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Samsung Instinct HD gets official

Samsung cell phone — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:53:55 +0000

It has taken them long enough, but at least the Samsung Instinct HD is now made official by the carrier, bringing a cool 5-megapixel camera, a 3.2" touchscreen display, high definition video playback, TV out, Wi-Fi connectivity and a proximity sensor among many others in a single phone. You’ll be able to prolong the battery life of this puppy thanks to its Ambient Light Sensor that will make sure the phone’s screen lights up according to the ambient light around automatically. You can pick it up this September 27th onwards for $249.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and signing up for a 2-year contract. Samsung Cell Phone news

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http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/09/samsung_instinct_hd_now_official.html

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Samsung Instinct tips – Convert and Play videos

Samsung cell phone — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:21:27 +0000

I used a free software called Videora iPod Converter. It was intended to be used for converting videos to iPods and the iPhone but works extremely well for the Samsung Instinct.
You can download it for free here.
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/download.php
After your done installing it open Videora (obviously duh).
Once it’s open click on the Convert button along the top (next to Home). Then click on the Video File tab. That will bring you to this screen.

Click on Power Mode. Power Mode will allow you to adjust additional settings (which is needed to make it work on the Samsung Instinct).

File: Use this to select the file you wish to convert.
Output Directory: This is where the converted file is saved.
Title: The name of the converted file.
Device: Select iPhone (That’s what I’ve been using haven’t messed around with others)
Profile: Select MPEG4 VGA 768kbps Stereo/128kbps 2-Pass (Again haven’t tried others yet)
After you do this and wish to convert another file click Add To Que, if this is the only file you want to convert or is the last one hit Convert Now.

Click View Conversion Progress.

Now just sit back and wait. Since we selected 2-Pass it will run twice.
Once it is finished it will try to add the file to your iTunes, if you don’t have it installed you will get an error saying it can’t do it. Everything is fine just click OK. If you do have iTunes you will now notice the converted video added to it. You can remove it if you like.
Putting them on your Samsung Instinct.
Make sure your Samsung Instinct is plugged in via the USB cable. Goto My Computer (or Computer on Vista). For me it is under Removable Disk F: but the letter might be different for you. Double click on it. Then double click on Media. Now just drag and drop the file(s) from where you saved them to into this folder.
To watch these videos.
Unplug your Samsung Instinct and goto Fun > TV/Video > My Videos > Sideloaded and click on the file you want to watch. Double tap the screen to make it full screen. Tap it again to bring up the menus.
There are a ton more options within this program but I have not had the time to play around with it yet. If you have any questions please ask. The pictures are huge I know.
I just got done watching 3 episodes of Weeds, and the movie Jumper all play fine.

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Samsung Instinct trick – using QPST to enable tethering

Samsung cell phone — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:20:43 +0000

NOTE THIS HAS POTENTIAL TO CORRUPT YOUR PHONE’S FILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO LOSE ALL DATA. Samsung Cell Phone tips & tricks
How to use phone as a modem Samsung Instinct
(I do not have an instinct to test this on, so it just a hypothetical.)
1) Install Samsung Instinct Driver

a) Go to http://www.sprint.com/downloads
[b) select OS
c) download Sprint PCS Connection Manager for Phone as Modem/USB Cables
d) Install. Make sure to check box for Samsung Drivers

2) Find phones COM port

a) Attach your phone to your computer via the data cable.
b) right click "My Computer"
c) click on "Properties."
d) Go to the "Hardware" tab
e) hit the "Device Manager" button.
f) In the new window, scroll down to and expand the node labeled "Modems."
g) You should see something along the lines of "SAMSUNG CDMA Modem." Right-click that item and go to the properties window for the CDMA modem.
h) Then go to the "Advanced" tab and near the bottom, hit the button called "Advanced Port Settings." In this window, you should see some information saying what the phone’s COM Port Number is. NOTE PHONE OCCUPT 2 COM ports: one for DATA Modem one for DATA Diagnostic. The other COM port will be +/- 1

3) Obtain MSL #

a) Download the demo version of "CDMA Workshop" from http://www.cdma-ware.com/workshop.html
b) Launch CDMA Workshop
c) Set the COM Settings (AT mode) to COM# of your phone
d) Click Connect
e) Click Read
f) If you have the correct port selected the Phone Information will display correctly. If not see NOTE above and try again
g) Click ‘Security’ Tab
h) Under SPC ‘Default (nv_read)’ click Read

i) The # in the box is your MSL. SAVE IT SOMEWHERE!

