According to the press release "The upgrade will be available from March 2010 in Germany and gradually rolled out to other European markets, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Asia, Africa and rest of the world."
Source : engadget
Samsung I5700 (Galaxy Spica) 2.1 Official Upgrade Confirmed!!
According to the press release "The upgrade will be available from March 2010 in Germany and gradually rolled out to other European markets, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Asia, Africa and rest of the world."
Source : engadget
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Sameer this is Awesome!
The Only problem is, that the official firmware upgrade route... through the pc studio is still very very shacky , crapy, shitty, etc. etc. etc.
;-)
You should now prolly write a guide to help people setup the official samsung software to sync there phones with there pcs so that whenever we get the firmware we can upgarde ours as well..
Cheers!
By the way... ive only reached so far in my attempts to install the correct software version to setup a sync...
http://www.samsungmobile.co.uk/support/softwaremanuals/software.do?phone_model=GT-I5700&sw_type=UM
@ gunish - I will do that once the official upgrade is available here :-)
another thing... why isn't the freeking Galaxy Spica, I5700 Listed on the Indian Samsung Website ?
@ gunish - I too notice that. Guess they are busy with updating the Corby links ;-)
Its great news for me. I got this phone sameer.thank u for your.suggestion I like this phone very much:)
typing from the phone By the way is update working in India and on windows 7?
and guys howz the performance?? better than the unofficial release or is it the same??
@ Teja - Your welcome :-). The update isn't available in India yet.
yeah .no luck here too..
i tried installing Kies and New Samsung PC Studio .. but they didnt allow me to upgrade ..
Here is the screenshot
http://img641.yfrog.com/i/22u.jpg/
Njoying my first day with spica..already thrilled even though it just has 1.5 in it..
hope the updates servers are ready soon
how do i play divx? any avi file i try it gives cannot play...
Sameer, will we be able to upgrade to the official 2.1 using PC Studio / Kies? Because, it verifies your current Firmware and checks for upgrade. Since most of us already have 2.1, will we be able to do official upgrade? Any idea?
@ Manu - I am not too sure about this, guess we will have to just wait and see.. good point though :-)
any success guys .. i m still gettin the same message .. Hope someone will post a comment here when upgrade is available for INDIA..
BTW i m religiously checkin twice a day for the upgrade
Official 2.1 is out there :-) - with market place issues :-(
Samsung true to their word and have started in Germany.
See here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=799122ccd4713764&hl=en
Cheers
http://www.samsungmobile.co.uk/support/softwaremanuals/softwareNpsUpdate.do?phone_model=GT-I7500#how
2.1 now available in UK - not sure I'm so enthusiastic now I have heard about the Android Market issues. Not clear what app's won't be available if and when I do the update.
But I suspect I won't be able to resist :-D
Cheers
Sorry - forget that previous link - should have looked before I leaped - that was the i7500!!
Cheers
nice to see samsung rolling out support to more countries..
No update for India yet .. guess we will have to wait a little longer
it looks like the 2.1 is available in Germany, so the rest of the countries should get it very soon :D
I upgraded to 2.1 using Odin. I flashed the German ROM. But the launcher was slow. Hence Flashed LKMod ROM. It flies and is very stable!
hey guys...wassup with da bluetooth in da spica?? mine aint workin and neither is my buddie's....any info??
@Vinod: can you tell us where did you get the German ROM from?
reports that phones can be now uodated also at UK and several european countries are out.. is it true.can anyone confirm??
Does anyone have a link to the official 2.1 firmware download?
hi sameer i am rajesh from mumbai , i want know which one is better android phone to purchase X10 or milestone
I bought this in Dubai, UAE. Doesn't have Android Market even though Manual says that. Calling Samsung support and they are not equipped to support t. All most all apps crashes always. Never ever will I buy Samsung or Google phones. They are also not providing any updates to 2.1 also. PC doesn't recognize USB after installing some apps, you have to reset the phone for USB to be detected by PC. I am not using the phone now, gone back to my Nokia 5310 which is far better.
1. There are only basic apps in this phone as a basic Nokia phone (not smartphone) has.
2. Android market was not there in the phone whereas the manual says install apps from market
3. USB mass storage is not found and has to follow certain steps to get it recognized by system. Whereas on other phone it gets recognized easily.
4. Almost all of the Apps that I found from internet and installed kept on crashing always including the Google applications.
