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Posted by jamzi
So i have now exchanged my faulty s700i and all was well for the first few days but now im getting the same problems as i did on my previous handset, which are -
- phone asking me to insert memory stick when i start the cam up even though the memory stick is inserted (ive put my old memory stick from my p900 in it and that seems to have fixed that!)
- had a couple of corrupt sms messages today
- recieved the same text from my girlfriend about 8 times withing 30 minutes. Does anyone know if this is just a problem with o2?
And lastly do caller ID pictures need to be stored on the phone memory? Because mine are on the memory stick but after a while they stop appearing when ever i recieve a text or call from one of my contacts and i need to go and apply the picture to their name again?
the firmware on my last s700i was R3f something and the firmware on my new one is R3B032.
Has anyone else experienced any of these problems?
Oh and throw in the odd random restart too!!

Jamzi



Posted by LkL
I have discoverd a bugg in the s700´s software. When you are making a movie and zoom the sound will disapear....

Posted by jamzi
hhhmmm not very much help LkL but thanks for that pointing that out anyway!
Anyone else?!

Jamzi

Posted by richardlusty
i have had a few of the same problems. i also am on my 2nd s700i and on o2. my phone would randomly not access memory card, so instead of plying my mp3 as ringtone, it played a default tune, corrupt messages! i hate them! also receive billons of the same text message v annoying! but thankfully the s700 does not hardly do this anymore, i didnt try do anything to fix it either and my firmwire is same as yours. o2 and sony ericsson have been having a few problems lately, recently there have been many problems with k700 phones being returned all with similar faults. i dont know who the fault lies with, but surely it shouldnt be too difficult to fix.

Posted by floatlite
I have been having the same problems. I have an S700, SIM free, generic firmware. I get corrupt txt mesages, and get upwards of 25 repeat txt messges from different people.

I also get the random access of the MS, as i have an MP3 as ther ring tone, and it sometimes decides to play a ringtone stored in the phone instead, but when you check the MP3 is the selected ringtone.

I tried to get the firmware updated, and I got the same as was already on the phone.

VERY annoying

David

Posted by Jammers
SIM free and no problems here. The repeating messages are a network fault. I've had them and I'm on o2 as well

Posted by k700nut
i'd say the repeat sms's are due to the network....i've had a few repeat msgs,even on my nokia.let's face it,o2 isn't the most reliable network in service thesedays.

Posted by 5H4K
Phew!

Just bought an S700 on Voda but seems like it's the 02 network causing the problem.

Only 1 day old, mind...

Posted by jamzi
thanks guys, i thought that the text message thing might be something to do with the network. What about the s700i not recognising that the memory stick is inserted? is that a common fault with these phones?
I certainly hope not, when i pay £450 for a phone i kinda expect it to work properly!

Jamzi

Posted by floatlite
Well I have just come off the phone with the SonyEricsson Support line. The latest UK non branded software is R3B032 rrgCXC125935_EU_1_T, and there is NO planned update due in December.

They checked the schedule for updates, and said nothing is planned for December, but they are working on adding the S700 to the online update service, which should be January 2005.

The software that the phones shipped with has not been updates in the UK.

David

Posted by freestyle
My non branded software is R3B032 prgCXC 125947_CHINA_T, is this any different to the european software (th ephone was purchased from a uk company)

Will this cause me trouble if i do an online update when the service is available?

Posted by jamzi
ok guys. I think im just going to persevere with the phone at the moment and the memory stick thing and hope that a future firmware update sorts it out.

Cheers

Jamzi

Posted by AMalakani
I had an S700i one month ago; it works fine without any problems except:
1- it is receiving corrupted messages all the time.
2- it's not the phone problem but yesterday I received the same message 10 times.
3- it's slow, really slow. Oh and it's noisy when it vibrate because when the phone is closed the two sides not tightly touching each other.


Posted by jcwhite_uk
I would not say that my S700 is slow. The two halves of my phone also close together quite tightly. It sounds as if yours is not screwed together properly. I would get it looked at.

Posted by keef319
The problems with receiving text messages again...and again...AND AGAIN is getting quite annoying. And the corrupt ones too!!! Must waste the battery life a bit too.

I emailed O2 about it and they said there is a problem with the s700i and the O2 network that the engineers are working to fix. (belive that when I see it!!!!)

I seem to have found another fault with the phone as well. SOMETIMES when I'm logging in to check my emails (on the phone), the screen goes blank, the phone vibrates for about 1/4 sec, and it reboots. Then it's ok again. Very strange...anyone else experienced this?????

