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[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] BarkyJ:
Correct - You wont be able to use mobile internet, nor will you be able to send SMS messages with pictures (PXT/Picture Messages). However... I have seen some phones without APN's entered and they can still get on the net somehow - not quite sure how this works though. APN settings are easy to enter and when you buy your phone from an offical provider, they would normally be set up at that time. So after upgrading manually like we are doing here, you just have to enter them yourself. If you call your provider they should be able to tell you the details over the phone easy enough, or look on their website etc.

If you read a few posts back you will see myself and another NZ'der have both upgraded to 2.2 using the USA firmware. Read about page 67 and 68.

Note it is not 100% perfect for NZ.

Compass does not work correctly for me - it is backwards. When you rotate it rotates with your movement, rather than against it, ie North moves with your body.

Wifi for me disables itself sometimes when the phone is woken up - however I have read this is a Froyo driver issue with the Wifi driver, as some N1's or something have this issue, but I dont know if it has been identified for our phones since it is so new and not yet official for most countries.

I have read that our phone most likely wont ever have Flash support due to it not being grunty enough - That said, other phones with slower processors do have it. Processor speed isnt the only factor though I feel. I think it is 'supported', however it has been disabled. I know very little about this though.

I have also read somewhere (althought I have looked again and cant find where I read it), that flash video is not supported on a hardware level for our phones, as are AVI's etc. Our phone can only play MP4's, so even with apps that can play a range of video files, we can still only play MP4's. I may be competely wrong about this and flash though, but from my dabblings with apps to date, it is what I have found. Actually, I think it was an app that told me that info... Act 1 Video Player has a blurb about it.

J
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] toonarmy85:
No worries buddy cheers for info
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] wildroid:
Hi guy,

i've just flashed my i5500 to "new" Froyo I5500LUYJP2 firmware.

I have same your problem with compass. No way don't work.

There's a way to fix?

I have a question too.

I'd like to remove splashscreen on boot, and have kernel message on screen during boot , very linux style. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks to all!

Willy
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] maxidimov:
I want to do exactly the opposite. I want access to mobile internet and MMS to be disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Tekie:
If you want to desable acces to internet you can use apn on/off widget from market or you cand delete the apn in settings (the second method it's unreversible, you must complete again the apn to have internet acces). Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] maxidimov:
Thank you very much mate. :)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] myshu:
hmm while i'm in the built in music player and the screen is off , playing with the volume buttons won't change a thing unless you power up the screen. this is just a bug i found in the south american firmware
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] poltn6:
Just bought one of these for my girlfriend. It seems to be really good value but have come across an annoying problem.

It receives multiple copies of text messages. A quick google shows this is a common problem on this device. Has anyone found a fix for this or have any idea what might be causing it?

I've yet to see a froyo rom posted for the UK / europe handsets. Is is possible to install the USA version of 2.2 on a UK handset? Would it cause any problems?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] maxidimov:
This has been said enough times. Flashing the beta USA ROM on your device won't do anything to the branding (if any) to it unless you're flashing it to a I5508 (Asia model) <-- leads to non working touchscreen.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] poltn6:
Thanks for the big letters. Not sure that answers my question though or is very helpful! For the record I have searched plenty.

I have an unbranded uk version.

Are you saying the USA version on the first page is safe to flash?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] maxidimov:
Flashing a ROM will not affect the branding (if any). And yes, the file on the first page is safe to flash. But if something goes wrong, nor I, nor the creator of this thread, nor XDA can be held responsible. Remember, flashing a ROM DOES void the warranty. Happy flashing!
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] poltn6:
Thanks. Done quite a bit of rom flashing on various devices, it's just the i5500 i'm new to. Currently using an HTC Desire and am experimenting with roms so am familiar with the warnings. Can't seem to help it though ;)

Think I'll wait for the official UK 2.2 for this device and will try and roll back the firmware as I believe it's 2.1update1 that is causing the multiple text issue.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] maxidimov:
Just use I5500XXJF1. It's the most stable 2.1 ROM. Cheers. :)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] kill3r000:
Thanks to the guys at firmware[dot]mobilewave[dot]ro (puyuman for doing it, istvan428, especially ionutp for helping unconditionally) i managed to compile a guide for you all! It meant a lot for us to know it's possible to revert!

