Odin 1.85 for updating Samsung Galaxy S II repost link update

samsung galaxy s2 odin 1.85

Its not easy for a beginner to update or root Samsung using Kies software.
The process can be simplified by the use of the Odin software. Odin is an one click rooting software. There is nothing much we wanted to do to root your device using Odin software. The steps that should be followed has been explained in our older posts about rooting like,

http://www.crackerspot.info/2011/10/install-android-237-cyanogenmod-71-on.html

http://www.crackerspot.info/2012/02/install-i9100xxlpb-403-ice-cream.html

You can find more on the method of using Odin 1.85 in these older posts.

Here are the links to download Odin 1.85.

Link 1 : http://www.ziddu.com/download/18590353/Odin3-v1-1.85.zip.html

Link 2 : http://hotfile.com/dl/117599769/da45e23/Odin3-v1.85.zip

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Working root for Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 (Qualcomm LTE)

For sometime we have been hearing false news on rooting samsung galaxy s4. Lets bid bye to those non-working roots. Now XDA Elite Recognized Developer Chainfire have  figured out a way to root the device using his tried-and-true CF-Auto-Root process. There had been trouble for quite some time for rooting s4. SEAndroid was set restrictive on some firmwares (easily circumvented) and aside from that we had the mystery reboots.
In this method, SEAndroid was set to permissive on this firmware, and it doesn't suffer from that reboot issue. This is as plain a root as all the CF-Auto-Root's for any other Galaxy device, or other methods to inject root by flashing a custom kernel/recovery/system.
 This root currently works only on the GT-I9505 (Qualcomm LTE) version of the S4(XXUAMD2 firmware (dated April 2) for the I9505).

Instructions

• flash the included .tar.md5 as PDA using Odin
• Make sure that the repartition is not checked
• You should be seeing a red Android coming up, and your device will be rooted. If the device boots normally without the red Android, reboot into recovery manually to trigger the process

Download link : http://download.chainfire.eu/316/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip

Forum thread  

Source : XDA

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Boot Android from SD Card on the Samsung Wave

Users now have the option to run Android and the device’s stock OS. This functionality is now available for the Samsung Wave.
XDA Senior Member hero355 wrote a tutorial on how to get Android booting from the Bada device’s SD card.
The process is not that difficult but do require that users pay attention. There are several zips that will need to be downloaded and flashed in recovery. During the process, users are given the choice as to how much they want to use for internal storage for the Android ROM they’re flashing, so that the SD card can be properly partitioned.
Once done, users have the option of booting into Bada or Android.
There are some issues such as,

WHAT DOESN’T WORK (BUGS/TODO)
all Modem (GSM/GPRS) functionallity
GPS
Microphone
Magnetometer
Optical sensor
Power and hold key handling has to be polished
Battery Gauge (NOTE: It can destroy your battery calibration due to prolonged usage! You had been warned.)

WHAT DOES (SHOULD) WORK
Sound playback
Screen
Wifi/BT
Accelerometer
Camera
SD Card
Battery now shows 50 %
Overclock now possible to 1200 MHz Max
Available Ram 285~290 MB on NAND
Fixed Moving app to SD
Fixed installable apps problem(Previously Some apps couldn't install)

Changelog 08.01.2013 :
Now no more need Bada partition
Overclock possible to 1400 MHz
Available Ram now 286-303 MB (Seperate 2 Kernel)
Compiled on Devil Kernel
Devil Tweaks included
I can say,Real android phone i'm using
Advanced Setting of Galaxy S
mDNie works
TV OUT Works (on V2)
I/O Scheduler: SIO
Bigmem and Hugemem on Performance setting
Fixed Video problem on V1

Installing on SD Card

Bada 2.0 is required

1. For Fresh Installation,I suggest you Reflash bada.  Attention : Backup your SD Card.
   
   If you previously installed this rom,Need Repartition SD,So Backup again
2.  Download 2 packages: BOOTFILES, armlinux_boot for S8500 :
   Releases link: http://goo.im/devs/Rebellos/wave
3. Download zImage (Kernel) from upper.
4. Start Bada.
5. Copy zImage to the Bada's User partition (the one about 390MB big).
6. Flash BOOTFILES and FOTA using Multiloader.If you have been already using FOTA and BOOTFILES you don't need to reflash 
7. Switch off your phone
8. Go to CWM using Call End + Volume Up buttons
9. Be patient, first bootup will keep unresponsible on Black Screen for up to 3 minutes.
10. CWM Recovery starts, pick:
    Advanced>SD Partition>select how many space you want as internal memory>SWAP-0M
    (F.e : If you have 8GB select 4096, 4GB select 2048, 2GB select 1024 and etc..)
    Attention:After SD partitioned then go next step,No need Reboot
11. Then follow this and connect USB to PC : Mounts and Storage>Mount USB Storage
12. Copy your Rom to SD Card and unmount USB Storage
    • install zip from sdcard
    • choose zip from sdcard
    • "blablabla.zip"
    • Yes - install
13. Then reboot holding the Power key

Step 6

Downloads:

Tigrouzen Rom Based on Cyanogen Mod 10.1 included Gapps : http://www.multiupload.nl/DL8EVAW1RX

Kernel V1 (08.01.2013) for Android 4.2.1 : http://www.multiupload.nl/ES8HNRY4U1
Without Camera You have 296~303 MB Ram

Kernel V2 (08.01.2013) for Android 4.2.1 :http://www.multiupload.nl/TBM2A8AWNE
Camera works,Video also work(without record) and You have 280MB Ram

Source is available on Github Repo : https://github.com/Tigrouzen & https://github.com/Rebell

Source:-XDA post 1 & post 2

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Unofficial CM10 Port for the Samsung Galaxy S Plus

 XDA Senior Member Doomsday94 has released an unofficial preview build of CyanogenMod 10.
The build is a little shaky, which is why it is called a preview.

CyanogenMod is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. CyanogenMod does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.
All the source code for CyanogenMod is available in the CyanogenMod Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to CyanogenMod, please visit out Gerrit Code Review.

Preview: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-NP...Z0k/edit?pli=1
Google Apps: http://goo.im/gapps

First time flashing CM10 to your Galaxy S Plus (or coming from another ROM)?

1. Root your device and install ClockworkMod Recovery.
2. Reboot into Recovery using 2-button-combo
3. Do a Nandroid backup!
4. WIPE (wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache partition)
5. Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery
6. Optionally install the Google Addon

Upgrading from CM7/CM9?

1. Do a Nandroid Backup!
2. WIPE (wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache partition)
3. Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery
4. Optionally install the Google Addon

Upgrading from another CM10 Build?

1. Do a Nandroid Backup!
2. Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery
3. Optionally install the Google Addon

Note: Nandroids of CM7, CM9 and CM10 are incompatible due to partition layout changes. Please be on the correct version before restoring Nandroids.

What Works:

Audio
Video (sometimes youtube crashes)
Receiving and making calls
Proximity sensor
Wifi
Bluetooth
USB mass storage
HW accelerated gui
HW accelerated video
60% project butter

Not Working:

headset audio
camera
full butter experience
many other things

As you can expect, this is definitely not daily driver material just yet. However, it provides Galaxy S Plus users with a base from which to proceed and a known number of bugs to squash. It may not be long until there is a more stable version for users to flash.

For more information, check out the original thread.

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