Upgrading Australian i780 to WM6.1??

[LI0NMAN]

I would really appreciate some help associated with the below quote from a thread relating to i780 ROMs.
I along with a bunch of other Aussies would love to upgrade our Australian versions of this device to WM6.1.

Please help us!!


Originally Posted by Kostiz
G'Day All,

Just to bring this question up once more of the ROM version in my Australian released PDA i780 is DTHD1.

This version is not listed or at this stage supported under the samsung support page.

http://www.samsungmobile.com/support...untry=sg&os=xp

So if I may throw out some question to some of the xda family.

[1] Can I back up the current boot+PDA+phone ROMS of the i780 before flashing?

[2] What is the difference in this ROM version DTHD1 and is this Australian Specific because of our 2G-3G GSM networks?

[3] Is it possible to upgrade WM6 via using i780PDXIB1_Upgrader_XP or similar downloadables from the samsung support page from above?

[4] Will I need to revert to a different ROM (backwards) like i780_PDXHL2 in order to use the upgrade (move forward) and then one of these cooked ROM versions?

[5] Can I use WM6.5 or do I need to jump to WM6.1 first?


I might add that the Samsung web site under choosing country - Australia doesn't have the i780 listed (well I couldn't find it), So I assume they don't even know we have it, LOL

If you haven't guessed already, I am from Sydney Australia, Gday mate!!

So I hope someone can take the time to point me in the right direction to make some changes as the ROM performace of my current version "DTHD1" is very poor when battery drops below 50%.

I am sorry for the long thread, and digging up an old one, but I did see a fellow commrade ask a similar question with no real answer that I saw so I'm asking again in a little more detail.


PEACE
Kostiz

[ilMessia]

1)I don t know how but is possible to backup the pda part
2)I don t know
3)Yes but you need to modify the updater or flash the pda part extracted from the updater and then do the completely update
4)If you want you can flash cooked roms without upgrading phone and boot
5)You can use wm6.5

[LI0NMAN]

Thanks for the reply mate.

So it's looking like a cooked 6.5 rom might be the best option at the moment...

What are the risks associated with flashing the ROM? Is there a chance that because the version is different more common Euro/Asian versions that a cooked ROM could brick the device??

I upgraded my Treo 750 from WM5 to WM6 (cooked) and then to an official WM6 ROM and there were no dramas. I am assuming this process will be similar?

[ilMessia]

Thanks for the reply mate.

So it's looking like a cooked 6.5 rom might be the best option at the moment...

What are the risks associated with flashing the ROM? Is there a chance that because the version is different more common Euro/Asian versions that a cooked ROM could brick the device??

I upgraded my Treo 750 from WM5 to WM6 (cooked) and then to an official WM6 ROM and there were no dramas. I am assuming this process will be similar?

All the wm6.5 roms for i780 have a mouse bug (when you move the cursor a little square appears on the screen) and (i think) they are slower than wm6.1.

Someone briked his i780 but i think it was because of hardware problems.

Yes, for example if you want to upgrade boot+phone+pda to HL2 you can flash a cooked HL2(only pda), upgrade using the officially upgrader and than reflash the pda part.

[LI0NMAN]

Thanks again, I'll have a good read of EFN's thread there to further understand what needs to be done...

Anyone here successfully upgraded their i780 DTHD1? If so what version have you upgraded it to?

[Kostiz]

Well I gave up waiting and dove right in and updated the PDA part with i780 Heroes WM6.1 Final ROM. (was the only one I could find quickly)

Basically I took the following steps;

run Mirage Updater:
- select PDA in Mirage updater
- Select .bin file in my case i780 Heroes WM6.1 Final ROM.
- Wait until Mirage Updater finishes checking the bin file
- Press Detect.....wait

now on the phone..
- Take OUT the battery (MUST!) and then put it back
- Switch on the phone while holding the ENTER and FUNCTION buttons (ALT BUTTON)
- Wait until you see the boot msg
- Then Plug in the USB cable
- It should begin downloading automatically and once done you can disconnect your i780
- Reset & DONE!

