Series 60 Phones - Removing Operator Logo

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Me - 17 Sep 2005 02:06 GMT

GreetZ all,
I bought a Nokia 6682 and love this phone. What i don't like is the
big text "Cingular" right next to my clock at the top. I've tried
everything under the sun to remove this. I've downloaded FExplorer and
other programs to try to deal with it.

I've googled around and have come up with nothing. I read some where
that Series 60 phones WON'T work with the famous "blank operator logo" work
around. Anybody been able to unlock this issue or the phone itself to
accept other SIM cards?

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RobR - 17 Sep 2005 13:10 GMT

This is just a guess, but it's probably built into the Cingular
branded firmware. You'd need to flash the phone with the
unbranded firmware. www.iunlock.com can do that.

> GreetZ all,
> I bought a Nokia 6682 and love this phone. What i don't like is the
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> around. Anybody been able to unlock this issue or the phone itself to
> accept other SIM cards?

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Me - 18 Sep 2005 15:41 GMT

Hmmm, What do you think the difference would be between "unlocking" vs.
"uncostomized". I wonder what they mean by this...but according to
www.iunlock.com :

"It is with great pleasure that we announce flashing and decustomizing
services for the much anticipated Nokia 6682. We are able to flash
phones with Cingular customized firmware or uncustomized firmware. The
latest version available is 3.01.1. This service is now available for
purchase from our online shop. Unlocking is still not possible for this
model. We will announce its availability in the future."

> This is just a guess, but it's probably built into the Cingular
> branded firmware. You'd need to flash the phone with the
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>> around. Anybody been able to unlock this issue or the phone itself to
>> accept other SIM cards?

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RobR - 18 Sep 2005 21:26 GMT

Unlocking means the phone can be used on any GSM provider. Unbranding
the firmware just means that they replace the Cingular customized firmware
with the firmware you'd get if you bought the phone directly from Nokia.
Cingular sometimes does nasty stuff like disable MP3 based ringtones
for example, and add their logo to boot up. Dunno if they disabled
MP3 ringtones on the 6682, but they did on the 6620 (but not
on the 6230b for some reason).

> Hmmm, What do you think the difference would be between "unlocking" vs.
> "uncostomized". I wonder what they mean by this...but according to
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> to
>>> accept other SIM cards?

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Me - 18 Sep 2005 21:59 GMT

Just to answer your question, MP3s can be used as ringtones in the 6682
with Cingular's custom firmware. According to your explanation, then
uncostomizing would be the same as unlocking....If you were to buy the
unbranded version which used to ship directly from Nokia, then it has to
be unlocked because it can be used with any GSM provider.

But this can't be all, because www.iunlock.com specifically states that
they can uncostomize the phone...but not unlock.

> Unlocking means the phone can be used on any GSM provider. Unbranding
> the firmware just means that they replace the Cingular customized
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>> is still not possible for this model. We will announce its
>> availability in the future."

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RobR - 19 Sep 2005 00:27 GMT

No, it doesn't work that way. Changing the firmware does not unlock
the phone from Cingular. It just gets rid of the Cingular branded firmware.
Good to know that you can use MP3 ringtones at least. I'm having
my 6620 flashed by iunlock (once it comes back from Nokia repair -
though I requested as part of the repair that Nokia flash it to unbranded,
but I doubt they'll do that).

> Just to answer your question, MP3s can be used as ringtones in the 6682
> with Cingular's custom firmware. According to your explanation, then
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>>> is still not possible for this model. We will announce its
>>> availability in the future."

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