spupuz

i'm just downloading the new firmware from samsung pc studio hope this can make my galaxy faster!! do you know the change logs?

spupuz

I7500XXIH7 this is the code of the firmware

SAMSUNG GALAXY - New Firmware I7500XXIH7 | Google Android

kam187

This might sound stupid, but where's the download link for the new studio? I'm running 1H2 and when i go to update it says its the latest.

When I try to update the galaxy it says it couldnt connect to the server

EDIT: Ok so it only works for italian people. Also looking inside the main firmware file it is actually I7500ITVH2, so the same as the other one

Last edited by kam187; August 28th, 2009 at 11:53 AM.

Erly

It's not just for Italy, I'm from Spain and I could update too

kam187

But what firmware did you have before? Did it begin I7500TVI?
and what do you have now? Does that also begin I7500TVI?

Interestingly UK O2 users are reporting they receive I7500XXIH6

I'm going to use odin to go back to the german build and check in PC stuite. Will keep you posted

Last edited by kam187; August 28th, 2009 at 01:45 PM.

Erly

Sorry, it was my fault, I received today the phone and after two hours trying to connect the galaxy to the NPS i thought the update i received was I7500XXIH7 but it is I7500XXIG8. I'm gonna try again to see if I receive a new update (the same of UK users).

kam187

Ahh ok. I dont think there's a UK update yet. The phones just came shipped from O2 with that version.

Maybe i should make some ODIN files for this H7 version. Lets try it

Vap1d-

Any idea how hard it would be to roll H2 or H7 in to that italian custom rom that came out yesterday? It is based on Cyanogen which would be sweet...

kam187

I thought that the custom roms just compiled the latest google image and dropped the kernel on top of it. Plus of course some system reconfiguration and their addons too. I'm not sure tho.

Last edited by kam187; August 28th, 2009 at 04:03 PM.

kam187

Ok, so i finally got 10 minutes to sit down and have a look at this new flash file (H7). Here's how to flash it if you can't manage to do it through NPS for whatever reason (you're phone isn't italian for example):

EDIT:

Use these files to go to H7:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UMVWTYWE
(Multi Odin is included)

1) Select the OPS, BOOTLOADER, PHONE and PDA files. If you are not italian/don't want the italian personaisations (some of your widgets will be in italian and you will have the italian operator splash screen), then do not select the CSC file. If you are select the ITV CSC file included

2) Shut down the phone, and put it into download mode [Volume down + OK + hangup key]

3) Click start.

To {UNDO} the changes and go back to the G6 build for your own region use the files below:
You can then update using NPS in your region in the normal way.

BOOT:
http://rapidshare.com/files/265784798/I7500XXIG8-BOOTLOADER-CL36788-REV5.tar

PHONE:
http://rapidshare.com/files/265784954/I7500XXIG8-PHONE-CL36788-REV5.tar

PDA:
http://rapidshare.com/files/265785690/I7500XXIG8-PDA-CL36788-REV5.tar

CSC: (Select for the region branding you want)
http://rapidshare.com/files/265786950/I7500BOGIG8-CSC-CL36788-Bouygues.tar
http://rapidshare.com/files/265787041/I7500ITVIG6-CSC-CL36860-ITV.tar
http://rapidshare.com/files/265787157/I7500MSRIG6-CSC-CL36837-Telenor.tar
http://rapidshare.com/files/265787311/I7500TWOIG6-CSC-CL36837-TWO.tar
http://rapidshare.com/files/265787407/I7500VIAIG6-CSC-CL36788-O2.tar

--

You will have version G6 using the above files, but its a good way to reset to your own regions settings and use NPS when an official update for your region gets released. Its also a good way to rebrand to a different region if your from a different country!


PS. H7 seems to finally fix the bad camera flash timeing.

Last edited by kam187; August 29th, 2009 at 01:52 PM.

DrCereal

Thanks again Kam!

What's the difference, functionality-wise, between G6 and H7? You might've said this already, but I must've missed it.

