Turn your plain-vanilla Nokia N73 into a Music Edition
[Via Symbian Watch, thanks Jean-François]
[Via Symbian Watch, thanks Jean-François]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kev50027 @ Dec 4th 2006 1:28PM
Now what about getting the N80 internet edition firmware on a normal N80?
seduce any woman @ Dec 4th 2006 2:42PM
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Jean-Francois @ Dec 4th 2006 3:21PM
R Suresh, you might be right about not being able to switch back from an N73ME to a plain vanilla N73, but something about trying the colour of this phone tells me not many people will want to "go back."
I hope that's the case, anyway, because I switched -- and I did manage to go from a Filipino N73, to a Euro Zone1 N73, to a Japanese N73ME, and finally to a Euro Zone1 N73ME.
I may be incompetent, but at least I'm lucky
Vincent @ Dec 4th 2006 9:26PM
Hey. Yes you can flash your N73 with the ME edition firmware. Except for the fact that you can't flash the firmware. You have to have a dedicated interface box to do it. For most of us, that means taking your phone to a competent independent cell phone shop that specializes in GSM handsets. Or you can buy a flasher to do it, but that will itself run you a few hundred bucks at a minimum.
A word of caution, with all of the modern Nokia [strike]phones[/strike] multimedia computers, you can not downgrade the firmware. Trying to do so will brick your phone. Also, flashing is not rocket science, but it probably won't be done using OEM equipment...that means in practice that some percentage of phones get bricked anyway. Keep that minor risk in mind before you jump. And last but not least, it will void whatever warranty you had.
Jean-Francis, Ha. I didn't know that there was a Japan PPM for the N73ME. I'll have to look into getting that...thanks for the info.
paco @ Dec 5th 2006 12:39AM
It is possible. The reverse is also possible. You just have to us Phoenix(again on the allaboutsymbian forums). Tonight I am actually doing a similar thing to my N80: I am getting the Internet Edition firmware on it with Phoenix. I will let you guys know how this one worked. Keep your fingers crossed I do not brick my phone cause the usb cable is pretty loose.
paco @ Dec 5th 2006 1:09AM
everything went fine. now I have N80 IE.
Nizam Rahman @ Dec 5th 2006 8:44PM
paco, be a pal an point to a specific forum thread?
Rob @ Dec 5th 2006 10:40PM
I just did this today and remembered one thing I always found annoying as an American consumer - the volume limit placed on European products. So trying to beat it, I made my Nokia N73 an Israeli ME phone, and I think it worked. Anyone else try this? There are threads with product codes for a lot of different countries.
R Suresh @ Dec 6th 2006 12:59AM
You can get Nokia N73 Music Edition firmware installed on a N73, but the reverse operation is not possible.Or you need the actual executable for doing that.
kunal @ Dec 15th 2006 1:19AM
I have upgraded my n73 to internet edition and after upgrade the fronts/display letters got worst....can someone help....
rafi @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:49PM
plz giv me procedure of changing code.how can i change the code.inform me via email.
thanks