Walkman Phone Rocks Even Harder

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Janus Cycle

Janus Cycle

2 ай бұрын

Rockin' a Sony Ericsson W810 Walkman phone in fusion white running DOOM. With J2ME games & apps, VKP firmware patches and ELFs. Firmware version: R4EA031
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Sony Ericsson Modding:
mobilefree.justdanpo.ru/
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Music:
Bossa de Cores - 5711 & Farbrausch & Accession
Cocoon - Insight In An Unseizable World

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@gtrxAC
@gtrxAC 2 ай бұрын
9:23 I investigated the CPU speed further - there is a Java benchmarking tool called JBenchmark ACE that can (surprisingly accurately) estimate the CPU speed of a Java-enabled feature phone, and as it turns out, the K750's CPU is actually 110 MHz. This surprised me, because Sony Ericsson phones are known for being good at running Java apps.
@praptaku
@praptaku 2 ай бұрын
You are correct, models that use the DB2010 chipset, such as K750 and W810 have a 110MHz ARM9 CPU. However, ones with DB2020 and later DB3XXX chipsets, such as K800i, K550i and most of later ones use a 220MHz ARM9 CPU.
@praptaku
@praptaku 2 ай бұрын
I'll also add that while both K750 and W810 are DB2010 chipset phones, W810 has more RAM than other models that use that chipset, that's why it can run Doom, while K750 can't.
@spazjackrabbit61
@spazjackrabbit61 2 ай бұрын
looks like the java virtual machine in SE models are very well optimized for 2D stuff as in 3D stuff, nokia surpasses it (at least their smartphones, their Series 40 feature phones are on par in 3D stuff)
@lumpython5351
@lumpython5351 2 ай бұрын
Early days of Sony Ericson are infamously for slow performance for East Asian markets, like T610 T630, the CPU can't even handle basic text input, and java performance is even worse than Nokia S40, the performance improvement starts K700.
@BM-ob5pj
@BM-ob5pj 2 ай бұрын
K800i has a dedicated GPU in it. Now thats cool.
@pj2600
@pj2600 2 ай бұрын
good times... when the phones were fun to play with and explore new techs every day...
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@FR4M3Sharma
@FR4M3Sharma 2 ай бұрын
Androids still exist my dude. But they're also slowly going the apple way. Starting with Samsung putting efuses in the SOC for bootloader unlocking.
@trashtrash2169
@trashtrash2169 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, with terrible screens, cameras, slow UI, completely locked with no SIM, weird and cumbersome controls, and each with their own connectors. The Golden Age, really. Nowadays I can play console and pc games on my budget phone with apps for everything you could possibly want to do. There used to be a reason for unlocking or jailbreaking phones, but they can do so much without it now, so what's the point? Literally everything about phones is better now, they're even less locked down by default compared to 15 yrs ago. The only bad direction is the removal of the headphone jack and expandable storage. The phone I have is the last Samsung that seems to have both. I can't use wireless headphones, they all suck with bad audio quality. I have never used a pair that didn't sound bad, except for this one really cheap set of headphones, but they would turn to dust in a matter of months every time I bought them. Fixing was futile. Even 128gb is never enough for me, I'm a storage hog, and the most popular games are massive, Genshin is tens of gigabytes alone, something like 60+.
@trashtrash2169
@trashtrash2169 2 ай бұрын
I'd take this over the old phone landscape any day, though. Late 2010s was peak phones, but I think we can get there again with time, once adding gimmicks is cool again. The minimalism bubble will pop and function will return, this is how it always goes with design, nothing lasts forever. The harder we push towards modernism in design the rougher the spring back to rustic will be. Imagine Rococco coming back as peak displaying of wealth instead of geometric shapes stuck together. Of course, I'm talking about America, I have no idea what's going on in Europe. China seems to really like a kind of future mashed with ancient symbolism look, I think they might just stick with that forever, frankly, they REALLY like it. I can see why, it IS cool, but EVERY sci fi thing from China looks exactly the same. In America there's still some variability, like Star Wars and Star Trek style, or Tron, or Bladerunner, and Dune. There's even 60s foax future aesthetic. It might seem a bit out of nowhere to you, but I read plenty of ameteur web novels from China that ise that sort of look amd world, and it appears in big budget shows and games from China. They should get inspiration from Japan, they've taken SciFi through the ringer over there, they have a ton of cool ideas and looks that America hasn't touched, unless they're adapting a Japanese IP. Japanese media has some quirks that make it hard to watch, though, such as weird portrails of children characters and obsession with high school aged characters. I mean, there's a difference between having teenage protagonists, which is extremely common everywhere, and what happens in Japan sometimes. Oh yeah, and the incest. Game of Thrones had that, but I never watched it, and it fits with the setting, it kind of just seems like they like siblings in Japan. At least two popular shows I can think of are either roughly about incest or contain incest. There's also the enhanced horniness of almost every show. Unless you're watching true art, almost any Japanese show is touched by the hands of a raging pervert. If I had to think of true art shows, it'd probably be something like Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Kino no Tabi, SNAFU. I have a list of, like, 100 shows that I think manage to NOT suffer from weird quirks, but I also stopped watching shows from Japan over half a decade ago, so my memories and opinions have probably shifted around a bunch. A show that contains sexual imagery that I would still consider true art is Devilman Crybaby, younger me was not ready for that ending.
