Flashing How-To. Updated 5/23/08 to Include Quick GPS/Rev-A How-To

[jim2561]

Originally Posted by bujd

These instructions are for a box running XP. I know I need to undertake additional steps on a Vista box, but am unsure what they are. Help anyone?

sorry i forgot to specify this, will update first post.

as for how to do it on vista, i believe there is a thread over at xda on how to.

[JayMike]

And for those mac users?

[Merckle]

I keep getting a problem when formatting. I tried formatting the card to Fat32...No Luck
Then every time I goto disconnect and reconnect activesync doesnt reconzie it.

Sorry for the noob question.

[etx]

Is their a way to make a backup of the stock rom? Or a place to download it?

[jim2561]

Originally Posted by JayMike

And for those mac users?

check the beginning of first post, sorry, i dont have nor could i find much good information on flashing with a mac. vmware?

Originally Posted by Merckle

Lol trial and error one to many times and whala. I got it

good to hear you got it working.

Originally Posted by etx

Is their a way to make a backup of the stock rom? Or a place to download it?

check out the ftp, there is a stock sprint vogue rom, and others too i believe.

[thejinx0r]

Originally Posted by jim2561

check out the ftp, there is a stock sprint vogue rom, and others too i believe.

Is there an actual "easy" way of getting the rom from the device?

I have BELL CDMA touch, not a sprint one.
the use Mbote sort of has one, but not totally sure on what it is exactly.

I'm curious as to try some of the roms, but not curious enough to go ahead without a backup plan.

nvm, should have done a search first.

[jim2561]

Originally Posted by imneveral0ne

now my phone wont even sync up for some reason. im starting to think its an active sync problem. i dont think its uninstalling completely. i'll uninstall it and there are no profiles left in documents and setings/microsoft/activesync/ or something like that. but after i reinstall it, it still recognizes that there are 2 profiles on there from last time and i should delete one of em to make room for the new one on the computer. it doesnt make any sense.

thats really strange, I havent seen this before. you are starting out from the tricolor screen then right? without activesync recognizing the device?
from the tricolor screen is where you start to run the ruu correct?

Originally Posted by thejinx0r

Is there an actual "easy" way of getting the rom from the device?

I have BELL CDMA touch, not a sprint one.
the use Mbote sort of has one, but not totally sure on what it is exactly.

I'm curious as to try some of the roms, but not curious enough to go ahead without a backup plan.

nvm, should have done a search first.

did you find what you were looking for then? if so, please post a link here for others.

[Merckle]

Lol trial and error one to many times and whala. I got it

[ericpd]

My question is about the RAR file and how to extract the new ROM files from it. I've seen 'RAR' before but never had a reason to figure out how to prepare a meal from one,... until now! I'm assuming it's a type of compression, sorta like zip. Could someone quickly tell me the utility I need to extract the files? I'm wanting to use this RAR file "nueROM-V wm61 Build 100" to put in the ruu folder. Thanks!

[jim2561]

Originally Posted by ericpd

My question is about the RAR file and how to extract the new ROM files from it. I've seen 'RAR' before but never had a reason to figure out how to prepare a meal from one,... until now! I'm assuming it's a type of compression, sorta like zip. Could someone quickly tell me the utility I need to extract the files? I'm wanting to use this RAR file "nueROM-V wm61 Build 100" to put in the ruu folder. Thanks!

winrar - just google it and download the latest version