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Supa_Fly
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Posted: 2008-02-19 02:30
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On 2008-02-19 00:17:08, whatsucka wrote:
icic but the picture wasnt able to b edit by photoDJ
so i still cant do anything about it

another problem is the pictures sorting in Media > Photo > Pictures

after i del those 14 pics, 4 of them are part of the fone so dont want to touch them, so i del 10 pictures... but when i load the pictures bak to picture folder 2 of my pictures appears Media > Photo > Pictures...then when i exit media and go bak in again under Media > Photo > Pictures shows 14 pics agian...
why this keep happening??



1> Copy the photos back to your PC.
2> Check the properties and its Summary Comments! Also check for any Meta tags on them ... if you're using Vista & After originally saving these photos if edited there or indexed possibly the root of the issue?
3> check also any photos in the Phone Album & Card Album once you saved to the PC/Mac then Completely purge them from the phone & card via PC/Mac.
4> Use PC Suite to sync your items. FORMAT your card. I think its an oddity with miss handled ablum art photos. Media Player 11 on WinXP SP2 also duplicates (but in Hidden properties state) in the MyMusic folder. This also copy's to my K790a' M2 card as well. Very annoying.

I hope this helps.

Guys just keep patience. The K800/790 also had MAD issues. To highlight is the following. (note: K850i is a new platform, while the K800 was not).

R8BA024
- Released around 24/10/07
Improvements
- Updated EROM, Java Engine and Text Engine

R1KC001
- Released on Wotan on 30/3/07
Bug fixes
- 3G to 2G transfers no longer results in the termination of calls


R1KG001
- Released on Wotan on 23/4/07
- Released on SEUS around 30/4/07
Improvements
- Updated Java engine (7.4)
- Updated Text engine (CB)
Bug fixes


R1JG001
- Released on FOTA on 9/3/2007
- Released on SEUS on 12/3/2007
New Bugs
Intermittant / Non-working functionality
- 3G to 2G transfers result in the termination of calls.

R1JE001
- Released on SEUS around 15/3/2007
- 3 UK version of R1JC002
Improvements
- 3's Instant Viewer (Settings > General > Instant Viewer) application, displaying adverts on the Standby Screen, has now been removed from the firmware.


R1JC002
- Released on Wotan on 29/1/07
- Released on FOTA on 20/2/2007
Bug fixes
- Video preview no longer crashes the phone
- Jangler and Alien Noise MP3s now play with this firmware.
- Some message dialogs, e.g. the remaining credit dialog for PAYG phones, now has a semi-transparent background much like the notes dialog.
New Bugs
User Interface
- SVG files can no longer be viewed from File Manager.
- The top left button on the phone, which previously allowed you to display the previous picture whilst viewing photos in landscape mode, no longer performs this function. The top right button still displays the next picture.


FIRST RELEASE K800i Firmwares ...
R1CF001
- T-Mobile specific release.
- Generic version released on Wotan Server 8/8/06.
- Background noise in the radio fixed.

R1CE001
- Vodafone specific release.
R1CD001
- 3 UK specific release.
R1CC002
- Test firmware
R1CB001
- First release
K790 Firmware

