[Q] Which ROM should I choose

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Hi!

I'm completely new to WP7. I bought a HTC Trophy last week that unfortunately is branded with Vodafone. I live in Sweden and bought it from a company here in Sweden who take the devices from Europe. I don't know the exact country. I guess it is a Vodafone device from German since the pdf manual on the CD is German.

My questions:

1. How can I be sure that I choose the correct ROM?

2. If I choose wrong, will I brick my device?

3. Debranding. I guess it's a one time procedure? If I debrand it I will get the updates directly from Microsoft and the device is still debranded after a update?

By the way. Great forum! Developers, keep up the excellent work!

Regards

-- Daniel

Originally Posted by daniel4632

Hi!

I'm completely new to WP7. I bought a HTC Trophy last week that unfortunately is branded with Vodafone. I live in Sweden and bought it from a company here in Sweden who take the devices from Europe. I don't know the exact country. I guess it is a Vodafone device from German since the pdf manual on the CD is German.

My questions:

1. How can I be sure that I choose the correct ROM?

2. If I choose wrong, will I brick my device?

3. Debranding. I guess it's a one time procedure? If I debrand it I will get the updates directly from Microsoft and the device is still debranded after a update?

By the way. Great forum! Developers, keep up the excellent work!

Regards

-- Daniel

1. Go to Settings -> System -> About -> More info

Find your operator here from this thread

Then you need to find appropriate ROM for your device.

2. It should not let you flash wrong ROM even if you try. Update utility check your phone model and CID. So it should be safe.

3. If you unbrand your device, you will still get updates from MS, and from HTC. If you for some reason want to install branded ROM later, you can do that at any time (if there is a branded ROM for your device), check here.

i am going to use this thread to post a question. After battling with wm 6.5 for more than an year i went to wp 7. I am new to the operating system and i wan't to know if there is any real need to go for a different Rom than the one that came with my device. Is there a need to unbrand the phone?

Originally Posted by porkovich

i am going to use this thread to post a question. After battling with wm 6.5 for more than an year i went to wp 7. I am new to the operating system and i wan't to know if there is any real need to go for a different Rom than the one that came with my device. Is there a need to unbrand the phone?

Well, for me personally I unbranded my phone mostly for two things.

1. The annoying Vodafone page that I came to when pressing search button in Internet Explorer.

2. In the future I hopefully get the updates as soon as Microsoft releases it. When branded I had to wait for Vodafone to test the update.

-- Daniel

I'm actually planning to buy a WP7.. wondering does it same as winmo which we dont nid Rooting ? or it is like Android or iOS tat we nid rooting/JailB ? thanks..

Debranding has nothing with jailbreak to do. I'm not sure if jailbreak is possible on latest WP7 release. For me jailbreak isn't an option. Just wanted to get rid of all Vodafone stuff in my device.