Comments on Sameer Prabhakar - Mad Ramblings: Rooting & other goodies on the Samsung Galaxy SPIC...

Hi Sameer I have a Galaxy i5700 already running o...

2010-11-02T07:26:46.812+05:30

Hi Sameer

I have a Galaxy i5700 already running on 2.1 eclair. But I want to install livewallpapers only. How can I do that? I also tried to check if my connection between my phone and my desktop trough USB cable is ok and to find if my phone is already rooted. But when I type the commands on the command prompt "adb devices", windows is telling me this " 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. " What do I do now? Need help pls.

Regards :)

Hi Sameer I have a Galaxy i5700 already running o...

2010-11-02T07:24:51.226+05:30

Hi Sameer

I have a Galaxy i5700 already running on 2.1 eclair. But I want to install livewallpapers only. How can I do that? I also tried to check if my connection between my phone and my desktop trough USB cable is ok. But when I type the commands on the command prompt "adb devices", windows is telling me this " 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. " What do I do now?

Regards :)

Hi Sameer, I found out the problem while pushing ...

2010-10-10T15:05:28.591+05:30

Hi Sameer,

I found out the problem while pushing init.spica.sh file.

Basically init.spica.sh file or any application file (Like LiveWallPapersPicker.apk) has to be copied into User Name Directory in
C:\Document and Setting\User Name Directoy

This solved my problem and now I have live wall paper on my device.

Regards,

Riyaz

Hi Sameer, I found out the problem while pushing ...

2010-10-10T15:05:18.818+05:30

Hi Sameer, I found out the problem while pushing ...

2010-10-10T15:05:06.985+05:30

Hi Sameer, I was using LivwWallPaper on my device...

2010-10-09T18:01:40.364+05:30

Hi Sameer,

I was using LivwWallPaper on my device with your guide to upgrade and then rooting.

Due to some reason I have to reflash my device with 2.1 firmware and after that I followed again your guide for rooting to get live wall paper on my device but I am getting following error while rooting.

C:\Documents and Settings\Riyaz>adb devices
List of devices attached
5700Edited device

C:\Documents and Settings\Riyaz>adb shell mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat
,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system

C:\Documents and Settings\Riyaz>adb shell rm /system/xbin/su

C:\Documents and Settings\Riyaz>adb shell ln -s /xbin/su /system/xbin/su

C:\Documents and Settings\Riyaz>adb push init.spica.sh /system/etc/
cannot stat 'init.spica.sh': No such file or directory

C:\Documents and Settings\Riyaz>adb shell chmod 0550 /system/etc/init.spica.sh
Unable to chmod /system/etc/init.spica.sh: No such file or directory

Getting error while pushing init.spica.sh file into device... pls help to get rid of this error.

Regards,

Riyaz M Shaikh

I also get the same error mount: Operation not per...

2010-08-10T13:05:22.800+05:30

I also get the same error
mount: Operation not permitted

Phone: I570Edxjc2

how i can fix that ???

Hi Sameer, I have samsung galaxy Spica, updated to...

2010-07-31T12:48:17.456+05:30

Hi Sameer,
I have samsung galaxy Spica, updated to 2.1 Eclair, firmware here in ME. I want your support to put custom ROM on my spica which is from Samdroid. How can you do it ?

Your guide is as of Feb 2010 where default firmwares were 1.5. Since it is already come preinstalled 2.1, do i have still need to follow firmware guide which is meant for 1.5.
i want your support to root it. i am following your guide but want to be more cautious to do steps and consult people who had done it first. I want your help as Your guide is easiest one across all.
Is it necessary to flash and root your phone ?
My requirement is as follows:
1)How can i backup current ROM which is installed by Samsung
2)Uninstall default apps they sucks
3)make ROM faster
4)Install apps on app2SD card
5)Install recommended Setting and apps

There is no default guide which starts from very basic thing and move across, i mean i still find information here and there and really find it very confusing. How can i partition SDHC card. will it be done first ?
I will appreciate if you help me as i see too many Geeky things and i don't want to turn Phone into Brick.
I will follow steps as you will guide me.(responsibility lies with me, just need your help)
There is Samdroid Kitchen which allows you to choose kernal and other apps.i have downloaded samdroid update from same.
Pls help

Thanks

All, the India 2.1 firmware (i570EDDJC5) is now up...

2010-05-23T19:22:40.783+05:30

All, the India 2.1 firmware (i570EDDJC5) is now up on Samsung-firmwares.

Have a blast! :)

hi sam I have the i570eddjc5 fw. I dont know how t...

2010-05-23T00:20:56.141+05:30

hi sam I have the i570eddjc5 fw. I dont know how to upload in this site.

Yeah its more than two months now since the releas...

2010-05-22T21:51:13.711+05:30

Yeah its more than two months now since the release of i570EDDJC5, Samir can you post this firmware? I already have updated to DDJB2 following you instructions without a problem.

Sameer, I waited and got my spica updated to Ecla...

