Loading different OS into Omnia II - Omnia II General

Hi All,
I'd like to know if it is possible or not to load a different OS ROM into Samsung Omnia II i8000 ? eg. Android 2.2 ROM ? is it possible or vice versa, loading Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Pro into Samsung Galaxy S.
Thanks.

I was thinking same thing!
I'm ready to buy a Galaxy S and I was wondering if can be converted to WM 6.5.x as the hardware is better than my actual Omnia II.

momyc said:
I was thinking same thing!
I'm ready to buy a Galaxy S and I was wondering if can be converted to WM 6.5.x as the hardware is better than my actual Omnia II.
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exactly yes, that is what I was thinking to do
i wonder if it is possible here.

Must be possible, but nobody have made it. Windows Mobile 6.5 is outdated, i would like android at least.

pitymonkey said:
Must be possible, but nobody have made it. Windows Mobile 6.5 is outdated, i would like android at least.
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yes, so do I man, I wish someone can share the instruction here or at least their experience in loading Android OS in Samsung Omnia II i8000 mobile ?

Guys there isnt a real forum here for android on omnia II. But we have a great deal of the hardware working on it. Now the phone function isnt that long away. Look at:
bbbq1
You can see it is quite speedy. It has a 3x times higher filebenchmark than the galaxy s.
There will be a functional beta soon.
Because I dont have a topic here, you can follow the work on twitter:
INB2ENSECURITY
Greetings Almar

almar2 said:
Guys there isnt a real forum here for android on omnia II. But we have a great deal of the hardware working on it. Now the phone function isnt that long away. Look at:
bbbq1
You can see it is quite speedy. It has a 3x times higher filebenchmark than the galaxy s.
There will be a functional beta soon.
Because I dont have a topic here, you can follow the work on twitter:
INB2ENSECURITY
Greetings Almar
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ah...
that sounds promising
I'm keen to load Android in my current Omnia II once there is stable release.
thanks for letting me know Sir.
Cheers,
Albert

momyc said:
I was thinking same thing!
I'm ready to buy a Galaxy S and I was wondering if can be converted to WM 6.5.x as the hardware is better than my actual Omnia II.
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I have ordered a Galaxy S (White) but intend to keep my Omnia II for other things, such as GPS/Navigation unless the Galaxy S proves itself a worthy contender with FroYo 2.2
As for Android on Omnia II, check this link out http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000-omnia-ii-gsm-rom-discussion/298997/android-on-omnia-2-17-10-2010-see-first-post/
Sad to see the Topic is closed now....

How to load different OS
I'm interested in doing the same but I would like to try Symbian. Just the method in how to load a new OS is kinda unknown. WM 6.1 (on my Omnia II) is pretty slow, and have heard symbian works extremely well on Omnia. My mate has it on his omnia I and man it's smooth. He's not one too available for helping though. Other options are cookers for WM but not so sure yet
Any help on where and how? Recommendations?
Cheers

urrently there are no plans for porting to Symbian omnia 2, and I do not think is even possible, given the different resolutions (symbian 640x360 omnia 2480x800 )

AmdPhenomII said:
I have ordered a Galaxy S (White) but intend to keep my Omnia II for other things, such as GPS/Navigation unless the Galaxy S proves itself a worthy contender with FroYo 2.2
As for Android on Omnia II, check this link out http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000-omnia-ii-gsm-rom-discussion/298997/android-on-omnia-2-17-10-2010-see-first-post/
Sad to see the Topic is closed now....
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Guess what, currently the progress seems promising as Almar team already managed to make BlueTooth and WiFi stable and workable...(probably still contain some bug) They are still working on it and these guys are doing an awesome job in keeping our Omnia i8000 alive....cheers and salute to Almar and the Omnia2Droid team!!!! Can't wait to try out Android on my phone..LOL
To check out the progress,
Omnia2Droid homepage: http://code.google.com/p/omnia2droid/
Almar Twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/INB2ENSECURITY
Latest MoDaCo thread "Android on Omnia 2": http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000-omnia-ii-gsm-rom-discussion/322429/android-on-omnia-ii-i8000/
Youtube links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bufrPC8T2Dw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZGdYJn73aM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQMfaMbHWgM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNREXsyOzC0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7GvZGedWpQ

Looks quite promising. Tell you what:
If we can get developers here to actively get android working on the Omnia II, I'll get you guys an Android development forum. (i'll have to pull some strings of course...)

