Galaxy 3

How to Backup Firmware from Kies Upgrade Process

2011-08-10T02:29:00.001-07:00

I have read lots of queries from users in many forums asking how can they extract firmware files from kies while kies is upgrading their phones. In all, I found no answers but questions. I thus decided to provide a simple answer to this long asked question.
I first downgraded my phone by flashing it with S8500XXJF4_Full firmware so that kies will detect an upgrade for me. Yes, when I connected the phone kies detected a firmware upgrade to S8500XXJL2.

Now read on to see how to save the firmware files during kies upgrade process.

1. On your pc, windows explorer, check the option "Show hidden files, folders, and drivers".

2. Now connect your phone to pc via kies to begin the firmware upgrade.

3. Kies will begin to download the firmware files...
a. The files will be saved under a tmp file called "tmp****.tmp"

(NB: **** can be any letters or numbers, e.g. In my two times of upgrade via kies,
first timethe tmp files was "tmpA4CE.tmp", and on the second it was "tmpD900.tmp"

b. In Windows 7, this tmp file is located at, C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp

(NB: * is the pc user session name, e.g. C:\Users\Spacks\AppData\Local\Temp)

4. When download is complete, kies decompresses this tmp file into a folder called

"tmp****.tmp.zipfolder" and begins the firmware upgrading process.

a. The folder has same name as the tmp file but now with an extention of .zipfolder.

(So scroll through the folders in the same directory to locate it).

b. When kies begins the upgrade process starting from 1% until it reaches 100%,

quickly copy the "tmp****.tmp.zipfolder" to your desktop.

You have about 2 to 3 minutes to do this. Kies will delete the folder once upgrade is 100% (completed).

5. The "tmp****.tmp.zipfolder" contains all the firmware files kies has used to upgrade your phone.

Now you have a backup of official firmware from kies. This is also useful in case kies fails to complete the upgrade process.
Just use the saved files and manually flash your phone using multiloader.

Finally, I attach some screenshots for further assistance.

ATTACHMENTS

: Contents of the tmp_tmpzipfolder

: Folder to be copied to desktop

: Summary

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Galaxy 3 Features

2011-07-09T01:48:00.001-07:00

General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2010, June
Status Available. Released 2010, July

SIZE
I5801
Dimensions 113.5 x 55 x 12.6 mm
Weight 113 g

I5800
Dimensions 113.5 x 55 x 12.9 mm
Weight 109 g

DISPLAY
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 240 x 400 pixels, 3.2 inches
Features - Touch Wiz 3.0
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Multi-touch input method

SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
- DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)

MEMORY
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB

DATA
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2)
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

CAMERA
Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
Features Geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary No

SOFTWARE
OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2
CPU Samsung S5P6422 667 MHz processor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Colors Black, White
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- Orange Application Shop
- Orange Maps, Orange TV, Orange Push Email
- Contact Back & Restore, Orange Photo
- Digital compass
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- Organizer
- Document editor(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk integration
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input

BATTERY
Type Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 620 h (2G) / Up to 480 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 15 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 15 min (3G)

Android Basics

2011-07-09T01:47:00.001-07:00

1) Android Basics

Introduction:

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. Google Inc. purchased the initial developer of the software, Android Inc., in 2005. Android's mobile operating system is based on the Linux kernel. Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance collaborated on Android's development and release. TheAndroid Open Source Project (AOSP) is tasked with the maintenance and further development of Android. The Android operating system is currently the world's best-selling Smartphone platform.

Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of the devices. There are currently over 200,000 apps available for Android. Android Market is the online app store run by Google, though apps can also be downloaded from third-party sites. Developers write primarily in the Java language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.

The unveiling of the Android distribution on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 80 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. Google released most of the Android code under the Apache License, a free software and open source license.

The Android open-source software stack consists of Java applications running on a Java-based, object-oriented application framework on top of Java core libraries running on a Dalvik virtual machine featuring JIT compilation. Libraries written in C include the surface manager, OpenCore media framework, SQLite relational database management system, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API, WebKit layout engine, SGL graphics engine, SSL, and Bionic libc. The Android operating system, including the Linux kernel, consists of roughly 12 million lines of code including 3 million lines of XML, 2.8 million lines of C, 2.1 million lines of Java, and 1.75 million lines of C++.

