Posted by mwarner
K800 Firmware Overview
Each firmware revision listed below contains the fixes listed against that revision plus the fixes of all the firmwares below that entry.
R8BA024
- Released around 24/10/07
Improvements
- Updated EROM, Java Engine and Text Engine
Software versions:
EROM: R3A022
LCD: 200610121
Camera: 2.5
Videocall camera: 2.3
Content: PA30
Java: 7.7
Text: CX
R1KG001
- Released on Wotan on 23/4/07
- Released on SEUS around 30/4/07
Software versions:
EROM: R3A016
LCD: 200610121
Camera: 2.5
Videocall camera: 2.3
Content: PA30
Java: 7.4
Text: CB
R1KC001
- Released on Wotan on 30/3/07
Improvements
- Updated Java engine (7.4)
- Updated Text engine (CB)
Functionality changes
- The video preview function, introduced in R1GB001, has been removed in this firmware.
Bug fixes
- 3G to 2G transfers no longer results in the termination of calls.
R1JG001
- Released on FOTA on 9/3/2007
- Released on SEUS on 12/3/2007
Software versions:
EROM: R3A016
LCD: 200610121
Camera: 2.5
Videocall camera: 2.3
Content: PA29
Java: 7.3
Text: BT
New Bugs
Intermittant / Non-working functionality
- 3G to 2G transfers result in the termination of calls.
R1JE001
- Released on SEUS around 15/3/2007
- 3 UK version of R1JC002
Improvements
- 3's Instant Viewer (Settings > General > Instant Viewer) application, displaying adverts on the Standby Screen, has now been removed from the firmware.
R1JC002
- Released on Wotan on 29/1/07
- Released on FOTA on 20/2/2007
Improvements
- Updated Java engine
Bug fixes
- Video preview no longer crashes the phone
- Jangler and Alien Noise MP3s now play with this firmware.
- Some message dialogs, e.g. the remaining credit dialog for PAYG phones, now has a semi-transparent background much like the notes dialog.
New Bugs
User Interface
- SVG files can no longer be viewed from File Manager.
- The top left button on the phone, which previously allowed you to display the previous picture whilst viewing photos in landscape mode, no longer performs this function. The top right button still displays the next picture.
Software versions:
EROM: R3A016
LCD: 200610121
Camera: 2.5
Videocall camera: 2.3
Content: PA29
Java: 7.3
Text: BT
R1GB001
- Released in SE Service Centres around 15/12/06
- Released on Wotan on 30/12/06
- Released on SEUS 3/1/07 (Some regions only). Note EROM CID changed to 51 through SEUS.
Improvements
- Updated Video folder - video thumbnails now play when they are hovered over.
- Highlighted menu item animation is now supported.
Bug fixes
- Thick black line flashes on screen at the start and end of video playback when playing video in Vertical mode through the File Manager now fixed.
- Selecting More / Information on the Applications and Games folders no longer returns 0KB used and 0 files.
New Bugs
User Interface
- Video preview can crash the phone if the video is encoded as high quality MP4. Note that video preview cannot be turned off, although you can view the folder as a list to avoid the issue.
- Video preview can introduce a lag if the video is encoded in excessively high quality.
Intermittant / Non-working functionality
- Games and applications installed on memory stick from before the update will not work after the upgrade. Note that games and applications installed into phone memory will still function correctly.
