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I thought I would start a thread with any information about debranding a K850i.

I did this for the UIQ3 phones and it worked well: http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=130758

Does anyone know if its possible yet? Any information at all will be appriciated

Cheers

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Nokia 402 -> Nokia 3310 -> Nokia 3510i -> Nokia 6100 -> SE V800i -> Samsung D500 -> SE K750i -> SE W900i -> SE K800i -> SE P990i -> SE K850i (and also back to my P990i most of the time - oh how I miss it )

[ This Message was edited by: Sainty on 2007-11-25 17:45 ]
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Posted: 2007-10-14 22:30:08
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It's unavailable as of now.
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Posted: 2007-10-15 02:54:00
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Have in the past hour debranded my phone using Davinciteam to R1CA029 CDA1201-9794, and then used FOTA to update to R1CA037! Worked really well, first thing I noticed straight away is the photos seem to save much quicker!
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Posted: 2007-11-24 16:36:12
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Please could someone explain the benefits of debranding? I have an O2 branded K850i and have heard alot of people wanting to unbrand their K850i's however I don't know why.
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Posted: 2007-11-24 17:14:10
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Debranding allows you to get the latest firmware as it's released by SE.

Operators will normally give you branded handsets. With these, they approve firmwares as they're released. In some instances, they don't approve firmware and you're stuck with the firmware they give you i.e. different icons, some functionality disabled, etc.


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Posted: 2007-11-24 17:29:50
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Oh yeh, i understand, thanks for the explanation.
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Posted: 2007-11-24 17:53:31
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im just about to do this, which one do you go for though, im confused...

K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1201-9791 O2 UK/BLUE WESTERN-EUROPE
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1201-9799 MOBILKOM A1 AT/ BLUE VFE-LIVE-A
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1201-9841 WIND GR/VELVET BLUE ADRIATIC
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1202-0154 CUSTOMIZED HONG KONG/ GREEN HONG-KONG
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1202-0156 CUSTOMIZED HONG KONG/ BLUE HONG-KONG
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1202-0168 BITE LITHUANIA/ VELVET BLUE BALTIC
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1202-0176 TELEFONICA O2 CZ/ BLUE CENTRAL-EUROPE
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1202-0197 CUSTOMIZED AR/ BLUE AMERICA
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1202-0215 MOVISTAR CL/ BLUE AMERICA
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1202-0226 TELEMNOVIL SV/ GREEN AMERICA
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1202-0229 DIGICEL JM/ GREEN JAMAICA
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1202-1842 CUSTOMIZED GREECE/ GREEN ADRIATIC
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1202-5311 CUSTOMIZED ZA/ BLUE S-CENTR-AFR
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1203-0266 CUSTOMIZED AR/ BLUE AMERICA
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1203-0513 BOBITEL SI/ BLUE CENTRAL-EUROPE
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1203-9068 TELENOR RS/ BLUE CENTRAL-EUROPE
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1204-3635 SINGTEL SG/ BLUE APAC-ANZ
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1204-3636 SINGTEL SG/ GREEN APAC-ANZ
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1204-5123 SI MOBIL SI/ GREEN VFE-LIVE-B
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1204-6333 VIRGIN MOBILE UK/ BLUE WESTERN-EUROPE

oh and how many credits do you need to install the latest firmware?

[ This Message was edited by: DonJuan on 2007-11-24 19:02 ]
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Posted: 2007-11-24 19:57:23
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I went for this one as its the UK Generic firmware for the Blue trimmed handset:

K850i R1CA029 CID52 K850 1201-9794 CUSTOMIZED UK/ BLUE WESTERN-EUROPE

It costs €10/£7.50 which is for 10 credits which is all you need to change to the above firmware
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Posted: 2007-11-24 21:54:28
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an aside for those lucky enough to have O2 handsets.

They don't normally have much (if any) branding on them, unlike say
Orange or Vodafone. They are generally unlocked too !
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Posted: 2007-11-24 23:25:11
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I dont see a generic one for the US, thats my problem
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Posted: 2007-11-24 23:31:00
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