Open the Heimdall front end, go into the Rider Utilities and click on Detect. Next, press the volume up button to confirm that you wish to enter download mode.Ĭheck whether your computer can communicate with Heimdall. To do this, turn the phone off and when you switch it back on again, press and hold the volume down, home and power buttons simultaneously.
Next, you need to unpack Heimdall and open its directory. After downloading these, you need to install the Samsung driver. However, please note that doing so will mean exclusion from your guarantee and you will do so at your own risk.įirst of all, you will need the Samsung driver for Windows PC, Odin 3.10.7 and Heimdall. Thanks to a whole range of alternative firmware, you can still upgrade your Samsung Galaxy S4 with software updates that Samsung no longer supplies.