Nokia 5300: Part1

The nokia 5300 XpressMusic phone an Series 40, and an updated verison of the Nokia 5200. T-Mobile picked up the 5300 around march of 2007.

The first part of this hackup will be the prep work to remove the security lock and debrand the phone.

Debranding a phone is the term for flashing the generic firmware created by the manufacturer to remove the features and items left behind from the Carrier. (ie. T-mobile T-zones and wallpaper)

By flashing the generic firmware of the phone, any features that were locked or hidden will be available, including running third-party applications such as google maps or Opera Mini.

When I purchased my 5300 Xpress from Ebay, it was listed as prompting for a "security code". The security code restricts physical access to the phone. An example would be your "buddy" attempting to look up numbers for your sister or girlfriend in your phone. Without the security code, "broseph" cannot use the phone at all. The only downside to this being if you loose your security code, your in trouble unless your carrier/manufacturer will unlock it for you. (Note: T-Mobile is not able unlock 'security codes', and Nokia will only unlock it under warranty. An unlock outside of warranty exceeds the cost of the phone itself)

To remove/reset the security code, certain software is necessary.

Nemesis Service Suite is a software suite designed to go with certain hardware unlock setups, but works with miniusb fine.

NSS will allows us to both debrand, and remove the security lock.

Also necessary is the Nokia PC Suite, for necesary USB Drivers