Just to let you know mine crashed after updating to the latest firmware. Getting . If it happens again then have to downgrade. Later I will write up the guide.

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Added on July 9, 2010, 12:25 pmcarbon14's SE A2 Phones CDA Change/Reflash/Mod Guide - W980 Specific

I'm going to keep it as simple as possible but there are things that you need to discover yourself. Don't always pay Rm30 for those phone shop people just to reflash your phone . You can do it yourself easily. This method works for all A2 Phones, methods might be different for other phones. If you wanna learn more about what is CDA/Firmware/Modding, the sites I ask you to register is good to learn stuff.


First you need

1. A2Uploader, remember to run the GGsetup that comes with it.
2. Register at http://www.topsony.com/ and http://www.seusers.com/forum/
3. SE CDA Generator (Optional, but good to have anyway)
4. SEUS Sony Ericsson Update Service

Situation 1: Your phone crashed, pressing on button only emits keypad lights no display but fully charged batt.

I've came to this situation myself, and I couldn't load up the FileSystem tool in A2Uploader. So I had to reflash the phone. Theres two ways to do this, using A2Uploader and a downloaded firmware. Another is using sony ericsson update service (SEUS). I'll describe how to use SEUS to update to the latest firmware for your CDA. If this latest firmware is unstable, we can always reflash to an older one using A2Uploader.

There are other stuff that are involved here, such as extracting FS and MAIN to include languages. But for the sake of simplicity, I only recommended users to use the APAC-ANZ CDA and updating through SEUS for the latest firmware.

SEUS:

1. Load up SEUS, and follow the instructions. If it says you have already have the latest firmware and it doesn't let you reflash, proceed to bottom.
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A2Uploader:

1. Download the required Firmware for your phone in TopSony or SEUsers. Save it in your harddrive.
2. Load up A2Uploader, add the file using the [+] button, after you've unzipped it. (for W980 its in .fbn format)
3. Press "Flash" and follow the instructions
4. Your phone should begin flashing.
5. After finishing flashing, disconnect and reinsert the battery. Proceed below.

Changing CDA

1. Fire up the CDA Generator, select APAC Region
2. Right side theres a small > button, click it to reveal more CDA. Select "APAC-NZ (GENERIC)"
3. Generic CDA's are better as they are more likely to have the latest firmware. APAC-NZ is chosen because there is chinese language support.
4. Click "Generate"
5. This will generate a "customized_upgrade.xml" in the same folder. (Sample included in the ModFlashPak)
6. Using A2, press "FileSystem Tool", this will load up the file browser.
7. Browse to tpa/preset/custom
8. Drag and drop the customized_upgrade.xml into the folder
9. Shutdown the file browser, reinsert your battery and restart your phone. There should be a "Please Wait" display. It will then proceed to be an error message, ignore it. Shutdown your phone.
10. Load up SEUS again and let it update your phone.

(The reason I want SEUS to update as sometimes the latest firmware is not yet available on the forums yet. If you want to downgrade, just follow the A2Uploader steps to flash using a firmware from TopSony or SEUsers. This firmware must suit your CDA region, in this case APAC-NZ. You might also need to download a customization pack from the same place that suits the firmware you want to downgrade to )

Situation 2: Your phone crashed, after you have modded something.

1. Load up SEUS and let it update again, it will be fast as it did not delete the downloaded data.

Situation 3: You want to mod the camera drivers and acoustics.

1. Fire up A2Uploader
2. Click "FileSystem Tool"
3. Download the necessary mod files that you need.
4. I've included in the FlashModPack, blacklizard's HD Acoustics (I've tested it, it rocks and he's from LYN!) and also Brazzuka's W980 Modded Camdrivers (2 versions: choose which one you prefer)
5. Each of these mods are pretty easy. Read the "ReadMe File" and drag and replace which files in which folder. For camdriver its ifs/settings/camera in W980. Read the "ReadMe" for blacklizard's acoustics.

Download: A2 Flash Mod Pak

This post has been edited by carbon14: Jul 9 2010, 01:46 PM

i just bought w980 chrome colour 2 weeks ago for Rm250(never seen this colour before but its nice)..... bought 2nd hand from shop... currently using R3EA036 090206 firmware.... can i know what is the latest firmware for this phone....

for W980,the latest firmware= R3EH001

http://seusdb.10001mb.com/

thx for the info..

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Added on July 26, 2010, 3:39 pmwhere can i download R3EH001 firmware..
i only can find R3EG004..

This post has been edited by Sof_600: Jul 26 2010, 03:39 PM

hi, i have the same situation as my keypad light is on but no screen display.. I never do this before so i follow ur instruction..
I downloaded a2uploader.. and i don't understand ur step 2.. can u make it more detail or provide me a link which have all the detail step? thanks ya

Just google it. Its super easy to use a2.

I've been using SE since before they where SE, (had a Sony J5 and Ericsson T39mc, then SE T68i)

SE phone off and on by it self?
It is a problem with the battery.

How to solve it?
Get a new battery.

