Comments on: New Sony Ericsson P990i firmware update released

By: Gienah

Gienah — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:46:40 +0000

I just updated mine using the firmware..my phone is working just fine. but the thing is the download upgrade failed coz I don’t have internet settings since the unit had just upgraded and now I don’t know how to re-download the upgrade on my phone. But still i’m glad that my phone is fine and a bit faster than before.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:39:54 +0000

i can say that my friend and i are very lucky to have a good phone, both of our p990’s are in good working condition, no problems appeared from the time we bought our phones up till now and its already near 4 years old, the only difference on our phone is that he already updated his FW recently and the phone still works fine, no problem whatsoever…..i’ll try and ask my friend how he did it and i’ll try to share how to solve the problems in FW upgrading

By: Renier

Renier — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:43:06 +0000

I think the p990i is by far the the winner on the list for shit phones!!!! i had my phone for 3 months, and some of the software was not working like the internet, video calling etc., so I took it back to the shop were i bought if from, and they told me it needed a software upgrade, but its going to cost me R400,00. its been in my drawer since then. I cant believe that Ericsson can make such junk, and then sell it for R6500,00 just to work for 3 months.

By: Piyush

Piyush — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:38:51 +0000

i want to update the my phone but on my keypad
c button is not working
while updating the service we need to hold the c button
pls sugegst

By: gene

gene — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:27:27 +0000

its a goddamn phone that i ever had!!!!!!

By: onlykts

onlykts — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:07:10 +0000

I have a probelem with my P990i only a month after I got it. Many problem from rebooting to shutdown the battrey run out so fast and when I install other Arabic it got so slow even I have in put 1g card. Please advice

By: shaddy

shaddy — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:58:38 +0000

hey,

av had this phone(p990i) since 2006, yeah 3years, and it aint never done me bad, got all dem crazy hacks and mods. truth be told, sometimes it can be reaally shitty and F**ked up, but hey, am in kenya, i have the same phone as the president, why complain? te he he he, but i do agrree, se are Busta*ds. ther i said it, sue me, i aint uodating no firmware and i aint buying SE products again

By: sunny

sunny — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:58:12 +0000

hi,
i had got sony p990i as a gift and it worked fine for 2-3 mont. after this it started restaring frequently saying it has restarted to recover memory. after 10 days i find my fone dead. and even the son ericsson authorised shop took 1 month but did not find out the solution to my problem.(its sony ericsson india, mumbai,dadar, SAP). i cant understand that if sony cannot provide proper services and make good fones y do they do business and fool us.

By: ahad

ahad — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:13:33 +0000

please send me a information of p990

By: jim

jim — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:01:42 +0000

hi is it possible to flash p1i firmware to p990?

By: abdul ghaffar

abdul ghaffar — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:52:00 +0000

look if you tryed to update your phone and you did not update it properley and you tryed to turn the phone on and it don’t work.It means you bricked the phone ! theres no way getting your baby back annoying init you have to update it properly with a good supply of internet connection as well was the phone fully charged just incase it turns off u get me ?need any other advise gimme email laterZ

By: KJ

KJ — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:36:35 +0000

hello everyone,

does anyone know how to change the P990’s os?

thank you

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:45:45 +0000

I bought the P990i from CEX for £110 and so far Ive had little problems with it. Did try to update the firmware but the instructions were weird – Remove Battery, Replace battery, Press and Hold C when you put in the USB cable; continue to hold C. Well doing all this nothing happened..zip.

I want to know how to update the firmware without turning the phone into a paperweight. After having numerous problems installing and running SE PC suite and eventually doing several Uninstalls and Reinstalls eventually got it up and running.

This phone is a looker.

By: Sam (oracle 6 dba)

Sam (oracle 6 dba) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:45:17 +0000

Ever since I bought my P990i, I’ve had no need to look at any other phone coz it does almost all da functions I need (except linux net.conections).
I truely dunno what problems u geeks are havin but I can log onto databases, shutdown or startup,and even backup database.

Ive had problems with da business card scanner, which I donot see its purpose coz it seems to have been made by retarded developer for retarded users, and the phone has no navigator (gps).

Why??

By: Elle233

Elle233 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:57:17 +0000

My P990i phone is only 5months old and it’s running me crazy already. It was a machine I cherished so much until I attempted to update its firmware. After then, I can’t make back-up or restore backups. The camera initialize for ever without it coming up.I’m currently running another update, and it’s taking forever. I’m not sure if it’s running at all. Anyone with similar problems please tell me how you resolved it.

By: yogesh

yogesh — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:09:58 +0000

I updated my p990i firmware from SE website, and thorougly followed the instructions. It was working aftre update upgrade p990i has not turn on. It just flashes the light. To try updating again, it is not getting detected by PC Suite and update service software. Can anybody help me. The SE service center talks bullshit since phone is purchased without bill. Please let me know, if anybody has any solution. Yogesh

By: abdul

abdul — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:06:12 +0000

How the F*** do you use the wifi becaude i make up a fake accuont on a locked wifi modem.Then it says connected and no F***ing web page comes up with google how do you use it ?

any body , no ,dust! , no,any body ???
also the conected internet speed is not fricking broad band it less than 1.2 kb.THATS PEANUTS!!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:52:21 +0000

After my own update failed, I took the phone to an S/E agent and they did it for me. I now get more resets than before and have difficulty in running some after market s/w. BUT, now I cannot restore my backup. I am told my backup file is not compatable with my phone. S/E refuse to reply to my many requests. My phone is just on 1 year old. I am very annoyed.

By: LongBrian

LongBrian — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:55:26 +0000

Dear all, if ur P990i face problem after update FW. Nornally, it can not turn on, so u can fix by ur self by follow the introducetion again to update then ur phone will recover with new FW. The problem during update is course of Internet Speed or connect problem. I ever face with it too. but i can make it by my self as i explain above.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:26:41 +0000

It seems like others have struck the same problem after doing an update. I also cannot turn on my hpone, nor can I re-run update. My phone is now useless. Does anyone know where I can send it for repairs?