Posted by spoon
Sony Ericsson P800 Philippine Users Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/P800_phils
I am an owner of a Sony Ericsson P800.
I can't find any other users to share experiences with...
Please subscribe at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/P800_phils/
Thanks.
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Posted by Jowi
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Posted by GOwin
correction. SE Mobile Philippines was the name chosen for the organization of sonyericsson phone users during the grand EB.
SE Mobile Ph = the old PSEUG
Posted by Jowi
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Posted by spoon
hi
i have no intention of competing with your group.
i just want an easier way of communicating with other current P800 users here in the Philippines.
I visited your forum but it is web-based.
Also, we have 5 members already. Some have shared their current experiences/problems with the P800.
Just want to focus on the P800 only...
Oh, Philippines was included in the name so other Filipinos can join...
Thank you very much.
I hope you won't delete this thread at all like they did at buyncell.com
Posted by Jowi
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Posted by spoon
thanks for understanding.
there are a lot of bugs already...
I wish SE would release a firmware update already.
Jowi, are you a student or faculty member at Ateneo?
Posted by spoon
jowi,
i see thanks for the info.
we have 11 members as of today.
Posted by miggz
hey guys! alam ko marami na sa inyo bumili ng p800. is it really that cool? I'm planning to buy one, but considering to buy a sony clie to pair with my t68i. Plus a sony cybershot U. which will set me back 29K lahat nw yun... PLEASE HELP ME DECIDE!
Posted by reymun
SE guy told me they will have an upgrade by monday,hope this works,reseting the p800 everyday is depressing...39k for a phone that needs to be rebooted everyday.tsktsk....but it still rocks!!!
Posted by tom_riddle
i just joined in. hope to find more answers to my questions. i am happy, but i need more answers.
Posted by Rashkae
Was there a firmware update available today?
Posted by spoon
Hi,
I have been talking with DJ of Sony Ericsson Phils since last week regarding the firmware update for the P800.
Yesterday, she told me that I can go to SESS in (VA Rufino St. Makati) to have my phone's firmware updated to R1C (Phone). I was able to get a copy of the latest PC Suite. I just brought a blank CD and they made me a copy of the software.
Initially, I was told that I had to wait for two hours for the whole updating process. I went back after two hours (6:30 last night) and then Anne of SESS informed me that it would take another thirty minutes more. After 2 hours and 40 minutes, I was able to get my phone.
I was shocked to see that I received the SAME version I got when I bought my unit. I was really disappointed and I told the guy who updated my phone's firmware that everything remains the same. He gave me unacceptable replies. He claims that R1C of the Organiser was the one updated to R1C while the other 3 (bluetooth,phone and CDA) were not updated at all. It was updated daw to improve the speed of the phone! Then I showed him some of the bugs that I had been experiencing like the Sony Ericsson logo appearing in the communicam viewfinder.
I was really disappointed. I even went to Semicon Power Plant just to confirm that I still had the same version. I was right!
It was around 8:30 p.m. already so I could not call Sony Ericsson or SESS already. I was really.... arrrgghh.
I called DJ of Sony Ericsson Phils and she told me that their unit had an R1C (Phone) and R1F (Organiser). Well anyway, I was able to talk to SESS and Sony Ericsson Phils for a couple of times before I was given an explanation for all the hassle.
They called up Sony Ericsson in Singapore. According to them, what they downloaded had the WRONG file name or something because it was listed as R1C but the content was actually R1B (Phone). The promised R1C version would be available in about two weeks time. They apologized but still I wasted a lot of time...
At least I have the new PC Suite CD. It has a confusing version. When you install it, you would see a version 1.0.6. But when you right-click on the P800 icon on the system tray (near the clock of your PC's desktop) and select the Phone monitor's About menu, it would be listed at 1.10. Anyway, backup/restore is version 1.4.2.0.
I think this would solve the synch issues for other people... I recommend that you get this version. Don't forget to bring a blank CD to SESS.
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Posted by ferrarista44
@spoon- u shouldve read the Smartnet thread regarding P800 upgrade..
Posted by 619
no need to upgrade for now.... old version kahit sa smartnet.
regarding the Assign the name, etc to it and it would then be saved. You can verify this by going to your Contact directory. Then, go to the Messages menu and create an SMS. Try sending an SMS to the person you recently added. You would discover that you can't send an sms because that particular contact is not reflected as an option. Go back to the Contacts menu and you would see that it's there.
edit the phone and place the phone number to the MOBILE category.
Posted by spoon
I tried going there but I couldn't see anything...
Anyway, I went to have the firmware updated because it was available na only at SESS according to SE.
Disastrous thing...
Posted by 619
what sess have, smartnet will also have.
Posted by spoon
thanks for the SMS sending problem. I tried it already.
Amyway, SE Phils told me that SESS was the only place to get it since they instructed them to download them the night before. So it wasn't available to SmartNet.
And SE Singapore confirmed that the R1C file in their site had the wrong content.
