Flashing official UK Orange Omnia's |
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 Aug 26 2008, 19:12
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 47 Joined: 10th September 2007 Member No.: 298,335 Device(s): Omnia!  |
I was thinking it might be useful to have a little thread for those users who have got their Omnia's from Orange and are considering flashing their device. I then noticed that the query has already been raised in the sticky thread above, so I'm not alone in thinking this will be useful. I hope the info for the Orange Omnia's can be consolidated in here so when the great masses arrive there will be atleast a bit of guidance and some decent info!
If you have an Orange Omnia (ie. official UK stock) please post your flashing results. Did you follow Paul's sticky above, did you skip some steps, where did you start and how did you end up? What ROM version did you start with? etc. The more info the better. My omnia will arrive from Orange tomorrow so I'll be more than happy to get things started once I have it opened and charged. In the meantime, I'm sure there are plenty of users on here who have already flashed their Orange devices, so speak up! I look forward to hearing from you. |
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Aug 26 2008, 20:36
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Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 385 Joined: 19th September 2003 From: Leeds Member No.: 16,506 Device(s): HTC Diamond, Samsung I900 |
Mine was from Orange, my device was Unbranded and unlocked, i cant say for certain all future I900's will follow the same rule as Orange will have taken an initial batch directly from samsung to speed up sales.
But anyways, i had to change my device to singapore (as per stickie) Ran the xp .exe, job done |
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Aug 26 2008, 21:01
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Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 85 Joined: 24th August 2008 Member No.: 419,525 |
QUOTE(blackhorse @ Aug 26 2008, 21:36)  Mine was from Orange, my device was Unbranded and unlocked, i cant say for certain all future I900's will follow the same rule as Orange will have taken an initial batch directly from samsung to speed up sales. But anyways, i had to change my device to singapore (as per stickie) Ran the xp .exe, job done who is brave enough to give it a bash? if anything goes wrong you could just take phone back to shop and get it replaced. they replace the phone with in the first 30 days if anything goes wrong dont they? obviously done say you were messing with roms! |
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Aug 26 2008, 21:59
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Um, blackhorse is saying he did it!
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 26 2008, 22:15
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 47 Joined: 10th September 2007 Member No.: 298,335 Device(s): Omnia! |
QUOTE(blackhorse @ Aug 26 2008, 21:36) Mine was from Orange, my device was Unbranded and unlocked, i cant say for certain all future I900's will follow the same rule as Orange will have taken an initial batch directly from samsung to speed up sales. But anyways, i had to change my device to singapore (as per stickie) Ran the xp .exe, job done So all you did was change your device to singapore (process here), then run the i900DXHH1_PDA_updater_xp.exe (found here)? I'm going to flash mine when it arrives tomorrow, so if you can confirm this worked for you then I'll carry out the same process to see if it works for me with my Orange Omnia. Thanks |
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Aug 26 2008, 22:18
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 85 Joined: 24th August 2008 Member No.: 419,525 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Aug 26 2008, 22:59) Um, blackhorse is saying he did it! P i know i meant who else! I am going to do mine tomorrow morning, left data cable at work. |
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Aug 27 2008, 07:20
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 1 Joined: 8th October 2007 Member No.: 308,942 |
Hi guys
 I have a pre-release i900 from Orange which came with the HG5 ROM and I have successfully upgraded to HH1 using Paul's instructions. However the upgrade to HH1 would not work from the original HG5 ROM even after changing the region to Singapore, I had to flash the Portuguese ROM, then change the region and then do the update to HH1..!! Interestingly enough after speaking to our technical pre-sales consultant at Orange, he informs me all new Omnia's will be coming with the new HH1 ROM "i900BVHH1" I should be getting an official copy off him some time soon Thanks Andy This post has been edited by agw82: Aug 27 2008, 07:20 |
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Aug 27 2008, 07:29
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Sweet, keep us posted Andy!
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 27 2008, 08:30
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 Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 28 Joined: 18th June 2007 Member No.: 268,103 |
QUOTE(agw82 @ Aug 27 2008, 07:20) Interestingly enough after speaking to our technical pre-sales consultant at Orange, he informs me all new Omnia's will be coming with the new HH1 ROM "i900BVHH1" I should be getting an official copy off him some time soon Thanks Andy Good news! Maybe we'll be able (this time  ) to have a DXHH1 PDA with a BVHH1 radio !
