Flashing while away from home? Bad idea?

wirecutter · #1 (**permalink**) 11-30-2009, 05:08 PM

General question about flashing. I'm guessing after flashing you have ro reprogram/provision the phone? So right now I'm out of the US so I'm roaming...I take it, it would be a bad idea to flash my ROM? i.e. my phone will basically be dead until I get back back on a VZW signal?

**japper88** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-30-2009, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wirecutter

General question about flashing. I'm guessing after flashing you have ro reprogram/provision the phone? So right now I'm out of the US so I'm roaming...I take it, it would be a bad idea to flash my ROM? i.e. my phone will basically be dead until I get back back on a VZW signal?

Well you could flash, but you wouldn't know if any stuff is jacked up until you got home, such as mms, etc.

SecretAgentMan · #3 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 12:05 AM

You're going to have to be in Verizon territory to *228, so roaming would be a problem.

I know someone who had to activate a brand new Verizon phone in a fringe area. She had to drive around constantly dialing *228 until she was finally successful!

**jmorton10** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by wirecutter

General question about flashing. I'm guessing after flashing you have ro reprogram/provision the phone?

I have never had to re-activate a VZ phone after flashing (& I've probably flashed 100 times) but I would never flash when I was out of the country.....

~John

**WhiteBlazer01** · #5 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by jmorton10

I have never had to re-activate a VZ phone after flashing (& I've probably flashed 100 times) but I would never flash when I was out of the country.....

~John

Really? I always have to dial *228 after a flash...

**BooDaddy** · #6 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 04:03 AM

I wouldnt flash till I was back home. And when I was on VZW, I always had to do *228 after flashing in order to have data. I could make calls, but not data connetions until I had done *228.

**japper88** · #7 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteBlazer01

Really? I always have to dial *228 after a flash...

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Originally Posted by BooDaddy

I wouldnt flash till I was back home. And when I was on VZW, I always had to do *228 after flashing in order to have data. I could make calls, but not data connetions until I had done *228.

Really? A provisioning cab doesn't set stuff right for you Verizon folks? I'm on Sprint and after installing a provisioning cab everything perfectly. I guess Sprint has a different system.

**Rager02** · #8 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 11:42 AM

same here,i dont do anything and data works off bat..

**jmorton10** · #9 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteBlazer01

Really? I always have to dial *228 after a flash...

I have seen other people say that also & I don't get it.

I flashed my xv6800's, TP's (& they where Sprint phones converted to VZ) & now TP2 numerous times & never once had to reactivate any of them to get data.

It certainly doesn't hurt to dial *228, but I have never had to do it ever.

~John

**jmorton10** · #10 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 12:54 PM

Do you guys that have to re-activate flash from the card??

That may be the difference as I have never done it that way.

~John