GUIDE: How to flash your F480 Tocco

[kentc81]

On the orginal post, should there be a picture there or something, i can see an icon box but cant see the image?!

[StuPC]

Originally Posted by kentc81

On the orginal post, should there be a picture there or something, i can see an icon box but cant see the image?!

Yes, there should be - and was! Where's it gone??

[kentc81]

Originally Posted by StuPC

Yes, there should be - and was! Where's it gone??

can anyone solve this mystery ?

[WestHej]

UPDATED: Reloaded image ad made corrections.

Hi,

After searching for ages on google, I still can't seem to find a decent tutorial on how to flash my F480. However I've had bits of help from various people and I've put this little guide together. Worked a treat with my phone. Having said that after trying this guide I accept absolutely no responsibility for your phone being dmaaged or 'bricked' in anyway.


Here's what I did:

Downloading the software:

First off you need to download the firmware you want and then Multiloader V5.33 which is the program you're going to be using to flash your phone.

Originally Posted by allal123

F480 / F488 / DOWNLOADER

F480XEHE1
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uykac2jjusd

F480XEHE2
http://www.mediafire.com/?ylcthnu0tyy

F480XEHF2
http://www.mediafire.com/?9w2u40e9m4z

F480XEHF3
http://rapidshare.com/files/12658213...XEHF3.rar.html

F480XXHD9
http://www.mediafire.com/?ttg0mybtzie

F480BOHE3 (branded FW t-mobile) deutsch,english,french
http://www.file-upload.net/download-...BOHE3.zip.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/124143899/F480BOHE3.zip
http://www.dongnamass.com/Samsung/Fl.../F480BOHE3.zip

F488ZHHE8 (chinese)
http://rapidshare.com/files/12588987...ZHHE8.rar.html

MultiLoader_V5.33.exe
http://www.mediafire.com/?czizm9zg32w

Make sure you remmeber where you've put these files as you'll need to browse to them when using multiloader.

Preparing your phone:

I am assuming here that you've already installed Samsung PC Studio and it works fine with your supplied USB cable.

NOTE: Flashing your phone will delete all your contacts, calender, settings ringtones etc.

You probably want to back up all your files and contacts. I recommend syncing your contacts etc. with Samsung PC Studio and copying over your files on your phone to your memory card or PC (your memory card will not be touched).

Once that's done remove any memory card you may have and then remove the SIM card. Put you battery back in. Your phone should be off at this point. Hold down the 'Volume down' key (The bottom rocker button on the left side of your phone) and the camera button and press the power on button (some of you may have to press the middle button, as well as the above buttons to go into flash mode). Your phone should start up into a wierd screen with downloader v.5.32 or something and some boxes. It's now ready to be flashed.

Using Multiloader:

Open multiloader. It should look something like this without all the settings selected (The middle section should be blank!):



NOTE: The striked out 'W's are justbackward slashes, don't worry about that.

Then press the AMSS button on the left side and browse to the firmware files you want to flash (unzip/rar them as necessary). Go to the binary folder and then select amss_compressed. Do the same for Rsrc1,Rsrc2 and FSS selecting the appropiate files as shown in the above pic.

You should now be ready to flash. Connect your phone to your comp and then click download in multiloader. AT THIS POINT DO NOT TOUCH YOUR PHONE/DETATCH THE CABLE/SWITCH OFF YOUR COMP. Your phone should have a status indicator with percentages and this should be reflected in multiloader. The process should tkae about 5 minutes thgouh I'm not sure about that. Once it's done your phone will restart twice by itself. Once this is done it should start up as normal into the widgets page. It's now complete.

Congratulations on flashing your phone. You can now repalce your SIM and Memory card and set up your phone the way you like it.

Hope this helped.

Feel free to steal this tutorial/post it on another website etc., I made it in a few minutes and couldn't care less if you take credit for it.

[red man]

i did brick my phone then fixed it. so the problem is that first you flash the boot (have boot checked) after that it restarts your phone then flash the rest of the stuff with out the boot checked. so you are flashing it liek 2 times. thats how it worked for me

[red man]

ok this is what i did
first download the files
2. make sure your screen looks like this


(after it flashes the boot it will restart your phone and try to connect back to the pc but you will not be able to and your phone will have a red screen(i was scared thinking OMG MY NEW PHONE IS BRICKED. after trying to reflashe it over and over again i realized you need to do a second flash)


so after you do the first step stated above
reconnect your phone to the pc and uncheck the boot box so it will look like this

[phrag]

worked perfectly using the originally posted settings, thanks guys
(don't know what the guy above is on about)

[kentc81]

Thank you westhej !!!

work great, camera has improved alot, pictures are actually in focus now.

the guide is very clear and simple to follow!

[Elitassj4]

witch firmware is the best ?
I instaled F480XXHF7 and improved my camera quality but it still is a little blurry here is a sample picture

I heard that F488ZHHF1 is mutch better does anyone has that firmware ?

[Stahlin]

Just won a F480 on Ebay so im gonna try this guide as soon as I get the phone

[kms108]

Originally Posted by Elitassj4

witch firmware is the best ?
I instaled F480XXHF7 and improved my camera quality but it still is a little blurry here is a sample picture

I heard that F488ZHHF1 is mutch better does anyone has that firmware ?

I have the F488 version, it's the official Hong Kong version, this version also has the pixelized image like the rest of f/w, but when the image is transferred to the PC, the image are really sharp, as with most camera phone, indoor/dark image don't really come out good.

As for the F/w, I think it's quite fast, only if you dont listen to music and use the menu at the same time, otherwise you will see a lagg.

kms

[kms108]

some image taken with the F488

[ryepie]

Hi there, I'm about to take my first plunge into flashing so I'm a little bit nervous about it, and forgive me if my questions sound stupid! I'm doing this mainly because I have the problem where 50% of my calls are dropped within 15 seconds, it's getting SO frustrating! So I'm hoping a newer firmware will solve this.

Firstly, I assume that changing the firmware will not delete any vital stuff like the IMEI number will it??! i.e. as soon as it's flashed I can happily continue using it on my network (O2 UK) with no problems?

Secondly, has anyone had the call dropping problem (I've seen it mentioned by quite a few people across the web) before the HF7 update, and have you noticed the problem go away with the new firmware?

Thanks for your help!

[ryepie]

Oh, and I did have one other question...Can anyone confirm that Shozu still works after the flash? I do use it quite a lot and would be gutted if it gets broken!

Cheers all!

[red man]

no it will not delete your imei. and you can continue using it with O2