Way to change Samsung SCH-M480 to WMP6 English? Cant flash it!? - Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking

I live in Korean, but I'm a native English speaker, and don't understand any korean. I got the awesome SCH-M480 because it's the ONLY smartphone here, but its all in Korean, so I don't understand a thing. I've found that WMP6 English version for it has been developed here on the forums, but it seems its been forgotten, as my questions on how to flash/upgrade it have been unanswered.
Via the instructions I've read in this forums, and for a phone of the same make as mine (but different model # because different country, which is the the Samsung SGH-i780). The keys are basically identical, and other people on the forums have done this flash, but how they got past flashing step 8 I havent the foggiest. It says:
(8) Switch on the phone while holding the ENTER and FUNCTION buttons (ALT BUTTON)
(9) After the system DETECT message appears, connect the phone via USB to your PC
Where are those buttons?? I would assume it would be the half white and half black half white button (alt/function) and the normal enter curved down then left arrow key (enter). You can see the keypad here:
But I've tried it dozens of times and I get no such msg or nothing out of the ordinary. I've tried other button combination also but to no avail.
Also, I've installed RealVGA in hopes that I can change to an English language pack, but out of all the langpacks out there, there is none for English! Go figure.
Please, someone, anyone, any ideas? I desperately need to get some English on this phone so I can start taking advantage of it. I've tried everywhere, heres hoping someone here can offer some advice...

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Problem with keyboard not working

Hi there !
I got a strange problem on my MDA Vario II, running Schap's latest Rom:
Sometimes suddenly the Keyboard is not working any more. Neither the backlight is coming on, nor the entered keys seem to be recognised - beside the 'dot' button
Restarting my Phone by simply switching it off and on again always fixes it.
Anybody seen something similar ?
Regards
CDS
I usually have got it on AT&T's rom or vp3G's rom,
when i go to type a text the little white dot is on, and when i turn it off it reappers and types numbers and other letters, only a soft reset makes it normal again. Anyone know what's up?
Apostlemk said:
I usually have got it on AT&T's rom or vp3G's rom,
when i go to type a text the little white dot is on, and when i turn it off it reappers and types numbers and other letters, only a soft reset makes it normal again. Anyone know what's up?
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Ive had similar issues running vp3g 3.0 rom as well...
Also I am unable to use the keyboard to send a text when I am on a call using the bluetooth.. I have to pull out the stylus and us it that way.. Anyone experiance this?
me too, especially when I`m online I can`t push the red button !
I found out one interesting thing:
Pressing the OK button one or two times normally fixes this for me without any restart .
CDS

Oops..