@leonardhpls6
@leonardhpls6 2 ай бұрын
​@@trashtrash2169 2010 behave 😂
@lenowoo
@lenowoo 2 ай бұрын
ahh. . . the pain of those old socket. . .
@thekornreeper
@thekornreeper 2 ай бұрын
Yes😊
@Stonos22
@Stonos22 2 ай бұрын
Oh hey, I'm the one that made MinesweeperClone that can be seen at 13:38 😁 Thanks for sending me a trip down the memory lane with these videos. I have very fond memories of modding my K800.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Awesome work! Thank you for contributing to the scene and giving us fun ELFs to play.
@principalitymedia
@principalitymedia 2 ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to have the k850i and these were amazing back in the day. i used to bluetooth/infrared songs to friends back n forth at school, the music composer was great fun, managed to download 1000s of games on it too, it was truly the smartphone of that era.
@Betherek
@Betherek 2 ай бұрын
K850 owners assemble! :)
@lumpython5351
@lumpython5351 2 ай бұрын
Have you encountered java runtime doesn't work at all? One of my classmates in highschool used K850 and the java periodically stopped working at all, and the only way to fix it is to go to the repair shop and reflash the firmware. Back in highschool we used java apps heavily, browsers, IM etc.
@leonardhpls6
@leonardhpls6 2 ай бұрын
Sending a song via Infrared 😂 damn those where the days. It literally took days
@GoldSrc_
@GoldSrc_ 2 ай бұрын
I still have my old K850 in a box somewhere. A friend had the K790, I remember being so amazed that those phones had real xenon flash.
@HA05GER
@HA05GER Ай бұрын
Absolutely epic phone I just wish I could have had the black and green, my provider didn't offer that colour.
@Nubrigtube
@Nubrigtube 2 ай бұрын
The w810i is my favorite phone adjusting to the era and what it offered. I even ordered the white housing to make it just like it is on the video. 6 years of pure joy.
@dimancor2925
@dimancor2925 2 ай бұрын
This hits hard with nostalgia... Thank you for a trip back to 2000s ☺
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, this was a fun one to make.
@simasisuppose
@simasisuppose 2 ай бұрын
Sony Ericsson W200i is probably the most amazing java phone I have ever owned, back in the day all Sony Ericsson phones felt like treasure boxes with all the themes, games and features they had. I got to try a 3D rally game on my friends W995 but on my own java phones I used to love playing: Townsmen 6, Heroes Lore Zero, Heroes Lore Windos of soltia, Robinson Crusoe: Shipwrecked, Bounce tales and Black Shark 2: Siberia. There are probably tons of games that I do not even remember but the ones I have listed above are highly recommended. It makes me really happy that there are people like you keeping the old phones alive and showing them off to generations that will likely never get to experience these majestic devices themselves.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Great games list, thank you.
@markinius8866
@markinius8866 2 ай бұрын
I really miss Sony Ericsson. These vids are unearthing buried memories of the k320i and the p900. MusicDJ was amazing on the k320i, and I'm pretty sure that the p900 was the reason why I got hooked with technology
@aftab277
@aftab277 2 ай бұрын
Not what is better - The video or the comments. Both full of substance, entertainment,memories and nostalgic stories!
