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K850 Firmware Overview |
buntoo
Joined: Apr 13, 2007
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From: Pakistan (SGSII)
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On 2008-01-24 13:47:31, yashen wrote:
On 2008-01-24 13:10:15, vbayma wrote:
On 2008-01-24 10:47:08, Dupet wrote:
Yashen is right! We should all learn to live with the bugs, or find work arounds for them
Impossible, payed a lot not to need to learn to use an bug device that the box said that it worked fine...
Simple ridiculous...
Well if you can find a bug free phone that has the same features and battery life that the K850i has...
I'll trade in my K850i for it...
If you can't then I suggest you stop complaining...
If all of you are so unhappy with your K850's, get rid of them, SE isn't holding a gun to you head forcing you to keep them!
I'm getting sick of people complaining about the phone.
General Rule of Life:
If you think something isn't working properly, get rid of it and get something that does!
Don't whine about it forever, of course it is your money. Use it wisely in the future!
P.S. I love my K850i, It does exactly what I need... It has an excellent Cybershot user interface and takes great photo's...
I totally agree with u. I too love my K850i and having no bugs in it.
Mind-blowing phone 
[ This Message was edited by: buntoo on 2008-01-24 16:46 ] |
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oracle86
Joined: Jan 14, 2008
Posts: 48
From: Slovenia
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I'd just like to say my battery fills up to 100%. When it was charging the battery indicator still didnt show full battery but when I checked the percents were 100. But I did monitor the progress and maybe if I waited longer there would be 1 or 2% less.
I mention this, because I heard that some of you have problems filling the battery 100%. Maybe you just don't catch the rigt moment.
Btw, the FW is 038. |
Tervel
Joined: Jun 30, 2003
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From: US, TX
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On 2008-01-24 14:52:29, 1889 wrote:
Well if you can find a bug free phone that has the same features and battery life that the K850i has...
The battery life on the K850 is absolutely appaling!! I only get 2 or 3 days max out of it, I easlily got 5 out of my K800!!
I'm sorry but I don't think you're familiar with the term "appalling" not to mention the qualifier "absolutely"... Try an HTC TyTN and you'll know what's appalling - I was lucky to get 10 HOURS out of the phone!!! HOw about the famous iPHone??? If you don't charge it DAILY you can forget about it! 2-3 days is quite reasonable considering how many features the phone has. I'm happy I can get a day and a half out of it considering I'm using ActiveSync with PUSH during the daytime.
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BOISAJTH
Joined: Jan 20, 2008
Posts: 11
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On my third K850 (Soon to be a fourth!) as I have been getting the "Operation Failed" errors and the phone switches itself off and hangs quite a lot....
According to vodafine there was a batch which had erros in the soiftware so I have had it replaced 3 times now and still getting the same erros!
Any suggestions on what I should do?
Any good programs to put on my phone? Just installed "MyPhoneExplorer" and it is so much better than the Sony software! |
yashen
Joined: Jun 12, 2007
Posts: 15
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On 2008-01-24 20:44:15, BOISAJTH wrote:
On my third K850 (Soon to be a fourth!) as I have been getting the "Operation Failed" errors and the phone switches itself off and hangs quite a lot....
According to vodafine there was a batch which had erros in the soiftware so I have had it replaced 3 times now and still getting the same erros!
Any suggestions on what I should do?
Any good programs to put on my phone? Just installed "MyPhoneExplorer" and it is so much better than the Sony software!
Hi,
Are you using an branded phone or a generic?
The firmware on the generic (R1CA037) is a little slower and the battery life is better but alot more stable than the latest branded firmware (R1DA038).
I think the generic models get the SE firmware, but the branded ones get custom firmware that is specified by the network, (Vodafone, 02, etc...).
They pay SE to do their customizations for them, hence the delay of generic firmware.
I prefer the generic firmware because I believe that the developers at SE are not paid to include functionality that isn't 100% and are not rushed to perfect the original functionality of the phone.
I'd rather have 1 great firmware update, rather than 3-4 crappy ones... |
BOISAJTH
Joined: Jan 20, 2008
Posts: 11
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Branded (Vodafone)....
Any suggestions on what I should do?
Can i update my phone with out using SEUS as it doesnt work for me (comes up with a language file error and asks me to reinstall the app, have done many times and cant fix the problem!!)
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darrengf
Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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On 2008-01-24 21:17:07, BOISAJTH wrote:
Branded (Vodafone)....
Any suggestions on what I should do?
Can i update my phone with out using SEUS as it doesnt work for me (comes up with a language file error and asks me to reinstall the app, have done many times and cant fix the problem!!)
J
The only other way to get round this is to completely debrand your phone using Davinci.
When you got your phone from voda, did you update the firmware straight away?
If your firmware is R1CA029 then no matter what firmware you install after using SEUS, the applications will fail. R1CA029 has a problem with Java and a boot Java issue, this is why R1CA037 was released a month or so later.
However R1CA037 on voda caused major problems and so R1DA038 got released very quickly on Voda to resolve the issues.
yashen@
Regarding the O2 branding, O2 branding has 1 o2 icon where play now should be. Other than this i have generic firmware and generic branding.
The reason why o2 gained R1DA038 quickly, was due to the ammount of returns o2 were sending back to SE, just like voda etc.
as o2 and voda have millions of customers and most of the phones are purchased through these companies, SE updated the firmware to stop the amount of returns they were getting.
[ This Message was edited by: darrengf on 2008-01-24 20:27 ] |
BOISAJTH
Joined: Jan 20, 2008
Posts: 11
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Sorry total newbie at this.
How do I find out what version firmware I currently have?
Does davinci totally wipe the phone?
I cant actually get into SEUS on my PC as it comes up with an error on my PC when I try and start it up! (Not my day!)
What do you reccomend? |
Duran
Joined: Aug 25, 2006
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From: Netherlands
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tomo's the last friday of the month.
All hopes for tomorrow guys;D |
darrengf
Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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On 2008-01-24 21:28:52, BOISAJTH wrote:
Sorry total newbie at this.
How do I find out what version firmware I currently have?
Does davinci totally wipe the phone?
I cant actually get into SEUS on my PC as it comes up with an error on my PC when I try and start it up! (Not my day!)
What do you reccomend?
If you are having problems with SEUS then i would check that you have the latest version of SEUS, Java and no firewall problems.
most of the info regarding the K850i is on the first page.
However regarding the firmware
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 clicking the D-Pad left and right keys respectively.
Davinici will debrand the phone completely. |
BOISAJTH
Joined: Jan 20, 2008
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My firmware is R1CA029... Old?
Ill check the Java thing now as SEUS is the latest one.... |
BOISAJTH
Joined: Jan 20, 2008
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Right I understand guess Ill have to debrand my phone....
If I use davinci does it just "debrand" or wipe everything, if not what do i loose?
Will it cause me any problems with vodafone? |
darrengf
Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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R1CA029 is the problem firmware.
SEUS on Voda will update the phone to R1DA038.
It should cause you a problem with voda, however you can debrand your phone
http://www1.davinciteam.com/K850/index.html
I would check this out first, but everything you do will be at your own risk.
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Dupet
Joined: Nov 15, 2007
Posts: 58
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just out of curiosity, is it possible to go from 037 back to 029? |
BOISAJTH
Joined: Jan 20, 2008
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Im a bit confused!
When I get SEUS working, and i update my phone to 38 why will it still cause an issue? Is it because I had Version 29 installed originally? |
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