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De-Branding a K850 with Davinci |
roblightbody
Joined: Jul 16, 2004
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From: Glasgow, Scotland
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I couldn't stand another minute with my phone crippled with the Vodafone firmware so... despite a proper 'generic' firmware not being available yet I just ran DaVinci (todays version of the client) and used firmware - "CUSTOMIZED UK/ BLUE (1202-5694 | WESTERN-EUROPE)"
RESULT!!
ITS PERFECT!
I'm MEGA chuffed. Only took about 5 mins. Its a revelation... I may start to like the phone now!!
[ This Message was edited by: roblightbody on 2007-11-21 18:42 ] |
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SE-Naz
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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Could you show us some pics of the change???
Cheers
 ENJOY
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roblightbody
Joined: Jul 16, 2004
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Sorry, no, am too busy playing marble madness!!
And amazed at how vodafone ruined the phone so successfully. |
spikeyjac
Joined: May 30, 2006
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 how ungrateful lmao
And is it now unbranded?
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Ricky D
Joined: Feb 05, 2007
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Go on then I'll give it a try....
later (took me more than 5 minutes because it had to download about 80mb of firmware files)...
It turns out that the firmware labelled "CUSTOMIZED UK/ BLUE (1202-5694 | WESTERN-EUROPE)" is actually generic and unbranded and for the UK, going through the service tests showed me so. However, I'm confused as to why the DaVinci client doesn't show that firmware when you select to view only generic firmwares or why they've labelled it differently to how they've named previous unbranded firmware. If there are any DaVinci team members here on esato please speak now.
I'm really amazed at how bad the Voda firmware was. It was immensely slow by comparison to the unbranded firmware.
@SE-Naz
I'll do some pictures when I get to work (probably instead of working) you want anything in particular?
[ This Message was edited by: Ricky D on 2007-11-22 07:41 ] |
mjh74
Joined: Nov 22, 2007
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So will this "customised" firmware let you use the SE site for updates now?
I've got credits ready to remove the vodaphone branding (yeuk)  . |
Kaiser_Man
Joined: Jul 28, 2005
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Just to confirm, this removes the vodafone icons? I don't want to waste another 10 credits on this if it does not do the job
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Kaiser_Man
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That works brilliantly!!
Pics...
Kai
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mjh74
Joined: Nov 22, 2007
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GREAT!
But....
Can you now update via the Sony Ericsson site as a generic phone?? |
Kaiser_Man
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There is an option to in the general settings tab, so I presume so.
Kai
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Ricky D
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You beat me to it with the photos.
It seems to me the 'customised' bit refers to  customising it to the UK i.e. with language packs you'd expect if you bought it direct from in the UK or western Europe and in the Data Accounts under internet settings it has preloaded all the settings for major UK networks., this is also part of the customisation. Perhaps SE have never released a truly generic K850 firmware, they've customised the firmware for each region that the phone is sold.
@MJH74
I'm taking it that when realease newer firmware it'll update through SEUS and still be debranded.
I have a dig bick
You read that wrong |
mjh74
Joined: Nov 22, 2007
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I'm hoping so too Ricky, I think I'll go ahead and give it a try now |
SE-Naz
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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@Kaiser_Man
Congrats...
Best thing to do would be to try on SEUS and see what your phone gets recognised as to see if it will work...
Cheers for the pics
ENJOY
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mjh74
Joined: Nov 22, 2007
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Ok, I've just done mine and it worked with no problems |
dragon546
Joined: Sep 09, 2007
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Kai which version of Firmware did you use on Davinci I get my K850 over the weekend its unlocked but on Voda I want to flash it so it uses generic firmware? |
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Posted: 2007-11-21 19:41
