After cooking, does it just work?

[dyskon]

Im a sprint employee and I am getting my new HTC Touch Pro tomorrow and I am really interested in flashing the device over to Mighty ROM.

Ive been going through the forums for the past couple of day trying to soak up all the information I could.

Is there any pointers or anything I should know about before I flash it over?

After I flash the device does everything still just work as it did with the stock rom? Do I not have to re-enter the ESN/MSL or anything else?

GPS/3g/EDVO all work as they did before the flash?

Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

-Dyskon

[Geekcop]

Welcome to Geekdom! The first thing I tell anyone new to the Geek game is to not be in a hurry to flash a new ROM. There's a couple of reasons for this. First, you need to take time to get to know your device and how it performs under the stock ROM. This way, you'll better appreciate the changes that the custom ROM brings to the table. Next, make sure you completely understand the flashing process. This is where things have a tendency to go terribly wrong if you don't follow the instructions to the letter. One minute you have a cool PPC, the next, a cool paperweight.

To answer your questions, you will not have to re enter your ESN, but you will have to reactivate your phone on the network. Also, you phone will likely act differently, depending on the ROM you select. Network communication shouldn't be affected, but again, when you flash a custom ROM, anything is possible.

[Weapondrift]

make sure you have the most recent winrar update... that was the issue that I kept having. after flashing MR I typically (weither it needs it or not) *228 altho this may be different for sprint since most ROMS require this. Make sure you also have a good backup for contacts. I use PIM backup which is already included on MR.

When you start flashing after unlocked make sure your phone is in bootloader screen.

[dyskon]

Originally Posted by Geekcop

Welcome to Geekdom! The first thing I tell anyone new to the Geek game is to not be in a hurry to flash a new ROM. There's a couple of reasons for this. First, you need to take time to get to know your device and how it performs under the stock ROM. This way, you'll better appreciate the changes that the custom ROM brings to the table. Next, make sure you completely understand the flashing process. This is where things have a tendency to go terribly wrong if you don't follow the instructions to the letter. One minute you have a cool PPC, the next, a cool paperweight.

To answer your questions, you will not have to re enter your ESN, but you will have to reactivate your phone on the network. Also, you phone will likely act differently, depending on the ROM you select. Network communication shouldn't be affected, but again, when you flash a custom ROM, anything is possible.

Thanks for the information. I am definitely going to take the time to get to know the stock rom before I flash over.
Out of curiosity though, how does one go about re-activating the phone on the network?

[Link9228]

The same way you would activate a phone normally. I don't exactly know how it works for sprint, but with verizon, you would do a *228 option 1. and if that doesn't work, call verizon, tell them your device needed to be hard reset, and get a new akey. and they should walk you through the process. But that's verizon. I'm not sure how sprint does it (luckily, you're an employee)

[thacounty]

Originally Posted by dyskon

Thanks for the information. I am definitely going to take the time to get to know the stock rom before I flash over.
Out of curiosity though, how does one go about re-activating the phone on the network?

If you are on Sprint your flash shouldn't require you to re-activate. It will boot up, so hard reset then it will work fine.

[dyskon]

Yes but im still in training, going on week two. We havent gotten that far yet

[banzaiwolfe]

They are correct, for MightyROM you should not need to do any activation after you flash it if you are on Sprint.

Also, this should be in the regular Touch Pro forum instead of upgrades.

[dyskon]

Awesome. Thanks for the info and sorry about posting in the wrong forum. You all have been thanked

[basilray]

Originally Posted by dyskon

Im a sprint employee and I am getting my new HTC Touch Pro tomorrow and I am really interested in flashing the device over to Mighty ROM.

Ive been going through the forums for the past couple of day trying to soak up all the information I could.

Is there any pointers or anything I should know about before I flash it over?

After I flash the device does everything still just work as it did with the stock rom? Do I not have to re-enter the ESN/MSL or anything else?

GPS/3g/EDVO all work as they did before the flash?

Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

-Dyskon

Thanks for asking this! I am about to flash for the first time, and that was a reservation I had.

I have had the TP since Nov 1. I find the stock ROM to be pretty decent...but REALLY want to try WinMo 6.5. Here's my plan:

Use SPB Backup to maintain my phone setup. Flash to WinMo 6.5. If I don't like it, I can flash back to Sprint ROM and then restore my old backup and put it back how I know it will work.

Those with knowledge and experience...does the above sound like a good plan?