Firmware Question

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When I speak to Samsung, they deny any chance of new firmware until FroYo is released.

The Samsung Russia website does not (or at least didn't) list the Galaxy S as being available.

So all these firmwares Im seeing here, how genuine are they, and how come they're all from Russia?

Additionally, can I take a copy of my current firmware just in case?

My thoughts exactly. No one knows where these firmware updates are coming from but they are signed with Samsung's signing key else they wouldn't be able to be applied to these phones without getting root access first.

I think (bit of a guess) either these are leaked developer builds of the firmware (which will also explain why they are updating so quickly) or someone has managed to acquire Samsung's signing key. They are recompiling the firmware from Samsung's publicly available source code and putting them out with the updates and fixes.

I think it's the former option but this is just me speculating. If they were coming from Samsung officially then why isn't Samsung making them available via their own website which would have credibility. Even if they were unpolished firmware releases, they could always release them as Beta.

A lot of us have been wondering. Here's my take on this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=123

If someone with more inside knowledge could enlighten us, it would be great.