Software versions:
EROM: R2A016 / R3A016
LCD: 200610121
Camera: 2.5
Videocall camera: 2.3
Content: PA24
Java: 7.2
Text: BJ
R1EJ001
- Released by Wotan Server 10/10/06
- Asian Pacific languages (Chinese simplified, Indonesian, Malay, Philippine-Tagalog, Vietnamese)
Software versions:
EROM: R3A016
LCD: 200608251
Camera: 2.5
Videocall camera: 2.3
Content: PA24
Java: 7.1
Text: BA
Update Service: CRH1069179 R3B019 2006-06-30 12:43
R1EG001
- Released by Wotan Server 10/10/06
- European & African languages (English, French, German, Sesotho, Turkish, Zulu)
R1ED001
- Released by Wotan Server 6/9/06
- Available on SEUS from 5/10/06 (EROM is currently not upgraded)
Performance
- JBenchmark HD - ST: 40047, TT: 27274 , Gaming : 105
- JBenchmark 3D LQ: 332
- JBenchmark 3D HQ: 182
- JBenchmark 2: 1230
- JBenchmark 1: 7670
Improvements
- PC-based PictBridge support added
- Significantly rewritten MMS editor
- Ability to set an Application as a Wallpaper now available (application needs to be specifically coded for use as wallpaper)
- Improved battery life
- SEUS update only: You must now press the Internet key for a couple of seconds to bring up the browser. This is to prevent accidental connection to the Internet.
- Pressing a key when the phone is locked will no longer brighten the screen to full brightness for a second before reverting to half brightness.
- Locking or powering down the phone instantly turns off the display rather than fading to black as in previous firmwares.
- Enhanced reliability of focusing the camera.
- Less noise when taking pictures in dark environments.
- Slightly more natural colours in photos.
- Notably improved picture save time.
- Improved Bluetooth relibaility with GPSes and Handsfree kits
- Joystick no longer wakes the phone from Standby mode
- Large Clock displays above the date in am/pm mode
- Bookmarks listed directly in the Internet section of the task menu rather than in a Bookmarks submenu
- Dialog pop up menu times have lengthened prevent accidental selection.
- Updated internet browsing icon
- Battery meter now present in File Transfer mode
- Improved contrast in the progress bar of the Media player (white rather than grey background to the progress bar)
- The softkey text in the browser is now outlined rather than in relief, making the text easier to read on a white background.
- The Blog background colour has been changed from yellow to transparent to improve contrast.
- The Video player menu now loads the whole list of videos before it opens (as opposed to displaying instantly and then updating as the videos were loaded).
- Deleting an Artist in Media Player no longer causes it to get stuck in Yes/No selections.
- The screen refresh rate when using the camera is improved.
- Improved language customisation for some far east languages.
- Updated EROM. This is primarily to prevent Power On problems.
Bug fixes
- Significant A2DP fixes (e.g. HBH-DS970) - ID tags now present on the handsfree screen, stability fixes, pressing Pause no longer leaves play icon displayed, audio better synced with video, graphic equalizer and phone volume keys now affect headset, audio automatically transferred to headset when playing music.
- WMA tracks are now listed correctly by artists and title
- Green line on screen during video recording.
- Occasional crash when listening to the radio / using Media Player when receiving an incomming call.
- 'White Screen Of Death' problems fixed
- Inability to power phone on fixed via EROM update.
- Alarms occasionally fail to go off
- Phone automatically answers with PHF (Portable Hands Free)
- Email fixes
- Opera Mini does not display the 'connect to the internet' dialog. Performing a Resume of Opera through the activity menu will display the dialog and allow the user to select 'Yes'.
- The RSS icon always appears after rebooting the phone until the user enters the Messaging / RSS Reader menu.
- Plugging in headphones whilst watching a movie causes the screen to go into standby mode. Pausing the movie before plugging them in bypasses the problem.
- Intermittant radio background noise (unrelated to the radio station) can occur.
- Chinese firmware only - Changing the settings to display a large clock (Settings / Display / Clock Size / Large) causes an extremely small clock to be displayed when using a 24 hour clock. The clock displays correctly when using the 12 hour am/pm time format.
- Firmware now recognises DRM protected theme files (with dm extensions)
- Java applications can now switch between Aa, A and a rather than just A and a.
New Bugs
User Interface
- Thick black line flashes on screen at the start and end of video playback when playing video in Vertical mode through the File Manager
- Some phones experience occasional menu title corruption.
- On some phones, selecting More / Information on the Applications and Games folders returns 0KB used and 0 files.
