Apparently, the PDA portion of the phone gets updated, but the phone part does not. You can see this

under Settings >> System >> and click on Version. The phone version and pda version do not match. This

typically occurs because the phone hangs during the upgrade process. The phone and the installation

program stops responding where it says “changeUSB ok” and on the top part it says “Succeed COM #”. This

is a failed installation. Now the user is forced to reboot the phone by removing the battery. The phone

boots up fine and appears to work okay; however, only the pda part was updated, the phone part still has

the old version. The following instructions eliminates this problem and ensures a full upgrade of your

Epix both PDA and PHONE. Good luck,and remember I take no responsibility for any damage or problems

caused by using this tutorial. Good Luck and Enjoy!!

First, Install the Samsung Modem Driver
Open ActiveSync 4.5 and go to File >> connection settings >> and uncheck Allow USB connections
then connect the phone to pc using data cable
On the samsung phone go to USB Connection Mode and select Modem
On the PC go to control panel >> system >> device manager
go under modems and double click on Samsung Mobile Modem
go to tab Modem and select Maximum Port Speed 115200, next click on the
tab Advanced still under SAMSUNG Mobile Modem Properties and click on Advanced Port Settings >> uncheck

USE FIFO buffers and under COM Port Number: Select COM1 even if it says IN USE, disregard error message
then press ok to apply changes. Press OK under Samsung Mobile Modem Properties window
Now under Device Manager go to Ports (COM & LPT) and double click on Communications (COM 1)
go to the tab Port Settings and click on Advanced and change COM Port Number to another port other than

COM 1 that is not in use. ex. COM4 >> Press ok to apply changes and under the General tab of

Communications Port (COM#) Properties go under Device usage: and select disable (Do not use this device)

then press ok. Now follow on the samsung phone to go Settings >> connections >> USB to PC and uncheck

Enable advanced network functionality. Now turn off the phone but keep data cable connected to PC. Open

the Samsung Epix upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 and simply follow the instructions on the screen.
You will know when the phone is fully upgraded when it says PHONE downloaded on the screen.

At the moment I have it working pretty good, I think the majority of my day one issues were from using my backups and restoring my Text Messaging DB…It didn’t work too well..After deleting all my texts it is working fine. GPS works great, though I did have to go to the windows directory and click on the gpstest.exe or whatever to initialize it first…I’m guessing to have a quazi location from gprs and then it initiates the gps chip. Either way..it seems to work fine for my use…a geocaching app.

Cons:
Battery life is shorter!
choose between clock or battery on taskbar…not both
a tad less customization than 6.1
and possibly….used way more storage memory than previous version.
I only have opera, basic gps app, and wm6_rdp(remote desktop connector)…Same I had on my previous phone…but I had to uninstall the .cabs when I was done with each file and I am now using my card for pictures instead of phone memory.
program 55.17 free out of 97.36 storage 10.76 free out of 126.77
bloatware…it came with a few extras…I may swing by cingular sometime and see if they can remove some of this crap…Why would I use ATT navigator when I have Google, I want it Gone…Let me know if you guys have a easy way to remove programs I don’t want or will never use so I can get back some space!

Pros:
better usability thumbing the touchscreen does most of my functions instead of trying to hit a tiny drag bar
no crashes because of conflicts with messaging icon/light etc.

My biggest pet peeve with 6.5 is the lack of me being able to put exactly the same things I had on my today screen back on there. And I have no Battery Icon…I want to be able to see the time if I am using media player or some such. But I can’t.

I may try to run some programs that will address a few of these issues if my memory allows like using the ibattery from http://thewingster.com/freetools.aspx

When I flashed the phone with 6.5, it formatted everything of course. and i followed instructions to format again to make sure it’s clean before i started downloading my apps from marketplace and the install of mobile shell.

you’re right about the S2U2. i’ve used it on this phone with Win 6.1 and the memory was a problem. I would run out of battery quicker too which is why i uninstalled it last time.

s2u2 is a great program, just eats up a lot of memory (which is a premium on my phone). Wish i could help you with the reg edit, but i have no idea. i assume you did a soft reset and redownloaded the .cab. A hard reset might do the trick if you’re willing to do that.

dustin – the id1 update would probably put 6.1 back on your phone, but then you would have all the problems again. you could always use trashcan’s clean 6.1 rom if you really didn’t like 6.5.

I’m thinking maybe I should get something like S2U2. I’ve already installed my SPB Mobile Shell – it actually seems to work better on 6.5. The phone overall seems to have gotten quicker.

Can anyone say whether the 6.5 upgrade fixed the lack of being able to surf at true 3G speeds? I am still waiting to see what all has been fixed and what they might have broke… sounds like GSM was fixed. How about the message notification LED… does it stay on even when the display is off if there is a missed call. There was so many features that this phone has never had working correctly from day one. I am curious as to whether 6.5 ROM release fixed any of these old issues.