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Debranding 8gig N95 |
A L 3 X
Joined: Dec 20, 2006
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kk....also....you know the bottom keypad that you see when slid up....its slightly less bright than the main like softkey keypad....is there a way to brighten it up or not?
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Scoobyd
Joined: Jan 05, 2006
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Thanks Dogmann and AL3X... might give it a go this weekend if I'm feeling brave! Couple of questions though:
I've got Vista on my laptop and XP on my desktop. Would you say it's safer to do it on the XP system or will it make no difference?
Also I'm worried about getting all my data and info back onto the phone after I've debranded it. Which would be all my contacts, text messages, pictures and videos, applications etc. Reading that guide it says restoring the back up can cause problems so in that case how would you get all of that info back onto the phone? |
A L 3 X
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I used to ave vista on my laptop and went back to XP as it was causing probs with my WLAN. When i had vista I used my XP desktop to debrand my original N95-1. I used my laptop running XP to do the 8GB so can't really say. I did customise my old SE W810i with XS++ running vista but to be on the safe side i'd probably go with the XP desktop if you are unsure.
About backing up, you should do it manually by transferring the files over to your PC, put them in a folder, then transfer back again afterwards
As said though if yours had spiderman 3 it probably won't work afterwards, takes up too much memory anyway 
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Dogmann
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Hi Scoobyd,
First thing is you will need two machines to do it any way as the latest NSU will disable NSS. NSU is once again supported in Vista machines so i would change the product code in the XP machine and then update via NSU on the Vista machine.
To change the product code takes only a minute or two it really is very easy, once the phone is attached read it insert the new product code as per the instructions and write to the phone that's it.
Upgrading via NSU also doesn't take that long but make sure you have a fully charged battery and plugged in to the charger and don't disconnect it until it's finished. Have patience and don't be in a hurry as it may take a short while to fully download and update the phone.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2008-08-13 11:50 ] |
A L 3 X
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On 2008-08-13 12:50:12, Dogmann wrote:
Hi Scoobyd,
First thing is you will need two machines to do it any way as the latest NSU will disable NSS. NSU is once again supported in Vista machines so i would change the product code in the XP machine and then update via NSU on the Vista machine.
To change the product code takes only a minute or two it really is very easy, once the phone is attached read it insert the new product code as per the instructions and write to the phone that's it.
Upgrading via NSU also doesn't take that long but make sure you have a fully charged battery and plugged in to the charger and don't disconnect it until it's finished. Have patience and don't be in a hurry as it may take a short while to fully download and update the phone.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2008-08-13 11:50 ]
How do you mean disabled? Mine worked fine and just before I did the debrand NSU asked me to let it update which I did :?
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Scoobyd
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Ok... all sounds relatively straightforward so far!
My main concern now though is backing up all my contacts, texts, notes, pics, videos and applications etc. I really don't know about these things so how would I go about backing all of those things up and then getting them back on after? Pics and videos should be fairly simple but what about all of my text messages... wouldn't know how to do that? |
A L 3 X
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I think synchronising them via the PC suite.......or you could save them to your sim if you have enough room. I delete the crappy worthleess ones so it wasn't much of an issue as the phone was brand new
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Dogmann
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Hi A3LX,
Well you were lucky you used NSS before updating NSU as the latest version of NSU disables NSS from working.
@Scoobyd
I think there is a SMS program that will let you archive your SMS's to your computer @Nokia Beta Labs not 100% sure though as i don't use SMS's at all.
For your Calender and Contacts if you use Outlook or Outlook express you can just sync them to your phone. If you have Outlook express but haven't used you can sync all your phone contacts and calender entries to it first from your phone.
Personally i never use back up and restore as prefer treating my device as if it was new after putting on a new firmware on it. Even syncing back 3 years of appointments and all my contacts and apps takes less than an hour which i feel is well worth the effort. Doing things this way i have never experienced any of the problems some report after restoring a back up.
Marc
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A L 3 X
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On 2008-08-13 21:23:19, Dogmann wrote:
Hi A3LX,
Well you were lucky you used NSS before updating NSU as the latest version of NSU disables NSS from working.
@Scoobyd
I think there is a SMS program that will let you archive your SMS's to your computer @Nokia Beta Labs not 100% sure though as i don't use SMS's at all.
For your Calender and Contacts if you use Outlook or Outlook express you can just sync them to your phone. If you have Outlook express but haven't used you can sync all your phone contacts and calender entries to it first from your phone.
Personally i never use back up and restore as prefer treating my device as if it was new after putting on a new firmware on it. Even syncing back 3 years of appointments and all my contacts and apps takes less than an hour which i feel is well worth the effort. Doing things this way i have never experienced any of the problems some report after restoring a back up.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2008-08-13 20:23 ]
but i returned the product code afterwards. Hope you don't think i'm trying to argue.....but it definately didn't disable mine? Where did you find this info?
Also...do you remember that site you told me specifically for the E-series themes but some worke don the n95?
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Dogmann
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Hi A3LX
Many users have reported problems in not being able to run Nemisis after updating NSU to the latest version check over @My Symbian in the E90 firmware thread. No idea which theme site you are talking about are you sure it was me?
Marc
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A L 3 X
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I found it now.....i think it was you cos you told me about it from one of your E-series phones 
Luckily it worked for me so i'm unsure why it worked for me.....maybe its been solved now. I'm using v1.4.53
Anyway, Don't know if you still have your N95-2 but can you or someone else tell me if this theme is as it should be?
As you can see its a bit boring and patternless, unlike these other themes:
I'm not bothered about the theme as such....i'm just worried that maybe when i debranded part of my software has become corrupt or am i being stupid? I'm running V 20.0.016
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