HMD forbids us to flash our phones regardless the (Nokia) model. We are treated just like the Chinese customers. Now it is easy to understand, why we will never find flash tools and firmware or Roms on the internet. The reseller of your Nokia 6 TA-1000 has found a trick to load the software with Google services and multi languages. Any HMD (Nokia) Phone has that non-unlockable bootloader, because these phones are partly already prepared for the PRC market.

In order to prevent Chinese customers from flashing their phones with software, which contains Google services, HMD has made the bootloader locked, which cannot be unlocked without the proper software. If a Nokia 6 TA-1000 nevertheless has Google services that Nokia 6 has a modified software/firmware, making the Phone a so called custom Phone and customized phones will not receive updates. HMD has never made a Nokia 6 TA-1000 with Google services. Hi user341, the Nokia 6 model TA-1000 is originally for the PRC (Chinese) market and in the PRC Google services are not allowed. Now I have to figure it out myself and I will. I don't want to blame HMD for the wrong decision I made, buying the Phone in the first place, What hurts is that my favorite Phone manufacturer let me down, while HMD must have the means and the capability. Yesterday I requested HMD to flash my Chinese TA-1000 Nokia 6 with the original stock TA-1000 ROM. However, the actual policy of HMD in the case of flashing is very restricted. The best protection HMD Global can offer, is to make the TA ROMS and flashtools available. I never have had any problems using them. What is the most reliable source of ROMS and flashtools in our case? HMD Global!!! In the Nokia era of Symbian 3, Anne and Belle all the ROMS were available and free to use. ROMS with the size of 1.5 - 2 GB are quite normal. So about 2.5 GB contain data, which is mainly not visible on my PC, and of course the also invisible firmware. The total amount of data on my Phone is 9.1 GB.

I have a Nokia 6 and the data I have loaded the internal memory of my phone with is about 6.63 GB. If you don't know the source of the tools and software or there is no experience with the products of the unknown source don't take the risk. Knowledge about the right procedure and the use of reliable tools and software is absolutely necessary. Hi user625, Any alteration in the firmware of a PC or a cell phone can end up in a disaster.

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