Who is going to make a guide on flashing your branded N95 to unlocked firmware?

Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

• Ricky Cadden

  No guide needed, it’s the exact same process, only you’d need the unbranded product code for the N95 (which should also be readily available). It works with any BB5 device and NSS and NSU.

• Stefan Constantinescu

  Now we just need someone to cough up the code.

• Mark Guim

  the updated version 10.0.018 is not on NSU yet with the product codes. I can write the guide on how to do it but since I don’t have the N95 yet, I don’t want to be the reason for people breaking their new phones before I try it out myself first.

  When I get the phone, I will play with the old firmware first so that I can compare it with the new one.

• PhoneBoy

  The funny thing about product codes is if you’re not careful, your phone could have a different keyboard layout when you’re done flashing. I’ve noticed that just getting some E61 units flashed.

• Ricky Cadden

  Also, Stefan, you have a typo in your headline. You can’t flash a branded handset to an unlocked firmware. There’s no such thing as “locked” or “unlocked” firmware. There’s branded/unbranded firmware, and there’s devices that are locked/unlocked.

  Branding has to do with internal (and external, sometimes) menus and settings and whatnot. Locking is a software setting within the device that tell it what SIM cards to accept and what SIM cards to not accept.

• Valmore

  Hello,

  Actually is hard to unlock a new device; is taking so many headaches for people to try to unlock for example this N95 or the N73, I have a friend that is still trying to unlock his E62 without success. If you flash your simlocked device, you will get an unbranded software but the lock will be still there.
  Regards

• pseudofinn

  So unbranding an N95 doesn’t unlock it, right?

• pseudofinn

  Oops. I see the answer was posted as I was asking it. Thanks/sorry!

• Rashid Awan

  I want to change the IME code of Nokia N73 and want to renew my cell phone. please tell me about some thing to do. How can in do this?
  For access the connection on our network i want to change my IME Code please told me this.
  I will be thank full to you. SIR

• joe

  so basically if you use NSS to de-brand a nokia N95 it will take all that crap that orange put on there off yes?

• ali

  i have tried to update my nokia n73 music edition to n73 internet edition i have followed all the procedures but when nokia software updater tries to restore my phone MY PHONE ALWAYS SWITCHES OFF AUTOMATICALLY plsssssssssssssss tell me the solution
  many thanks

• samroy

  hi ali,,, well i ve read ur problem…
  solution.. DO U KNOW ABOUT FLASHING? UR MOBILE FONE REQUIRES FLASHING. IF U CANT DO IT, PLZ GO TO SOME SHOP AND GET UR MOBILE FLASHED. IT WILL RESOLVE UR PROBLEM OF SWITCHING OFF AGAIN AND AGAIN.. BYE.