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What are the consequences of debranding my phone? |
Coxis
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I know I have to back up the phone, but I'm talking about real, more serious consequences. I have a C510a from a carrier in Mexico (Telcel). The thing is branded and won't let me update its firmware (it has R1DA031, I believe the newest one is 34). I'm using one of those pre-paid SIM chips.
So, to me, a serious consequence is the phone losing its configuration data, as in MMS server gateways, configuration to use and be able to access my carrier, etc. Basically, anything that would leave my phone unusable because the network configuration isn't there anymore, which would have me researching for all these domain addresses and what not.
I'm not exactly new to advanced cellphoning, but I've never done anything this complex. So please, help me understand what exactly happens when one debrands a phone. Thanks! Also, if you could point me in the right direction to a debranding tutorial here (I've found some ancient ones, as in T610 times) that would be greatly appreciated as well.
[ This Message was edited by: Coxis on 2009-08-04 03:32 ] |
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tranced
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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Hi and welcome
As you're from Mexico and i'm from Dominican Republic i can explain you in spanish.
Si despersonalizas tu celular de telcel lo que perderas son las imagenes, logos, sonidos, etc de telcel. Las demas cosas como las configuraciones de mms, gprs, etc. las puedes conseguir otra vez desde su misma pagina o copiando manualmente los datos de otro movil de telcel.
Translated: Debranding a phone will get your phone as from factory. You will have no customized ringtones, images, shotrcuts. Sometimes the operators disable some features. The gprs, mms and other configs can be requested to the operator freely.
Aqui tienes el
Tutorial: Flashing A2 phones http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=181043
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Boysie
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...and as this is an English speaking forum... 
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Boysie
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It really helps to understand what people are talking about when they speak a foreign language, doesn't it? No.  |
tranced
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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come on! you know the consequences of debranding. it was easier for me to explain it in spanish. forgive me please 
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Boysie
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Lol i'm joking man! i know better than to critisize a mod! |
ceaser2008
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From: Surat, India
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But tranced, if you would have answered it in english, then members like me who are interested in increasing their knowledge, would be grateful.
I believe that all the topics are not for the the person with some problem and the person who has resolved it. It is for all so that in future, if they face something similar, they are not tempted to start a new topic. 
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tranced
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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Good point. I'll edit the post later and i'll add the trasnlation in some minutes.
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ceaser2008
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Thanks bro for the translation.
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Coxis
Joined: Aug 04, 2009
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Thanks, Tranced and everyone else.
I remember back in the day, when I got a new phone it would connect to the carrier and the first time I turned it on, it received a text message that included the configurations for my phone. Will this be possible after I debrand it? What I mean is, once I put the SIM on and turn the phone on, will it be able to connect to the carrier immediatly or will I have to fiddle with at least some part of the configuration manually? |
tranced
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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Orange Dominicana sends automatically some sms with the gprs, mms, email settings. call your operator and ask them if it's possible with them.
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Coxis
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They do send those config MMS but what I'm getting at is this: Once I debrand the phone, put the SIM back on and turn it on, will it be able to connect to my carrier automatically so that I can receive those config MMS? |
tranced
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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yes, you will
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Coxis
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That is great news... thanks, tranced. Now all I have to do is do some research on this debranding process and look overthat tutorial you linked. =) |
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