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Sony Ericsson Update Service problems
Q. I have a Sony Ericsson UIQ 3 smartphone and am having trouble updating its firmware. I've downloaded the required Sony Ericsson Update wizard but it doesn't want to talk to my smartphone. A support line advised me to 'disable my firewall' but I don't want to do that. Help!Browsing the contents of another phone via Bluetooth
Q. Is it possible to browse the contents of another phone via Bluetooth? My old Samsung could do this. Once paired you would also have the option to browse the files of the phone (images, video and audio).Do I need a firewall?
Q. On my PC I have the ZoneAlarm firewall loaded all the time, to protect myself against Internet-borne nasties. Do I need to do something similar for my smartphone?Where's my keylock function gone?
Q. I often use the keylock feature of the P900 but that option seems to be missing, both in flip closed mode and also in flip open mode, where the ‘Battery | Lock screen’ option is greyed out. I’ve tried restarting the P900, to no avail. What’s going on?
How can I find out whether there's a newer version of the operating system for my Sony Ericsson P900?
Q. How can I find out whether there's a newer version of the operating system for my Sony Ericsson P900? I know it supports user updating but I can't see a list of versions anywhere on the web.
How can I open local HTML files on my P800 or P900?
Q. How can I open local HTML files, i.e. pages stored on the smartphone rather than on the Internet, complete with their images and links?
How easy is it to configure my UIQ smartphone to function as an emergency modem for my PC?
Q. How easy is it to configure my UIQ smartphone to function as an emergency modem for my PC?
Why do email messages appear downloaded and then disappear?
Q. Messaging shows up my POP3 Inbox emails properly at first but then the next day I find most of them have been lost. Is email syncing broken?
Can I use my P910i with an Apple Mac?
Q. I've been thinking about getting a Mac, probably an iMac G5. Is this going to be compatible with my Sony Ericsson P910i? Will the advertised PC Suite work with a Mac? Would syncing work and would I have to use Bluetooth to connect the two?
How can I stop these ‘Accept connection from xxxxxx’ messages when trying to connect to my PC?
Q. Every time I connect my Series 60 smartphone to my PC, I get a flurry of ‘Accept connection from xxxxxx’ messages, which have to be acknowledged by a keypress on the phone. Is there any way to tell it ‘Yes, stop asking me’?Search Support
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Note: Some of the Q&A in this Support section were written by Steve Litchfield in his PDA Essentials magazine column from 2000 to 2005 and are republished here with permission. In many cases, the text has been revised and updated over that which appeared in the published magazine. In some cases, questions have been reworked from more specific queries on Internet forums, thanks to all who contribute to these. All text is copyrighted to Steve Litchfield, All About Symbian, PDA Essentials and other relevant contributors and commenters.
