Android 2.x on Galaxy - Page 10

Hark · March 11th, 2010, 07:30 AM

I find it amusing that they can now run Android on Windows phones

Android Update on the Touch Pro2 (it Rocks!)

yet we've only just got an "almost working" version of 1.6 on our built for Android Samsung Galaxies.

Seems I should have gotten an HD2, best of both worlds.

imad · March 11th, 2010, 03:27 PM

some good news
Twitter / SamsungFirmwares: Uploading now the new firm ...
Twitter / SamsungFirmwares: @DrHyperKALICH Spica. (Onl ...
Samsung firmwares says that Samsung is testing 2.0 in Galaxy(i7500)

Andronix · March 12th, 2010, 01:10 AM

He meant galaxy spica or i5700.

imad · March 12th, 2010, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andronix

He meant galaxy spica or i5700.

No, he meant galaxy, coz in second post he says that he is uploading spica firmware and wanted to give galaxy users info(which he said that android 2.0 is been tested in previous link) after drhyperkallich asked for clarification.

Another point to take, spica has already got 2.1 why would samsung will test 2.0 in spica?So it must be Galaxy.

Bomberman · March 12th, 2010, 03:58 AM

I was just coming here with this info - I'm inclined to believe they meant ours too - usually very careful about that, and the context as above...
Still, not that hopeful.

Still... http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/apps/forums/topics/show/2220188-samsung-i7500-android-2-x-

mrqs · March 12th, 2010, 05:18 AM

and assuming it's true that they are "testing 2.x" for the galaxy, doesn't mean they'll release one - maybe their test show that their build is too heavy to run on the galaxy

Andronix · March 12th, 2010, 06:33 AM

GAOSP runs faster than than any 1.5, so it has to do with marketing and business strategy if they don't release eclair for i7500.

mrqs · March 12th, 2010, 07:07 AM

or their developers aren't as good

gaosp has compache and swap, no?
maybe samsung don't want those for whatever reason

imad · March 12th, 2010, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrqs

or their developers aren't as good

gaosp has compache and swap, no?
maybe samsung don't want those for whatever reason

Perhaps they are waiting Myriad Dalvik turbo or JIT compiler to be released so that galaxy wont have performance issues with eclair.

Mandark · March 12th, 2010, 11:07 AM

Wishful thinking?

informale · March 12th, 2010, 12:08 PM

Meanwhile... HTC has still not updated Hero to Éclair. It will be a bombshell, is Samsung actually releases Eclair for i7500 before HTC does that for Hero )

Andronix · March 12th, 2010, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imad

Perhaps they are waiting Myriad Dalvik turbo or JIT compiler to be released so that galaxy wont have performance issues with eclair.

Galaxy doesn't have additional issues running eclair regarding speed or general performance.

stephnd · March 14th, 2010, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andronix

Galaxy doesn't have additional issues running eclair regarding speed or general performance.

you use musty's 2.0 release right? hows the performance? and battery life?

Andronix · March 14th, 2010, 03:37 PM

nope, i'm on gaosp 07. battery life on par with 1.5 stock.

porga · March 17th, 2010, 04:40 AM

Even HTC Tattoo is getting 2.1 :

HTC Tattoo is getting the v2.1 (Eclair) update soon - GSMArena.com news

Andronix · March 17th, 2010, 04:53 AM

Spica i5700 Official now!

Samsung Galaxy Spica grows up to Android 2.1 -- Engadget

cryingfreeman · March 17th, 2010, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andronix

Spica i5700 Official now!

Samsung Galaxy Spica grows up to Android 2.1 -- Engadget

and what? Spica have better 800Mhz samsung processor, better chipset and more ram(system monitor in spica says 146mb avaiable memory, in galaxy says 93mb)

mrqs · March 17th, 2010, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cryingfreeman

Spica have better 800Mhz samsung processor

http://androidforums.com/328777-post31.html

wallysh · March 17th, 2010, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stephnd

you use musty's 2.0 release right? hows the performance? and battery life?

I'd like to know as well

tortola-69 · March 18th, 2010, 08:10 AM

In a spanish blog (and.roid.es) they say that galaxy (7500) and spica will have an official update to 2.1.

