Hello!
I am an owner of Samsung Galaxy W i8150 and since there is no forum section for this phone yet, I've deceided to open a thread here. Since I'm not a developer, maybe I will become one, but my lack of time and knowlage doesnt help here.
So why I've created this thread? My goal is to find people, whou would develope some stuff for this phone, or at least help me to do it.
What this phone need is a recovery, so we need to port one, maybe CWM recovery would be the best choice. Next thing is a costum rom, preferebly CyanogenMod. I've already make a post there. So far nobody offered me any help or advice regarding that, but I'm an optimist .
We already have root access, that can be acchived with this tool, so this could speed things up.
I really don't know how to start porting recovery or cyanogenmod, so some advice, directions and links would really be appreciated. What I've managed to find is a kernel source code and platform soruce code, any one who is willing to help with this, can download this code HERE (it is a dropbox link, so if you can't download it just make a dropbox account).
I hope that someone who has developed some roms for andorid in past will buy this phone, will help with this project.
That's all folks
Have a nice day!
Please vote HERE for a forum section for this phone on XDA! So we could speed things up .
UPDATE!!!
Developer KezraPlanes has voulontered to port CyanogenMod 7.2.0 (Gingerbread 2.3.7) to this phone, which is a great news for Samsung Galaxy W owners. Next big thing will most probably come from well known developer arco68, he started porting(and we all hope he will continue after gettig his W back from the repair) CM 9 (Ice Cream Sandwich 4.x) on our phone. Lets show those two guys some support, moral or in "beers" ! Good luck guys!
For happy flashing of new roms that are coming to us you'll need a recovery, which you can find here, thanks to the developer raidzero! I think he would also apreciate your support !
I'm probably going to buy this phone, and if I do, I will definitely try to get CM going on it. I already maintain CM for two other phones, but as they're getting old and it's doubtful that ICS will work properly on them, I need something new to work on.
arco68 said:
I'm probably going to buy this phone, and if I do, I will definitely try to get CM going on it. I already maintain CM for two other phones, but as they're getting old and it's doubtful that ICS will work properly on them, I need something new to work on.
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This is great to hear! I have this phone for a month now, and I'm very satisfied. I like it cause is fast enough, and it is not to big to carry it around in a pocket. I really hope that someone like you will buy the phone. I've installed linux on my PC just because I want it to try and port recovery, I think this is the first common step after rooting, cause we need recovery to flash custom rom. But my lack of knowlage on this area is to big for now.
I hope too to see development going further on this good phone.
Please vote HERE for a forum section for this phone on XDA! So we could speed things up .
Thanks for the support!
1st I've already voted for this nice device, thanks for the tip qzem
2nd I have not been able to read any good reviews of this phone yet, how is the battery life?
3) How does it feel in your hand (premium or cheap - feel free to elaborate and find a balance point view that I've not given you, hehe).
4) Could you do some benchmarking? Just to have an idea of how fast it is.
That would be my top 3 questions/request for this phone
Thanks for helping out.
Johev said:
1st I've already voted for this nice device, thanks for the tip qzem
2nd I have not been able to read any good reviews of this phone yet, how is the battery life?
3) How does it feel in your hand (premium or cheap - feel free to elaborate and find a balance point view that I've not given you, hehe).
4) Could you do some benchmarking? Just to have an idea of how fast it is.
That would be my top 3 questions/request for this phone
Thanks for helping out.
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1. Thanks for voting
2. Battery life is satisfing, with wifi on and my normal use(30-50 sms per day,few calls and internet browsing 20-40 min per day), phone usually last at least 50 hours.
3. Phone doesnt look cheap,but I eouldnt say premium either. It has nice design but it doesn't stand out the crowd.It fits very well in my hand,and it has a good grip with slightly rough back surface.
4. Now that is rooted I get in Quadrant the overall result somewhere around 1056. I can make more benchmarks and post it here if you like.
Sent from my GT-I8150 using XDA App
qzem said:
Hello!
