R1DA038 firmware for K850 coming soon
Posted by Michell | December 25th, 2007 A commenter here at the blog, has just posted about an upcoming firmware release for the K850. This one will be called R1DA038 and it looks like there will be some major improvements on the camera side. The current camera version is 2.9, while the new firmware’s camera version will be v. 3.4. Video call camera is the same.
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I just got the K850i 3 days ago from t-mobile on a upgrade and it has the R1DA038 frimware on it. I still get pitch black pictures sometimes but not as frequently as people were complaining about.
6:50 pm on 12/25/07Can you please snap a picture of it?
7:01 pm on 12/25/07let see what new in k850…………..
12:36 pm on 12/27/07Will it allow the menus to be the same speed as usual when playing music and will the battery life be better and charge up to and stay at 100% for a few hours. I can’t believe they can’t get a charge indicator correct
3:15 am on 12/28/07Paul Davidson,
2:27 pm on 12/28/07I highly doubt the first thing about music and speed of the menus. This has never been possible on any SE phones and I think it’s because of the operating system, OSE. No phone will EVER stay on 100% battery charge if they’ve been running for a few hours. If so, then there is a problem with the charge indicator. Sony Ericsson’s charge indicators have always been pretty good.
I flashed a K850 with R1DA038 last week, and i can just confirm that it does NOT fix the camera flash/blitz sync. Pictures are still dark.
12:22 am on 12/29/07It is not good, i belived that dark pictures will fixed at new cam drive, but…
3:19 pm on 12/29/07The dark pictures has nothing to do with the software, this is a hardware problem and depends on how people takes the pictures. I have NEVER experienced this on any pictures taken with my K850.
What this new firmware does is that it improves the Java performance A LOT! Especially on the 3D rendering, where it performs more than four times better
3:23 pm on 12/29/07Sory for my english, I’m from Russia.
James: “…I flashed a K850 with R1DA038 last week, and i can just confirm that it does NOT fix the camera flash/blitz sync. Pictures are still dark…”
The problem isn’t in the firmware. Michell Bak is right, it depends on how people takes the pictures. You mast hold the phone correctly while using flash.
2 pics:
This is NOT correct one: http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1722/79771383zm7.jpg - the fingers is too close to the flash.
And this one is correct:
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4731/se061407phones017zz3.jpg.
PS
May be it will be usful for sombody, my post in Russian forum:
http://forum.mobile-review.com/showpost.php?p=1175527&postcount=680
PPS
10:26 pm on 12/29/07One more picture:
http://mobile-notes.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/img-0063.jpg
yeah… everyone complains about it and it’s only their own fault if the pictures are dark… i’ve noticed it only happens to me when i grab the camera incorrectly, with my fingers too close to the flash or the autofocus light, that’s what makes the picture come dark, but if you use it right, it will work ok
9:45 am on 1/7/08just keep your hands away from the camera side while taking pics like alan says… i noticed that i dont get dark pics if my hands are away from there
10:23 pm on 1/8/08i have updated to the new firmware and i am having some problems i wondered if anyone else was having them.
2:00 am on 1/9/08Firstly every now and then the phone locks up,usually when i have recieved a text message,i then have to remove the battery to resolve this,also the number 3 and 6 keys are not as bright as the rest of the keys and they dim when the joystick thing is pressed,and one more if i had stored a picture to a contact it would show the picture when they rang of sent a text but now it does neither.and help would be appreciated. cheers
The part about the 3 and 6 keys is a hardware problem. Maybe trying to set a picture for the contacts again would help on that last one. Try re-updating it.
2:54 pm on 1/9/08thanks but tried all that still no joy,i have contacted vodafone to see what they say,I cant use video tones now either even though i have set them???
9:27 pm on 1/9/08Ive sorted it now,what i had done was after updating the phone and restarting the phone it asks weather to set the language on the phone to English German French etc and According to Sim.Well i put English which upsets the Sim cos when i changed it back to According To Sim everything worked again!!!
9:49 pm on 1/9/08mmm.. turn on the iso-200 or iso-400 mode… and fix the camera flash/blitz sync….
10:44 pm on 1/10/08i cant upgrading to R1DA038.. i have the R1CA037 from america, and the SEUS only update to this version…
10:45 pm on 1/10/08I have recently bought a K850 which has R1DA038 and am also having problems with the flash. It is definately nothing to do with the way it is held, if you pay attention you notice the final flash goes off AFTER you hear the shutter! I have taken photos in a very bright room, and they come out almost pitch black. I called SE and they said they’ve never heard of the problem!
5:11 am on 1/24/08I’m really sorry, but I can’t take that seriously. This problem with the black pictures is because of the light sensor below the flash. When you have your finger in front of it, it’ll automatically adjust the xenon flash to the lighting - that’s why you get dark pictures. Furthermore, it’s rubbish that the flash goes off after the shutter, as said, it’s about the proximity sensor on the back.
4:04 pm on 1/24/08to SOLVE the flash issues..
just use RED-EYE reduciton mode..
always works.. even with old firmware..
11:29 am on 1/25/08