every word of it. » Tutorials http://www.raishad.com Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 k700c: From Zero to Hero http://www.raishad.com/2006/07/30/k700c-from-zero-to-hero/ http://www.raishad.com/2006/07/30/k700c-from-zero-to-hero/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2006 03:22:36 +0000 raishad http://www.raishad.com/2006/07/30/k700c-from-zero-to-hero/ Recently I purchased a k700c on eBay from a guy in Canada. See my t610 was starting to become a real annoyance with buttons not working and stuff. And the phone I wanted, the Nokia N73, wasn’t out at that time (It’s out now, but a $300 markup isn’t my style). So I picked the k700 because it was cheapish and it did what I want. I picked a k700c because it was even cheaper due to obscurity. See, the k700c is the k700 intended for China.

The rest of this post recounts my adventure in upgrading the firmware to the latest R2CA001. Before we continue, I have to make this clear – I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. Repeating for emphasis, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT…AT ALL. NOT KIDDING.

So let’s continue. To upgrade the firmware we need a few things 1) Service Cable – I used this one, UC-10 Cruiser Cable Originally I bought this set, from UnlockCellular, but they didn’t work for me. 2) Davinci Remote Unlocker 13.8 3) Davinci Remote Unlocker, Latest Version 3) SETool 2 4) Correct firmware files, ex. K700iR2CA001MAINCHINAAL2AL3AL4CID36.bin and K700iR2CA001FSChina_CID36.bin

Step 0. Remove your SIM card

Step 1. This step could probably be skipped if your phone is CID36 already, but my phone was CID29. See to use the latest firmware, you phone needs to be CID36. This was the hardest step because I couldn’t find any information on converting my phone from CID29 to CID36. One way to do this is to use the latest version of Davinci Remote Unlocker and download ‘k700 TRANSFORMCID29to_CID36′. Then use the older client, version 13.8, to flash your phone with the transformation file without finalizing.

Step 2. Using SETool 2, select the files to be flashed. For Main firmware file, select K700iR2CA001MAINCHINAAL2AL3AL4CID36.bin and for the File System image, K700iR2CA001FSChina_CID36.bin. Then press the ‘Flash’ button.

Step 3. To complete the flash, press the ‘Clear Names’ button and then hit ‘Flash’ again.

Step 4. Party. You just flashed your k700c!

Notes. I noticed in SETool 2 there was an option to change the CID, but it seemed too easy, just a dropdown box. So I went with Davinci because I figured, if I really screwed up, I could just pay for credits and use Davinci to flash my phone. Also I got really tired of waiting on people on SE-NSE, esato, and GSMForum to reply to my questions, so I decided ‘No Regrets’ and started pushing buttons. And you know, it worked.

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