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Samsung Releases Windows Mobile 6.5 Upgrade for Jack

Thoughts Written by: Mike Temporale on Thursday, November 5, 2009 9:45am

WinPhone_v_web Samsung has released their ROM upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 for the Jack Smartphone. Now, to be clear about which Samsung Jack we’re talking about; If you have a Rogers or Fido Samsung Jack, then this upgrade is not for you. If you have an AT&T Samsung Jack, then this is your path to Windows Mobile 6.5. The full details and installation instructions can be found on Samsung’s website. And just like with past upgrades, Samsung has made it as difficult as possible to upgrade your device. There’s numerous steps and hoops that you need to jump through, but in the end I think the result will be worth it.

Before performing this upgrade, be sure to backup any personal information you might have on the device. The upgrade will wipe the device and restore it to factory default settings. If you don’t have a backup procedure in place, I highly recommend you install Microsoft’s My Phone service and backup all your data to the cloud for free. You can sign up here, or read more about it in my review – here.

I’m off to upgrade my Jack. If you have any problems or questions about the upgrade process, just post them in the comments here and I’ll do what I can to help. I’ll post my thoughts on the new ROM once my device is flashed and I’ve had a chance to play around with it. :)

Update: It looks like the update will not run on Windows 7, even if it’s run under compatibility mode as an administrator. You’ll need a machine running Vista or XP in order to do this upgrade. When I launched the installer on Vista, it failed the first time. I had to run the installer as an administrator in order for it to work.

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5 Responses to “Samsung Releases Windows Mobile 6.5 Upgrade for Jack”

  1. Remo Knops on November 9th, 2009 5:19 am
    Remo Knops

    I hope that the installers for ROM upgrades will be fixed quickly to run from Windows XP, Vista and 7 !!

    // Remo Knops

  2. Mike Temporale on November 9th, 2009 1:20 pm
    Mike Temporale

    @Remo – There’s no problem installing this on Vista or XP. You will need to run the EXE as an admin, but otherwise it works just fine.

    Win7 is another story. Try as I might, I was unable to get this to run on Win7. Good thing I still have a machine running XP around the house.

  3. Peter Temporale on November 10th, 2009 2:44 pm
    Peter Temporale

    Windows XP forever! :)

  4. Karl Ehlert on December 2nd, 2009 2:46 pm
    Karl Ehlert

    This wouldn’t work on my Vista machine. Called and got the drivers for it. http://www.4shared.com/file/149853232/22edbb08/i637Driver.html

  5. Shannon McAdams on December 16th, 2009 12:38 pm
    Shannon McAdams

    I’m running Vista too and had the same problem as Karl. Thanks for the link to the drivers Karl! after I got the drivers, it loaded right up.

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