it's amazing how small a world we live in. I have a little info that I can add to this thread, as I was about to start another thread almost identical to this one..
I, too, have Golden State Cellular as my carrier (i'm a new subscriber, but got the 6800 phone). I am also interested in upgrading the phone to 6.1 and have been lurking these forums lately trying to educate myself on the entire process and the risks involved.
Here's some additional info that I know regarding the GSC 6800's:
-they are [based on?] the US Cellular variant of the 6800
-stock rom version info is as follows:
ROM version: 2.17.557.0
ROM Date: 11/20/07
Radio Version: 1.64.00
Hardware Version: 0003
PRL version: 04000
PRI version: 1.31_105
key thing that concerns me right now is that while GSC is partnered with verizon for voice roaming, they currently do not have data roaming in place (it's forthcoming).
therefore, if i flashed my phone up with, say, a verizon based rom (or any rom for that matter) I am concerned about the data syncing. I know that the GSC variant dials #777 for data connection and I was just looking at some of the HDR settings:
username:
msid@gscdata.com
pass: msid
also on m.ip default profile, NAI is just the MSID (not
msid@blah.blah)
now, i'm sure i'm forgetting some key settings, were I to actually flash the phone..
I'm sure my main concern, or maybe my main ignorance is that if i write down every scrap of information from the ESPT settings and the phone in general, if we were to flash up to 6.1 with a verizon based (or us cellular based rom, being that this is the us cell variant 6800, just used on a small-town carrier) would doing this mean that the phone would be trying to look for a verizon or other cell tower? or is the main problem with flashing "off brand" 6800's that you introduce (say) verizon or us cell customizations to the (in this case) Golden State Cellular phone, and the golden state cell towers still recognize your phone, but the settings are wrong? in which case, if i re-configured all the settings to be "correct", the phone should work just fine?
pardon my ignorance on the last paragraph, i'm learning this as i go.
(also not my intention to hijack the thread, I'm simply amazed there is another GSC user up in here)
-bradyr