mug2k

Yeah its seems alot snappier. Also I get to use much more apps like LauncherPro. I think the battery life might have improved a little too.

AfzalivE

you mean they have updated it to 2.1 or 2.2 ?

mug2k

Only 2.1 unfortunately

harrybarracuda

Just don't get too excited based on emails or comments from some low level tech. or an over-excited fanboi.

Understand this: There is NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SAMSUNG. They have made official announcements about it for the Galaxy S, but NOT the Spica.

There are even doubts that the ARM processor in the Spica is sufficient for Flash, which is a key selling point in 2.2.

If they do decide to put out an upgrade to the Spica, good, but as I said, until they either SAY they are going to do it through an official channel, or actually do it, I am not holding my breath.

I suggest you don't get too excited yet.

Frankly, if they do upgrade it, I'll install it quick enough to sell this legacy phone and move onto something else.

I think Samsung's customer support is a pile of f***ing sh*t.

RavenSavior

ask your carrier and support.

harrybarracuda

What, so they can "raise it with HeadOffice"?

RavenSavior

So they can confirm development and/or release like 3 and Samsung support have done so when I asked them

andy-roid

samsung suport dont no there left hand from there right they have a scriped to read from every time some body phones up

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harrybarracuda

My thoughts exactly. Why would Samsung have to contact "head office"?

If you're talking to Samsung Support, you should be talking to "head office"!

Which is why I won't take the word of a couple of low level lackeys.

RavenSavior

Well how about you guys actually contact support too and see?

harrybarracuda

To get the same stock answer?

Man they have you brainwashed don't they?

ltemby

Hi is the offical answer from 3 mobile UK

" They’ve [Samsung] advised us due to the limited internal storage of the device that Portal cannot be upgraded to the full Froyo version. In fact as it stands Samsung will not be relasing Foryo for Portal [Spica] for any operator."

Have a look here to view it on the 3 site Samsung Galaxy Portal – video Welcome to the Three Blog

So 2.2 is not coming to the I5700 (spica - galaxy portal or whatever its called in your country) from 3 mobile.

harrybarracuda

Perhaps Ravensaviour will stop wetting himself now.

andy-roid

RavenSavior are the pigs still flying in the sky

Rhyseh2010

Well if this is true.. a lot of angry customers for Samsung.

andy-roid

why will there be a lot of angry customers samsung have never said that the galaxy lite/spica/pootal was getting 2.2

im not angry at samsung for not updating to 2.2 i was at t mobile and still am thats why i gave my pootal to my girl friend..the bit that did it for me was when they said that the 2.1 update was not benaffical to our customers what a joke but now they have released 2.1 5 month behind every body else

i no its called the portal the reason i call it the pootal is because its the way t moblie has treated its customers not a the phone being poo as its a good phone

AfzalivE

because every other company is updating theirs. Plus if Dream can get an update then Spica can too

confabber

I am sure you won't see RavenSavior again posting here !!

RavenSavior

Nope,

Im here. Just gather some information

confabber

Hmm... So what's the information you are gathering ?
Almost 1/3rd of Sept has gone.. no news yet

paulscott

It's not looking good tbh, im just gonna wait for the unofficial one being cooked right now.

andy-roid

if samsung was going to update the spica it would be evey where on the net

Les Ismore

Wrong. New PC Studio and Kies are 2 separate suites. Mine came shipped with NPC but it wouldn't detect my phone, and after digging around Samsung's site I found the explanation that I must use Kies. Both suites can be downloaded from their site. Kies does detect my phone but does not detect the modem, so still can't tether.

Beerkan

Follow my root guide, and by default it installs tethering software.

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Sorry, that was a typo.

ckr

thts awesome news guys
congrts to all users of spica

AfzalivE

I think someone should update the title to

"Android 2.2 not coming: Official!"

because that's the status right now

ikra0nite

New here, obviously. There's just a few things I want to know...

I've been reading through the posts and I'm seeing 'Yay! 2.2!' and 'No. No 2.2 (haha)'

So what's the story with the Spica and Android 2.2? Is it coming or not or is noone certain yet?

Also I've noticed some people have been waiting quite a while for this firmware update. I'm new to the Android system so I'm asking: what's so special about this update (apart from Flash)? I know I could look up a website and get some opinionless stock answer but I want to know what you guys think. Should I be disappointed if the Spica never gets 2.2? What does the new update offer and why are Samsung and alike being so vague about it?

It's a lot of questions but I'm just as clueless now of what to think than I was before reading this thread.

Thanks in advance!

harrybarracuda

What's apparent is that some low level nobody at an Irish carrier told someone they'd be upgrading it (and on another thread, a low level tech in Dubai).

But on the Three blog, talking about their "branded" Spica, the Portal, they stated:

"Thanks for your post. Samdroid is an unofficial version of Froyo, not released by Samsung. They’ve advised us due to the limited internal storage of the device that Portal cannot be upgraded to the full Froyo version. In fact as it stands Samsung will not be relasing Foryo for Portal for any operator."

Which is a lot more specific and says they've actually spoken to Samsung.

You can draw your own conclusions, but this sounds to me as if they want us all to buy Galaxy S's.

