BenQ-Siemens EF81
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BenQ-Siemens EF81

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  • 0Ua
  • 10 Sep 2007

i have read all the post about this phone , one or two praise this phone the rest.... ,anyway... i have it now ,slowest phone i ever seen ,nice menu ,good applications , very good camera , the sound is good(loud and of quality )but in calls its rather slow ,about battery ...3 days maximum ,data cable transfer its slow compared to other phones,but what to ask from its rather cheap compared to V3x , so i am pleased with it

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    • Bargain
    • AF1
    • 09 Sep 2007

    Does this phone supports MP3 for ringtones?Pls answer...
    Thank you

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      • shadey
      • pkk
      • 01 Sep 2007

      first of all, there is no driver for the cable, and a decent Win XP SP2 wil want to install it as a modem (damnest thing ever) but the driver from a siemens M55 or later ORIGINAL data cable will work just fine. indeed the mp3-s from bluetooth aren't recognised, but this only happened to me when i took mp-3-s from another phone. from the PC they work just fine. the biggest problem of siemens and later benq-siemens is that the damned things require WAP to be able to send or recieve MMS. and in my country most cell phone carriers have ceased to offer WAP services altogether.
      in the end it's an annoying phone but with some TLC it can become acceptable. this is true for me. i don't know what others think, but since i got it i'll make the best of it

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        • mqY
        • 30 Aug 2007

        Don't buy this or any other BenQ-Siemens phone. The company has gone into liquidation which means you won't get any support from them if anything goes wrong. My partner and I bought one each of these phones, which I thought were pretty good... One went wrong, the second went wrong, and is now being repaired again, but not through BenQ as they've closed their service centres. And on the other you can't use half the facilities like MMS and email as there's no BenQ Customer Service line to help set the phone up properly. Best advice - steer clear of this and any other BenQ phone!

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          • Anonymous
          • 4CK
          • 23 Aug 2007

          The lens rotates from back to front as u open the clamshell.No effort needed on ur part.

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            • marian
            • nih
            • 21 Aug 2007

            How can I rotate camera at the benq-siemens ef81?

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              • Louise
              • nEp
              • 18 Aug 2007

              I bought the EF81 last week and thought I would try updating to FW48 I downloaded the software and tried to run. For some reason it said that it found a CM05 phone and not an EF81 it then gave me a message that I was trying to download the wrong software. Anyone know why this would happen? Please help Thank you

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                • Besi
                • T4x
                • 15 Aug 2007

                I just bought this ef81 but i got a problem that is making go crazy. when i go to the call records to see a missed call, who have i talked to or who have i called it doesnt show anything. It always tells the list is empty. please help me. will the phone program be deleted if i format it ? please help :'(

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                  • Anonymous
                  • ny7
                  • 14 Aug 2007

                  can u conect this phone to a stereo bluetooth divace???? pls answer me as soon as posible because i understood that it recuiers i don`t know what version of bluetooth.

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                    • jelena
                    • pWX
                    • 12 Aug 2007

                    can this phone recieve files from computer by bluetooth,or only my phone is not ok?

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                      • cobra
                      • ny7
                      • 09 Aug 2007

                      I have one problem with the EF81. When I call in ORANGE network I can't hear when is ringing, any other problem I don't have yet. Can anyone tell me how I can resolve that? pls

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                        • ShOnE
                        • MRf
                        • 08 Aug 2007

                        Hi.i just bought the phone i got usb cable with it but not any drivers on cd.i dont know what to search.plz help me!!!

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                          • JIMI
                          • nnW
                          • 04 Aug 2007

                          I have lost my cd with the driver on it, can anyone post a link or something like that where i can download it

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                            • Paeijho
                            • wrY
                            • 25 Jul 2007

                            sounds like your EF81 need a FW update.
                            do it and i think it'll solve it.
                            the best, people said, is FW58.

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                              • LuciBoY
                              • 0U6
                              • 25 Jul 2007

                              i bought this phone 2 days ago and i allready have problems with it !!!it's turning off sometimes and the battery is terible!!!i have a question and i hope someone can answer it plss: how can i listen to mp3 on it !!i have only AAC sounds and if i receive an mp3 on bluetooth it says that there is no application to open the file !!!PLSS HELP !!!!

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                                • Paeijho
                                • wrY
                                • 21 Jul 2007

                                search for Brew Mobile Commander, download it and connect your EF81 with the BMC running and install any Java apps with it.
                                make sure you have both .jar and .jad files.

                                good luck.

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                                  • chris
                                  • PT}
                                  • 19 Jul 2007

                                  how can i install games in this phone??
                                  i think it is very difficult to the the user to know because theres no manual book to install games to pc and download to phone nyone can help me out??tnxs

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                                    • grafi
                                    • nCx
                                    • 16 Jul 2007

                                    i have spend thousands of dallars on phones and always got bored of them....i have stopped to this and could not belive the incredible price,,,i wanted this phone for a long time but was much too expendive...now got it for 130 dollars and im very happy with it...sound in earphones better then every nokia (even 3250) loud and with bass...exceptional photos on outdoors in speaker does sound loud but at maxiumum level not that clear stays very good in hands rafined material display is gr8 very colourfull glam phone worths every penny and belive me im a phone addict and all i say its true:) BUY IT NOW ITS GR8

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                                      • Serbia
                                      • ASJ
                                      • 12 Jul 2007

                                      Who has link for firmware V62?

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                                        • thiago
                                        • mGt
                                        • 11 Jul 2007

                                        benqsiemens ef81 is the best mobile ever you can get ! i got this mobile and there was no problem in it, i will face any one who thinks this mobile is bad,,,and everybody who wrote about it was a lyer