Guest chizo Posted March 4, 2010 Report Posted March 4, 2010 Hi there, quick question. I'm all set and ready to install, but it looks like it has to be done on a computer running XP? Is that correct?
Guest CJ74753 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Posted March 4, 2010 Hi there, quick question. I'm all set and ready to install, but it looks like it has to be done on a computer running XP? Is that correct? Yes, as far as I know none of the other Microsoft OSes will allow the USB driver to detect the phone correctly and allow you to upload the WM6.5 to the phone.
Guest BENiii Posted March 4, 2010 Report Posted March 4, 2010 I also noticed I can't send or read SMS messages, which really bothers me.
Guest chizo Posted March 4, 2010 Report Posted March 4, 2010 I also noticed I can't send or read SMS messages, which really bothers me. Well that sounds discouraging.
Guest ThiagoMagaMoc Posted March 4, 2010 Report Posted March 4, 2010 Good morning, I'm from Brazil, updated my SGH-I617 a month ago and noticed that two keys do not work anymore: the key messages, and special characters "silent" (?, [,], (,)) . Does anyone have a solution to this problem? Sorry if the text is spelled wrong, I wrote it using the google translator.
Guest CJ74753 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Posted March 4, 2010 Everything seems to be working except battery issues...the phone will say the battery is fully charged but the led stays orange instead of turning yellow like usual, after about 10 to 15 minutes the meter shows the batter is down to 70% all of a sudden from 100%. I think I liked the original battery meter better since most of the other info shown on the battery page is unknown or 0
Guest frami Posted March 4, 2010 Report Posted March 4, 2010 Hi, I've unlocked Blackjack II with Win 6.1. I'm sceptical about updating it as I'm not sure if advantages of Win 6.5 will justify the risk of maybe failing the update and leave the phone useless afterward. What are the main benefits of having Win 6.5 on the BJ II instead of BJ 6.1? Regards, Frank
Guest CJ74753 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 Hi, I've unlocked Blackjack II with Win 6.1. I'm sceptical about updating it as I'm not sure if advantages of Win 6.5 will justify the risk of maybe failing the update and leave the phone useless afterward. What are the main benefits of having Win 6.5 on the BJ II instead of BJ 6.1? Regards, Frank Hi Frank, At this point I'm not really sure if it is even worth the upgrade. I installed WM 6.5 and I seemed to have less issues then some people have. The clock will NOT stay set or updated from your cell phone service provider, some how or another it keeps getting behind further and further as the day goes by, last I checked my phone was about 10 minutes behind the time it was supposed to be. You can change the time but it changes back to whatever time it wants to. The battery meter is not accurate, 10 minutes after being at 100% it goes to 70% then I have seen it at 50%, it is like the software is incapable of showing numbers like 99%-71%. It doesn't appear to have many advantages to me, I am thinking of going back to WM 6.1
Guest Sinjon Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 (edited) This is only somewhat related to this topic, but Samsung released a 6.1 maintenance upgrade for the i617... looks like it's a full flash. Not sure what if anything has been enhanced. It was released March 2, 2010: http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/mobile/...amp;tab=support EDIT: Wow! I joined in September '07 and just now made my first post. :-) Edited March 6, 2010 by Sinjon
Guest BENiii Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 Well that sounds discouraging. ater a hard reset (factory reset) it seems to be woring fine now. I guess some of the setting changes messed it up. so ill just stick with the default settings for now.
Guest Sinjon Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 (edited) ater a hard reset (factory reset) it seems to be woring fine now. I guess some of the setting changes messed it up. so ill just stick with the default settings for now. Were you having problems with SMS or MMS? Reason I ask, I've been unable to get MMS working with it, although all other features work (Internet, SMS, etc.). EDIT: Disregard... Once I correctly set up the MMS profile options, all is well. Go figure. in case anyone needs them (for AT&T): MMSC URL: http://mmsc.cingular.com/ PROXY: wireless.cingular.com PORT: 80 Edited March 8, 2010 by Sinjon
Guest dsilver.us Posted March 8, 2010 Report Posted March 8, 2010 A previous poster mentioned this was a "clean" ROM. So does that mean it comes without the AT&T branding garbage like MediaNet etc?