Well they can f**k off.

eluria

Initially Samsung Mobile Singapore stated in their fb page (Samsung Mobile Singapore | Facebook) that they will be updating spica to 2.2, but when I dropped them a message again 2 weeks ago, they said that it won't be coming out. Boo!
The whole page's on Samsung Galaxy S.

Dammit, spica's not even a year old!

whofan

I just contacted samsung support here in finland and they said froyo only on galaxy s.

ikra0nite

Okay, so 2.2 won't be released for Spica. Samsung would've made more noise about it if were coming out anyway.

Is this such a bad thing? What won't my phone be able to do without this update?

eluria

@ikra0nite

well, we won't die without 2.2. 2.1 is quite a good update from 1.5 (better battery life, bluetooth etc.) but if I am not wrong, 2.2 supports stuff like wi-fi hotspots & tethering (older versions do it with apps), apps2sd (= able to install more apps!) and faster performance.

Or at least, these are the three reasons I have for wanting to upgrade to 2.2.

there's adobe flash support too, but not too important for me :P

Here are some of the highlights: Android 2.2 Platform Highlights | Android Developers

For more details...Google!

harrybarracuda

Automated application updates; installation of apps on the SD card; Tether; 5x better performance.... need I go on?

Beerkan

All these are already available on 2.1. You just need to update to them.

Clues..

Root the phone. (Allows customisation)
Install Samdroid Kernel LK208 (installs customisation)
Install Samdroid Kitchen (Provides Tehtering)
Install Samdroid Turbo (3 x Permormance and improving)
Install Xmister I/O Performance Boost (2 x Access Speed)

If only there was some sort of guide available or something that could help you?

mkoch820

We sholud ask Samsung for an official statement on their website. They should say only:

Yes, Froyo for Spica will be available officially, OR
No, Spica won't get 2.2 upgrade.

This is it, there would be no more questions about it.
Is there a reason, why not to ask them? Seriously. I'm hunting every piece of infos about Spica&Froyo, and they could solve our problem with a single sentence, on their website

harrybarracuda

I just received this link, apparently from Samsung Benelux:

http://www.samfirmware.com/apps/blog/show/4848340-samsung-android-versions

I quote:

"Bad things:
- There will be no update for the Samsung Spica (I5700) to Android 2.2 because of hardware."

nx1977

In other words, "we cant be bothered to port it".

AfzalivE

That has got to be the flawed excuse ever by Samsung
Samsung I5500 Galaxy 5 vs. Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica - GSMArena.com

so i5800 is getting 2.2 but the more powerful spica isn't "due to hardware limitations"?

so if internal memory was the only problem, surely i7500 deserves an update then?

Last edited by AfzalivE; September 27th, 2010 at 01:18 AM.

harrybarracuda

No, in other words "we want you to go and buy a Galaxy S".

harrybarracuda

If you find one, please let me know.

JCobra72

are you kidding just follow Beerkan's Root me guide like i did and i now have a wonderful phone now all thanks to him and his easy to follow guide, just search for it on this site mate again thank you beerkan

Last edited by JCobra72; September 28th, 2010 at 10:04 AM.

Beerkan

Thanks JCobra72. Sadly my sarcasm was completetely missed...

harrybarracuda

Sorry boys, some of us actually work for a living.

Thanks for the really helpful answers.

harrybarracuda

By the way, Ravensavior, what is your 3 contact saying now?

Spaz888

Huh? The latest update is 2.1! Samsung Galaxy SPICA

Links please on how to root and where to get the apps needed.

BTW, shouldnt someone change the title of this thread, it's misleading?

Last edited by Spaz888; October 10th, 2010 at 12:25 AM.

Spaz888

I found this article for those thinking of rooting their Samsung and what won't work after rooting and installing 2.2, assuming you won't brick your i5700:


working:

• Touch Screen
• Home and other keys
• Send and Receive SMS/ Make calls
• GPRS/Edge/3G With manual APN configuration.
• Vibration
• SD Crad/ USB Mass Storage
• Google Services like Gmail, Market, Contacts and Calendar.

not working:

• Audio –No ring-tones, voice etc
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• GPS Services
• Sensors

Last edited by Spaz888; October 10th, 2010 at 04:55 PM.

harrybarracuda

No ringtones, no voice. That's going to be one very useful telephone, isn't it.

Beerkan

Are you blind? The thread has never left the first page.

rainor94

That's a really old Alpha Version. This is the newest one:

STATUS
+ Screen [LeshaK]
+ Touch/Multitouch [LeshaK/Gabriel-LG]
+ Audio [LeshaK/DE_NISkA/vflashbirdv]
- VoiceRecording - semi fixed CyanogenMod-6.1.0-Spica-alpha6.2 [DE_NISkA]
+ Keys [Some keys doesn't works exactly same as Eclair]
+ GSM/GPRS/EDGE/3G [LeshaK]
+ Vibrate [LeshaK]
+ SD Card [mik_os/LeshaK]
+ Wifi [golecpch]
+ Google services 20100926: (GMail/Market/Contacts/Calendar/NetworkLocationProvider)
+ GPS
+ Sensors [DE-NISkA/Leshak]
+ Camera for pictures
- Camera for movie: FC
- Bluetooth: only pairing
- Hardware accelerated movie playing (DivX)
- Wifi tethering freezes the phone

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