Touch Pro Cleanup (Sprint Edition)

[ebuzz]

OK, so as a noob to phone tweaking I've posted questions in various threads to learn how to do these things and not brick the phone and have the ability to restore it to stock mode should I need to return the phone to Sprint or not like the tweaks or custom ROMs. Not sure I have gotten all the answers yet, but I'm still looking and trying to learn. I'm not sure of what First step I need to take. To install your cleanup, do I need to unlock the phone? To do any of the things listed in these threads do I need to unlock the phone?
If I install your cleanups, and the Sprint TV link is gone, does that mean I no longer have access to Sprint TV?
So many questions, so little time to read all these threads.

[puff]

Originally Posted by ebuzz

OK, so as a noob to phone tweaking I've posted questions in various threads to learn how to do these things and not brick the phone and have the ability to restore it to stock mode should I need to return the phone to Sprint or not like the tweaks or custom ROMs. Not sure I have gotten all the answers yet, but I'm still looking and trying to learn. I'm not sure of what First step I need to take. To install your cleanup, do I need to unlock the phone? To do any of the things listed in these threads do I need to unlock the phone?
If I install your cleanups, and the Sprint TV link is gone, does that mean I no longer have access to Sprint TV?
So many questions, so little time to read all these threads.

ebuzz, i didnt welcome you in the other thread... my bad,

Welcome to PPCGeeks !!!!

Answers to your questions:
Unlock is not needed.
this 'cleanup' was designed for phones that have NOT been unlocked !!!
you can install the tweaks only (bottom download),
or just use the supplemental Restore Sprint Shortcuts package (to restore Sprint TV, etc)
this is the basic tweaking that can be done to your phone without unlocking

[ebuzz]

Thanks for the welcome, its great to be here and I'm psyched to try new things out.
Since I just recently switched from Verizon to Sprint, I'm still in the 30 day trial period and am testing the coverage. I want to read up and learn about the tweaking and flashing methods first before I do anything in case I decide I don't want to keep the Sprint service. Not likely b/c service as been fine so far.
I can see why one would want to ditch the Sprint radio, but the TV may be nice. I assume that once one flashes a differnt ROM all that is gone?
Also, it is possible to flash and then use some of your restore shortcuts to reinstall whatever I want? Is it like a "custom install" of software, where you get to pick and choose whichs parts of the app you want to install?

[GoodThings2Life]

ebuzz,

My package is NOT a ROM. It is just a collection of tweaks. That's why it's not in the custom ROM sections of the forums.

Regarding the Sprint shortcuts, I remove them all because I like my phone "clean", but I provide the package to restore them if you're so inclined to use them. Read the first 3 posts of this thread carefully for details. It's a lot to read, but as with anything worth learning, it's worth reading.

[puff]

just to add to that, restoring shortcuts does NOT reinstall applications... just like on a computer... shortcuts are only shortcuts...
and again, this is NOT a ROM, rather its a way to tweak a device that's not unlocked, by removing whats not really needed...

[GoodThings2Life]

See the "Customize" link in my signature, or just search through the forum a bit... there's lots of info on the subject.

[jimfun]

Thought I'd post a warning to be very, very, very careful with this modification. I have a brand new TP and this caused tons of havock - I ended up having to go to bootloader and then a hard reset. Not pretty!

[GoodThings2Life]

Originally Posted by jimfun

Thought I'd post a warning to be very, very, very careful with this modification. I have a brand new TP and this caused tons of havock - I ended up having to go to bootloader and then a hard reset. Not pretty!

I think you have the wrong hack. A few hundred people disagree.

[ItsDon]

Originally Posted by GoodThings2Life

I think you have the wrong hack. A few hundred people disagree.

+1

This .cab is the bomb.

[lblacklol]

Was there ever any headway with a solid working Verizon version of this setup? I'm trying to go through all the pages to figure it out but there's a lot of reading to do : )