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JiSm
Joined: Nov 08, 2007
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From: New Zealand
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On 2008-04-07 09:59:15, woz099 wrote:
But I am on Orange and that recommended firmware would be O2 Branded software wouldn't it?
Someone must know what I need to flash to avoid BROD on a phone in UK on Orange ?
I debranded from Orange with Western Europe Generic 031. Not had a single problem! 
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crewsader
Joined: Apr 07, 2008
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I've been following this thread with interest since last October - I'm on branded Orange (UK), and I've upgraded to each new firmware as it's become available through SEUS. The original 029 firmware was pretty rubbish - I had several reboots whilst preforming pretty innocuous operations (sending an SMS, surfing internet etc). 037 was good, and 038 was a further improvement although I didn't see too much impact on battery life unlike others.
I've now had 031 installed for about two weeks - I had two reboots in the first week, but absolutely no problems since then. Someone has mentioned this previously, but I wonder if those having BROD problems are squeezing every last piece of functionality out of the phone (complex flash themes, java games/apps, 12GB SDHC cards etc) - particularly how the startup sequence on the phone is handled.
I've got passcode protection enabled, and so the phone must pause to await input before fully initialising (or at least this is my interpretation of the startup sequence) - perhaps those encountering BROD-type problems have not got any kind of security prompt at startup, and hence the phone is overwhelmed with the speed/complexity of the startup process? Can anyone who has experienced BROD elaborate on whether they have any security prompts?
For those still deliberating on whether to upgrade to 031, I can't say that the media player is a great deal faster, but I'm liking the vibra-keys option, and the battery life seems to be (slightly) improved from 038, as do the quality of photographs - however, the xenon flash misfire issue is still occasionally present in the 031 firmware, resulting in dark pictures.
Also, for those that haven't already figured it out, battery life can be much improved by disabling 3G services until they are required.
Hopefully SE will produce the killer firmware next time around - otherwise, I'll be looking at Nokia for my next phone - it's not a bad unit overall, but SE must improve the beta testing of their firmware before releasing it - from what I've read of other people's experiences, it is nowhere near good enough for a multi-national company of SE's standing.
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bespatter
Joined: Jun 22, 2007
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From: Norway
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I had the security prompt on. If you mean the SIM-pwd.
I used GSM only, NO 3G or HDSPA.
I replyed to a SMS. Turned on the keyboard lock, and lay it on the table. After a few minutes I checked if I had got any new SMS, and discovered that the phone had rebooted and become a BROD.
It's over 5-6 weeks since I updated, and I almost never got any random reboots. Nor had other problems.
This s0cks.
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Holdit
Joined: Apr 07, 2006
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I debranded from Orange with Western Europe Generic 031. Not had a single problem!
Give it time....lol
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idumbakumar
Joined: Oct 01, 2007
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From: chennai,india.
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On 2008-04-06 09:05:34, naveensiva wrote:
have anyone noticed that on resetting to full factory setting the hspd setting is gone in the setting ...
now i have got another problem...
whtever i do .. pictures are not downloading or say loading tin the native browser...
i have cleared everything .. cache , passwords , etc... still nothing..
i have free space of 37MB on phone and 110 mb on memory card..
i dont think its due to network either coz.. when i downlaod other files .. like rar, zip..etc.. it downloads perfectly..
now i cant download any picture .. ie via opera mini .. which usees native brosswer to download pictures...
even the opera mini 4.1 beta also goes to native browser to downlaod pictures...
any help ,... please
hi friend,
ya i also suffer due to this problem
i could download the pics. often tells me can't load the page, page is too large to load, like that. though it has 3g, edge. y its telling these silly errors,
so many limitations in opera mini
1. we can't save pictures directly.
2.we can't get the dynamic updates of a page.
3.we can see playing gif or flash files on the opened pages.
