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- 09-28-2003, 10:50 PM #1jamesGuest
Hi all,
Now keep in mind that I'm very happy with my SCP-6400...I used to have
the SCP-6200 and both phones satisfied my needs extremely well...but I
wanted to post these issues to see if other people have had them, and
if there are any solutions I'm not aware of. (Google search indicates
that they've not been mentioned before.)
Interestingly, all of these issues were also issues on my 6200.
1.) The most annoying for me...I have the phone set so that it won't
ring at all on phone calls that are private/unknown. However, if the
phone is set to ring level "vibrate" or "high+vibrate", the phone will
vibrate for a private/unknown call anyway (but won't ring.) And it
does just as it's instructed if the phone is set to any other ring
level...it won't ring at all.
2. Battery consumption on talk seems a touch higher than on the 6200
(an annoyance, since one of the reasons I got the 6400 was so that I
could get a new battery, the 6200's battery was staring to go.) But
here's the really weird one...the battery meter could be fully filled
in (all the hash marks there) and then I'll start up the browser...and
suddely two hash marks will disappear. While the broswer uses up a lot
of battery, it seems that just starting up the web decimates the
battery, and it happens almost always without fail, and I had the same
problem on the 6200 (though I didn't do much browsing on it.)
3. Another irritation is the fact that the phone stops displaying the
time if it has lost the digital signal. I don't see why Sanyo couldn't
have added a simple counter to keep the time showing under most
circumstances. As a side note, I would also love to have the time
showing while I'm on the phone (it's got the room to display both time
and length of call.)
4. Not a big irritation, but a curiosity. With key block on, all the
keys are blocked (a little message pops up saying that key block is
on, if any are pressed.) Except for the 9, * and # keys. So why not
block out those keys?
5. Finally, just another curiosity. Occasionally I can hear the party
calling me be connected into my phone (so I can hear them) for about
half a second before the phone actually rings. This seems to happen
with other phones...I've called someone, and heard them for about half
a second before I start to hear the phone ring. Can anyone explain
this?
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- 09-29-2003, 01:53 AM #2hatoncatGuest
Re: SCP-6400 irritating issues
james wrote:
> *Hi all,
>
> Now keep in mind that I'm very happy with my SCP-6400...I used to
> have
> the SCP-6200 and both phones satisfied my needs extremely well...but
> I
> wanted to post these issues to see if other people have had them,
> and
> if there are any solutions I'm not aware of. (Google search
> indicates
> that they've not been mentioned before.)
>
> Interestingly, all of these issues were also issues on my 6200.
>
> 1.) The most annoying for me...I have the phone set so that it won't
> ring at all on phone calls that are private/unknown. However, if the
> phone is set to ring level "vibrate" or "high+vibrate", the phone
> will
> vibrate for a private/unknown call anyway (but won't ring.) And it
> does just as it's instructed if the phone is set to any other ring
> level...it won't ring at all.
>
> 2. Battery consumption on talk seems a touch higher than on the 6200
> (an annoyance, since one of the reasons I got the 6400 was so that I
> could get a new battery, the 6200's battery was staring to go.) But
> here's the really weird one...the battery meter could be fully
> filled
> in (all the hash marks there) and then I'll start up the
> browser...and
> suddely two hash marks will disappear. While the broswer uses up a
> lot
> of battery, it seems that just starting up the web decimates the
> battery, and it happens almost always without fail, and I had the
> same
> problem on the 6200 (though I didn't do much browsing on it.)
>
> 3. Another irritation is the fact that the phone stops displaying
> the
> time if it has lost the digital signal. I don't see why Sanyo
> couldn't
> have added a simple counter to keep the time showing under most
> circumstances. As a side note, I would also love to have the time
> showing while I'm on the phone (it's got the room to display both
> time
> and length of call.)
>
> 4. Not a big irritation, but a curiosity. With key block on, all the
> keys are blocked (a little message pops up saying that key block is
> on, if any are pressed.) Except for the 9, * and # keys. So why not
> block out those keys?
>
> 5. Finally, just another curiosity. Occasionally I can hear the
> party
> calling me be connected into my phone (so I can hear them) for about
> half a second before the phone actually rings. This seems to happen
> with other phones...I've called someone, and heard them for about
> half
> a second before I start to hear the phone ring. Can anyone explain
> this? *
1) For some reason Sanyo doesn't let you independently control
vibrating and ringing settings. It's really pathetic.
