TinyUmbrella iOS Downgrades

A new version of TinyUmbrella has been released by Semaphore, but you can’t really do much with it right now. TinyUmbrella used to be the go-to tool whenever you had to downgrade an iOS device or to preserve jailbreak. However, Apple made sure that this wouldn’t happen and made TinyUmbrella useless.

Things have changed, apparently. According to Semaphore, the new beta version of TinyUmbrella is a complete rewrite and can be used to save SHSH blogs from latest jailbroken iOS 8 versions. You can’t, unfortunately, downgrade yet. But, that will be possible in the near future, says the developer.
For now, this new beta version of TinyUmbrella will let you save your current OTA SHSH blobs with a click of a button. The new tool is super easy to use and saves all non-OTA SHSH blobs automatically.

The new version will work with any iOS device, whether it’s in DFU mode or not.

I intend on releasing an update within the week to address any bugs that are found in this initial BETA. Further, I will be updating this tool to work with much more admirable features that many of you want. :) Until then, Save your SHSHs!

Looks like Semaphore is very confident that we will be able to downgrade iOS devices in the future. So yeah, until then, better keep all your SHSH saved.
TinyUmbrella v8.2.0.13 can be downloaded from the Jailbreak Downloads section. Since this is a beta, there will be bugs.

New Beta Of TinyUmbrella Released, iOS Downgrades Will Be Possible Once Again

Connect iPhone, iPod Touch, Android Phone to a Wi-Fi Network

Have you ever wanted to connect your phone or mobile device to a Wi-Fi network at home or your favorite coffee shop but aren’t sure how?

 Today we’ll take a look at how to connect to Wi-Fi on an iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android devices.
iPhone / iPod Touch
Note: We are using version 4.0 of the iPhone OS

Find and select the Settings icon on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Select Wi-Fi from the Settings menu.

If your Wi-Fi setting currently set to Off, tap it to toggle On the Wi-Fi access.

Once your Wi-Fi is enabled you should see available networks appear below. Encrypted networks will show a padlock to the right of the name while “open” networks will not. Tap to select the network to join.

If you choose a network that requires a password, you’ll be prompted to enter it. Type in your password and select Join.

When connected, your network SSID will be indicated in blue with a check mark beside it.

To connect to a network with a hidden SSID, select Other.

You’ll need to know the SSID, Security type, and password. Enter that information and select Join.
  
Now you can browse to all your favorite websites and connect to other devices on your Wi-Fi network.

Android
Note: We are using Android 2.1 for our examples.
On your Android device, select the Settings icon.

Under Settings, choose Wireless & networks.

Next, select Wi-Fi settings.

If Wi-Fi is not already turned on, tap the check mark by Wi-Fi to turn it on. When Wi-Fi is enabled, available SSID’s will appear below. Encrypted networks will by indicated with a padlock icon. Select the network to which you’d like to connect.

 How to Connect Your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Android Phone to a Wi-Fi Network easy

If password protected, type in your password and select Connect.

You should now see that you are connected to the network.

To connect to a Wi-Fi network with a hidden SSID, select Add Wi-Fi network from the settings.

Then manually type in your SSID and password, and select your network security type. Select Save when finished.

Now you can browse the web through your Wi-Fi router or connect to other network devices.

Conclusion
Whether you want to connect to Wi-Fi to communicate to other devices or just save on your phone’s data usage, it’s pretty easy to do on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Android phone.

How to Connect Your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Android Phone to a Wi-Fi Network easy 

Android 5.1 going to Google Nexus 5

Google/LG Nexus 5Google

Google's latest Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS update, that promises fixes to known issues found within earlier Lollipop OS builds, is now active outside of the US too.
According to a NDTV Gadgets report, the more recent Lollipop OS update is now rolling out via over-the-air (OTA) to users of the Google/LG Nexus 5 smartphone in India.
As per the NDTV gadgets report, Nexus 5 users in India can check for Android 5.1 update, which is a 221MB file.
The latest Android 5.1 firmware update rollout is expected to be phased, which means that the new software will take some time before it rolls out to all Nexus 5 users in India and to other prominent technology markets across the globe.
Enhancements brought along by Android 5.1

• Fixes to app termination bug
• Fixes to the WiFi not connecting issue
• Improved battery management functionality
• Comeback of the Silent Mode feature that was absent within Android 5.0
• Issues in "OK Google" voice-command addressed
• RAM management improved
• Fixes to audio/multimedia-related problems
• Wireless connectivity bugs fixed
• Enhancements in notifications
• Regular performance/stability improvements

Along with the above enhancements, users of the Google Nexus 5 users should also check for the alarm volume that has apparently been modified to work and let users change the volume from within the custom clock application.
Manually searching and installing Android 5.1 OS update within Nexus 5:

• From the Home screen, tap All Apps
• Tap Settings
• Tap About device
• Tap Software update
• If you are not connected to WiFi, you may receive a prompt to connect
• If WiFi is not available, tap OK
• If the update is not available, you will receive the message "Device is up-to-date". If you receive this message, please wait for your device to receive the update via OTA
• Follow the on-screen prompts
• Wait as your device restarts and updates to Android version 5.1 / Software version LMY47I.