I am an owner of Samsung Galaxy W i8150 and since there is no forum section for this phone yet, I've deceided to open a thread here. Since I'm not a developer, maybe I will become one, but my lack of time and knowlage doesnt help here.
So why I've created this thread? My goal is to find people, whou would develope some stuff for this phone, or at least help me to do it.
What this phone need is a recovery, so we need to port one, maybe CWM recovery would be the best choice. Next thing is a costum rom, preferebly CyanogenMod. I've already make a post there. So far nobody offered me any help or advice regarding that, but I'm an optimist .
We already have root access, that can be acchived with this tool, so this could speed things up.
I really don't know how to start porting recovery or cyanogenmod, so some advice, directions and links would really be appreciated. What I've managed to find is a kernel source code and platform soruce code, any one who is willing to help with this, can download this code HERE.
I hope that someone who has developed some roms for andorid in past will buy this phone, will help with this project.
That's all folks
Have a nice day!
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Good job! Where did you get these source codes? I sounds that the Exhibit II 4G is Galaxy W . Do you have the source codes of Exhibit II 4G ? I need root and unlock Exhibit II 4G. Thanks
soyoeml said:
Good job! Where did you get these source codes? I sounds that the Exhibit II 4G is Galaxy W . Do you have the source codes of Exhibit II 4G ? I need root and unlock Exhibit II 4G. Thanks
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Yes the Exhibit should have the same hardware and display, only different buttons. I've got she source code on this page. You have to Sign up first, than you can download the source code for wanted phone, if it is already up there. If you want to root your phone you should try Doomlord's tool which contains Zergrush rooting method. Link is in my first post.
qzem said:
Yes the Exhibit should have the same hardware and display, only different buttons. I've got she source code on. You have to Sign up first, than you can download the source code for wanted phone, if it is already up there. If you want to root your phone you should try Doomlord's tool which contains Zergrush rooting method. Link is in my first post.
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Thanks. I didn't find the source code of Exhibit II 4G, even not found Galaxy W. I'm sorry.
soyoeml said:
Thanks. I didn't find the source code of Exhibit II 4G, even not found Galaxy W. I'm sorry.
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For samsung galaxy W you have to search it by the name GT-I8150. I'm not sure whati is Exhibit II officiall name.
Well, I haven't got the device yet, but have already started working on a custom kernel.
https://github.com/arco/samsung-kernel-ancora
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Well, I haven't got the device yet, but have already started working on a custom kernel.
https://github.com/arco/samsung-kernel-ancora
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Thats ia great. Two things you should implement is new frequency table so that we could try overclock it and support for interactive governor
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Interactive is already in, along with some other stuff. Do you know what governor Samsung is using as default on the phone? From what I can see in the sources, they have set performance as the default.
Hm I really don't know what profile is using Samsung as default. Hey when you'll have your kernel ready, I can test it. One thing I'm not sure, how will I flash it since there is no recovery for this phone yet.
I'll work on that when I have the device, as I need access to it in order to retrieve partition layout and sizes.
hi guys
I also have this cell.I made the root.
really GOOD smartphone.
but I noticed a big problem
look
tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2m2dwn6&s=5
tinypic.com/view.php?pic=ao5am8&s=5
(first place http: tinypic....)
I installed a map off line and only a few applications and mass storage is almost full.
if I wanted to download a game with all the data folder I finished all of the memory cell!
I have a 16GB SD external memory that does not see how the mass.
I tried moving apps and data in the external but it is impossible
how can I do
THKS and good job!
[email protected] said:
hi guys
I also have this cell.I made the root.
really GOOD smartphone.
but I noticed a big problem
look
tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2m2dwn6&s=5
tinypic.com/view.php?pic=ao5am8&s=5
(first place http: tinypic....)
I installed a map off line and only a few applications and mass storage is almost full.
if I wanted to download a game with all the data folder I finished all of the memory cell!
I have a 16GB SD external memory that does not see how the mass.
