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remove branded logo from phone?

paddlepop · 2009-12-16 14:56:53

I just bought a Meteor phone (pay as you go) but i am with o2. I have the phone unlocked so now i can use my sim in the phone....but is there anyway the meteor welcome message can be removed from the phone at start up? I looked under all the phone settings but cant see anything.... Its the Samsung Tocco Lite. thanks in…

16-12-2009 3:56pm

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paddlepop

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I just bought a Meteor phone (pay as you go) but i am with o2. I have the phone unlocked so now i can use my sim in the phone....but is there anyway the meteor welcome message can be removed from the phone at start up? I looked under all the phone settings but cant see anything....
Its the Samsung Tocco Lite.

thanks in advance,
H

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#2 16-12-2009 4:12pm

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055761571

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#3 16-12-2009 4:20pm

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#4 17-12-2009 12:02am

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Just got my tocco lite today and cant get rid of the irritating "o2-IRL" widget and googling i found that you have to debrand it.
Can any boardsies help me out with this as I saw the software needed for this cost around 20quid onlin! :eek:

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#5 17-12-2009 12:15am

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Last Sunday got my E71 debranded this way:

Step 1
Download b-phreaks Nemesis Service Suit from http://www.b-phreaks.co.uk/index.php?main_page=page_2
Step 2
Install Nemesis (Just click next at USB Virtual Drive)
Step 3
Open Nemesis
Step 4
Connect phone to PC via USB cable and choose data mode
Step 5
Click the little magnifying glass icon (Scan For New Device)
Step 6
Click on the 'Phone Info' Icon
Step 7
Click 'Read'
Step 8
'Enable' Product Code
Step 9
Change Product code and press 'Write'

Codes (for Nokia, not sure if work with other phones)

0534841 - Euro 1 - Sand
0534842 - France
0534843 - Alps
0534844 - Euro 2
0534845 - Turkey
0534847 - Scandinavia
0534848 - BALTIAN
0534849 - Russia
0534850 - Ukraine
0534851 - CIS, Bulgaria
0534852 - Euro 3

Then you'd have to update the genuine firmware to replace the network-branded you currently have.

No harm to try it.

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#6 17-12-2009 12:52am

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apart from making a phone unlocked and the obviously advantages of doing so, what are the advantages of getting a phone debranded?

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#7 17-12-2009 12:55am

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Four of a kind wrote: »

apart from making a phone unlocked and the obviously advantages of doing so, what are the advantages of getting a phone debranded?

Lack of annoying Meteor logo and screensavers when I'm with O2.. Official firmware upgrades as well? Sounds good enough to me..

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#8 17-12-2009 2:11am

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yes i agree....thats reason enough for me to want to de brand the phone.
I woulndt mind if it was with o2,,,,,but because its meteor i want to get rid of it.....drives me mad-i hate looking at it with that silly The Apprentice rubbish...what happens when the show is over? Does it automatically update to something new or are we all stuck with it FOREEEEEEEEEEEEVER?
im tempted to send it back and just get an upgrade with o2....but they dont do the silver one.....oh the stress...

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#9 17-12-2009 4:13am

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#10 27-12-2009 6:03pm

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Dr Phil,

Aren't the codes above for a nokia N95?

I am hoping to debrand my newE71, but google provided different product code for E71 (EURO1 - 0567045).

On an aside, Is there a chance that debranding / firmware updating can re-lock a phone to a particular SIM provider? Once un-locked wont re-lock ever ?

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