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Old 01-18-2009, 02:16   #106 (permalink)
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i did tried same think as explain here my handset 8800 alredy sim unlock am tried to unlock data part . handset know debrand no t-mobile splash at start-up but still not get edge in capital.. mean can't used internet service? any idea wht to do ? am used vsm file name VSM-09712-002.zip. i tried with othere vsm file also but no lock...

What I think is that its a service issue. When you get edge written in small letters it means that you can not use the internet service. So the first thing is that do you even have the internet/data service activated or not? You have to activate the internet service on your phone/account and pay for it monthly. The procedure we are doing here in this thread are just to debrand the phone. It does not activate the service. I think that you are thinking that this procedure is to get the free internet service. Thats not the case. Correct me if I am wrong.

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Old 01-18-2009, 02:18   #107 (permalink)
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If you stop at 6, you won't even get to load the vsm. I don't think you meant what you typed above....

Read what is written in that thread again. In that thread steps 1 to 6 are to only download the MFI. After the 6th step all other instructions are to unlock the phone. Please dont confuse others.
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Old 01-18-2009, 02:38   #108 (permalink)
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Read what is written in that thread again. In that thread steps 1 to 6 are to only download the MFI. After the 6th step all other instructions are to unlock the phone. Please dont confuse others.
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The post I quoted mentions steps 1 through 6 in a thread that has steps 1 to 12 listed in it numerous times.

It wasn't clear that you are not referring to those steps, but to the steps in a different thread. Also, that other thread only has 6 steps enumerated, again making it unclear.

So for clarity to others reading this, hapishyguy is refering to steps 1 - 6 in the referenced thread, not this thread--don't be confused by that.
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Old 01-18-2009, 03:10   #109 (permalink)
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Also, for clarity, step 7 in this thread states:

"7 unplug ur bb, close and open again mfi and deselect auto start".

It makes no mention of "full erase", so the assumption is the you leave its checkbox in whatever state it is in when you re-open mfi.

I guess I will find out if that is the right thing to do...
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Old 01-18-2009, 04:37   #110 (permalink)
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THIS THREAD must be made STICKY.....

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Old 01-18-2009, 05:15   #111 (permalink)
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start a new one make it clean with all the links and ur golden
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Old 01-18-2009, 14:19   #112 (permalink)
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what is debranding for 8700




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Old 01-18-2009, 20:01   #113 (permalink)
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let m clear in blackberry there is two lock (1) sim lock and (2) data lock . using mfi we can unlok sim lock first one ... i want to know how to ride secound one data unlock ... my sim card gprs active but u need bb enterprise service active for used gprs... and most of the provider lock both part sim and data few only lock sim only...doing debrand we can unlock data part but i tried 30 vsm file but no luck yet still data part lock ... need unlock data vsm file .. in ur post u write all correct but plz add these too.hehehe
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Old 01-18-2009, 20:06   #114 (permalink)
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there is no way to unlock BIS its up to ur provider to do that on there end
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Old 01-19-2009, 02:40   #115 (permalink)
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OK, I followed the steps, and got the same error you did. My phone is back up running after installing the OS, but it is still branded (and sim locked), as I did not go through any step with the vsm. Since I got the "no application loaded" message on the device, that put me at step 11.

Can you be a bit more specific on your exact steps with a Bold?

After you got the "fail" on the PC and "no application..." on the BB, what was the next thing you did? Did you disconnect your device, start MML without auto select, then go into the hidden menu?

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Guys I have done it. Now my bold is unlocked and it says Blackberry when it turns on rather than ATT. It has the option now to choose between 2g or 3g or both. Before when it was att branded it it did not had that option as att locked that option.

