howto remove provider branding to update

There is no way of removing this. Just try to console yourself that, although some of us may have more up to date firmware's than you, we probably paid about five times as much for the privalage!

when you sya "provider branding" do you mean the operators startup vid? I have a tmobile p900 unlocked to use 02 sim but the wap settings are stuck to tmobile... would a firmware update from SE give me a generic SE firmware or are they just gonna provide me with and updated tmobile firmware? Does a firmware update unlock the wap operator restriction? any help would be much appreciated. cheers
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Bassey wrote:There is no way of removing this. Just try to console yourself that, although some of us may have more up to date firmware's than you, we probably paid about five times as much for the privalage!

Even if you did managed to remove all the branding, the updater also reads your IMEI (Or so i'm led to believe) and then you wouldn't be able to update at all because there would be a conflict between your IMEI and CDA version.

Anyway, keep the rules of the forum in mind 😉

oh poo...so unless i use a tmobile sim, i cannot even use wap? that sucks.... i dont mind the start up vid so much as not even being able to go onto wap...with a phone like this, it's such a shame... :frown:
if anyone has any further suggestions please post em, really wanna use this phone to its fullest

you can get the configuration for O2 on SE's Website, go to Support -> Phone setup.
Just answer all the questions and the configuration will be sent to you per SMS.
I also got a T-Mobile P900 and use E-Plus, but i can't change the start page, it seems to be locked.

I can only think of one way to remove the Tmobile crap. Since the software must be installed it is propably hidden in a way that the standard file manager does not show it.

Fortunatly there are some more advanced filemanagers (like Qfileman) that can be installed and show all files. With these it must be possible to delete the tmobile files......

let me know if this helps!

rgds, Sergio

thanks, i got it sorted.. it's weird but i just got the thing updated to latest firmware and when i started the phone up again, i got the SE logo and all the branding was gone...even in the opera browser 😊

PrometheusUK wrote:thanks, i got it sorted.. it's weird but i just got the thing updated to latest firmware and when i started the phone up again, i got the SE logo and all the branding was gone...even in the opera browser 😊

hiya indojab
I went down to a Sony Ericsson qualified centre near my area, I gave the phone to them to update and I wasn't expecting to get the branding removed but when i got it back, it was all gone. I can't remember the phone number (which is really dumb considering the miracle they performed) but I do remember calling a special SE support number and asking for the nearest SE repair centre (London)... I think they all use official unbranded firmware updates but i couldn't see for sure.

hope it helps
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Hi PrometheusUK,
Thanks a lot for your reply and yes it does help.
From what I gather from all the different posts, is that it seems that unlocking the phone is enough, and that paying extra for unbranding is no point as it this can be done by undating the firmware.
But what i do find annoying, is the fact it could actually be free. It only seems to be in UK that you have to pay the network (or third party) to unlock the handset.
In France, 6 mths in the contract and you can just give the provider a ring, and it's done for free. Where as here, it's a case of ripping off. Why do we have to pay to get rid of something we didn't necesseraly want in the first place?!
They could argue that it is crime prevention. But in that case shouldn't we have the choice when we buy the handset!