OTA software update and Samsung Kies are not the only want to update Samsung Galaxy S4. Yes, you can download official Galaxy S4 firmware and install it with Odin software manually. This method works on both I9500 and I9505 model. It is useful when downgrading firmware or upgrade from firmware with custom kernel or custom ROM. By the way, Galaxy S4 firmware is around 1.5 GB file size.
Sprint HTC EVO 4G is one of the best Android phones out there. I wish that I can own it but it is for US only. It is a nice phone but can be improved further with some tweaks and hacks. Below are the tweaks and hacks that I found so far. Let me know if I left out anything important. I will update it then.
Yes, Android Froyo 2.2.1 is here on HTC HD2. It is using michyprima’s R11+AXI kernel. Thanks to all the developers that make it comes true. How is the performance on our lovely HTC HD2? Let’s find out…
There are different kernel build for Android HTC HD2. The kernel developers continue to improve it and release every few days. However, the ROM chefs might not update their build. So we have to do it ourselves. Actually, it is not hard and really simple to upgrade the kernel. Just cut and paste…
Samsung KIES is not the only way to get official Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I9300 firmware. You can use Check Fus Downloader to check for latest official Samsung Galaxy S3 firmware upgrade. And even download it and install with Odin manually later. Or you can find them at XDA Forum and SamMobile website too. With Samsung Galaxy S3 unlocked bootloader, you can try other region firmware too. For example, my Samsung Galaxy S3 is Malaysia unit and loaded with South East Asia firmware. I can install UK I9300 firmware on my Malaysia SGS3 since international SGS3 hardware is the same. So no need to wait on your region firmware for long time and try other region latest firmware first. Europe region always get the latest firmware first. And Malaysia will get it several months later…
