New Firmware for W580, R8BE001

[addict26]

You can download quite a lot of FW for R8BE001 from my site www.myw580i.eu/start/ :) Im going to stick with R8BA024 as that's the elf FW :)

[geokilla]

I'm sticking with R6 since it has some of the patches that I need. All I need to do is port them once I learn how.

[zacher]

Just debranded an AT&T previously running an R7(something) firmware with R8BE001 (america_1) + a Laura custpack.

The only 2 negatives I have noticed are:

1) the volume slider during standby yields phone status now (known issue)
2) phone now seems to chew up the battery much faster

The "screen saver" is not active, and I have been running the same bluetooth acc the whole time.

I may back off to R6 as well, to see if this clears up.

[detonator]

Just debranded an AT&T previously running an R7(something) firmware with R8BE001 (america_1) + a Laura custpack.

The only 2 negatives I have noticed are:

1) the volume slider during standby yields phone status now (known issue)
2) phone now seems to chew up the battery much faster

The "screen saver" is not active, and I have been running the same bluetooth acc the whole time.

I may back off to R6 as well, to see if this clears up.

What file did you use for your MAIN when you flashed to R8BE001, the W580_R8BE001_MAIN_NAM_1_LA_RED52 or W580_R8BE001_MAIN_GENERIC_LA_RED52?

[zacher]

What file did you use for your MAIN when you flashed to R8BE001, the W580_R8BE001_MAIN_NAM_1_LA_RED52 or W580_R8BE001_MAIN_GENERIC_LA_RED52?

I used the MAIN_GENERIC_LA_RED52. I have tried both the MAIN_GENERIC for both the R8BE001 and the R8BA024.

Z

[93bh]

wow! thanks for more information about the bugs, but I never tried to flash to R8BE001.

Now, I'm waiting for the improved firmware.

[zacher]

OK, after messing with R8BE001 for a few more days, I think the battery consumption I reported was not as serious as I thought initially. Typically, for the first three hours of the day after leaving the charger, the phone loses about 2% battery per hour on standby alone with bluetooth on. After that it becomes difficult to track battery life as I begin to use it intermittently.

I will take a few more days baseline on this firmware, and then drop back to an R6 with the same experiment. I no longer have the R7 that came on the phone from the branded AT&T pack, but I am not going back to that anyway.

z

[SaNdSuKkA]

Zacher,

Did you always have bluetooth activated when you had the older firmware on your phone? Having bluetooth constantly activited will definitely run down the battery life. Also do you have the screen brightness at the same setting that you used to?

Let us know what your findings are when you go back to R6 firmware

[geokilla]

I used to use R8BA024 with the brightness set to 100% and was usually able to get 2 to 3 days. Walkman and FM mode is on for about 4 to 5 hours a day.

Currently with the R6BC002 and brightness set to 70%, I get at least 3 days with the same usage.

[smitty192]

wow, i have the R8BA024 and i get about a day with my battery, no bluetooth. about to switch to r6 for the time being