There are several ways to install multitouch patch, but in this guide i’ll use patch that comes with latest samdroid kitchen v2 (kernel LK2.09.4).  LK2.09.4 includes patches for multitouch from Gabriel-LG (v2b), camera bug fix from antibyte and new superuser 2.3.5.

How to install

Note: Use this guide at your own risk and always make a backup before applying new updates.

Without base package

Use this if you want to install kernel patch  without samdroid v2 package. You must at least have kernel LK2.02 installed to install the patch via recovery.

• Go to samdroid kitchen v2 page
• On ‘Base Packages‘ options, choose ‘Light Package‘
• On ‘Kernel’ options, choose ‘Kernel [LK2.09.4 (Multitouch from Gabriel-LG v2b + antibyte camera bugfix2 + Superuser 2.3.5)]‘
• Scroll down the page (skip the other options) and click ‘Cook‘ button to download the zip file (SamdroidMod-(###)_update.zip). The samdroid update zip file size is about 3.8 mb .
• Download multitouch fix zip file from here (Sdm_MultitouchFix.zip)
• Copy the two update zip files into sdcard
• Reboot into recovery
• Select  ’Apply any zip from SD‘
• Select samdroid update zip file
• Do the same for multitouch fix zip file
• Reboot and check the multitouch support, you can download Multitouch Vis Test application from Market to test multitouch support.

With base package (Recommend, stable)

Use this if you want to install kernel patch with samdroid v2 package. You must at least have kernel LK2.02 installed to install the patch via recovery.

• Go to samdroid kitchen v2 page
• On ‘Base Packages‘ options, choose ‘SamdroidMod Version 1.3.1.deodexed [XXJH1] (Android 2.1)‘ and ‘Light Package‘
• On ‘Kernel’ options, choose ‘Kernel [LK2.09.4 (Multitouch from Gabriel-LG v2b + antibyte camera bugfix2 + Superuser 2.3.5)]‘
• Choose your prefered packages on the other options. For ‘Home‘ options, LauncherPro is really recommended (smooth & fast launcher)
• Click ‘Cook‘ button to download the zip file (SamdroidMod-(###)_update.zip). The file size is about 80-100 mb depends on your selected packages
• Download multitouch fix zip file from here (Sdm_MultitouchFix.zip)

• Copy the two update zip files into sdcard
• Reboot into recovery
• Select Wipe → Wipe data/cache
• Select  ’Apply any zip from SD‘
• Select samdroid update zip file
• Do the same for multitouch fix zip file
• Reboot
• First booting may take a long time, especially between logo and boot animation, just wait.
• Check the multitouch support, you can download Multitouch Vis Test application from Market to test multitouch support.

Spica Multitouch Test

Demo Video (from Gabriel)

Our first example will display a custom window title with a logo image on the left of title bar.

1. Create custom layout for window title in “layout” folder.

window_title.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
  	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  	android:orientation="horizontal"
	android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	android:layout_height="35dip"
	android:gravity="center_vertical"
	android:paddingLeft="5dip"
	android:background="#323331">

	<ImageView
		android:id="@+id/header"
		android:src="@drawable/header"
		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

</LinearLayout>

This custom layout will display a header image/logo using ImageView on the left of title bar. The height of the bar is 35dip and has #323331 background color.

2. Create custom style in “values” folder.

custom_style.xml

<resources>
	<style name="CustomWindowTitleBackground">
		<item name="android:background">#323331</item>
    </style>

    <style name="CustomTheme" parent="android:Theme">
    	<item name="android:windowTitleSize">35dip</item>
        <item name="android:windowTitleBackgroundStyle">@style/CustomWindowTitleBackground</item>
    </style>
</resources>

Based on custom window title layout, make adjustment on Android window style parameters: android:windowTitleSize (35dip) and android:windowTitleBackgroundStyle (#323331).

3. Apply custom style in manifest file as theme.

AndroidManifest.xml

<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/CustomTheme">

4. Apply custom window title in main activity class

CustomWindowTitle.xml

public class CustomWindowTitle extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);

        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.window_title);
    }
}

To apply custom window title, call requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE) method before setContentView and set custom layout using getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.window_title) after setContentView method.

