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Originally Posted by slopokdave
Newb here. I am looking at trying out some of the custom ROMS on here. Let me get this straight: First I need to unlock the phone, then I need to flash it with the ROM. Do I Need to hardreset first?
If I want to go back to my original stock OE Sprint rom, I Need to re-lock it then flash using the ROM on the first page of this thread? (StockSprintHermanOSBigstorageRUU_dumped.rar)
I'm afraid of being able to return my phone to exactly where it was....  |
I don't see the rom you listed but anyway, you don't want to lock it first if the rom you listed is just a dumped rom. You can only flash dumped/custom roms on an unlocked phone. The rom I did see listed above that is the stock Sprint rom is just a dumped rom. That will require the phone to be unlocked first. Once flashed, THEN you can lock the phone and you should be ok.
If the Sprint rom was a .exe, then it would be an actual shipped stock Sprint rom and so would not matter if the device was locked or unlocked.