Hex Editing, Reflashing, and Activation... Oh my!
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So while I was in Hong Kong, my blackberry got dunked and completely died. I bought a new one from some half-way reputable looking phone store while I was there that was brand new in box, and carrier unlocked. I switched my SIMM card and popped it on, and sure enough it was working.
When I got home I tried to activate it on the BES, and it was unable to register my phone. After several calls to technical support, and spending $50 on a support ticket with Blackberry, I discovered my phone's PIN was already registered on another BES server by my carrier in Ireland. I called Ireland technical support, and tried to see what I could do about getting it unregistered from their server but no luck. Unless I was the account holder that registered the phone there was nothing I could do.
Before I had blackberry, I was using a Motorola phone, and I discovered I could flash every inch of the phone to unlock features, remove carrier restrictions, etc. I still have my OLD PIN number from my other phone (though not the same model, an 8300 vs 8830) and I know everyone and their mother will want to reply that you cannot change your pin number. Well, unless it is hard-coded into a chip (which it may well possibly be..) and not written into the flash, then it is entirely possible that backing up my flash, hex editing the file to write-over my pin, then re-flashing my phone may very well allow me to do just that. I'm very tempted at this point to do exactly that, because I cannot get the phone to configure to allow the browser to work, despite being able to use Opera, google maps, etc. Also, I obviously can't use the email features. So if I totally break the phone, well.. I was going to replace it anyways because I got ripped off on a "new" phone while I was in Hong Kong.
Anyone that can provide some useful insight to my situation would be greatly appreciated.
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