Posted by zorgski
T610 and T610live firmware has been uppdated.
version: R3B011
Looking for the changes atm.. more to come
EDIT:
R3C002 is now out
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Posted by masseur
Its probably worth also mentioning how you know this because people will ask... actually I think I just did too!
Posted by Cytech
yes... R3B has been released... but it's not yet available for all language versions.. some European versions, Vodafone Live version and US versions have R3B...
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Posted by zorgski
T610live: icons got a little update there is a indication of which menu is selected. No other visual changes. Canīt find any other changes either.. probably just some software optimization.
Gonna check a regular T610 soon
Posted by masseur
Good. well please try Jbenchmark and let us know what score you get as they are supposed to have improve the java performance. Ta!
Posted by zorgski
Regular T610: No visual changes, looks like the Java got a little kick in the bum and is quite much faster...
No more changes what i can see anyone else ? what did i miss ?
Posted by masseur
Any chance of that Jbenchmark score (in case you missed my previous reply) just for comparison. I get 271 on my two T610s with R1L013. ta!
Posted by ruff rider
Are the ringtones still increasing when the phone rings? Can you choose your own message tone? Cheers!
Posted by zorgski
the score was:
T610 live:
JBechmark: 381
Details:
Text: 159
2D shapes: 131
3D shapes: 66
Fill Rate: 25
Animation: 0
T610:
JBenchmark: 386 1st time 315 2:nd time the following details are from 2:nd round
Text:127
2D shapes: 106
3D shapes: 57
Fill Rate: 25
Animation: 0
Posted by masseur
wow! well thats a 30 odd percent improvement so I am impressed!
thanks for that. I'll be heading to my local SE service centre this sat I reckon!
Posted by zorgski
Well the i have been able to change the messagetone since the first firmware (i think) itīs under settings -> sounds & alerts -> messeage alert..
The ring signal is still same...
Posted by Fritz24
I think ruff rider meant can you download and use any other message tones instead of the 6 pre-defined ones?
Posted by ruff rider
Thanks Fritz24, thats exactly what I meant. OK one last question. Does the clock screensaver still hide missed calls/messages? TIA
Posted by caff
Any improvement on camera photo quality ??
Posted by agnesx
thanks for the info am going to call SE now to see if they have it
Posted by nauti_n_cool
Cool.... does anyone has some info on the Release Notes of this firmware... so that we know whats better in the new release ?
Posted by masseur
I don't think I have ever seen release notes for firmware versions. Best to hang around here as this thread develops as people notice changes.
Thats how we usually find out whats new!
Posted by agnesx
might sound dumb and totally off the track here
but i remember reading several people talking about improving the quality of the camera in the upcoming firmware?
i said was not possible as there are no hardware upgrade = no improvement in camera ...
so.. for those who have the R3B alraedy.. can you tell a difference with your photos?
Posted by zorgski
I canīt see any difference in pic quality..
The message alerts canīt be uploaded/changed.
Posted by Merkur
I have noticed a few new things in R3B so far:
1. When sending an SMS/MMS there is an extra option called "Contacts" that takes you directly to the search window for Contacts.
2. R1L had a problem with incoming phonecalls, if the phone number eneded with 00 or 000. I'm waiting for a phonecall from such number to verify if there have been any imporvements there.
Posted by kash
How about java sockets!
Posted by Cytech
a little update on the language versions released... R3B is now available for alla languages except Asian versions, HongKong and Taiwan version
Posted by wrath000
Nice, I will be upgrading mine in about an hour then...
Posted by masseur
bugger! I have to wait until Saturday as the guy at the local SE service centre here in Frankfurt is a miserable git and wants to charge me 30 for upgrades and I won't give him the pleasure of taking my money.
Posted by nauti_n_cool
Its good to know that message alert tones can be now customized.
What about the volume keys next to the camera button ? Do they always indicate volume ( as i thought they should have!! ) or is that still the same ?
Posted by Fritz24
Message alerts CAN'T be customised according to this:
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Posted by caff
One important thing, can you check and see if bluetooth on T610 with R3b has improved the quality and connection with BT headset? Cos with R1L, there still a bit crackling and very often T610 doesn't pick up receive calls..........really hope this firmware does solved this issue. Thanks !
Posted by deceased
Question to norwegian ppl:
Do i need to send the phone in to upgrade the firm. Or do they flash the phone while i wait in the store.
When i updated my t68 to t68i i had to wait 2weeks, Hehe sucks.
Posted by wrath000
@deceased:
I upgraded the phone yesterday. Took 30 minutes. I took it to a
service center though, not to the store. I've actually upgraded the phone 5-6 times there, never took more then an hour. Never paid either
Posted by Fritz24
@wrath - can you give us a definitive breakdown on what's new in this firmware then please?
Posted by wrath000
I have to say, there are very few visible changes.
