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How to get rid of Vodafone Live! in T610?? |
rene
Joined: Jan 16, 2002
Posts: 125
From: Helsinki, Finland
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Hi,
I wanted to check if anyone was successful in deleteing/getting rid of the Vodafone Live! crap from the t610.
I am currently in Italy on vacation, and the t610 would cost 379 EUR with the vodafone crap. The phone is not locked, so I am temptated in buying one right away.
The only thing that bothers me is that Live-crap..
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haki
Joined: May 14, 2002
Posts: 390
From: The real MACEDONIA in GREECE
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Last week I bought a "live" one in Greece at that price. Two days later I took it to an official SE center and I kindly asked that they flashed it because it "occasionally froze with mms". They flashed it with non-live firmware as there was only one version available. The only "remnant" of the "live"version is that no matter what wap settings you put, the initial page is Vodafone-Live but it only takes an extra second to get to your provider's homepage, or to your bookmarks. After the flashing I did a major reset and ended-up with about 1650 KB of memory.
Buy it and go to a service center in Italy and try to get it flashed. Otherwise, you can continue your vacation across the sea, in Greece!!! |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
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haki, my T610 is not branded but I read in a few threads here on Esato that if you create a new wap profile you should be able to have whatever homepage you want.
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rene
Joined: Jan 16, 2002
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From: Helsinki, Finland
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So you mean that i can flash the phone, and i get rid of all vodafone menus etc. Except the wap homepage?
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fcd
Joined: Jun 13, 2003
Posts: 73
From: France
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Yes, I agree with Masseur as far as the wap settings are concerned. I have a Voda brandded'n customized T610, and I find no difficulty to change the settings. If I remember well, once you are on a wap site, you can decide to have it as your home page in the right menu.
Haki, please do not leave us in the blue:
WERE YOU ABLE TO GET RID OF THE VODA SETTINGS (DESKTOP ICONS IN GREY, RED AND BLUE, LIVE SHORTCUT ON THE MAIN PAGE, LIMITED SHORTCUTS IN THE MY THEMES, MY TONES, ETC) BY HAVING IT FLASHED?????????
this would be great news 
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rene
Joined: Jan 16, 2002
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From: Helsinki, Finland
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Haki: did you get rid of those Voda menus etc. or not?
And then a question to all you Italians who live near Rimini or Ravenna: Is there a :SE: service point in this area?
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haki
Joined: May 14, 2002
Posts: 390
From: The real MACEDONIA in GREECE
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Yes, I got rid of ALMOST all of the "LIVE" crap! All my icons are regular T610 icons and the LIVE shortcut of the right soft key is gone and it now says "extras". BUT, the middle (regular) icon on the top menu row is labeled "Vodafone Favorites" and the left icon on the top menu row is labeled "Vodafone live". By selecting any of these two, it tries to access the Vodafone pages REGARDLESS of the fact that one has input the settings of his own provider. That is because the page associated with these keys is http://www.live.vodafone.com and CANNOT be changed. Naturally, you are denied access to this page because only Voda can take you there. All you have to do, after you select either of the two menus, is to immediately press the right soft key which gives you the choice of accessing your provider's homepage or any of your bookmarks. Same is the case when you try to use the More Icons, More Tones and More Themes features where again you have to do a double press to get where you want. There is nothing one can do to remove this small "reminder" of the Vodafone branding but thankfully it is only a very minor and non-irritating one. Believe me guys, I am a hell of an experienced user (such moderacy!!!) and I know what I am talking about so you should trust me!
In a few words, after a flashing, a LIVE T610 becomes 95% non-LIVE.
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scritch
Joined: Jun 18, 2003
Posts: 14
From: Sydney, Australia
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There was a post made on the SEMUSER forums on this, stating that it is now fully possible to remove the Voda branding:
http://www.semuser.com/viewtopic.php?t=6937
Regards,
Shane. |
idries17
Joined: Jan 23, 2003
Posts: 62
From: LondonUK
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Ok, so does anyone know if we are able to do it here in uk? Cos i got a voda one and the branding is really really bugging the hell outta me.
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haki
Joined: May 14, 2002
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From: The real MACEDONIA in GREECE
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I cannot open the "semuser" page and I am freaking out!!!!!!!!! |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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On 2003-06-26 13:47:56, idries17 wrote:
Ok, so does anyone know if we are able to do it here in uk? Cos i got a voda one and the branding is really really bugging the hell outta me.
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The semuser page describes stuff sold by logosunlimited which is in uk.
Here is a direct page to the logosunlimited page with the neccessary stuff
Look for "Ericsson T610 / T310 Unlocking & Flashing by log"
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tristanm81
Joined: Jun 20, 2003
Posts: 45
From: bath bus station
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So to get rid of Voda Live crap you would need to download that software then send the email and pay these people? And also would need the unlocking cable or would IR do the trick?
Or would the telephone option work as well? I guess not.
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
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you need the T28 cable. the remote thing is for unlocking only
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MMAS
Joined: Jun 26, 2003
Posts: 16
From: Germany
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Is anyone aware if this will only work for UK phones? I got a T610 from Vodafone D2 Germany...
Is this cable still availble? |
fcd
Joined: Jun 13, 2003
Posts: 73
From: France
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Ho-Ho fu***ng Ho, as would the Monty Phytons say!!!
They finally did it! This is great news for anyone out there who got a Voda customized phone!
Is there a way to stick this post on top of the forum, so that all other interrested people can get their answer?
Thanks a lot to everybody!
(now I still have to check whether it really works  )
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