[Crayons]

*Note

Spoiler

This Tut can be used with other phones. just change the firmware files to your phone respectively

NOTEEEE: Some New phones cant be flashed at the moment because that site doesnt have the firmware files. i am sorry but if your phones firmware files arent on the website. Then this tut has no use for you.

One More thing: I do not hold responsibility if you brick your phone, have a nice day =)

What you need before doing this:
A W850I CID52 or 51 phone
DCU-60 service cable
USB Flash Drivers
SE-King
XS++ with some modded files ( louder acoustics and media player skins)
Firmware Files(Main and FS)

Download
Xs++2.2 + customized files from http://tinyurl.com/29esyr or http://tinyurl.com/yud9ry
Se-King 3.0.3.8 from http://tinyurl.com/yvn5yk or http://tinyurl.com/yud9ry or  SeKing3.0.3.8_English.rar (1.72MB)
Number of downloads: 658
Firmware files from http://tinyurl.com/4ogmgf

Download the firmware you need

To find out your firmware. connect your phone with xs++ first
step 1: press connect
step 2: check the networks to find out which fs you need for your phone. since my firmware is R1GK001 . i will choose the R1GK001 RED CID 52 Firmware.
step 3: close xs++ for now.


*NOTE(READ THIS BEFORE FLASHING), the newer versions of SE-King have a different way of doing it. so if you are using a newer one and you are not sure how to do it, please do not do it. and instead pm me for help. I will NOT be posting a tutorial on how to use the new one even though it is easier to do. but it is similar to the way of this tutorial, so if you can figure it out then its good for you.

Now
Step 1: Remove your sim card and memory stick

Step 2:Start SE-KING and follow the settings i have put in my se kings (inside the black box).
set your own LANG

Step 3: Press the button initialize and you will get a screen similiar to this

Step 4: Follow the steps by pressing the "c" button on your phone and connecting the dcu cable.
then you will get an image similiar to this >

Step 5 click the add file button

Step 6: Add the Main and FS bin files into there.

Step 7: Now Press Flash!

Step 8:Once Se-king has stopped its procedure. Disconnect the phone by plugging out the DCU cable

Step 9:Start XS++

Step 10:Press connect
and hold c and plug in the DCU cable

Step 11:Once its connected. tick the customize firmware checkbox
and a box like will appear
press okay

Step 12:now press the settings checkbox

Now select breakxs


Step 13: Go back to flash , make sure you have set the phone model and cda region correctly then press flash
Let it load until it says success. and there you have it a debranded w850i

Credits:
patriyx(for writing the tut in words)
me
software creators
se

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Debranding A W580i

*Note This Tutorial is almost the same as mine. If you find anything difficult. Try to refer to the pics above. It might help


Debranding a W580i with the tools listed by crayons - My personal experience.

Download
Xs++2.2 + customized files from http://tinyurl.com/29esyr or http://tinyurl.com/yud9ry
Se-King 3.0.3.8 from http://tinyurl.com/yvn5yk or http://tinyurl.com/yud9ry or  SeKing3.0.3.8_English.rar (1.72MB)
Number of downloads: 658
Firmware files from http://tinyurl.com/23qrnx

What you need before doing this (expanded)
A W580I CID52 phone
DCU-60 service cable
USB Flash Drivers (the ones listed do not work in 64 bit xp)
SE-King
XS++ 2.2 with some modded files ( louder acoustics and media player skins) ( rumor is v 3.x is out)
Firmware Files(Main and FS) (main has .sw in name and FS has .fs in file name.)

Download
Xs++2.2 + customized files from http://tinyurl.com/29esyr or http://tinyurl.com/yud9ry
Se-King 3.0.3.8 from http://tinyurl.com/yvn5yk or http://tinyurl.com/yud9ry or  SeKing3.0.3.8_English.rar (1.72MB)
Number of downloads: 658
Firmware files from http://tinyurl.com/4pnqf4

Download the firmware you need

To find out your firmware. connect your phone with xs++ first or from the standby screen press "right", "STAR","left", "left","STAR","left", "STAR"


None of the firmware from the SE-king web site matched exactly, so I just picked the ones that were close to what was needed (English, USA, etc.)
First, I had no idea what i was doing, or getting into.

Here's the steps i took to debrand the 580i with some hindsight revision. I know there is improvement beyond what is listed here.

Befor you start!

1. Get all the files and tools mentioned above and load them on an old machine with WIN2K (XP would work)

2. Take the battery cover off your phone ( it will be coming in and out a lot)
3. Get a soda, and be prepared to experience some level of dispair as you go along.

My steps (Having no clue remember)

Step 0. Practiced connecting to the phone with XS++ and SE King. Found out that if you clicked any of the buttons in XS++ to switch tabs ( FSW, SETUP, etc) the program would lock up. I think this is a problem with the USB flash driver i was using. have yet to try a different one.

