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    why does my new phone have this splash screen?

    GSDer - thanks. i was worried i had bought a messed with phoned from a bunch of cowboys but after your reply and a similar explanation from other folks who also know much better than me i am feeling confident again. i bought the handset in bulgaria and i am using it for a bg network plus...
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    why does my new phone have this splash screen?

    thanks for the reply, kelly. the splash screen i refer to is a full screen logo of the british network provider O2. i bought the phone as network/sim free. my curiosity/worry is that a sim free handset should logically not be in an way "branded" or promoting any particular network, especially...
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    why does my new phone have this splash screen?

    hello, noob question - i have a new s3 mini which shows an O2 splash screen when it is turned on and off. thing is, i bought it in a country that doesn't have the O2 network and i bought it as sim free. both my sim cards work in it and neither are O2 sim cards. is this abnormal? have i...