Revision 5 - 2009-09-24 at 23:26:15
Samsung GT-I7500 Galaxy
As of September 2009, the Samsung Galaxy is the best Android phone released so far, in terms of hardware. Its archrival is the HTC Hero (see the Samsung Galaxy vs. HTC Hero comparison).
Essentials
- Specifications - phonearena
- codes and key combinations
- battery usage: 14 hours and 15 minutes of MP3 playback on headphones. Details in Keneth Kwok's post I7500 MP3 Playback Time Testing.
PC software (Windows only)
Samsung New PC Studio (rather rubbish phone synch/management software) latest version. Note that even the latest version of NPS may not support the GT-I7500.
Disable Settinsg -> About phone -> Additional settings -> Mass storage only. Otherwise NPS will not detect any phone at all.
Samsung Galaxy community forums
- androidforums - largest
- hdblog.it - Italian, has rooting instructions
- androidiani - Italian; has some dubious "Fatal1ty" mod
- modaco - very few topics but listed where to get the open source kernel
- talkandroid - very few posts
IRC: #android on freenode.net.
Firmware update and rooting
- firmware version numbers decoded to release dates
- how to flash the firmware - note that you do need to install Samsung New PC Studio and the USB Driver before running Odin. Note that newer firmwares are often made available by the community:
- I7500XXIH8
- I7500XXII5 - 2009-Sep-24
- install ADB (Android Debug Bridge, required for rooting)
- root the Galaxy
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