How to Install CyanogenMod on the Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A (GT-I9506)

source: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_ks01lte

his guide will walk you through the process of taking the Galaxy S4 LTE-A (GT-I9506) from stock to having a custom recovery image and the ability to flash the latest version of CyanogenMod.

Note: DISCLAIMER

Modifying or replacing your device's software may void your device's warranty, lead to data loss, hair loss, financial loss, privacy loss, security breaches, or other damage, and therefore must be done entirely at your own risk. No one affiliated with the CyanogenMod project is responsible for your actions. Good luck.

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• 1 Important Notes
• 2 Installing CyanogenMod from recovery

Important Notes

Snapdragon 800 variant of Galaxy S 4

Installing CyanogenMod from recovery

1. Make sure your computer has working adb.
2. Download the CyanogenMod package for your device that you'd like to install to your computer.

   Optional: Download 3rd party applications packages, like Google Apps which are necessary to download apps from Google Play.

3. Boot to recovery mode, and connect the phone to your computer through USB.
   • With the device powered off, hold Volume Up, Home & Power. When the blue text appears, release the buttons.
4. In ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the power button is used to confirm a menu selection, but for some devices a physical home key acts as a selector. Some devices have touch enabled ClockworkMod Recovery, in which case you may be able to swipe to, or touch, menu selections.
5. Optional (Recommended): Select backup and restore to create a backup of your current ROM.
6. Select wipe data/factory reset.
7. You have two options for transferring and installing the installation packages. The sideload method is more universal across devices, whereas the push and install method is more commonly used:
   • Sideload method: select install zip > install zip from sideload. Follow the on-screen notices to install the package. The installer does not necessarily display an "Install complete." message. You can tell the install is complete if there were no fatal error messages and you have regained control over the menu.
   • Push and install method: Open a command prompt (or Terminal on Mac and Linux) and navigate to the directory holding the package(s) you would like to install. On the device, navigate to the mounts and storage menu. If you see /storage/sdcard0 or /sdcard as a mountable volume, go ahead and mount it. If you do not see one of these partitions, then instead mount the /data partition. Take note of which volume you mounted. Now, push the package(s) to your device (also, see tip below):

   - If you mounted /storage/sdcard0, then: adb push update.zip /storage/sdcard0/

   - If you mounted /sdcard or /data, then: adb push update.zip /sdcard/

   where update.zip should be replaced with the package filename. Go back to the main menu and select install zip. Choose to install from the same directory where you pushed the package(s). If you are installing multiple packages, install CyanogenMod first and then install any subsequent packages on top of it.

8. Once installation has finished, return to the main menu and select reboot system now. The device will now boot into CyanogenMod.

Helpful Tip– SD card folders

CyanogenMod 10.1 and newer have multi-user support (introduced in Android 4.2). If your device has storage on the /data partition, then Android actually looks in/data/media/0/ for the first user's /sdcard/ storage. ClockworkMod recovery symlinks /sdcard/ to /data/media/ though. So, if you are pushing files to internal storage in recovery and want them to be visible in Android, you should push them to /sdcard/0/ or /data/media/0/. Here's the most frequent scenarios:

1. If you're coming from a ROM with Android 4.1 or older to CyanogenMod 10 or older: adb push update.zip /sdcard/
2. If you're coming from a ROM with Android 4.1 or older to CyanogenMod 10.1 or newer: adb shell "mkdir /sdcard/0/" followed by adb push update.zip /sdcard/0/
3. If you're coming from a ROM with Android 4.2 or newer to CyanogenMod 10.1 or newer: adb push update.zip /sdcard/0/

Helpful Tip

This is Google’s new Project Ara modular phone: Spiral 2

 Jan 14, 2015

Chris Davies

Google has revealed its newest Project Ara prototype, Spiral 2, the latest iteration of the block-based modular smartphone it expects to change how users interact with software and hardware. Spiral 2 builds on the MDK version 0.20 which Google released earlier this month, and was shown today for the first time at Google's second Project Ara developer conference. Now with eleven different prototype modules, each of which will act as a reference design for third-party developers hoping to get onboard with Ara themselves, Spiral 2 supports hot-swapping those modules as well as making 3G calls.

The hardware for Spiral 2 is done, Head of Project Ara Paul Eremenko said, though the firmware itself is not. "Firmware is hard," he joked, inviting any firmware experts attending the developer event to contact him regarding a job.

The changes in Spiral 2 has seen the electro-permanent magnets which hold the modules in place moved, now into the endoskeleton frame, leaving more room in the modules themselves. There are two application processors, from Marvell and NVIDIA, while Rockchip is working on a dedicated chip itself.

Google has also confirmed the exact Spiral 2 reference specifications. There'll be a 1280 x 720 display, light & proximity sensors, a 5-megapixel camera, WiFi and Bluetooth, 3G modem with a Band 2 antenna, separate Band 5 antenna, battery, and speaker module, as well as the choice of a Marvell PXA1928 or NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor block. A final block will have the USB charger port.

Spiral 2 also shifts the cellular antennas from the modems themselves, which will lead to more flexibility when 4G LTE modules arrive.

