Hey all, Not sure if this is a true debrand but my main goal was to be able to use my own MP3's as ringtones on my new Fido 6300.

I made sure no Nokia software was running and connected the phone via USB. Opened up NSS and clicked the magnifying glass, all my phone info came up. I went to tools, factory settings, clicked to highlight the "Full Factory" radio button and clicked reset.

Closed NSS, rebooted the phone...had PTT and a new IM icon, could set any MP3 as a tone, changed the theme to Nokia.nth.

That's it. Now I can use any MP3 as a tone. Just make sure to take your SIM out or you will erase all of your contacts on the SIM.

That is great news, will your phone still has the Fido stiuff during start-up?

I want to experiment more by installing Euro PPM (RM-217) onto the RM-222

No Fido stuff at start-up. I get the Nokia hands. The Fido theme was also erased. I do get ROGERS in light greay just under the battery, but you hardly notice it.

Just noticed that the email client is also there...Just set up gmail! sweet.

Hey all.

After much frustration with Fido tech support. I decided to flash my phone as per instructions in this forum.

I am happy to say that my IM program still works and I am able to set mp3s as ring tones and the built-in email client is working great with gmail.

I will post more details when I get time.

Good news Shubjero! Everything's working great on mine too!

can anyone tell me where to debrand or flash a nokia 6300 from fido in bc?

You can debrand it yourself if you'd like. There are instructions on this forum.

I did exactly what you said.. it says "done" and reset, after rebooting the phone. The Fido stuff still appear.

same here. NSS v. 1.0.38.10.

edit : after putting my SIM card back in, the extra apps have become available. Go figure.

hmmmmm wonder if i can flash it to chinese version

I am scratching my head now.... because... I want to get rid of the Fido customization, this is the summary...

- Phoenix/NSS detects the phone as RM-217
- NSU after update product code to 0515597 (HK), Traditional/Simplified available. Fido customization still there.
- Flashed with 4.70 EMEA firmware -> bricked (downgrade always brick)
- Dead Phone USB Flash w/ RM-222 4.71 Fido Firmware -> worked, showed up as RM-217
- No customization, music player and other things in the standy screen
- Changed the product code to 0515597 (HK), no Fido customization
- Phone still detects as RM-217

My conclusion is... I get a Fido RM-217 unless I can test out the availability of 850Mhz. You can get rid of the Fido stuff by performing a Dead Phone USB Flash because it will wipe everything.

That is strange. Before I did mine I had a Fido start-up. After I had the Nokia start-up. The Fido theme is still on the phone, but it's not activated.

More things going on...

As soon as I flashed my phone with Fido's firmware, there is an error message about the "image", and everything was reset to "default". I found out that I lose all the built-in ring tones, themes (even nokia.nth), and calculator. At that time I realized I installed a crippled firmware.

So I flashed with the CMCC Chinese firmware because it is the only 4.71 available. I then changed the product code to HK with NSS and flashed again with NSU. However, now NSU says the software I have on my phone is latest and "Reinstall" is not available.

Just weird....

@ phillis_c

That is weird! I can't really comment though because I didn't flash my phone. I just did a factory reset to remove the crippled {dumb} Fido put on it.

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