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BadaDroid is Alive and Kicking! Android Marshmallow Available for Samsung GT-S8500 Wave

BadaDroid is Alive and Kicking! Android Marshmallow Available for Samsung GT-S8500 Wave

February 6, 2016
Android is a unique mobile OS, as it can be installed on various devices including phones, tablets, watches or even cars. It's one of the most flexible operating systems and due to its open-source nature, it's ported to even more devices.Most of OEMs decided to use it on the phones, but s particular Samsung created an own...
Wave and Wave II Get Functional OmniROM!

Wave and Wave II Get Functional OmniROM!

October 27, 2014
Running Android on a device that was never supposed to support the OS is quite a challenge. But even when you've got that part working, those last ten percent is often the most challenging. This has been exactly the case for the BadaDroid project, which aims to bring Android to Bada (a lesser known OS...
Android on Bada Now More Functional than Ever

Android on Bada Now More Functional than Ever

November 10, 2013
Bada is a somewhat lesser known OS released by Samsung alongside with their Wave series in late 2009. Eventually, this operating system was dropped from active development in 2013 and replaced by Tizen. Relatively quickly, developers realized that they could put another OS onto Wave devices, but porting a different OS is an extremely difficult...
Android on Bada Improves, Swappa UK Launches, Beaming Large Files with SuperBeam – XDA Developer TV

Android on Bada Improves, Swappa UK Launches, Beaming Large Files with SuperBeam – XDA Developer TV

March 25, 2013
The Android on Bada project is advancing nicely, and you can share large files with SuperBeam. Those stories and more are covered by Jordan, as he reviews all the important stories from this week. Included in this week's news is the article about the UK market version of Swappa.Jordan talks about the other videos released...
The Android on Bada Project Takes a Huge Step Forward

The Android on Bada Project Takes a Huge Step Forward

March 23, 2013
Shoehorning an operating system onto a device that it was never intended for is an incredibly difficult, time consuming, and often frustrating process. However these types of projects are exactly what XDA-Developers is all about, and the people behind them are the very reason this site exists. The BadaDroid project---which aims to bring a fully functional...
CM10 Lands on the Samsung Wave I and Wave II

CM10 Lands on the Samsung Wave I and Wave II

November 19, 2012
Now onto something different, but not quite different: our mandatory serving of news coming from the pseudo forgotten areas of XDA. No, we are not talking about Off-Topic General, but rather the section for the infamous Samsung Wave and Wave II. Due to the ever increasing popularity of Google's Android OS, other smaller players essentially...
Do You Have A Wave(Droid) And Would Like to Overclock It? Here Is How…

Do You Have A Wave(Droid) And Would Like to Overclock It? Here Is How…

September 1, 2011
Well, it looks like development on the Samsung Wave is paying off rather nicely. In case, you haven't been following the Bada scene, developers have successfully ported Android 2.2 (Froyo) and slapped it on top of Samsung's proprietory OS in a project called Wavedroid. Well, now that Android is fully functional, tweaking efforts are underway....
The UnBrickable Mod and Beyond

The UnBrickable Mod and Beyond

August 28, 2011
A bricked phone.  No JTAG.  Modify hardware, upload a bootloader, and the phone lives.  Pure development.That's what I think of the work of AdamOutler and Rebellos to breathe life into dead devices.  A couple days ago, WillVerduzco wrote an article on Rebellos' method of unbricking Hummingbird devices by uploading your very own custom bootloader to your...
Fix Found for Samsung Wave Camera Problem

Fix Found for Samsung Wave Camera Problem

August 14, 2011
Upon flashing new firmware to their Bada-running Samsung devices, some users were disappointed to find that their cameras would no longer work at all. Luckily, however, user bangalorerohan has found a method that seems to fix this problem completely.Using an application called sTunes to re-flash the original drivers for the Samsung Wave's camera, it appears that it...
Simple Tool For Viewing Of Bada firmware

Simple Tool For Viewing Of Bada firmware

May 18, 2011
If you're an owner of a Samsung device running Samsung's proprietary platform Bada, take a look at XDA forum member ho1od's simple tool for viewing the firmware.The program is in beta and has the following functionality:Drag and drop files to the dump Drag and drop files to add the firmware Preview ini, txt, jpg, png files View images in...
Battle Of The OS’ – Why Did You Switch? Follow Up

Battle Of The OS’ – Why Did You Switch? Follow Up

April 3, 2011
Perhaps you remember the article "Battle Of The OS´". Well, almost one month later, we have interesting results on a side poll we created to know what members choice was regarding their preferred operating systems. The answer is pretty obvious but we are getting an impressive second place on the poll: Windows Mobile, yes WM is...
Samsung Wave (Bada) Gets a Taste of Froyo

Samsung Wave (Bada) Gets a Taste of Froyo

March 25, 2011
Thanks to XDA member AndroBada, we see that the BadaOS section was not added in vain. As it turns out, the Android appeal seems to be gaining momentum all across the mobile platforms. This time, we see that a project has been started to port Android to the Samsung Wave, which is a device running...