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Omnia II (i8000) and Windows Mobile Device Center

Hi,
Can anyone please tell me why my Omnia II (i8000) is not detected by ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center? I'm tired of trying and very close to giving up hope.
Can you please help me with the issue?

First try on another computer. Then you know more and you can search this site.

I tried with 5 computers. Do I need more?

well i have the opposite case ... everytime a connect mine it detects a new phone .....

In win xp just a one time installation of activesync 4.5 then reboots afterwards then install pc studio that came with a cd or download the latest one.
i had this kind of problem with WMDC running in win 7 ultimate.
what i did was
1. install the pc studio sw (use compatibility mode as win vista sp1) then reboot
2. when u plug the O2 it will try to find the driver but will fail to install.
3. uninstall WMDC thru add/remove programs
4. when u go to dev mgr u will see I8000 with "Question Mark" meaning driver doesnt install properly( pretty much obvious..)
4. try to update the driver manually it says to search driver thru internet select that option if u miss it.. ur next option is to run windows update
5. win update will try to find the latest patch and driver update for ur system. (ur phone shuld be connected to pc at this moment) so that it will find the hardware update available for your pc.
6. go to "hardware option" on the windows update, if u see the "MIT USB Sync" thats the driver for your omnia 2, select that and install it right away..once finish reboot while phone are still connected.
7. if it doesnt find the hardware update on first run..reboot and try it again..( it took me several hrs before it finds the mit usb sync.. patience it s must here)
8. WMDC will run on startup automatically.
hope this will help..

and the bad part is Samsung did not make any driver/software for Windows 7

My i8000 works without a hitch on my Win7 system (x64 and x86). Check if your device's USB option is set to ActiveSyn or USB Mass Storage.

ishtangli said:
My i8000 works without a hitch on my Win7 system (x64 and x86). Check if your device's USB option is set to ActiveSyn or USB Mass Storage.
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the same here, works without any issues on x86/x64.

help with omnai 2 i8000
hi friends..
i bought an omnia 2 i8000 8gb 2 weeks back..i bought it from india..
i want to know weather i can upgrade my winmo 6.1 professional to winmo 6.5..
the shop told free upgrade is possible..but not available in india till now..
so i want to know is there a way to upgrade it from internet..
pda--I8000DDII3
CSC--I8000NUII3
these are the details in version..can anyone get me a solution..
i read from internet that i could go to samsung site of a country and upgrade it from that site if my phone was manufactured in that country..im not sure if thats right..
pls tell me from which place my phone was made..
and also is it possible for me to upgrade to winmo 6.5 from samsung site...
PHONE--I8000XXII4

Just to share ... Spent abt 6hrs figuring out why my omnia 2 would always hang when i needed to set it up for partnership in order to sync in WMDC (OS = Win7). Been searching wif different keywords in google and realised my problem is not common which convinces me that there is something funky with my set up that is preventing the sync.
Got lucky today ... did a wild google on "omnia 2 wmdc driver" ... and on 1 of the threads, discovered that it is important that the Windows in-built Windows Media Player had to be "installed", which i didnt do since i'd been using other media players. And voila ... issue resolved.
MS sucks! Especially when you get humiliated by such problems that seems so easily fixed. =D

enjoycool said:
I tried with 5 computers. Do I need more?
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Try a 6th PC for good luck

Mainstage has stopped working. Cannot open kies.

I am having problem running kies as it keep crashing at start up with dialog box showing the message ' mainstage has stopped working' reinstalling kies didn't help. Anyone had this problem?
Ps: I tried searching function from the xda app and it return no result before posting here.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Flash JM2 problem gone away

kcharng said:
I am having problem running kies as it keep crashing at start up with dialog box showing the message ' mainstage has stopped working' reinstalling kies didn't help. Anyone had this problem?
Ps: I tried searching function from the xda app and it return no result before posting here.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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I had the same problem under Windows 7 64bit. Solved it by installing Windows Mobile Device Center, don't ask me why :-(

Thank you for replies. I have tried to reinstall MDC but that doesn't seemed to help solve the problem...
Still cannot use Kies.. sigh..