I tried moving apps and data in the external but it is impossible
how can I do
THKS and good job!
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try link2sd or apps2sd. i dont have the phone but sounds interesting and til december comes, i can explore this phone.
[email protected] said:
hi guys
I installed a map off line and only a few applications and mass storage is almost full.
if I wanted to download a game with all the data folder I finished all of the memory cell!
I have a 16GB SD external memory that does not see how the mass.
I tried moving apps and data in the external but it is impossible
how can I do
THKS and good job!
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I have swapped external SD (would be your 16 GB SD) with internal SD (the phone memory). This is done by changing /etc/vold.fstab so that your external (16 GB) SD card is mounted on /mnt/sdcard and I have mapped internal SD to be mounted as /mnt/sdcard/external_sd. I don't have the file to hand right now, but can post it later.
Eriks
AndroidFiber said:
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try link2sd or apps2sd. i dont have the phone but sounds interesting and til december comes, i can explore this phone.
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i try it.... don't work,nothing sigh sigh
I have swapped external SD (would be your 16 GB SD) with internal SD (the phone memory). This is done by changing /etc/vold.fstab so that your external (16 GB) SD card is mounted on /mnt/sdcard and I have mapped internal SD to be mounted as /mnt/sdcard/external_sd. I don't have the file to hand right now, but can post it later.
Eriks
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you think is possible?!i hope!
ok Friend thanks i wait
(I can do this procedure with root explorer?)if you can,you may show how make it
thanks!
Fabio
Hello,
I have had my note 2 for some while now and I still love how it works. But seeing all the different mods and requiring to get some sort of radio and rom in combination with another extension. I haven't been able to understand how and what to do. So choosing for the easy way out: A rom with the mods I seek build in!
I am looking for a rom that is stock or as close to stock (minus bloatware, i can remove these myself if neccesary), some 5x6 mod for touchwiz (4x5 is a waste of space imo), sd and internal card flipped (using a 64gb sd card its madness to get the icon telling me my memory is gettin full) and the multiwindow mod.
Does anyone know of a rom that is close to what I seek? Please let me know, i've been reading changelogs of so many different roms that its reminding me of my college years.
Thanks
Do a nandroid backup and flash the one that looks closed to what you think you need. Omega rom is very popular, it allows you to choose what is included in the installation when you run it. There are a few other roms which do the same.
Sobakel said:
Does anyone know of a rom that is close to what I seek? Please let me know, i've been reading changelogs of so many different roms that its reminding me of my college years.
Thanks
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I'm with you there! A nice cross chart with summaries with be very very useful!
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I would love to help you, but help yourself first: ask a better question
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Well to be perfectly honest i nearly flashed them all and i have the greatest respect for the devs for building theses great roms and kernels, but the stock rom and kernel gives you the best performance, stability and batterylife
You can however root the phone for some goodies like: addblocking, sdcard tweaks, saving user apps and data, removing bloatware etc etc.
gee2012 said:
Well to be perfectly honest i nearly flashed them all and i have the greatest respect for the devs for building theses great roms and kernels, but the stock rom and kernel gives you the best performance, stability and batterylife
You can however root the phone for some goodies like: addblocking, sdcard tweaks, saving user apps and data, removing bloatware etc etc.
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Yeah thats what I am aiming for, as close to stock as possible with the mentioned tweaks
Sobakel said:
Yeah thats what I am aiming for, as close to stock as possible with the mentioned tweaks
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Then just root your phone and flash the mods you want. You don't need a custom rom.
Sobakel said:
Hello,
I have had my note 2 for some while now and I still love how it works. But seeing all the different mods and requiring to get some sort of radio and rom in combination with another extension. I haven't been able to understand how and what to do. So choosing for the easy way out: A rom with the mods I seek build in!
Thanks
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MohJee said:
Then just root your phone and flash the mods you want. You don't need a custom rom.
