@Footsoldier wrote:
My goodness this has got to be the worst phone i ever own. I've been having this purple issue since i got this phone and it's been burning through my eyes in the middle of the night just to look at the super bright screen. Bloody volume rocker that never works, bloody headset control that never works, bloody echo when talking to my friends. Gosh! is this a smartphone or pain in the *** phone?
What's so bloody hard to update the firmware??
Wow! I understand about the purple screen, but for me it typically goes away as the light sensor figures out where it is. And even being purple doesn't really affect visibility. As for super bright screen -- I have my screen brightness set to 'auto' and it seems to find a nice balance in all sorts of lighting situations.
If the volume rocker isn't working -- that sounds like a hardware issue. The Headset volume controls may be due to using a non-Nokia set of ear-buds(?). I've heard that the Apple ones have their own 'wiring' for the headset volume, so they won't work in most other phones.
The echo on phone calls could be due to a number of factors -- the auto volume control setting on your phone, bad cellular connection, etc. etc. If the issue is continuous, I would definitely call up Rogers Tech Support and complain.
Firmware updates come through a number of 'gates' -- first it has to be developed by the manufacturer (Nokia). In this case, this was done quite a while ago, as the AT&T phones were updated to get rid of the purple tint months ago. Then, it has go through 'testing' by the carriers (Rogers). Not sure where this is, as Rogers is keeping mum on this firmware update right now -- some tech support are disavowing any knowledge of it at all!
Finally, once those two are finished with it, and Rogers gives the go-ahead, then it has to be 'scheduled' through Microsoft's Zune servers for delivery to your phone -- and that usually takes a week or so. Patience is definitely a requirement here.
/drt