Step 1. Used SE-king 3.x to flash (add ) the firmware file to the phone ( .sw and .fs).
The process took a long time. SE-king displayed the address blocks it was writing to as it was going. When it was finished I turned on the phone. It took a long time to turn on and when it finally came up it had a configuration error screen (Note: always have to remove the battery before it will turn on after the flash connection is used). I thought the phone was toast and I would have to crawl to ATT to get it reconfigured.

Step 2. In desperation i used XS++ to try and flash the same files to the phone. (remember to not click on the radio buttons or it locks up). I put the sw and fs files in the proper boxes and ignored the phone that xs++ had preselected (you cant change it anyway) and reflashed the phone. XS++ displayed the files as they were being uploaded to the phone and the process went very fast. I then restarted the phone ( battery out first).

Apparent success the ATT garbage at start-up was gone and the menu structure was the Sony-Ericsson. After a few moments it found my network and I could make phone calls. Furthermore, it still had the same applications minus a few att web things( still had internet access, but you have to actually want to go to it vs ATT main button accidental access), some games and more ring tones. I found that some applications ( radio, other) were unavailable after the reflash.

Step 3. To correct the radio problem( and other application no-access problems) I reconnected with SE-King and after some trials used the "UNLOCK 2" command to unlock the phone. In the network box you need to enter a user and password. It did not matter what they were, but the PW has to be 8 characters long).
After restarting the phone ( battery) the radio and other applications worked fine.

After getting the phone at noon spending all evening playing with it, I consider it debranded, but it is still locked to ATT. I'm happy i did it. One thing though is that the time does not appear to be automatically setting itself with ATT, so i entered it manually.

BR,

RangerRick

Credits to RangerRick

This post has been edited by Crayons: 13 September 2008 - 06:47 AM

[Crayons]

updated with images

[patriyx]

so with pictures...so usefull i like it

[Crayons]

you wrote the thing. =p. i tried xs++ but couldnt get it to work.

[Wally_Dog]

Wow... SeKing... never heard of that before Can SeKing work on phones that aren't unbranded and you want to add a language to? My sister has a w810, doesn;t want me to unbrand it, and she wants French language on it. Only thing is, we're in the US and FR isn't on the phone by default... so could she add FR language to her existing English language so she could switch between? Thanks!

-Wally

[Crayons]

dont think so you can do that without debranding though. You could tell her that without debranding she cant have french. so then you use the fs pack which has french to flash. instead of the original one

[matt314]

Can i use this tut for w580i???

[number1]

this should be a sticky

[Crayons]

yes you can, read the spoiler

This post has been edited by Crayons: 24 September 2007 - 01:57 PM

[Wally_Dog]

Thanks Crayons... I'll tell here that... but is there a FS with FR and English?!?! BTW yah mods sticky this

[Crayons]

hmm. there should be. but im not sure where. just that the fw files are here

[Wally_Dog]

Aw... only one CID49 W810 FS... and it's China >.<

[mcl0001]

Hello Crayons,


This may be a stupid question, but as i have a australian vodafone branded w850, with R1ED001 firmware, what FS file should i use, i have downloaded

Main: W850i_CXC1250200_Generic_R1ED001_Red52_sw_enc.rar

but can't find a vfelive2 FS file to match my phone like you used APAC, should i use

FS: W850i_CXC1250489_SouthAsia_Levan_R1ED001_Red52_fs_enc.rar

Or is there nothing i can do at this point in time...

Thanks

MCL

[Crayons]

whats the dif btwn vfelive2 fs and vfelive1 and 3. btw. you can use the generic and can use another fs. because if im not wrong, fs is just the file system. not sw

p.s. sorry for late reply. was busy

This post has been edited by Crayons: 27 September 2007 - 01:54 AM

[Crayons]

upz

This post has been edited by Crayons: 06 October 2007 - 07:22 AM

[cowjames]

I am trying to do this, on a W580i, and not having any luck.

On step 13, there is no W580 on the list of phones. So i dont know what to select.

[kkkkkk]

Very Good, now have Seking 3.0.3.9

[Crayons]

hmm cowjames. i think your phone is rather new so xs might not have the phone model yet. but you can go to the development section to download the latest version and just extract it to the same folder you have extracted the xs i gave you.

[TomPom]

brilliant guide for us n00bz out here, but i never new flashing the sound driver files so easy, is this as easy?
Will this work on my three pay contract W850i, and after debranding will my sim card still work in it?
sorry for all the quesions

[Crayons]

lol. your english is abit off. yes its easy to do it if you follow my tutorial step by step. though i have included the sound files in but you can change them if you want(if you know how to ). This will work on any w850i or any phone as long as you can find the firmware and file directory| files. I am not sure whether after debranding on whether your sim card will work, has your phone been locked before and previously unlocked?. if that is the case then i think it wont work, but it should since its only locked to the one sim card.