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@seal let it be done by experts, if u have experience in debranding etc dont mess around with it imo. rather pay a bit for the "action", i am sure there is a shop in your near who could do it for u.
good luck
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Posted: 2007-12-04 18:08:54
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To be perfectly honest, I don't feel comfortable letting an external source have posessing anything I own for repairs. I have a few computers, and have NEVER taken any of them to a repairshop, always doing it myself and saving me the money.
Besides, I'd never learn otherwise would I?
On another note, I found this forum post (not Esato, sadly...)
http://forums.se-nse.net/index.php?showtopic=16652 . It mentions the flash menu and "walkman skins", obviously not the one we want for the S500i, but similar all the same.
One more question, by "flashing", does it simply mean upgrading the firmware, or also flashing the Flash menus, settings such as camera noise, etc?
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[ This Message was edited by: Seal on 2007-12-04 17:13 ]
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Posted: 2007-12-04 18:13:33
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On 2007-12-04 18:05:19, Seal wrote:
tranced, thanks a lot. Would this work for the S500i? And with XSS++, would you be able to unlock it as well?
it does not unlock phones but flashing/customizing. it's not xss++, it's xs++
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Posted: 2007-12-04 18:15:14
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flash means debranding actaully, u put a generic fw on a branded fone. upgrade is for to put a newer fw version on the fone. generic and branded fones have upgrades too
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Posted: 2007-12-04 18:15:40
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On 2007-12-04 18:15:40, BobaFett wrote:
flash means debranding actaully, u put a generic fw on a branded fone. upgrade is for to put a newer fw version on the fone. generic and branded fones have upgrades too
Really? I never knew that a generic firmware was different to an operators firmware.
So, to get this straight for me, lets put an example up. Firmware A is the generic stuff. Its the latest one, newly accquired from Sony Ericsson (somehow). Firmware B is one from an operator, a version older than Firmware A.
Firmware A would have the straight-from-Sony Ericsson features, such as flash menus, and it would be up-to-date, all bugs known fixed. Firmware B would of course, have the branding, but have some bugs.
Is that the way it would work? And if so, if I got a Sony Ericsson S500i firmware edition that is generic, and flashed my phone, would I get flash menus?
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Posted: 2007-12-04 18:32:56
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operators put their own crap in the fones and ruin it imo, in the past u couldnt use mp3 tones as ringtone in voda branded fones for example. bets is alwasy to have a fone with generic fw and latest upgrade.
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Posted: 2007-12-04 18:34:44
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can't she switch her mobile number to T-mobile or is that not possible in UK?
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Posted: 2007-12-04 18:35:56
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Alright, so, to seal it.
If I were to buy her this phone on T-Mobile, and flash it with the latest generic firmware from SE, would it have flash menus and no branding whatsoever that T-Mobile would have had on there?
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Posted: 2007-12-04 18:43:06
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youre right! all branding stuff will be gone, once for all.
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Posted: 2007-12-04 18:51:48
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Great stuff. I have downloaded a firmware entitled "S500_R8BA024_RED52_FS_EUROPE_5_LY_enc" and another called "S500_R8BA024_RED52_FS_EUROPE_4_LY_enc". What are the differences between the two, and how do I install them using XS++, in brief? I don't need an in-depth tutorial, but I'm worried of making a balls up if I use the tutorial for another phone...
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Posted: 2007-12-04 19:12:47
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