App2sd Ready on i5700 spica

i will make this guide easiest
to update your firmware with LK2.xx

first make sure your devices is redy:

1. At least you must have installed LK2.02 + update, any Android 2.1 firmware (it will be completely replaced by SamdroidMod)
2. If you have had installed SamdroidMod firmware all your data must be saved, in other cases, device can have problems with booting (endless rebooting, or do not boot at all), to fix this enter Recovery, select Wipe → Wipe data/cache.

if not redy yet, then let us make it ready first.













2. put the file your allready download to odin like this one
4. then start flashing. this mean format your PDA memory.
during flashing proccess all button in oddin will be disabled for a minutes, wait untill all button enabled, this stage mean your PDA has beed formated.

5. put full-lwmod in odin as one package and chack one package as option and debug only in as debug option


6. then start flashing and wait 5 - 7 minutes.

if finished your system is LightweightMod v2.2

A new version of the mod, is now fully up to its name -
it contains a minimum applications set and has a very small amount of modifications.



And what you get in this mod is

• installed Root_LkUpdate_v3: su, busybox, remount (by Leshak), description
  
• Pantheon removed and instead installed HelixLauncher v1.2a (by Mohd Faruq), description
• installed a modified Phone v26.1 @ 0212 (by cyt0wn), description
• installed keyboard from HTC lowres v4 (by Jonas Larsson), description
• installed EStrongs File Explorer, description
• updated Google Maps to v4.1.1

Removed applications:

All removed applications have been rebuilt and signed.
Now they can be installed as normal applications:
from SD card or via "adb install". Get here: narod.ru, rapidshare.com

• BluetoothIcon.apk
• DivXRegCode.apk
• Email.apk
• Facebook1.1.2.apk
• Gallery.apk
• LatinIME.apk
• LatinImeTutorial.apk
• Layar304-final-market.apk
• MetaMidpPlayer.apk
• MidpPlayer.apk
• MyFiles.apk
• MySpace1.7.apk
• VoiceRecorder.apk
• VoiceSearch.apk
• WifiIcon.apk
• YouTube.apk

but app2sd is not ready yet see u tomorrow

then download do this

1. Download '.zip' файл: LK2-02-1_update.zip
2. Copy it as .zip file to root of SD card! (mount or with help adb)
3. Download and extract Kernel: i5700_LK2-02_PDA.zip
4. Use boot and ops you allready Download it
   
5. Flash i5700_LK2-xx_PDA by Odin as PDA file as debug only.
6. Kernel will flash and Spica reboot and enter in Recovery

after that you will see


select "apply any zip from SD':


select: LK2-xx_update.zip
press Ок + Home for confirm


when you see "Install from sd card complete" press ОК for reboot.

Now we have

1. Full rebuils Spica Linux Kernel from Samsung sources, plus:
- full root in adb (you can use cp etc, not only cat)
- root - su+Superuser
- add Netfilter/iptables (Walldroid, Wifi Tether)
- support ext2/ext3/ext4
- cifs (smb - support windows network shares)
- squashfs (for recovery utils)

2. Recovery
- apply update.zip files (android install/update system)
- samdroid backup - create .tar file (system + data), restore via Odin
- wipe (data, cache, dalvik-cache)
- you can repartition your SD card on 2 partituions FAT32 + ext2 for install application os SD card apps2sd All your data on SD card will be delete!!!

3. Apps2sd based on CyanogenMod apps2sd
- you can move your applications from internal memory to SD card when you want, simple create two partitions on SD FAT32 + ext2/3/4

thank to samdroid.net

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Speed Forge 3D v1.2.2

Speed Forge 3D (Updated to v1.2)

MARS 2142....
It has been 60 years since the colonization and thousands of factories and mines have sprung up across miles of the inhospitable Red Planet.
In the past decade, industries prospered leading to vast settlements of over half a million inhabitants.
Crime is rampant, time is abundant and the citizens are looking for some entertainment...
"Speed Forge": Heavy duty hover vehicles, normally used for mining are now seen in illegal races organized in abondoned factories and dark Marsian alleys. The rock crushing explosives once used in these machines now serve a different purpose...

