[dc/dc]

I have two... My truly unbranded 8707g and my de-branded Bold.

[MPS]

how did u do that ?

Originally Posted by dc/dc

I have two... My truly unbranded 8707g and my de-branded Bold.

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...y/DSC_2021.jpg

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[estabulla]

Originally Posted by Drakius.LiFE

What he probably meant is that the phone does not have Vendor ID and is unlocked off the bat.

If you hold ALT+SHIFT+H, you will see Vendor ID: (Vendor Number)

Those that are unbranded and directly from RIM have Vendor ID: -1

As for Unbranded Casing, you can always just buy it from 3rd party stores.
I got mine off cnn! Just be careful when you assemble it. Some keys on the keyboard feels harder to press when assembled incorrectly!

My understanding is Vendor ID = 1 is Engineering, -1 and 179 are unbranded. I have seen unbranded units too, except I don't want to fight ;)

Basically the device has two pieces of vendor specific customization - the bezel where it is printed and the NV where the VSM information is stored (VSM I think stands for Vendor ID, Splash screen and Media embedded).

[culture]

BlackBerry - Buying from Research In Motion

theres the link to buy direct from RIM. No branding besides RIMs.

[estabulla]

Ah but the 9000 is not listed. Nor is the Storm.

[Drakius.LiFE]

Originally Posted by estabulla

My understanding is Vendor ID = 1 is Engineering, -1 and 179 are unbranded. I have seen unbranded units too, except I don't want to fight ;)

Basically the device has two pieces of vendor specific customization - the bezel where it is printed and the NV where the VSM information is stored (VSM I think stands for Vendor ID, Splash screen and Media embedded).

Could be true, I am a new Blackberry User, honestly. So I don't really have enough knowledge about the different vendor ids.

[dc/dc]

Originally Posted by MPS

how did u do that ?

I bought the 8707g that way from Guamcell, and the Bold was done with

[mckinneycm]

Originally Posted by dc/dc

I bought the 8707g that way from Guamcell, and the Bold was done with

Yeah, I did mine with ------------------ as well.

It's very easy to do!!!

[MPS]

link plz

[mckinneycm]

Originally Posted by MPS

link plz

Sorry, it's more of a tease. We are not allowed to post links to illegal software on this forum.

[Superh3ro]

Originally Posted by mckinneycm

Yeah, I did mine with ------------------ as well.

It's very easy to do!!!

ya and u showed me how to do mine

[Raptor464]

Originally Posted by mckinneycm

Sorry, it's more of a tease. We are not allowed to post links to illegal software on this forum.

HAHA Corey...Its not nice to tease!

Originally Posted by estabulla

My understanding is Vendor ID = 1 is Engineering, -1 and 179 are unbranded. I have seen unbranded units too, except I don't want to fight ;)

Basically the device has two pieces of vendor specific customization - the bezel where it is printed and the NV where the VSM information is stored (VSM I think stands for Vendor ID, Splash screen and Media embedded).

Correct

[Rubicant]

I've seen RIM reps with new software and crazy phones in the production device shells....so more than likely they're running on 1 branded firmware.

[adityanag]

I know, because I have used one! Completely unbranded, both physically (on the case), and software wise (no branding of ANY sort in the OS).

How is this possible? Well, I'm a senior technical analyst for PC World in India (the computer magazine, from IDG, www.idg.com), and we get evaluation units from RIM. They have a little sticker on the back that says "Property of Research in Motion. Evaluation only, not for sale or lease". We get them for a month or so, and then return them.

And they work perfectly with any SIM that you put in. If the SIM has the BB service setup by the carrier, it works fine, and if it doesn't, it works just like a normal phone. I know this for a fact, since I have personally used SIMs from Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea (all big in India), and they have worked perfectly.

I have upgraded the OS on these phones, and they continue to have no branding. The vendor ID is -1

So yes, such phones do exist.

[Caspan]

I also just found out how to unbrand my phone It was a side effect of taking my AT&T phone and allowing the option to switch to 2G only. That was the main point for me to do it side effect was it change my Vendor ID and nothing is branded anymore. Who knew. again we cant talk about it though shhhhhh quiet...

[rdef]

Enjoying my newly unbranded Bold... 179 baby...

[JW021979]

My Bold was unbranded from new. I got it from Carphone warehouse here in the UK. There is no Networks logo's on OS or the case. It also doesnt have the Blackberry screen either.

[darios]

and my bb bold vendor has ID 301 ... what does it mean? 301 - is this physical location? I got my bb in ebay, but it was said that it wasn't in any network with any provider.

[Drakius.LiFE]

The Vendor ID is a number which is tied to a list of companies to whom RIM sold the product to.

Example:

107 ROGERS CANADA
120 Vodafone

Stuff like that. It's not really a bad/good thing, just a method of keeping track, I guess.

[JW021979]

My Vendor ID is 179. From looking around the net it appears as though all BB's with Vendor ID of 179 have no branding at all, Network or Blackberry.