Neo: Which ROM will I get in update?

[owleye]

I have a neo which I bought while in Hong Kong. Recently I moved to India and I think I will hold on to the Neo as I like it.

My question is that in the recent update which has 2.3.3 and the one which I want to upgrade to: will it continue to have the native chinese applications which came loaded? I want to get rid of them and use an English only ROM.

Thanks.

[slimshaddy]

u cannot do that unless ur phone is rooted.

the chinese applications will remain there..

and rooting's not an easy process and even if u do it, u wont know which file to delete

but u can always google these type of things such as rooting..

and if u want then root ur phone..

since u dont have international warranty, u cannot avail warranty in india so u may root,..

[owleye]

Thanks Slimshaddy

Someone (was it Uliwooly?) told me that I can get the another version of the firmware by tapping into a different update file. I can't locate that discussion.

Rooting is somethign which I want to avoid as that will take the chance for me to get it repaired in HK whenever I travel there.

Rooting also seems like a very complicated process which I want to avoid. Am I wrong to assume that a rooted phone will no longer get updated ?

Hasn't someone been through this already? I am surely not the first guy who wants to remove the chinese apps without rooting or at least using the std firmware from SE.

cheers!

[#4]

Check out this link

http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/96312

[slimshaddy]

ok pc user provided u the link

just follow that step y step..

and u'll get rid of the chinese applications

it'll reinstall all the files, setup files, new features etc..in english :smileygrin:

gud luck..and if u have any problem..we are here..

[owleye]

This link installs a non-standard ROM. I don't want to void my warranty in doing so.

Any other way to do it ?

[#7]

When you sourced your phone in HK, did you go through a mobile operator or through a phone retail shop?

If you sourced it from a phone retail shop and not branded to any mobile service provider and unlocked, I believe you can use the HK versions of the firmware listed in the link.

[owleye]

I have not taken it from a mobile operator; bought it from smartone-vodafone store without operator plan which retails handsets without tying to an operator.

When I go in updates it shows that there is a new update available but I am not sure if it will remove those chinese language apps.

[#9]

Did the Chinese language apps come with the phone or you downloaded the apps?

If you downloaded those apps you can re download then again.

[#10]

Another thing you could do is to perform a backup using an app called Mybackup before proceeding with the update.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackup&feature=more_from_developer

Check if the backup app, backed up the Chinese apps. If it did then you should be able to restore the apps after the update.