firmware I7500XEFJB2

cryingfreeman · February 22nd, 2010, 03:03 PM

new firmware release....I7500XEFJB2...I don´t know which version of os is it, i don´t try it

I7500XEFJB2.zip

tortola-69 · February 22nd, 2010, 03:04 PM

Hi! I'm going to try it. I will tell you in some minutes.

eatsleeprepeat · February 22nd, 2010, 03:09 PM

Its 1.6!

tortola-69 · February 22nd, 2010, 03:11 PM

Wujuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! At last!!
Is it in english?

rhayun · February 22nd, 2010, 03:15 PM

OMG 1.6?? at last i will go to try it.. thanx

Naruvam · February 22nd, 2010, 03:20 PM

1.6 seriosly?

tortola-69 · February 22nd, 2010, 03:21 PM

Yes it is!!! Also in spanish!!!!!!! 1.6 at last!!!!

Naruvam · February 22nd, 2010, 03:25 PM

bout damn time samsung got off their ass and did something

imad · February 22nd, 2010, 03:25 PM

did you loose any app or data?

inFECT · February 22nd, 2010, 03:26 PM

wooot! Finally!

Also, i just upped it on my box as a mirror in case someone need it fast. (since mediafire is kinda slow sometimes)

http://box23.org/misc/I7500XEFJB2.zip

abesh · February 22nd, 2010, 03:28 PM

Updated... phone booting up... AND YES IT IS 1.6 YEAHHHHHHHHH !!!!!

Xenon · February 22nd, 2010, 03:29 PM

Can you try some app that only works on 1.6? Say, Google Goggles?

eatsleeprepeat · February 22nd, 2010, 03:30 PM

Yes you will lose your data. Remember to wipe your phone before installing it remove the csc!

abesh · February 22nd, 2010, 03:31 PM

Phone is very very snappy !!! Never ever seen such snappiness with IK4, IK5 or IL3 !!!!

Naruvam · February 22nd, 2010, 03:34 PM

damn forgot how to remove csc... dumb me

tortola-69 · February 22nd, 2010, 03:38 PM

It is also working Buzz!!!

mist3r0 · February 22nd, 2010, 03:41 PM

Hello boys, how install it?? ...I'm very happyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

FLT · February 22nd, 2010, 03:42 PM

Wow 1.6! That's only 2 versions from the newest one available, thx Samsung!!

What a joke...

abesh · February 22nd, 2010, 03:50 PM

Just noticed : Go to the Market and search for Google Maps : UPDATE to 4.0

Xenon · February 22nd, 2010, 03:51 PM

Buzz works on 1.5 too.

Does 3D acceleration work?

lazarus101 · February 22nd, 2010, 03:51 PM

I sure hope Samsung releases 2.6.29 kernel source ASAP so Musty and the GAOSP team can bring us 2.1

I haven't deleted CSC but I don't see any branding, cache.img is only 192K

Google Goggles works!!!

Xenon · February 22nd, 2010, 04:02 PM

That's it, has to be 1.6, I'm joining in and flashing...

lazarus101 · February 22nd, 2010, 04:13 PM

3D works too

Advanced Task Manager reports ~40MB free memory after I kill everything. Overall it's seems faster than previous firmwares but it always seems like that after a wipe

cryingfreeman · February 22nd, 2010, 04:13 PM

only 1.6...nothing special...

Naruvam · February 22nd, 2010, 04:25 PM

My phone doesnt pass samsung logo on boot....need to reflash to some older frimwere

cryingfreeman · February 22nd, 2010, 04:38 PM

naruvam: make recovery....turn off and volume down+call button+end button

Naruvam · February 22nd, 2010, 04:52 PM

tnx m8 it booted after recovery

giladgaron · February 22nd, 2010, 04:53 PM

Damn, no native Hebrew support. I need root to install Hebrew...

porga · February 22nd, 2010, 05:06 PM

Is it plain android, or they did some modifications? Bluetooth, Camera?

cryingfreeman · February 22nd, 2010, 05:10 PM

plain, nothing special like spica

porga · February 22nd, 2010, 05:13 PM

So, they didn't get very tired by porting it...

Why did they waited this long...

NPC doesn't know anything about this upgrade of course....

danimar · February 22nd, 2010, 05:18 PM

at least they haven't punished us with Touchwiz! The phone's quite snappy (although I can't say if more than with the last 1.5 firmware I tried IK4) and it's nice to be able to use Goggles and the new Maps.

One question, is the modded recovery image still valid for this firmware?

porga · February 22nd, 2010, 05:29 PM

Odin 3.98 (newer) link doesnt work on samsung-firmwares. I downloaded older. I would like to upgrade now. Can someone give me few qiuck tips?
Whar do i need to do?

