Posted by vbayma
Intesting... Flashed my K850i with Davinci using my Windows Vista and all worked ok... It lasted about 20 min..
Sorry for that... really bad..
Posted by DCUK7
Grrrr, charged my phone last night and have not used it for calls or texts (only the alarm this morning) and its already at 78%. Useless!
I have no doubt SE will sort this out in the next firmware, they do usually get the major bugs sorted (as was pointed out a few posts back regarding the K700i battery issue) but it is frustrating using the phone in the mean time.
Ordered my W960i 10 minutes ago so I should get that tomorrow. I'll only be using my K850i when I go out to take pictures, the rest of the time I can use the W960i.
Posted by Kristoff
Hi, guys.
I read every of your posts, but I don't write because till now I didn't have to tell you anything.
But now I have a big problem: since yesterday the camera shutter doesn't open at all. I tried about 50 times and nothing happens. The camera is turned on on the display but only black picture....
Please don't advice me to reflash the phone because for other reasons i did that two times today through davinci
Posted by spanner5351
On 2008-01-11 14:18:53, Kristoff wrote:
Hi, guys.
I read every of your posts, but I don't write because till now I didn't have to tell you anything.
But now I have a big problem: since yesterday the camera shutter doesn't open at all. I tried about 50 times and nothing happens. The camera is turned on on the display but only black picture....
Please don't advice me to reflash the phone because for other reasons i did that two times today through davinci
This happened to my phone within the first 2 weeks of me getting the phone.
I had to send it back and get a new one.
Im not sure if there is a fix out there, but o2 just sent me a new phone.
Obviously the phone is within the 12 months warranty so you should be able to get a new one or get it fixed.
[ This Message was edited by: spanner5351 on 2008-01-11 14:00 ]
Posted by Kristoff
Yes, I have a 2 year warranty but the terms are not very good. I mean I have to wait 30 days if I take the phone to the service... or if they know about the problem and just give me another phone...
Posted by spanner5351
They do know about this, it is a very common fault with the first K850 phones.
Argue your case if they try to not give you a new phone immediatly.
Posted by Tervel
On 2008-01-11 11:57:30, 1889 wrote:
Its got to be something to do with the software that is draining the battery. Its nothing to do with usage, 3G, Bluetooth, searching for a signal or anything.
When I had 037 I could easily get 5 days out of it, which isn't too bad. I haven't used my phone since my last charge on Wednesday night, I didn't let it charge fully so I don't think it got to 100% cause when I checked it the following morning it was at 75%, it is now at 61%. That'd be pretty reasonable if that was the consumption when I was using it.
I honestly don't know what usage habits you have but I could Never dream of 5 days on my K850 (037 f/w). I've only had the phone for 2 weeks and so far IF I get 40 hours of it I'm happy. Then again I spend about an hour/day on the phone, and browse the web with the RSS feeds quite a bit.
What really helped me extend my battery life on my HTC TyTN was a little applet that switch 3G OFF so that the phone worked on GPRS/EDGE. This was VERY convenient because I didn't really need high speed until I was streaming video or something, all in all it added 15-20 hours of usage on the HTC. I wonder if there is such an applet or way to do it on the Sony Ericsson phones...
Posted by se_dude
hey there..when sum1 calls u or u receive an sms in the meantime of a call..does the person on the other end hear the alert??....
coz in my case..wenevr i rcv ne meaasagfe or a call is in waitng..the person on the other side can hear it..very annoying...ne fixes plzz??
m on an unbranded 029 firmware
Posted by Julleman
On 2008-01-11 16:48:47, Tervel wrote:
On 2008-01-11 11:57:30, 1889 wrote:
Its got to be something to do with the software that is draining the battery. Its nothing to do with usage, 3G, Bluetooth, searching for a signal or anything.
When I had 037 I could easily get 5 days out of it, which isn't too bad. I haven't used my phone since my last charge on Wednesday night, I didn't let it charge fully so I don't think it got to 100% cause when I checked it the following morning it was at 75%, it is now at 61%. That'd be pretty reasonable if that was the consumption when I was using it.
I honestly don't know what usage habits you have but I could Never dream of 5 days on my K850 (037 f/w). I've only had the phone for 2 weeks and so far IF I get 40 hours of it I'm happy. Then again I spend about an hour/day on the phone, and browse the web with the RSS feeds quite a bit.
