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Porting i9000 gingerbread to i9003

Hi all , as the title says is there any way to port gingerbread to i9003?
What are all the changes that have to be done in the gingerbread rom to make it work with i9003?
Can we take the drivers for i9000 from its original firmware and merge it with gingerbread.
I know if we flash the wrong firmware it wont go past the samsung logo. But what is making it to stop there??
1.Hardware Drivers?.
2.Phone model conflict.?
Post your ideas and opinions.....

I don't think it would be possible, not without ALOT of work anyway. I think I remember 'curio tweeting about it having completely different hardware, although I could well be wrong...

Curio only said that the audio hadware is different. Why cant we remove the drivers of i9000 from that gingerbread rom and replace it with i9003 drivers. May be it is easy to say but hard to achieve, i want to take some initial steps towards it...
Any guidance from developers will be helpful

We need some experienced developers to start this or else wait for official version from samsung.

bala_gamer said:
Curio only said that the audio hadware is different. Why cant we remove the drivers of i9000 from that gingerbread rom and replace it with i9003 drivers. May be it is easy to say but hard to achieve, i want to take some initial steps towards it...
Any guidance from developers will be helpful
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not just that. you guys have a different cpu/gpu too.

Ya the CPU/GPU/CHIPSET/AUDIO are different, but we have all the required drivers and files in the i9003 original rom file. WHy cant we replace those in the gingerbread rom. I may be wrong , but its not at all impossible.

You make it sound so easy. You can't just replace the drivers with i9003 ones without editing the software to be compatible with the new drivers. Just wait for gingerbread
Galaxy S - no point in writing rom or kernel constantly changing!

The linux kernel in Gingerbread is different. That's why drivers from old kernel can be incompatible. Also we don't have sources to compile new drivers.
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None of the developers are interested in this phone. In spite of consistent requests we have not been provided a separate section at XDA. Either Admin does not like this phone or they are waiting for some developer to take initiative. Even the cheapest phone has a development thread within a short period of its release. May be its a fate of I9003 users.

I think that all because the phone is available in specific countriea bot widly spread
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trip007in said:
None of the developers are interested in this phone. In spite of consistent requests we have not been provided a separate section at XDA. Either Admin does not like this phone or they are waiting for some developer to take initiative. Even the cheapest phone has a development thread within a short period of its release. May be its a fate of I9003 users.
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Been said before buy the devs a few phones they cannot work on something they have not got .They do not get paid to work on giving you a nice rom .
So please donate at least one I9003 .
jje

I heard that we have to donate a mobile of the same model to xda so that the developers will start their work. is that true?

What do you do when you come home from work ??
Go out and buy a phone you dont want and start development work on it for no money as a hobby ??? . To give away to unknown persons .
Devs are people that work on stuff for free its a hobby not a job .
Personally if i was able to do all that development stuff i would be looking at the SGS 2 now .
jje

JJEgan said:
What do you do when you come home from work ??
Go out and buy a phone you dont want and start development work on it for no money as a hobby ??? . To give away to unknown persons .
Devs are people that work on stuff for free its a hobby not a job .
Personally if i was able to do all that development stuff i would be looking at the SGS 2 now .
jje
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May be what you are saying is right, but what is stopping XDA admin to provide us a separate section for I9003? Atleast we will have some hope seeing our own section... How can ppl reach a developer at a forum where we do not even know who is a developer here? Why will somebody even show interest in the development of the device which is not listed??? that can be another reason. Its need to be popular for someone to be attracted. When I want to read posts related to my device here, I have search through 100s of I9000 posts, I have to search my own post in the forum, it goes untraceable. What do you think about this? do you think we need to donate the phone to XDA moderators too to create a section?
@JJE, do you mind telling us which phone do you own?

@trip
If I remember correctly jje has a SGS.
He is one of the most helpful people around. I have read his posts in different phone's sections and found them to be helpful and motivating.
Even here his suggestion is practical.
All those wonderful people who develop for SGS (darky, curio,etc) own that device. We need to have developers from within our own group only first. Others could chip in and help us.

Ok then lets donate a phone to darky or some reputed developer and ask to help us. But my point is we need separate section for the phone for all the developments posts and attract other developers. Its easy for some ppl to donate when they gain some thing in return, I mean to continue the development support.
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@trip
Agreed and true
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@ rex and @ trip
Contacted a moderator via mail. For getting a separate section for our mobile he says we have to keep on requesting in the "Android General" forum. Once there is 1000+ requests, they will decide about a new sub forum.

@bala, lets do it then.

trip007in said:
@bala, lets do it then.
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Post daily in that request thread & all i9003 users add that thread link in your signature that way all new users will get to see that thread & will post request to cross 1000s post mark soon. Next 10-15 days we should have it done.
What do you say?