Important game features:
* Full 3D graphics
* Realistic physic simulation
* 6 very different tracks
* 3 vehicles (each with different physical properties)
* Weaponry: mines and homing rockets

New in version 1.2
* Sensitivity setting added to options
* 2 acceleration mode (auto and by phone tilt)
* 3 Difficulty levels
* Some minor bugs fixed

It is recommended to turn off music to increase game performance.

We've been informed that the game has some compatibility problems with Samsung i7500/Galaxy (some graphic artifacts and only 2 frames per second).

Update We contacted Samsung support. Games is being tested on a newest Galaxy software. We are very sorry for inconvenience.

Screenshots:

download apk here

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Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica Android 2.1 Flashing Guide

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This is a complete guide to flash (upgrade) your Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica to Android 2.1 (firmware EXXJCE (March 2010)). I have test it on my own Spica with firmware version DXIL1 and two of my friends with firmware version DXJA1 and it really worked. You can use this guide to upgrade your Spica at your own risk and don’t blame me if you turn out your Spica into a bricked device .

What you need:

• Firmware I570EXXJCE (I570EXXJCE.zip)
• Odin Multi Downloader + spica_jc3.ops (Odin_v4.03_spica_jc3_ops.rar)
• Boot loader file (jb4_bootloader.rar)
• CSC file (I570EOLBJB3-CSC-CL167487-OLB.tar)
• Samsung USB driver for I5700 (available in your Samsung New PC Studio CD)
• Samsung USB cable

Before start checklist:

• Check your firmware using *#1234#
• Backup your data (contacts, sms, etc)
• Ensure that your phone battery power is sufficient
• Release the SIM lock (check SIM lock status using *#7465625#)
• Extract all required files into a folder (those files will be: I570EXXJCE.zip –> I570EXXJCE.tar; Odin_v4.03_spica_jc3_ops.rar –> Odin Multi Downloader v4.03.exe, spica_jc3.ops; jb4_bootloader.rar –> I570EXXJA1_CLI32638_Bootloader.tar, I570XXJB4_Phone.tar; I570EOLBJB3-CSC-CL167487-OLB.tar).
• Shutdown or disable Antivirus and Samsung PC Studio if any.

How to flash:

Preparation

1. Shutdown your phone and remove the SIM Card and SDCard.
2. Press “volume down + power button + camera“ to put the phone into download mode.


Spica Download Mode

3. Connect the phone to PC using USB cable. You can check the connection in Windows device manager, make sure that your phone is properly detected by Windows like picture below


Windows Device Manager

4. Run the Odin Multi Download v4.03.exe. If your phone is properly detected, the Com Port Mapping field should be in yellow background.

Flash I

1. Select spica_jc3.ops into Select OPS field
2. Select I570EXXJCE.tar into Selet Integrate Package – Choose One Package Option field
3. Tick the One Package option
4. Click Start to start flashing. The timer and progress bar above COM Port Mapping field should start . If the progress bar doesn’t start but the timer continue to run , close Odin and disconnect the phone from PC. Remove and insert the battery and start the phone in download mode again, then run Odin.
5. Wait until PASS message appear in Message box and the progress bar box turns into blue.
6. At this step, you may get the flashing seems to be failed, and you’ll see exclamation mark appears like image shown below. Don’t worry, this is not the end of your spica, close the Odin and disconnect the phone from PC.



7. Remove and insert the battery, start the phone in download mode then run Odin again and follow the steps in Flash II.



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Flash II

1. Keep spica_jc3.ops in Select OPS field.
2. Click Reset Files to clear the fields.
3. In Select Images to download panel, Select I570EXXJA1_CLI32638_Bootloader.tar into BOOT field,I570XXJB4_Phone.tar into PHONE field, I570EOLBJB3-CSC-CL167487-OLB.tar into CSA field, and let the PDAfield empty.
4. In Debug Option panel, tick Debug Only and PDA Format option. Don’t tick One Package option in Option Panel.
5. Click Start and watch the progress bar and timer, wait untill PASS message appear on Message box.
6. Disconect the phone from PC, remove and insert the battery, start the phone in download mode again then continue to Flash III.



