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help: Sony Erricsson W550i crashed
innocentbystand
24-05-2007
Heya, i have been handed the white screen of death! My w550i has crashed before but by removing the battery, waiting 20 seconds and then turning it on again always sloved it. now it is not working. i have taken the sim out and turned it on.... still white screen..... left it off for hours turned it on.. still white screen...

can anyone help?

cheers
ram33
24-05-2007
you could try upgrade with the seus.
if still no good then get it done under warrenty
innocentbystand
24-05-2007
Originally Posted by ram33:
“you could try upgrade with the seus.
if still no good then get it done under warrenty”

seus? sorry?

oh also does anyone know if it would be possible to get texts off the phone? i have a few that i really want to keep....
iDan
24-05-2007
Sony Ericsson Update Service.
innocentbystand
24-05-2007
i've sent them an email. i hope it has not packed in compleatly. luckily i have a backup phone but it is not ideal
ForestChav
24-05-2007
does updating the firmware with SEUS wipe the phone memory? Suspect it does... What's stored on the sim? Any way of backing up the phone memory... I have some games installed that I don't especially want to lose!
AB
25-05-2007
Exactly the same happened to mine though given that I was at the end of my 18 months contract when it gave up and would only show a white screen, I got a new handset! I presume it is a loose wire or some electrical fault inside. My girlfriend's W550i split in two a little while back and I saw that only two small pins connect the top half of the phone (screen etc) with the main part (keys, battery etc).
innocentbystand
25-05-2007
all fixed. downloaded the "update service" from the SE website and followed the instructions... all seems to be working fine now.
Finglonga
26-05-2007
Originally Posted by ForestChav:
“does updating the firmware with SEUS wipe the phone memory? Suspect it does... What's stored on the sim? Any way of backing up the phone memory... I have some games installed that I don't especially want to lose!”

Never had anything disappear from my phone when I have done an update on my K800. Texts, notes, pictures etc, all still there.
selene
31-05-2007
Next time you get the WSOD, you can use davinci to fix it
ForestChav
06-06-2007
Originally Posted by Finglonga:
“Never had anything disappear from my phone when I have done an update on my K800. Texts, notes, pictures etc, all still there.”

Oh right. I had assumed it did a master reset. I have some software that I don't particularly want to pay £5 to redownload but my k750 really needs a new firmware because I can't transfer by USB.
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