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Originally Posted by ptfdmedic
First of all, welcome and we all do this to our phones at our own risk.
1. The 2.31 unlocker is the only one you can use with a GPS radio.
2. While all the chefs here are really good at cooking roms most of the roms you see here were cooked in the ppckitchen. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=37577
3. Follow the above link and you will find instructions on how to download it and cook your own roms. You can also choose any chefs rom you like just follow their instructions.
4. You have not told us what carrier you have but I believe it is Verizion. That can make a difference. Once you unlock your phone you can flash any carrier or custom rom.
5. Here is a link to HTC's site. http://www.htc.com/us/support.aspx (it appears they pulled the Verizion upgrade down) Click on your carrier and locate the newest rom and download it. Install the newest GPS rom (this will upgrade the radio also)and then unlock your phone. You only need to have your phone unlocked in order to flash custom roms. Be sure to let the customizations run through. AND MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE THE CORRECT CARRIER.
6. You will need the newest ActiveSync for Windows XP or the WMDC for Windows VIsta in order to flash your phone.
7. Please feel free PM me if I can help any more.
EDIT: You will need to unlock your phone first. Once your phone is unlocked then you can flash the newest sprint rom or Alltell rom. Altell is the newest. DO NOT LET CUSTOMIZATIONS RUN. That MEANS ONCE YOUR HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SET UP AND A MESSEGE APPEARS ON THE SCREEN THAT "CUSTOMIZATIONS WILL BEGIN IN 3 SECONDS" YOU NEED TO REST YOUR PHONE BEFORE THAT BEGINS. AS SOON AS YOU SEE THAT BOX POKE THE RESET BUTTON WITH THE STYLUS. Once you have completed reseting your phone it is now using the newest GPS radio. Choose a custom rom or build your onw using the PPCKitchen. If I left anything out, someone please correct me. Also correct me if I am wrong but I believe the verizion touch already has a GPS radio installed. I am with Sprint and I just installed the new altell radio and GPS works fine. |
Thanks for the link to the HTC support site. It was real easy to find the different carrier roms. You said that they pulled the Verizon rom down. Are you sure they had one because I've never heard of an official rom from Big Red.
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Originally Posted by bsepub
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This was a nice and simple tutorial for the XV6900 aka Vogue or Touch. It would be nice if this tutorial was easy to find when doing a search. Maybe you could change the name of the thread title to something like
Verizon XV6900 aka HTC Touch or Vogue-How to...Unlock,Carrier and Custom Roms, Evdo Rev.A, and GPS.
I'm about to unlock my phone in a little bit. Sort of nervous but I'll let you guys know what happens. When I'm upgrading the rom and radio should I use the Alltel, Sprint, or Bell rom? The Alltel and Sprint roms have the 3.42.30 radio and the Bell rom has the 3.42.50 radio. Is one better than the other?