Samsung Omnia

Align Screen Trap of Omnia

After Hard Reset of the Omnia, some users were unable to get pass the alignment screen and end up in a loop. It kept asking the users for the screen alignment.

Let's us give u a simple solution to work out of the screen alignment trap and work for most users. Press and hold the + sign and it will move to another location. Perform the same thing by pressing and hold the + sign and continue until screen alignment is complete. It is best to use a stylus to perform this job although your finger can also perform the same thing.

Another method is go to notepad and create a file called welcome.not and save it to the removable memory card. Put the removable memory card back to your Omnia and ON it. You will get past the screen alignment trap and Omnia will start up.

There is a bug in the calibration software and the only way to get around it is by modifying the registry editor. This only work if you are able to load the software is just performing screen alignment for better performance. 

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->HARDWARE->DEVICEMAP->TOUCH.
Change the key value for MaxCalError from 7 to a bigger value (for example 14). Do a soft reset and start a manual re-Align of the screen.

You can download PHM Registry Editor if you do not have one by clicking here>>>

Change Omnia Mouse Pointer

Omnia is using the default Arrow Mouse Cursor. Samsung i780 has the option to change the Mouse Cursor but it is not available in Omnia. The only way to change the Mouse Cursor Design is by modifying the registry entry. You need a Registry Editor to change the registry entry

Go to hklm/system/state/samsung/mouse
Click on CursorShape and change the DWORD Data to a value between 0 and 24. This will change the mouse cursor design. Click on Done or Save depending on Registry Editor u using.

Mouse Cursor Design

0 Standard White Arrow 
1 Orange V-Shape Arrow
2 Blue V-Shape Arrow
3 Green V-Shape Arrow
4 Wand with Star on the End
5 Pencil
6 Crayon
7 Paper Plane
8 Seaside Windmill
9 Little Man With Stick (actually it looks like a Nun)
10 Heart
11 Bird
12 Flower
13 Four-Leaf Clover
14 Butterfly
15 Cloud
16 Football
17 Bomb
18 Candy Lollypop
19 Ice Cream
20 Santa Hat
21 Snowman
22 Paw Print
23 Man Square Head
24 Strange Head with Purple Hair

Increase main memory for Omnia?

The Omnia Memory is made up of two parts which are the Storage and Program. You will not be able to adjust the memory allocation for each of them. Some PDA Phone has this function to adjust memory allocation between the Storage and Program.

Program Memory is the memory used to run your programs and Storage Memory is used for installing programs and store your files in. To conserve more main memory, you can install all your files to the My Storage. Although you do not install the programs into the main memory, the program link (*.lnk) will get copy to the main memory and some of the required system file will go into the main memory too. In addition, you can also stored all you files such as music, documents and others in My Storage or your Removable Memory Card.

If you used your Omnia for surfing internet, you must also clear the caches and the temporary files. These will up take space on your Omnia. You can use Clear Temp to clear away the caches and unused files.
Click here to download Clear Temp>>>

How to use the Flash Light as a Torch?

You can made use of the Flash Light on your Omnia as a Torch. It will provide a simple lighting system for you if you do not have sufficient light in your environment. This is a useful tool which is present on most Sony Ericsson K Series Cybershot Phone.

How to ON the flash Light?

1.Go to Settings > Personal > Buttons > Flash Light tab at bottom

2. Tick the Press Volume key long on Today screen to turn on Flash Light

3. Press OK to save the Settings

You may now press and hold the Volume Key for a 2 secs and the Flash Light will turn on for you to use as a Torch. To off the light just hold the Volume Key for 2 secs and the Flash Light will be off.

Pls note that you must use the Volume Down Key to trigger the light as shown in the picture in the Button Flash Light Tab.

Mass Storage for Omnia

You can enabled your Omnia My Storage (8GB or 16GB) as Mass Storage. It will appeared as a removable disk on your Windows computer and MAC. This will allow you to copy and paste between the Omnia and your Computer. 

How to enable Mass Storage?

Go to Settings - Connections - USB Connection Mode and choose Mass Storage. Choose My Storage in the drop down box which will either 8GB/16GB. You can also choose to use Storage Card as the Mass Storage which is the removable memory card on your Omnia.

Screen Calibration

This is just a tweak to improve the Screen Calibration of your Omnia. You need to use a Registry Editor like PHM, Resco or any others brand you posses. PHM Registry Editor is a freeware and can be downloaded at FreewarePPC or click here to the download page.

Improve Screen Calibration

1. Open your Registry Editor(PHM Registry Editor)

2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/TOUCH/

3. Click on CalibrationData

4. Value Data change to > 519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872

5. Click OK to save it.

You may also wish to copy down the old data before you input the new one.

My OLD Value Data was 505,512 172,875 163,147 846,148 829,876 and yours might be different a bit.

NoData

This is a good utility to allow you to disable your GPRS. It lists your GPRS connections, and allows you to disable them so that they won't be used. You will not incur GPRS bill if you do not subscribe to a Data Plan. This is also useful when you travel abroad and need to disable the GPRS due to high roaming charges. Your GPRS settings will not be deleted and will remain on your system.

Download NoData>>> 

Audio Settings

You need to key a special code to increase the volume of your ringtones and other audio settings. Please take note loud noise may damage your hearing ability.

*#0002*28346#

You will see a wm9713 control utility screen pop up.

To adjust the handset volume for talking...

Click Menu > Talking > Handset
Change RX(16) to 3 or 6 or 9 (be sure to test with another phone!)
Click Menu > Apply

If you mess it up, here are the default settings.
RCV(02) -3
RX(16) -3
MPBST(22) +12
MVOL(0E) 0
M2BST(10) +0
TX(08) -6

To change the loudspeaker volume for ringtones, movies, mp3...

Click menu > normal > handset
Digital-to-analog: DAC(0C) I set to 0db.
Speaker volume: SPK(02) I set to -1.5db.
The rest dont change.

To change the headset volume...

Click menu > normal > headset
Digital-to-analog: DAC(0C) I set this to 0db.
Headphones volume: HP(02) I set this to 0db.
The rest don't change.

NOTE: You must click menu > apply for changes to take effect, recommend you play a mp3 & launch this app, then apply the changes and set your preferred volume.

This information is extracted from HWZ member, albertchng.

Configure Samsung Omnia Buttons

There are two buttons on your Samsung Omnia that you can configure to open your favourite programs. The buttons are the Main Menu and the Camera buttons and they are located at the right side of your Omnia.

Configuring the buttons

1. Press Menu and select Settings
2. Press Buttons
3. Select button to configure
4. Click on Assign Program
5. Select a a program to assign to button

You can also configure the Up/Down Control, End Key, Wake Up and Flash Light here also.