What really helped me extend my battery life on my HTC TyTN was a little applet that switch 3G OFF so that the phone worked on GPRS/EDGE. This was VERY convenient because I didn't really need high speed until I was streaming video or something, all in all it added 15-20 hours of usage on the HTC. I wonder if there is such an applet or way to do it on the Sony Ericsson phones...
Tervel
Switch on/off 3G.
Menu\\settings\\connectivity\\Mobile networks\\GSM-3G networks
Posted by Duran
guess it isnt too bad that i dont ave R038 yet (unbranned) after reading all the battery problems.
Lets gogo major JAN update!
Posted by klarho
Speaked with a guy at my local BRAND service center. He called to the central technicians for me, and they said that the major update were in testing with my brand (tre), and it was only 1-2 weeks away. Sounds kinda promising.
Posted by Krzysiecw
I`ve talked to SE call center in poland and they said that the new firmware should be on SEUS 20.01.2008 I hope they are righ.
Posted by plankgatan
its nothing to look forward to............stay with 037....much better
Posted by gregface
I have noticed that battery life is halfed (roughly) if you have 3G mode switched on...
I am on three, but seem to get signal with it turned off, it presumably ports onto a standard network. But I am at 68% today with reasonable useage. Normally I would be about 25%
Posted by sverkalo
From what it seems I would stay with 37. Many problems have been reported.
Posted by buntoo
On 2008-01-11 19:21:42, plankgatan wrote:
its nothing to look forward to............stay with 037....much better
can u plz explain why?
is there no improvement in the latest firmware R1DA038?
mine is R1CA037 and i daily check for the update.
Posted by alanjrobertson
Personally I've noticed a big improvement with 038 vs 037 - no random reboots, no crashes when accessing Gmail, etc.
I haven't noticed any particular change in battery life but have been in a fairly good reception area.
Still looking forward to the 'big' update this month!
Alan
Posted by Krzysiecw
On 2008-01-11 19:21:42, plankgatan wrote:
its nothing to look forward to............stay with 037....much better
but i talked about the BIG Firmware FIX so i won`t stay with 37 if the big release will be avlb
Posted by sverkalo
How can we be sure that we will have a big fix?
Posted by goldenface
Its been known for a while that there is new FW arriving in January.
The new fw will also fix some of the compatibility issues the K850i has with some of the recently launched accessories - e.g the MBS-100.
Posted by plankgatan
so 038 is not a major (ordinary firmware) uppdate ??????????
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K850, 
W810 & 
T29
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(t610, t630, k700, k750, k800, k810)
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Posted by ziupo
I fond imo big error, when i plug in te microSD card to k850 and go to the phone through usb [in mode 'phone'] I see:
- Phone Memory
&
- Memory stick [TM] (!)
but why, imo this is very confusing (I have 2 cards: microSD, M2 and both contain different files)
Posted by tai020381
On 2008-01-12 01:02:33, ziupo wrote:
I fond imo big error, when i plug in te microSD card to k850 and go to the phone through usb [in mode 'phone'] I see:
- Phone Memory
&
- Memory stick [TM] (!)
but why, imo this is very confusing (I have 2 cards: microSD, M2 and both contain different files)
lolz guess SE still want to advertise memory stick EVEN when inserted into the phone itself~~ haha
Posted by Ricky D
Does anyone know how the number of the firmware corresponds to the importance in the timeline?? If I were the person namig each firmware I'd break it down something like the following....
e.g. R1CA029
R1 - This would be increased in index to R2 at the biggest of updates, then to R3 after etc etc. We're still on R1 which to me would indicate we've had a major update yet.
CA - This would be for when a driver has changed, but there are still some parts of the firmware still the same from the last major update e.g. the cam driver update changed this to DA on the K850
029 - this is for the smallest changes or emergency changes. like the change from 029 to 037, which fixed a few important java errors but nothing like the cam driver or the java SW version.
All of this is just how I've interpretted it, I could be wrong obviously. I'd expect the the major firmware update to be an R2????? and sometime this month. It just feels like there's still something missing.
Can anybody with insider knowledge help us out here?
Posted by klarho
@ plankgatan
So you tell us that the big talked-about upcoming january firmware update is equal to 038 and nothing to look forward to? correct me if i'm wrong.