4) Configure QPST

a) google QPST 2.7 Build 215 (or above — current is 264) or search on thepiratebay.org
b) download and install QPST
c) open QPST Configuration
d) Click on Add New Port
e) Select COM# – USB/QC Diagnostic and hit ok

5) Change NAI Option

a) go to ‘Start Clients’ and select ‘SERVICE PROGRAMMING’
b) click read from phone
c) enter the MSL# (What you found in part 3) and hit ok
d) CLICK SAVE TO FILE

i) This is a backup procedure to make sure you can fix anything you break!
ii) Save with name and location that you will remember

e) Click on M. IP tab
f) Expand the "NAI" and "Tethered NAI" columns so you can read them both clearly.

i) You should see that Tethered NAI is not the same as NAI.

g) Edit Tethered NAI so that it matches.
h) Save to DIFFERENT back up file

i) Write to phone

6) Using Phone as Modem

a) Win XP

i) Create a New Connection (using WinXP) by selecting Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network Connections > File > New Connection > Next > Next
ii) Select "Set up my connection manually" > Next > Next
iii) Enter the name of the ISP which will be "SprintPCS" and click on Next
iv) Enter #777 and click on Next
v) Uncheck "make this the default connection" and click on Next
vi) Check "add shortcut to my desktop" and you’re done!

b) Windows Vista

i) Start > Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Set up a connection or network > set up a dial up connection > next
ii) Dial-up phone number: #777
iii) User name: (blank)
iv) Password: (blank)
v) Connection name: Sprint
vi) Click connect
vii) If prompted select Sprint CDMA modem

NOTE THIS HAS POTENTIAL TO CORRUPT YOUR PHONE’S FILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO LOSE ALL DATA

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Samsung Instinct tricks – Alarm Clock

Samsung cell phone — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:16:37 +0000

Just found a way to make alarm work during airplane mode:
1) Display must be set to either:
       a)"Dim: Never Dim" or
       b)"Any of the other Dim options combined with "Off: Lock Key Only"
2) Set phone to Airplane mode: ">Settings >General >Airplane Mode=On
            note: clock will disappear from screen, but its still-a-tickin
3) Set alarm time: ">Main >Clock >Alarm"
4) DO NOT SCREEN LOCK note: if you lock screen, your alarm will not sound until you unlock your screen (kinda defeats the purpose of setting the alarm, hunh?)
5) Connect to charger, slide Instinct into holder and get some zzzzzzzzzz’s. Your Instinct will awake you at your set time. Samsung Instinct
not the ideal way to do it, but it works Samsung Cell Phone tips & tricks

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Synching your outlook with your Samsung Instinct alternative

Samsung cell phone — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:14:08 +0000

For all the people who use Microsoft Outlook, there is an application called Microsoft Outlook SMS that is a plug in to your outlook. If set correctly, every time you update your calender or set a task for yourself, outlook will automatically send you a SMS to your phone. This is good because you dont have to log on to Gmail Calender to see your schedule. Now, if you ask, what about if im mobile and I want to update my calender. The way around this is to use your gmail calender, make your new entry, if you always leave your mac/pc on, the gmail sync will kick on and sync your gmail calender with your outlook calender, then send you an SMS with any new appointments. This is an alternative to just using gmail calender. Hope this helps out.. Samsung Instinct

