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zombiecat
Joined: Feb 25, 2005
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On 2008-05-05 22:24:37, vortigern wrote:
@zombiecat .. sounds like your battery is flat.
When it's BROD it won't charge, so you'd need to get a desktop charger (I got 2 batteries and a charger for a few quid on ebay)
kulankendi should then find it when the battery has charged which should fix it, although needs a full format.
Thanks for the advice dude; unfortunately it's not a dead battery that's causing the problem  Used a fully-charged battery from a W580i, no dice I'm afraid... | |
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zombiecat
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On 2008-05-05 22:26:53, meiso wrote:
@ Zombiecat:
This happened to my phone without having BROD first. I did have the same red light on the top of the phone, and neither Davinci or Wotan recognized it, just SEUS but then it couldn't do anything.. I had to send it to Sony to fix.
Good luck.
Thanks mate. Looks like this is the only option. Phone actually belongs to the company I work for, so no worries. Maybe I should just take the bloody thing outside and stamp on it anyway  In the meantime, it's back to my trusty P990i (it's bilingual T9 kicks ass |
CruSifiXken
Joined: Jul 06, 2005
Posts: 215
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On 2008-05-06 13:29:47, catalinux wrote:
Tomorrow my phone will have one month since the purchase date. During this period I have experienced exactly 4 (four) reboots, none of them unrecoverable. The phone rebooted once while adjusting the equalizer in media player, once when I was looking at my pictures using "Media" menu and switched to next and previous picture (way too fast for its processing power), once while searching for bluetooth enabled devices in order to send a file. I can't remember the circumstances of the fourth reboot.
My device is a December 2007 edition and so far did not accumulate any dust under the camera lens cover or under the screen cover.
FW version is R1DA038.
I wrote to Sony Ericsson AB, explained what BROD is and asked them if they have heard about this strange problem. The first reply was gibberish as they completely avoided the answer, instead giving me directions about how to update my FW. I wrote back, asking them again about BROD and making it clear that I know how to update the phone's software but I am afraid to do it because it might render the phone unusable. The very next day (today, that is) they answered. Guess what they said: the last software version available for the Sony Ericsson K850i is R1DA.
I'm baffled. According to them, R1EA does not exist. Chew on that, K850i users!
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alanjrobertson
Joined: Mar 07, 2004
Posts: 96
From: UK
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Hmm - although if they're saying R1DA is the latest version that would at least fit with what Carphone Warehouse were saying to me. Is it an unbranded phone you have?
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mr versatile
Joined: Mar 06, 2008
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@catalinux
My best bet is that someone at sony spill the beans on the up coming firmware which will probably carry the R1DA serial because if you carefully look at it its not making to much of sense but again as we acustom doing we wil continue to do so which is wait and see, so for all we know update is probably in its final stage getting ready to launch ... just hope I am right
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plankgatan
Joined: May 20, 2007
Posts: > 500
From: Sweden fur alle
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i think new 037 is way better then old 037.
it light years faster & more stable, i also dont have any redish colors left in my pics.... what more can i ask for
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[ This Message was edited by: plankgatan on 2008-05-06 23:38 ] |
Wild Child
Joined: Jan 14, 2008
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Picked up another k850i with 031 already installed, went to update it and it says there is no update available, so possibly a new firmware is on the way?
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The Barron
Joined: Jan 10, 2007
Posts: 97
From: England
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@ Wild Child
here's hoping so! Bring on R3 to say goodbye to BROD, improve the camera and stabilise it
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Tervel
Joined: Jun 30, 2003
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From: US, TX
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On 2008-05-07 00:37:33, plankgatan wrote:
i think new 037 is way better then old 037.
it light years faster & more stable, i also dont have any redish colors left in my pics.... what more can i ask for
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[ This Message was edited by: plankgatan on 2008-05-06 23:38 ]
I'm sorry but this is a VERY isolated opinion. the EA037 has one GLARING flaw - potential for BROD on considerable number of K850's out there. That's not a stable firmware by any stretch of the imagination. I've gone back to CA037 since mid February, when 031 BROD-ed for the 2nd time and since then I've had my phone reboot Three Times... That's about once a month! There are a ton of people on this board alone, not to mention out there who have EA037 and have had it reboot for absolutely no reason what so ever. At least mine (CA037) only rebooted when I overloaded the system and then it came right back up...
