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Firmware upgrades in NYC for t68i? |
shooz
Joined: Aug 04, 2002
Posts: 3
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Is there any place in New York City that can do the firmware upgrades yet? I think my t68i has fairly old firmware (R2A014) and I'd like to have some of the new features and speed improvements of the newer versions.
thanks,
shooz
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tranquil
Joined: Dec 15, 2001
Posts: > 500
From: Oslo, Norway
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We are working on locating service points across the US. They seem to very hard to find.
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Dadreemr
Joined: Mar 07, 2002
Posts: 15
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Unlike Europe, SE doesn't have many service points in the US.
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SlackEr
Joined: Oct 03, 2002
Posts: 0
From: Seattle, WA
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From what I have heard SE stopped the firmware upgrade out here in the US. Too many people were upgradding the old T68s to T68is' and SE was losing out on $$$. Thats only what i have heard from word of mouth so it may not be 100%. |
zionmcen
Joined: Sep 29, 2002
Posts: 7
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Yah this is true SE is not doing the upgrades in the US. I had to get mine done by a guy here in Las Vegas that bought the equipment from europe. You can do like I did and just call to locate cell shops and ask if they do the upgrade I found two places in las vegas that way. |
teno
Joined: Oct 04, 2002
Posts: 6
From: Cocoa Beach, Florida,USA
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Talked with SE today, They said no plans to offer upgrade in USA. |
jnonhoffzieg
Joined: Sep 02, 2002
Posts: 268
From: Newport Beach, California
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According to SE, there aren't ANY authorized service points in the US and updates aren't supported ANYWHERE in North America, including Canada and Mexico. I am corresponding with SE about their official policy on this matter and Esato will soon soon make a formal announcement on the subject. 
As zionmcen pointed out, there are a number of "grey market" solutions to this problem (you can find more if you do a forum search), but of course they aren't endorsed by SE or Esato for that matter.
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teno
Joined: Oct 04, 2002
Posts: 6
From: Cocoa Beach, Florida,USA
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I would really like to find someone in Florida that can upgrade my T68 to T68i. Most of the sales people don't have a clue what I am asking them.
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jnonhoffzieg
Joined: Sep 02, 2002
Posts: 268
From: Newport Beach, California
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At this point about all that you can do to upgrade is take either zionmcen's advice or an overseas vacation.
There are also a couple of posts about places in PA and VT where you can send your phone but they are unauthorized and not supported by either SonyEricsson or Esato. To get the info, just use the search function...
T68m -> R2F0004 on Cingular - I want my MMS! |
MrSavoy
Joined: Oct 04, 2002
Posts: 267
From: NY, USA
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I will be sending my T68m to Robb in PA on monday for the T68i upgrade. In the email he sent me he said he does a mater reset after he flash upgrades the firmware and to save all settings. How should I go about saving my settings? I am with Tmobile and got the phone from them and it was all preloaded for gprs and wap etc etc. I have also since then added my isp's ino for dialing out and shcnaged my background and added my own ring tone. How should I go about saving all this as to make it easy when I want to get back up and running when Robb sends me my phone back as a T68i?
I can sync the phone with my laptop through irda, which I have done already to upload some backgrounds and the ring tones. Can I back this information up on to my lap top or the sim card or what?
Thanks in advance.
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jnonhoffzieg
Joined: Sep 02, 2002
Posts: 268
From: Newport Beach, California
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MrSavoy, You'll want to confirm this with T-Mobile, but I believe they are like Cingular in that your primary data accounts will be restored to your phone automatically every time you turn it on within their network. If you added a custom dial-up number, you should write the settings down, just in case. But when I upgraded my T68m, all of my data settings remained intact although they did a master reset.
As for phone book entries, you can copy them to your SIM card in the phone book menu so you won't lose them. As for themes, backgrounds, ringtones, and screensavers, transfer them to your PC and send them back to the phone after the upgrade. Good luck!
T68m -> R2F0004 on Cingular - I want my MMS! |
MrSavoy
Joined: Oct 04, 2002
Posts: 267
From: NY, USA
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Opps sorry for the empty post above. Thanks for the response dude, thats pretty much what I figured on doing. Thanks again for thr input.
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funks
Joined: Aug 28, 2002
Posts: 162
From: Nandoon, Sa Tabe
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As for SE-USA service points, there's only one - and that's in MN.. |
eram
Joined: Sep 24, 2002
Posts: 36
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On 2002-10-04 02:43, teno wrote:
Talked with SE today, They said no plans to offer upgrade in USA.
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They may not be upgrading t68's to t68i's anymore, but they ARE flashing firmware to R2E for people with real t68i's (which was the question being asked) |
Spy021
Joined: Oct 13, 2002
Posts: 1
From: Florida
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Tried doing a search for this information and got back quite a few results, mostly about T68 --> T68i flashes However, none of them seemed to offer a straigh answer, so I'm hoping someone can help out.
I live in the United States and recently bought a T68i and have service through T-Mobile. I am wanting to know what is the newest firmware for this phone.
I also seen a few posts mentioning that SE is no longer doing the T68 -->T68i flashes? Will they still update the firmware for actual T68i users?
Thanks in advance! |
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Posted: 2002-10-02 23:15