- On some phones, selecting More / Delete from list on a task reminder in the New Events list fails to delete the event.
- If you have automatic phone lock enabled the phone will display an 'enter phone lock pin' prompt on booting. If you have not changed the SIM this will cancel itself without prompting and the phone will continue to boot
Functionality changes
- Jangler and Alien Noise MP3s do not play on this firmware due to incorrect encoding. These files did play under previous firmwares.
- If a phone lock code is present a "You dont need to place any codes into the phone if you havnt swapped sim cards over" message after you enter a PIN. This is a phone self check.
Software versions:
EROM: R3A016
LCD: 200608251
Camera: 2.5
Videocall camera: 2.3
Content: PA24
Java: 7.1
Text: BA
Update Service: CRH1069179 R3B015 2006-04-26 08:20
R1CF001
- T-Mobile specific release.
- Generic version released on Wotan Server 8/8/06.
- Background noise in the radio fixed.
R1CE001
- Vodafone specific release.
R1CD001
- 3 UK specific release.
R1CC002
- Test firmware
R1CB001
- First release
Performance
- JBenchmark 3D LQ: 324
- JBenchmark 3D HQ: 182
- JBenchmark 2: 1018
- JBenchmark 1: 5388
Software versions:
EROM: R3A016
LCD: 200604051
Camera: 2.4
Videocall camera: 2.3
Content: PA24
Java: 7.1
Text: AG
Update Service: CRH1069179 R3B015 2006-04-26 08:20
Bugs
User Interface
- Occasional screen corruption, most notably a line on the screen during video recording, but also slight corruption when navigating through menus.
- Opera Mini does not display the 'connect to the internet' dialog. Performing a Resume of Opera through the activity menu will display the dialog and allow the user to select 'Yes'.
- The Call Log can sometimes stop working. Deleting the entries in the call log has been known to restore it's functionality.
- Plugging in headphones whilst watching a movie causes the screen to go into standby mode. Pausing the movie before plugging them in bypasses the problem.
- Chinese firmware only - Changing the settings to display a large clock (Settings / Display / Clock Size / Large) causes an extremely small clock to be displayed when using a 24 hour clock. The clock displays correctly when using the 12 hour am/pm time format.
- Whilst in the Main Menu, if you select a menu item with the keypad (e.g. 7 for the file manager) and then hit Back to go back to the Main Menu, the selected menu item will be highlighted but the title will be incorrect (it will display the name of the previous menu item selected)
- The text searching feature in the File Manager does not work. This menu should really use 1-9 to select a specific menu item rather than doing a rather pointless text search on the 9 menu items.
- Many 'Press Ok' dialog boxes throughout the phone are displayed for such a short period of time that their inclusion leads to the user selecting an unwanted menu option rather than selecting Ok. Such dialogs should be removed.
- Selecting 'Settings / Calls / Manage Calls / Accept Calls / Only from list' only blocks those calls whose number is present in the phonebook. All unknown numbers are automatically accepted.
- The total call time in the Service Menu / Service Tests / Total Call Time does not match the time in Settings / Calls / Time & cost / Call timers.
- Previewing MMSes with Video often fails to play the audio.
- Changing between full-screen and Landscape while watching a paused video resets the timer to 00:00 until the video is unpaused.
- The RSS icon always appears after rebooting the phone until the user enters the Messaging / RSS Reader menu.
Intermittant / Non-working functionality
- Rapidly entering text into the phone (via T9 or multitap) can result in lost characters / unread keypresses.
- Cannot send emails to some SMTP servers which don't require validation (it appears that the email client tries to send blank login records to the server)
- Alarms occasionally fail to go off
- Key sounds, if enabled, can fail after a period of time (possibly after an alarm has gone off)
- Occasional temporary freezes during phone usage.
- Intermittant radio background noise (unrelated to the radio station) can occur. This can be fixed by turning the radio off and then on again.
