Firmware information for Samsung devices on the Android platform

Habras users in the comments to the entries in our blog have repeatedly asked questions about updating firmware for devices such as Samsung Spica and Samsung Galaxy S. Today we will answer both these questions and others on related questions that you can ask in the comments. I will try to provide you with answers to any question you are interested in on these or other devices.

1. Samsung Spica will receive the official Russian firmware of the Android 2.1 operating system and this will happen, if there are no insurmountable obstacles, in August. Maybe even a little earlier, but this is not called a fact, on the firmware right now there is a dense work and bugs are fixed and caught. I really want users to get the firmware completely ready for work, and not some half-finished semi-finished product.
Anticipating questions and objections from the category “I already have,” it is about the official Russian firmware.

2. In the near future, the official firmware of the Android 2.2 system will be available on the Galaxy S market, but it’s too early to talk about deadlines. As you understand, the device has not yet entered the market and it is simply impossible to announce the date for its firmware release.
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Separately, we can say about this message :

In principle, the i7500 does not have a hardware graphics accelerator, but everything related to graphics (including the camera) and UI in some cases will be unacceptable to slow down, that is, in fact it will be more “finished” than the official firmware version.

Questions are answered by Oleg Budegichev, Samsung.