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1:30 pm
September 4, 2008
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Greenkufi
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I'm starting this topic so that we can discuss the peculiarities of the minor differences between the i616 and the i617.
We can start off my hunting (or praying) for a Canadian release for WM6.1. Already there are a few people who've tried only to get error messages. Seems as though this is primarily going to be an At&T upgrade for now.
Mind you with all the error's, beeps and people having to return their phone for reflashing, perhaps its a good thing we're left out for now until all the bugs are fixed.
The other thing I'd like to get started with this tread is remapping the "info"/"i"/"DoMore"/"Fido" button on the Jack just like the cv and medianet button on the BlackjackII.
I'm not gonna duplicate the post (or should I)… but here's the link to what I've already tried for remapping the "i" button on the SGH-i616.
In any case, I hope we can collaborate on these and other SGH-i616 specific issues etc.
NEW UPDATE 6.1 AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD CLICK HERE (seems they have taken off the update)
If you have a fido handset then your lucky ive uploaded the files to rapidashare, just follow the install instructions on the samsung website
FIDO 6.1 Install <<—–Click here (also includes modem drivers)
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I print Fido webpages – the only website you'll ever need to print
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4:58 pm
September 4, 2008
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sun
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I just picked up a i616 from Rogers, and I'm interested in finding out which of the applications, hacks, etc. posted here for the i617 will work on my i616. This is my first smart phone so I'm a noob at this sort of thing, although I'm quite computer literate in general.
Have you tried many of the apps and stuff here on the i616?
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7:43 pm
September 4, 2008
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pukka
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Sun, every single hack will work on the i616 that works on the i617, I actually own the i616 aswell, the only downfall at the moment is you cannot update it to WM6.1. If you actually take out the battery cover and look at the inside battery cover you should be able to see an i617 logo…There the exact same phone just a shame that they renamed it.
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11:12 am
September 5, 2008
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sun
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Dang, I just tried to setup windows live email on my i616 and it won't work. It can't sync because it apparently can't connect. Is this something that Rogers has locked out or blocked? Now it won't even let me delete the Windows Live entry from my messaging menu. grrrrrrr. I'm stuck with that useless entry in my messaging menu.
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11:29 am
September 5, 2008
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pukka
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it should work I set it up for my sister worked perfectly. Rogers/Fido havent disabled anything on the i616
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12:09 pm
September 5, 2008
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sun
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pukka said:
it should work I set it up for my sister worked perfectly. Rogers/Fido havent disabled anything on the i616
Did you do anything other than Messaging > New E-mail account… and enter an username@live.com email address? I did that and it said it found an autosetup routine and away it went and set it all up. The problem is that it won't work, and I can't delete it.
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11:37 pm
September 5, 2008
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canadian357
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I have live mail setup on my jack… worked fine for me. I just entered the username and it worked fine, did the setup for me.
I have a question though… I set my alarm one day and the blue led wont stop flashing. Its been going for like 14 hours. Whats wrong?
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11:40 pm
September 5, 2008
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canadian357
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Also… theres no way to get 6.1 on our phones? I emailed samsung and they said
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Presently there is no update for the WMDC6.1 available from Samsung.
Please contact your service provider or Microsoft."
Has anyone tried emailing fido or rogers? i'm going to email them both now, I'm just wondering if anyone has tried already.
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11:49 pm
September 5, 2008
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canadian357
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One more thing still… does everyone else have a ridiculously loud vibrate on their phone? I have to put mine to silent in class because its almost like a max volume ringtone. It's been like that since I got it though.
Now the purple "incoming call/text" LED is flashing, and I forgot to pay my bill so my service is cut off.
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10:59 am
September 6, 2008
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cotdagoo
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canadian357 said:
I have live mail setup on my jack… worked fine for me. I just entered the username and it worked fine, did the setup for me.
I have a question though… I set my alarm one day and the blue led wont stop flashing. Its been going for like 14 hours. Whats wrong?
make a new alarm for like 2 mins away, and turn it off when it goes off.. was the only way i could get my blinking to stop after i missed an alarm.
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4:25 pm
September 6, 2008
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canadian357
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Thanks man, that worked. I still dont know about my vibrate though… I'm thinking i should maybe take it in to fido.
