Need help rebranding my w760i

[wongnog]

I guess I should have read that link I posted for R3EA037 firmware a little closer, it posted a customize_upgrade.xml to use. They are using CDA 1211-7710 which according to a list I found somewhere is W760i_1211-7710_R3A_Customized_Brazil. I wonder if it will be okay for me to use this, but why do you say avoid customized CDAs?

Rogers does come with a TeleNav program but in the few short hours I played with it before debranding, I could never get it to work. It would just keep loading and at 96% would say there was some connection problem. However google maps works fine on my debranded phone

[xyn19]

Yea, I have read many people use the "Brazil" CDA, apparently all people say it's a generic, so definitely worth a try. If that turned out to be not what you want, you can always restore with SEUS or a2uploader.

"Avoid customized CDAs" because you get more than you want! For example, with the customized HK CDA, I got great language support, BUT it also loaded a ton of APN settings for just about every provider in HK(doesn't hurt besides taking up a little space), it also locked down a couple of shortcut keys(> and ^) though this is easy to fix, PlayNow doesn't work(will look into it later, not that important), more junk games and apps you can delete (some in foreign language). So "customized" is not original Sony. "Generic" seems to mean original Sony. It's just never perfect, isn't it!

On the GPS thing, sounds like Rogers didn't get it right with Navigator, AT&T's versoin is quite solid, used it for a month and it was great, very few screw ups. (For people still on AT&T Navigator, please check and download the latest version from TeleNav website, not MediaMall). I've bugged TeleNav to support W760i, other people reading this, please also call/email TeleNav to support generic W760i ASAP! Hate to say it, but TeleNav is just a lot better than Wayfinder IMOH. :) BTW, they are very listening! TeleNav - Contact Us

[angelyne]

I debranded my Rogers W760i some time ago. I didn't really care at the time, about internet access, and I had it blocked. But I've decided to start using my phone to access the net, mostly because I want to use Google maps.

So I managed to get the internet working and checked my bill (I have pay-as-you-go) and I was charged almost 4$ for accessing google map and 0.75$ for going to the google home page! ouch!

I think i'm being overcharged because I am not using the correct portal maybe? Anyway, I'd like to restore all the original Rogers settings for internet access to my phone. Luckily, I have kept a backup of the phone before unbranding, so I have my original customize.xml file. Can I copy the relevant sections and upload them to my phone? Using customize_upgrade.xml or something?

[xyn19]

Sony can send you the settings over the air (for free I think) HERE. Use W760i if debranded.

[angelyne]

I've tried this before and tried it again today, but I never receive the message on my phone

[xyn19]

Sorry to hear that, maybe Rogers blocked it somehow? They should give you a break down of the charges, like $ per kB etc. You can check their math that way. Consider an unlimited data plan.

[angelyne]

i can get an unlimited plan, but I think I need to access the net through their portal to use it.

Also you mentionned that you managed to rebrand your phone, but you have to be careful which files you pick. Which ones did you pick?

[xyn19]

AT&T's. There's only one R3CC005, no confusion! :)

[wongnog]

angelyne: yes for some reason the SE website doesn't work for sending settings to Rogers phones, it's been broken for years now but I have no idea why! I've posted working settings over on HowardForums, check here.

Since the W760 is not considered a smartphone, we qualify for the $7 unlimited data plan. It is supposed to be limited to the Rogers branded browser only, but if you use the settings above you should not be charged for using 3rd party applications such as Opera Mini. I had a debranded W580i for almost a year and never got charged overages, so far I've used lots of Google Maps, Gmail, and Opear Mini on my W760i so I'll have to see if I get charged for it or not.

I have also successfully rebranded my phone back to Rogers firmware by flashing a customize_upgrade.xml file to change the CDA back to 1214-8074. Unlike the AT&T phones, that's all you need to do to go back to Rogers firmware, so far at least. Just copy this file over to tpa/preset/custom using A2 Uploader, boot up your phone, then plug it in to SEUS to reflash back to Rogers firmware. Here's the code I used:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<customization>
  <info>
     <cda-number>1214-8074</cda-number>
     <cda-revision>R7A</cda-revision>
  </info>
</customization>

[angelyne]

Re-branding doesn't seem to be working for me. I tried this exact procedure yesterday and it appeared to work correctly, but after the update nothing was changed. I did neglect to turn on the phone between steps to apply the customize_upgrade file. When I tried it again today, I was informed by Seus that no update was available I suspect that this trick of ours only work if there is an actual update from Seus. Anyway, I am not that disappointed not to rebrand it cause I HATED the branded version.

As a side note, I actually managed to import the internet settings by using the relevant bits from my old branded customize.xml into a new customize_upgrade.xml.

My problem is that something is missing. If i use the go rogers (internet.com) profile, that works fine, but I get charged through the nose. The goam does not appear to work. Can you tell me WHICH profile and which portal you are actually using in order to benefit from the 7$ unlimited browsing.