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Sony Ericsson S500 Discussion |
Addict26
Joined: Jul 01, 2007
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Does s500i support flash standby-screens and flash wallpapers? |
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kanjer
Joined: Apr 13, 2005
Posts: 47
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anyone else having problems inserting sim card into their s500i? mine keeps popping out and even the battery doesn hold it in place |
walangij
Joined: Jul 23, 2007
Posts: 2
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The sim should go in fine, it is a little difficult getting it in place but with fingernails you should be able to push it in, it took me a minute or two but I finally got it. About the cracked keypads, mine has cracked and I'm having trouble getting it serviced, they gave me the shpeal about, "our warranty doesn't cover this wear and tear blah blah" but then again I'm in Thailand and the language barrier makes it more difficult. Any official word about it from SE yet? I called the US service center a second ago, they quoted $185 for a replacement of the pad which is pretty rediculous, almost the full price of the phone but I don't think the customer rep really knew exactly what he was talking about, can someone call and confirm a price? What's interesting is that after I said I just got my new S500i and that the keypad cracked after 6 days usage and that many people online are reporting the same thing he said that it would be under warranty, but then again after I said I was abroad he shook me off. Could someone confirm? |
Spinz
Joined: Aug 24, 2003
Posts: 178
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On 2007-07-16 08:36:49, sahran wrote:
On 2007-07-16 06:42:39, HellDemon wrote:
Hmmm... Well I want to flash my S500 to W580, but I've been hearing some things that the everchanging and day and night themes don't fully work; that the flash files for the menu and background and the whole changing layout & background thing isn't included in the theme file, and that it's within the S500 firmware directories instead.
For the people who have tried the everchanging and day and night themes on their S500's without it originally or on different phones, does it fully work?
it will work on different phones but like a plain themes regular icons and plain background.
this phone have amazing sound quality . for all S500i owners here a small trick :
just send any defult flash themes from walkman phones (like: female line, grouped, orange bubbles from W850i . or citybeat, gsharp, musaic from W880i ) to your S500i then set it on your S500i after that play the music from media player then minimize the media player . bingoo now the phone will show the artist & albums & tracks names like walkman phones on standby mode .
Does anyone have the original W830/850 or W880 themes to try out on my s500.
Please anyone? |
sahran
Joined: Mar 15, 2003
Posts: 161
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On 2007-07-26 09:53:15, Spinz wrote:
On 2007-07-16 08:36:49, sahran wrote:
On 2007-07-16 06:42:39, HellDemon wrote:
Hmmm... Well I want to flash my S500 to W580, but I've been hearing some things that the everchanging and day and night themes don't fully work; that the flash files for the menu and background and the whole changing layout & background thing isn't included in the theme file, and that it's within the S500 firmware directories instead.
For the people who have tried the everchanging and day and night themes on their S500's without it originally or on different phones, does it fully work?
it will work on different phones but like a plain themes regular icons and plain background.
this phone have amazing sound quality . for all S500i owners here a small trick :
just send any defult flash themes from walkman phones (like: female line, grouped, orange bubbles from W850i . or citybeat, gsharp, musaic from W880i ) to your S500i then set it on your S500i after that play the music from media player then minimize the media player . bingoo now the phone will show the artist & albums & tracks names like walkman phones on standby mode .
Does anyone have the original W830/850 or W880 themes to try out on my s500.
Please anyone?
here you go download from here
W880i original themes
http://www.zshare.net/download/28548924906d80/
W850i original themes
http://www.zshare.net/download/2854934b559ed7/ |
Spinz
Joined: Aug 24, 2003
Posts: 178
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Thanks Sahran. The themes are great and now on the standby screen i can see the Song, artist name, album information. Its cool
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sahran
Joined: Mar 15, 2003
Posts: 161
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On 2007-07-26 12:59:30, Spinz wrote:
Thanks Sahran. The themes are great and now on the standby screen i can see the Song, artist name, album information. Its cool
you'r welcome  |
JuanPablo
Joined: May 16, 2007
Posts: > 500
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Sony Ericsson keypad problem solved
Remember the S500 keypad cracking problem I posted about a while back? Well, this problem has been officially recognized by Sony Ericsson. Their official explanation (from SE Germany) is that there is a chemical reaction between the green paint and the keypad material (plastic). This causes the keys to be easily broken. This is why the yellow version of the phone is not affected (no green paint). The issue is being resolved by SE. Also, apparently the affected S500's are made before week 27.
Source: http://justamp.blogspot.com/2[....]son-keypad-problem-solved.html |
shinjiz
Joined: Jul 05, 2006
Posts: 63
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o m f g good game me...
07/W25
guess im gonna have to prepare for a broken keypad |
david1975
Joined: Apr 05, 2004
Posts: > 500
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I have ordered a black and green on getting it on tuesday got a good deal on t mobile apart from the key pad anything else i should look for
This message was posted from a Z530i |
Spinz
Joined: Aug 24, 2003
Posts: 178
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Wats the Latest FW on S500?
Mine is giving network Connection error. Should i upgrade the FW?
Is there any FW upgrade for S500? |
moorishidol
Joined: Jul 16, 2007
Posts: 5
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phew... i just made it at 07/w27
no broken key pads |
eddierook
Joined: Aug 09, 2007
Posts: 6
From: Leeds, UK
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Mine arrived today. W28.
Anyone else had issues with trying to get the battery cover on? It just doesn't want to go on.  |
DonJuan
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Las Vegas
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Yeah i had a lot of problems with the battery cover. Once you get used to it its easy. You just have to get your nails under it to get it open then use force to get it back on. It wont break. The themes are really cool. I think the background changes once a month. Anyway of getting the album art work on |
eddierook
Joined: Aug 09, 2007
Posts: 6
From: Leeds, UK
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Thanks for the help but it turns out the back cover was faulty but has now been replaced free of charge. |
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