svkndv

News: Samsung has officially released the Android 2.1 update for Galaxy Spica. The update has been initially rolled out in Germany and will be released gradually in the rest of the regions.

Source.. http://www.samsunghub.com/2010/03/17/i5700-galaxy-spica-officially-gets-android-2-1/

Please confirm if it is available for your region

Full Press Release

Samsung Delivers World of New Experiences With Upgraded Galaxy Spica

Android 2.1 gives Galaxy Spica new functionality and unrivalled user experience

SEOUL, Korea – March 17, 2010 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced it has upgraded its powerful Galaxy Spica (I5700) smartphone to harness the power of the latest version of AndroidTM, Android 2.1. The smartphone now offers users a galaxy of new features and an unrivalled mobile experience.

The Galaxy Spica retains all the features inherent in the successful Galaxy Spica (I5700), such as seamless connectivity and access to GoogleTM mobile services, multimedia functionality and speedy processor performance

"Lovers of the Galaxy Spica appreciated the ease with which they could access their contacts and personalise their experience – our upgraded handset offers all this and much more; a rich and rewarding and powerful mobile experience," said JK Shin, President and Head of the Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics.

The upgrade will be available via PC Studio 7, Samsung's unique in-house software upgrade program. PC Studio 7 was included in the package of Galaxy Spica or can be downloaded at the Samsung mobile website (http://www.samsungmobile.com).

Enhanced User Experienced
The Galaxy Spica becomes a highly intuitive communications device offering users the option to personalise no less than nine side-scrolling screens. Users can really let their imaginations run wild, creating different home screens according to different personal interests or requirements.

The handset now features augmented reality technology that displays real-time digital information of your surroundings over the view-finder of the Galaxy Spica's 3 megapixel camera. The Galaxy Spica also features Samsung widgets, Visual bookmark and PC Sync support to enable users to synchronise their devices quickly.

Enhanced Multimedia and Messaging Functionality
The handset now comes with a number of enhanced multimedia features which transform the Galaxy Spica into a personal entertainment device. Media browser allows you to browse through your media collection with ease. The camera has been upgraded to offer enhanced picture options and viewing functionality.

Improved messaging functionality means that it is much easier to attach files to MMS and email that users can easily add contacts to messages direct from the phonebook. Improved contact management enables users to find a necessary contact very easily through the alphabetical index.

The upgrade will be available from March 2010 in Germany and gradually rolled out to other European markets, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Asia, Africa and rest of the world

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/samsung-galaxy-spica-grows-up-to-android-2-1/

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Windows Vista 32 bit, Samsung Galaxy Spica

Last edited by svkndv; March 17th, 2010 at 04:11 AM. Reason: Press Release added

andy-roid

can't wait for it to come to the uk...

svkndv

Do not wait for another announcement from samsung.Connect your handset to PC Studio suite and check if something is already available to you.

Anyone from germany? please share your experience.

Unfortunately I have uninstalled PC Suite and installed Kies, Now i need to reinstall and check for update.

Last edited by svkndv; March 17th, 2010 at 04:48 AM.

andy-roid

I've got to the same but where do I download pc studio 7

svkndv

Check the CD came along with your i5700 and install the same.

aproka

any news if the I570EXXJCB is from the official released 2.1 fw?

poligono

Not final ......... experimental...

kingdave

I may be completely wrong, but I can't find it on the i5700 support pages on samsungmobile.de.......

andy-roid

the news was released to day it might go on the german site in the next few days

andy-roid

im confused now it says to use pc studio 7 to update or do use new pc studio disc that came with the phone

Last edited by andy-roid; March 17th, 2010 at 04:12 PM.

rebel

I reinstalled the one that came with my phone, it see's it now as the i5700, but its still not all functional but more than I was getting before

svkndv

New PC studio is the latest version of pc studio 7. I couldn't find a newer version of PC studio 7 since august 2008. Therefore New PC studio came along with Device is the right candidate.

svkndv

Anyway they are not providing direct download, You will get it through your new pc studio once you hook the phone to PC.

rusky

I just uninstalled Kies & found my install CD which has PC Studio 1.3.0.IJ1. Am I missing something here??

confabber

I have tried installing the
(1) "New PC Studio" which came in the CD,
(2) Samsung Kies which I donwloaded from Samung's support page for i5700
(3) Samsung PC Studio 7. (Downloaded from :: Mobile Exciting!! - Samsung Mobile ::)
I cannot connect the phone via any of these software. The only thing I get with the Kies AND PC Studio 7 is that it recognizes the SD Card as a drive and I can see the contents. (My Photos, etc).

