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sorry had to change my screename lol
I NEED HELP CAN ANYONE HELP ME I INSTALLED THIS TO MY PHONE LOOKS COOLS BUT NOW MY PHONE SAYS I900 BUT I HAVE THE I910 HOW CAN I FIX THIS BACK TO THE I910 ROM I CANT USE MY PHONE AT ALL AND VERIZON SAID I CANT GET A NEW ONE ITS PAST 30 DAYS AND I HAVE NO COVERAGE THEY SAID I GOT TO BUY A NEW ONE I JUST GOT MY CELL http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif IM SO SAD AND I CALLED SAMSUNG THEY SAID I CAN SEND IT IN BUT IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT BEEN HACK THEY CANT HELP ME CAN SOMEONE SEND OR POST UP THE ORGENAL SOFTWARE FOR THE I910 ONLY THE I910 SO I CAN FIX IT BACK http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif

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I NEED HELP CAN ANYONE HELP ME I INSTALLED THIS TO MY PHONE LOOKS COOLS BUT NOW MY PHONE SAYS I900 BUT I HAVE THE I910 HOW CAN I FIX THIS BACK TO THE I910 ROM I CANT USE MY PHONE AT ALL AND VERIZON SAID I CANT GET A NEW ONE ITS PAST 30 DAYS AND I HAVE NO COVERAGE THEY SAID I GOT TO BUY A NEW ONE I JUST GOT MY CELL http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif IM SO SAD AND I CALLED SAMSUNG THEY SAID I CAN SEND IT IN BUT IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT BEEN HACK THEY CANT HELP ME CAN SOMEONE SEND OR POST UP THE ORGENAL SOFTWARE FOR THE I910 ONLY THE I910 SO I CAN FIX IT BACK http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif http://www.modaco.com/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif my friend has the i910 can i drag and drop hes rom in to my phone sorry im new to this :(

Re: Omnia problems and solutions thread!!!
 

Your best bet (if you don't want to spend the big bucks that is) is to wait until someone cooks a ROM for the i910...it shouldn't be too long really!!

edit: This case does bring up a VERY good warning to all i910 owners...do NOT flash with an i900 ROM....they will NOT work!!!! The i900 and i910 are similar, but very different devices, the ROMs are NOT interchangable!!!!

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hawaii man, posting 4 times probably won't get an answer any quicker...

can you still get to the phone from USB?

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Any ideas on how how to disable the alarm that goes off when the phone is fully charged, other than turning down the system volume. I have contacted Verizon and Samsung, but have yet to find a solution. I have also searched through the registry, but couldn't find any existing keys that looked like they controlled this (but without knowing the exact key, I definately could have overlooked it). I also went through all the sound files on the phone and it appears to be similar to the notify.wav in the windows folder with the addtion of a single beep that plays before palying this wave file. My intentions are not to flood the message board with this, but would like to find a solution before I ultimately return an otherwise great phone.

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sorry im just new to this i called samsung they said they can flash it for me i get to send it to them for free they paid for my mailing the phone coming and going but i can wait 7 more days if i cant fix my rom then i got to do this or just pay the $50 fee for lost phones o and samsung said they have the roms for this phone but verizon says they dont and they cant flash it for me so i said thats ok then ................i hope i can get the rom for this.............O AND I HAVE 2 OMNIA'S IS THERE ANY WAY TO TAKE THE ROM OUT FROM ONE AND SEND IT TO THE NEXT sorry for all the post

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I would get in touch with Angel12 over here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=48337

I think he (or at least the thread) is about as close to dumping the ROM and working with it as any other thread I am following!!

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hey dont think im going to install this one its says I908 not i910 on it but thanks](*,)

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Greetings - and Happy Holidays, fellow Geeks!

As I attempt to learn the quirks and pluses of my Omnia, I noticed that there are two prime issues I have with the device... for one, even with the ear piece's volume set at the highest setting - the phone is uniquely quiet. I've mused about same in as yet another posting. In an effort to hear calls better (outside, for example) I opt to use the Speaker whilst on a phone call. And here lies the problem...

Like nearly all of my fellow Omnia brothers and sisters - I am caused to hit a series of buttons before I can begin a conversation - they being not just the Answer button (if receiving a call) but also the freekin' "Press the Action Key to unlock the Touch Key"... and THEN I can depress the Speaker button. I suppose it was Samsung's idea to avoid any accidental button depresses when someone is on the phone and it comes into contact with the user's face. I know the iPhone has addressed the matter by turning off the screen and associated features when the phone is held against the face (...duh...). I thought that the Omnia shared a similar feature. If this was it - it ain't worth the effort.

I know that in the Settings option, there lies a section called Buttons - where the user can "customize" his or her special (yet highly limited) selections... one of which being under the End Key. Sadly, this selection, albeit shown - is (sic) locked-out (pun intended...).