5. Here is the result

Our first example  is pretty easy for a single activity application, but for an application with more the one activty we have to make a slight modification so our custom title can be applied to all activities. This example below consists of two menus (News, Info) which each menu represented by an activity. Each menu activity will display its title and small icon on the right of title bar.

1. Modify previous custom layout to add TextView for menu title and ImageView for menu icon.

window_title.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
  	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  	android:orientation="horizontal"
	android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	android:layout_height="35dip"
	android:gravity="center_vertical"
	android:paddingLeft="5dip"
	android:background="#323331">

	<ImageView
		android:id="@+id/header"
		android:src="@drawable/header"
		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

	<LinearLayout
		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
		android:layout_weight="1"
		android:gravity="right|center_vertical"
		android:paddingRight="5dip">

		<TextView
			android:id="@+id/title"
			android:layout_width="wrap_content"
			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
			android:textSize="11dip"
			android:paddingRight="5dip" />

	    <ImageView
			android:id="@+id/icon"
			android:layout_width="wrap_content"
			android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

	</LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

2. Create parent class for window title

CustomWindow.java

public class CustomWindow extends Activity {
	protected TextView title;
	protected ImageView icon;

	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);

        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.window_title);

        title = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.title);
        icon  = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.icon);
	}
}

3. Extend CustomWindow class on each menu activity

News.java

public class News extends CustomWindow {
	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

		setContentView(R.layout.news);

		this.title.setText("News");
		this.icon.setImageResource(R.drawable.menu_news);
	}
}

Info.java

public class Info extends CustomWindow {
	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

		setContentView(R.layout.info);

		this.title.setText("Info");
		this.icon.setImageResource(R.drawable.menu_info);
	}
}

4. Main activity class

MyApp.java

public class MyApp extends CustomWindow {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    	super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    	Button b1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.b1);
    	b1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    		@Override
    		public void onClick(View v) {
    			Intent intent = new Intent();
    			intent.setClass(MyApp.this, News.class);

    			startActivity(intent);
    		}
    	});

    	Button b2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.b2);
    	b2.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    		@Override
    		public void onClick(View v) {
    			Intent intent = new Intent();
    			intent.setClass(MyApp.this, Info.class);

    			startActivity(intent);
    		}
    	});
    }
}

5. Here is the result

The QuickActions dialog is not included in standard Android SDK, so we have to create it manually. At first, i had no idea on how to create it so i decided to download and read the Contact app source code from  Android git. I found that the QuickContact dialog  uses private API call (com.android.internal.policy.PolicyManager) that does not exists in standard SDK. After posting question about it on google groups and stack overflow, i got the solution for it from Qberticus (thanx Qberticus!).

Qberticus’s QuickActions uses simple/plain layout so i have to create a custom layout so it will look like QuickContact in Contact app or QuickActions in Twitter app. Based on QuickContact source code, i made a slight modification on Qberticus’s BetterPopupWindow class and extended it to implement custom layout. I also made it customizeable, so the icon and text in action list can be customized.

Here are the screenshoots of QuickActions demo:

QuickContact / Twitter-like QuickActions

Code snippet
Create action list

final ActionItem chart = new ActionItem();

chart.setTitle("Chart");
chart.setIcon(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.chart));
chart.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
       @Override
	public void onClick(View v) {
		Toast.makeText(TestQuickAction.this, "Chart selected" , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	}
});

final ActionItem production = new ActionItem();

production.setTitle("Products");
production.setIcon(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.production));
production.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
	@Override
	public void onClick(View v) {
		Toast.makeText(TestQuickAction.this, "Products selected", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	}
});

Line 01: Create new action
Line 03: Set action title
Line 03: Set action icon
Line 04: Set on click listener

Show QuickAction dialog

Button btn1 = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.btn1);
btn1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
	@Override
	public void onClick(View v) {
		QuickAction qa = new QuickAction(v);

		qa.addActionItem(chart);
		qa.addActionItem(production);
		qa.setAnimStyle(QuickAction.ANIM_AUTO);

		qa.show();
	}
});

Line 05: Create new QuickAction dialog
Line 07-08: Add action item
Line 09: Set animation style
Line 011: Show QuickAction