Solved
Kies require Windows Mobile Device Center on newer Windows, activesync on older Windows.
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WAS:
I have just purchased Galaxy S.
Installed Kies on windows 7 64 bit, kies doesn't start/work at all. It remain at splash screen. When open task manager I found the splash process and form1.
It is a big delusion
Samsung make software only for 32bit?? How to sync 232 contacts from iphone without outlook??
Samsung, sigh ..
Regards

Thanks for the hints everyone.
My 'mainstage' problem seemed to have been solve with reinstallation of the latest Kies from samsung which I have just downloaded. That being said, kies open and run fine, but I am back to the same old problem unable to connecting my phone to kies. This software is really a POS.
My system is Window 7 64Bit home professional.

Also just to note, I notice that kies requires .net framework for window xp and vista. To be safe.. and it might be totally unrelated... I enabled the Microsoft .NET framework 3.5.1 on window 7 when I reinstalled the new version of kies.

Yes, and do not forget Windows Mobile Device Center on newer Windows, activesync on older Windows.
Regards

Thanks
Last note really.
Today the in a last ditch efforts to connect Kies due to upgrade from JF4 to JG4 over kies, I have finally decided to format my internal SDcard.
Kies was able to connect to my phone after several reboot attempt of my computer and telephone. Upgrading to JG4 seemed to have no problem connecting to Kies so far. However, I have my doubt that after installing several programs the problem will probably pop back up again.
Cheers Everyone
cyberz said:
Yes, and do not forget Windows Mobile Device Center on newer Windows, activesync on older Windows.
Regards
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Kies Mainstage Still Not Working
I have tried uninstalling, reinstalling and using different versions and Kies Mainstage still does not allow Kies to start up.
I've installed Mobile Device Manager and still nothing.
Seems as though Samsung exec's opted for a slick, pretty GUI without consideration to actual functionality!
At this rate, I will never be able to upgrade to froyo 2.2 unless someone writes an install package that works.
frustrated.
Galaxy S, 2.1 update 1 Eclaire. 2 Gb Micro SD card.
Laptop: Asus 3 Ghz blah, blah, blah

kingconnought said:
I have tried uninstalling, reinstalling and using different versions and Kies Mainstage still does not allow Kies to start up.
I've installed Mobile Device Manager and still nothing.
Seems as though Samsung exec's opted for a slick, pretty GUI without consideration to actual functionality!
At this rate, I will never be able to upgrade to froyo 2.2 unless someone writes an install package that works.
frustrated.
Galaxy S, 2.1 update 1 Eclaire. 2 Gb Micro SD card.
Laptop: Asus 3 Ghz blah, blah, blah
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Same for me....the strange thing is that some weeks ago it worked....i use windows 7 64 bit

Kies Mainstage Still Not Working
kingconnought said:
I have tried uninstalling, reinstalling and using different versions and Kies Mainstage still does not allow Kies to start up.
I've installed Mobile Device Manager and still nothing.
Seems as though Samsung exec's opted for a slick, pretty GUI without consideration to actual functionality!
At this rate, I will never be able to upgrade to froyo 2.2 unless someone writes an install package that works.
frustrated.
Galaxy S, 2.1 update 1 Eclaire. 2 Gb Micro SD card.
Laptop: Asus 3 Ghz blah, blah, blah
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I had similar problems running Kies on Win 7 x64. What I did was do a fresh install of the updated Kies version 103_100_2 (from Samsung UK site), ie. uninstall old Kies and remove any lingering directories first. Then Uninstall the Samsung USB drivers installed with Kies. Then install the x64 bit drivers for Samsung mobile devices. Worked a treat.
You can get the x64 bit drivers from Softpedia website
cheers

Having the same problem. It's infuriating.
Kies was working fine until about a month ago and now I cannot open it. Have followed the advice given in this thread but no luck in getting it to start.
Running Windows Vista 32 Bit

mainstage not working
I have vista 32bit
I reinstalled the latest version of kies it still didn't work so I then installed .NET framework 4 and that seems to have solved the problem.

hope this helps for all you vista 32 bit operators that have the mainstage problem.
took me two hours to work out but seemed to correct the problem by downloading the 4.0 version of .netframework.
kies seems to be working now
let me no if this helps
jay

Fix for XP:
I had exactly the same problem on my XP Netbook and solved as follows:
Uninstall Kies
Uninstall Samsung Modem for Mobile Phones
Uninstall Microsoft Silverlight
Uninstall Microsoft Silverlight SDK
Reboot
Install Kies
Hope this helps.
A.
PS Reasoning behind this is if you look at the error log file that the crash produces and is about to send to Microsoft then you see that the exception occurred in XamlParse... Xaml is the xml language used by Silverlight and WPF.
PPS Samsung get your act together and write software that works properly.
PPPS Samsung give us a way to update your phones without having to use the piece of cr*p you call Kies.

