lovesign wrote:And why is that, PAL?
Simple answer, change of product code changes the region of the product and lose the 3G band.
If you are in North American (RM507, 850/1900/2100) and want Asian characters, you need firmware/product code from RM505 (900/1900/2100). Change the product code to RM505 loses 850 band and 900 band will not work either.
It has different hardware inside. Nokia's program designer didn't think about everyone. :icon13:
There are many different immigrants from different countries to North American. They need the phone (3G) part, but they also want to read MP3 tag in their original language because that's the music they listen to.
JAF is a power tool to flash Nokia even when it's dead. You can pick any part of the firmware file and flash it as you like. NSU is smart and great program, but not good enough imo.
Hal-IBM wrote:I Googled like a lunatic when I was about to change the firmware language of my Nokia N97. There are a lot of sloppy tutorials out there and I was quite confused until I hit the mother load. These two guides are the best on the web in my book, for those who are interested:How to Change the Product Code on a Nokia N97
How to Unbrand Your Nokia N97
Both seems pretty fool-proof to me and if I'd have to choose just one, I'd go for the first.
Just wanted to share 😃
Enjoy
you lose your 3G 850/900 if the product code is changed from RM507 to RM505 or vice versa.
Heeeelp me..
i was just flashing myg phone nokia n97 useing the guide. half way of flash my PC crashed and now my phone is dead.
i have tried hardreset without any help.
noting happens when trying to turn on my phone, no screen at all.
but when the phone is connected to the pc via usb and try to turn on the phone. i then can hear usb connect dis-connect. it just goes on and on with connect and dis-connect,. can someone plz help me.
ps. i installed jaf 1.98.62 and copied all ini files from 1.98.64. then downloaded OGM_JAF_PKEY_Emulator_v 5 but when i click at GO, i then get this message:
"Checking Windows version ...
Windows version: Microsoft
Searching for JAF install location ...
Saved winscard.dll to: C:\Program Files\ODEON\JAF\winscard.dll
ERROR: Not supported Windows version"
i also tried with version 4 but the same.
im runing windows 7.
any help please
Try using Phoenix. That's what I have always used to flash my phone and never had any problems. If you do want to stick with Jaf however, try an XP or Vista machine. Some Windows 7 users have reported problems with Jaf.