Download Firefox Standalone Offline Installer

Link to download latest Firefox Browser offline installer package and also the Stub installer
Firefox Browser [latest-stable-win32-en_us] 

Link to Mozilla's public server, follow the index and get access to all Mozilla products and docs
Mozilla's Public Folder [all mozilla products and docs]

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How to disable Critical Battery Shutdown on Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 upon Battery Chip error

This tutorial is written for Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 in particular but similar method of using Xposed Installer and a corresponding Xposed Module can work on other Android devices as well, but make sure to check the compatibility of your device and ROM with the Xposed Installer app and the Xposed module.

If you are sure of what you are looking for skip to "HOW TO" below

It so happens that your phone starts to show weird battery readings, one reboot and 30% battery is drained! What?!! And to make matters worse there are times when the phone shows 0% and shuts down even after hours of charging and you'll end up having to use the phone always plugged in. And you obviously blame the battery to be faulty.
But this paranormal behavior which turns your super smart phone into a computer without UPS is more than likely to have been caused by the failure of a chip, more precisely a fuel gauge chip that does the actual battery percentage estimation by either reading the cell voltage or current. Now this chip maybe integrated into the main-board of the phone, and the implementation usually varies with the manufacturer. Hence a simple battery swap might not solve the problem in most cases and the only option is to get it repaired, now that takes time and money.
Now if you are sure that it is not the battery that is faulty then you try the below method to prevent your phone from automatically shutting down on critical battery warnings when your phone's faulty fuel gauge chip gives a false reading of the battery level. Hence you'll be able to use it off the charger.
But this method calls for you to keep a track on your phone usage and battery consumption pattern since the reading would always show 0% or which ever value the faulty chip returns and cannot be counted on, and there is no use trying out different app or modules to get the reading correct as all of them receives the readings from the underlying kernel which is fed by the faulty chip. So even if your battery is 100% charged it could show 0%, 30%, or even 200% (just kidding), so what i am saying is that you could be doing something important and the battery actually runs low but you have no way of knowing it and could end up loosing unsaved data.

HOW TO
Below is the method in brief, and as usual the credit goes to the original developers of the Xposed Installer and the mod that is used.

NOTE: Your phone should be rooted for this method to work.

CAUTION: Prolonged use of this method by letting your battery completely drain out is not a good idea as deep discharging Li-ion batteries can seriously damage it.

DOWNLOADS:
Xposed Installer + Module + Readme on MediaFire

INSTRUCTIONS:

•  Install the Xposed Installer app
  (XposedInstaller-2.2-20131005.apk)
•  Open Xposed Installer
•  Select Framework -> Install Xposed framework -> Reboot
•  Install the module to disable critical battery shutdown (disablecriticalbatteryshutdown_v1_44e63f.apk)
•  Open Xposed Installer -> Modules -> enable Disable Critical Battery Shutdown module -> Reboot
  (Similarly you can disable it anytime)
• Now you are done setting it up and now the phone wont power down on reaching critical battery level.

TO KNOW MORE:

Xposed Installer Repo
DisableCriticalBattreyShutdown Xposed MOD

This answer to a question on estimation from android.stackexchange.com will shed some light on how the battery percentage is actually measured.

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How to Install Java Compiler / javac in Ubuntu

This will show you how to install the java compiler in Ubuntu

• Open the Terminal
• Type in  sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
• You will be asked for authorization and confirmation of the download and once finished you can start using the compiler

Now in case you get this message  E: unable to locate package openjdk-7-jdk

• Type in  sudo apt-get update to update the packages
• Then type in sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk once more and that should do the trick

How to Update to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8

It has been quite a time since Microsoft rolled out Windows 8.1 and since it is a point release we shouldn't expect major changes within the OS.

Visit http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/meet to know more about the release and whats new in it. You can see that they have heavily updated the UI with improved searching, accessibility, switching and syncing options and with this release users get to completely customize their start screen. Another thing to note is that they have removed the Windows Experience Index feature which has been around since Windows Vista. You'll see no significant difference in the start up or boot time compared with Windows 8.
Certain menu items including the Settings menu has been completely redesigned and the unified Bing search gets you what you want.

