subject: Cell Phone Flashing Services [print this page] In GSM phones the information of the network provider is stored on the SIM card, however in a CDMA phone the information of the carrier network is programmed directly on the phone hardware. It means it is stored directly in the phone rather than on any SIM card.
Now, you might have also heard people talking about unlocking their phones and flashing their phones. But what are a cell phone unlocking and a cell phone flashing? Both these terms are commonly mistaken for one, but these are different terms with quite different procedures. However the end result is same for both. Cell phone unlocking services are related to GSM phones and Cell phone flashing services are related to CDMA phones. Unlocking a GSM mobile phone gives you freedom from sticking to one network provider. A user of a locked phone can not migrate to some other network provider. When he unlocks his phone, it can be used with any desired network. Simply entering an unlock code allows one to unlock the phone.
Flashing your CDMA phone is the answer since it does not use any SIM card that can be unlocked. It is a process in which the program inside your mobile phone is updated or reprogrammed to a new version of that firmware. This usually returns the settings of your phone to default ones. Who can do this? Honestly speaking anyone can flash his or her phone. However, if you find it to be difficult, you can get someones help in flashing the phone or simply buy a reasonable phone with a new carrier instead.
There are two types of flashing methods. One is full flash; the other is a partial flash. A full flash is that in which the mobiles operating system is reinstalled in it on a flash-able ROM. When you fully flash your phone all the data on it is generally erased. However, a professional person has the ability to fully flash your phone by keeping a backup of your important files and data. Reprogramming your phone to be able to connect to a different CDMA carrier is known as partial flash. It does no harm to your data in the phone and does not involve rewriting the operating system of the phone.
Your computer should be operating on windows XP or higher with a 2 GHz speed processor and a RAM of at least 1 GB. Simply connect your phone to your computer system through a USB cable and use flashing software, or you might want a professional person to do this. Both ways around you get your phone flashed.
As a GSM phone user unlocks his phone to migrate to some other network similarly a CDMA phone user can partially flash the phone if he too wants to migrate to some other carrier or fully flash it get a newer OS. He simply has to use the Cell phone flashing services of some reputed online company.
