Sony Ericsson :: W518a / Replace Startup Video With A Custom One?
Apr 17, 2010
So i recently purchased the W518a from At&t, and was wondering if it was possible to replace the startup video with a custom one. Is there a filesystem editor that I can use to do this as well?
I just got a W518a, and I liked everything about it except for the volume. Even though I already turn the volume up to the max, I still cannot hear other people clearly no matter using the receiver on the headset or a headset. I tried to update the phone, but it doesn't help. Can I expect a coming update to solve this?
The flash on my w518a works when I am taking a video however it does not seem to work when I take a still picture. Is there a setting on the phone that I have not setup correctly?
Trying to set my own music to ringtones and its not working. Tried converting to wav file and shortened to 30 seconds that didn't work, converting shorter version to mp3 didn't work. How do I make it happen? I have a W518a.
While in playback from playlist, tracks, authors etc phone will display failed and not go onto next song. Using 8gb M2 memory card. Have full formated memory card. Have placed music in root directory or card and in music directory. If you try to play filed song again redisplays failed. However you can forward to next song and it will play. I have tried many combinations and it still fails after each song.
I've successfully transferred some old ringtones I got from various places but they can not be used on this phone. I was wondering if it is because they are not MEPG4 or maybe some other reason they may not work.
At the bottom of the screen, there's three shortcuts: Camera, Media Net, and Menu. I can't seem to find a way in the Settings to remove these and I haven't seen it discussed in the user guide. Is it also possible to remove the date and time from that same main screen as well?
The demo for this phone on the support page indicates I can manually choose which network I am using, however, my actual phone does not have that menu item. The problem I have is when the phone locks me into GPRS, it becomes a virtual paper weight. It works great if I can get it to lock onto Edge by walking around enough. I want to be able to manually choose Edge. Why can't I do this?
Please post the web link to the Ericsson W518a To Turn Off Shake Feature. The music plays at random times. I would like the link to help me understand why I cannot find the INFO in a Google search.
my k800i phone dropped dead and i have been trying to fix it.When i start the phone it blink red from ir port and the screen turns white. I have been trying to flash but cant really figure out how to do it exactly and find the files to do it. I updated the CID to 52 instead of 49 with XS++. So if someone could Help me i would be grateful! 16:26:46| Hold 'C' button on phone and connect phone NOW. 16:26:46| You have 30 seconds. 16:26:46| 16:26:46| Baseband ID: 9900 16:26:46| Protocol Version: 3.1 16:26:46| Phone name detected! 16:26:46| 16:26:46| Profiling SEMC phone... 16:26:46| Platform: DB2020 16:26:46| OTP CID: 49 16:26:46| EROM CID: 52 16:26:46| EROM Color: Red 16:26:46| IMEI: 35399601xxxxxx 16:26:46| Phone ID: K800 16:26:46| Region: EUROPE_4 16:26:46| CDA: CDA102568/13 R5A 16:26:46| Firmware Version: R1JG001 16:26:46| EROM: R3A016 16:26:46| Ready for operation!
I just dropped my cellphone and it turned off. when i tried turn it back on, appeared a white screen and nothing more. the keyboard is normal and the screen blinks between white and black. I tried to update via SEUS and flash with a2uploader tool and aerix application BUT nothing happen.
I can't get my phone to start up. It is hanging at the Sony Ericsson screen with the black background. My big problem is that Three claim that it has water damage (it hasn't) and probably won't let me send it back to them to get it reflashed (I've no idea what this means but it solved a similar problem in the past). Furthermore, I can't get my computer to recognize the phone when I connect it. Is this the end?
I am the owner of a Sony EricksonE w580i which I am very happy with.However 2 days ago, out of the blue after sending a text I was faced with the message which I had never seen before. " REPLACE SIM OR WATCH DEMO" Despite playing the demo several times and taking out and replacing the sim several times, I was faced with the fact that my phone was locked.On replacing the sim I noticed that it was pushed into position by the battery itself, thats the way it had been set up by the Orange Shop. so it was like on a spring and the battery was pushing it into its working position.And this is the root of the problem. The sim card has to be pushed home until it clicks into position. I have small fingers and I still could not push it to its fully seated and clicked position with my fingers alone.eventually I managed to do it using the edge of a small screwdriver, but even then it took several tries before it clicked home. I believe this is a flawed design as it is not easy to do by any means. And yet using the battery to push the sim to the seated position is the way it was et up for me at point of purchase and this also gave adequate contact for me to get uninterrupted use for several months. But this is NOT correct, the Sim must be clicked and locked into position so it is no longer movable on the spring mechanism.Once it was clicked home - Hey presto ! like magic, everything worked perfectly, only had to reset the date.However, and quite worryingly, when I called the Sony Erickson help line befor I found the magic solution, I was advised that to overcome the locked system and to bypass the dreaded message, I needed to go to the Sony Erickson site, go to support and downloads then click on Update your product software/Update Service.My friendly support advisor said this would overcome the problem but the downside would be that I would lose all my memory ! I would have to start again, Calender, Tasks, Notes, Contacts. everything.This would have been a heavy price to pay, for a non solution ! Clearly the advice was a shot in the dark from the advisor ! I had already downloaded said updates as a matter of course 2 months ago so I was sceptical of solution that SE had suggested.No, this problem is mechanical/circuitry. NOT SOFTWARE !
