Most of the Android 4.4.2 KitKat nice features that you will enjoy is the Screen Recording, Click to Pay (Google Wallet to all people), NFC emulation for non-NFC devices, 14% use less memory, cloud printing from the gallery, is the Google Home new Launcher, core System process use, efficient and responsive applications on all devices, the memory usage of all the new tool procstats details, Immersive full-screen mode, the changes in the resolution for smooth media playback, phone dialer gets local businesses detection, Quickoffice redesigned and much more.

As said already, this is a test build and you should expect some bugs in it. All bugs and problems are expected to remain as the construction progress toward a better build.

Pre Requisites:

1. Backup your device data

2. Make sure your device have at least 60% battery power. You can install an app like Battery Notifier BT Free on your Android device to check it easily.

3. You already have USB Driver Installed for LG G Pad 8.3 V500 in your PC. Download USB Drivers

4. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled otherwise you won’t able to transfer file between PC and LG G Pad 8.3 V500.

5. Your device have latest ClockworkMod Recovery Installed.

If you done everything that we mentioned above then you are ready to follow step-by-step guide on how to install Android 4.4.2 KitKat based CM11 ROM on LG G Pad 8.3 V500.

File Required(Download by clicking on it)

1. CM11 For LG G Pad 8.3 V500  [Filename: cm-11-20131221-NIGHTLY-v500.zip]
2. Google Apps [Filename: gapps-kk-20131119.zip]

Warning!

This tutorial is only for LG G Pad 8.3 V500. Don’t try this guide on any other Android device. Also, we are not responsible for any damage caused due to the instruction given in this page. Try this at your own risk. However, it is very unlikely that your device will be damaged if you follow all the instructions as it is which are mentioned in procedure.

How to Install Android 4.4.2 KitKat based CM11 ROM on LG G Pad 8.3 V500 

1. Connect your device to PC using USB cable and then copy downloaded files to the SD card of your device.Important: Don’t extract any files. 
2. Disconnect USB and then turn off your LG G Pad 8.3 V500. 
3. Boot into recovery mode. and then use following command in command prompt after connecting the device: adb reboot recovery. 
4. Perform a Nandroid backup of your existing ROM that you can restore later if this new ROM not work or you want to go back into your previous ROM. To perform a backup, select Backup and Restore, then on the next screen, select Backup again. Go back to main recovery menu after backup is complete. 
5. Now, perform data wiping task. To do so, select wipe data/factory reset, then select Yes on next screen to confirm your action. Wait few minutes till the data wipe is complete. Now come back to CWM recovery main menu. Select wipe cache partition and after wiping process done, select Wipe Dalvik Cache under advanceoption to perform Dalvik cache wiping. 
6. Select install zip from sdcard, then select choose zip from sdcard. Now, locate the CM11 Zip file that you copied earlier in Step 1 and select it by pressing Power button. Confirm installation by selecting Yes – Install _____.zip on the next screen. The ROM installation will begin. 
7. Once the ROM installation process end, repeat the step 6 but choose the gapps-kk-20131119.zip file instead of ROM zip to install the Google apps package. 
8. When installation is completed, go back to the main recovery menu and select reboot system now to reboot your LG G Pad 8.3 V500 and boot up into Android 4.4.2 KitKat ROM CM11. 
9. Returning to Previous ROM: To go back to your previous ROM, boot into recovery, select backup and restore then restore your previous ROM by selecting it from the list.

Congrats! Android 4.4.2 KitKat firmware based custom ROM CM11 is now installed and running on your LG G Pad 8.3 V500. [Note: Root is turned off by default in CM ROMs, you must enable developer settings first (tap the build number 8 times under about device), then enable root under Developer Settings