[Q] Which variant do you have?

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I'm considering purchasing a Player 4.0 or 5.0 (Very likely a 5.0), partly as a bit of a hacktoy since there are no custom kernels for it. However I am curious how many users there are of the particular variants, since this forum covers AT LEAST four different devices: 4.0 US and International, and 5.0 US and International.

As a resident of the States, I'd be getting a U.S. variant, which is why this poll might be a bit U.S. biased by possibly lumping multiple international variants together. As i understand it, only one of the International variants has a custom kernel series going for it.

So - which version do people own?

I have the 4.0 US but apparently the majority of people have the International versions because it seems that the little development going on is for them

I have the 4.0 US version as well. It would be so sweet to finally have a developer for our device!

Originally Posted by -sandro-

I have the 4.0 US but apparently the majority of people have the International versions because it seems that the little development going on is for them

I think it's partly because the international versions have been around MUCH longer, and they're not being marketed in the US much at all.

I've got the US 5.0 and love it. I rooted with SuperOneClick, used Tegrak to overclock just slightly to 1.1 from 1 to smooth out Netflix (audio didn't sync with video at stock speed, does now). I don't really miss not having custom ROMs to experiment with but I've got a rooted Nook Color and several older Android phones for that.

See clarification in next post down

So, just for clarity, the differences between the devices are?:

Galaxy S Wifi 4.0 = YP-GB1 (and presumably also the YP-G1?)

Galaxy S Wifi 5.0 = YP-G70 and YP-GB70 (my UK version with a physical home key is a YP-G70CW, so is the YP-GB70 the US version with all capacitive keys)

Galaxy Player 50 (3.2" screen) = YP-GB50

US versions have all capacitive keys at the bottom of the screen, no hdmi out. Does that hold for both the 4.0 and 5.0?

International versions have a single physical home key between the two capacitive keys at the bottom of the screen, no hdmi out. Again is that true for the 4.0 as well as my 5.0?

My understanding is that there's also a Korean version which has a mini-hdmi out port, no idea what the product code is for that nor what the keys are like.

If you look at the opensource.samsung.com website under "Mobile > MP3 Player & Etc." is shows a choice of product codes to choose from.

Originally Posted by lardman

So, just for clarity, the differences between the devices are?:

Galaxy S Wifi 4.0 = YP-GB1 (and presumably also the YP-G1?)

Galaxy S Wifi 5.0 = YP-G70 and YP-GB70 (my UK version with a physical home key is a YP-G70CW, so is the YP-GB70 the US version with all capacitive keys)

Galaxy Player 50 (3.2" screen) = YP-GB50

US versions have all capacitive keys at the bottom of the screen, no hdmi out. Does that hold for both the 4.0 and 5.0?

International versions have a single physical home key between the two capacitive keys at the bottom of the screen, no hdmi out. Again is that true for the 4.0 as well as my 5.0?

My understanding is that there's also a Korean version which has a mini-hdmi out port, no idea what the product code is for that nor what the keys are like.

If you look at the opensource.samsung.com website under "Mobile > MP3 Player & Etc." is shows a choice of product codes to choose from.

Actually, YP-GB1 and YP-GB70 are the korean versions of the players, which have an antenna and hdmi out. If you look here, http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/mp3-players, the galaxy player 4.0 is YP-G1CWY and the 5.0 is YP-G70C.

Using the international YP-G70 version

Probably going for the 5.0 due to personal preference.

For the US-based players, there is a single source tree download for both devices.

In addition, the source tree has defconfigs for international variants. Supporting International devices may be a simple defconfig change, just like I9100 vs I777. It may even be possible to build Korean kernels from the source.

The US 5.0 will, of course be the only one tested. I need to consider my strategy with regards to blind development.

Bought a 5.0,let the hacking begin!

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