16 July, 2010

Samsung Jet S8000: eduroam settings

Very briefly, for those that might be interested to connect theirs Jets to the eduroam roaming network. Here are the settings that I use and are confirmed to work at Uppsala University and KTH, Stockholm (S8000XPIJ7 and S8000XPJA1 firmwares):

  1. SSID: eduroam
  2. Auth type: WPA2
  3. Encryption type: AES
  4. 802.1x settings ===============
    4.1 use 802.1x: selected
    4.2 Validate certificate: unselected
    4.3 EAP-Method: EAP-TTLS
    4.4 Authentication type: PAP
    4.5 Username: username@user.uu.se
    4.6 Password: passwordA
  5. Everything else left unchanged
Here you can find some really nice instructions (in Swedish) for other devices or OS:



    Samsung Jet S8000: firmware update from NPS

    Recently, I have updated to SAMSUNG New PC Studio (NPS) version 1.5.1.10064_2 from May.12.2010.

    My previous firmware version was S8000XPIJ7 and I have selected Germany as my location during the installation of the software, just to be on the safe side (I was aiming at S8000XPJA1).

    And it worked. The very first time I have connected the phone I was offered to update the firmware! Great. The manual says only "follow the instructions on the screen"... fingers crossed.

    Warning!!! After the upgrade you will loose all contacts, events, etc - any data stored on the phone!!! Make sure you have backup of this data.

    Here are same camera snapshots from the upgrade since I didn't dare to interfere with screen grabbing software. No need to remove the SIM card or the SD memory card (there ware no instructions to do so).

    Step 1
    The first step says select firmware but I was offered only one - S8000XPJA1 - so I am not quite sure if one can select.

    Step 2

    Step 3


    Step 4



    At the end of step 3 there is no progress bar, so you really need to be patient.
    After the final reboot I got the phone set in German language but this is how I got it from the online shop, anyway. It is easy to switch back to English.

    You have to perform also the camera firmware update to complete the upgrade. Here is a post how to perform the camera update.

    Well, the phone is completely reset, so you have re-enable the navigation features (Route66) but apparently the software is installed on the SD memory card, so it works straight away after the activation.