what Is Faid?

[MYSTERY]

yes im a newbie, simple question, what is faid, thanx for any help

[welshwizard]

The FAID is Nokia's way of stopping you from upgrading the software without the correct hardware

i think ;)

Grrr newbies, lol, we were all there once ;) :)

[LeeH]

Yes, the FAID (Flash Authority ID) is a Nokia security (software) measure to stop unauthorised flashing of their phones. (Is supposed to be available, only to authorised Nokia service centres!!)

[wings]

@LEEH
Is supposed to be available, only to authorised Nokia service centres


AND ALL OUR OLD FOURM MEMBERS :)
REGARDS

[dr.bizar]

FAID & MSID
I will not explain alot about FAID (Flash Authority ID) and MSID (Mobile Subscriber Identifier) structure and algorithms..

ALL u need to know is FAID. is nessesary to update/reset after flashing a new PPM to the phone. This procedure is nessesary to update the EEPROM calcsums, and as the handset uses these sums to LOG - (connect to service nets) setting FAID is "kind" of important.

There's alot of progs out there who can do this for u - so don't worry about this...

Some geek info...
The algorithm used for calculateing the FlashAuthorityID
The inputs for this algorithm are:
- 13 bytes Phone MSID
- Checksum of flash parts
The output are:
- 12 bytes "Flash_Authority_ID"