4.for all downloads it will open a default web browser.
u can use opermini mod 2.0. its nice with so many features.
u can download all the things without opening t system browser.
for that u have to point the valid download link and press 1 then choose the right path either in phone/card memory. and download
u can save the pics in the page, u can save the pages,it has file,u can open so many tabs. build in file manager, and so many stuffs.
follow the link u can find it.
http://www.4shared.com/file/4[....]Opera206mod_eng_multipage.html
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EARNEST
Joined: Nov 18, 2006
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My K850 is broken like for 1 month, I am still waiting for it. After using the MassStorage it's jsut switched off and I was never able to switch it on again, even after re-installing FW. SE is really surprising me!
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jcgibbins
Joined: Mar 03, 2008
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BROD !!! 2 weeks after installed 031. Any one know how to find a sony Ericsson service center ?? I have been to vodafone too many times !!! |
luke@k800
Joined: Feb 20, 2008
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i have heard about R1EG003 anywhere
is anybody here how knew ore about this? |
jcgibbins
Joined: Mar 03, 2008
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to flash from vodafone 031 to normal 038 do i need to change CDA number ? I am flashing the main and fs with kulankendi ? |
iwantin
Joined: Dec 05, 2007
Posts: 74
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On 2008-04-07 16:13:26, EARNEST wrote:
My K850 is broken like for 1 month, I am still waiting for it. After using the MassStorage it's jsut switched off and I was never able to switch it on again, even after re-installing FW. SE is really surprising me!
What firmware are you on?
Just to share my recent experience (i'm on f/w 037, old but gold ):
Was using the camera on and off on day and everytime i switched the camera OFF, a message came on screen saying that another application was using too much memory and (here's the best part) that i should close this (phantom) app before STARTING the camera....?
this happened a few times and next thing i know the phone went dark, EXCEPT for all the blue camera lights on the keypad AND the blue-ringo-of-death-o. The phone then promptly restarted itself without asking for a PIN.
Only then did i realise that i had not manually restarted the phone for weeks, and that the internal memory was not refreshed (as recommended by the idiot engineers at SE- it's written in your manual!) what next for the future K85X? Will they recommend that we do a one-hand hand stand while restarting the phone every two hours to refresh the memory because the new phone needs to arrange it's sub-atomic memory particles and align them with Venus???
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daviep
Joined: Apr 04, 2005
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From: bonnie scotland
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i dont know if this is to do with the latest fiemware or not but when attaching a video to a mms the quality is reduced prior to sending.
it doesnt matter if the video is smaller than the 300kb limit for sending,it still reduces the quality and it becomes very blocky and un-viewable.
i can also select videos larger than the 300kb limit and it reduces them to fit.
pictures and audio is unafected.
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way2quik
Joined: Feb 17, 2008
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It seems everyone here is using either Europe or American firmwares.
I will be flashing mine to Hong Kong firmware, but since there aren't any users with that version, I'll impatiently wait for a more stable version.  |
White Comet
Joined: Feb 12, 2008
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On 2008-04-08 08:25:47, way2quik wrote:
It seems everyone here is using either Europe or American firmwares.
I will be flashing mine to Hong Kong firmware, but since there aren't any users with that version, I'll impatiently wait for a more stable version.
i have the hk version on 031.
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Supa_Fly
Joined: Apr 16, 2002
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From: Toronto, Ontario
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On 2008-04-06 09:05:34, naveensiva wrote:
have anyone noticed that on resetting to full factory setting the hspd setting is gone in the setting ...
now i have got another problem...
whtever i do .. pictures are not downloading or say loading tin the native browser...
i have cleared everything .. cache , passwords , etc... still nothing..
i have free space of 37MB on phone and 110 mb on memory card..
i dont think its due to network either coz.. when i downlaod other files .. like rar, zip..etc.. it downloads perfectly..
now i cant download any picture .. ie via opera mini .. which usees native brosswer to download pictures...
even the opera mini 4.1 beta also goes to native browser to downlaod pictures...
any help ,... please
Goto Memory Status and options and clear out ALL Certificates older than 1 Day (incl 1day). Reboot. Then try again.
Also are you using Opera Mini 4.1 Beta "Signed" ??
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B.Thomas
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@Prom1 Goto Memory Status and options and clear out ALL Certificates older than 1 Day (incl 1day). Reboot. Then try again.
Also are you using Opera Mini 4.1 Beta "Signed" ??
Where do you find that Memory status and options???
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