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K850 Firmware Overview |
the_trev
Joined: Oct 17, 2007
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hello all, first time poster but something i had to add 
i got this phone on the monday, and noticed pretty much the same issue with the sleep mode timer. but something caught my eye yesterday whilst locking the phone, something which makes me believe that the lack of the clock wasn't a choice they made, but rather a design fault. the reason i say this is because i actually saw the clock for about a second!
i've tried to replicate it with no luck, but as an educated guess the issue is not with the lack of a clock, but rather that the screen completely switches itself off not giving the opportunity for the clock to show. the solution to this would obviously be something in a new firmware update, but alas i don't know of any active way to report bugs to SE. 
just in case anyone would like to know, the phone is on VFUK. |
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happykhan
Joined: Sep 03, 2005
Posts: 185
From: Mashhad, Iran
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@ max_wedge & mwarner
About the play/pause button:
I just had an idea:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=155369
What do you say??? |
kimot01
Joined: Jul 06, 2007
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On 2007-10-17 16:03:57, Duran wrote:
Oh yeh the phone's got more features, more MP cam etc but SE decides to put a slower CPU in it? wtf is wrong with them?
Sluggish UI is one of the biggest reasons for me to stay away from a phone..
it has the same processor as k800/k810
they should put a processor as fast as the razr 2 v8
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you can always find one when you know where to look
 k800i + k810 firmware
w880 edited PHF files
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-Ryan-
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 132
From: Northern Ireland
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On 2007-10-17 16:12:17, the_trev wrote:
hello all, first time poster but something i had to add
i got this phone on the monday, and noticed pretty much the same issue with the sleep mode timer. but something caught my eye yesterday whilst locking the phone, something which makes me believe that the lack of the clock wasn't a choice they made, but rather a design fault. the reason i say this is because i actually saw the clock for about a second!
i've tried to replicate it with no luck, but as an educated guess the issue is not with the lack of a clock, but rather that the screen completely switches itself off not giving the opportunity for the clock to show. the solution to this would obviously be something in a new firmware update, but alas i don't know of any active way to report bugs to SE.
just in case anyone would like to know, the phone is on VFUK.
It was probably because the clock *is* there...Just you have to push the volume/zoom buttons up or down to see it. It hasn't been removed entirely, just in the way it used to be able to be viewed while the screen was off apart from the clock.
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the_trev
Joined: Oct 17, 2007
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aha, yes, false alarm. sorry
would love to push SE for any news.... |
chrisdaniels
Joined: Oct 14, 2005
Posts: 26
From: Cheshire, England
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Official Sony Ericsson Developer Forum Bug Reports:
http://developer.sonyericsson[....]age.jspa?messageID=59803#59803 |
Mizzle
Joined: Oct 06, 2006
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Am very impressed by the yet small list of bugs on the K850. Seems they've tested it and A200 very nicely - only small bugs imo.
Btw, it's the fastest CPU ever before used in a feature phone from
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tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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did you all notice that this firmware version(R1CA029) is similar to k750's R1CA021?
well, all phones in their releases have something wrong? but this is supposed to be a K flagship. dissapointing, imo. let's wait more firmwares for the future.
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mwarner
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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From: Warwickshire, England
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> Btw, it's the fastest CPU ever before used in a feature phone from SE
I would be interested to see a white paper or something that confirms this. It seems odd that benchmark numbers are lower and the UI speed is lower when the resolution of the screen is the same as the K800.
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darrengf
Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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On 2007-10-17 19:12:35, tranced wrote:
did you all notice that this firmware version(R1CA029) is similar to k750's R1CA021?
well, all phones in their releases have something wrong? but this is supposed to be a K flagship. dissapointing, imo. let's wait more firmwares for the future.
I was just saying that at work this afternoon. " This takes me back to having my K750i when i had lots of fun " |
mwarner
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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Updated the first post with DarrenGF's latest bugs. Thanks Darren!!
> I was just saying that at work this afternoon. " This takes me
> back to having my K750i when i had lots of fun "
Heh heh ... that is one way of looking at it! Personally I am considering sending it back to O2 and waiting for another interesting phone to be released, which is not like me at all - I love playing with new SE platforms, but this one lacks some of the basic functionaility I am used to with the previous generation platform. |
darrengf
Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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On 2007-10-17 20:23:30, mwarner wrote:
Updated the first post with DarrenGF's latest bugs. Thanks Darren!!
> I was just saying that at work this afternoon. " This takes me
> back to having my K750i when i had lots of fun "
Heh heh ... that is one way of looking at it! Personally I am considering sending it back to O2 and waiting for another interesting phone to be released, which is not like me at all - I love playing with new SE platforms, but this one lacks some of the basic functionaility I am used to with the previous generation platform.
Nah dont do that.
It is interesting, You havnt had this much fun since the K700-K750i with all the bugs.
I do agree though I was expecting a little more, But i still like the phone any how |
apotts
Joined: Aug 27, 2003
Posts: 117
From: UK
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It seems that setting the stabiliser on causes the camera to ignore the ISO setting you have given it. It also disables the focus assist triple LED.
In the following pic, the black text is what I have set in the menus (and is reflected by the little icons). The red text is what the camera actually did when the photo was taken.
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mwarner
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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It's interesting to see that on SE's site my HPM-82 is considered compatible with the K850 - maybe all is not lost and a future firmware will enable the functionality of the remote. My only concern is that they have considered that remote control is now only for W series phones and will never be enabled for newly released K series phones.
Does anyone have a more modern headset with remote control, e.g. HPM-90, HBS-DS970/980 etc to find out whether they are fully compatible? |
h901
Joined: Nov 29, 2005
Posts: 46
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i got a generic unbranded k850i
how do find out the CDA or whateva
i no its the > * < < * < *
but then where and where is it exactly written
also hope they give us the option to change the left softkey to something other than media
and a media player update with a refresh option (can't seem to completely remove the plutonium track from the phone it stays in meida player)
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