Related

HTC Hero interface

any chance to get it working on rhodium??
see the video...
http://www.macitynet.it/macity/aA38603/htc_hero_arriva_il_terzo_android_con_nuova_interfaccia.shtml
Nice interface, but I think it's a very long way off any hope of being ported for the Rhodium, and thats if anyone sees it as a great advantage. It would be a massive project.
Seems to be largely based on TF3D, just remoulded, and probably re-engineered. Looks a lot smoother, but then again it's only a video and they can make it look as smooth as they like! Certainly has all the trademarks of a HTC interface though....like a cross between TF3D and PointUI.
When is this device out anyway? It would be typical of HTC to announce a new one, only weeks after we've all forked out for our Rhodiums!
here's hoping HTC bundle something similar with their 6.5 update for the rhodium!
We shouldn't need to port it.
In a press release HTC have stated that the Sense UI will be rolled out across all HTC handsets, regardless of OS.
Check front page of my site in my link for more details (don't want to spam this forum as I like it here )
jeah i think the will develope it for win mobile 6.5 and android. so we can hope this interface wil come to our TP2
lhwparis said:
jeah i think the will develope it for win mobile 6.5 and android. so we can hope this interface wil come to our TP2
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i hope so...but knowing htc i think the new interface will be available for new devices (devices released after the HTC Hero...)...i hope im wrong...
I don't think so, they have promised upgrades to 6.5 for diamond 2 and touch pro 2 owners (as part of the sales blurb) and i imagine this is their big push at doing something different, creating a consistent user interface throughout their range regardless of OS.
I think they really want to dominate and they're certainly doing a good job so far.
Now if only I could get flash working with the default browser...
dazkeirle said:
We shouldn't need to port it.
In a press release HTC have stated that the Sense UI will be rolled out across all HTC handsets, regardless of OS.
Check front page of my site in my link for more details (don't want to spam this forum as I like it here )
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yeah, I have checked it but it also say that it will be available on all new HTC devices moving forward this takes TP2 out of the loop as it is older. Unless they will plan it for the promised WM6.5 version ..
Either way if it's coming to newer devices I'm sure the geniuses here can work out a way to get it running on the TP2 without much effort
this Hero (HTC Sense) really really adorable
Tried android with Raphael, i love the new OS experience
dazultra2000 said:
Either way if it's coming to newer devices I'm sure the geniuses here can work out a way to get it running on the TP2 without much effort
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Exactly – thx God for XDA developers :-D
sometimes I wonder whether any other platform has such a great support .. well who cares … we DO :-D
Mashe said:
yeah, I have checked it but it also say that it will be available on all new HTC devices moving forward this takes TP2 out of the loop as it is older. Unless they will plan it for the promised WM6.5 version ..
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...as i said...
thats waht i said. i think the new interface will come with new windows mobile 6.5 devices. if we have a little luck the TP2 win6.5 update will come with this interface too
lhwparis said:
thats waht i said. i think the new interface will come with new windows mobile 6.5 devices. if we have a little luck the TP2 win6.5 update will come with this interface too
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and if not that XDA will (hopefully)
Do want!
Looks like a big improvement over TF3D.
Hopefully we'll get this in the official 6.5 upgrade...
yes yes
Lightbulb HTC Hero TF3D Manila 2.1 V2.0 on TP2
it works on mine TP2
cab fils @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538826
I believe this is called PointSense...
You can see more here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542107
Apparently this works but it's slower than the TF3D

WM official update to 6.5.3 for Omnia II ???

