What is Country Code?

[gratefuled]

I see many posts on what to do when this error occurs, and I see that there is a tool (EREdit) around this, but I'm confused as to what "country" specifically means in the context it is used. Of particular interest to me is the new 1.72 Beta ROM.

1. Is it really country, as in USA, UK, France, etc., or is this only in reference to device brand (T-Mobile MDA II, O2XDA II, Orange XDA II, iMate, Qtek)?
2. In other words, If I have an MDA II, with T-Mobile 1.60.36 ROM, would the new 1.72 ROM consider that the same country?
3. Or since I see this has a UK reference, and my ROM came actually from the Netherlands site, does this mean that I will get into the country (from Dutch to UK)?
I hope I have not asked the ridiculous. I just don't know specifically what the "country" means.
Ed

[bbourke]

gratefuled,

I don't know exactly, to answer your questionabout the country code - but

I have an O2, XDA11, and have just updated to 1.72 TMobile ROM.

I used the current ROM Editor and selected CDL for the operator. The other options, incl. O2 gave me a Country Code error.

That was last night, and now 24 hours later, the XDA2 is still working OK.

Seems a little faster, and easier on the battery.

BB

[gratefuled]

My point regarding the country code stuff is this.
If one is flashing a ROM from the same carrier, say from T-Mobile to T-Mobile, does this eliminate any country code error problems? My point is is the term "country", actually mean carrier, (T-Mobile, O2, iMate, Qtek, etc.)?
In other words does the country error only occur when one is switching from , say O2 to a T-Mobile ROM?
Ed