Gallery3D-like QuickActions

Implementation on My Application

BlitzDroid

Minapolitan (Prototype)

How to Install

• Download and install Java SDK (Ex: jdk-6u20-windows-i586.exe)
• Download Android SDK package (Ex: android-sdk_r06-windows.zip)
• Extract SDK package into anywhere on your drive (Ex: D:\android-sdk-windows)

Phone Setup

In order to use ADB, you have to enable USB Debugging option in  phone settings (Settings->Applications->Development)

How to Use

• Connect the phone to your pc/notebook usb port
• Run Windows command line tool (cmd) and go to D:\android-sdk-windows\tool

Usefull Commands

1. Check connected phone

Syntax: adb devices

2. Login to Android shell

Syntax: adb shell

Note:

If you get ‘#’ after typing adb shell, you are already get root access on the phone, no need to type su. Otherwise if you get ‘$’ , type ’su’ to get root access (only for rooted device).

3. Some usefull shell commands

• ls

List directory

Syntax:  ls [path]

Example:

#ls /system/lib

• cp

Copy file or directory

Syntax: cp [options] source dest

Note:

To copy or delete files in Android root directories you have to change the directory access mode to ‘read and write (rw)’ using command: remount rw

Example:

#remount rw

#cp /sdcard/libsec-ril.so /system/lib

#remount ro

• mv

Move file or directory

Syntax: mv [options] source dest

Example:

#mv /system/lib/libsec-ril.so /sdcard/backup

• chmod

Change file/directory permission

Syntax: chmod [-R] mode[,mode] …. file

Example:

#chmod 0644 /system/lib/libsec-ril.so

• rm

Remove file or directory

Syntax: rm [options] file

Example:

#rm /system/lib/libsec-ril.so

4. Install application

You can use adb to install aplication from your local drive into  phone.

Syntax: adb install appname.apk

Example:

D:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb install D:\AnReboot.apk

5. Copy files from phone to local drive

Syntax: adb pull source [destination]

Example:

D:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb pull /sdcard/arm11-dvm.zip

D:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb pull /sdcard/arm11-dvm.zip D:\

5. Copy files from local drive to phone

Syntax: adb push source destination

Example:

D:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb push D:\AnReboot.apk /sdcard

Creating an update zip file is quite easy, all you have to do is put the files in corresponding directory in Android file system and an update-script file to copy the files. For example, to install Calculator.apk into system/app and copy libsec-ril.so file into system/lib :

• Create an empty folder (eg. C:\myupdate)
• Create C:\myupdate\system\app folder for Calculator.apk and  C:\myupdate\system\lib folder for libsec-ril.so
• Create C:\myupdate\META-INF\com\google\android folder for update-script file.
• Create the update-script file with the following syntax:

show_progress 0.1 0

copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:

show_progress 0.1 10

Line 1&5 : show progress bar
Line 3: copy system folder from update package to Android’s /system

Note: you should add one extra  line at the end of the file (Line 6)

• Compress the entire contents of C:\myupdate folder to zip (not the myupdate folder itself)
• Sign the myupdate.zip file

java -jar signapk.jar certificate.pem key.pk8 myupdate.zip update.zip

Note: you can find tutorial on how to sign the update.zip file here

• Copy the update.zip file to sdcard and apply it from recovery console

update-script syntax reference (definitions from recovery.c android source code):

• copy_dir

Syntax: copy_dir <src-dir> <dst-dir> [<timestamp>]
Copy the contents of <src-dir> to  <dst-dir>. The original contents of <dst-dir> are preserved unless something in <src-dir> overwrote them.
Ex: copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:

• format

Syntax: format <root>
Format a partiti0n
Ex: format SYSTEM:, will format entire /system . Note: formatting erases data irreversibly.

• delete

Syntax: delete <file1> [... <fileN>]
Delete  file.
EX: delete SYSTEM:app/Calculator.apk, will delete Calculator.apk from system/app directory.

