1. Backup your existing all files and database.

2. Replace all files 3.0 version files with new 5.2 version files

3. Update your database connection as per your database 
    at aplication->config->database.php

4.  Update following in your config file 
    at application/config/config.php file 
    $config['installed'] = FALSE; to $config['installed'] = TRUE;

5. if your domain ssl certified then pls add https instead of http in the 
     application->config->config.php
    $root = "http://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; to $root = "https://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];

6. Run first update_1.sql and update_2.sql and then update_lang.sql in you existing datbase from 
    phpmyadmin

