The Samsung i900 OMNIA Tips/Tricks/Apps thread

guys, those of you that have tried the WM6.5 Roms, which one would you suggest? I'm considering flashing.
is it really worth the update?

also... (i'm new to this) my office has told me that I need a blackberry to get my email remotely on my phone. isn't there a WM app that can emulate this?
 
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SPiV said:
guys, those of you that have tried the WM6.5 Roms, which one would you suggest? I'm considering flashing.
is it really worth the update?

also... (i'm new to this) my office has told me that I need a blackberry to get my email remotely on my phone. isn't there a WM app that can emulate this?
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I'm using i900DXID1_SHKv7 - can't remember the build, but I got it from this page:
http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-general-omnia-rom-discussion/286120/shokka9-wm6-5-m2d-roms/

I went for the M2D and Titanium ROM. I'm overall really impressed with 6.5. The various UI improvements make navigation, etc. easier than before.

That said, I had to spend quite a bit of time on getting 6.5 setup to suit my needs - in terms of UI tweaks, setting up weather, etc.

Ask your work what type of mail server they are running. If it's exchange, you should just be able to set it up as a mail account. Note that they may require you to VPN into the network first - this can also be setup under connections.

Let me know if you need a hand with any of the above.

Nick
 
I use this one from Modaco (Khuanchai ) http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-general-omnia-rom-discussion/285664/rom-omnia-rom-base-dxid1-build-21725-21028-with-bt-audio-fix-31-may-2009/.

It is brilliant, fast, and handles Push mail which is required for remote mail. You dont need a Blackberry to get your mail.

WM6.5 is faster, more memory efficient, and these guys all put tons of effort into it. Probably more effort than Samsung themselves.

Just remember flashing to these ROMS is done at your own risk, and you do need to upgrade to newer Official ROMS first. But there is tons of guides on the net for this. I have had the above one installed for 4 weeks now and not one issue. These people get the latest BETA versions of WM6.5 and customise for the relevant phone.

PM me for a screenshot. I can mail it if you would like to see it.

I must just add that the version Nick is using is also a great one.

Adrian
 
adrianc said:
Just remember flashing to these ROMS is done at your own risk, and you do need to upgrade to newer Official ROMS first.
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Which newer official rom do you guys recommend, if I want to flash my phone again afterwords with the win6.5 rom ?
 
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Nickste said:
I went for the M2D and Titanium ROM. I'm overall really impressed with 6.5. The various UI improvements make navigation, etc. easier than before.
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Have you played with spb mobile shell 3? If you have, how does it compare with the 6.5 interface?
 
I did install spb mobile shell 3 on 6.5, briefly. I must say I didn't like it that much (although I dugg version 2) - although I didn't really play around with it for very long. The 6.5 UI takes a bit of getting used to, but if you tinker with it a bit and add things like weather, etc. then it makes it really easy to see updates and get to various functions (inbox, missed calls, wireless manager, etc.

It's possibly not as pretty as spb 3, but it definitely does well in terms of quick access. Also, the 6.5 rom that I have comes with HTC touchflo - which I used for a while and found pretty cool.

Let me know if you want screen caps, etc. of any parts of 6.5.

Nick
 
Nickste said:
I did install spb mobile shell 3 on 6.5, briefly. I must say I didn't like it that much (although I dugg version 2) - although I didn't really play around with it for very long. The 6.5 UI takes a bit of getting used to, but if you tinker with it a bit and add things like weather, etc. then it makes it really easy to see updates and get to various functions (inbox, missed calls, wireless manager, etc.

It's possibly not as pretty as spb 3, but it definitely does well in terms of quick access. Also, the 6.5 rom that I have comes with HTC touchflo - which I used for a while and found pretty cool.

Let me know if you want screen caps, etc. of any parts of 6.5.

Nick
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Thanks for the response. I used spb 2 some time back on my tytn and didn't like it, also ran touchflo winch was much better IMO but I still like spb 3 best. Just waiting for an official wm6 release...
 
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This is a screenshot of my Omnia with Khuanchai's ROM as in my post above.
Also running Titanium instead of Mobile Shell3. Rather heavy application although nice.
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Not bad. Is titanium an addon/skin for wm6? (you can also upload/link images to your user profile>albums on mybroadband.)
 
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Park@82 said:
Not bad. Is titanium an addon/skin for wm6? (you can also upload/link images to your user profile>albums on mybroadband.)
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It is an addon Park@82. It is running on top of WM6.5, and allows you to customize the UI.

Lots of info at XDA forums.

Thanks for the tip on images.

Regards
 
I installed the DXID1_SHKv7 ROM today, and also SPB Mobile Shell 3.... all I can say is OMW, it's almost like have a new phone! :) Especially now that all that Vlive cr@p is gone, and am looking forward to seeing what difference it's made to battery life.

B
 
I got my Omnia on Monday, will hang out here once in a while to catch up on the latest news!
 
torchbutton

So I was lying in bed last night wondering if there is a application that would be able to turn on the flash at the back of the phone, to be used as a torch. I know that you can press the volume key (down) to activate the flash, but it does not work in spb mobile shell or touch flow. So I opened up Opera on my phone and did a quick search, 2 minutes later I had a app...
http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2008/09/08/torchbutton-v11-using-camera-led-for-flashlight.html
http://www.modaco.com/content-page/275325/camera-light-and-software/page/20/#entry936759

This is going to be handy when I go to the cinema.:D
 
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Park@82 said:
So I was lying in bed last night wondering if there is a application that would be able to turn on the flash at the back of the phone, to be used as a torch. I know that you can press the volume key (down) to activate the flash, but it does not work in spb mobile shell or touch flow. So I opened up Opera on my phone and did n quick search, 2 minutes later I had a app...
http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2008/09/08/torchbutton-v11-using-camera-led-for-flashlight.html
http://www.modaco.com/content-page/275325/camera-light-and-software/page/20/#entry936759

This is going to be handy when I go to the cinema.:D
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Thanks Park@82, will check this one out! :D

B
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I installed the GPS software last night..worked first time, I'm impressed...how much data traffic does the traffic alerts use when you use the navigation to drive around?
 
The Omnia does not use any Cellular traffic for GPS...
It is a true GPS radio built in and not AGPS like NOKIA which relies on cellular traffic for the transmission of the signals.

It may take a few minutes at times to track the satellites but definitely worth it.
 
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The Omnia does not use any Cellular traffic for GPS...
It is a true GPS radio built in and not AGPS like NOKIA which relies on cellular traffic for the transmission of the signals.

It may take a few minutes at times to track the satellites but definitely worth it.
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I think he was referring to traffic alerts on garmin online. I think you need to subscribe to the service and I don't think it is available in SA yet.
 
Park@82 said:
I think he was referring to traffic alerts on garmin online. I think you need to subscribe to the service and I don't think it is available in SA yet.
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I was getting notifications of construction on the highways as I was driving, so I assumed it must be some kind of online service? Surely it's not built into the maps?
 
I've had a problem of late.

For some weird reason my phone keeps telling me that the disk space is almost full and I need to delete some stuff.

I only have music on my Storage Card (8GB) and "My Storage" also 8GB.

Thing is that used to have 2 or more movies at a time on the phone and never had issues.
Movies have since been deleted and only some music on the phone and there's no way that it's even 1GB of music.

What could be taking up all of this space?
Hooked up to the PC and still can't find any files that are that big to take up space.

Only have Mxit, Garmin, Skype Mobile and Core Player that could be of any significance.

:erm:
 
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