I haven't seen those directions yet. thanks for sharing.

That's the page that everyone has been following so far to install it. Without the "Special tool" you can't install it.

Check out my post #66

P.S. I bricked my i730 doing the WM6 upgrade, and as I recall it was the same process. But I remember the drivers recognizing properly that time.

Ditto with mine except I was using the original cable that came with the phone. No idea why it failed the first time but it appears the programmers expect it to happen since it tells you what to do to restart the process.

I wonder if doing a hard-reset prior to attempting the upgrade might help... along with disabling WiFi, phone and bluetooth.

OK...
My wife and I both have the i760s...

I decided to try the upgrade on mine first.
I did this on my XP SP2 PC.
I found that I had to run it twice... the first one gets the PDA updates.. the second time gets the phone upgraded.

I then read all the issues all you have had... was scared to try my wife's...
But, oh well, dam the torpedoes... go for it!

I updated hers on her XP sp2 Laptop.
The upgrade was identical... the first try upgraded the PDA, it quit with that Open something error.
Then the second try gets by that and finishes the phone upgrade.

Now both are upgraded!!

I haven't had any problems with Wifi, Active sync, or any of the other things that seem others of had problems with.

I think the moral of the story is... the XP version of the upgrade seems to work good.

Hope others are getting through with theirs now.

Paul G

Like a few, this update went off without a hitch. Using the Vista version and undocked laptop with the USB cable only, I followed their directions. Downloaded and updated the modem driver manually so when the update started, it recognized the necessary SW updates as complete. I also hard reset the device after unchecking the USB box in connection settings and reattaching the cord before starting Step 5. I had to resync all the Outlook and reload 3rd party programs, but much better than continually repeating steps as when I upgraded the 730 to WM5.

Good luck...

Looks like Samsung fixed the link on their PDF file, but the link (to the XP upgrade tool) in the PDF file does not work? What's up with that?

SAMSUNG's Digital World

So an update to last night, I am running vista, on a perfect (as it can be it is microsoft laptop). I tried following the instructions to the "." however it failed at 2% (very far i know egh egh). anyways I am now a member of the waiting on fedex club, so i can get my replacement phone. how exciting . Guess VZW hasn't caught on yet..

Just found out that Samsung posting the update was a mistake. VZW told us the updater is not the right version. The firmware is the approved firmware but the actual utility is not done I guess. This would explain why Samsung has pulled it, why it isn't on VZW's site yet, and why it doesn't work so well.

wow, glad I waited....any idea when Verizon will post the official updater?

So the updater tool is to be updated, but if we had a successful upgrade we should be all set?

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I want to say yes, but will try to confirm that.

I updated mine yesterday and have been using it without problems ever since.

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Interesting about it being an apparent mistake. I called Samsung today to ask what was up and they said it got pulled because of problems but would likely be back online within a day or two. Who knows how true that is but I'm going to wait a week and see what happens.

I was ready to install that first night -- had the file on my desktop and everything -- but couldn't find my USB cable. Just found it an hour ago. Maybe it was for the best.

i think so

Just went to Samsung's web site and the files are back up online.... maybe it has been fixed???

Yeah hopefully, who's going to be the test dummy though?

If anyone does this and comes up with a different version than what has already been posted, then that is what will be of interest. Right now the installer works, but it's a pain in the ass. It's reasonably "safe" to do right now, it's just a procedure. Even the official updater can in some cases brick a phone. I'm guess they'll fix it so that the phone portion updates on the first shot and there you have it.

Yeah, VZW did some checking for us and the level of firmware we have is the right version, so for us that did it, we should be ok... should.