i posted the begining of my problem somewhere on monday but cant remember where. so.....
on monday, the screen on my tmobile dash messed up, now the top half of the screen has white horizontal lines covering it.
well, i called tmobile and the phone was still under warrenty, so got a like new phone sent and it arived today. I went about unlocking it and upgrading to wm6.1 like i had on my last phone. started out with all sorts of problems sycning and i had to reinstall active sync and that seemed to fix it. continued installing the upgrade, the dos program runs i press the center button and i get the red blue green screen and i know from before that that normally means it isn't working, so i reboot the phone, re sync, and re do it and get the red green blue screen again and the update program says it can recover and it leads me through a four step process, upplug, pull bat, reboot and do it again, only it reboots into the red green blue screen, wouldnt sync and when i turned it off, i couldnt get it to power back up. no response from the phone at all. pulled battery many times and all.
What are my options? I know that i agreed to the statment and i have no one to blame but my self. is there anything i can do? i have 7 days to return the half working phone, and i have a feeling that because its unlocked and has wm6.1 on it that tmobile is going to charge me what ever it will be. I have 200.00 in credit with um, and i feel that those fees will take away from that, leave me with an un usable phone, and no money to do anything about it !
a brainstorm, could i just tell tmobile that i got the phone that way? or would they see through my lies?
please please please please help!!!
and thanks a ton in advance.
Nick
NJDubois said:
i posted the begining of my problem somewhere on monday but cant remember where. so.....
on monday, the screen on my tmobile dash messed up, now the top half of the screen has white horizontal lines covering it.
well, i called tmobile and the phone was still under warrenty, so got a like new phone sent and it arived today. I went about unlocking it and upgrading to wm6.1 like i had on my last phone. started out with all sorts of problems sycning and i had to reinstall active sync and that seemed to fix it. continued installing the upgrade, the dos program runs i press the center button and i get the red blue green screen and i know from before that that normally means it isn't working, so i reboot the phone, re sync, and re do it and get the red green blue screen again and the update program says it can recover and it leads me through a four step process, upplug, pull bat, reboot and do it again, only it reboots into the red green blue screen, wouldnt sync and when i turned it off, i couldnt get it to power back up. no response from the phone at all. pulled battery many times and all.
What are my options? I know that i agreed to the statment and i have no one to blame but my self. is there anything i can do? i have 7 days to return the half working phone, and i have a feeling that because its unlocked and has wm6.1 on it that tmobile is going to charge me what ever it will be. I have 200.00 in credit with um, and i feel that those fees will take away from that, leave me with an un usable phone, and no money to do anything about it !
a brainstorm, could i just tell tmobile that i got the phone that way? or would they see through my lies?
please please please please help!!!
and thanks a ton in advance.
Nick
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Okay do this, make sure the phone is off and hold the camera button down for about 5 seconds... this button is located to the right of the keyboard. While still holding it down plug in the phone to the usb and now you should see a tri-colored screen come up. Now you can load the original rom the phone came with... The official roms could be found in the link below... called "official roms" and just download the t-mobile rom... and now you can flash your phone with the original rom...
stonersayswhat?
gixxum said:
stonersayswhat?
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quis-ego....
anyone seen the other half of my thought from the other night? anyone?
Ok, I had found a forum post saying to hold down the SYM button, but couldn't get it working untill I read your reply. Much thanks, the phone is on, and giving me the red green blue screen. I hear the windows alert saying a USB device is plugged in, but active sync wont pick it up. So I'll post about it here, and while I dig through the internet trying to find my cure, I will hope that someone will know what my next step is.
Much much thanks jdoggraz! At least now I know my phone isn't completely dead!
Nick
jdoggraz already told you what to do. YUou do not have to wait for active sync to pick the phone. Just run the exe for the orginal rom.
I have tried to do a hard reset.
Hold the 2 softkeys down(the "-" on each end) for a few seconds, hot the power button down for 2 seconds and then hold the 2 softkeys down and wiat, but nothing happens. Donno why, but may be not being able to hard reset is a clue to whats wrong.
[EDIT]
I have found something about a program called Mtty.exe, and also a UNI_ExitBootLoader But I get a "un able to connect to usb" error with both programs when I try to connect. But, once again, every time I plug the phone into the computer I hear the alert saying a usb device has been attached??
[Another Edit]
I just noticed in Device Manager, under Window CE USB Devices, that my Smartphone USB Sycn Has that nasty Yellow explanation mark next to it.
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device.
?
NJDubois said:
I have tried to do a hard reset.
Hold the 2 softkeys down(the "-" on each end) for a few seconds, hot the power button down for 2 seconds and then hold the 2 softkeys down and wiat, but nothing happens. Donno why, but may be not being able to hard reset is a clue to whats wrong.
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why are you resetting it? you were at the bootloader screen in your last post...right where you needed to be. now you are 2 steps back?
Sorry guys, I guess I wasn't getting a refreshed look at the forum post, and I didn't see any other posts. I went back to what I was told to do in the first place.
I first tried
1.33.422.1 (Worldwide English, WM6)
1.27.405.1 (Worldwide English, WM6)
With both I get:
ERROR [224] : INVALID MODEL ID
This update utility cannot be used for your smartphone. Please check your Update Utility.
And in the lower right there is a string of characters that is different every time.
What am I doing wrong? I'm so frustrated. I followed your instructions =(
[EDIT] OMG I am an idiot, ignore this post. If I wasn't so beat I might have scrolled down and noticed the tmobile DASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NJDubois said:
Sorry guys, I guess I wasn't getting a refreshed look at the forum post, and I didn't see any other posts. I went back to what I was told to do in the first place.
I first tried
1.33.422.1 (Worldwide English, WM6)
1.27.405.1 (Worldwide English, WM6)
With both I get:
ERROR [224] : INVALID MODEL ID
This update utility cannot be used for your smartphone. Please check your Update Utility.
And in the lower right there is a string of characters that is different every time.
What am I doing wrong? I'm so frustrated. I followed your instructions =(
[EDIT] OMG I am an idiot, ignore this post. If I wasn't so beat I might have scrolled down and noticed the tmobile DASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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pass the hookah brother..i wanna hang out in your world
puff, puff, give... man!....you're [email protected]#ing up the rotation!
An update.
I have gotten wm5 installed and working on my phone. I can't for the life of me get the 6.1 update to work. I get the agreement, press the center button and it goes back to the OS, the phone then locks up, and I have to restart it to re sycn.
This is very time consuming! The phone takes for ever to start. I also want to note that I upgraded my last dash with little problems, but this dash has been nothing but a head ache. WHY?!?!? I am not looking forward to being stuck with this phone.
Thanks everyone, for all the help. I went a little off course last night, I was falling asleep trying to get this thing working.
puff puff pass
nick
[EDIT] Why wont the screen go almost white after i click the middle button?!?!?!?!?
It works, YAY!!
Thank you soooo freaking much, everyone!
NJDubois said:
It works, YAY!!
Thank you soooo freaking much, everyone!
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No problem, so what exactly did you end up doing?
damn! it's "cashed"!
pudgedaddy said:
damn! it's "cashed"!
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hahaha

