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Flashing!

  • 16-01-2006 1:42am
    #1
    Misticles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,746 ✭✭✭✭


    does anyone know if ya can flash a phone through a bluetooth dongle and the right software??


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  • #2
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    no. you need a flashing cable


  • #3
    skearon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭skearon


    Misticles wrote:
    does anyone know if ya can flash a phone through a bluetooth dongle and the right software??

    No, you need cable (and normally not the standard sync cable), software and often a hardware box as well

    What make and model is the phone?


  • #4
    Misticles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,746 ✭✭✭✭Misticles


    its a samung d500, i was told i might need the cable, just wanted to check that i couldnt use the dongle, thanks


  • #5
    nitroboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭nitroboy


    what does flashing do to your phone????


  • #6
    Tobias Greeshman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭Tobias Greeshman


    nitroboy wrote:
    what does flashing do to your phone????
    It updates the OS s/w on the phone. So if your phone has any s/w bugs updating the firmware on your phone may fix these bugs. Pretty much like installing a new version of windows on your PC.


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  • #7
    skearon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭skearon


    nitroboy wrote:
    what does flashing do to your phone????

    Also many phones ship with firmware specific to Vodafone, O2 etc, if you can find a generic flash it means you can remove the operators branding and limitations


  • #8
    nitroboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭nitroboy


    nice one, can it be done for any phone? I have a samsung zv10 could a new OS be put on that? also what sort of limitations would vodafone have put on the phone?? thanks.


  • #9
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    I flashed my Samsung Z500v phone last week. I used the data cable that came supplied with it (vodafone RTG). Now it's a lot better and at last the alarm works properly!

    I found www.mobile-review.com forums very helpful for finding out what firmware to use and how to flash the phone. Worth checking out and searching.


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