Official samsung firmware 2.3.4 port from galaxy fit

hello,
im gonna port android 2.3 from galaxy fit..
the only thing i need to know is how could i change the RESOLUTION FROM 240X320 TO 204X400 like ours.. please assist me and i would do it
the galaxy fit has lower specs than ours so see gsmarena for specs
so our phone should run it 100% so please help me if needed

anxdateamcool said:
hello,
im gonna port android 2.3 from galaxy fit..
the only thing i need to know is how could i change the RESOLUTION FROM 240X320 TO 204X400 like ours.. please assist me and i would do it
the galaxy fit has lower specs than ours so see gsmarena for specs
so our phone should run it 100% so please help me if needed
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sorry im not gonna port from galaxy fit, but im gonna port from galaxy 551 for resolution probs hope it completes successfully

anxdateamcool said:
sorry im not gonna port from galaxy fit, but im gonna port from galaxy 551 for resolution probs hope it completes successfully
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with 10 touch point support???
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rkkoby said:
with 10 touch point support???
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for 10 point touch support, i need the help of "unreal3000" probably he would help me i think

anxdateamcool said:
for 10 point touch support, i need the help of "unreal3000" probably he would help me i think
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is it that the people having membership=senior member and thanks meter=above 1000 should only do this ,

1. Stop spamming the forum, don't open useless threads here and there.
2. The thing you wanna do isnt possible
Each phone has its own specific firmware, and firmware made for one phone wont run on the other, and may also damage the phone
Porting firmware needs a lot of knowledge, you need to do lot more than "just changing resolution" (actually there's nothing like "changing resolution" )
for 10 point touch support, i need the help of "unreal3000" probably he would help me i think
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once again, he did it just as an experiment, and it isnt really useful on such a small screen(2 fingers for zooming in and out, maybe 5 for some games, thats it!)
is it that the people having membership=senior member and thanks meter=above 1000 should only do this ,
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LOL
No.
Senior Member = members having made more than 100 "useful" posts, and thanks meter has nothing to do with a person's capability
Stop this, you'll probably damage your phone, and perhaps of others too.

cdesai said:
1. Stop spamming the forum, don't open useless threads here and there.
2. The thing you wanna do isnt possible
Each phone has its own specific firmware, and firmware made for one phone wont run on the other, and may also damage the phone
Porting firmware needs a lot of knowledge, you need to do lot more than "just changing resolution" (actually there's nothing like "changing resolution" )
once again, he did it just as an experiment, and it isnt really useful on such a small screen(2 fingers for zooming in and out, maybe 5 for some games, thats it!)
LOL
No.
Senior Member = members having made more than 100 "useful" posts, and thanks meter has nothing to do with a person's capability
Stop this, you'll probably damage your phone, and perhaps of others too.
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thread closed sorry guys.. :'(

cdesai said:
1. Stop spamming the forum, don't open useless threads here and there.
2. The thing you wanna do isnt possible
Each phone has its own specific firmware, and firmware made for one phone wont run on the other, and may also damage the phone
Porting firmware needs a lot of knowledge, you need to do lot more than "just changing resolution" (actually there's nothing like "changing resolution" )
once again, he did it just as an experiment, and it isnt really useful on such a small screen(2 fingers for zooming in and out, maybe 5 for some games, thats it!)
LOL
No.
Senior Member = members having made more than 100 "useful" posts, and thanks meter has nothing to do with a person's capability
Stop this, you'll probably damage your phone, and perhaps of others too.
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I think he needs to be explained this fact in a slightly lighter tone mate

rdass3646 said:
I think he needs to be explained this fact in a slightly lighter tone mate
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Maybe yes, but you dont want anyone to damage their phones doing this, do u?

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@OP
I have been following your thread opening trend. You cannot open a new thread for every question you have. Please refrain and use the QnA thread of the Galaxy 3 in the General section.
THREAD CLOSED!

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I727R

Hey guys,
So I recently switched from an iPhone 4 to this beast of a phone and was wondering weather the MODS for the different models would work on mine since I cant seem to find MODS for my model
Any responses to help me out would be greatly appreciated !
Cheers
fizl

No . Please do not.attempt to flash anything for a different device on yours . You can very easily.destroy ot that way. Unlike iphones android phones are much different usually model to model. If its in the development section of your device thats all u want to use

silver03wrx said:
No . Please do not.attempt to flash anything for a different device on yours . You can very easily.destroy ot that way. Unlike iphones android phones are much different usually model to model. If its in the development section of your device thats all u want to use
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Good advice as he also posted this in the ogsgsii forums. I told him the closest relative is the tmobile sgsii. I may or may not have also made a little fun of the skyrocket But all in good fun. For love of android I hope development support keeps growing for the skyrocket.
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Sick of XDA's biasedness.

