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Orange OS Branding on K750i |
thegetti
Joined: Sep 20, 2004
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On 2005-06-14 01:14:20, thegetti wrote:
It came up about the Flash Drive thingy and insalled BEFORE i had the driver.
Whats it going to be called so i can update the driver
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Can anyone help. I try going through the Device Manager but cant see anything about a Flash drive |
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eeperman
Joined: Jun 06, 2005
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Right, finally got this sorted....
While it updates I'll fill the rest of you in. As I understand it the appropriate USB drivers come on the disk or you can download them from any of the SE support pages. What you need is the USB update drivers. They are NOT on the global support page which has the link to the update. Instead they are on the UK support page (under drivers) which DOES NOT have the link to the update. Confused? So was I.
Anyway, get the driver and unzip it. Then go to Control Panel--->System--->Device Manager. Disconnect your phone, turn it off and plug it into the USB cable while holding down "c". Briefly, a yellow question mark with FLASH Drivers will appear. Right click on it, select properties and Driver. Update the driver with the ones you downloaded.
Now go back to the global support page and run the update manager.
When I did it, it tried to tell me it couldn't find the USB cable so I ran the Update Manager in Recovery mode. Only do this if you previously got as far as the system freezing when you plugged the phone in - I think that means that all the necessary software is already on your phone.
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eeperman
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Bugger, it didn't work. Gonna try and uninstall the whole lot and start again... |
thegetti
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Ok i got it working. New FW installed |
eeperman
Joined: Jun 06, 2005
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Also got it working. My God, its beautiful...
Everything seems a bit faster and I will let you know if it solves the standby crash. I'm off for some well earned shut eye...
Thanks to everyone who helped with their posts. |
thegetti
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What are the changes/improvements?
I see the menu is faster and has the SE icons now. Also the noise the camera makes when you auto focus is now different |
eeperman
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Not too sure. The camera seems crisper and makes a new noise. Menus are much faster. Thats about it. Hopefully the standby crash problem ahs been fixed.
But its one in the eye for all those people who take the piss out of the orange branding.  Now you can have Orange customer service and an unbranded(ish) phone. I'm as happy as a dog with two tails...especially as I nearly left Orange in favour of O2.
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thegetti
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Im loving the new icons. Far better than the Orange ones. So really the only branding left is the Orange logo on the actual phone?
The other things like Startup Animation can be changed.
Im hoping the camera is better. In some pics the left side could look a little blurry |
Residentevil
Joined: Feb 29, 2004
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The orange colour is just so seventies.
Tough times don't last, tough people do!
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barryn1970
Joined: Dec 08, 2004
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I get to the "download PC client" bit on the website and... nothing happens. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I'm dying to install the update.
Thanks to everyone who's already helped in this thread.
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eeperman
Joined: Jun 06, 2005
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Are you using Firefox? I also clicked on Accept (the terms and conditions) and bugger all happened. I apeared to be looking at a blank screen, but if you scroll up there is some text there. Just click on "Continue" (I think) and the download should start.
Good luck. |
darrengf
Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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See for all those people who stayed with Orange, You Can have a K750i with Nice Icons. You just have to have faith in the Future !!
The phone is so much faster and the camera is alot better in the dark, shots are clearer. Crashes have stopped and i dint loose one setting. You do get the ability to change the start up logo now.
I have no problems in connecting to GPRS or Email. I have also noticed that the Wap icon have lost there orange tint and gone back to normal.
The volume in the handset is clearer and louder too.
I dont think this update was a main one, just a one to stop the phone from crashing and to keep cusotmers and networks happy.
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barryn1970
Joined: Dec 08, 2004
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Thanks Eeperman. I'm just going through the sonyericsson.com website. Still nothing downloading and no continue to click on. Damn.
Using IE for my sins.
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eeperman
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One bug that still remains is the loss of shortcut settings. However, the standby crash bug seems to have been fixed. My phone crashed twice in the first 12 hours of having it. It hasn't crashed once since the update.
There was a response on a different thread that seemed to suggest that SE had pulled the plug on the update for Orange phones. I hope this is not the case as I am busy persuading my wife to get the same phone on Orange and then debrand it... |
frisbee5
Joined: Jun 15, 2005
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The Sony ericsson Update is still working for orange users. I spoke to SE yesterday and they told me to go to the website to update
Have completed an update this morning, no problem with new icons
Also if you are having problems with the update service, use Windows System restore to restore the PC prior to the installation of PC Suite and the phone.
When you reinstall, it will prompt you for the drivers for the USB Flash driver. Just make sure you have downloaded it first! I made the same mistake (it installed itself without the drivers) and wouldn't work. |
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Posted: 2005-06-14 01:26