Posted by naveensiva
guys i have just now bought k850 and found that firmware is 029
i just connected it with SEUS and found that there is no update for my phone but when i se thru FOTA... it shows there is aupdate at a size of 1.5 MB..
how safe is to update via FOTA ??
please help me..
mine is R1CA029
prg12004400_generic_SO
EROM 1200-4341
cus
asia-levan
wht should i do.. check it again..
again i have another doubt.. i didnt install the drivers of r k850 coz it didnt ask me ..
will it the cause it didnt find my phone and appropriate update..
please help me fast guys..
Posted by capuera
On 2008-01-12 12:17:31, naveensiva wrote:
how safe is to update via FOTA ??
It is pretty safe. I updated my K800i twice by FOTA and it worked fine. Once they released the firmware first on FOTA and after some time on SEUS. So I updated via FOTA. Be aware that you will be charged by your network provider for the data transfer.
Posted by naveensiva
thnks ..^^
updated.... thru FOTA...
fast ..replaces only few files.... instead of SEUS the whole thing ...
now my firmware is
R1CA037
prg12004400_generic_SO
EROM 1200-4341
Posted by nocky
i have updated to 038 now when someone sends something to me by bt i accept but it still wont send to me i never had this problem on 037
Posted by huggons
The first page still shows as "3 UK (CDA102511/69) - ?"
Can we have this updated to show that 3 UK is currently on R1CA029
Cheers
Posted by marciton
hello,
I've install the "generic" firmware "cutomize CH/blue" from Davinci, and it's works fine
but when I check the upgrade from the phone or the update service tool from the PC it's say it's the last build ... how could I update to R1DA038 except pay a new 10€ to davinci ???
Posted by DCUK7
@ marciton
R1DA038 is only available for network branded handsets. Currently R1CA037 is the latest firmware for generic handsets.
Apparently there will be a newer firmware within a couple of weeks so hang tight for that before you pay for another Davinci credit.
Posted by Tervel
Potentially stupid question - how do I know if my phone is branded or not? I mean I'd expect to see some branding bacgrounds and possibly customized internet access out of the box, but mine didn't have any of those. The box that it came in has TIM on it which I can only assume is a provider and my firmware is as follows:
R1CA037
prgg12004404_CHINA_SO R1CA037
EROM: 200-4341
Is there anywhere in the firmware that I can determine if it's branded?
Thanks
Posted by vegetaleb
If it's branded the main menu icons are changed ,so just compare menu icons of K850 you have seen on the web and yours,also if it's branded the start-up animation is not the SE one(virgin,orange,voda...animated gifs)
Anyway as it seems I have a APAC FW (many european lang+many asiatic ones) SEUS releases FW updates to this version at the same time as European lang packs or we have to wait a couple of days/weeks more?
It's rumored that on the 20th of this month the ''big'' FW will be released
I don't have any bug but I am expecing a better video recording quality
Posted by darrengf
On 2008-01-13 00:47:56, Tervel wrote:
Potentially stupid question - how do I know if my phone is branded or not? I mean I'd expect to see some branding bacgrounds and possibly customized internet access out of the box, but mine didn't have any of those. The box that it came in has TIM on it which I can only assume is a provider and my firmware is as follows:
R1CA037
prgg12004404_CHINA_SO R1CA037
EROM: 200-4341
Is there anywhere in the firmware that I can determine if it's branded?
Thanks
Go into the Main eng menu using the arrow key code and then go into, Service info, Software info and in there you will what software you have.
Come down to where it says Customization and this is where you get the info from
mine is 1201-7336 R5A, Which tells me its o2-uk.
If you can let me know I will let you know what yours is
Posted by darrengf
A Couple of people have been asking me to Jbenchmark my phone as i currently have R1DA038 firmware.
I have done this and placed the info into a graph for every one, I have also jbenchamarked my SE w300i and Mototola V545. I will try to do more over the next couple of days, but if any of you have yours and want to pm me your results, I will put them on the spreadsheet.
Hope this helps
Posted by Bryan84
No updates still here in Singapore.
Posted by Ricky D
@darrengf
I'll do my K800 and W800 and send you the results but I don't how to benchmark test. Could you give me a nudge in the right direction?
Posted by kenvi348
I have an unbranded phone, I am from France and I have no update, I am still in 037 and I have no problems with this phone, I have a 2GB sandisk M2 and I have no problem with it too.
I wait for the update only in order to increase the general speed of the phone and the speed when I use some soft with it.
(sorry if my english is bad, I am from France)
Posted by darrengf
On 2008-01-13 16:16:35, Ricky D wrote:
@darrengf
I'll do my K800 and W800 and send you the results but I don't how to benchmark test. Could you give me a nudge in the right direction?
