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GW620 LG Intouch Max

3D S-Class or ANDROID V1.5 user interface
QUALCOMM DBB MSM7200A

Training Guide

Revision : V1.1 (20 /April / 2010)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Page
Features & Appearance
1. Features. 3
General description
2. Block diagram overall. 4
3. What is Android system (Architecture)
Linux Kernel 5
The Dalvik & The Libraries 6
The Applications
3. Halogens chemical properties 7
4. What is new with Android system for LG handsets 8
5. Electronic compass
Physics I,II,II (New) 9,10 & 11
Block diagram 12
Trouble shooting
6. General topics 13
7. Electronic compass I & II. (New) 14 & 15
Further information. 16

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1. Features This phone is mainly aimed at:

- 1st time Smart phone users
- Social networking

GW620 is the first LGE phone with Android Software The customer can choose between the S-class user
interface and the Android user interface.
To some extent the set of features is only limited
by the hardware capabilities.
Features: The customer can download any Android/JAVA
application/feature to his phone that is supported
by the hardware.
3D S-Class or ANDROID user interface
Google applications integrated: Google Maps, G-
Quad band GSM (With EDGE) Mail, Market, You Tube, Calendar, Talk.
Dual band UMTS (with HSPA 7.2/2.0 MBPS) SNS manager integrated with applications
5 MP Camera Facebook, Twitter, Bebo
HVGA LCD (320x480 with ambient light sensor)
Touch screen There is no TV-out on this design. There is no
WiFi (54 Mbps) & Bluetooth (2.1) audio output on the 5 pin micro USB connector.
GPS There is no VGA camera for video calling.
Electronic Compass sensor
Without SD-card you cannot enter the mass
Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor storage mode.
FM radio Without SD card it is not possible to make and
4Gb Flash & 2GB SDRAM save pictures and videos.
Max 32GB uSD- card A default 1 Gb SD-card is provided in the box in
Android base sync applications most countries.
3.5 mm jack for headset
Micro USB connector DLNA is not supported in Android currently so
5 line QWERTY keypad also not available on GW620.

There is no PC suite for GW620, instead Moxier

applications are provided on the phone. This set
of applications syncs directly with Microsoft
outlook on a PC.

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2. Block diagram overall.

The block diagram is similar to the BL40.

The Camera controller circuits are very
similar to the BL40.

The major differences are listed below.

- There is 4 Gbit NAND flash and 2Gbit DDR
SDRAM memory. There is no separate
multimedia I-NAND memory on the GW620.
- There is no RGB converter on this design.
- The LCD module accepts MDDI data directly.
- There is no audio and video output on the 5
pin micro USB connector.
- The compass sensor is new and will be
explained in the next slides.
- The receiver audio signals flow through the
subPCB.

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3. ( Architecture) – Linux Kernel

Android is an Operating system + core applications for mobile devices

Android is open source software. This is a very important property.

With the exception of brief update periods, Android has been
available as open source since October 2008. Google opened the
source code under an Apache License.
With the Apache License, application developers are free to add
proprietary extensions without submitting those back to the open
source community.

The Linux kernel is a so called abstraction layer for the hardware.

If we decide to use another microprocessor (another ARM or even
another brand/architecture) only the Linux Kernel is different.
All other software can remain the same.

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3. ( Architecture) – The Dalvik & The Libraries

Android is an Operating system + core applications for mobile devices

The Dalvik virtual machine is right on

The Libraries make it easy to
top of the Linux kernel. Applications
develop applications. The media
can be executed independent of each
framework for example contains a
other; this is important for security.
library that is able to process most
However if an application puts the
audio and video formats like mp3,
hardware in a certain status this
mpeg4, jpeg etc.
status will not necessarily be brought
If you want to develop an
back to its initial state by the Dalvik
application that modifies this type
virtual machine when the application
of file you do not have to worry
ends.
about decoding the compressed
media; the library will do that for
you.