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Flash III

1. Keep spica_jc3.ops in Select OPS field.
2. Click Reset Files to clean the fields.
3. In Select Images to download panel, Select I570EXXJCE.tar into PDA field.
4. If you get an error dialog, rename the I570EXXJCE.tar into I570EXXJCE_PDA.tar and insert into PDA field again.
5. Don’t select One Package option and Debug Option.
6. Click Start and watch the progress bar and timer, wait untill PASS message appear on Message box.
7. The phone will restart and you will get the Eclair screen .


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Now you have the new Eclair in your Spica, but wait, firmare EXXJCE is french firmware, so you’ll get your Spica language in French, to change the language, enter paramètres menu at bottom corner then choose Paramètres de langue then Langue et règion and select your language.

Rooting Your New Eclair

In some cases, you may need your Spica to be rooted in order to install some applications like shootme, my favourite screen capture application. This is just optional, you don’t have to follow this step. I use LkMod v2.5.1 by Leshak that based on EXXJCE firmware to get my Spica rooted and get some additional features like live wallpaper and custom logo while booting my Spica.

LkMod 2.5.1 features:

• New phone.apk (from xdadev)
• Helixlauncher as default home (can be switched with default Pantheon)
• Live wallpaper
• Root (su)
• Busybox
• Remount
• fdump for backup
• Custom logo

What you need:

• LkMod v.2.5.1
• GNU tar for windows (optional if you wan’t to change the logo)

Create your custom logo (Optional)

Default logo comes with LkMod can be replaced with your own logo, you can replace the logo with your own using Photoshop or other image manipulating software.

How to change the logo:

1. Install the GNU tar for windows, default location is on C:\Program Files\GnuWin32
2. Extract LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.7z and you’ll get LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.tar
3. Extract LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.tar and you’ll get four files: cache.rfs, datafs.rfs, logo.png and zImage.
4. Create your own logo with 320×480 size and PNG file type. Warning: The size of logo file must be between 30-40 kb or the phone will never be able to boot!!.
5. Save as logo.png and replace the default logo.png
6. Package the four files using GNU tar command line program

>C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\tar -cvf LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.tar cache.rfs datafs.rfs logo.png zImage

7. You’ll get your own LkMod with your own custom logo (LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.tar)

How to flash

1. Select spica_jc3.ops in Select OPS field.
2. Click Reset Files to clean the fields.
3. In Select Images to download panel, Select LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.tar into PDA field.
4. Don’t select One Package option and Debug Option.
5. Click Start and watch the progress bar and timer, wait untill PASS message appear on Message box.
6. The phone will restart and you will get the rooted Eclair with helixlauncher default home.

Usefull information about Samsung Firmware

Europe
XA = Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK
XB = Denmark, Norway, Sweden
XC = Portugal, Spain
XD = Croatia, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia
XE = Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
XF = Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania
XP = Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polski, Portuguese, Turkish
XW = UK, Italy, Germany, France, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland
XX = Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Asia
DD = India
DX = Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
ZC = China, Hong Kong
ZH = Hong Kong

Code = Year – Month
A = 2001 – January
B = 2002 – February
C = 2003 – March
D = 2004 – April
E = 2005 – May
F = 2006 – June
G = 2007 – July
H = 2008 – August
I = 2009 – September
J = 2010 – October
K = 2011 – Novermber
L = 2012 – December

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Five Great Reasons to Root Your Android Phone

Does your kinda-new Android handset already feel old, slow, and left behind? With a quick hack and a custom ROM, a G1, myTouch, or other Android phone can look and feel fresher and, most importantly, run a bit quicker.

Are you generally averse to messing with a device that delivers sometimes-important phone calls? Let us argue that the process is easy and the rewards are great. For G1 and myTouch owners, especially, there are noticeable stability and speed improvements, a few great backports of software and features from the HTC Hero and Android's 1.6 Donut build, a few unique and new features from the hacker community, and—oh, yeah, did I mention the speed and stability?

