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New Firmware R2L For K700i |
j4sp33d
Joined: Aug 06, 2004
Posts: 70
From: Philippines
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feco:
may i ask which SE center you went to for the upgrade? btw are you from manila? my K700i also has chinese characters on the keypads but instead of Hong Kong I have Taiwan. so far the SE centers I've contacted in manila doesn't accept K700i with chinese characters on the keypads for upgrade. according to them sony ericsson phils doesn't support K700i purchased outside of the authorized dealers. in manila only SE authorized dealers and service centers can do upgrade on SE phones (i think...). |
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vineet_d
Joined: Apr 15, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: MumBhai
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Following are the points being observed by me after upgrading to R2L firmware:
-Improved Display. Infact a lot of improvement in display, much more bright and clear then ever before.
-If using any profile other than Normal, no need of unlocking the keypad for reading/replying messages. The keypad unlocks itself when u recieve any message and after u have done it goes back to its previous lock state.
-Battery life has improved a lot and the battery indicator bug is fixed now.
-Menu Navigation is much much more faster then before.
-The font of Operator logo is a bit large now and the font of Date & time has been Slightly reduced. but it looks great.
-You can now see the time of a particular miss call.
-games run much smoothly now.
-Video playback is smooth then before.
-I have notice a slight increase in volume of speaker also.
-No more restarts, no more phone stuckup problems have been faced by me till now.
-Mp3's are being filtered by the s/w with much more perfection now. I can clearly sence the improved sound quality.
-Full screen display of slide show.
-Now u can actually see the folder Hierarchy graphically i mean for the custom folders u have created.
-No more Ding sound while transferring the data to your phone via IR or BT. But while taking snapshots the click sound of camera is loud, I whish if they would have given us the option to mute this sound.
-IR and BT both turned off by itself after 4 min of inactivity.
-The back light fades out much faster. I think this is for saving the battery power.
There are few more points which I have to checkout like Sync with outlook and continue usage of java games.....etc.
I will post the result later.
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arnljot
Joined: Aug 13, 2004
Posts: 11
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Upgraded in Oslo to R2L001 yesterday the 12th of aug. at "Mobil Fiksern"
Experience:
Batt is really too early too tell. Seems good thoug
Camera is much better now! wow, both for pic and vid
Image viewer tilts images to view them better. Cool!
Lost short cuts ;-P hehe |
jimjam_sweet
Joined: Jun 15, 2004
Posts: 14
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i got mine updated to R2l, (india), while playing tennis i was amazed to see the speed improvement( damn the games is too fast now , i keep loosing ), more improvements will come to light as i keep using the phone.
ya i also lost the shortcuts, but rest of all my data was there , what a releif.
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vegetaleb
Joined: May 03, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Lebanon
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about the ding sound in IR transfer it's still here!
I talked with SE today,it seems that another FW will come out next week wich will finally repair the missed files (or corrupted) that some people noticed in tennis game or camera frames...
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vojta66
Joined: Apr 18, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Praha, CZ
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Agree, ding sound is still there while transferring data thru IrDa.
The rest I agree.
Just got R2L few minutes ago. |
arnljot
Joined: Aug 13, 2004
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On 2004-08-13 14:28:48, vegetaleb wrote:
about the ding sound in IR transfer it's still here!
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I Also get that sound when I use my phone and it's not set to all sounds off. But if I switch off all sounds (hold # down), all sounds are gone but the camera shutter sound... (and don't tell me it's because there's a real shutter there ;-P )
How can I kill the shutter shound?? 
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Arne Anka
Joined: Nov 05, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sweden
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On 2004-08-13 16:22:18, arnljot wrote:
How can I kill the shutter shound??
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On some K700 it works when setting the ring volume to zero (that's what the meeting profile does). On other K700 this trick does not work (seem to depend on some regional setting).
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damo55
Joined: Apr 25, 2004
Posts: 202
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R2l has been installed today on my k7.everything has improved,but auto phonelock problem still not rectified,not sure about bt connectivity issues yet.but much better than r2a.
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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@skrue- Many thanks for the info mate ! You are very much right here 'bout that firmware upgrade at Semicon  Yes, they only upgrade in their Head Office (Pasig  ), sub-branches still does not have the software till now  , 'bout that SESS in Makati, I guess I'll just have to wait for it in Semicon-Southmall very near my place, asi Have not much time travelling to have it fixed - for now  ! Again, many thanks 'kabayan' . . .
@vegetaleb- You mean there is a more 'updated' firmware than that of the 'R2L...' one ! Do I have to wait more mate
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damo55
Joined: Apr 25, 2004
Posts: 202
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R2l still not solved auto phonelock problem,and charging status still showing despite the fact that cycle is complete.No other problems noticeable yet,unless somebody can enlighten me?Regards,and good evening.
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vegetaleb
Joined: May 03, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Lebanon
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@JN R2L is a great upgrade especially for batterie,but if you had a reset bug on something under R2A it will not replace the bugy option but only remove it! exemple:reset bug on camera frames under R2A => no reset bug under R2L BUT no frames at all!!!!! so the next FW "should" add the missing files
@ all R2L people: anyone noticed that several java games now freeze after a certain playing time?
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elistan
Joined: Jan 06, 2003
Posts: 8
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Just wondering mga pare where is SESS in Makati located ? Thinking of getting my K700 upgraded. Can only do it on sundays so since Semicon does not do it while you wait, i think my only option is SESS.
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feco
Joined: Jul 03, 2004
Posts: 245
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Yeah I have problem with the Java, I was palying Tom Clancy and it suddenly crashes!! |
damo55
Joined: Apr 25, 2004
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Not had problems with games freezing yet.I've played formula bmw and rainbow six,but only for about 20 min duration each.Cannons tournament doesn't seem totally gprs compatible though!
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Posted: 2004-08-13 09:11
