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h1. Heimdall/Recovery Installation *Warning: flashing another operating system like Replicant may void your warranty and will erase the data stored on the device.* This guide assumes your phone is supported by Heimdall and installation is to be done using recovery. h2. Download the files * Refer to your device page to find a link to the latest images (*Last images* part of the table). * Download the images *and the md5 checksum* * Download and install heimdall: http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/ h2. Copy the files to the device h3. Using the internal memory # Mount usb storage from the current system of your phone # Create a directory *at the root* of the usb storage # Copy the downloaded images *and md5 checksum* to this directory h3. Using a µSD card # Mount the µSD card, make sure it's fat32 # Create a directory *at the root* of the µSD card # Copy the downloaded images *and md5 checksum* to this directory h2. Key combinations for Download mode | *Device* | *Keys (held together)* | | *Galaxy S* | VOL-, SELECT, POWER | | *Galaxy S2* | VOL-, SELECT, POWER | h2. Prepare the phone # Turn the phone off, disconnect any USB cable On your current system, reboot in recovery mode (@adb reboot recovery@ can work too) # Hold A soon as the *Rebooting* dialog is displayed, hold the key combination for Download mode (release only when in Download mode) # You should be in Download mode. If not, remove the battery and retry the steps above # You might need to confirm that you want to _download a custom OS_ # Once the Download screen is waiting, plug the USB cable h2. Flash the images (if not plugged already) # Flash the recovery boot image using heimdall: <pre> ./heimdall flash --kernel path/to/recovery.img path/to/boot.img </pre> # The phone should reboot and heimdall indicate that the operation was successful # Wait until recovery boots h2. Flash the images # You should be in recovery mode. If not, remove the battery and retry the steps above # Select *flash images* # Choose the location of the images (internal sdcard is the phone's internal memory, sdcard is the µSD card) # Confirm flash # Get back to the general menu # Select *wipe data/factory reset* # Confirm wipe # Get back to the general menu # Reboot *Your device should now be running Replicant!*