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Why do carriers put "their" firmware on phone?

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jack8888
Member

It's kinda lame when you buy a new phone hoping for the features that the manufacturer put on them to actually be usable after the carrier has gotten a hold of it. I bought a Sony Ericsson W580i and was looking forward to the "mp3 ring tones" only to find out that ATT makes it so you can't just apply a full song to be a ring tone. there is many other instances of this type of thing out there. like locking you out of being able to change customizable buttons, not being able to change banners, the menu styles are completely changed...i mean i see it all the time on phones and makes me so mad. cant they at least give you the option of leaving the "stock" firmware on the phone.

I think this should be changed maybe even make it unlawful for them to change it without your consent....sigh

just wish there was something little people like me could actually do to initiate change.

Posted 2 years ago #
ping333
Member

Twitter has been very useful lately, bringing us news of the untimely death of a pop icon to information about the software upgrade of a major touchscreen smartphone. Nokia Conversations has put a message on their page that tells us about a firmware update for the N97. The N97 SW 1.1 (11.x.021) will be released this coming Wednesday, although we have no list of possible fixes. Our recent review of the device pointed out some issues with in-call volume and the occasional freezing of the OS. Perhaps the upgrade will address these problems as well as others.

Posted 2 years ago #
sybil
Member

well i am a Nokia user and don't have any problems on its firmware..but there is a certain model of Nokia that give us some problems ..Example of this were the N series.. the occasional freezing's of the OS and the likes..

Posted 2 years ago #