***VODAFONE FIX - To revert back to OFFICIAL Vodafone branded ROM***

[Guest Carlos0371]

Don't suppose there's any chance of this being stickied? I think it's a much sought after topic in here.....

***VODAFONE FIX - To revert back to OFFICIAL Vodafone branded ROM***

Here's what worked for me, and I am so chuffed I'm going to go and

post it everywhere I can think of!!! lol

**NOTES: My handset was bought in the UK from Phones4U, Unlocked but on a Vodafone contract, so with their Branding.

I updated to OFFICIAL ACHJ2 when it was released, and I have tried a variety of other ROMs since doing that.

As I am having hardware problems with my phone (was having them before flashing the ROM) I have to return it to Phones4U for repair. This means I have to have the original Vodafone ROM back on it.

I do not guarantee that this will work for you, but if you find you are in the same situation, I see no reason why it won't.

Please note I will NOT be held responsible for any damage to anyone's phone through following these instructions, and if you are unsure on how to flash a ROM, please do not even consider doing this until you are.

As always, Please also remember the following:

!!!USE CUSTOM ROMS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

!!!CUSTOM ROMS CAN HARM YOUR DEVICE!!!

!!!CUSTOM ROMS WILL INVALIDATE YOUR WARRANTY!!!

Now, here's what I did (No registry or hex editing required):

1) Flash to DXHJ1 HERE

2) On completion of update, ensure you Soft Reset

3) Flash to Official T-Mobile Rom BOHH5 HERE

4) On completion of update, ensure you Soft Reset

5) Go to phone keypad and type: *#638738# - This brings up the "Configuration" menu because the *#1546792*# option doesn't do anything on branded ROMs - Change Country to "United Kingdom" - PHONE WILL HARD RESET.

6) Run Samsung Official ACHJ2 Updater for Vodafone ROM **NOTE** For some reason, my updater had "****EMERGENCY RESCUE MODE**** (or something like that anyway) - I selected this, left the other 2 boxes blank, and Hey Presto, the update worked!!

7) On completion of update, ensure you Soft Reset, and Voila! Vodafone Branded Omnia ready to be shipped back to Vodafone for repair!!!!

I Now have an Omnia showing:

PDA: i900XXHJ6/ACHJ2

PHONE: i900BUHJ1

If someone has a Vodafone Omnia on ACHJ2 ROM, I would be grateful if they can confirm these numbers to be correct.

Many, MANY Thanks go out to everyone on here who has posted details on flashing, how to change registry settings, hex editing etc., if it wasn't for me having so much information to help me, I'd never have done this, and £400 for a new phone? I think not.

Thanks to everyone for making this board such a great source of information, and in particular to those of you who spend so much time coding, cooking and releasing ROMs for us all to get the best out of this fantastic little (BIG) phone.

Hope this helps someone save about 2 weeks trying to solve this problem.

Cheers,

Carlos.

Edited February 5, 2009 by Carlos0371

[Guest MrJoneswii]

Don't suppose there's any chance of this being stickied? I think it's a much sought after topic in here.....

***VODAFONE FIX - To revert back to OFFICIAL Vodafone branded ROM***

Here's what worked for me, and I am so chuffed I'm going to go and

post it everywhere I can think of!!! lol

**NOTES: My handset was bought in the UK from Phones4U, Unlocked but on a Vodafone contract, so with their Branding.

I updated to OFFICIAL ACHJ1 when it was released, and I have tried a variety of other ROMs since doing that.

As I am having hardware problems with my phone (was having them before flashing the ROM) I have to return it to Phones4U for repair. This means I have to have the original Vodafone ROM back on it.

I do not guarantee that this will work for you, but if you find you are in the same situation, I see no reason why it won't.

Please note I will NOT be held responsible for any damage to anyone's phone through following these instructions, and if you are unsure on how to flash a ROM, please do not even consider doing this until you are.

As always, Please also remember the following:

!!!USE CUSTOM ROMS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

!!!CUSTOM ROMS CAN HARM YOUR DEVICE!!!

!!!CUSTOM ROMS WILL INVALIDATE YOUR WARRANTY!!!