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5:26 pm
September 6, 2008
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pukka
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Canadian357, its funny you state that your vibrate is very loud, my sisters vibrate is incredible loud, if there was a mode for it I would call it pleasure mode….its definitly not suppose to be that loud and I told my sister she should get it checked because mine is fairly silent when it goes into vibrate….It seems as my sisters has lost its weight balance and the phone it raddling almost.
Also I did email Rogers & Fido about it and this is what they stated
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ROGERS
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, we appreciate your use of
online customer service .
In your recent email, you have inquired information if we will be
carrying both versions of Mobile 6.1
Customer Service is very important to Rogers Communications. We
continually strive to exceed our customers' expectations. The Email Team
"Ecare" would like to acknowledge and apologize that we did not meet
your expectations of receiving a response within 24 hours. We apologize
for any inconvenience we caused you.
Rogers does not offer comment on potential products or services. When
new products, software, or services are available, we will make an
announcement at that time.
Pleas keep checking on http://www.rogers.com for any news and upcoming
services.
Thank you for choosing Rogers.
For future email correspondence with respect to this e-mail, please
quote reference number 39957317
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Fido
Dear Mr.,
We would like to thank you for visiting our Fido Web site .
No announcement has been made yet as to whether or not this update will be made available on Fido's handsets.
Regards,
Richard
Fido Internet Consultant
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9:04 pm
September 6, 2008
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canadian357
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Its beyond pleasure mode. Its "set it down in the yard and it'll start a fire" mode. Should I get service through fido or samsung? I've had it since march.
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11:00 pm
September 6, 2008
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pukka
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well I would phone fido and say its been doing this since I got it and my friend who also has one said its not suppose to be this loud…..say you cant even use it on vibrate as its not secret at all….ohye and do this over the phone( I know its painstaking) but in the end they should send you a new one in the mail and then you just send your old one back…..Just complain a lot….if they say no start asking to talk to "customer relations" there the ones who can do basically anything
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11:24 pm
September 6, 2008
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canadian357
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Customer relations? Sounds good. I have to sort out my bill anyway, they screwed it up. for the 6th time.
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11:35 pm
September 6, 2008
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pukka
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yes customer relations is the bigg people, like when your threatening to cancel your plan the representive will ALWAYS transfer you to customer relations as they try and keep you as customers…..you can actually take customer relations to your advantage just take a look at to what some people have done by threatening to cancel their plans
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=376936
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11:38 pm
September 6, 2008
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pukka
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ohye and whats up with rogers and fido always finding a way to mess with your bill…ive had an issue every month with my bill since I got my phones…..They seem to add services/disable services , forget to give credits and a whole slew of things that seem blaintly impossible to mess up but they manage a way to do it….I cant wait to see what the new carries coming to canada in a few years will offer. Supposely Yak, Shaw, and a couple other large entries have bought big portions of the canada's new cell auction…Some providors may be even seen by next spring…
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1:59 pm
September 7, 2008
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canadian357
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Yeah i hated that. I was with rogers for 4 years and they screwed up most of my bills… the only reason i went fido is because there was a promo where your cancellation fee was waived if you switched from rogers to fido. And I wanted a Jack. Really bad.
Just out of curiousity… is it supposed to take like 10 min to find the satellites with garmin xt (which pukka, by the way, is amazing and your my hero)? I've only tried it once so I'm wondering if its just an initial start thing.
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4:55 pm
September 7, 2008
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pukka
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Canadian, Sometimes it will pick up satelite signals fairly fast and onetime it took me 10 minutes to find them….I think it also has to do with the time of day, because my buddy who has a standalone GPS reciever told me that certain times of the day it picks up quick…..just depends.
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12:19 am
September 8, 2008
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canadian357
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pukka said:
Canadian, Sometimes it will pick up satelite signals fairly fast and onetime it took me 10 minutes to find them….I think it also has to do with the time of day, because my buddy who has a standalone GPS reciever told me that certain times of the day it picks up quick…..just depends.
Yeah, i put in my work address and in the time it took me to unlock and open my car door it had found satellites. I know this is probably the wrong forum but is there any way to get POI on Garmin XT? I love that feature on standalones, so it would be great to have.
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