Debrand your W960 / P1 for FREE (or your P990, M600, W950)
Posted by Ryan Cullen | Posted in Featured, Mobiles | Posted on 12th January 2008
Tags: debrand, free, m600, orange, p1, p990, uiq3, unbrand, unbranding, vodafone, w950, w960
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After my successful debrand your phone for about a £5 (33,618 hits, 104 comments) and then unbrand your mobile for free (11,680 hits, 161 comments) posts. I now bring you the easiest way to de-brand your phone for free.
No more looking for files in folders which are about 41 bytes, no more trying to get the Box.com to download the files, no more running SEUS fifteen times, just 8 simple steps.
But before I begin, here are the usual disclaimers:
Whilst I have successfully converted several Vodafone W960i into unbranded ones, I can’t guarantee that the same will happen to you. If you’re not 100% confident then DON’T do it. All actions are taken at your own risk! Yada yada ya…
There seem to be some issues with the M600, please read the comments first and then judge for yourself if you want to go ahead!
The things you will need to successfully remove the network customisations from your phone are:
- A UIQ3 phone (W960i, P1i, P990i, M600i, W950i)
- XS++ 3.1 (mirror)
- Sony Ericsson Update Service
- Sony Ericsson Data Cable (should have come in the box)
- A computer running Windows XP (Vista may work)
- Perform a back-up of your phone via the PC Suite (or however you prefer), as you are going to wipe all of the phones C drive.
- Run the Sony Ericsson Update Service (SEUS), click on the icons matching your phone, when prompted pull the battery out and put it back in, when prompted plug the cable into your phone whilst holding down C (this is either the letter C on the keyboard, the Cancel button or even the @ internet button). Once it’s found your phone it’ll will either prompt you to update the firmware or inform you that you have the latest. Either way, quit SEUS without doing anything else. (This will force your PC to find the drivers required for your phone)
- Run XS++, click on the SMARTPHONE CONNECT box, and press Connect. The box on the left will tell you what to do, but it’ll be similar to step 2.
- Once connected you now need to select the new CDA for your phone:
W960 – CDA 162032/1
P1 – CDA 162022/1
P990 – CDA 162007/1
M600 – CDA 162011/1
W950 – CDA 162014/1
and hit Run Script. (They all have GW1 in the script name, however you can choose any of the others, but I recommend the Generic World 1 scripts)
- You can now close XS++, I recommend that you don’t touch anything else in XS++!
- Now run SEUS again, this time do the update on your phone.
- Boot up your phone to the Sony Ericsson or Walkman startup screens. Goodbye Vodafone, Orange or o2
- Restore the backup of your phone
See wasn’t that easy.
As before, feel free to put questions in the comment box.
And if you feel like it you can always send a donation via PayPal 
Great!Works like a charm!Good-bye Voda Germany, welcome GW1!Great post, thanx!:lol:
I successfully debranded my p990i but now when I go through the service information menu for my phone and i check the software names, it says bluetooth is unavailable. Why is this? I got the latest update straight from SEUS.
Is anyone else having problems downloading SEUS?
Hi
Does this work with Windows Vista?
you totaly made my day, exelent tutorial, i was able to unbrick my p990i, thank you very muchii
Hi All. I can’t get this to work with M600i.
Downloaded latest version of XS++ to run on Vista, followed instructions to the letter but Voda crap still on phone.
Then tried the updated gdfs file but to no avail. SEUS says phone has latest version. Still stuck with Vodafine rubbish on phone. Frustrated to say the least! Any ideas would be very much appreciated, thanks.
Hi . I have M600i T-mobile brand from hungary. I did all the instructions,but even the new method isnt working for me. I try to use Etisalat sim (UAE, Dubai provider)with no hope to work. Anybody can help?
Debrand success on my W950i
Folow the instructions and it works
Thank you
just debranding my w950i now from vodafone, its currently updating software and been stuck on 99% for the last half hour – fingers crossed it works and gets to 100%
thanks..
It seems this site has been deserted by the owner!?
Anyway, I tried the above method as per my post on the 10/12 and it did nothing to my phone so, fed up with the Vodafone shite, ended up going to the Davinci Team site and paid for 20 credits (£18) and got it flashed using their software.
If anyone else is having trouble using the method here I heartily recommend stumping up £18 to get (effectively) a new phone. UP YOURS VODAFONE!!! STICK YOUR CRAPPY FRIMWARE UP YOUR A**E!!!
