I got rid of the banner using BitPim and Wordpad (a Windows program). It was pretty simple. I tried using Winhex and Windump but you have to buy the program for it to be able to edit your banner.
Wordpad works really easy and it's free with windows.
Ok, here's how I did it.
1) Download and install BitPim
http://bitpim.sourceforge.net/#download
2) Set the COM port. Select: Edit, Settings (I used auto).
3) Before you edit anything verify the connection to your phone. Select the Phone tab. You will see your contacts.
4) Click on the "File System Tab"
5) Click on the
+ in the root directory (top left corner).
Go to the eri directory and select the
+ next to it
6) Right click eri.bin
SELECT SAVE.
Save the file to your computer in a place you can find it if you need it (This is the original if you screw things up editing the eri.bin file you can always load the original back to your phone). I pity the fool who skips this step. If you are reading this you are probably not a programmer. Either am I. BACK IT UP!
7)
Save another copy of the original eri.bin file to another directory. This will be the directory used to upload and download the file to and from your phone. The other original is safely saved somewhere else. Right? You should now have 2 copiies saved in 2 different places.
8) Start Wordpad
9) Select: File, Open.
Go to one of the directories where your eri.bin file is saved.
In file types click "All Documents *.*"
Open your WORKING copy of the eri.bin file.
10) Look for:
Verizon WirelessA (
followed by) Verizon WirelessB
11) Put your cursor in front of the "V" and delete the words Verizon Wireless
BUT, Leave the A Than with the cursor still before the "A" type in
16 "spaces".
12) Do the same with Verizon WirelessB (again, do not delete the "B" (
and don't forget the 16 spaces here also).
13) Save your edited eri.bin file to your WORKING directory. You still have the original elsewhere on your hard drive. Right?
14) Launch BitPim.
Click on the "File System Tab"
Click on the + in the root directory (top left corner).
Go to the eri directory and select the + next to it
15) Right click on eri.bin
16) Select Overwrite
17) Select your WORKING DIRECTORY and your
new eri.bin file.
18) Disconnect your cable from the phone & shut down & reboot it.
Did it work? Should have, mine did!
Notes:
1) MAJOR DISCLAIMER:
.I am NOT a programmer, hacker or expert at anything . If you screw up your phone sorry. If you backup your original eri.bin file and never edit it chances are very good you can put your phone back to its original state, I have. Use caution, take your time and it should work? Any similarity to an actual tutorial is purely coincidental. I make no claims as to the accuracy or suitability of any and all text contained herein. Any user of the information contained herein does so at risk of serious damage to any and all equipment, hardware and software mentioned in this text and possibly more. The information contained in this document is void of warranty express, written or implied.
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