I followed the steps written above. But my steps did not go the as exact as it was written above. After I pl***ed in the bold for the first time with the option AotoStart ON, It read the phone and kept on doing some things on its own. Then it gave me an error and got stuck at the error attached. The error was "Load: MFI -17584-032. Unaable to cast COM of object tpye 'RIMRA" and to the right of it it said big "FAIL" in red. I got scared. But then I looked at the bold and saw that it was saying "NO Application Linked (Factory OS)" When I saw this written on Bold I saw a hope thinking that what if I did not see 1 on my bold and I didint see PASS on my phone atleast I am seeing this "NO Application Linked (Factory OS)" on my phone which I was supposed to see anyway on the phone in step11. So I just continued the steps beyond that to see what happens. SO I followed the next step of loading the OS and boommm the phone was back up debranded. It took some time for the phone to reboot and start but it did.
Now follow th links below and the steps as atated by mmlp86. The steps remain the same but I am just giving here the links for the softwares to download.
To debrand any blackberry phone the steps are going to be the same but the only thing that will change is the VSM file.
So to get the MFI loader follow the link below
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=653921
Please follow the steps exactly as written in this post. Please remember if anyone tells you to skip a step dont listen. Its your phone and it will be your brick if any step is skipped. So follow the steps dont be lazy.
So once you have downloaded the MFI also download the latest OS (Operating System) for the bold. It can be found in the link below
http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...ilanguage.html
Also when you are about to load the OS into the bold do follow the steps 1, 2 and 3. DO not skip any step. Make sure you follow the step number 2 to delete the vendor.xml file for sure.
NOw download the VSM file for Bold from the link below

http://www.zshare.net/download/54055211e9ac6430/

Now that you have for the MFI loader, the VSM file and the OS system also, follow the steps that mmlp86 posted. Now the steps are given and the links also to donwload the softwares so I believe there shouldnt be any problem.
Also make sure you read the below thread also just for your knowledge so that you have a little better understanding.
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/show...&highlight=mfi

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Old 01-19-2009, 03:21   #116 (permalink)
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Hapishyguy: As a follow up to my last post, are these the steps you went through:

1 u have to have mfi the unlocking software....i dont have a link for it but if u search good enough ull find it

2 u need to have the vsm file someone posted on here

3 disable the internet of ur computer

4 open up mfi and select auto start on and full erase off

5 connect ur bb

6 let it do its thing until u see fail on ur screen and you see "no application..." on your bb

7 unplug ur bb, close and open again mfi and deselect auto start

8 with mfi opened hold on ctl+shift+alt+f12 and once the hidden menu comes up plug in ur blackberry

9 hit load vsm and find the vsm file u downloaded

10 its gonna say vsm loaded succesfully in less than a second

11 close mfi type in start on ur bb till it says no application linked factory os

12 turn on the internet again and open up desktop manager

13 go on application loader and load the os into the bb again
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RDEF. Yes I followed the same steps. Even when you get that error (in step6) still go to the next step which is load the VSM file.
Also make sure to delete the Vendor.xml file before you load the OS to the phone which is step13. This is a very important step. The vendor.xml file can be find at c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader.

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Old 01-19-2009, 16:51   #118 (permalink)
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Has anyone applied custom splash screens to VSM-11697-001 that they can share? I tried but I suck at hex and got a white screen plus vendor -1. Or can someone provide more details on how to tell the hex file the details of the new splash, I saw you had to tell it the new file size eariler in the thread.
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Old 01-19-2009, 23:51   #119 (permalink)
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Thanks. That worked.

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RDEF. Yes I followed the same steps. Even when you get that error (in step6) still go to the next step which is load the VSM file.
Also make sure to delete the Vendor.xml file before you load the OS to the phone which is step13. This is a very important step. The vendor.xml file can be find at c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader.
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Old 01-19-2009, 23:54   #120 (permalink)
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I was able to modify a vsm and see it as a png, but I did not modify it. Sorry. Let us know if you figure it out. Thanks.

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Has anyone applied custom splash screens to VSM-11697-001 that they can share? I tried but I suck at hex and got a white screen plus vendor -1. Or can someone provide more details on how to tell the hex file the details of the new splash, I saw you had to tell it the new file size eariler in the thread.
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