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Samsung Blackjack Tip: How To Perform A Hard Master Reset on the Samsung Blackjack i607 [video]
Jul 31st
Although I clearly still love the Samsung Blackjack even after the release of the iPhone, I came across a little glitch last week (which is a MICROSOFT PROBLEM, not Samsung Blackjack issue) with Windows Mobile. It would not let me re-boot past the Windows Mobile start-up screen. This problem started after I upgraded to ActiveSync 4.5.
AT&T Wireless / Blackjack tech support told me to go back to ActiveSync 4.2 becuase 4.5 wasn’t as stable in their experience. So uninstalling I went.
In the meantime, I had to get my phone back to normal so I could re-sync with the old ActiveSync.
After trying the normal troubleshooting, I just said, it was easier to do a hard master reset and wipe the phone clean. However, AT&T tier 1 support didn’t know how, since you had to be at the Windows Mobile desktop to do a “hard reset” supposedly.
Luckily, I asked to go to Tier 2 support, and as I guessed, there was another way.
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Listen to XM Satelite Radio on Your Blackjack
Feb 28th
My Blackjack has 3G support, so it’s about time that I start figuring out how to make the most of it. Streaming media is one of them of course. The Blackjack comes with XM Radio Mobile preinstalled already. It gives you a free trial period, but after that you’re on your own. Cingular tries to sell you a $8.99/month subscription fee for the XM mobile radio service. However, you don’t get the dozens and dozens and dozens of channels on the native XM radio. You get a whopping 25 channels. While they are great to have with you wherever you go, if you already have an XM radio subscription, you’re already used to having tons more channels available and you’re already paying a subscription fee for it.
So what to do? There are 2 alternative ways to get XM Radio on your Samsung Blackjack without paying Cingular. Thank goodness you have web-access! 2 sites allow you to enter your XM radio subscriber email address and password and you’re in!
MUSIC DOCK > http://Mobile.MusicDock.com
XstreamXM > http://www.xstreamxm.com/mobile
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