YESSSS !!!

Very good job to all who have posted, contacted Samsung and not the least the developers at Samsung for making this possible!

Thanks guys!
Now we will have THE BEST SMARTPHONE ON THE MARKET TODAY )

I hope all the review sites will pick up the news as soon as the update comes live and try it out.

Thaaanks Samsung!!!!! XD

Thats awesome news, we will have to check regarding the stereo thing.
any idae if it will re-enable the FM Transmitter? or did they remove the hardware too (and not only the software)?

The FM transmitter was removed from the hardware specs. in the end, so no software will enable that function, sadly.

THANK YOU SAMSUNG !!! YOU ARE GREAT!!!

Well I don’t really care about other functions as FM Transmitter as long as camera will record in this type of AAC. The java heap memory issue is quite overwhelming but I am sure they will fix it in next firmwares. All in all with these updates this is becoming by far the best mobile device on our planet. Thanks Samsung!

Oh please god be true….how will we get this official firmware update though, because i have the latest version of samsung pc studio 7 and everytime i try the updater, it wont get past step 1….it just scans my phone for ages and ages without getting anywhere. Now i’m worried that we’ll finally have a great firmware update soon and i wont even be able to get it

great news love it

Unfortunately, VLC read the data wrong, the audio hasn’t got a sampling rate of 32kHz, instead it has just 16kHz.

Right.

Just 16Khz , 1 Channel, Mono and Video has 22fps

OOh and btw. the Audio Bitrate is just 98kbit/s not 512kbit/s!

for example, the Nokia 5800 XM has 48Khz Audio with a Bitrate of 768Kbps

Hopefully i8910HD Browser(OSS Safari Core) can do every things as same as Windows Internet Explorer,check it out again for sure,if not please fix it too.
Dont make it mistake for your very Expensive Smart Phone I’ve to pay for.

Briggs….even though not brilliant, that video sample is still MUCH better than the current crappy AMR codec. I’d easily much rather have what that guy has. Any way we can get it sooner?

Mr. Briggs, I’ve been a Nokia fanboy for a couple of years now… but now I plan to buy the Omnia HD(once it becomes available here in Dubai UAE)because the N97 doesn’t cut it! My question is about FIRMWARE UPDATES. Is updating the FW of a Samsung unit(in this case the i8910 Omnia HD) as easy as updating a Nokia(Nokia Software updater)? I also read in some forums that Samsung has these drawbacks regarding after-sales service, specifically firmware updates?

I need to see a test on D1 resolution, or VGA. I just hope they make it 44Khz in these resolutions, because 16Khz isn’t that good. And we can’t judge anything just by that video, it’s almost silent.

The good part is that Samsung do try to fix it, what is awesome. The bad part is that a good intention isn’t enough here.

But briggs….every time i try the samsung updater, it will not get past step one. When i press start it just scans my phone for the firmware i currently have but just scans and scans. It never gets past step 1 as i say….so must be a bad piece of software cos i know other people have this problem too. The previous version of samsung pc studio wouldn’t even load up the updater, but the latest version loads up but as i said, wont get past step 1. So god knows how i’m gonna be able to get the firmware update, if it ever does come out!

If mine is on orange, do I have to debrand it first before I can use this update when it comes out?

I have the same proble and i have a i8910 debranded by samsung no operator lock but when try the update in the first step dont pass i disconect the phone and 2 or 3 times more try and finaly the update software say my phone not supported

I have the same problem. I have unbranded i8910 and PC Suite Software Updater says that this phone is not supported. I hope this service for i8910 is just turned off on Samsung servers for there have been no official firmware updates so far. When this update is ready I think Samsung will add support for i8910 on it’s servers and we’ll be able to update our devices.

Solos it sounds like you havent got the newer version of pc studio 7, there was one released sometime last week, but as i say, the newer one aint much better cos even though the updater works, i cant get past step 1. And by the way i havent debranded my phone, it is still the crappy orange version.

Anyone have any idea if we might be getting that Dolfin browser? The one with the Samsung Jet. Looks pretty cool!

download link for the firmware please? rapidshare or megaupload will suffice

cheers! x

Briggs it doesn’t, a new pc suite came out last week sometime didn’t it?? That’s the one i got….version 7.2.24.9

The version before that wouldnt even let me load up the updater, it just said cannot access or something, but this new version will load up but as i said it wont get past step 1, and i’m not the only 1 with the problem.

Today I try to Softare update again and the program download some updates for himself later run again and when launch the update only take about 4 seconds to tellme my phone is not supported in this time, and the message display is diferent, Samsung all ready fixed this bug reported some days ago and I think Samsung is ready to upload the firmware

Please steal someone the new firmware and share link If is already video on youtube showing functions of this new version, somebody must has it

Why do you get a different codec details ?, i got the same information : Abtastrate: 32.000 hz., 16 bit, 24 frames and 512 kb/s bitatre.

PLS someone post the link for the new firmware. THANKS!!!

Hello guys, i used the VLC media player and the results are what i wrote before.

I will buy the i8910 as soon as i read positive things about the quality of the sound of HD recorded movies……i hope the firmware will fix the issue! The i8910 will be the best gadget on this planet…… iPhone is for losers….N97 for girls!!

