Samsung i780 connection issues with Hotmail and Live services only - Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking

I own an Australian (Optus, original ROM version = i780DTHD1) version of the i780 which I recently upgraded to an official Samsung release Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro ROM meant for Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam (i780PDXIB1) which I downloaded from the Samsung OS Upgrader website. There is no official WM6.1 ROM for Australia yet.
At first, the upgrader checks to make sure the OS and phone ROM version matches against it's version, which meant I'm not suppose to be able to upgrade due to the different ROM version. However, I found an online tutorial which showed me how I can use a hex editor to change the ROM version in the upgrader to match with the phone's version.
http://www.pocketpt.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t26390.html
I got pass the version check and the ROM started uploading but failed at uploading the "Phone Image" a.k.a 3rd upload. I soft rest the handset and it was showing WM6.1 with the new ROM version but the Phone version was still the original version (i780DTHD1) .
I then proceeded to use the unmodified upgraded which will now match against my OS version and the upgrade completed successfully with both OS and phone ROM versions now showing i780PDXIB1 .
Everything runs smoothly (quicker actually). My problem started when I tried to access Windows Live, Live Messenger and even Hotmail. I am unable to connect to any of these services. Hotmail on Pocket IE and Opera 9.5 just gives me a black white screen, while Windows Live and Messenger says there is a connectivity issue. I can browse other sites using PIE and Opera just not Hotmail and Live services. I was able to access these services when in WM6 and I noticed that Live and Hotmail services always connect using GPRS even though I am connected to wifi.
According to Microsoft Mobile FAQ http://mobile.microsoft.com/live/En...&sid=da8e298231e845e1dbc1fcea1df83430e6c29ce0, the connection profile called "The Internet" must be configured with my provider's settings. I checked my connection settings and could not find that connection. But when I try to add a new connection called "The Internet", I get an error message "Connection settings already exist with that name". But I'm pretty sure there is no such connection. I looked for it in the registry (PHM Registry) and only found one entry for "The Internet" under HKLM/Comm/ConnMgr/Destinations/ which contains the following:
Name > Data
DestId > {436EF.......}
ReadOnly > 0 (00000000)
Secure > 0 (00000000)
I deleted that entry (after full registry backup) and soft reset the device. I am now able to add a new connection called "The Internet" but the problem still exists. What I also notice is the drop down box for "My network card connects to:" for my Wi-Fi adapter is blank. Before the registry edit, I am able to select either "The Internet or "Work" connection. Without any success I restored the registry backup and now everything is back to previous state.
To summarize the problem:
Unable to edit or add "The Internet" connection after upgrading to WM6.1 Pro. I get an error message "Connection settings already exist with that name". But unable to find it in Connections.
Missing connection is causing Windows Live and Messenger services not to work.
Hotmail.com and Live.com shows a blank screen while other websites load ok i.e. Google
Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks.
Regards,
Daniel

I manage to find a solution to this problem at the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=409645
There is a file called MSNWiFiFix.zip which contains a .provxml file. I used a text editor to inspect the file and what it contains is the following:
=====================================
<wap-provisioningdoc>
<characteristic type="Registry">
<characteristic type="HKLM\Comm\ConnMgr\Destinations\My Internet" translation="filesystem">
<parm name="Secure" datatype="integer" value="0"/>
<parm name="DestId" datatype="string" value="{B157AC6A-DA25-46B3-8E55-1F2923F1E72B}"/>
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>
=====================================
What I did was go to the "The Internet" registry path "HKLM\Comm\ConnMgr\Destinations\The Internet" and entered the "DestId" string from above.
When I soft reset my device, I now have "The Internet" connection setting in My Connections
I then added my Telco's (Telstra) gprs connection and Windows Live and MSN Messenger is now able to connect.

Resolved
DO NOT USE previous method.
Further testing resulted in other connection profiles to STOP working. ONLY MSN services can connect to the internet via "The Internet" connection profile. No other internet sites worked on PIE or OPERA.
So I dug further into this "MSNWiFiFix" and decided to try load the default configuration into the device.
After a soft reset, I configured my device with the following:
1. Configured Telstra WAP (telstra.wap) connection in "My Work Network" with proxy settings 10.1.1.181
2. Telstra Internet (telstra.internet) connection in "My Internet" (added by MSNWiFiFix) connection without proxy settings.
Results= IT WORKED!!! Both Live service and internet browsing works!
When I access BigPond mobile portal, it connects via Telstra WAP. When I sign in to Windows Live service, it connects via Telstra Internet. Unfortunately I can't have both running at the same time but atleast now I can check my Hotmail and have push email configured.

Windows Live & Hotmail.com Connection Problem on my I780
1) Always show connection problem with Windows Live logon with 3G or Wifi.
2) Encounter Blank page through IE connecting to www.hotmail.com
Other websites or appications are connecting fine with 3G or Wifi. Anyone can help with these issues? Or it is common problem or bugs on I780?

I fixed this problem
I have fixed this problem for my own phone.
I created a .cab with the XML in the post above. As soon as I run the .cab (attached) I can connect to Live services.
However, like the original poster it broke my normal internet connectivity for non-Live apps. I easily fixed this by correcting the settings.
Now everything works!

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OK thanks for that. I'll just hand it over to my dad with GPRS working and see if he can get his sim card reset.
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Astier said:
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My PC get a 169.254.2.2 IP adress and I can Ping 169.254.2.1
Trying to load a page in IE returns a warning window "Connection impossible, go to connections settings"
Thanks for any suggestion,
Jean-Jacques
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
check out your settings in active sync, ive had this problem a few times and when i change the settings to work in the config page of active sync, the problem goes away.
Found, thanks
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