Now, here's what I did (No registry or hex editing required):

1) Flash to DXHJ1 HERE

2) On completion of update, ensure you Soft Reset

3) Flash to Official T-Mobile Rom BOHH5 HERE

4) On completion of update, ensure you Soft Reset

5) Go to phone keypad and type: *#638738# - This brings up the "Configuration" menu because the *#1546792*# option doesn't do anything on branded ROMs - Change Country to "United Kingdom" - PHONE WILL HARD RESET.

6) Run Samsung Official ACHJ1 Updater for Vodafone ROM **NOTE** For some reason, my updater had "****EMERGENCY RESCUE MODE**** (or something like that anyway) - I selected this, left the other 2 boxes blank, and Hey Presto, the update worked!!

7) On completion of update, ensure you Soft Reset, and Voila! Vodafone Branded Omnia ready to be shipped back to Vodafone for repair!!!!

I Now have an Omnia showing:

PDA: i900XXHJ6/ACHJ2

PHONE: i900BUHJ1

If someone has a Vodafone Omnia on ACHJ1 ROM, I would be grateful if they can confirm these numbers to be correct.

Many, MANY Thanks go out to everyone on here who has posted details on flashing, how to change registry settings, hex editing etc., if it wasn't for me having so much information to help me, I'd never have done this, and £400 for a new phone? I think not.

Thanks to everyone for making this board such a great source of information, and in particular to those of you who spend so much time coding, cooking and releasing ROMs for us all to get the best out of this fantastic little (BIG) phone.

Hope this helps someone save about 2 weeks trying to solve this problem.

Cheers,

Carlos.

Hey

This post doesn't really concern me but you should fix the links in this post in order for it to be useful. :)

[Guest Carlos0371]

Hey

This post doesn't really concern me but you should fix the links in this post in order for it to be useful. :D

Oops! Corrected, and Thanks :)

[Guest robinhood1701]

Carlos,

thanks for posting this,

hoping to get A UK Vodafone Omnia soon,

but would like to try custom ROM's,

This is something i have thought about as well,

A couple of question's

Why do you have to flash to a T-Mobile ROM?

and

What hardware prob are you having?

:)

[Guest Carlos0371]

Carlos,

thanks for posting this,

hoping to get A UK Vodafone Omnia soon,

but would like to try custom ROM's,

This is something i have thought about as well,

A couple of question's

Why do you have to flash to a T-Mobile ROM?

and

What hardware prob are you having?

:)

Why T-Mobile?:

Not sure, only thing I can think is because the T-Mobile is an "Official" unofficial rom, it works, then changing the Country from "Default" (in the T-Mobile preconfig) to United Kingdom (I think) fools the Vodafone one into thinking you have an "Official" but outdated rom.

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. To be honest, it was more trial and error, then I thought about it a bit, and there it was.

Hardware problems:

Camera Button won't function all the time,

Switch off, won't switch on again (have to press "Reset"),

Leave switched off, battery drains in about half hour,

Alarm doesn't repeat the ringtone despite having tick in "Repeat",

Dictionary doesn't remember words when added (only sometimes),

"Capitalise first letter" not working.

All minor issues, but if I want to sell it later.....

To be fair, I did drop it in a toilet!!! (Shhhhh!!)

Carlos.

[Guest robinhood1701]

Why T-Mobile?:

Not sure, only thing I can think is because the T-Mobile is an "Official" unofficial rom, it works, then changing the Country from "Default" (in the T-Mobile preconfig) to United Kingdom (I think) fools the Vodafone one into thinking you have an "Official" but outdated rom.

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. To be honest, it was more trial and error, then I thought about it a bit, and there it was.

Hardware problems:

Camera Button won't function all the time,

Switch off, won't switch on again (have to press "Reset"),

Leave switched off, battery drains in about half hour,

Alarm doesn't repeat the ringtone despite having tick in "Repeat",

Dictionary doesn't remember words when added (only sometimes),

"Capitalise first letter" not working.

All minor issues, but if I want to sell it later.....

To be fair, I did drop it in a toilet!!! (Shhhhh!!)