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Thank you for reading buddy
So i've recently flashed the resurrection remix rom 5.5.9(after a lot of video watching and reading from xda developers) on my samsing galaxy note 2. Now i want to know how to swap internal to external storage on it. Ive been reading a lot of threads but there is no dedicated thread to explain the steps on doing it. Pleae help me as i like to install a lot if applications and games on my smartphone.
Please explain the steps as a layman as im no expert in the technical world.
Hp Tripathi said:
So i've recently flashed the resurrection remix rom 5.5.9(after a lot of video watching and reading from xda developers) on my samsing galaxy note 2. Now i want to know how to swap internal to external storage on it. Ive been reading a lot of threads but there is no dedicated thread to explain the steps on doing it. Pleae help me as i like to install a lot if applications and games on my smartphone.
Please explain the steps as a layman as im no expert in the technical world.
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there is an option in app manager to move some apps to sd manually, but you can use app from play store like link2sd
Agni PureCM kernel lets u do it however it is in an experimental phase. U get to choose the option while installing the kernel...
yaro666 said:
there is an option in app manager to move some apps to sd manually, but you can use app from play store like link2sd
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When I move files manually it doesn't completely remove the app. A portion of it is still eating away my memory in the internal drive and when I download big games those games don't move properly which is why the swapping of memory is required but i don't seem that's possible in custom ROM's .
Hi guys ,
I don't know if this is the right place to be posting this , so please forgive me if im doing anything wrong (im a noobie and this is my first post)
Im looking for a stable/bug free Rom with Move to sd option right there in the normal settings . Im really tired of using the official rom for so long .. unable to play any good games and even being limited to choosing either one or two of my fav games since low storage message always shows up . Im willing to try any rom you suggest as long as i'll be able to use both my sims. when i looked around i saw that some ppl say that lollipop doesn't support dual sim.. and even if i flashed it , i'll be limited to single sim . It might not seem that bad for most people but it does to me lol. So im also asking to clarify if i flash the patch file provided alongside the cm12 rom will i be able to use full function of my phone. My main goal is gaming so even if there aren't any bug free Roms there i hope you can suggest me a working way to install games and move em to my sd card.
Currently my phone is running on Android 4.3 , Stock 15.5.A.1.5 ( Rooted with towlroot)
So thats why im looking for a new rom , I hope you can indeed help me with my problem and Thanks for all your help in advance :fingers-crossed: !!
Look first of all there is no rom without bugs for the xperia m, but that doesn't meant there are no good roms for xperia m.There are some good roms with some major and minor bugs . You have to decide for what purpose you want to upgrade
If you are bored of your stock rom and looking for some better performance and new look then there are good number of roms available here like official cyanogenmod kitkat,lollipop,marshmallow and also some other third party roms .(Just go through Xperia M Android Development and Xperia M Original Android development )
And you are asking about rom with move to sd card , but i doubt there are not so efficient roms in that aspect but i recommend you to use apps2sd and create partitons in sdcard and use it , it is one of the best method . You can use it on any version of android you like (with some basic knowledge on partitioning , just watch some videos on youtube or search in internet..,)
If you are not intereseted to do experiment on your sd card use CM13 marshmallow , here we can set our sdcard as internal so that you can install big memory games , apps etc.., and also latest android version .There are quite a few bugs but that doesnt really matters for daily use if you are a dualsim user you will not get internet on 2nd sim . Just once go through the link and read everything carefully , and have any doubts post here there are lots of people here to answer you
You can use ArchiDroid v3.1.5 ROM. It lets you move apps from device to SD card. Also it has the less number of bugs as I see. Install recovery and Flash a single file to get started. No need to flash GAPPS, Dual-sim patch etc.. it's already in the package. Choose options wisely while installing it.
