First off, thank you cornelious2 for making what IMO is the easiest unlocking, flashing thread around. Maybe it is my OCD, but doing everything from the phone just seems the best way to do this.
So, I have a completely stock Sprint TP, and I just want to reiterate to make sure I understand correctly for unlocking, flashing, and relocking my phone.
First, to Unlock:
Download the
SSPLManual_Raphael.zip and extract, place extracted .exe on the root of the
phone
For
Sprint download the
UNLOCKER.zip and extract, place RAPHIMG.nbh on the root of the
card
For
Verizon download the
Verizon_UnlockerNBH.zip and extract, place RAPHIMG.nbh on the root of the
card
Run the .exe that I placed on the root of the
phone
This will unlock the phone. This process does not effect anything on the phone, just unlocks.
Second, to Flash:
Download whatever ROM I choose (Juicy, MightyMike, etc.), extract/find the .nbh.
Rename the .nbh to RAPHIMG.nbh and place on the root of the storage card, replacing the RAPHIMG.nbh that is probably on the storage card from the unlocking phase.
Press Power+Vol Down+Reset to enter bootloader. This should start the flashing process.
The phone should now be flashed to a custom ROM
At this point I should have a wicked cool custom phone
Now, if I need to return the phone to stock I follow almost the exact same steps, but in reverse.
First, to Flash to stock (De-Flashing?):
Download the
Leaked Stock ROM and extract.
Rename the .nbh to RAPHIMG.nbh and place on the root of the storage card, replacing the RAPHIMG.nbh that is possibly on the storage card from the flashing phase.
Pres Power+Vol Down+Reset to enter Bootloader. This should start the flashing process.
The phone should now be completly back to stock, but still unlocked.
Second, to Relock:
Download the
SSPLManual_Raphael.zip and extract, place extracted .exe on the root of the
phone, or it could still be there from he unlocking phase.
For
Sprint download the
SPRINTRELOCKER.zip and extract, place RAPHIMG.nbh on the root of the
card
For
Verizon download the
Verizon_Relocker_NBH.zip and extract, place RAPHIMG.nbh on the root of the
card
Run the .exe that I placed on the root of the
phone
This will relock the phone.
Now, for my questions
So the SSPLManual_Raphel.zip for unlocking, and relocking is the same? Also, is this the same for all phones, just the unlocker.nbh is different?
The unlocking and relocking .nbh's are NOT ROM's? They are only "overlays", for lack of a better term, over whatever ROM is loaded?
I appoligize for the n00b questions, this is my first time flashing, and probably the first time I feel I may understand the WHOLE process from unlock to relock so I just want to make sure that I do understand the process. If I do understand the process, then DANG, this is FAR easier than I was expecting it to be, and a big thanks for all of those that have made everything required (unlockers, relockers, etc) for making these things this easy to use. Having these fantastic tools at hand makes the process far less scary than a total noob like me makes it out to be. Plus, the ability to unlock, flash, flash to stock, and relock all from the phone (assuming you have all the files) is a HUGE plus. This means that if I am traveling and ever need to remove a custom ROM, or flash a different one, or return to stock and relock I can do it all without a regular computer, that takes a HUGE weight off my shoulders.
Again, thank you for the work put into this thread, to all who have put up information.