I computer detects the phone correctly Samsung Android.

Any idea anybody who has connected to PC to this phone via usb ?

I cannot get the upgrade to 2.1 if I cannot connect

poligono

Try next link:

Galaxy Spica I5700 Support Mobiele telefoons Producten - Samsung Mobile Nederland

confabber

@poligono, this link is for Kies.
Kies show a message, "This Device is not supported"

svkndv

First uninstall your samsung PC studio& Kies then goto Add remove program and remove anything start with samsung (do not remove your display driver if the monitor is samsung :-)). If your OS is vista you can sort installed component based on date so you can easely figure out the drivers to be uninstalled depending on the date.

Download New PC studio released for samsung corby(or any new model) version would be something like 1.4.0.xxxx. Install this version and your phone will be detected.

Here is the link from where I downloaded the PC studio (under the Software tab)

S3653 Support Mobile Phones Products - Samsung Mobile India

confabber

hmm.. no harm trying i guess...
however at GSMARENA it is mentioned that you need PC Studio 7 to be able to update..
Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica gets Android 2.1, ready for download - GSMArena.com news

svkndv

Last version of PC studio 7 was released in 2008, later NEW PC Studio came. GSMArena pick this from samsung press release( they do not know what product they have), this might be a mistake in press release or I may be wrong :-)

confabber

Intriguing !!

I got the PC Studio 7 from Softpedia

Download Samsung PC Studio 7.2.24.9 - Allows you to manage your Samsung mobile phone data. - Softpedia

It says last updated December 28th, 2009 so I presumed its new.

pilotk

I tried to instal:
- New PC Studio v.1.3.0.IJ1 that came with CD (also installed Samsung USB Driver Installer that came in CD and needs NPC installed prior)
- New PC Studio v.1.4.0.IL1 (with and without USB driver) latest version I could find
- Kies v.1.5.0.10024_74 latest version I could find
- Samsung PC Studio v.7.2.24.9 latest version I could find
- Samsung PC Studio v.321_GL6 (looks different than the above one)

Every installation was clean, removed many times everything from Add Remove program and the register.

Nothing works. Only as removable drive.

svkndv

Have you unchecked "Settings>>About phone>>Additional settings >>Mass storage only" before connecting the mobile with your PC?

andy-roid

I tryed the pc studio from softpedia but it wouldn't detect the phone os installed the disc that came with the phone after uninstalling every thing again and now it detects the phone in a box that pops uk it said only function available is phone up date...the best thing to do is to wait for the 2.1update to come to the uk

pilotk

Yes I have.

Also tried in Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging both settings on every install just to be sure.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I have Windows 7 Pro 32-bit.

Last edited by pilotk; March 18th, 2010 at 04:53 AM.

pilotk

What exactly did you get on the disk that came with the phone?

Because that is all I need, just to be able to update the phone when 2.1 comes.

confabber

Ok, I cleaned up everything starting with Samsung & did a fresh install of New PC Studio Ver 1.4.0 IL5 (got it from Samsung India site Support page for I7500).

It detects the phone and SD Card is showing correctly however it says for I5700 only option available in PC Studio is Update. Unfortunately I am behind firewall here so unable to connect to update servers. Will try again later when I go back home.

Fingers crossed hoping that I can get the 2.1 upgrade tonight !!!!
Cheers

andy-roid

I got the same message could not connect to the server I think this is because there's no update released yet even on the german samsung ..

karnka

Got it to recognise the phone via NPS (v1.4.0 IL5) - latest one from samsung website.

