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Posted by TaeKwonDo
just a quick "Q" for you really.......i just got a k800i on vodafone (uk), i hear a lot of stories/posts in forums about k800s failing while relatively new........iis this just a certain batch of k800s, or are all k800 owners at risk??


Posted by kkotsianis
as far as i know,most K800's died because of their old EROM version.You can see EROM version by pressing >*<<*<* in your keypad(>< are the directions of joystick).If your EROM version is R3A011 then you must upgrade it in order not to die your K800!The newest EROM version is R3A016.You can update it from www.wotanserver.com.Download the program,run it and press Start.Then,connect the USB cable to your phone while pressing simultaneously 2 & 5 keys.Your EROM version will then be R3A016.There is no charge for this.Sony ERicsson Update Service doesn't update your EROM,so the only way of doing it is WotanServer unless you can visit a service center!Some K800's also have a newer EROM version,R3A022,but i don't know if we will be able to update our EROMs in this verion.I don't know if this is a hardware or a software change!

Posted by RevoWution
R3A022 ftw!!

I've had no problems with this EROM at all (*touch wood*)

Posted by RevoWution

On 2007-06-11 00:46:47, TaeKwonDo wrote:
just a quick "Q" for you really.......i just got a k800i on vodafone (uk), i hear a lot of stories/posts in forums about k800s failing while relatively new........iis this just a certain batch of k800s, or are all k800 owners at risk??



I'm not too sure about branded vs unbranded K800i's and whether or not branded ones are more susceptible to failing, but if you have a branded K800i, I strongly suggest you pay and unbrand your phone while you're at it. There are many limitations with branded phones

Posted by jakontil
Doh! My k810 EROM is R3A022

Posted by RevoWution

On 2007-06-11 10:05:38, jakontil wrote:
Doh! My k810 EROM is R3A022


There's nothing wrong with having that EROM is there? lol. It's supposedly the newest.

Posted by maggflodd

On 2007-06-11 08:24:20, RevoWution wrote:



I'm not too sure about branded vs unbranded K800i's and whether or not branded ones are more susceptible to failing, but if you have a branded K800i, I strongly suggest you pay and unbrand your phone while you're at it. There are many limitations with branded phones

... i'm curious: is that true for all SE's on all networks? As it isn't true for all nokias on, e.g vodafone and o2 here in Ireland I'm really curious - and in n way trying to derail this into a nokia vs SE debate (have really had enough of that)! But neither my e61 nor my n91 and treo (the treo 750v in fact and curiously, though a vodafone-specific version is not network-locked and has zero limitation' wether I use it with my voda-sim or my o2 one!?) are in any way handicapped by their branding beyond the little network-sticker and start-up screen!? in fact, although I used to enjoy b*tching, esp'ly about vodafone, neither of the 3 have shown any kind of the problems reported in pre/-reviews! So: are branded SE's bolloxed? Or just the low-/midrange or certain networks?

Posted by RevoWution
With branded SE phones, they tend to restrict many functions that are available for unbranded SE phones; such as:

- Menu layout: this isn't a biggie, but Vodafone here in NZ like to change things around, and have the sickly red color as the main color, and many of the icons have changed location
- Camera shutter sound: a few service providers have disabled the ability to silence the shutter sound when the phone is in silent mode (I guess it's a privacy issue?)
- Personal/MP3 ringtones: I believe Rogers in the US bans the use of your own MP3 songs/clips are ringtones (i've heard a lot of ppl complain about it)
- Button functions/layout: Vodafone here have decided to change the dedicated "internet" button on the K800i to a "pickup/make call" button (like the green phone on nokias), and the EXTREMELY USEFUL "pop-up/shortcut" button to a "hang up/cancel call" button... I mean, COME ON!! WHAT'S THE POINT IN THAT?!!
- Flash menu themes/layout: this is the one that pisses most people off I think. On the newer walkman SE phones, namely, the ones after the W800i, a lot of themes that came with the phone had the ability to change the whole look/layout of the menu structure. Pretty much all branded phones have this feature disabled.

I think I've only covered a few points as to why I believe branded phones aren't worth time/money. I'm sure there're many other problems/debates out there. The stuff I've included above are based solely on my own observations, and from what I've read on the net

Posted by darth.paul
Vodafone and Orange also remove the My Friends IM app and Playnow from their handsets for some reason.

Posted by RevoWution

On 2007-06-11 12:47:02, darth.paul wrote:
Vodafone and Orange also remove the My Friends IM app and Playnow from their handsets for some reason.


Yet another example of the many woes associated with branded SE phones lol...

Posted by oneofthose
... bad - my e61 in ireland (vodafone) doesn't even have a shortcut to vodafone live! it just has a vodafone startup animation, is all!
same years ago with my 6680 minor branding, while my k750 was all redded-up!

Posted by sranjanm2002
Kindly Contact Vodafone.

Posted by extent
Well.. as of december 2007 i have just bought the latest k800i (CXC1250210-R1KG001-070418) from carphone warehouse, and from day one it has reset at least twice a day for no reason! Sure,many ppl have had no problems at all,but it cannot be denied this is the buggiest and least reliable phone sony have ever released with too many troubled users.
Taking it back before the reset stalls on the white screen completely, rendering the phone unusable! Shame as nice design-end up with a nokia or refund


Posted by XIONG
It has been a long time, I think I can finally really reassuring for the Sony, Nokia is the same

Posted by jms2367
the shite screen problem also happened to me. usually after i use the headset then tried texting after a call.

it has been quite some time since the white screen happened though.

Posted by jms2367
yesterday, i was driving most of the time hence i have to use the wired handsfree most of the time. it is so annoying that for about 3 times, the phone's display just turns completely white during a call. turning it off with the power key is not possible. i have to remove and then reinsert the battery. could this be a hardware problem?

what could be the problem? my phone's firmware is already the latest. any ideas?


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