It seems the extremely bad battery performance of the k850i is completely due to a bad bluetooth implementation. Without bluetooth, battery drain is a mere 10 percent in about a day.
I use bluetooth fairly frequently for syncing and internet access on my laptop, so it’s kind of a bummer but not all is lost. The improved shortcut system on the k850i allows me to link the D-pad ‘down’ directly to bluetooth on/off.
Go into the menu -> options -> shortcuts, select whichever you want and then go to menu ->options->connections->bluetooth->bluetooth on (or off) and click short cut.
Not optimal, but good to go.
Apparently there’s a new firmware version out for the phone, but the automatic download doesn’t work. Probably because it’s a locked Orange phone. Pretty sucky, but at least there’s hope of this being fixed ‘at some point in the future’.
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3 responses so far ↓
dave // December 4, 2007 at 2:06 am
took my k850i back to SE, they are replacing it with a new handset, great phone but battery couldnt last a day with me and i figured it was a fault with my phone/battery, this may possibly be the cause. mine was also loaded with optuszoo carrier software.
mentor // January 19, 2008 at 4:30 pm
i had the same problem but since i unlocked and reflesh it now the battery lasts me 4 days and i use it quite a lot. i think the sony original software sloved the problem because now i can take the 3g off, problem solved.
hansdekker // March 18, 2008 at 2:29 pm
There was a new firmware update recently. A few days ago I updated through SEUS and the battery management seems to have improved.
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