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Samsung Galaxy Player 3.6 // Q&A - Helping - General discussion- Informations

[YP-GS1//Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 3.6]

The main goal of the Samsung Galaxy Player 3.6 is to have a cheap, portable and lightweight Android-based multimedia player.

This tread will be the main thread for the Samsung Galaxy Player 3.6 [EUR/KOR/US]. You can find here:

- Help

- Version defining (EU/US/KOR)

- Stock ROMs

- Custom ROMs (CyanogenMod, ...)

- Informations

- Questions & Answers

- Opensource

Rules

1. Don't spam

2. Search fist before you posting something here

3. Be friendly to

everyone

4. Stay on topic (Samsung Galaxy Player 3.6)

Version defining

Hardware home button -> Worldwide device (Europe and Korea)

Capacitive home button -> US device

Stock ROMs

Get all stock firmwares HERE

ROMs

RECOMMENDEND: CyanogenMod 10 (Stable/Supported)

- CyanogenMod 7.2 (Discontinued) -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2348041

- KingOS (Discontinued) -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2288978

- CyanogenMod 11 (Extreme unstable/Discontinued)-> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2657738

Kernels

- CWM kernel with init.d support -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2340732

- Stock kernel with CWM -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2198234

Links

Old GP 3.6 thread (Outdated) -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1864741

Old development thread (Outdated) -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1829638

CyanogenMod 11 discussion thread -> http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2769281

FAQs

Check also out the general Galaxy Player FAQ by zaclimon -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2175920

Q: Why are there a US, EU and a KOR(ean) edition of this device?

A: We don't know why. Samsung logic

Q: Can I flash a US ROM/Kernel to a EU device?

A: No, this won't work, you will soft-brick your device.

Q: When was the GP 3.6 released?

A: In September 2011 on the IFA in Berlin.

Q: Is Samsung still supporting this device?

A: No, the support for it ended in March 2013.

Q: Are there many devs for this device?

A: No, just a few.

Guides

WhatsApp on the GPs -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2271080

Brick Recovering -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2308221

Development

CyanogenMod 11

Android-Linux-OMAP3 kernel port (currently frozen)

Stock kernel 2.6.35.7 for Android 4.x

Specifications

Board code name: Aalto

Board

Board: OMAP36xx

Vendor: Texas Instruments

Series: OMAP3

Revision: REV0.8

CPU

Frequency: 200 Mhz - 1000 MHz (on stock) (Overclockable to 1.25 GHz)

CPU: OMAP3630 revision 2

Vendor: Texas Instruments

With Neon: Yes

GPU

Frequency: 110 Mhz

GPU: PowerVR SGX 530 (REV2)

Vendor: Imaginations Technologies

Audio

DAC (Audio Chip): WM8994 combined with WM1881

Vendor: Wolfson Micro Electronics

Camera

Megapixel: 2.1 MP

Zoom: No

Features: Scenes, Brightness, Video Rec, ...

Wlan/Bluetooth

Model: WL1227

Vendor: Texas Instruments

WiFi Frequencies: 2.4 Ghz

Bands: b/g/n

Other

Touchscreen: Zintinix

Keyboard: AALTO GPIO KEYBOARD

Flash: eMMC (BML/EXT4)

eMMC vendor: Intenso

Opensource

Official Samsung Sources: http://opensource.samsung.com

Device configuration for AOSP-based ROMs: OLD: https://github.com/androthan/android_device_samsung_aalto

NEW: https://github.com/androthan/aalto-device

Proprietary binary blobs: https://github.com/androthan/aalto-vendor

Optimized stock kernel (For Android 4.x): https://github.com/androthan/android_kernel_samsung_aalto_legacy

Android kernel 3.0.8 (Project frozen/Not booting yet): https://github.com/androthan/android_kernel_samsung_aalto-eu

So..

Happy posting!