1) You need to root your Samsung Galaxy 551
2) Download and unrar sdcard.rar on your SD card (on root, DON`T put in any folder)
3a) Download Terminal Emulator from the market
3b) Use adb with shell command (your phone has to be in developer mode)
4) In Terminal/adb write:
su
mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
cat /sdcard/libRS.so > /system/lib/libRS.so
cat /sdcard/librs_jni.so > /system/lib/librs_jni.so
reboot
* after you write “su” phone will ask for root permision, ALLOW it
** after every line press Enter
5) After phone reboots you can use Live Wallpapers
Good Luck
Hey using your files that you have posted i finally found a easier way to install live wallpapers..
Try a software called diroid explorer
now in this go to the system n then to app
now here u need to pasted file LiveWallpapersPicker.apk (that u provided)
now go to lib which is right there at down of app now here paste the files librs.so n librs_jni.
all done remove phone from usb n restart it
tada … finaly livewallpapers are installed
i didn’t know this method, but it is good…thanks
hey can u plz provide the lib files for adobe flashplayer 10.1 like u provided for livewallpaperspicker i wanna give it a try through my method hope we can get flash on our device too and its quite easy too
i am trying to find the files..it may take a little time
Flash doesnt work on V6 processors.They only work on Cortex series V7.Even V6 with V7 instruction set wont be able to play flash. 😦
Flash lite or Skyfire are the only options if Flash is necessary
i rooted my phone.. and when i type su it says permission denied.. what to do??
cant access read only file system pls help
did you root your device?
can u explain it more specificly please………
i tried without success to get the lib files for flash it looks like we don’t really have luck, and our screen resolution is making it more impossible
hey i’m new 2 all this i donno wat 2 do for enabling live wall papers can u plz help me plz
diroid kaşif adı verilen bir yazılım nereden nasıl bula bilirim plesss
is this safer? does it have any problems doing this process?
nothing is 100% safe….almost everybody who tried it …it worked…
i have now android 2.3.4 stock + root…and i dont use live wallpapers…
Hey,friend can you give me the link of diroid explorer??
Thanks..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zcGVlZHNvZnR3YXJlLnJvb3RleHBsb3JlciJd
it dosent work
can you please upload a video for this please
its working..everybody managed to do it 🙂
video on how to do it?
yes.. please!!
How do you copy those files.
I have rooted the phone using z4root.
When i type the commands in terminal it says cant copy ,read only access 😦
rookie mistake
Forgot to add busybox in front of mount command
Thanks a ton .Works perfectly
@waveboy2
I have rooted my phone using z4root
How do i copy the code into terminal emulator? i dont see “equal to” and maybe other special characters anywhere!pls help.
@Kshitij
i tried your method but it is not working.
After i copy the apk file to “app” folder but it isnt showing up! also i pasted the other files in lib folder and rebooted phone.but not working.did i do anything wrong?pls help
Thanks!
for the = you have to search in your keyboard symbols.
when i write su in terminal emulater it says acsess dinied……….help wat to do after that????
and one more thing.
in terminal emulator,wat do u mean by “use adb with shell command” .i dont understnad that…n also pls mentions which path should i start with bcoz i have changed default path..
ABD is a computer program. you open this program, connect the phone to your computer and you will use same commands as you use in terminal emulator app
@pranay
you have to remount in rw mode thats why the rw option
just try adding busybox in front of mount command.
Same thing for droid explorer .You have to remount in rw mode to copy the files.
Thanks a lot !!
finally with ur guidance n some more research i was able to do it 😀
i did it with Droid explorer n i dint know how to mount…so aftr some research i found it 🙂
thanks!
looking forward to tweaking my phone with some more new things 😀
umm dont know i managed to do it
But guys u tried exactly what i said..? if u did so i m damm sure u gonna make it… although live wallpapers have no use
in droid explorer copy-paste didnt work for me.i had to paste the code aftr mounting.wish sumthn similar cud be done abt Flash!
@pranay we are trying to workout on flash i too managed to get lib files but it seems hardware of out galaxy 5510 does not supports flash at all.,,, n due to this i m thinking to move on to nokia c6 or sony Ericsson Xperia pro first choice is Xperia pro but it gonna take time to manage pocket money 😉
this is my video i have both swype n live wallpapers on my galaxy i5510
nnn pllzzz i need suggestions on how to record videos without a good handycam
@kshitij
can u give me link for swype file
@pranay go here beta.swype.com
Can someone make a clear video of this??
