Download and install - Update Galaxy ACE S5830 with S2 Jellybean 4.1 Styled Firmware

 

Procedure to Update Galaxy ACE S5830 with Galaxy S2 Styled Custom ROM Firmware:

• Download the SGSII JB V10 based Jellybean 4.1 firmware package from here to your computer. Once downloaded, you now will have to connect your device to the computer with the help of original USB cable and place the same in your device. Ensure that you are not placing the zip file deep into the sub folders.

• The recovery mode in the Galaxy ACE S5830 can be entered by Holding Menu Button and then Power ON the device. If the device turns ON in the normal mode then you need to try again to enter into the recovery mode. Alternatively, you can also enter your Galaxy ACE S5830 in the recovery mode with the help of “ROM Manager” app.

• In the recovery mode, you need to select “install zip from sd card” > “choose zip from sd card” and then choose the SGSII JB V10 based Jellybean 4.1 firmware package which is placed in the phone.

• Once the zip file is selected, it will take around 4 – 5 minutes for applying this update and to show up the home screen as it has to finalize the firmware in the device.

Tip: If your Galaxy ACE doesn’t power up or say it gets into the boot loop mode, you need to re insert the battery and then re try the process of firmware update by following the above steps.

Once you are done with the above mentioned steps, by now the firmware would have been updated. To check whether your device is updated with this firmware or not, head over to the path “Settings > About Phone” where the current firmware version will be mentioned. Do share with us in the comments section just in case if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same.

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Download and install - Update Jellybean 4.1 Supreme Custom ROM Firmware for Galaxy S3 I9305

 

Procedure to Update Supreme Custom ROM Firmware in Galaxy S3 GT I9305:

• Download Supreme Custom ROM Firmware package from here to your computer. Once downloaded, connect your device to the computer and place the zip file in device’s external sd card.

• Disconnect the device and download the “ROM Manager” app from the Google PLAY Store and select the option of “Enter into Recovery Mode”. Alternatively, you can also enter your S3 in the recovery mode manually with the help of below mentioned step.

• Hold the Volume Up button + the Home key button (the middle button) and while holding these both keys, press the Power button for turning the device ON in the recovery mode in your Galaxy S3.

• In recovery mode, select “Wipe data/factory reset” & “Wipe Cache partition”. Also, select “advanced” and clear the Dalvik cache too if you are on the custom ROM firmware.

• Now, select “install zip from SD Card” to find for all the zip files present in your Galaxy S3 device, select the placed Supreme Custom ROM Firmware package to initiate the process of firmware update.

• As soon as the update is applied successfully, you will get to see the message of “install from sd card complete”. Now, it will take around 4 -5 minutes for booting the device as it’s the first time the device will be booting after applying the update.

Note: just in a rare case if the device doesn’t boot up or show the home screen then remove the battery and reinsert the same to boot the device again in the normal mode.

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Download and install - Update Jellybean 4.1 NxtGen Custom ROM Firmware for galaxy s3

 

Procedure to Update NxtGen Custom ROM firmware in your Galaxy S3 GT I9300:

• Download the latest NxtGen Custom ROM firmware Package from here to your computer. Once downloaded, connect your device to the computer with the original USB cable and place the zip file in your device’s internal memory.

• Once you have placed the file in your Galaxy S3, disconnect the device from computer and download the ROM Manager app from the Google PLAY Store. Now, select “reboot into recovery mode” for booting the device in the recovery mode. You can also enter the device into the recovery mode manually with the help of below mentioned step.

• Recovery mode in Galaxy S3 GT I9300 can be entered by holding the Volume Up button + the Home key button (the middle button). While holding these both buttons, turn ON your device. Now, in the recovery mode you will have to select “Wipe data/factory reset” & “Wipe Cache partition” so that all the data can be cleared in the device.

• Select “install zip from SD Card” in the recovery mode to choose the zip file which you have placed in your device for installing the update. As soon as you apply the update, you will get to see that the firmware update process will be kick started. As soon as the update is applied successfully, you will see the message “install from sd card complete” at the bottom most part of the screen.

• Please note that it may take around 3 -4 minutes for applying the update. Once the device is booted, you then will have to follow the on screen instructions for setting up the device.

Note: If the device gets into the boot loop sequence or say gets stuck in the welcome screen, just re insert the battery and re follow the above instructions so as to again follow the above mentioned instructions.

