Android 2.1 and i5700 Spica - failed experiment
The other day I tried to put the latest firmware version 570EXXJCE with Android 2.1 on my Spica. Put it easy, it is not difficult. Now I want to share with you my observations about this.
Well. The experiment is over. I rolled back to 1.5 (I5700XEIL5)
The conclusion is this: whether the programmers in Samsung are extremely curved, or Spica is simply not suitable for 2.1 for hardware. I explain ...
First, the pros:
First impressions of 2.1 on Speke are favorable. It seems everything works. “Contacts” are altered, “Messages” are altered. These applications have become really more convenient. There is a new YouTube client and of course a new browser that runs noticeably faster than in version 1.5.
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Google Maps has grown to version 4.10. They have the opportunity to work with layers, with their own maps, and even with the experimental features of Google Labs. I once complained about the GPS subsystem, and so in version 2.1 it works more stable. Satellites are lost much less often. Here they are great. Video playback no longer interferes with the GPS signal and Internet traffic. The sound does not stutter.
Of course the new Market. With thumbnails. But I don’t understand that this is how all the bars come from? Previews I can see on Cyrket. The advantages can also be attributed to the possibility to create several Google accounts on the phone at once. Although I do not need it.
Minuses:
Everything related to the photo in this release 2.1 is just awful. From an unpretentious camera they made some kind of monster that runs for an hour. And for the controls and the picture itself is not visible. I tried to install alternative programs, but they come into conflict with the standard program and all of them together cease to measure exposure. In the furnace such "improvements".
With viewing pictures in general kayuk. The “Gallery” itself has not changed (it only works slower), but the programmers themselves assigned the viewing to the Samsung application “My files”. This is such a simple file manager, a copy of what I had on the S5230 Star. There everything slows down and buggy. Also in the furnace.
Music player - the next creation of Samsung programmers.
Ek it smashed!
Previous playlists are not picked up. Previously, they were stored as ordinary .m3u on an SD card, and now HZ is where and how. All the music mixed up in some terrible pile. I stumbled and realized that it is possible to restore order in this, but labor costs are not justified. In the furnace.
Memory in Speke is not enough. With a large number of running applications, everything starts to slow down just like Windows Mobile. And I need it? The general impression is that - where the bare android is there, everything is more or less normal, and where the Samsung programming begins, nightmares begin. The desire to cram your software into the device is a profound mistake. If they come to their senses and leave an empty system, then most likely it will be a workable device.
Anticipating the questions of knowledgeable people, I will say that I tried both “clean” firmware and a couple of mods from Samdroid.net. The 3D gallery of the Nexus One brakes on Speke altogether mercilessly. Cannot afford her such software.
It is very interesting to see how the upgrade will go with HTC Hero. Will they be able to adapt the old hardware for the new OS? Samsung is not yet able.
Well. The experiment is over. I rolled back to 1.5 (I5700XEIL5)
The conclusion is this: whether the programmers in Samsung are extremely curved, or Spica is simply not suitable for 2.1 for hardware. I explain ...
First, the pros:
First impressions of 2.1 on Speke are favorable. It seems everything works. “Contacts” are altered, “Messages” are altered. These applications have become really more convenient. There is a new YouTube client and of course a new browser that runs noticeably faster than in version 1.5.
')
Google Maps has grown to version 4.10. They have the opportunity to work with layers, with their own maps, and even with the experimental features of Google Labs. I once complained about the GPS subsystem, and so in version 2.1 it works more stable. Satellites are lost much less often. Here they are great. Video playback no longer interferes with the GPS signal and Internet traffic. The sound does not stutter.
Of course the new Market. With thumbnails. But I don’t understand that this is how all the bars come from? Previews I can see on Cyrket. The advantages can also be attributed to the possibility to create several Google accounts on the phone at once. Although I do not need it.
Minuses:
Everything related to the photo in this release 2.1 is just awful. From an unpretentious camera they made some kind of monster that runs for an hour. And for the controls and the picture itself is not visible. I tried to install alternative programs, but they come into conflict with the standard program and all of them together cease to measure exposure. In the furnace such "improvements".
With viewing pictures in general kayuk. The “Gallery” itself has not changed (it only works slower), but the programmers themselves assigned the viewing to the Samsung application “My files”. This is such a simple file manager, a copy of what I had on the S5230 Star. There everything slows down and buggy. Also in the furnace.
Music player - the next creation of Samsung programmers.
Ek it smashed!Previous playlists are not picked up. Previously, they were stored as ordinary .m3u on an SD card, and now HZ is where and how. All the music mixed up in some terrible pile. I stumbled and realized that it is possible to restore order in this, but labor costs are not justified. In the furnace.
Memory in Speke is not enough. With a large number of running applications, everything starts to slow down just like Windows Mobile. And I need it? The general impression is that - where the bare android is there, everything is more or less normal, and where the Samsung programming begins, nightmares begin. The desire to cram your software into the device is a profound mistake. If they come to their senses and leave an empty system, then most likely it will be a workable device.
Anticipating the questions of knowledgeable people, I will say that I tried both “clean” firmware and a couple of mods from Samdroid.net. The 3D gallery of the Nexus One brakes on Speke altogether mercilessly. Cannot afford her such software.
It is very interesting to see how the upgrade will go with HTC Hero. Will they be able to adapt the old hardware for the new OS? Samsung is not yet able.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/89824/
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