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K850i Vodafone Branding |
dwheeler
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I don't know if this is a silly question or not, but what is the branding like with the UI etc. on the K850i from Vodafone? And also, is it possible to revert it back to non-branded if you see what I mean?
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tranced
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hi and welcome
Branding = customization done by a specific operator. in this case, vodafone uses to change the whole menu, layout, etc. on its own.
at the moment these kind of phones cant be unbranded as it's a new technology(DB plataform). the xs++'s crew is working hardly with this.
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dwheeler
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Thanks for that. Does anybody know how bad a job Vodafone have done on the k850? |
tranced
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not only with k850 but everyphone they put they hands on 
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Raaab
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when you first turn the phone on, it smacks you in the face like a brick with the rubbish colour-scheme.
Once past the initial shock though, you can change the colour scheme to something much more pleasant.
The things you're stuck with (until de-branding) are:
Custom startup and shutdown screens - present on all other branded phones
operators own menu logo's - they're not too bad
but perhaps the most annoying is the permanent binding of one of the touch-keys to "Live". I'm forever hitting it by mistake, or finding out I've left it connected for hours.
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khmkhm
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On 2007-11-07 19:11:51, Raaab wrote:
when you first turn the phone on, it smacks you in the face like a brick with the rubbish colour-scheme.
Once past the initial shock though, you can change the colour scheme to something much more pleasant.
The things you're stuck with (until de-branding) are:
Custom startup and shutdown screens - present on all other branded phones
operators own menu logo's - they're not too bad
but perhaps the most annoying is the permanent binding of one of the touch-keys to "Live". I'm forever hitting it by mistake, or finding out I've left it connected for hours.
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[ This Message was edited by: Raaab on 2007-11-07 18:12 ]
So,Raaab,you have vodafone branded K850?
Could you tell me,I have also vodafone branded K850 and when I write new message,the window looks like I'm writing an mms message,not sms... Is there any way to change it? |
Raaab
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For me, the SMS and MMS editors are similar, but not the same. The toolbar is the same though.
I cannot specify the message as an MMS, but it switches automatically to MMS when I add any content not supported by SMS, such as a picture.
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Ricky D
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Yes, I think the reason Voda have done this with our K850 s is to try and bring SMS and MMS closer together and make it easier to send MMS (and therefore spend more money). I only noticed it was different yesterday when I was playing my friend's O2 branded K850.
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dwheeler
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Is the O2 branding better (for want of a better word) than the Vodafone branding? |
Sainty
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I'd expect so. O2 only brand there phones very minimal if at all 
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roblightbody
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The branding is not as destructful as it was on the K800i, but its still bad and damages the phone. The games menu is full of un-deletable demos. ALL the Vodafone Live stuff is just awful, but as has been posted above, the worst thing of all is the vodafone live! touch-button which I'm also hitting all the time - almost every time i use the phone - so the phone spends half its time connecting to the internet by mistake draining the battery.
SE spend months testing the handset, and then Vodafone change it, ruin it and apparently don't even test it.
The ordinary punter in the street doesn't know what they're missing and how much Vodafone ruins the phone for them. The techy/geeks DO know and are annoyed by it - either way, Vodafone doesn't win any brownie points so WHY DO IT?
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Dogmann
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@roblightbody
Well at guess from what you and a few others have said so they can make lots of money from you all accidentally connecting to Vodafone Live.
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roblightbody
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The main Vodafone live page that the touch-button takes you to is free... but its still overpriced! |
roblightbody
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Could you tell me,I have also vodafone branded K850 and when I write new message,the window looks like I'm writing an mms message,not sms... Is there any way to change it?
Thats OUTRAGEOUS! How very dare they! I just assumed that SE had merged the functions. Trying to trick me into sending an expensive MMS?
Come on DaVinci - hurry up - where's the debranding when I need it!! |
tranced
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On 2007-11-08 21:09:18, roblightbody wrote:
come on DaVinci - hurry up - where's the debranding when I need it!!
setool has taken the lead with this: http://www.mobile-files.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17423&page=21
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