• delete_recursive

Syntax: delete_recursive <file-or-dir1> [... <file-or-dirN>]
Delete a file or directory with all of it’s contents recursively
Ex: delete_recursive DATA:dalvik-cache, will delete /data/dalvik-cache directory with all of it’s contents

• run_program

Syntax: run_program <program-file> [<args> ...]
Run an external program included in the update package.
Ex: run_program PACKAGE:install_busybox.sh, will run install_busybox.sh script (shell command) included in the update package.

• set_perm

Syntax: set_perm <uid> <gid> <mode> <path> [... <pathN>]
Set ownership and permission of single file or entire directory trees, like ‘chmod’, ‘chown’, and ‘chgrp’ all in one
Ex: set_perm 0 2000 0550 SYSTEM:etc/init.goldfish.sh

• set_perm_recursive

Syntax: set_perm_recursive <uid> <gid> <dir-mode> <file-moe> <path> [... <pathN>]
Set ownership and permission of a directory with all of it’s contents recursively

Ex: set_perm_recursive 0 0 0755 0644 SYSTEM:app

• show_progress

Syntax: show_progress <fraction> <duration>
Use of the on-screen progress meter for the next operation, automatically advancing the meter over <duration> seconds (or more rapidly if the actual rate of progress can be determined).
Ex: show_progress 0.1 0

• symlink

Syntax: symlink <link-target> <link-path>

Create a symlink (like ‘ln-s’). The <link-path> is in root:path format, but <link-target> is
for the target filesystem (and may be relative)

Definition of roots and partitions (from root.c android source code)

 ROOT:     (Linux block device) /mountpoint/ fs, size
    Description.

  BOOT:     (/dev/mtdblock[?]) / (RAM)  Raw
    Kernel, ramdisk and  boot config.
  DATA:     (/dev/mtdblock5)   /data/   yaffs2, 91904kb
    User, system config,  app config, and apps (without  a2sd)
  CACHE:    (/dev/mtdblock4)   /cache/  yaffs2, 30720kb
    OTA cache,  Recovery/update config and temp
  MISC:     (/dev/mtdblock[?]) N/A     Raw
    [TODO: Get info on MISC:]
  PACKAGE:  (Relative to package file) N/A
    Pseudo-filesystem for update  package.
  RECOVERY: (/dev/mtdblock[?]) / (RAM) Raw,     [?]kb
    The recovery  and update environment's kernel and ramdisk.
    Similar to BOOT:.
  SDCARD:   (/dev/mmcblk0(p1)) /sdcard/ fat32,  32MB-32GB
    The microSD card. Update zip is usually here.
  SYSTEM:   (/dev/mtdblock3)   /system/ yaffs2, 92160kb
    The OS partition,    static and read-only.
  TMP:                         /tmp/    in RAM
    Standard Linux temporary directory.
    Cleared on poweroff/reboot.

SignApk.jar is a tool included with the Android platform source bundle, you can download it from here. To use SignApk.jar you have to create a private key with it’s corresponding certificate/public key. To create private/public key pair, you can use Openssl. Openssl is relatively easy to use under unix/linux system. For Windows user, you can download Windows version of Openssl here.

How to create private/public key pair using openssl (windows version)

• Download openssl package from link given above
• Extract it anywhere on your drive (eg. C:\openssl)
• Within openssl directory type (use cmd tool):

- openssl genrsa -out key.pem 1024
- openssl req -new -key key.pem -out request.pem
- openssl x509 -req -days 9999 -in request.pem -signkey key.pem -out certificate.pem
- openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -outform DER -in key.pem -inform PEM -out key.pk8 -nocrypt

How to sign apk or zip files using SignApk.jar:

• Download SignApk.rar from link given above
• Extract it  anywhere on your drive (eg. c:\SignApk)
• If you don’t have java installed, download and install it.
• Copy certificate.pem and key.pk8 into your extracted SignApk directory
• Within SignApk directory type:

java -jar signapk.jar certificate.pem key.pk8 your-app.apk  your-signed-app.apk

OR

java -jar signapk.jar certificate.pem key.pk8 your-update.zip your-signed-update.zip

Note:

If you don’t want to create your own public/private key pair, you can use test key included in SignApk.rar.