It comes in two variant Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Pro and is available to buy as standalone OS or as an update to Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro users.
Now here is the official system requirements published by Microsoft for upgrading to Windows 8.1

System requirements

Windows 8.1

If you want to run Windows 8.1 on your PC, here's what it takes:

• Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2 (more info)
• RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
• Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

Additional requirements to use certain features:

• To use touch, you need a tablet or a monitor that supports multitouch (more info)
• To access the Windows Store and to download, run, and snap apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768
• Microsoft account required for some features
• Internet access (ISP fees might apply)
• Secure boot requires firmware that supports UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and has the Microsoft Windows Certification Authority in the UEFI signature database
• Some games and programs might require a graphics card compatible with DirectX 10 or higher for optimal performance
• Watching DVDs requires separate playback software (more info)
• Windows Media Center license sold separately (more info)
• BitLocker To Go requires a USB flash drive (Windows 8.1 Pro only)
• BitLocker requires either Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 or a USB flash drive (Windows 8.1 Pro only)
• Client Hyper-V requires a 64-bit system with second level address translation (SLAT) capabilities and additional 2 GB of RAM (Windows 8.1 Pro only)
• A TV tuner is required to play and record live TV in Windows Media Center (Windows 8.1 Pro Pack and Windows 8.1 Media Center Pack only)
• Miracast requires a display adapter which supports Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 1.3, and a Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct
• Wi-Fi Direct Printing requires a Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct and a device that supports Wi-Fi Direct Printing
• Free internet TV content varies by geography, some content might require additional fees (Windows 8.1 Pro Pack and Windows 8.1 Media Center Pack only)
• To install a 64-bit OS on a 64-bit PC, your processor needs to support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, and LAHF/SAHF
• InstantGo works only with computers designed for Connected Standby

You can check to see if it meets the requirements by running the Upgrade Assistant.

Now it is believed that all the apps you used with Windows 8 should work with Windows 8.1 and it is also true for a handful of device drivers. Now if you are in a real hurry to try out the new Windows 8.1 and don't mind even if some of your system device stops working due to driver incompatibility then go ahead otherwise if you prefer a complete and stable system then I'd suggest that you wait till your system or devise manufacturer releases the appropriate drivers and software for Windows 8.1 for your device, now I'm saying this because I had to fall back to Windows 8 after an update to Windows 8.1 on my HP Pavilion G6 notebook as HP hasn't yet released all the drivers and i found it increasingly difficult to cope with WiFi, Bluetooth and touch-pad errors and have decided to update to 8.1 after all the drivers and software have been released by HP.


Here i will show you how to update your existing windows 8 to windows 8.1

• First thing first, you must be running an activated version of Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro for the update process to work
• Check for the latest updates available for your system and install them via Windows Update, this is a very crucial step, without installing all the available updates the free update to windows 8.1 will not show up in Microsoft Store

•  Now that you have installed all the available updates to Windows 8/Windows 8 Pro and restarted your system, open Microsoft store and your free update to Windows 8.1 should be present there

• Click on it and start downloading the update, the update is quite huge in size and should take considerable amount of time as it doesn't use the full bandwidth, meanwhile you can continue to use your system without affecting the update process

If you were running an OEM install of Windows 8 then upon performing a system recovery or reset after this update to Windows 8.1 your system will be reverted back to factory installed Windows 8 along with the default software and drivers and you'll once again have to perform the above update to get Windows 8.1.

How to repair Bricked Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 by Flashing Stock Firmware via ODIN

This tutorial  is for Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 in specific, do not flash the firmware provided here in any other device.

 

It doesn't matter whether you bricked your phone experimenting with it or installing Custom ROMs, because this tutorial will help you get back to your Stock ROM or flash any firmware for your phone via ODIN Flash Tool.

Please note that flashing your phone with a firmware package can completely delete all user data, so make sure to backup your contacts and other data before continuing with the process. 

I will try to explain the process as simple as possible in a step by step manner below,  you can also check out the video tutorial that i have made on the same. Before continuing make sure you have the the following things with you:

1. Your Samsung Galaxy Y S5360

2. USB data cable to connect your phone with your computer

3. Internet to download the required files

        Watch the video tutorial here      

    

Before starting off make sure your phone is fully charged and switched off

• Download and install Samsung Kies form the link below, it contains the default driver for your device

• Switch off your phone and enter into Download Mode by pressing and holding VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER BUTTON

• Now connect your phone to your computer using the USB data cable

• Go to Control Panel > Device Manager and look under Universal Serial Bus Controllers and you should find your phone appear as Samsung Mobile USB Compopsite Device, and if it doesn't  then it means that the drivers haven't been correctly installed, in such a case you should disconnect the phone try removing all Samsung related software including Kies from your computer and reinstall Kies and check again, if that doesn't work then download the Unofficial Samsung USB Driver from the link below, install it and check again.

