Avoid the new firmware,R1GB001 at any cost.

Not worth the update. The new video preview feature is not worth upgrading.

Check your region. To do so, > * < < * <, service info -> software info

You will see your firmware followed by a string of characters. prgCX1250214_<Something> that something should show taiwan or china which supports chinese. Other regions does not support chinese.

Midland sets are shown as China, while AP sets varies depending on its origin

I think it is just you. I can fast forward without any issue.

K800i does NOT support .ogg. You will be better off encoding it to HE-AAC. M3 software posted earlier does the job well.

xenon is not suited for torchlight, meaning prolong usage at a go. It's meant for short burst of flash, just like a camera flash would.

it's a digital zoom, the quality would be bad.

Here's a tip for everyone who has problem with the focusing. Press once and it focuses very nicely, press again, it goes blur.

The trick is, well let the phone does the focusing and shooting. How?

press on the joystick (push down as to select something). it will auto-focus and immediately snaps the photo.

It works great, undocumented item but accidentally press on it once and i have been using it ever since.

Hi guys!!

Been away for outstation work.

Use joystick to let the phone autofocus and take picture tips
Glad that my tips to use the joystick instead of the camera button works and useful to everyone. Basically you just press the joystick centre button (not up, left, right, or down). For all occasion, I find it better. Using the camera button usually very troublesome to me. But it's your choice.

Happy to see good responses from everyone!!

Latest R1GB001 firmware
As I posted a few pages back. DO NOT UPGRADE TO THE LATEST FIRMWARE (for no reason whatsoever).

Please hold back your upgrade until the next good firmware comes out. There's no significant improvements cosmetically or functionality. (the video preview is utter CRAP, it makes me feel like the K800i was a Nokia Symbian phone).

Best firmware till date (comparing overall) is R1ED001. Using SEUS will update to the latest R1GB001. So only alternative is to engage people doing phone flashing or to SE service centre that has R1ED001.

Cheers!

I did mention. I was one of the first to update. I guess my post earlier was overshadowed by some other topic. Anyway, next time I would post more "attractive" banners, heading so that everyone sees it.

Hmm, honestly, the joystick could still improve but so far so good, depends on how you use it.

The size is ok, N73 is about the same size for similar features phone. functions, sufficient, what you want to use it as? The outlook, well it's subjective.

It's a good buy since the price now is around 1.5k summore. Strongest points are 3G and camera.

Earlier firmware has that bug. What's your firmware? Here's something you could try out.

Set the shortcuts through the settings menu. Off your phone, press the power button once (don't hold it, it will turn off the phone). A menu will appear, shut down, turn on silent, keylock etc will appear.

choose shut down. Once off. Wait awhile and turn it back on. Check whether the shortcut disappears or not. Hope it works for you.

From what I noticed, a shut down and hold power button to turn off phone has different effect. Let's try this and let me know to confirm my theory.

This post has been edited by dreamthief: Jan 10 2007, 11:43 AM

It only works in certain mode.

i) twilight landscape
ii) landscape
iii) beach/snow

Press key 7, it's a shortcut to activate image stabilizer. An icon, like a tripod will appear.

Could someone compile a FAQ and add it to the first page!?

Settings -> Connectivity -> Mobile Networks -> GSM/3G networks -> Select GSM only to disable 3G.

Uhm, the sirim sticker doesn't mean anything. IMEI number behind the phone matches with the phone information. That's a given.

To determine it is an original distributor set, which is Midland. You will need a Midland sticker and the IMEI number that matches with the sticker at the box. If you dont have these, it's an AP set.

Wow, looks like the battery issue has heated up.

Here's what I gather from SE service centre nearby Leisure mall. The one everdying's picture of the battery is an original Midland battery. Their whole shop doesn't have anything like other battery with Midland sticker.

However they did mention, those "still" could be original Midland batteries, those that were refurbished. That's why you see the wrapping and slight differences.

It does explain the cheaper price some sellers can give you.


Anyway, while all this is to make others aware, if you intend to pursue this battery issue, please open up another thread like what calvin_gsc did the last time for K750i battery.

K800i thread should only be about K800i in general IMHO.

This post has been edited by dreamthief: Jan 19 2007, 09:15 PM

There's a contact list backup to memory card, should do it more often to avoid losing any contacts.

How to access it
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Contacts -> Options (while highlighting New Contact) -> Advanced -> Back up to M.S

You can do a backup to your computer also. It's on the memory stick.
(Use folder options to show hidden files and folders)

<drive letter>:\System\PIM\PB_Backup.vcf - that's the file

This post has been edited by dreamthief: Jan 21 2007, 12:29 AM

Lol, this is what the thread is for. Just hoping someone can volunteer to jot down all this tips and FAQs. Anyone?

Actually i seen more people using K800i than N73.

Yes. My midland battery serial number and the wordings are coming off also. I frequently swap my sim card out. Nothing to worry about.

K800i casing design is tight, there's why no squeaky sound, but downside is it scratches off stuff.

Not really, if you notice, the material used to print those wordings are different between the serial numbers and etc words.

This post has been edited by dreamthief: Jan 21 2007, 02:42 AM

Mine doesn't before this also. But after frequent cover removing. The wordings comes off. As I said, nothing to worry about.

It contains the whole phonebook list. When you view it, it's only the first contact. So far no program can read it correctly.

Multiple contacts? It backs up everything. Do a quick test, backup your contact list to M.S. Then select one or two contacts, delete it. Use the Restore from M.S. Your deleted contacts will be restored.

Playnow tm - requires working GPRS or 3G. If you can use the browser to launch and access sites. You should be able to use this. this is just a SE platform to sell more music. Useless feature. It lets you preview the songs and the buy the song option.

email - requires working GPRS or 3G. You will need to find out the settings for the email. For Maxis/Hotlink, they do have a website to send the email settings for quite a number of sites (mainly local)

Here's an example for getting gmail to work: http://www.esato.com/archive/t.php/t-127013

my friends - same story as above. Here's a guide to set this up. http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=119543

best way to find out. Go to Celcom centre, inform them of this problem. Surely they can provide other sim cards for you to test.

If put in another celcom sim, it is still that way, probably K800i doesn't support 128 type card. can later double confirm with any SE centres.

If it works, you will know is the celcom sim having problem.

I can't think of any other way.

you bought both N73 and K800i? Saw you posted in n73 thread as well. my goodness, rich person here.

So, which you prefer?

SMS report is not like Nokia. If you missed the sms report delivery message somehow, go to sent messages, scroll to the message you want to check the status, more -> view status.

For me, SE method is more suitable IMHO, since I rarely do check the delivery status. For Nokia, you end up with a lot of delivery report sms which you need to erase later.

TS probably is busy. Just hold on. active participation in this thread is more important than having your name there.

Only way is to flash it to Asia based firmware. You can engage ppl to do the flashing for you, shops or lowyat forumers here.

That's the only way.