Chinh Do

Windows Mobile 6.1 for Samsung SCH-i760

28th July 2008

Windows Mobile 6.1 for Samsung SCH-i760

posted in Gadgets, Technology, Windows Mobile / Pocket PC |

Good news for i760 owners: Windows Mobile 6.1 update is now available.

This update fixes one major annoyance: support for SDHC cards with more than 2GB. I use my i760 as a music player and it’s kind of tough to have to fit my music selection into 2GB (or 4GB if you use the hack but didn’t want to use a hack).

Some features of note in WM 6.1:

  • Support for SDHC cards  beyond 2GB. 8GB cards seem to be working fine for people.
  • Threaded SMS reader.
  • View YouTube videos (m.youtube.com).

Download the update from Verizon here.

More information here.

Verizon SCH-i760 Upgrade Tool

A word of warning:  the upgrade utility provided by Verizon/Samsung looks like a major piece of rushware. Many people reported no problems with the upgrade, but others reported of bricked phones, partially upgraded phones, and having to try the upgrade process multiple times to get it to work.

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There are currently 2 responses to “Windows Mobile 6.1 for Samsung SCH-i760”

  1. 1 On August 19th, 2008, Rob Yo said:

    Make sure you not encrypt your files on your sd memory before you do the upgrade. If not your phone nor anything else can read the files.

    posted on August 19th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

  2. 2 On August 25th, 2008, Chinh Do said:

    Rob: Thanks for the tip. I learned to stay away from any type of Microsoft OS encryption since tried using NTFS encryption and learned about its shortcomings the hard way.

    posted on August 25th, 2008 at 10:54 pm

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