Version history

2.1 Eclair

Changelog:

Sync: Expanded Account sync. Multiple accounts can be added to a device for email and contact synchronization
Email: Exchange support, Combined inbox to browse email from multiple accounts in one page.
Bluetooth: 2.1 support
Contacts: Tap a contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person.
Messaging: Search all saved SMS and MMS messages. Auto delete oldest messages in a conversation when a defined limit is reached.
Camera: Flash support, Digital zoom, Scene mode, White balance, Color effect, Macro focus
Virtual keyboard: Improved typing speed, smarter dictionary learns from word usage and includes contact names as suggestions.
Browser: Refreshed UI, Bookmark thumbnails, Double-tap zoom, Support for HTML5
Calendar: Agenda view enhanced, Attending status for each invitee, Invite new guests to events.
System: Optimized hardware speed, Revamped UI
Display: Support for more screen sizes and resolutions, Better contrast ratio
Maps: Improved Google Maps 3.1.2
MotionEvent class enhanced to track multi-touch events
Live Wallpapers: Home screen background images can be animated to show movement

2.2 Froyo

Changelog:

System: Speed, memory, and performance optimizations
Additional application speed improvements courtesy of JIT implementation
Integration of Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine into the Browser application
Improved Microsoft Exchange support (security policies, auto-discovery, GAL look-up, calendar synchronization, remote wipe)
Improved application launcher with shortcuts to Phone and Browser applications
USB tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot functionality
Added an option to disable data access over mobile network
Updated Market application with batch and automatic update features
Quick switching between multiple keyboard languages and their dictionaries
Voice dialing and contact sharing over Bluetooth
Support for numeric and alphanumeric passwords
Support for file upload fields in the Browser application
Support for installing applications to the expandable memory
Adobe Flash support
Support for extra high DPI screens (320 dpi), such as 4" 720p

2.3 Gingerbread

Changelog:

System: Updated user interface design for simplicity and speed
Display: Support for extra-large screen sizes and resolutions (WXGA and higher)
Internet calling: Native support for SIP VoIP telephony
Virtual Keyboard: Faster, more intuitive text input, improved accuracy, better suggested text. Voice input mode
Copy/Paste: Enhanced. Select a word by press-hold, copy, and paste.
Near Field Communication lets the user read an NFC tag embedded in a poster, sticker, or advertisement.
New audio effects such as reverb, equalization, headphone virtualization, and bass boost
System: Improved power management with a more active role in managing apps that are keeping the device awake for too long.
Download Manager gives the user easy access to any file downloaded from the browser, email, or another application.
Camera: Access multiple cameras on the device, including a front-facing camera, if available.
Media: Support for WebM/VP8 video playback, and AAC audio encoding
System: Enhanced support for native code development
Audio, graphical, and input enhancements for game developers
Concurrent garbage collection for increased performance
Native support for more sensors (such as gyroscopes and barometers)
Switched from YAFFS to ext4 on newer devices

