BenQ-Siemens EF81
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- 125dAni36
- mAR
- 19 Mar 2007
Nice phone. Feels great in hand.I recomend it.
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- kizilvezir
- muq
- 17 Mar 2007
To those who search for FW V58 update: google for "ef81fw58.rar" you will see some russian and german pages. Due to more familiar alphabet, I preferred the German one. It is a forum site, but you can find FW 58 in the downloads section. You must register to the forum to download the file (alhough german, it is easy to guess what to do to register). Those who are uncomfortable with german, altavista babelfish may be an option (but you have to register in the original german site, not babelfish translation page).
In the expansys.de forums, some nice guy named jcak49 explains "how to install fw 58", but for the russian version. I guess the german one is not much different. I haven't installed it yet (I recently ordered the phone), but in many forums fw 58 is reperted to be well and fast. But still, network connection problems are also reported. I will write about the installation when I get my phone.
IMPORTANT: fw 58 is not an official release and it is said that using it may void the warranty. the latest official release (available at benq-siemens sites) appear to be the fw 48 version. I think the wise approach is to install fw48 first and try fw 58 if fw48 is still unsatisfactory.
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- kizilvezir
- muq
- 16 Mar 2007
To those who search for FW V58 update: google for "ef81fw58.rar" you will see some russian and german pages. Due to more familiar alphabet, I preferred the German one. It is a forum site, but you can find FW 58 in the downloads section. You must register to the forum to download the file (alhough german, it is easy to guess what to do to register). Those who are uncomfortable with german, altavista babelfish may be an option (but you have to register in the original german site, not babelfish translation page).
In the expansys.de forums, some nice guy named jcak49 explains "how to install fw 58", but for the russian version. I guess the german one is not much different. I haven't installed it yet (I recently ordered the phone), but in many forums fw 58 is reperted to be well and fast. But still, network connection problems are also reported. I will write about the installation when I get my phone.
IMPORTANT: fw 58 is not an official release and it is said that using it may void the warranty. the latest official release (available at benq-siemens sites) appear to be the fw 48 version. I think the wise approach is to install fw48 first and try fw 58 if fw48 is still unsatisfactory.
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- Paeijho
- PBU
- 14 Mar 2007
FW/Firmware is the software that run the phone, you can look for your phone FW by typing *#06# and go to the next tab and find "SVN", it written there.
the downloadable official FW is 48, the latest, it's down here.
http://benq-eu.com/support/downloads/downloads.cfm?product=1102
or if you want unofficial FW 58 you can find the info at http://www.club-siemens.net/forum/ on EF81 section, it's the best according to the users there.
good luck and congrats with the new phone! ;-)
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- sue
- SY0
- 12 Mar 2007
hi just ordered the ef81 bin wanting it since the summer.i dont no much about computers so can some1 tell me wot an fw is, wot it dose to the phone and how to get it
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- sajesh
- SkE
- 11 Mar 2007
i have this phone since seven months.i have a problam with this phon,that when i connected with bluetooth the phone is going to the mutemode,ie i cand received the call.some one have this problam please assist me what to do with this problam
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- Anonymous
- Nxs
- 09 Mar 2007
Bad memory? Are you mad, this thing has 72mb onboard, most other brands put between 10 and 30mb. Anyway, the phone is great and works really well in Europe. I can't use my GPRS as I live in South Africa and have upgraded to FW 58, Russian retail, so any help would be cool. Tried almost everything!
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- Paeijho
- PBU
- 08 Mar 2007
for FW updates you can get it somewhere else, the unofficial ones, FW 58, the best according the users i know, google for it.
the official one you can find it at: http://benq-eu.com/support/downloads/downloads.cfm?product=1102
are you talking about the offline mode, did you understand what it means?
it means that you can use the phone WITHOUT connected to the phone service provider, you can listen to the music, play games etc.
very useful when on the plane, so you don't have to switch off your phone, this feature is getting quite common nowadays.
40% death phone? very unaccurate info, the people that don't like this brand probably said that.
this phone is one of the best Siemens ever designed and built.
don't give up the phone for problems that can be solved, just get to where people can help you out.
these forums are the best i know to ask problems and else.
http://www.club-siemens.net/forum/
http://www.siemensplanet.com/forum/index.php
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- Anonymous
- Sw2
- 08 Mar 2007
Got this phone a few days ago. Looks great but claims to be offline and doesn´t connect to the network(tried to switch it online,following instructions but the phone is lacking that option) and "requires service" shows on the screen. can´t make calls. I called to the consumer service and they said the chip needs to be replaced. I read somewhere on the net that 40% of these phones are deapth somehow...couldn´t believe, but now I do. So, not a great first impression. I plan to replace this with another phone.
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- python
- pkg
- 07 Mar 2007
i`m about to buy one, but i really need the fw update, and the official site is down.. anyone can help me? where to download the firmware, so the phone to work decent??
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- dragos
- ny2
- 07 Mar 2007
I bought the EF81, very nice phone, the software is moving quick enough. the problem is I cannot connect the phone to PC using the USB data cable: can anyone please send me a link to a free downloadable driver to install USB, cause I couldn'n find one.PLS!!! overall, a very good phone, HQ.
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- elroy
- mNp
- 04 Mar 2007
@darknight/ Check siemensmania.cz.
I also have some questions. What do I need to change firmware and how to do it? Do you know any working page with an instruction?
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- darknight
- 4xh
- 27 Feb 2007
Good phone. But can someone direct me to the firmware upgrades please? I tried the Benq-Siemens website,Club seimens, but all the links are dead.If some one can e-mail me the files, that will be awesome too.
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- h3dy
- mVv
- 25 Feb 2007
wanna ask,how about the mp3?are they sound good too?thanks..
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- Marc
- my4
- 20 Feb 2007
Had this phone for a while now and i am really happy with it. It looks cool, is easy to use and comfortable. If i have one criticism it is that for all the features it has on it, the memory is a bit rubbish which means you need to get a memory card, its not a huge problem but would of been nice to have one with it
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- Andrew
- mAW
- 06 Feb 2007
cool phone, i have bought and I'm happy....cool !
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- Anonymous
- mAW
- 06 Feb 2007
Cool phone !
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- madhulika
- iwq
- 04 Feb 2007
I liked the phone EF81 The best feature is to learn multiple language superb for a tourist.
Does any other model possess more of dictionary n multiple language learning skill .
Do u hav eany shop in New Delhi India so that i can purchase the same.
My mobile 91- 9868812874
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- kCt
- 30 Jan 2007
hi i just got this phone, i dunno how to read german does anyone know how do i change the language cuz i dunno where to go since the strt where i turned it on some weird language came up plz let me know thnx
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- Anonymous
- nZn
- 24 Jan 2007
what's wrong with it ?? I just have a new one but I can't switch it on it always shows: "wrong battery - change or replace" so what should I do?