[Hands0n]

There is a substantial discussion here (http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59850) and various hints and clues :D as to what to do about certain N95 features that have been disabled by some UK mobile network operators.

Its all been done before on other [earlier] S60 handsets, and its nice to know that the N95 is not immune :)

As always, RTFM carefully, all risks are yours, if you do it wrong you turn it into a brick, and the warranty is gone. So if you do end up there, take the handset back and play thick, very very thick starting all your sentences with "I dunno......." :D

[miffed]

I flashed mine with NSU and debranded it within minutes of taking it out of the box (with the knowledge that I could return it as "not working" if I bricked it :p )

But the NSU utility (with a little help from NSS) did the trick


I am far less scared of NSU than I used to be - I recently bricked my 6280 ( entirely - would no longer even switch on ! ) using NSU , but managed to revive it using Phoenix - So I am pretty confident that nothing is "final" anymore

The other time I bricked my E61 ( the "contact retailer" message) I was able to revive it with Green /3/* too

[whatleydude]

Ditto.
Did mine too.

:)

[Hands0n]

I'm currently running a pair of N95s - one each from T-Mobile and Vodafone.

I was compelled to de-brand the Vodafone to remove their [very] annoying crippling of the SIP client (VoIP).

What I've ended up with is widely different firmware versions:
T-Mobile = V 11.0.026 17-04-07 RM-159 Nokia N95 (43.01)
Vodafone = V 12.0.014 13-07-07 RM-159 Nokia N95 (12.01)

In comparison - the Vodafone N95 flies along at a significantly faster rate than the T-Mobile N95. Both appear as stable, although it is very easy to run out of memory on the T-Mobile when browsing. Too easy.

[Ben]

The NSU is such a fantastic tool. Nokia released it at just the right time, too. As with most products, the majority of customers will accept the locked down firmware on new phones 'as is', but the clever NSS trick makes it easy enough to circumvent such locks for those who really want to that they stay loyal to the brand. It's almost like Nokia want it this way ;)