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Duran
Joined: Aug 25, 2006
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From: Netherlands
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So i charged my k850 over night this night.. Though during the night i woke up, because it was vibrating every 5seconds.. I pick it up, expecting an sms or the like, but what do i find? FOR F*CKS SAKE A F*CKING PIECE OF SH*T BROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111111111
I CAN'T F*CKING BELIEVE THIS HAS JUST HAPPENED GARBAGE BRICK SE SH*T PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DEMAND A REFUND, OR AT LEAST FOR THE DAVINCI FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
jasieq
Joined: Mar 17, 2008
Posts: 46
From: Poland
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On 2008-05-07 10:30:09, Duran wrote:
So i charged my k850 over night this night.. Though during the night i woke up, because it was vibrating every 5seconds.. I pick it up, expecting an sms or the like, but what do i find? FOR F*CKS SAKE A F*CKING PIECE OF SH*T BROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111111111
I CAN'T F*CKING BELIEVE THIS HAS JUST HAPPENED GARBAGE BRICK SE SH*T PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DEMAND A REFUND, OR AT LEAST FOR THE DAVINCI FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my K850 with R1EC001 died the same way 1,5 months ago...
take it easy, 8 Euro for a reflash (KK) is not much 
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Duran
Joined: Aug 25, 2006
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On 2008-05-07 11:38:26, jasieq wrote:
On 2008-05-07 10:30:09, Duran wrote:
So i charged my k850 over night this night.. Though during the night i woke up, because it was vibrating every 5seconds.. I pick it up, expecting an sms or the like, but what do i find? FOR F*CKS SAKE A F*CKING PIECE OF SH*T BROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111111111
I CAN'T F*CKING BELIEVE THIS HAS JUST HAPPENED GARBAGE BRICK SE SH*T PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DEMAND A REFUND, OR AT LEAST FOR THE DAVINCI FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my K850 with R1EC001 died the same way 1,5 months ago...
take it easy, 8 Euro for a reflash (KK) is not much
It's not about how much it costs, but the fact that i need to spent €8 or €10 to fix a €450 phone, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO F*CKING LAZY TO FIX THE F*CKING PROBLEM.
Not to mention that i now have to go back to the R1CA037 firmware, and all the bugs that came with it.
We don't even know how long it's gonna take SE to release a NON-BROD fw...so i might be stuck with all the f*cking bugs once again.. AND I MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT FOR A 'GOOD', NON-BUG FW, ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[ This Message was edited by: Duran on 2008-05-07 11:03 ] |
shernon8
Joined: Apr 16, 2008
Posts: 53
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my 850i is much more stable than it was before after updating to R1EA037. so far no BROD. however my phone does get stuck and reboot by it self once in a while when i use the camera or use bluetooth.. i really hope SE releases a new Firmware that solves all these bugs. i really love the K850i but i wish it was more stable. |
ajs2003
Joined: Dec 09, 2004
Posts: 51
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im now on my 3rd k850, and thats getting picked up to go back to o2 today, im sick of the constant restarts and being cut off during phone calls. Been givin then option of a w910, lg viewty or n95, went with the n95 because i do use the camera and i cant use a touch screen, having had sony ericsons for at least the last 7 years im having no choice but to change since there isnt anything else by them that is in the same league. |
jasieq
Joined: Mar 17, 2008
Posts: 46
From: Poland
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On 2008-05-07 12:02:54, Duran wrote:
On 2008-05-07 11:38:26, jasieq wrote:
On 2008-05-07 10:30:09, Duran wrote:
So i charged my k850 over night this night.. Though during the night i woke up, because it was vibrating every 5seconds.. I pick it up, expecting an sms or the like, but what do i find? FOR F*CKS SAKE A F*CKING PIECE OF SH*T BROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111111111
I CAN'T F*CKING BELIEVE THIS HAS JUST HAPPENED GARBAGE BRICK SE SH*T PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DEMAND A REFUND, OR AT LEAST FOR THE DAVINCI FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my K850 with R1EC001 died the same way 1,5 months ago...
take it easy, 8 Euro for a reflash (KK) is not much
It's not about how much it costs, but the fact that i need to spent €8 or €10 to fix a €450 phone, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO F*CKING LAZY TO FIX THE F*CKING PROBLEM.
Not to mention that i now have to go back to the R1CA037 firmware, and all the bugs that came with it.
We don't even know how long it's gonna take SE to release a NON-BROD fw...so i might be stuck with all the f*cking bugs once again.. AND I MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT FOR A 'GOOD', NON-BUG FW, ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[ This Message was edited by: Duran on 2008-05-07 11:03 ]
I had 3 BRODs (on R1EC001, R1EA031 and R1EA037)
now I'm on R1DA038 and same as you I'm waiting for a non-BROD-causing FW...
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