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Hey guys,
I was gonna buy myself a sim free w550, but as my car has packed up (again) i don't think i'm gonna be able to afford it for a month or two... Orange have offered me one free on upgrade and i was just wondering if anyone out there had an Orange(uk) branded one. What are the downsides of it? I've heard that you can't use the new menus on the branded ones? What new menus? And have they put that damn orange homescreen crap on it?
Thank in advance,
Burg.
[ This Message was edited by: Burgaz on 2006-01-18 06:39 ]
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Posted: 2006-01-18 05:28:45
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My girlfriend's got an Orange branded W550i, will have to have a closer look at it! It doesn't have the Orange logo on the front of the phone or anything though!
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Posted: 2006-01-18 07:10:09
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Cheers dude! Was more worried about the Homescreen tho. I damn well hate it! Let me know if ya could tho.
Burg
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Posted: 2006-01-18 07:38:30
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My mum got a W550i from Orange on a Talkshare recently, as she had to get a phone even though the SIM was for her car (integrated phone). So, she now has a nice 'spare' phone that turns out to be a generic model (with some stickers put on by Orange).
I haven't checked if it has a SIM lock, but there's no branding whatsoever. It came direct from Orange.
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Posted: 2006-01-18 11:12:53
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Sorry? Orange branded W550i? Who's got one of these? I had another thread about the Orange World portal not recognising my W550i and giving me a text only homepage.
When I called Orange for support they said that they couldn't help me because the W550i is not an Orange approved handset.
I did however see the W550i for sale in the Link with an Orange marketing poster behind it.
Strange.
Do you guys get the proper Orange World homepage and everything? I'm using a SIM free W550i.
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Posted: 2006-01-18 22:11:13
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Sadly it's sim locked, had a quick look in the service menu of my GF's once when she wasn't looking
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Posted: 2006-01-18 22:13:14
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Not worried about sim locks, just as long as there's no orange homescreen on the phone.
I don't think there is so i might just go 4 it.
Cheers 4 the help.
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Posted: 2006-01-18 22:34:00
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Can you all get the Orange World homepage though?
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Posted: 2006-01-18 22:36:26
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any chance of anyone sending me the startup/shutdown screens? and the theme if there is one.
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Posted: 2006-01-28 16:17:53
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Seems like the w550i is the only Walkman phone that's not supported by Hutch/Orange. I signed up for Hutch's GPRS service in India, and they didn't even tell me they didn't support the phone although I told them the model number. I only found out when I went to their site after failing to connect thru the phone despite having correct settings. I ended up paying rental for a month's service w/o even getting to access anything!
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Posted: 2006-04-26 12:15:58
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