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[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] JozaKroner:
new firmware out /from samsungfirmwareworld/

I wonder what are the changelogs..i think its not actally froyo yet,but its BIG. 75MB

I cant install via kies,downloads bout 75% and then crshes,server overload maybe..
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] konray:
Nothing here, Keys said that: Model Name: GT -I5500

Current Version: PDA:JH4 / Phone JG3 / CSC:JH1

This device's version cannot be updated.

Is that mean I cannot update it at all, or said that at the moment there are not new version for my area.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] JozaKroner:
where u from?im from europe,uninstalling/reinstalling kies atm. says to fix update problem.i clearly see the update,but it gets stuck dl.

ill try after reinstall and let you know what exactly is it.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] konray:
I am from EU too, but am I need to reinstall Kies, or just to wait for an update.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] JozaKroner:
ok i reinstalled kies and now it WONT SHOW UPDATE at all :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] bienyu:
Try installing this app: GPS optimisation

Just search in market "GPS optimisation" or "octy"

You should run this app if you can't lock to GPS

*mostly everytime*
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] konray:
But in one way or in another it does not show update, so maybe it is not realised for my region and I have to wait till the end of november.

Just great made, now it works perfectly, thanks a lot.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] spruceyb:
Anyone know the cheapest place to get this phone unlocked?

Has anyone tried the Unlock app thats available for the SGS & Wave?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] claudioita:
Just bought a new Samsung Galaxy GT-I5500 unlock.

It shows at starts "sim network unlock pin"

My fault to buy it locked.

Now how can I unlock it?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] mmmmoj:
hi guys,

i need to enable ad hoc wireless network on my i5503

is there any solve?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Manfriz:
you have to root your device and install a tethering app (there are some in the android market), ther's no way to have a wireless network without root (only with Froyo 2.2, and Samsung want to update the Galaxy 5 to Froyo in November)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] GeorgiEnev:
HELP Please , I5500 doesn't boot after overclock

HELP Please , I5500 doesn't boot after overclock .

I installed some software from the "market" , the name was something like Jitter. After Install the phone freeze . Now it is impossible to boot with android, It freeze after showing the model , on the screen have SAMSUNG ....and doesnt try to load android , I tried with pressing OK + Power and Home + Power but no results ..
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] tina333:
Have u tried connecting kies via usb? Is it rooted? Also try to find out app it was (if you can access a pc then go to appbrain.com to search around market apps, then google the app name along with samsung error or fail and you will probably find a ton of people with the same problem. If it was a paid app then check your gmail for receipt & contact developer asap. Hope this helps :-)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Gnusvol:
Stuck at Android Logo

I've just installed LauncherPro from the market, then after installation had finished my 5503 freezed then restarted by itself. Now the phone has stuck at the Android logo, reboot, Android logo, and keep repeating the doomed loop. Then I have to take the battery out to stop it.

Is there a hard reset prosedure to get back to the factory setting that I could try without reflashing the device? I read the previous pages, found a few people with similar problem, but no solution. I've tried the emergency download screen (volume down, list button, power on) and the download screen (volume down, central key, power on), but both do not show the reset option.

Please advice and thank you in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] valtergropius:
I bought a new Samsung Galaxy GT-I5500 Romania Vodafone pin unlocked.

PDA: I5500XWJH7

PHONE:I5500XWJG3

CSC:I5500XXJH2
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] GeoSorin:
I bought one too. It has the same firmware as yours (from Vodafone Romania). The problem is, when I tried to update with Kies it sais the device cannot be updated. From what I've seen the latest firmware is from this month. Does anybody knows what could I do? Thx!
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] tina333:
Same here, I bought one sim free from the carphone warehouse, i rootes it so that could set it all up for her (plus have a play around of course :-)) i noticed loads of apps were missing from the market so i stupidly thought id try "eris market fix" which said worked with sgs... to my horror...it distorted the whole android framework! Jumbled the userface beyond recognition :-( so i installed new firmware (changed language to english) it works fine but keis says "device can't be updated"? I have downloaded J*6 but its a rar file with different folders in that dont seem to load onto odin?

