• S8500 Bada 2.0 Firmware Download

The Samsung Wave (or Samsung Wave GT-S8500) is a smartphone developed and produced by Samsung Electronics. It is the first smartphone to run the Bada operating system developed by Samsung Electronics, which was commercially released on June 1, 2010.^[2][3][4] The Wave is a touchscreen phone powered by Samsung's 'Hummingbird' CPU (S5PC110), which includes 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU and a built-in PowerVR SGX 540 graphics engine. It also has a 'Super AMOLED' screen and 720p high-definition video capture capabilities. Due to shortage of Super AMOLED screens, Samsung released a successor to the device called Wave II and ceased production of the original S8500 model.

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• 1Specifications
• 2Software features

Specifications[edit]

Screen[edit]

The screen is a 3.3-inch (84 mm) capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED with an anti-smudge oleophobic coating on top of the scratch-resistant tempered-glass ( Gorilla Glass Display ). The screen resolution is 800x480 WVGA with 283 PPI.^[5]

Processor[edit]

The phone features a 1 GHz SoC,^[6] which internally contains an ARM Cortex A8 CPU core, the same model as Apple's A4 processor.^[7] The graphics engine of the device is a PowerVR SGX 540 GPU which is said to be capable of generating 90 million triangles per second (same as the SoC used on the Samsung Galaxy S).

Camera[edit]

The phone features a 5 megapixel EDOF camera which supports 2560 x 1920 pixels, along with autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, face and blink detection, image stabilization, touch focus,etc. Shooting modes include beauty shot, smile shot, continuous, panorama and vintage shot. As a camcorder it is able to shoot HD recording (1280x720) at 30 FPS with flash. As well as this, it is also able to record slow motion video (320x240) at 120 FPS with flash.

Operating system[edit]

The Wave was the first phone with Samsung's own Linux based Operating System, Bada, meaning 'Ocean'. Samsung worked on the later versions of Bada 1.2 and later 2.0. Bada 1.2 was released to the world in a phased manner as it was designed to improve stability.

In January 2012, Samsung declared that it was planning to merge Bada with the Linux-based Tizen operating system that was developed in collaboration with Intel.^[8] Despite the collaboration, was not supported by the Wave.

Unofficial ports of Android were made due to the restrictions and the eventual cease in development of Bada. Versions ported include Android Froyo, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jellybean, KitKat, Lollipop and Marshmallow.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Other features[edit]

Other features include A-GPS, 2 GB/8 GB of internal storage with a microSDHC slot for an additional 32 GB. It also has a magnetometer (compass), a proximity sensor, an accelerometer, 5.1-channel surround sound Mobile Theater, music recognition, a fake call service, smart search, Social Hub and it is the first phone to support Bluetooth version 3.0.

Radio connectivity includes Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s.

This phone is available with both European/Asian 3G bandings and the North American 3G bandings. The North American 3G bandings version of the phone is a limited availability and is not available in the US.

Software features[edit]

User interface[edit]

The phone is the first smartphone to feature the Samsung Bada operating system platform. The UI is Samsung's own Touch-wiz 3.0. Touch-wiz 3.0, like the two predecessors (Touch-wiz 2.0 and Touch-wiz), utilizes widgets. The three most notable widgets pre-installed in Touch-wiz 3.0 are Daily Briefing (which includes all essential information such as weather, finance, AP mobile news and schedule), Feeds and Updates and Buddies now (which allows users to call, send texts to and read Facebook/Twitter feeds off their favorite contacts). Users are allowed to have up to 10 home screens to add widgets.

Applications[edit]

For Internet browsing the Samsung Wave has the Dolphin Browser v2.0 (based on WebKit) (or 3.0 depends by the firmware version). This browser supports Flash, but it is disabled by default to improve page loading speed.

By default, the phone comes with Picsel Viewer which is capable of reading .PDF and Microsoft Office file formats. Users from selected countries can buy and download Picsel Office Editor from Samsung Apps.

As for Samsung Apps, users can also download applications, games and widgets from the application store.

Other software includes the GPS software that comes with this phone (LBS Route 66), Facebook, Twitter, social hub, mini diary, daily briefing, memo, video player, FM radio, media browser, voice recorder, e-mail and pre-installed Asphalt 5. Festo fluidsim 4.2 full crack.

Media support[edit]

The Samsung Wave supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, FLV, DivX, XviD, MKV and FLAC file formats. It also supports subtitles.

Bada 2.0 support[edit]

In many countries at the end of December 2011, the operating system was gradually updated to Bada 2.0. The first official Bada 2.0 version was LA1.

With Bada 2.0, the TouchWiz UI reached version 4.0, the GUI was completely redone, and included many new features, such as full multitasking, WAC, voice commands, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, ChatON, Caster, a new version of DLNA, social apps and the new Dolphin 3.0 browser with a download manager.

