Website changes and new look

So as you all know, the website has been pretty much dead for the past 3-4 months due to my high inactivity and lack of new content such as roms, kernels and themes for the Galaxy Y GT-S5360. A big thanks goes to Manik Chhabra who has just recently started taking my place in posting new content for the Galaxy Y while I was away from the blogging world and I would like to mention that I will also begin making new posts and upload videos again for the last few roms and themes that were missed out.

The other news is that this website will now have support for the new Galaxy Young (S6310) model. You will see roms, kernels, themes, tutorials, tips and tricks posted for it as well as videos in the YouTube channel. Since the phone is very affordable and is not bad at all for its budget price, you could even consider upgrading to it if you are on a very tight budget.

Also, if you haven't noticed already, the website now has a new look. This was done so that all three archive projects can now have the same look. It is possible that you may encounter 404 error pages and small glitches in the first few hours until the new template is succesfully implemented to the blog.

Inspire Holo Version ROM for Samsung Galaxy Young Duos (GT-S6312)

If you are tired of the TouchWiz look on your Galaxy Young Duos, then you may want to try out something new. Something like this Inspire Holo version ROM developed by xda member vlc07.

As you can see in the screenshots below, the rom has been given the Holo look. Something like running an AOSP rom or CyanogenMod10 on your Galaxy Young. Not only does this rom offer you a different look, it also offers some additional features. For a list of all the features, read the list below.

Features:

• Complete Holo themed
• Stock 4.1 AOSP Trebuchet Launcher
• CyanogenMod wallpapers
• Rooted

Deodexed

Samsung Bloatware removed

Holo Calculator

Holo Calendar

No Statusbar SIM icons to take up space

Stock Android 4.1 AOSP experience

Customized boot animation

Screenshots:

Download ROM - Click here.

Installation:

1. You must have CWM Recovery installed in order to flash this rom succesfully. If you still haven't done that, you may check out this post.
2. Download the ROM to your sdcard.
3. Power off your phone and boot into CWM Recovery.
4. Choose wipe data/factory reset.
5. Go to mounts and storage and mount /system if it is not mounted.
6. Choose install zip.
7. Choose choose zip from external sdcard.
8. Choose the ROM zip file.
9. Choose Yes to confirm when asked.
10. After the installation is complete, go back and choose reboot system now.

Source: xda

Solution to CWM Recovery v6.0.53 flashing error on Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360

Hey guys! So almost all Cyanogenmod 11 users know that CWM Recovery v6.0.53 was released for flashing cyanogenmod 11 roms after 20140723 as it was necessary to format system to MTD system. But many got the error saying "This package is for totoro your device is GT-S5360" and then we finally get the error saying "Installation Aborted". So here is the solution to the problem.

Instructions to solve problem:-

1. Extract the CWM Recovery 6.0.53.zip
2. Go to META-INF/com/google/android/
3. Open the updater-script file using notepad in the folder
4. Remove the following lines. These are the first 3 lines of the updater-script

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "totoro" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "totoro" || abort("This package is for \"totoro\" devices; this is a \"" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "\"."););

     5.  Save the changes in updater-script
     6.  Now zip the folder
     7.  Transfer it to the root of your Sd Card
     8.  Boot in recovery mode and then flash the new CWM Recovery v6.0.53

Posted by Manik Chhabra

Kitkat Easter Egg for Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360

Hey guys! So this mod is for all those who like Kitkat 4.4. Presenting kitkat Easter egg for any ROM on Galaxy Y. This mod will install the kitkat Easter egg on your Galaxy Y which can be seen by tapping on the Android version option in the settings.

Requirements:-

1. Kitkat Easter Egg App for LDPI from here
2. Java Development kit from here
3. Dex2Jar convertor from here
4. A root browsing tool of your choice
5. Framework.jar of your rom
6. Platlogoactivity.class from here

I have tried my best to make the installation easy so I hope nobody has problems installing the mod.

