Samsung Omnia Pro B7610

It's been 5 days after I installed the Giorgio Armani ROM by daskalos. So far, so good. I've encountered 2 coma's which were obviously caused by locking the device while Opera was still cleaning up the RAM, but just a few minutes ago, it wouldn't wake up again (3rd coma), even though I did not use Opera at all today. It might be due to a game or two that I installed just several minutes before the discovery of the 3rd coma. Will observe the games further.

When I poked the reset button, it booted just fine to 7% battery charge (It's been around 2 full days plus 8 hours since it was last charged (technically, since it was first used the morning after a previous night's full charge (Saturday evening charge, Sunday morning 6am first use).

Samsung Omnia Pro B7610

I have acquired said phone last May 1, 2010, and after only a few days, I modified its PDA ROM.

Original ROM:

PDA: B7610NXXIL1 (IL1 = 2009/December rev. 1)

CSC: B7610NXTCIL3

PHONE: B7610XXIK1

WinMo 6.5 Professional

CE OS 5.2.21868 (Build 21868.5.0.69)

Windows Mobile 6.5

Processor: ARM1176 ...

MODIFIED ROM:

PDA: B7610NXXJC2 (JC2 = 2010/March rev. 2)

WinMo 6.5 Professional

CE OS 5.2.23568 (Build 23658.5.5.0)

(Windows Mobile 6.5.5)

Changes I loved:

• Quicker contact search -- upon entering Samsung Phonebook, I can type letters and it will start searching matching names. With 6.5, I need to press the SEARCH button first before typing.

Changes I hated:

• The Wi-Fi radio would occasionally NOT TURN ON, as if the transmitter got disconnected from the electronics :(
• Sometimes the unit will not wake up from LOCKED state, and I need to soft-reset it by poking the reset button on the side. I am convinced, after reading this link, that Opera is the culprit.

Last week, after I charged the phone while tethered via USB-cable to my laptop almost all day, I went to the mall, and I couldn't make the Wi-Fi activate! After soft-resetting it 9 times (!!!) I eventually got to make it activate.

Then I read yesterday from Modaco that one user was loving the Giorgio Armani ROM on his B7610 because the Wi-Fi wasn't dying anymore. He mentioned that he was having Wi-Fi issues in ALL JC2 ROMs, but I think the issue was with WinMo 6.5.5 (and possible 6.5.3), because the GA B7620 ROM was based on 6.5 JC2, and so far, so good, I've downgraded my PDA ROM with it. :)

But now I have to press the Search button when selecting contacts. :(

Oh, and the Opera comatose problem is still here. :(