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3. ( Architecture) – The Applications
Android is an Operating system + core applications for mobile devices
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The application framework offers so called
Application Programming Interfaces. This is a very
good way to let applications communicate
(=interface) with each other.
A simple example: If you want to record some audio
you will have to tell the hardware to use a certain
audio source (microphone), what media encoder
format (AMR_NB) and what type of output format
(THREE_GPP) to use. This is done by using the
android media recorder API. You can see
here that these APIs use the libraries to provide the
services.
The applications are written in JAVA language.
There are standard applications like contact shown
in the picture but you can write your own
applications also.
An example of an application is toggle switch which
will set unit in silent mode. Using the View system
you can create a toggle button.
The button can be sensed and the output can be
sent to the Audio manager API. This can be done in
a very small JAVA program.
Any person with basic programming skills can install
and develop such an application within a couple of
hours !
Advanced users can and will use lots of applications.
Unlike the JAVA applications that you find for regular
LGE phones the Android applications may use parts
of the hardware that are not used with the standard
software.
Reproducing problems can be difficult in an
environment like this.
See next slide also for some details.
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4. What is new with Android system for LGE handsets

The SW architecture is fundamentally different from previous models

Although the S-Class user interface looks almost identical to

previous models all the software is completely different.
Customers can come “much closer” to the hardware with
their own applications (designed themselves or downloaded).

A customer can download his own applications only through his

Google account (same as gmail account).
In this account a customer can see his downloaded applications.
You cannot download applications from an SD-card or Computer
so a flat fee data traffic contract with the service provider or good
WiFi connection is almost mandatory.

After a customer factory reset all the applications are gone

(just like with the engineering menu factory reset).
However the applications are still visible in the “my
downloads” section in the Google account.

The android version on GW620 cannot be upgraded to 1.6 or

2.0/2.1 by customers.

The GW620 uses Android version 1.5 (also know as Cupcake)

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5. Electronic compass: - Physics I.

The electronic compass in the GW620 measures the earth magnetic field.
A hall effect sensor is used to measure the field.

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5. Electronic compass: - Physics II.

When a current carrying conductor is placed into a magnetic field a voltage will be generated perpendicular to the current and the magnetic field.

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5. Electronic compass: - Physics III.

When you measure the voltage VH of 3 hall effect sensors (X,Y and Z direction) the direction of a magnetic field can be determined.
The voltage can be both positive or negative depending on the direction of the magnetic field.
The voltage is temperature dependent and in the microvolt range.

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5. Electronic compass: - Block diagram

The electronic compass IC is a mixture of analogy and digital circuits.

The analogy circuits are required to amplify and analyze the very small signals that are induced by the earth magnetic field.
The digital interfacing and digital circuits are straightforward and contain standard elements for sensor ICs.

Calibration data includes temperature offset data.

The display reading is compensated for the magnetic fields of the phone vibrator and speaker magnet with calculations.

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6. Trouble shooting: General topics

A limited amount of trouble shooting is

covered in this presentation.
Only items that are missing or need
additional explanation on top of the service
manual are covered.

An example of the android settings is the

silent mode. If the phone is put in silent
mode with the user android settings menu
you cannot test the ring in the engineering
menu sound test.
Also if a customer has downloaded an
application that will mute the sound or
interferes with any other functionality this
will affect the engineering menu
performance.
The engineering menu itself is a set of JAVA
applications also..

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7. Trouble shooting: Electronic Compass I.

The service manual does not take the Regulator test points into account.
Experience shows that up to 10 degrees deviation of the compass is normal.

The Engineering menu contains a compass sensor test.

When the device is opened it may be more convenient to access a compass
application with one push on the touch screen.
These compass applications can be downloaded for free. This type of
application is a good example of how accessible the hardware is.
There is direct control by the application of the
android.hardware.SensorManager Application Programming Interface.

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7. Trouble shooting: Electronic Compass II.

The compass sensor is on the main PCB on the QWERTY keypad side.
The COMPASS_INT and COMPASS_RESET are not accessible.

It can be convenient to use a little magnet to see if the sensor is working.

You get the best results if you hold the magnet ~ 3cm below the device at ~5 cm from where the compass sensor is and make a circle with a 10 cm diameter.
To check the accuracy you really have to compare with a regular compass in the earth magnetic field so preferably somewhere outside a building an away from
any currents or magnets.
Storage temperature of this IC = -40..+85 Celsius. Soldering must be done carefully.

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8. Further information

You can find additional information on:

• Industry Standards:
http://www.android.com/index.html

• GW620: On the LGE web site

http://www.lge.com

http://www.lg.com/uk

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GW620 LG Intouch Max

3D S-Class or ANDROID V1.5 user interface
QUALCOMM DBB MSM7200A

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