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To flash a Samsung Galaxy S (where do not have root access in the currently running OS, and with a stock recovery) with a new firmware (OS), I need to connect it with a USB cable to another computer and flash it from there.

There is a further problem if the other computer (which runs a GNU/Linux, Ubuntu) is ARM (it's a Toshiba AC100). So to flash a new OS onto the Samsung Galaxy S through the USB cable from the other computer, I'd need something like heimdall for ARM. It's not among the available pre-built downloads for heimdall. Perhaps, I will have to try to build it for ARM then...

Is obtaining heimdall for Linux on ARM possible?

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Perhaps, it would more convenient to try to build a distro source package, so that I can apt-get build-dep required for the build of heimdall in my Ubuntu 12.04. I'll have also a look for source or compiled packages in launchpad.net/+search?field.text=heimdall . I've already found one at launchpad.net/~heimdall-packagers/+archive/heimdall/+packages . It's a pity that AFAIK builds for ARM are not provided for PPAs at Launchpad. – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev Aug 21 '12 at 13:24
A packaging request for heimdall for Ubuntu: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1036869 – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev Aug 22 '12 at 6:13
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I don't quite know the virtualization situation with ARM, but you might also want to explore if perhaps it's workable to install a lightweight Linux distro running Heimdall in a virtual machine. – Lie Ryan Aug 22 '12 at 17:09
@Lie Ryan: I'll have to learn how to "forward" USB devices from the hostsystem to the virtual system. – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev Aug 23 '12 at 7:36

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ARM is currently not supported officially by heimdall.
You might have luck compiling it yourself:

https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/

My advice however:
Use a supported platform once (Win/Mac/Linux-x86/x64) and enjoy on-device updates from then on via ClockWorkMod recovery (CWM) or RomManager.

Reason: Heimdall is only needed to install a bootstrap CWM once. After that you use the regular CWM.

Here's the guide from cyanogenmod:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Full_Update_Guide

CyanogenMod releases for CM7/9/10 in various flavours (stable, release candidate, nightly build) can be found here (Galaxy S i9000):

http://get.cm/?device=galaxysmtd

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Thanks! BTW, the link to the latest version of CyanogenMod (at least) at that "Guide" page is a misleading (outdated): it points to a page that suggests CyanogenMod 7.2, but there's already a CyanogenMod 9 stable release for Samsung Galaxy S; check it at get.cm/?device=galaxysmtd&type=stable . Don't know whether the "latest release" to ClockworkMod recovery really points to an uptodate latest release, or there's likewise a newer one. – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev Aug 21 '12 at 13:25
Added download link – ce4 Aug 21 '12 at 15:04

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