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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] gazski:
firmware is the operating system the phone uses to run, the rom is basically the hard drive that holds all the info u need when you do anything on the phone(its more complex than that but this is an easy way of putting it).

I would stick with eclair until the official release of froyo as all froyo firmwares are beta releases so have problems.

as for backing up, y would you want to if you want to run froyo, getting rid of operator customization is the thing most people want to do
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] sketch.droid:
Hey guys..back again, with my new galaxy 3...for the second time after i bricked it... =P

aaaanyway, i upgraded to JPA again, it seems to have more problems this time around tho..minor little hickups during regular use, like lockin up, the phone resets its self, and force close notice.....but nothing major i dont think?!?!.

The WiFi signal is ALWAYS weak tho...i wonder if this is a hardware issue?? or is this a quirk in JPA? I cant remember how it was the first time.

..ok, just a quick question... where exactly are the original (stock) wallpapers located on the phone?

btw, im using "ES File Explorer"
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] abhi0n0nakul:
he is asking something else.. not that rom.....

yes rom (that he is asking, of htc phones etc, rom manager) = firmware in samsung phones..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pvinodchowdary:
rooting

i got a problem in rooting JPB......every time i go into recovery mode n apply update.zip ....it says

E:cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0(or NULL)

(NO such file or directory)

any1 help me out...thnks in advance
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cherubyn:
same here... also the z4root method doesn't work - it just quits. Does anybody know a solution to this problem?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] addicted2088:
Both the update.zip and z4root methods don't work on Froyo.. Use the method described here to root your phone..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=872488
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] JoHnNy08PL:
Stock wallpapers are stored in:

/system/app/TwWallpaperChooser.apk

Unzip it and in /res/drawable-ldpi you have all wallpapers
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] sketch.droid:
hey thanx dude, =)

Was looking for the stock pictures to see what the aspect ratio is on those images. Im making some Tifa Wallpapers and I didnt like them being stretched.

Here it is, incase any of you guys are Tifa fans. :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pvinodchowdary:
tht actually worked...thnks man...ur awesome....
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] stellarroar:
best firmware

Hello people.

I'm a user of the i5801 and i have it rooted. I want to upgrade to froyo. If anyone of you has gone through the 300 pages of this thread, then can you please point out which of the firmwares given in the first page of this thread is the best one for me? I have a slow net connection.

Here are my phone details/specifications:

Build number: ECLAIR.DDJG6

Kernel version: 2.6.29 root@SE-S604#2

Baseband version: I5801DDJG6

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] kyrillos13:
I5800XXJPA is the best available firmware for i5800... i dont know for you. if someone have i5801 help him :)

Merry Christmas
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] stellarroar:
Thanks for the reply kyrillos.

I also want to convey that i'm a user from india and bought the phone here itself.

Thanks!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] addicted2088:
Froyo is only available for the I5800 (Europe version) right now. So basically, if you want Froyo right now, you'll have to flash the Europe firmware, which will make your phone an I5800 (The boot screen will show I5800 after installing Froyo). Also, I think you'll first have to flash a Europe Eclair firmware before upgrading to Froyo on an I5801.

I myself have an I5801 bought in India, but now running as I5800 with Froyo.. Which basically has voided my warranty.. :p
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] stellarroar:
Hey thanks for your reply.

Can you please point out which specific firmware from the list from the first post you have installed on your phone now? Also which eclair firmware did you flash before flashing froyo?

Another query, if you have flashed your firmware with one that is not meant for you then through unrooting and flashing back to the current legal firmware for the phone you can still enjoy warranty right? or not?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] rex4u:
I will suggest you to stick with your current firmware (unless you are feeling adventurous). DDJG6 is one of the most stable FW for I5801.

Froyo should be out officially by January 2011.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] stellarroar:
I'm facing a problem. I used the odin program to flash my firmware to the JPA firmware. Now in odin i get the 7/7 Finished message, but not the 8/8 Finished message. And my phone is hung at the samsung logo.

