i debranded my phone in ordner to get rid of the carrier branding, yet the new rom i installed has a HTC branding.
is there a rom out there that has actually NO branding?
no lousy "HTC apps" entry in the marketplace and no "htc" entry in the color selection. the only branding i'd tolerate is the htc logo when booting.
i'd prefer it the way microsoft is shipping it.
greetings
hello, sorry, but you cant do this because it s a HTC phone. is the same for Samsung and LG. Sorry
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Hi - I'm after an s740 but can't afford a new one.
So I'm on ebay looking for an unlocked used one.
I've bid on one that was Orange though is advertised as unlocked. My question is - will this be the same as buying a brand new unbranded one or does Orange put it's own software on there and perhaps remove other software?
I want to be sure the phone will include all the features and software HTC intended.
Cheers
Kenny
Could I ask this another way:
Has anyone got an Orange branded 740 - are any of the apps, or the home screen, or pie home page fixed by Orange?
I've moved this question to the ROM development section, please ignore here or reply in other section.
Cheers
Kenny
Hi guys,
Do you know if Orange have customised the stock HTC ROM on the Hero as I really dont want to have to flash it if i go for the upgrade i am due
Its not currently customised... and even when it is it will be likely like every other Orange handset with a choice of the Orange Home or Rosie.
Best thing is to go into an Orange Retail Store and ask to see the phone before you decide.
Mine is to all intents and purposes just like the HTC unlocked Hero (but locked to Orange of course).
Hey Guys and Gals......
I am about to purchase a Shiny New SGSII from o2 in a couple of Days (when i get paid LOLOL) and was wondering this........
Are there any problems to look out for if the Handset is SimLocked?
The reason i ask is because i flashed my unlocked SGS easily and often with no problems at all...whereas i did this for a friend who had his with an ORANGE contract and had numerous problems/bugs etc. Am i just paranoid about having to stick with o2 and is the switching of Sims the only gripe people have if the phone is simlocked. Can anyone shed any light please....
Cheers
Orange cram their phones with bloat like 'Orange Maps' and 'Orange Messenger'. They even removed Google Maps and GTalk from my Desire so I wouldn't touch another of their phones with a barge pole!
O2 seem pretty harmless bar a wallpaper and start-up animation.
The only thing to look out for is the release of updates. Carriers take time 'testing' (which in Orange's case means adding their ****ware to it) so updates can be delayed by a few weeks.
If you want the latest then get a sim-free/unlocked handset. Phones4U and CPW usually hand them out on contract and I expect PAYG too.
Thanks for the reply but i flashed both handsets with ODIN and the contract phone had problems. My question above should have read............
Do i need to remove the simlock 1st before i flash a Custom Rom? Can there be problems otherwise?
Hi,
I've just bought an HTC Mozart and I'm looking to debrand it as I'm on O2 and it's currently branded with Orange UK branding. I can get it unlocked easily enough online, but all the debranding threads I've seen need either a goldcard which I can't make as I don't have access to an Android phone, a WM 6.5 phone or a Windows PC, or flashing (and again, I don't have access to a Windows PC).
Is there any way I can do it from a Mac? If not, does anyone know where I can get *just* a goldcard made up so I can debrand the phone without needing a PC? I already have a Y-USB cable, so I just need the card (and the kits on eBay are around £30, which is a bit steep given I don't even need half the stuff they come with).
Thanks in advance for your help!
I thought the only orange branding was a few pre installed apps and one more theme called orange uk? Thanks all i have on mine anyway...
Save yoursel the trouble and just delete the apps, fro the menu screen swipe left and long press on the orange ans and "uninstall" the phone will have no trances of orange firmware past this
Is that really all there is? From reading around I thought there were issues getting software updates through much more slowly if you didn't have generic firmware.
Can anyone confirm the Orange branding is just a few deletable apps?
even if the difference is only a few apps the fact that slows updates down is that orange have to sign off on their updates before it is pushed to phones. i've had both windows updates on time with non-orange firmware phones.
To be honest, that's kind of why I was interested in getting the phone unbranded! I expect the phone will have NoDo on it, but I don't want to wait longer for Mango just because some guy at Orange hasn't ticked a box on a form on his desk
As a side issue, I still haven't found anywhere that'll just sell me a goldcard. It's quite surprising really - you'd think there'd be a market for people wanting to unbrand their phones but not having the kit or not wanting to figure out how to make the cards up.
Got a question... tmo is branding their phones with load of horseshiety apps, sounds, bootloader animation and god knows what else, O2 is not branding phones at all, but what about vodafone. How is vodafone branding their phones?
Got m'y Dx from virginmedia more or less nothing except for app to check crédit and insurance. for junk wear nothing except the usual from htc
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I've got mine from Telenor Serbia. I've only got a couple of shortcuts to their website, and an app to see how much minutes and data I have...
Flowed from my HTC branded muffin...
Got a Vodafone (CID: VODAP102) branded here, there are tons of preinstalled apps and stuff, but stock bootlogo etc.
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Just seen someone Else's newer Dx from virginmedia and theirs a lot more junk apps and a sort of splash screen/boot animation as well (boot animation stops near beginning when it plays and shows companies logo then boot ani finishes)