In order to flash a new rom on the Galaxy Nexus, these are the prerequistes: 1. The phone bootloader must be unlock and phone rooted with Clockworkmod installed. Download the GNex Toolkit to do this from forum XDA HERE or you can refer my blog posting HERE . The toolkit will install the phone drivers, ADB and… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
There are some of the tweaks I have done on my Galaxy nexus: 1. Rooting and have ClockworkMod installed – all easily done using The GNex ToolKit . I have posted this in my earlier blog post 2. Install cooked roms My first cook rom was Android Revolution HD 2.1.2 . This was based on build… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
I have been using the latest Galaxy tab 7.7 for more than a week and I must say this is the best Android tablet I have used to date. My experience with Android tablets includes the Acer Iconia, Galaxy tab ( 7 inch), Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 7.0 plus. Unlike those previous Android… [Read more…]
January 11, 2012
These are the steps I took to root and have CWM installed on the Galaxy Nexus based on mskip on forum XDA : PreRequistes on PC: Have the ADB and Fastboot installed 1. INSTALLING ADB/FASTBOOT DRIVERS The first thing you need to do is to install the adb/fastboot drivers. These are needed so that you can… [Read more…]
January 11, 2012
Many Malaysian users has reported after upgrading their Galaxy Note from Android 2.3.5 to 2.3.6 ( KL3 firmware ), they are unable to root and install clockworkmod recovery based on Zergrush exploit and Chainfire steps. This is the solution which I have found after testing several methods : First you need to downgrade your firmware… [Read more…]
November 13, 2011
This is what I have done to date, tweaking the Galaxy Note Original Firmware info : PDA : N7000XXKJ4 Phone: N7000XXKJ4 CSC: N7000OXAKJ4 Installing CWM and Rooting – Stage 1: This step can be done on any kernel version 1. Use Odin 1.85 to flash netchip kernel : select the tar file as PDA in… [Read more…]
September 1, 2011
I have not been updating my blog recently , simply because there is nothing exciting to write about However today at IFA ( Berlin), Samsung has revealed a new line of products that has woke me up from my slumber IFA in Berlin is the global trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, and… [Read more…]
June 29, 2011
The news of a successor to the present Galaxy Tab 7″ was a hush hush affair. Most of the interest was on the 8.9 ” and just released 10.1 ” model. There was wide speculation Samsung will probably discontinue the 7″ model but leaked information from Samsung HD Italy blog has renewed interest in this possibility.… [Read more…]
May 27, 2011
Great news for HTC fans. HTC’s CEO Peter Chou has just about few hours ago posted this on HTC Facebook : “There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC phones. I want you to know that we’ve listened. Today, I’m confirming we will no longer be locking the… [Read more…]
May 14, 2011
These are the steps ( with some edits ) I took based on the guides at forum XDA : PC prerequisite : Miccrosoft.Net Framework 4 , download at : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9cfb2d51-5ff4-4491-b0e5-b386f32c0992&displaylang=en Samsung KIES : If you do not have Samsung’s KIES 2.0 installed, download and install it. You need it to install the correct USB drivers,… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
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