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How to Flash Unofficial Firmware on a Samsung Galaxy S

At least in Australia, Samsung Galaxy S owners have been let down by ongoing delays with regard to the release of the Android 2.2 update (AKA Froyo). This has been of particular frustration for users with Android 3.0 (AKA Gingerbread) due to be released by Google before the end of the year. However, there is …

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Samsung Galaxy S – A Less Hacky Way to Restore the Three Button Modes

Another quick one for the folks with Samsung Galaxy S handsets. A few days ago I wrote about how you could do a registry hack to update the firmware on your Samsung Galaxy S to a Canadian version that specifically fixes the missing download and recovery modes on affected devices. Over on XDA Developers, some …

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Samsung Galaxy S – Reclaim the Missing Three Button Modes

Kies - Canada JH2 Upgrade

No doubt if you have been following this blog you would have been aware of my problems with the missing recovery and download modes (AKA three button modes or three button combinations). Thankfully, Samsung Canada released a solution today which users of the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S (model number GT-I9000) can utilise. …

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