Reference:

android-dls.com

Another alternative method is by using a software based virtual access point that using Windows 7’s Wireless Hosted Network technology. This method only runs on Windows 7 and hardware specific. Currently i found two best virtual access point softwares, Virtual Router and Connectify. They both operate in the same maner and very easy to use. I have tested both of them to share internet connection from my PC that used  Sierra Wireless USBConnect 881 modem for internet access and an external TP-Link TL-WN31G Wireless USB adapter with my Samsung Spica.

Here is the guide on how to use virtual router and connectify

On Windows 7 Box:

• Download and install Virtual Router or Connectify, you can try one of them. They are hardware specific so read the documentation on their websites about the supported WiFi devices.
• Fill in the settings panel with your prefered WiFi name, password and internet connection to share


Virtual Router



Connectify

• Click start button to start sharing
• On your Wireless Connection Status, click Details to get the network connection information, note the IPV4 Address

On Android Device

• Go to Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Wi-Fi Settings
• Open Advance settings menu
• Tick the Use static IP option
• Enter your desired IP address (ex: 192.168.2.2)  into Ip Address field
  
• Enter your IPV4 Address (ex. 192.168.2.1) into Gateway field
• Enter 255.255.255.0 into Netmask field
• Enter your internet connection’s DNS server (use ipconfig /all command to get DNS info) into DNS 1 and DNS 2. As an alternative, you can use Google Public DNS: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4


Wifi Static IP Setting

• Connect to Wi-Fi using your password
• Disable and Enable Wi-Fi (in case if it won’t connect)


Android Wi-Fi

• Check the connection using browser or other application.

You can use this guide to upgrade your Spica at your own risk and don’t blame me if you turn out your Spica into a bricked device .

(This guide has been updated on 07 May 2010, find it at the bottom of this post)

MULTITOUCH now is enabled on Spica, check the guide on how to enable it here

What you need:

• Firmware I570EXXJCE (I570EXXJCE.zip )
• Odin Multi Downloader + spica_jc3.ops (Odin_v4.03_spica_jc3_ops.rar)
• Boot loader file (jb4_bootloader.rar)
• CSC file (I570EOLBJB3-CSC-CL167487-OLB.tar)
• For Windows XP users: Samsung USB driver for I5700 (available in your Samsung New PC Studio CD)
• For Windows 7 users: drivers from PC Studio CD will not work. Download & install the latest Samsung Kies
• Samsung USB cable

Alternative download links (Mydropbox, ads free, direct download) (Big thanx to Yousef):

• I570EXXJCE.zip
• Odin_v4.03_spica_jc3_ops.rar
• jb4_bootloader.rar
• I570EOLBJB3-CSC-CL167487-OLB.tar

Note for I5700 driver:

If windows doesn’t detect the phone in download mode, disconnect the phone & try to uninstall pc studio or kies then reboot. Reinstall pc studio or kies then connect the phone (you may also remove & insert the battery before connecting the phone).

Before start checklist:

• Check your firmware using *#1234#
• Backup your data (contacts, sms, etc)
• Ensure that your phone battery power is sufficient
• Release the SIM lock (check SIM lock status using *#7465625#)
• Extract all required files into a folder (those files will be: I570EXXJCE.zip –> I570EXXJCE.tar; Odin_v4.03_spica_jc3_ops.rar –> Odin Multi Downloader v4.03.exe, spica_jc3.ops; jb4_bootloader.rar –> I570EXXJA1_CLI32638_Bootloader.tar, I570XXJB4_Phone.tar; I570EOLBJB3-CSC-CL167487-OLB.tar).
• Shutdown or disable  Antivirus and Samsung PC Studio if any.

How to flash:

Preparation

1. Shutdown your phone and remove the SIM Card and SDCard.
2. Press “volume down + power button + camera“ to put the phone into download mode.


Spica Download Mode

3. Connect the phone to PC using USB cable. You can check the connection in Windows device manager, make sure that your phone is properly detected by Windows like picture below


Windows Device Manager

4. Run the Odin Multi Download v4.03.exe. If your phone is properly detected, the Com Port Mapping field should be in yellow background.