Our sibling site Gizmodo took the plunge into "rooting" an Android phone with one click, and reported back that, yes, it really is just a few clicks and not all that scary to do. The standard disclaimers about the worst-case scenario of a non-functional phone, and T-Mobile/HTC's dislike of you and your warranty, still apply, but this method involves a good backup, no typed commands to misspell, and relatively little time.

How is it done? Last night, I installed "Recovery Flasher" from the Android Market (while it was still up; if it's not, you can grab it here), downloaded the highly touted CyanogenMod ROM for U.S.-based G1 and myTouch 3G phones, copied the .zip file to my SD card, then hit the two buttons in Recovery Flasher that back up your phone and enable root (i.e. complete and total) access.

After that, it was a quick "recovery mode" reboot, done by holding the home button and powering on, then hitting the main caveat: hitting the Alt+W option to wipe my system. Your entire phone OS is still backed up, if you wanted to go back to it from this recovery mode, but you'll have to start over with your apps and settings in a new ROM, it appears. That wasn't a huge deal for me, so I did the Alt+W wipe, chose to "apply any zip from SD" and selected the Cyanogen .zip file, and then my phone was reborn, asking for my Google account credentials and gradually getting back up to speed.

The process is explained in more detail at the Android and Me blog, but it was easier than jailbreaking an iPhone, hacking a Wii, and many of the other "unlocking" capers I've pulled off in my time. The whole process took about 30 minutes, most of it indirect time waiting for a file to download or the phone to reboot—good thing, too, because I was supposed to be dog-sitting at the time.

Here are our five discoveries and suggestions for Android owners considering a root of their phones, and tips for those who already have:

A real performance boost

Android, as an alternative, open-source smartphone OS, is pure geek bait, but the hardware it's been officially released onto so far, in the U.S. at least, has been hard to love. Pushing a button and having to wait even just a second or two for something, anything to happen is a buzz kill; having to wait a second for a virtual keyboard press to show up is just plain aggravating. Using the CyanogenMOD ROM on my G1, it's definitely a better experience—not perfect and instant, but my phone seems to be actively trying to do what I want now. New browser windows snap open, the multi-part home screen doesn't lag when swiping between screens, the top "window shade" and bottom app menu don't hesitate to show me what they've got—I've been using this phone for just a few months, but I could go on and on. Cyanogen's developer himself notes that his ROM actively works the processor, RAM, and memory partitions harder, so you may get (even) less battery longevity from your phone. Having spent a late night and excited morning with this ROM, I will gladly pack a recharging cord and accept the trade-off. Photo by NathanFromDeVryEET.

Easy tethering over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth

After installing your custom ROM, grab this android-wifi-tether app by heading to that URL directly in your Android browser (or using the Barcode Scanner app to pick up its QR code) and clicking the .apk link. The app will ask for root access to enable and disable itself.

Once it does, that's about all there is to it. Power up your laptop, connect it by Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to G1Tether (or your similarly-named ad-hoc phone connection), and you've got a data connection where none might have existed before. It will be slower than you anticipate, useful mainly for text-based email and browsing, and not something you'd want to use heavily, lest you tip off your cellular provider to your creativity. That said, it's not restricted to web traffic only, like previously mentioned PdaNet, and it's easy to use.

A better keyboard

The standard Android keyboard has its issues, and leading Android phone maker HTC knows it. They made their own keyboard for the HTC Hero, and the CyanogenMOD makes it available in any Android phone. Enable it by heading to Settings, Locale & Text, then turning "Touch Input" on and adjusting its spell/suggest/feedback settings.

"Better" is this editor's own opinion, though Matt Buchanan from Gizmodo agrees: The keys are "puffed up" and easier to hit, the "long press" is faster than reaching for an Alt key, once you're used to it, and the auto suggestions and replacements are, if not subtle, generally helpful. What's definitely better is the responsiveness and snappiness, which is crucial when you're blazing through text and don't want to guess what three letters you last selected.

