Guest AngusATAT Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 After reading these two articles, it makes me think we may see a firmware update for our Omnias later this month, since they claimed they would do it the first half of this year. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Verizon-Upd...PS-113702.shtml http://www.phonenews.com/verizon-touch-pro...ail-added-8089/ What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blazingwolf Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Might mean something or it might mean nothing at all. This is Verizon we are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AngusATAT Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Might mean something or it might mean nothing at all. This is Verizon we are talking about. True. But since they promised and delivered GPS unlock on other smartphones, I doubt they'll leave us out of it. I wonder what a firmwear update will mean for you ROM cooker types. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest necosino Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 As I've said before, and will say again.. Chances are VZW will push back the update since it was never officially reported in a news release or otherwise (thus not promised). They'll push it back more and more until they eventually say that since the Omnia is an old phone, it's not worth the resources to support it, and no update will be released at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adrynalyne Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 As I've said before, and will say again.. Chances are VZW will push back the update since it was never officially reported in a news release or otherwise (thus not promised). They'll push it back more and more until they eventually say that since the Omnia is an old phone, it's not worth the resources to support it, and no update will be released at all. Right. Verizon just wasted money to get beta roms made, just to dump it. That makes no sense at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lambi1982 Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Right. Verizon just wasted money to get beta roms made, just to dump it. That makes no sense at all. I'm with you :D They are just real slow at things like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eschelon Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Using common sense, I would think an update is coming out very soon. Verizon's largest obstacle was that they couldn't get their own navigation software (likely due to the encryption algorithm used by VZNav) to work with the unlocked GPS updates (CC20, for example) on their WinMo phones - and Verizon is NOT going to release a GPS unlock if their own software doesn't work with it as they don't want to lose the money stream. But now that Verizon has released an official firmware update for the TouchPro, it would appear that they have resolved this issue. Also, it doesn't make sense for Verizon to release a GPS unlock for one of their WinMo phones and not the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xpilesx Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Right. Verizon just wasted money to get beta roms made, just to dump it. That makes no sense at all. word...we can only hope they don't suck that much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blazingwolf Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Right. Verizon just wasted money to get beta roms made, just to dump it. That makes no sense at all. Umm, yeah. They have done it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adrynalyne Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Umm, yeah. They have done it before. I can't think of any beta roms that didnt make it into some sort of release. What are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blazingwolf Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I can't think of any beta roms that didnt make it into some sort of release. What are you referring to? Couple of earlier phones I have had. They started projects for them and had updates but never distributed them. Why? Who knows as they never officially acknowledge the existence of then updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Entity Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 I doubt it's going to be anytime soon. (just look at how long they took to release the storm update). Plus, calling cs is useless to get info on the updates, because Vzw wont alert us of an update until the week before its released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul_Bunyan Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Well, back when they first announced that they were going unlock the GPS, they specifically said that they would roll out the new ROM in the first half of 2009 and and stated that it would initially be for the HTC Touch Pro, Omnia i910, and that other Samsung phone...The Saga, I think? So yeah, I would definitely take this to mean that the Omnia's update is just around the corner...hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrOmnia81 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 man I hope the update is just around the corner.... They should never lock a receiver down again... what if radio had just come out.... they would've locked the fm radio to only tune into their fm stations... this is dumb!!!! I hope they learn a lesson from this and never do it again with another technology in the future. GPS... let freedom ring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim-H Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 man I hope the update is just around the corner.... They should never lock a receiver down again... what if radio had just come out.... they would've locked the fm radio to only tune into their fm stations... this is dumb!!!! I hope they learn a lesson from this and never do it again with another technology in the future. GPS... let freedom ring! I wouldn't expect that to happen. I would expect them to not pick up as many phones with a built in gps system, or custom order the phones without them. On a good note, it seems like since they have made their network the best coverage in the US so far, they are finally starting to put some money into getting nicer more "up to date" phones. Definitely will be interesting to see what comes in the next couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrOmnia81 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 (edited) I wouldn't expect that to happen. I would expect them to not pick up as many phones with a built in gps system, or custom order the phones without them. On a good note, it seems like since they have made their network the best coverage in the US so far, they are finally starting to put some money into getting nicer more "up to date" phones. Definitely will be interesting to see what comes in the next couple years. I just moved from Sprint over to Verizon b/c sprint's bills were more then likely to get out of control very easily plus everyone I know has verizon. There is one thing with sprint... they don't really lock their phones down. I've had two Sprint Treos and never had any issues with some of the specs not operating fully b/c they would like to make another small profit off of me. Imagine my surprise when I get my omnia and expect to beable to use my GPS freely only to find out they've "enslaved" the gps radio. Then they want to charge you $10 dollars a month for an app that looks like it was created by a 4th grader, not to mention there are hundreds of free gps services including tom tom and garmin. You may pay 120 and up for those devices but that's for the life of the product and a one time fee. Paying verizon $240 dollars over a 2 year contract for a crappy gps service is highway robbery. They are really making me think about returning to Sprint and getting a Palm Pre. Edited June 12, 2009 by MrOmnia81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim-H Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 (edited) I just moved from Sprint over to Verizon b/c sprint's bills were more then likely to get out of control very easily plus everyone I know has verizon. There is one thing with sprint... they don't really lock their phones down. I've had two Sprint Treos and never had any issues with some of the specs not operating fully b/c they would like to make another small profit off of me. Imagine my surprise when I get my omnia and expect to beable to use my GPS freely only to find out they've "enslaved" the gps radio. Then they want to charge you $10 dollars a month for an app that looks like it was created by a 4th grader, not to mention there are hundreds of free gps services including tom tom and garmin. You may pay 120 and up for those devices but that's for the life of the product and a one time fee. Paying verizon $240 dollars over a 2 year contract for a crappy gps service is highway robbery. They are really making me think about returning to Sprint and getting a Palm Pre. Well, generally, if it is a great phone at the core, there will be an even greater user base behind it. Looking for any way they can to unlock the things that should be available in the first place. Like the guys that are cooking up the ROMs. Doing an amazing job. It took a while, and a lucky break on a leaked ROM, but now the features are available to us, at a reasonable price on an amazing wireless network. Verizon shouldn't be locking things down, but MOST of the time there are ways around it. It doesn't make it right, but somewhat bearable to stay with them. Edited June 13, 2009 by Tim-H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest necosino Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Plus, isn't it nice to get that high of being able to think to yourself, "Yeah, take that Big Red, you commi SOB" I know that makes it all worth it.. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrOmnia81 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Plus, isn't it nice to get that high of being able to think to yourself, "Yeah, take that Big Red, you commi SOB" I know that makes it all worth it.. ;) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gorf1000 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Does anyone know how they'll notify users if/when they release the official ROM update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eschelon Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Does anyone know how they'll notify users if/when they release the official ROM update? Fear not. It'll be plastered all over this website within minutes when/if they release it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest necosino Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 It WOULD come as a download via their website. They wouldn't actually advertise the update though. I have it on good information though that there will not be an official update released by Verizon due in part because of the lack of customer complaints about the issue (Presumably because the leaked ROM is all over and takes care of the problem). Also because of the impending release of the Omnia II series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adrynalyne Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Everyone has "it" on good information... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest necosino Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 I'm currently working undercover at Big Red :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adrynalyne Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Im not even going to go into it about that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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