Posted by kingqueen
I got a new K750i today (Orange branded) having lost the last one (thank Goodness for insurance, but still an expensive loss...) Immediately got it network unlocked then when I got it home tried to debrand it with DaVinci.
Getting increasingly frustrated: DaVinci kept failing on the first block, and the SEUS kept getting communication errors. Blasted thing wouldn't update at all.
Then I noticed something: on the info pane in DaVinci it said the colour of the phone is brown. Somehow I have ended up with a developer model! Goodness knows how (got it from a legit shop in an Orange box...)
So the only way to debrand seemed to be to flash with the W800 "brown" firmware provided by DaVinci. Worked fine and I now have a W750 or a K800 or something.
I quite like it, the walkman thing is quite good, but a couple of things annoy me. For example, the radio feature is limited: it is not possible to use it in "flight" mode (why?) and also unlike with the K750 it is not possible to minimise the radio and do other things - a feature I liked a lot.
I'd rather have had a "red" K750 but there you go, I bet some of you are jealous
D.
Posted by Phildon008
@ kingqueen
nice one... now you've got a
KW1550 handset...
Posted by sapporobaby
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For music I have an iPod. When you get 3G then I might get jealous.
Posted by sailaab
Supra Mating ehhh ? Well I am not J.. Coz am just okay using my S7 for most things and The P910 for some more
Posted by sapporobaby
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What
Posted by 619
kingqueen... what cable did you use to flash the k750 brown to w800 brown?
Posted by victorh017
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Why?.... Because there are no FM radio signals whatsoever as soon as you are 30.000 feet above the ground. And for safety reasons you're not allowed to use any radio equipment inside a plane. That's why...
Posted by kingqueen
The one that came with the pHone
Posted by sapporobaby
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It was so obvious that I did not have the heart to post the answer. I was too busy laughing at the question.
Posted by kingqueen
Cheeky people.
I don't use the flight mode for flights. As others have posted here it saves battery power and so I use it for that, also when I don't want to receive calls but want the "walkman" on. Having the radio available in "flight mode" would be useful in a similar way.
In addition I spend significant amounts of time in hospital where I can get radio (depending on which ward) but wouldn't be allowed my mobile phone on. (hospital radio is generally very poor.)
I hope you feel big and strong now having taken the piss.
Posted by sapporobaby
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No worries matey or matey-ess,
This is the forum of the piss and not in a bad way. I have a thread full of questions that I have asked. I know about the flight mode and the reason for it. You might however want to flash your phone to red software as this is a production version rather than developer.
Posted by kingqueen
hi,
cheers.
do you know how to flash the phone to a red version? I would like to but DaVinci (and the SEUS) refuses, at least with the dcu-60 provided with the phone. I'd rather try and avoid sending it off under the guarentee, partly as I've probably voided it by flashing it to a W800 and partly as I've had enough pfaffing about with it anyway (replaced twice by insurance)
cheers
Doug
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Hi Doug,
I know that the instructions are on the Davinciteam site. As I have a z800 instead, I can not offer you much advice however, I know that there are several threads and people here that have used it to flash. If I can find a thread I will post here, but in the meantime, do a quick search. You should get some hits.
Cheers
Posted by ahlong
can the slider on the camera work after u flash to w800i?
Posted by kingqueen
yes slider works in k750 flashed to w800.
I understand it is not possible to flash brown to red using DaVinci. I suspect also that the crap outfit I used to unlock my phone converted it to brown, which I am not happy about.
Posted by ahlong
mine read this from davinci client
Client Version 13.7 - K750 Flasher
**** READING CID STARTED ****
Turn off the phone.
Hold "C" button and plug USB cable.
Phone Attached!
Detected SonyEricsson: K750/D750.
Phone Color BROWN
Flash ID: 890D
Status Ok, OTP Close, CID36, PAF1
IMEI: 356..........................
Phone CID 36
You must use CID36 Flash Files For this phone!
Press "Flash Files" Tab and download free firmware
Execution Time - 00:00:07
Done!
does your looks similar to mine??
i am wondering whether to flash to red R1L002 or to a w800i brown lol...anyway does your w800i brown have chinese language??only the euro firmware available rite?
Posted by kingqueen
It only has European languages. DaVinci refuses on the first block for red firmware for me.
Posted by ahlong
ok then does your message look similar to mine?
Posted by victorh017
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Posted by Residentevil
In flight mode all radio transmission/signals is suspended.
Posted by ahlong
hmm my phone is a brown one should i keep the brown and flash to a red R1L?or a w880i?
Posted by pow1990
hi im new to the world of flashing but could someone show me how to flash my k750 to w800 please? btw this is using the original cable
thx
paolo
[ This Message was edited by: pow1990 on 2005-08-31 22:09 ]
Posted by pow1990
or even a step by step please help! asap!
thx
Posted by pow1990
please help as i am really wanting this w800 firmware on my k750!
thx
[ This Message was edited by: pow1990 on 2005-08-31 22:30 ]
Posted by kingqueen
It is unlikely you will be able to flash to w800i. Only "development" phones can be done at home at the moment. You could try and see if yours is development, try at www.davinciteam.com , try download software and read cid. If it says you have brown phone you are in luck, red and you can't do it yourself. You'd have to send it away to somebody if it is red, though even then most phone servicers won't do it due to warnings from SE.
Posted by ahlong
then may i know what is CID 36 stands for and what should i enter for the CDA i stay in singapore btw
Posted by l_c
kingqueen, I thought that it was generally easier to unbrand and flash-convert red
phones, not the brown ones. Well, in my case I have a K750i, and it has the Vodafone
firmware, and it is CID 49, brown, unlocked when I received it. Have a look at these TMS sites --
http://www.kingmobilephone.com/pages/sony-ericsson.php
http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/[....]g/sonyericssoninstructions.htm
What I'm not clear on is, since I don't need to unlock, I just want to debrand and flash,
what is the minimum cable requirement ... and if I have the DaVinci 2in1 cable, do I
still need to buy one from KingMobilePhone or FoneFunShop, and is the Fighter different
from the Cruiser and different from the DaVinci? (I don't think that I can do the job
using DaVinci's client since I have CID 49, Brown) Larry.
Posted by l_c
ahlong, the CID 36 is an older, possibly more common, widespread Customization
and there are more solutions and methods available for working on the phone. Those
of us who have a 49 handset (I have a CID 49 K750i, it has Vodafone's customization)
do not have as many possibilities for flashing and unlocking. I've read that you cannot
really change the CID number, since later on it will conflict with the phone's IMEI number.
And it is not legal to modify the IMEI. There is a way to increase the CID number to
a higher level, but in your case CID 36 is a good thing and I don't know any reason why
you would want to change that. Larry
Posted by l_c
And the DaVinci / SEUniverse instructions for flashing a K750i into W800 are here --
http://www.seuniverse.com/step1.php