Series 60 Phones - Removing Operator Logo

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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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.

"Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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?

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."




"RobR" <[email protected]> wrote in news:BITWe.3162$N35.1414@trndny09:

> 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.
>
> "Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> 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?
>
>
>

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).

"Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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."
>
>
>
>
> "RobR" <[email protected]> wrote in news:BITWe.3162$N35.1414@trndny09:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> "Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>

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.

"RobR" <[email protected]> wrote in news:W3kXe.5518$i86.1188@trndny01:

> 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).
>
> "Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> 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."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "RobR" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:BITWe.3162$N35.1414@trndny09:

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).

"Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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.
>
> "RobR" <[email protected]> wrote in news:W3kXe.5518$i86.1188@trndny01:
>
>> Unlocking means the phone can be used on any GSM provider. Unbranding
>> the firmware just means that they replace the Cingular customized
>> firmware with the firmware you'd get if you bought the phone directly
>> from Nokia. Cingular sometimes does nasty stuff like disable MP3 based
>> ringtones for example, and add their logo to boot up. Dunno if they
>> disabled MP3 ringtones on the 6682, but they did on the 6620 (but not
>> on the 6230b for some reason).
>>
>> "Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Hmmm, What do you think the difference would be between "unlocking"
>>> vs. "uncostomized". I wonder what they mean by this...but according
>>> to www.iunlock.com :
>>>
>>> "It is with great pleasure that we announce flashing and
>>> decustomizing services for the much anticipated Nokia 6682. We are
>>> able to flash phones with Cingular customized firmware or
>>> uncustomized firmware. The latest version available is 3.01.1. This
>>> service is now available for purchase from our online shop. Unlocking
>>> is still not possible for this model. We will announce its
>>> availability in the future."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "RobR" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:BITWe.3162$N35.1414@trndny09:
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