( I found a procedure in PDF that talk about loading the russian DXHE1 ROM E1 english version first, but I didn't bother and jumped straight to this ROM )

**Now the only I problem I encountered after it booted was the align screen loop issue began!!! I didn't have this issue prior so I can only assume it has something to do with the flashing.**

The temp solution for me was I added a empty txt file on my storage card (installed in phone) labeled "welcome.not" without quotes of course :)

I tried an alternate solution by editing the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\TOUCH:MaxCal Error vale from 7 to 20, but this didn't work.

the file on the card bypassed the alignscreen :D so I could finally use the ROM.

The ROM and phone is behaving far better than the OEM firmware, but as the alignment is all messed up, this new ROM is not the best of options for me until I figure out the issue with the touchscreen section. (The phone is only weeks old, so I doubt hardware failure)

One thing I forgot to do was back up my original ROM, so if any Aussies out there are thinking of flashing, could you please backup the ROM prior to flashing as I want to revert back and see if the alignment recovers.

There is a process to do this here

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2307129&postcount=15

Finally a snapshot of my phone now looks like this..

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t214/Kostiz/DSC01240.jpg http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t214/Kostiz/DSC01239.jpg

[Kostiz]

Can someone pls back up the DTHD1 OEM rom as I want to try and roll back.

This link should take you to where u can do the backup dump of the rom..

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...9&postcount=15

[danmac]

Hi Kostiz.

I have just backed up my rom for you below is a copy of the CMD screen and the outcomes.

Which files do you want / need?

C:\itsutil>pdocread -l
254.25M (0xfe40000) DSK1:
| 1.25M (0x13f000) Part00
| 2.88M (0x2e0000) Part01
| 84.00M (0x5400000) Part02
| 164.75M (0xa4c0000) Part03
1.90G (0x79b00000) DSK2:
| 1.90G (0x79ae1200) Part00
STRG handles:
handle#0 07664e1a 1.90G (0x79ae1200)
handle#1 677f642e 164.75M (0xa4c0000)
handle#2 e78567be 84.00M (0x5400000)
handle#3 4785679a 2.88M (0x2e0000)
handle#4 a7856752 1.25M (0x13f000)
disk 07664e1a
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
disk 677f642e
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
disk e78567be
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
disk 4785679a
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
disk a7856752
0 partitions, 0 binary partitions
customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


C:\itsutil>pdocread -w -d DSK1: -b 0x800 -p Part00 0 0x13f000 Part00.raw
CopyTFFSToFile(0x0, 0x13f000, Part00.raw)


C:\itsutil>pdocread -w -d DSK1: -b 0x800 -p Part01 0 0x2e0000 Part01.raw
CopyTFFSToFile(0x0, 0x2e0000, Part01.raw)

C:\itsutil>pdocread -w -d DSK1: -b 0x800 -p Part02 0 0x5400000 Part02.raw
CopyTFFSToFile(0x0, 0x5400000, Part02.raw)

C:\itsutil>pdocread -w -d DSK1: -b 0x800 -p Part03 0 0xa4c0000 Part03.raw
CopyTFFSToFile(0x0, 0xa4c0000, Part03.raw)

BTW : - Below are the .raw file sizes as reported by the system as you can see all is successful.
C:\itsutil>dir *.raw
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 04BA-005C

Directory of C:\itsutil

03/06/2009 14:31 0 file.raw
03/06/2009 14:34 1,306,624 Part00.raw
03/06/2009 14:38 3,014,656 Part01.raw
03/06/2009 14:38 88,080,384 Part02.raw
03/06/2009 14:50 172,752,896 Part03.raw
5 File(s) 265,154,560 bytes


Just let me know which file(s) you need and I am more than happy to upload them somewhere.

Thanks

[4iedemon]

I would really appreciate some help associated with the below quote from a thread relating to i780 ROMs.
I along with a bunch of other Aussies would love to upgrade our Australian versions of this device to WM6.1.

Please help us!!


Hi there, the version you can use should be the same found on the Heroes WM6.1 thread page.

I am using i780 from Optus here and have upgraded using this file:
i780PDXHL2_Upgrader_Vista
and after that I upgraded using i780PDXIB1_Upgrader_VISTA

Please download the SamsungModem_VISTA.zip prior running the upgrader executables.

I am not sure what OS you are using but at least you know what versions worked for me.

I am not using any custom made ROMs but I am still waiting for the developments of 6.5 by Inertiax. So, I won't be able to help you with the roll back or tips on the custom 6.1 ROM, sorry.

[rokx5107]

Installing updates/roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3965684&postcount=162