Well I post this in the Sony Xperia S' forum. But I think it should be addressed here as well. If you're a Samsung fan boy feel free to walk.
Ok folks here's my sentiment about XDA's biasedness towards Samsung. If you're a samsung fan boy feel free to walk.
So the US versions of the Samsung Plasticky s3 have not come out yet and yet there already are forums for them? Sprint Samsung galaxy s3
Verizon Samsung galaxy s3
ATT Samsung galaxy s3.
Tmobile Samsung galaxy s3.
But the Sony Xperia Ion is coming out in the same time and it's the only Sony phone in the US but it does not have a forum? I remember when the international s3 had not come out yet and it had its own forum. What bs is that? I'm not really a Sony fan but I'm so sick of how Android is morphing into a Samsung-only avenue. Why not just rename the forum from XDA developers to XDA Samsung's ass kissers to not mislead newbie Android users? I know I will get warnings and stuff but I dont give a crap anymore.
Update: Excuse for not having a Sony Xperia Ion forum:
As I said here a few days ago:
Originally Posted by iridaki
You need to make a request here.
And yes, I do have to close this thread down, because this is not the place to make requests.
Mainly because the people involved in those kind of decisions will most likely not see it here.
Not every phone can have a home in XDA.
There are many factors affecting the decision, one of them being interesting and continuous development, this is xda-developers after all.
P, U and Sola are relatively new devices, borderline low-end, middle-end at best, so it could go either way.
You need to be patient and in the meantime, try to make the accomodation of more than one phones under the same section bearable.
It is your responsibility to post in the correct sub-section, provide clear and to-the-point thread titles ("HEEEEEEEELP " "OMG wtf happened to my phone" "???" etc, are NOT acceptable) with tags ([P], , [Sola], ) so that the forums are as clean and helpful as possible.
Thanks!
Ion, even though definitely a high-end phone, is just not that popular at the moment. I do not think XDA favors Samsung, users do, so they render their products popular.
Please make your requests here, keeping in mind that they may or may not be met after all.
Thank you!
Now look at the image attached. I call BS on this.

Yawn.
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Man, someone certainly pissed in your cherrios. I mean, relax, its not that serious.
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i dont really agree with your sentiment,
Sammsung has flooded the market with their phones they hit every carrier and every pricepoint so there is gonna be alot more users. the GSIII has been a very highly antisipated phone in fact it may even kick the iphone off its pedestal as the single most popular phone.
i find XDA's coverage of Sony to be exceptional the news feed mentions a Sony related item at least 3 times a week. that is impressive because market share wise sony is almost non existant. The forum is very active for most of the Sony models. way more than i have seen on any other site.
What us sony useres have going for us is the fact that Sony has been very accomodating to the Dev comunity and all we need to do is enjoy it and continue to encourage it.

1. I do not see an ATT, VZW or a Sprint dedicated Galaxy S III forum. Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place? Using xda app and don't see it under forum alphabetical names anywhere.
2. The s3 is the most anticipated Android phone of all time, it has something like 20 million units sold/pre ordered already.
3. WWWWHHHHHAAAAAAAA (baby's cry)
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So do you think that just because a manufacturer releases a phone that XDA should open up a new forum for it? Got news for you, XDA is FINITE. Hard decisions have to be made about where to allocate resources. That is why there is a specific thread for this purpose. It is sticky noted to the top of the general XDA-developers.com subforum.
New Device Forum Requests
Perhaps if you can get enough people to request a new forum for your device then the admins will see enough of an audience to warrant allocating those resources.

[Q] Next best budget phone after Galaxy R

Can anyone suggest the next best budget phone similar to specs of galaxy R?
4.3" display, 1gb RAM , front and back cameras, dual/quad core processor, under 22k INR,

saroj405 said:
Can anyone suggest the next best budget phone similar to specs of galaxy R?
4.3" display, 1gb RAM , front and back cameras, dual/quad core processor, under 22k INR,
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Galaxy s advance is a gud fone
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want to go for other one also..?? means brand..??

we already have one Thread for this [Discussion] What would be your next phone after SGR ?.
so why you are creating new thread, please ask mod to close this tread and search before posting......

kataria.vikesh said:
want to go for other one also..?? means brand..??
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Any brand but as potential and as good as Royale.. :cyclops:

mj.vikram said:
we already have one Thread for this [Discussion] What would be your next phone after SGR ?.
so why you are creating new thread, please ask mod to close this tread and search before posting......
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I apologise but I checked that one.
People there are talking about their next phone after Royale. Most of them want a Nexus/S3/OneX which ain't the budget phones.
I am looking for one which is on par with royale in specs and also comes under same price line.
P.S: If the mods still feel this thread is not required, I request them to close this here.

Galaxy S Advance is getting JB, but Galaxy Nexus will come in that budget. So should be Nexus. In mumbai it's 20k.
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Dear All,
Please dont make this thread long. As suggested by MJ, please shift your all conversation there.:victory:
@OP: buddy if you will ask about 20K around mobile, then we will sure let you know about your budget Mobile.
Just like here we will serve you batter in That thread which is already provided by MJ.vikram

This thread has been closed at the request of members
@All members - All of these are judgement calls on whether one thread is similar enough to another to warrant closing. This one is especially close because the OP has a point. The other thread is discussing an "upgrade" path while the OP is looking to "sidegrade" to a different phone. However, I'm going to close this one in favor of the other at this time.
@OP - Please join the discussion in the other thread and list your new phone criteria there. If you don't get a satisfactory answer in a reasonable amount of time, contact me and I'll open this one back up for you. You can bump the thread and restart the discussion here.
I hope this is satisfactory to all.