FINALLY... Someone HAS learnt it the HARD WAY... I almost feel like cheering, although that would be all to harsh... You SHOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED your product code... I have been telling it hundreds of times throughout this site. Still, you did do this... NOPE, you do NOT have any warranty... You'll probably have to pay a good £200,- to have it replaced/repaired...
See THIS *HUGE* post of mine on the adverse effects of Product Code COUNTERFEITING (That is what it is, as you well know):
Please DO remind that Changing the PRODUCT CODE VOIDS THE WARRANTY. Why in HEAVEN'S name does everyone suggest changing the product code? It's about time somebody leart it the hard way! These different variants have (chances of) slightly different hardware being used in them. This difference can be as little as a different ROM-address being accessed for the Boot Loader Block to be invoked upon powering on the phone. As such, updating the phone with software that wasn't officially meant for it, can lead to catastrophic situations. The worst result would be being unable to power on the phone because the update instructs the phone to access the BLB at a different address. If this happens, the phone won't turn on at all, and you could start using it as a Frisbee. Please... STOP encouraging everyone to change their product codes... It's for your OWN goods. Not MINE, Not NOKIA, not YOUR PROVIDERS... Nope... Just your OWN... When in the name of Merlin will you finally realise this??? Admittedly, changing the product code would be the ownly way for CONSUMERS to remove branding, but this is at a price. First of all, you LOOSE your WARRANTY if anything goes wrong, no matter HOW small the adverse effect might be. Second of all, you might fail to perform future updates. AND THIRD of ALL: Nokia WILL be able to see changes made to product codes even if you reset them...
Really people... you could have avoided this branded software upon purchasing this phone. But the only legitimate (and wise) thing to do now is to serve your contracts to the end and to have the branding legally removed by an NSP. Some of them will even do so BEFORE contracts have ended, if you pay them. Non-branded phones come at a higher display price than their branded colleagues. and this isn't for nothing...
really, this agitates me to the bone... Anyone posting things like this here will above all risk banning...
I do not want to be a spoilsport or anything. I HAVE to emphasise that I am NOT affiliated to Nokia in ANY WAY, and that I myself will also, at times, do things that are perhaps arguable. But I feel I HAVE to say that ANYTHING involving someone changing their product code is not only illegal (I wouldn't even care if that WERE the only thing about it), but IRRESPONSIBLE as well... The Nemesis Software Suite itself is NOT illegal; it is in fact used for MANY purposes and using MANY different dongles and virtual devices. But the purpose of Changing the product code SHOULD NOT be one of them... It's for your OWN goods... If you do wish to ignore my message on this, feel free to do so. Just DON'T come and post here about any adverse effects you might experience...
One final thing I wish to point out is that if people continue to change their product codes, Nokia might put an end to NSU... Which is something NONE of us would want to happen. If the service is ABUSED (from Nokia's point of view this is ABUSE, remember that), Nokia reserves the right to halt or even definitively discontinue the service...
Please be aware that sightings of your psot(s) on this subject (changing product codes) by nokia staaf might also lead to civil and/or criminal prosecution!
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