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
I also really enjoy the comments. It's a great part of making these videos :)
@leeminh2401
@leeminh2401 2 ай бұрын
When I was in secondary school my dad gave me his old W550i so I could contact my family when needed, I must have played with the swivel mechanism everyday, it was so cool. Unfortunately I lost it but recently i found one on FB marketplace for cheap and planning to gift him it on his birthday next month
@leonardhpls6
@leonardhpls6 2 ай бұрын
Please video it so I can see his disappointment 😂 why would a 50 plus year old man want an old brick 😂
@tsymeh
@tsymeh 2 ай бұрын
@@leonardhpls6 Ñ
@fajarkurniawan9434
@fajarkurniawan9434 2 ай бұрын
@@leonardhpls6 maybe you are not old enough to estimate the value of nostalgia
@ilya238
@ilya238 2 ай бұрын
I had W810i back in high school, it is such a wonderful phone! Interesting enough, I didn't buy it, but found it on my way from school laying on an asphalt road. There were no SIM, memory card or any contacts, the phone was completely blank, a bit used judging from scratches and dents, but working properly nonetheless, as if someone actually threw it away for some reason...
@ohioplayer-bl9em
@ohioplayer-bl9em 2 ай бұрын
The affair phone… the memories it once held could have been priceless 😂.
@redgek
@redgek 2 ай бұрын
Dude, not only are your videos of outstanding quality and keep getting better! This and previous vids are about phones I wanted to so much back in the day! My brother had k750i and I remember seeing the "walkman version" as I called it and drooled over it. Loved that you got DooM runnuing on it, it looks at home on it :D Thank you for sharing these awesome videos with us!
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
I'm glad you are enjoying these videos, thanks!
@vask3863
@vask3863 2 ай бұрын
Sony and Ericcson phones and later as Sony Ericsson was very popular in Europe during the 2000's. They dominated the whole phone market together with Nokia.
@adagioleopard6415
@adagioleopard6415 2 ай бұрын
Man! Walkman phones were some of the best phones. I miss them. I remember the one that had the music creator. I made some awesome tunes on that. I never had one myself, but my friend had one and so did my sister. I had many Sony phones, but it was all smartphones, after the walkman days
@vadnegru
@vadnegru 2 ай бұрын
Music DJ or whatever it was called also existed on k550/750. You could export MID and use it as a ringtone
@adagioleopard6415
@adagioleopard6415 2 ай бұрын
@@vadnegru yeah! Made some cool tunes on that! I pulled it into Cakewalk and made a mp3 of it too
@James_Bond_Fantasy
@James_Bond_Fantasy Ай бұрын
I always wanted to have a Sony Ericsson Walkman phone because they had the fanciest UI and I was obsessed to Walkman. I was never able to afford one as I was a teenager and in China teenagers don’t have the chance to earn money by doing some part time jobs. Watching your videos is like realizing my dream from 20 years ago. Thank you so much for making the videos.
@debarkak
@debarkak 2 ай бұрын
phone modding was way more fun back in the day... miss those old days.
@Tazon
@Tazon 2 ай бұрын
Jesus that's a throwback for me! This whole video dug through my memories. I had the W810 and all of the tools in this video were a common sight for me of an evening after school, seeing what more I could do to my phone, be it new camera drivers, audio drivers, or the one thing I always struggled to get set up as a kid, the elfs. I've still got the phone in a drawer to this day, I think the last I left it it was in need of another re-flash, as it's stuck at the initial boot screen I think! Amusingly, the phone I had afterwards was the W995, though I don't -think- I did anything to mod that one. Both were utterly fantastic phones, and there's a reason I've kept them in the drawer so many years later. Both battered and well used, but absolute tanks with worlds of potential for their time. Thanks dude, really hit the nostalgia button in my brain this eve with this.
@SilverXTikal
@SilverXTikal Ай бұрын
I had found a slide version of this phone from Cingular that was white and orange. THAT PHONE WAS A BEAST! I was a kid and it was new at the time. My parents let me keep it so I could shut up about wanting a new phone not for the phone but the toying around with it. I collected cellphones and I was like 9 around this time. Best feature! Bluetooth PC Mouse. Teachers used projectors and our new MacBooks had gotten this fancy new feature called BLUETOOTH!!! It didn’t even ask for permission. I’d just connect and control my teachers laptops randomly at will during presentations 😈 I’ll never forget this phone
@Lachrymogenic
@Lachrymogenic 2 ай бұрын
Really interesting to see phones like this, makes me realize just how far technology has come and how stagnant it is today. Every android phone is the exact same while in the past, phones and other tech were extremely experimental and unique. There's a certain joy I get out of those old non minimalistic user interfaces, those quirky sounds they make, their apallingly bad video camera quality and how fast their CPUs actually run. We're blessed today with 4.5 GHz CPUs that we've taken modern technology for granted and we're not doing anything great with it, but seeing these small little bricks and what people can do with the limitations they impose is just incredible. Seeing DOOM run on a phone from the 2000s is magical to me.
