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tazzmanx
Joined: Feb 09, 2008
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From: Germany
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hmm, I turned it off every night, but I didnŽt take out the battery. IŽll try that. thanks!
All those rebooting and BROD issues make me think about what I will do if my k850 will brick for the third time. I live in Germany, and here I can get my money back (by law) and choose another phone if that happens. If I take a k850 again, will that still have those issues or did they figure it out with the newly produced phones (lets assume I would get one fresh out of the factory  )? I know, BROD started with the 031 firmware, but I am still hoping this might be a hardware-software-combination-problem.
Well, best thing will be to hope for a new firmware or some miracle to prevent me from a third BROD. |
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Tervel
Joined: Jun 30, 2003
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From: US, TX
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Best (and possibly ONLY) thing to do to avoid BROD - stay away from 031 and R1EA037. Otherwise, if you've had one BROD with either of these two firmwares, chances are you'll get more. I had two BRODs - one after upgrading to 031 via SEUS at which point my phone had never been touched by a 3rd party utility, and one after I fixed the 1st BROD using DaVinci to put 031 back on the phone. After that I used DaVinci to put R1CA037 back on my phone and haven't had but 3 reboots in 3 months. |
Vlad83
Joined: Feb 01, 2008
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From: Miami, FL U.S.
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On 2008-05-13 21:35:05, harry20larry wrote:
don't overload your k850 with multi tasking, it has only got a 133mhz processor, unlike its main copetetor, the n95 which can have up to 350mhz. One of the my favourites, make sure you turn of your phone, take out the battery, and then turn your phone on every 3 days or so, so many people have said to me they have had less restarts, and i know that restarts always lead to a brod.
The K850 has an ARM11 running at 220 MHz, same is the K810.
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/sonyericsson-k850-en.shtml#8 |
larry 68
Joined: Nov 09, 2007
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I turn my phone off every night and take the battery out regularly but it hasnt reduced my reboots or crashes, it has to be the 2 most recent firmwares and it appears too general to find any specific cause. |
jamesv
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 23
From: Sheffield, UK
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On 2008-05-13 16:31:56, jamesv wrote:
K850i Red CID52 1202-5694 R1EA037 K850 1201-9794 CUSTOMIZED UK/ BLUE
K850i Red CID52 1201-0083 R1EA037 K850 1206-5649 CUSTOMIZED GREECE AND BALKAN/QUICKS
K850i Red CID52 1201-0144 R1EA037 K850 1206-2821 CUSTOMIZED MENA ARABIC/QUICKSILVERB
K850i Red CID52 1201-6654 R1EA037 K850 1206-7517 CUSTOMIZED TW/QUICKSILVER BLACK
K850i Red CID52 1201-8437 R1EA037 K850 1206-7518 CUSTOMIZED ID/QUICKSILVER BLACK
K850i Red CID52 1202-7803 R1EA037 K850 1207-1271 CUSTOMIZED BENELUX/ QUICKSILVER BLA
K850i Red CID52 1202-5710 R1EA037 K850 1208-4985 CUSTOMIZED IT/QUICKSILVER BLACK
K850i Red CID52 1202-7819 R1EA037 K850 1208-8872 CUSTOMIZED RU/QUICKSILVERBLACK
K850i Red CID52 1201-0144 R1EA037 K850 1208-8918 CUSTOMIZED MENA LATIN(B)/QUICKSILVE
K850i Red CID52 1202-5753 R1EA037 K850 1209-5651 CUSTOMIZED NAM/QUICKSILVER BLACK
K850i Red CID52 1201-0144 R1EA037 K850 1209-8012 CUSTOMIZED MENA ARABIC/QUICKSILVERB
Which one of these would best suit my Quicksilver k850i on O2 (UK)
I'm looking to debrand.
What's the difference between the different firmware colours (Quicksilver, Blue, Green) aswell? LED colour?
Cheers guys!
I went for K850i Red CID52 1202-5694 R1EA037 K850 1201-9794 CUSTOMIZED UK/ BLUE
No noticeable issues yet. Runs a lot quicker though. |
Fanofmodi
Joined: Jan 03, 2008
Posts: 191
From: Hindustan
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Hi everyone,
M a new k850 owner. I love the phone except few bugs like dark pics with flash on and the equalizer bug. M on R1CA037. I live in india, want to know the latest firmware. I tried SEUS on phone but it said ive had latest one, which is not true. I hope someone can help me. Thanks. |
jamesv
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
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From: Sheffield, UK
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According to page one on this thread R1EA037 is the latest.
[ This Message was edited by: jamesv on 2008-05-14 23:28 ] |
Duran
Joined: Aug 25, 2006
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On 2008-05-14 16:29:33, jamesv wrote:
According to page one on this thread R1[u]E[/e]A037 is the latest.
yes which is not the one he has |
yorkiex
Joined: Sep 23, 2005
Posts: 47
From: derby
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im having the same problem as im on central europe R1CA037 unbranded and it is saying i have the latest software installed so if anyone can help me getting the latest software on my phone i would be so greatful and also can someone check EMMA server to see if it is still on there thanxs |
deepy
Joined: Jul 19, 2004
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Do I Upgade?
I recently had my o2 branded K850i replaced by o2 for faulty touch keys - also that handset crashed alot, was slow, and the camera always over-exposed rendering it useless.
Now my replacement is perfect. camera works, it's only crashed once but not BSOD. its on R1EA031. do i upgrade or do i leave it? will the upgrade bring any benefits or is it a worthless risk to take? |
Duran
Joined: Aug 25, 2006
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On 2008-05-14 21:23:52, deepy wrote:
Do I Upgade?
I recently had my o2 branded K850i replaced by o2 for faulty touch keys - also that handset crashed alot, was slow, and the camera always over-exposed rendering it useless.
Now my replacement is perfect. camera works, it's only crashed once but not BSOD. its on R1EA031. do i upgrade or do i leave it? will the upgrade bring any benefits or is it a worthless risk to take?
R1EA031 is also vulnerable to BROD, so ye it doesnt really matter.
037's media player is a bit faster |
Krzysiecw
Joined: May 23, 2006
Posts: 218
From: Poland/UK
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I recommend you all wait for newer FW R3..... which should be released in the end of may ... |
danska
Joined: Aug 03, 2005
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On 2008-05-14 21:59:50, Krzysiecw wrote:
I recommend you all wait for newer FW R3..... which should be released in the end of may ...
I might have missed it earlier in the thread but does the R3 firmware bring new features or is special in any way? I keep hearing people talk about the R3 firmware. Just curious.
Thanks! |
Mizzle
Joined: Oct 06, 2006
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Funny fact; the Z780 is already being tested with R6xxxxx 
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sniper_supra
Joined: Feb 16, 2008
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On 2008-05-14 22:17:21, Mizzle wrote:
Funny fact; the Z780 is already being tested with R6xxxxx
sorry for me being stupid, Mizz, but what does that mean? |
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