Best way to upgrade 1.9.2.4 to latest 1.9.x branch

[dcomo]

What is the best way to upgrade 1.9.2.4 to the latest version of the 1.9.x branch?

I have heard that using Magento Connect to do the upgrade is very dangerous, where upgrading manually (unpacking the latest version, then copying your folders into it is safer.)

I ask you all, the experts, which way is better?  (If the manual way is safer, what are the folders that I need to copy over?  Is there a how-to documented?)

Thanks!
Drew

[Damian Culotta]

Hi @dcomo,

You have two options:

1) Apply all patches to your Magento 1.9.2.4 (and you'll be with the latest version).

2) Override manually all core files. 1.9.3.4 includes all patches.

There's a third option with Composer but isn't used by most ot the stores on Magento1 so I guess you should choose between the first two options.

Remember to make a backup before an upgrade.

[MageMod_Ext]

Hello @dcomo

You can either upgrade Mage_All from Magentoconnect and that should help, or you can manually copy all the Magento 1.9.3.6 Magento files to the root of your Magento.

[Damian Culotta]

@MageMod_Ext, is MagentoCOnnect still working for upgrades? (since last friday, Septembre 15th, was closed)

[HannahMax]

As far as I know, 1.9.2.4 is quite outdated version and I'm not even sure enough whether the official Magento Data Migration Tool supports such kind of transfers. In your case, you may try this tool: https://goo.gl/ucDCEr. 

[Damian Culotta]

These are the supported versions for the Data MIgration Tool:

• Community Edition (CE) version 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 1.8.x, 1.9.x
• Enterprise Edition (EE) version 1.11.x, 1.12.x, 1.13.x, 1.14.x

Also the following versions are already supported if you choose to migrate from Magento 1 CE to Magento 2 EE:

• 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 1.8.x, 1.9.x

Source: https://github.com/magento/data-migration-tool

But in this case isn't necessary. You can override core files (if you didn't change it) or you can apply patches.