November 13th, 2011 
identity Samfirmware introduced new bada 2 firmware yesterday. Well, i missed yesterday to blog about it. Lets see, whats new in this firmware. I have not yet flashed with this firmware, but our Forum Users have reported some significant changes in this firmware.
They said that Dolfin is much faster and responsive than before and there is a battery percentage icon on the top. Lock screen is very fast and task manager is redesigned. Have a look at completer changelog of s8500 below :
Posted in Samsung Wave, Samsung Wave 2, bada 2.0 
Tags: bada 2, bada rom, latest firmware, xpkj1 
5 Comments » August 24th, 2011 waveboy Hey guys and gals, we have a new video here which shows off the new features of Bada 2.0 and the 2.0 SDK. This video is direct from samsung bada developers youtube channel so rest assured we will be getting these features in 2.0. The most interesting feature I noticed is that the lockscreen now changes wallpaper according to the weather! Without further ado, here’s the video. Thanks to developer BoboTheRobot for bringing it to our attention. You can also follow it on our forum here.
Posted in News & Rumors, Samsung Wave, Samsung Wave 2, Samsung Wave 3, bada 2.0, bada Developers Tags: bada 2.0, NFC, samsung wave, samsung wave 2, sdk 2.0, smart lock screen, wifi direct 2 Comments » August 24th, 2011 waveboy Hey wavers, it looks like samfirmware is pumping out bada firmwares faster than rabbits multiplying. Another week and we have another Bada 2.0 firmware. Links are below along with a (very) short video. Changelogs and other videos will be added as soon as i can get them. One major change that’s been reported is that the keypad is back to its original greyish-black colour that was on bada 1.2 and not white like the previous bada 2.0 firmwares. Guys there are a lot of pics and changes mentioned in our forum thread thanks to alanzo27. So head over to the link at the bottom for changelogs.
Links:
S8500XPKH3
S8530XPKH3
Password=samfirmware.com
Discuss on our forum here.
Thanks to samfirmware!!
August 18th, 2011 waveboy This the latest beta firmware of bada 2.0 for the Wave I & Wave II. Samsung has compiled both firmwares on Monday 8th August. Below you will find a short list with some things that has been changed or improved:
- New icon (Sound & vibrate) in the statusbar
- Better Graphics startup screen Chaton app
- Slightly changed keyboard
- New startup screen Twitter app
- Slightly changed Youtube icon (Menu)
- Faster scrolling through photos
- Voice output, you download German test voicefiles. With voice output your device can read incoming sms text messages, email and more. I haven’t test this feature at the moment.
- Can’t log into my Samsung account.
Problems:
With this firmware I faced for the first time some real problems, because it will crash on some (stranges) moments (mainly using the twitter app). I advice you to set the debug level on low, so you won’t get a blue screen with detailed crashlogs instead your device will reboot automatically.
For the ones who are using KIES for backups, I can advice you to backup only the contacts and sms text messaging. I won’t suggest to use a full backup, I’ve tried it 2 times but both times my device crashed and it got stuck into a reboot loop.
Overall I can say that the devices are a bit faster (snappier) but it also crashed often than before. Since this is just a beta firmware its normal that it crashed.
Once again I’m warning people that they should be aware of these things. If you want a stable 2.0 firmware you should wait till 2.0 is ready!!
How to fix Samsung account problem:
There is a new Samsung Account login in this beta Firmware and it doesnt work, users cannot type in passwort and after klicking on logon bada crashes. But there is a workaround, so everyone can use the downloads in samsung apps. At the first startup page to configure language time, and samsung account there is still the old login page. You can trick the wave by removing your simcard starting the phone with it, then it forgets that it was already the first time started. After that simply add your simcard and logon on the first startup page, after that you will not see in settings/accounts any account but you can use them as always. Email accounts can be handeled over the settings/email and so on. You will see Samsung Account over samsungapps.
Posted in News & Rumors, Samsung Wave, Samsung Wave 2, bada 2.0 Tags: bada, bada2.0, s8500xpkh2, s8530xpkh2, samsung, wave 3 Comments »
