I gt the U.S. version of Froyo to my German Galaxy 5-i5500 (previously 2.1) and flashed me kept exactly to the instructions from page 1. I have no problems, compass is o.k. and the battery will last longer than before.

Beware This bricked my phone !
Its seriously not a joke !

It was 28 dec 2010, I was checking out awesome phones on net. When I went though samsung galaxy family I got lust for getting galaxy 3 and galaxy s interface on my galaxy 5. So I checked out tutorials for installing galaxy 3 and s on net, and found it to be too similar with galaxy 5 installation. I then got the firmware for g3 and gs. I went into downloading mode of galaxy 5, started the process of flashing galaxy 3, it failed ! But mobile was still in downloading mode, so I again tried my luck and started installing galaxy s, **** ! Failed again ! Mobile still in downloading mode. Now I thought that I should remove battery as I always do if I get into downloading mode accidently, so with this thought I unplugged the battery.
» This was my biggest mistake !
Aftet plugging it, phone didn't start, it got bricked.

That mistake could have been undone, if at that time I had reflashed galaxy 5 firmware, the problem was that during my attempt to install g3 the galaxy 5 pda file was erased. So when phone restarted it didn't have the procedure for how to boot the phone.

I was for sure that my phone is full dead(bricked) when my all attempts to start the phone failed.

I was really unable to sleep that night.

Next day on 29/12/10 I visited samsung mobile service center, they declared that they cannot install the firmware and its motherboard( everything in mobile else external cover) has to be replaced and it would take about a weeks time to make it work !
They told me that motherboard costs more than 80% of total cost of phone, but I was very lucky that my phone was in warranty so I didn't have to pay for it, else I was in deep **** !
Finally they returned my phone on 11/01/2011. Full working !

The warned me not to update the software on my own and wait for the company to release official one.

Anyone who had done similar act and had successfully installed galaxy 3 or galaxy s on galaxy 5 please post a detailed guide for performing so.

Anyone who is planning to do so is free to do this untill you don't have warranty.
Do it at your own risk !

Note if you have warranty, atleast try to find a way to install galaxy 3 or galaxy s on galaxy 5, even if you have a little bit of idea what are you about do !
I guess the only risk with those who have warranty is that they will get separated from their mobile for a week !
And even this won't happen if you guys will not repeat the same mistake(specified above) done by me in the attempt to do the welfare of the samsung galaxy 5 owners all across the world !
If I could risk for all u guys, atleast u guys think for it !
So please guys attempt it !

Any new ideas please tell me !

Thanks !

Sent from my GT-I5503 using XDA App

Originally Posted by ayush0512

Beware This bricked my phone !
Its seriously not a joke !

It was 28 dec 2010, I was checking out awesome phones on net. When I went though samsung galaxy family I got lust for getting galaxy 3 and galaxy s interface on my galaxy 5. So I checked out tutorials for installing galaxy 3 and s on net, and found it to be too similar with galaxy 5 installation. I then got the firmware for g3 and gs. I went into downloading mode of galaxy 5, started the process of flashing galaxy 3, it failed ! But mobile was still in downloading mode, so I again tried my luck and started installing galaxy s, **** ! Failed again ! Mobile still in downloading mode. Now I thought that I should remove battery as I always do if I get into downloading mode accidently, so with this thought I unplugged the battery.
» This was my biggest mistake !
Aftet plugging it, phone didn't start, it got bricked.

That mistake could have been undone, if at that time I had reflashed galaxy 5 firmware, the problem was that during my attempt to install g3 the galaxy 5 pda file was erased. So when phone restarted it didn't have the procedure for how to boot the phone.

I was for sure that my phone is full dead(bricked) when my all attempts to start the phone failed.

I was really unable to sleep that night.

Next day on 29/12/10 I visited samsung mobile service center, they declared that they cannot install the firmware and its motherboard( everything in mobile else external cover) has to be replaced and it would take about a weeks time to make it work !
They told me that motherboard costs more than 80% of total cost of phone, but I was very lucky that my phone was in warranty so I didn't have to pay for it, else I was in deep **** !
Finally they returned my phone on 11/01/2011. Full working !

The warned me not to update the software on my own and wait for the company to release official one.

Anyone who had done similar act and had successfully installed galaxy 3 or galaxy s on galaxy 5 please post a detailed guide for performing so.

Anyone who is planning to do so is free to do this untill you don't have warranty.
Do it at your own risk !

Note if you have warranty, atleast try to find a way to install galaxy 3 or galaxy s on galaxy 5, even if you have a little bit of idea what are you about do !
I guess the only risk with those who have warranty is that they will get separated from their mobile for a week !
And even this won't happen if you guys will not repeat the same mistake(specified above) done by me in the attempt to do the welfare of the samsung galaxy 5 owners all across the world !
If I could risk for all u guys, atleast u guys think for it !
So please guys attempt it !

Any new ideas please tell me !

Thanks !

