After getting ATT\/Cingular to take the subsidy lock off my phone, I decided to flash it with the generic International Motorola firmware. The advantages:<\/p>\n
The downsides:<\/p>\n
As daunting as the downside list is, I have to say that getting rid of all of the Cingular branding was like a breath of fresh air. You really don’t notice how bad the branding was until it’s gone. Then you just notice all of the extra room in the menus, bookmark lists, etc.<\/p>\n
My phone started out with the following software:<\/p>\n
Firmware: <\/strong>R2611LD_U_96.71.95R I upgraded using: R26111LD_U_96.71.95R_LP0003_DRM0001_VSTU_207_0D_JPNA_ R26111IZRGLBDST01NA_01_USIZGBLDST01R26111018_1FF<\/p>\n The tool I used was Random’s Flash & Backup (version 3.06) which costs $9.99 and is well worth the small fee. Before upgrading, I made a full backup of my phone, and I strongly suggest that you do so too if you try this!<\/p>\n I activated the bootloader by turning off my phone, holding down the * and # keys, and then tapping the power (red) button. My phone had bootloader version 03.02.<\/p>\n After flashing with the Motorola firmware, my phone worked correctly. (Note that if you do this before unlocking your phone, it will have a “Subsidy Lock code” warning message, but the phone will still work. The Motorola firmware expects that the phone is unlocked, and if it is not, it will issue a warning message.)<\/p>\n To get the phone “working” again, I did the following:<\/p>\n To get it just the way I liked, I also did the following:<\/p>\n Record .mp4 movies (instead of .3gp)<\/strong> Normally the cell phone records .3gp movies, but it supports .mp4 movie recording if you change offset 1A1 to 03 (set bits 0 and 1 to on). Note that this SEEM edit was originally reported as offset 1d1, which does not work, so if you are working off of an old version of the seem_map.txt file it may have the incorrect data. I have verified that 1A1 set to 03 works correctly on my Cingular V3xx phone.<\/li>\n Advanced networking menu (search speed) Data Transfer Icon: Turn on bits 0, 1 and 2 in offset D0 (on = 1).<\/li>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After getting ATT\/Cingular to take the subsidy lock off my phone, I decided to flash it with the generic International Motorola firmware. The advantages: The Motorola firmware is not “branded” and gets rid of all of the “Shop Cingular” links, … Continue reading
\nFlex: <\/strong>USIZRGBLCINUSR26111083<\/p>\n\n
https:\/\/cingular.atgnow.com\/cng\/tutorials\/KB74359.html<\/pre>\n
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\n– 3E is “Browser Key” and 25 is “clear key”
\n-On the Cingular phone keyboard layout, you want:
\nOffset: 0x10 – to be 25
\nOffset: 0x1E – to be 3E<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nURL: www.google.com\/gmm
\nURL: www.gmail.com\/<\/li>\n
\n(voice message feature doesn’t seem to be supported by AT&T\/Cingular)
\nChange Offset B1, Bit 0, to on (1),<\/p>\n
\nTo enable this menu, toggle Offset B1, bit 3 to off (0).<\/p>\n
\nFreeFlight, Pipes, 5ud0ku, RSSReader, tieoncell, yoda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n