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Developer: Samsung
Interface language: Russian English
Input languages: Russian English Ukrainian
Release date: 2014
Compatibility: Samsung GT-I9192
Version: I9192XXUCNG2 4.4.2
Note that this instruction mostly intended for more advanced users. Therefore, beginners can also take risks, but you will still be responsible for the consequences yourself. Moreover, in no case should this instruction be used with other Galaxy S4 mini models, of which there are quite a few on the market.
2. Download and Install on behalf of the Admin driver SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.9.0.exe, then restart the computer.
(Attention: If the diver is not set (this happens, the problem comes out when performing item 4), then you will have to:
3. Download and install as Admin latest version KIES (or), then restart your computer. (The Kies program can be uninstalled after the end of the firmware))
4. Charge the phone battery at least 75%, better 100%. Connect the phone with a cable to the computer (to the port on the BB motherboard, these ports are mainly located on the back, next to the connector network card), wait until the drivers are installed and disconnect the phone from the computer. I advise (not necessary, but just in case) to enable USB debugging - "Settings"> "Options"> "About device" and tap many times on the assembly version, the developer options will open, there put a daw on "USB debugging".
5. Disable antivirus on your computer.
6. Close, if installed, Kies on your computer (if open) and from the task manager, terminate processes named Kies ...
7. Unpack Odin_v3.07.zip and the firmware file (preferably in a separate directory, some advise in the root of the disk).
8. Run as Admin from the prepared directory Odin3 v3.07.exe
9. Press:
a) if sewn with Odin_3.07 - PDA button, or
b) if sewn with Odin_3.09, then the AP button;
Then find in the window that opens and select the firmware file. Check the "Autorebut" checkbox (usually when starting Odin this checkbox is already checked, then you just don't need to touch it).
10. Switch the phone to the firmware mode: on the switched off phone, press and hold the buttons Vol.Down (Volume down) + Home (center button) + Power (button on / off) and release them immediately after vibration and start turning on the phone. Wait for the yellow warning triangle.
11. Confirm the transition to the firmware mode (Odin mode) with the Vol.Up button (Volume up). A green robot will appear and the words "Downloading" and "Do not turn ...."
12. Connect the phone with a cable to the computer (preferably to the same port on the BB motherboard from which the drivers were installed in step 4. Let me remind you that these ports are mainly located at the back, next to the network card connector) and, if necessary, wait again installing drivers on the computer (this happens, so we are not in a hurry).
13. In the upper left part of the program One, a small blue window will light up indicating the COM port number. He (the number of the COM port) will appear in the window at the bottom left. This means that the drivers have been installed correctly and everything is ready for the firmware. Click Start.
14. After pressing Start, a blue download bar will appear on the phone under the green robot and the inscription "Downloading", and on the computer in Odin, in the upper left window, the inscriptions BOOT, RECOVERY, SYSTEM, MODEM, CACHE, HIDDEN and, as a result, RESET will appear on a white background on a blue background. The phone will reboot, the firmware installation on the phone will continue. Without touching anything, without disconnecting the body from the computer, you must wait for the end of the firmware and the green window with the inscription PASS.
15. Disconnect the cable ("Removed!" Will appear in the window at the bottom left) and press Exit on Odin.
16. Here, on the advice of some experts, the body can (but not necessarily) be overloaded by holding Power for a long time (on / off button)
And you have new firmware.
Everything is ready :) As a result, ALL actions from 1 to the last point should take no more than 25-30 minutes, including rebooting the BB after installations.
Instructions for installing the official single-file firmware on Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (GT-I919x).
Drivers and programs
Attention!
To install the official stock firmware on the Galaxy S4 Mini and return the phone status (Settings> About device> Properties> Device status) to Official after switching from custom firmware and thereby return the ability to receive updates over the air just follow the instructions provided.
Installation instructions
Unpack the downloaded archive into the Odin PC folder for convenience. The file in the ".tar" or ".tar.md5" format must be kept and "SS_DL.dll" can be deleted.
Reset device data.
