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Louis
Posts: 1
Phone Model:
Samsung V200
Service Provider:
Optus |
 
Tue Oct 28, 2003 10:12 pm |
Hi, as im sure your aware im new to this site. I was wondering was flashing is and what firmware is and does to your phone. I was looking to enhance my phone in some way is this the way??
Cheers
Louis 
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~ Don ~
Posts: 2007
Phone Model:
Samsung D900 FW: D900XAFI1
Service Provider:
NL KPN |
Wed Oct 29, 2003 2:33 am |
Flashing is like going from Windows 98 to XP or from XP to 98 it depends on what firmware you use to flash.
Some firmwares makes your phone better some crashes all the time.
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Twistedalice
Posts: 1 |
Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:26 pm |
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so flashing is like upgrading or downgrading? I work in Computer Forensics and at the moment we have lots of phones and things in and im trying to work out what all the phone jargon is ie to traslate it to comp talk. we have lots of bits of software on a machine and im tryin to find out what the programs actually do
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stan_frenchy
Posts: 3
Phone Model:
Samsung S300
Service Provider:
OPT |
Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:29 am |
Cool!
And is it easy to change the firmware? How cani manage to change it?
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samzh
Posts: 92
Phone Model:
SGH-V200 SGH-E700; Nokia 7610 |
Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:56 am |
| -= Don =- wrote: | Settings:
Generic Tab
Comport Tab
Flash & Verify Tab
Read Tab
OPTIFLASH3.6
BACKING UP YOUR FIRMWARE (make sure your phone is off).
A. Unzipped these files to a folder. Open the optiflash.exe file and go to Options=>Settings=>Read. Clear all the information from the Read Range field and add the following:
0x00000000 - 0x00001fff
0x00004000 - 0x00ffffff
B. You can save the file to whatever name you want in the Save File field. The default name is C:\BACKUPSAVE.sre. Click OK
C. Go the Com Port tab and for the first Comp Port select the correct port that your datacable is connected to. For the second COM Port select none.
D: Go to the Generic tab and select Samsung SGH-V200 in the Specify Hardware Platform field and press OK and it should bring you back to the Optiflash - [Default] box.
E: Connect your phone to the datacable and click on the Read button. Then press the power button on your phone. *Note that your phone will not be on but the program should start backing up your rom.
F. After this is done you should get a message that says "Complete!!! / All is Well" in the log.
FLASHING YOUR FIRMWARE (make sure your phone is off).
A. Go to file (Open) and select the file you want to flash
B. Click the Flash Button. |
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~ Don ~
Posts: 2007
Phone Model:
Samsung D900 FW: D900XAFI1
Service Provider:
NL KPN |
Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:01 am |
 Yup that's it
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