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Coquito
Joined: Mar 28, 2007
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From: Moca, Rep.Dom
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OMG i never had problems with R1CA029 firmware except for the equalizer bug.
i updated the firmware to R1EA031 and my phone is restarting sometimes with no reason 
the sacrifice of better sound and faster menus 
i Thought i never going to say this but F/%&/$% Sony Ericsson, so much time to make a new firmware and become with this 
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plankgatan
Joined: May 20, 2007
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From: Sweden fur alle
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my friend HAD a 3 branded 038 (its unlocked now)... should he just flash to 037 with same CDA and then just uppdate to 031 via seus ????
ps... he say 3 have unlock the phone recentley, so it should only be to uppdate to a new firmware to get the CDA right. and then uppdate via seus...or ????
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Vlad83
Joined: Feb 01, 2008
Posts: 143
From: Miami, FL U.S.
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I would leave 38 on, I had 38 and it was just as fast. The only difference is vibra touch and battery life is better. But the idea of my phone getting the blue ring at anytime doesn't sit well with me.
By the way, whoever said that the Opera mini settings were reset and it had to be installed again as if run for the first time, the same happened to me 3 days ago. I didn't know what that was, I thought I accidentally did something.
I just hope SE puts something more stable out soon. If you think about it, this forum is less than 1% of all k850 users world wide. I am sure majority of them have upgraded to 31, and a good portion of them (judging by the ratio in this forum) have had the BROD. Now, the majority of those people I am sure do not use Davinci, KK, or any other 3rd party to reflash, they send/bring it to SE or their carrier. So SE has to be very well aware of this problem and get the point that this is not an isolated incident. Let's see how long it takes them... |
xpx
Joined: May 29, 2004
Posts: 79
From: canada
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i just recently got a K850i awell then did a firmware update 2days ago now the phone keep on restarting!! its making me nuts!!!!!!!! when is the next update gonna be?
eat my short! |
melk
Joined: Jan 08, 2002
Posts: 165
From: Romania
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I've been submitting some new features of this new unstable firmware, but it seems that they didn't make the front page. Maybe the guy who can edit it is lazy.
Anyway... here's a new one:
You can set Java applications as shortcuts. For example, in the standby screen I can press right to start Opera Mini.
You can also set them to My shortcuts menu.
Once you start down the  path, forever will it dominate your destiny!!! |
Vlad83
Joined: Feb 01, 2008
Posts: 143
From: Miami, FL U.S.
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Thats not a new feature, 37 had that. |
reggiele
Joined: Oct 21, 2007
Posts: 85
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On 2008-03-10 18:10:01, hrki wrote:
Hi all!
I am new on this forum and would like to say hello to u all! 
got some doubts..
should i flash my K850 directly with R1EA031 or should i flash with 037/038 and then upgrade trough SEUS to 031
Or should i flash with 037 and stay on it till next FW?
judging from the feedback in this forum, it is not advisable to update to R1EA031 - although mine works well with the latest firmware... |
harry20larry
Joined: Feb 18, 2008
Posts: 338
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I have a branded, but yet unlocked O2 phone. I've heard that for branded phones firmwares come out 2 months after official release, or something like that, does any one know when the 038 firmware will come for O2, as I'm not too keen on using flashers |
fig00r
Joined: Mar 07, 2008
Posts: 4
From: Norway
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On 2008-03-10 16:11:28, vax-vanson wrote:
SIC 1.1 is/was free (just outdated and removed from support site
http://www.clie-link.com/UK/e[....]dir=idx&sw=1024&sh=768&lng=en)
Still available here though: http://www.sonyclie.org/drivers.html
I believe it will replace your original EXIF on output image with SIC's tags and marks and also renames files with sony's "DSC000x.jpg".
The unconverted files keep the original data in EXIF anyway.
The goal is to make tags compatible with phone Media.Am I right?
I couldnt find any good freeware for batch exif editing w/o image processing.ExifTools and ShowExif software no good for me:(
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SIC 1.1 is brilliant! I was able to convert about 90% of my pics, and then I could tag them  The other 10% though, I don't know why SIC wouldn't convert them, some of them were exactly the same as pics who WERE converted (in means of EXIF and resolution and such, only thing that was different was the actual picture itself), so I can't see why it wouldn't convert... Must be an unknown factor I don't know.
I am still a little pissed at SE for making me go trough this converting where I before just dragged and dropped with Bluetooth, but your tip saved me from further annoyance. |
reggiele
Joined: Oct 21, 2007
Posts: 85
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On 2008-03-11 02:35:59, xpx wrote:
i just recently got a K850i awell then did a firmware update 2days ago now the phone keep on restarting!! its making me nuts!!!!!!!! when is the next update gonna be?
We are anticipating a new firmware to fix the so called blue ring of death bug... fingers crossed that your phone will not get to that stage. try formatting your M2 card and master resetting your phone ... |
Raaab
Joined: Nov 08, 2004
Posts: 172
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REA0031 available on SEUS for UK VF LIVE! branded handsets....
decision time....
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Argon
Joined: Dec 19, 2007
Posts: 32
From: E.Sussex, UK
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On 2008-03-11 10:48:20, Raaab wrote:
REA0031 available on SEUS for UK VF LIVE! branded handsets....
decision time....
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Well, like you I was waiting for this....but after all the problems I'm not at all sure whether to go ahead or not!
Sounds very flaky firmware to me going by all the comments on here? |
reggiele
Joined: Oct 21, 2007
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On 2008-03-11 10:48:20, Raaab wrote:
REA0031 available on SEUS for UK VF LIVE! branded handsets....
decision time....
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REA0031 not R1EA031? slip of pen i guess? come on SE, give us something worthy... |
Raaab
Joined: Nov 08, 2004
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yep sorry, R1EA031 - i quickly bashed out that post before rushing to a meeting.
Curiosity has gotten the better of me and i've updated one of mine.
The first thing I noticed was that i now get that annoying SIM message "How Are You?" again a now.... I've not had that message on a SE phone since owning a T610.... Why did they bring that back...damn its annoying.
Otherwise phone seems much quicker.
I just hope it doesn't start to reboot.
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Argon
Joined: Dec 19, 2007
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On 2008-03-11 13:13:32, Raaab wrote:
yep sorry, R1EA031 - i quickly bashed out that post before rushing to a meeting.
Curiosity has gotten the better of me and i've updated one of mine.
The first thing I noticed was that i now get that annoying SIM message "How Are You?" again a now.... I've not had that message on a SE phone since owning a T610.... Why did they bring that back...damn its annoying.
Otherwise phone seems much quicker.
I just hope it doesn't start to reboot.
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[ This Message was edited by: Raaab on 2008-03-11 12:18 ]
Good on you!
Any noticeable improvements that you have discovered, if any?
The reported reboots are what is making me hesitate....
'038 isn't too bad, but could be a lot better, but at least it is stable for me.
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