Carlos.

Ahh, water damage, thought it maybe a manufacturing fault, some Omnia's have internals overheat/mainboard faults,

Be carefull when returning, that water marks are not spotted,

Why is T-Mobile a "Official" unofficial ROM,

Do not understand?

By "Official" unofficial ROM, do you mean its not Official Samsung ROM,

But a official mobile network ROM?

Would like to know who writes Vodafones ROM's for them, not many over at VF's e-forum seems very impressed with them,

You would think VF would get Samsung to write them, who should get it right first time?

RH

[Guest Carlos0371]

Why is T-Mobile a "Official" unofficial ROM,

Do not understand?

By "Official" unofficial ROM, do you mean its not Official Samsung ROM,

But a official mobile network ROM?

I mean I believe it's an official T-mobile Rom, but not sure whether it can be downloaded officially, so therefore it may be a Rom dump from someone else who had a T-mobile branded handset originally.

Basically, it's shown as "Official" on Paul's list, but I don't now the source, so cannot confirm it's legitimacy (or "Official"ness).

Regarding your other points, the VF firmware worked fine on my Omnia, but I wanted to free up more memory, which is the primary reason for me flashing. Removing the VF branding wasn't overly important to me.

Carlos.

[Guest robinhood1701]

I mean I believe it's an official T-mobile Rom, but not sure whether it can be downloaded officially, so therefore it may be a Rom dump from someone else who had a T-mobile branded handset originally.

Basically, it's shown as "Official" on Paul's list, but I don't now the source, so cannot confirm it's legitimacy (or "Official"ness).

Regarding your other points, the VF firmware worked fine on my Omnia, but I wanted to free up more memory, which is the primary reason for me flashing. Removing the VF branding wasn't overly important to me.

Carlos.

so was your Omnia physically branded for Vodaphone?

You said it was unlocked,

Just wondering if p4U will repair it them selves or send it back to VF,

If they repair it themselves, might not matter if it has a VF ROM?

Let us know how you get on with the repair?

[Guest Carlos0371]

so was your Omnia physically branded for Vodaphone?

You said it was unlocked,

Just wondering if p4U will repair it them selves or send it back to VF,

If they repair it themselves, might not matter if it has a VF ROM?

Let us know how you get on with the repair?

Physically branded Vodafone, and Vodafone features loaded into Rom (originally ACHH1 I think)

Phones4U use their own repairers, but it has to be sent away. It's gone now, and they said "Within 14 days" - I pointeds out that last time they told me that (N95) it was over 4 weeks (I did get £40.00 compensation from them though) but they say they now have new repairers, and turnaround is much quicker.

We'll see.......

(That's of course as long as they don't work out it was dropped in a loo of course!!)

Carlos.

[Guest robinhood1701]

Physically branded Vodafone, and Vodafone features loaded into Rom (originally ACHH1 I think)

Phones4U use their own repairers, but it has to be sent away. It's gone now, and they said "Within 14 days" - I pointeds out that last time they told me that (N95) it was over 4 weeks (I did get £40.00 compensation from them though) but they say they now have new repairers, and turnaround is much quicker.

We'll see.......

(That's of course as long as they don't work out it was dropped in a loo of course!!)

Carlos.

£40, that's good going Carlos, If you don't ask, you don't get!

Recently got £38 for a mates N95-1 with a busted screen, recycled with phonebank,

Offered me £140 for my N95-8GB working! can you believe that?

Hope you have luck with your repair,

Hope the repair guys are having a good day,

They must see this prob a few times,

hope you dried it well,

Have you seen this-

New Samsung Touch Wiz Update

Plz let us know how you get with your repair?

[Guest digtchld]

i hadsame problem, tried back to branded vodafone rom ACHJ2. I did as you wrote. Doesnt work for me. What i did is I changed in registry version for ACHI1 or ACHH1 i dont remember and it works! I dont know if it gonna work with every ROM. Ive done it after I change to BOHH5 and there was no problem to uodate by official samsung updater. I didnt use hex editor wanted to try first that.

Thanks to all on this forum!!!