To do this, go to the settings on the tab “ Accounts
"In the section" Archiving and reset", Select the item" Reset device"And press the button" Delete everything". The phone will restart.
Run Odin PC as administrator.
Put the device into download mode ( Download Mode).
To do this, you must simultaneously hold down the Volume Down key, the Home button and the Power button. Then wait until the phone restarts and accept the warning by pressing the Volume Up key.
In this state, connect the smartphone to the computer. Odin should light up the inscription “ COM».
Press the button " AP»And select the TAR-archive of the firmware.
Items " Auto reboot"And" F.Reset Time" must be activated, but " Re-Partition", If active - must be disabled.
Press the button " Start". The process of installing the firmware will begin.
At the end of the operation, if everything went well, the message “All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0) ". The phone must be rebooted manually by holding down the power button until the screen turns off. The device may take up to 5 minutes to boot up for the first time.
ATTENTION!
If the device does not boot for a long time or the data has not been reset, it must be performed from the recovery.
To do this, you must simultaneously hold down the Volume Up key, the Home button and the Power button. After downloading, select the item " Wipe data / Factory reset", and then - " Reboot system now". If after these steps the device also freezes at startup, you must reflash it again.
This page contains information about mobile device... Here you will find and can download latest firmware Android on Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and you can also receive root rights .
You can learn more about root rights. Instructions for obtaining are below.
When to update the firmware
- I want to install new firmware to expand the capabilities of your smartphone;
- Recovery after unsuccessful firmware needed
- The smartphone constantly reboots for no reason;
- The device does not turn on.
What firmware do we have
To download the firmware Android 5.1 Lollipop, 6.0 Marshmallow, 7.0 Nougat, Android 8.0 O on Samsung Galaxy S4 mini read the full article - this is important. By installing the last available Android version, you will be surprised at the new possibilities. And also you can download the official version of the MIUI firmware different versions and custom original firmware.
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Availability of firmware: In stock.
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Instructions for installing firmware can be found on the links below. Firmware download for Samsung Galaxy S4 mini is available via torrent with instructions.
Firmware installation instructions
To download, select the firmware you need and click on the link.
To install do the following:
- Download the file with firmware and special program
- Run the program on the computer
- Select the required firmware version
- Follow the instructions from the file archive
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini firmware video
How to flash Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
Brief instructions for flashing Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9190 / GT-I9195 to a new custom or official firmware using Odin, as well as installation CWM recovery and getting super user rights on the phone (Root)
First, download the office you like. firmware from the site http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9190, and unpack it to any comfortable spot on your PC.
1) Run Odin v3.09 (if it is not available, download from the Internet and install, also do not forget to install drivers for the phone on the computer, the drivers go in the accompanying program “Kies”) open the task manager and close all processes associated with Kies,
2) Turn off our smartphone. We press three buttons on the switched off phone: volume down + center key + power button... A warning about the danger of the firmware will appear, click “ Volume up”To confirm your desire to perform this operation.
3) We connect the smartphone to the computer using a standard USB cable (it is better to use USB 2. *, you can also use USB 3.0, but it is not stable yet, so it’s better not to risk it). In the program window, the window with the port number through which the phone is connected should light up in yellow.
4) In Odin, put a daw opposite Auto Reboot (enabled by default) and F. Reset Time, indicate the unpacked files from the firmware archive, and that's it.
On the right side of the program, select parts of the firmware from the previously downloaded archive
Button BL upload the file BOOTLOADER _ *********. Tar.md5
Button AP upload the file CODE _ **********. Tar.md5
Button CP upload the file MODEM _ ********. Tar.md5
Button CSC upload the file CSC _ ***********. Tar.md5
5) We press START, the process has started Samsung firmware Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9190 / GT-I9195
6) We are waiting for the green (or blue, depending on the version of the program) the PASS inscription above the port and after restarting the smartphone, you can disconnect the cable.
7) We use
Instructions for installing CWM recovery on I9190 and getting root
The instructions show how to install zip (via CWM recovery) from a memory card. You can do without a memory card, then the zip needs to be copied to the built-in drive and in CWM select the zip installation from the built-in drive.
