GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network	HSDPA
4G Network	LTE
SIM	Yes
Announced	2014, June
Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2014, Q3

BODY	Dimensions	138.2 x 69.8 x 8.5 mm (5.44 x 2.75 x 0.33 in)
Weight	136 g (4.80 oz)
	- Fingerprint sensor

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch	Yes

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal	16 GB, 2 GB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Yes
EDGE	Yes
Speed	HSPA+; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
NFC	Yes
Infrared port	Yes
USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features	Geo-tagging
Video	Yes
Secondary	Yes, 2.1 MP

FEATURES	OS	Tizen OS, v2.2.1
CPU	Quad-core 2.3 GHz
Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate
Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser	HTML5
Radio	TBD
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors	Black, Black/brown
	- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - SNS integration - MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA/FLAC player - Organizer - Image viewer - Document viewer - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery

Devices

Tizen is an open source, standards-based software platform for multiple device categories, including smartphones, tablets, netbooks, in-vehicle infotainment devices, smart TVs, and more. Tizen offers an innovative operating system, applications, and a user experience that consumers can take from device to device.

Smartphones

Tizen smartphone technologies include a flexible and powerful user interface, 3D window effects, advanced multimedia, location based service frameworks, sensor frameworks, and multi-tasking and multi-touch capabilities. In addition, support for scalable screen resolution means that the platform can deliver a consistent user experience across a broad range of handset types and form factors.

Tablets

Tizen offers a touch-optimized user interface for tablets with a suite of built-in applications for Web browsing, personal information management, and media consumption.

Netbooks

Tizen will provide expanded features, improved performance, and a richer user experience for netbooks. Tizen is a light-weight, scalable, fast-booting, brand-able operating system, with advanced support for touch and connectivity.

In-Vehicle Infotainment

In-Vehicle infotainment systems are devices that deliver navigation, entertainment, and networked computing services in vehicles, such as cars, trucks, planes, and buses. The Tizen In-Vehicle infotainment software platform is designed to enable rich internet and multimedia consumer experiences for vehicles.

Smart TV

Tizen for Smart TV delivers a complete, open standards-based Linux stack, optimized for living room devices, such as Blu-ray players, set top boxes, and digital TVs. It is designed for an Internet-connected TV experience, allowing users to enjoy access to multiple applications, services, and personal media, all while watching TV.

Flash an Image to Device

Instructions for Reference Devices PQ and 210The instructions for flashing depend on what type of device you're using. Instructions are available for the following devices:

Instructions for Reference Devices PQ and 210

Downloads

Download or build an image such as one from http://download.tizen.org/releases/2.0/tizen-2.0_20130218.10/images/ which will be in a *.tar.gz file

If you have Ref.Device-PQ device, use RD-PQ-tizen-2.0_20130218.10.tar.gz instead of RD-210-tizen-2.0_20130218.10.tar.gz in following installation guide.

Installation

Ubuntu

You can add the Tizen tools repository by adding the following line to your repositories list.

Edit repository source list:
```
$ sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
```

Append the following line, save and quit.

deb http://download.tizen.org/tools/latest-release/Ubuntu_12.10 /

Installing the tool


$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install lthor

Troubleshooting lthor on Ubuntu, including failures to connect:
- https://wiki.tizen.org/wiki/Troubleshooting_lthor_on_Ubuntu_12.10

OpenSUSE

Add the Tizen tools repository.

$ sudo zypper addrepo http://download.tizen.org/tools/latest-release/openSUSE_12.2/

Install the tool.


$ sudo zypper refresh

$ sudo zypper install lthor

Fedora

Add the Tizen tools repository.

$ sudo zypper addrepo http://download.tizen.org/tools/latest-release/Fedora_17/tools.repo

Install the tool.


$ sudo yum makecache

$ sudo yum install lthor

Note: You may need to use '--nogpgcheck' to install or upgrade the package.

Flashing the Tizen image

1 Boot the phone into download mode.

Make sure the phone is powered-off.

Press <volume down> + <power> keys simultaneously.

The phone will boot up and the download mode image will be displayed on the phone.

2 Connect the phone to the Linux PC with a USB cable.

3 Flashing image

Execute lthor in a console on the Linux PC as follows. Make sure you're running lthor in 32-bit environment (if flash hangs, try unzipping and flashing the *.tar file)

IMPORTANT NOTICE for 1.0 Larkspur Ref.Device-210 device users
Before flashing a new Tizen 2.0 images, you must upgrade device's partition structure. Tizen 1.0 Larkspur use the MBR/EBR disk, but Tizen 2.0 use the GPT instead. Once partition structure migrated, no more upgrade required.
NOTE: DOWNGRADING FROM TIZEN 2.0 TO 1.0 LARKSPUR IS NOT SUPPORTED.
Step 1. Download partition migration image. http://download.tizen.org/releases/system/Tizen_Disk_Migration.tar http://download.tizen.org/releases/system/Tizen_Ref.Device-210_System_20130207_1.tar
Step 2. Flashing migration image before new 2.0 image.

$sudo ./lthor Tizen_Disk_Migration.tar

Step 3. After migration complete, the phone will automatically rebooted and back to download mode again.
Step 4. Flashing new system image

$sudo ./lthor Tizen_Ref.Device-210_System_20130207_1.tar

Step 5. Wait until all files are downloaded on to the phone. Now your device is ready to download 2.0 images.

