Sony Ericsson W880i freezes and switches off
My Sony Ericsson W880i either freezes and/or switches off on a regular basis, I thought I had fixed this problem, but it’s back again.
Here’s what I did to (temporarily) stop my Sony Ericsson W880i from switching off.
Updated my software. Go to Sony Ericsson’s update site and download the Sony Ericsson W880i firmware upgrade. The download is an unreasonable 36MB, so this could take some time. Instructions are bizarre, but follow them.
Copied and cleaned my phone book data. After careful examination I found that one of my contacts or address book entries was corrupt. So, every time I scrolled through my address book the W880i instantly switched off and then switched on again. It was as if it had rebooted.
I fixed this by copying my address book from my phone to my SIM, deleting my phone address book and then copying it back again to my phone. I could then at least see the corrupted address book entry and delete it.
I may have to do this all again, as my Sony Ericsson W880i is switching off again!
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I recently purchased the Sony Ericsson W880i
and immediately found a fault in that during its first charge it simply refused to accept the charge. I exchanged it same day.
Looking for a spare battery I browsed through EBay Uk to see what the Sony Ericsson W880i was selling for and out of 5 pages of sellers were 21 faulty phones for sale for spares or repair.
Now given that most mobile phone users don’t usually bother to sell faulty phones on ebay this nmber is quite extraordinary. The percentage on Ebay alone works out to be about 15%. so god knows what the true figure really is? I am keeping my fingers crossed.