@ciprianoravet
@ciprianoravet 2 ай бұрын
I must say, your video production quality is outstanding! I had the W800i from 2005 to 2011 until I got my first Android smartphone. It was the best quality and feature packed phone ever! I used it for everything, I even played multiplayer games via Bluetooth with my class mates, browsed the internet via Opera, send themes and games and even watched full length movies while travelling on it! The Walkman was amazing, the best player with playlists and everything, the audio quality outstanding! It genuinely was an amazing phone for the era. Wish manufacturers like Sony and others put this kind of attention to detail in their products now days...
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
I'm really glad you had lots of use out of your phone including video playback, it was tricky to encode videos.
@ciprianoravet
@ciprianoravet 2 ай бұрын
@@JanusCycle Yeah, I had a mp4 to 3gp converter, the good ol' days 😁. Also, the camera was good enough in daylight for small prints, better than a lot of point & shoots of the day 😇
@arizonapalms
@arizonapalms 2 ай бұрын
So cool to see these tools that I had no clue about back then. I had the K750i back in the day and spent hours "editing" in the VideoDJ applet. I still have a bunch of .3gp's from those days that are so low res/bitrate that you can barely make out what is going on! Jumping to the K750i from my Nokia 6230 was such a step up in terms of features. My last sony was the C905 which i had as a hand-me-down shortly before I switched to Android in 2010. Thanks for making this video it's so cool seeing this classic phones getting some love with such high quality production videos!
@JPGT
@JPGT 2 ай бұрын
I think that Sony Ericsson 's platform sits between S40 and Symbian v3, I remember how impressive it was when I saw the Video Editor function on my cousin's phone back in the day, when my Nokia S40 could only put .gif cliparts on photos.
@G4BR13L_
@G4BR13L_ 2 ай бұрын
I grew with Sony Ericsson's phones here in Brazil, me and my parents had various models overs the years, when i was a kid i loved playing the pre-installed games and even started downloading some .jar games from the web, they had great cameras for the time and many of my family memories that i had today were captured with these devices, they have a special place in my heart.
@ohioplayer-bl9em
@ohioplayer-bl9em 2 ай бұрын
On a long drive once using an old phone, not even sure what kind I remember getting the entire screen full of “snake”.
@bpruszczyk
@bpruszczyk 2 ай бұрын
i love how many of those patches filenames are written in polish with typos
@JumbleTasteSpinning
@JumbleTasteSpinning 2 ай бұрын
I had the W800i back in the day when it was new on the market. AMAZING phone i remember. Loved it so much. Fit perfect for music fan like me. Miss those days so much...
@Jackpkmn
@Jackpkmn 2 ай бұрын
It's interesting to me to see all these phones. They were much too high end for my blood back in the day. My first phone in 2010 was a motorla flip phone and not the razr that was too nice. The Motorola W418G straight out of the walmart bargain bin. That thing went though hell and came back scarred but was till working when i replaced it with a pantech marauder, still my favorite phone of all time.
@nuravlearn
@nuravlearn 2 ай бұрын
I never had these but I have always been fascinated by them... Wierd how I feel nostalgic for these phones without having owned or even handled one.
@leonardhpls6
@leonardhpls6 2 ай бұрын
How old are you😂 where you even born
@belstar1128
@belstar1128 2 ай бұрын
i knew a lot of people with them but i was with nokia
@nuravlearn
@nuravlearn 2 ай бұрын
@@leonardhpls6 I'm currently 30, I grew up in a small town in India...
@MazxsConsta
@MazxsConsta 2 ай бұрын
Ah those day of you xs++ and the Sony firmware software. Remembering when phones came from Vodafone and Orange in those horrible colours, red and black for V and orange and black for orange. Installing the wwe (world wide English) software, which would set all colours to the default Sony colours. As for the Bluetooth jacking, there might have been a few printers (in certain mobile shops), which they never locked their printer. Then a random message would print, to tell people to avoid buying the locked mobile phone from these shops. Good time. Good to see the old software also.
@Mitchbaz93
@Mitchbaz93 Ай бұрын
In my teens I had alot of Sony Ericsson phones and I used to do all the stuff your showing in this video. Man this takes me back lol,
@neoqueto
@neoqueto 2 ай бұрын
"Russian version of Tetris" as opposed to the default "Soviet version of Tetris"?