- Occasional loss of shortcuts on phone restart.
- Very occasional crashes ('White Screen Of Death')
- Occasional crash when listening to the radio / using Media Player when receiving an incomming call.
- Very occasional file corruption (loss of access to the Games and Application folders).
K790 Firmware
R1EG001
- Equivalent to R1ED001
R1CC003
- First release. Equivalent to R1CB001
Accessing Firmware Information
To find out which firmware revision your phone currently has installed, select Menu > Settings > General > Update service > Software version. For more detailed software versioning information, perform the following:
>*<<*<*
Where < and > represents pushing the joystick left and right respectively.
Sony Ericsson Update Service
The firmware of the K800/K790 can be upgraded either over the air by selecting Settings / Update Service / Search for update or via the more traditional (and potentially cheaper) method of the Sony Ericsson Update Service. In order to use SEUS you will need to have internet access (preferably Broadband) and attach your phone to your PC via the supplied USB cable.
If you run into problems, you may wish to download and install Sun's Java Runtime Environment separately.
If the firmware update fails part way through, retry the SEUS. If the update consistently fails you will need to perform a Master Reset on your phone. It is likely that you will be required to perform a Reset All - a settings reset is unlikely to do the job. It is recommended to use a tool such as MyPhoneExplorer to create a backup of the data on your phone before performing a Master Reset. Note that you will still lose any games, themes or ringtones present in your phone's memory.
SEUS will currently install the following firmware revisions for UK phone brands:
K800
Unbranded UK (CDA102511/2) - R1JG001
O2 UK (CDA102511/41) - R1JG001
Vodafone UK (CDA102511/15) - R1ED001
Orange UK (CDA102511/47) - R1CB001
3 UK (CDA102511/69) - R1JE001
T-Mobile (CDA102511/12) - R1CF001
Third Party Update Services
Third party firmware updates are available from Wotan Server. The use of third party solutions will theoretically void your warranty (although in practice the phone vendor is unlikely to notice) so should only be used in preference to SEUS for debranding purposes or updating a problematic phone locked out of SEUS by the service provider.
Drivers
Drivers for all current Sony Ericsson phones can be downloaded from EMMA.
Other Sony Ericsson Firmware Overviews
K800
K750 / W800
K700 / K500
T610 / T630
[ This Message was edited by: mwarner on 2008-01-07 16:27 ]
Posted by aremaboy
The followings are the firmware history of my K800i. Updated each time an update, or re-update, a test or anything takes place on the phone. Just for the sake of my K800i 'diary'. Sort of..
-I got K800i on August,1st, 2006. Cool phone although it cost USD 460..and the f/w I get is R1BC001
-On October 6, 2006 I successfully updated the f/w to R1ED001. A great f/w so far.
-On January 3, 2007 the new R1GB001 is successfully installed on my K800i via SEUS.
-On January 11, 2007 I re-installed R1GB001 via SEUS due to my worry that a corruption after attempting upgrading my R3A011 EROM via WotanServer took place. The EROM upgrade failed as mine is EROM CID 51.
-On January 21, 2007, I re-installed R1GB001 successfully just to test the new internet connection available here in the town.
-On February 1st, 2007, I flashed mine to R1JC002 via Wotan Server. All data were erased; it was as if brand-new phone. It's the 1st time I used this service, though. I got 1E0W tag on customisation. SEUS still works fine with it. No problem. I got the additional T9 in Bahasa Indonesia.
-On February 8, 2007, I came across Wotan Server Client ver. 0.9.981 and surprisingly it said it is able to upgrade old EROM R3A011 to R3A016 despite CID 51. My luck then. The EROM upgrade went smoothly. Alhamdulillah, my K800i is free from WS0D bug.
-On February 27, 2007, I reflashed the phone again to R1JC002 via Wotan Server just to test the effect of AMR-enabling and Call Timer reset. I got 99E0W at my customisation info. Don't know what it is.