-------------------- Geek78 alias JPA
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Aug 27 2008, 15:55
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 47 Joined: 10th September 2007 Member No.: 298,335 Device(s): Omnia! |
Well, that was very easy. All I had to do was charge it up, then change the region to singapore (as detailed in the sticky above), then I opened the i900DXHH1_PDA_updater_xp.exe, ticked the 2 boxes, and it did it's job! Voila!
It seems that Orange Omnia's can follow this super simple update process. |
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Aug 27 2008, 18:07
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 85 Joined: 24th August 2008 Member No.: 419,525 |
QUOTE(unclesomebody @ Aug 27 2008, 16:55) Well, that was very easy. All I had to do was charge it up, then change the region to singapore (as detailed in the sticky above), then I opened the i900DXHH1_PDA_updater_xp.exe, ticked the 2 boxes, and it did it's job! Voila! It seems that Orange Omnia's can follow this super simple update process. has any one after flashing changed back from singapore to Uk after flashing or just leave it? Flashing working for me thanks for everyones efforts. |
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Aug 27 2008, 18:29
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 47 Joined: 10th September 2007 Member No.: 298,335 Device(s): Omnia! |
I changed straight back to UK after flashing. It caused no problems... but I can't see it making any difference either.
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Aug 27 2008, 18:35
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 85 Joined: 24th August 2008 Member No.: 419,525 |
QUOTE(unclesomebody @ Aug 27 2008, 19:29) I changed straight back to UK after flashing. It caused no problems... but I can't see it making any difference either. cool, just done the same Have you noticed any difference appart from haptic feedback, new animations on rotation and flick scroll in windows menus? |
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Aug 27 2008, 19:24
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 1 Joined: 27th August 2008 Member No.: 420,606 Device(s): i900 Omnia |
QUOTE(IZIIZI @ Aug 27 2008, 18:35) cool, just done the same Have you noticed any difference appart from haptic feedback, new animations on rotation and flick scroll in windows menus? Is this rom flash only benefitcal to those who bought their phones from Orange? Mine is on O2 bought from the CPW |
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Aug 27 2008, 19:38
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 47 Joined: 10th September 2007 Member No.: 298,335 Device(s): Omnia! |
Check your firmware version, and if it isn't HH1 then it will be worth upgrading!
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Aug 27 2008, 20:14
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 8 Joined: 26th April 2006 Member No.: 187,131 Device(s): null |
A little concerned. Managed to flash to the portugese version but now whenever i try and run 'i900DXHH1_PDA_updater_xp.exe' it just gived the invalid software version pop up, i have tried sever al reboots/resets but no change
 I received it today and came with the XXHG5 software. Any thoughts? EDIT - found Paul incorrect version fix and sorted, sorry for wasting your time 
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Aug 27 2008, 20:46
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 47 Joined: 10th September 2007 Member No.: 298,335 Device(s): Omnia! |
QUOTE(templeman01 @ Aug 27 2008, 21:14) A little concerned. Managed to flash to the portugese version but now whenever i try and run 'i900DXHH1_PDA_updater_xp.exe' it just gived the invalid software version pop up, i have tried sever al reboots/resets but no change I received it today and came with the XXHG5 software. Any thoughts? You just need to change your location. Go to the sticky above about rom versions and you'll see the answer there. |
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Aug 28 2008, 11:14
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 85 Joined: 24th August 2008 Member No.: 419,525 |
QUOTE(templeman01 @ Aug 27 2008, 21:14) A little concerned. Managed to flash to the portugese version but now whenever i try and run 'i900DXHH1_PDA_updater_xp.exe' it just gived the invalid software version pop up, i have tried sever al reboots/resets but no change I received it today and came with the XXHG5 software. Any thoughts? EDIT - found Paul incorrect version fix and sorted, sorry for wasting your time also if you got yours from orange this step wasnt neccassary. |
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Aug 28 2008, 15:43
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 3 Joined: 28th August 2008 Member No.: 420,829 |
flashed mine fine.
just started from step 7 onwards all working fine.. had to change to singapore before i started though |
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Aug 28 2008, 15:59
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 134 Joined: 17th December 2004 From: Kidderminster, UK Member No.: 102,495 Device(s): Samsung Omnia 16gb |
so.. do you just run the hh1 exe or do you have to follow the instructions from step 7? how are people exactly doing their orange supplied phones???
This post has been edited by Fizz_daz: Aug 28 2008, 16:15 -------------------- google is our friend... so use it..
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