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Wild Child
Joined: Jan 14, 2008
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Havent encountered any of the issues mentioned here, it has been pretty un eventful to this point. One this I did notice is that my phone is now picking up a 3g signal more times then not which was not there prior to flashing to latest. So unless AT&T added another tower somewhere closer to my location, then the other firmwares werent picking this feature up. Hope that made sense...lol
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Jerry2k4
Joined: Feb 15, 2008
Posts: 43
From: Poland
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Next bug for me it's poorer Bluetooth transfer,on 038 i have 70kilobytes ,on 031 max is 55 maybe 58. |
djoptical
Joined: Feb 25, 2008
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On 2008-02-28 05:01:51, lasher1011 wrote:
The "blue ring of death" is not new. Here is my post from awhile back describing what happened to me. I don't say it in the post but I remember the blue ring lighting up on the back.
On 2008-01-16 08:12:33, lasher1011 wrote:
ok so i planned on waiting to update my phone until the major firmware release, but my phone had a different plan. I looked at my calender and noticed some of the dates were not there, so I think "Strange". I reset it and now it won't turn on properly. It loads up but midway through the sony icon swirly graphic it stops, then every 10 seconds or so it shows my regular background and says its searching for a provider. It only shows this screen for a second then the screen goes black, does this repeatedly for a few minutes.
SO i thought i would try SEUS, it said i could update to 037, i thought why not. Download it, it loads it to the phone, then when i take out the battery and reset, what do you know. No difference. Still same problems. Now when i connect it to SEUS it still says i can update. And it goes through the whole process again.
Any ideas? As it goes now, i can't use my phone at all.
I had 029 Hong Kong firmware i think before and now i might 037 not really sure.
I live in the USA so there are no sony service centers here to go and have them take a look.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Geoffrey
[ This Message was edited by: lasher1011 on 2008-02-28 04:04 ]
So this isn't just a problem with the new firmware.
I eventually just used Davinci to reflash my firmware to 037, since then i've upgraded to 031 and have had no real issues. My battery life is still 2 to 3 days, like it has always been. With 031 my media player is finally fast enough to be usefull (still wouldn't mind it if it was faster). Had one restart i think, i can't remember what is was doing, but it wasn't that big a deal. The camera seems about the same, the only problem i ever have with pics is flash burn, and thats only when the flash sensor gets clogged with stuff.
[ This Message was edited by: lasher1011 on 2008-02-28 04:05 ]
Your blue ring of death is different from my blue ring of death
for us, our screen wouldn't even light up... it just stays black, & no way of shutting off the phone, the keypad and the blue ring lights up though
also, about the red led, i have it on my phone too, if you guys want to see it, just try charging the phone without the battery |
cmacnaug
Joined: Dec 22, 2007
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@djoptical:
Yeah, that's my "blue ring of death" too. My phone is totally bricked. |
tonchy
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
Posts: 188
From: Bolivia
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the restarts are not FW dependent, this and their look and feel have been explainded before
@Plankgatan
Next time you want people to test and answer a question try to be more specific.
On 2008-02-28 10:07:14, plankgatan wrote:
with R1EA031 I/WE can only go "right" in the camera meny !!
before we could go both right & left...(its no problem, just wondering if anyone else has it ?? )
@people
What he meant is what Buntoo said. On previous FW you could cycle thru the camera menu in a loop. Meaning that you could jump from the last option(Settings) to the first option(Shoot mode) and viceversa.
In the new FW you can no longer do that, but you can still go left and right, provided you are at the end or the beginning of the cycle.
I had never noticed this until now (thanks Plankgatan  ), i believe it has to do with the fact that the settings menu pops up directly now, instead of giving you the option to edit or skip.
Would you consider this a bug? why? IMHO it is not.
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buntoo
Joined: Apr 13, 2007
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From: Pakistan (SGSII)
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On 2008-02-28 19:50:26, djoptical wrote:
also, about the red led, i have it on my phone too, if you guys want to see it, just try charging the phone without the battery
Thank you so much... now i can see the red led.
btw it doesn't light up when the battery is flat and i press the power button as it did in the K750i, K810i etc...
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Krzysiecw
Joined: May 23, 2006
Posts: 218
From: Poland/UK
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I just took off battery and connected to charge ... and there is no RED LED in mine Phone :/ Srange ... so many difference between handsets ?
SORRY i didn`t noticed it  Becuase it turns only for a sec I have a red LED as well 
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fullforce
Joined: Oct 12, 2005
Posts: > 500
From: Sweden
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@tonchy
I don't know what you mean by- the restarts/reboots are not firmware related when you point to that post. It doesn't mentione the REboots, just mention the NONbooting phones.
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gola
Joined: Jul 17, 2007
Posts: > 500
From: South Africa
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hi all
is there any particular reason why the use of the led flash as a flash light in the k850i has been disabled?
"Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do!"
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fullforce
Joined: Oct 12, 2005
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On 2008-02-28 21:03:48, gola wrote:
hi all
is there any particular reason why the use of the led flash as a flash light in the k850i has been disabled?
Well it has not been disabled. |
buntoo
Joined: Apr 13, 2007
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From: Pakistan (SGSII)
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On 2008-02-28 20:39:09, Krzysiecw wrote:
SORRY i didn`t noticed it Becuase it turns only for a sec I have a red LED as well
it turns on for one sec for the first time. but when u connect the charger again the red led blinks continuously.
make the experiment again.
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gola
Joined: Jul 17, 2007
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From: South Africa
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On 2008-02-28 21:06:52, fullforce wrote:
On 2008-02-28 21:03:48, gola wrote:
hi all
is there any particular reason why the use of the led flash as a flash light in the k850i has been disabled?
Well it has not been disabled.
phew,great news!thanks alot,cheers....
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fullforce
Joined: Oct 12, 2005
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From: Sweden
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@gola
Your wellcome.
Are you going to buy a K850? |
buntoo
Joined: Apr 13, 2007
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From: Pakistan (SGSII)
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@ fullforce
are you on 031 now?
do u feel any battery life difference b/w 031 and 037?
it seems to be a bit reduced.
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fullforce
Joined: Oct 12, 2005
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From: Sweden
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On 2008-02-28 21:12:30, buntoo wrote:
@ fullforce
are you on 031 now?
do u feel any battery life difference b/w 031 and 037?
it seems to be a bit reduced.
[ This Message was edited by: buntoo on 2008-02-28 20:13 ]
Jupp i'm on -31. I can't really say that the battery life is better or worse seems the same to me. I felt that my battery life was att bit bad but never thoght that much of it since i use my phone very intensivly.
But after i did a master reset(still on -37 firmware then) to try to get rid of the "operation failed issuse, i noticed a great enhancement in my battery life actually. But since i flashed to the -31 i can't say that i notice any change for better or for worse. |
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