Odin's tut.pdf

I didnt find any step-by-step tutorials about this on xda, which is kind of weird and because i have spare time and its

3:19am I decided to make this tutorial

EDIT: If you are coming from eclair, install a froyo ROM and make sure it has a bootloader. Remember, if you cancel an

installation that changes your bootloader, or stop it in anyway, you may hardbrick your phone with a chance of 99%.

EDIT2: Here is a good Tutorial video from xda user TejosAhobala (if you don't know what he is doing at the start, dont

worry. He is doing a factory reset before flashing):

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Here we go...

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Terms and words -->

Flashing ==> means installing a new ROM

ROM ==> is the operating system, any version of modded or un-modded android

Android ==> Google made operating system!!!

ODIN ==> Here, it means the program that you can use to flash ROMs on your phone (the phone im going to use here

is samsung galaxy 3)

Soft brick ==> No, not the construction brick, this means you've got no working operating system or you have one but

its damaged and you can't use it, so you cant see your homescreen, you only see a boot-loop when it wants to come up.

Hard brick ==> Similar to the construction brick, your phone with little hope of recovery without sending to the

samsung base for repairs

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Should this guide be followed carefully, nothing harmful can happen to your phone. Yet I wont take responsibility if

something happens to your phone.

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Remember to Backup your contacts and apps!

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Stuff to download:

1) ODIN and a .OPS file, found Here .

2) The ROM, depending on what ROM you want there are different versions available. check This thread, the kitchens/ stock ROM packs

part for stock ROMs, or if you want to try a custom ROM, try any other. I personally use Kyrillos' ROM.

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1) Extract 'Flash tools.rar'

2) open Odin multi-downloader. This is how it's meant to look like.

NOTE: Sometimes some random error message with a korean writing pops up. dont worry, it's nothing, just press OK every time you see

3) Press the OPS button located in the 'Select OPS' section, as shown in the image below. NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD ONLY USE THIS

OPS FILE IF YOU HAVE SAMSUNG GALAXY 3. YOU MAY ENCOUNTER SERIOUS PROBLEMS IF YOU USE THIS OPS FILE WITH A

DIFFERENT PHONE. (works with i5800 and i5801 as far as I know.)

4) Browse for the 'apollo_0531.ops' that came in the rar file with odin and select it.

5) Tick the One Package option located on the left side of the application.

6) The ROM that you have downloaded should have a .tar extension. If its a .rar file, open it. If it has a .tar file inside it, extract it and use

it, but if it has some weird ass stuff in it that only Jesus and Chuck Norris understand the meaning of, you need to use the 'free rar

extraction frog' application to turn it into a .tar file. Download it for free from here .

7) The above step was just to confirm if you have the right file, so you dont get any errors. Now just select One Package button that is

highlighted in the picture and browse and select the .tar file.