Keef

Posted by ghecko
I'm on Vodafone I have received hundereds of the same messages for months now - it is an S700i fault, Vodafone has said this is the case 100%

Does anyone know how to stop this its very annoying..

Posted by govigov
It is 100% network fault. How do you get the messages if they have not send them? Its been reported in news papers too.

Posted by Topscooby
Hey Guys,

My S700i was supplied by Vodaphone but i had it unlocked and use an Orange contract sim in it.My Orange PAYG sim freezes the phone up and i have to remove the battery to get it working again.My wife's Orange PAYG sim works fine in it though.Even more strange is my PAYG sim (which won't work in my S700i ) works fine in her K700i???

Other than that i've had no other problems at all (touch wood).

Posted by fegge
I have the same problems on my S700.
The thing about the txt can't be network fault. For me it looks like a phone fault.

My phone also boots when someone's calling. I've also experienced problem with my handfree. The phone refuse to make the call when I'm using it.

Posted by sieg dante
huh? if it is not the network problem then that's mean the phone create the txt itself? strange ...

Posted by ghecko
Non the phone can't receive the messages properly, the networks get a signal back when a message is received, however if the phone is not receiving them correctly then the network keeps sending as the phone doesnt send the correct signal back. this is how you get delivery reports !!!

Posted by RichT610
Hi
Got a S700i yesterday on O2. I am getting the same text message over and over again. Driving me mad.
Also have a K700 which I gave to the missus, O2 contract phone to. No probs with this one since we have had it.
The S700 will be going back if I can't sort this out. Superb phone but can't put up with the repeating and corrupted text thing.
I see this thread was started quite a while ago and still this problem persists. SORT IT OUT O2/SONY ERICSSON
Rich

Posted by JukurenvengeX5
I think my media pllayer is a bit faulty..When I'm playing a song..And I want to select another one..It doesn't let me to scroll down to the one straight below it..It jumps to some other song randomly..*Shrugs* No big~

Posted by RichT610
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH
Had about 20 of the same text now.
Just done a test text from the wife's phone to mine and that text is now repeating over and over.
Is there a fix for this?? Please help.
Cheers, Rich
PS Firmware is R3B032

[ This Message was edited by: RichT610 on 2005-01-29 22:52 ]

Posted by Swedish_Chef
Quote:

On 2005-01-29 23:22:59, JukurenvengeX5 wrote:
I think my media pllayer is a bit faulty..When I'm playing a song..And I want to select another one..It doesn't let me to scroll down to the one straight below it..It jumps to some other song randomly..*Shrugs* No big~



your kidding right?

When in mediaplayer, just click More/Random/Off


Posted by moom
Well, I don't know about this repeated-send SMS issue. I have a S700i since more than a month and never had this issue. I had once a corrupted SMS message, and found out it was due to badly inserted MS DUO.
Appart from this, few problems. Sometimes when I send or receive a MMS, the phone will reboot. This is not particular to S700 though, 'cos I had this issue too with a K700.
The MS DUO which sometimes (and somehow) moves so ringtones won't work as predicted is annoying - but I don't expect this to work perfectly on other branded phones anyway.


Posted by RichT610
Just got off the phone from O2 network services. Couldn't solve the problem but have logged it and have said they will work on it. They said they have only had a couple of reports of this problem, so if anyone else is getting this on O2, call them, 100 from your mobile then option 0. They also sugested I take the phone back and get a replacement in the form of a different make handset. Said I wanted to stick with the S700i as this was just a software bug. They said I have the latest firmware on O2 but there is a newer SE one but they are not using it yet. They seem to think there was some sort of compatability issue between this phone and the O2 network. I pointed them to this site stating that this particular thread was started back at the beginning of December so the problem had been occuring for some time.
So come on people. If you are having this problem get onto your provider and get them to fix it. I will call SE tomorrow and see if they know of the problem.
Cheers, Rich

Posted by peanut
I've not had this on my K700 or S700 but then I always reflash them to get rid of the dodgy O2 firmware. There is an issue with the K700 and that's been taken off sale.

I did get this for about 2 months on my P900 again offline but I used to get 20-30 odd of the same text. It turned out it was an account problem and they had to close the account and re-open it to solve it.

Don't get too swept away that it's a hardware problem is my advice. It could be a problem with your account. O2 do not like to admit that they have problems at that end but they certainly do.

I'm not going to get started again about my current incorrect charges issue... honest (grin).