-Tested again to reflash with WotanServer, on March 02, 2007, still with R1JC002, it remained the same. The conclusion is, as long as it works just fine, it's not a big deal.
-On March, 05, 2007, to know whether 99E0W string is gone or not via SEUS, I ran the updater. No, it's NOT gone. The phone went back to R1GB001. Then, I flashed it back to R1JC002 via Wotan Server. Strangely enough, despite the same client, steps and files, 99E0W string is gone, replaced by 1E0W. Can't explain why. Crazy..
-On March 13, 2007, I ran SEUS and updated my K800i to R1JG001. Alhamdullillah...finally...
-I tested to re-update mine by using the already-downloaded R1JG001 saved in Update Service folder at Drive C. It worked! No needed to re-download the big file. It was March 15, 2007.
-March 22, 2007: Tried WotanServer R1JG001 CID 52 firmware to flash the phone. I got 99E0W again. What the hell? I tried with SEUS. As usual, it is recognised very well. Can't explain this 99E0W.
-March 28, 2007, via Wotan, I converted the phone to K810i. All went perfectly, except there was a problem with some keys backlight. I flashed the phone back to R1JG001 K800i.
-March 31, 2007--I flashed mine to R1KC001 GENERIC with EUROPE 5 custpack via Wotan, meaning changing my CDA as APAC R1KC001 wasn't available at that time. Later may be?
- April 8, 2007 : As Wotan Server has uploaded R1KC001 for APAC CDA, I flashed my K800i just now. I get my Bahasa Indonesia again. Alhamdulillah.
-On April 26, 2007 I flashed my K800i to R1KG001 with EUROPE 5 CDA. Couldn't stand waiting for APAC availability on Wotan Server.
-May 10, 2007 I re-flashed the phone to R1KG001 EUROPE 5. Before, my K800i was infected with local viruses, Brontok and Trojan. Formatted my 1 GB SanDisk M2..
-May 15, 2007, I found a way to dismiss 1E0W or 99E0W on Wotan flash. It was my foolish mistake for putting back the M2 and SIM Card before 'Please Wait..'configuration process! So, when the flash is done, take out the battery, power on, simply wait until 'Please Wait' bar finishes doing the process successfully, turn off the phone, insert the M2 and SIM Card back, power it on. Voila! Tested with R1KG001 EUROPE 5. As note, it seems SEUS won't update any APAC with this firmware.
-on June 2, 2007 I reinstalled Wotan Server R1KG001 EUROPE 5 to my phone. It's the final decision due to stability of firmware.
-on June 7, 2007, I flashed my K800i back to APAC CDA due to the availability of the latest R1KG001 via Wotan Server. I'm very pleased to get my Bahasa Indonesia back.
THE END OF MY K800i: On July 1st, 2007 I sold my K800i and got the new K810i. It was R1KG001 on the purchase and then I flashed it via Wotan Server to R6BC002 APAC. It's just a nice lovely phone with great design at the end...no regret. Thanks my old K800i...welcome my new K810i...
[ This Message was edited by: aremaboy on 2007-07-02 13:28 ]
Posted by mwarner
It will be interesting to see if the K790 / K800 becomes more popular than the K750 / W800 were! The current views on my firmware posts are:
K750 / W800: 1,254,482
K700 / K500 : 311,350
T610 / W800: 33,104
Any guesses on what the view count on this thread will be this time next year
?
Posted by JAGUY85
Is it just my phone or do you only have >* as the shortcut to check firmware? I see the same thing in the K750 thread, but I thought there were more steps.
