A2-DB3150 Flashing

[xyn19]

Phone should be OFF during flash.
Cheers.

[katerina]

Omg! It was so easy after all! Thank you so much for the great tutorial!
My new W595 is now officialy debranded!!

Thanks again! :)

[hyperion17]

What CDA should I use for North America?

Use the "customize_upgrade.xml" from my above post.
@[xyn19], there's already a similar tutorial here:
[Debrand] A2 (Db3150) Tutorial - Top Sony Forums.
Use "EDIT" button, like me :)

[xyn19]

1) Yes, it should flash your phone to the latest generic America firmware. I have not tried those particular 2 CDA's in my original post but I have read other people have done it successfully. I know the generic Hong Kong CDA worked perfectly.
2) To re-brand it back to ATT, you need to download ATT/Cingular MAIN, FS, and the custom file, and use a2uploader to flash, then copy custom files. SEUS does NOT do it (at least to go from HK generic to ATT).
3) You can set up phone via bluetooth to use your computer's internet access. Computer needs to be running Windows XP (Vista and Mac might work), and needs to be in Workgroup mode, i.e. not setup to connect to a Windows Domain. (Another thread or google it.)
4) Yes, you can use data from ATT with de-branded phones. Make sure you have a correct data plan, or they'll charge you per kB or something like that. You need to get network settings right. (Another thread.)
5) Yes, you can use GPS. I know the following versions of GPS all work!! -- Built-in Google Map, downloaded Google Map(sometimes has connection issues, but I have a workaround), Amaze GPS, Mobile Gmaps. I have not tried Wayfinder, I bet it works too. However, ATT Navigator does NOT work on generic phones, Telenav (who makes ATT Navigator) has not a version for most generic phones. (Another thread.)

Cheers.

[xyn19]

Great! Have you tried to update it to latest firmware from SE with SEUS?

[andyd]

Heh.

I had built it up in my head as much tougher than it really ended up being. Thank you everyone, all worked perfectly. I now have a former ATT USA phone that is generic USA latest SUSE firmware.

Time to hunt down some good themes and stuff. And I may be back with more questions in other threads.

Thanks all,

Andy

[xyn19]

Great! Which CDA did you use that worked, or not? Thanks.

[andyd]

Open this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<customization>
  <info>
    <cda-number>1201-0095</cda-number>
  </info>
</customization>

in notepad.
Save it as "customize_upgrade.xml". Upload it to TPA/preset/custom. Update with SEUS. You should have the latest "generic america" firmware.

I used this as my custom xml.

So I used this, uploaded it as you said, and then SUSE did the rest.

[NeoStuey]

Debranded my Orange UK W595, so easy, thanks very much for the tutorial.

[bushy123]

hi i cant seem to get a2uploader to work. avg keeps tellin me about it contains a trojan..... HELP! thanks