonn Titanium S5

• 5” IPS qHD display
• 1.2GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
• 1GB RAM
• Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean
• 4GB ROM + upto 32GB microSD support
• 8MP camera with auto focus, LED flash
• 2MP front camera
• Dual SIM – 3G+2G
• Bluetooth, WiFi, WiFi Hotspot, GPS, 3.5 mm audio jack
• Sensor Support  – Light, Proximity & Acceleration
• 2000mAh battery
• available in Duke Blue and White

Things to be done before following the process mentioned below

Here below are the things which you have to first check out, without this you cannot get desired result, so better first go through it and then do anything.

• You should have rooted Titanium S5, it not then follow the link given above to get rooted.
• Backup of your data is very important because during this process you might lose all your data.
• Your device must be charged up to 80% as the process takes longer than usual so to avoid any kind of issues fully charge your device.
• This method is only for the device mentioned in the title, it won’t work with other model, to ensure go to ‘Settings’ and tap on the ‘About Phone’ tab.
• Make sure you have USB Debugging ON by again going into your settings.

Now the time is to download the required file

[Download Kitkat ROM for Titanium S5]

Steps to update Karbonn Titanium S5 to Android Kitkat 4.4

• Plugin your device to your PC via original data cable and place the downloaded Kitkat 4.4 ROM.zip file into your device’s memory card
• Now disconnect switch off your device.
• This time you are going to reboot your device in recovery mode, to do so press and hold Volume up + Home + Power Key simultaneously until you see the logo on the screen.
• Once you enter the recovery mode you will move up/down with volume rocker key and power button to select anything.
• In recovery mode you will some of the listed option, choose install zip from SD card option, it will ask you to provide the path of the zip file
• Now Choose from memory card and let it install, barely it takes around 5-10 minutes to complete everything.
• After completion you will see a message called installation complete
• That is it, reboot and you are done, Wait till it reboots completely, then go to Settings->About Phone to check its software version.

If you have any doubt related to anything in this post, feel free to ask me and I will try my level best to solve that out for you.