Please tell me how to do it right.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] davidmat86:
éclair rulezzz

Hey guys,

I've toyed around with froyo (JPA/JPB), but since it's still unreliable, I want to flash back to eclair/2.1.

So, quick question: which is the best eclair / 2.1 firmware?

Is it the latest (JK1), or are some of the older ones (e.g. JI2, JH2, JG6) more stable/faster/better??

Thx
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] toondewachter:
Hi,

I'm from Belgium too ;)

I've had both JG6 and JK1. I think JK1 is probably the best, but I haven't been running it long since I upgraded to Froyo quite quickly; but I've read great comments about JK1 considering stability and battery performance. Do know that Eclair looks quite strange once you got used to Froyo. On top of that I would miss features like the mobile network on and off when you hold the powerbutton, the apps 2 sd and the better RAM management. You might need to install a task killer again.

I'm running JPA again, since JPB was horrible.

I hope they are keeping us waiting for JPC that long in order to come with a superb firmware...

Merry Chrismas to all!

Toon
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pmapma1:
I hope they bring out JPC soon..

Cuz JPB is troubling me and once you install froyo, it is almost immpossible to go back to eclair..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] sketch.droid:
do you mean it's hard to downgrade?? or just that Eclair quite frankly sux compared to Froyo? :D

I know i bricked my phone the first and only time i tried to downgrade...but that may have been my fault, im not too sure just yet.

anyway..im searching for a list of System Apps (bloatware) that are safe to remove. I had a search online but havent found anything regarding Froyo on I5800.

can anyone share a link please?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] precurse:
I'm running JPA with the JPB kernel since yesterday. It's a couple days newer, so I'm not sure what exactly is improved (if anything). I'm assuming it's using different drivers, but can't confirm anything.

I think it's safe to assume that the factory.rfs is causing the ****ty JPB battery life - or whatever daemons run within that particular image.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cherubyn:
Worked! Thanks man! :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] stellarroar:
Is manual flashing the same as the procedure given in the first page?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] stellarroar:
I tried what this post says and i got JPA running.

For everyone who tried to help, a big thanks.

One query now, should i root my phone again in order to get better performance( i.e, good score in quadrant)?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] addicted2088:
Rooting is simply used to give applications access to system files, and to be able to access system files yourself. Does not have any effect on speed.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] stellarroar:
But isnt flashing to JPA, ie, Froyo supposed to increase the performance?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] addicted2088:
Yes, Froyo increases the performance of the phone a lot. But you asked about rooting, which is a completely different thing..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] fogers:
Hello,

im trying to flash my I5800 for the first time. I've downloaded I5800XXJPB.tar, ops file,odin and when i press Boot to select image I5800XXJPB.tar, it says invalid image file...what is the problem?What i'm doing worng.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] rex4u:
You don't have to.

Select "Protect ops" and select OPS file in OPS location bar.

Next tick "One package" and select tar package in last location selection in ODIN on right side.

Good Luck.............
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] addicted2088:
Use JPA right now. JPB has got very poor battery life.. Very poor..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] stellarroar:
Yea but the score i get on quadrant after running it on Froyo (JPA) I'm still getting the score as i got on eclair, around 360. What do I need to do now on JPA to get better performance? Or did i do something wrong while flashing?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] addicted2088:
By performance I meant that Froyo runs a lot smoother, not a lot faster.. And to increase the Quadrant score, JIT (google for what it means) has to be enabled (A froyo feature), which is not currently enabled in our phone. So you won't see an increase in the Quadrant score. But there is a game named Speedx which runs very smoothly on Froyo, but not on Eclair.

So basically, Froyo is a lot smoother. The Gallery is specially about 5 times faster now..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] fogers:
Thanks for info. I will flash then with JPA.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] stellarroar:
ok. I just mentioned the quadrant thing because i saw a video on youtube and the guy got a quadrant score of around 560. Which is what i was wondering about with my phone.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] precurse:
So I think the ambient light sensor is fixed with the JPB kernel... I've tested with a number of long calls and each time the screen has come back after I've pulled it away from my face. The light sensor is a kernel thing anyways. And I still get the same battery life as JPA.