R1EG001
- Equivalent to R1ED001
R1CC003
- First release. Equivalent to R1CB001


Bugs
User Interface

- Occasional screen corruption, most notably a line on the screen during video recording, but also slight corruption when navigating through menus.
- Opera Mini does not display the 'connect to the internet' dialog. Performing a Resume of Opera through the activity menu will display the dialog and allow the user to select 'Yes'.
- The Call Log can sometimes stop working. Deleting the entries in the call log has been known to restore it's functionality.
- Plugging in headphones whilst watching a movie causes the screen to go into standby mode. Pausing the movie before plugging them in bypasses the problem.
- Chinese firmware only - Changing the settings to display a large clock (Settings / Display / Clock Size / Large) causes an extremely small clock to be displayed when using a 24 hour clock. The clock displays correctly when using the 12 hour am/pm time format.
- Whilst in the Main Menu, if you select a menu item with the keypad (e.g. 7 for the file manager) and then hit Back to go back to the Main Menu, the selected menu item will be highlighted but the title will be incorrect (it will display the name of the previous menu item selected)
- The text searching feature in the File Manager does not work. This menu should really use 1-9 to select a specific menu item rather than doing a rather pointless text search on the 9 menu items.
- Many 'Press Ok' dialog boxes throughout the phone are displayed for such a short period of time that their inclusion leads to the user selecting an unwanted menu option rather than selecting Ok. Such dialogs should be removed.
- Selecting 'Settings / Calls / Manage Calls / Accept Calls / Only from list' only blocks those calls whose number is present in the phonebook. All unknown numbers are automatically accepted.
- The total call time in the Service Menu / Service Tests / Total Call Time does not match the time in Settings / Calls / Time & cost / Call timers.
- Previewing MMSes with Video often fails to play the audio.
- Changing between full-screen and Landscape while watching a paused video resets the timer to 00:00 until the video is unpaused.
- The RSS icon always appears after rebooting the phone until the user enters the Messaging / RSS Reader menu.
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uniplantt
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Posted: 2008-02-19 03:04
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I've had my k850 since 029, then 037 & now 038 (i'm o2UK).
Found each one has its pros and cons.
029 In my opinion took the best pics at night and day, cudnt get a blurred pic no matter how hard I tried (yes I tried to get a blurred pic, leavin everyfin in auto, how sad) and no flash burn, but it wasn't as stable and had lots of other bugs.
037 improved the stability but I seemed to get flash burn on close pics at night.
038 brought in a few nice options, like ways to sort the inbox/sentbox, amount of details of messages shown in the inbox/homescreen and didn't have to worry about the screensaver coming on when using the gallery mode on side of phone cuz it doesn't freeze it. But the battery life is a considerable downfall.
I remember when I changed from my n95 (1day battery life) to the k850 I was most impressed with the battery life, used to get days from it, 3 or 4 with heavy txt use and a fair few photos and calls. At this very moment it's got 14% left and it came off charge at 100% 36hours ago.

So what I'd like from a firmware update is ... (u may not agree with me on the first one) . .
A camera like 029
Battery life of anything but 038
And a general speed improvement. When texting or browsing through the menu's things are never as fast as I feel they should be. Still way better than the old n95.
Sorry for my babbling
sniper_supra
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Posted: 2008-02-19 04:39
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funny.
My EQ settings remain there (I'm on 037) Its just that whenever I exit my media player and On again it returns to Megabass.
But my last settings remain there, I just have to go to manual settings again, but I don't have to change it again.

Did anyone say that R1EA031 is fake? Or just won't come any sooner?
lun4r
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Posted: 2008-02-19 04:53
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i'm on 037 FW and I charge my batteries once every two days...
i used my phone for music playback for about 2-3 hours a day, 30-40 sent and received messages a day and take about 10-15 pics a day..

do you guys think once every two days is good with those kind of usage??

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obentou
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Posted: 2008-02-19 05:01
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Fortunately those bugs experienced on the K800i were not that major - although to me a while ago when it first came out, the call log bug and occasional restarts were the most irritating.

I guess compared to this, take a look at the bug list of the K850i... pretty much related to accessories, but some key functions of the phone are lacking.. ie. the volume control, and moreover the mechanical problems experienced make the phone in general "unpleasant".
hragsarkissian
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Posted: 2008-02-19 08:32
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On 2008-02-18 23:03:40, vegetaleb wrote:
@hragsarkissian
I can't take it to CEPP because it's not from them but from black market (hey I saved 200$),also I don't really care to be the first to try it because I don't have bugs apart the 99% battery level,I am waiting that someone try it before to see if the camera(video and photo) is better than before(less compression)



Even if its not from CEPP, i can do a simple phone call and they will do it for you (for free).
Just let me know whenever you want to.

regards
B.Thomas
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Posted: 2008-02-19 11:12
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OK! Was testing SEUS . No update yet !!
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On 2008-02-19 01:15:56, plankgatan wrote:
im not saying 037 is perfect, (i also get little slow Mediaplayer when i listen to music, etc, etc), BUT there is no major problems i think.




There are the overshadowing MAJOR problem with the camera being rubbish as I and LOTS and LOTS of others have pointed out and documented so many many times now.

This is especially problematic because of this particular model being advertised as the king of cameraphones. This is not a lowend W model, but the top of the line K model.

There are several other problems mentioned again and again - I dont care to have to repeat them all again.

There are the very MAJOR problem with SE completely ignoring their customers who paid money for this rubbish phone, leaving everyone waiting forever on firmware that does not get released, and when/if they eventually will get released propably will not make any major difference anyways, cause basically its most likely not a softwareproblem but choise of poor hardware thats causing the problems.
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Posted: 2008-02-19 11:30
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Are there no moderators with gold crowns or green crowns next to their name on these forums?