$ sudo ./lthor RD-210-tizen-2.0_20130218.10.tar.gz

$ sudo ./lthor RD-210-tizen-2.0_20130218.10.tar

4 Wait until files are downloaded

Wait until all files are downloaded on to the phone. The phone will be automatically rebooted after successful downloading. NOTE: 2.0 image does not contain the hardware acceleration binaries. To enable hardware acceleration, you need to install Mali DDK.

Tips

ssh into target device (USB Debugging Mode)

Once the phone is flashed and booted up, change the usb mode to "USB debugging" by doing this:

Open the settings application
Press "All" to show all the settings items
Choose "USB utilities"
Choose "USB debugging"

Then the device will export a usbnet device, it's addr: 192.168.129.3 In your host, configure your ip address to match that of usb0:

# ifconfig usb0 192.168.129.4

Then you can ssh into the target device (root, pwd: tizen):

# ssh root@192.168.129.3

ssh into target device (Using SDB)

With the Tizen SDK properly installed and "sdb" added to your path environment variable,

# sdb -d shell

http://tizentalk.com/forum/threads/questions-about-the-dev-phone.17/#post-124

Using 3D Acceleration

Tizen reference devices use the Mali400 MP4 for 3D acceleration to guarantee the graphics performance. To install the Mali DDK package, perform the following procedure:

Download Mail DDK by following the link below: https://source.tizen.org/mali-ddk-tizen
Connect the target device to the host computer through a USB cable.
Switch to Tizen tools directory by executing the following command:

host>cd ~/tizen-sdk/tools

Copy hw_accel.tar.gz file from the host computer to the target device by executing the following commands:


host> sdb root on

host> sdb -d push libtbm-*.rpm /root/

host> sdb -d push libump-*.rpm /root/

host> sdb -d push opengl-es-*.rpm /root/

Install hw_accel RPM package by executing the following commands:


host>sdb shell

target>cd /root/

target>rpm -e --nodeps opengl-es-virtual-drv

target>rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm

Sychronize and reboot the device by executing the following commands:


target>sync

target>reboot -f

Instructions for Intel-based devices

Copy to a USB or other storage device

Tizen Common and IVI images require at least 4 GB of storage capacity. There are two ways to copy the image to a device (the old/slow and the new/fast methods.)

The old/slow method uses the standard Unix 'dd' tool (works on Linux, OS X, etc.):

$ bzcat ivi-XYZ.raw.bz2 | dd of=/dev/sdX flag=sync conv=sparse

Before running this command find the name of your storage device using "sudo fdisk -l" or looking at the output of the "dmesg" or "lsblk" commands. Also, confirm that the USB stick is not mounted, or unmount it if needed.

For Windows systems, you will need a tool like rawrite.exe

Flashing may take 10-20 minutes depending on the speed of your storage device.

The new/fast method uses bmaptool, which is a new tool for flashing Tizen IVI images. This tool copies the images four to eight times faster and is more reliable (for example, it checks data SHA1 checksums, makes sure your/dev/sdX is not mounted, etc). Tool documentation is located here:

https://source.tizen.org/documentation/reference/bmaptool

After installing bmaptool flash an image using:

$ bmaptool copy tizen-XYZ.raw.bz2 /dev/sdX

Note: If you get the error "bmaptool: ERROR: cannot open block device '/dev/sdb' in exclusive mode: [Errno 16] Device or resource busy: '/dev/sdX'", you need to unmount the USB stick. Example: umount /media/usb_volume.

Or copy directly from a URL (providing you have downloaded the image and its bmap file to the same directory):

$ bmaptool copy http://download.tizen.org/..blah.../tizen-XYZ.raw.bz2 /dev/sdX

Boot from USB

Flash the image to the USB stick using bmaptool or dd (see above).

Insert the USB stick into the device.

Power on the device.

Press "<F2>" to access the BIOS menu.

Change Boot Priority to make it boot from the removable USB stick.

Press "Enter" to boot the image from the USB disk.

Install system to HDD or eMMC

For this, you will need two USB drives: one to boot from and one containing the image you wish to install.

Prepare one bootable USB drive with Linux OS (Tizen itself or any regular Linux distribution will do)
Copy the image to the second USB drive (you do not need to decompress it.)
Insert both USB drives into the device that connects to HD.
Press "Del" or "<F2>" to access the BIOS menu.
Change the Boot Priority to boot from the removable USB drive.
Live boot into the system in USB
Launch a terminal or switch to console in live boot environment.
Login as root.
Check the disk partition using “fdisk –l”. You should see some information about /dev/sda, /dev/sdb. On systems with eMMC storage (like Crossville or the Intel NUC DE3815TYKHE), the eMMC storage will show up as /dev/mmcblk0.
Ensure that the storage device you wis to install to is not mounted. For that, use something like: umount /dev/sda
Copy the Tizen image to HD by the command: (ATTENTION: this will completely erase your HDD/SSD)
```
 bzcat tizen-XXX.raw.bz2 | dd of=/dev/sda bs=512k oflag=sync conv=sparse
```
The Tizen image is installed to the system storage.
Remove the USB and reboot.

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