Any suggestions - this side of a virtual can opener...?!?!

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I'm a little surprised you'd return "an otherwise great phone" over something as inconsequential seeming as the sound that plays when the charge is complete. Is there some particular reason that makes this such an issue?

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I installed iconsoft phone extender. replaces the built in dialer and has much more functionality.

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Which version did you use? A quick search on google brings up about 4 right aray at a variety of sites, and I would be interested in looking at them!!

I did a bit more reading, it looks like this is not just a dialer like I thought at first, and I don't want to lose my S2U2 caller functions....oh well :-) !!

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Here's a quick fix regarding the audio alarm sounding off... (I've done the same on another device and it worked perfectly for me...)

Find the name and location of that particular sound file. Now, record a brief sound file of your own - of less than a second of "white noise"... nothing... and save it with the same name as that of the alarm setting. Now, move the newly created sound file to where the original is and allow it to overwrite the original.

Voila - no more alarming sound...!!!

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How can I change the default directory that pictures get stored in, and when apps go to find pictures? It current points to "My Pictures" but I want them all stored to an expandable memory card. Some places I can navigate there, but some places just only look at the My Pictures directory. And I can't figure out how to save camera shots there automatically too.

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Thanks for the suggestion Image911. I will give it a shot.

>>>In regards to the comment: I'm a little surprised you'd return "an otherwise great phone" over something as inconsequential seeming as the sound that plays when the charge is complete. Is there some particular reason that makes this such an issue?

The reasoning is because I don't care to be woken up to an alarm that goes off in the middle of the night to let me know my phone has been charged and will repeat itself until I acknowledge the notification or unplug the charger.

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You have a repeated alarm saying your fully charged? Wow...I have never had that! In fact I don't think I have any alarm. I do have S2U2 installed, that is the only thing I can think of that may change the charging status alerts!! You could put your phone on silent for the night (unless you get calls in the middle of the night of course LOL).

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Rather than returning the phone due to the charged notification, you might consider a program such as PhoneAlarm where you can use a timed profile that turns off the notification volume at night.

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Actually, if you use PhoneAlarm... you'll find it also will assign sounds to features you didn't have activated prior to installation.

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@ Image911: About your post #49-once you've answered the phone call (or the outgoing phone call has connected) press and hold the send key (or whatever we're calling the bottom left hardware key) for a few seconds. It'll turn the speakerphone on even with the keylock activated. Works in essentially any WinMo phone. Don't remember where I picked that up, but it works (just tried it). As an aside, I have not had the soft volume problem on mine.

I have had some pretty crummy battery life...may be discussing this with VZW soon - think I may have gotten a bad battery.

Anyway - I'm trying to figure out a fix for the problem mentioned in #23: "When entering a name in either Sms, or email "to" field no names from contacts pop up. In every other WM phone ive had, names automatically pop up as you type. On the Omnia, nothing pops up." Terribly annoying to me also. I can go through the Phonebook program, but I like going straight into Messaging better. Any suggestions?

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battery full alarm waking you at night?
Plug in the headphones w/ your charger adapter.

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Okay, I tried this alternative to the standard dialer that came with the Omnia... and couldn't wait to drop it. Yeah, it loads, and I used the password - as supplied, and it nestled into my phone like a bear settin' up for a long winter hibernation. Trouble is - bears tend to sh*t in the cave whilst sleeping... and, despite the fact that PhoneEx does give you a large Caller ID, the thumb flicking of the supplied Contacts list is NOT as good as it should be, and - more importantly - when you end a call, the screen more than occasionally LOCKS and will not switch back to the dial pads... making any attempt to call someone else a futile effort, at best... necessitating in having to do a warm reboot. Once was enough... but, every damn time is about more than one can ask for. An expensive endeavor - sepecially if you've PAID for the program. Makes one appreciate that which was already supplied by Samsung.

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What type of router do you have?

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I got the Omnia a few days ago, so far I love it. Coming from an HTC Touch, I miss the ability to make programs close completely when I hit the "x". I find that programs are constantly running in the background on this Omnia and ruining my battery life. Is there a way to set the Omnia up to close the programs completely when one hits the "x"?

Thanks.

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I think HTC X-Button is what you want - you can set it to close programs by tapping X or by holding it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283658

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Hello fellow Omnia users,
I'm new to this board and the Omnia is my first smartphone/ppc. I'm reading the forums and trying to pickup tips and tricks as I go along. Right now my biggest problem is that I'm running out of memory in "My Device" and I keep getting a warning popup.
Does anyone have a list of things I could safely move to "My Storage" in order to free up space. I have put every cab in "My Storage" and installed everything to "My Storage" when it gave me the option. Thanks for any help anyone can give me.

