yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
Looks like this update isn't going to come soon... Anybody have an email we can write to asking when it will come out to send to microsoft?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
Just call Microsoft. They really will answer your questions. I called them in JAN but they told me the same thing AT&T & Samsung told me. AT&T said they have nothing to do with the development of updates for any device that they just post updates in the online support area and said that Microsoft handles the development of all official WM updates. I then called Samsung and they also said that Microsoft makes all updates and all they do is suggest devices that they would like to update. Then when I called Microsoft they said that they do make all official roms when suggested by manufactures but they are not always able to update each device cause the amount of new devices released each year and the amount of previous devices makes the demand for updates too much for them to handle. If people would really think about it after reading this then they may understand why the update is not out yet.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] breeves002:
bricked mine several times... 6.1 would revert fine though

so I attempted to use the 6.5 update, and it said "downloading rom 100%", and then I looked at the epix's screen and the green bar was only like a third of the way through. I let it sit for a long time, nothing. So then I unplugged it and it easily re flashed with trashcans 6.1 (and ID1 update). with the old version (build 23xxx), it would get about half way before the rom was "100%" uploaded to the device. When I flash it with 6.1, the stupid thing will go perfectly in sync with the computer. Any ideas?:confused:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
I noticed that if I open the bootloader to flash a rom it almost always has a problem so what I do is open the bootloader and pick the pda bin then I close the bootloader and then open it again and I usually have no problems when flashing. For some reason the bootloader never works right unless I open it twice before flashing a new rom.

If this does not work for you you might wanna look for the other EPIX bootloaders because there is three of them that are the same exact program but for different windows OS. After lookin through the forums I have seen alot of people say one would work and one would not work. A few have said they could only use the Vista bootloader on XP and the XP bootloader on Vista.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] breeves002:
well, it does have the issue you stated, where it stops working, but thats not the problem I'm having. I've tried this on 3 computer (one of witch I can't even get to recognize the phone), and they do the same thing - the rom download gets to 100% then it hangs. the green bar on the epix shows like 30-50% downloaded...... Still having the same problems. I've tried messing around with settings, etc. Also, is the epix supposed to start up when you plug it into usb? It starts up by itself when I plug it in.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
No its not supposed to. Try this, take the battery out then put it back in without touching the power button. After selecting your rom bin plug the phone into the usb cable but already have the cable attached to your pc. Put your cursor on the detect button and then press the power button and as soon as you see the red light come on click detect. Do not wait for the Samsung logo to pop up before u click detect, do it as soon as the red light comes on.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] breeves002:
thats what I do! Still, the stupid progress hits 100% and then it will hang and I have to reflash 6.1... I could post a video of this if that would help you decipher what is going on.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
There is a couple more things u might wanna try, hard reset the phone before flashing. use a low speed usb port.

Upload the video and i'll take a look.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] eugenile:
thats too bad if people are passing up on this rom due to mouse issue.

for potential owners the mouse issue is not a big deal there is a semi solution. its stated in this thread already. i believe a startup script. you can manually do it just press fn and n i belive twice. you only have to do it per reset.

and as stated 6.5 is so much better than the stock rom. its finger friendly i NEVER use the mouse. i change it to directional in the settings. even at that i still hardly use it because its slower and not as responsive then just navigating by touch.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TeNsTrKe15:
agreed. and once you get all of your settings going and get everything you want on the phone, it turns out to be a great rom. like eugenile said, its so finger friendly, theres no need for the mouse. i for one and very happy with trashcan's roms
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
Not a fix at all. Not everyone is gonna wanna hold the EPIX with one hand and use the other hand to touch the sceen. I never have to use two hand cause I use the mouse. So for me and lots of other people the mouse is a deal breaker for using trashcans roms. I realize not everyone will feel the same about the mouse I even realize that some do not even use the mouse but for the people that do it is something that should work right without having to do tricks to make it semi-work. My post was only callin on people to fix bugs since everyone seems to think the update will never come. If this is all there is then y not wanna make it work as it should? I have read every single post on this thead and have seen more bugs with these roms than with id1 so y don't we quit complaining bout the updte and improve these roms.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ryanmo5:
Let's stay on topic all
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TeNsTrKe15:
WP7

i think that because trashcan is extremely talented at making roms for the Epix, trashcan should try and port the WP7 rom on the main page to the Epix :p i'm sure many others would be greatful to at least try it out :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] eugenile:
For those who are having issues with SCREEN calibration..

