What happens if I flash an o2 ics firmware on my unlocked phone?
olster said:
What happens if I flash an o2 ics firmware on my unlocked phone?
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As long as it's for the same phone model, nothing happens, apart from having an O2 software branded phone!
You'll likely loose root etc also
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Does anybody know how to unroot a T-Mobile branded handset.
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stewart30 said:
Does anybody know how to unroot a T-Mobile branded handset.
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Total noob here, but I think you need to flash a t mobile stock rom, have a look in here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
Downloaded a stock firmware and kernel and flashed using odin.
However my phone will not connect with kies to update to latest firmware and won't update via phone.
Any ideas.
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Title says it all.. does my phone have to be network unlocked before I install ICS via Odin. I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 locked to T-Mobile UK... we all hate T-Mobile and their ridiculous firmware release dates soo I was just wandering, can I update my phones firmware with it being network locked?
No it doesn't need to be unlocked
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dave106 said:
No it doesn't need to be unlocked
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so can I go ahead and flash the latest ICS firmware? can you point me to the best firmware for a resident in the UK?
Hi.
I just bought an unlocked but Vofadone branded S3 yesterday. Now I want to flash a stock firmware to unbrand my phone without rooting it first. Is it possibke? Can somebody point me to the instructions?
Thanks.
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yes why not
just use pc odin
ring_GT said:
Hi.
I just bought an unlocked but Vofadone branded S3 yesterday. Now I want to flash a stock firmware to unbrand my phone without rooting it first. Is it possibke? Can somebody point me to the instructions?
Thanks.
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You do not need root to flash a stock firmware.. if you want to unlock your phone from your carrier, i suggest you root your phone AFTER you flashed a stock firmware.. there are applications here in XDA that does the job neatly.
I hope this helps
Thanks!! My phone is already unlocked so i do not need root
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hy all, i just got a branded gs3,that i believe it was sim unlocked.it's on 4.0.4 and it's rooted.
my question is what would happen if i flash a stock non-branded firmware(jellybean)?
can my phone sim-relock? thank you
If its branded its not unlocked....
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speedyjay said:
If its branded its not unlocked....
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it is branded, i got some carrier specific apps,and also the bootlogo of the carrier,a french one( bienvenue or something like that).So it must be sim unlocked if i am using orange...
once you sim unlock the phone, it should not sim relock when you flash a unbranded firmware through odin. I hope i answered your question
erarkku said:
once you sim unlock the phone, it should not sim relock when you flash a unbranded firmware through odin. I hope i answered your question
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thanks a lot,thats what i wanted to hear,are there any risks such as loosing the imei,serial number or corrupt efs after flashing stock with odin?
Hi there,
there is any change betwen the Z2 vodafone from Uk to the global version?
I think if to buy the vodafone version or wait for the global version..
dandi212 said:
Hi there,
there is any change betwen the Z2 vodafone from Uk to the global version?
I think if to buy the vodafone version or wait for the global version..
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Vodafone version wont let u unlock bootloader and root, so my advice would be buy unbranded device
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feis said:
Vodafone version wont let u unlock bootloader and root, so my advice would be buy unbranded device
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why?
i dont care about the warrnty because i will buy it in uk and open it to sim free and use it in other country so the vodafone warrenty no matter.
so if i dont care about the warrenty so no problem to buy it?
dandi212 said:
why?
i dont care about the warrnty because i will buy it in uk and open it to sim free and use it in other country so the vodafone warrenty no matter.
so if i dont care about the warrenty so no problem to buy it?
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Its not about warranty, its about development. You wont be able to unlock bootloader and flash custom roms, if you dont care, then go ahead, there are no other differences, since you can flash generic firmware and get rid of vodafone stuff if you want to.
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feis said:
Vodafone version wont let u unlock bootloader and root, so my advice would be buy unbranded device
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so i can change the vodafone rom and i can unlock the bootloader ant root?
i dont need the vodafone rom
dandi212 said:
so i can change the vodafone rom and i can unlock the bootloader ant root?
i dont need the vodafone rom
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Christ.. Please pay attention, i wont repeat again. You CANT unlock bootloader, and you CANT flash custom made roms, as in the ones you can find in development section. What you can do, is flash generic sony firmware, basically same vodafone rom just without all vodafone apps and branding.
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feis said:
Christ.. Please pay attention, i wont repeat again. You CANT unlock bootloader, and you CANT flash custom made roms, as in the ones you can find in development section. What you can do, is flash generic sony firmware, basically same vodafone rom just without all vodafone apps and branding.
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Hi there
I am very sorry i have bad english so It's a bit difficult for me.
Also my knowledge of Android is small.
i have just 2 more questions:
1. the bootloader will be locked forever or maybe in future I can open it?
2. Is the phone supports Hebrew language? Do I need to do something to turn the Hebrew language?
Thank you very much!!
Sorry dont know answers to these questions
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feis said:
Christ.. Please pay attention, i wont repeat again. You CANT unlock bootloader, and you CANT flash custom made roms, as in the ones you can find in development section. What you can do, is flash generic sony firmware, basically same vodafone rom just without all vodafone apps and branding.
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feis said:
Sorry dont know answers to these questions
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thank you
with past experience with the device Z1 from vodafone ,the bootloader remains locked forever?