Guest frami Posted March 8, 2010 Report Posted March 8, 2010 (edited) Hi Frank, At this point I'm not really sure if it is even worth the upgrade. I installed WM 6.5 and I seemed to have less issues then some people have. The clock will NOT stay set or updated from your cell phone service provider, some how or another it keeps getting behind further and further as the day goes by, last I checked my phone was about 10 minutes behind the time it was supposed to be. You can change the time but it changes back to whatever time it wants to. The battery meter is not accurate, 10 minutes after being at 100% it goes to 70% then I have seen it at 50%, it is like the software is incapable of showing numbers like 99%-71%. It doesn't appear to have many advantages to me, I am thinking of going back to WM 6.1 I've decided to stick to Win Mobile 6.1. What has caused me most headache is internet browsing, was looking to the new IE version in 6.5. Have installed both Opera and Skyfire now and I'm happy with that applications. Edited March 8, 2010 by frami
Guest Sinjon Posted March 9, 2010 Report Posted March 9, 2010 A previous poster mentioned this was a "clean" ROM. So does that mean it comes without the AT&T branding garbage like MediaNet etc? That is correct. AT&T trash not included. <_<
Guest PrinceDwi Posted March 13, 2010 Report Posted March 13, 2010 I also noticed I can't send or read SMS messages, which really bothers me. O.o are you sure your apn settings are correct? I'm running it fine no issues..maybe a phone wipe might help.
Guest PrinceDwi Posted March 13, 2010 Report Posted March 13, 2010 I've decided to stick to Win Mobile 6.1. What has caused me most headache is internet browsing, was looking to the new IE version in 6.5. Have installed both Opera and Skyfire now and I'm happy with that applications. I noticed the phone operates a lot faster, and those browsers run absolutely fine. Im still looking for updates, so no worries, hopefully the clock issue will be addressed!
Guest xalias51 Posted March 13, 2010 Report Posted March 13, 2010 I gave the 6.5 a shot on my red BJII. I like it and it does seem faster but I went back to 6.1 also and installed the latest 6.1 maintenance release. I found the clock issue to be too annoying to deal with all the time. If a new version comes out with the clock issue resolved, I'll be one of the first in line to install it.
Guest GFV919 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Maybe its just me, but the link to the kitchen thing is NOT working at all! Can someone please update it or something, I'm really trying to update my phone, but these links are not working, the files have been removed or something Thanks in advance!
Guest Paleskin Posted March 29, 2010 Report Posted March 29, 2010 Any chance for the clock's issue to be fixed in the near future ?
Guest GFV919 Posted March 30, 2010 Report Posted March 30, 2010 WOW!!! I finally figured out how to download! Everything works great! I just hope the clock issue will be fixed soon! Other that that, I doubt that I will go back to 6.1! You can customize so much stuff now! & not to mention I'm using this phone with T-Mo, so its great because all that AT&T stuff is gone!! Thanks to everyone who helped to contribute to this ROM
Guest zj4x4 Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 WOW!!! I finally figured out how to download! Everything works great! I just hope the clock issue will be fixed soon! Other that that, I doubt that I will go back to 6.1! You can customize so much stuff now! & not to mention I'm using this phone with T-Mo, so its great because all that AT&T stuff is gone!! Thanks to everyone who helped to contribute to this ROM Can you share what you did? Like other posters my Start Download button is disabled. When I boot the device to the USB Downloader screen the Image Downloader app shows: [startDownload => 0] StartDownload !! [-] Connect and Power-on the Device. [-] Device Not Found. I can see others that have hit this but haven't yet found a solution.
Guest zj4x4 Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 (edited) Can you share what you did? Like other posters my Start Download button is disabled. When I boot the device to the USB Downloader screen the Image Downloader app shows: [startDownload => 0] StartDownload !! [-] Connect and Power-on the Device. [-] Device Not Found. I can see others that have hit this but haven't yet found a solution. Ok, I figured it out. One of the ActiveSync exes was running. Check to make sure neither wcescomm.exe nor wcesmgr.exe are running in task manager. Once I killed that and rebooted the phone it worked right away. Edited March 31, 2010 by zj4x4
Guest gahbmwm5 Posted April 8, 2010 Report Posted April 8, 2010 (edited) EDIT~~~~~~~~~ Moved to the proper thread... Edited April 9, 2010 by gahbmwm5
Guest Paleskin Posted May 2, 2010 Report Posted May 2, 2010 EDIT~~~~~~~~~ Moved to the proper thread... Any news on the clock's fix ?
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