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Guest mlgneo
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Hello,

I have been lurking the forums for quite a while now, trying to figure out what I need to flash my Omnia i910 from Verizon. I have over 500 contacts, and by flashing I'm almost positive that I'll lose all of them. I have Sprite Backup, but I'm not sure if that will save my contacts.

What do you guys do to carry your contacts over when you flash?

Thanks in advance

Guest necosino
Posted

I use PIM Backup. Also, you can save your contacts on your computer via activesync.

Guest bga7x
Posted
Hello,

I have been lurking the forums for quite a while now, trying to figure out what I need to flash my Omnia i910 from Verizon. I have over 500 contacts, and by flashing I'm almost positive that I'll lose all of them. I have Sprite Backup, but I'm not sure if that will save my contacts.

What do you guys do to carry your contacts over when you flash?

Thanks in advance

Microsoft's My Phone is all you ever need for contacts and texts!!! FTW!!!!!!

Guest necosino
Posted
Microsoft's My Phone is all you ever need for contacts and texts!!! FTW!!!!!!

I tried My Phone and ended up with double contacts after connecting to my computer. MyPhone put them on, and then Activesync put them on again

:D

Had to go through and delete like 150 contacts >.<

Guest mlgneo
Posted (edited)

Thanks for the quick reply's guys, I'll definitely try them out.

Also what do ROM do you think I should start out with? I've tried before, but failed to flash, and backed out like a little girl because I didn't want to brick my phone. However, I learned more about flashing and I think I am ready.

Will this ROM be good for first time?

http://www.modaco.com/content/i910-specifi...for-omnia-i910/

I read from another post that the GPS works, and its google map verified ( http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/samsung/...-omnia-gps.html )

I do, however, want an interface like THIS - (

) PLEASE HELP ME !

PS im using Windows Mobile Device Center to put things on my onmia

THANK YOU!

Edited by mlgneo
Guest bga7x
Posted
Thanks for the quick reply's guys, I'll definitely try them out.

Also what do ROM do you think I should start out with? I've tried before, but failed to flash, and backed out like a little girl because I didn't want to brick my phone. However, I learned more about flashing and I think I am ready.

Will this ROM be good for first time?

http://www.modaco.com/content/i910-specifi...for-omnia-i910/

I read from another post that the GPS works, and its google map verified ( http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/samsung/...-omnia-gps.html )

PS im using Windows Mobile Device Center to put things on my onmia

THANK YOU!

you have to flash that one first before you can flash any cooked roms!

@necosino if you go to the My Phone's website and go to your account there is a button the will delete duplicate contacts you will be donre in 2 seconds, then resync your phone using My Phone and you are set!!

Guest mlgneo
Posted
you have to flash that one first before you can flash any cooked roms!

What do you mean? Sorry, still dont know EVERYTHING about ROMMING even though I'd like to. Do you have MSN messanger?

Guest necosino
Posted

Check out my stickied post here, it will walk you through flashing.

On Verizon's i910, we got a leaked ROM from a guy that all of the custom ROMs are built off of. You need to flash that FIRST before you flash one of the custom ROMs.

An i900 ROM will BREAK your phone!!! Only use a ROM made for the i910.

I use Blazing Wolf's ROM

Guest necosino
Posted
@necosino if you go to the My Phone's website and go to your account there is a button the will delete duplicate contacts you will be donre in 2 seconds, then resync your phone using My Phone and you are set!!

Hmm, maybe I'll check it out, or just stick to using activesync to restore them :D I don't think I'll flash again for a while though..

Guest mlgneo
Posted

Thanks necosino, do you have MSN messenger? Sorry if I'm being a nucence

Guest bga7x
Posted
Hmm, maybe I'll check it out, or just stick to using activesync to restore them :D I don't think I'll flash again for a while though..

give it a day or two you will be back lol!! once a flasher always a flasher!!! ;)

Guest necosino
Posted
Thanks necosino, do you have MSN messenger? Sorry if I'm being a nucence

No but I have AIM and Yahoo. I'm at work but always online (on my Omnia using IM+ ;))

AIM: NecoTheTaru

I'm also on here just about all day too.. did I mention I'm at work? lol :D

Guest necosino
Posted
give it a day or two you will be back lol!! once a flasher always a flasher!!! :D

Nah, I think I am going to wait at least a few weeks. (That's a long time for a flasher).

