Flashing Problem: Chaning from 'Phone' to 'PDA' with *#7284#

[Guest karamit]

This i900v is making me quite frustrated. It currently has Vodafone firmware, and I am attempting to flash it with OCK's firmware, but neither of my XP's or Win7 see it with GrandPrix. The phone syncs flawlessly in either OS with MS Active Sync , (XP) or MS Device Central (Win7), but in GrandPrix the phone keeps jumping between:

OnDeviceChange: DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL

PDA Device not found.

OnDeviceChange: DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL

PDA Device not found.

OnDeviceChange: DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL

PDA Device not found.

I found one post in this forum that show's how to switch it to PDA mode from PHONE mode with *#7284#, but it errors on "You cannot switch to PDA while the USB cable is plugged in", even though the USB cable is NOT plugged in. I have also tried flashing the phone with the Singapore firmware, but I do not have Singapore in the list of Countries when I try to change the region, so that fails as well. Any clues? I want to get this Vodafone crap off!!

[Guest sis651]

Did you installed Samsung Modem Driver XP? If you didn't install it to XP and try again. If you did, reinstall and try again. Else I do not have an idea now.

[Guest asmanao]

read here

http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-general...00-omnia-phone/

[Guest karamit]

Got it! I went ballistic on it, and did the " *#7284# -> PDA -> OK " immediately nine times in a row, and it finally switched to PDA from Phone and stayed like that. Grandprix immediately picked it up and allowed me to flash. This firmware is much funner!

Thanks!