Samsung SGH-i600 WM6 Upgrade (Yes… even if you are on Orange!)
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: It seems that a few users have managed to completely ‘brick’ their i600’s by putting i607 software on them (or visa-versa) – The two flash files are not interchangeable – if you use the wrong flash file on your phone, you may well permanantly ‘brick’ it. Please also note: The information provided here is based on my own experience of upgrading my i600, and any Firmware files I link to are for the i600 European version only. You use this information at your own risk.
Again: The instructions here are for a European i600 **NOT** a USA i607. If you try this on an AT&T i607, you *will* brick your phone.
Dearest Fanboys (and girls),
As you know; I am a great fan of my Samsung SGH-i600, but I have a little bad news for you… The *Free* WM6 Upgrade that is supplied on the Samsung Website [link] will not work on the ‘Orange’ branded units, or even those that have been ‘debranded’ 
( – I have tested this using the various methods (and wiping my phone on each occasion!) in order to prove that it can’t be done.
Curse you Orange, and curse your nasty branded interfaces….
However…. A look at the MoDaCo Wiki [Link] shows a WM6 Flash (not official) !!! – So… I downloaded the 60Mb File, and lo and behold, WM6 on my Samsung – Wooo Hoooooo.
Here are the instructions in Full:-
Please Note: This is entirely at your own risk, and any damage caused directly or indirectly by this information is entirely your responsibility. If you brick your phone, don’t come crying to me – you have been warned!
- Make sure you have ActiveSync 4.5 or higher installed.
- BACKUP YOUR PHONE -Use ActiveSync to backup the contacts, and browse to the phone for images / mp3’s etc.
- Download the Modem Driver (required for ‘Flashing’) [ZIP] and install it.
- Download the i600UXXGG2 WM6 RAR file and unpack [Link to MoDoCo page] [Alternative Link to RapidShare Download of the same file]
- Ensure that you ‘disable‘ the USB Connection in the ActiveSync Connection Settings whilst you attempt this.
- Place phone into ‘Flasher Mode’ (click on image for larger view)
- Run the WM6 upgrader – Ensure that you have a fully charged battery, and that you don’t interrupt the (rather long) upgrade process – it will say complete several times… wait until the ‘Flasher’ screen disappears off the phone. (NOTE: Can take up to 5 mins)
- Wait for phone to reboot – it takes about 5 mins to complete the process - be patient whilst its on the Windows Mobile Screen!!!
- Wait for the phone to reboot again… (normal startup speed this time!)
- Restore the USB connection in ActiveSync
- Restore all your images / mp3s and re-sync your contacts.
Once completed, if you should see version CE OS 5.2.1437 – i600UXXGG2
You’ll notice it says 5.2 – well that is the official internal version number for WM6!
Impressions;
Well… you’ll notice that some of the icons have been improved. There is a new ‘Windows Live’ screen (Search and Live login), a Live Messenger icon and it seems a bit faster. I’ll update this as I use it over the next few days….
Some more Blackjack / SGH-i600 goodies for you;
I can’t lunch the process ! What should i put in *.img file (step 2) ?
Thanks.
Img file? The RAR file I had simply had an installer – no IMG file… can you post a screen shot somewhere?
I can get the 1st two steps done.
EBOOT and PDA, but the PHONE step seems wrong.
I have the coloured text display on the phone, with “Time: {changing randomely}” on the bottom line for ages (>20min), and a reboot to ‘Ultra Messaging’ that stays like that.
What should happen?
tnx
hi kevin, what does the firmware loader on the PC say at this point?
@Paul McGuinness
Hi Paul
The PC tool is idle. There’s no progress on the % bar.
I’m recharging the i600’s batteries, and downloading the MoDaCo package again.
The phone may not be completely bricked – yet – as I get the opportunity to start again!
@kevenh
In that case, you probably haven’t installed the 2nd set of modem drivers properly. When it is in ‘recovery mode’, go into device manager and see if any devices have a exclamation flag against them – if so, delete them, and when prompted to install drivers, manually select the folder into which you’ve unzipped the drivers linked off this page.
When it is in the correct mode, and the correct drivers are installed, you get a progress bar (after pressing the ’start’ button of course), finished with the screen I’ve shown in the post.
Regards,
Paul
@Paul McGuinness
Yep, that was it. Thanks for the great assist.
@kevenh
Glad it all worked for you – Another successful Samsung hack
hai paul i really need your help i got i600 samsung and iam following your tut but every time i press start at the upgrader it tell me please slect an image to download i dont understand what to do and there is no option to select from?????
and here is the pic
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5296/errormob.gif
You need to unzip the WM6-Firmware i600UXXGG2 into a folder on your desktop, THEN run the installer. I suspect you are double-clicking on the Zip file, then then installer and it doesn’t like that. Regards, Paul
thank you paul i discovered that i downloaded the wrong firmware lol i will try to test it now and let you know the outcome
Thank Youh paul it worked also i had the problem kevenah and i resetuped it again i got windows 6 now xD i just have a small problem =) iam from egypt so my main language is arabic and wm6 dosent support this langauge so i have mystrious messsages lol i was thinking if u could help me in that and thank you very much xD
Erm… Well my Arabic stretches to ‘Thank you’ and that’s about it! So I’m not sure how much help I could be. But feel free to post the messages here and I’ll try to explain them in clearer English
)
thatsnotthe problem its the marks i getlooks like an empty squre when messamge come in arabic cypher lol
sorry about the perviouse message i get codes when the message comes in arabic will it help if i put arabic fots on my phone ??
Hello again. There is some useful information about adding Arabic support (fonts + keyboard) to WM6 on this site:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358452
Regards,
Paul
@Paul McGuinness
thank you very much paul iam trying to figure it out with the softwares and the link you gave me also ty so much
B e s t R e g a r d s
mohamed salah
Hello anyone can help me?? i have this device on orange as well and downloaded the “non official” firmware as the author of this post did, but it’s completely different from the original updater it asks for “EBOOT” file PDA file & Phone, what’s that?? Could anyone guide me?I couldnt find the tutorial for this one. Email me or msg me please, Thanks Thanks