Other people should test it out. If you have JPA already installed, simply modify the JPB tar file - remove EVERYTHING but the zImage file from it and then flash the same way..

Removing everything but that file makes it so there's no risk of permanent bricking, since the bootloaders aren't flashed.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] fogers:
I've flashed with JPB few mins ago and everything works!first time flashing and everything is fine. Will test battery life now using JPB. Thanks guys for help
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] addicted2088:
Yup, the proximity sensor is working correctly for me too after flashing using only the zImage file.. Thanks... Did you notice any other changes after doing this??
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Megapaul:
Thx Sagro you're a life saver!

I flashed to I5800XXJPA, odin says pass but it was stuck on the boot screen, animation came up, saw the blinking samsung logo and afther a while i saw the normal samsung logo and nothing happend.

I resetted my phone by going into recovery, clear all user data and wipe cache.

Then i flashed to I5800XXJG6, everything went fine.

Again, cleared all user date and wipe cache, just to be sure.

Then used odin again to flash to I5800XXJPA.

Took a while to startup but i got Froyo!!

My phone was rooted with superoneclick and i didn't do a reset before the first attempt.

Maybe i should unroot my device and / or do a reset to get it right the first time.

But everything is ok now
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] iomartin:
Hello,

I don't think anyone in their sane mind would go through 304 forum pages, and I'm no different. I did, however, read the last 5 pages to see wheter this rooting method is working.

I entered the android world just yesterday and I'm already very looking forward to rooting my phone (I5800 - bought in Brazil).

But reading the last pages gave me some doubts:

1. Does the method described in the first post works?

2. What firmware is most recommend?

3. What is flashing? Should I do it?

4. The always present warranty concern: can I backup my system and restore it should I need it?

Thank you
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] kyrillos13:
hello.

1. for rooting see here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

2. i think the best firmware now is I5800XXJPA. (you can find here: http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i5800.htm all i5800 firmwares)

3. flashing = install new firmware on your phone.

4. you can backup your applications and setting with titanium backup, but you cannot backup & restore firmware. you download the firmware, you install it and then you restore your apps and setting with titanium backup. the warranty will be ok. but before you go to the service (in case your phone has problem) you should unroot your device... :)

P.S: when you root your phone i recommend you the following apps: adfree & titanium backup.

happy new year... :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] precurse:
Haven't noticed anything else yet, but I actually find JPA very stable now. It must be very close to release.

.. Still no problems with the screen staying off after a call. This really pleases me.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] addicted2088:
Yeah, JPA is pretty stable. If only JIT was enabled.. :(
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] sirtbhopal:
Dude i have I5801 from India

I had JG5 and i flashed JG6, JP9, JPA and JPB till time...

the best firmware is JPA till yet..

If u dunt care abt Warranty, then just flashed JPA

u can restore your bootscreen (refer http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=871249 )

then just root it via SuperoneClick and Njoy with Live wallpapers.. :)

I used it and i have Version JPB + normal I5801 bootscreen + rooted via SuperoneClick + live wallpapers.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] precurse:
If you already have the 5801 screen, then just don't flash the boot.bin and Sbl.bin files.. Those are the bootloader files that change it to I5800. If you delete those 2 files from the .tar file, then there is no chance of permanently bricking the phone.. And you don't have to revert back to the I5801 picture.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] CABI88:
Hey there...got problem with JPA and JPB. I have upgraded firmware with One Package -Odin from samfirmwares.com but after rebooting it freezes on Boot screen (GT-I5800..samsung). What can i do now?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Megapaul:
That solved the problem for me.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] CABI88:
I will try it but i cant wipe user data...it freezes on "Formating data..."
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] toondewachter:
Hi,

I think you should try to put it in download mode again and flash an older firmware first, then try Jpa again. I wouldn't go with Jpb, since it's not that good.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] CABI88:
Ok thx i will try flash JG7 or JG6 now and than flash JPA
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] CABI88:
Ooooou yes! :D Thanks guys !
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] iomartin:
Thank you for the quick reply! :D

I'm going to root and flash pretty soon, I just have a few other doubts.

