First Flash- a few noob questions

[ajskhan]

I recently messed up my Tf3D on my Stock Sprint Touch Pro, and it gave me an excuse to flash, however I am a bit nervous about this whole thing.

I don't want to brick my phone [obviously] and I just wanted first to know about this whole unlocker thing, what exactly does it do? Is there one that I can run FROM my phone? My WMDC on Vista doesn't work, and never has and it is quite a pain. Is there any simple cab that I can run or something?

Secondly, I have decided to try a rom- now does Jugallo's(sorry for spelling) contact a different (better) radio? or is it the same? Also are the customizations that I see on his thread already built in? Will it look that way from the start? Or must I change things?

Also- will Opera be on there by default?

Lastly (for now) will my Storage Card be wiped out?

-Thanks all, and excited to flash to a new rom, just don't want to make any mistakes

[gguruusa]

Originally Posted by ajskhan

I recently messed up my Tf3D on my Stock Sprint Touch Pro, and it gave me an excuse to flash, however I am a bit nervous about this whole thing.

I don't want to brick my phone [obviously] and I just wanted first to know about this whole unlocker thing, what exactly does it do? Is there one that I can run FROM my phone? My WMDC on Vista doesn't work, and never has and it is quite a pain. Is there any simple cab that I can run or something?

No.

Secondly, I have decided to try a rom- now does Jugallo's(sorry for spelling) contact a different (better) radio? or is it the same? Also are the customizations that I see on

none of the roms have radios. If you want a different radio, flash that seperately.

Lastly (for now) will my Storage Card be wiped out?

Storage yes, Storage Card (microSD) no.

[ajskhan]

OK I am trying to flash, but in the tricolor mode, it says USB but my computer is not recognizing the phone-no active sync/WMDC connection.

Also I am unable to get any image recognized by the bootloader while pushing the stylus, power, and volume at the same time.

[x10guy]

Originally Posted by ajskhan

I recently messed up my Tf3D on my Stock Sprint Touch Pro, and it gave me an excuse to flash, however I am a bit nervous about this whole thing.

As stated earlier the radio is different. IMO, no need to mess with the radio until you are fairly comfortable with the reflashing process. Also unless you are switching carriers too (ie using a Sprint TP on VZN).

Again my opinion, but TP3D is probably on the biggest reasons to go to a custom ROM. Much of the work of many of the customs ROMs has been making TP3D more functional and better looking.

But 1st step (not that difficult) you need to do is unlock your phone. IT doesn't do anything to your phone except allow your phone's ROM to be rewritten. Fortunately you only have to do it once. Once it is done you can reflash as many times as you want. I don't believe there is a simply cab or microSD installation - someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)

[ajskhan]

Originally Posted by x10guy

As stated earlier the radio is different. IMO, no need to mess with the radio until you are fairly comfortable with the reflashing process. Also unless you are switching carriers too (ie using a Sprint TP on VZN).

Again my opinion, but TP3D is probably on the biggest reasons to go to a custom ROM. Much of the work of many of the customs ROMs has been making TP3D more functional and better looking.

But 1st step (not that difficult) you need to do is unlock your phone. IT doesn't do anything to your phone except allow your phone's ROM to be rewritten. Fortunately you only have to do it once. Once it is done you can reflash as many times as you want. I don't believe there is a simply cab or microSD installation - someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)

Got that, now just working on the post prior to yours.

MORE INFO:
My tricolor screen says, in order:
Security Unlocked
Raph000
SPL-0.37.CMONEX
Micro-P-Hermann (LED) v0c85
Micro-P-Hermann (KEY) v0685
PSOC-Raph Stage_EVT v20

and on the bottom, in white:
USB [but when I plug it out it goes to serial)

[ajskhan]

anyone?

[ajskhan]

SOLUTION: format to FAT32.

[Buehlar]

Originally Posted by ajskhan

My WMDC on Vista doesn't work, and never has and it is quite a pain.

Have you upgraded to the latest version of WMDC? You can get it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobi...ce-center.mspx

Be sure to select your OS ver. (32bit or 64bit)