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gatorbyte....welcome to the forum!! I think you have the right idea about installing apps already. A majority of apps have been proven to run smoothly from My Memory. The memory message your getting is also a known issue, but it isn't with all users. Look into your memory under settings and let us know what the numbers are, and what apps your installing.

I also want to add that if you do a lot of online things, you may want to empty out the Opera cache occasionally (I run Memmaid about once a week). For some reason Opera keeps quite a hefty cache and can cause the issue you see!!

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Thanks for the reply. My memory under the main tab shows this

Storage
Total: 88.17MB
In use: 79.41MB
Free: 8.70MB



Program
Total: 97.35MB
In use: 36.51MB
Free: 60.84MB

I have SPB shell, Google maps, and a program called Quotrek that keeps track of stocks. I looked in the Quotrek folder and it says it's 1.08MB.

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Holy Cow!!!! I guess that is a problem!!! Have you looked into the Opera cache yet?

edit: another idea...do you have VZApps installed? That has been known to cause a few fun problems like that!!!

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I already cleared my opera cache to get it to the numbers I posted. I do have weather and I think one other vzapp. Could I just delete that whole application because I sure wouldn't miss it?

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Not only can you, but I would suggest it. Another common side-effect of installing VZApps is losing wi-fi!!

I am not saying this is definitly your problem, but it is a VERY good start, and with as few apps as you have installed right now, I don't feel as bad about suggesting the next step being a hard reset and starting from scratch!

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Great! I'm going to try that and you probably just solved another of my problems as I have been trying to figure out why I couldn't get wifi to turn on anymore. I guess Verizon has some work to do with there apps(I think that goes without saying). Thanks for the help. I'm sure I'll have more questions soon.

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Feel free to ask away!!

I an pretty confident at least the wi-fi issue will be rectified, but let us know about both, if the memory isn't improved, we'll take the next step!!

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I've got two more problems I've been having recently with my Omnia:

1. when I set a clock alarm, and then turn my phone to silent, the alarm still is heard loud and clear regardless if the phone is on silent or vibrate. Any suggestions besides turning off the alarm? When the phone is set to silent or vibrate, isn't that supposed to silence everything? I don't know if anyone has noticed, but the Omnia software alarms (you can make as many alarms as you like) are separate from the Windows Mobile alarms (which limits you to three alarms). This may be the reason the Windows Mobile setting of phone silence is conflicting with the Omnia software. just a guess.

2. When making or answering a call, the phone sometimes goes into "emergency mode" which only allows calls to 911. Firstly, I'm not even sure how the phone gets into this mode. I think my ear hits something if I put the phone up to my head too quickly before the screen lock engages. But that's not the problem, I can figure out how to get it out Emergency Mode. The problem is the resulting notification that "you can only make emergency calls in emergency mode". No mater how many times I dismiss the notification it is still there and can not be cleared unless I turn the phone off, even after exiting emergency mode.

Any suggestions would be appreciated and thanks for your time and help!

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For the first issue...the alarms you set, are they using the Samsong alarms or the WM alarms? Personally I think this is a great addition, but if your using Samsung's, when you create an alarm, one of the options is 'Sound Profile' I think if you change that to System, that should follow the profile you set for the Omnia (vibrate, silent....).

As for the emergency mode popping up, I think that may warrent calling into CS and possibly switching out for another Omnia, I haven't seen/heard this one yet. If you have made an emergency call, maybe there is a setting or switch that needs to be made (on my 700wx I had to turn the phone radio on and off again), but other than that, I think a call into CS may be in order!

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I couldn't agree more, I think the Samsung alarms are a great add-on, because I have more than 3 alarms I like to use. And yes, the alarms were set to "ring" and not "system". That fixed that issue, thanks!

And if only I knew how I was getting into the emergency mode. It's only when i'm using the phone... I can't figure it out. The strange part is that mode is not listed anywhere in the manual. I guess I'll have to call CS.

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Hey this works...!!! thanks

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I composed a list of the tips and hack I've used here

http://knguyentu.com/wordpress/2009/...900-unleashed/

To many thread pages to find thing each time I need reference to it. hehehe

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I have been working on a tip/tweak thread here that I hope to have stickied, I hope you don't mind if I post your link over there!!


http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=51532

I will wait to hear from you, but I would like to get it in the first few posts there (giving you credit of course)!!

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I had the same issue. But all i did to fix it was click to connect WIFI, then exit the connection manager, then open it back up and do it again. The first time i did this it took about 30 secs to connect so give it a little time. Now it connects in about 2-3 secs on the first try.

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One location is always good :).

If you find anything good you want me to post on the bog, let me know and I can add it there too.

I add the link to that thread on the blog at the bottom.