Cheers.

kam187

- No reboots
- MUCH faster (not just kinda faster, really noticably faster)
- Extra 20mb ram available - now I have 46mb free after boot!!
- No more 'blank' voice in the middle of calls
- No more call drops
- Camera flash timing fixed
- Lock button problem fixed (you know where it doesnt react to long press without a 2 second pause after a short press)

[From the german forum]
- System stability
- Improved touchscreen

Well worth the update since we now have the CSC files for the operator regions and you can simply downgrade back to you're region G6 whenever you like (tested it, it works) - and then just use official updates through NPS.

Last edited by kam187; August 28th, 2009 at 08:12 PM.

Vap1d-

Was there much or any difference from H2 to H7? Wondering if I should bother yet..

kam187

I wouldnt bother tbh. There's no huge differences, although I didnt test the other rom much in that one day!

Vap1d-

It has been rock solid for me, battery life is killer too (unplugged my phone about 10pm last night was logged in to ebuddy for yahoo icq and aim till about 1am prob 10 texts and idk 20min on a phone call today. then back on ebuddy from 5pm till 10pm when I got home. weatherbug and twidroid running the whole time was @ 45% when I plugged it in! oh and about 10min using gps and google maps thrown in there too!!)

kam187

Not bad!

Is ebuddy the best messaging program you found then? Palringo seems to disconnect all the time.

Vap1d-

I think it is, tried palringo meebo and ebuddy and liked the latter the best. The only thing that is weird about it is when it is open the only way to 'minimize' it is press the home key, can't press back to get to your home screen. No big deal I guess, I like everything else about it.

I couldn't find it in the market on the H2 build but downloaded it from getjar with no problem.

kam187

Yeah i think only the German Id is showing all the market apps. Anoying!

What widgets are you using? I only really have weatherbug (displaying in the status bar), google search and the battery widget.

Weatherbug updates every 6 hours so i'm sure that's fine. But I heard some people say the battery widget drains power. Are you using any battery widget at all?

Vap1d-

I have weatherbug in the notification bar updating every hour, and twidroid updating every 5min. As far as widgets I use retro clock instead of the standard android clock, battery widget, and overclockwidget (to underclock).

Been using battery widget for ages, pretty much ever since cupcake hit and it was available. Never noticed it draining battery. I have used a couple of widgets in the past that did but they were like whoa noticeable battery hogs and were promptly uninstalled.

edit: oh I also use Google Voice and that app is always running in the background too.

Last edited by Vap1d-; August 29th, 2009 at 12:08 AM.

mrbrdo

Hey!

First kam187 thanks a bunch, your posts helped me decide to buy the galaxy and also root it and now upgrade it.

I got the phone with firmware I7500XXIG8, but now upgraded to H7 with odin. I didn't have the reboot problem to start with (at least i think), and no other problems really, except 1 app crash once (i think it was the android.core app). The battery did drain VERY fast though (less than 24 hour with very little usage, a few hours with much usage).
However, I have terrible problems with the New PC Studio. I just can't connect to my phone with it at all, not before with G8, not now with H7. Just as a note I rooted the phone first with recovery from hdblog.it, I did not try PC Studio before that. Anyway, I get the "unsupported device" error. It detects 2 disks and the phone, and i get that error for all 3. In Windows I can see the disks, and even browse one if i mount it in the phone first. I am running Windows 7 BUT i've also just tried a fresh install of the studio on XP and I had the same problem (all drivers installed successfuly when connected after studio finished installing). On Win7 only I also have the SDK and the adb driver installed, but it doesn't seem to be any different.
I'm from slovenia EU but the phone doesn't have localization for my country and I think it's probably based on either UK, german or italian version.

Any ideas? Does the studio work for you guys on H7?

Thanks!

Last edited by mrbrdo; August 29th, 2009 at 01:04 AM.

dreamer81

I have I7500XXIFF
can that be upgraded??? And to what version?

koy

The NPC software is basically useless. All you can do with it is upgrade your phone.

Of course you can upgrade, depending on the country you live in (bought the phone from), you can either upgrade to G8 or H7. Just give it a try with the software that came with your phone.

akanbi

Thanks kam187 for the upgrade files and instructions.

I successfully upgraded from I7500XXIFF to I7500XXIH7 using these without any issues. I was also glad to see that all my files and settings were preserved and I was able to see both free and paid applications in the market. Thanks again kam187.

