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sounds like a good tip. I'll do that tonight.
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Posted: 2007-05-01 12:47:16
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Guys I just want to clarify something?

Lets say you change the product code from Vodafone to Europe Generic

Upgrade the firmware

Change the product code back to Vodafone.

In future will the phone only pick up Vodafone firmware updates or will it continue to look for generic firmware updates?
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Posted: 2007-05-01 12:49:24
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yuo'll need to change the product code before each update
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Posted: 2007-05-01 12:52:50
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well if the product code is set to a voda one, then it will look for voda.

best to only change it to a generic one while you upgrade the firmware, then change it back.

go by floatlite's tips and you 'should' be fine
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Posted: 2007-05-01 12:55:19
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this must b a new security measure on the newer handsets as i've done this on two E61's and have never changed them back to the branded versions and they have worked fine and dandy for the last 6mths.... lol....

p.s. also updated a couple of N95's a couple of weeks ago to v11 and they havent had ANY probs yet like they were havin with v10 firmware so this new version is looking good on all sides atm!

J.

[ This Message was edited by: voda_jon on 2007-05-01 12:11 ]
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Posted: 2007-05-01 13:10:09
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Hi - I'm being very cautious here, but if I change my product code, THEN do a phone back up to card, update my firmware to generic, will restoring from card still brick the phone??
Also, how risky is the update process? I'm worried about the reports of people (who all seem to know more than I do) killing their phones.
Alternatively, as I can get VOIP via fring with my existing voda firmware, pehaps it's worth just waiting for the voda firmware to be available? My main problem with existing firmware is unreliable WLAN connection to my Netgear router.
What do you all think?
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Posted: 2007-05-01 13:18:24
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No, you cannot use a backup from a previous firmware.

I'll make this as simple as possible.

Product Code.

All this does is allow the nokia update service to identify the software that is to be loaded onto the phone. If you have a vodafone branded N95 and leave it as delivered the product code is 0547869. When you connect to NUS, the NUS reads this code and it then updates the phone with the correct firmware.

Now the nss software allows the user to alter the product code to another, for example 0536062, the N95 Euro 1 generic version.

So if you change the code using nss, the next time you connect to NUS, it reads this code, and loads the firmware for that product code.

Thats basically all the product code does.

Now if you have a vodafone N95, and change the product code to Euro 1 using nss, nothing has changed except the product code. The phone is still a Vodafone N95. This only changes when you actuall connect it to NUS and update the phone.

So if you have a vodafone N95, and change the product code, and then create a back up, the back up is still a vodafone N95 firmware backup.

So if you are changing from one firware product code version to another, you CANNOT use the older back up.

If you change from a vodafone N95 to a Euro 1N95, you need to add your contacts, and programs manually again.

If you happen to be silly and do use an old backup from the vodafone N95, the phone will not start, and it will tell you, "phone failed to start. Please contact Supplier"

You can get back from this though by performing a hard reset. This process removes all the back ups and reverts the firmware to as if it had just been flashed.

To do this, do the following

Turn OFF the phone.


Hold the following buttons together

Green answer button
* Key
3 key

whilst holding them, press the power on button, and keep holding the other 3 buttons together.

The phone will reset and restart after about 20 seconds.

Hope this explains it all

David
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Posted: 2007-05-01 13:38:51
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Im not sure, how do u check this?
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Posted: 2007-05-01 14:53:39
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its written on the label on the box. (from memory) its a 7 digit code and it says product id or something similar next to it
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Posted: 2007-05-01 14:59:27
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also its on the label under the battery above the IMEI number
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Posted: 2007-05-01 15:02:56
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