Let me see if I got it right: Using SuperOneClick, I'll only root the phone. Any reason why I shouldn't root to level 3 (full root)? To do stuff such as overclocking I need level 3, right?

After rooting, comes flashing. Does the firware region (Europe, America, etc.) matters? (i.e. should I only use a firmware that was made for my region?) And a more stupid question: is America = USA or America the continent? My phone in Brazilian. Are the firmwares available in http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i5800.htm only official Android versions or are they ROMs?

Is there a list of available ROMs? Any recommendations?

And my final concern: what are the chances of bricking?

Thank you!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] anujsh:
Wifi problem after froyo upgraded

Installing froyo was so easy with the guidegiven here. It worked like charm everything is too good but one strange problem with wifi when I use it works like charm but when I put something on download n lock the screen the wifi goes in sleep mode automatically even if I put it in never sleep mode in advanced wifi setting after I unlock the wifi restart I dont know what to do. Please tell me how to keep wifi on even when I lock the screen.

I JUST WANT MY WIFI SHOULDNT SLEEP JUST SO THAT I CAN DOWNLOAD THE FILES. PLEASE GIVE ME A GUIDE GUYS.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] adam112:
rooting

Hi

I try root I5800XXJPB with Z4ROOT and the other two, but nothing happens.

Anything?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] addicted2088:
Try this method. It will work..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=872488
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Ano59:
Well, I did it... :D Oh, wait...did you say "sane mind" ? :D :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] adam112:
Many thanks
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] i_rnb:
I hav d 4th prb of urs.. Bt i did a factory reset nd it strtd to wrk agn.. Btw i cm to knw that JPA has some prb with stock msg. app.. So i nd to knw which firmware did u flash??

Btw y u r using KIES..?? mass storage,media player n usb tethering are not engh for u???
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] unreal3000:
...

im new 2 android....and never heard of level 3 root....anyone mind explaining??

i realy wanna overclock...(lets face it the fone is capable of much more :P )

btw my phone is galxy 3 i5801 india JG6 with live walllpapers

if ur using live wallpapers get set cpu and set it sothat cpu is underclocked when screen is turned off realy improves battery backup :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] NinjaZec:
Ok i really need help now i have searched and tryed every possible solution on this thing and i mannaged to get my adhoc network wisible with (*) in front of it but i cant connect to it it's trying to get the ip and it is allways unseccesfull, i have rooted my device and i am using 2.1
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] sketch.droid:
Same here..apparently "reading" is how you learn about things. :D :D :D

but im insane...and in denial...user-friendly, and radioactive. :confused:
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] shajumohamed:
hey did anyone try the new honeycomb music player on this phone? it doesnt install on my phone. the demo videos of the app looks gr8.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] toondewachter:
Don't worry, I read all of them too... :D :cool:
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bu14:
can anyone tell me when will the jpc release?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Techie87:
ofcourse we can ...

sooner or later ;)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] tirth_128:
I just saw that some1 ported gingerbread on spica 5700 is it true I mean if thats true m sure it can ne brought to our phone as well. It will b the best day ever
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] rex4u:
Yes guys WHY NOT !

Our phone is far more powerful than Spica but probably we don't have engineers who could port it :(
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] diamond_4g64:
hi i am from canada and i have a gt-i5800l locked for telus. I see here that there is a 2.2 version for europe;

1-can i instal a europe version on a canadian model?

2-i installed z4boot on my phone and since i have done the root my phone lags ALOT. i had to reset to factory specs because i constantly had twinstal force close. now that it is reset the phone seems ok, i reinstalled it and it seems to work ok.

