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M600i Problem

34 replies · 29,641 views · Started 22 June 2006

Manchoa wrote:If the card works, it just suddenly dissapears or does not let to copy or do anything on the card. So the problem is in the phone, not card. Phone should be up-to-date because with the SE Update Service software it does not find anything to install.

Manchoa, this may seem like an obvious thing to suggest, but are you absolutely sure the card is inserted properly? I had similar problems with mine at first - I put the card in and it would appear in the file manager, but then disappear. It seemed to be firmly in the slot, but it was only intermittently available to the phone. As it turned out the card wasn't properly in at all - you really have to get a fingernail or something similar to push it in quite deep before it catches physically inside the phone, and then it should be reliable.

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So I decide to put a nice picture of my son as my wall paper. I transfered the picutre to the phone. I select it and then accept it as the wall paper... and then the bloody thing shuts down.

Now I can not boot it. It gets as far as asking me for my SIM PIN and then resets itself. I do remember that some pictures I uploaded in the past could not be viewed. An exception was thrown and the picture viewer was shutdown. I am willing to bet that if I try and view the new wall paper picture using the viewer then such an error will also be raised. However no error appeared when I selected the picture to use as wall paper.

I have read up on the subject and it looks to me as if the phone does not have a true 'safe mode' (like windows)... I mean a Safe mode, not a Flight mode. Is that true... is there no true safe mode?

Can anyone tell me... is that it? New phone? Arrrrrgh!!! 😡 😡 😡 😡

Wow, what different experiences. I had a M600i for about two months; and didn't experience any of this. Here are my suggestions:

1. Get an unbranded phone, branded phones have all kinds of problems (true for all makes/models -- not just SE)

2. Make sure you are running the latest firmware. Not all regions get the same firmware at the same time. So if you are running World Generic 1 or 2, you might have newer software than someone running the Asian version of the phone. This is important because a lot of these problems are software based.

3. There are a lot of 'fake' memory cards which can cause all kinds of problems on your device. I had one user with a N73 with a 'fake' 2 GB memory card, that when full -- would crash the media player on the device. We replaced the memory card with a SanDisk one, and the problem dissapeared. There is a reason why genuine accessories are expensive, and all phone manufacturers recommend you purchase from reputable stores 😊

Just had my M600i delivered today. Put the simcard in, charged it and turned it on. Managed to get to the time and date part of the setup.. then nothing :con? The screen started flickering and fading to white.. now the screen doesnt come on at all. Has anyone else had this sort of problem? Anyone have any ideas?

Cheers,

Jonathyn

Hi All,

Just want to share my M600i experience which had been a headache for me due to frequent out of memory problem and hanging. The only way I can put it back on is to remove the battery (of course sliding the back cover first then the battery) and put back again (one way to reset it). 😡

I almost gave up on this phone(almost end up selling it) until i woke up this morning checking my phone then discovered how foolish I am not to notice the use of the TASK MANAGER option in this phone.

How to avoid having an out of memory problem?

easy as:

1. Open TASK MANAGER

2. Choose the Open Tab

3. Close(end) all applications shown in this tab.

You can also try leaving some of the apps opened, but to make sure and not to give you problems just end those apps from time to time. Specially the Media Player. (Please observe further more and try to experiment more on this option).

Now, I dont need to turn it off. Worry free and no need to sell it 😊
I'm back to business 😊 :icon14:

Hope this helps!😊