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	Faz	2009-09-20 , 21:50
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Originally Posted by epoch24

This just brings out one question, even if a network actually locks a handset doesnt it only cost like 3 £ to unlock it and also when a phone is actualy unlocked does it mean that all the network installed crap is outta the window.

SIM locking and operator branding are two different things.

Symbian based Nokia phones have historically been relatively easy to remove SIM locks, as has debranding by simply amending the phone's product codes to a generic non-operator country code, then performing a normal PC based firmware update. Update app checks product code and pulls down the latest revision, overwriting any existing branded one.

No idea how this would work with the N900. Whilst most of it is open source, I remember reading somewhere that the cellular parts of the device are closed.

Last edited by Faz; 2009-09-20 at 21:54.

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