Installation Instruction:-

1. Using your root browsing tool copy the framework.jar of your rom from the /system/framework folder and paste it in the root of your sd card
2. Connect your device using usb and transfer the framework.jar to your computer.
3. Extract the framework.jar using Winrar or 7zip (classes.dex is the extracted file)
4. Now extract dex2jar-0.0.9.15.zip
5. Rename the folder to 123 and move it to the root of your C: drive
6. Now move the classes.dex to the 123 folder in the root of C: drive
7. Open the setclasspath.bat in the 123 folder. It would just flash for a second and would close then so dont go on trying to open it a 100 times 
8. In the 123 folder, hold the shift key and press the left click button.
9. You will find an option called "Open command prompt window here" select it
10. A command prompt window will open with the text C:123
11. In the command prompt window type the code "C:123>d2j-dex2jar.bat classes.dex"
12. It would take some time and then you will see a folder called classes-dex2jar
13. Open it and replace the platlogoactivity.class with the downloaded one in the folder com/android/internal/app
14. After you have replaced it you now have to compile this folder back to the dex file
15. Now open Command Prompt again using the same way above and type the code"C:123>path and type the path of your Java Development Kit. It would most probably be in the Java folder in the program files... For me its is C:123> path C:Program files/Java/jdk.5.0_77/bin
16. Press the enter key and type the code "C:123> jar cf "classes.jar" android com javax
17. Wait till the jar file is made
18. After the jar file is made type the code "C:123>d2j-jar2dex.bat classes.jar"
19. Now a file named classes-jar2dex.dex will be made. Rename it to classes.dex
20. Open command prompt and then type the code "C:123> path (path of your java development kit as written above)
21. Press the enter key and type the code "C:123> jar cf "framework.jar" classes.dex"
22. Now transfer the kitkat easter egg app and the framework.jar to the root of your sd card
23. Install kitkat easter egg app in your galaxy y
24. Using your root browser replace the framework.jar in the /system/framework with the new one and change the permission to rw-r-r
25. Reboot your device
26. Go to settings>about phone>tap continuously on the android version

And here are some screenshots of the mod:-

Posted by Manik Chhabra

Update for Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 users with Cyanogenmod 11 KitKat

Hey guys! As most of you know that Cyanogenmod 11 KitKat was released for Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 a month ago with many bugs. But now Cyanogenmod 11 for our Galaxy Y is getting stable than ever. All the bugs have been fixed in the ROM except video recording, h/w decoders and some lags. So this post is for all those who are installing the ROM after version 20140723. All the people who had flashed the ROM after the version 20140723 would have the got the "Installation Aborted" error. This is because all the Cyanogenmod 11 releases after this version are switched over to the MTD flash drivers. So in order to flash these ROM's you would require CWM Recovery v6.0.53.

Requirements:-

1. A rooted Galaxy Y GT-S5360 with stock rom
2. CWM Recovery.zip from here
3. CWM Recovery v6.0.53.zip from here

Installation Instructions:-

1. Turn off your Galaxy Y and boot in recovery mode by pressing the three button combination (volume up+home button+power button)
2. Using the volume up/down keys select apply update from SD Card
3. Now select CWM Recovery.zip
4. Now you would be in CWM Recovery v5.0.28
5. Go to mounts and storage and mount all partitions
6. Select install zip from sd card>choose zip from sd card>CWM Recovery v6.0.53.zip
7. Wait for the installation to complete
8. Now go to advanced and then select reboot recovery
9. Now you device will reboot in CWM Recovery v6.0.53
10. This is the most important step. Go to mounts and storage and then select format system. This will change your system to MTD.
11. Now press the back button and select wipe data and then wipe cache partitions
12. Now follow all steps from here

I would always add my phone number on my posts so that anybody who had problems can contact me but I had to remove it from all my posts because of some prank callers.

Posted by Manik Chhabra

AIRTEL FREE SMS TRICKS 2010

1. You Firstly activate the free SMS on your Airtel & than you will get 400 A2A free SMS. Now deactivate this service after 7 days & than again restart u next day. You get 1200 free SMS A2A.

2. Message Setting -> Text Message -> Profile Setting & than change your Message Centre Number to +9810051905. works on Few Airtel numbers only. Enjoy free SMS....

Unlock HTC Touch ( FREE AND EASY )

Here are the steps to unlock HTC Touch for any network :

•  Copy 'Cert_SPCS.cab' on your phone & install (run).
  

•  Copy 'EnableRapi.cab' on your phone & install (run).

• Connect Your HTC with PC
  

• Establish an Activesync connection with your phone.

• Unzip the zip file & Run "Unlock_Touch.exe"on your PC. (Make sure the ActiveSync connection is still running)

• File "unlock_code.txt" thus generated will have your unlock code( Eight-digit number).Ignore any other digits if generated.

 You can download the file from here:

Unlock_touch

Cert_SPCS.cab

EnableRapi.cab