[nicholasblock]

Thank you all for your comments. This is a lot of information but I am very tech savvy. I only buy stuff if I can mod it in some way. I have a modded PSP, Wii, iPod Touch, etc.. I have flashed many PC BIOS' and never bricked one thing. I understand every device is different, but I wanted to explain my knowledge. So after lots of reading I flashed the SPL, but I will not flash a ROM until I am activated.

A few questions more... I can not find a stock ROM from Cellcom. I will not flash unless I know I have a stock backed up, is it easy to dump my ROM? I have all sorts of hardware if needed i.e. FPGA's, an oscilloscope, and so on. Um also, Cellcom sucks around here and they lock you out of any and everything possible so I am not very worried about losing features. I just want the stock backed up in case I need to bring it in for repairs.