1. Download the installation archive to get root S4Mini_RootKit_v1.zip (1.5 MB)
2. Without unpacking the archive, place it in the root of the memory card.
3. The memory card with the installation archive must be inserted into the smartphone.
4. Download to your computer the archive with the Odin flasher - Odin_v3.09.zip (971.81 КБ)
Unpack it anywhere you like.
5. Download to your computer the archive with the installation file CWM recovery version v6.0.3.7 - recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.7-serrano3gxx.tar.zip. Place the file recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.7-serrano3gxx.tar.md5 from the archive into the same folder as Odin3 v3.09.exe.
6. Start Odin using the exe 'Odin3 v3.09.exe
7. In the program window, uncheck the “F. Reset Time "
8. Turn off your smartphone
9. Press and hold the home, power and volume down buttons until the boot screen appears.
10. Connect the USB cable to your computer and press the volume up button
11. On the computer in the Odin program, click on the “AP” button and select the CWM recovery installation file - “recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.7-serrano3gxx.tar.md5”, to start the firmware process, click the “Start” button. If Odin doesn't see your smartphone, install Kies. Together with it, the drivers necessary to connect the smartphone in Odin mode will be installed.
After recovery is installed, the smartphone will reboot.
12. Immediately after turning on the smartphone (vibration), go to recovery: hold down and do not release the “home” and volume up buttons. After loading the CWM recovery menu, release all buttons.
13. Select the item “install zip” -> “choose zip from extSdCard” -> select the file S4Mini_RootKit_v1.zip -> “YES - Install S4Mini_RootKit_v1.zip”, wait for the operation to complete.
14. Use the power button to return to the CWM main menu and select “reboot system now” to reboot.
If recovery prompts “disable flash stock recovery”, agree.
When finished, Android will boot with available root.
A couple of useful things for Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9190 / GT-I9195
Functions of buttons in the CWM recovery menu:
- volume buttons perform navigation functions;
- “home” —selection of an item;
- power button - back.
How to enter recovery?- on the switched off smartphone, hold down and do not release the “home”, volume up and power button. After vibration, the power button can be released. After loading the recovery menu, release all buttons.
After installation, CWM recovery is launched with the same combination of buttons.
LineageOS continues the CyanogenMod business, bringing new Android firmwares to many users. For example, a 5 year old. I decided to do a similar procedure for the Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9192 mini dual sim (serranodsdd).
Once again, I am convinced that it is better to choose one of the most popular smartphones, around which there will be a community of developers. Ideally, now it is better to choose an Android smartphone only if it immediately comes with Android 8 Oreo (and not with previous version upgradeable to Android 8 Oreo) and meets Project Treble requirements. Such smartphones are required to boot on pure AOSP (Android Open Source Project), so alternative firmware for them is developed much faster. Plus, Project Treble helps smartphone manufacturers to separate their own additions to Android, which favorably affects the frequency of firmware updates in general (however, without a smartphone manufacturer, you still can't get official firmware).
Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9192 boasts the presence official firmware LineageOS 14.1, even if this is still a nightly build, and not a firmware that is considered stable.
How to install Android 7.1 Nougat (LineageOS 14.1) firmware for Samsung Galaxy S4 mini dual sim (serranodsdd)
Caution: When flashing Samsung phone Galaxy S4 mini dual sim (serranodsdd) can always go wrong. Also note that the instructions are written for S4 mini dual sim and it can be used only for this version of the smartphone.
Before flashing, be sure to do backup contacts, photo and video files, as well as documents from a smartphone.
- Install Heimdall. Some Samsung devices use the "Download mode" download method, which is very similar to "Fastboot mode" for devices with an unlocked bootloader. Heimdall (Windows, Linux, MacOS) - a tool for interacting with Samsung devices in the "Download" mode. The preferred method for installing an alternate recovery environment ( Custom Recovery) - via boot mode, when root access is not required.
To install Heimdall on Ubuntu 17.10, just type the following in a terminal:
sudo apt-get install heimdall-flash heimdall-flash-frontendAs an alternative to Heimdall on Windows, you can use Odin. Also, firmware can be installed using the TWRP recovery environment or ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM).