References[edit]

1. ^'[DEV] The project to port Android(froyo) on … - Samsung Bada, Tizen Development and Hacking'. XDA Developers.
2. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2011-02-03.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
3. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-22.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
4. ^http://badawave.comArchived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^'How does the iPhone 4 pixel density stand in comparison?'.
6. ^'Samsung, Intrinsity pump ARM to GHz rate'. EETimes.
7. ^'Apple iPad and Samsung Wave share a brain'. Engadget. AOL.
8. ^'Samsung to replace its Bada platform with Tizen'. GSMArena.com.
9. ^'Samsung Wave (Bada) Gets a Taste of Froyo'. xda-developers.
10. ^'Samsung Wave S8500 Gets ICS, Bada Users Everywhere Rejoice'. xda-developers.
11. ^'Samsung Wave S8500 (Bada) Running Unofficial AOKP Jelly Bean'. xda-developers.
12. ^'BadaDroid is Alive and Kicking! Android Marshmallow Available for Samsung GT-S8500 Wave'. xda-developers.

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• AnonD-56734
• fq3

when is Bada 2.0 going to be released in South Africa?
I jst cnt wait to update my Phone..

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• flatheadg
• n5X

have successfully upgrade my wave . Where do i get more info on the use of the new features i.e how to use voice cmd activation etc

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• dedy
• PS6

Harry, 09 May 2012Hey finally i was able to update my Wave 8500 with the Bada 2.0, its working fast and alot bet.. morehow u do that?

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• BB
• nGc

AnonD-47656, 23 Mar 2012Folks, enough of the stupid comments complaining about Bada 2.0 not being available. The fact .. moretwaddle!!
I was able to download Bada 2 a few weeks ago and working great, then had another problem with my phone so had to send it back to my provider for a hardware repair
Got phone back today but no longer in Bada2, have tried to downlload again to no avail
So sorry how's this suddenly a provider issue?

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• Harry
• xZs

Hey finally i was able to update my Wave 8500 with the Bada 2.0, its working fast and alot better. Feels like my phone has just reborn. :)

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• devastated
• IVP

why i didnt get update when i use kies..it state the latest firmware but mine still bada 1.2

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• Anonymous
• CP7

vipin, 16 Apr 2012while trying to upgrade the firmware of my wave( gt s8500)..its showing that additional 14 m.. moreyou may need to delete the Browser cookies, history, and any emails to free up the space on system drive.

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• BadaUser
• PSL

I plugged in to kies last night for contacts backup and ended up installing Bada 2.0 !!
Its is working fantastic :P kudos to developers!

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S8500 Bada 2.0 Firmware Download

• Anonymous
• 9x7

I didn't get the update via Kies. I once dropped by the service center to get my loose camera key fixed and they told me that the update is available. They charged me 150 for it.

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• Ram Kumar
• uCr

Dipjyoti, Kolkata, 24 Apr 2012Update my wave 2 to bada 2.0. everything works fine except for the facebook ikon. was expect.. moreDid you updated via kies, i too tried but no use!!!!

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• Dipjyoti, Kolkata
• up7

Update my wave 2 to bada 2.0. everything works fine except for the facebook ikon. was expecting to have near field communication in this version, but it isnt there.
like to mention i wasnt able to upgrade via kies until i did a factory reset.

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• devaraj
• rKb

aactualy am using samsung wave 2 gt s8530 I want a bada 2.0 is possible or not

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• kt
• Kx{

when it is coming to malaysia? waited so long for the update.

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• angad
• iwq

Bada 2.0 update is availalbe in India now (officially on Kies). Its really awesome and just studded with latest features. Enjoy

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• vipin
• 2SR

while trying to update the firmware of my samsung wave( gt s8500)..ITS SHOWING THAT ADDITIONAL 14 MB REQUIERD..please help me.

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• vipin
• 2SR

while trying to upgrade the firmware of my wave( gt s8500)..its showing that additional 14 mb requierd..please help me.

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• NAViCAT
• mvI

Still not available in sweden unfortunately, looking forward to it!

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• AnonD-50577
• ut8

well.its seems like bada 2.0 update is not gonna be avail for indian users yet.
cuz of stability issues
bt i think it'll be avail till may or june
don't now exactly,but
let see

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• Shrikant
• utx

I can't update by Wave GTS8500 to bada 2.0 through kies. it has only updated 2 bada 1.2 and it says this is the latest firmware.plz help me out

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• Fazz
• v6Y

MY GT8500 wave cannot be updated through Kies. The site is saying that this phone is not registered for upgrades. How can I get any firmware /Bada upgrades?

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