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There have been many questions in this forum regarding the T68m to T68i firmware upgrade for US residents. As many of you know, this is not supported by
and there is no official way to get the upgrade anywhere in North America at this time. Esato is in contact with
USA regarding this matter and hopes to have more information soon on how to go about getting an authorized upgrade.
Some users have been able to find workarounds for the issue and have posted information in the forum about people and retail stores who are able and willing to perform an unauthorized upgrade in the US. Some of these locations are in PA, VT, NV and CA. Having an unauthorized firmware update performed on your phone is not condoned by
or your network provider and will void your warranty. If your phone is locked, it could also be considered a breach of contract by your network provider and disqualify you from future technical support.
Since many posts have already been written containing contact information for these unauthorized upgraders, please use either the search function or private messages to obtain the information instead of posting requests in the forum. Again, more official information should soon be available on the situation, so keep checking back!
Thanks for your cooperation,
The Esato Team
[ This Message was edited by: jnonhoffzieg on 2002-10-06 17:19 ]
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Posted: 2002-10-05 04:08:00
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Thank you for all the effort, you have done a brilliant job.
Guys!
Laffen and I have been in contact regularly over the last few weeks and decided that Esato needed a contact person in the US.
May we introduce that man:
JNONHOFFZIEG!
He has been in regular contact with SE US on this matter and is doing an impressive job. More information will follow.
Keep up the good work.
[ This Message was edited by: tranquil on 2002-10-08 12:18 ]
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Posted: 2002-10-05 09:16:00
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Yes I second that, although I am new to this site/forums I have gotten so much information from here that I feel this is a invaluable resource. Thanks Esato for helping us here in the U.S.
-Savoy
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Posted: 2002-10-05 16:43:00
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Hooray for jnonhoffzieg!! Thanks to Esato too. I check this board everyday for new stuff. It's great!
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Posted: 2002-10-05 16:46:00
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I agree it is really antiquated to have to send in your hardware for any type of software upgrade these days. You can connect the t68 vis BT IRDA and cable that should be good enough. Well in the future new phones will have that feature. Phone tech is where PC tech was approx 7 years ago IMO. This is all just getting started, we have a long way to go before we see really amazing things from wireless.
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Posted: 2002-10-08 00:50:00
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I totally agree that
should change their policy of not authorizing upgrades in North America. The upgrade should be available for everyone worldwide. We are still in the process of obtaining information from them which will immediately be posted here.
But please don't post information about unauthorized upgrades in the forum. There have already been many posts containing such info which you can find using the
Search tool. If you want to ask somebody directly, just send them a Private Message. Esato provides a vast amount of information on all topics but doesn't support the "grey market". Thanks guys!
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Lunar gray T68m upgraded to R2F0004 on Cingular - I want my MMS!
[ This Message was edited by: jnonhoffzieg on 2002-10-09 11:43 ]
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Posted: 2002-10-08 11:19:00
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Any fresh inofrmation on this situation?
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Posted: 2002-10-11 20:49:00
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Yes, read my post here:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=12114&forum=17
We can flash it ourselves.
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Posted: 2002-10-12 08:24:00
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MrSavoy, we're in contact with SE USA and will post any new information as soon as we get it...
[ This Message was edited by: jnonhoffzieg on 2002-10-15 06:20 ]
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Posted: 2002-10-13 10:52:00
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Jeff,
Do you have info or hear anything back regarding what firmware version the SE facility in MN use for the T68i?
On other posting you've mentioned R5D007, I've got a ref. nbr. issued for them do I need to tell them that I'd like to have a software/firmware upgrade to R5D007 specifically or it's official so they'll always use it?
The reason I ask the tech. support only know of R2E existence while my phone already w/ R3C out of the store.
Tkx much in adv!
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Posted: 2002-10-14 21:48:00
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