Flash I

1. Select spica_jc3.ops into Select OPS field
2. Select I570EXXJCE.tar into Selet Integrate Package – Choose One Package Option field
3. Tick the One Package option
4. Click Start to start flashing. The timer and progress bar above COM Port Mapping field should start . If the progress bar doesn’t start but the timer continue to run , close Odin and disconnect the phone from PC. Remove and insert the battery and start the phone in download mode again, then run Odin.
5. Wait until PASS message appear in Message box and the progress bar box turns into blue.
6. At this step, you may get the flashing seems to be failed, and you’ll see exclamation mark appears like image shown below. Don’t worry, this is not the end of your spica, close the Odin and disconnect the phone from PC.



7. Remove and insert the battery, start the phone in download mode then run  Odin again and follow the steps in Flash II.



Click to enlarge

Note: If you already get Eclair on this stage, skip the Flash II & III.

Flash II

1. Keep spica_jc3.ops in Select OPS field.
2. Click Reset Files to clear the fields.
3. In Select Images to download panel, Select I570EXXJA1_CLI32638_Bootloader.tar into BOOT field,I570XXJB4_Phone.tar into PHONE field,  I570EOLBJB3-CSC-CL167487-OLB.tar into CSA field, and let the PDAfield empty.
4. In Debug Option panel, tick  Debug Only and PDA Format option. Don’t tick One Package option in Option Panel.
5. Click Start and watch the progress bar and timer, wait untill PASS message appear on Message box.
6. Disconect the phone from PC, remove and insert the battery, start the phone in download mode again then continue to Flash III.



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Flash III

1. Keep spica_jc3.ops in Select OPS field.
2. Click Reset Files to clean the fields.
3. In Select Images to download panel, Select I570EXXJCE.tar into PDA field.
4. If you get an error dialog, rename the I570EXXJCE.tar into I570EXXJCE_PDA.tar and insert into PDA field again.
5. Don’t select One Package option and Debug Option.
6. Click Start and watch the progress bar and timer, wait untill PASS message appear on Message box.
7. The phone will restart and you will get the Eclair screen .


Click to enlarge

Now you have the new Eclair in your Spica, but wait, firmare EXXJCE is french firmware, so you’ll get your Spica language in French, to change the language, enter paramètres menu at bottom corner then choose Paramètres de langue then Langue et règion and select your language.

Rooting Your New Eclair

In some cases, you may need your Spica to be rooted in order to install some applications like shootme, my favourite screen capture application. This is just optional, you don’t have to follow this step. I use  LkMod v2.5.1 by Leshak that based on EXXJCE firmware to get my Spica rooted and get some additional features like live wallpaper and custom logo while booting my Spica.

LkMod 2.5.1 features:

• New phone.apk (from xdadev)
• Helixlauncher as default home (can be switched with default Pantheon)
• Live wallpaper
• Root (su)
• Busybox
• Remount
• fdump for backup
• Custom logo

What you need:

• LkMod v.2.5.1 (multiupload) | LkMod v.2.5.1 (mydropbox)
• GNU tar for windows (optional if you wan’t to change the logo)

Create your custom logo (Optional)

Default logo comes with LkMod can be replaced with your own logo, you can replace the logo with your own using Photoshop or other image manipulating software.

How to change the logo:

1. Install the GNU tar for windows, default location is on C:\Program Files\GnuWin32
2. Extract LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.7z and you’ll get  LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.tar
3. Extract LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.tar and you’ll get four files: cache.rfs, datafs.rfs, logo.png and zImage.
4. Create your own logo with 320×480 size and PNG file type. Warning: The size of logo file must be between  30-40 kb or the phone will never be able to boot!!.
5. Save as logo.png and replace the default logo.png
6. Package the four files using GNU tar command line program

>C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\tar -cvf LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.tar cache.rfs datafs.rfs logo.png zImage

7. You’ll get your own LkMod with your own custom logo (LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.tar)

How to flash

1. Select spica_jc3.ops in Select OPS field.
2. Click Reset Files to clean the fields.
3. In Select Images to download panel, Select LkMod-2_5_1-PDA.tar into PDA field.
4. Don’t select One Package option and Debug Option.
5. Click Start and watch the progress bar and timer, wait untill PASS message appear on Message box.
6. The phone will restart and you will get the rooted Eclair with helixlauncher default home.