I feel better knowing im not the only one :-)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] tina333:
Its incorporated in froyo 2.2 but if your rooted i think you can do it with a tether app like barnacle (i haven't tried it but ive heard a lot of people mention it) :-)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] SWEATTAIMI:
its wery soon, try in kies every week or something, they saying it will be released in Q1 "latest" march

hm maybe i readed wrong
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] virav:
Ringtone Problem !!

I m using Motafoca 2.0.8b (stock theme) version.

Everything is going fine...

Lately i found that the Basic notification ringtones that are already installed with the phone, are not working... Whatever i choose, they play the same default tone.

for example> IF i choose basic notification tone "cloud" it plays the default tone and if i choose "Ta da", it again plays the default tone and not the actual tone...

Though i use my own notification tone (thro sd card from Audio>Notification), i jus need to know how to rectify this problem...!!

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] hotboyz012345:
Hard reset

Just hard reset your phone and every thing work fine.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] treb88:
have flashed to 2.0.8b..nice work...but i am having problems..when i reboot my phone almost all of the apps that i hve installed are having force closure problems..and so i hve to uninstall it and install again..then it works fine..the only problem is that when i reboot, almost all of my apps now are having force closure prob..and in addition when i reboot..i have same situation when doing the hard reset that after booting the google locator will appear..can anyone help??TIA
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] haiz:
Just don't turn via hold power button and the bug will go away. hope samsung fix this soon
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] John000:
Guys I found some diff btwm American Froyo and Europ froyo.

The dalvik virtual machine heapsize is 48m in Europe version while in American version its 24m.

And about the heapsize,the maximum memory allowed for a particular app.

For example if your are running angrybirds then maximum memory allowed is equal to heap size,

Scenario 1 : European froyo 48m.

Assume memory to be 100.(just for example)

So running angry birds takes say 48m(max allowed), then running opera takes 40m,so after this if u are gonna run another app say music player which could take 20m.

Now we are short of memory : 100 - (48+40) = 12 .

so only 12m is left , so android kills either angry or opera to make up space.

Scenario 1 : American froyo 24m.

Assume memory to be 100.(just for example)

So running angry birds takes say 24m(max allowed), then running opera takes 24m,so after this if u are gonna run another app say music player which could take 20m.

Now we the memory : 100 - (24+24) = 52 .

52m is left , so there is no need to kill any app , so android runs the music player straight away.

The advantage with 48m is that each app is allowed a max of 48m , which means u can run more memory hungry apps like games better.

In European version they have removed some unwanted apps, like LauncherSettings.apk ,... etc which is basically unwanted and what these do is just call the Settings.apk. So samsung created these LauncherSettings.apk just to invoke the Settings.apk...In American froyo, there is these Launcher thing whereas is European one they are directly launching these without Launcher......apk. So i think this is an improvement.

So imho Europen froyo is cleaner than American considering the apps, and regarding the heapsize u can experiment with different values,u can change this to 24m if u don't like, so thats not a problem...

If anybody found any advantage or disadvantage with European Froyo when compared to American , please post here

Correct me if im wrong
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
HELP

OK i flashed Froyo as mentioned in the 1st page. then i flashed motofoca's 2.0.8 (Stock theme) and did everything like ext partition on my memory card (8gb), changed file system to ext2 from samsung default. and after a few day i flashed it with Ginger Motofoca.. and applied the reboot fix (it showed some error like couldnt mount e: and could not find ...)

Now i m facing a few problems:

1. Now and then my phone freezes / reboots during a call.

2. My mem card shows 6.5 GB FAT and 459 Ext and 436 SWAP where as i entered the following command

adb shell app2sd 7020 459

My total mem size is 7579 MB

3. And in recovery mode i get an error like can't mount e:

cant mount cache

4. I reflashed it again- now the ginger theme is gone... and the rest problems are still there.

So can anyone help me out... please

Note that i am not very expert so a detailed help will be very appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] myshu:
latest news regarding MAD Team firmware

full ext4 support to be added into 2.0.9
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] kato91:
How is ext4 different from ext2
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] kato91:
Can anyone pls tell me how to use android tool box as I am new to this stuff
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
EDIT:

