Unbranding my W850i

[damien]

Hello, this is my first post on TopSony. This website is just incredible, I didn't think such a community would exist! :cool:
So first thank you for giving us such great tools.

Now my questions ;)
I just bought a Vodafone branded W850i. (Love this phone :D)
Software revision: R1ED001 060831 2039 CXC1250201_VODAFONE_CY
Model: AAD-3022021-BV

I'd like to unbrand my phone, so I'd like to know:
- Do I have to replace the firmware with R1ED001 (as I have now) or can I use the newest R1JG001_RED52 ?
- What FS should I choose between: CENT_EUROPE, EUROPE_1, EUROPE_2, EUROPE_3, EUROPE_4 or EUROPE_5 ? (I live in Belgium)
- I like Vodafone's Orbit theme flash menu :p But I know it will be gone after debranding. So is there a way to restore it after the process?

Thank you for your help!

[GamerMat]

- Do I have to replace the firmware with R1ED001 (as I have now) or can I use the newest R1JG001_RED52 ?

You can use any firmware, but that's if you unbranded it using DaVinci, or any other similar things.

- What FS should I choose between: CENT_EUROPE, EUROPE_1, EUROPE_2, EUROPE_3, EUROPE_4 or EUROPE_5 ? (I live in Belgium)

I really don't know about this, but you could choose whatever it contains your language.

- I like Vodafone's Orbit theme flash menu But I know it will be gone after debranding. So is there a way to restore it after the process?

You can restore it by flashing the swf file of orbit to the phone's firmware file.

[damien]

Thanks for the reply GamerMat :)

- Do I have to replace the firmware with R1ED001 (as I have now) or can I use the newest R1JG001_RED52 ?
You can use any firmware, but that's if you unbranded it using DaVinci, or any other similar things.

Well... I was planning to try to unbrand it with PhoneXS, do you recommend that I use DaVinci rather?
To be honest I'm a little scared about this process, I really don't want to screw up my phone... :confused:

- What FS should I choose between: CENT_EUROPE, EUROPE_1, EUROPE_2, EUROPE_3, EUROPE_4 or EUROPE_5 ? (I live in Belgium)
I really don't know about this, but you could choose whatever it contains your language.

Ok, but how do I know which of these files contain French?

- I like Vodafone's Orbit theme flash menu But I know it will be gone after debranding. So is there a way to restore it after the process?
You can restore it by flashing the swf file of orbit to the phone's firmware file.

I'll try it :)

[Bobeto]

- What FS should I choose between: CENT_EUROPE, EUROPE_1, EUROPE_2, EUROPE_3, EUROPE_4 or EUROPE_5 ? (I live in Belgium)

Follow this link http://www.topsony.com/foro/cmps_ind...=info_lenguaje
I think EUROPE_5 is the one you will want.

Good luck with the flash, I'm going to debrand my 880 if I can figure out how!

[damien]

Thank you Bobeto, but unfortunately your link doesn't seem to work...
It leads to a page that says:

Top Sony is under mantenience. In a few days will be back.
We apologize, and we are thankful for your patience.
Top Sony Team

And good luck with debranding your 880!

Anyone else can help me with my other questions?
Thanks in advance :)

[damien]

Maybe it can help, so here is my PhoneXS log:

12:18:58| Phone-XS GUI Build V2.10 Alpha Ready!
12:18:58| System Diagnostics check: OK!
12:19:03| Attempting to open the interface...
12:19:03| ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
12:19:03| Turn off phone
12:19:03| Hold C Button on phone and connect phone.
12:19:03| You have 30 seconds.
12:19:03| ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
12:19:07| PORT STATUS: ACTIVE
12:19:07| DBID: 9900 (db2020)
12:19:07| proto: 3.1
12:19:08| phone name detected
12:19:08| ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
12:19:08| PHONE INFO
12:19:08| ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
12:19:08| DBID: db2020
12:19:08| OPT CID: 49
12:19:08| EROM CID: 49
12:19:08| EROM color: red
12:19:08| IMEI: 35282601xxxxxx
12:19:08| Phone: W850
12:19:08| Operator: VFE_LIVE_1
12:19:08| CDA: CDA102677/71 R6A
12:19:08| Firmware: R1ED001
12:19:08| EROM: R3A016
12:19:08| ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
12:19:08| ready for operation!

And my questions:

1) Should I replace the firmware with the newest R1JG001_RED52 or should I stick with the R1ED001 (as I have now)? I am planning to do it with PhoneXS. What is recommended?

2) What FS should I choose between: CENT_EUROPE, EUROPE_1, EUROPE_2, EUROPE_3, EUROPE_4 or EUROPE_5? (I live in Belgium and want the phone in French)

Thanks for your help!

[tomboli]

does anybody know a tutorial for xs++?

[damien]

I have 2 other important questions ;)
(I try to keep them in this post)

- What are the differences between the firmware versions (besides CID encoding which is getting stronger with each release)? Do they fix important bugs or is it just details that change?
Knowing this could help me make my choice between R1GB001 (CID49), R1GB001 (CID51) and R1KG001 (CID52)... Please help me choose!

- If I upgrade my phone with CID52 software, this means I won't be able to modify it afterwards, since it's impossible to brute force CID52 (for now)?

[barry7000]

i have a w850 with the same vodafone firmware
if i debrand it will the buttons be in different possitions?
ive seen an unbranded one and the button layout is slightly different to mine

[2145]

If you are using XS++ DO NOT FLASH FILESYSTEM (FS) FILE!!! If you do that, you will need to finalize and so far, no tool (including XS++) can't access the FS for free. If you don't finalize, you will end up with the famous "Configuration error...".
@barry7000. The menu layout (button positions) are affected by the menu.ml in the filesystem. If you have CID 51, you can only flash MAIN which will change the icons, but not the layout.
I'm getting a W850 Vodafone this week too ;)
Gonna report how flashing went.