Usefull information about Samsung Firmware

Europe
XA = Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK
XB = Denmark, Norway, Sweden
XC = Portugal, Spain
XD = Croatia, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia
XE = Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
XF = Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania
XP = Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polski, Portuguese, Turkish
XW = UK, Italy, Germany, France, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland
XX = Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Asia
DD = India
DX = Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
ZC = China, Hong Kong
ZH = Hong Kong

Code = Year – Month
A = 2001 – January
B = 2002 – February
C = 2003 – March
D = 2004 – April
E = 2005 – May
F = 2006 – June
G = 2007 – July
H = 2008 – August
I = 2009 – September
J = 2010 – October
K = 2011 – Novermber
L = 2012 – December

Example,

My Spica has firmware version I5700DXIL1
DX = Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
I = 2009
L = December
1 = Version

Update May 17, 2010

1. DXJC4 (Asia) Firmware

If you have flashed to JCE and want to reflash it to DXJC4, flash with DXJB3 first (complete package) using Sameer’s guide than flash to DXJC4 as one package.

2. EXXJD1+ Lk2.02 modd

If you are using JCE and want to upgrade to JD1, flash JD1 (complete package) using Sameer’s guide and then apply Leshak’s Lk2.02 mod.

3. F0r Indonesian users that use Europe firmware (jce,jcf,jd1), to overcome problem with 3 and im2 simcard:

- For rooted device without Lk2.02:

• Download libsec-ril.so
• Using ADB tool:
• adb push libsec-ril.so /sdcard
• adb shell
  
• #mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
• #cp /system/lib/libsec-ril.so /sdcard/libsec-ril.so.old (backup)
• #cp /sdcard/libsec-ril.so /system/lib
• #reboot

- For rooted device with Lk2.02 (has recovery tools)

• Download im2-3-update.zip
• Using ADB tool:
• adb push im2-3-update.zip /sdcard
• adb shell
• #reboot recovery
• From recovery menu, choose ‘Apply any zip from SD’
• Select im2-3-update.zip
• Press ‘Home’ for confirm
• Reboot

4. Install Nexus One boot animation (win 7 style)

Nexus one boot animation file (bootanimation.zip) was taken from Leshak’s samdroid mod

- For rooted device without Lk2.02

• Download bootanimation.zip
• Using ADB tool:
• adb push bootanimation.zip /sdcard
• adb shell
• #mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
• #cp /system/media/bootani.qmg /sdcard (backup)
• #cp /system/etc/poweron.snd /sdcard (backup)
• #rm /sytsem/etc/poweron.snd
• #cp /sdcard/bootanimation.zip /system/media
• #reboot

- For rooted device with Lk2.02 (has recover tools)

• Download nexusoneanim_update.zip
• Using ADB tool:
• adb push nexusoneanim_update.zip /sdcard
• adb shell
• #reboot recovery
• From recovery menu, choose ‘Apply any zip from SD’
• Select nexusoneanim_update.zip
• Press ‘home’ for confirm
• Reboot

5. Install Samdroid Mod 1.o.3

Samdroid 1.0.3 can be applied to any 2.1 firmwares + lk2.02 installed and has two partitions on sdcard (one should be ext2 partition).

1. Install Lk2.02 (Ref: samdroid)
   • Download LK2-02-1_update.zip (rapid) | LK2-02-1_update.zip (mydropbox)
   • Copy it to root of sdcard (/sdcard)
   • Download i5700_LK2-02_PDA.tar (rapid) | i5700_LK2-02_PDA.tar (mydropbox)
   • Flash it using odin as PDA file
   • Spica will reboot and enter into recovery mode
   • Select ‘apply any zip from SD’
   • Select LK2-02-1_update.zip then pres’s Home’ to confirm
   • Wait until ‘Install from sd card complete’ appears then reboot
   • Check phone
2. Apply app2sd (Ref: samdroid)
   • Turn off the phone
   • Press ‘Volume down + Call/Answer + Power’ key to enter into recovery mode OR
   • Using adb shell type ‘reboot recovery’
   • Select ‘Partition sd card’
   • Select the size of partition (256, 384 or 512) then press ‘Home’ to confirm
   • Wait until ‘Format SDCARD complete’ appears then reboot
   • Check phone
3. Install samdroid (Ref: samdroid)
   • Download SamdroidMod-1_0_3-update.zip
   • Copy it to root of sdcard (/sdcard)
   • Turn off the phone
   • Press ‘Volume down + Call/Answer + Power’ key to enter into recovery mode OR
   • Using adb shell type ‘reboot recovery’
   • Select ‘wipe, choose what’ -> ‘data/cache’
   • Select ‘Apply any zip from SD’ and choose ‘SamdroidMod-1_0_3-update.zip’
   • Press ‘Home’ to confirm
   • It may take a long time for first time booting (it is normal, you’ll see nexus one boot animation)