@AdaZ13
@AdaZ13 2 ай бұрын
Such a good reminder of old hoby! It's sad that so much old web resources of mods, tools and instructions died by now. Thanks for great content!🙏
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Enough info has been saved to keep modding, this is why I'm making these videos.
@FrankBlack64
@FrankBlack64 Ай бұрын
Also, this brings me back. I had a K310i that I modded flashing the W200 firmware, it enabled hidden flash memory within the phone, extending the base storage available to 15mb, and all the Walkman stuff! obviously, without the external storage, but who cared at that time. It was a nice free upgrade
@MrFatalZero
@MrFatalZero 2 ай бұрын
Oh man, I worked in telecom when these bad boys hit the market. I had both the K750i and the K800i, they were absolutely awesome! Sold heaps of these walkman phones too. I got the compatible walkman earbuds from an DOA walkman phone for my K800i and it was bloody great!
@Radi0he4d1
@Radi0he4d1 2 ай бұрын
The joys of flashing, every confirmation was such a rush!
@shoaibaalam8978
@shoaibaalam8978 2 ай бұрын
Your videos are amazing. You have such a great collection of old electronic techs and you explain them very well. I always learn something new from you. And your voice is like ASMR to me, it makes me feel calm and happy. Keep up the good work. 👍
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
I'm really glad you are enjoying the channel. Thank you.
@Zollee_Squirrel
@Zollee_Squirrel 2 ай бұрын
The keypad lighting looks so excellent
@amrkoptan4041
@amrkoptan4041 2 ай бұрын
Beautiful video as always!! that brings a lot of nostalgic moments to me as well, I had one of the K series phones and my friend had the W810i with external SE desktop speakers that were really powerful, way ahead of its time. we used to hang out with the MMR70 FM transmitter, the W810 was our music Jukebox :D
@giani1649
@giani1649 2 ай бұрын
please keep posting. your work its so refreshing to watch. great work
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
I really like that you describe these videos as refreshing, thank you very much.
@giani1649
@giani1649 2 ай бұрын
@@JanusCycle youtube these days is very robotic style, promoting everything and forgeting that the videos are supposed to entertain people and not sell something, while being fake... I can see the passion you put in this channel
@ivanintstudio
@ivanintstudio 2 ай бұрын
I remember playing bluetooth biplanes with my friends at school, what a great times! Also my favorite games were: asphalt urban gt, racing fever gt, orcs and elves, worms 2007, gravity defied, bounce, xiii, prince of persia harem adventures. Thank you for video!
@moskvichshowarchive
@moskvichshowarchive 2 ай бұрын
BT biplanes тема!!! Сколько ж там "часов налёта" было проведено, ух. Разные люди, общие воспоминания...
@blueeyedbaer
@blueeyedbaer 2 ай бұрын
I had K530i and flashed it with W series software, and it worked perfectly. Which shows that K and W series were essentially same phones, just with different design and custom software.
@burgerbeatz6293
@burgerbeatz6293 2 ай бұрын
Nice trip down memory lane, still very fond of my w810i. Well done
@leonjones7487
@leonjones7487 2 ай бұрын
I loved this phone. It had some of the best sounding earbuds, too. I listened to music all day at work with it.
@robertoXCX
@robertoXCX 2 ай бұрын
I had a Sony Ericsson W580i which was a slider Walkman phone. To this day, that's still probably my favorite phone I've ever had (for its time)
@mesicek7
@mesicek7 2 ай бұрын
Any chance you could do a Symbian OS showcase for the Nokia phones from the early-mid00s? Most people don't even know what kind of stuff you could do with a Symbian OS phone back then.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Yes, Nokia and Symbian modding is something I want to try out.
@Nick_1911
@Nick_1911 2 ай бұрын
... and speaking of sony ericsson and symbian OS , there is a crossing point - Sony Ericsson P900i (it has symbian and it is a smartphone , but i don't know what was the modability of those , never had one )
@1ksan1997
@1ksan1997 2 ай бұрын
I had p910, succesor of p900, sure it has Symbian os on it, but its different from every kind symbian on nokia, the Sony Ericsson P series (such as p800, p900, p910,p990, etc) had symbian UIQ OS,
@mesicek7
@mesicek7 2 ай бұрын
@@1ksan1997 The SE P9xx series had Symbian UIQ series i think while the early Nokia phones like 7650/3650/6600... had Series60
@1ksan1997
@1ksan1997 2 ай бұрын
@@mesicek7 yes, indeed althought both are use the same .sis installer file, they are totally different, sis file from pxxxx cant be install on 3660 and vice versa Actually there is one and only Nokia phone with Symbian UIQ, the 6708, but actually its only benq p31 rebranding for china market😂
@user-gg2xq9qi3x
@user-gg2xq9qi3x 2 ай бұрын
@0:34 Nostalgia moment, haven't seen that interface in years! Thank you for sharing!