Android Architecture

FEATURES OF ANDROID

Handset layouts The platform is adaptable to larger, VGA, 2D graphics library, 3D graphics library based on OpenGL ES 2.0 specifications, and traditional smartphone layouts.
Storage SQLite, a lightweight relational database, is used for data storage purposes
Connectivity Android supports connectivity technologies including GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (no connections through Proxy server and no Ad hoc wireless network), LTE, NFC and WiMAX.
Messaging SMS and MMS are available forms of messaging, including threaded text messaging and now Android Cloud To Device Messaging Framework(C2DM) is also a part of Android Push Messaging service.
Multiple Language Support Multiple languages are available on Android. The number of languages more than doubled for the platform 2.3 Gingerbread. Android lacks font rendering of several languages even after official announcements[citation needed] of added support (e.g. Hindi).
Web browser The web browser available in Android is based on the open-source WebKit layout engine, coupled with Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. The browser scores a 93/100 on the Acid3 Test.
Java support While most Android applications are written in Java, there is no Java Virtual Machine in the platform and Java byte code is not executed. Java classes are compiled into Dalvik executables and run on the Dalvik virtual machine. Dalvik is a specialized virtual machine designed specifically for Android and optimized for battery-powered mobile devices with limited memory and CPU. J2ME support can be provided via third-party applications.
Media support Android supports the following audio/video/still media formats: WebM, H.263, H.264 (in 3GP or MP4 container), MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB (in 3GP container), AAC, HE-AAC (in MP4 or 3GP container), MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF (though earlier versions do not support animated GIFs, BMP.
Streaming media support RTP/RTSP streaming (3GPP PSS, ISMA), HTML progressive download (HTML5 <video> tag). Adobe Flash Streaming (RTMP) and HTTP Dynamic Streaming are supported by the Flash plugin. Apple HTTP Live Streaming is supported by RealPlayer for Mobile, and by the operating system in Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). Microsoft Smooth Streaming is planned to be supported through the awaited port of Silverlight plugin to Android.
Additional hardware support Android can use video/still cameras, touchscreens, GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, dedicated gaming controls, proximity and pressure sensors, thermometers, accelerated 2D bit blits (with hardware orientation, scaling, pixel format conversion) and accelerated 3D graphics.
Multi-touch Android has native support for multi-touch which was initially made available in handsets such as the HTC Hero. The feature was originally disabled at the kernel level (possibly to avoid infringing Apple's patents on touch-screen technology at the time). Google has since released an update for the Nexus One and the Motorola Droid which enables multi-touch natively.
Bluetooth Supports A2DP, AVRCP, sending files (OPP), accessing the phone book (PBAP), voice dialing and sending contacts between phones. Keyboard, mouse and joystick (HID) support is available through manufacturer customizations and third-party applications. Full HID support is planned for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).
Video calling Android does not provide native video calling support, but some handsets have a customized version of the operating system that support it, either via the UMTS network (like the Samsung Galaxy S) or over IP. Video calling through Google Talk is available in Android 2.3.4 and later.
Multitasking Multitasking of applications is available.
Voice based features Google search through voice has been available since initial release. Voice actions for calling, texting, navigation, etc. are supported on Android 2.2 onwards.
Tethering Android supports tethering, which allows a phone to be used as a wireless/wired hotspot. Prior to Android 2.2 this was supported by third-party applications or manufacturer customizations.
Screen Capture Android does not currently support screenshot capture. This is supported by manufacturer and third-party customizations.

Samsung Android Secret Code

2010-11-06T23:14:00.000-07:00

*#*#4636#*#* - Phone Information
*2767*3855# - Hard Reset
*#*#7780#*#* - Factory Reset
*#*#7594#*#* - Change End Call/Power Option
*#*#197328640#*#* - Service Mode
*#*#273283*255*663282*#*#* - File Copy Screen (Backup Media Files)
*#*#526#*#* - WLAN Test
*#*#232338#*#* - Shows WiFi MAC address
*#*#1472365#*#* - GPS Test
*#*#1575#*#* - Another GPS test
*#*#232331#*#* - Bluetooth test

*#*#232337#*# - Shows Bluetooth device address
*#*#8255#*#* - GTalk Service Monitor

Codes to launch various Factory Tests:

*#*#0283#*#* - Packet Loopback
*#*#0*#*#* - LCD test
*#*#0673#*#* - Melody test
*#*#0842#*#* - Device test (Vibration test and BackLight test)
*#*#2663#*#* - Touch screen version
*#*#2664#*#* - Touch screen test
*#*#0588#*#* - Proximity sensor test
*#*#3264#*#* - RAM version

Codes to get Firmware version information:

*#*#4986*2650468#*#* - PDA, Phone, H/W, RFCallDate
*#*#1234#*#* - PDA and Phone
*#*#1111#*#* - FTA SW Version
*#*#2222#*#* - FTA HW Version
*#*#44336#*#* - PDA, Phone, CSC, Build Time, Changelist number

HOW TO ROOT

2010-11-02T06:16:00.000-07:00

Actually it's possibile to root I5800 using "One Click Root/UnRoot I9000 (Eclair and Froyo) Mac and PC" that you can find here. I used the OSX version.

WINDOWS VERSION

1. Make sure your phone is on USB Debug mode: (MENU > Settings > Applications > Developement > USB debugging = Checked )
2. For Windows x86 and x64 systems make sure that the Samsung Drivers are installed. You can get them here.
3. Extract the contents of GalaxyS_I9000_One-Click_Root.rar to a folder.
4. Connect your phone to your PC via the USB cable and launch the file "Galaxy S I9000 One-Click Root" file.
5. Based on the version of the Operating System you are running, click the "One-Click Root 2.1" button for Eclair or "One-Click Root 2.2" for Froyo Warning: Not Both!!. This will launch a command prompt follow the instructions in the CMD window.