Help changing HX2795 from Spanish to English

Hi, I'm new to the forum and have only basic skills when it comes to doing hacks and mods. So please be patient.
I recently purchased a second HP HX2795 on ebay that had a cracked screen. I ordered and replaced the screen, charged the battery and booted it up. The first issue I encountered was that it is a spanish language version. I looked through my other HX and could'nt find a language setting to switch it to English. Searching the internet is what brought me here. I found an old thread explaining how to patch in a new language but I don't really understand how to do it. My second issue occurs shortly after it boots, it stays frozen on the owner information screen and wont do anything else. I was wondering if it could possibly be an issue with the new screen connection so I pulled it apart and made sure everything was secure. No luck. Is there a way to reset or reflash the unit back to its original factory settings. I did a hard reset several times with no change. Thanks for your time and patience, Brian
I resolved the issue with it being stuck on the owner info screen. Seems my lack of espanol kept me from understanding the instrustions on what it wanted me to do. Now if I can just translate it to english, I'll have another working hx2795 for $3 plus the new screen.
I've been trying to figure this out for days. Can anyone help?

Phone keypad gone

Hi, first of all, sorry if its a repost.
I have a touch pro 2 and upgraded it to WM 6.5 couple of months ago. now i realize that at the home page, I press "phone", nothing come up. it suppose to show me a phone keypad for me to press numbers to call. i tried soft reset twice, but nothing happen. it seems stuck, and cant show the keypad. I just realize it when i was about to save a new number.
Can somebody help me?
You may have already checked this, so I apologize if this sounds stupid, but did you try pressing the little phone icon at the bottom of the screen (where the soft keyboard button usually is, except it looks like a phone instead, at least on my Verizon TP2). That happened to me the other day while trying to enter my pin for voicemail and I found the soft keyboard (phone pad) had simply collapsed. One tap and I was back in business.
thx2. relax, it wont sound stupid, any solution is welcome here. ya i check already and still no use. anybody else have the same problem and got the solution?
This sounds almost exactly like the same proplem i´ve had twice now. If that is the case then your sms capability should be gone as well.
The data connection (GPRS, HDSPA or whatever is availiable in your area) wil be working fine but you should notice that the antenna icon at the top of the screen will show no connection, i.e. antenna logo with exclamation mark.
If your problem is consistent with this behavior there is good news & bad news.
Good news: There is a fix.
Bad news: Only fix that i know of so far is to do a Hard Reset.
Seeking help, i posted a question about i yesterday. Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=646853
It´s almost as if the "phone software" has generated an error and shut down. I don´t know how to restart it. Tried switching to airplane mode & back. Tried redetecting the cellular network and got prompted for a PIN code. Entered it and then nothing. Still no phone.
Regards
ELO

Help with factory reset!!!!

I have an 8160 which I have just tried to factory reset in order to clear all data and start using as a spare phone.
I did the first reset from the screen selection but when it restarted it came up with the phone pages in what looks like Polish language!! (I bought it here in UK)
I have tried two more button push resets but always restarts in the foreign language.
Can anything be done please? I bought the phone from a reputable Internet phone supplier. It's not some back street trade!
Any help would be appreciated please.
Thank you
JohnG
johngarnett said:
I have an 8160 which I have just tried to factory reset in order to clear all data and start using as a spare phone.
I did the first reset from the screen selection but when it restarted it came up with the phone pages in what looks like Polish language!! (I bought it here in UK)
I have tried two more button push resets but always restarts in the foreign language.
Can anything be done please? I bought the phone from a reputable Internet phone supplier. It's not some back street trade!
Any help would be appreciated please.
Thank you
JohnG
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Just change the language on start screen from dropdown menu (in the middle of screen). It's for 4.1.2.
If there is 2.3.6, there is a button in a button right part of the screen.
It's not hard at all. All roms are multilangual.
Mine was from Poland (with polish-language rom). It took me less then 20 seconds to set russian language.
Thabk you!
Just as you said - easy - when you know how!!
JohnG

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