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How to upgrade Android 4.4 KitKat on Samsung Galaxy S

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This video will show you how to upgrade Android 4.4 KitKat on a Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000.

NOTE: This upgrade is for the Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 only. Trying this on other model may brick them. You will need to have a rooted you phone first. If you want to know how to do this you can watch the tutorial here.

Step 1. After you have rooted your phone. Go into applications and tap the CWM ClockWorkMod app to install it.

Step 2. You will need to download two files. The first one is the KitKat rom file “cm-10.2.0-galaxysmtd.zip“and the second is Google Apps “gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip“. Both can be found on the 123 my IT downloads page here.

You can choose which versions you like from the links below. The process for installing them are the same.
For the latest build click here.
Google Apps page click here.

KitKat 4.4.2

Step 3. Transfer the two files you just downloaded to your phone Backup all your data, contacts, messages and SD card data.

Step 4. Power off your phone and wait until it vibrates. Once the phone is turned off, press and hold the Home, Volume up and Power buttons. The phone will then boot into recovery mode.

Step 5. Once in recovery mode, go down to the menu Wipe data / Factory Reset. Press the Power button and this step will take some time. Next Wipe cashe partition and after that go into Advanced and click wipe delvik cache.

Step 6. Time to flash the rom firmware. Go to the option install zip from SD card. Now scroll down to where you placed the two files above, cm-10.2.0-galaxysmtd.zip and gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip.

Step 7. After KitKat installs, you will get a blue colour recovery. Then navigate to the location where you have placed the gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip file and install it. Once its installed go back to the main menu and reboot the phone.

Step 8. The phone will now reboot. It should take around 5 to 10 mins as this is the first time Kitkat has booted so it need to setup everything.

Good luck 🙂

For more info see xda-developers here.
For the latest build click here.
Google Apps page click here.

Upgrade Android from 2.3.6 to 4.0.3 (Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich) Samsung Galaxy S

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This video will show you how to Upgrade Android from 2.3.6 to 4.0.3 (Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich) Samsung Galaxy S.

Microsoft Store

Android Icecream Sandwich

This video will show you how to Root your Firmware
https://www.123myit.com/2013/05/how-to-root-a-samsung-galaxy-s-phone/
This firmware will show you to Upgrade Firmware on your Samsung device.
https://www.123myit.com/2013/05/how-to-upgrade-the-firmware-2-3-6-on-a-samsung-galaxy-s/

Step 1. Make sure your Samsung device is rooted. Link above.
Step 2. Download the Samsung Galaxy S Upgrade Ice Cream Sandwich Firmware from the downloads page here.
Step 3. Plug in your device and make sure that the device driver is working ok. You can do this in Device Manager.
Step 4. Open the Samsung device and view the files and go into the Android folder and copy the file you just downloaded into the Android folder.
Step 5. Power off your Samsung device and put the phone in recovery mode by holding down the UP volume button + Power button + Home button.
Step 6. In the menu select Wipe Data / factory reset, this will Wipe any data on your Samsung device so make sure you do a back up first.
Step 7. Wipe cache partition and go into the advance and Wipe Dalvik cache.
Step 8. Go back to the main menu then to go install zip from SD card. And choose zip from SD card.
Choose the Zip folder from the Android folder that copied to earlier and you are done.

The Android upgrade can take anywhere from 5 to 15 mins to complete. The Samsung Galaxy S model that I recorded the video on was a fair bit slower after the upgrade, but for some people they probably wont notice the difference and the upgrade Android has the benefit of the newer OS.

If you would like to see the Samsung Galaxy S specs you can find them here on the Samsung site.

Good luck.

How to install Viber on an iPhone 3G 4.2.1 firmware

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NOTE: You will need to do a backup of your iPhone so you don’t lose any data. Also must jailbreak your iDevice first. If you are unsure please search jailbreak at the top of the 123myIT website, there are loads of vides to show you how to jailbreak your iDevice.

This video will show you how to install Viber on iPhone 3G 4.2.1 firmware.

Step 1. Backup your information on your device.
Step 2. Wipe your iOS device by doing a restore. This process will set you iPhone back to factory defaults and give you a clean platform to start the jailbreak.
Step 3. Fully charge your iDevice. Open up the brown Cydia icon. It should look something like this.
Cydia Icon
Step 4. In Cydia go into Manage then Sources. Next go to Edit and then Add enter the Cydia/APT url.
At this stage enter cydia.iphonecake.com then tap Add Source.
Step 5. Tap iPhoneCake, and scroll down to AppSync OS 4.2 or match whatever firmware you are currently using.
Step 6. Download iTools, the direct link can be found on the Downloads section of the 123myIT website here. Install iTools. I tools is the program that will allow us to install the Viber app onto out iDevice.
Step 7. Download Viber from the downloads section here. Click the lin that says Viber for iPhone.

Step 8. Once downloaded open up iTools and use iTools to transfer the Viber app to your iDevice.

Pretty straight forward. And that’s how easy it is to install Viber on an iPhone 3G 4.2.1 firmware. The benefits to installing Viber this way as opposed to installing Whited00r is that you can keep your existing idevice firmware 4.2.1.

install viber on an iphone 3g 4.2.1

For more information on Viber you can check out their website here.
For more information on iTools software click here.

How to install Whited00r 6 on your iPhone or iPod

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Hi All, so I have had loads of people ask me how do I get this app which is no longer supported by the Apple firmware installed on my I device?
Well so far I have done some tutorials on how to add Facebook App and Facebook Messenger App to my your iPhone, but the list of apps is endless and I could go on forever trying to get them all working.

But I have found there is away to get allot of the current apps on your old device by using Whited00r. What is Whited00r I hear you ask?
Whited00r is custom IOS firmware that has been tweaked to allow you to do many awesome things like runs apps that no longer have support on the official Apple firmware. There is also other benefit’s like a speed boost to your phone and added functionality with a Siri like voice activated service.

This video will step you through how to install Whited00r and all the apps you have been dreaming of.

Before installing Whited00r please backup your I device data by following my video here.
Also if you get into trouble or you don’t like Whited00r 6 please follow this restore video here.
You can restore a copy of iPhone firmware by watching this video here. And the Mac version is here.

Good Luck and have fun 🙂