If you’ve ever tried to flash files to your Samsung device, then you might have come across the Odin flashing tool. Samsung doesn’t talk much about Odin (if ever at all) because its existence was meant to be kept behind closed doors. As the story goes, Odin was developed for Samsung employees to use themselves […]
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How to Flash Samsung Stock Firmware Using Four Files (Full Stock ROM)
Most people love their smartphones because it offers them a way to now get access to the internet from their pockets instead of having to open up a laptop or even sit behind a desktop computer as it were in the old days. It would be a lie to say that all people do on […]
QMobile Z4 Stock ROM
This page contains the official link to download the stock ROM (Firmware) flash file for the QMobile Z4 mobile devices. Back when Android was still a reasonably new operating system, the software updates released would be very random, and they left users with little understanding of what to expect next. These days things are much […]
How to Flash Stock ROM (Firmware) Using Smart Phone Flash Tool
This is what you need to flash a stock ROM (firmware file) to your mobile devices by using the Smartphone Flash Tool. There are a few different versions of the SP Flash Tool that you can download, but all of them work similarly, with the same names on the buttons for easy navigation. The small […]
How to Install Android CDC Driver on Windows PCs Manually
These are the step-by-step instructions for installing the Android CDC driver on a computer that runs on a version of the Windows operating system. The screenshots are using Windows 10, more specifically, but the same process should be working on other versions, too. The Android CDC driver can help by equipping you with the necessary […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (Qualcomm CDMA)
In today’s tough economic times, when people are looking for something to invest in that isn’t real estate, I always tell them to look for the unbeatable software companies and think about putting some of their money in those areas. Apple has a hardcore following that would seemingly continue to buy their products like a […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime VE
A stock recovery environment allows for the flashing of official software updates, but it won’t allow for the flashing of rooting files or custom software. For that, you’ll need to get a custom recovery instead. A custom recovery image is a different recovery environment, one that’s been developed by third-party and allows for the flashing […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Express 2
If you want to install custom software, the easiest way to do it is through a custom recovery image. All Android devices ship with what is called a stock recovery environment. This only allows for the installation of signed zip files which restricts you from being able to upload custom software. Third-party developers have created […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (SM-J110)
Freedoms of the internet are key to being educated enough to make good decisions. A lot of people out there will suggest that the internet is a terrible thing, filled with fake news and so much freedom that it’s like one big written riot; so many independent publications saying whatever they want and so many […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J2 (SM-J200)
Growing up I didn’t have much of a clue about how the world worked apart from my parents who I didn’t think were necessarily the sharpest tools in the shed seemed to be doing alright at the game of life. Their finances were intact, and they seemed to be hosing merrily along as middle-class citizens […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J3 2016 Qualcomm (SM-J320YZ)
The Android operating system’s foundation is the Linux kernel, Yes, that Linux: the one that has it’s own operating system and is commonly used by tech enthusiasts on laptops and desktop PCs. Every operating system needs to have a kernel as the innermost piece of its foundation. From there the Android and Linux operating systems […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J7 (2015 Qualcomm Sprint)
The Samsung Galaxy J7’s hardware looks great from the outside, but without the software that you see on the device’s display after turning it on, it wouldn’t be able to do very much. That software that you see when the operating system boots up is also what is known as a “ROM.” The ROM, or […]
Install TWRP Recovery Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos
If you’ve hunted around the Web and found the Android Open Source Project, then you’d likely be in the batch of people who think that Android is indeed based on open source software. Technically Android is open source, but Google also blocks it off so the official updates you get cannot be further modified. What […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935F)
The Android ROM that comes preinstalled on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone comes with a recovery image. While not used all that often, the recovery image is there for you to apply updates which can help you recover from common device related problems or just update you to a newer version of Android. When […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Express
The Google Android operating system that gets shipped on many a mobile device from a range of manufacturers is safe to use without antivirus, provided you don’t have root access. Root access on Android is the same as being in control of the administrator’s account. Like with all operating systems, it’s only when you use […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (Qualcomm)
Google’s version of the Android operating system has dominated the mobile landscape, partly due to Apple only choosing to run software on hardware that they own and partly due to the little green robots’ brilliance. Android can be found running on heaps of different manufacturers, not too dissimilar to how Microsoft’s Windows environment is seen […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J5 LTE (SM-J500F)
No other mobile operating system is used as much as Android. I wouldn’t for a second argue that Apple has a die-hard fanbase that will seemingly support the fruit company for a very long time, but Apple also limits its software to only its own hardware. Jobs’ once famously took a jab at Microsoft with […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (China Qualcomm)
Before you can get updates installed on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone the device needs to boot into the custom recovery image which most people know as having a phone in recovery mode. Once it applies the update, it will then boot back into the system image and the operating system boots, and you’re […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J7 Exynos SM-J700
The Android operating system is a pretty safely structured piece of technology. Android is similar to the Windows environment in the sense that they both have administrator accounts. And it’s a well-known fact that the vast majority of viruses come about when people are logged into them. For Android, the solution was then simple: don’t […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017 Qualcomm Sprint)
A custom recovery will replace the stock recovery environment. You can only have one of the two recovery environments flashed at the one time. You should think about your decision before going ahead and swapping that stock recovery over for a custom one because there are no guarantees your device is going to experience smooth […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos)
ClockworkMod Recovery can create and restore NANDroid backups and give you everything you want out of a custom recovery image, including the chance to only backup those individual partitions to save yourself some space. So it might be tempting when you come across an article online for getting ClockworkMod Recovery installed on your device to […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S8 (Exynos)
Have you ever thought about what websites such as XDA-Developers are all about when you’re browsing about online? There are entire blogs and forums dedicated to the Android operating system, and in particular, customizing it. Each device has a different bunch of options available for changing things up a little bit. When most people think […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Exynos)
Android being based on the open source software that it is, means it’s possible to customize it. If you haven’t seen what customizing is all about, then you might be interested to learn that you can actually install other ROMs that have different features and designs when compared to the official version of Android that […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Snapdragon)
If you’ve ever used a search engine to try to find out what is a custom recovery, then you would have likely stumbled across the words “Team Win Recovery Project” or “TWRP” for short. The TWRP recovery image is the only custom recovery image in the world currently being developed by roughly a group of […]
Samsung SM-G930V Stock ROM (Firmware)
When you’re just starting to delve into the world of computers, there is a lot of new vocabulary to learn. Thankfully, though, much of it can be more easily understood with your common sense intact rather than it being completely random words used that require a bunch of reeducating on your behalf. Take the terms […]