-When you play recorded conversations, they now play over the loudspeaker (better quality playback then before (the mms method))
-No change with ringtones SMS or normal...
-The menu in JAVA still flickers on change
-I havn't tested JBench yet, will do it later...
-Pictures taken with the camera appear to take up less memory!? (avrg 19kb for large size photo)
-Pictures taken with the camera appear to be clearer (might have to play around with shutter speed) on the phone screen, havn't had a chance to look at them on PC yet.
-Sound appears to be louder, but it's possible it's just my imagination.
-Themes still taking just as long to load
-1 Less click for text messaging. Now you get to skip a step (goes straight to "find contact" instead of "Number", you can still go to "number" with a new menu choice.
-When choosing word alternative in T9 while replying to message, pressing the joystick in will no longer send the message, but accept the word. (Finally!) While not in T9 word selection, joystick in will send the message.
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Posted by Fritz24
Cool - thanks for that
Posted by sadglad
sounds good. I think I'll upgrade my phone soon.
Do all the games and such disappear when I upgrade the firmware?
Don't wanna loose my highscores
Posted by mau
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Can the recorded sounds be used as ringtones?
Posted by wrath000
Small Size photos appears to function exactly as before.
You can't set recorded conversations as ringtones.
Posted by Carlsb3rg
How about Java sockets ? ICQ/MSmessenger.. etc possible yet?
I'll wait around for more improvements before upgrading especially if the picture sizes are smaller. So far doesnt seem worth upgrading.
Posted by benfting
One Great important issue,
Can you check and see if bluetooth on T610 with R3b has improved the quality and connection with BT headset?
Because with R1L, thereīs a crackling and very often T610 doesn't pick up calls and voice controls doensīt work...Can anybody reply?
Thanks !
Posted by masseur
wrath000, can you tell me if you lost any content (pictures, contacts etc) in the phone during this upgrade?
Posted by wrath000
I lost all my messages/last call list, but I am pretty sure that's because they put another SIM in the phone to check out my ringtones
Other then that, everything stayed exactly as it was...
Posted by masseur
ok thanks, just that I noticed in the other thread about picture storage and I wondered if that meant reloading them into the phone to regain the lost memory, assuming I understood it right that you don't lose any now?
edit: don't worry. I just read your latest comment about old and new pic sizes... ta!
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Posted by wrath000
I don't know if this affects ordinary pictures. I won't find out until I get home, but so far, all the pictures taken with the camera (large mode) have used exactly 19kb. (as opposed to 48kb).
When I get home, I will try removing some pics, and transferring them back to see if they take up less space.
No pictures that were already on the phone during upgrade were affected. (they remained exactly same size as before)
Posted by -jOE!
Is this bug fixed?
When I go in to the "SMS" menu and "Sent" then time and date the SMS was sent isnīt showed... Iīd like to have that!
Posted by wrath000
still no date on sent messages, sorry.
Posted by Clauie
On JBenchMark I got (with the R3B011 firmware):
Overall: 392
Text: 167
2D shapes: 132
3D shapes: 67
Fill Rate: 26
Animation: 0
Posted by agnesx
how does this effect the screen saver animated gifs??
i mean the one i am using now is 60kb on my comp
but when used on my T610.. it takes up 300kbs?!
i hope the new FW has fixed this so i can use more space
Posted by Merovingian
Where can i download some SonyEricsson firmware? Please answer of in PM. private message that is. Thanx
Posted by Redferne
The increasing ring "feature" have not been fixed in R3B011, however when previewing ringtones in "My sounds" they start at maximum volume. The bluetooth crackle noise HAVE NOT BEEN FIXED. I feel this is a hardware issue which SE are denying. Maybe the phone feels abit quicker...
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Posted by papi
wrath000 can you check please, in the recorded sounds if the joystick works left-right as forward or backward like T68i ???
It was very usefull. Why did they stop it ?
Posted by wrath000
@papi:
No, it doesn't
@all
I fried my BlueTooth dongle yesterday, so I won't be able to test out the filesystem untill the new one arrives (tomorrow, I hope). On the bright side, this gave me an opportunity to buy a decent dongle (I hope)
Posted by troymclure
When testing the new R3B011 firmware, there is a large difference with pictures taken with the new firmware and pictures transferred from the pc,
My test picture takes up 18 kb, when taken with R3B011 , when i transfer it to my computer it fills 12,3 kb, but when transferred back to the phone it's up to 51 kb.. ro the ratio it 1:2,83 That's a noticable difference..
This example is a large colour picture.
When i take a small colour picture, the picture on the phone fills 7 kb, when transferred to pc 3,3 kb. And when transferred back to the phone 40 kb thats a ratio on 1:5,7
This is amazing, now theres no problem taking pictures of all your contacts.
But im affraid i have to delete all my pictures, to free up some memory and start on a fresh.