- Download the TWRP recovery environment in .img format. I used twrp-3.2.1-0-serranodsdd.img.
- Turn off the power Samsung smartphone Galaxy S4 GT-I9192 mini dual sim (serranodsdd).
- Boot the phone in "Download mode", for which simultaneously hold down the "Home", Volume Down and Power buttons (release when the warning "Warning: A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications" appears on the screen). Agree with the warning by selecting Continue (press the volume up button) A green robot should appear on the screen with the words "Downloading ... Do not turn off target !!"
- Connect Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9192 to your computer when USB help cable (in Windows you will need drivers).
- On your computer, open a terminal (or command line) and go to the folder with the downloaded TWRP image.
cd ~ / Downloads - Install TWRP on your phone by typing in the terminal:
heimdall flash --RECOVERY twrp-3.2.1-0-serranodsdd.img --no-reboot
where twrp-3.2.1-0-serranodsdd.img is the name of the downloaded TWRP image file. A progress bar will appear on your phone showing the progress of the installation. If an error occurs with insufficient privileges, in Ubuntu, the command must be run with sudo.Wait for the operation to complete. If successful, you will see the following text in the terminal:
Session begun.Downloading device "s PIT file ...
PIT file download successful.Uploading RECOVERY
100%
RECOVERY upload successfulEnding session ...
Releasing device interface ... - After installing TWRP, disconnect the USB cable from the phone and turn off the power (I removed the battery).
- Boot the phone in Recovery mode while holding down the "Home", Volume Up and Power buttons (note that in the first case they used the volume down button, and in the second - up).
- Click "Select Language", select "Russian" and click "OK".
- After loading TWRP suggests leaving the system partition. Because I am not interested in returning to the old official firmware, and their updates are not expected, then of course I did not leave the system partition, choosing "Swipe - allow changes".
- Install on Android computer Debug Bridge (ADB) is a tool that allows you to send a lot of commands to your phone in the terminal. For ADB to work, you need to Android smartphone USB debugging has been enabled. Commands can be sent either when the phone is on or in Recovery mode. Root access on a smartphone is not required to use ADB.
For Android installations Debug Bridge in Ubuntu is enough to type the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb - Download the LineageOS firmware for serranodsdd from the official LineageOS website. I used lineage-14.1-20180126-nightly-serranodsd d-signed.zip.
Reset the firmware on your phone to the / sdcard / folder using ADB:
adb push lineage-14.1-20180126-nightly-serranodsd d-signed.zip /
Replace the name of the .zip archive with the name of your firmware. - Download Google Apps. I used OpenGapps for ARM and Android 7.1 in the nano version (GMail, Calendar, Youtube and other applications can always be installed later from Google play) - open_gapps-arm-7.1-nano-20180128.zip.
Reset open_gapps-arm-7.1-nano-20180128.zip to your smartphone:
adb push open_gapps-arm-7.1-nano-20180128.zip / sdcard /
Replace the name of the .zip archive with the name of your GApps. - In the TWRP Recovery environment, make a backup. This is a recommended but not required step. I usually ignore him, although of course it's better not to.
- In the TWRP Recovery environment, select Wipe -> Selective Wipe, check Dalvik / ART Cache, Cache, System, Data and clear them.
- Return to the main menu by pressing the Back button.
- Click on "Install" and select the firmware from the / sdcard / folder. Add archive with GApps and any others additional packages... For example, you can add root using LineageOS su add-on (I did without root just for the sake of security and the inability to use some banking applications with root).
- After the installation is complete, click "Clear cache / dalvik".
- After clearing the cache, restart your phone by clicking on "Restart OS".
- Optionally, you can install TWRP as a system application.
- After rebooting, set up your phone, including entering the login and password from your Google account (if you installed GApps, of course).
- Profit!
Before returning to old version firmware or bootloader, make sure that this procedure has not turned the smartphone into a brick for other users.
Alternative firmware for Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9192 mini dual sim (serranodsdd).