The sim card is not locked home unless clicked, do not depend on battery pressure. Thus the phone when in "battery pressure mode" may have a circuit or a partial circuit, leaving the user at best to be in my situation to get several months of usage, and then kaputt ! as the circuit is lost and the phone thinks it needs re setting up. and it gives the message you can not get past. or the worst case of continual working /non working scenarios, which are linked to the partial contact and partial circuit.I think this may also be the route cause behind many other of the problems raised on this forum, ie; Phones turning off, or just a red light, or just a slight vibration, or phone behaving like it's dead, or phone locked etc.(from other posts it appears all the above issues are are further "encouraged" by a low battery charge) which seems to be a separate quality issue altogether.So at the end of this ramble - the tip is make absolutely sure the sim card is locked home, be patient, you may have to try many times, but it will click home if you use a tool to assist you, (fingers are not enough) and you may well just solve your problems too.Essentially I think the phone is a very good mid range phone and this design fault may be hugely tainting its performance /likability.If Sony Erickson are listening? they will correct / make easier the sim card clicking action, They will also instruct the help desk to give out the "clicking the SIM card home" advice.Rather than the totally useless - download software advice which will do nothing to create a good circuit, but will ensure lose all your information unless backed up somewhere. And while SE are at it they should also re work the battery life AND the cover panel removal. To get the back panel off is a nightmare and can lead to creating other damage as such excessive forces are required. Not good at all - BAD COVER DESIGN
As title, IF i flash my c901 with C901_R1GA028_FS_APAC-ANZ_RED53 and C901_R1GA028_MAIN_APAC_FI_RED53, will I get Chinese in my phone? What if I use C901_R1GA028_MAIN_GENERIC_FI_RED53? What is the different? Who can help me with this? and where can I find custom pack for C901?
I flashed it and got an error saying to contact att on the screen after i cant figure out how to put the custum pack into the phone using jdflasher. can anyone help me? i got my info from this site here http://www.modmy-forum.com/index.php?topic=2587.0 however when it gets to the part of ading the custum pack.
I brought my Vivaz a while ago. The display somehow had a loose connection so it went back to the shop. A while later I got it back, but it started to do this annoying thing, not turning on and it went very slow, but I assume thats because the memory card was almost full. Well, now when I want to turn it on, the white "sony ericsson" screen comes up and a little vibration, and nothing more. When I set it to charge, the red light and the "sony ericsson" screen comes, but after a while I still cant turn it on. When I set it to my computer nothing happens but it "charges" again and the little charge icon never comes up when it charges either. Just the screen I have mentioned and the little red light in the side of the phone.
When I record in HD, every 3-4-5 seconds are cut for a moment, I preinstall from your site all, restart phone, 4,5gb free on card, but problem. Sometimes when make foto in 8,1 megapixel (high level) phone write me a message no memory, close some applications but there are not opened aplications.
Even though it's not a video, but a CD I've ripped to my computer! Checked the file format, some MP4s are being recognised as normal audio but others are being recognised as video.
I've had my Elm for a month. Previous to today the video function was working fine, but now for some unknown reason - whenever I press 'record' it just quits the application and saves onto the phone a 00:00 long video file which cannot be played or deleted It still takes pictures fine and I have over 1GB of free space so that isn't an issue
Recently when i recorded few videos, and when i playback the video ive record i found that the video is like stuck and freezes for few second and it stucks for several time meaning that its not smooth. But the problem is the audio is there but the video freezes.
I just got my Elm phone today. I made a short video, downloaded the SE PC Suit and sync'd my phone to my PC using a USB. I then copied my video to my desktop and played it in Windows Classic Media Player. Now I have pretty much every codec update under the sun so was suprised to find that the video was extremely choppy. The audio worked fine but the video was extremely slow and it was as if I was watching picture slides as opposed to a video! When I tansferred the video to Vegas Pro there was no video at all, just audio. I could see the video slides in the programme but when I clicked play it was just black (with sound).
i put some video in my phone in mp4 file format and when i wanted to view it, there's no images displayed and there's only sound playing. i also tried to play a 3gp file format. the image is displaying but it is so darn SLOW! plus the sound suddenly stopped playing while the video is playing in an annoying slow motion.
I was trying before.to get a clear sound with video dj.i mean when I want to insert a sound clip it show just a amr format can be used.but by chance I found that u can use m4a sound format to get a clear sound as mp3 quilty and maybe better I found that u can insert any .m4a sound format with video dj then if u want to get any clip as example a holy quran sound clip in mp3 format .u can convert that sound clip frm mp3 to m4a to make video dj accept it.
hi., can somebody help me with my problem. After I updated my Aino with the new firmware I have encountered a problem regarding the sound of my phone.. i cant seem to hear anything while playing musics and video. help please.I really dont know what happened after my update.. the sound is gone..