Yep… works perfectly fine. The updater hard-resets your phone so you’ll have to re-sync everything. Also remember that if you renamed your phone previously you’ll have to rename it back to whatever you had it named prior to activesyncing the first time after you install the update. Once you’ve done that, you’ll have to go into Tools > Add/Remove programs and recheck the checkbox next to the programs you want to re-install. Also you’ll need to re-do any registry edits you’ve done previously. Outside of that, it works nicely. The voice dial app sucks balls as you have to record voice tags for everything. The new “Comm Manager” is absolutely wonderful. It’s so much better than the piece of shit they had before. Not only that, there’s a new “device lock” function on the main screen so you can keep the phone from dialing random numbers from your pocket without having to set the stupid thing to lock after 0 minutes of inactivity (meaning it locked everytime the screen was turned off). Also, not having to do the reg hack to enable wifi and phone at the same time is a big plus. So far I don’t see any downside to the new update. I can honestly say I’m happier with it than I’ve ever been before. 
Oh, and the UTStarcom site is slower than dogshit, so I mirrored the download here if you really wanna download. It’s 39.5MB so you might be waiting awhile.
Daily Archive for June 21st, 2006
Finally, UTStarcom has released the new ROM update for the Verizon XV6700! Sprint, Alltel and Telus already had it for a good little while, but Verizon’s slow ass still was showing no signs of release. Well, now that it’s available on the UTstarcom site I’ve downloaded it and I’m installing it now. Looks like it adds a few new features and fixes a couple of bugs… here’s a quote from the release notes:
This software update makes available some new features and corrects some issues. Some of the primary enhancements are:
Microsoft Messaging and Security Feature Pack- The Messaging & Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 enables business users to easily stay connected to their email while on the go and helps businesses to better protect device data. Benefits of this feature pack include:
- Direct Push Technology- Keep your Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, and Inbox up-to-date using Direct Push Technology. Plus, you can now browse your corporate address book over-the-air with Exchange 2003 SP2. Faster transfer and synchronization of data- Outlook data sent between Exchange Server and a Windows Mobile-based device is significantly compressed, enabling faster transfer and synchronization of data.
Better protection of device data and management of devices
- Remotely enforced IT policy
- Local and remote device wipe
- Certificate-based authentication
- Enhanced security using Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME)
- Added a Voice Dialing application to allow you to leverage the handsfree capability already on the device.
- Main Today Screen provides you the capability to lock the device and prevent inadvertently activity.
- Corrected an issue where unknowingly, to the user, the device would enter into “Flight Mode”
- Added the capability to enable Wi-Fi and CDMA simultaneously.
Let’s hope this all goes well and I don’t brick my phone. Thank god I have insurance if I do.