Hi-Res Teardown - Google Chromecast

Here is a higher res set of teardown images than what was available in the FCC docs:
ifixit.com/Teardown/Chromecast+Teardown/16069/1
Mirror: chromecastdev.com/ccdev/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=13
Contains:
AzureWave AW-NH387 802.11 b/g/n WLAN, Bluetooth and FM Combo Module
Marvell DE3005-A1 System on Chip
Micron MT29F16G08MAA 16 Gb (2 GB) NAND Flash Memory
Micron D9PXV 512 MB DDR3L SDRAM

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Memory allocation

from the HTC specification we have in our Diamond's 198 RAM, but available is only ~115 MB. I assume that 64 MB is used by graphic card and another few MB is used bu gps, gsensor, phone, etc
My question is why is needed 64 MB allocated all the time for graphic card? Why its not used dinamically allocation? And what the hell is doing the graphic card with 64 MB? My laptop with extended screen and with 1040x1050 resolution is using only 16 MB of RAM (shared memory)
Why not allocate by default 16 MB to graphic card and free some RAM to be used in application? - especially that there are no application to use the HW acceleration? This is mine only dissapointed - all the time i don't have enough RAM (IGO 8 + Opera and RAM its 100% used)- and that-s why i bought it -to have it enough
Has it occured to you that your premise of the graphic's card using 64MB RAM could be wrong? In which case, the rest of your question makes no sense.
I'm not saying it does/doesn't but it sounds like you've just guessed and then posed a question based on a potentially flawed fact!
Mathew
maybe soon will be program with you can be able to change that.

Winodws Mobile 7 have we got a leaked beta test yet ?

I was just wondering has anybody come across a beta test of windows mobile 7 yet ????
if so where can i get it ?
i am just itching to get my hands on it
kevmass said:
I was just wondering has anybody come across a beta test of windows mobile 7 yet ????
if so where can i get it ?
i am just itching to get my hands on it
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Even if someone did get their hands on it most likely the touch pro 2 would not even run it. It is not even close to the minimum requirements MS has listed for devices.
WM7 Chassis 1 Specification
Core requirements:
Processor: ARM v6+, L2 Cache, VFP, Open GL ES 2.0 graphics HW (QCOM 8k, Nvidia “Tegra” AP15/16* and TI 3430 all meet spec)
Memory: 256MB+ DRAM, 1G+ Flash (at least 512MB fast flash – 5MB/s unbuffered read @4K block size)
Display: WVGA (800×480) or FWVGA (854×480) 3.5” or greater diagonal
Touch: Multi-touch required
Battery: Sufficient to meet Days of Use LTK requirements.
Controls: Start, Back, Send and End are required (soft controls allowed as long as they are always present).
Peripherals:
Camera: 3MP+, flash optional, 2nd camera optional (VGA resolution sufficient)
GPS: aGPS required
Sensors required: Light Sensor, Compass (3 axis, 5 degrees, 100 Hz sample rate), Accelerometer (3 axis, 2mg resolution, 100 Hz sample rate)
USB: High speed required, 20 MB/s transfer rate.
BlueTooth: BT2.1 required, must run MSFT BT stack, CSR BlueCore6 or later recommended.
Wi-Fi: 802.11B/G required, must run MSFT Native Wi-Fi stack, Atheros 6002 or Broadcomm 4325 recommended.
Connectors: Micro USB and 3.5mm Audio required.
Options:
FM tuner: If tuner HW is present it will be detected and supported by the Media application.
Haptics
SD Card (Micro SD recommended)
DPAD, qwerty or 12/20 key keyboards all optional
Nope, and the latest speculation is on this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=554981
Ta
Dave

[Q] "Forced upload by key pressing" - ?

I have Galaxy 3 (i5801), but there isn't any topic for this device, so I'm writing here.
When I try to enter into recovery mode (VolUP+Home+Power) the device shows me this message.
When I try to enter to recovery via ADBs reboot recovery command the phone restoring the factory settings.
I want to root the device, but I can't get into recovery mode.
i5801 is the Orange branded version of i5800, the hardware is same, but the software is fully "customized".
That is not a Galaxy S
it is a Samsung I5801 Galaxy Apollo
totally different hardware spec
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i5801_galaxy_apollo-3432.php
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2010, June
Status Available. Released 2010, July
Size Dimensions 113.5 x 55 x 12.6 mm
Weight 113 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 240 x 400 pixels, 3.2 inches
- Touch Wiz 3.0
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Multi-touch input method
Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 1GB card included, buy memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
Features Geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video Yes, [email protected]
Secondary No
Features OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2
CPU 667 MHz processor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Colors Black, White
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
- Orange Application Shop
- Orange Maps, Orange TV, Orange Push Email
- Contact Back & Restore, Orange Photo
- Digital compass
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- Organizer
- Document editor(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk integration
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 620 h (2G) / Up to 480 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 15 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 15 min (3G)
Misc SAR EU 0.58 W/kg (head)
... weird i just checked, we do not have a forum for this phone yet but this phone is so old already
I know, but there isn't any topic for Galaxy 3, and the software is very similare to SGS (also the GPS had the same problem).

