any obvious reasons why my 3230 won't accept a generic flash?

[Rich_Enduro]

i sent my phone off this week to get the horrific orange branding removed but today i got a call from the guys doing the flashing to say that the firmware update failed. is this a common problem? they said they would continue to try and find a solution.
Just my luck after putting up with oranges bastardisation for months that this should happen!

[adampeake]

Never done a 3230 myself but flash file easily available and I have the cable so couldn't see any reason why it wouldn't work.

How experienced are the guys doing it?

[Rich_Enduro]

well they said they have direct access to nokias server to get the latest files and the recomendations on the website seemed convincing.
www. mobilephonerepairs. co. uk/

[adampeake]

ahhhh...Turn on your mobile..

I can only speak from my own history with this company. I once tried to get a SE P800 speaker from them. They sent me 4 wrong speakers and ended up getting my money back.

I'm not sure but i thought only Nokia service centres had access to Nokia servers. Easy to get the flash files but well.....my own experiences meant i wouldn't use them again.

Do you have the ability to flash files at all?

[Rich_Enduro]

cheers adampeake
no i don't have any flashing stuff myself (from what i can tell, its bloody expensive!) i explained to them that my local repair shop is having trouble getting the 3230 file as the one from his regular download area was corrupt and it was after i mentioned this that 'Turn on your mobile' said they can get the file direct?

[adampeake]

Just looked at my file server and this is the latest 3230 file on there:

RM-51_dp_v_39.0_mcusw4.0537.0.exe

Looks to be 4.0537.0

The flashing boxes can be picked up now for sub £100 prices so if you repair or reflash a few phones you can soon make that back.

Hope you get the phone back soon. Keep me info'd so i can get a second opinion about the shop.

Thanks

Adam