Thanks again.
Posted by 619
so, did it solve the sms sending?
re the SE logo blocking the viewfinder, i have that problem on the second day of my unit, after master setting.. it didnt happen anymore.
Posted by spoon
yes it works! thanks a lot.
This has been my 3rd uinit and I still experience the SE logo problem once in a while. Even after it was re-flashed agian last night, I experienced it in front of the guy who updated it. I also tried the master reset button before...
Thanks again.
Posted by boogee
@spoon bout the se logo on your viewfinder,ur not d only one.even i had that problem before,what i do is i turn the fon off after a while turn it on again then it goes back to normal,i think it happened to me 3 or 4 times during its first week of use.
Posted by 619
anyway, even the viewfinder is blocked, u can still take picture.
Posted by jhermano
@619
about the logo in the viewfinder, you said you did a master reset as in the one in control panel>>device and it didnt happen again? Havent tried a master reset yet kasi. Have done a ton of those 10sec power resets. seems like I have to do it more often now, like at least twice a day.
does anybody know if the new firmware addresses this warning sign prob?
Does someone here really have the video messaging app?
Posted by spoon
yes i can take pictures but it's harder. hehe.
the problem like i said, happens once every week at least.
but the yellow triangle that asks you to press the power button for 10 secs happens even when my battery is fully charged pa.
i just hope they fix this in the next firmware.
i'm just curious. have you joined the P800 yahoogroup I posted?
There'll be more apps soon.
Posted by 619
the 10 sec thing happend to me yesterday while composing a msg here at esato... first time to happen that way.. it usually it happens when i open third party apps..
Posted by jplacson
Guys, there's something I've noticed... SE users LOVE returning their phones. The Communicam bug is NOT a hardware defect... You will find it in ALL P800's...no matter how many times you return and replace your phone with your dealer.
It's a FW bug. Which means, that your current unit is ok. ALL P800s running the same FW will have the same bugs! I think we all just got spoiled with the T68m->T68i upgrade thing.
I'm very impressed with the low defect turnout of the P800. Sony really did a good job of lowering Ericsson's defect ration.
Other than a few reports of the mic not working AT ALL... I haven't heard of any major hardware defects in a P800.
FW on the other hand, that's SE's and Symbian's problem. We want the promised FW... I want it in cute, white, SE CDs, not some CD-R that I had to buy! I think SE should give the earlier P800 buyers free CD replacements with the Opera browser (that was promised), more languages, and the video recorder software.
Other than that... I'm happy with it. It's built a lot better than I expected. (And that's a lot, since I've owned nothing but Ericssons since the GH688 days...no I never reached the GH388)
Oh, and I hope they release a silver/gray case for it like what they did with the T68i.
Posted by spoon
my 1st unit had the mic/speaker problem and it was a legit problem.
2nd unit: yeloow triangle appears a couple of times per day talaga.
now on my 3rd unit. acceptable now. i agree that all the problems I'm experiencing now are firmware-related.
Posted by antski
in my case, i was fortunate enough i guess to experience only 2 resets in my 2 weeks of using my unit. hopefully, it stays that way.
Posted by jepaz
I agree w/ jplacson. SESS should give the upgrade CD for FREE!
Posted by 619
i have my resets 3 times a day.... breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Posted by JAYV
jplacson, i totaly agree wt u, i suggest u post ths on the SESS PH thread, give them a piece of our mind. :) Ericsson user since GF788 - P800
Posted by Markmomukhamo
Hello.
I've experienced the yellow triangle button twice (my phone is two weeks old) and the SE logo appearing on the viewfinder. Freaked me out first time it happened.
Anyway, I do hope they fix the bugs soon. Regardless though, I'm happy with the P800.
Posted by spoon
Hi there!
Sony Ericsson just posted a new version of the PC Suite in their site.
Here is the direct link:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/downloads/PCSuiteForP800_rel_1.1.1_EN.exe?traceClick=yes
ENJOY!
PCSuiteForP800_rel_1.1.1_EN.exe
(37.8 MB approx. 93 minutes on a 56k modem)
Executable File (EXE)
License: Free
Operating system: Windows 2000¸ Windows ME¸ Windows XP
Compatible with: P800
Pre-requisities
-Deskstand, Infrared or Bluetooth
-MS Outlook/Lotus Notes/Lotus Organizer
-Windows 2000 Service Pack 2/XP/ME
System Requirements:
-At least 100 MB free hard disk space.
-Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2: 64 MB RAM, 266 MHz
-Windows ME: 64 MB RAM, 200 MHz
-Windows XP: 128 MB RAM, 300 MHz
Install instructions
1. Download the installation package to your computer (remember where you place the downloaded installation package file).
2. Close all processes (when installing the Sync Station component make sure your email application is closed).
3. Double click on the downloaded .exe installation package file.
4. Follow the installation instructions.
5. Reboot your computer after installation.
How to use
Connect the phone via Deskstand/IR/Bluetooth.
