Yeah… Enjoy all the goodies from latest Google Edition smartphones – HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4. You can get Google Edition boot animation and camera application from their system dump. And enjoy the latest features. Take new camera app as example, you can now set the timer, temperature, scene mode (is this new?) and new touch navigation flow.
Always reboot to recovery or Odin download mode? Then you need to have this Extended Power Menu installed on your Samsung Galaxy S3. Well, it does the simple thing which extend power menu in a separate window when you click on Reboot. Then you can select recovery and download from there. This mod is suitable for both odex and deodex Samsung firmware like Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich. So far, these are the Samsung Galaxy S3 firmware that supported ~ XXEMB5, XXEMR2, XXEMA2, ZSEMA1, XXELLC, XXELLA, XXELL5, XXELKC, XXELK4, XXDLJ5, XXDLJ4, XXDLJ2, XXDLJ1, XXDLIH, XXDLIB, XXDLI8, XXBLH3, XXBLH1, XXBLG9, XXBLG8 and XXBLG6.
I love to play around with Samsung Galaxy Series Retail Mode. It turns your Galaxy devices into a retail display unit. Yes, good to show off your new device. Learn all the new features. I tried this retail mode on Galaxy S2, S3 and Note 2. So far so good. However, you need to be careful if want to try it on Galaxy S4. Why? You can’t simply uninstall Galaxy S4 Retail Mode from Applications manager. You need to factory reset in order to remove it. The worst part, the factory data reset function is grey out (can’t select it) in Backup and reset.
There are 2 types of ClockworkMod Nandroid backup format ~ original tar format and new dup format. Tar backup format is good to store another copy at other places like PC or cloud storage. On the other hand, dup format is good for incremental backup for saving disk space. Before Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, older version CWM Nandroid backup is stored at user disk space. But latest version is stored at system disk space where you can’t access it from PC anymore. So how to copy CWM Nandroid backup to PC on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean?
Samsung Kies is one of the must installed applications for Samsung Galaxy S4 users. It is Samsung’s desktop software to transfer music, contacts and photos, update software and sync wirelessly from your Samsung phone or tablet. Something likes iTunes for iOS devices. And it is available on both Windows PC and Mac OS. Besides, it also provide Galaxy S4 USB driver for the use of Odin software for those who like to root, install custom ROM on their Galaxy S4.