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Here is a step by step on how to set up your Outlook to run the SMS Add-On
1.   Download MS Office Outlook SMS Add-On (link below)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UHSBK6S0
2.   Install File
3.   Once done, open your Outlook
4.   Go to tools/options
5.   Towards the bottom you should now see “mobile options”
6.   Click on “notification”
7.   A pop up should come up that states “ The outlook mobile service (text messaging) is not configured. Do you want to configure now?”
8.   Click Yes
9.   An “add new outlook mobile service screen” should appear. Towards the right is an option for “ fill in this information using M.O.O. Configuration”. CLICK ON THAT!
10.   It will tell you to choose your country and your service provider. Mine is United States/Sprint PCS
11.   Towards the bottom, 2 options should appear. Click on SMS Link for Outlook
12.   You will be asked if you have a hotmail, msn, passport, windows live account. Answer yes or no, then, click next. (THIS IS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR SERVER FOR THE SMS, SO YOU WILL NEED AN ACCOUNT)
13.   Sign in with your ID
14.   Put in your mobile account information & email address that you will use
15.   Check the I Accept Box
16. Configure Outlook
We now need to configure Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to use SMS Link.
Click here to invoke Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.
If a security dialog appears, click Allow to continue.
A dialog will appear with the URL https://messaging.office.microsoft.com/service/omsmessagingservice.asmx.
Click Yes.
Make sure the User ID field contains your Windows Live ID.
Enter your Windows Live ID password in the Password field.
Click Ok.
After you have completed the above steps, click Next to continue.
Complete
Congratulations! Your SMS Link account has been created and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 has been configured to use SMS Link!
17. To enable mobile notifications for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007:
Launch Office Outlook 2007.
On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Preferences tab, click Notification.
Select the notification types you wish to enable.
To send a text message:
Launch Office Outlook 2007.
On the File menu, click New, and then click Text Message.
Enter the recipient’s e-mail address or mobile phone number in the To box. To search for a recipient in an address book, click the To button.
Type your message in the message body.
If you want, you can insert emoticons in your message. On the Text Message tab, in the Insert group, click Emoticon String, and then click an emoticon that you want to insert.
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REMEMBER TO SET YOUR OUTLOOK TO SEND/RECEIVE EMAILS EVERY MINUTE.
WHEN YOU SET UP AN APPOINTMENT, MAKE SURE TO CHANGE THE REMINDER OPTION TO AT LEAST 1 DAY.
CHECK YOUR SENT OUTBOX TO SEE IF IT WENT OUT!!
HOPE THIS HELPS!!!

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Samsung Instinct tricks – Desktop Sync & Mobile Sync FIXED

Samsung cell phone — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:08:52 +0000

I found this site that had a fix for the Desktop Sync & Mobile Sync that works! I tried it and it works. Here is how: Samsung Instinct
I have discovered a very easy fix for anyone with the “The system could not validate login for unknown reasons.” issue while syncing outlook contacts to Samsung Instinct. .
1. Log in to sprint.com
2. Do you see your Samsung Instinct phone under your profile or does it show the old phone. If you are having the outlook sync problem, most likely your old phone is there under your profile.
3. Click on settings & passwords link on top
4. Click on update profile
5. Click on update phone
7. Enter your phone number, you will get a text message with code
8. Enter that code when asked on the website
9. Log out, log back in
10. Sprint Samsung Instinct should be there now. Click on “Online Tools” on top
11. Click on mobile sync to set it up.
12. Done, plug in your phone and sync away!

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I had the Samsung Instinct show on my account already but I just re-added it to my account like it says here and It worked. Samsung Cell Phone tips & tricks
Thanks to http://davidciccone.com/2008/06/21/inst … -sync-fix/ for the information.

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Samsung Instinct tricks – Desktop Connectors steps and links to work email

Samsung cell phone — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:06:15 +0000

Hello gang I have seen some threads on DC and I am going to try and bring it all together in this thread with all the correct links to connect at home and at work; here we go! Samsung Instinct

Samsung Instinct tricks – Desktop Connectors steps and links to work email

1.I would advise to set the connection 1st at home when you have time and no interruptions at this link.
https://sprintce.sprintpcs.com/subscriber/create_slingshot_user.stp
2.You must remember all the settings, i.e. username and password these should not change from the orginal
    settings, you 1st set up at the above link.
3. Now onto setting it up a downloading the DC exe file i.e. on your work computer
4. Go to this link on your work computer, https://sprintce.sprintpcs.com/subscriber/login.stp
5. Use the username and password u used to set up your home computer settings
6. When you login you will see a big download box for DC ver 6.6.8. 236
7. This will download the exe file and just follow the steps to put it on your work desktop
8. JUST REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO USE THE YOUR ORIGINAL SETTINGS FROM WHEN YOU 1ST
    INSTALLED DESKTOP CONNECTOR

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It took me several phone calls from tech support to get these links, seems this is not Universal knowledge, a lot of tech support claim you cant install this on multiple computers thats BULL. I want to share this with all of you since I have received so many tips ENJOY you WORK! Samsung Cell Phone tips & tricks

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Put music on the Samsung Instinct

Samsung cell phone — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:32:13 +0000