5. USB will not be recognized after installing 5 to 10 apps, the phone keeps on saying charging (if charge is less)/king sound. I have to reset to factory setting to get the USB working.... See More
6. Samsung was unresponsive even after several attempts to get help from them.
7. Most of the apps were not installable as the OS was 1.5.
8. I tried contacting Google, they were also like dead meat.
I think the basic Iphone is far better than Iphone in all sense even though there is no flash support and not being open. This was my first ever smartphone. I will never ever buy an Android phone so also any phone from Samsung. I was an ardent Google fan because of their Google search, apps, pack etc. But here I felt cheated by Google and Samsung. Google is making a fool of customers by saying OS is open source and the app suite is closed. I feel if they charge some fee for the apps, I am ready to pay. I have repacked the phone and is happily using my Nokia 5310 which was thinking of replacing with I5700. I will be sending this "Great Phone" to Samsung at my cost for them to keep in their showcase as a symbol of best customer service
Wow @anil kumar ..
nokia 1100 ... torch... call attend button... call disconnect button.. keypad... GOOD PHONE.. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Cheers! ;-)
Hi sameer can u tell me how can v update official (which software v wanna download, etc....)
thanks
Mandar
@Anil Kumar
The android market may not be active for Mid-East.
For example, in India, we cant buy non-free apps from the market. We can only use free ones.
@Everyone The 2.1 upgrade will take more time. India will be one of the last. Expect to see the upgrade in July 2010 or so.
@spo0nman There is no "official" spica 2.1 upgrade yet. Only un-official ones. Try going to "samsung firmwares" website.
http://hitchedhiker.com/2010/02/21/review-samsung-galaxy-spica/
Any updates? Still unable to upgrade to 2.1
Hi buddies dont get tensed official update is now available in india i went to service center they said its available but they were unable to download it i will go again tomorrow as i got a call from them that now i can get my official update
Guys official 2.1 update is available in india and i have tasted it its very good just today i got updated so cheers .... its not nps one its from service centre
@vivek- what firmware did you get after update.. and how is the (speed etc)when compared to 1.5 and other 2.1 roms??
I've visited Samsung Service center yesterday for the same, but they dont have any clue regarding 2.1...
I got i570eddjd firmware and its very smooth works well and fine i dont feel any speed difference and if any another details u want contact me by mail on vivekcena.goel@gmail.com
Hi guys !
first of all thanks to you Sameer , I have purchased the phone and its damn cool as you said! I immediately went to the service center and got the firmware upgraded in half an hour! now everything is perfect ! its just I am expecting some more speed ! I guess getting some service manager will help ! !
So guys go for it ! nothing like it at the price it has ! and at the same the firmware is available at service center officially ! if you are from PUNE the service ceter is on JM road!
Thanks!
Hi guys !
first of all thanks to you Sameer , I have purchased the phone and its damn cool as you said! I immediately went to the service center and got the firmware upgraded in half an hour! now everything is perfect ! its just I am expecting some more speed ! I guess getting some service manager will help ! !
So guys go for it ! nothing like it at the price it has ! and at the same the firmware is available at service center officially ! if you are from PUNE the service ceter is on JM road!
Thanks!
Hi Samir Kulkarni,
Can you please tell me the number of service center on JM Road or exact location. I will go there and get my upgrade immediately...cant wait..
-Arun
wow.. nice to see ppl r getting the device upgraded via Service Center..
But here in NE india (guwahati to be precise) .. the Samsung Server Ppl r still unable to comment anything..
May be i will have to wait for a week or so .. :-(
Hi Arun(Schicksal),
The address is as follows:
RAZA SERVICES
SHOP NO.33/34,1ST FLOOR,BHOSALE SHINDE ARCADE,J.M.ROAD PUNE, MAHARASHTRA
@Samir Kulkarni-nice to know, what firmware did service cemtre update Phone to?
New Official firmware of samsung galaxy i5700 India - 1570EDDJC5
Is the official android 2.1 update available in Mumbai ??? Also how much does the service centre take to update??
Is the update available in Mumbai?? how much time does service centre take to update??
Its the same 2.01 firmware mate !
Nice to hear that the official update is finally here in India.. :-)
Rupesh says its i570eddjd
Ravi Teja says its 1570EDDJC5
Can there be two different versions of the same official update in India ? or are the service center guys also using a Odin ? :-)
@Goutam
Just asking .. Is there any significant difference between i570eddjd and 1570EDDJC5
Where can we download and install the new firmware 1570EDDJC5 using ODIN?
hey samir kulkarni,
Can you tell me the firmware version of the official update ?
many of i5700 users from Pune have upgraded there handset to 2.1 .. what about other cities Delhi / Mumbai / Bglr ??? can anyone confirm the update availability
in delhi-ncr, the update is already available in Samsung Service center or it will be available after 20-May-2010. The update will be done by Samsung engg in the service center at free of cost.
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