Hi, I'd like to now, before buiyng Omnia II, if Samsung gives the possibility to update in an official way (maybe through their updates) windows mobile 6.5 to wm 6.5.3 or 6.5.5.
And if there isn't this possibility, to download the unofficial roms from Modaco, obviously i have to be registered, but to register, do i have to pay? Otherwise is there a way to download these roms from xda?
Finally between the Arm1176 800 Mhz of Omnia II and the Snapdragon QSD8250 1Ghz there is a big difference in daily use? theoretically video playback should be the same for standard definition, or not? and windows mobile is almost equally fast for both the processors, or not? where should i see the benefits of Snapdragon?
Thank you very much (and sorry for my bad English)
Bye
Hi,
Samsung didn't announce anything about WinMo 6.5.x upgrades, so I wouldn't bet on it.
Registering at Modaco is free, and the ROMs posted there from Secany are semi-official, some kind of development snapshots from Samsung, and they are getting better and better Maybe Secany will post them here also in the future...
Finally to the difference between the ARM and the snapdragon: With the snapdragon everything will run faster than with the ARM. Especially starting Apps but probably also stuff like viewing pictures. Video playback will mainly depend on the video hardware which has nothing to do with the main processor. As far as the Omnia II is concerned, playback in SD is as smooth as it can get and I didn't notice any significant lags, except for Samsung's own main menu (which you really don't need).
ok, thank you very much WebReaper21 !!!
WebReaper21 said:
Finally to the difference between the ARM and the snapdragon: With the snapdragon everything will run faster than with the ARM. Especially starting Apps but probably also stuff like viewing pictures.
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Nonsense. "Snapdragon" is market name of RISC-architecture CPU with ARM instruction set.
Compare these links, if you have any doubts:
http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a6410&c=samsung_s3c6410 - about Omnia II CPU
http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a8250&c=qualcomm_snapdragon_qsd8250 - about Snapdragon
Shiryu said:
Nonsense. "Snapdragon" is market name of RISC-architecture CPU with ARM instruction set.
Compare these links, if you have any doubts:
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These are some nice links. I was referring to the specific Processors as mentioned in the first post (ARM for the OMNIA 2, Snapdragon as in the HD2, I presume). While both processors may have an ARM instruction set, the Snapdragon has a newer and in most applications faster architecture AFAIK.
Please correct me if I'm wrong there...
WebReaper21 said:
While both processors may have an ARM instruction set, the Snapdragon has a newer and in most applications faster architecture AFAIK.
Please correct me if I'm wrong there...
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I'm not kind of geek to tell you if you're wrong or not The only one think I'm sure is that, Snapdragon is way faster than S3C6410. But don't ask me how it does
I think it's time for EOT
WM ROM for Samsung Omnia LITE (GT-B7300)
I'm sorry if this isn't the best spot for this question but I'm doing my best to not clutter up the board with a new thread dedicated to what I'm hoping will be a simple answer.
While in Thailand my girlfriend purchased a Samsung Omnia LITE or GT-B7300, which you can see more of at pdadb.net (search for the GT-B7300, I'd provide a link but as I'm a new account I cannot do that yet. The phone came with a WM 6.5 English and Thai ROM and I'd like to get either...
1. An English and Chinese ROM (preferable so Google Maps works while in Beijing).
2. A way to add on Chinese characters so texts and programs can do simplified Chinese.
I've not see any mention of this phone on XDA; any suggestions on where to get the right ROM or at least have the right character set put on the phone?
jackal992 said:
Hi, I'd like to now, before buiyng Omnia II, if Samsung gives the possibility to update in an official way (maybe through their updates) windows mobile 6.5 to wm 6.5.3 or 6.5.5.
Bye
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I read somewhere (reliable) that someone got an WM6.5.3 update in a Samsung Service Centre, so I believe this version is comming soon
Hi all,
I am planning to upgrdae to WinMo 6.5 through the official update, I have a few questions..
1. Is there a possibility to rollback to 6.1 from 6.5 (without flashing it with custom Roms)
2. Is it faster then 6.1
There are some official 6.1 roms, but you can flash it only with Octans or Octans Mini.
6.5 is a bit slower than 6.1 and has memory leaks.
you don't have to pay to get'em form modaco but it is kinda hard to install them.
There is unofficial service update to win 6.5.3 by Samsung. Version build 23103. This is not public service test update. Don't ask me how i knew that, just believe - wersion 6.5.3 is coming soon.
Is it possible to obtain this update?
Angel_666 said:
There is unofficial service update to win 6.5.3 by Samsung. Version build 23103. This is not public service test update. Don't ask me how i knew that, just believe - wersion 6.5.3 is coming soon.
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In fact, it seems that JD1 ROM is 6.5.3....
Correct, it is.
flashed and using for about a week now and it works great way fast. Using a lite ROM and get 98MB free on fresh boot and 70MB with SPB
The builds starting with 253 were part of the COM3 builds wasn't it?
I wonder how long it'll take verizon to butcher it..
I just can't see flashing this phone until a stock rom is available.
Still looking for other radios too for my community project...
How to Upgrade Samsung OmniaII i8000 Software(OS)/Firmware/ROM?
Hi Guys,
I dont know if Im in the right section, I am a beginner and want to learn; How to Upgrade Samsung OmniaII i8000 Software(OS)/Firmware/ROM?
I have a Samsung OmniaII i8000, when I bougth it the running OS is WM6.1,
its kinda boring so i decided to upgrade to WM6.5 with the help of a friend(tech guy).
When I check it the home interface is a bit different to what I saw in the search engine,
its was a HTC interface, I ask my friend if he have a official WM6.5 for omniaII, unfortunately he does not have.
Now since this is the case, I decided to do this my self, so far what I got from seaching is this Jack_Windows_Mobile_6_5_Upgrade.
My Questions:
1.) does Jack_Windows_Mobile_6_5_Upgrade is the right upgrade for OmniaII
2.) what tools/software should I need to do the Upgrading?
My Current OS with HTC Interface: windows mobile 6.5 Professional, OS Version: 5.2.21911 Build 21911.5.0.94
Please... Please... Please help me!
I will gladly appreciare your help.
Thanks in advance guys.
***I am running a MS windows 7 32bits in my Computer.
How to Upgrade Samsung OmniaII i8000 Software(OS)/Firmware/ROM?
Official samsung roms
Hey guys i want to know which is the last official samsung rom for the omnia 2??and where i can find it??
thx!!
samsung omnia i8000
hi guyz i mean this is a simple question is there a wm 6.5.3 avalible if please reply in a easy way for me to understand! much apprecaited thankyou

