DONT BUY Z500A !!!!

<routman@colorado.edu> wrote in message
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> Do not buy the Z500a phone! Why? Because of serious software and
> mechanical problems. The phone freezes and locks up when the phone is
> in silent mode. I exchanged the phone for another z500a and it had the
> exact same problem! The only way to unfreeze it is to remove the
> battery. Sony Ericsson said it was a software problem that they were
> aware of.
>
> Here's another problem with the phone. The exterior screen and camera
> gathers dust inside the faceplate. I had to clean it out on a daily
> basis. Had the same problem with both of the phones I owned.
>
> Yet another problem. When you close the phone, the internal screen
> remains on for 15 seconds or so. What a waste of batteries! In
> conclusion, the z500a is a cheap, peice of junk. You get what you pay
> for. I'm not ripping on Sony Ericsson. I think they make the best
> phones. But the Z500a must be the worst they've made in the past few
> years.
>

My wife's phone has the dust inside the faceplate problem. Could you please
tell how you cleaned it out? I don't want to break the front panel.
Al

you push down on the faceplate with your palm and slide it off (slide
towards the bottom of the phone). Good luck.

It was a cingular phone. According to the code inside the phone it was
manufactured in week 03 of 2005.

<routman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> you push down on the faceplate with your palm and slide it off (slide
> towards the bottom of the phone). Good luck.
>

I ended up going back to a dealer for faceplate removal. He couldn't do
it. Even tried a new phone. Then he called two other friends who were
dealers. The said the same things routman advised. No luck again.
So my dealer took out his tool kit and pried with great difficulty. I would
have been nervous
doing that myself. He finally got it off.

No doubt it is a very poor physical design.

My wife and daughter's cellphones both went dead within the last 2 days,
they
had to remove the battery. The wife's took hours for the electrolytic caps
to
drain so the lockup to clear.

Al

>> you push down on the faceplate with your palm and slide it off (slide
>> towards the bottom of the phone). Good luck.
>>
>
> I ended up going back to a dealer for faceplate removal. He couldn't do
> it. Even tried a new phone. Then he called two other friends who were
> dealers. The said the same things routman advised. No luck again.
> So my dealer took out his tool kit and pried with great difficulty. I
> would have been nervous
> doing that myself. He finally got it off.
>
> No doubt it is a very poor physical design.
>
> My wife and daughter's cellphones both went dead within the last 2 days,
> they
> had to remove the battery. The wife's took hours for the electrolytic
> caps to
> drain so the lockup to clear.
>
> Al
>

It took me a few tries to get the faceplate off the first time, but once I
was able to do it, I have never had a problem doing it again.

I have had my Z500a over a month with *no problems whatsover*. Well
actually my only problems are learning all the features. I chose thi
phone w/o any forethought as it seemed to be the best of the availabl
"free" choices. You see, after more than 4 years with m
super-dependable, super-rugged, and super-simple little Nokia sh
finally gave up the ghost. Actually, after all the abuse she took sh
probably did not have the strength to recover from her 1st encounte
with H2O. I took her in and wanted a replacement but the model was n
longer made. Plus they told me I was eligible for a "free upgrade"
Upgrade was right. For me the z500a is like going from a calculator t
a computer. There's so much to learn.

Anyways, when I learned about the downloading feature I immediately go
me a DSS-25 SynchStation and began replacing the stupid sony stuff wit
my own stuff. When my Lady calls her picture displays and "our song" i
the ringtone. When my youngest daughter calls a classic line from
Daffy Duck cartoon plays with a picture of her on the screen.

Technology ... isn't it *great?!! * ;

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XiKan
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I agree with what you've all been saying about the z500a. I have a lo
of reception problems with mine. The salesman (never believe them
said that internal antennas are great. Thats BS, I'm sticking wit
externals made by motorola. With internals I go into a building an
the signal goes to crap. The external motorola's have no problems.
The camera and video work great on the phone but with all the softwar
it makes it slow down when you push the buttons. I'll never buy Son
Ericsson again!! -Crai

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ffpmedi

ROTFL what stupidity