Windows 8 and our Swissknife

I was wondering if we already have tools like Flashtool that are compatible with Windows 8?
I am testing Windows 8 Consumer Preview now
You can download it from here
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview

i re-flashed my x8 yesterday with flashtool and had no problems, and i'm using windows 8 CP for some time.
Also, Gordon Gate's drivers installed without problems too.

SEUS and PC Companion install but cannot update or repair my phone.

[Q] MAGLDR can't install driver

Hi guys, i am trying to flash the wp 7.8 rom and i have downloaded the samsung drivers ..note: i also have rev 1.3 . so i go into magldr on phone and plug usb in and it says "installing drivers" than it says it cannot install...does anyone have any ideas... btw i am using parallels windows 7 on a mac

same problem..

geauxlsu83 said:
Hi guys, i am trying to flash the wp 7.8 rom and i have downloaded the samsung drivers ..note: i also have rev 1.3 . so i go into magldr on phone and plug usb in and it says "installing drivers" than it says it cannot install...does anyone have any ideas... btw i am using parallels windows 7 on a mac
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Might be a little late, but which drivers are failing to install? I had a couple of issues getting everything configured on Windows 8 64-bit. For the Samsung USB drivers I had to use Compatibility mode for Windows 7 to get them to install. When I installed Windows Mobile Device Center drivers for the DFT image installer, I had to use compatibility mode for Windows Vista. Might want to try using the compatibility mode and see if it helps. You can right-click on the .exe for the driver install and go to the compatibility tab to set the version.
See here for much more detail: sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

I had the same issue on Windows 8. I then tried it in Windows 7, even then it failed. Then I restarted the system and soon the driver got installed.

[Q] [Help]Windows 8 Help!Frnd Help Plz

I know its only for y place!
But i have no way,because this place very familiar to me.
I wanted to started sgy developing.
But at my windows 8 based laptop ,i faced some problem!
Its windows 8 pro with media centre.
When I Buy laptop In windows Store always show Windows 8.1 update avalivable.
for this i need to some update in driver or other thing like 1.5 gb
bt when i complete all update ,from windows store windows 8.1 update vanish.
I searched about this problem,bt now windows say it has nt edition they dnt sure automatic update!
So,now i how to update automatically.
and why they show me update 1st time.

If you had Windows 8, is there a update in Store "Windows 8.1" I have 1, 2 GB ( x32) and 1,5 (X64) its normal OS update. What error you got ? And what Windows 8 version do you use ?

Imtiaz369 said:
I know its only for y place!
But i have no way,because this place very familiar to me.
I wanted to started sgy developing.
But at my windows 8 based laptop ,i faced some problem!
Its windows 8 pro with media centre.
When I Buy laptop In windows Store always show Windows 8.1 update avalivable.
for this i need to some update in driver or other thing like 1.5 gb
bt when i complete all update ,from windows store windows 8.1 update vanish.
I searched about this problem,bt now windows say it has nt edition they dnt sure automatic update!
So,now i how to update automatically.
and why they show me update 1st time.
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What windows r u using now ? I use windows 8 but there's no auto update

to upgrade windows 8 to 8.1 you will need to first download all updates for windows 8 - This could be up to 3gb worth of updates which can be downloaded from the windows update and recovery section in pc settings
once all updates have been installed and the computer restarted to finish installation process you can then update windows 8.1 from the windows store
if it does not show either you havent installed the required updates or theres some other problem
Please note the following windows 8 do NOT support upgrade
Windows 8 Pro, if installed by an organisation or a program that uses Volume Licensing. Talk to your system admin, or the administrator of the program that was used to install Windows 8. If you’re the administrator, you can find more info and links to Windows 8.1 ISOs in the Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation.
Windows 8 Pro, if installed using an MSDN or TechNet ISO, and activated using Multiple Activation Keys. You might be able to download a Windows 8.1 ISO from MSDN or TechNet.
see installation instructions
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/update-from-windows-8-tutorial
see why cant I find the update in the store
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/why-can-t-find-update-store