RECOVERY ERROR:

E: can't mount /dev/stl14 (invalid argument)

E: can't open CACHE : revovery/log

E: can't mount /dev/stl14 (invalid argument)

REBOOT FIX ERROR : Screenshot attached
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] John000:
That error is normal.basically what happens when doing ext2 is that u are changing the location of data and cache,so while the system is in recovery mode it doesn't know about the changed location so it look in the default location and finds nothing there, then we get that error.whereas in normal mode system is aware of new location.this error is normal.

if u still think there is something wrong, then install titanium backup and run it,then in the overview bottom u can see sdcard a2sd written with the memory.

Apply rebootfix in normal mode ans not in recovery mode,the ginger framework is corrupt,after applying rebootfix your theme will change to default froyo
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Jotvingis:
Hello all, when will be european Froyo version to Lithuania?

If you have european version of Froyo, is Lithuanian or Lietuvių language?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Dunki3:
@Jotvingis I have I5500XWJP9 and there is no Lithuanian, only English, French, Dansk, Deutsch, Spanish, Irish, Italian, Magyar, Nederlands, Norvegian, Polski, Portugues, Suomi, Svenska and Turkish.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] SWEATTAIMI:
Answer

Wait for kies froyo to get leaked and you may get ur language,

its not official, so forget it
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] treb88:
just wanna ask...i have flashed to 2.0.8 then everything went smoothly...i have downloaded the 2.0.8 adb toolbox which inlcludes the recovery.bat and make_ext.bat...but when i run the batch file the cmd will just open then close...it does nothing..the question is, do you still need to download the android sdk in order for me to run the batch file??the 2.0.8 adb toolbox is enough right??you dont need to dwnload the android sdk??
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] John000:
To check working of adb toolbox.

Inside your adb tool box press shift + right mouse then u can see open command window here option in the menu that opens,click it.now u have a command window.inside command window type adb devices.if there is nothing wrong it will show list of devices attached, and id ur phone is connected it will show your phone serial number.then there is no error.

If u get some error post it here.

Note: this should be done inside ur adb toolbox.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] scriverm:
yeah it works great im with virgin mobile in canada .. but you will have to put in the settings for the 3g and mms i will send them to you if you want just lemme know ok
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] SWEATTAIMI:
help O.o

Guys i think i made a huge mistake,

i cant factory reset my phone, its very needed,

i cant do hard reset either, cant go to dialpad it force closes,

and it was since i tried cyanogen mod, i went down to 2.0.8b, i aint avaible to get back to 2.1 so im pretty messed up O.o
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Raaert:
Danish language works on the phone, but not on the keyboard - doesnt work at all.

Had to download 'scandinavian keyboard'.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] shahtheass:
Where is the link!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] hotboyz012345:
Please tell me how and where i can find this forum for galaxy 5 in xda apps in android
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
Hey thanx there for the comprehensive explaination.

But i ve got another query ...

Can you provide me the command for app2sd script, i mean with value i have 7579MB (apparently 8GB) Memory Card.. I used the following command:

adb shell app2sd 7020 459

i.e 459 for ext2 (if i am correct) and 100 MB for Linux Swap (as it showed in the command prompt). However i discovered that my SD was partitioned with 6.5GB FAT32 459 MB Ext2 and 438 MB Swap???

Then i tried 7100 459 and the result was 459 Ext2 and 238 (i am not sure precisely but was somewhere between 200-300MB) Swap and 6.8 GB Fat32..

So please help me out here..

Thank you again
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
look out at wiki.g5devteam.com

in the RELEASES tab they have all their releases
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] nikhilsamre:
can anybody tell me what is app2sd system in 2.0.8

i have done it..my sd card is 1.21gb for normal files..

can anybody tell me how to check if the apps are using the reserved 459mb to install apps?? do i need to use app2sd app to move it to sdcard??
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
well the app2sd system formats your SD card into 3 partition 1. FAT 2. Ext2 3. Linux Swap

Basically it provides the proper environment to move apps to sd. U can use app2sd fro m market to move the apps.