So once the device is booted, you will now need to follow the on screen options for setting up your device. So, there you go, you have now successfully learnt on how to apply this latest Nxt Gen custom ROM firmware for your Galaxy S3 smartphone. Do share with us in the comments section below just in case if you face any issues as we will try to fix the same at the earliest.

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Download Galaxy Note II Toolkit to Root UnRoot Backup & Flash Recovery to Stock

Samsung always releases the source codes for its devices, so that it makes things easier for people to develop or hack into the internal system and make things better. The Android Developer community too keeps working on the Samsung Android phones as they keep getting the latest source codes even for the new updates for the devices, and these codes help in the easy hacking and development. Just like the other devices, the Samsung Galaxy Note II also has got the toolkit which would enable the various developer options.

The XDA Developers have developed a Galaxy Note2 Toolkit, which does most of the important stuff that a smartphone user would need. It automatically installs the device drivers for the Note 2, and then would enable gaining root access to the device, and do a lot more stuff. Here are a few things a user could do once they install the Toolkit for the Note2.

• Install Galaxy Note II drivers onto your PC
• Root the Galaxy Note II
• Flash Insecure Boot Image
• Flash Custom Recovery (CWM or TWRP)
• ReFlash Stock Recovery via Odin
• Backup and Restore the Galaxy Note II
• Use Odin to Download, Extract and Flash the Stock ROM
• Install APK install files into your phone
• Push or Pull files to/from the phone
• Set File Permissions on the phone
• Install Busybox on phone
• Create on Odin flashable tar from an img file

For the users who donate to the Samsung Galaxy Note2 Toolkit Project Development, they get a few options like quick picks in which they can store up to 10 programmable tasks for their phone through this toolkit.

A few developer options using the Toolkit includes:

• Root on any ROM via ClockworkMod using SuperSU or Superuser
• Pull cache.img, convert to flashable ZIP for ClockworkMod Recovery
• Flash Stock Recovery and extract + flash Stock ROM to retain manufacturer warranty

The all-in-one toolkit has been tested on International GSM, T-Mobile & Sprint, but the developer says that it will work on US Cellular (SCH-R950) and Rogers/AT7T (SGH-L317M) variants as well.
Once you download the Galaxy Note II Toolkit, here is how you install it:

Read the important information, with a note which says that the folders having brackets would give problems for few processes in the toolkit.

Select the components to install – Main files of the toolkit, or the drivers where you can copy driver files for the toolkit usage.

After the components are selected, the installation starts with the the unpacking of the files etc.

Once the toolkit is installed, you need to select the phone model and build – Select from the international models, sprint model, T-mobile model, US Cellular model.

• International model – Android 4.1.1 (Build JRO03C ALIE)
• International model – Android 4.1.1 (Build JRO03C ALJ1)
• International model – Android 4.1.1 (Build JRO03C ALJ3)
• Sprint Model SPH-L900 Android 4.1.1 (Build JRO03C ALJ1)
• T-mobile Model SGH-T889 Android 4.1.1 (Build JRO03C ALJ1)
• US Cellular Model SCH-R950 Android 4.1.1 (Build JRO03C ALJ1)

The toolkit isn’t helpful only for the developers, but for the normal users too who wanted to do the basic stuff like file transfers, installing the drivers of the phones in their computers and even root the device. Backing up of the phone and recovering the stock ROM into the Galaxy Note II is also possible, especially for users who have less knowledge of how to get stuff done.

You can download the Samsung Galaxy Note II toolkit from here – Link

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Download and install - Update Galaxy S3 – Steps to Root on XXDLIH Jellybean 4.1 Firmware

 

Procedure to Root Galaxy S3 on XXDLIH Jellybean 4.1 Firmware:

• Download Odin and XXDLIH Rooting Package from here to your computer. Once downloaded, you now need to extract the rooting package and Odin in your computer.

• Open odin in your computer and turn off your phone so that it can be entered in the Download Mode.

• Download Mode in Galaxy S3 can be entered by pressing the Volume Down rocker key + power button at the same time while the device is turned Off. If the device starts in the normal mode, you need to re try the process of the entering the device into the download mode. Refer below video on how to enter your Galaxy S3 in the Download Mode.

• Click on “PDA” to select “CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.tar” and then click on “Start”. Once you click on start, it will take around 2 – 3 minutes for rooting the device. Please note that once the device is rooted, the device will be rebooted automatically.

• You can now disconnect the device and check whether the device is rooted or not. To check on whether your device is rooted or not, you will have to download the “Root Checker” app from the Google PLAY Store. If your device is not rooted, you will have to follow the instructions mentioned above for rooting your Galaxy S3.