Sent from my GT-I5503 using XDA App

No offence, but you're an *******. Just because installing steps are the same it's DOESN'T MEAN IT'S OK!!!! Galaxy s And 3 have completely differnt settings and parameters. You can't install firmware from other phones on yours just because it is android. Why do you think we are all waiting for a normal froyo firmware for europe? If it would be possible i would have installed gingerbread a loooooooong time ago

Why would you ever try to flash the galaxy s or galaxy 3 firmware on your galaxy 5, it's different hardware.

Needs more gingerbread

Originally Posted by ayush0512

Beware This bricked my phone !
Its seriously not a joke !

It was 28 dec 2010, I was checking out awesome phones on net. When I went though samsung galaxy family I got lust for getting galaxy 3 and galaxy s interface on my galaxy 5. So I checked out tutorials for installing galaxy 3 and s on net, and found it to be too similar with galaxy 5 installation. I then got the firmware for g3 and gs. I went into downloading mode of galaxy 5, started the process of flashing galaxy 3, it failed ! But mobile was still in downloading mode, so I again tried my luck and started installing galaxy s, **** ! Failed again ! Mobile still in downloading mode. Now I thought that I should remove battery as I always do if I get into downloading mode accidently, so with this thought I unplugged the battery.
» This was my biggest mistake !
Aftet plugging it, phone didn't start, it got bricked.

That mistake could have been undone, if at that time I had reflashed galaxy 5 firmware, the problem was that during my attempt to install g3 the galaxy 5 pda file was erased. So when phone restarted it didn't have the procedure for how to boot the phone.

I was for sure that my phone is full dead(bricked) when my all attempts to start the phone failed.

I was really unable to sleep that night.

Next day on 29/12/10 I visited samsung mobile service center, they declared that they cannot install the firmware and its motherboard( everything in mobile else external cover) has to be replaced and it would take about a weeks time to make it work !
They told me that motherboard costs more than 80% of total cost of phone, but I was very lucky that my phone was in warranty so I didn't have to pay for it, else I was in deep **** !
Finally they returned my phone on 11/01/2011. Full working !

The warned me not to update the software on my own and wait for the company to release official one.

Anyone who had done similar act and had successfully installed galaxy 3 or galaxy s on galaxy 5 please post a detailed guide for performing so.

Anyone who is planning to do so is free to do this untill you don't have warranty.
Do it at your own risk !

Note if you have warranty, atleast try to find a way to install galaxy 3 or galaxy s on galaxy 5, even if you have a little bit of idea what are you about do !
I guess the only risk with those who have warranty is that they will get separated from their mobile for a week !
And even this won't happen if you guys will not repeat the same mistake(specified above) done by me in the attempt to do the welfare of the samsung galaxy 5 owners all across the world !
If I could risk for all u guys, atleast u guys think for it !
So please guys attempt it !

Any new ideas please tell me !

Thanks !

Sent from my GT-I5503 using XDA App

I bet that would stop the duplicate texts though

Originally Posted by poltn6

I bet that would stop the duplicate texts though

Yeah. Along with everything else you hold dearest on your mobile phone

I have a problem with Galaxy.

I want to flash I5500XWJJ6. I`m from Europe.
I put all files in Odin with Europe OPS file and phone remain stuck.
I use Odin 4.28 and
EUROPA_v1.0.ops

<1> 1/10 Finished.
<1> qcsbl download..
<1> 2/10 Finished.
<1> oemsbl download..
<1> 3/10 Finished.
<1> amss download..
<1> 4/10 Finished.
<1> arm11boot download..
<1> 5/10 Finished.
<1> boot.img download..
<1> 6/10 Finished.
<1> recovery.img download..
<1> 7/10 Finished.
<1> system.rfs download..
<1> 8/10 Finished.
<1> data.rfs download..


I left my phone on this stage for 30 minutes....

I've flashed my I5500(South African Version) from 2.1 to 2.2 and all is working great!! Thanks for the guide. Just the battery that needs calibration again.
Thanx to all the members

i wonder why nobody realeased a cyanogen mod for this phone as it's got quite some potential.

Hi everyone,

I'm working on the GT-I5500 for about 10 days, played alot, flashed alot and i finaly got to learn how it works
Well i have created a modified froyo version based on samsung's I5500LAR0JP2
Basically i tweaked the initiation scripts and got the powersave gorvernor set to ondemand
It was performance, so the cpu clock was always at max
The battery now lasts about 3 times more according to testers and the device aparently is more stable. All the apps are the same
Setcpu can be removed since the powersave mode is now default

To install it, use the odin procedure as the same as the I5500LAR0JP2
Remember to do a factory wipe after installing
Below the file, DO NOT RENAME THE FILE TO .TAR OR ANYTHING ELSE, odin will do the checksum of the file so you know it has been downloaded correcty

tinyurl.com/67wpzzm

At the Lowyat forum there is all the testing and modifications
forum.lowyat.net/topic/1687862

You can also join the irc channel at freenode.net (webchat.freenode.net channel #gti5500)

All kind of help is welcome

Thanks,

James/Motafoca