@atomikrobot300099
@atomikrobot300099 2 ай бұрын
Great series! Thank you for brining back lots of memories!
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
cool, thanks
@USBEN.
@USBEN. Ай бұрын
I miss the lovely phone designs of the past.
@karo3529
@karo3529 2 ай бұрын
I had the K510i with a broken joystick. That phone made me fall in love with Sony Ericsson phones. One thing you can try doing when navigating or playing games is that you can use the number pad in place of the nav buttons on these phones.
@VladoT
@VladoT 2 ай бұрын
This proves that Sony had a missed opportunity to enable third party apps and whole app store concept since the hardware seems capable enough for incredible stuff
@sebastianpissinger2113
@sebastianpissinger2113 2 ай бұрын
Never pulled my W810i out of the showcase this fast. Love your content 🥰
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
I love that you keep yours in a showcase.
@sebastianpissinger2113
@sebastianpissinger2113 2 ай бұрын
@@JanusCycle How it's supposed to be. Right next to the K750i, K800i and the Motorola Razer V3i 🥰
@user-yc1gn8tu9w
@user-yc1gn8tu9w 2 ай бұрын
The best phone every... Period! Bought 4 of them for family... Still have mine. Must have bought 5 phones after that, but it's the only one still have kept... They don't make it like this anymore. The UI and the way all the buttons next to the screen could control the UI was just amazing. Was faster than using a touchscreen
@xymaryai8283
@xymaryai8283 2 ай бұрын
GOF2?!?!!?!!?! thats insane! its still one of the best space mobile games, and has a full desktop version, Mkkt Bkkt approved
@samuraijaydee
@samuraijaydee 2 ай бұрын
Brilliant work as ever. Fascinating!
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
thank you
@kirilnikolovski81
@kirilnikolovski81 2 ай бұрын
Always great to watch your vids.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
thank you
@cocusar
@cocusar 2 ай бұрын
you did it!!! oh man, this is peak sony ericsson flashing experience! love it
@eain9009
@eain9009 Ай бұрын
I loved this phone when i got it, there was a ton of web forums to get games from. I still have it in the old phone drawer in my lockup.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle Ай бұрын
I'm glad you kept yours.
@markbailey1911
@markbailey1911 2 ай бұрын
I had the W995 what a great phone that was..look forward to videos about that. Great content thankyou
@aftab277
@aftab277 2 ай бұрын
I was always moved by how good the sound quality was on walkman phones. Far better than ipods, even the earphones provided with the ipods were flimsy and never used to stay put in the ear. Whereas walkman phones used to come with the best earphones at that time. Great time it was!
@ursulmusic
@ursulmusic 2 ай бұрын
The custom menu themes are actually based on Flash content, they have a .SWF flash file being for the main menu. The .SWF file has to be already in the firmware somewhere, it can't be included in the theme itself.
@spazjackrabbit61
@spazjackrabbit61 2 ай бұрын
yeah it's in the system files
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Very interesting, thank you
@manos.tz_
@manos.tz_ 2 ай бұрын
The fact that the snow effect is still used in ios jailbreaking with "stella" is fascinating
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
That is interesting, thanks for letting me know!
@richjamjam
@richjamjam 2 ай бұрын
You always have great outro music. Always nicely trancey and techy.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
thank you
@hrnekbezucha
@hrnekbezucha 2 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, these phones rocked. I still have the W810i and K750i. Good memories of messing with XS++, I never got into elfs but I do have custom firmware, and the black W810i with orange middle piece from white W200i, it looks really cool that way. And the built-in music composition tool was lots of fun to use as well! The only thing I hated on them was the connector. Earphones or charger would just not stay put no matter what. K750 and newer models would ask if you want to play music on loudspeaker when the earphones disconnected but the W810 didn't. So there were many awkward moments in the bus on the way to school.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Yes, the connector plugs do wear out easily.