OSX VERSION

0. Copy root.zip to your SD root and rename it as update.zip (you'll find this inside the package)
1. Make sure your phone is on USB Debug mode: (MENU > Settings > Applications > Developement > USB debugging = Checked )
2. Connect the phone to your computer.
3. Eject both the internal and external SD card from your computer and turn off USB storage in the notification area.
4. Click one of the buttons depending on what you want to do
5. After the phone has rebooted into recovery select "apply sdcard:update.zip", use volume buttons and home button to select.

Superuser app issue: Found out the issue with Superuser App crash. If you install new superuser 2.3.1 the app will crash if you click on the Info Tab. The first Time you One-Click Root you will need to run something as superuser which will add an item the superuser will track then the Info Tab will not Force Close and will display details of the tracked app requesting root access. New Superuser bug but easily ignored.

HOW TO UNROOT:

WINDOWS VERSION

1. Make sure your phone is on USB Debug mode: (MENU > Settings > Applications > Developement > USB debugging = Checked )
2. For Windows x86 and x64 systems make sure that the Samsung Drivers are installed. You can get them here.
3. Extract the contents of GalaxyS_I9000_One-Click_Root.rar to a folder.
4. Connect your phone to your PC via the USB cable and launch the file "Galaxy S I9000 One-Click Root" file.
5. Based on the version of the Operating System you are running, click the "One-Click Root 2.1" button for Eclair or "One-Click Root 2.2" for Froyo Warning: Not Both!!. This will launch a command prompt follow the instructions in the CMD window.

OSX VERSION

0. Copy unroot.zip to your SD root and rename it as update.zip (you'll find this inside the package)
1. Make sure your phone is on USB Debug mode: (MENU > Settings > Applications > Developement > USB debugging = Checked )
2. Connect the phone to your computer.
3. Eject both the internal and external SD card from your computer and turn off USB storage in the notification area.
4. Click one of the buttons depending on what you want to do
5. After the phone has rebooted into recovery select "apply sdcard:update.zip", use volume buttons and home button to select.

LeshaK at Samdroid: for the original rooted-update.zip.
Dr.Hani Akrim for the original rooted-update.zip for 2.2 Froyo.
gunnarhafdal : for creating the Mac GUI for my app.
TGA_Gunnmann: for the original version
sosotris: check here

DOWNLOAD ONE CLICK ROOT/UNROOT FOR GALAXY I9000/I5800 HERE

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GPS FIX:

I5800 has many trouble with gps fix. To solve this just change NTP server in gps.conf located in system/etc. The simple way to do this is using FasterFix that you can download here: http://www.bernardbekker.nl/Files/FasterFixv92.apk
Attention Root is required!
Change NTP depending on your location. For a full list of NTP server visit http://www.ntp.org/.

You can create also a gps.conf file like this:

NTP_SERVER=it.pool.ntp.org
XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
SUPL_PORT=7276

and change NTP_SERVER with the one of your area.

To push gps_conf in system/etc you can also use ADB (you'll find it into root/unroot package):

From terminal wrote:

Code:

adb shell

and then type:

Code:

su
remount rw
cat /sdcard/gps.conf > /system/etc/gps.conf
reboot

live wallpapers, a msg pop ups "the application livewallpapers has stopped unexpectedly. please try again"

2010-11-02T06:14:00.000-07:00

If ever prompts of live wallpapers,
a msg pop ups "the application livewallpapers has stopped unexpectedly. please try again"

It was a problem with the owner/group settings.
Incase anyone else has the same problem do this.

su
mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system
chown root.root /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
chown root.root /system/lib/librs_jni.so
chown root.root /system/lib/libRS.so

Samsung Galaxy 3 GT-i5800/i5801: Enable Live Wallpapers

2010-11-02T06:02:00.000-07:00

1) You need to root your i5800/i5801, you can find a tutorial here. An alternate method to root was described here

If it seems too much nerdy, download Z4Root from android market. Be quick, anytime google may remove it from market. So download and take a backup. Or search on internet.

2) Download and unrar "sdcard.rar" (attached to this thread) in your SD Card

3) Download Terminal Emulator from the market (http://www.androlib.com/android.appl...term-zxnC.aspx)

4) Start terminal emulator from your i5800/i5801 and write (in orders):

Code:

su
mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
cat /sdcard/libRS.so > /system/lib/libRS.so
cat /sdcard/librs_jni.so > /system/lib/librs_jni.so
reboot

When you write "su" and press enter, terminal ask for root permission, give it

5) Once rebooted you can use live wallpapers

Download sdcard