S.E. K850i B.R.O.D. (Blue Ring Of Death)

stenchlord · 3rd September 2008, 11:43 PM

After four months of use my K850i has suffered the dreaded BROD (Blue Ring Of Death).

Phone turns itself off and when you try to turn it on the keypad lights turn on and the camera's blue ring lights up and then it freezes. Turning it off involves pulling out the battery. Happens to the phones using the original 031 firmware. Boot sector of the phone gets corrupted and it then causes the phone not to boot

I'd read about it but didn't think anything of it, apparently the current FW upgrade nullifies this so for anyone with a K850i, I'd recommend you upgrade to the latest firmware available.

To fix the problem people have been upgrading the FW version with Da Vinci. Although if you have your mobile on a plan (like I do) it's suggested you just get your Service Provider to do it (apparently they give you a new phone in a lot of cases). It does however mean you lose contact details etc.

Mako · 4th September 2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by stenchlord

After four months of use my K850i has suffered the dreaded BROD (Blue Ring Of Death)......

Yea mine did the same thing a couple of months ago... re flashed it and its been fine since (mind u i was on the latest firmware when it died), now thou my touch right sensitive button keeps randomly activating when i hit buttons on my phone... yay.
Looks like its going back to three...

stenchlord · 6th September 2008, 7:16 PM

Yeah I couldn't be bothered leaving the house so I just flashed it back to latest firmware myself. All contacts and stuff lost but not much you can do

I had my contacts backed up on a second phone but sold that phone about a month back and forgot to back up contacts again :/

Black H3art · 6th September 2008, 7:38 PM

perhaps for future reference you could back them up via floats mobile agent...

excellent for SE phones....

i didn't know the se range of phones had such bad problems.....

stenchlord · 6th September 2008, 9:25 PM

They used to be better but as of the last year/year and a half I've been noticing that the more gimmicks they have on their phones the less stable the firmware gets. It's not that big a deal, just annoying really. If I'd backed up my data properly like I should have, then this wouldn't be an issue for me personally.

Black H3art · 6th September 2008, 10:00 PM

if that is the case tho, they had better get thier team on it as more and more phones are going to have more gimmicks...

3rd September 2008, 11:43 PM	#1
stenchlord Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 4,325	S.E. K850i B.R.O.D. (Blue Ring Of Death) After four months of use my K850i has suffered the dreaded BROD (Blue Ring Of Death). Phone turns itself off and when you try to turn it on the keypad lights turn on and the camera's blue ring lights up and then it freezes. Turning it off involves pulling out the battery. Happens to the phones using the original 031 firmware. Boot sector of the phone gets corrupted and it then causes the phone not to boot I'd read about it but didn't think anything of it, apparently the current FW upgrade nullifies this so for anyone with a K850i, I'd recommend you upgrade to the latest firmware available. To fix the problem people have been upgrading the FW version with Da Vinci. Although if you have your mobile on a plan (like I do) it's suggested you just get your Service Provider to do it (apparently they give you a new phone in a lot of cases). It does however mean you lose contact details etc. __________________ MAIN 2700K \| CORSAIR H80 \| MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z \| 16GB RIPJAWS-X \| 2GB GTX-670 DIRECTCU II TOP \| M4 128GB \| VERTEX2 120GB \| AX850 \| ARC MINI \| IPS235V + TH-L47ET5A \| FILCO NINJA TKL RED \| G700 \| SOLO6C \| A700 STORAGE 2xHOTWAY \| 13TB BACKUP Q9400 \| MEGA SHADOW \| RAMPAGE FORMULA \| 4GB DOMINATOR \| 2GB HD6970 \| VERTEX2 60GB \| HX620 \| FT-01 \| E2420HD \| DAS PRO \| MAMBA \| Z2300 WORK HP 13.3" \| SU7300 1.3GHZ \| 4GB \| FORCE 60GB \| 32GB SDHC

6th September 2008, 7:16 PM	#3
stenchlord Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 4,325	Yeah I couldn't be bothered leaving the house so I just flashed it back to latest firmware myself. All contacts and stuff lost but not much you can do I had my contacts backed up on a second phone but sold that phone about a month back and forgot to back up contacts again :/ __________________ MAIN 2700K \| CORSAIR H80 \| MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z \| 16GB RIPJAWS-X \| 2GB GTX-670 DIRECTCU II TOP \| M4 128GB \| VERTEX2 120GB \| AX850 \| ARC MINI \| IPS235V + TH-L47ET5A \| FILCO NINJA TKL RED \| G700 \| SOLO6C \| A700 STORAGE 2xHOTWAY \| 13TB BACKUP Q9400 \| MEGA SHADOW \| RAMPAGE FORMULA \| 4GB DOMINATOR \| 2GB HD6970 \| VERTEX2 60GB \| HX620 \| FT-01 \| E2420HD \| DAS PRO \| MAMBA \| Z2300 WORK HP 13.3" \| SU7300 1.3GHZ \| 4GB \| FORCE 60GB \| 32GB SDHC

6th September 2008, 9:25 PM	#5
stenchlord Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 4,325	They used to be better but as of the last year/year and a half I've been noticing that the more gimmicks they have on their phones the less stable the firmware gets. It's not that big a deal, just annoying really. If I'd backed up my data properly like I should have, then this wouldn't be an issue for me personally. __________________ MAIN 2700K \| CORSAIR H80 \| MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z \| 16GB RIPJAWS-X \| 2GB GTX-670 DIRECTCU II TOP \| M4 128GB \| VERTEX2 120GB \| AX850 \| ARC MINI \| IPS235V + TH-L47ET5A \| FILCO NINJA TKL RED \| G700 \| SOLO6C \| A700 STORAGE 2xHOTWAY \| 13TB BACKUP Q9400 \| MEGA SHADOW \| RAMPAGE FORMULA \| 4GB DOMINATOR \| 2GB HD6970 \| VERTEX2 60GB \| HX620 \| FT-01 \| E2420HD \| DAS PRO \| MAMBA \| Z2300 WORK HP 13.3" \| SU7300 1.3GHZ \| 4GB \| FORCE 60GB \| 32GB SDHC

6th September 2008, 7:38 PM	#4
Black H3art Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 114	perhaps for future reference you could back them up via floats mobile agent... excellent for SE phones.... i didn't know the se range of phones had such bad problems.....

6th September 2008, 10:00 PM	#6
Black H3art Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 114	if that is the case tho, they had better get thier team on it as more and more phones are going to have more gimmicks...