sony ericson k750i PAYG/O2 £79: Great universal

other

for those who dont use the homescreen, and want a better music player interface. I can't do without my homescreen

pfpf

what other sims will work in this? will easy mobile sims work?

i have a EM sim in an old phone and i am 90% sure it was originally a one2one/O2 phone.

one2one eh?? thats how old it is

huggychair wrote:

The more techno-savy of you may also wish to google how to turn your k750i into the £100 more expensive k800i walkman phone! !:money:

anyone know of a comparison site where the 2 phones can be compared side by side? and how easy is it to do the above (me not techie savvy)

ahll

CAn I ask what homescreen is and does ?

savit

There is plenty of info about 'flashing' K750i software to the Walkman W800i version with the standard USB lead that you get with the phone.

This site has an excellent step by step guide -
http://www.seuniverse.com/step1.php

Another good forum for SE info & downloads -
http://forums.se-nse.net/index.php?act=idx

ahll

Thanks Savit It will be my first time of doing anything like this. At this point I am not even sure what 'Flashing' is...lol but I will be looking into it from the links you have given me

Thanks

Savit have you done this to ure phone and did you pay to use the 'DaVinci INSTANT log accounts' programs ?

So 'Flashing' is updating the software on the phone to the same as the W800i.

I am still alittle unclear as to what the differences are between the software on the k750i and the w800i. Does anyone know ?

foxeymoxey

The main difference is that when turning the w800i on, you can choose to turn on the entire phone operation or music playback only ie a walkman. This enables you to use the phone as a music device on planes etc and also places less drain on the battery.

The w800i software also has more functional music software built in and allows you to arrange playlists and sort your music files easier.

Please note that by flashing your phone, you will invalidate any warranty.

papawaigo

i am afraid to tell you guys that it is only possible to flash the k750i 's firmware to the w800i 's firmware if you have an old k750i, as they upgraded the security in the k750i from cid36 to cid49 , and you can only flash a cid36 k750i to a w800i as the only ever released version of the w800i is cid36, and the cid numbers have to match.

i think its more than likely these will be the newer models (unless its old stock
) which is a big shame

papawaigo

also the flight mode of the w800i is a very desirable feature, as it turns off the internal antenna which means you can use this phone like an ipod and not worry about any harmfull radio waves from prolonged use

Spikey_2

will have to read this thread more throughly afterwards.... interesting read

ahll

My phone is due to arrive by Wednesday but how will I no if its a new or old version with the security of cid36 or cid49 ?