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From: Gwyn on 1 Apr 2008 22:55
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:51:18 -0000, "Steve Terry" <gFOURwwk(a)tesco.net>
wrote:


>> It's certainly possible for a service provider to put their own 'firmware'
>> onto a handset they provide 'free' or at a subsidised price, which might
>> disable or restrict some of the hardware capabilities.
>> Whiskers
>>
>>
>In which rare case you would then have it reflashed.

I have a Nokia E61 which is branded to 3 which means when I change to
PAYG at the end of the contract on another network I cant use
Wifi/sip/internet because it is trying to connect to 3 portal and the
nokia firmware won't allow change to connection if initial connect
fails..
I asked my local market trader if he could debrand it he said he could
reflash it but could not guarantee debranding.

Basically is there any difference between debranding and reflashing if
you have basic flash files I want to get it debranded for 20 gbp but
he says he can only reflash it i'm confused.
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From: PeeGee on 2 Apr 2008 11:05
Jon wrote:
> In article <uof8u3ddqa199gjm90eau1hcn9mg66rj49(a)4ax.com>,
> mail(a)bobaxter.coo.uk says...
>> Some networks are saying that PAYG handsets are technically inferior
>> to contract handsets and refuse to put them on to a contract. Is this
>> correct or is it a load of bumph put about for commercial reasons?
>
> It's not correct. A handset is a handset. It's the SIM card that
> determines what services on the network a handset can or cannot access.
> Networks do not say that, ill-informed sales advisors do.
>
>> Would an unlocked PAYG Nokia 6300 be every bit as good as a genuine
>> SIM-free Nokia 6300?
>
> SInce there is no difference you can work out the answer for yourself.
.... apart from the firmware, which often means the unlocked phone has an
older version which has (more) bugs. In the case of my T-mobile 6070, it
also has a T-mobile animated sequence at startup and shutdown and a
T-zones entry in the menu (which doesn't work on Tesco/O2 network) :-(

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