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K700 / K500 Firmware Overview |
darrengf
Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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Just to let every one know the great news.
I went on the internet today and was able to update My Orange Branded K700i with out any problems using SE Update service.
I have been trying to update every day for the past few weeks and to my supprise when it said it was downloading today i was in shock.
Any way my original firmware was R2AC, my new firmware is R2AE033 and yes the Firmware for the camera is even 3.10
Nothing was lost on the phone, nothing was changed and yes the orange shortcuts are still on the main screen before any one asks.
I can comfirm that the phone has all the features of the Generic R2AE033 K700i phones with the phone book working correctly, menus alot faster, You can now play m4a and the delay in answering or dialing calls has gone.
Little confusion tho, My phone wasnt fully charged and the battery indicator was in the Orange. However now with the new software the battery indicator is 3/4 full and back in the green. So i dont know if it does improve battery life or not.
I have also checked the fault log and nothing was reported. So that great news for me and hopefuly for SE.
Any questions just ask, I will try and help the best i can.
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mwarner
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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From: Warwickshire, England
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That is good news. It will be interesting to see whether other companies (O2, Vodaphone, TMobile etc) can now also perform online updates. I'll update the front page when more information comes to light. |
DCUK7
Joined: Aug 01, 2004
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From: Liverpool, UK
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Be careful, one case does not mean success. I believe there is still a problem with the update service as the scheduled maintenance on it has not yet taken place. Some people have reported that the phone has worked fine after the update, but every now and again it manages to corrupt the phone. T-Mobile and O2 are still against using the update service!
It would be nice if we had other Orange users willing to see if the SEUS will update their phones...?
[ This Message was edited by: ~DC:UK~ on 2005-01-31 11:21 ] |
ma102ma
Joined: Jan 03, 2004
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From: London
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Its just before noon here in the UK, I've just now tried updating a Orange-branded K700i using a DSS-25, got the "Your device is not permitted to use this service" message. This guy must have been very lucky indeed.
Damn, i left my DSS25 at someones house and just rushed out to get it, what a disappointment 
Also, a few days ago I had it flashed at the Fleet Comms service centre near London, and it was only flashed to R2L001, the camera SW stayed at 3.9. The stupid thing is, i can't remember what the firmware version I had before was. I have a feeling that theyve actually downgraded it. shouldn't they check for that kind of thing? (i know, its probly my fault) |
darrengf
Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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Well just to let you know, I have updated one of my friends at 9.30 this morning on a different computer (Oraange K700i) no problems at all, one of my friends has the generic one which also updated with out problems.
Im going to be doing 2 more orange k700i tonight so i will keep you posted.
I have also tried Voda Uk K700i and o2 K700i, Both which failed.
Sorry, but not I dont know any one on T-mobile so im not able to comfirm this one.
I have checked all the phones updated and no faults were reported.
Daz |
tHatDudeUK
Joined: Sep 23, 2002
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Worked here on my orange phone |
The_Unforgiven
Joined: Sep 12, 2004
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From: Denmark
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Why can I not update my phone to a newer than R2L001 ???
It will not update to R2AA003 or newer.
It is an unbranded phone.
And what is EMMA II ?????????
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darrengf
Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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I have been able to update 3 phones on Orange from R2AC to R2AE with out any problems and also 1 from R21 to R2AE.
Where ever you got your last update from, they seem to have messed around with the version or even put you the wrong one on the phone, (Dont quote me on that)
I would take the phone back to the shop and reask to put the correct version on. R2AC has been out on Orange for a month or so already.
Daz |
mwarner
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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From: Warwickshire, England
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I have updated the first post to show Orange is now supported on SEUS. |
FuricTrax
Joined: Jan 31, 2002
Posts: 261
From: West Midlands, UK
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I did my Orange K7 last nite almost as soon as the news broke.
No problems so far....much better phone now too. |
BlurryEye
Joined: Mar 06, 2002
Posts: 120
From: Stockholm/Sweden
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I just found out that it seems like I can't set .amr-recordings as ringtones since I upgraded to R2AE...
Can anyone confirm this? |
FuricTrax
Joined: Jan 31, 2002
Posts: 261
From: West Midlands, UK
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OK so I lied.....weird bug where by several contacts would show up from standby address book lookup, but not when looking up after writing a text message or copying to sim card.
A master reset and full Sync seemed to fix the problem though. |
scottkeeble
Joined: Oct 28, 2004
Posts: 21
From: Wickford, Essex. UK
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I have found a problem though! I am on Orange and have just updated the software. Everything seemed great, however most of my Java games do not work. In fact, the phone locks up and have to remove the battery to reset the phone.
Beware!!!!!! |
darrengf
Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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I think it may just be your phone. Try and re-install the update again. I have done the update on 4 Orange phones and had no problems at all. Java games work like a treat, In fact I have been playing Siemens and Nokia Java as well as SE games with out a problem.
The battery life has improved mega and im very impressed with this firmware.
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smjohns
Joined: Aug 27, 2004
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If you start having problems with your phone then check you upgrade log file. Everytime you use SEUS a log file is updated with what it did. To find this look on your c:drive for C:/program files/sony ericsson/update service/logs. It is a text file. Everytime you perform an update, it appends the info at the bottom. If you have any error messages on this, you may have corrupted your phone or will start to get problems....this is not exact at the mo but SE are having probs with their update service.
Also once you update to R2AE033, try performing an update again. Some unbranded phone users have noticed that once they are up to R2AE033, they then get the Your phone operator does not support this service....even though these are unbranded phones....weird stuff. |
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