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I agree, battery on my k850i on the original firmware was very very good but has been drasticaly reduced after I did the 2 updates, cant seem to win, media is faster now and camera improved but have now got a poor battery and memory bug.
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Posted: 2008-01-10 23:34:45
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you right and wrong
with 037 & 038 the mediaplayer became faster BUT THE CAMERA QUALITY wasnt improved...i get same quality on my pictures with 029 like 038..(im actaully satisfield with the camera...except for some outdoor pics)
so i rather have 4 days awesome battery life and little slower mediaplayer,
then 1-2 days battery life and little faster mediaplayer
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[ This Message was edited by: plankgatan on 2008-01-10 22:45 ]
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Posted: 2008-01-10 23:39:32
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battery life has probabaly suffered becasue they've cranked up the "overclocked" processor to have it perform faster...
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Posted: 2008-01-11 00:34:02
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does someone actaully know if
overclocked the CPU ??????????
can you see it in some Benchmark or ????????....sounds strange to OC a cell phone CPU...he he...(of course the battery life drain faster if thats true)
maybe its a bug on the battery-icon ???
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[ This Message was edited by: plankgatan on 2008-01-10 23:47 ]
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Posted: 2008-01-11 00:44:29
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I think the battery icon is ok, currently my icon is still green but its near half way and the status says 40%.
So the icon seems ok to resemble the 40%.
I was also thinkin to switch to v29 for battery reasons, but the flash being out of sync was really annoying for night time photos.
So downgrading to v37 might be an in between solution.
And about finding a local SE work shop, i used to know one near me called Intec Cellular Services in Barnet,uk, but none of their phone numbers work any more, wondering if they are closed.
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Posted: 2008-01-11 11:31:48
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The only thing i can think of that drains my battery is that fact that i travel on the underground everyday to and from work, so whilst underground the phone constantly tried to pick up signal.
HOWEVER: i was travelling the same journey even when i had v29. So like i was saying earlier, my usage has been constant through the upgrade from v29 to v38.
Therefore the issue still stands that the battery life has deteriorated over the upgrade
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Posted: 2008-01-11 11:50:35
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Its got to be something to do with the software that is draining the battery. Its nothing to do with usage, 3G, Bluetooth, searching for a signal or anything.
When I had 037 I could easily get 5 days out of it, which isn't too bad. I haven't used my phone since my last charge on Wednesday night, I didn't let it charge fully so I don't think it got to 100% cause when I checked it the following morning it was at 75%, it is now at 61%. That'd be pretty reasonable if that was the consumption when I was using it.
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Posted: 2008-01-11 11:57:30
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I have a firmware issue... surprise surprise..
I have been on the generic R1CA037 for a while and it was ok, no major issues, just the speed thing. But I heard the R1DA was kicking rear end for speed so I used DaVinci to update to the Voda version (the phone was originally voda branded anyway). After unplugging from DaVinci and turning my phone lights up then lights down then nothing. It doesn't boot up at all. I plugged it into SEUS to try a forced reflash, but after going through all the motions the phone still doesn't turn on. I tried going back into DaVinci but it throws up a 'no script' error in the log and disconnects saying it's done. Before it does that though it recognises the phone and it's firmware as R1CA037 despite being flashed as R1DA038-voda. This is most frustrating that I can't reflash it at all. Any help will be great.
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Posted: 2008-01-11 12:18:53
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@Ricky D
After reading this thread you still wanted to go to v38?? :s
Maybe you should have used Davinci to get onto v37 VODA then used SEUS to update the voda 37 to 38.
Only thing i can think to fix the problem is to get the phone to a SE centre and get it flashed by them.
Is it the davinci update program that throws the script error?
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Posted: 2008-01-11 12:41:06
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Yeah DaVinci gives me...
Identification Time - 00:00:10
Done!
Service Selection Started...
Error! Error loading MIDAS.DLL
No Scripts Avaiable For Your Device K850i
Script Execution Started...
Execution Time - 00:00:00
Done!
Then kicks me out. I found the source of the error, It's a windows update which changes the registry location for midas.dll and it needs to be re-registered. I'm reflashing with DaVinci again now (for another €10!). Hopefully it'll work else I'm sending it to be repaired.
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Posted: 2008-01-11 13:27:41
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