I don’t get all the steps and what should be done on the phone and on the computer.
i can’t make a video now as i have enabled it already n the biggest reason i can’t make a video is “I DON’T HAVE A CAM CORDER ” so sorry but i m unable to make a video
i also enable it and it can give some errors, also if you saw my videos you can notice my camera isn’t clear enough to see what i am doing on the phone….sorry guys.
but we are here to help
guys,,use DROID EXPLORER,,n then connect your android,,,after connected. open CONSOLE at the DROID EXPLORER..
after that,,just copy and paste what he say
su
mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
cat /sdcard/libRS.so > /system/lib/libRS.so
cat /sdcard/librs_jni.so > /system/lib/librs_jni.so
reboot
* after you write “su” phone will ask for root permision, ALLOW it
** after every line press Enter
this methode really simple,,,
sorry for my bad english
and one more question…..we will copy codes line by line or one at a time…..
line by line like u wrote
mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system
then after it u have to press enter .. i thinkk ..?? i managed to do it via my own mathod of copy paste
come on i m india i belive on copy paste our whole constitute of the country is copy paste from the constitutes of other countries
do we have to copy paste the command in terminal emulater?????and when i wrote su it says acsess denied…..wat to do after that……
@aditya
Is your phone rooted?
dont know…
go figure
Root your phone and repeat the steps.No superuser no cookie 😛
how to root the phone????i had downloaded sdcard.rar……is this is the process to root phone???
There are various methods.I have my phone rooted with z4root app.It’s in softpedia .Busy box is also installed in phone with it.Root your phone and then repeat the steps.Rooting voids warranty .
does it do any harm to my phone????
i have downloaded terminal emulater from market…..can it help me to root phone???
@skilledchaos rooting does not voids the warranty
and when i copy file system it says read only file system……wats the mean of this???? am i going in a right way or i m in a wrong way??????
It didnt harm my phone.It’s just gives you superuser (root) privileges .No you cant root phone with a terminal emulator ,that will be a serious catch 22.
is z4 root available in market???
Even a open hearted(so called ) company like google has some limitations .Why would they provide tools to jailbreak their own OS in their own market? That’s like asking the security guard of a bank ,his gun ,to loot the bank.
i m new in this ……..so i dont know anything in this….please help me from the very first process….plz…plz….plz….
is there anyone who can help me by explaining the process step by step in simple language…..waveboy2u please help me…….
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Enhancements/z4root-110178.shtml
Download and run in your phone.
Root
And then run commands in terminal.
it asks for permanent root and temporary root……which one to select????
Permanent.Temporary has some hitches and may not work properly.
Dont worry you can Unroot permanent 😀
stay online ….dont go any where…..if there will be any problem i will ask u…plz…plz…
After rooting you wont have any problem I guess.
i have rooted and a new folder named superuser has came…..now wat to do????sorry for disturbing u….
The Superuser records which apps have been given superuser privileges .Nothing to worry.
Open terminal emulator on phone or
adb shell in computer
su
*Give superuser permission when asked
mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
cat /sdcard/libRS.so > /system/lib/libRS.so
cat /sdcard/librs_jni.so > /system/lib/librs_jni.so
reboot
now where to write all the commands???
i have to open my pc or i can do alone with my phone???
Terminal Emulator App you have downloaded from market.
we have to copy paste line by line or once at a time???
line by line .
I typed out actually.
i do no understand where is the end of line….please put a star where there is change of line…..please copy paste once more and put star where is necessary
Type this
su
*
mount rw,remount /system
*
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
*
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
*
cat /sdcard/libRS.so > /system/lib/libRS.so
cat /sdcard/librs_jni.so > /system/lib/librs_jni.so
*
reboot
Cannot create /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk read only file system this msg willl be displays,
sorry
su
*
mount rw,remount /system
*
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
*
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
*
cat /sdcard/libRS.so > /system/lib/libRS.so
*
cat /sdcard/librs_jni.so > /system/lib/librs_jni.so
*
reboot
*
On other note
Waveboy2U can you add shoutbox to your blog.It will be a nifty addition.
Another thing I meant to ask.
Does Galaxy Live Wallpaper work on your phone.It is one of the best live wallpapers and it doesnt work on mine 😦
it works fine on my phone
Oops ,Galactic Core Wallpaper I meant.Well It didnt work on mine. :(,crashes immediately.What firm ware you have ?
