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how to upgrade to jelly bean

- Thursday, 27 June 2013 No Comments

Important things you must Know

- Users must have a proper backup of your data, apps and settings.
- USB Debugging must be enabled.
- Ensure that the device is fully charged
Odin works only in Windows. Users of other platforms like Linux OS (such as Ubuntu) or Mac OS should use CrossOver Utility to run Odin in their OS.

Note : The users must proceed at their own risk while trying out the manual installation 

HOW TO INSTALL

1. First of all you need to find update file for your android phone that you are using.   you can comment down if u can’t find files for your android phone i can find for you .
2. the you need oDin with the help of this software you can update your phone  Download Odin 3.07 here.
3. Power off the phone  and put it on the Download Mode. To do this, press and hold the Volume Down and Home buttons while pressing the Power button until the Samsung  appears on the screen.                                        
4.  Run Odin as an Administrator.
5.  Connect phone  to your computer via the USB cable while in Download mode. If the device is connected properly, one of the ID: COM boxes will turn yellow with the COM port number.
6.  In Odin, select the following files from extracted from the download file firmware folder:- Click on PDA and select the .tar file with CODE in its name- Click on Phone and select file with MODEM in its name (Ignore this step if there is no such file)- Click on CSC and select file with CSC in its name (Ignore this step if there is no such file)- Click on PIT and select the .pit file. Use this file only if you get it while extracting the zip file mentioned in Step 1 or else just ignore it.
7. (Note – In case the extracted zip files do not have any modem, CSC or .pit file, it means that you do not require them. It’s the file with .tar.md5 extension that is a must-have and should be flashed through PDA section)
8. In the Odin, ensure that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checkboxes are selected. If you are using a .pit file, ensure that re-partition checkbox is selected.
9. Click on the Start button in Odin to begin the installation process.
10.  Once flashing is done, you will see a PASS message with a green background in the left-most box at the top of the Odin. The device will now restart on its own. After you get the Samsung logo on the home screen, unplug the device from the computer.
11. now if you’r phone stuck on the Samsung logo follow this post to unbrick your phone easily don’t panick while doing this steps Unbrick Android Phone.
12. you can easily unbrick follow the post given on the upper post
13. if your phone start then now your running on the jelly bean android go to settings >> about phone >> android version 4.1 jelly bean

This is all how to  Upgrade Any Phone to Jelly Bean

PLEASE NOTE: If any lose or damage you need to go to Samsung care center to get regain access to your phone. so follow the steps very care fully and you will upgrade easily. You can  Upgrade Any Phone to Jelly Bean.

And if you want to downgrade you phone to default android version follow this post How Downgrade To Any Android Firmware.

Tags: downgrade android / how to

how to downgrade android

- Wednesday, 26 June 2013 No Comments

Steps to downgrade:

•Turn off your Samsung Galaxy device whether it a phone or tablet and boot into Download/Odin Mode. If it is a phone, you can enter the Download Mode doing this: Press and hold the Volume Down+Home buttons together and then long press the Power Button till the screen turns up. Now press the Volume Up key to enter the Download Mode. In case you have a Galaxy Tab device, do this: Press and hold the Volume Down+Power buttons together, and then press theVolume Up key when prompted.  Downgrade To Any Android Firmware

•Now go to the Odin folder and run the .exe file there.

•This is the time, you have to connect you device to the computer using a compatible USB cable.

•When the connection between the device and computer is established, the ID:COM port at Odin will turn to light Green and you see “Added!!” message below.

•Make sure that only “F. Reset Time” option is checked on Odin. The “Auto Reboot” option is checked by default, so please uncheck it.

•Okay, now click on the PDA button on Odin and select the firmware file in tar.md5 format.

•Now click the “Start” button on Odin. This will initiate the firmware installation. Wait till it finishes.

Finally when you get a “PASS!” message on Odin, remove the USB Cable from your device.

Now open the back panel of your device and pull out the battery. Wait for about 60 seconds and reinsert the battery back to its place.

Now reboot your phone into Android Recovery mode. If you have a smartphone, you can do it this way: press and hold the Volume Up+Home buttons together and then hold the Power button till the screen turns up and the Samsung logo blinks for two times. Release the Power button but keep the other two keys pressed till you see a black screen with green Android bot and Blue text. In case you got  a Galaxy Tab or Note 10.1, press and hold the Volume Down+Power keys together for a few seconds till you see the yellow triangle with Android bot followed by a black screen with blue

• In the Recovery mode you will have to use the Volume Up/Down keys to scroll up or down, and the Power button to select an option.
• So, scroll down to “wipe data/factory reset” option and select “yes” to confirm your choice.
• Now go to “wipe cache partition” and con firm the choice.
• Finally, go to the “reboot system now” option and select it.

Your device will boot now and might take a longer time that it does usually. When its completely boots up, it should be on the downgraded firmware you installed. YuhooOO!  Downgrade To Any Android Firmware.