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Dust: The greatest enemy of mankind and all its creations!
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Posted: 2007-12-14 14:43:52
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Squao said :
[ If anyone finds any dust underneath the lens cover please just try and put a vac on the loud speakerand it will suck out the crap under the lens cover. No need to take phone apart to clear muck underneath the lens. ]

Hey Squao, won't the vac afffect the other part of the phone?
I mean, the vac would suck hard enough anything it can suck.....
Don't you suppose to be careful about that??
Or it's just me that too worried?? ;p

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Posted: 2007-12-14 15:16:25
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I removed the lens cover a few times and cleaned the dust but carefully! Glue strip broke here too but I used small amount of glue which is invisible from outside so my K850i lens looks like new!
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Posted: 2007-12-14 20:38:01
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Exactly, the key word is "carefully" I'm afraid while I am sympathetic to the guys plight but the factis the issues are user created.

1. If you stick anything sharp near the shiny surface of the K850 and don't excercise due caution how is this SE's fault?

2. If you use a crystal case, shown by many, and even covered in this forum, to be a poor method for protecting one's phone how is this SE's fault? Wouldn't a leather case be a better means of protection? I know in my experience the only cases that provide adequate protection are quality leather cases. Crysatal cases are bulky, scratch the unit easily, harbour dust and dirt particles between the case and the phone that cause scratches and they are just plain useless at protecting a phone.

3. Why update the firmware if everything is working??? Okay I concede if the firmware has caused flash problems this is poor on SE's part. But again, if it ain't broke why fix it? Re: the flash burn, he should try under exposing the pictures a bit, I find on my K800 flashburn can be a problem and often necesitates manual settings.

4. Rule number one of mobile phone repairs, if you are going to take your phone apart, the correct tool is a torx screwdriver, not a pin, hammer, blowtorch or plastic explosives.
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Posted: 2007-12-15 03:13:18
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NOKIA?

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Posted: 2007-12-15 22:32:35
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Yikes.

I had the same problem as you; dust under the lens. But you know what? I bought a can of compressed air with the tube extension for a high-pressure stream. I fired the air at the crack (like in your first picture, around the camera rim) and all the dust dissapeared. It was easy as that, and saved me the hassle of opening the phone.

Perhaps you ought to consider other solutions before doing something as drastic (and stupid) to your phone!

(by the way, I 100% agree with you on the flashburn, it's horrid and it reminds me of the K800i flashburn, hoped the K850i, being the ultimate of the Cybershot series, would fix this crap)

[ This Message was edited by: obentou on 2007-12-16 02:01 ]
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Posted: 2007-12-16 02:52:30
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Ouch! Sorry mate.
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Posted: 2007-12-17 02:45:33
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ha! he mistakenly scratched the phone and is feeling bad about it.

the way i feel about mine, i'd happily give break it into pieces with a hammer.
Bloody thing! admit it people, the current firmware sucks. use the k850, then hold a w810, k750,w580 or just about any damn SE phone and see the difference. what do we dish out the extra cash for? this? waiting for months for a bloody firmware update? if the phone was imperfect, why release it in the first place? why not release a good,if not perfect, final product instead of a shoddy one that creates bad publicity and harms the company's image?

I'm sorry to say, but if u analyse ESATO:
"only take a Sony Ericsson"

the whole purpose of this site is being ruined thanx to the numb skulls in the SE admin!


and yeah, NOKIAS!
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Posted: 2007-12-18 14:59:37
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I really can't understand what great brains in SE thought of putting a glass protection cover over the actual lens cover. The job of the cover is supposed to be protecting from dust, scratches and lens damage. Having a glass cover over the cover is like disabling the actuall cover! If the glass cover gets scratched or broken, it's like having no cover at all!! And far from all these, it isn't even dustproof!!
I much-much prefer the k810. The best SE phone so ever!
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Posted: 2007-12-29 14:05:48
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Sometimes it happens too sound like bad luck
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Posted: 2007-12-29 15:39:30
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