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> What's the reasoning behind SE releasing new sw versions
> to places like Wotan, who charge for services, for 2-3 weeks
> before they go on SEUS?
They release firmwares to third party suppliers (mostly mobile phone vendors such as O2, Orange, Vodafone etc, but also companies like Wotan, Total Multiserver etc) before they release the generic versions on SEUS so that they can get it tested on many real-world networks by the mobile phone companies and discover any bugs that might arise due to the environment the phone is living in. This can prevent embarrasing mistakes such as R1J on the K750.
Companies like Wotan and Total Multiserver have access to these firmwares during the 'external' test phase and release them to us as users for money.
Personally I would not use such a service just to get a firmware slightly earlier than I normally would. However, I would (and have) used the service to:
a) Debrand phones. SEUS will put branded firmware onto a branded phone, but you are free to do what you like when using third aprty companies.
b) Remove network locks if you want to change network
c) Update your firmware if your vendor does not keep up to date with SE releases and you are experiencing a problem with your current firmware.
d) Interchanging phones that are physically the same - e.g. converting a K750 to a W800.
Hope this makes things clear,
Mike
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Posted: 2006-09-20 15:08:02
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an news about the new FW for k800?
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Posted: 2006-09-20 18:09:00
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nope
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Posted: 2006-09-20 23:50:49
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No prob, SirHack.
Really looking forward to the firmware release this week! I keep getting those darned bugged alarms that don't go off.
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Posted: 2006-09-21 02:38:28
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yeah. want to try to use the OTA update service =)
but so far i haven't found anything wrong from my normal usage of the phone.
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Posted: 2006-09-21 06:54:25
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On 2006-09-20 01:13:02, baste07 wrote:
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On 2006-09-19 02:45:02, senninha wrote:
for those on the new firmware, in the main file manager screen can you now use the keypad to access the various folders like in earlier models or do you still have to use the joystick? thanks.
i'd like to know the answer to this one too.
Not sure how it worked in earlier models, but on my K800i R1ED001 Europe 4 I am not able to navigate in the file manager with the keypad, only the joystick. Using the keypad does not work as it does in the address book, it does get interpreted as letters, but I do not see any correlation between the letter entered/key pressed and the file I get sent to.
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Posted: 2006-09-21 07:47:53
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the keypad didn work in the file manager for me in my K790i with the earliest fw R1CC003
it doesnt work in the upgrade R1CG001 either
but it works fine on the menu page i.e. the 12display page
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Posted: 2006-09-21 12:12:39
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thought some one sed that the update wud be on seus now
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Posted: 2006-09-21 12:31:18
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I updated the software on my K800i (orange branded) to R1ED001, the update went fine and most of the orange stuff has gone!
One orange thing left, when I press the home key it takes me to the orange home page?
However… I can’t use my Vodafone SIM in the phone? Has the phone not been de-branded correctly? Have I done something wrong?
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Posted: 2006-09-21 13:26:40
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On 2006-09-21 13:26:40, markgibson77 wrote:
I updated the software on my K800i (orange branded) to R1ED001, the update went fine and most of the orange stuff has gone!
One orange thing left, when I press the home key it takes me to the orange home page?
However… I can’t use my Vodafone SIM in the phone? Has the phone not been de-branded correctly? Have I done something wrong?
No just means your phone is locked only to orange and no other networks
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Posted: 2006-09-21 13:35:53
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