G900i

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Sony Ericsson G900 specifications



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G700






Sony Ericsson G700 specifications



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Frequently Asked Questions

This is just a guide. Use at your own risk. Especially when tampering with firmware. Enjoy.



1. How much is the going rate for the phones?

Garage Sales Pricelist - Average obtained from 3 sales threads.

G900 - rm1020 (AP) & rm1479 (ORI)
G700 - rm760 (AP) & rm1128 (ORI)

2. Why is the camera so like dat?

Make sure you get lots of lighting. Best for day time pics. Cloudy weather or low lighting conditions will produce sub par photos.



3. Where is the speaker?

on the back. bottom left. Clear. but not super loud.

4. How to update the phone?

Install Sony Ericsson Update Service (SEUS)
Sony Ericsson Support Website

5. How do I change the CDA?

Go to masterzombie's post. link is below.

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...0#entry24419850

6. Say WUT?! No GPS?!

nope. use google maps. visit m.google.com/maps from your PHONE

no in built GPS. but if you buy a GPS receiver, the G900 supports Garmin software.

7. The fella at the shop told me this phone hangs a lot. True meh?

Not really, in my experience and other g900 users after update. hanging is not common. for me personally maybe it will hang once a month if i forget to close apps.
it will hang if you try to view youtube with the default media player. for new users they may experience the feeling of "lag".

8. Whats the battery life? less charge time means i can save more on my electricity bill

battery life:
high usage 1-2 days.
medium usage: 2-3 days
low usage: 3-5 days.
very low usage: 5-7 days
very very low usage... maybe you will get the 380hrs SE say you can get.
*not recommended to attempt to fully charge your phone over usb. it will never max out the battery.





9. How to enable/use wifi?

10. MY WIFI IS NOT WORKING?!?!

This is a frequent problem people seem to be facing. here is a quick fix. might not work all the time.
In wifi. you click more. then new account. type in ssid. example...starbucks. and account name i put in.... starbucks. and connected.
seemed to work. but i tried it again somewhere else it didnt work. so you can try this. hopefully it will work.

11. AHH! I LOST MY STYLUS?

new one costs RM 30-45
fake one apparently costs RM15-20 (dunno where to get. dont PM me. hehe)

12. Can this phone use word? pdf? powerpoint? excel?

yes. it can. its got quickoffice & PDF+

13. How do i use email on the phone?

menu -->> settings -->> messaging -->> email accounts -->> more -->> new account

then you fill in all the details.

for gmail. the settings are

connection type: POP3
incoming server address: pop.gmail.com
outgoing server address: smtp.gmail.com make sure 'use SMTP authentication' is ticked, and so is 'use inbox login details'

i recommend Download restrictions set to: just headers.

14. My alarm doesnt on when the phone is off. why leh?

because its off...... hahahaha. lots of smart phones are like this. it takes too much effort to run the alarm it seems.

15. What is the maximum memory card thingie i can use?

Sony Ericsson Memory Stick Compatibility

16. How long does a firmware update take? cause i gots stuff to do yo!

Around 30 mins. Including backing up-updating-restoring backed up stuff. Also depends on your internet speed.

17. How do I get to the service menu?

From the standby screen hit RIGHT, *, LEFT, LEFT, *, LEFT, *

the service menu is very useful. it allows you to check everything.
such as screentest, speakertest, vibrationtest, and all that. really useful esp. when buying buying a used phone.

18. How do i do modifications to my phone?



19. How do I change the default icons? because using stock goods aint cool no mo'



20. How do i open up my wonderful phone and clean the screen or do whatever i need to do?

Follow this youtube video. be very careful. you will probably need some anti-static gloves/mat or whatever to be safer. and the fella uses a guitar pick and a Torx screwdriver. happy tampering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7D7HBImQNg

21. How can i view flash from my phone?

download this. and install it to your phone. restart your phone then it should work.
Flashplugin.zip

Thanks to cutiesbaby312 for the find.

22. How on EARTH do i INSTALL unsigned applications?



23. Does the phone speak chinese?

yes the phone has chinese language support.
AP models usually come with it installed.
ORI set usually doesnt. but it can be installed for free by the SE service center.





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OWNERS LIST

*PM me if you wanna be on the list. its a nice list. full of cool people.

Also here is a Siggy tag for those who wanna use it. Thanks to cutiesbaby312 and defallen!








