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[destes]

Hi All,

Just started looking into creating ROMs and updating my 6800. What I'm wondering is, do you guys flash your everyday phone everytime you cook up another version of a ROM, or testing out the various combination's. I'm thinking about getting a beat up 6800 to do my flashing and testing on. I'm a bit leary of using my phone that I rely on everyday to experiment with. I don't wnat to add another line to my plan, can I just use the phone as a testing platform for the OS and not have it activated?

What are you guys doing?

Dale.

[Lsme420]

Welcome Here..Your first post.
If you have two phones it would be a good idea to test a bit first. You can get online with your WiFi on your test phone so you wouldn't need a second line.

I use a test phone also when I can but some people only have one phone so they cook/test/use the same phone for everything.

[Geekcop]

Go here for more cooking advice..http://www.ppckitchen.org/. The only problem I see with not having the test device activated is that you won't know if there any connection issues w/ the new ROM.

[Lsme420]

Originally Posted by Geekcop

The only problem I see with not having the test device activated is that you won't know if there any connection issues w/ the new ROM.

True... You could always go to Sprint.com/verizon.com and just switch esn's in your account to your test phone to check for connection issues then switch back to your default phone.

[destes]

I'm on Verizon and can do the same thing, change the ESN online. For those of you that switch ESNs a lot, do you get any grief from the carrier for it?

[Lsme420]

No I switch back and forth five or six times a week and never had any problems. I used to do it back in the day too when you had to call a CS Rep to do it I must say its a lot quicker to do it online.