Posted by RichT610
Sorted now, maybe!!!!!
Earlier I took the memory stick out and re-inserted it. I have had several texts today, none of which corrupted or repeated! Coincidence??? Or did O2 get it sorted after my phone call to them? Doubt they would sort anything that fast. Who knows? Let's see how it goes from now on. After the mega amount of repeated incoming texts last night, I hope so.
Oh, and I have not made any other alterations to the phone settings.
Cheers, Rich

Posted by Derfla
I'm on my 2nd S700i (Voda) originally bought it in october and have actually had the phone in my possesion for a total of 5 weeks in that time! The first one started to freeze on me, then one morning it wouldn't even get passed the se logo on powering on the phone. I took it to the carphone werehouse for their in house techie to look at it. he couldn't do anything with it so he sent it to SE for a manufacturer warranty repair. 7 weeks later i get a replacement phone. later that day it started rebooting itself while i was trying to make a call. I took it back to CPWH who again set it away. I got the same phone back 2 weeks later seemed ok. but just today i had it do a reboot on me again.

I'm now considering asking for a se v800 instead. does anybody know if they have similar problems.

Cheers Derfla

Posted by IceWarm
I've had my phone since christmas it was fine until two weeks ago. Now i have the following problems.


  • Constant corrupt text messages
  • Mutiple duplicate messages upon recieving a non-corrupt message
  • At least once a day my screen will suddenly go white even when not in use and then the phone will vibrate and then the screen goes corrupt, then the phone has to search for the network again.


    I have rang O2 Customer Support around 10 times and each time they say they can only swap the phone on a "like for like" basis, Which in my opinion is just not good enough. I paid £179 extra for this phone on top of the O2 Max Contract which i pay around £50 a month for and £4.99 for their insurance. I am really not happy with the situation and i dont know what to do.

    [ This Message was edited by: IceWarm on 2005-02-14 22:17 ]

    [ This Message was edited by: IceWarm on 2005-02-14 22:18 ]


    Posted by tommac
    must admit guys and i dont want to seem a bragger but i have got a sim free s700i...originally from o2 with an o2 online payasugo sim in and its been running 2 weeks with no problems. no repeated txts or corrupt ones at that, my only problems are that when im playing music the camera shutters seem to rattle and the paint seems to come off a bit too easily. bar that i absolutely love this phone!!

    tommac

    Posted by Rookwise
    Mine blew up 2 weeks ago and is back with the manufacturer

    Posted by peltsi
    I have had my S700i for 6 days now and no problems atall. I meen that i havent had anykind of problems not even crashing. I even dont have the newest FW but still.. How can i be?

    Posted by pedigree
    Well, I cant tell you who but I can tell you that a contact as SonyEricsson told me thats its a known bug that they are working on and it will be included in the next maintainance release. He couldnt tell me when it was expected though.



    Posted by sathurn
    i have an s700i, bought the last week. i sent it on SE cause of corrupted sms and strange ringtone. they upgraded firmware to r3k004......today i receive a call and the display goes black...the phone restarted itself!!!
    i'm from italy with a tim operator branded s700

    after having read all these posts i think it's an s700i bug, not depending from the operator. bye

    Posted by thebaron
    I've had a S700 on O2 for about 2 months and no real problems, not even the text probs (touch wood!)

    Only problem I have had is using a 128meg card (original Sony too). Made it very unstable - locked up, had to remove & reinsert the card after turning it on before it would recognise the card.

    Gone back to the 32 meg one that came with it. Going better at the moment.

    Posted by Empster
    I am having huge problems also with the s700i on O2.
    I have had the phone for over a month and the past week I have been getting repeat messages of 20+ and my phone has not been recognizing the memory card...

    so frustrated!!!!
    Is there any more news on this as yet???
    help.. I love this phone but I cant keep it like this!

    [ This Message was edited by: Empster on 2005-03-01 15:22 ]

    Posted by csi_bha
    im having problems getting texts on my phone, some people cannot send them...

    so i never get the texts...

    on 02 offline 100 - phone was from the link and is essentially sim free so it cant really be the firmware or owt...

    No problems with my k700i on 02 online payg...

    any ideas?

    Posted by Safc21
    how do your check the software version etc? ... ive had the S700i for about a month, and just took it back to shop last week ... mp3/ringtone problems

    ive downloaded mp3/real ringtones from Jamster, but cant seem to assign them as proper ringtones?

    Any clues/help chaps? PLEASE!



    Posted by laffen
    To find the firmware version of any Sony Ericsson phone, press the following key combination when you are in the main menu:

    > * < < * < *

    where '<' is joystick left and '>' is joystick right. Ignore every response from the phone util you have pressed all keys.

    My S700i firmware versions is: R3K004



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