OK got it working had to do it manually with verizon tech support.
Heres my steps... cause i think it would be a nice helping hand for someone else.
I followed
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=24979
Heres some sidenotes in my experience to the steps above, so that i maybe someone else could see what worked for me.
1. So i didnt need to do the first step (i think since brand new, hasnt been unlocked obviously by me before hehe, so dont need to revert to that stock ROM)
2. put my left hand thumb on power button, pointer on camera and right hand pushing stylus in. It is at .36 spl, move onto step 3
5. run that file, i actually unzipped it manually with winrar first and was trying to figure out what to run. if just let the self extracting .exe do its thing, itll self extract a temp dir and run the program automatically.
8. when crashed at 11% just wait, itll get back on track.
9. after do that step of "
setting the date and time it will say 'Tap the screen to continue'". Right after this, that popup will come up, i was thinking it would do a 3 2 1, or after hitting ok u have 3 seconds. it does not. so just be ready to do it (i did it 1 second after when just started customizing and still worked luckily). i guess he was clear 
but i emphasize it even more for u .
11.
so i clicked on IE, (might ask to connect to #777), internet works. Phone calls do not, I guess can reauthenticate here. but i wanted to install ghettofreeryder ROM next. So wasnt sure if needed to reauthicate twice then. so i saved reauth till that step. Here in step 11 is kinda confusing as it says, if u r not happy with alltell, goto step 11 (but we are at step 11 hehe), i think he means 12.
12.
So i used Vista700 rom, i dled that. i also dled RUU, which looks like its only needed for gpstest download since the link is bunched up next to it?, but needed it to install the ROM too.
unzip RUU folder, drop the vista700 file 79MB RUU_signed.nbh file into that dir. run ROMUpdateUtility.exe, click next till get to the 3rd step, hit Update button, it will find that vista700 file (u will see on your screeen the name of the ROM, 1.12.latti, versus gpstest which would be 1.12.JD). after u confirmed this hit the next button which will install it. After done installing, and everything loads up, let it customize. i think i was afraid at first cause after calibrating the screen alignment, i had to click things a way more to the right than usual, but it was just cause my screen alignment was off, and had to redo calibration in the settings. i dont think IE worked automatically the first time when i clicked it like before. Clicked on Windows Live on desktop home screen and it connected data connection. i think just clicking stright up on IE worked now also. Maybe was just a blip for me.
Google Maps
Went to Settings -> Phone -> Services ->Location Settings. and switched from e911 to On. i think this allows u to always use GPS, versus just when 911 operators want to find u.
Went to Programs, ran Google Maps which is preinstalled, clicked Menu -> Use GPS. Locked quickly now.
Also just in case installed GPSViewer and let it run which autoset itself to comm 4. Mif Google Maps ever goesnt get a lock by itself easily, I'll use that first to try.
I tried now to get the phone itself working hehe. Phone calls to Activate/authenticate didnt work, aka calls to *228, #8899, and verizonwireless.com 'activate phone' feature didnt work. After *228, it dled something and reset phone. i think i couldnt turn it back on after the update *228 gave me. So i did a soft reset and was able to get it loading again. This happened a couple times (i would do the *228 step and couldnt get back in, so soft-reset it), so it may happen to u.
Anyway phone calls still didnt work; I got a text message to come through my friend sent me 10m later but that was a blip, stopped accepting/sending texts, still couldnt accept/send phone calls.
i think instead of doing *228 yourself, you should just call (800) 922-0204 to talk to tech support. Gave them my order #, and phone number and account password (if u have one for verizon), and they told me to call *228, and instead press 2 instead of 1 like you usually do. It will install and restart your phone(or shut it down, i forget, so turn back on if does that). they then told me to call #832, and then wait till says you are authenticated i think? Anyway u might not be able to do these steps without calling them first. they called me to confirm it worked. and it did.
Reset the Settings->System->Regional Settings to English (US). and also edited HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml to add my city, so Weather shows up instead of Canadian cities ghetto put in there (copy the file via File Explorer to My Documents, ActiveSync, Edit it on your computer). Can also use this which is easy:
http://www.derkie.com/files/HH_0409_WeatherCities.rar,
EDIT: i dont think i got this to work yet. hehe. any ideas?
I can recieve and send texts, and pics (
EDIT: not sure i can send pics actually. ill follow up on that, if i have ghettos rom which MMS thing should i install? the 4821 cab (dl link i saw posted elsewhere to verizonguy.com's file doesnt work) or the rapidshare link posted here earlier for WWE_Composer?). and phone calls, and get google maps working, without any extra settings/stuff (didnt need to install that Arc thing or do MMS settings). I might see how workable the GPS is later this week and see if i need better software like GPSViewer to lock a location. but it seemed quick to me.
Should i upgrade to Titan 3.35.04, what is included on the vista700 ROM, stock alltell radio or the Titan one cooked into that ROM?
btw anyone think it would be nice to have a big Dial/Call button on the Phone, instead of pressing small Talk button to initiate a call.
phew, hopefully this thing is stable as it has been past few hours. If GPS didnt work, i would be pissed my expensive phone couldnt do GPS and switch to Att and get an iphone
. Why does the Vx6900 manual say how you can turn GPS on in the location settings, its still disabled right?