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Samsung firmware

RichGold
RichGold Posts: 1,244 Forumite
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I wonder if anyone can help. I've moved over from Orange to T-Moblie, kept my number and my phone. The phone is still electronically branded to Orange, as are the menu's (Orange Maps, Orange World and several other icons). I'm not bothered about the branding, but is it possible to replace the icons with the default icons that a sim free phone would have come with, or maybe even the T-Mobile icons?
The phone is a Samsung S8300 - Tocco Ultra.
I don't mind paying for this to be done, but of course free would be nice.
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  • OneADay
    OneADay Posts: 9,031 Forumite
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    You would need to get it unbranded and by the time you have paid for that to be done - it will cost you nearly as much as getting an unbranded version from ebay.
  • colinicky
    colinicky Posts: 179 Forumite
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    depends on how technically minded you are, I debranded my Galaxy S1 using the guide & the downloads from here :- http://www.samfirmware.com/

    Look under the "Tools" tab at the top. If you can not follow it from there then you should really not be doing it yourself .

    Colin
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    Likewise XDA for unbranding faqs .

    http://forum.xda-developers.com


    jje
  • RichGold
    RichGold Posts: 1,244 Forumite
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    Thanks very much, I'll have a look at those sites and see what I can do.
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