Moving to Google Apps based email - here's how

Get the Sync program
tools.google.com/dlpage/gappssync

With a new user, with Office 2010 installed, but not in use, choose a New Profile. Otherwise use an existing one to grab all the email off the local PST or Exchange Server.


Restart Outlook.
Done!

If you use Sharepoint (for a shared Company listing of contacts for example, Click on Actions, and Open in Outlook.

Form the client's address book, choose Options, and set the Shared Contacts list to appear first and search though first if required.

Is there life beyond Galaxy 2.1?

So you, too want to upgrade the firmware on your Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000T?

Are you very brave?

To upgrade the firmware, as I understand it, this is done using a USB connection to PC Linux or Mac. (Only PC requires the drivers, the others just work).
The KIES software provided by Samsung is crap, but is just used to make sure you have the driver working so can go ahead with the coms using ODIN3 software.

Backup of phone data should be done first (ie grab ALL you photo, video, etc off the internal memory andoff the SD card - even though you're taking the SD card out...

The phone has to be put into download mode which is done by:
Powering off phone
Remove SIM, remove microSD
Hold up and down volume buttons while powering on (older phones apparently used to have to hold 3 buttons: VolDown, Home and Power all at same time) (?)
Keep holding them till you see an Downloading Android logo.
Connect USB cable to the phone.
Windows will install the usb download mode drivers.

To flash the phone with the newer firmware

As above, but run ODin3 on the PC/Linux/Mac
Connect your Galaxy S using USB (Still in download mode)
Odin3 displays a connection on Com7
Select the pit file and the PDA file you require
Only select the PDA / Code file.
Start the download and hopefully get to 100% , reset the phone before disconnecting the usb cable

(Thanks mainly to
http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/showthread.php/91-Tutorial-How-to-debrand-and-flash-newer-firmware-to-your-Galaxy-S )

My milage
I backup up (copied all the visible content of the two drives that appeared when I Mounted the drives in plain USB mode (not KIES). 400odd MB of the 512MB microSD and 880MB of 1Gb onboard (internal SD).

Removed SIM and microSD, put phone into Download mode (required downvol, home and on butons) - this occurs instantly
Connected USB, Win7 automatically deteced a Gadget! and downlaoded the driver:

I chose the PIT and PDA files, Clicked Start - nothing happened apart from the first line 0/0 in screenshot.

Dicsonnected and reconnected USB, got as far as screen shot for 5 or more minutes - nothing happened..
Reopened Odin3, same thing, tried all 3 files - see second screenshot.

Had to hard power off the phone, but it booted ok despite all this - but I'm still no further and still on the original firmware version :(

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Notes:
To see your signal strength and channel frequencies
*#0011#
On Telecom my phone currently show
WCDMA850 Band 5
Reg PLMN 530-5
Freq DL 1062
Freq UL:837
PSC:51
RSCP:-85 ish ECIO:-7

To view your current firmware version type *#1234#
As supplied by Telecom May 2011 my IS9000T displays:
PDA: I9000TDOKA1
PHONE: I9000TDOJL1
CSC: I9000TTNZJL1

the phone itself reports
Firmware 2.1-update1

Kernel version 2.6.29

Build Number ECLAIR.DOKA1

My Apps
Voice Dialler
Voice Search
Shopping List 1.3.15
Swiftkey X 2.0.5.109
Dolphin Browser 5.1.0
Silent TIme Lite 3.3.4
Sim Toolkit
PDF Viewer (Dolphin addon)