@skilledchaos yaa whatever ye core don’t know but if its free version then it works on mine
when i wrote third line it says no such file or directory
Yeah i missed one star sorry.I rectified it immediately
try
busybox mount rw,remount /system
it says no such directory after third line
Put space after .apk
in third line it says file not found ….not in second line….
did you unrar sdcard.zip in sd card?
if not do it now and repeat
it still says
dont know to unrar….
i had just downloaded it from megaupload.com
when i open sdcard.rar it says no application can perform this action
buddy u have to first unrar it
hey how to unrar????
use ASTRO file manager from market
thanx i have updated swype for whom i’ve been searching for 2 months thanx to waveboy
can anyone tell me easiest way to activate live walpapers on my galaxy 551… does it harms phone or voids warranty…plz plz its urgent
It voids warranty since you root your phone.There is an even easier way than this.But basically the chances of mistake are much more higher and I havent confirmed it’s working yet.Basically I installed it just as a whim.I have rarely used live wallpaper.I have spent more time installing it then using it.
@Karan Roting dont void warranty
thank u..
i hve been able 2 activate live wallpaper on my phone….
now cn i del. sdcard.rar,terminal imulator nd can i unroot my phone back..so dat live walpapers keep on working…
if del. dese files disabld my live walpapers..then pls reply me..
Terminal Emulator is a handy app.
You can delete sdcard.rar ,the files on sd card.
You can unroot phone too.
The good news is ,no ,even if you hard reset your phone,live wallpaper will still be there.
The bad news is if samsung care center guy notices this, then its bye bye warranty.
@karan ya it only voids if they got to know but in normal they don’t
It always beats me why to use cat when we could use cp.One less symbol to use
It’s a technicality which we have to explain it to newbies .Rooting voids warranty because we are using exploits to gain super user access.If they or us somehow manage to brick phone ,they should know the consequences .
is there any more secret in this mobile….if yes please reply….
can anyone help i was reading these instructions to root my galaxy 551 but it’s around 35 mins my phone after rooting was reeboting and it is showing only starting window i am scared…
plz help me
Umm dude,rooting is absolutely safe.But there always is one phone out there which may brick.Try removing battery.If everything fails ,boot in recovery and hard flash your phone.
live wallpapers are safe to activate..
if rooting viods warranty then by what method we can save our warranty and also activate live wallpapers..without being noticed
because voiding 1 year warranty for wallpaper is not a good deal.
Well you can reflash the firmware with odin .The problem is there is no firmware of India available as of now .So that all depends on how good you can lie when the need of warranty arises.
Technically speaking,you have voided warranty when you have used an exploit to gain superuser access.
Superuser access is for people who want to take a leap of faith.
hey r u online
sortof
but i have only rooted and then unrooted immediately i have not even tried to activate live… so how can now my warranty be voilated
You tried to access an exploit in android operating system which was customized by samsung.You tried to gain super user access when samsung does not permit to you.There are technicalities involved.
There is a difference between technical and actual warranty void.Depends on how good you can lie to the customer care.:D
Well I have installed live wallpapers, changed the scaling governors of cpu manually, and messed with Dalvik cache.So my opinion is not what you will like .:P
do u think its a good deal to void warranty just for wallpaper
It’s all about bragging rights.Live wallpapers consume more battery but are sleek and shiny.Bragging rights vs Secure warranty.A good thumb rule is do experiments after 6 months .
how samsung guys know that phone was rooted
haaa hhhaaa haaa mee too wanna know it as far i know i think its shown in the about phone option under kernal version or build number something look out there
well if super user permission is granted to them via adb shell, your phone is rooted.Quite elementary actually.
hey adobe flash player is not available for my phone……….can anyone help me to activate this
dude i need help pls: when i type in busybox mount rw,remount /system it says no such file or directory. i already unrared the sdcard.zip in my sdcard. what to do now?
can i upgrade my anroid from froyo to gingerbread????
No you cant .I dont think samsung has any plans of implementing gingerbread on 551.The possibilty of custom mod is slim.
how to get the developer mode in samsung galaxy 551?? please help…stuck here only…download all the softwares…but dont know how to get the developer mode…
menu settings applications debug mode
usb debug mode is on…then what should i do next…please help out..as i am new in android platform…thanks!!!
What do you need developer mode for ? Are you saying recovery mode or download mode .
i have successfully rooted my phone but when i write above given mount -o remount command…it gives me an error directory not found…really stuck here…
i am trying to start live wallpapers on my phone…
Try
busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
no only for mounting use busybox.It worked for me
and should i use the above given same commands after typing busybox mount…???
thanks karan…it worked…i have live wallpaper now on my phone!!
