Samsung Jack i637 Help

[jonrobertd]

Got an AT&T Jack and need all the help I can get with this phone.
Hardly any .cabs will run on it and the GPS is locked (tried all the unlock tricks for the BJII).
This really is a nice phone, its just sooooo hindered by AT&T its not funny.
Thanks

[jsanta11]

I just got it yesterday..loving the phone and all the features ..when you mean the gps is locked ) what exactly you mean..I've been using google maps ,live search, and att navigator and my phone is fresh out the box..

[jonrobertd]

Really, ok theres hope. Trying to get Garmin XT to work. Don't want to pay for att nav, and no data plan. Any ideas there, also gps test cant find the gps device.

And How do I set ringtones? I can't figure this darn thing out.

[jsanta11]

Am working on the ringtones well how to set my own mp3 ( i tried cutting a mp3 down to 30sec and pasted into my documents and ringtones and it didnt work) i hate the stock ringtones..If am correct i had read somewhere that the gps has to be set to com4 .. I was reading in another forum that they are working to security unlock our phone ( so no more permission not allowed when installing cabs) Keep you posted

[jonrobertd]

Thank you so much, btw what is the other forum, I love forums on phones

Got the ringtones: 30 seconds, under 300kb, MP3, My Ringtone folder works for me.

[cyberdim]

Jsanta which forum did you see the activities to app unlock the Jack? I tried every possible availible tool also but no luck

[bch238]

GPS is not locked. Both Google Maps and Live Search Mobile worked without any tweaks. Acquisition is nearly instantaneous.

Ringer MP3's are capped by the same filesizelimit registry key (300kb) that was installed on the Blackjack 2.

The problem is the registry on the i637 is locked, so a registry editor is no help. I have dug around in the registry and found the security settings, but I cannot make any changes due to the locked registry. I posted them on the ATT/Samsung forum linked here:

http://forums.wireless.att.com/cng/b...d=70827&page=5

Anybody know how to unlock the i637's registry?

[jonrobertd]

Thanks for that link bch, saw it back a few days ago and it had 2 posts and forgot it. Wow how its grown.
Also could you please explain how to use CHome to do the contacts like yours, god that would help me.
And when I run chome I get errors on alot of things is this normal?

[bch238]

CHome Configurator (CC) will generate registry error messages when you (a) launch it and (b) save changes. Regardless of the error messages, the program runs and the changes do save and work perfectly.

This is how I set up my sliding panel for speed dialing:

Open CHome Config. Then do the following:

Menu > Panel > New, click yes when asked if you want to create a new panel.

Name the panel "speed dial" or something that suits you. The newly created panel wil appear in the list of panels; highlight it then click "show" on left soft button. This makes it visible on the homescreen; conversely, any panel can be hidden from view on the homescreen by clicking "hide."

Click on the panel to edit it. An editing window will open, click Menu > Page > New. When asked, confirm you want to create a new page.

Click Menu > Template > Contact Dialer. Choose contact phone number from your contacts list. If it's not a mobile #, it will ask if you want to enable SMS (text mssg) for this contact. Click yes if you want to use a speed e-mail for this contact. Click yes when it asks if you want to use the contact photo for the contact.

If you are using e-mail instead of SMS, then you need to manually edit the last field on the page which identifies the messaging service. Replace "SMS" with the name of the e-mail account you want to use, e.g. "Hotmail". Importantly, and not intuitively, if you want to use Outlook E-mail, then you need to insert "ActiveSync". Do not get this field confused with the one for the right soft-button, which you might want to change to "Send E-Mail" or similar instead of "SMS."

For each contact, create a new page and format as described above. Then click Done. Then Menu > Exit. You will be prompted to save. Doing so will give you two registry error messages (at least on the i637, it will), but ignore them by hitting OK. The speed dial panel will now appear amongst the sliding panels on your homescreen.

CHome also gives you the ability to change the order that panels appear on your homescreen under Menu > Panels.

Good luck!

[bch238]

Oh, I forgot to add:

When editing the last field to change from SMS to e-mail, you need to insert the e-mail address in the place of the phone number. So, "555-555-555" would be changed to "Joe@anywhere.org"

Again, you only do this if you want to use e-mail with this contact and not SMS (text mssg).