Not a problem
You need to go to http://www.jbenchmark.com
You can register for free if you want to post the results back to them, however you can download the software for free as well
For the testing you need
JBenchmark 1.0
JB 2.0
JB 3D
Good Luck, have fun
Posted by fullforce
On 2008-01-13 19:13:01, kenvi348 wrote:
I have an unbranded phone, I am from France and I have no update, I am still in 037 and I have no problems with this phone, I have a 2GB sandisk M2 and I have no problem with it too.
I wait for the update only in order to increase the general speed of the phone and the speed when I use some soft with it.
(sorry if my english is bad, I am from France)
Your english is good!
Well i have an unbranded phone too(i live in Sweden) and i guess we have to wait at least two more weeks. I really hope it's a major update that fixes/betters camera drivers, the damn java problem, DOESN*T mess up the battery life(rather improve it) and the music player. So i hope this new firmware update isn't like the one that folks that have branded phones has gotten.
Posted by kenvi348
Your english is good!
Well i have an unbranded phone too(i live in Sweden) and i guess we have to wait at least two more weeks. I really hope it's a major update that fixes/betters camera drivers, the damn java problem, DOESN*T mess up the battery life(rather improve it) and the music player. So i hope this new firmware update isn't like the one that folks that have branded phones has gotten.
Thank's lol I though my english was bad...
Normaly we won't have access to the 038 update, but we will directly have the major update.
On the non official SE blog, we can see that the major update is released since de 12 january to the 20 in north europe.
Wait and see.
Posted by nocky
i want to debrand my k850i, i am going to use davinci, but i am not sure how much it is?
Posted by Eraser212
@nocky
You need to buy 10 credits for 10€.
I know, the price table is a bit strange because there's no cross at "Unlock / DB2020".
But I tried it myself and succeeded, pay 10 euros and you're done:)
Posted by fullforce
They must make good money!
Posted by nocky
yeh i found the table confusing too, it doesnt say debranding on the table it must come under flashing.
Posted by Tervel
Julleman > Thanks for the 3G on/off method! I have now made it a shortcut so I can get to it with just a move of the joystick
darrengf > My customization is:
1201-0176 R11A
1200-5441 R1CA037
APAC-ANZ
I hope that's all the info to tell branding - let me know if I missed anything and thanks!
Posted by >500
@Tervel
im just wondering where you got your phone from? in the usa, or some where else?
you said earlier it came in a TIM branded box? But your customization is APAC/ANZ (australia, asia (i think some parts) and new zealand) so i find it very strange to have come in a TIM branded box, since TIM phones dont usually come from that region........
does your phone have any TIM shutdown or startup screens, or menu icons? any physical branding on the phone?
Posted by the-prince
On 2007-12-27 02:04:14, zzr-matt wrote:
Just upgraded my VF branded K850i to R1AD038 va the update service.
Everything seems to be ok so far with one exception, it now seems to be ignoring the "default contacts" option. This is currently set to "Phone contacts" but if the sender is in the contacts on my SIM then those details are displayed for incoming calls etc. This was not the same with the previous R1CA029 version i had installed.
I tried a master settings reset but no difference! Anyone else seen this issue?
[ This Message was edited by: zzr-matt on 2007-12-27 01:06 ]
I have exactly the same problem, i recently updated to the 038 and the phone is ignoring the default contacts option (which is set to phone contacts) and is showing the sim contacts. Can anybody help?!
My phone - branded O2 K850i with R1AD038
Thanks
Posted by Mike Graham
On 2008-01-14 10:37:33, the-prince wrote:
On 2007-12-27 02:04:14, zzr-matt wrote:
Just upgraded my VF branded K850i to R1AD038 va the update service.
Everything seems to be ok so far with one exception, it now seems to be ignoring the "default contacts" option. This is currently set to "Phone contacts" but if the sender is in the contacts on my SIM then those details are displayed for incoming calls etc. This was not the same with the previous R1CA029 version i had installed.
I tried a master settings reset but no difference! Anyone else seen this issue?
[ This Message was edited by: zzr-matt on 2007-12-27 01:06 ]
I have exactly the same problem, i recently updated to the 038 and the phone is ignoring the default contacts option (which is set to phone contacts) and is showing the sim contacts. Can anybody help?!
My phone - branded O2 K850i with R1AD038
Thanks
Mine doesn't do that, and im using exactly the same as you 038 on O2 branded handset