@MegaButze
@MegaButze 2 ай бұрын
I can still remember when I figured out how to send java games to my classmates via bluetooth and infrared with my k750i. The most popular games at school were Doodle Jump, Zuma, Bubble Shooter, Berlin Chaos, Tower Bloxx, Tornado Mania and of course the classics like snake and tetris.
@RandomDude-uz1fg
@RandomDude-uz1fg 2 ай бұрын
Man Your voice is very calm and comfortable to listen to
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Hey, thank you for this compliment.
@garishanth
@garishanth 2 ай бұрын
This was my first phone. Nostalgic!
@felipecel
@felipecel Ай бұрын
I had a w810i in 2008 it lasted until 2010 I just loved him
@computer_toucher
@computer_toucher 2 ай бұрын
Really loved my K750i - great camera for the time and a great MP3 player.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
K750, one of my favourite models of all time :)
@theGamer93
@theGamer93 2 ай бұрын
Sony Ericsson Modding was my life when I was in school. Everyone wanted to have his phone modded from me. I flashed Walkman firmware on cybershot, debranded provider phones and flashed patches and stuff
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
You provided a great service to people. I bet you had the best modded firmware running on your phone.
@theGamer93
@theGamer93 2 ай бұрын
@@JanusCycle I had an K800i with K810i Firmware, modded config Files and several vkp-Patches. I was full into „mod it till it breaks“ 😂
@RoderickMonroe
@RoderickMonroe 2 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh!! I loved these phones!! Not sure how I found this channel but instant subs for sure!
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Cool, thanks!
@chrono0097
@chrono0097 2 ай бұрын
Those custom menus in old Sony Ericsson themes are Flash Lite apps actually, it was a downgraded version of the Flash player designed for mobile deviced, some other phones like the SE W200a supported them, not by default strangely
@kubburdigital
@kubburdigital 10 сағат бұрын
i had the w810i and i loved it, later i got the w880i and i still miss that one, it had a web brower so i could scroll the news and listen to a podcast on my way to work
@GGori_99
@GGori_99 2 ай бұрын
Its amazing how they could actually lock the phone to a deep signal levels..
@Kmzhr
@Kmzhr 2 ай бұрын
I had a W300i in White, I used to love the Super Bass feature Good times
@FrostarmyN7
@FrostarmyN7 2 ай бұрын
I remember back in 2007 when there was an event in my country from Coca Cola where each hour 10 people that participated were chosen to win an W610i and my family was one of the lucky ones. I don't remember the exact number of phones given out, but they were in the hundreds! There were even neighbours that had won the phone as well. Probably the best phone give away event there was. Nowadays' ones are a joke compared to the scale of this one. It was an amazing phone for making photos with its 2 mpx camera, listening to music and it even had a music making program on it. The customization that it offered was astonishingly big with all the themes available. The design was also pretty stylish with curved corners and a black/orange coloring. It served me well for the few years I had it. Great phone overall for its time and I might search and buy one for old times sake.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
That must have been fun to win.
@FrostarmyN7
@FrostarmyN7 2 ай бұрын
Indeed it was! And it was even more fun to use it!
@sanjidhossin591
@sanjidhossin591 2 ай бұрын
What a beautiful looking phone One of my favorite phone
@Sb129
@Sb129 2 ай бұрын
Back when every cellphone was unique~ I do miss those days.
@LexoAstonov
@LexoAstonov 2 ай бұрын
I used to flash my K750 back in the day a lot. Basically turned it into a cooler W800 with its original black shell but the metallic orange mid frame. It also had a task manager for much better basic multitasking, turning it into a smart phone before the smart phones. I remember that the brown version firmware was the last revision and it was generally better to just avoid it and give up immediatelly, because flashing it would brick the phone. didn't help that Far Manager was a finicky piece of software. Wolfenstein RPG and Splinter Cell were THE games to play! Game Boy Color emulation was also a neat thing. Used to play Pokémon Silver on the K750.
@frusanov
@frusanov 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your Sony Ericsson videos. Such nostalgic for me. I had a K750i when I was a kid, I experimented back and forth with firmware on it. I had installed Walkman firmware, custom boot screen and shortcuts for Opera and Gravity Defied right in main menu. Unfortunately I brick that phone with wrong firmware. I think today I will able to repair it, but phone is long gone
@KizXii
@KizXii 2 ай бұрын
I grew up with this. This was the phone I used as a kid and the amount of java games that I played on it oh my god the nostalgia
@KizXii
@KizXii 2 ай бұрын
I still have it stashed somewhere together with the old sonic ericssons including my parent's. Battery's dead though
@thekornreeper
@thekornreeper 2 ай бұрын
Had one of these, still miss it
@richjamjam
@richjamjam 2 ай бұрын
Yes! Sunday is complete! Commenting before even watching!