XDANDROID - Is there hope to see it workin' on the i8000?

Hi there
I've seen the works from XDA on getting android working on some HTC...
and i have too say... Lucky bastards!!
Is there hope to see it working on Omnia i8000... and next on the B7610 ?
Maybe some changes in the drivers could do the job
also looking for android to work on i8000
I guess that it's a huge new project, 'cause Omnia II have a totally different processor (Samsung S3C6410) and all other devices XDANDROID supports have Qualcomm MSM chips.
real_life said:
Hi there
I've seen the works from XDA on getting android working on some HTC...
and i have too say... Lucky bastards!!
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No offence, but if you really like the ...droid so much, why not get a Samsung galaxy instead of the i8000?
I can appreciate, stictly out of experimental interest, why someone would like to run a MacOS on top of Windows. But if somone really likes the Mac so much, why not simply go and get a Mac instead?
Oh well, but then again, it takes all kinds. Some people think it's smart to run win95 on WM....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=626376
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hkwildboy said:
real_life said:
Hi there
I've seen the works from XDA on getting android working on some HTC...
and i have too say... Lucky bastards!!
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No offence, but if you really like the ...droid so much, why not get a Samsung galaxy instead of the i8000?
I can appreciate, stictly out of experimental interest, why someone would like to run a MacOS on top of Windows. But if somone really likes the Mac so much, why not simply go and get a Mac instead?
Oh well, but then again, it takes all kinds. Some people think it's smart to run win95 on WM....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=626376
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First of all, i don't own a i8000 but a b7610...
If i could afford a different gadget, i would have an android, an iphone, even a sciphone... but i can't... too bad for me, right
I got the b7610 because it was (and it still is) the most suited for me...
If i can run linux and windows on a single pc, it's the best of both worlds...
The same for windows mobile and android, win 95, whatever OS...
More diversity, more utility, more i can get from my expensive hardware
It has been proved that it can run on the original omnia, and on some HTC's...
So i only ask if is too difficult to port it to omnia II (and Omnia Pro)
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I wanna try Android on O2... the reason is that the speed is said to be much better than WM. Yet, I'd to keep my WM OS on when I play games coz I still like my WM games.
Maybe there is a little chance for Android for i8000
Look at this link. This device seems to have hardware (especially CPU) similar to our Omnias
Shiryu said:
Maybe there is a little chance for Android for i8000
Look at this link. This device seems to have hardware (especially CPU) similar to our Omnias
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Yeah, it seems to be most of the some hardware, there's a change to see it working.
Shiryu said:
Maybe there is a little chance for Android for i8000
Look at this link. This device seems to have hardware (especially CPU) similar to our Omnias
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good news
It looks almost the same like a i8000.
I hope samsung isn't going to put a lot of there junk software in this device so we can pick the rom of this device and put it on our device
also looking for android on samsung b7610. every startup.txt fails on loading the kernel...
i just found a tutorial how to compile a kernel. the tutorial is for i900 but may work by loading other cpu driver or whatever
http://andromnia.net/wiki/docs/howto_build_linux_kernel
well over @ modaca, i today dl'ed almar's android,for i800,
and it worked, it booted up after a few tries, but nothing is functional...
no radio, no wifi, no Bt, etc.
and no real performance either
i think we'll never get android working as good on Xperia x1 or touch pro2..

