The hacking community is constantly engaged in pushing hardware farther
than it can go. The latest example of their efforts is a “working port of
Google’s latest Android 4 “Ice Cream Sandwich OS to the Samsung Galaxy
Wave S8500.
The hacking community is constantly engaged in pushing hardware farther
than it can go. The latest example of their efforts is a “working port of
Google’s latest Android 4 “Ice Cream Sandwich OS to the Samsung Galaxy Wave
S8500.
This project clearly shows the strength of community in that this port
possible thanks to the effort of many. While this project was undertaken by one
person, but built on the effort of many hackers, the developer got funded for
purchasing his Wave device through donations from others.
Currently the only the Samsung Wave S8500 is supported by this custom
Android ROM, however the developer’s secondary target is to port it to the Wave
II S8530 as well. Both these phones have been around for quite a while now, and
are available at quite a good price considering their specifications.
The Samsung Wave S8500 was the first phone to feature Samsung’s own Bada
operating system, but still has decent specifications (3.3” 480×800 screen, 5MP
camera with 720p video recording support, 1 GHz Cortex-A8 processor). The only
issue was that the phone runs Samsung bada, the uncertainty surrounding the
future of that OS means that bada devices aren’t as popular as they might be
based on hardware specs and price.
This gives Wave-owners a fresh breath of hope for their bada-devices by
giving them the possibility of using an alternate OS.
You can find out more about the ROM, how to download it, how to install it,
what works and what doesn’t at the developer’s website.
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