Dec 15, 2013 I have been trying to download installed apps to my SD card but it does not work on my Samsung galaxy ace. Someone please help cause i am frustrated and ready to pelt this new phone that have limited internal memory.
This Arduino Phone contains the following main functions.
1. receive & send message, letter input
2. dial & answer calls
3. real time clock display
4. A convenient and concise UI, You can switch function by sliding your finger on the screen. A standard 12 key input method for inputting message.
You can get all of the Arduino Phone code from the Github, including the dependent libraries.
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1. When you get to the github page, find a Download ZIP button, click to download the code.
2. The code you downloaded is not an Arduino library, it's a sketchbook, which is include all the library the project need.
3. Unzip the file you had downloaded from github, you will get a folder named ArduinoPhone-master.
4. Open your Arduino IDE, click File > Preferences > Sketchbook Location, browse to the folder we had mentioned above - ArduinoPhone-master. Then click OK to save it.
5. Close and re-open Arduino IDE, click File > Sketchbook > PhoneCode, then the main code of Arduino Phone is open.
6. Choose the right board and port to upload the code.
Refer to the image above.
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However, a much more difficult problem is that this Arduino Phone hasn’t physical buttons
(except the Reset button switch and GPRS). So, how to manage UI will be a challenging task.
Fortunately, TFT Touch not only provides a display function, also a touch screen function.
Thus, we can manage the UI through gesture, like left-swipe and right-swipe.
It this step, we will show how ArduinoPhone works. And the picture indicates the workflow of ArduinoPhone.
Finally, opening ArduinoPhone.ino with Arduino IDE, then uplaod source code to ArduinoPhone.
Good new for all the Samsung users who like to tinker with their Galaxy devices. If you have rooted or installed a custom ROM and want to revert back the changes using a clean firmware flash and restore it to stock, then here is a simple tool named SamFirm that can download the latest full stock firmware TAR files onto your PC. Plus you get to check the latest firmware for your device as well. All you need to do is fill in the firmware details into the script and check for the file. Moreover, getting a full firmware file is not a bit difficult job and sometimes may get frustrating. There are some portals claiming to provide these files but they either need a premium package or have speed or bandwidth restriction. But no more. The developer of SamFirm claims that with this software, you can download the firmware files directly from Samsung servers with no such speed restrictions.
Now, this script does not guarantee all the firmware files for all regions. It may sometimes fail for some regions or you may need to enter additional information about your Galaxy device into the software. So it’s better to keep the device/software information handy. By using the Manual method in the SamFirm script, you can enter the specific firmware details like PDA, CSC and Phone in order to get the accurate firmware for your Samsung Galaxy device. However, the Auto function works fine. I have personally tried downloading many files using this script and it has not disappointed me at all. Follow the tutorial below to know how to download it. The only downfall is that the software is designed for Windows PC only.
Download Samsung Galaxy official firmware download tool
SamFirm (Thanks to zxz0O0 on XDA)and the newly introduced Firja (Thanks to invmini on XDA) are the two download tools that will let you download the latest and official Sasmung full stock firmware right on your computer. Mind you that these are Windows supported programs. So for MacOS and Linux OS support, you will have to wait util the developers officially support them.
SamFirm was the first tool made to download the official Samsung firmware files with .TAR extensions and it still works. Firja came later with a refreshed user interface and a Night mode too. Note: For AT&T models, use SamFirm. These tools can be used to download for all the Samsung phones ranging from the latest Galaxy S10/S10+/S10e, Note 9, Galaxy S8 (Plus), S9/S9+, or earlier. Even the latest mid-range phones like Galaxy A30, M30, A50, M50, A60, A70, M20, M10, and many more.
Download SamFirm:
- Download SamFirm_v0.3.6 |XDA mirror v0.3.6.zip | Gdrive mirror
Download Firja:
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- Download Frija-v1.3.0 |XDA mirror v0.3.6.zip | Gdrive mirror
Samsung Official Firmware Download for Galaxy directly from Samsung Servers
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Step 1: Make sure you have a Windows PC with .Net Framework v3.5+ (Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86) and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) installed)
Step 2 : Download and install SamFirm or Firja (which ever you like) and extract it to a folder.
Step 3 : Note down all the details of your Samsung Galaxy device. You can use Phone Info Android app. If you are unable to boot into the system or are unable to retrieve software information, then take a look at the image below and search for all the information you can get for your device like Model, Region etc. from here or comment down below.
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Note:Find the Region, CSC code, Product code from here. Here is the image for reference of what is CSC code.
Step 4 : Go to the extracted folder of software and Run SamFirm.exe. Now fill in the information and check Auto. Now check on Check Update and you will get all the firmware information in the log. You may sometimes need to fill the PSD and CSC of latest firmware in case it can’t automatically retrieve information.
Note: Tick the Decrypt automatically option to get the decrypted firmware.
Step 5: Verify the information and firmware file and once you are convinced, hit the download button.
That’s it wait for the firmware to download. You may sometimes not see the speed and % of download information. You may verify if SamFirm is using bandwidth in Task Manager. Follow and share us on social media. You may also verify if the latest version of the software is available from the source. See how to install this firmware using Odin.