Random Tech Info

Updated April 30, 2010

—- NEWS —

05-14-10 – Sprint officially releases Android 2.1 for the Samsung Moment. Download here.

04-08-10 – A Leaked 2.1 Moment ROM released into the wild. SDX rooted 2.1 for the Moment within a few hours. Get it here.

02-19-10 – Sprint has released a do it yourself upgrade to CL14.

02-16-10 – Sprint has said Android 2.1 should be released for the Samsung Moment early in the 2nd quarter of 2010.

— FILES —

Samsung Moment Drivers – Windows Drivers for Samsung Moment (extracted from CL14 Web Update)

Samsung Moment Drivers - Windows Drivers for Samsung Moment (extracted from New PC Studio)

SPH-M900_CJ05_REL.tar - Factory Image

Odin and Moment.ops – Odin the program used to flash before the Sprint CL14 Updater

Hero Virtual Keyboard Files – Files needed to install HTC Hero Virtual Keyboard

— VIDEO HOW-TO —

How to install Android 2.1 to a Samsung Moment

How to install Samsung Moment USB Drivers

— HOW-TO —

How to flash the Moment

I did not come up with this, I do not take credit.

Prerequisites

- CL14 Updater

- Choose a custom kernel from SDX-developers

- Phone that has the CL14 update already installed on it

Step 1. After installing the Sprint CL14 Updater, and making sure you have all other Samsung Moment drivers uninstalled, go into the binary folder which is located at C:\Program Files\Samsung Electronics\SWUpgrade\Models\Binary

Step 2. Move the CL14 update file (SPH-M900_CL14_MR.tar)  somewhere else (I have a folder called Kernels on my desktop I store all the kernels I’ve installed)

Step 3. Move the kernel or ROM you want to flash and put it in that binary folder. (The only file in that folder should be the kernel or ROM you are installing)

Step 4. Run SWUpgrade that is on your desktop. Follow the steps and at the end hit that Start Download button. Once that is completed you are done.

To check to see if the flash was successful, once you are booted back into your phone hit Menu/Settings/About Phone. In here we want to check for Build number which will list the name and version of the kernel or ROM you just installed.

How to install the HTC Hero Virtual Keyboard

Hero Virtual Keyboard Files

I did not come up with this, I do not take credit.

Step 1. Go to the Market and download ‘AppManager’

Step 2. Download the Hero Virtual Keyboard Files to your computer.

Step 3. Mount your phone to your pc, and move the HTC_IME.apk and Clicker.apk to your sd card.

Step 4. Open AppManager, press the menu key, and select ‘Install from SD’. There you can install the .apks file. If the file is not visible, press menu again, and select ‘Whole SD’ so that you can see the file.

Step 5. Go to your home > Settings > Locale & text. Select ‘Touch Input’.

Step 6. Go to someplace where you input text, such as messaging. Long-press on the text input field, and select ‘Input Method’. Select ‘Touch Input’.