Posted by alexlui
My firmware:
R1CB001
prgCXC1250215_HONG_KONG_W1 R1CB001
EROM: R3A011
prgCXC1250461_EROM_DB2020_WILMA_FOTA_SIMLOCK_FLAFLA_SIBLEY_SEMCUSB
LCD SW versions
Main display
Current: 200604051
Camera SW versions
Camera
Current: 2.4
Video call camera
current: 2.3
ITP SW version
CXC 125 0310 R2J
Customization
CDA102511/85 R7A
cxc1250490 R1CB001
HONG_KONG
Memory Stick: No file found
Contect version
PA24
Memory Stick: No file found
Java SW version
7.1
Text revision:
AG
Update service SW
UA version:
CRH1069179 R3B015
2006-04-26 08:20
Posted by mwarner
@alexlui
Thanks for that! It's more comprehensive information than I previously had.
I don't suppose someone with a K800 could run some JBenchmark tests for me could they?
Posted by mwarner
Added JBenchmark scores to the first post.
Posted by aremaboy
@alexlui: why don't you write an initial review of the new toy K800i? We wanna know how this K750 successor is worth-buying..is it slow in menu? Is it grainy in its 3.2 MP shot? Is there any noticeable bug yet? Is there hissing sound? What are embedded in the media section? etc..etc..hmm-I can't wait to touch it for real ASAP..
Posted by aremaboy
SEUS version 2.6.6.12 supports the K800i firmware update...check this out
http://www.sonyericsson.com/s[....]s&lm=ps1_1&pid=10407&fid=21839
Anyway, nobody has problems with K800i?? Just curious...
Posted by mwarner
Added a link to the K800/K790 SEUS page to the first post.
Posted by msach
had mines for about 2 days now and not a single fault its on o2 but unlocked and am using my three uk sim card with out any problems besides cant find the internet settings for three uk.
Posted by gareb
@mwarner
Just wanna wish you many,many posts on this thread. The last one did help me atleast.
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[ This Message was edited by: gareb on 2006-07-01 22:55 ]
Posted by Xugaa
Cheers for doing this Mwarner...!
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'Per Ardua Ad Astra' - Through Adversity To The Stars [ This Message was edited by: Xugaa on 2006-07-02 10:53 ]
Posted by Aldrew
@mwarner, good to see you've taken control of the firmware thread. I've loved your K700 and K750 one's.
Posted by toggee
Hi,
I have a couple of Vodafone ones and there Firmware says R1CE001.
Any ideas when or if Divinci are going to be able to debrand, as I am keen to loose the Voda stuff?
Posted by jasond
Bring it on!
Just as soon as I get my hands on one.
Posted by mwarner
@toggee
> I have a couple of Vodafone ones and there Firmware says R1CE001.
As I haven't got my K800 yet, could someone let me know whether R1CE001 is a vodafone specific release? Additionally, a software version list for R1CE001 would be interesting.
Also has anyone tried SEUS with their K800 yet?
[ This Message was edited by: mwarner on 2006-07-02 13:08 ]
Posted by dawvon
I got a little problem with the phone book on my k800i. my phone runs on firmware ver. R1CB001.
One of my friend's number is 7632406, and I had her number saved in the phone book with a profile pic. However, my phone seemed unable to associate 7632406 with the contact info, whenever I recieve a call from her, or in the redial menu, the number 7632406 appears instead of her name, without the profile picture.
I've done master reset all, tried erasing everyone but her number from the phonebook, and still it doesn't work. Could this be a firmware problem? or just a problem with my particular phone??
Posted by MobileBear
I have firmware R1CC002, and itīs very stabel.
I have had the phone for 3 days and it hasnīt crashed even one time!
Even if itīs a prototype, itīs unbelivable solid.
I think the K800 is a very nice allround-phone.
[ This Message was edited by: MobileBear on 2006-07-02 20:50 ]
Posted by SE-Naz
Has anyone noticed... when viewing pictures taken by the camera... either potraite or landscape mode that the picture looks bit fuzzy then clears up a sec or 2 later??? I noticed it when looking through the pictures...
Anyone else notice this???
Cheers
ENJOY
Posted by jcwhite_uk
I think they have done that so you know it is doing something. The W800 takes ages to view a photo and sometimes it seem like it isnt loading.
Posted by SE-Naz
@jcwhite_uk
Does that happen on your phone too???
