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SE software upgrade policy |
doddy7210
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
Posts: 55
From: egremont, cumbria, uk
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yea when i asked at my local CPW for a software upgrade no one in the shop new what this was when i showed them the secret menu they were amazed and didnt believe me that a software upgrade was possible WTF are it is only a small town and nobody has a clue but come on get real
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Freeeeak!
Joined: Dec 09, 2002
Posts: 23
From: London, England
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Hi
I was wondering if someone could tell me how I find out where my nearest SE Service Centre is?
And also, can I still get an upgrade under warranty if I've lost the actual warranty (very stupid thing to do, I know!).
Cheers
(I have a T300 with R1B008) |
shrek
Joined: Sep 18, 2003
Posts: 14
From: Romania
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I wish you good luck. If you will upgrade it for free consider youself lucky.... or should I consider myself unlucky. hehe
As for the SE service centers near you:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?page=gsapopup&Redir=template%3DM6N%26B%3Die%26PID%3D10055%26LM%3DSB_V |
ESTOR
Joined: Apr 20, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Singapore
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Firmware upgrade on SE phones is provided free of charge under warranty in most countries. I have personally got that done in Austria, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore. Though in Asian countries they only do that for locally purchased phones.
Romania seems to be a rare exception.
[ This Message was edited by: ESTOR on 2003-10-30 17:44 ] |
zol
Joined: Sep 27, 2002
Posts: 291
From: this place
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@shrek: I know there are principles in life, like the joy of doing things for free, but is that damn upgrade so expensive? How many percentages of the price of your P800, or how many beer-equivalents?
This message was posted from a P800 |
jmburt
Joined: Sep 22, 2003
Posts: 117
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massuer
have you found the link on SE's site for the p900 upgrade? |
ts_666
Joined: Feb 21, 2002
Posts: 301
From: SWEDEN (actually UK now)
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here is the link for the p900 upgrade:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/updateservice/P900/frameset.htm
[ This Message was edited by: ts_666 on 2003-10-30 21:11 ] |
shrek
Joined: Sep 18, 2003
Posts: 14
From: Romania
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@zol
I know what you mean (it's about 22 Eur), but I'm just thinking if even Microsoft provides service packs for free (and Microsoft is the mother of all mothers of money making), then why the heck should I pay SE this amount, especially if no one else seems to pay. 
What really gets on my nerves is not the service center which asks for money, but the SE official answer on this. |
pawanr
Joined: May 23, 2003
Posts: 146
From: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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In dubai, the SE service center always provide updates of Firmware for free under warranty, no questions asked. You can just throw you phone there and say pls update it to the latest firmware and they do it for you.
Since ive been down tehre a few times, the people down there know me. Lately, i had a non-warranty T610, and i requested if they could update the firmware for me, and they yet did it FREE OF COST. More than that i bought a new face plate from outside, since it was double the price in the service center, and they even changed that for me FREE. So i guess it depends on the service center. |
shrek
Joined: Sep 18, 2003
Posts: 14
From: Romania
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@zol
Forgot to answer your question. One beer costs here about 25c. So 22 E is almost 100 beers |
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