Problem with update 4.0.2.A.0.69

[BilKos]

Hi.

I updated today my Xperia Mini to 0.69 from 0.62, and as I expected, I found some apps preinstalled (McAfee Security, Hot Shots, Music Unlimited, UEFA.com), which I simply unistalled in previous updates. I did so in that update too. BUT after rebooting my phone those apps get reinstalled by themselves! I tried that many times and the same always happens. I just can't get rid of them, though they can be theoretically unistalled! Which cannot be done with another 2 new preinstalled apps: Google+ and Google Messenger!:smileyangry:

1. Do you plan to fix this, or shall we have to consider updating ever again, fearing of new apps being installed on every update?

2. What's the 0.69 changelog? Because after what I've described, it seems to me that this update is simply to force users have on their devices Google+ and Google Messenger!

[BilKos]

I finnaly got a solution. I contacted again the Sony Ericsson Hellas (the Greek branch of SE), and they told me that my warranty is valid. They contacted the central Service Center in Athens, I took the phone there, and they fixed it. Now the phone has no problem with overheating. The touchscreen works perfectly. The did the calibration fix, changed some shield parts, and they flashed it with the Greek firmware. Now the phone is "for the Greek market"! It has the 0.62 firmware, and when checked with update service, it doesn't find any 0.69 update! No problems with those apps I mentioned before!

And the most important, in order not to have any warranty trouble in the future, they sent me a "Sony Ericsson Service Card", with which I can have it fixed in any service center I like, everywhere!

Thanks SE! I just hope that touchscreen problem doesn't appear again after some time...

[Markus1]

I am very happy to hear it all got sorted! Thanks for updating me with this info.

[#4]

Well - I called my local Sony Centre to see if they would re-flash my phone with the 0.62 firmware - and they catagorically refused to even talk to me about it and even suggested I tried to find a willing 3rd party to do it for me at my own risk. Over all this has been a very dissapointing experience from a brand that I had a lot of faith in.