1. panda-man - G900 - Ori Set - Brown
2. lineage - G900 - AP Set - Brown
3. cocodemon - G900 - AP Set - Brown
4. masterzombie - G900 - AP Set - Brown
5. cutiesbaby312 - G900 - AP Set - Red
6. ~~5ive~~ - G900 - AP Set - Brown
7. demio121 - G900 - Ori Set - Brown
8. felixx - G900 - AP set - Red
9. wayfeel - G900 - AP Set - Brown
10. wK_ - G900 - Red
11. csting87 - G900 - AP Set - Brown
12. alvia - G900 - Ori Set - Red
13. redscorpion - G900 - AP Set - Red
14. kennyshan - G900 - ?? Set - ???
15. ruztynail - G900 - ?? Set - ???
16. xjaszcx - G900 - AP Set - Brown
17. Annihilux - G900 - Ori Set - Brown
18. kwcho1989 - G900 - ??? Set - Brown
19. redevil - G900 - Ori Set - ?????
20. CrazyGarry - G900 - Ori Set - Red
21. hairiny
22. cOMMANDER pRASNTH - G900 - AP Set - ???
23. royalz - G700!!!!!!!
24. CyberKewl (his wife) - G900 - Ori Set - Brown
25. Defallen - G900 - AP Set - Brown
26. sackeen - G900 - AP Set - Brown
27. aureliux - G900 - Ori Set - Red
28. gothmy - G900 - AP set - Red
29. csk3984 - G900 - ??? set - Brown
30. gcwc - G900 - AP Set - Red
31. alanyuppie - G700 - AP Set - Gold
32. jtan11 - G900 - AP set - Brown
33. silver_one - G900 - AP set - Red
34. yanjinowa - G900 - ?? Set - Red
35. viknes36 - G900 - Ori Set - Brown
36. mcgrady76 - G900 - AP Set - Brown
37. destinyline
38. shanie - G900
39. siowgirl - G900 - Ori Set - Brown
40. acaizegrete - G900 - AP set - Brown
41. strawberry69 - G900 - AP Set - Brown
42. sinzmanual - G900 - ?? Set - Brown
43. theirwan - G900 - AP set - Brown
44. binghung - G700 - ?? set - ???
45. joey85 - G900 - AP Set - Red
46. kucinggemok - G900 - ?? Set - ???
47. matmon - G900 - AP Set - Brown
48. Urban - G900 - ?? Set - Brown
49. Forgotten06 - G900 - AP set - Red
50. Chester - G900 - AP Set - ???
51. lemond - G900 - ?? set - ???
52. xcristox - G900 - ORI set - Red
53. jackoz - G900 - AP set - ??
54. mar90 - G900 - ?? set - Brown
55. coolboy - G900 - Ori set - ???
56. Albedo - G900 - ??
57. violette - G900 - Ori Set - Red
58. ahpingko - G900 - AP Set - Red

Can you guys post if you got G900 or G700. ori or ap set? colour?

Ill add links later. PM me if you want specific ones up. i cant put direct links for jack sparrow software or stuff like that.

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Software

*Use software at own risk.
*P1i Thread. Got a lot of useful stuff there.
*Some themes

*Some special Status Bars for your phone....the thing at the top of your screen.


1.Slick
2.Fring
3.Mod Speed Boost

4.Opera Mini
5.MyPhoneExplorer 1.71
6. Zedge.com - Games & Stuff
7. Noeman.org - Games & Stuff
8. Any Video Converter
9. Swiss Manager
10. Mobile 9 - Themes & Stuff
11. Persian Forums - Apps & Stuff
12.Open Screen Capture Application
13. Playlist creator.



This post has been edited by panda-man: Sep 1 2009, 10:36 AM

yeah loh. but i cant seem to get the thumbnail where the threads are all listed to display properly. dunno why.

ok fix already.

This post has been edited by panda-man: Jan 17 2009, 11:34 AM

thanks. fixed already.
i also used your CDA thing hope you dont mind. ill look through more stuff later to add stuff.

phew. thats a lot of compiling. i guess the FAQ almost done.
i dunno about icon pack and chinese language so i never put it in. if anyone could write up something or just quote your old stuff and PM it to me i can post it up top.

i was looking through the old G900 forum. and saw a lot of you were active for so long already. hehe . well done. a few people jump ship. selling their G900's and 700's. so sad.

but anyways. i wanted to ask. is persian offline? i cant seem to open the forum? anyone try lately?

strange i cant seem to access it.

is this the correct address?

www.persian-forums.com/f75/

hahahahh. no lah. i didnt count the post. i dunno who did that though. that was strange. listed all the users in the thread.

i went throught the 130 pages though. really quickly just to find some links and some questions. took quite long. even though i was skimming through it.

how come so many people have the brown one? but want the red one?
when i wanted to buy it, it was so difficult to find the brown one. shops only had stock for the red ones usually.
i like my brown one... although its really just a black colour. heheh. either way. looks more executif its black hahahah.

do the service test. >*<<*<* . i think thats what it is. hahahahaha. i put the correct one on the front page. if this doesnt work.

yeah i want to but i never tried it out. so i cant really write up the whole process well. ill try do that later on.

ok i added up the icon thing to the FAQ from cuties. and also for some reason i cant access the persian forums. hahaha. dunno why. strange. sometimes it diverts me to a real persian forum and everything is in arabic. kakakaka. oh well ill try from my office tomorrow. maybes its just this pc.

haha. yeah i did that too. but then had work in penang. so all the way up there i found it. hahahahah.

btw. anyone using any bluetooth headset can recommend? i mean for listening to music not for handsfree


pic i took from ttdi kfc through a window on cloudy day. not so good but thought i would put it up anyways.


another from kfc window. nothing really here. just thought i would post it up to show how people park in ttdi.

This post has been edited by panda-man: Jan 18 2009, 02:29 PM

hahahah. good idea. i never tried polling before. i guess we can try something simple first. but the poll will appear on the phone specific discussion part right. not in this thread?

i just added your post from the V1. but nothing detailed. if you could write up something that would be great

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mannnnn. thats a lotta posts today. so tired lah. heheh

well lineage sorry for not quoting your post i couldnt find it. i pening kepala already hahahah. i found cuties one and was like ok! this will do. people gonna ask this question anyways. hahahahah.

i think the best one was the third one. the rest seem a bit too grainy. sum a bit blur.

i know already. heheh. only girl here. some other girls come in and out of our lives but you are the special one .

plus you are so tech savvy. hahahah.

ya lah. my dreamgirl is. plays video games. likes anime. techsavvy. hahahaha. whoa. we really going off topic.

see what happens when only one girl in the thread.

back to topic guys. haha.