Brilliant stuff – my p990i phone WAS branded on Vodafone UK. now it’s free as a bird !!
hi, i got an W960i from T-Mobile but after doing all what is said above,.. my menu still says T-Mobile, is this normal or did i fail the debranding?
hi guys…
can any1 tell me wats vodafone, orange, o2 etc. coz i liv in UAE so i dunno. btw i wanted g900i or w960i interface for my p990i…Is this software the 1 tat will help me in changing the interface or the whole firmware of p990i into g900i’s…?
THNX!!
umair Vodafone, Orange and o2 are the networks out here in the UK,
Last time I checked it wasn’t possible to put the OS from one model of a UIQ phone onto another. Just different versions of the P990i onto the P990i.
hi, im i have an english W960i and im trying to change it to chinese firmware. i have tried with XS++ 3.1 but there is no chinese CDA =S can someone help?
thnx Ryan for the info.!
It works perfectly with my formerly O2 branded P1i. Many thanks for the help!
I live in South-Africa, our network provider is Vodacom via vodafone and I have been frustrated by the supid logos and slowness of the phone. I just want to say thank you so much for this tutorial it was really easy and straight forward!! It’s great to have a proper phone!!!!
Thanks mate!!
i’ve bought this phone today at 23 oclock from my friend after few hours of searching – now i’ve flashed it and debranded and i have my language on it:) thanks for info how to do it:)
re5pect
thanks bro, worked perfectly on a w950i, haha gd bye orange
thanks a lot mate, finally i got rid of orange.
My M600i updated fine after following these instructions and also using the extra script Tyson mentioned in post 148/149.
Nice job! Thankyou!
Damn fine debranding service, Do not use any other!!! Make sure you follow the instructions and use the extra script in post 148/149, Cheers!!! Thankyou!!!
Thnx Ryan!
It works perfectly
Best Regards,
…Very good information..i run the app.and everything goes just fine..thanks mate!!really !!
It really works. Many thanks.
Bye, bye ORANGE
It worked fine as expected. GREAT JOB.
works a treat! Just debranded my UK Orange P990 – Many thanks.
Hi, didn’t work with my M600i, could somebody repose Tyson’s extra script, as comment 148/149 seem to be lost…
Cheers!
Worked perfectly well on my french M600i thank you so much ! Say bye to Orange
Hello,
THank you so much.. i got my p990i debranded…
will send u some $$$ to ur paypal..
hi there just wanted to ask would this debrand my se k810i?
It works. Thanx!
Worked great on my O2 P990i!
Thanks!!!
Worked fine with Vista on my O2 P1i.
Great tip!!
man, pushing C doesnt work, neither does 2+5
i was desperate, cuz i reflashed many phones with C button.
if you have this problem, here is the solution:
use all your fingers to push:
2+5+7+C and connect usb cable
i did this and it seemed to work, but when i turned my phone back on the vodafone stuff was still there! could it be because im using vista?
thanx! saved me like 30$ sucess debranding my p1i
Thanks a lot man!! its worked on my orange p990i and yupppyy!!!
Thanks for making my phone free of that orange crap software :p
Grt grt instructions dude………………A big thanks from PAKISTAN !!
Hye, i’ve own W960i.. I’ve updated it using SEUS.. Da problem is, it disconnected when 80% done.. Then, i’m turning it on, only black screen and keypad light.. Then, when i try to update it again, SEUS cannot identified it.. What must i do..?? I’ve brick my phone.. Please help me..
I’ve connected it using XS++, but i’m afraid if i run the script and my phone will dead.. Hope anybody can help me.. THX
Thanks for your great stuff! You made my day! Woz fade up with Orange stuff! 3 years of it woz enough!
Thanx again man!
That it works to my g700? I’m from Indonesia
@Arif Rahman in theory there is no reason why this shouldn’t work on a G700 as it’s a UIQ3 phone. However as I’ve never had access to one, and not having a UIQ phone for over a year I can’t confirm.
If you don’t see an alternative CDA for the G700 when you run XS++ then it might not work.
Hi, I would like to use my P990 to read and write chinese. I follow the post from various sources, using XS++ to change my phone to HK cda and use seus to update my phone firmware. However, the seus shows that my phone firmware (HK) is up to date and further firmware update is not possible. Is there anyway I can ‘force’ the seus to update my phone regardless ?!! Need help and thanks.