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
I'm glad I was able to add something to your Sunday experience :)
@LilCurlyBlonde
@LilCurlyBlonde 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely loved my K500i (mid budget option at the time) for it's theming ability , something i've learned from the prior Z200 i got as my first color screen phone, and the reason why i moved on to X10 mini pro as my first android smartphone as well, then to move on to the xperia pro mode which i loved for it's big screen and keyboard. So I guess SonyEricsson did carry me thru my tech adolescence journey .
@Andrzej_Szpadel
@Andrzej_Szpadel 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for great video. i have a ton of memories with this phone W810 made me use to SE and now SONY, i still have SE Hazel i need to unlock and thanks to you i might be able to do that since its locked to one simcard.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Nice phone, I hope you can unlock it.
@emdotrod
@emdotrod 2 ай бұрын
Walkman phones are usually just a regular Sony Ericsson phone with different design and Walkman features on its firmware. So it's possible to flash a Walkman player to a regular Sony Ericsson phones
@proatw
@proatw 2 ай бұрын
Takes me back to the times I was browsing the SE-NSE forums daily. I had a K750i :D
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
I was on SE-NSE too for my K750 mods :)
@muusi5708
@muusi5708 2 ай бұрын
You seriously have the nicest voice I've ever heard. Would love to see a video about the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play! Still have mine modded.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
I've been looking out for a Play for a while now.
@SUCHMISH
@SUCHMISH 2 ай бұрын
I had one that slid up... I forgot what model it was, but I do remember that thing having a good camera and it was a fantastic MP3 player that came with some Kick Butt earbuds!!
@dm1i
@dm1i 2 ай бұрын
Tenchu - Ayames Tale 3D was a very impressive 3D JAVA game for Sony Ericsson phones.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
interesting suggestion, thank you.
@brockachoo
@brockachoo 2 ай бұрын
What a super awesome phone!!! and a super awesome video as always
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
thanks :)
@djarc9
@djarc9 2 ай бұрын
I have great memories with my w580i. The biggest advantage that phone had at the time was the inclusion of a proprietary RCA audio cable. Many beach parties were saved thanks to that phone. My favorite thing though was the aesthetics when it came to the themes and light effects; fireworks on new years, bats and glowing eyes for halloween, snow at christmas - almost makes me want to find a working model just for the nostalgia.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Seasonal effects and themes sounds really good.
@Praylv
@Praylv 2 ай бұрын
Finally a good quality video that covers the Firmware patching and driver modding and elfs.
@JanusCycle
@JanusCycle 2 ай бұрын
Yes! I make these videos because these are the ones I want to see.
@genericgoosereturns
@genericgoosereturns 2 ай бұрын
i remember a kid at school had an ericsson, it was so cool
@RippleDee
@RippleDee 2 ай бұрын
My dad had w810i and my mind was blown by need for speed undercover on it
@pinkorcyanbutlong5651
@pinkorcyanbutlong5651 2 ай бұрын
omg, I actually had (or one of my parents) this phone! this video has unlocked some memories. specially remember playing the music notes game and diamond rush
@MegaManNeo
@MegaManNeo 2 ай бұрын
Back when it was recent, I was super hyped for the Cedar J108i. Still have mine too and remember how cool it was to browse the Internet using 3G on that thing, to listen to music or just to play tons and tons of games. I wonder if there's any custom software for that thing. Back then, there was actually software that let me control music players on my Linux machine using that phone via bluetooth which I thought was really cool.
@shuginubi
@shuginubi 2 ай бұрын
This one was so far best I've ever had.
@MrMagamarc
@MrMagamarc 2 ай бұрын
Oh man i had a blast as a kid bluebugging my classmates phones and letting them ring so the teachers would get mad.
@davevan9150
@davevan9150 2 ай бұрын
I still have my w810i, I always liked it. So compact, nice camera for the time, plus music. I think it was a great step forward in cellphones.
@robertbin28
@robertbin28 2 ай бұрын
ohh! i still remember the day i bought W810i i was listening to song that whole night :D one of the best phone of that era. awesome camera i have bunch of picture taken from this phone. Great memory
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