Building a hack pack

Lets start a hack-pack on the Galaxy S3!
We need a place to collect information as it becomes available. I've started these threads in the past here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111866 and here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316501 once this matures, we'll move this thread to the hardware hacking forum.
Why Hardware Hacking? The upcoming release is expected to be an "international variant". Generally Samsung designs their International variant which all carrier variants are designed upon. The various GalaxyS3 devices are expected to be generally similar across the board. Information which applies to one model can be applied to other models, with additional datasheets added into the hack-pack.
So far we know the processor is a S5E4412. I wrote an article about that here: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-galaxy-s-iii-s5e4412-processor-a-hackers-overview/
Here are the specs on this processor:
Code:
Overview
Exynos 4412 (S5E4412) is a 32-bit RISC cost-effective, low power, performance optimized and
Coretex-A9 Quad Core based micro-processor solution for smart phone applications. To provide
optimized hardware performance for the mobile telecommunication services and general
applications on smart phone, Exynos 4212 adopts 64-bit/128-bit internal bus architecture and
many powerful hardware accelerators for different tasks. These tasks, for example are, motion
video processing, Image Signal Processing, display control and scaling. Integrated Multi Format
Codec (MFC) supports encoding and decoding of MPEG-2/4, H.263, H.264 and decoding of VC1. This
hardware Encoder/Decoder supports real-time video conferencing and digital TV out.
The memory system has dedicated DRAM ports and Static Memory port. The dedicated DRAM ports
support LPDDR2 interface for high bandwidth. Static Memory Port supports NOR Flash and ROM type
external memory and components.
To reduce the total system cost and enhance the overall functionality, Exynos 4212 includes many
hardware peripherals, such as TFT 24-bit true color LCD controller, Camera Interface, MIPI DSI,
CSI-2, System Manager for power management, embedded GPS and GLONASS, MIPI slimbus interface,
MIPI HSI, four UARTs, 24-channel DMA, Timers, General I/O Ports, three I2S, S/PDIF, eight IIC-BUS
interface, three HS-SPI, USB Host 2.0, USB 2.0 Device operating at high speed (480Mbps), two USB
HSIC, four SD Host and high-speed Multimedia Card Interface, Chip to Chip interface, and four
PLLs for clock generation.
Package on Package (POP) option with MCP is available for small form factor applications.
Features of Exynos 4412
The features of Exynos 4412 (S5E4412) are:
 ARM Cortex-A9 based Quad CPU Subsystem with NEON
 32/32 KB I/D Cache, 1 MB L2 Cache
 Operating frequency up to 800 MHz at 0.9 V, 1 GHz at 1.0 V, and 1.5 GHz at TBD V
 128-bit/64-bit Multi-layer bus architecture
 Core-D domain for ARM Cortex-A9 Quadl, CoreSight, and external memory interface
 Operating frequency up to 200 MHz at 1.0 V
 Global D- domain mainly for multimedia components and external storage interfaces
 Operating frequency up to 100 MHz at 1.0 V
 Core-P, Global-P domain mainly for other system component, such as system peripherals, peripheral
DMAs, connectivity IPs and Audio interfaces.
 Operating frequency up to 100 MHz at 1.0 V
 Audio domain for low power audio play
 Advanced power management for mobile applications
 64 KB ROM for secure booting and 256 KB RAM for security function
 8-bit ITU 601/656 Camera Interface supports horizontal size up to 4224 pixels for scaled and 8192
pixels for un-scaled resolution
 Multi Format Codec provides encoding and decoding of MPEG-4/H.263/H.264 up to [email protected] fps and
decoding of MPEG-2/VC1/Xvid video up to [email protected]
 Image Signal Processing subsystem
 JPEG encoder supports various format.
 3D Graphics Acceleration with scalable Multicore GPU.
 2D Graphics Acceleration support.
 1/2/4/ 8bpp Palletized or 8/16/24bpp Non-Palletized Color TFT recommend up to SXGA resolution
 HDMI interface support for NTSC and PAL mode with image enhancer
 MIPI-DSI and MIPI-CSI interface support
 One AC-97 audio codec interface and 3-channel PCM serial audio interface
 Three 24-bit I2S interface support
 One TX only S/PDIF interface support for digital audio
 Eight I2C interface support
 Three SPI support
 Four UART supports three Mbps ports for Bluetooth 2.0
 On-chip USB 2.0 Device supports high-speed (480 Mbps, on-chip transceiver)
 On-chip USB 2.0 Host support
 Two on-chip USB HSIC
 Four SD/ SDIO/ HS-MMC interface support