2010-05-17T21:18:48.838+05:30

Sameer,

I waited and got my spica updated to Eclair OFFICIALLY as I couldn't find a way to go back to 1.5 (scaredy cat i am :P ). Now, i'm itching to root my phone to enable mobile hotspot and get rid of the wretched behemoth Pantheon UI! But i'm again facing the same dilemma - there is not backup.

Is there any place where I can find a copy of i570EDDJC5 (Baseband, Kernel 22.6.29 sun.cho@SE-S605 #2 , Build number ECLAIR.DDJC5) .

And I'm a bit rusty with linux, so is there a way to un-root the phone? So later, if something goes wrong and i have to take it to the service centre (this place has a particularly good technician who plainly refuses to flash rooted phone or part with a copy of the firmware! :( ), I can push back the damn UI apk and un-root it (assuming its possible).

i have the same problem as VIKID. please help. i h...

2010-05-16T01:06:35.887+05:30

i have the same problem as VIKID.
please help. i have followed everything and treble checked. i think this is to do with the enviroment variables. but i have followed the guide.

ViKiD™ said...
ow im getting this :S

cannot stat 'init.spica.sh': No such file or directory

please help urgent

I also get the error mount: Operation not permitte...

2010-05-01T15:31:13.619+05:30

I also get the error
mount: Operation not permitted

I'm running PDA: I570EXXJCE
Phone: I570EXXJC1
SCS: I570EXEFJC7

plz guys can someone plz plz help me root my samsu...

2010-04-23T20:59:57.772+05:30

plz guys can someone plz plz help me root my samsung spica 2.1 firmware i570edxjb3 plz guys i really tried a lot of things b4 troublin u ppl plz help me wit dis & if posb some1 plz post a step by step methoad plz waitin for a quick reply post thanx all of u in advance

is it possible to download init.spica.sh to my pho...

2010-04-17T19:45:11.059+05:30

is it possible to download init.spica.sh to my phone and use say a terminal emulator on the phone to do the root?

Sameer,how do i use odin in Win 7 x64..Every time ...

2010-04-14T00:43:49.851+05:30

Sameer,how do i use odin in Win 7 x64..Every time i start the application some wierd error msg comes on my lappy and the phone is not detected by it..pls help..

I am very new to android..previously i had been hellishly associated with symbians..did all kind of rootings there..but this android thing is not getting into me..

Now possible to get FULL root access on the latest...

2010-04-13T19:41:45.444+05:30

Now possible to get FULL root access on the latest 2.1 roms (e.g. JCF):

(Do a google search to get the required PDA files)

1. Flash 2.1 ROM (e.g.JCF) via Odin
2. Odin PDA flash: Root_lkupdate_v3_pda
3. Odin PDA flash: LkKernel2_v0.02_PDA.tar .7z

4. Download Superuser.apk (from http://tinyurl.com/spicafullroot)
5. adb mod:

adb shell
remount rw
rm /system/bin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
ln -s /sbin/su /system/bin/su
ln -s /sbin/su /system/xbin/su
exit
adb push superuser.apk /system/app
adb shell
rm -R /data/dalvik-cache
reboot

Enjoy! All credit to LeshaK!

3D performance was horrible on my phone too, when ...

2010-04-10T16:09:09.691+05:30

3D performance was horrible on my phone too, when I first got it.
Later came an update (official Samsung), before the Android 2.1 update, and that significantly boosted the 3D rendering.

Nice! The samsung spica looks like a cool device.....

2010-04-10T03:04:13.329+05:30

Nice! The samsung spica looks like a cool device.. the only wrong things are the samsung driver.

I bought the phone few days ago but I just found out that 3D performace is not that cool.. On a damn G1 opengl runs fast but on this shiny spica it works slowly.

Googling I found that it's due to samsung proprietary 3D renderer.

On galaxy i7500 you can replace the 3d renderer (FIMG) with another one (e.g. the one from htc which has the same cpu) but on spica it doesn't look feasible.

Just want to make you know.
I will comment again if I manage to get it working

hi have you found a way to get the i570eexjc1 fw r...

2010-04-05T22:23:09.861+05:30

hi have you found a way to get the i570eexjc1 fw rooted? i have the official on from nps, and when i try this i get the message dont have permision

nevermind got it rooted..:)

2010-03-26T16:57:04.170+05:30

nevermind got it rooted..:)

sameer can u post method for rooting 1.5 cupcake.....

2010-03-26T13:08:06.222+05:30

sameer can u post method for rooting 1.5 cupcake..the link provided to samdroid forum does not seem to work on indian baseband I5700DDIK2

Cool. Thank you very much. Btw. I am using the He...

2010-03-24T21:04:56.077+05:30

Cool. Thank you very much.

Btw. I am using the Helix Launcher (installed from market) which supports live wallpapers.

@ Benjamin - You don't really need root access...

2010-03-24T20:55:48.211+05:30

@ Benjamin - You don't really need root access for livewallpapers, it could be a compatibility with the picker app itself. It is crashing on me too on the XXJCB firmware. If I find a way around I will post it here.