Anyone after a Sony Ericsson K800I for under £40

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01 January 2008, 08:10 PM

AndyLyman

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Anyone after a Sony Ericsson K800I for under £40

Just seen this mega deal for a Vodafone K800I for £59
use the discount codes to get £20 + off = under £40

"Sony Ericsson K800i" mobile phone for £59 ! - HotUKDeals Forum

Bargain!

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01 January 2008, 08:15 PM

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Just seen this mega deal for a Vodafone K800I for under £40
use the discount codes to get £20 + off

"Sony Ericsson K800i" mobile phone for £59 ! - HotUKDeals Forum

Bargain!

Andy

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01 January 2008, 09:49 PM

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No i have a very good phone as it is

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01 January 2008, 10:57 PM

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Thanks, one ordered for £39.99

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01 January 2008, 11:17 PM

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Seems a bargain mate but from reading the 5+ pages in the link am a bit on the cautious side off the whole thing, can anyone confirm these phones are brand new and not refurbished ones ??

appreciatte the link mate and will keep an eye on the offer.

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01 January 2008, 11:35 PM

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Got an email through confirming my credit card has been debited £39 so no probs here.

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02 January 2008, 01:23 AM

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Sweet, shame theyre locked though. ebay anyone?

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02 January 2008, 10:20 AM

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Don't Vodafone cripple the K800i quite badly with their custom firmware?

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02 January 2008, 11:15 AM

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Cancelled mine as it looks like it could be a bu66er to unlock and also wont use any of my existing memory cards and not buying a new one.

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02 January 2008, 01:02 PM

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There will always be someone on ebay. I never ordered it with the intention of actually using it

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02 January 2008, 01:49 PM

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Was going to get one of these other week. But got a m7 thats had to send his back 4 times with various faults.

I ended up going for this one instead
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05 January 2008, 10:21 AM

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Well I cancelled too late as they sent it out straight away and got it yesterday when they said it wouldn't be here until the 8th. Glad it didn't get cancelled now it as its a bloody lovely phone as i've only ever had **** phones before. Having to send it back and paying for insured recorded delivery just isn't worth it and called round the mobile shops where I live and off to get it unlocked for £20, have the Vodaphone software wiped off and put back to its fully functional state before Vodaphone locked it all down

Thanks to the OP for the heads up

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07 January 2008, 07:37 PM

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Received mine today. Bit of searching on the t'internet and I now have it unlocked and debranded. Absolute bargain. If anyone else got this phone then here are the rough instructions

Unlocking

Remove SIM-lock patch generator - Top Sony Forums

Debranding

W810i Flashing with bruteforce - IkuwaraWiki
XS++ 3.1 Guide-Flashing,Customizing,Recovering - Top Sony Forums (includes the link for the software you'll need)

The latest firmware files for this phone are called
K800_R8BA024_MAIN_GENERIC_WI_RED52.mbn
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K800_R8BA024_FS_EUROPE_5_RED52.fbn

I got them here - 4shared.com - free file sharing and storage - Login

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07 January 2008, 07:38 PM

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Should just add this is all free stuff. The shops charge, but if you're savvy enough you can do the work yourself.

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07 January 2008, 08:21 PM

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F**k. Can't believe I missed this. Sold out!!!!

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07 January 2008, 08:57 PM

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£35 profit for me on ebay, thank you very much

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07 January 2008, 09:06 PM

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After having a neb about managed to get myself the Nokia 6300 for 44 bucks all in. Not too bad!!

Cheers for the heads up Andy!

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07 January 2008, 09:53 PM

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Parts of my phone software still show Vodafone such as the globe for internet connection is still named Vodafone Live although it is now a globe and not Vodafone icon and the other is the homepage which still has the Vodafone symbol/icon. Should these have been removed as part of the de brand and renamed to something else?

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07 January 2008, 10:41 PM

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hmmm, strange no trace of Vodafone graphics on mine anymore. You did flash both the mbn and fbn files?

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08 January 2008, 01:04 AM

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Sold out, I tried it too

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08 January 2008, 06:29 AM

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I ordered one this morning fine.

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08 January 2008, 08:06 AM

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hmmm, strange no trace of Vodafone graphics on mine anymore. You did flash both the mbn and fbn files?

I don't know, a shop did mine and said that its supposed to be how it is and only way to change it is to put another service providers software on it.

What does your globe icon for internet actually show as a name in the main menu?

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08 January 2008, 10:06 AM

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I thought they had all gone? is there some left ian?

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08 January 2008, 11:03 AM

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Just ordered one, will see what happens.

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08 January 2008, 11:56 AM

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tried to order but its checking out at £59 not £39 as above,the phone price is £79 minus discount,or am i entering the code in the wrong location guy's ??

cheers marcus

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08 January 2008, 12:56 PM

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I just did add to basket and it went through as £59, even though it said both £59 and £79 on the product page.

You then just add the ZQ351 code into the box at the basket.

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08 January 2008, 01:00 PM

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Scratch that, they've now upped it to £79, they must've been doing it as I was buying

Will see what it goes through at now, if in fact it does.

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08 January 2008, 04:22 PM

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eClaire

Just wondering where you got your Nokia for £44 from

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17 January 2008, 01:44 PM

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Got my K800 this morning, just trying to work out all this unlocking/unbranding stuff

Lovely phone in the flesh, a bit more tech/manly than my W800.

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17 January 2008, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Midlife......

eClaire

Just wondering where you got your Nokia for £44 from

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Hi Shaun!!

Sorry for delay in response... I thought this thread had died!

I got it from marshall ward

used the code that has been provided too. Word of warning though - it's a BB5 phone so unless you're on o2 getting it unlocked is a bit of a pain in the ****. None of the software online will work for the 6300 so you will have to go to a shop and pay about £25.

HtH

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