Flashing ROM to Nokia 520

[luck11]

Hi. I have an 520 from AT&T but am using in Canada and want to flash a ROM, likely Rogers, to the phone.

Few questions:

1. Any suggestions on which ROM is best for the 520 for use in Canada (Rogers, international etc)?

2. If I flash to a the Rogers ROM (or any other ROM), will I get the updates as usual?

3. The AT&T is currently unlocked. Will changing the ROM lock it again to Rogers?

Thanks.

 

[pankaj981]

The only ROMs you can flash is for the RM-915 variant. If you're looking for an unbranded ROM then you've quite a few options, I've used the Brazil CV ROM and it works just fine, plus its currently running the Denim release (Cyan firmware + OS v14219). The ROM is unbranded and flashing it won't lock your device again. Since the ROM is country variant, updates are pushed directly from Microsoft and are not carrier dependant.

 

[xandros9]

2. You will get updates from whatever source the ROM points to, so ROGERS if its a ROGERS ROM, MS, if its an unbranded ROM...

3. The SIM lock is independent of all this, it should remain unlocked.

 

[luck11]

Thanks for info and quick responses!!

With the Brazil ROM (or other unbranded ROMs), do I have access to all the same apps, and are there apps or functionality that i would not have if using a Rogers ROM (are there any disadvantages to using unbranded rather than using Rogers ROM)?

For North American application is the Brazil ROM the best unbranded (that has/gets the latest updates)?

Where's the best place to the find the ROMs...gsmhosting?

Thanks.

 

[pankaj981]

As far as I can tell, you wouldn't be losing much. The only thing I couldn't find was presidential alerts and field test mode was disabled. If you don't know/don't care about them then using the Brazil ROM would be the better option. You can download the ROMs from Nokia Care Suite or Navifirm+