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K750 / W800 Firmware Overview |
Dan_Aykroyd
Joined: Sep 13, 2005
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Hi... I bought a W800 a couple of week ago and I have some questions (firmware regarded) that, I think may be already answered around in the forum, but I don't even know how to search for them as there are tons of results; so I'd be glad if someone had the time to answer me or point me in any direction. And by the way, I have the R1L002.:
1) Who releases these firmware? SE? Davinci? (whatever the hell that is)? Are they 'official'?
2) Where should I get the SEUS mentioned to update the phone? And where the firmware (binaries) files?
3) What about the branding?? I live in South America and the phone is completely brandless; except for the SIM menu and that's it...
4) Chances of failing and ruining the phone? Any other advice before trying?
5) Not very important but, as I said before... what the hell is Davinci? And underground team? Went to their site but couldn't find nothing!
Well... thanks in advance and think that you'll help a lot of other guyslike me too! 
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BUFFBOY
Joined: Jul 20, 2005
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From: Sydney
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how come this thread is saying its for the W800i too...
its not even released yet for the W800i...
wtf?
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djacemk
Joined: Sep 25, 2005
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On 2005-09-29 23:57:54, Dan_Aykroyd wrote:
Hi... I bought a W800 a couple of week ago and I have some questions (firmware regarded) that, I think may be already answered around in the forum, but I don't even know how to search for them as there are tons of results; so I'd be glad if someone had the time to answer me or point me in any direction. And by the way, I have the R1L002.:
1) Who releases these firmware? SE? Davinci? (whatever the hell that is)? Are they 'official'?
2) Where should I get the SEUS mentioned to update the phone? And where the firmware (binaries) files?
3) What about the branding?? I live in South America and the phone is completely brandless; except for the SIM menu and that's it...
4) Chances of failing and ruining the phone? Any other advice before trying?
5) Not very important but, as I said before... what the hell is Davinci? And underground team? Went to their site but couldn't find nothing!
Well... thanks in advance and think that you'll help a lot of other guyslike me too!
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I have the same questions......any answers aruound....
Thanks........... |
Ibinco
Joined: Jan 22, 2004
Posts: 383
From: Holland
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use the search function on esato. Type Davinci. And read some.
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mamba
Joined: Nov 21, 2004
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I got the same question too..
Who/what the heck is this davinci? |
Del
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
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From: Kent, UK
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@Tina.x5
If your problem is that bad then take your phone to your local se service centre and have them flash it back to R1L, also shared in this post http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=104999
hopefuly this will keep you going until se get their fingers out of their backsides and sort things out 
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mwarner
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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Updated the first post to note the memory stick corruption issue seen on some R1N phones. Additionally I have noted which firmwares are released for the W800 and which for the K750 only.
For those asking "What is Davinci", just have a look at the first post in this thread or search for "DaVinci" using the Esato search tool. Esato contains answers to all these common questions, and it's undoubtedly quicker to find the answer through search than it is to post a question and wait for a reply ... or as some say  . |
SL33PYH34D
Joined: Sep 06, 2004
Posts: 486
From: Berkshire, UK
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Personally I suspect that a number of the people experiencing problems with R1N035 are probably the same people who experienced the random crashes and other issues with the first firmware releases.
Most of these original problems and by the looks of things most problems that have been reported with R1N appear memory related in one form or another.
I am certainly still inclined to think that there is definitely a duff batch of K750i's out there and no matter what SE do with firmware they will always experience problems.
Fortunately I appear to have been rather lucky in that my K750i has never exhibted any of the major reported issues like MS corruption or reboots/crashes, but the fact that I am running R1N firmware (and the earlier firmwares too) without issue, whereas others running exactly the same firmware have so many issues it would definitely point to the root of the problem being a hardware fault. |
n3x
Joined: Jun 15, 2005
Posts: 74
From: UK
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That could be true... although when i first got my k750 (r1a) it would crash quite frequently now with r1n its fairly stable, as it was with r1j aswell.
But I think ive just experience this new fault with file transfers. I copied 2 videos across to my phone and when i went to play them 1 wasnt even there and the other just said "playback failed" everytime i tried to play it! I think SE have introduced some new faults in r1n and this one is a software issue as i had no probs before!
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Julleman
Joined: Sep 30, 2005
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Called SE in Sweden, they confirm that the problem exist with transfering files (mp3) using USB cable. All my pictures was deleted. |
etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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On 2005-09-30 14:46:49, SL33PYH34D wrote:
I am certainly still inclined to think that there is definitely a duff batch of K750i's out there |
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Its always a possibility sure, but for every one of those people who're still having problems, theres many more who had problems on the older firmwares that no longer have.
Slowly the K750i bugs are being erradicated. As for these new bugs, such as disappearing files, i've never experienced those so i cant confirm them to be true - and i copy lots of files to my phone daily.
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Leviath
Joined: Sep 14, 2005
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On 2005-09-30 14:46:49, SL33PYH34D wrote:
I am certainly still inclined to think that there is definitely a duff batch of K750i's out there |
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Yea I got them all
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doone128
Joined: Jun 21, 2005
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Reply from SE after complaining about losing files with new firmware (R1N)
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Thank you for contacting the Sony Ericsson Call Centre.
With regards to your enquiry, we have investigated the issues you have raised with our technical department who have informed us that they were experiencing technical difficulties with the Sony Ericsson Update Service which resulted in problems similar to that which you have described.
As soon as this was detected the Update Service was taken off line temporarily, but there was a small amount of handsets that were affected by the technical difficulties before we could do this.
To rectify these problems your handset will need to be seen by one of our Sony Ericsson approved service locations.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us again for further help and support.
For more information on our products and services, please feel free to visit our website at www.sonyericsson.com
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Oh dear!
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Leviath
Joined: Sep 14, 2005
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From: PT@IB_PENINSULA LIVIN IN UK
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oops!!!
appears that duff batch just keeps on growing...
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Tina.x5
Joined: Apr 10, 2005
Posts: 67
From: Manchester-uk
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OMG i didnt even get a sorry, all i got was send it to the main SE service point in banbury! i disagree with the duff batch claim as that wud mean we (with new problems) would have had probs from previous fw if it was a hardware prob, my fone was mint b4 R1N. neways im not sendin it to em they had my k500 for a month  i've managed to get mp3s 2 stay by puttin em in the mp3 folder and not openin media files folder, cud sum1 also try that?;-)
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Posted: 2005-09-29 23:57
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