Last year I purchased an E71 and was pleased to able fully Arabise that phone. I did this by changing the product code using a utility called Nemesis Service Suite (NSS) and then I simply ran Nokia Software Update to reinstall the firmware on the phone with the Arabic version. I did the same on an E51 after some effort and on the very first try with a Nokia 6600 Classic Slide.
Then, just before Christmas last year I purchased an E72 from 3 Telecomm Australia. The E72 is supposed to be the natural progression from the E71 boasting a faster processor, better email support and a 5MP camera. Instead of the standard Australian version, which is an E71-1, I opted for the E72-2 which supports UTMS 850MHz which is compatible with Telstra Next-G and also UTMS 2100MHz (I think). This means that I can have full speed 3G internet in Australian cities and in the remote area that I'm working at now.
It seemed like I'd found a totally improved phone but have since found that my E72-2 RM-529 is only released in regions including North America, Australia, South America and since these regions do not have Arabic as a primary language, there is no Arabic firmware for my particular hardware version.
So now I'm forced to choose between an English E72 that has fast net access everywhere and superior mobile coverage or, an Arabic/English E72 with poor mobile coverage and internet access speeds outside of major cities.
I may just revert back to my E71. Surprisingly my iPhone 32G 3GS has better Arabic support than my E71.
Anyway, to capture what I've tried, the phone product code for the 3 Mobile was 0591918. Despite months of trying, there are no updates for this product code. Since the E72 has quite a lot of annoying bugs I decided to change the product code to the generic Australian code 0587847 to both debrand the 3 rubbish and improve stability.. hopefully.
Navifirm is a great utility that lets you download firmware directly from Nokia and it shows you what is available. Much better than clicking update and waiting and waiting and then getting told there are no updates. I used this program to find the product codes for my E72-2. The product codes for E72-2 which can run the latest version firmware 23.2 are
0587847: AUSTRALIA_QW_BLACK
0590307: AUSTRALIA_QW_BROWN
0590311: AUSTRALIA_QW_GREY
0587848: NEW_ZEALAND_QW_BLACK
0590309: NEW_ZEALAND_QW_BROWN
0590312: NEW_ZEALAND_QW_GREY
0587846: PHILIPPINES_QW_BLACK
0590304: PHILIPPINES_QW_BROWN
0590310: PHILIPPINES_QW_GREY
My 3 mobile has no updates and is included in the list of product codes that support the original firmware 21.24
0590307: AUSTRALIA_QW_BROWN
0590311: AUSTRALIA_QW_GREY
0584212: BRAZIL_QW_BLACK
0584212: BRAZIL_QW_BLACK
0584226: BRAZIL_QW_BROWN
0586711: BRAZIL_QW_GREY
0586714: BRAZIL_QW_WHITE
0591918: E72 RM-529 3 AU AU Black V1
0591918: E72 RM-529 3 AU AU Black V1
0598017: E72 RM-529 3 AU AU Metal Grey V1_COLOR
0593421: E72 RM-529 Claro Brasil BR Metal Grey V1
0593421: E72 RM-529 Claro Brasil BR Metal Grey V1
0594389: E72 RM-529 LTA Region HN Argentina CV V1
0593360: E72 RM-529 Nokia do Brasil (NDB) BR Metal Gray V2
0593360: E72 RM-529 Nokia do Brasil (NDB) BR Metal Grey V1
0591928: E72 RM-529 North America US Black
0594814: E72 RM-529 North America US NAM Default Black SMB
0592758: E72 RM-529 Smart Communications - Philippines PH Z. Black Sim Lock V1
0592758: E72 RM-529 Smart Communications - Philippines PH Z. Black Sim Lock V1
0595514: E72 RM-529 Tigo CA GT Grey V1
0593361: E72 RM-529 VIVO BR Metal Grey V1
0591071: ISRAEL QW BLACK
0591074: ISRAEL QW BROWN
0591069: ISRAEL QW GREY
0584213: LTA_QW_BLACK
0584228: LTA_QW_BROWN
0586712: LTA_QW_GREY
0586715: LTA_QW_WHITE
0573646: NAM_QW_BLACK
0573646: NAM_QW_BLACK
0584225: NAM_QW_BROWN
0586710: NAM_QW_GREY
0587848: NEW_ZEALAND_QW_BLACK
0587848: NEW_ZEALAND_QW_BLACK
0590309: NEW_ZEALAND_QW_BROWN
0590312: NEW_ZEALAND_QW_GREY
0587846: PHILIPPINES_QW_BLACK
0590304: PHILIPPINES_QW_BROWN
0590310: PHILIPPINES_QW_GREY
Once before I could have sworn I found a product code for Arabic that led NSU to find an update but lately I haven't been able to find one. I believe both the RM version AND the product code must match to find an update. As I write this I just noticed the NSU restarted the firmware download after it had reached 80mg... Urgh. This saga never seems to end. Failing this I'll try flashing the phone using JAF and download the firmware using Navifirm.