My T610 is an 03Wk19 model bought from CPW in Islington, London - at first I put the hiss down to the "Ericsson" sound (I was upgrading from a Nokia so I figured it would sound different) but after a quick web search I realise that this is the much discussed faulty hiss. My phone also has the the dodgy bluetooth problems (when used with a HBH-30 headset) that some users are reporting and a call to CPW today confirmed that they would be happy to replace the phone as soon as they have some more in stock - expected 2 weeks time. Other forums suggest that we should not accept any phones that are pre 03Wk22 manufacture (on the label behind the battery) so let that be a word of warning to us all !

Apart from that it is a fab phone so dont be put off - just check the sell by date !

Good luck - Simon

Well all credit to CPW - not two weeks for a replacement T610 but 2 days. The new one is also an 03Wk19 phone but with no hiss and fully working bluetooth so all is now well. Interestingly the new handset has software version R2E and the old one was R2A - maybe this is the key to the bluetooth problem ?

Cheers - Simon

Good question. I'll ask...

Bad news for all potential T610 buyers, I bought one from CPW on Saturday which is Week 23 manufacture and software version R3B and I have both the hissing noise and problems with bluetooth- in particular the XTND software and Sony image suite cannot "see" the phone. However I know bluetooth is working as "my bluetooth places" (user app supplied with my bluetooth dongle)can see and pair with the phone!
Any ideas/suggestions welcome.

T610 sent to Celestica for screen repairs(3 weeks), unable to get through on the land line. anybody know of a direct line or website for celestica. Am worried, since no reply, phone sent by registered mail. Celestica does not answer their phone line!!!!!!!!!
HELP?????

Mail me with details, Duds; guy@kewney.com will find me. I'll see what I can find out...

Guy

T610: After 10 hours charging, battery doesn't last more than 6 hours. BlueTooth headset doesn't stand 2 hours IN STAND BY, it crashes as you try to SMS, swap from messaging to SETTINGS, crash and shut down without any reason and all data is lost, including GPRS settings. SonyEricsson folks told me that "their policy" (that NO ONE KNOWS before opening the box) is "to send for REPAIR" (imagine, a BROKEN product in the box) for A TRIP AROUND EUROPE. In short, you pay HELL of CASH for a buggy product believing that you got the cutting edge tool and they can't afford to REPLACE it in guarantee, leaving the customer WEEKS WITHOUT ITS PHONE. Useless to discuss with them after your money went away on their pockets. No wonder NOKIA is the leader, Ericsson was saved from bankruptcy by Sony and now all got even worst. Laws of nature will make its job, no firm making such bad products and policies can survive the competition.

I have sent so many sony ericsson phones T206 because the phones are searching for service

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can a phone whats been throgh a washing machine be fixed ( sony t610 )

Can't believe what I am reading!!!! Why the hell did I send my phone to this Celestica place! They are useless by the sounds of it...Grrr I woke up one morning to find the screen on my T610 distorted in blue/yellow colours....took it to 02 shop and apparently it had had too much pressure placed upon the screen...it was only in my bag though!
Anyway, they advised me to send it Recorded delivery asap to Celestica and then received an invoice to show that if repairs went ahead it would cost me £60+ and to let them know whether to go ahead with this or not....how I can do this when their bloody phone line is so shocking I have no idea- record time of being 'in the phone queue' waiting for a response stands at just over half an hour, from another mobile as I do not have a land line. So, what exactly am I meant to do?! Anybody out there who can help me??

Give us some more details, please! your name, a phone number, that sort of thing? Mail me direct, if you don't want to post it here.

I'm on <a href="mailto:guy@kewney.com"guy@kewney.com</a> and I'll see what I can find out.

can you help with receive volume setting and send volume setting for sony ericsson T610. Thanks

i accidently dropped my t610 in a tub of water and now it turns on but the screen is all black..is there any way i can fix it? home remedies anyone? i have no insurance on the phone so cant claim anything..please please please help! thanks!

I'd say your phone was pretty much history, sadly.

wish I could offer encouragement! - but it sounds terminal. Sorry!

I love my T610 but I worry that if I lose it that I will lose all my phone numbers in it. I use it for business and have over 100 client's numbers. Is there a way to save the phone numbers to my computer at home? If so, what product do I need and how do I do it. I have windows 2000xp on my computer.