Hey. Yes you can flash your N73 with the ME edition firmware. Except for the fact that you can't flash the firmware. You have to have a dedicated interface box to do it. For most of us, that means taking your phone to a competent independent cell phone shop that specializes in GSM handsets. Or you can buy a flasher to do it, but that will itself run you a few hundred bucks at a minimum.
A word of caution, with all of the modern Nokia [strike]phones[/strike] multimedia computers, you can not downgrade the firmware. Trying to do so will brick your phone. Also, flashing is not rocket science, but it probably won't be done using OEM equipment...that means in practice that some percentage of phones get bricked anyway. Keep that minor risk in mind before you jump. And last but not least, it will void whatever warranty you had.
Jean-Francis, Ha. I didn't know that there was a Japan PPM for the N73ME. I'll have to look into getting that...thanks for the info.
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Hey. Yes you can flash your N73 with the ME edition firmware. Except for the fact that you can't flash the firmware. You have to have a dedicated interface box to do it. For most of us, that means taking your phone to a competent independent cell phone shop that specializes in GSM handsets. Or you can buy a flasher to do it, but that will itself run you a few hundred bucks at a minimum.
A word of caution, with all of the modern Nokia [strike]phones[/strike] multimedia computers, you can not downgrade the firmware. Trying to do so will brick your phone. Also, flashing is not rocket science, but it probably won't be done using OEM equipment...that means in practice that some percentage of phones get bricked anyway. Keep that minor risk in mind before you jump. And last but not least, it will void whatever warranty you had.
Jean-Francis, Ha. I didn't know that there was a Japan PPM for the N73ME. I'll have to look into getting that...thanks for the info.