On cue, the Sony Ericsson Satio gets an update, to "R1C"

slitchfield · #1 04-12-2009, 12:19 PM

The Sony Ericsson Satio has received its first public firmware update, to version R1CA037 (from R1Bxxxx), which was released via Sony Ericsson Update Service (involving a Windows utility) in the last 24 hours. It's a 106MB update and addresses a litany of stability issues. I'll be trying it over the weekend and will report back on the difference it makes. Comments most welcome from others who have applied this update.

Read on in the full article.

stuclark · #2 04-12-2009, 12:29 PM

...not yet available for branded handsets.... VERY bad form, considering the mass of instability!

#3 04-12-2009, 01:39 PM

That's not Sony Ericsson's fault Stu, operators decide when branded firmwares get released. So you'll be lucky if you ever get an update if you have a branded phone.

That said my Carphone Warehouse phone wasn't branded.

#4 04-12-2009, 02:03 PM

is there a method to.debrand like nokia phones?

malerocks · #5 04-12-2009, 02:10 PM

Is this update good enough to write the part 3 of the Satio Review?

slitchfield · #6 04-12-2009, 03:04 PM

@malerocks: Maybe. Maybe not. Managed to crash the phone within 2 mins.

But then I'm good at breaking things. Ask Rafe. 8-)

#7 04-12-2009, 06:27 PM

Does it have UDP?

slitchfield · #8 04-12-2009, 07:35 PM

Yes, UDP has been standard on every Symbian smartphone for 18 months now. It came in with S60 3rd Edition FP2.

krisq · #9 04-12-2009, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slitchfield

Yes, UDP has been standard on every Symbian smartphone for 18 months now. It came in with S60 3rd Edition FP2.

So, does I8910 have it then?

#10 04-12-2009, 07:52 PM

Nope, the I8910 HD doesn't have it. That's why I was asking.

#11 04-12-2009, 09:13 PM

R1C

Is that acronym for "Release Candidate 1" firmware?

Sorry, for semi-trolling.

(Semi-trolling cause SE really deserves it in this case)

seki · #12 05-12-2009, 01:30 AM

maybe its just that my settings got overwritten (yes, I didn't set them back)
or that I had a battery draining incident but for the first time since I've had the phone I had it restart because of low battery.

I'm now charging it using the wall charger than the PC connection.

Interested to hear if anyone else has the issue. I'll be changing my Tx level to 4mW etc which I do .. but forgot .. and see how it goes ..

#13 05-12-2009, 07:23 AM

Much more stable and responsive now that I have applied the update..was easy too.
However, SE should have include this performance from the start.

slitchfield · #14 05-12-2009, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gery

Nope, the I8910 HD doesn't have it. That's why I was asking.

Gah. I believe I'm correct in the statement that the S60 codebase has had UDP potential built-in since S60 3rd Edition FP2. For some reason, Samsung either chose not to use this feature or (just as likely, sadly) broke something. They also haven't chosen to get Over The Air updating working - again, sadly.

And if my knowledge of Samsung i8910 HD behaviour during updates is sketchy it's because (FX:Steve looks sternly at Samsung) THERE HAVE HARDLY BEEN ANY TO PRACTISE ON!!

Rant over.