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AD
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I'm curious as to why the battery drains when it hangs (the same thing happens to mine btw). It's like there is an ongoing process, or that the transmitter is active continuously whilst it's hung. Has anyone had it hang when in flight mode?
I noticed that GabrielG said that the problem improved when the set the network preferences to 'gsm only'. I also saw an improvement when I set the internet account settings to 'CS only', this means that the phone will only activate GPRS/3G when it needs it, and doesn't continously search for the signal. This also helps with battery life btw. |
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AD
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Another thought, perhaps manually locking it to your network instead of leaving it on auto may help...gonna try it, get back to you.
Hmm...interesting, it seems I can't access the "prefered list" of networks, but setting it to manual & restarting to get it to seek got it to find my network straight away. Also no problem going in and out of flight mode.
Anyone else find this? (control panel-connections-mobile networks). Is it an undocumented bug?
No joy with network settings, I'm afraid - but I guess every failiure is part of the process of elimination....
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GabrielG
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I wasn't really sure if turning off 3G helped. I thought it did, but on
second thought its really so random that one cant tell. Yesterday I
bought a new memory card and when I changed it I also formatted
my internal and external memory, as well as installed the firmware
again. After I rebooted I installed all my apps on the memory card
to have lots of free internal memory, and the phone actually ran for
about 4-5 h without a single problem (the longest ever). After that
It all went back to normal though.
@ Ahmed-Sama, Comicgeek:
It looks like we all have exactly the same problem. I'm
starting to think maybe it really is that faulty power output
thing. Maybe I should take it to some shop and have it
checked out? If I can't fix this problem somehow I don't
know what I'll do, I guess I'll have to find a different phone  |
comicgeek
Joined: Oct 10, 2005
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I really think this is a hardware problem. we should not be confined to certain features of the phone since we bought the phone to use all if not just the features we wanted. What if the phone hangs when the flip is on? does this mean i shoul djust stop using the flip? it's things like these that really pisses me off .. in particular SE. They were supposed to sell quality products than most leading brand ie Nokia. But so far SE's quality control is slipping way below the acceptable line.
Changing the CDA does not affect how the phone operates. The problems I am experiencing were not related to any softare... It may only be because of a defective hardware... my guess it is the RAM. SonyEricsson should replace my unit with a new one if they can't fix it.
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AD
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I absolutely agree, the unit should be able to achieve it's advertised specification. However, if it were possible to isolate the cause of the problems - it would provide us with a much stronger case when trying to prove it is a fault covered by warranties etc. Also, there are some of us for whom such guaranties maybe in doubt, and so to provide a decent workaround would be to the benefit of everybody who has to live with the phone on a day to day basis. All we were ever trying to achieve was an alleviation of the endless frustration and irritation that these difficulties cause, and also to maybe assist SE with their future development of the smartphone, because you can bet your bottom dollar that they do keep an eye on forums such as ours - if only from a marketing perspective. |
GabrielG
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SE finally replied to my email, they said I might have to send my phone in
to have it "inspected". The problem is I'm in Poland and I'll probably have to
send it overseas so I'll be without it for a month O_o |
AD
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Still good news all the same 
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GabrielG
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I took my phone to the Orange salon to ask if they would fix it under warranty
but they said since I didn't have a sales receipt (or something) they weren't
going to touch it :-/ |
Mr[NiK]
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JUST TRYING TO KEEP THIS TREAD ALIVE!!
its almost august now...any one got any gossip on the new firmware ??!!!
I need sum p990i information fix cos im rather fed up of all this ranting on about p1's for the mo !!!
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comicgeek
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dont worry about the P1 users. P1 is not a P since it doesn't have a flip.  |
GabrielG
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I took my phone to a third party repair shop, and they told me that if it was
a problem with the software they would fix it for "up to 15$," but if it was
hardware related it would cost "up to 50$."
What do you think is the probability that this is hardware related?
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nowplease
Joined: Aug 01, 2007
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Upgraded my FW from R6A?? to R6D23 yesterday, as my P990 had started to die (lots of "WatcherMainThread closed Reason number 11" errors. not receiving calls or SMS's, one freeze) and was getting progressively worse.
Result:
Newly updated phone seems to be stable - EXCEPT the shortcut to the on-screen phone keypad (flip removed) does not work (used to be just holding down the space bar on the keypad) - instead phone keypad screen appears for a millisecond, beeps and reverts back to main home screen (with wallpaper).
Phone backup - (made before phone updated) restoring this corrupts the phone again (same "Reason number 11" errors)! Seems to be either the "3rd party apps" or the "settings" that carry the bug - "contacts", "media files" etc restored ok without tripping the phone.
Phone is *much* faster bringing up contacts, calendar etc, but only after the app is in memory (ever so slightly quicker maybe at launching apps 'cold'). Once in memory, very fast.
Have not installed 3rd party apps - I had major problems with some apps crashing my phone - mainly Advanced Call Manager and Bootman.
Question: does anyone have a fix for the shortcut key (to the phone screen) not working????
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koolezt
Joined: Oct 29, 2006
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new firmware Organizer R6E28 released on SEUS today reportedly fixes "space-bar" bug.
Recommended to avoid "inheriting" problems:
Before flash, back up contacts + calendar from within the apps, save or copy other work to memory stick, format drive c: and do master reset. If you really need your messages, forward them somewhere.
After flash, ***DO NOT RESTORE SETTINGS OR PROGRAMS***, rebuild them from scratch. You may restore contacts, calendar and other data from stick.
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better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
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amanno1
Joined: Sep 05, 2006
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Just flahed mine and no golf game
ANTICIPATION OF DEATH IS WORSE THAN DEATH ITSELF!! |
nowplease
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Cheers Koolezt - I'd forgotten about the master reset (holding on/off button for more than 20 secs?) and formatting the drive.
Don't mind no having the golf game - more space!
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