Okay so received my phones today and the first thing I realized is how nice they felt in hand. Very light and fast. Now back to what I was most interested in...debranding.
1) Tried flashing it to the NAM 4R US unbranded variant using thor commands...it failed due to ffu checks
2) Tried editing Windows Device Recovery Tool packet requests using Fiddler..the 4R firmware downloaded but the flashing failed..and then finally lol..
3) The good old registry trick worked..!! Now I have the unbranded US firmware with double tap to wake enabled. I am not sure what other improvements it brings but at least I know I don't have to rely on Cricket anymore for software updates...
Edit: So wallet updated and looks like it enabled support for Microsoft NFC Payments. I also see now phone conversations can be recorded, not sure if it was available before on the Cricket ROM. Everything just feels snappy.
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