It seems to be more common than I thought on the EPIX (just more to add to the bugs on this phone)

Anyways if you tried all the "SOFTWARE" solutions and it did not help.. you might have to just face that facts that it is a hardware issue with the screen digitizer.. see

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=597485
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] .fenrir:
You can still use the phone with one hand without the mouse. Mouse seems to be slightly more time consuming in usage if you ask me. Like someone else said before, unless we get a native 6.5 mouse driver or someone who knows how to write/edit drivers, we ain't gonna get a fix.

Well unfortunately it seems that there's still no update from Samsung. In my very little spare time in recent weeks I've tried cooking a ROM myself. Thanks to heineken for fixing the kitchen I was using, I finally got a 6.5 rom working on my phone (although its been a couple of days already). I'll release it sometime soon once I've ironed out some minor problems here and there but right now its functioning pretty normally. For now I'm going to test the rom I made myself in my phone for a couple days to test out how well it works before I post it up for everyone to try out. I do want to say this is my first time doing this so it ain't perfect and my time to play around with this stuff is very limited so although I say this now, there's a good likelihood I won't post anything up for a few weeks. Currently I'm debating whether to use build 23543 or 28205.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
Whatever it is, i think is better to post your first release. more users - more bugs. So you can think after on next rom with bug fixes. If you need any help, you know where to ask.

Dont hesitate.Keep doing good work!

Cheerz ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
omg you have no idea how happy you just made me! You'll receive mixxed answers toward yourself building a 6.5 or 6.5.3 rom. I like 6.5.3 though.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gotaction86:
Messages main screen hang

I was wondering if anyone else is having this issue: Sometimes, when I go from a conversation back to the main messages screen (talking about texts here), it will hang there. The top bar where you can choose to switch to e-mail dosen't render and it still shows that part of the previous screen where the conversation was before. The touchscreen is unresponsive, none of the buttons do anything but when I press the End Call button, it will beep to acknowledge I pressed it. Sometimes it will take a few seconds and render the top bar and everything will be ok, sometimes I can lock the phone and it'll goto the lock screen and I can unlock it and it's fixed, but lately it's required me to pull the batt. Anyone else have anything remotely similar? I mean it could be because I have a couple of thousand texts in those conversations but that shouldn't really be a problem. Last few times, it's been a batt pull solution so it's really getting annoying.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ekremm:
help i907

but since I threw my phone hartreset slm i907 seems to see the network unlock code from the internet has been looked at before, but was unable unlok Waiting for your help
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] danbutter:
I think this is just a WM thing as I have had this issue with every flash of 6.5 (that's a lot of em) that I have done.

It seems that when you have a fresh flash it isn't much of an issue, but the longer you have the rom on your phone the worse it gets.

It will go away on its own for me...I don't have to pull batt, but it takes a long time to do it on its own.

And the more messages you have seems to make it worse although mine still does it with only one message from one person.

I guess it is about time to hard reset or flash a new rom.

Oh I don't even use the epix...I have a raph that this happens on.

Never remember this when I'm on this site...I'll have to search and see if there is a fix for it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cherrybombaz:
I can't wait for the new rom! I would also prefer 6.5.3 over 6.5.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fb2:
I'm jumping ship. Buying a Blackberry.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] VinceInSeattle:
I will probably buy a used myTouch on eBay. WM 6.5 is dead-end and awful and WM7 is too far away. The thing that could have kept me is if MS brought Zune to WM 6.5. I love my Zune and love the Zune Pass service and would be happy to have it on my phone. They brought the interface, partly, to WM 6.5, but Zune software doesn't sync with it. I believe Zune music can be synced to an SD card via Windows Media Player, but won't play on a phone with a non-stock ROM. So I'm disappointed to hear that Samsung isn't working on a 6.5 ROM for the Epix, as was reported a few pages back. Well there's always Rhapsody on Android, although Zune on the PC is way superior to Rhapsody on the PC.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] keff:
I do as well - I have about 4500 text messages (incoming + outgoing - I don't want to delete anything), and encounter this quite frequently, when a threaded messaging is on. It seems to me that it has to do with a filesystem (I guess mssql server compact is doing a lot of random reads/writes, and some file operation timeouts/locks due to rather slow flash controller (they usually have a queue, and when the queue doesn't fit to the buffer, operation may fail and it's up to OS to do something with it)).

But this is only my theory, reinforced by a fact that I have very slow SDHC card (good sequential transfer, incredibly slow during random writes of large number of small files) and it behaves quite similarly in data-operation-intensive apps (mapping program that reads a lot of map tiles and multiple gps loggers that update their logging files every second - the writes on card usually timeout and applications get IOException, and either crash or hang, also system doesn't see the card anymore until soft reset).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] keff:
Cool, please do post, I am eager to betatest it (and am willing to put up with some bugs and to try to solve them :))! If it is voting, I vote for 28205 :).