 32-channel DMA controller (16 channels for Memory-to-memory DMA, 16 channels for Peripheral DMA)
 Supports 14  8 key matrix
 Configurable GPIOs
 Real time clock, PLL, timer with PWM, and watch dog timer
 Multi-core timer support for accurate tick time in power down mode (except sleep mode)
 Memory Subsystem
 Asynchronous SRAM/ ROM/ NOR interface with x8 or x16 data bus
 NAND interface with x8 data bus
 LPDDR2 interface (800 Mbps/pin DDR)
 Embedded GPS/AGPS/GLONASS.
We need to find a real datasheet on this Exynos processor, but I've yet to find one. Please post related datasheets in this thread.
The best way to collect a bulk amount of information on a new device is to install Elite Recognized Developer Supercurio's "Voodoo Report" from the android market https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.report. Once we have a Voodoo Report, we can extrapolate data and begin collecting information about the rest of the device.
If you happen to get ahold of a GalaxyS3, please run a voodoo report and send it to me at (my username)@gmail.com
Credits and thanks
None yet
This is a development thread. Please do not post in this thread unless you have something to contribute. It only makes the thread longer and the information gets spread out across multiple pages.
I already suggested to someone attending the event in London to install and extract a report here: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/sl81a/ill_be_at_samsungs_galaxy_s3_announcement/
Could you please +1 the comment so that it ends up in the top3 requests.
Hope it will work! Fingers crossed...
I think it's worth noting that anyone who has early access to this phone, also please take some high resolution internal pictures of the circuit board, and post links to them here, so that we can confirm the hardware used and search for undocumented chips etc. Also here is the Supercurio (?) live Google document for SGS3 internal specifications.
GT-I9300 Service Manual
So we got the Service Manual! Thanks to the user renierx in this post.
However, the manual pages were seriously messed up and in several files, so I repackaged them in the correct order.
Download Here!
[or here, 121 pages, sections 1-9, 7zip, ~7.7MB]
Issues/Features
Block-Diagram (p.27) is probably fake since its an exact copy of that in the GT-I9100 Service Manual (and thus not showing NFC etc.)
MHL (SiI9244BO) chip and schematics is missing (but can be found in the GT-I9100 Service Manual)
U500 (MAX77686 EWE+T) is very unclear (p.78,82) but pin out names can be clearly seen on p.89.
Samsung part descriptions have been correctly (?) left intact on both schematics and in the parts list. (Thanks Samsung!)
Some of the chips without pin outs and not shown on the schematics of the GT-I9100 Service Manual, can be found in this manual. Great cross reference! (I.e. U108/RF6590 p.94)
I have not been able to find the "Region Selector Jumpers" in the schematics (as shown in post #10 below)
So now...
WE NEED INTERNAL HIGH-RESOLUTION PICTURES!
(We now got some thanks to Chipworks and iFixit!)
...So that we can verify the Service Manual.
I will eventually produce a complete parts list with datasheets in the Hack-Pack...​
So it does not differ any region,Telco or country we resides am I right?
^^ As long as your device is labelled as a "GT-I9300", only the firmware should differ.
EDIT: Actually the schematic doesn't seem to differ, but there are some solder jumpers as shown in Post#10 below, that determine region in some way, still unknown.
Not sure if anyone posted but here's the internal teardown from ifixit
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-Teardown/9391/1#.T8k3btVYsuh
EDIT: More details from Chipworks
http://www.chipworks.com/en/technic...downs/2012/06/inside-the-samsung-galaxy-siii/
^^ I'm slightly disappointed with the fact that iFixit now just gets their pictures from Chipworks. Before, they actually made a good complement to each other. In addition I'm a bit dissappointed in the quality of those pictures as they are not as close to the PCB as is the SGS2 photo coverage. Thus we still need better closeups!
But I am grateful for any pictures at all and also thankful to those websites that attempt to provide us with useful details!
Thanks Chipworks!
Thanks iFixit!
Undocumented Region Related Solder Jumpers
So while having a first look at the i9300 mobo, the 3 region related jumpers, jumped out into my eyes like a glowing iron! AFAICT, they seem undocumented in the Service Manual, and elsewhere. I'd like to know more about these and what chip and pins they are connected to.