Note: If the device gets into the boot loop sequence or say gets stuck in the welcome screen, just re insert the battery and re follow the above instructions so as to again follow the above mentioned instructions.

Video Tutorial of S3 Rooting

We just hope that by following the above mentioned procedure, you were able to root the device, just in case if you were not able to root, all you need to do is to just report to us in the comments section so that we can then take up in a priority manner. Congrats, you have now successfully rooted your Galaxy S3 and you are now ready to install custom ROM firmwares.

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Download and install - Update with Jellybean 4.1 Simplistic Custom ROM Firmware for Galaxy S2

 

Procedure to Update Galaxy S2 GT I9100 with Simplistic Custom ROM Firmware:

• Download the Simplistic Custom ROM Firmware Package (mirror) from here to your computer. Once downloaded connect your device to the computer with the help of original USB cable and place the zip file in internal memory of your Galaxy S2.

• Disconnect the device and download the ROM Manager app from the Google PLAY Store to open and select “reboot into recovery mode” for rebooting the device in the recovery mode automatically. You can also enter the device into the recovery mode with the help of below mentioned step manually.

• Recovery mode in Galaxy S2 GT I9100 can be entered by holding the Volume Up button + the Home key button (the middle button). While holding these both buttons, turn ON your device.

• In recovery mode, select “Wipe data/factory reset” & “Wipe Cache partition”. If the device starts normally, then you will need to re try the process of entering the device in the recovery mode. Now, select “install zip from SD Card” in the recovery mode to choose the zip file which you have placed in your device. As soon as the firmware is applied successfully, you will get to see the message as “install from sd card completed”, now select “go back” and choose the option of “reboot system now” for rebooting the device in the normal mode.

• To check on whether the update has been successfully applied or not, you need to check the same from the path “Settings > About Phone” where you will find the current firmware version as Simplistic Custom ROM firmware.

Note: Just in a rare case if the device doesn’t boot up or show the home screen then remove the battery and reinsert the same to boot the device again in the normal mode.

Do share with us in the comments section just in case if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same. Congratulations, you have now successfully applied the latest firmware update of Simplistic Custom ROM Firmware in your Galaxy S2 smartphone.

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Download and install - Update Android 4.2 Update for Galaxy Nexus

 

Method 1

CWM 5.5.0.2 or 5.5.0.4 (i.e., NON-touch) recovery installed
For those who have the Jelly Bean OS, this method would work pretty fine and you will need to re-flash the CWM, and once the phone gets booted up, you need to rename /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
If you wanted to retain the CWM recovery, you shouldn’t follow this method. There is a revised method by Revoked which you should follow.

Steps in Method 1

• Download the correct update for your build on to your computer;
• Open the archive and delete the recovery folder; (Imp: If you are using any Jelly Bean update, i.e. JRN84D or newer, you should not follow this step)
• Copy the file to /sdcard on your device;
• Reboot into CWM;
• Select “install zip from sdcard” and then select “choose zip from sdcard”;
• Now select the update which you had copied to the file system
• Do not do anything from your side, and wait till the update completes and the phone reboots

Method 2

Stock recovery installed, Unlocked bootloader

Steps in Method 2

• Check for the build of your phone, and download the correct update available for it.
• Copy the file to /sdcard on your device;
• Download CWM from here and place it on your computer in the same directory as your fastboot binary.
• Rename the CWM image to cwm.img and then reboot the device into fastboot mode;
• Open a command prompt in the same directory;
• - Type fastboot devices to make sure your device is recognized;
• - Type fastboot boot cwm.img
• Select “install zip from sdcard” and select “choose zip from sdcard”;
• Select the update the you just copied to your device and wait until the update completes.
• Once the update is done, you need to reboot the device and you are done.

Method 3

Stock recovery locked bl, no root

• Reboot your device into the stock recovery (i.e., the screen with the Android on its back with the “!”;
• Access the stock recovery menu by pressing power and volume up;
• Select “Apply update from ADB”;
• Download the correct update for your build and place it in the same directory as your ADB binary;
• Open a command prompt in the same directory as your ADB binary;
• Type adb devices to make sure that your device is recognized, and type adb sideload name-of-file.zip
• Once it gets done, you need to reboot the phone.

Imp. Note: If at all you want to do the installation and update manually, JZO54K is the build you need to have in your phone.

Download the file here.
This tutorial is for the TAKJU build, and there is another tutorial for the 4.1.2 YAKJU build which we would be sharing soon.

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