For Eclipse users, SDK Tools r5 is designed for use with ADT 0.9.6 or later, so after installing  SDK Tools r5, it is highly recommended to update your ADT plugin to 0.9.6.

Fixes and changes:

• Fixes SSL download for the standalone version of the SDK Updater.
• Fixes issue with 64-bit JVM on Windows.
• Adds support for platform samples components.
• Improves support for dependency between components.
• AVDs now sorted by API level.
• The AVD creation dialog now enforces a minimum SD card size of 9MB.
• Prevents deletion of running AVDs.
• Settings are now automatically saved, no need to click “Apply”.

Android 2.1 on Emulator

This tutorial is intended for new developers that want to start developing Android applications using Eclipse IDE. To start develop, you have to install Java platform (JDK)  first and then  install the Eclipse,  Android SDK and the  Android Development Tool (ADT) plugin for Eclipse.

Download and Install JDK

Download and install the latest JDK (JDK 1.6 Update 18) from JDK download page

Download and Install Eclipse IDE

Download and install Eclipse Classic 3.5 (Galileo) from Eclipse download page. You can also use the  Java or RCP version of Eclipse.

Download and Install Android SDK Starter Package

The Android SDK starter package includes only a single component, the latest version of the SDK Tools. Included in that component is a tool called Android SDK and AVD Manager that you can use to download other components from the SDK repository site.

• Download the latest Android SDK  starter package  from the SDK download page.
• Unpack the archive to a suitable location on your machine. By default, the SDK files are unpacked into a directory named  android-sdk-<machine-platform> . For example, on Windows platform the directory will be android-sdk-windows.


Android SDK

Add Android Platforms to Your SDK

To add one or more Android platforms (for example, Android 1.6 or Android 2.1) to your SDK, use the Android SDK and AVD Manager, included in the SDK starter package. It is recommended  to download multiple platforms, so that you can build your application on the lowest version you want to support, but test against higher versions that you intend the application to run on.

• Launch the Android SDK and AVD Manager on Windows by executing SDK Setup.exe at the root of the SDK directory. On Mac OS X or Linux, execute the android tool in the /tools/ folder.
• On Available Packages menu, select the platforms to download (1.1 to 2.1).



• If you find error on HTTP SSL while fetching the repository url , try to use http instead of https by checking the Force https://… sources to be fetched using http://… option on Settings menu.



• Click Install Selected and then select Accept All to accept selected packages.
• Click Install Accepted button to start download and install the selected packages.

Download and Install ADT Plugin

To install  the ADT Plugin, you can take advantage of the Eclipse remote update feature. By setting up a remote update site, you can easily download, install, and check for ADT updates. Alternatively, you can download the latest ADT to your development computer as a local site archive.

• Launch Eclipse, then select Help –> Install New Software.



• In Available Software dialog, click Add
• Enter a name for the remote site (ex: Android Plugin) in the Name field and in the Location field, enter this URL:
  https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
  and then click OK. If you have trouble acquiring the plugin, you can try using ‘http’  instead of  ’https’  in the URL.



• Select the checkbox next to Developer Tools, which will automatically select the nested tools Android DDMS and Android Development Tools and then click Next.



• On the next dialog, click Next to read and accept the license agreement and install any dependencies, then click Finish.
• Restart Eclipse
• To check whether the ADT has been installed correctly, try to create a new project by select File > New > Project., you shoud find Android Project listed on project wizard.