Obviously (?) the region codes refer to:
EU = Europe
AU = Australia
IN = India
This is how it looks:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Image Courtesy of Chipworks (cc) BY-NC-SA
E:V:A said:
So while having a first look at the i9300 mobo, the 3 region related jumpers, jumped out into my eyes like a glowing iron! AFAICT, they seem undocumented in the Service Manual, and elsewhere. I'd like to know more about these and what chip and pins they are connected to.
Obviosly (?) the region codes refer to:
EU = Europa
AU = Australia
IN = India
This is how it looks:
Image Courtesy of Chipworks (cc) BY-NC-SA
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I saw that on the Ifixit teardown. I have no idea. Maybe they simply change the moniker of the model number or something.
Service Manual
E:V:A said:
Service Manual,
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May I ask you where did you find the service manual ? Thanks
removed removed
http://bit.ly/KbGZGj
AdamOutler said:
Why Hardware Hacking? The upcoming release is expected to be an "international variant". Generally Samsung designs their International variant which all carrier variants are designed upon. The various GalaxyS3 devices are expected to be generally similar across the board. Information which applies to one model can be applied to other models, with additional datasheets added into the hack-pack.
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This is unfortunately not true.
For example, it's absolutely confirmed that the internals of the AT&T and T-Mobile variant will be COMPLETELY different (Snapdragon S4).
VZW version unknown.
Samsung has routinely made carrier variants vastly different from the international variant over the past year. The SGH-I777 was the last carrier variant device to have any internal resemblance to its international sibling at all.
The SGH-I727 (Skyrocket) and SGH-T989 had zero commonality with the I9100/I777.
Same for the SGH-I717 (AT&T Note) vs. the GT-N7000 (international Note) - They share a name and external dimensions, but have almost no internal commonality.
E:V:A said:
So while having a first look at the i9300 mobo, the 3 region related jumpers, jumped out into my eyes like a glowing iron! AFAICT, they seem undocumented in the Service Manual, and elsewhere. I'd like to know more about these and what chip and pins they are connected to.
Obviously (?) the region codes refer to:
EU = Europe
AU = Australia
IN = India
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Would these codes refer to the variants of the SGS3?
EG. Australia uses the 9300T version on two of it's networks, India use the 9300G version, and Europe use the international version.
The 'T' version is designed for specific 850 mhz networks that are used by two carriers in Australia and elsewhere in the world, but the international version works just the same on any network in Australia, so go figure
Just note on the US S3:
Yes, it will have a duel-core Snapdragon S4 and have 2gb of RAM available and will come in 16GB / 32GB variants from different carriers.
Hi adam, could you help in finding apx mode for nvidia tegra 3 .. Do u have access to TRM for it ?
via Flying Daggers.
tids2k said:
Hi adam, could you help in finding apx mode for nvidia tegra 3 .. Do u have access to TRM for it ?
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I'm sure he doesn't have it. In addition I know there are some T3-TRM owners hoovering around here on XDA, but they are either incompetent to use and understand it themselves, while being too scared to share it! It's a very sad story, and the main blocker for helping people unlock, S-Off and UnBrickable mod their phones!
Thanks to my anonymous friend I now possess TRM ... eva do you need it ? Should I post it here.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Premium HD app
^^ We all need it! I can't give you advice on what you should do. Just follow your hart!

Android TV 10 and a cheap set top box to debug on

Hi there,
I've been developing an app for an iiyama TV, which uses a very raw Android 9.0 (iiWare) (see specs below).
Now, I have limited space and moving a 65" block of iron around to debug is quite messy
I'm looking for some cheapo set-top-box that can be flashed with a barebones Android 9.0.
Does anybody know of a good option, and where to get a flasheable 9.0 image?
Thanks
Integrated software Android OS 9.0 (Full HD), iiWare
Hardware CPU: A53*2, quad core 1.5G, GPU: Mali G51 MP2, Memory: 3GB DDR4, Storage:32GB eMMC

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