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Help??? Need to remove T-mobile pre-installed materials
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Posted by: abbot55

Hello,
I attempted the 12 sec trick on my SE T610, However, I am unable to remove the preinstalled items.

May someone please offer some advice, I am not sure if I did something wrong.
After entering the sec. code, I hit ok and began the countdown from there.
After approx 12-13 sec I removed the battery, 30 sec later I turn the phone back on , but the pics, ringtones etc. are all still there. I tried several times.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. thank you

Posted by: jberm

I've just been testing reseting my phone and taking battery out after cartain amount of seconds, it seems to be working i've tried 10seconds and it gave me 2266k of free space, and now i've just tried it a 2 seconds...... just have a look at free space.........2350k
hmm thats getting better but its still got some of the standard stuff left on it, i'll keep trying

Posted by: jberm

just tried 12.5 doesn't seem to be any better than taking the battery out after 3 seconds, well i'm happy now, i've got 2350k

Posted by: ptsai83

what 12 sec trick? i need to remove the presets on my tmo phone too...

Posted by: funkmasterta

i think they're talking about this trick

HOW-TO: Remove preinstalled pics, themes, ring tones, etc. - 12.5 second trick

Works on T300 (tested myself) And is claimed to work on the t68i dont quote me on anyother fones and dont hold me responsible if it goes wrong.

The following may be dangerous for your phone im not sure, this technique work extremely well for me and allowed me approx 625kb of free space compared to the 275kb i had before. It removes the following features: Network customisations (for example on my phone it had a T-Zone icon instead of the normal wap icon and T mobile start up and shut down logos instead of sony ericson ones.) it also removes preinstalled themes and images and sounds which also take up a lot of space, but deleting them normally either doesnt free up space or takes too much time or just isnt possible. Heres how todo.

1) goto settings -> master reset -> reset all, it will then ask you to enter your security code. as you finish entering the code count 12 - 13 seconds (12.5 secs exact) for best effects.

2) when you get to 12 - 13 seconds remove the battery quickly and then wait 30 seconds.
It is important the battery is removed on 13.

When i tried this at first went to 13 seconds but it didnt remove the tmobile icons and one of the tmobile logos, however on a 2nd attemt i accidentally removed at approx 10seconds which removed all the tmobile stuff and all themes everything there was more free space.

3) replace battery and allow for reboot, may take upto 60seconds this time

***MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR TZONES SETTINGS AND STUFF

Posted by: spookshow

ok

i read this on another site, and can't find the thread right now, but it was another way besides the 13 second trick (which worked great on my t310 and my gf's t226)

but apparently it works on the 600's

here we go

do a master reset

don't let the phone lock (apparently this won't work then)

don't view any of the pics or ringtones or themes at this point

create a text file of say 9 k or so, name it something like 1232.thm
upload it to the phone
repeat, changing the file size slightly and the name

continue uploading until the phones memory is full

then upload a few 1 or 2 byte "themes" to make sure it is full to max capacity

now.

now try and view the pics, it SHOULD (i could be totally wrong though) tell you it can't be displayed and ask if you wanna delete it. boom, delete

keep doing this till all the pictures are deleted (may have to upload another one or 2 themes to make sure the memory on the phone is still full)

the same should work for games and ringtones

eventually you should be able to get rid of all the predefined items (themes, pics and games) and then your mem should hit somewhere close to 2M

(just remember to delete those junk themes you put on there at the end)

then upload like mad with the custom themes ringtones and pics

i'd like to know if this actually works as i haven't tried it, i will keep looking for the original thread as well

Posted by: dimushor

try here!

Posted by: spookshow

that is the exact process. but it wasn't on that forum that i saw it :P

Posted by: fishguts

i must be retarded. i've tried the 13 second trick about 20 times and i'm not getting any extra space or losing any of the tmobile junk. gah! i'll have to try the other one next.

Posted by: ehsan

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Originally posted by fishguts
i must be retarded. i've tried the 13 second trick about 20 times and i'm not getting any extra space or losing any of the tmobile junk. gah! i'll have to try the other one next.

Yeah dude... i also got T-mobile set. Tried the trick a dozen time already... no still no change. dangg.!!!