Start synchronization either from the icon in the system tray or from the Start menu: Start/Programs/Sony Ericsson/P800/Synchronize.
For further instructions please use the Getting Started Guide or the User Guide.
The PC Suite for P800 includes the following free software applications:
Sync Station allows you to synchronize content such as contacts, calendar and tasks, between your phone and your computer.
Backup and Restore allows you to save information from your phone to your computer. If you have lost information in your phone, you can easily restore the data from a saved backup on your computer or from another phone.
File Manager allows you to convert your file types, rename or replace both individual files and entire folders.
Install Software allows you to download and install software on your phone.
Download Language allows you to download languages to your phone.
Phone Connection Monitor allows you to check the current communication status and provides shortcuts to many of the settings for your phone. After installation, the Phone Connection Monitor will start automatically every time the computer is started.
Dial-Up Networking Wizard will guide you through the creation of GPRS or HSCSD dial-up connections for your personal computer to connect to the Internet or to a corporate network.
The Mobile Phone Monitor Control Panel applet allows you to view and update mobile phones connected to your computer, COM ports on your computer and SIM cards recognized by your computer.
Modem drivers for Sony Ericsson P800 mobile phone.
Notes
Release 1.1.1 of the PC Suite for P800 (identical to P800 CD1 1.1.0) is intended as an upgrade from release 1.0.0.
After an upgrade from 1.0.0 the synchronization may not work at once. If the error message 'Folder/section cannot be opened' is shown use the following solution:
1. Start the sync settings dialog from system tray or from Start menu: Start/Programs/Sony Ericsson/P800/Sync Settings.
2. Verify that the settings are correct and press OK.
This will update the sync database and make it possible to sync with the new version.
Posted by antski
no need to uninstall the previous version right??
Posted by spoon
yes no need to uninstall.
Posted by 619
just installed and when i click the phone beside the clock.. the about version is 1.0.10.0
Posted by antski
so hard to download.. i guess their server is so busy with all the users downloading at the same time. anyone has a copy and can put in somewhere else for download?
Posted by jepaz
@spoon. Im not having problem w/ the old version & it seems the same except for the version. Whats the difference between the two?
Posted by spoon
it is basically the same... this is just more stable according to SE.
Posted by ferrarista44
the CD release is stable with me.
so i guess i dont really need the new version, unless there was a new app that comes with it..
Posted by mariolouis
@spoon there are a lot here. no need to go to yahoo.
Posted by spoon
we have 33 members now...
it is a very good alternative too...
thanks.
Posted by JAYV
curious lang ako, estimate nyo ilan na ang meron P800 dito sa pinas? lalo na sa makati? ilan araw na kasi ako paikot-ikot sa gb at glorieta, pero ala ako makita gumagamit ng P800... medyo 'lonely' kasi
Posted by mariolouis
@Jayv you are not looking too hard. kahapon lang sa eb, umaapaw may p8 pare.
Posted by JAYV
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san kyo nag-eb? sa g4 ako kahapon... abangan ko nxt eb, pilitin ko maka-punta...
Posted by mariolouis
@Jayv sa g4 pare. sa may pazzo.
Posted by revolc26
hi there pwde b sali sa group nyo??? ty
Posted by spoon
Sony Ericsson P800 Philippine Users Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/P800_phils
Posted by terrible
Hi everybody, I got my P800 two sundays ago from Semicon SM Southmall. After four days I had to return it and have it replaced because after I did a master reset, the 10-second reset thing kept cropping up and I was not able to use the IR modem (it was detected but would not communicate even with a simple diagnostics). For several times, the unit would hang while I was changing the IR setting from on to off and back or changing from PC connect to modem and back.
Semicon SM was able to give me a replacement unit the day after I reported my problem.
The good thing about my new (replacement) unit is that I was able to setup and use its cable, IR, bluetooth for both synchronization and wireless modem with both my ASUS laptop and Intel desktop (with Windows XP) and since the time it was given to me, I only encountered the 10-second reset thing once (never happened again).
I have not done any master reset as of yet and dreads doing so (afraid that the 10-second reset would crop up again). I have not encountered any major problem that would make me have second thoughts about my getting a P800. In short, I am one very happy owner of a P800 and glad I delayed my first plan of getting an O2 XDA.
Right now, my P800 is setup to check my POP3 mail every 15 minutes thru myglobe and it alerts me for any kind of message I receive (SMS, MMS, and E-mail).
Let me also tell you that today (01/23/03) I observed that the GPRS connection of Globe became very stable. My P800 was connected the whole day. I could even see the globe icon with the blinking () on its side everytime it checks for my mail on the display with flip on.
The only question I have right now is: Is it really true that GPRS thru www.globe.com.ph is free (no matter how many kilobytes you send/receive) and that you only get charged if you use internet.globe.com.ph?
Posted by Jowi
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yes, its free...you'll be charged if you use internet.globe.com.ph