It says that the phone only supports the update operation however when you try to update you get an error that the device isn't supported.

Sounds like it's just a waiting game now.

esk02k

I went through all of that yesterday and decided i cant be bothered to wait for samsung to update either of its NPS or KIES so i flashed the latest 2.1 firmware in with Odin. Lets just say im a very happy customer! Ive only been using it today but it seems very stable. It booted in german but i changed it to english and its all cool!

andy-roid

i dont think we will have to wait long

karnka

I think I'll give it a few days first.

Would be much happier flashing it myself now rather than a few weeks ago though as the firmware that's around is much more likely to be production quality.

esk02k

Yea why not wait. I dont really know how samsung deals with their updates so i just jumped in. My fone was an upgrade so i was willing to take the risk. 2.1 is pretty amazing compared to 1.5. More home screens than i know wat to do with and theres an equalizer on the music player which ive been waiting for. Theres also a bunch of new samsung widgets. If anyone wants to know anything just ask

kingdave

I'm getting this message now as well. Disabled my firewall temporarily as well just to make sure its not my PC at fault.

Just have to hope that it will connect eventually and that it finds new firmware when it actually does manage to connect.

andy-roid

the reason it will not connect to the server is there's no update yet to update the phone to

acoole

Hmm... I might ring up Samsung and see if they have a date yet. The fact is that I haven't even seen anyone get an official 2.1 update in Germany yet, let alone the rest of the world.

andy-roid

if you do phone the tell us what they said

nx1977

Germany would be Tmobile users? Which should mean UK customers get it as well.

dancat

I am from Germany and i can connect the phone to Kies (PC Studio does not start on my Windows 7).

The phone is seen (with USB debug mode activated) with a strange IMEI 0000000000. On the phone the IMEI si correctly displayed.

Until tonight, the software said that it can not find the version to update the device, now it says i have the latest version.

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rusky

Mine says the device is not supported by Kies

hawaiikang

Hi Dancat, so you're running an official android 2.1 updated through KIES?
then it means the JCB is the latest official rom.

nx1977

Does changing iput local on PC or phone to German help us get the update, LOL?

hawaiikang

I dont understand why samsung is doing this gradually by regions. Sheesh

nopol10

Interesting thing to note, Samsung Mobile's Singapore website now has the New PC Studio 1.3.0 IJ1 as a Software download in the GalaxySpica section, only Samsung Kies was there before. Maybe you guys should check if your region's website has them up. I find it odd that it isn't version 1.4.0 though, since that seems to be the one capable of linking up to the phone properly.

Galaxyspica Support Mobile Phones Products - Samsung Mobile Singapore

svkndv

You are right, Samsung india website as well they added New PC studio 1.3.0 IJ1 along with Kies
New PC studio does not support Windows 7, Kies will support all windows version since XP

Support for GT-I5700 SAMSUNG

Last edited by svkndv; March 18th, 2010 at 11:42 PM.

acoole

Still trying to find an official client(e.g NPC, SP7, Kies) to install the update, anyone find one yet ?

dancat

No, I have the JCB installed with Odin.

I could not find wnywhere the original XXIK2 to try with that one.


The german Samsung site also has a new PC Studio, beside Kies. I will try that one and check what it says.

Same result with SAMSUNG New PC Studio, version 1.3.0 IJ1

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Last edited by dancat; March 19th, 2010 at 02:25 AM. Reason: Update

kingdave

Samsung Galaxy Spica Upgraded To Android 2.1

Note the very last sentence of the article. Shame its not working for us!

hawaiikang

I wonder what it might say if your phone was running android 1.5...
It could be because the official rom is the same as the one you're currently running. Just can't wait!!

andy-roid

I think the update is coming through new pc studio as you can now download it from the support for the phone I dont think samsung have sorted everything out yet for us to update the phone...the best thing to do is phone them all these sites say you can update the phone this was anounced on the 17th but they didn't say when it was available to do it

Last edited by andy-roid; March 19th, 2010 at 04:57 AM.