• • Android 5.1 going to Google Nexus 5 users in India 

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MultiROM v32a multi boot

Introduction

MultiROM is one-of-a-kind multi-boot mod for Nexus 6. It can boot any Android ROM as well as other systems like Ubuntu Touch, once they are ported to that device. Besides booting from device's internal memory, MultiROM can boot from USB drive connected to the device via OTG cable. The main part of MultiROM is a boot manager, which appears every time your device starts and lets you choose ROM to boot. You can see how it looks on the left image below and in gallery. ROMs are installed and managed via modified TWRP recovery. You can use standard ZIP files to install secondary Android ROMs and MultiROM even has its own installer system, which can be used to ship other Linux-based systems.

Features:
* Multiboot any number of Android ROMs
* Restore nandroid backup as secondary ROM
* Boot from USB drive attached via OTG cable

You can also watch a video which shows it in action.

Warning!

It _is_ dangerous. This whole thing is basically one giant hack - none of these systems are made with multibooting in mind. It is no longer messing with data partition or boot sector, but it is possible that something goes wrong and you will have to flash factory images again. Make backups. Always.

Installation

1. Via MultiROM Manager app
This is the easiest way to install everything MultiROM needs. Install the app and select MultiROM and recovery on the Install/Update card. If the Status card says Kernel: doesn't have kexec-hardboot patch! in red letters, you have to install also patched kernel - either select one on the Install/Update card or get some 3rd-party kernel here on XDA. You are chosing kernel for your primary ROM, not any of your (future) secondary ROMs, so select the version accordingly.
Press "Install" on the Install/Update card to start the installation.

2.Manual installation
Firstly, there are videos on youtube. If you want, just search for "MultiROM installation" on youtube and watch those, big thanks to all who made them. There is also an awesome article on Linux Journal.

MultiROM has 3 parts you need to install:

• MultiROM (multirom-YYYYMMDD-vXX-shamu.zip) - download the ZIP file from second post and flash it in recovery.
• Modified recovery (TWRP_multirom_shamu_YYYYMMDD.img) - download the IMG file from second post and use fastboot or Flashify app to flash it.
• Patched kernel - You can use either one of the stock ones in second post or third-party kernels which include the patch, you can see list in the second post. Download the ZIP file and flash it in recovery.

You current rom will not be erased by the installation.
Download links are in the second post.

Adding ROMs

1. Android
Go to recovery, select Advanced -> MultiROM -> Add ROM. Select the ROM's zip file and confirm. As for the space, clean installation of stock 5.0 after first boot (with dalvik cache generated and connected to google account) takes about 1 GiB of space.

Using USB drive

During installation, recovery lets you select install location. Plug in the USB drive, wait a while and press "refresh" so that it shows partitions on the USB drive. You just select the location (extX, NTFS and FAT32 partitions are supported) and proceed with the installation.
If you wanna use other than default FAT32 partition, just format it in PC. If you don't know how/don't know where to find out how, you probably should not try installing MultiROM.
If you are installing to NTFS or FAT32 partition, recovery asks you to set image size for all the partitions - this cannot be easilly changed afterward, so choose carefully. FAT32 is limited to maximum of 4095MB per image - it is limitation of the filesystem, I can do nothing about that.
Installation to USB drives takes a bit longer, because the flash drive is (usually) slower and it needs to create the images, so installation of Ubuntu to 4Gb image on my pretty fast USB drive takes about 20 minutes.
Enumerating USB drive can take a while in MultiROM menu, so when you press the "USB" button in MultiROM, wait a while (max. 30-45s) until it searches the USB drive. It does it by itself, no need to press something, just wait.

Updating/changing ROMs

1. Primary ROM (Internal)

• Flash ROM's ZIP file as usual, do factory reset if needed (it won't erase secondary ROMs)
• Go to Advanced -> MultiROM in recovery and do Inject curr. boot sector.

2. Secondary Android ROMs
If you want to change the ROM, delete it and add new one. To update ROM, follow these steps:

• Go to Advanced -> MultiROM -> List ROMs and select the ROM you want to update.
• Select "Flash ZIP" and flash ROM's ZIP file.

Source code

MultiROM - https://github.com/Tasssadar/multirom/tree/master (branch master)
Modified TWRP - https://github.com/Tasssadar/Team-Win-Recovery-Project (branch master)
Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch - https://github.com/Tasssadar/android...ipop-mr1-kexec