WIN PHONE 7 on Omnia 2

All who would like to request developers for Win Phone 7 on their omnia 2 plzz post a request it below
+1
Yes I would like
I would like too
Even though porting of WP7 has been successful on device such as HD2, however, Microsoft seems not planning to help the developers and hackers in realizing the dream of running WP7, so most likely even if the porting is successful, most or some features and applications are NOT likely to work.
Refer to: http://wmpoweruser.com/microsoft-comments-on-windows-phone-7-htc-hd2-port/
i would still like to have another OS on my phone just wna get rid of winmo 6.5
fusioncoast said:
i would still like to have another OS on my phone just wna get rid of winmo 6.5
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LOL...aren't you satisfied with Android?
Omnia II Runs winmo
lj27416 said:
Omnia II Runs winmo
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There's a Android porting over now and I'm talking to Fusioncoast btw.
sure I do too
bu i have read before it's not possible cause of the buttons and minimume requirements
i hope u can do it
Yes please, that would be nice to play with.
I want it too...
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I would like to play with wp7 on my omnia2
i would love to have wp7 too! i support your team, gurus!
who wouldn't want if possible?
Omnia2 isn't in the same league with HD2 in terms of hardware specs.even if it's possible, i guess it will be extremely slow
Microsoft has officiallly announced that no WM6.5 or WM6.1 operator can upgrade to Windows Phone 7....even by flashing......
count me in, i want winmo7 too...
7827505059 said:
Microsoft has officiallly announced that no WM6.5 or WM6.1 operator can upgrade to Windows Phone 7....even by flashing......
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This is the truth, sadly. And this thread is going nowhere.
Sorry guys.

[Q] Firefox OS on Omnia II (i8000)

Are there any efforts for porting the new "Firefox OS" to Omnia II ? or will it be something that we can install on top of windows 6.5 ?
good reguest but this fone its too old
my befor fone is omnia II:angel:
old
ahmadblu said:
good reguest but this fone its too old
my befor fone is omnia II:angel:
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yes, but many people said the same about android on i8000 and see, it is running very smoothly !!!!
spkraul said:
yes, but many people said the same about android on i8000 and see, it is running very smoothly !!!!
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which version of android is smoother than other?
i see new release MinLroid . but i dont now how to use it
spkraul said:
yes, but many people said the same about android on i8000 and see, it is running very smoothly !!!!
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Which version? I've got quite different experience in that matter. Omnia II i8000 has too slow processor (old ARM11 unit), slow GPU and tiny amount of RAM (256MB)
I8000 really interesting
najoshi said:
Are there any efforts for porting the new "Firefox OS" to Omnia II ? or will it be something that we can install on top of windows 6.5 ?
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I have AN I8000 phone,It's really interesting!
Firefox OS possible
ximian83 said:
Which version? I've got quite different experience in that matter. Omnia II i8000 has too slow processor (old ARM11 unit), slow GPU and tiny amount of RAM (256MB)
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I do not understand why people intend to compare a phone produced in 2009 with Samsung Galaxy S4 or iphone5 hardware ?
When it was produced it was one of the best. Even today for someone that loves his phone, or simply doesn't wan't/ doesn't have to spend too much money for a better phone i8000 is very good and if you port android on it, with the combination of the two OS can do many many jobs
Now about Firefox OS according to this
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Introduction
YES, firefox os is possible theoretically to run on our phone.
The problem is drivers, drivers, drivers.
If any one of these phones will ever run ported Firefox OS, we may have chances to see it on our phone. If not i think none will write drivers from zero point.

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