Samsung i8510 INNOV8 User Forums

[stuclark]

There's lots of people talking about different firmwares on their i8510. However, what *IS* the latest firmware available for the i8510?

When I asked this question of Samsung at London's Symbian Smartphone Show last month, I was told that HH9 is the latest version available. However, this *may* not be the case... Samsung's firmware numbering system goes something like this: (this is taken from another forum and relates directly to a different Samsung phone, so codings may not be 100% correct)

The firmware code is split into individual sections:

i8510 - > model designation (SGH-i8510).
XX - > region / network carrier designation (XX = open Market).
H - > release year (H = 2008).
H - > release month (H = August).
7 - > version number.

Region / language
BD = Cyprus, Greece
CP = Finland
DB = Vietnam
DC = Thailand
DD = India
DT = Australia
DX = Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
DZ = Malaysia, Singapore
JA = South Africa
JC = Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
JP = Arabic
JR = Arabic
JV = Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
MT = Switzerland
XA = Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom
XB = Denmark, Norway, Sweden
XC = Portugal, Spain
XD = Croatia, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia
XE = Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
XF = Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania
XX = Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
ZC = China, Hong Kong
ZH = Hong Kong
ZT = Taiwan

Network carrier codes:
AE = SFR, France
AI = Tim, Italy
AM = Vodafone
AN = E-Plus, Germany
AO = O2
AS = KPN, Netherland
AU = Mobilkom, Austria
BB = Tmn, Portugal
BF = Optimus, Portugal
BG = Telefonica, Spain
BM = Swisscom, Switzerland
BN = Amena, Spain
BO = T-Mobile, Germany
BU = Vodafone
BV = Orange, Switzerland
BW = O2, United Kingdom
CD = Proximus, Belgium
CG = Telia Mobitel, Sweden
CH = SingTel, Singapore
CK = Tele2 Comviq, Sweden
CT = Tdc, Denmark
CU = One, Austria
CV = Telenor, Norway
DT = Optus, Australia
DV = Telstra, Australia
EF = Celcom, Malaysia
JB = Vodacom, South Africa
MD = Telia Sonera, Finland
MJ = Vodafone, Italy
MM = Tele Ring, Austria
MV = NetCom, Norway
NA = Nrj, France
NB = Tele2 Norway, Norway
NE = H3g Nordic, Sweden
NP = H3g, Italy
SS = Vodafone, Japan

Release years:
D = 2004
E = 2005
F = 2006
G = 2007
H = 2008

Release months:
A = January
B = February
C = March
D = April
E = May
F = June
G = July
H = August
I = September
J = October
K = November
L = December

So, when quoting firmware versions, please post the ENTIRE firmware, as diferent regions will have different builds.

[Mustaine8661]

Very awesome!

Thank you for that!!

Whilst you where there, did you manage to get any other useful little bits of info out of them?

[stuclark]

Yes - it hasn't been posted on here before (as these forums were somewhat "awkward" to use for a while... Samsung have promised us a user-downloadable firmware update before the end of the year. Unfortunately I couldn't push them any further on an exact date, and it *won't* be available OTA, just as a download.

[Mustaine8661]

Now you've said that I'm pretty sure I saw it posted up on the mobile-review forum.

Link below to the actual item in question.

http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/bbs/ ... tegoryId=4

Very impressed with the amount if info you've extracted from Samsung on this, the widgets and the memory patch issue.

Keep it up and keep it coming, this forum could do with more people like you!

[stuclark]

Yeah, most of the forum posts on the net about it have come from the All About Symbian forums, where we originally posted the info.

However, it's good to see Samsung re-confirming it publicly in the Innovator (developer) forums.

Fear not, there's quite a few of us mobile techy media types keeping a very close eye on Samsung about these things.

[SuperRoach]

knowing they are committed to delivering a proper update (firmware) is bliss, to say the least!

[crackez]

So can someone explain what does my firmware means? (see my signature), DJ stands for what?


P.S. If it helps the charger has a "UK" type of plug for the charging

[el_mariachi]

Got also a DJ as network carrier, but bought mine in Thailand and thus have a thai plug of a charger, guess the charger doesn't matter then

I'd like to know too what the DJ means, and, can I just change it to XX so I can do the update?

[crackez]

Got also a DJ as network carrier, but bought mine in Thailand and thus have a thai plug of a charger, guess the charger doesn't matter then

I'd like to know too what the DJ means, and, can I just change it to XX so I can do the update?

I bought mine from Hong Kong(but as I said the charger has uk plug, doesn't matter I charge it from usb heheh )

[v1rtu4l]

does anyone know if samsung do count the version numbers hexadecimal ? is version A newer than version 9 ? in hexadecimal you count from 0-9 and then A-F ... if that is true, than my firmware is pretty new (at least newer than the H7).