- I noticed I had more free memory (30MB after phone started and all widgets loaded).
- The camera flash timing issue is fixed.
- The performance is very good, but doesn't see that much faster than the old firmware I had. (Edit: touchscreen response is much better! )
- Too soon to comment on battery life, but after 2.5 hours have gone from 99 to 96% according to Spare Parts, so looking good so far.

Last edited by akanbi; August 29th, 2009 at 09:50 AM.

Erly

I receive this errors with Odin:

<1> e - dll cannot open the usb serial port. code: 5
<1> Delete Comm3engine
<2> e - dll cannot open the usb serial port. code: 5
<2> Delete Comm3engine

does anybody know how to fic this? I'm using Windows 7 x64

gie62001

hi to all
just updated my phone to H7 with Odin (all credit to KAM),the upgrade was very fast didn't even take 3mins and went from FF to H7,hehe.but im surprised that all apps and settings stayed as they were before upgrade.for now didnt notice much speed bt flash timing is very good now at least something noticeable dont know about the battery wil play with the phone for a little bit longer and see if any improvements on battery.havent tried keyboard yet as russians stated that its faster now,will try it later. so to everyone have a nice weekend and good time with your galaxies

kam187

The PC studio only ever worked with the FF version
I have an idea on how it might be fixed.. i'll let you know if i have any luck!

Yes of course! See below for new info.

You can upgrade and downgrade as you like, there's no restrictions. The only consideration is that there is a CSC file available for your region in case you ever need to return it to your operator for replacement. Samsung won't care, so if you plane to use a samsung waranty it doesnt matter.

It sounds like a driver problem to me. You put your phone in download mode right?

kam187

Ok so i have a feeling that this H7 method isnt flashing every image like it should be (cache and kernel). I think you should update to H2 and then to H7. Your settings shouldnt acutally be preserved using odin as it overwrites everything and doesnt actually 'uprade' in place.

I think that's why you guys are not seeing a speed up.

The best thing to do is probably to make new CSC images for H7. I'll try and do that later today.

Erly

I managed to update with other PC, I had some errors at first but then I put the .tar in BOOT too and it worked like a charm.

Update: My settings were preserved too except the language but after entering pin the language changed automatically to spanish.

Last edited by Erly; August 29th, 2009 at 10:51 AM.

kam187

Hmm i think actually the system image isnt being completly flashed. Wierd. I'll make up some new files.... back in 30 minutes!

koy

The easiest way to properly flash is with the NPC software.

What you do is, you start the "NPSMitsBinaryUpgrade.exe" file manually (from the NPC install dir). (I think NPC has to be open while you do this, I know mine was open)

I was lucky as it downloaded the correct Update for me (I had an Italian ROM on my system at the time, so I guess it thought I had an Italian version of the phone).

What you do is you let it download the .tar file, and before you continue with the next step, you replace the tar file (use windows search to find it, should be in Documents and Settings\application settings\Samsung\New PC Studio\LinuxMitsBU\6\*some long serial number*\*.tar) with the Update one:

MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service (password: aglar).

And then you continue with the Update.

Of course if the file it downloaded already is the Update (like it was in my case), there's no need to swap the file.

Shayko

how can i create a CSC file for my region?

don't want to flash without it...

kam187

I tried this but it didnt work. It just kept saying can't be upgraded, reboot sand try again.

koy

I had that at first too.

I then rebooted the PC and phone, and made sure Debugging (and Mass Storage) was off on my phone.

When my PC finished booting I connected the phone, started the NPC Suite software, but didn't touch it, I then opened the aforementioned exe and it worked.

Last edited by koy; August 29th, 2009 at 12:03 PM.

kam187

Ok i'll try that. I'm just making the files for odin now too. That way you can skip the italian customisations

koy

Is there any way to stick it into a .zip file that's accepted by the various modded Recovery images? (so that you can update by sending an update.zip to the sdcard, and then start in recovery mode)

kam187

Yeah i could make one of those too if you want.

Anyway.. Here's the files for odin. There's BOOTLOADER, PHONE and PDA.

I've also included the CSC for ITV (italy). If you're not italian and going to just use english, don't use the CSC file. Otherwise your splash screen will change to a (ugly) samsung Mob!le one, and some of your widgets will have italian names - as will some text in android.