Im not bothered if it does it.... all I dont want is if it only happens to me... then I have a faulty phone and would have to replace it.
Cheers
ENJOY
Posted by jcwhite_uk
It happens to me. I think it is just se's way of showing us it is doing something.
Posted by SE-Naz
@jcwhite_uk
Thnaks for confirming..... It doesnt bother me actually. There was a Nokia phone that I had little while back that did that.... Cant remeber which modeil.... So im aware of it..... Just wondered if mine was the only one.....
Thanks again
Cheers
ENJOY
Posted by alchang
I've got firmware version R1BA021 on a K790i.
Is anyone running a newer version on a K790(a/c/i)?
Posted by Paul_s
@SE-Naz, it does it on my phone too, it's like an image loading on a webpage page, but it's good coz you can scroll through the pictures qucikly, and just wait if you wanna see one properly, well done SE
Posted by SE-Naz
@Paul_s
Thanks for confirming. I also did notice that you can go through the pictures mutch quickly like this. On the W810i, you had to wait for the images to come up before you could start looking at them.
Cheers
ENJOY
Posted by Aldrew
Right bugs, on R1BC001 O2 customisation.
Radio- has a beeping sound (someone, said it's like morse code, and I think this is a good way of descriding it)
Screen- Flashes white when going from sceen saver to sleep mode.
Posted by loomx63
Mines R1CD001 its on three.
Anyway to debrand yet? how long do you reckon it will take?
Posted by voda_jon
@ aldrew... the white screen issue is present on the Voda branded ones as well... not sure if its a bug or jus a by product of the firmware... either way it doesnt bother me...
Posted by O2 K800i
Great phone and a credit to SE - really pulled this one off. I expected a whole host of bugs following 750 experience but I am in awe at SE. And to think I was so close to buying a Nokia. I havent found a single bug or gripe. Maybe could have included a memory stick - but the functionality - wow.
Posted by peanut
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Most digital cameras do it too, my Sony T9 does it. It's to save chip power as you flick through for the one you want.
Posted by sephiroth
Hiya Guys,
Just one thing i have noticed with the K800i, is that when using the headphones on the walkman it is very quiet compared to the volume i had on my K750i and W810i. Anybody else noticed this? kinda like the problem wi th the K750i which had a low speaker volume which then got increased with a firmware update.
Baz ^_^
Posted by Minstrel_Man
In the service tests they used to have a joystick counter (im going back to T68i here) when did SE do away with that?
Posted by masseur
the follow up to the T68/T68i, the T610, was the fist to not have joystick count as I recall
Posted by SE-Naz
@peanut
Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Cheers
ENJOY
Posted by mwarner
As I've not been around much of late, I thought I would try to catch up with the firmware situation. From looking at recent posts it seems that we have the following firmwares:
K800
----
R1CB001
- Standard EU (SEUS?) for K800
R1CC002
- Test firmware?
R1CD001
- 3 UK specific?
R1CE001
- Vodafone specific?
K790
----
R1BA021
- Standard EU for K790?
If anyone could shed some more light on this then I would be most appreciative. It seems that there are quite a lot of different firmwares out there, which is unusual at this stage in the phones life. My questions are really:
- Can people confirm / corroborate that my guesses above are correct
- Does the K790 have a different firmware version to the K800? If everyone who has a K790 PMs me their firmware verison I would be most appreciative.
Mike
Posted by chrisnewman
I have Voda K800 and firmware is R1CE001. Had it 2 days and found no glitches at all so far despite playing with it constantly!
Upgraded from K750i and picture quality is MUCH better and phone works faster. Keypad is nice and joystick as easy to use as on K750i. Still love my K750i but K800 is defintely a slicker performer and what with watching Sky on 3G it performs very well, been watching Wimbledon and Big Brother in full screen landscape mode and very comfortable to watch.
Posted by voda_jon
debrand ur K800i if u r on voda by looking here...
