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World first! M600 W950 + P990 flashing/debranding + unlocking (service stopped!!!) |
HarvJH
Joined: Jan 30, 2006
Posts: 319
From: Essex, UK
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Coxy, u gotta get this service running. I am sure a lot of people would like you to do it. Me being one of them as i hate the orange branding on my p990. |
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Coxy
Joined: May 09, 2005
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Yeah I guess I should really. But depends what people wanna pay.
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Coxy
Joined: May 09, 2005
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Id like to get together user opinions of prices. If you could please PM me with what prices YOU WOULD PAY for debranding (including CDA changing so that SEUS updates your phone with unbranded firmware) and unlocking.
Before PMing me please bare in mind it takes 5 credits to unlock, whereas it take 1 to debrand. Therefore I would charge more to unlock than debrand.
Thanks all 
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HarvJH
Joined: Jan 30, 2006
Posts: 319
From: Essex, UK
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I will pm you now. |
shuurajou
Joined: Nov 21, 2003
Posts: 136
From: Bristol, England.
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Well, I've sent my PM. Let's hope we can get some sort of UK based de branding on the go . |
Guy H
Joined: Feb 19, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: UK
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How much does it cost for 1 credit? I understand you'd want to make a small bit and cover costs and I think most people would be the same so knowing this we could asses a fair price IMHO. |
Coxy
Joined: May 09, 2005
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Hey all!
Many thanks to all those who have PMed me. I have had many different prices from the stupidly small price (me basically paying to do peoples phones!) to the extremely large (where I would feel guilty for charging that much).
Firstly I would say that £5 would be easily adequate for return P+P, that is of course using Royal Mail Special delivery. The phone would be sent back in the same packaging that it was received in, so if possible please make it easy to reuse.
The majority of people have come back to me with the following prices:
£5 for return P+P
£10 to debrand + P+P
£20 to unlock + P+P
£30 to unlock and debrand (P+P included)
Therefore I am going to stick with these prices. This is considering that some people said they would pay £30 just for a debrand! Sorry to the few that think these prices are too much, and to those that think they are too low, this is a bonus to you!
Some may argue these are too high, but please remember that it is not only the credit cost but also my time that has to be added in. I have to sit and flash the phones, perhaps unlock them and then go to the post office and send them back.
On a side note. I aim to receive the phone, flash/unlock it and send it back all in the same day. Therefore you should only be without your phone for 1 day. But please note, if I receive the phone on a wednesday (sent tuesday) I will be unable to send it back until thursday. It is your choice when you decide to send it but please note the turn around time.
Payment is to be made one of two ways:
Cash sent with the phone for the job and return P+P
PayPal with all fees covered, but return P+P costs to be put in with the phone. (payment must be sent before phone is received)
In the event that the payment is not made before the phone is sent, or the payment is not included in the package the phone will be left branded/locked and returned if the return P+P costs are with the package. If not the phone will be kept until funds have been received.
I also ask that your Esato username and return address be sent with the phone. Hopefully this will stop delays with returning the phone. And also allow me to PM the correct individuals with details on their phones status.
Please not that I do not wish to receive memory cards or sim cards with the phone. All I require is the phone and battery that is 100% charged. If this is not the case I may have to charge the phone meaning it takes longer for you to receive it.
If you have any questions dont hesitate to post here or PM me.
Thanks
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gbrooks3
Joined: Jun 02, 2003
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From: OTP RED CID36
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Just to let you know, now i have a P990 i am looking into adding support for these PDA phones in Phone-XS...it will of course be free when it is released...but will need some time to research them
@coxy
If possible could you get some serial logs for me?
best,
gbrooks3
Because the platform sends bogus messages while charging, that is why!!!..But why this change of heart?..We sense a charger connected, oops, we will not shut down after all!!!..*********************** UI BASIC, HOLD YOUR HORSES
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Coxy
Joined: May 09, 2005
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I now have my credits.
I have only 10. First come first served. Bare in mind an unlock is 5 credits and a debrand is 1.
Thanks all.
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mob453
Joined: Jul 10, 2005
Posts: 207
From: UK
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Need to get this done as soon as possible. Pm sent |
HarvJH
Joined: Jan 30, 2006
Posts: 319
From: Essex, UK
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Yeah i wanna get this done. I spoke to a shop yesterday and they said it would be £20, so i reckon i will just send it to you. Would you charge £30 for the unlock and debranding? Or would you do a special price? |
JonStatt
Joined: Feb 02, 2003
Posts: 48
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I have ordered SeTool from the link mentioned in the post. The guy from the company said there is no need for a power supply for the cables they provide (and they provide 2 sets apparently to do 2 phones at once). Hopefully I will get it quickly. I decided to invest in this as I am sure this will not be the first and only time I want to debrand/unlock a phone, and I can also earn a bit of cash if I feel like it too.
By the way, when debranding, how do you ensure that you still keep all of the ringtones, background pics etc? I think these are not part of the firmware update itself and get lost otherwise? Will a backup and restore work if the branding/firmware has been changed?
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gregface
Joined: Mar 05, 2004
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backup and restore will work fine for data before a flash, restoring after a flash.
Tested on M600i.
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Coxy
Joined: May 09, 2005
Posts: > 500
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Hi all.
I am trying to keep all central info posted in this thread.
I have already had many requests, but I need to know people are definately interested.
At the moment I only have 10 credits so as I said before it is a first come first served situation.
I would like all those people who are 100% interested to PM me saying they are 100% interested so that I can get a definate number.
I will then reply with an address to send the phone to, and an estimated return date for the phone.
I am asking (as in a previous post) that everyone who sends me their phone send it in easy to reuse packaging with a piece of paper with their esato username on, their return address, the phone, the cd rom (for drivers) and the money for the required job.
So again everyone 100% interested please PM me stating this and I will get back to you ASAP!
Thanks a lot everyone
P.S. Be sure to make a full backup of your phone as all personal data will be lost during the flash
Also all phones will be flashed with the latest world generic 1 firmware I can get, unless otherwise stated.
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JonStatt
Joined: Feb 02, 2003
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I received my SETool kit and I have successfully debranded the P990 (without changing CDA as this does not require credits).
I could not use the supplied cables because I couldn't get the P990 into "program" mode when holding down the 'C' key. I had to use the SE USB cable that comes with the P990 instead.
Coxy, don't know if you have come across this. I tried to do a Read GDFS first as a backup precaution. It hung after about 60 seconds. After this the phone would not switch on again until I had flashed the firmware. Not sure why the Read GDFS would fail.
Jonathan
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Posted: 2007-01-06 16:58