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can you please upload a video for the same please i will be very thankful to you
hey plz give the full step to what to write in terminal emulator. It says……not found…..read only and all that.plz somebody help me.
A.)Is your phone rooted ?
B.)Is busybox installed?
C.)If yes then ,use
busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
yes everything is installed
but even then i m not able to install
plz give copy paste lines plz
plz
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Try my method
http://galaxy551.wordpress.com/
its not workin…
i tried both ways…
using droid and the terminal…
its not givin me any errors but the option for live wallpapers is not showing only
Any One there???
we are here
it really work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant type ‘sa’ in terminal emulator . plesssss help me
it’s not SA it is SU and you need to have your phone rooted
thanks it worked for my samsung galaxy 551
so can i unroot my mobile without affecting activation of live wallpaper????
yes, you can unroot your phone and still have the live wallpapers
is there any way to upgrade the firmware of this phone by rooting or any thing else…..
plz reply…..
thanx…
can any1 giv ur contact nos. so dat i can clear ma doubts!
I know that this question is a little irrelevant. but in your post there is a part where you type an “=” sign. How do I do that with the hardware keyboard?
Also is there a way to get this symbol “~” on the hardware keyboard?
lol…i had that problem too…you have to close hardware keyboard and open the on-screen keeboard, do the = and…after that you can continue with hardware keyboard 🙂
So it isn’t there after all….. That’s dissapointing.
I use the “=” and “~” a lot, and I rarely use the onscreen keyboard. is there a way to get them on it (like a custom keyboard software or something)
I have a really serious question guys..
Can u give me some tips to save battery on this set??
Korak,
turn off wifi,gps,bluetooth,auto-rotation if not required
go to wireless and networks and enable 2g only,if u dont use 3g
set screen brightness to 0percent when indoors
reduce screen timeout to 15sec if convenient
dont use live wallpaper (if u have installed it)
for more control over your device, Root your phone and use CPU Tuner …(rooting may void warranty) ..with this u can reduce cpu usage. to tweak your phone visit Karans blog galaxy551.wordpress.com (research carefully first, coz this voids warranty and can permanently damage ur phone)
hello waveboy2u,
I have Galaxy 551 but i dont have adobe flash support for it. I really need it but failed to get it. any way to get working it????? Also i want adobe AIR support also. or shld i have to change my galaxy??? what is the solution?
Thank you so much Wayboy, I learned many things from your website. I have rooted my phone & enabled live wallpaper on my Samsung Galaxy 551 (I5510), both worked like a charm. God bless you. Best regards from India.
It worked Perfectly!
how can i remount in rw mode??
hey i cannot use “=” plz help me n i also cannot use abd also plz help me
hey when i root my samsung 551 my phone gets switched off n when i start terminal emulator and write su it says access denied????? plz help i want to activate live wallpapers @skilledchaos
Hey Teamspeak 3 is out for android. Can you do this for android 2.1, pls? Normally it works only on 2.2.
when i typed “su” command in emulator it says access denied…what to do
did u root the phone?
how to root ?
i have rooted my phone and installed terminal emulator but wen i feed in
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
its says cannot create. read-only file system.
what should i do? sum1 help me plz
HELLO guys i hav found a more easy way to install live wallpapers on thease phones…….
1 root ur phone with “z4 mod”which can be found on 4shared website.
2 download root explorer from market or 4shared and install it.
3 unzip or unrar the sdcard.rar file trough pc to ur sd card.
4 open root explorer and disable read only mode by clicking on the icon there “R/O” in root explorer on the top(the button is small)
5 u get 3 files after unrar in that (root explorer)scroll down and u will see a folder sd card enter it and copy livewallpapers picker which u extracted and paste it to system>app
6 and again go back to sd card folder and copy the two .so or somtin files that u get when unrared and paste them to system>lib and close all the apps(running)
7 restart your phone.
8 listen to this step carefully ……ENJOY the live wallpapers on ur phone..
