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Z520a issues
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Posted by: zztzed

I got a Z520a about a month ago, and since then, I've noticed some odd problems with it. Seems like problems with the phone's filesystem -- the selection highlight image in the main menu will disappear sometimes and get replaced with a black square, sometimes Java applets will fail to start with an "application error", sometimes it quits showing people's caller ID pictures or playing my (MP3) ringtone or recognizing voice dial commands.

Typically these problems crop up after the phone's been on for a day or two, sometimes sooner than that, and usually after it's been charging while turned on. Power-cycling fixes it, although lately it's become increasingly common to have to pull the battery to get it to turn back on after I turn it off.

I don't know if it's related, but interestingly, I didn't seem to have these problems (or at least didn't notice them) when I used any of the (crappy) stock themes. (Incidentally, does anyone know of any way around the protection on the preloaded crap? I'm really cheesed off that you can't delete any of it -- I'm never going to use those lame ringtones or pictures! At least on the T616 you could delete most of it, and there was that master-reset/battery-pull trick you could do that supposedly got rid of the rest of it. Ah, but I digress...)

So is anyone else having these problems, or did I get a lemon? And if so, what should I do? I got it just over 30 days ago so it'd be outside the return window by now.

Posted by: da_ticklah

I have had this problem once or twice and a colleague of mine at work has this happen atleast 2 times a week. Odd thing is I have all the wierd crap on my phone (vid clips, mp3's, non cingular/sony java games and themes) my colleagues phone is bone stock. only thing is he lives in an older part of the city (Memphis) and maybe has less consistent coverage on his dialy commute.

O/T when I was in SC Spartanburg I had no problems.

Posted by: bbdog72

yeah i've had these problems too and it wont ring sometimes it just vibrates and the outer display is just scrambled it is getting annoying i'm looking for a different phone on ebay

Posted by: zztzed

Hmm. So it's not just me, then?

Should I try my luck with XBM? I was considering that initially, but it sounds like I might just end up with another phone with the same problem.

Posted by: Michael95GT

No problems here, so far.

I have noticed though, that SOME of the more animated K750 themes i've tried do seem to slow the UI down quite a bit.

Posted by: zztzed

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Originally Posted by Michael95GT

No problems here, so far.

I have noticed though, that SOME of the more animated K750 themes i've tried do seem to slow the UI down quite a bit.

How long have you had yours? Do you use it as your primary phone?

Posted by: Michael95GT

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How long have you had yours? Do you use it as your primary phone?

I can't remember exactly, around the beginning of October, when BestBuy first got them. I bought the first one.

I swap between it and my Razr.