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New P990i firmware Organiser R5A17 10/04/2007 |
amanno1
Joined: Sep 05, 2006
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From: HELL ON EARTH
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In fo mode,the auo keylock dont work until you use the switch on the side.It should work on its own. |
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makbil
Joined: Oct 26, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Istanbul
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I agree with ares and dualist, I think it's worth updating to the latest fw as there really is a difference. Just avoid restoring anything if you can.
P990i: A mistake, a curse and a disgrace  So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD |
shaktinanda
Joined: Mar 04, 2007
Posts: 51
From: India
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I am sorry if this has been talked before, please let me know the link if so.
I use shortcuts a lot, my problem is i am not able to add more shortcuts in FO mode then editing the given 9 shortcuts. Is there a way to add more? in FC mode i can add more but if i want to delete some then the delete disappers untill i reboot my device and get the delete back. am i the only choosen one or some body else has noticed this?
By the way am really really impressed with SE work in more tab for hiding active menu icons on the screen in FC mode. This makes grate visibility for those cool 'laetitia casta' & ' drew barry more' wallpapers and theme |
rossyrox
Joined: Oct 28, 2006
Posts: 41
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Sorry to sound like Mr Negative but has anyone worked out how much time they have actually had to spend re-configuring, flashing, reading and writing to forums about the P990i?
Personally I estimate my time to be a full 24hrs, which should not be necessary in this day and age. |
makbil
Joined: Oct 26, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Istanbul
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It's an ongoing process man 
Considering that the people here are way more knowledgeable than SE support, I would call it time well spent...
Of course I agree with you, we shouldn't have to but in theory I like the P990, so I put up with it 
P990i: A mistake, a curse and a disgrace So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD |
exokello
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
Posts: 69
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Guy H, I think you should definitely update.
After the last update since the 10th 0f April most of the problems I had ( and I had a lot) are gone. Not even one crash during incoming calls or restarts for any reason. I can have video calls now though sometimes with problems with my camera( the small picture which shows me keeps rotating).
WiFi signal is stronger even though I never had problems with it. Actually WiFi was the one thing which always worked perfect.
I have some problems with the MMS but I am not sure it is the phone and not the provider or the SIM card.
It seems that all these theories about formatting the disk and not restoring old back ups are not always correct. This time I restored a previous back up and I don't have any of the previous problems. It was the messed up firmware, which created all kinds of problems not only for me but for a lot of other people I know.
I agree with rossyrox the time I have spent had to spend re-configuring, flashing and reading forums about the P990i is unbelievable.
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michael the mage
Joined: May 10, 2005
Posts: > 500
From: U.S. of A.
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I have to say that if one has no problems with the former R4, and NEEDS the alarm work correctly, no need to flash to this R5 now.
My phone was okay before and just to see this progress bar and transition off, my alarm was worth much more when it worked.
With the last fw, SE immediately released a newer fw right after like a few hours. Now it would have been necessary just for the alarm.
I found now my phone has the first serious problem. LOW alarm signal and then it won't shut off. I have to deselect the alarm several times to make it stop and half of the time the green light KEEPS on flashing until restart.
If techs at SE did not find this bug, then how can we wonder the miss all the others....
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makbil
Joined: Oct 26, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Istanbul
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On 2007-04-23 23:51:54, exokello wrote:
It seems that all these theories about formatting the disk and not restoring old back ups are not always correct. This time I restored a previous back up and I don't have any of the previous problems. It was the messed up firmware, which created all kinds of problems not only for me but for a lot of other people I know.
I disagree. The only problem I have with the latest fw is due to restoring settings from previous fw, I can't add new stations to previously empty locations in the FM radio. The backup/restore in PCSuite works slightly better than before but there is still a lot of work to be done.
I will live with that as I just don't want to spend a couple of days reconfiguring my phone but when R6 comes it will definitely be a clean slate.
P990i: A mistake, a curse and a disgrace So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD |
se2mobile
Joined: Feb 28, 2007
Posts: 7
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On 2007-04-24 01:37:46, michael the mage wrote:
I have to say that if one has no problems with the former R4, and NEEDS the alarm work correctly, no need to flash to this R5 now.
My phone was okay before and just to see this progress bar and transition off, my alarm was worth much more when it worked.
With the last fw, SE immediately released a newer fw right after like a few hours. Now it would have been necessary just for the alarm.
I found now my phone has the first serious problem. LOW alarm signal and then it won't shut off. I have to deselect the alarm several times to make it stop and half of the time the green light KEEPS on flashing until restart.
If techs at SE did not find this bug, then how can we wonder the miss all the others....
Ok, I'm confused now.
I need advise.
Should I upgrade from R4 to R5 or just wait to R6?
With current R4, my phone is ok.
I eagerly want to upgrade to R5, but after reading some comments in this forum stating that alarm volume is LOW in R5.. I reconsider my decision.
Please advise.
Thanks.
[ This Message was edited by: se2mobile on 2007-04-24 01:27 ] |
michael the mage
Joined: May 10, 2005
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From: U.S. of A.
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For me is seems to work always with the backups. I always restore all and never have had any bad experience.
I just keep always updated Updates from the newer firmwares. But I guess if one has problems anything that helps is welcome.
As I mentioned before, my phone had never had bad problems, just this alarm crap now.
As for the restore, the third party apps never restore, only the advanced device lock restores BUT needs always new activation.
I think the 3rd party apps don't get restored on purpose. Might be an issue of licensing and activation.
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ares
Joined: Dec 11, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Coimbra, Portugal
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Man, that last part of your alarm problem is not normal - the fact it does not stop! Its not a bug, but a bad flash problem
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amanno1
Joined: Sep 05, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: HELL ON EARTH
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I would flash it and buy an alarm clock!! |
michael the mage
Joined: May 10, 2005
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From: U.S. of A.
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On 2007-04-24 02:31:58, ares wrote:
Man, that last part of your alarm problem is not normal - the fact it does not stop! Its not a bug, but a bad flash problem
I flashed and reflashed and reformatted and so on... several times, with and without restore. Same thing, LOW alarm and it stays selected even when unlesected for 2-3 times before alarms are off again. And half the time, the green light keeps on flashing.
I had nothing of that sort all through the earlier firmwares.
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ahmed-sama
Joined: Apr 02, 2007
Posts: 291
From: here
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Lets get one thing straight here:
SE still needs to work on the bugs of the alarm and flight mode systems!
I am experiencing too problems with the alarm and with the phone sometimes appearing to be on while in reality its off!!
Everybody calls me and says your phone is outta coverage area where in reality, its the damn phone that stopped responding!! Another indication to this, is that the phone doesn't update battery status correctly while 'hanged' up without response!! This is very closely related to flight mode (the moment I start it, all starts after some time, and even without flight mode, it happens as illustrated above!)
I mentioned earlier, I only have Psiloc Arabic Localization and SMP on my phone, but the problem is still here
And yes...I flashed the phone bizzilion times, so no one ask me please for a re-flash, because I believe if the phone was badly flashed, it won't work good in the first place.
Now what?! 
I am a beta product |
navinadv
Joined: Sep 07, 2006
Posts: 66
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...There is one "Automatic keylock" under Security > Locks in the Control Panel, and that one only works when the flip is closed.
The other one, "Automatic input lock" is found under Device > Screensaver in the Control Panel, amd that one is only for Flip Open/Off. I guess you're just using one of the two...
I did not know the second one existed? |
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Posted: 2007-04-23 18:30
So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD 