Zing · February 22nd, 2010, 05:47 PM

is this an official firmware? because the code dont add up XEF?

Xenon · February 22nd, 2010, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danimar

at least they haven't punished us with Touchwiz! The phone's quite snappy (although I can't say if more than with the last 1.5 firmware I tried IK4) and it's nice to be able to use Goggles and the new Maps.

One question, is the modded recovery image still valid for this firmware?

Follow the instructions here:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-i7500/13692-how-odin-galexo-rom-s.html

skandalfo · February 22nd, 2010, 05:59 PM

Just installed Drakaz' Recovery 4.4 via fastboot and enabled su.

Now Market Enabler works :-D

I'll see whether wifi tether finds the netfilter modules :-D

Day24 · February 22nd, 2010, 06:10 PM

Hey, new here. I have a problem... I just tried to install the firmware, and it seemed to go ok, but then I try to do a factory reset, but nothing happens....it keeps giving me the same screen where I have to press reset.
I've tried flashing back to an older firmware, but it won't let me.
I've tried formatting the internal sd card, but that doesn't work either. Can anyone tell me whether there's a way to do a factory reset other than through the menu?

briany · February 22nd, 2010, 06:17 PM

nice to see the new market FINALLY.

it's better than nothing, but it's a shame this may be all we get from samsung.

Edit: HTC keyboard (touch input) doesn't work for me, anyone else?

porga · February 22nd, 2010, 06:18 PM

Just flashed... I will post my impressions tommorow.

villa1n · February 22nd, 2010, 06:23 PM

Don't want to brick this phone so wondering have any Bell users flashed to this image? Also for backing up does nandroid work on a non rooted phone... will I be able to flash without rooting?

tsphere · February 22nd, 2010, 06:35 PM

for some reason this doesn't work for me. I flashed it with odin and just got a loop of the samsung screen. older firmwares work fine. weird

Day24 · February 22nd, 2010, 06:45 PM

Got the reset to work... had to put in my unlock pattern again..... then it would work...

Xenon · February 22nd, 2010, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by briany

nice to see the new market FINALLY.

it's better than nothing, but it's a shame this may be all we get from samsung.

Edit: HTC keyboard (touch input) doesn't work for me, anyone else?

HTC keyboard force closes here too.

Other quick impressions:

Changes:

- the Samsung keyboard is not available (didn't use it anyway)
- the switchers app isn't here (too bad, I did use this to turn on wifi)
- some new settings in the settings
- the UI does seem snappy, however this is after factory reset
- my impression is that the browser is much faster than before
- search finally searches through almost everything, including contacts
- new market!
- google goggles work, need to wait until morning to test

We'll see about battery life.

All told this upgrade is pretty significant and I'm glad to finally have it.

lazarus101 · February 22nd, 2010, 07:02 PM

you need the HTC IME for Donut
xda-developers - View Single Post - Latest HTC_IME.apk for Donut
it's a bit laggy though...

tsphere · February 22nd, 2010, 07:04 PM

tried it again, this time for the second link, and it worked!
could it be wifi packet loss (when downloading the zip the first time)?
so glad I didn't give up!

tsphere · February 22nd, 2010, 07:06 PM

weird, my wifi connection settings are saved (I have a password). also, the apps I had installed also remained. this is very confusing

Electroz · February 22nd, 2010, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by villa1n

Don't want to brick this phone so wondering have any Bell users flashed to this image? Also for backing up does nandroid work on a non rooted phone... will I be able to flash without rooting?

Just flashed it after removing the AMSS and Cache.img from the .tar. Works like a charm

This is awesome, I was iffy about buying this phone (Only bought it last week), but this just made me feel happy about the purchase. I don't really care much for the live wallpapers offered in 2.1, so that'll just be a bonus if it ever gets released.

skandalfo · February 22nd, 2010, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skandalfo

I'll see whether wifi tether finds the netfilter modules :-D

No netfilter :-(

Fernando Rodrigues · February 22nd, 2010, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by villa1n

Don't want to brick this phone so wondering have any Bell users flashed to this image? Also for backing up does nandroid work on a non rooted phone... will I be able to flash without rooting?

Villa,
In Brazil we have the same issue! i7500L Model!
The people here, who already have updated, removed the AMSS and CACHE.IMG file from the TAR file and worked pretty good!

BTW, if anything happen during update, we have a i7500L firmware file available to reset the phone!

damuffinman · February 22nd, 2010, 07:24 PM

Having some problems after flashing it on in Odin. Passes everything and looks fine on Odin, no strange dialogue but it's stuck on the Samsung boot flashing logo. Using Oden 3.95 which is the one offered by the tutorial. Any ideas?