Just tried SEUS - No Update yet. Will it be available to all networks as well as unbranded phones when it is released? or to a specific network first?

Im getting stressed here - IF you are to, then I suggest you make yourself a nice cup of tea (PG Tips obviously) and sit down and play a nice, relaxing game....such as unreal Tournament or World of Warcraft.

Has anyone here seen the Finale yet? IS this going to be the last episode? I mean season 3 cant be finished already can it? only 13 episodes.....just like Heroes....###EDIT:


On 2008-02-19 11:24:10, numb wrote:

On 2008-02-19 01:15:56, plankgatan wrote:
im not saying 037 is perfect, (i also get little slow Mediaplayer when i listen to music, etc, etc), BUT there is no major problems i think.



There are the very MAJOR problem with SE completely ignoring their customers who paid money for this rubbish phone, leaving everyone waiting forever on firmware that does not get released, and when/if they eventually will get released propably will not make any major difference anyways, cause basically its most likely not a softwareproblem but choise of poor hardware thats causing the problems.



Are you SURE they are ignoring their customers? that does not sound like what a multi-million pound organisation would do, otherwise they wouldnt be a muti-million pound business!

What I think is that they are trying to .. "perfect" .. the Firmware before it gets released , this way it'll keep their rep up and keep us "lot" (The customers [Consumers] ) more happy. It may take a while , but quality comes at a cost, and by that I do NOT mean currency but rather time in this case.

Goodbye - Ill be back when the new FW is released to say "YAY the FW is released!".

[ This Message was edited by: shawon on 2008-02-19 10:35 ]
B.Thomas
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Posted: 2008-02-19 11:37
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On 2008-02-19 11:30:55, shawon wrote:
Are there no moderators with gold crowns or green crowns next to their name on these forums?

Just tried SEUS - No Update yet. Will it be available to all networks as well as unbranded phones when it is released? or to a specific network first?

Im getting stressed here - IF you are to, then I suggest you make yourself a nice cup of tea (PG Tips obviously) and sit down and play a nice, relaxing game....such as unreal Tournament or World of Warcraft.

Has anyone here seen the Finale yet? IS this going to be the last episode? I mean season 3 cant be finished already can it? only 13 episodes.....just like Heroes....


Hey !! We are just socializing here now. In the time of waiting for FW. Whats wrong with that?
Asterion76
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Posted: 2008-02-19 11:58
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Sincerily, I'm tired of waiting for a new firmware.
I believe that new firmwares can bring new features, better performance, resolve minor bug. I also believe they don't have to correct major bugs such: flash sync, battery length, media player.

Here, in Italy, the price for K850i is about 370€ branded, 450€ unbranded. It's not a cheap phone, so I expect a working phone as soon as I buy it.

Sony Ericsson sent the K850 on the market with an immature, non stable firmware and, in my opionion, this is not acceptable.

Sorry for grammar mistakes
Cytech
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Posted: 2008-02-19 11:59
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The firmware will be released for unbranded phones... if it's available for all networks depends on the providers, if they approve the firmware or not.


On 2008-02-19 11:30:55, shawon wrote:
Are there no moderators with gold crowns or green crowns next to their name on these forums?

Just tried SEUS - No Update yet. Will it be available to all networks as well as unbranded phones when it is released? or to a specific network first?

Im getting stressed here - IF you are to, then I suggest you make yourself a nice cup of tea (PG Tips obviously) and sit down and play a nice, relaxing game....such as unreal Tournament or World of Warcraft.

Has anyone here seen the Finale yet? IS this going to be the last episode? I mean season 3 cant be finished already can it? only 13 episodes.....just like Heroes....###EDIT:

[ This Message was edited by: shawon on 2008-02-19 10:35 ]
vegetaleb
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@hragsarkissian If you can call them and ask them if they have this famous FW upgrade from EMMA and not 038/039 why not!
Also I am afraid it's a beta test version because it's not normal that since friday they didn't transfer it to SEUS
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aloe
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To all of us i recived e mail from se support telling me that they cant tell me about any new firmwere
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On 2008-02-19 13:12:21, aloe wrote:
To all of us i recived e mail from se support telling me that they cant tell me about any new firmwere


of course... cause accordning to support all there models are perfect and with no faults what so ever, then they don't need any firmware upgrades often the servicepoints have more knowledge about firmware releases then support
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