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P800 R2A Upgrade |
sd.clark
Joined: Feb 01, 2003
Posts: 54
From: London, UK
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Just taken my P800 to Intec in Barnet to have firmware upgraded.
Intec, Barnet (020 8216-3896) are far end of Moxon Street just off the Barnet High Street near Church.
Had R1B on it. Hopefully will be updated to latest R2D or whatever the latest version is. Takes 24 hours. They require phone, mem card & battery. Don't need simcard or stylus.
Using previous phone, N6310i, as backup while without P800.
Currently on T-Mobile, phone is sim-free.
Will report software versions when I pick it up tomorrow. And what is new or different.
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plv
Joined: Mar 31, 2003
Posts: 60
From: vietnam
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Where can I get this software? |
nigelot1
Joined: Aug 27, 2002
Posts: 216
From: UK
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Where can I see a list of the Sony Ericsson Service points in the *UK* to work out the nearest one to where I live.?
Does someone have a link?
thanks
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Others may like a link to Sony Ericsson Service points in all countries too if poss pls post too, thanks
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Chaser81
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 334
From: Co. Armagh, NI
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Why take it to INTEC in Barnet and let them have it for 24 hours?
Take it to R's Electrics on the Tottenham High Road in London (0208 808 1498), just near White Hart Lane, they only take two hours to do the update.
Got mine done today, and it has updated it to R2D with all the new bells and whistles!! |
Gabster
Joined: Mar 08, 2003
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From: UK
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Yeah me too...went to R's picked it up 2 hours ago...do any of you know what to make the delivery reports ALWAYS on...cause at the moment I have to always select it on everytime i send a new sms |
lingart
Joined: Feb 20, 2002
Posts: 89
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Did you guys pay anything at R's?? for the upgrade. |
AlanJC
Joined: Dec 29, 2002
Posts: 38
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I got my P800 on Saturday, it was on Orange, and from the latest batch of supposedly bug fixed phones.
PDA S/W R1F01
Phone S/W R1D
Bluetooth S/W R2C
CDA S/W R2A01
Is this the latest version that's just been released? If not, is it a particularly buggy version? Obviously it's Orange's own modified one.
If I need an update, there's a place in Birmingham that did my T68 to T68i update while I waited, and they book you in so you don't have to hang around for ages if they are busy. |
bart
Joined: Feb 03, 2002
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From: Flanders
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@AlanJC you'll need to go for an update, i know that the bluetooth version is R5D or something, remeber to get a back up of your phone's memory. |
dan_willis
Joined: Apr 15, 2003
Posts: 33
From: UK Hertfordshire
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im pickin mine up from intec 2mora yes. I dont understand why people r gettin annoyed cause they have to reload all of thier apps back on p800 thats what happens when you install new software on anything. |
NikNakk
Joined: Feb 26, 2003
Posts: 77
From: UK
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R's don't charge for warranty updates (i.e. first year of having the phone). However, they're being kept quite busy by all the updates people are going in for. They're not best pleased when someone comes in with a T68 AND a P800 either. When I went to get mine done today, they asked if I had a T68, because everyone else seemed to be asking for that. It was done within 90 minutes, and I'm now the happy owner of R2D firmware... Am just trying to restore a backup to see what happens. Have made a post-upgrade backup in case this doesn't work... |
Chaser81
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 334
From: Co. Armagh, NI
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I didnt have to pay anything for the update at R's either, and I have now restored my pre-update backup successfully with no problems at all. The new firmware is great!
I have noticed an improvement in the image quality on the camera, the delivery reports are there, as is the night mode for the camera and the widescreen viewing options on both pictures and video which is very cool.
My GPRS seems to have sped up a fair bit as well, pages loading a lot quicker. Now all that remains to be seen is whether they fixed the MMS bug or not.... |
efjay
Joined: Mar 10, 2003
Posts: 70
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joneill18, what version of pc suite are using? There is a post on my-symbian that you cant restore backups from the latest version 1.4.2 to R2D |
lingart
Joined: Feb 20, 2002
Posts: 89
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This is the email that I sent to R's electrics so seems odd that they have written that its chargeable and yet some people on here have done theirs and not been charged.....
--- service wrote:
> From: "service"
> To: "xxxxxxxx"
> Subject: Re: software version P800
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:24:35 +0100
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> it is available
> upgrades are charged at £17.63
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "xxxxxxxxx"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 12:37 PM
> Subject: software version P800
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> > Hi
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> > R2A for SEP800
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> > I have heard conflicting stories - Is the new
> firmware
> > available and are you charging for it?
> >
> > Regards
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
Woollie
Joined: Apr 01, 2003
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To the person who stated he can't understand why people are getting annoyed at having to re-install software after an upgrade, it is because this is shitty design. I have had a Nokia 9110 and XDA and all have been flash upgraded, but I have never had to do anything other than restore a backup, which is exactly how it should be.
Flashing a ROM and then having to reinstall apps as the restore would overwrite files is just plain bad design. Period.
Simon |
slaser
Joined: Apr 20, 2002
Posts: 7
From: London
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@NikNak
I was one of the people who upgraded my P800 and my old t68 :lol at R's today (Wednesday). I had never bothered to upgrade my t68!
Both upgrades were definitely FREE !! |
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Posted: 2003-04-16 15:48
