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Originally Posted by PPG200
greetings from Anchor Town fellow alaskan ppc geeks. i just got my ACS htc 6800 like 2 weeks ago and was just getting to this flashing rom part. Thanks AlaskanGeek for getting this rolling, i've been scouring the interweb for all u all have covered. I'd like to see that workflow u and coldmogul have used on ur devices. (apologies i just realized how much i was txting). I was pretty good at tweakin' my old dell Axim back in the day, but certainly dont want to brick this phone, i've been waiting about a year to get my hands on one up here in the 907. Yes, ACS is so ignorant. i called and asked about wm6.1 upgrade and they thought this phone was brand spankin' new and that it had the latest sofware on it. I WANT GPS!  |
Hey PPG200,
Good to see another fellow Alaskan! Hey, flashing your ACS PPC-6800 is easy! I have three other friends here in Fairbanks that have upgraded their 6800's and we are all enjoying GPS. ColdMogul has done the same. I believe he is in Anchorage as well.
Anyways, I used the instructions from this post to flash my phone:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=24511
Warning!!! You can ruin your phone by tring to modify it!
Backup all your contacts and other important info.
Dial ##000000 and a ##778 and write down all the info there. You may need it later! (password if asked is 000000.)
Simple overview is:
1. Active sync your phone.
2. Run Olipro 2.4
3. Install Radio 3.35
4. Cook a custom ROM with PPCkitchen and flash it to your phone. (Choose US Cellular as the carrier. ACS is on the list, but does not work correctly. No2Chem said it will be fixed in the next update, but for now, use US cellular.)
5. Do a *228, and a ##778 and enter any information that may be missing.
6. Use QPST to change the carrier name on your phone from CellSouth to ACS.
7. Do the GPS regchange from 2 to 4. (GPSmode=4)
8. Enjoy your new GPS enabled ACS phone!!!
NOTE: search PPCGeeks for the QPST program and how to use it.
Also, a friend of mine just got back from Hawaii. He had updated his phone before going to Hawaii. While there he was roaming in Verizon. He phone cellular part worked, but the data connection did not. The data connection kept asking for a username and password.
I called ACS and they said it is a common problem, they said that the:
Username: is your 10 digit cell number @acsalaska.net
Password: is your 10 digit cell number
Domain: (leave blank)
My friend tried this, but it still did not work. ACS blamed it on network upgrades and there maybe roaming issues until ACS fully upgrades to Rev A which is due in August of 2008.
At that time, there should be an office HTC update for Rev A for ACS. But the cooked ROMs already have GPS and Rev A bulit into them from doing the 3.35 radio update on your phone.
Long story short, you may have roaming issues. I do not leave Alaska much, so data roaming is no big deal, I'm sure it will get worked out.