Update Your Instinct (Samsung)

October 6, 2008 in Handsets, Samsung, Sprint

Samsung Instinct owners will be happy to know that there is a new firmware update for the phone. Most of the improvements are to the web browswer, with a few UI updates as well. To update to the most recent patch ( ) simply touch-through to: Main > Settings > General > Update Software

Here are the upgrade notes for details on EXACTLY what you’ll get for playing catch up:

Instinct by Samsung Maintenance Release
Product Description: Software Version BH29 for the Instinct by Samsung will
include the majority of the remaining User Interface fixes in native Samsung
software, as well as application optimizations for the browser.

Delivery: Network Initiated (NI) FUMO Campaign began 9/29/2008:

Network will push the software to the customers activated device
The average download time should be between 1.5-3 minutes for a 2 MB file.
If for some reason the notification is interrupted (incoming call, lost coverage, battery issues) the affected device will not reestablish the download session nor will resend the notification. The customer will need to wait for CI FUMO (see below).
Pushes limited to working days between 9:00 am – 7:00 pm.

Client Initiated (CI) FUMO Available as of 9/24/2008:

Accessed through Main > Settings > General > Update Software
Phones still using the original in-box software version will need to update to software version BF30 before updating to BH29. The device application will prompt the stairstep update.

[Via MobileCrunch]

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