So far as if the apps are using the Ext2 partition or not i cant say how to find that.. however if you are moving the apps to sd then yes they are using it (IT IS JUSTA THEORY)..

pls CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] nikhilsamre:
okk..i have done everything.. i use app2sd to move apps to sdcard. my sdcard size was 1.21gb now its 1.13 gb after moving some apps.. so what happens to the 459mb??
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
there is an alternate explaination:

while we run the app2sd script it caliberates in such a fashion that the 459 MB space on your SD card is mounted as system memory in other words it recognises it as phone memory and all apps are installed there by default.. you may try installing some applications as usual and check for phone memory status ... if it is unchanged then out theory is correct if not then ... idont know .. coz iam new to this android stuff ...was modding symbian earlier ..

Tell me what happens...

I am trying to use the app2sd script but somehow the linux swap size goes way bigger than estimated 100-150mb to 200-300mb triedc many combinations but failed
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] John000:
Use this for your 8GB.

adb shell app2sd 7300 459
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] nikhilsamre:
the size of the internal memory goes on decreasing.. so i m bit confused as to what has happened to the 459mb..
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
i tried but there was an error

Swap -179

my memory is 7579MB
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
did you convert to ext2 by running make_ext2.bat?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] tiger1246:
from where can i find files specified?

hi

from where can i find files specified as .md5 above.

i downloaded odin with ops file, but what about other files?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] nikhilsamre:
yup did that...
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] John000:
Guys , I'm trying to develop a custom ROM based on European Froyo.

I have done .

1.Added Reboot Option in power menu.

2.Updated music player to Cyanogen modded music app

3.New icons for system apps.

4.Removed samsung keyboard.

5.Launcher pro and touchwiz

Now the problem is camera is force close.So anybody out there to help and figure out the problem with camera force close
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] John000:
if your total sdcard memory is 7579 then use

app2sd 7000 459

so u have 459 ext2, 120 swap.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] John000:
goto samfirmware.com and register .

navigate to android firmware section and find i5500 and download firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
i did that and now it is 6.5 gb fat 459 ext2 and 438 swap??
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] John000:
so what is the total size of your sdcard, including ext2 , swap and fat.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] copankithot:
hi

i flashed my phone to motafoca s 2.0.7 n then to 2.0.8

now i cant see settings icon gallary myfiles .....i dono whats wrong n i also tried hard reseting by code and adb script too but didnt help

i need a help please help
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] tiger1246:
i downloaded I5508ZCKP2.rar

i extracted files from it..

the files are

amss

boot.img

csc.rfs

recovery.img

system.rfs

where are the .md5 or otherfiles specified???

help pls..
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
when you extract the rar file to will get a .tar file Then in ODIN select ONE PACKAGE and then browse in the one package tab to the .tar file you ve just extracted.

PS : You dont need to extract the .tar file
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] adassa95:
from where can i find files specified as .md5 above.

i downloaded odin with ops file, but what about other files?

wiki.g5devteam.com/index.php?title=Release
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
it is 7.4 GB 7579MB but i want only 100 mb swap not 200-300 mb because that space is not accesible and so the fat partition declines to 6.5 gb

any ideas??
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] tiger1246:
thats worked.....

thanks,buddy.......
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] tiger1246:
touch screen irresponsive....

hi guys,

after flashing new firmware i5508zckp2 my phone's touch screen stopped working.. :(

please help....

my phone: gt-i5503
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
obviously ... i5508 is for Resistive Screen version ... use i5500 version it works well with 5503 (i too have 5503)

PS

i5500- Europe/American version Capacitive Screen

i5503- Asia Capacitive Screen

5508- RESISTIVE SCREEN
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] camcung:
A few issues

Greetings,

This is awesome forum. I successfully flashed my phone to 2.2 a few weeks ago.

However, I have come to Australia and am on the Telstra 3G network 850Mhz and tried to enable WCDMA 850 through the "service mode" without any luck. Not even sure if GT-I5503 has this facility?

So I tried a hard reset and reflashed the firmware and this has caused more issues than it resolved.

