Comments on: Video tutorial: Debranding the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:16:50 +0000

ANyone know where you can get the orange firmware backup free?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:24:07 +0000

Do not buy these firmware upgrades from these ‘rip-off’ merchants.

They are all free here :-

http://samsungi8910omnia.com/

By: :(dont know

:(dont know — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:36:56 +0000

will this affect my orange contract i have with this phone?

By: dp

dp — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:08:28 +0000

yes you can change ringtones to any you put in.with this phone you tend to have to look deeper to find the options like changing ringtones but once you have had it a few weeks it all becomes second nature

By: Sro

Sro — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:54:46 +0000

Hi guys can you change the SMS ringtone to anything you like? I know its a small detail but the little things that count!!

By: Chappas

Chappas — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:43:36 +0000

Thanks for the reply Chris ^-^
After everything I’ve read since the phone came out, I’m really starting to reconsider getting it with Orange next month when my contract expires with O2, and just waiting until other networks stock the phone (any word on this yet anyone?).

Really sounds like the Orange branding firmware really cripples the phone and some of it’s features. Don’t understand why they would add their own firmware in the first place though which just stops certain things from working as well as they should? What advantages does/could this give Orange anyway?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:59:59 +0000

@Chappas – The Orange Maps Feature doesn’t actually work with the I8910HD, the only phone this currently works with is the Samsung Pixon.

I spent about 1 hour on the phone with Orange going through the features they have disabled and why, and also informed them of installation problems I was having and the Tech Guy said the Orange Maps App is for the Pixon, and isnt for the I8910HD when asking why bother putting it on the phone then he said the firmware are not unique to each phone and sometimes things get missed.

Don’t know about anyone else but as soon as I’ve finished installing XP on my other machine I’m debranding my phone. Oh I also checked to make sure it didn’t break the contract or phone insurance and apparently the only thing that would void the contract is if you Unlock the phone.

By: Stu

Stu — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:29:33 +0000

…as far as is known, the files “Neil” is offering for sale are actually the ones originally posted by share4gsm. Essentially therefore, this is theft.

People wishing to debrand their i8910 should use the tutorials available on other websites and the files exclusively available from share4gsm.com

By: soHD

soHD — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:26:12 +0000

@Tom – As far as I know none of the ‘Ambassadors’ have received their phones yet. What I can tell you is that Samsung has been distinctly quiet and we’ve all been kept in the dark. Emails have been left unanswered and it is quite frustrating.

Maybe Samsung has changed their mind or maybe they’re waiting for the UK sim-free release? I really don’t know at this stage, but hopefully we’ll find out one way or the other soon enough.

By: PapaDocta

PapaDocta — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:38:40 +0000

thanks Neil