Also, I'll happily provide my Black and Republic theme mod that gets more menus and information on the screen:

[tk] Rock and Republic 0.1.zip

Tweaked 4-column start menu layout:

StartMenu_GridScene_320x320.zip

And my favourite wallpaper:

EDIT: The images got compressed, so I zipped everything into one archive: keff i907 goodies.zip
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ohhhlethal:
Tired of this broken phone. Bought a Nexus One today.

Selling my Epix for $75. Interested, PM me
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TeNsTrKe15:
i'd be very greatful as well to have a rom made. i would also be more than happy to betatest :D

and i agree, 28205 would be nice :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fb2:
This happens to me too. I archived me old text message using MyPhone, and the problem subsided. I think it's mainly an issue of how many text messages you have, which is problematic, if you ask me. But the MyPhone service makes it resolvable.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fb2:
By the way, since I'm switching phones, does anyone know how to copy my old text messages to my computer in a format that allows me to read them if necessary?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Bloody Baron:
You can use PowerSMS to Export SMS to CSV format (which can be read by excel); or use Windows MyPhone to sync SMS to Online Windows Live Account :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fb2:
I use MyPhone, but doesn't that deactivate your account if you don't sync every 30 days or something like that?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Bloody Baron:
i dont think so! :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Snickolaz:
Yep I got tired of my Epix too, I got my Nexus One about a month ago. It's been great!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] anumeric1122:
hi...

im having some problems getting 6.5 loaded.....

the image loads completely and get to the "dummy csc header" part and it hangs as many have discussed here. however, when i power cycle my phone to finish the setup, all i get is the black screen with the samsung logo on it. i've let it sit for quite a while with no change. i've now run through this process several times with the same outcome every time.... advice?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Bloody Baron:
Try to hard reset?

or Try to re-flash your phone:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] anumeric1122:
my phone won't hard reset.... still stays stuck at samsung screen.

i've also tried reflashing multiple times with different versions of grand prix (1.6.4, 1.8.1, 1.9.2)... going to try flashing to trashcan's 6.1 rom and hope for the best i guess. any other help is appreciated.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] anumeric1122:
trashcan's 6.1 rom didn't take either... still stayed at samsnung screen.

however, i was able to get the id1 update to almost install completely. finally got my phone to boot up after wich i was able to install 6.5....

close call, almost thought i bricked my phone.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
The problem that it sais dummy csc header blah blah has always hung for me. Whenever I flash and it gets to that stage where it's basically 100% I just disconeect it after 2 minutes of waiting and pull out the battery. Start up the phone normally. Dont worry this always happens
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joaquin_559:
Can Someone send me the links of wm 6.5 roms 23017, 23037 and all the rest of the roms please i really want them i wana see which one is better
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Bloody Baron:
23017 version :) http://www.mediafire.com/file/35zmywozmjm/Epix6.5.23017_15mbpp.bin
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
What kitchen are you using? I would like to cook up a 6.5 rom but don't know hat kitchen to use.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] chujane610:
There is something called PPCPimBackup. If you are switching from a PPC to another PPC, then it's very useful. It's free, you can easily find it online. Put it in your memory card and execute it from your phone's File Explorer. It'll create a backup for almost all the information you might need (you can choose what information you want to backup). Then take the backup file to your new phone and resotre it there.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joaquin_559:
yea but i want to test all the roms so it will be nice if someone ended me the

links to all
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] veener79:
Does does anythine know of any updates official or un-official? I know the MS site still shows last month. :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ftahir:
Thank you trashcan

Thank you for your work on this. I have never flash a phone before, tired of waiting for update. I just flashed my phone yesterday and its working fine. I like it so far.:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
can i upload this to my i780? or is there any similar rom to i780? thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hizhonor:
A reasonable question given the similarities of the two phones. But, there are enough differences that using trashcan's ROM will result in most likely a bricked phone.

Do a search on i780 and you should come up with enough information to point you in the right direction. There are a number of threads and other sites that you should be able to find what you need.

Steve
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] keff:
No, although they look similar, i907 is much closer to i900 Omnia, than to i780 - different phone module, different keyboard mapping, more RAM...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
i780 vs i907

same are platform, memory and screen. rest is different.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
The i780 actually has less memory, alot less. The i780 is a low range WM6 device and the EPIX is a mid range WM6.1 device. No comparison, EPIX wins hands down.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
you are funny ;) i780 is same 6.1 and platform.

Th rest is behind you brains.

scuzi. dont like manilla on my phone =(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] quadzilla122:
what are those pictures of? An i907 rom?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
Thats from my i780. i havent release this rom yet even for 780, so much work still to do.