How to revert back to original firmware updating through KIES. Take out your SIM and SD-card!

1. Get I5500XWJH4 www[dot]multiupload[dot]com/5R4H72VF42 pass= samfirmware.com

2. Get Odin v4.28 & Ops File 4shared[dot]com/file/J-WSCJSX/odin_v428_and_ops_file.html

3. Get Kies_1.5.3.10103_64_1 www[dot]multiupload[dot]com/M525I8CYZ2

4. Hard reset phone *2767*3855#

5. Flash phone through Odin ONLY selecting the OPS, PDA, BOOT, PHONE files from extracted archive

6. After flash succesfull (PASS in Odin) hard reset again

7. Install Kies

8. Open Kies

9. Open Regedit - leave KIES opened

10. Go to Start => Run => regedit [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Samsung\Kies\DeviceDB\2] or any high number (mine was 2)

11. Here modify accordingly

SoftwareRevision"=I5500XWJH7/I5500OXXJH2/I5500XWJG3/I5500XWJH7

"ProductCode"=GT-I5500YKACNX

"HIDSWVER"=I5500XWJH7/I5500OXXJH2/I5500XWJG3/I5500XWJH7

"DEVCONINFO"= LEAVE IT EMPTY

Regedit will save automatically, so do not worry

12. With Kies still open, go select, in the right down corner, the button next to that cog-wheel that says Firmware update

13. It opens a new window and VOILA it says you to update!

Hope this helps a lot of Romanian people with problems!

If anyone else should want to do this in their country, better get an UNflashed i5500, check it with regedit (Kies connected), change values and it SHOULD work.

I do not assume any responsability whatsoever if following this guide bricks/damages your phone! Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] sjac89:
Hello kill3r, do u have the values for the uk dude
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] kill3r000:
No man, i cannot have them. I do not posses an i5500 from UK, so anyone (including you) should get their hands on an unflashed i5500 and take'em from regedit once connected thru' kies. That's all i can do/say. Hope it helps!
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] myshu:
i used parts of youre guide and managed to get my 2.2 froyo (upgraded through odin with all files in place) galaxy 5 get recognized as Jh7 JG3 JH2 and be upgrade-able to JI1 / JG3 / JI2 even with the latest kies (after attempting to use the galaxy S kies registry patcher). I used these steps :

1. Opened kies - afterwards make sure you run the kies registry patcher and just set the product code to the one your phone has , just so it creates the spoof registry lines you also need.

2. Connected the phone (make sure you do a hard reset first - this is crucial because the 2.2 supported app2sd and you'd get a lot of errors if you fail to do this)

3. Pressed the upgrade firmware button once and it popped up a window saying the widgets won't work while upgrading (i think this only appears in some regions)

3. Changed the following in regedit

SoftwareRevision = I5500XWJH7/I5500OXXJH2/I5500XWJG3/I5500XWJH7

ProductCode = GT-I5500YKACNX

HIDSWVER = I5500XWJH7/I5500OXXJH2/I5500XWJG3/I5500XWJH7

NAME = GT-I5500 (removed the L from the back)

Model Name = GT-I5500 (removed the L from the back)

test_productcode = CNX

testversion = I5500XWJH7/I5500OXXJH2/I5500XWJG3/I5500XWJH7

DevConInfo = removed

4. Pressed ok in the window saying widgets are not usable while upgrading and voila. My phone got recognized as JH7 / JG3 / JH2 and able to upgrade it to the final version of my region : Ji1 / JG3 / Ji2 .

Started the downgrade process and it worked like charm.

Realised you do get some errors even if you do a hard reset before the upgrade but as long as you have the default home screen widget you are able to go as far as doing a factory reset from the phone's menu.

Also i cannot be held responsable for any damages made to your phones.

This guide only works on a galaxy 5 that has GT-I5500YKACNX this product code written on the box as that firmware revision is only for CNX ( romania ).

If anyone else manages otherwise , please inform.

