*** The Official Sony Ericsson Satio Thread ***

rapid64k said:
Glad to see you happy at last Andy:D. after the farce with the N97 at least your free now lol.
I had a look at one today feels a lot lighter than the N97 and the screen is a bit larger.
seems like they have changed the icons around on the phone but you can see clearly that it is the same Symbian 6 like the N97. nice to see that it holds the 3G signal not like the N97.
seems like a decent phone really the images move quite quickly which is a plus.
Anyway good luck mate with your new handset.
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Yup, at last. I am never touching another Nokia after that poor experance. One phone that has caught my eye though is the SE X3 :D

There are no signal problems that i have experanced on the Satio, i pretty much get a solid 3G signal every where now. If any thing its a bit better signal then my old N95.
 
I would highly recommend downloading the Wisepilot from the SE PlayNow arena. Its pretty good and very quick sat nav.

Andy
 
Hen_Dawg said:
Lets hope that was a one-off but my mates phone has crashed a few times. Maybe a firmware update will solve it.
Are you allowed to update to a newer SE firmware instead of voda's current one?
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It would need to be debranded to enable the phone to use a OEM SE firmware.

iirc De-Branding should be available this or next week via DaVinci Team.

http://davinciteam.co.uk/phones.html?phones=SE
 
BigBruiserAl said:
Had a go on the office demo phone...massive lag from one menu to the other,response time was terrible, really wanted to like this phone :(
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Mine seems fine, i get the odd slow down here and there but its a new product so i was some what expecting it. Overall though i am still over the moon with the phone. :D

I am just waiting for the de-branding to be released as i had a play with a de-branded handset and there is a noticable speed difference between mine (Voda) and a unbranded one.
 
If any one is interested in accessing the service mode for the phone, for example to turning off charging while connected via USB

Service Mode Press:

red – green – red – red – green – red
 
Murf said:
Send all contacts via bluetooth works between SE phones. It's how I've copied my address book over during the last 2 upgrades.
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Thats how i copied all the contacts over from my N95. On the N95, i marked all the contacts i wanted send across and sent them as a business card to the Satio.

Andy
 
bimmerboii said:
This didnt work for me.. I also came from an N95 (see my post above). Problem is the N95 would send the contacts as a business card. When I select "mark all" and send via bluetooth, my Satio would accept the contacts through my inbox. Then I would have to open the inbox (1 message per contact) and select save one by one.

edit: I did what cobrax said, although its not as simple as copying all to the sim because other details cant be copied such as email, bday, multiple numbers, etc..
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Yup, thats the way i did it, it took a while but its all done now. Mind you its probably not the quickest method around but it worked. :cool:
 
dazza13 said:
What is the average battery life you are getting for moderate use, i take a few pictures and just use it for phone, text and e-mail and it seems i'm having to recharge every 2 days.
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That sounds about normal for a smartphone at the moment. Ive noticed i am getting about 6/7 days from my little Samsung Jet between recharges :eek:
 
After a little bit more reseach, its been pulled because apparently SE didn't have internet settings available for all networks, & as a result many people couldn't access the internet on their Satio phones and a few other little problems. Its only Carphoneware House that have currently pulled them at the moment, so this is all de branded handsets. One of the reasons is there is a huge software update due in a few weeks to fix all the little niggles. The other is SE doesnt have stocks for the current demand for the phone.

So we just need to wait a few weeks.
 
This is a quote from the Vodafone forum about the new firmware due soon.

st had this from Sony Ericsson

Dear Mr *****,

Thank you for contacting Sony Ericsson.

The issues you have raised are caused by the Software Customisation carried out on the handset by your network provider.

We are currently working to resolve these issues with a software update which we hope to have available in approximately 3 weeks.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us again for further help and support.

For more information on our products and services, please feel free to visit our website at www.sonyericsson.com

www.sonyericsson.com/fun
Register now for great content and fantastic Web and WAP Services.

Kind Regards,
James Illingworth

Sony Ericsson Call Centre
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Quick update for those that are interested in De-Branding the phone

I know everyone is waiting and I want to reassure the masses that Satio flashing/debranding services are on the way ASAP. We’re working on things now and we need everyone to be patient as we perfect the service offering – better to release a few days late and make you all happy then to release early and face technical troubles!

Our apologies for the wait along with our guarentee that you’ll be blown away by the service and support when the time does come. We appreciate your waiting – please do stick with us and we’ll have things launched shortly!

For the detail nitpickers out there (kidding!), “shortly” translates into aiming for Wednesday but stressing that this is not a definite date!
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http://davinciteam.co.uk
 
Here is a statment from CPW & P4U

Well these are statements from CPW and P4U
Carphone Warehouse confirmed the suspension. In a statement, the firm said: 'From time to time we experience issues with new handsets, and their software, which may result in a customer experience that is below our usually high standards.

''We want customers to have complete confidence and satisfaction in the handsets they buy from us, which is why we have temporarilly withdrawn the Sony Ericsson Satio from sale. We are working closely with Sony Ericsson to restock the Satio phone as soon as possible and will offer any customer who returns a faulty Satio an exchange of phone.’

A Phones 4u spokesman said: "Due to software issues experienced by a number of our customers, we've decided to temporarily withdraw the Sony Ericsson Satio from Phones 4u. However, we're working very closely with Sony Ericsson to resolve these issues. In the meantime, customers who report a fault with their Satio handset will be offered a non like-for-like exchange."

So is does not say they can not offer the support for it and i would bet they would not be happy to hear Vodafone suggest such a thing.
The phone has been withdrawn because it has a software fault which results in a number of crippling issues.
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TheVoice said:
It really does seem like SE are going the way of Motorola in terms of overall quality. I liked both the SE phones I had, but I'd be reluctant to own another one now considering that every major handset they've released since has been fraught with issues.
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To be fair to SE, most recent smart phones have had their fair share of problems. Just look at the N97 and its still go major problems at the moment. There is a firmware update due within the next 14 days or so which i have been informed "should" fix all the phones little niggles.

Other then that its a good phone, when it works. :D
 
This is starting to get a bit worring now. :mad:

They've temporarily stopped selling the phone until Sony Ericsson offers a solution to the many customers who have complained to the two stores about the problems, which include random powering-down and slowness. Unfortunately the problem can't be fixed by issuing a firmware upgrade to the handsets, so the faulty handsets must be recalled, resulting in angry customers and a lot of paperwork for Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U.

Sony Ericsson's Senior Marketing Manager, Richard Dorman, told The Times that "Sales of the product have been very strong and we expect them to remain strong once the problem has been fixed," however there's a chance that being withdrawn from two key shops before Christmas might damage Sony Ericsson's sales, made worse by the over-enthusiastic advertising of the Satio, which shows several cheerful people bouncing about on spacehoppers taking photos of each other on the Satio.
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