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New Sony K800 niggles ( |
colinw
Joined: May 22, 2005
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Well i strolled into the 02 shop yesterday and asked if they had any K800's in stock, to my suprise they said yes  , i then asked how much on there low tarrif and they said £79.00. So i took out a new contract as my exisiting one has a few months to go so i could'nt upgrade just yet. Then at the end of the paperwork they realised that it actually costs £129.00, not £79.00 !!
The good news is they let me have it for £79.00, there cockup
I did want to use my exisiting sim but i could'nt because the new sim is 3g, so my old simm won't do it, that means telling all my new number, oh well.
So anyway been playing with it for a day and i have noticed that listening to radio there is a high frequency morse code going on in the right ear mainly, sometimes the left ear as well. It can do it while manually scanning, or even when you are listening to a radio station, it stops and starts, bloody annoying !
anyone else suffering from this ?
Also i find the keypad very clicky loud to use, like if you want to type a text message for example, i am comparing to my existing k750 which is nice and quiet, anyone else notice this ?
I properly have a duff one regarding the morse code problem, thats my sort of luck, if there is a duff one in the shop i will get it
Otherwise a great phone, but maybe going back though !! |
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baconnugget
Joined: Jun 08, 2005
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get o2 to send you a 3g sim card then you can transfer your old service onto the 3g sim that what i done. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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Cystal clear radio here
the keyboard does have a more tactile feel but I can't say I had noticed the noise excessively until you mentioned it
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silmer
Joined: Jul 28, 2003
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I just put my old SIM in. No problem. Dont think much of the instruction manual. Nothing about code locks. No explanation of screen icons.
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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i just experienced this radio issue. its a definite background noise that is unrelated to the station selected and sounds almost like the interference you hear when a mobile phone is placed near a radio.
I found that turning the radio off and on got me back the crystal clear reception but not before getting a loud noise in the ear as the radio turned off, so watch out for that.
all seems well now though
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jalal
Joined: Sep 04, 2002
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Any of you find the ear piece sound a bit muted or as though there is a solid cover between the ear piece and the ear? |
kanjerraja
Joined: Dec 20, 2005
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i seem to be getting a inactive sim message on my sim now and then not sure if its a phone fault.. |
colinw
Joined: May 22, 2005
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Well i managed to get my phone replaced this lunchtime and the new phone does not suffer from that strange radio problem
The keys are still very tactile, so that's just how they are, though i did prefer the keys on the k750.
I do seem to have a bit of stray light coming from the bottom keys and casing in each corner, and in between a couple of keys when it's lit up, don't remember seeing this on the first phone, funny how they vary slightly from phone to phone.
The funny this is my first phone had 64mb of memory, this new one has 70mb
How weird, both from the same 02 shop with different memory capacity
See how this one goes now ? |
colinw
Joined: May 22, 2005
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ok an update now, this phone also does have the radio problem, but not as bad as the first one ?
Bloody strange this, the first phone did it pretty much all the time, regardless of signal strengh, but this one only seems to do it on a weak signal, ie lot of noise in the background.
I was just listening to capital radio and held up the headset lead, the signal was noisey and it was doing it for ages !! high frequency bip bip bip bip etc.
So at least its better than the first one, but it still does it, maybe its specific to 02 firmware ?
Oh what to do now ? |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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I didn't experience the problem again on my trip home tonight so perhaps there is some event that causes it to start and it won't stop until you turn the radio off and on
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SonySandy
Joined: Aug 07, 2003
Posts: 267
From: Sunny Scotland
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Maybe it your phone polling for a transmitter your hearing? Stick your phone in front of a monitor and phone it, or stick it next to speaker and phone it, gives the same effect... you'll get some wicked interference! Actually try it next to an ipod, now that is cool, screen goes nuts and volume goes up and down. |
Aldrew
Joined: Sep 07, 2004
Posts: 283
From: Milton Keynes, UK
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I have this same problem, very anoying. I thought it might have somthing to do with the 3g so turned that off but it's still there and pretty much all the time, no matter what station I have on it. Luckily it is quiet, but still. I thinking it's just a bug, and will get fixed in a firmware update. |
colinw
Joined: May 22, 2005
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Oh well i gave up with having two phones doing it, so i returned it to the shop and cancelled the contract. I took out a new contract by mistake anyway as i did'nt realise my existing contract was up for renewal, silly me.
Back to my K750 now which does all i want and more, it was good to try the k800 out anyway |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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although I did experience it twice on the O2 K800 that my son now has, I have not experienced this all week on my generic version and I''ve been using it both directions on the train to/from work and also at lunch times walking around town
still, if you're happy with your K750 then I guess you can look around for something else for your upgrade
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ghostfreak
Joined: Mar 17, 2003
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From: N. Ireland, UK
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Does anyone else find that menu speed has a small bit of lag on it the odd time? If not, what theme are you using?
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Posted: 2006-07-02 17:58
