My 6230b flashed to 5.50 unbranded w/ NETMONITOR!! thanks Evan/iunlock!

Originally Posted by The Mac Ace

what does 1-20 do?

Originally Posted by The Mac Ace

sell the e317 to pay for it or the 4020

Originally Posted by The Mac Ace

evan, did you get the 8801 netmonitor yet?

Originally Posted by evan_silbert

Thanks for the support, guys

I decided to do a little special on this service. It's now only $5 additional to have Net Monitor firmware

Originally Posted by The Mac Ace

yeah thats the right code. damn... see if you can get the engineering one evan

Originally Posted by carsmovies

He's not gonna be able to get the engineering one cause only Nokia employees (engineers) have access to it and unless an employee is somehow prepared to steal the firmware out it's not gonna happen.

Originally Posted by boston_errol

"0120" returns "NO TEST 01-20"... is this the code you guys want me to try?

Originally Posted by evan_silbert

Thanks for the support, guys

I decided to do a little special on this service. It's now only $5 additional to have Net Monitor firmware

Originally Posted by macizcool

So do you offer a broke-as-a-joke college student discount?

Originally Posted by Chopz

Yep, that's the one I wanted you to test. For the average Joe the version that Evan is offering will certainly give you the details you need. It will show you what tower your phone is using whether it's an 850 or 1900 tower, what the signal strength of all the nearest towers in your neighbourhood are, if your call is encrypted, what voice codec your current call is using (AMR or EFR)....etc. The Engineering Mode as carsmovies pointed out is a flash for internal use only.

carsmovies: What's Bongo's current 6230b netmonitor with firmware version?

Originally Posted by The Mac Ace

yeah please dont challenge him... my chippery9 ed could do that hehehe

Originally Posted by SublimePhreak

last i checked (just before xmas) Bongo's latest w/ netmonitor was 5.24 and Kevin said he didn't expect a newer version...

maybe if enough of us were interested it would be worth it for him to try to invest in the latest...but it is expensive for him as far as i know so it may take a lot of us willing to pay him for it...
i know i am...i would pay a lot more than 5 bucks especially if i can drive to Bongo instead of paying to send a phone to the USA and back, the risk of it being lost / damaged etc and the hassle of replacing / re-customizing etc if necessary (plus i prefer to use my favorite phone every day)

Originally Posted by carsmovies

Bongo could also put on V5.50 with fieldtest but a fyi, the one that's being used is not a firmware with the fieldtest built in but a firmware with a patch which i've been told isn't necessarily the best kind of firmware.

Originally Posted by Dishe

Hey everyone... funny how I find this thread an hour after I sent my phone to Evan. Ironic, huh? I knew people recommended iunlock.com, but I didn't know he was a regular on the forums!

Anyway, I'm looking forward to getting my phone back with netmonitor and finally being able to prove that t-mobile is lying about EDGE in my zipcode! (network traffic my butt... they don't want to admit that there is a mistake on their list of EDGE zipcodes!)

SHOUTOUT TO EVAN: You've got to come out to NY with a store (like we discussed... )



Wait, the "patched" firmware is what bongo is using, or what Evan is using?

-Mordy

Originally Posted by carsmovies

The patched firmware is what Evan is using. Bongo is not advertising this firmware because it's a patched one.

Originally Posted by Dishe

Oh. What are the disadvantages of this flash?

More importantly, am I better off w/out it if its a problem? I don't NEED netmonitor, I just thought it'd be cool to see and test stuff.
If its going to be detrimental somehow to the performance of my phone in any way (stability, response, reception, etc...) then I'll want just a regular firmware!

Can anyone who's gotten this from Evan confirm anything?

Originally Posted by rAfChOw

I don't even think that chippery9 had access to the engineering netmonitor. My 6230b (that I got from him) has field test.

Originally Posted by Dishe

Hey everyone... funny how I find this thread an hour after I sent my phone to Evan. Ironic, huh? I knew people recommended iunlock.com, but I didn't know he was a regular on the forums!

Anyway, I'm looking forward to getting my phone back with netmonitor and finally being able to prove that t-mobile is lying about EDGE in my zipcode! (network traffic my butt... they don't want to admit that there is a mistake on their list of EDGE zipcodes!)

SHOUTOUT TO EVAN: You've got to come out to NY with a store (like we discussed... )



Wait, the "patched" firmware is what bongo is using, or what Evan is using?

-Mordy

Originally Posted by macizcool

So do you offer a broke-as-a-joke college student discount?

Originally Posted by evan_silbert

There is no evidence that the firmware we use behaves differently than any other. Our customers who have had this firmware flashed to their phones have been very pleased as far and have not reported issues.

In essence, all Net Monitor capable Nokias have the firmware to display it. They are only told not to. Firmwares that are set to allow it from the beginning are no different from those that are changed later.

By the way, Mordy, my business partner is going you-know-where in a few weeks to spend a weekend there and check things out. It may be more probable than we thought before.

Originally Posted by evan_silbert

For most people, uncustomized 5.50 without Net Monitor allows network select, even with a Cingular sim card.

Originally Posted by vitin

w 64k sim card from cingular

Originally Posted by evan_silbert

For most people, uncustomized 5.50 without Net Monitor allows network select, even with a Cingular sim card.

Originally Posted by makoona

Hey Evan.. I'm ready to send you my 6230b but have a couple questions, I purchaced some software (moontime, tells the phase of the moon) and it was delivered via mms. Will I loose that and all my installed software when phone gets flashed?