Actually spend most of weekend on it. Tired, going sleep ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
I may b funny but u have no clue what u r talkin about. The i780 was released with a WM6 OS and only about 60% the memory of the EPIX. Everything about the i780 is sub par compared to the EPIX. They may look similar and have WM OS but thats about it cause the are totally different.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
Do you have more?

Or its just writting on wall that EPIX has bigger memory =)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Michael Entin:
My Epix shows slightly lesser numbers :) Unless porkenhimer has Epix special edition, I would say they are the same when it comes to memory.

I don't think there is much differences except radio (3 GSM + 1 HSDPA bands vs. 4 GSM + 3 HSDPA bands) - and I would not bet any money Epix really has different hardware and not just different firmware.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] porkenhimer:
RAM: i780=128MB i907=150MB

Internal Memory: i780=150MB i907=256MB

Besides memory there is alot of other differences. I780 has a front camera and also has TVout which the EPIX has neither. The EPIX has 4 buttons on each side of the space bar the I780 has 3. The EPIX has a different type of mouse pad than the I780. The EPIX is slightly bigger but not really noticable. The EPIX has a bigger battery. The EPIX has an antenna extention port under the battery cover. The power lights are on opposite sides. I'll stop for now but if you wanna say I don't know what I am talkin about I'll list more differences.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ll4m4:
i780 doesn't have TVout.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
I found also many fake infos on net about, also when i bought i780 year before that it has tv-out (actually NO). I was damn sure for an half year that i can buy cable and go watching my sceen on Tv!!!! **** noo ;)

Also seen on net that epix has more memory (also fake) Chip size is 128mb and next is 256 mb size but no chips are 192 mb in one, only by min two is phisically possible.

Doesnt believe all those posts on electronic markets anymore. Such in upgrade of Epix for 6.5, thats not on market anymore... who pays for this update? if they just f**ed up most of at&t users? easy.

But I still hope in best!

Lets see neutral side compare:

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomparer&id1=1534&id2=866

Thats moreless truly.

Lets wait for Fenrir cook, he is may be one who is real.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] .fenrir:
The specs of the i780 and i907 vary depending on the site you read. To be honest, the only major differences are the battery, front facing camera, and the RAM, not the ROM but that's largely dependent on your source of information. I don't even know why you guys are even debating it. Its not like any two phones are exactly the same and there's always changes when phones cross regions, so everyone chill out =\

Anyways, the real reason I'm posting right now is just a update for everyone that since it's finals weeks for me and I'm sure many colleges in the US, I won't be posting that ROM up yet. In the test ROM I had running on my phone, the battery life sucked and could hardly last more than 10hrs so the ROM won't be posted until that's improved upon. So regardless, expect it sometime between next week or the week after. One or two weeks more is nothing considering how long we've waited for an official release and not be given one. Speaking of the official release, I think that's a lost cause at this point, probably always has been and just wishful thinking on our parts.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
OLD: Ok, than Il try port to i907 my posted release for i780 on other thread in few days. Only need testers who can test it ;) WC in PM.

ADDED 12:05:

Just cooked on i90X kitchen.

Ported 96 DPI ROM from i780 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=599652 to Epix.

Test BIN IS NOT TESTED (no Epeix hardware in hand).

Probably noboot or glitches, because Epix had LOTS of ATT&T trash thats is replaced by i780 cutted oem from my builds.

Drivers and subsystems are EPIX. Flash with Grandprix.

Try on own risc!

ADDED 3:10:

TEst BIN didint bootup. =(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] keff:
Thanks, I'm gonna try it (let's hope Sprite Backup does its job well, I don't have time to reconfigure and reinstall everythng :)). Could you do 128 dpi ROM as well, please? 96dpi is too small for me (I mostly use phone while commuting and 96dpi controls are to small to use while walking), so meanwhile I'll try adding 128 dpi resources and switching with RealVGA...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
NP, If its working, I have 128 DPI convertion pack for this ROM.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] keff:
It does not, sorry - I flashed it (using USDL_GrandPrix_v1.6.4_XP - standard procedure: wait until 'writing dummy CSC headers' message, wait some more, pull out battery and start), and it hanged on boot screen (black screen with just a Samsung logo, it stayed there for about 15 minutes, then I turned off the phone).

EDIT: I tried pulling out battery several times, but nope - always just samsung logo.

EDIT 2: Flashing the original trashcan rom backs works, so it is safe to try (I actually expected that, since we're not overwriting bootloader). Sprite Backup - I heartily recommend, run, next, next, ok - and my phone is back, exactly like it was before flahing :).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] heineken78:
**** happens. Seems like problem with patched XIP or some else, but cant check it without hardware or emulate.

Was making on quick hand at my work past morning. Il try again on weekend when I have more time, may be more luck next time ;)

Thx for checking!