2) The 6200 is a 2G phone, and has a different Qualcomm chipset than
the 3G 6400. I would not be suprised at all to hear it has worse
battery life.
3) Yep, another Sanyo failure. The newer Samsung phones and Hitachi
P300 keep track of the time, but Sanyo thinks you will always be in
range of a Sprint signal.
4) Bug in firmware. Sanyo & Sprint don't care enough to fix them...
5) The phone is sending the command to Sprint to push up the bandwidth
because you are taking the call. It's part of the CDMA EVRC codec,
it's just the 6400 has such a slow processor that the delay is
noticeable.
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- 09-29-2003, 10:36 AM #3O/SirisGuest
Re: SCP-6400 irritating issues
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]=20
says...
> 4) Bug in firmware. Sanyo & Sprint don't care enough to fix them...
>=20
911, *2, #ROAD
I'm guessing that we assumed there are numbers customers would always=20
want to contact, even with keypad lock.
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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.
- 09-29-2003, 12:04 PM #4Gr8 OzGuest
Re: SCP-6400 irritating issues
Ok, wait a minute....I am REALLY confused by this
given "reason".....Help me out here.....
It was specifically stated:
ALL THE
> keys are blocked (a little message pops up saying that key block is
> on, if any are pressed.) Except for the 9, * and # keys. So why not
> block out those keys?
AND THE RESPONSE WAS:
> > 911, *2, #ROAD...
Then this really ought to bake your noodle.....
HOW ARE THOSE OPTIONS POSSIBLE???
If 9 is enabled....11 are disabled,
* is enabled....2 is disabled,
# is enabled....ROAD are disabled ????
Does pressing the 1st key in a specific sequence
automatically temp. enable the remaing keys in that
sequence.....ie: cant dial 11 unless you 1st dial 9
cant dial 2 unless you first dial *
As long as you press # 1st while being locked then you
have the ability to dial ROAD and never unlock the keys?
If it is an exclusive "Safety calling feature" while the
phone is locked, where can I locate this feature for
this specific device? I may be wrong, but that doesn't
sound quite right to me. If it can in fact be done,
what other devices offer this "Key Lock-Dialing" feature
Any insight would be greatly
appreciated.
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tomorrow...
O/Siris <robjvargas@sprîntpcs.côm> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]=20
> says...
> > 4) Bug in firmware. Sanyo & Sprint don't care enough to fix them...
> >=20
>
> 911, *2, #ROAD
>
> I'm guessing that we assumed there are numbers customers would always=20
> want to contact, even with keypad lock.
>
> --=20
> -+-
> R=D8=DF
> O/Siris
> I work for SprintPCS
> I *don't* speak for them.
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- 09-30-2003, 09:42 AM #5Hemant ShahGuest
Re: SCP-6400 irritating issues
While stranded on information super highway O/Siris wrote:
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> Then this really ought to bake your noodle.....
> HOW ARE THOSE OPTIONS POSSIBLE???
>
> If 9 is enabled....11 are disabled,
If you press 9, 1 is disabled.
> * is enabled....2 is disabled,
> # is enabled....ROAD are disabled ????
Press '*' or '#' then 9 is disabled, after 9 is pressed 1 is disabled.
'2' and ROAD are still locked.
I tried it on my 6200.
>
> Does pressing the 1st key in a specific sequence
> automatically temp. enable the remaing keys in that
> sequence.....ie: cant dial 11 unless you 1st dial 9
> cant dial 2 unless you first dial *
> As long as you press # 1st while being locked then you
> have the ability to dial ROAD and never unlock the keys?
>
Not really. I'd have to try it out, but they have the lock codes set so
we can't do that in the lab. I just noticed that each of the keys in
question matched up with special needs numbers.
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- 09-30-2003, 09:42 PM #6jamesGuest
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On my 6400 I was able to do the following with keyblock on:
911
*911
#911
the 1 key does get enabled once a 9 has been typed. After a * or # has
been typed, the only thing that can be typed is a 9, once 91 (or #91,
*91) has been typed, I can only type another 1, and then it's all
locked out.
Still dunno what the purpose of the * and the # would be (since I
can't do *2 or anything like that) but I do see the merits of being
able to dial 911 with keyblock off.
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