Actualizaciones 2.1 : Motorola Droid, Samsung Galaxy | and.roid.es)

Nice news at last!

tortola-69 · March 18th, 2010, 08:10 AM

Sorry

KlaymenDK · March 18th, 2010, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tortola-69

Actualizaciones 2.1 : Motorola Droid, Samsung Galaxy | and.roid.es)

From the article, courtesy of Google Translate:

Quote:

Verizon Motorola Droid will be updated by OTA, starting Thursday 18 March [...].

But it is not the only one who has the last word, Samsung announced shortly an update for its Samsung handsets and [Samsung Galaxy and Samsung Galaxy Spica].

It will be available this month in Germany, to go gradually to other countries to gradually make this update.

The update will not be via OTA, but will be available on Samsung's website and will be made through its software that brings the handset, PC Studio 7.

With this update Samsung include applications preinstalled and some differences to other versions of Android 2.1.

Some improvements:
- 9 screens will be available desktop
- New widgets
- Application of Augmented Reality owner
- New multimedia player application.
- The camera has been improved and offers new features and image viewing options.
- Better contacts management with the possibility of sending SMS and MMS directly from the agenda.

...I'll believe it when I see it!

cryingfreeman · March 18th, 2010, 09:55 AM

this mistake, it´s update only for spica

tortola-69 · March 18th, 2010, 10:53 AM

I hope it won't be a mistake...

Mr.DNA · March 18th, 2010, 12:20 PM

KoreaNewsWire (home of Samsung) reported yesterday only an official announcement for spica:

Samsung Delivers World of New Experiences With Upgraded Galaxy Spica

stephnd · March 18th, 2010, 12:31 PM

so samsung galaxy 7500 will not get any 2.x updates? :| waiting for musty now...

porga · March 18th, 2010, 01:01 PM

Someone who speak spanish should ask author to tell source of this article. Since we know they are testing it, we could see it eventualy? Maybe?
The thing that bothers me is if they are testing why dont we ser betas on android-firmwares? We can only see betas of 1.6
They didnt publish beta of 1.6 for Spica... so...

mrqs · March 18th, 2010, 01:26 PM

they do mention sources

Quote:

Originally Posted by the article with google translate

Source androidcentral, Androidsis Xatakamovil, koreanewswire

first link doesn't have a single mention of samsung, let alone the galaxy; next two are about the spica and the last one links back to themselves

so in conclusion, they're a bunch of idiots who don't know what they're talking about

imad · March 18th, 2010, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrqs

they do mention sources

first link doesn't have a single mention of samsung, let alone the galaxy; next two are about the spica and the last one links back to themselves

so in conclusion, they're a bunch of idiots who don't know what they're talking about

I don't think they're a bunch of idiots. Because during MWC they posted this [MWC 2010] Samsung Beam I8520 y actualizaciones para Samsung Galaxy | and.roid.es

Quote:

- Samsung Galaxy (I7500): This maintenance release an update to 2.0/2.1, but once you see the launch of Spica, the date is unspecified.

hippy · March 18th, 2010, 07:49 PM

Spica (i5700), not Galaxy (i7500)

Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica gets Android 2.1, ready for download - GSMArena.com news

kalanjeya · March 19th, 2010, 12:49 PM

why the spica / psica business in samsung i7500.

I am a new user of i7500 looking for latest update. After spending 2 and half hours in this forum and drived me mad enough finally nothing in my hand.

Could any frequent visiter tell me which is the latest and best firmware ??

I just installed II5, when i entered in this topic , lkdjzxvhckzxjcvn;xkcvn well.

I have another question for android lovers.

being a II5 firmware device, can i update galaxy ROM with android 1.5 ??

when i visit the particular website to download galaxy ROM, it tell the latest version is Galaxo_V1.6.1 ...

is this Galaxo_V1.6.1 is updated one of galaxo ROM ?

can i update this Galaxo_V1.6.1 with android 1.5 ? i seen in some area for Galaxo_V1.6.1 i need to have android 1.6.

F**K it !!!

