Need Help!!!!

r1tchiebr0wn · #1 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 02:07 PM

Please excuse if i am in the wrong forum, im a n00b to ppcgeeks and honestly am only here because i need to figure out one thing any help would be greatly apprectiated and if anyone does have any insight on my problem please pm me with a practical way to fix it. thanks in advance!

I purchased a used ppc6700 from someone who had put the wm6 kitchen software on it [if that is even the correct term] and had unlocked it to cricket, i need sprint service and would prefer if i could go back to the oem os that originally came with it (wm5) please if anyone has the opertating sysytem available or knows where to find it and a brief tutorial on how to install it i would really appreciate that thanks once again!

r1tchiebr0wn · #2 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 02:17 PM

anyone? i know someones gotta know a website or somethin

**CozBoogie** · #3 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 02:24 PM

I'm gonna move this to the 6700 forum. You'll get better response there and you won't have to "bump" your own post.

late,
Coz

r1tchiebr0wn · #4 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 02:27 PM

thanks! i appreciate you doing that... big forum i just put it in wherever i could find it. didn't realize tho that apache was another term for 6700, that just shows how much of a n00b i am, ya

learn something new everyday!

**weedahoe** · #5 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 03:15 PM

You can start by going here and gething your Sprint OEM ROM.

From there you wanna do a hard reset first by pressing both 'minus' keys on the from of the device and pressing and holding the reset button in the bottom of the device for a few secs. This is prompt you to press "Y" on the keyboard to comfirm what you are doing.

This reset everything back to factory settings and clears all personal settings.

If you havent gotten ActiveSync yet then go here and DL it.

After installing it, take the PPC and press and hold both the power button and the record button at the same time and continue to hold them while pressing the reset bottom with the stylus on the bottom of the device. This is put you in a BootLoaded mode. The backlight will not be on and you will see Serial at the bottom of the screen. If you connect the PPC via USB to the computer the screen will change a slight bit to USB. From there run the .exe of the ROM you DL'ed earlier and and follow the prompts.

Thats it. Nothing major or hard about it.

**Unknown Zone** · #6 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 05:19 PM

weed correct me if i am wrong...but since the sprint rom is an EXE file...once he has activesync going....all he needs to do is run the exe on the pc and it will load to the 67 via activesync

Pir8Man · #7 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 08:01 PM

installing active sync only puts in the drivers that the rom updater needs to talk to the phone. the application Activesync has nothing to do with the Rom updater & is actuallly temprarily disabled during the operation of the rom updater app.

**Unknown Zone** · #8 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Pir8Man

installing active sync only puts in the drivers that the rom updater needs to talk to the phone. the application Activesync has nothing to do with the Rom updater & is actuallly temprarily disabled during the operation of the rom updater app.

I was referring since you need activesync to connect the 67 to the pc..when running the sprint rom exe....since the sprint rom exe...has it own bootloader there is no need to put the phone in a bootloader position, but you still need activesync to have a connection between the pc and the 67 first before running the exe.

**weedahoe** · #9 (**permalink**) 03-27-2008, 07:08 AM

I dont not have Sprint but rather VZW so I do not know if Sprints ROM will automatically place the phone in BL mode but assumed it was like every other ROM ive ever loaded and needed to be in BL mode first to start the prep for writing the new ROM to the phone. I guess worse case is you dont put in in BL mode and try to run the ROM and see what you get. It either will work or it will not work. If it does then great and proceeed. If it doesnt work then you know you need to place it in BL mode first and then proceed. Good question on that though.