[Kelvarr]

Just thought I'd throw my experience in here.

Last night, my phone (Stock VZW ROM, WinMo 6.1) decided to take a dump and not let me do anything because it kept thinking it was trying to do work pulling a Yahoo email.

Anyway, since I was getting pissed at it, I figured that I might as well flash it (I had already had it unlocked for a couple of months).

I downloaded MightyROM_RhodiumW_052410 and installed it. Upon reboot of the thing and full recovery of my contacts, etc...I tried to go to *228, 2 and do a PRL Update. PRL Update failed, saying it couldn't update my phone. I tried again and did a *228, 1 and got the same message. Reboot phone, and repeat procedures, this time doing *228, 1 first. No dice.

I did a little research on the forums here, and learned about the VZW Provisioning Cab (even though it was my understanding that the ROM auto-provisions). Before doing anything, I tested voice and text and data...all 3 worked, even though I couldn't *228. I finally found the Provisioning section of the ROM, and saw that it said Telus. I changed it to Verizon and hit "Commit" and the phone rebooted. After reboot, I tried *228 again, and again it failed.

I called it a night since it was getting late. I went in to work this morning, and did a bit more research on it, hoping to fix it. I discovered somebody saying to try ##RTN#. Tried that, and it failed. I then tried *228, 1 again, and this time it successfully programmed! I have no idea why or how though, as my signal strength at home is 4-5 bars, and I am lucky to get 1 bar at work.

Any clues as to why this happened?