Here is the thread --- http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-archidroid-v2-4-6-power-hands-t2354859
hemanthvarma said:
Look first of all there is no rom without bugs for the xperia m, but that doesn't meant there are no good roms for xperia m.There are some good roms with some major and minor bugs . You have to decide for what purpose you want to upgrade
If you are bored of your stock rom and looking for some better performance and new look then there are good number of roms available here like official cyanogenmod kitkat,lollipop,marshmallow and also some other third party roms .(Just go through Xperia M Android Development and Xperia M Original Android development )
And you are asking about rom with move to sd card , but i doubt there are not so efficient roms in that aspect but i recommend you to use apps2sd and create partitons in sdcard and use it , it is one of the best method . You can use it on any version of android you like (with some basic knowledge on partitioning , just watch some videos on youtube or search in internet..,)
If you are not intereseted to do experiment on your sd card use CM13 marshmallow , here we can set our sdcard as internal so that you can install big memory games , apps etc.., and also latest android version .There are quite a few bugs but that doesnt really matters for daily use if you are a dualsim user you will not get internet on 2nd sim . Just once go through the link and read everything carefully , and have any doubts post here there are lots of people here to answer you
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I read the bugs on cm13 and one of its bugs is swapping the sd for internal i think,im not really sure if i understand it correctly though haha but thx for you help ;D
maniganala said:
You can use ArchiDroid v3.1.5 ROM. It lets you move apps from device to SD card. Also it has the less number of bugs as I see. Install recovery and Flash a single file to get started. No need to flash GAPPS, Dual-sim patch etc.. it's already in the package. Choose options wisely while installing it.
Here is the thread --- http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-archidroid-v2-4-6-power-hands-t2354859
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I'll get back to ya after reading it all the way through , thx for ur help ;D
hemanthvarma said:
Look first of all there is no rom without bugs for the xperia m, but that doesn't meant there are no good roms for xperia m.There are some good roms with some major and minor bugs . You have to decide for what purpose you want to upgrade
If you are bored of your stock rom and looking for some better performance and new look then there are good number of roms available here like official cyanogenmod kitkat,lollipop,marshmallow and also some other third party roms .(Just go through Xperia M Android Development and Xperia M Original Android development )
And you are asking about rom with move to sd card , but i doubt there are not so efficient roms in that aspect but i recommend you to use apps2sd and create partitons in sdcard and use it , it is one of the best method . You can use it on any version of android you like (with some basic knowledge on partitioning , just watch some videos on youtube or search in internet..,)
If you are not intereseted to do experiment on your sd card use CM13 marshmallow , here we can set our sdcard as internal so that you can install big memory games , apps etc.., and also latest android version .There are quite a few bugs but that doesnt really matters for daily use if you are a dualsim user you will not get internet on 2nd sim . Just once go through the link and read everything carefully , and have any doubts post here there are lots of people here to answer you
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@hemanthvarma Btw if i use the partition method will i be able to move apps and games to sd card even though my phone doesn't even have the option to move apps in the settings ?
also has this method worked in xeria M dual yet , cuz one of my friends had tried to do it on my phone and he only managed to currupt google playstore on my phone
Finally will i be able to reformat the sd card into a normal sd card again ?
Zanewyman said:
@hemanthvarma Btw if i use the partition method will i be able to move apps and games to sd card even though my phone doesn't even have the option to move apps in the settings ?
also has this method worked in xeria M dual yet , cuz one of my friends had tried to do it on my phone and he only managed to currupt google playstore on my phone
Finally will i be able to reformat the sd card into a normal sd card again ?
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Yes you can move apps to sd card by using apps2sd and also in future you can come back to normal sdcard by again repartitioning it . Watch some videos about how to create partitions in sdcard and how to use apps2sd in MM
Dont simply partition and insert it in your phone you have tofollow some extra steps to get it done , refer xda forums also
hemanthvarma said:
Yes you can move apps to sd card by using apps2sd and also in future you can come back to normal sdcard by again repartitioning it . Watch some videos about how to create partitions in sdcard and how to use apps2sd in MM
Dont simply partition and insert it in your phone you have tofollow some extra steps to get it done , refer xda forums also
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alright thx bro ;D
Bro u should try latest cm13 nightly and use app2sd and there is no big bug in rom and minor bugs not seen by regular usage. Tested by me.?