What there won't be is 3D printing of modules, at least initially. According to Eremenko, getting 3D printing technologies to a point where they were realistic for production volumes and at the quality that consumers would expect was simply too ambitious for the current timescale.

Instead, ATAP turned to a second proposal it had been working on simultaneously. Using dye-sublimation, modules made of injection-molded polycarbonate plastic will be able to be customized at high resolution and in full color.

Meanwhile, Google also previewed some of the changes the ATAP team expects for Spiral 3. Biggest of those will probably be contactless data connections between the different modules, replacing the spring-loaded pins with inductive systems that stop the scratching the Spiral 2 experiences, as well as making them more flexible.

Spiral 3 will also have new magnets, and the antennas will be shifted into the endo - the backbone of the phone - rather than putting them into the modules.

Power consumption will be lowered, bigger batteries supported, and new battery technologies introduced. That has seen Google engage with battery manufacturers that might not normally see their wares in current smartphones - usually because they don't meet the recharge cycle requirements - and offering optional higher-density packs with shorter lifespans for those consumers willing to make that compromise.

We'll have more from the Project Ara developer event over the course of the day.

Story Timeline

• Project Ara Spiral 2 PCB teased, DevConf to be livestreamed
• Google's Project Ara adds NVIDIA and Marvell chips
• Project Ara released 2nd dev kit ahead of February conference
• Project Ara Module Marketplace ushers in Dev Event 2

Data Centre Transformation Master Class

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Alcatel's OneTouch Pixi 3

Alcatel's OneTouch Pixi 3 is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you're gonna get

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January 6, 2015 5:00 AM PST

LAS VEGAS -- I don't even know how to start describing the Alcatel Pixi 3 I saw at CES 2015, because there's no single phone to see. There are 24.

Alcatel is starting with four base configurations and letting carrier partners choose the data connection (4G LTE or 3G) and the operating system (Android, Windows Phone, Firefox).

So, the Pixi 3 that shows up in your country could be anything from a 3.5-inch Firefox OS handset with a 1GH dual-core processor and 5-megapixel camera to a 5-inch Android 5.0 Lollipop phone with an 8-megapixel camera and quad-core chip.If this isn't confusing enough, the carriers also get to choose among seven eye-melting fluorescent shades, including black (but not white). This is also a future Pixi 3 owner's chance to splash out a bit; they'll be able to acquire a different colored back cover to pop on.

With so much up in the air, there is just one constant in the Pixi 3, and that's its status as an inexpensive entry-level phone. Rounded edges and a plastic design remain rock-steady across all the device permutations.

Although there's no pricing structure yet (that will depend on the set of specs a carrier picks), you can bet it'll be on the more budget end of the scale, the market segment that Alcatel really dives into.

구글 조립형 스마트폰 '아라폰' 공개 임박.. 업계 반응은

source: http://www.sentv.co.kr/news/view/463453

구글 조립형 스마트폰 '아라폰' 공개 임박.. 업계 반응은

서울경제 | 입력시간 : 2015-01-09 17:12:11

구글의 야심작인 50달러(5만5,000원) 조립형 스마트폰 '아라폰' 공개가 임박하면서 업계의 이목이 집중되고 있다.

9일 관련 업계에 따르면 구글의 아라 개발팀인 '프로젝트 아라'는 홈페이지를 통해 1월 14일과 21일 미국과 싱가포르에서 개발자 회의를 개최한다고 밝혔다.

업계에서는 이 자리에서 아라의 실체가 드러날 것으로 전망하고 있다.

아라는 휴대전화의 카메라, 배터리 등 각 기능을 블록(모듈)으로 만들어 사용자가 취향대로 선택해 조립하는 스마트폰이다.

업계에서 아라를 주목하는 이유는 성공할 경우 구글의 영향력이 하드웨어까지 확장돼 모바일 시장이 '구글 천하'가 될 수 있다는 우려 때문이다. 제조사들이 구글의 안드로이드 운영체제(OS)에 예속돼 있는 상황에서 아라 마저 성공하면 구글에 하드웨어 플랫폼까지 예속돼 단순 부품 업체로 전락할 수 있다는 것이다.

구글의 저가형 조립폰 등장에 대한 시장의 반응은 엇갈린다.

우선 저가를 무기로 성장 중인 중국 업체들에 위협적 요인이 될 수 있다는 지적이다. 아울러 과거 조립형 컴퓨터에서 볼 수 있듯 사용자가 고가 부품을 구입해 초고사양의 스마트폰을 제작할 경우 삼성전자와 애플도 견제를 받을 것 수 있어 시장에 상당한 영향력을 발휘할 수 있다는 분석이다.

반면 집 안에 두는 컴퓨터와 달리 디자인과 브랜드가 각광 받는 휴대전화 시장을 고려하면 한계가 있다는 지적도 나온다. 인도나 아프리카 등 일부 저가 시장에서 인기를 끄는 데 그칠 것이라는 전망도 나오고 있다.

이현호기자 hhlee@sed.co.kr