I've also packed odin in there so its just one download for everyone. Those who used the old method should probably reflash with these files. Interestingly this time google Market remembered ALL my previously installed apps.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UMVWTYWE

Last edited by kam187; August 29th, 2009 at 01:47 PM.

akanbi

I upgraded using the odin software as I said above, but now I have no mobile network.

I checked the APN settings and they were there and selected but I couldn't get a mobile network connection. So I reset the APN and tried to add a new APN, but I can't.

Everytime I tap on Add APN it just goes back to the previous settings screen. Help!

kam187

Sorry my bad :P Update again using the files above (MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service). It should pick up your APN settings by itself if its a european operator.

akanbi

Thanks. I've used the new files (without the CSC) and that worked and has the o2 UK apn. However I've lost all my apps and settings , but it shouldn't take long to set it all up again. Thanks for the files.

kam187

Yeah sorry i should have mentioned you will loose everything :P

If you go into market and go to 'my downloads' all the apps you installed before should be listed. That saves some time at least

If anyone updated using odin and DIDNT loose all their files then it didnt actually update properly - my bad sorry!

akanbi

That's cool kam187, better to have the latest firmware and a smoother running phone. The camera flash timing and improved touchscreen response alone were worth it.

I just signed in to google and got all my data back and the market has a list of my downloaded and purchased apps, so real easy to get back to where I was. Thanks.

mrbrdo

thanks again kam187. anyway if anyone figures out how to use the pc studio with H7 go ahead and tell us i wasn't able to even upgrade with it, it always said unsupported device or just freezed.

akanbi

After upgrading, I discovered that I can't see protected apps in the market anymore, both free and paid apps. This has been raised in another topic, but now I can't re-install a paid app I had before the upgrade. Anyone know a way around this?

kam187

The CSC file is a set of customisation commands that run after the main install. I havnt really looked at if you could use an older firmware CSC file with a new one - it would really depend on what was in it.

In any case, they don't customise much. You can flash to generic H7, and return to your own region's G6 with the files further up in the thread, then use NPS to update to your own regions H7 when its released.

I guess the question is why do want the CSC for your region?

kam187

Yeah this is really anoying! I wonder what would happen if we used the VIAG6 CSC (german one) with the H7 firmware. In fact what the hell I'll try it for you! It'll answer Shayko 's question too.

EDIT: Ok it works fine, but theres still the problem with the market apps. So its the firmware build that its reporting that's the problem i guess

Last edited by kam187; August 29th, 2009 at 07:11 PM.

pegasus21

Actually the whole market thing has been documented on xda forums. It's in the build.prop file. You could change it so that market recognises the phone as a valid phone. That's how the custom roms for Dream and Magic does it if I'm not mistaken.

kam187

Oh great Thanks for the info. Got a link to xda on it?

pegasus21

Specifically the ro.build.fingerprint value. Changing it to one that is allowed to download paid apps on the market. In this case you could use the IFF value.

xda-developers - View Single Post - Linux and Android for Vogue [kernel thread]

You'll need root to be able to modify build.prop.

Last edited by pegasus21; August 29th, 2009 at 10:38 PM.

kam187

Well here's the build.prop from my H7 Samsung:

