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Hi all,
as the time is approaching when we'll have R3A (at least I hope so) I will give some more user input... the things I noticed about my K700 - R2L001. Maybe it will help.
1. Bluetooth is more stable than previous releases, but still there are occasionally bugs as I mentioned before. And some new (using it on daily basis with HBH600). FE: K700 and HBH600 are paired and connected. I answer the phone by pressing an Answer button on K700 and have a call through the handset not the HBH600. After the call HBH600 disconnects from K700!
2. MMS: I have delivery report turned on. Before I send MMS I do to advanced and check. It says Delivery report ON. The message is sent. I check the sent items, View Status. It says Delivery report not requested. In the end Delivery Report arrives and everything is OK, but just this small bug.
3. It seems that volume control doesn't have impact on Message alert. It is always very loud! And of course you still can not choose any tone which is shi**y.
4. When you put K700 on DSS20/25 there is no way to automatically change profile to fe. HOME. In acc. you can choose Desktop charger, but not DSS25.
5. There is still 1 second delay answering the call on K700i and R2L and more than 1 second delay when answering with HBH600.
6. Sometimes K700 doesn't want to connect to GPRS or send MMS. I have to try for 3 or 4 times. But this might me a network problem.
7. Funny thing about online update. I bought my K700 at official distributor shop in Zagreb, unlocked and unbranded... First thing I noticed is when I did master reset everything was cleared out from the phone, but there where 3 new accounts in DATA accounts and settings for GPRS and MMS for HR VIP(vodafone) network. I didn't mind it as I am on that network but... when I try to do online updating I got the funky message... Your operator does not support use of this service... So I guess SE by IMEI thinks that my phone is bought at VIP shop and the distributor just kept a few devices for themselves to sell them... Strange
8. I put BST35 Li-Poly battery from my wife’s F500i and gave her BST30 and the standby and talk times seem a bit better. I know it shouldn't but it does. Maybe it is just my subjective opinion. (BTW. F500i has the same bug with entering the numbers in Phonebook as K700 had in first software releases - soft. R2E - I guess it is whole platform bug)
All in all THE GREAT PHONE, but with many aspects that will hopefully be fixed in R3A. Hope this helps and that more user inputs will arrive and help this phone to be even better.
Take care
Velimir
PS. Croatia welcomes T-mobile in our GSM family. Yes and TELE2 of course. So now we have HR vodafone (HR VIP), T-mobile HR and the new one HR Tele2. Aint it fun?
[ This Message was edited by: vee on 2004-10-03 09:41 ]
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Posted: 2004-10-03 09:36:50
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On 2004-10-03 05:08:46, chinhui wrote:
So, I assume R2Y is the newest firmware release or it's still pending and only R2L is available at the moment?
R2L001 is the latest for most versions... for Voddafone branded phones R2V001 is the latest release
[ This Message was edited by: Cytech on 2004-10-03 15:36 ]
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Posted: 2004-10-03 16:34:55
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Well, These people claimed they have R2M from online updates? Is it because they debranded their phone? Or is there a R2M
here's the link
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=70831
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Posted: 2004-10-04 01:34:58
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how is the battery life wif r2l sw ??
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Posted: 2004-10-04 05:05:47
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@sieg there's a 10% improvement on the battery life since mine last 1-1.5 days before the upgrade but now last up to 2-3 days.
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Posted: 2004-10-04 05:42:54
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R2M is actually just R2L renamed.
R2Y and R2AA are development releases that are not available to the general public. The next official firmware will incorporate the changes present in these releases.
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Posted: 2004-10-04 10:43:56
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a slightly bit of topic, but... it seems that K700 and K/F500 are on the same software... I just updated my wife’s F500i to R2V001 (MP3 can be used as ring tones now) as latest release... in earlier releases there where the same bugs as in K700.
Can someone confirm that 700 and 500 are running the same software with different functionality (screen size, Bluetooth...)?
If this is the case we can rename this thread to K700 & K(F)500 firmware overview...
Take care
Velimir Ljubic
[ This Message was edited by: vee on 2004-10-04 13:46 ]
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Posted: 2004-10-04 14:42:45
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Ok, i've renamed the title of the post. I think I may do this for the T610 Overview too
I have also noted that R2V (Vodaphone specific) allows DRM MP3s to be used as ringtones.
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Posted: 2004-10-05 10:57:00
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Posted: 2004-10-05 12:09:27
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I'm on the Voda network - BOOO! I've now had my k700i unlocked and i've now used DRM to set my mp3 as ringtones. Yea!
but does any1 know if and when voda will bring out any sw that will allow standard mp3's as ringtones? if so whats it called?
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Posted: 2004-10-05 12:25:45
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