In theory if you grab the product phone of your galaxy from the registry ( because it doesn't alter even if you upgrade to different region firmware) and you know the original and correct SoftwareRevision line of the phone you should be able to upgrade back to a original firmware aswell. The thing is , i made the phone look as the older original firmware the phone came with , so it will be upgrade-able and it wouldn't be the latest firmware of that phone region. I'm not sure if spoofing as the latest firmware will let you upgrade it aswell.

Basically my phone out of the box was JH7 JG3 JH2 , but then i upgraded it to Ji1 JG3 Ji2 with kies and afterwards went for the south american froyo with odin. Today it's back to the original firmware thanks to the guides above.

Maybe somebody will try spoofing as this firmware version ( jh7 jg3 jh2) but keeping theyre own ProductCode to the original one and see if they get the latest firmware they remember having before starting to flash through ODIN.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] bienyu:
I think I got this problem, it's the cell broadcast message.

When I got the message, I press menu to disable cell broadcast.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] darktbs7:
Okay i dont know if this is pointless but i am seeing so many repeated questions so this is what ive found.

The usa or latin america version of froyo is the way to go, the asia one will cause problems unless you have the phone that its for with resistive touchscreen

If you are in new zealand the usa froyo will work fine there may be a problem with compass but who really needs a compass.

If you want to use mobile internet you will need to set your apn in the settings to the correct apn for your provider.

Its easy to root the galaxy 5 with universal androot. Ive used it many a time.

Anyway i hope having that all in one simple post helped someone.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] andifds:
hey myshu, I have a I550L from south america, I want to upgrade to Froyo and you said that you "went for the south american froyo with odin." Which is te South american froyo version? this one? -> jh7 jg3 jh2 were did you get that.

Update: I checked regedit Kies and this is what I get I5500LUYJH3/I5500LCHLJH1/I5500LUYJH3/I5500LUYJH3
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] poltn6:
I'll try and find that.

Anyone else have this problem? It seems to have started after updating with kies. Kies is a crappy bit of software by the way!

Have done a factory reset but still have the same few messages which have come through over 20 times each. No point returning the phone as I'm sure it can be fixed with firmware and its still the best value handset around I think.

Tried modifying the registry for kies to try and downgrade but it still recognised that the device has the latest firmware.

Tried Odin to flash an older firmware but after clicking start, it seemed to wait forever waiting to connect. Ended up pulling the battery which was not fun but no harm done this time. Followed all instructions, had the yellow highlighted com port... Odin was on a win7 32 machine. Any ideas on how I can downgrade?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] poltn6:
Where do you find this setting?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Moudyy90:
Thanks 4 da topic ...

I have one question , How can i add the arabic language ? i used the USA froyo pack to upgrade my i5503 ( now it is i5500L i dunno why!)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] poltn6:
Thanks for that. I think it's harder to find the info as it's mostly all in this one thread.

Hopefully the device will have it's own sub-forum some time and all the useful info can be stickied as per any other popular device.

Are there any known problems with running Odin on Windows 7 (32bit)? Didn't work for me.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] myshu:
if you check samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i5500.htm (you need to register first ) you'll see the south american firmware there I5500LUYJP2 .

http://www.multiupload.com/UPKSVCZ7KU for the firmware

As far as the OPS file , you may need one for american phones , the one on the website is for europe phones i guess.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] snkmad:
Thanks that did the trick. :D
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] neolode:
The registry trick will be great once 2.2 gets released in romania thanks myshu

needs more gingerbread
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] kill3r000:
Realeased in Romania YES, great, i cannot wait. But when will it be released for/from mobile operators? 2 weeks, month(s)? :P

Gingerbread ... woohoo ... if that's gonna happen' (anytime) i'll buy another one (no operator contract this time) :P

We don't/will never have Flash support :(( It sucks. But what one could expect from such a nice priced/well equipped/great looking phone?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Tekie:
When you recieve the message enter in it then press the menu key (the first from left) and there will apear an option to turn off the cell brodcast.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] nikhilsamre:
Thanks, I was searching for this solution :D
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Tekie:
You're welcome mate:D
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] chester-lad-2009:
rooting

hi all i have updated my phone with the guild on this forum to 2.2 and now my phone say i5500l and I'm trying to root and none of the root software is working any other way of rooting also recovery and download mode don't work ?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] myshu:
Use Universal androot beta 5 .

