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New Firmware R2L For K700i |
kook™
Joined: Aug 14, 2004
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Just had my 1 week old k700i flashed to R2L by SE...
Not very pleasant experience, while queueing up there were like 4 others having issues with their k700i, duno if the new upgraded R2L had helped them.
But i noticed on R2L if you do a double tap on the joystick while in the main menu, it would sort of freeze your mobile for awhile. eg tap once, while the animation is showing for cursor change, tap one more time.
A Single tap would be ok.
There still is a sync issue with the k700i, but not sure with which program, as the lady infront of me was like screwing the SE staff major for not being able to resolve the issue, overheard is they would replace it with a new k700i, even though they had already flashed her k700i to R2L. |
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alfaromeo777
Joined: Apr 15, 2003
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In video playback, backlight sort of dims after a short while. There's no way you can brighten it up again while the video is playing. What a bug!!
Still no fullscreen mode in video.. 
Main menu speed still the same...
Still can't zoom in images in gallery.. (Wat d heck!!!)
SE should do something about this ...
[ This Message was edited by: alfaromeo777 on 2004-08-14 10:23 ] |
dan173
Joined: Jun 07, 2004
Posts: 19
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j4sp33d,
Got my phone from Semicon so its under warranty, I will send it back to Smartnet for reflashing on Monday. Hope they correct the proplam |
RedDwarf2002
Joined: Aug 12, 2004
Posts: 19
From: Manchester, UK
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I am still on R2A firmware and waiting until I reach my full battery performance b4 I upgrade to the latest firmware so that I can tell whether it really does make any difference to battery. I am not sure whether the users on this forum reporting the sudden increase in battery life are due to the fact that they did not use the battery long enough to reach the optimum performce, hence when they upgraded to the new firmware and used the battery for longer realised the battery life was getting better?? The reason I am saying this is because I don't see how SE could increase the battery life when they have obviously increased the LCD back-light power.
...Unless they have reduced the power at which the antennae operates at (which would result in poorer reception but better battery performance). Anyone on R2L notice any difference in reception? |
lordmat
Joined: Jul 21, 2004
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when will the next one be out
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vegetaleb
Joined: May 03, 2002
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From: Lebanon
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hopefully the next fw is for next week,it could be a r3a or a r2l v2
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feco
Joined: Jul 03, 2004
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I know how the SE improve the battery with this firmware, the R2A uses 8mAh of power, and now the R2L uses 2mAh of power, I discover it using the fma  |
jimjam_sweet
Joined: Jun 15, 2004
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my phone reset itself when i was browsing after the upgrade, has any 1 else experienced this ? |
RedDwarf2002
Joined: Aug 12, 2004
Posts: 19
From: Manchester, UK
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This might sound stupid but what is FMA? If it is anything to do with the reception being compromised I wont be upgrading to the new frmware as I depend on the reception, especially that O2 don't have a very good signal around the country.
I have previously owned a Samsung E700 and that sometimes used to go on SOS calls only....fortunately my K700 hasn't done that yet.
But one odd thing I did notice once (I don't know if it is a network fault) is that on my K700 I received a with-held call (where the number doesn't show up) when I pressed accept call the caller ended the call at the same time. When I went to check the missed calls list it wasn't there....nor on the received calls. I pressume that it should be on one of them as there could only be 2 possibilities - either I had answered the call and the caller put the phone down, or I had missed the call i.e. the caller put the phone down b4 I answered the call. Very odd.... |
sguilliard
Joined: Aug 04, 2003
Posts: 13
From: Oxfordshire, UK
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On 2004-08-15 00:28:35, vegetaleb wrote:
hopefully the next fw is for next week,it could be a r3a or a r2l v2
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On the Yamigo website they list the supported IM clients from various handsets and it lists R3B as being supported. It would seem that R3B is already available in some areas.
http://www.yamigo.com/content/view/38/40/ |
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...). |
runab0ut
Joined: May 07, 2004
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j4sp33d
go here:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=12482
They're in Glorietta 3 now, not the old Herrera addy. Check with them about your k700... is it a k700c?
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bajajvikram
Joined: Aug 15, 2004
Posts: 12
From: Singapore
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Upgraded my phone to R2L001 in Singapore.
When i select the applications folder from File Manager, and if the folder is empty, the message shown is "No games in folder"
Guess it's a non-significant issue, but hope its fixed in the next FW upgrade.
Noted that in power save mode, when the screen is switched off, pressing either of the volume control buttons displays the time for 3-4 seconds. Not sure if this was present in R2A
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mwarner
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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From: Warwickshire, England
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> Noted that in power save mode, when the screen
> is switched off, pressing either of the volume control
> buttons displays the time for 3-4 seconds. Not sure
> if this was present in R2A
This is NOT present in R2A. I'll add it to my next update of the K700 Firmware Overview thread:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=66330
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bajajvikram
Joined: Aug 15, 2004
Posts: 12
From: Singapore
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Is there any service whereby SE can inform its customers of firmware upgrades thru email? Or do they put it anywhere on their website?
Why don't they consider online FW upgrades for the K700i? I presume they do it for some other phones. |
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Posted: 2004-08-14 09:53