Multi-touch browsing

It's not as responsive as the iPhone's iconic pinch and expand capabilities, and the browser isn't as good at adjusting the page to meet your rapid zoom demands. That said, most folks would rather press their fingers once to get a bigger view on text than tap once, click + and - buttons to get the right zoom, then re-adjust their screen position. Until Google decides to go ahead and look away from Apple's patents, we can just hope that unofficial multitouch improves from version to version.

Bonus apps and widgets from other builds

G1 users don't get the same built-in apps as myTouch owners, and myTouch fans can't grab all the neat stuff from the HTC Hero, not yet available in the U.S., or the Android Donut build not yet distributed by carriers. That's a strange condition for a phone built on openness. Cyanogen and other custom ROMs cherry-pick those neat exclusives and deliver them to anyone who wants them. The best of the pack, from a phone use standpoint, is the Power Control widget, which turns Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, data syncing, and screen brightness into simple toggles. Those bemoaning the lack of Microsoft Exchange support on G1s should check out Work Email, and anyone needing to do a little doc browsing can get it done with Quickoffice and PDF Viewer. There are other software goodies to geek out over—a full terminal emulator!—but those are the highlights. Original Post

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AMOLED Dispalay Technology

Active-matrix OLED (Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode or AMOLED) is a display technology for use in mobile devices such as mobile phones. OLED describes a specific type of thin display technology which doesn't require a backlight and Active-Matrix refers to the technology behind the addressing of pixels. AMOLED technology continues to make progress towards low-power and low-cost large size (e.g. 40-inch) for applications such as TV



Technical explanation

An active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) display consists of OLED pixels that have been deposited or integrated onto a thin film transistor (TFT) array to form a matrix of pixels that generate light upon electrical activation, which functions as a series of switches to control the current flowing to each of the pixels.

Typically, this continuous current flow is controlled by at least two TFTs at each pixel, one to start and stop the charging of a storage capacitor and the second to provide a voltage source at the level needed to create a constant current to the pixel and eliminating need for the very high currents required for passive OLED matrix operation

Characteristics
Active-matrix OLED displays provide higher refresh rate than their passive-matrix OLED counterparts, and they consume significantly less power. This advantage makes active-matrix OLEDs well suited for portable electronics, where power consumption is critical to battery life. The amount of power the display consumes varies significantly depending on the color and brightness shown. "For example, our measurement shows that a commercial QVGA OLED display consumes 3 and 0.7 Watts showing black text on a white background and white text on a black background, respectively.

Advantages

OLED displays fabricated on flexible plastic substrates have the following advantages:^[5]

• Thin, lightweight and rugged
• Lower-power, superior image quality, and low cost compared to current LCDs
• Rollable display to tuck away when not in use

Disadvantages
AMOLED displays are prone to material degradation. However technology has been invented to circumvent this problem.^[6][7][8] Whether these mechanisms have been implemented in current applications of AMOLED displays is unknown, as are potential effects on power consumption.

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Samsung i5700 Galaxy Spica

Finnally i got my Android phone

Samsung launched its Android based Galaxy Spica i5700 in India at a cost of Rs 14,750. Galaxy Spica i5700 made its mark across Europe followed by its release in Russia on October. Galaxy Spica is the version of the Samsung Galaxy i7500. Samsung Galaxy i5700 is named after the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, Spica.

Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 is the first Android phone to support DivX and Xvid files. The new Spica i5700 dazzles in Black-Red and White-Green. It is a full QWERTY keyboard with Bluetooth activation/deactivation. The Spica runs Android edition 1.5 and comes with 800MHZ processor (as compared to the 528MHz core integrated into the i7500).

The capacitive screen measures 3.2-inches with a native resolution of 320×480 pixels and supports 16milion colors. AMOLED technology provides truly saturated beautiful colors with good image quality. It boasts HVGA touch screen display, HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS,Google mobile services.

The phone is equipped with a 3.5mm headset jack and 3.2MP camera. A MicroSD card slot has 32 GB expandable memory with 180 MB storage and it has a standard Web-kit based browser.

The only issue is that it lacks backlighting which troubles to use in dark. The backside of Spica is not glossy and therefore makes the phone more comfortable to hold.

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