New software version for Samsung A680

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Good,
now how do I get the new software update?

<larryt510@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112479689.308460.316300@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Anyone with an A680 should consider getting the new software version
> YA28. It fixes some key problems including missed/dropped calls from
> data activity (which I had been complaining about for a long time).
> Also fixes background noise/beeps issues during calls and some SMS
> fixes.
>

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Thanks, Larry. I had my A680 updated to software YA28 and PRL 10026 on
4/6/2005 at the SPCS store at 843 Mission St in San Francisco. Instead
of hand writing a ticket and receipt, Carla looked up my phone number in
the computer, scanned my handset's ESN barcode, and printed out an
"eTicket Work Order." After 20 minutes of browsing the newer handsets
on display, I had my updated phone.

larryt510@hotmail.com wrote:
> Anyone with an A680 should consider getting the new software version
> YA28. It fixes some key problems including missed/dropped calls from
> data activity (which I had been complaining about for a long time).
> Also fixes background noise/beeps issues during calls and some SMS
> fixes.
>

--
Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A680

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Steph wrote:
> Frank Harris <frankbhX@XcompuserveX.com> wrote in news:1do5e.21115$zl.14794
> @newssvr13.news.prodigy.com:
>
>
>>Thanks, Larry. I had my A680 updated to software YA28 and PRL 10026 on
>>4/6/2005 at the SPCS store at 843 Mission St in San Francisco. Instead
>>of hand writing a ticket and receipt, Carla looked up my phone number in
>>the computer, scanned my handset's ESN barcode, and printed out an
>>"eTicket Work Order." After 20 minutes of browsing the newer handsets
>>on display, I had my updated phone.
>>
>>larryt510@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>Anyone with an A680 should consider getting the new software version
>>>YA28. It fixes some key problems including missed/dropped calls from
>>>data activity (which I had been complaining about for a long time).
>>>Also fixes background noise/beeps issues during calls and some SMS
>>>fixes.
>>>
>>
>
> Did you lose any phonebook entries or picture assignments ?

No. My phonebook and "in camera" photos seem intact. I had no photo
assignments, but I had some phone book assignments of the A680's
built-in cartoony images and they're intact.

Unless something goes very wrong, a software update shouldn't erase your
programming.

--
Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A680

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Steph -
I'd guess that since 1997 with SPCS, and with 4 lines and many phones,
I've brought in handsets for updates maybe 15 or more times (the stores
are conveniently located for me, and once upon a time you had to bring
in the phone for a PRL update as well, which now can be done Over The Air).

I can remember two failures, probably both with Samsung 3500's. One
time they fried the phone and gave me a replacement on the spot, and
another time I think they got stuck and the only way out was a complete
reset. Neither was a problem for me because since 1999 I've used
software to back up my phonebook to a PC (then Paragon FoneSync, now
Futuredial SnapSync), so I could reload my phonebook into the handset.

Steph wrote:
> Frank Harris <frankbhX@XcompuserveX.com> wrote in
> news:1vI5e.21663$zl.17931@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com:
>
>
>>Unless something goes very wrong, a software update shouldn't erase
>>your programming.
>>
>
>
> Which is what everyone always says, but it is also good to know nothing
> went wrong.
>

--
Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A680