@ Clark, I don’t have the firmware, i don’t even have the phone! lol What we did was to download the video sample, published in the news, and then run a analysis on it. The firmware is NOT out yet, as far as I know.

Guys I have the same problem with the updater and I have the latest pc studio (and isn’t that annoying to update in itself ( i had to totally wipe the old version before it would let me install the new one)

Previously PC studio told there was an error of communtication now it tells me the connection has been updated and tells me to reconnect but no further

If anyone has an idea please help

maybe you need unistall and then go to registry entry (regedit) and search all samsung name and delete all files and you have a competly unistall

Good Luck

We need another sample one with a person moving and talking in frame on a busy street to be able to see if the extra visual data effects frame rate, how background noise is handled and wether the camera can keep lipsync. Also I know this may sound strange, but I used to do this with my original XDA, if the headphones are plugged in, the recorded audio should switch to the mic on the headphone line so it can be used as an emergency lapel mic in the field. This also allows for third party mics to be adapted for use.

I went to Britney Spears concert last month and I shot the video with the Omnia HD and the audio is AMAZINGLY HORRIBLE. Check it out my youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQlZOBCUF4E
I also shot the same show on a different date with a Nokia N95 compare de sound quality between the two mobiles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSkV9nA8UKU

Today Im in Antwerp and Im here for another Britney Spears concert and Im very sad that the firmware update wasnt released cause Im going to have another bad video(audio) I think Im going to take my iphone with me and record the sound as mp3 and then add the mp3 to the Omnia video.

firmware is not out hope it comes out soon as previously mentioned we are running tests on the sample clip provided. For pc suite problems uninstall everything to do with samsung and nokia then go program files and delete samsung folder then reinstall

I have disabled my virus suite (Mcafee) and PC studio 7 is working fine. I get the usual few minutes of magnifying glass, then in a red font, there is a message that there is no updates available yet.

Hope this helps

Today i Check again and the Software Updater again update files for himself I try to upload the image but i dont find this option here, somenthing is cooming !!!!!!!!!!

Today, i became the message in PC Studio, that no updates aviable yet. Before this the Suite only search the phone informations (…). I think that is a sign …maybe the update come tomorrow, i hope. (Sorry for the bad english).

I’m sorry to sound a bit thick but, does it matter if u use windows vista to UPDATE the firmware or do u need xp (which is the preferred choice when DEBRANDING).

Well, the general opinion is that one should use windows xp for debranding and that pc studio may not be so compatible with windows vista. However,as i already posted, i have disabled Mcafee virus scanner/suite and pc studio 7 worked fine, even though there are no upgrades yet. PC studio 7 never worked and hanged on the magnifying glass step 1/4 before when i didnt disable the virus scanner. Who knows , maybe this was the problem everybody talked about, regarding pc studio 7 and windows vista. I hope this helps others!!!

So…. It’s been a week now, a long painful week of waiting; is the software release here yet?
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NO
it’s still not here, I love my samsung phone but am honestly not impressed with samsung this should have been sorted ages ago; it’s bad enough they allowed orange to ruin the firmware and I had to debrand it, now I’ve got to wait for another update! Come on Samsung get to it already!!!

Ps great work from everyone in the forum have learned slot from this site!
Lets keep it alive!!

Its 11:50 yet. The day is not end

***Update***

after speaking with a member of samsung customer service she informed me I could go to my local carphone warehouse and they would be able to update the firmware free of charge and they would be able to do it there and then. Going to give it a shot tonight will let you know how it goes (if at all lol)

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I called support here in Denmark, and they told me that i had to go to Telecare (Danish mobile rapair center) to get it updated. PC studio don’t have the function to update the phone as Nokia at the moment. Strange – because PC studio now checks for updates and says i have the latest software. Still, it’s a good sign that PC studio now works.

The promblems i have is: Very poor battery time, will only last for 8 hours. Geotagging is not working, and Road sync dosen’t sync my contact pictures from Outlook.

Samsung here in Denmark dosen’t now anything ! Poor support for such a great phone. Samsung need’s to come with some updates, if they want succes.

Peter

WOW WOW WOW… SAmsung you are wonderful. I have finished updating my omnia hd . no problems at all. Well samsung have kept their word, and delivered in time, so hopefully anyone saying bad things about SAMSUNG credibility should shut up now!!!! …more comments later on after i check things more deeply…. Thanks Samsung! You deserve it after so many complaints. Hopefully you keep supporting this MAGNIFICANT mobile phone!!!!!

Hey James icant update via software updater again display the phone not supported.
Ad today the software update download again more updates for himself .

How do you do t update

I disactivated the virus scanner (mcafee in my case) and everything worked fine. I didnt do any thing more. My phone is with the italian software even though i live in Malta. Hope you succeed

Im not saying to anyone to invalidate your warranty. I bought the phone with the italian firmware installed. I have not invalidated my warranty cos i have left my firmware as it was originally in my phone.

I think that as you said you will invalidate your warranty, so you better think twice before you upgrade. However i think it should work.

This is so silly. The update is available but the Updater still says: The connected model is not supported by Phone software updater. Thanks for checking.
I have no virus software running.
I’m in The Netherlands.

Nice forum btw!

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