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=125128
Posted by mwarner
Added the Wotan information to the first post. Thanks to those who spotted it!
Posted by marcvh
R1CB001 - K800i
Bug: Does not save modified joystick shortcuts - reverts back to factory defaults.
Also, anyone want to explain why only 911MB of my 1GB M2 is available. Does the status screen report available space in real MB or marketing MB ?
-m.
Posted by Xugaa
With the K800 are will still updating via SEUS yeah?
Posted by laffen
@marcvh
Usabe capacity for Memory Stick Micro cards:
Media User Capacity
1GB 900MB
512MB 450MB
256MB 220MB
64MB 59MB
The usable capacity of Memory Stick Micro is different from that of Memory Stick and Memory Stick PRO due to the difference of the inside devices and system designs.
http://www.memorystick.com/en/ms/variety1.html#micro_capacity
[ This Message was edited by: laffen on 2006-07-06 15:21 ]
Posted by Brady
Has any of the following 3 happened to anyone else?
1) Took a few videos, and the thumbnail pic for the videos was there for some and a black thumbnail for others. They come back after i reboot the phone, but when i play some again the thumbnail pic disappears and becomes just a black thumbnail.
2) Phone has rebooted twice while i've been auto-focussing on things and holding it on auto-focus e.g not taking the picture straight away (waiting 15 seconds)
3) There is a green band down the right hand side of the screen when recording a video in landscape mode (not tried videoing in normal). The band doesn't appear in the played back video.
1 & 2 i'd say are pretty major bugs.
*EDIT:- Forgot to mention I'm using an O2 branded K800i with R1CB001.
[ This Message was edited by: Brady on 2006-07-06 16:44 ]
Posted by chrisnewman
@Brady
I have Voda release and haven't come across any of the issues you've experienced.
[ This Message was edited by: chrisnewman on 2006-07-07 11:47 ]
Posted by mwarner
Renamed the thread to "K800 Firmware Overview" due to the difference in firmware versions and the lack of UK availability of the K790.
Added information on over-the-air firmware updates.
Added vendor specific firmware releases.
Modified the UK vendor list's latest available firmware information.
Posted by xan K
I like the way you handle firmware threads. do you have a w810 firmware thread also?
Posted by hoximagic
After a few days of heavy K800 usage I have only come accross one bug;
Synchronization -> Account -> More -> View log
The Entry counter & Data counter does not show anything, and sometimes the screen gets garbled with strange patterns. I found the log when trying to hunt down sync. problems against mobical.net.
(using R1CB001)
EDIT: Be warned, after trying "View log" a couple of times with a garbled screen, my K800 totally freaked out. It freezed when using some menu alternatives all the time. Finally it allowed me to do a "total reset" and after that it worked fine again.
I don't know at all if the "view log" caused this, but you have been warned...
[ This Message was edited by: hoximagic on 2006-07-10 10:46 ]
Posted by Bluechaos
I'd like to know if this firmware has already supported multi-character search like in the latest K750 Firmwares. It is a very good feature, and one thing I didn't like with SE phones was that they didn't incorporate multi-character search. Glad they sorted it out in K750 already and hopefully K800 has that feature out of the box.
Posted by mwarner
@xan K
> I like the way you handle firmware threads.
Thanks
> do you have a w810 firmware thread also?
I am afraid not. I only do firmware threads about the phones I own - which basically means the next generation non-symbian phones that come out in the early summer (T610, K700, K750, K800). I can't really keep up with all the different phone models and I don't have much interest for modified current-generation devices such as the W810. Sorry!!
@Bluechaos
> I'd like to know if this firmware has already supported
> multi-character search like in the latest K750 Firmwares
I assume you are using an Eastern firmware? EU and American firmwares have always had multi-character search on the K750 (it was introduced in a firmware update to the K700).
@hoximagic
Interesting information. I'd check it out myself, but i'll be very busy over the next few days. Does anyone else have a mobical account to test this information?