cat build.prop
# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=CUPCAKE
ro.build.display.id=CUPCAKE.77
ro.build.version.incremental=77
ro.build.version.sdk=3
ro.build.version.release=1.5
ro.build.date=Thu Aug 20 01:35:26 KST 2009
ro.build.date.utc=1250699726
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=hudson
ro.build.host=andy
ro.build.tags=ota-rel-keys,test-keys
ro.product.model=Galaxy
ro.product.brand=Samsung
ro.product.name=GT-I7500
ro.product.device=GT-I7500
ro.product.board=GT-I7500
ro.product.manufacturer=Samsung
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=GB
ro.board.platform=
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=GT-I7500
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=GT-I7500-user 1.5 CUPCAKE 77 ota-rel-keys,release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=Samsung/GT-I7500/GT-I7500/GT-I7500:1.5/CUPCAKE/77:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys
# Samsung Specific Properties
ro.build.PDA=I7500XXIH7
ro.build.Phone=I7500XXIH7
ro.build.HW=REV 0.1
ro.build.RFCallDate=2009.02.25
ro.build.FTAswver=I7500.008
ro.build.FTAhwver=REV 1.2
ro.build.hidden_ver=I7500XXIH7
ro.build.changelist=52318
ro.build.FUSDLMode=Change
ro.build.SupportFUS=TRUE
ro.build.CGMM=GT-i7500
ro.build.GMM=GT-i7500
# end build properties
#
# system.prop for capella7200
#
rild.libpath=/system/lib/libsec-ril.so
rild.libargs=-d /dev/ttyS0
ro.setupwizard.mode=DISABLED
DEVICE_PROVISIONED=1
#
# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
ro.url.legal=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/basic/phone-legal.html
ro.url.legal.android_privacy=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/basic/privacy.html
ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-samsung
ro.com.google.locationfeatures=1
ro.setupwizard.mode=DISABLED
ro.config.notification_sound=TaDa.ogg
ro.config.ringtone=Ring_Classic_02.ogg
ro.axt9ime.sip.default=12phonepad
ro.axt9ime.sip.list=qwertykeyboard;12phonepad;
ro.axt9ime.lang.default=en
ro.axt9ime.lang.list=en;de;nl;pl;fr;cs;es;it;pt
ro.axt9ime.touchwiz=false
ro.axt9ime.customExtractAcc=false
ro.config.sync=yes
net.bt.name=Android
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt
/system #

So we have:

ro.build.description=GT-I7500-user 1.5 CUPCAKE 77 ota-rel-keys,release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=Samsung/GT-I7500/GT-I7500/GT-I7500:1.5/CUPCAKE/77:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys

# Samsung Specific Properties
ro.build.PDA=I7500XXIH7
ro.build.Phone=I7500XXIH7
ro.build.HW=REV 0.1
ro.build.RFCallDate=2009.02.25
ro.build.FTAswver=I7500.008
ro.build.FTAhwver=REV 1.2
ro.build.hidden_ver=I7500XXIH7
ro.build.changelist=52318
ro.build.FUSDLMode=Change
ro.build.SupportFUS=TRUE
ro.build.CGMM=GT-i7500
ro.build.GMM=GT-i7500
# end build properties

ro.build.description=GT-I7500-user 1.5 CUPCAKE eng.builder.20090702.085944 ota-rel-keys,release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=Samsung/GT-I7500/GT-I7500/GT-I7500:1.5/CUPCAKE/eng.builder.20090702.085944:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys
# Samsung Specific Properties
ro.build.PDA=I7500XXIG8
ro.build.Phone=I7500XXIG8
ro.build.HW=REV 0.1
ro.build.RFCallDate=2009.02.25
ro.build.FTAswver=I7500.008
ro.build.FTAhwver=REV 1.2
ro.build.hidden_ver=I7500XXIG8
ro.build.changelist=36860
ro.build.FUSDLMode=Change
ro.build.SupportFUS=TRUE
ro.build.CGMM=GT-i7500
ro.build.GMM=GT-i7500

So we have:

H7: ro.build.description=GT-I7500-user 1.5 CUPCAKE 77 ota-rel-keys,release-keys
G8: ro.build.description=GT-I7500-user 1.5 CUPCAKE eng.builder.20090702.085944 ota-rel-keys,release-keys

H7: ro.build.fingerprint=Samsung/GT-I7500/GT-I7500/GT-I7500:1.5/CUPCAKE/77:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys
G8: ro.build.fingerprint=Samsung/GT-I7500/GT-I7500/GT-I7500:1.5/CUPCAKE/eng.builder.20090702.085944:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys

H7: ro.build.PDA=I7500XXIH7
G8: ro.build.PDA=I7500XXIG8

H7: ro.build.Phone=I7500XXIH7
G8: ro.build.Phone=I7500XXIG8

H7: ro.build.hidden_ver=I7500XXIH7
G8: ro.build.hidden_ver=I7500XXIG8

H7: ro.build.changelist=52318
G8: ro.build.changelist=36860

Last edited by kam187; August 29th, 2009 at 10:55 PM.

kam187

Ok that didnt work. I'll just steal the dream fingerprint for now i guess.

EDIT: nope, no joy

Last edited by kam187; August 29th, 2009 at 11:15 PM.