Put your music on the Samsung instinct

Step 1:
-Downloading The Software-
Go to www.MediaMonkey.com and click on download, then follow the links till it starts. This has to be one of the best freewares out there. It makes converting music and embedding album art a breeze, so I highly recommend getting this for putting music on your Instinct.
Step 2:
-Finding Your Music-
Get all of the music that you want to put on your Instinct and copy it into a folder purely for your instinct. This way you have back ups if you every need them. I suggest making sub folders for Artists and albums but you can do them all at once into one folder as well.
example:
Desktop\Instinct Music\Opeth\Stilllife
Step 3:
-Converting Your Music-
Open Media Monkey, (I recommend doing the albums individually but you can do all at once) copy the music you want and paste into the now playing window.
Select all of the files and click on Tools then "Convert Audio Format" (or Shift+Control+C).
A window will pop up with the destination for the new files, copy the folder (continuing the example: Desktop\Instinct Music\Opeth\Stilllife) and paste it into the text window.
Next you need to change the format so click on the scroll tab that says "format" next to it and click on MP3.
If you want, you can click on settings bellow "format" to change the bit rate or quality of the song.
Click on "Okay" located at the bottom right of the window to start the conversion and let it take it’s sweet time to finish.
Step 3:
-Embedding Album Art-
After your music is converted, you can add album art to make a much better presentation on your Instinct. To do so, you are first going to need to download a file of the album art. I personally used google and did a image search for "Opeth Stilllife"(Opeth being the band, and stilllife being the album". find a image that is bigger then 240×240 px and download it. I recommend saving it with the album for safe keeping.
Once you have the album art, you need to get a image conversion program. Programs like Photoshop (not freeware) or Gimp (freeware) work great.
You can get Gimp (freeware) at http://www.gimp.org/
I personally use photo shop so I am going to explain what to do with that but I am sure that Gimp is very similar in process.
Open Photoshop, and click on file, then open. find the album art that you had downloaded (example: Desktop\Instinct Music\Opeth\Stilllife\Stilllife Album Art) and click on open.
Once you have the image opened in photoshop, click on "Image", then "Image Size". a window will pop up for this. click on the scroll tab and click on pixels. After this change the width to 240px, hit "OK", then "File" , "Save As" and save into the same place that the original picture was from under the same name. It will ask you if you want to overwrite the original file, hit "OK".
Now that you have the Album Art in the right resolution, open Media Monkey again and put the music that you have already converted into the "Now Playing" tab. select the album that you want to embed the album art to, right click it, and hit "Properties". A window will pop up. Click on the "Album Art" tab and hit "Add". Next you find the image that you converted and hit "Open", then "OK".
Now you have your music embedded with album art! yay!
Step 4:
-Getting The Music Onto The Instinct-
There are several ways to do this. One is through the software that came with the phone, the second is through Media Monkey, and the Third (which I use and will explain) is manually. I recommend doing this manually just because I know there are people out there that cant get there phones to connect to the Media Manager, and this works no matter what.
Connect your phone to your computer, or connect the SD card into a SD slot in your computer, and open the Removable Disk. Click on Music, then copy the files that you converted and paste them into this folder. This will take some time, so do get too gitty while waiting!
Once all the files are copied onto the memory stick, their put the memory stick into your phone, or unplug the usb cord depending on which method you used.
Now that your music is on your phone, open the music program, and enjoy!!!

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Samsung Instinct Tips – Copying iTunes Music

Samsung cell phone — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:26:34 +0000

Ok, so it took me awhile to figure this out. Hopefully, it will save someone else.
1. To copy music from iTunes it cannot have DRM so remove it if it has any. (Buy from iTunes Plus, use Tunebite.)
2. Use iTunes to convert the song to MP3 (or set it to do that in Tunebite).
3. Drag and drop to the Music folder in the root of the memory stick.

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Samsung Instinct Tips – Make Your Own Wallpapers

Samsung cell phone — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:59:31 +0000

The dimensions for the wallpapers are 240 x 432

You can use any software or website you want to resize the picture you want to use. Samsung Cell Phone tips & tricks

Step 1:
Plug your USB cable into your Samsung Instinct and the computer and the memory card in the Instinct should appear in your system as another hard drive. When you click view folder, you will see a few folders, one is called DCIM. Inside that folder are two other folders called CAMERA and SAVED. Copy the pictures you have downloaded to your computer to the SAVED folder on the Samsung Instinct Phone.

Step 2:
After transferring your pictures, and unplugging your Samsung Instinct phone from the USB cable, you should be able to use your phone. Samsung Instinct

From the main icon select the settings icon. Then select "Display" followed by "background". Select "My Photos" followed by the "Saved folder." Pick the photo you want to use as your background and once its displayed, select the "ok" button to the right of the photo.

And that is it! That is how you make your own wall papers.

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