• If none of the above methods work for installing the drivers then you should use Windows Update to find and install the drivers (you must be connected to the internet) , here is how to do it -  Uninstall all Samsung related software, connect the  phone in the Download Mode, go to  Device Manager and in the Other Devices list you must find  your phone as two unrecognized devices CDC Abstract Control Model and CDC ACM Data, right click on CDC Abstract Control Model and select Update Driver Software > Search automatically for updated driver software, now windows will search for the appropriate driver and install it, once installed your device will appear as Samsung Mobile USB Compopsite Device under Universal Serial Bus Controllers and you are good to go.

• Once the drivers are installed and the phone connected in Download Mode, download ODIN and Firmware Package from the links given below

• Extract ODIN's zip file and put it in a folder, similarly extract the Firmare Package and put it in another folder. Upon extracting the Firmware Package you should get 3 main files whose names start with CSC, MODEM and PDA  

• Now go to ODIN's extracted folder and run ODIN, under ID:COM box in ODIN you should see something like 0:[COM#] where # is any number and if the box is blank it means that ODIN can't find your phone and something is wrong

• Leave all the selections to their default unless you know what you're doing

• Click on the PDA button and browse to the file starting with PDA in the extracted Firmware Package and click on Open

• Similarly click on PHONE button and browse to the file starting with MODEM in the extracted Firmware Package and click on Open 

• Similarly click on CSC button and browse to the file starting with CSC in the extracted Firmware Package and click on Open

• Now that all the files are selected click on the START button to begin flashing and wait for it to finish

• The process should take a few minutes or less to complete and if there are any errors they will be shown in the message box.

• Once it completes it will show something like this

    

• Now the phone will reboot on its own, you can close ODIN, disconnect your phone by removing the USB cable and wait for the phone to boot up, the phone should take quite a long time to boot up (less than 10 minutes) so don't panic. The first boot takes such a long time as certain system files are being extracted and created by the newly flashed firmware.

   

 

Links for downloading required files:

Samsung Kies (For official USB drivers that comes with it)

Unofficial Samsung USB Driver (Unofficial drivers probably extracted form Kies package, use only if  Kies installation doesn't fix driver issues)

ODIN Flash Tool (Software for flashing your phone with firmware packages)

Firmware Package (The one i used in this tutorial)
Link 1 (mediafire)
Link 2 (googledrive)

Other ODIN Flashable Firmware Packages (These packages have been made from official firmware releases and are similar to the one used in this tutorial, download according to your choice of region)

If the firmware you want is not listed in the above link try looking on http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ or http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-S5360 , once you have downloaded the firmware from here you can use SplitFus2 tool by Doky to convert it to an ODIN flashable package
Download SplitFUS2 tool from here- http://d-h.st/WR9
Full instructions can be found on the original thread located here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611225

All Credits to Doky73 (for the original thread), marcussmith2626 and others (for remaking and re-uploading the packages) 

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How to fix Dirt 3 not starting in Windows 8

Dirt 3 not starting or crashing after launch seems to be a common problem with Windows 7 and 8 x64 versions, here is how you can fix it

• First thing you'll need is a Microsoft Live Account, get it here (click the image below) :

• If possible do a reinstall of Dirt 3 (in case your installation was corrupt)
• Download and install OpenAL Installer (this copies OpenAL.dll file to your system)
• Get the DirectX fiiles needed for the game by running this web installer
• Get Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) OR Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) depending on your OS
• Get Rapture 3D for Dirt 3 by clicking the image below (not essential)

• This is the most important step, uninstall all Games for Windows LIVE software present in your system, get a fresh copy of Games for Windows LIVE client by clicking the image below (a web-installer), after downloading it right-click on it and select "Run as administrator", let it download and install the files

 

• After installation completes run Games For Windows and sign in to your account, now you can either exit the app or leave it minimized
• Now to open the game, (important step) right-click on dirt3.exe in the game's installation folder or on your desktop shortcut and select "Run as administrator" and wait for it (you will have to run it  as administrator every time), these steps worked for me
• Now if it fails to open the game try opening dirt3.exe in compatibility mode for Windows 7 or Windows Xp and it should work with any one of them
• Enjoy playing Dirt 3! Comment for more Help.

                                        

Firefox Wallpaper

As a Mozilla Firefox fan i just couldn't resist posting this really cool wallpaper released with their new logo

 Nightly, Aurora and Firefox side-by-side in Cosmic Magnificence !