Guest necosino
Posted

Hey, we got the DPRAM error, and were able to get around it! ( I walked him through the process on AIM)

Here's what we did:

Close UMDL When it shows the RED error.

Unplug Phone

Pull Battery

Restart UMDL, select non-DPRAM at top, load img and click detect

Reinsert battery

Plug in phone

Turn on

And it worked!

It was weird, towards the end, UMDL said it was trying to open COM5, but it finished.. Who knows..

Guest bga7x
Posted
Hey, we got the DPRAM error, and were able to get around it! ( I walked him through the process on AIM)

Here's what we did:

Close UMDL When it shows the RED error.

Unplug Phone

Pull Battery

Restart UMDL, select non-DPRAM at top, load img and click detect

Reinsert battery

Plug in phone

Turn on

And it worked!

It was weird, towards the end, UMDL said it was trying to open COM5, but it finished.. Who knows..

well done!! thats a fine tight rope to walk lol

Guest necosino
Posted

Indeed, I didn't mention to him the fact that in 99% of the cases, that error results in a bricked phone :D

Guest mlgneo
Posted
Indeed, I didn't mention to him the fact that in 99% of the cases, that error results in a bricked phone :D

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO necosino I CANT THANK HIM ENOUGH!!! ALMOST RESULTED IN A BRICKED PHONE BUT HE WALKED ME THROUGH IT AND IT WAS GREAT!!! I LOVE IT!!! WM6.5 <3

Read the site rules no warez links or requests for games and such

Guest msmith0957
Posted
Microsoft's My Phone is all you ever need for contacts and texts!!! FTW!!!!!!

I agree, MS My Phone is KILLER, I almost cannot believe that its a microsoft product. You can sync contacts, music, pictures, documents, videos and it syncs it up every night for you. Simple interface too! 200mb limitation however, So don't plan on backing up all your music/videos there.

Guest Chimp
Posted
Hello,

I have been lurking the forums for quite a while now, trying to figure out what I need to flash my Omnia i910 from Verizon. I have over 500 contacts, and by flashing I'm almost positive that I'll lose all of them. I have Sprite Backup, but I'm not sure if that will save my contacts.

What do you guys do to carry your contacts over when you flash?

Thanks in advance

All these ways work fine (and I use them occasionally) but the easiest way for me is simply to copy/backup the PIM.VOL (in the root folder) to a storage card; reflash; then copy it back when done rebooting the inital time.

Note: After rebooting you may have to first rename the current PIM.VOL to something else (like PIMX.VOL) then copy your old good one over to the root folder.

That's the quickest and easiest way to do it in my opinion. Otherwise, PIM Backup and/or MyPhone works Ok too.

Chimp (Tom)

Guest Scott6
Posted

dude its a windows mobile phone, hook it to you computer and sync it to a PST file with outlook... then when you flash back, re sync.

Outlook is also a much easier way to add in all the good details of your contacts and then push it to you phone. Just dont add a photo with outlook, it auto sizes them down to real small, and they look funny when viewed on the phone.

Guest Terminalx
Posted
dude its a windows mobile phone, hook it to you computer and sync it to a PST file with outlook... then when you flash back, re sync.

Outlook is also a much easier way to add in all the good details of your contacts and then push it to you phone. Just dont add a photo with outlook, it auto sizes them down to real small, and they look funny when viewed on the phone.

While I agree Outlook is easier way to add in all the good details of your contacts...not everyone has outlook and it doesn't work with windows mail or live mail (as far as I've seen) and I think OE doesn't work either its outlook only which is a paid product _ could be wrong though on the OE

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Guest Doc007
Posted

you can also try to sync to gmail if you dont have outlook

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