Samsung Still Loves Developers – Releases Captivate’s Source Code
| by Quentyn Kennemer on July 30th, 2010 |
Samsung’s Open Source website has just officially distributed the source code for the Samsung Captivate to anyone willing (and understandably wanting) to download it. The 161MB source package will help developers in creating ROMs for the device for users in the root community to enjoy. This is nothing new for Samsung: the Samsung Vibrant’s (SGH-T959) source has also been available for some time, as well as the source for the international version of the phone. It won’t surprise us when the source for their other Galaxy S phones (the Samsung Fascinate and the Samsung Epic 4G) are released (after the phones themselves are released, of course).
Head over to Samsung’s Open Source site to download now (click the Mobile tab in the top bar and look for SGH-i897 to get started).
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1. Richy wrote on July 30, 2010
Quite contrasting to Moto who lock theirs down, and then don’t make any announcements about 2.2 for Milestone so you’re literally stuck with their last release!
2. jo wrote on July 30, 2010
yeah, nice! that was one of the reasons i bought my galaxy s! never had any regrest, very nice peace of hardware!
3. Sugarsmacks wrote on July 30, 2010
The Vibrant’s source hasn’t been available, only the international i9000. This is new for both the Captivate and the Vibrant. Still, good job Samsung. Downloading Vibrant source now, although sammys website is super slow.
4. Erock wrote on July 30, 2010
Samsung still showin love to developers – FTFY
5. Tom Robson wrote on July 30, 2010
Please Samsung, bring the Galaxy S Pro to the UK and I will drop my Milestone like a hot potato!
6. Simon wrote on July 30, 2010
Guys does this mean that Cyanogen can start working on a custom ROM (if he wants to that is)
if cyanogenmods will be supported, i’m gonna buy this phone tomorrow :D
it’s a shame it doesn’t have a physical keyboard! we don’t have 4G in australia, and i travel to 2G countries often, so i have to have a 3G/2G phone. and i believe galaxy S is the best.
7. Sugarsmacks wrote on July 30, 2010
CM6 devs were already assigned to the Captivate (Koush) and Vibrant (WesGarner) before the source code was released. I’m sure that they will begin working on porting cyanogenmod over asap.
8. Dave wrote on July 30, 2010
So does this mean Sansung is endorsing custom ROMS and that they won’t, therefore, void your warranty
9. Sugarsmacks wrote on July 30, 2010
No, it just means that they are complying with the GPL and releasing the source code so they don’t get sued.
10. Quentyn Kennemer wrote on July 30, 2010
@Simon Cyanogen has stated that he won’t have a direct hand on any Samsung Galaxy S ports. Its depends on a few of the developers on his team that own the devices, and they’ve yet to bring out a release.
11. Kendall Spann wrote on July 30, 2010
which one do i download?
12. JJFNIGHTS80 wrote on July 30, 2010
I’m still not getting the Captivate.
13. teh31337one wrote on July 30, 2010
They are actually working on a ROM for the Galaxy S series of phones.
http://pocketnow.com/tweaks-hacks/is-cyanogenmod-rom-coming-to-your-android
14. Daniel S wrote on July 30, 2010
Meh. Samsung lost me with that horrible Samsung Moment phone. I applaud their release of the source code, though.
15. fendi wrote on July 30, 2010
stylish samsung to indeed so charming is very good I’m loves to samsung mobile
16. Gerg wrote on July 30, 2010
@sugarsmacks : AOSP isn’t under GPL, it’s under Apache license, which has no clause that you open-source your code if you use their code.
Apache is a weak license, good or bad. Who knows, maybe in the future when Android is in an extremely strong position it can switch to GPL. But that might cause a fork in Android…
17. a wrote on July 30, 2010
Nothing special. Motorola released droid x source as well (https://opensource.motorola.com/sf/projects/droidx). Locked bootloader, however, is another story
18. Tom Robson wrote on July 30, 2010
What exactly is the point of releasing the Droid X source code if the bootloader is locked? LOL How f*cked is that!?
19. Steve wrote on July 30, 2010
@Tom Robson, to comply fully with all the licenses. Sure AOSP is apache and kernel is the only thing GPLed, but it is just easier to release it all and not worry about it. If you cared you would just not buy an X or any other locked bootloader phone. It is starting to look like my next phone won’t be a moto. Would be the first time in a decade, but I vote with my dollars.
20. Tom Robson wrote on July 30, 2010
@Steve, I’m glad they have complied with all their licenses, and managed to stiff their customers at the same time. I do care, and my next phone won’t be a Motorola. “Goodbye Moto”
21. Dobromir wrote on July 31, 2010
The same, I would not have bought a Motorola phone if I knew its bootloader was locked. Every hardware manufacturer offers some time limit in the support and updates of its phones, but there is no one like Motorola, who decided to both lock down their flagship GSM product and not support it AT ALL after its initial release.
Don’t buy Motorola. My next phone will definitely be a Samsung!
22. Justy wrote on August 1, 2010
Yeah. The European Motorola Milestone customers are waiting for the 2.2 update, and the company don’t want to release it and they don’t want to say any new information!
The closed ROM is the second big question at all…
How can they do this with their customers…?!
They advertised this mobile as a “Flash-ready” thing, but they made a big scam on the people…
Good job Samsung! Anything I want now is a Galaxy S!