ATTENTION: Warning about replacing GWES.EXE!

[chronster]

I've been seeing a lot of talk about replacing the gwes.exe file in order to get these new HTC enhancements to run on your phone. It hasn't been made clear to enough people this is an unsafe method of getting these enhancements to work especially on a stock rom.

So to everyone with a stock Sprint ROM: DO NOT REPLACE GWES.EXE BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE YOUR PHONE NOT BOOT UP.

It's been done by many people with stock roms (once even by me) and the result has all been the same: The phone locks up at the boot screen after the first restart when replacing the gwes.exe file.

I hope I save at least one person from a hard reset with this post.


edit:

There is a correct way to keep the stock rom and get the enhancements. You'll need to back up your contents with a program like SPB backup, then you'll need to unlock your phone and flash with this rom: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...78&postcount=8 This rom contains all the stock sprint information, but is based on a 21000 or higher build. Once it's flashed, you can restore your data using spb backup and you won't lose a thing.

Thank p-slim, machinehead, and tsowen