Anyone has any ideea how to enable JIT on the galaxy 5 ? seen people that seem to have done that on theyre phones.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] BarkyJ:
I was under the impression this was already enabled on 2.2, or is that not the case?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] poltn6:
I managed to downgrade to ....

Found the problem was I was in the wrong download mode after following instructions here: http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i5500.htm (This puts you in an emergency download mode)

Power + Centre button + Vol down is the correct usage. Also Kies was running in the tray so I closed that down.

When odin is working correctly, as well as the timer, you will see notifications of the various images being applied. This took around 2 minutes on my phone. It does seem to wait for a reboot and a hard reset.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] chester-lad-2009:
works thank you .. what else can i do to my galaxy 5?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] poltn6:
For info...

I've been trying to resolve a multiple received text message issue on the i5500.

I've rolled back the firmware to i5500xxjf1 and still the same problem.

Checked *#*#4636#*#* and found that the smsc is incorrect! It seems to be have a confused smsc for Tesco and 3. The numbers are kind of close but start 07xxx. Unable to modify the number to the correct one. I'm guessing this will be causing the duplicate message problem.

Going to try out a few more firmwares to see if this is resolved in any of the versions and will report back.

Failing that, does anyone know how I can change this (not the hidden testing menu as this has no effect).

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] myshu:
After rooting my phone i installed SystemAppRemover and removed all the preinstalled apps that i did not have any use of such as layar , GTalk messenger , google maps , latitude , street level.

Installed Screen Filter to lower the brightness of white colour to save battery. Installed Cache Cleaner NG.

Installed Root Explorer to delete the dalvik cache right after installing the firmware.

Installed AudioPlayer WithEQ ( which in my oppinion is the best only because it has the option to boost the equalizer and has some nice bass presets that work great on my plug-in earphones and it also affects all other players ).

I've seen phones with modified 2.1.1 and jit enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] nitramgmartin:
Hi everybody,

Anyone noticed that the new function in google map 5 is not working on this phone? Anyone knows why?(multi touch? CPU?)

Martin
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] weirskynet:
i had this fault on o2 a month or so ago i flash firmware back and nothing

the way i got it sorted was hard reset then make sure i used the stock message application and not install others as i was using handcent before when it happeed

it hasnt happened since also i got my number transfered onto a newer simcard

hope this helps

:p
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] sjac89:
poltn6 if ur using the i5500xxjf1 rom try this, while the phone is powered on, hold the power button then turn off "mobile network", report back if it works
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] g.oostema:
Hey guys,

I have a i5503 Thailand version and updated it to the i5500L version.

However it has been kinda buggy.

1. shortcuts to apps get lost sometimes, also in the normal menu

2. i cant activate mobile networkijk

3. wifi reception is less than on 2.1

4. gps is even worse

5. compass is going the wrong way.

6. batt get drainen, 2 hours of app using means empty batt, normal usage is empty within a day.

Is there any solution for the above or else i like to downgrade,

are there any files to downgrade to i5503 thailand version?

tnx
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] BarkyJ:
Just installed SetCPU 2.1.0 for Root Users on my 5503 with Froyo (now 5500L) and found the profile was set on Performance and by the looks of the stats it had never been running at a frequency less at 600Mhz. I changed it to OnDemand and now it scales down to 122Mhz and saves battery.

Rather happy :)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] bienyu:
Try flashing with this firmware: I5500DXJG5

It's the South East Asia version of i5503.

But I can't connect to wifi with that version, so I upgrade to European version.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] poltn6:
The problem seemed to be happening on the latest release via kies.

I flashed a few different versions to test from samfirmware.com

Currently sticking with I5500XWJH4 I think. Problem doesn't seem to be there. After installing, a bunch of the duplicate texts came through but it seems to have stopped now.