What the hell samsung is doing apart from they release their funny product.

Thank u all for reading this and undersating my situation here.

Naruvam · March 19th, 2010, 01:35 PM

Latest is jc4 which is donut. But best is still ik5 cupcake.

MichaelW · March 24th, 2010, 08:53 AM

I got another reply on my 1.6 source query...

Quote:

Dear Michael,

I would like to apologize for the source code based on Android 1.6 (Donut) being delayed.
The source code may be available on 1st week of April.

When the source code is available, I will send e-mail to you.
I'm really sorry about your inconvenience.

Regards
Max.

porga · March 24th, 2010, 10:52 AM

Ask him are they testing 2.1 for galaxy like SamsungFirmware says!

brendan_p · March 25th, 2010, 04:32 AM

Hi All,

Thought it may be worth raising awareness for the work being done here on porting 2.x for the Galaxy.

gaosp - Project Hosting on Google Code

If you can help with Dev or testing please do!

Cheers
B

MichaelW · March 25th, 2010, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brendan_p

Hi All,

Thought it may be worth raising awareness for the work being done here on porting 2.x for the Galaxy.

gaosp - Project Hosting on Google Code

If you can help with Dev or testing please do!

Cheers
B

I think you'll find we're all very aware of GAOSP, and in fact it's already mentioned multiple times in this very thread

porga · March 25th, 2010, 08:35 AM

@MichaelW

Did you ask are they testing something?

MichaelW · March 25th, 2010, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porga

@MichaelW

Did you ask are they testing something?

I asked him a few things, but he takes a while to respond. I'll wait til he gets back to me again.

brendan_p · March 26th, 2010, 02:54 AM

soz man, did not realise and thought it's worth mention as they seem to be very active.

Andronix · March 31st, 2010, 11:56 AM

Spica kernel for 2.1 is out, it seems we're few days from 2.6.29 sources...

mrqs · March 31st, 2010, 12:45 PM

are the spica's sources gonna do any good tho'? it's a completely different machine after all

sado1 · March 31st, 2010, 02:26 PM

yeah but if they posted spica sources it seems this said first week of April for i7500 sources can be true

wallysh · April 7th, 2010, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sado1

yeah but if they posted spica sources it seems this said first week of April for i7500 sources can be true

Wishfull thinking

porga · April 7th, 2010, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MichaelW

I asked him a few things, but he takes a while to respond. I'll wait til he gets back to me again.

Any news?

MichaelW · April 7th, 2010, 04:05 AM

Nothing further from him yet

kumaran6.2 · April 8th, 2010, 06:32 AM

Waiting for the next update

Will the cam work in 2.1...?

MichaelW · April 8th, 2010, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kumaran6.2

Waiting for the next update

Will the cam work in 2.1...?

Camera doesn't work currently, it should hopefully be fairly easy once Samsung release the source for 1.6 though.

porga · April 8th, 2010, 12:36 PM

Spica 2.1 review on gsmarena.com:

Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica review: Stars serving Eclairs - GSMArena.com

It makes me cry....

informale · April 8th, 2010, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porga

Spica 2.1 review on gsmarena.com:

Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica review: Stars serving Eclairs - GSMArena.com

It makes me cry....

Why? You mean you're dissappointed that 2.1 on Spica s*cks big time, which is we should not expect anything good for i7500 (if anyone's still wating, hehe)?

Andronix · April 9th, 2010, 06:36 AM

CONS:

* Inadequate sunlight legibility (not an OS issue)
* No ambient light and proximity sensors (works on 1.5?)
* Erratic performance under Android 2.1 (noticeable lag in some apps) (CPU issue)
* No Live Wallpapers (easily portable)
* No 3D view in the gallery (easily portable)
* No preloaded document viewer (easily portable)
* No multi-touch support (hw issue)
* CIF video recording is below par (hw issue)
* No Flash support for the web browser (same as 1.5)
* No two-position camera shutter key, slow autofocus (not an OS issue)
* Average loudspeaker performance (not an OS issue)

my comments in brackets. I'd be quite happy if they bring this kinda bad 2.1 fw for i7500.