9 to get back u r warreny unroot u r phone with z4mod again . :p
*allow super user permissions
**be patient.
***have a antivirus in u r phone .(4shared files may contain virus)
****enjoy..
***************i am not responsible for and damages this methods may cause to u r phone .as per i hav tried it and also my frens nothin happened so dont blame it on me*************
hi guys i have samsung galaxy 551 handset there are lots of confusing way to enable live wallpaper but dont worry i’ll tell u easyest and effective way to how u can do this……….
so here we go
download (super user) and then (terminal emulator)
then download file of (Z4root 1.3.0) apk might me guys u cant download this file to your cell phone or pc so download the zip file….
and (sdcard.rar) u can download any these file from http://www.apktop.com
exttrct file into memory card but make sure it shouldnt be in any folder then
1st step
open z4root click permanent boot ur cell will reboot
after reboot ur super user and terminal emulator wil start working….. now
go to
terminal emulater
fallow the same step that genlmen wrote
su
mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
cat /sdcard/libRS.so > /system/lib/libRS.so
cat /sdcard/librs_jni.so > /system/lib/librs_jni.so
reboot
* after you write “su” phone will ask for root permision, ALLOW it
** after every line press Enter
5) After phone reboots after opening u close all apps from task manager and then press home screen you can use Live Wallpapers
well i have already try it if still any one have problem contect me at my email. wil give u my no. n help u……
If i root it with z4root it doesnt work. When it say: aquire root shell it force closes HELP
Try SuperOneClick Root
Norton antivirus blocks it because of a trojan
Hi waveboy,
Thanks for the post… I was searching for this stuff since real long…
Live wallpaper works perfectly on my GT-i5510…
Please let us know if u have some more trick about this phone…
Many Thanks….
God bless you..
its really workk very very thank you…..
it s work thankyou…
IT WORKS..
THANK YOU..^_^
great it works…..
tnxxxxxxxxxxxxxx…..
hey,
can u give me a new link for sdcard.rar to get the apk file.
please do post it in another download site other than megaupload
Hey my phone gets hang when z4root says: aquire root shell, it force close down….
Please help !
Also SuperOneClick do the following procedure and stops there:
SuperOneClick v1.7.0.0
Killing ADB Server…
OK
Starting ADB Server…
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
OK
Waiting for device…
OK
Pushing psneuter…
1738 KB/s (585731 bytes in 0.329s)
OK
chmod psneuter…
OK
Running psneuter…
Anybody can help me ?
what fw do u have?
2.2 or 2.3.4 ?
can u pls help how to upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3.4…i have the same model
the second method KSHITIJ BHATT mentioned worked. i couldn’t try the first one. thanks 😀
Hallo everyone need help please
i typed this
su
mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system and came out like this
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
can anybody help me please
thanks 🙂
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Hey, waveboy, thanks for the amazing method. But it was only successful when I was on 2.2. Now I’m on 2.3.6 and it doesn’t work (gives read-only filesystem error even after following every instruction and command line-by-line. So any ideas on how to get it working on 2.3.6? Thanks 🙂
if ur 2.3.6 is rooted….and this method is not working…take a file manager with root access and manualy copy the files inside the /system/app (apk file) and /system/lib the lib files
and it should work
Thanks man! I use androzip but it fails to copy files. So which file manager do u suggest? Maybe Root explorer?
ia am using root explorer
hey guys.. am new and i own a galaxy 551.. can i upgrade to gingerbread??
If yes plz tell me how..
i rooted my phone by z4root then i past live wallpaper picker in app and other two liblary files in lib. ….after that i successfully enabled the live wallpaper when i click livewallpaper then suddenly my phone hanged and my phone’s software was crupted…i repaired my phone. …now tell me another success way…..
what software do you have? when i made the tutorial it was for 2.2 ….now we have 2.3.6 …on the last one you just have to install new software…and it has it
i have 2.2 foroyo….pls tell me in detail how to enable live wallpaper …..pls i have to connect my phone to pc or without connect write in detail because many users coudn’t understand the whole procedure…….
Hey any idea how to install live wallpapers on 2.3.6, I used your method but i used root explorer to copy the files in the right folders instead of the termial and I rebooted and I did not work
far as i know it already has Live Wallpaper…i have 2.3.6 and i have live wallpaper
Ummmm….. I get everything except the part that megaupload.com has been seized by fbi so if u could give some other link that be good……
it’Zzz not working 4 me
i am unable
to root it
what version of android do you have? please check the root post…it says there what to do
Upload it again on 4shared or any site pls, Megaupload is banned XD
hi friends i updated my phone samsung galaxy gt i 5510 2.2 to 2.3 gingerbred but my phone doesnt show livewallpaper. .pls tell me what should i do?
Hi i have i5510 and i am downloaded livewallpaper picker and start to setup but before 1 2 secound finished installing and dont installed say notification how can i install i make a root and I am Turk but you say my Turkish not well and I write English and sorry for my English Please Help Me (-_-)
mrb, onceki sorum var…hangi Android versiyon kullanıyorsun? 2.2 yada 2.3 ?