For some strange reason my phone in now in some strange language (possibly Italian).

I am really unsure on how to proceed as can not access the samfirmware forums to access an Australian firmware that they make mention of.

Any pointers getting my phone back to English at the very least and prefferably 850Mhz WCDMA too?

Thanks,

Cam
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
allright go to settings (config) in the menu the scroll down to the tab with the symbol "A" and then in the first tab select english (probably you ve Espanol by default)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] camcung:
Thank you very much for prompt response on the language. It worked.

Now if I can just set WCDMA 850Mhz on my GT-I5503, I will be laughing. Any tips.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] foliasis:
sorry not the slightest idea :(

however you always have GOOGLE.COM ;)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] SWEATTAIMI:
eh

maybe u messed up something, that reboot menu, and option u working at shouldnt have anything with the camera to do at all
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] copankithot:
adb toolbox usage

1.extract the tool rar into a folder

2.rightclick inside the folder to open the cmd prompt

3.enter the required cmds

if u have adb tool box.rar merge with adb tools folder
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] SWEATTAIMI:
O.....O

What verision u downloaded, 2.0.7 is only one bit tar.md5 file,

2.0.8 and 2.0.8b is only tar files,

dont bother to ask about 4 tar files, there is not in motafocas firmwares, ^^

Damn dude u learning fast
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] John000:
I know that,i cant figure out what is wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] camcung:
WOW!

Google picked up my post in this thread almost instantaeously.

Now, if someone knows if it is possible to get a GT-I5503 to work on the 850Mhz WCDMA frequency so that it is compatible with Telstra Australia's 3G (NextG) network, that would be awesome.

Google is everyone's friend and that is why I am leaving a message with as many keywords as possible so otrher dont have to "waste" 16+ hours trying to resolve this riddle.

All answers appreciated. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] copankithot:
why dont u contact motafoca in IRC channel #gti5500
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] copankithot:
zroot would be use ful
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] copankithot:
contact motafoca he would help u
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] copankithot:
contact motafoca on irc channel #gti5500
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] copankithot:
u have the link in releases if u r looking for 2.0.7 motafoca u can download one .md5 file if u r looking for 2.0.8b there r 2 files to be downloaded part1 and part2 which wehn first file extracted with second kept in same folder it ll become one rar file.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] copankithot:
wiki.g5devteam.com

see releases section
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] copankithot:
did u correct it iof not not let me no i can help u:-)had same problem:-)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] myshu:
prepare for 2.0.9 soon :)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Mattas92:
When they gonna release an official version for Europe? Becouse in my coutry (Lithuania) I cant update my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] ROnneth:
HEY have you solve the simlock problem..i have the same problem. i canot use othe simcard recause its blocked. i whant to unlock the Samsung Galaxy GT-I5500L.

please can anyone help me?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] lovesky37:
I got the problem after 3-4 times of flashed my phone with 2.0.8b. Now my phone run but some apps force close and some other app donot save settings, and each time I reboot the phone it ask me to to confirm Google location. Strange...

I think I have problem with using app2sd script so the apps does not save their settings correctly. I formatted my memory card with app2sd script on the first odin flash and use it for 3rd successful flash. I do not know if it app2sd working or not? :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] magnitude09:
App2sd issue

Installed 2.0.8 succesfully. Wipe the cache and data after boot. Ran installation.bat in recovery mode from the toolbox(installer).

After installation.bat there are 3 partition on sdcard swap, ext2, fat32. But the applications doesnot moved to sdcard automatically i have to move mannually

Did i miss any step ?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] John000:
do make_ext2 and then app2sd.

Remember to backup your apps and sdcard.

app2sd moves app to ext2 partition on your sdcard, and ext2 partition is not visible.

so u dont see your apps listed in sdcard. If u want to check working of apps2sd then use titanium backup.Run titanium backup and in the overview u can see app2sd with the used and available memory.

app2sd changes the default install location to ext2 so that the android thinks ext2 is its internal memory and install there.

An alternative way to check working of app2sd is by installing an app and then connect your phone to pc and go for mass storage, if that app is available at mass storage time then app2sd is working otherwise not.