How to prevent it?
Never let your battery run flat.
You don have to charge it full every time.

Trickle charging (charging a bit now and then) is better then cycling (charging it full, running it flat, charging it full).
Try to keep the battery meter green, start charging as soon as it starts to turn yellow.

SE has always used Li-Ion or Li-Poly batteries.

In the old days when phones use to use Ni-Cad or Ni-MH,
you have to drain the battery flat before you can charge, you have to charge it full once you start charging.
It was troublesome, cause you have to wait it to be flat to charge, or wait for it to be full to plug it out.
Then manufacturers moved to Lithium based batteries, you can charge them any time, for any amount,
but draining it flat and charging it full all the time will kill the battery. An exact opposite of Nickel based batteries.
But lots of consumers, and sales people, still follow the Nickel way of caring and charging Lithium batteries.

Care of your SE battery:
Try to keep it always green, you don't have to always keep it full.
Charge it now and then. i.e. every time when you take a shower, plug it in before you go, plug it out when you are done.
If you are using an Ori battery, it is safe to let it charge over night. I wouldn't recommend it for fake batteries. They tend to show the off/on symptom earlier compared to Ori batteries if left charging over night.
Do a refresh at most once every month. From what ever state your battery is currently at, charge it full in one go, let it run all the way flat (till it dies by it self) in one go, and charge it back full in one go. This recalibrates the battery meter.

Other notes.
Leaving lithium based batteries too empty or too full can wear the chemical faster.
They last the longest when they are at the 70-30% range.
SE battery meters drop one bar (the first sign of white infront of the green) at 70%, the meter shows full bar during 100-70%. It turns yellow (meter bar at half) around 30%. So as suggested above, always try to keep the bar green.

hi, not trying to be a tard or anything, but is it really necessary to update to the latest firmware? i mean, what are so far the important updates?

well, I guess it is up to the individual, from past experience, after every firmware update my phones feels faster.

I have 2 W980, I usually update one first, and the speed difference was visible.
My brother also using a W980, his is currently using an older firmware than mine, speed difference was noticeable.

When I had my T68i, i compared it with my friends which had older firmware, the speed difference was also obvious.

one time a firmware update fixed a problem i had with the shortcut menu (W980).
another time, a firmware refresh (reinstalling same firmware version), fixed a self restart problem (W980).

So ya, if there are some problems that require you to restart your phone, or if you feel your phone feels sluggish, a firmware update, or even a firmware refresh, might fix it.

if you are currently happy, then stick to your current firmware, but i do recommend you update when you have the time.

will updating my firmware replace all the acoustic driver and cam drivers i installed? and will it erase things inside the 8gb of space?

Doing a firmware update/refresh from a PC will replace EVERYTHING (settings, profiles, contacts, etc).
I'm not sure if the user space is erased during a firmware update, but just to be safe, let's assume it does.

Doing a firmware update OTA, will retain EVERYTHING (as stated by SE).
I have never tried this, cause the in-menu update utility always seems to report that you have the latest, even though SEUS says there is an update.

I assumed you already made a copy of the original and modified drivers before you replaced it? Doesn't the W980 have the best acoustic drivers?
Either way, you could copy out the drivers with A2Uploader before you update, and replace it back after.

W980 has a shared space for everything, that's y you don see all the 8GB, few hundred MB goes to the firmware.
The 8GB is split to user space and firmware, some predefined items, like wallpapers and tones, have a copy in both user space and firmware.
So you could delete some from the user space, but a copy still resides in the firmware.
That is y when you do a master reset, they still come back.
Using A2Uploader, you can delete all the wallpapers and tones, the demo videos, the msg templates, the built in java games/apps, even languages and input methods that you don't use.

i prefer blacklizards acoustics. they somehow made the volume louder and my light effects more responsive to my music

can w980i use as modem to connect into PC for internet? How to connect it?

my phone crashed everyday since last month when using R3EG004 fw haha then using R3CA038 fw still crashed......right know using R3DA028 fw hope this fw is ok for my phone

I completely dismantled the phone. I found the problem. Memory is broken! Used the same memory chip(kmcme0000m-b998) Samsung i900 and W980. Maybe be used in flash memories, flash cards..

Sony Ericsson W980:


Samsung i900:


This post has been edited by pohuman: Jan 14 2011, 08:23 AM

Anyone knows how to turn off the RSS?

the RSS icon suddenly appear on main screen top left corner there..

any 1 noe wer find find new w980!

Need some advice... i have this model, thinking of to make it my backup phone... upon booting it for the first time using a new sim card, u'll receive all this mms internet streaming setting right?

I installed the settings but only the streaming settings were installed... both picture message (mms) and internet settings were not installed (according to the confirmation screen after the new settings were applied)

The problem is, how do i mms or at least wap? tried both functions but the error code returned was settings missing... if i tried the usual ussd code *128# (digi) to get new settings, the same problem persists

Any SE tech guru here that can point me at least the right way??

TL;DR Internet + MMS settings not installed (not working), need solution

TQ