I still suspect something weird with te SMSC settings on all of these roms. They are incorrect and you seem to be unable to edit them via the testing menu. Not sure if this even matters but will update if I find out for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] vinokirk:
I am having the multiple SMS problem on two i5500's that I bought for my sisters. As they are not my phones I can not go flashing different firmwares. Hopefully Samsung will release an update over Kies soon to fix this problem.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] tlapapa:
I'm a latin america GT-I5500 user, and there is no official upgrade in Kies for my phone. Where did that latin american firmware come out from?

PDA: I5500LUYJI3

PHONE: I500LUYJI3

CSC: I5500LCTIJI2
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] andho:
Recovery mod

Hi,

Whats the best recovery mod to install on I5500 phones?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] snkmad:
Same here. Now my battery last days.;)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Mino_32:
Hi guys. I have recently upgraded my i5500 to i5500L (south america firmware), the speed is much better than on eclair and now i can watch avi movies without many glitches. :) But what bothers me is GPS. I can't seem to get a lock anywhere. Just waiting and waiting and no signal. It sucks :( Anyone facing the same problem or even better someone who knows how to repair it. Much appreciate any king of help.

P.S. Also battery is not very good but that does not bother me
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] maxidimov:
If the 2.2 update was official, then you would've been able to install it via Kies. ;) As for the GPS problem, I don't know what could be the problem. :( BTW The compass is working fine here. Search for compass in the market and download the app by Catch.com, do what is says and everything will be allright. :)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] BarkyJ:
I have also found that the GPS takes longer to lock on that in 2.1 for some reason. I was in the car today (riding passenger) and it took about 5 minutes before I got a lock, which is rediculous. Clear sky and it saw lots of satellites, just didnt lock on. Have found this numerous times.

I found a fix on the net to change GPS settings to increase the speed to lock on etc, however the code doesnt seem to work on 2.2

Compass - I have tried every compass program and calibration I have found on the market. I believe it is a driver issue, most likely North Hemosphere/South Hemosphere reversal. I think it will just be a case of waiting for the official release for each of our countries in order to get this working, if its currently not working.

Other than that, 2.2 still seems to be working fine.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] darktbs7:
compass works fine for me in new zealand
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Crotoni:
So, i'm new at this forum.

I have Samsung Galaxy 5 and i want it to update to Froyo. I'm from Croatia and there is no official update in Croatia. Is there any way to update it?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] ferrux:
Hi

this Froyo rom has only US/english language or it is still multilanguage

for example one can set italian language ?

Thanks :-)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] ferrux:
hello

how could you rollback to 2.1 ? Did you backup the 2.1 rom ?

Is there a tool for that ? Is it possible to brick the phone while upgrading ?

If yes, it must be thrown away or it can be unzombied ?

Thanx :-)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] ferrux:
---

Hi,

is it possible to brick the phone ? In such case how do I roolback to 2.1 ?

Has the 2.2 solved the GPS problem ?

Thank you .-)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Crotoni:
Can anyone show me guide how to upgrade to Froyo?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] BarkyJ:
Um the guide is on page 1, the very first post...

That is basically all you need to do - but do so at your own risk remember.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] BarkyJ:
Really?

So when you rotate, the needle rotates the other way still pointing north correctly....

Mine does the opposite and moves with you.

Wonder what is different...
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] andifds:
what if I flash my I5500L to froyo WITHOUT .OPS file or WITH OPS for Europe? any problem?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] goforit33:
Ferrux, I solved the GPS problem on my GT-15503T (GPS wasn't working at all) so that its working properly now by following these instructions -

Go to phone dialer and type *#*#1472365#*#* and you are then in an extra config area. Go to

Settings, Parameter Settings, Position Mode, (with first 3 options Standalone, UP MS Based, & UP MS Assisted, ticked) changed to option 3

(which has everything except option 2 & 3 ticked)

Settings, Fix Request Settings, Session Operation, changed from MS-based to Standalone.

Settings, Fix Request Settings, Server Option, changed from Default to Local

gpsOne XTRA, Xtra Enable (changed from disable to enable)

After doing this my GPS works great!

Jeff

Galaxy 5 GT-15503T
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] g.oostema:
tnx, but where do i find that version?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Crotoni:
Do i have to root my phone?

Which firmware can i use (i'm from Croatia)?

Can i mess up my phone?

Is it risky?