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yeah i did try what post #17 suggests, flash shipped rom and then a 6.5.. done that and have had some success.. however the freezing and contant reboots will not go away, i have not been able to load the sprint shipped rom not once.. have gotten a few 6.5 and even 6.1 roms however its a hit and miss game, sometimes they go p***** the boot screen, sometimes they dont, but they ALWAYS freeze and do the random reboots... and yeah i have flashed both the activesync and from the internal hdd without success.. that update utility was mentioned and theres one thing i have done so im going to search sprints site again and see if i can locate that.. i have cruised the site a few times looking for something like that with no luck.. as always ill keep ya posted cause whatever works for me im sure would help others..