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attention K850 owners: DONT open your phone! |
Dupet
Joined: Nov 15, 2007
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Ill start off by saying that I bought my phone off ebay. That was a stupid thing to do I admit coz you basically get no warranty. But id had so much faith in Sony-Ericsson that it didn’t bother me.
I had only had my phone for a week until I started noticing dust underneath the glass lens cover. It seemed every day there was more and more. So I removed the glass by prying a pin underneath it, and as you can see from the photos, my finger slipped! Worse than that, the adhesive strip holding the glass cover to the lens was damaged, so I had to use glue. And now my phone looks like this.
Im really hating myself for doing that. I should have just learnt to live with the 30+ specs of dust on the lens. The dust is gone and the camera still works, but it would have been so easy to ruin it beyond repair.
On top of that, made the mistake of getting one of those clear crystal cases off ebay to protect my phone. What you see in the photo isn’t dust, they’re deep scratches that the case put on the keypad. There are scratches on the other side of the keyboard too, and ive noticed a few smaller ones on the screen.
But worst of all, I updated my phone to the R1CA037 firmware this week (from the 029 firmware the phone came with), and now I cant take portrait photos without getting really bad flashburn. The photo of my hand would come up perfectly with the old firmware. So now my camera is rendered useless until Sony-Ericsson releases a firmware update, coz 99% of photos people take with camera phones are portraits.
Ive only had this phone for 3 weeks but it looks like its 3 years old! I know this is entirely my fault, but I cant help but feeling like none of this would have happened if Sony-Ericsson hadn’t released a dodgy product. I cant help shaking that feeling of being ripped off. Ive been taking out my frustration by recommending Nokias to my friends.
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Guto_ViP
Joined: Sep 24, 2007
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Holy shit! bye bye K850.... 
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Sammy_boy
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Would've been better to take the phone fully apart using a T6 screwdriver, would have been quicker and easier, not to mention easier on the finish! 
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KingBooker5
Joined: May 12, 2007
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OUCH! That was once a k850! |
andr3w1984
Joined: Dec 06, 2007
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o dear, That's why I avoide phones off ebay. More trouble that its worth these days because you just don't know what a user has done to it.
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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Unlucky bro, i just hope you have learnt your lesson hey  but yes SE also have a part in this.
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glorfingal
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I once was an avid user of the crystal cases .... not any more, sympathies bro.
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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I never trusted these crystal cases since it's inauguration in the market . . . I know that sooner or later it's HARD-plastic made corners will bring scratches on the fone  it's better to USE those rubberized cases than the crystal ones . . . or BEST, just PLAIN - leather cases.
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squao
Joined: Nov 27, 2004
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If anyone finds any dust underneath the lens cover please just try and put a vac on the loud speakerand it will suck out the crap under the lens cover.
No need to take phone apart to clear muck underneath the lens.
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hragsarkissian
Joined: Apr 25, 2003
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From: Canada, Montreal
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Best way to fix your problem not expensive also
http://cnn.cn/shop/sonyericsson-k850i-c-28_418.html |
zirkie101
Joined: Oct 08, 2007
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Dust: The greatest enemy of mankind and all its creations!
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ario
Joined: Dec 14, 2007
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Squao said :
[ If anyone finds any dust underneath the lens cover please just try and put a vac on the loud speakerand it will suck out the crap under the lens cover. No need to take phone apart to clear muck underneath the lens. ]
Hey Squao, won't the vac afffect the other part of the phone?
I mean, the vac would suck hard enough anything it can suck.....
Don't you suppose to be careful about that??
Or it's just me that too worried?? ;p
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LCARS-Expert
Joined: Aug 24, 2007
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I removed the lens cover a few times and cleaned the dust but carefully! Glue strip broke here too but I used small amount of glue which is invisible from outside so my K850i lens looks like new!  |
max_wedge
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On 2007-12-14 20:38:01, LCARS-Expert wrote:
I removed the lens cover a few times and cleaned the dust but carefully! Glue strip broke here too but I used small amount of glue which is invisible from outside so my K850i lens looks like new!
Exactly, the key word is "carefully"  I'm afraid while I am sympathetic to the guys plight but the factis the issues are user created.
1. If you stick anything sharp near the shiny surface of the K850 and don't excercise due caution how is this SE's fault?
2. If you use a crystal case, shown by many, and even covered in this forum, to be a poor method for protecting one's phone how is this SE's fault? Wouldn't a leather case be a better means of protection? I know in my experience the only cases that provide adequate protection are quality leather cases. Crysatal cases are bulky, scratch the unit easily, harbour dust and dirt particles between the case and the phone that cause scratches and they are just plain useless at protecting a phone.
3. Why update the firmware if everything is working??? Okay I concede if the firmware has caused flash problems this is poor on SE's part. But again, if it ain't broke why fix it? Re: the flash burn, he should try under exposing the pictures a bit, I find on my K800 flashburn can be a problem and often necesitates manual settings.
4. Rule number one of mobile phone repairs, if you are going to take your phone apart, the correct tool is a torx screwdriver, not a pin, hammer, blowtorch or plastic explosives.
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Corbio
Joined: Dec 15, 2007
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NOKIA?
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Posted: 2007-12-13 14:07
