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Debrand V800 using Z800 firmware |
JonnyQuango
Joined: Feb 01, 2005
Posts: 74
From: Liverpool
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Vodafone sell the V800 with all their branding on it, logos, menus, etc, also means you must download your ring tones from them. A lot of people including me dont like having this forced on them, and would rather have a phone as Sony Erisson would sell it. Flashing is a way of removing all this voda crap and restoring to the way SE would have sold it, the Z800 is sold by SE and is alot like the V800, you can flash your V800 to Z800 to have a non-vodaphone.
This is the way I see it anyhow.
If you want to get rid of the logos on the phone itself you can buy new SE covers from ebay.
Owner of V800 flashed to Z800i, now with campagne covers. |
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shelly58
Joined: Jun 19, 2004
Posts: 373
From: Nottingham UK
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thanks for explaining...now i understand what u mean, and i agree with u about having to have what they want u to have just from them...but i would'nt have a clue how to flash ..... ...is there anywhere i can get it done? or is it a case of putting up with their stuff?............and if i did get it done is there a good chance of it being knackered for good?....
always look on the bright side of life...de dum..de dum..de dum..
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JonnyQuango
Joined: Feb 01, 2005
Posts: 74
From: Liverpool
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I personally would not like to send my phone off to someone else, but it cost's around £24 to do yourself. But I would recomend reading up on it very thoroughly if you don't want to kill your phone. I was planning to do mine tonight, but the web site where you download the files is not up and running.
For £24 quid you get the cable you need to connect to your pc and 2 credits for the software you use, you can download the software from the sellers web site, along with how to's and drivers for the cable.
Have a look, I'm using DaVinci's SE remote unlocker, bought through kobonet because they supplied the cable with the credits.
http://www.kobonet-netshop.co.uk/price.php
http://www.davinciteam.com/
Owner of V800 flashed to Z800i, now with campagne covers. |
sapporobaby
Joined: Sep 14, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Finland. Kuwait maybe :)
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If you can live with the branding, I would not bother with the flashing. If by chance you do something wrong you can end up with a damaged phone and you will have to have someone "un-damage' it. At a cost most likely.
*edited on a Mac of course. Mac: There is no substitute*
N82(YES), iPhone 3G, Shure es530, Nikon D300, more stuff. No more SE stuff, why am I still here? |
JonnyQuango
Joined: Feb 01, 2005
Posts: 74
From: Liverpool
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Well guys it worked, my phone is now flashed to Z800. Had 1 crash during flashing, but because it never got to finalize I never lost my credit.
Thanks to everyone who replied to my posts, and any questions you guys could not answer my reseller did. I guess they are worth keeping in touch with.
Bye bye voda crap and bring on the campagne covers, oh i've still got a voda a logo on the screen lens, but what the hell.
Thanks again to sapporobaby.
Not a good screen shot I know, but you get the idea. |
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Joined: Sep 24, 2004
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From: UK Birmingham
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congratz!! its all gd its a go! 
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JonnyQuango
Joined: Feb 01, 2005
Posts: 74
From: Liverpool
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Hi guys,
Ok now I have the phone flashed and working as a Z800, all I need to do is set up my "Data communications" and "Internet profiles". I have had a look at my father in laws V800 and the pofiles are locked so I can't check the settings, but the following are listed:
Data Comms
Vodafone WAP
Vodafone Internet
Vodafone Prepay WAP
Vodafone Prepay Internet
Internet Profiles
Vfe Prepay MMS
Vodafone MMS
Vodafone Prepay
*Vodafone (* current setting)
Does anybody out there knowhow to set these up manually?
I know you used to be able to get vodafone live! settings sent to your handset from voda by going to www.vodafone.co.uk, but I could not find anymore. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
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yeah its still there but they've buried it a bit now whereas there used to be a link from a drop down menu on the home page
unfortunately the vodafone site mostly uses sessions so I can't give you a direct link to much but I found them by going to "site map" and going to the various sections for which you want settings
you could try this link too, for example
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JonnyQuango
Joined: Feb 01, 2005
Posts: 74
From: Liverpool
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Thanks
I have had a look and no V800 or Z800 is listed under the sony ericcson section, do you know of another way to get the settings?
Owner of V800 flashed to Z800i, now with campagne covers. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
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no, I wouldn't expect them to be as the V800 is Vodafone branded and so comes with the settings and the Z800 isn't out yet on Vodafone
however, recent SE phones seem to accept settings from other SE models, for example I chose K700 to setup my K750, so I'd suggest trying the same. I'm fairly confident that will work
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JonnyQuango
Joined: Feb 01, 2005
Posts: 74
From: Liverpool
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Ok I give it a try, only worry is that other models listed arn't 3G handsets.
Owner of V800 flashed to Z800i, now with campagne covers. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
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The data account settings are no different for the 3G handsets. I had a V800 when it first came out and this was one of the things I checked when going through the phone to write my review
I'm sure it will work but if you have diffculty and are on pay monthly I can go through my phone for all the settings you need
edit: or indeed you can get them directly from your father n laws phone 
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JonnyQuango
Joined: Feb 01, 2005
Posts: 74
From: Liverpool
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Got them using the link to the voda site you gave me, tried K700 settings which seemed to work, but on voda home page there where no icons. So I deleted the settings to try again but it won't work now.
I must go soon, so If you know how to get the settings from my father in laws phone, can we try later?
Owner of V800 flashed to Z800i, now with campagne covers. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
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sure. but just tell me if you are on pay monthly and if so I will simply post all my settings
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JonnyQuango
Joined: Feb 01, 2005
Posts: 74
From: Liverpool
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No probs
I'm on pay monthly, thanks for the advice. I'll post my findings later on.
Owner of V800 flashed to Z800i, now with campagne covers. |
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Posted: 2005-06-04 00:13