3-i cant get the drivers to work and when i connect the phone in debug mode the computer constantly tells me that i need to instal a cd

4-when i open super user and go to upgrade su binary this happens; automatic update failed, an error occurred and su was not updated. a zip file(su-2..1-bin-signed.zip) has been placed on your sdcard, please reboot into recovery mode and flash it to update your su binary. how do i do that!!? Ok I GOT IT!!! We cant use super user in temporary root!!!

5-can i, before i change firmware, make a save file of my phone software on my computer and how?

sorry if i repeat some treads, i tried reading the posts but its is getting long when there are 300 of them ;op

ALSO; when i select the one package option on odin must i select the entire zip file or must i unzip before (when trying to unzip i am asked a code...?)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] iomartin:
Level 3 root is just a name that the developer of SuperOneClick gave:

Guys, can I use any firmware, regardless of what region my phone is from?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Aj264:
It is true...the port is still in alpha stage there is a video posted you can see on the internet and in comparison with sg3 i think spica had a 800 mhz processor..but thats not a requirement for gingerbread i think..to port gingerbread one would need to compile the gingerbread sourcecode with the particular phone's drivers for the rom..

with the release of nexus s and gingerbread's source code, if anyone can port the driver's for gingerbread..i think it can be done for this phone as well.

i don't think we even have the sg3 froyo stock rom kernel source code..and eclair is outdated.

leave it to the devs to figure this stuff out..:p

sg3 needs something like a cyanogen mod..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] diamond_4g64:
ok is this ok

- com port mapping; 1 (com15)

-option one package checked

-select ops ; apollo_0531.ops

-one package ; i5800xxjp9.rar

is i5800lvijg8.rar a 2.2 froyo version?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] zavisa:
No, one package must be .tar
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] diamond_4g64:
how do i make it a .tar, i downloaded the firmware that came in form of .rar and if i try unziping it i am asked for a code.. what code?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] toondewachter:
My God! Didn't you see? I do hope you downloaded the file from www.samfirmware.com? In that case, the password for the file would be "samfirmware.com".

You should read a little more man, or else I wouldn't flash firmware on the phone... Are you sure you know what you're doing?

BTW; I would recommend you to flash JPA instead.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] rex4u:
People sometimes just overlook due to excitement or nervousness :). Not a big deal buddy but yes, be CAREFUL WITH FLASHING. Don't indulge if you have any doubts or fear.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bubbles19666:
Cannot Start GalaxyS_I9000_One-Click_Root

Hi everybody.

I using the i5800 with the current firmware 2.2 I5800XXJPB found in this post.

I installed it with the Odin Uploader and the instructions in the beginning of this thread.

Now I want to unroot the phone in order to get my GPS Bug solved. For unknown reasons octy`s tools won`t do their magic on my phone.

So I´ve tried the GalaxyS_I9000_One-Click_Root program which fails to start with following error:

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Galaxy S I9000 One-Click Root.exe - Application Error
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The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application.
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OK
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My computer runs on Windows 7 x64 Professional and I`ve already tried starting the program with the "Compatibility Settings Windows XP SP2".

.Net Framework is installed and reboot won`t help either.

I hope someone can help me fix this application start problem, so that I can start using Google Maps ;)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] addicted2088:
Here. Try this method to unroot your phone..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=872488
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bubbles19666:
Thanks for your quick reply.

I try all the methods until it works :)

I will keep you uptodate about my progress here.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bubbles19666:
Looks like SuperOneClick unrooted my device.

After installation of BusyBox I installed FasterFix (current version from market) to solve my GPS Problems.

I`ve set a custom NTP path but it looks like it doesn`t work either...

Any ideas or suggestions to get my GPS running :( ?

Edit:

Perhaps someone can tell how I can do this

I`m sorry for asking these questions, but I searched and didn`t find a way to do this.

(With Terminal Emulator, I was not able to perform these steps :( )
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bubbles19666:
After additional reading, I tried Android Terminal, which should be able to do the trick.

But I cannot use the command "remount" because it is not found....

Copying a news gps.conf file would now work, if I could make the filesystem writeable/readable...