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For all that say the new fw is SOOO much faster at startup. I did a side by side test 2 phones 1 with R5 and 1 with R6 and the result is 3 seconds!
First, the new fw is 6 seconds faster to the pin enter... then after the pin in entered, the old fw R5 is 3 seconds faster to have the phone ready! Difference is 3 seconds. Not very mucho
At least the Alarm Low Volume Fault is fixed now.
And already some spread the rumour that this will be the LAST FW. Not to be too muc of a non believer.... I always doubted that SE would ever upgrade us to the next Symbian/UIQ version. All just gossip. Just let's hope that's true with the 'last fw' gossip too.
WE CERTAINLY WANT ANOTHER FW coming sometime.... best would be TOMORROW
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Posted: 2007-06-17 18:48:14
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On 2007-06-17 10:19:58, ahmed-sama wrote:
One more thing, the phone worked like a charm since yesterday, then it suddenly vibrated 3 times, then I got a restart to 'improve performance' !!!
I had the exact same experience with you. Never had this before on earlier firmware versions.
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Posted: 2007-06-17 18:52:24
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Not to impressed yet, think I will wait or just sell it of and wait for the P1....
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Posted: 2007-06-17 20:15:42
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I just found to other improvements over the previous versions: Jpeg thumbnails in Contacts look now crisp.
I also had an issue with duplicated contacts during sync, if the contacts had a picture attached. With R6 together with the latest version of the PC Suite this issue seems to be finally gone.
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Posted: 2007-06-17 20:32:31
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Memory leak is on the same level as with previous fws. Multitasking also as in the previous fw. So if that was somebody's expectation then he/she will be disappointed. For other things I fully agree with makbil. Opera is absolutely amazing now, so fast using wifi, and totally stable. Wifi also much improved. I can freely left my PC in the corner when it comes to browsing and downloading (as I practically already did). Camera was always very good for me but now with utofocus improved its even better. Phone is generally faster and as in previous fw fully stable.
So if one can accept that multitasking is reduced then P990 is worth having smartphone and the new fw very good improvement.
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Posted: 2007-06-17 20:33:46
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On 2007-06-17 13:51:33, Chuckster wrote:
Updated just a while ago. Autofocus still doesnt work.
What is the latest firmware that there are no autofocus issues?
On 2007-06-15 20:35:32, dualist wrote:
Autofocus still doesn't work in video mode! The trick of holding the shutter button down from still mode and rolling the jog dial doesn't work either.
And something new I've only just noticed - with night mode on, the autofocus doesn't work properly in still camera mode. Can anyone else verify this?
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Posted: 2007-06-17 22:36:16
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Updated and started getting error messages for programmes that never gave me trouble, for example opening a video file converted with M3. Works the second time, not first every time.
Also, on opening a large sized webpage on Opera for e.g. CNN, it says "not enough memory" and you have to use SM to close off apps for it to work. That didnt happen before. Anyone else experience this?
Yes, space bar bug there too. I personally don't use the space bar to open phone mode even though I use phone in f/o mode ( I click the icon) so, yes it sucks, but not huge loss to me.
I would have liked a shortcut to silent mode but no luck there. I cannot for the life of me see why
doesn't see its absence as a problem?? Every single candy bar phone has this. So if you use phone in f/o as a candy bar, won't you need a shortcut instead if going through three layers of menu?
Maybe im imaging it but memory leak seems worse to me than before. im down to 2.5 MB in no time. And start up is only 13.5 for me. (I'm using WG2, I wonder if that makes a difference?)
All third party Applications e.g. Advanced Call manager, Advanced English Dictionary, Agile Messenger, Virtual radio etc are working fine.
Autofocus is quicker but not 100%. Better in low light than before for sure. Images do look cleaner and better colour. Hmm.
I cannot agree with other posts that WiFI is exceptionally better, The singal appears stronger and conects where it ddint before BUT then doesnt load pages from that "bad" location. Its very odd. Still works best nearer the AP.
LED message indicator light still sticking at times.
I'll be honest, If you havent upgraded to R6, I cannot see the great rush to. There seem to be no huge benefits that stand out EXCEPT that yes, the alarm bug has been fixed. But I think memory leak worse sooo....i dont know.
Can see pics from R6 here
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=127274&start=465
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Posted: 2007-06-18 01:26:32
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On 2007-06-17 17:47:14, doministry wrote:
I'm sorry makbil, what is clipboard?
And please confirm - does that mean that you cannot copy a big text file from Notes to Quickoffice? You have to do it in smaller parts? THAT WOULD be a real s...!
I used the PC term, basically you copy text from one application to memory and later from memory to the other application. I confirm that there is a limit to the length of text you can copy, I tried about 20 KB worth of text and it worked but the whole text is much larger and I can't copy/paste the whole thing. I don't know what the limit is, have to test it.
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Posted: 2007-06-18 03:26:10
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For those who have doubts about the picture quality with R6, here's an example. Never had this good with R5.
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Posted: 2007-06-18 03:37:31
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Wow! Wish mine could do the same. Apparently I am not the only one experiencing autofocus issues. This is why I wanted to revert back to the old firmware.
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Posted: 2007-06-18 04:46:32
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