Verizon XV6900 upgrading tutorial and troubleshooting!!! GPS enabled!!!

[arianhojat]

my fav lil programs either in the rom already or added to mess around with now:
AE Button Plus $$$ + MVBKL: rerouted my never used camera button to go from 0-10 brightness everytime i press it. so can save power at lowest brightness levels but in sun outside i can never find anything on screen, so this helps me alot. can readjust other buttons if you want too.

Pocket Alarm: only clock program i tried where it overrode the default sound settings to wake me up. like i keep phone on silent/vibrate at work. but come home and forget to turn it back on and default alarms then wont wake me up next morning. sooo many settings, kinda confusing hehe, but just need to tweak a few. $$$

GPS toolkit: Google Maps, Gps Viewer,
Live Search, GPS Speed Sentry $$$ actually makes a sound when connection is gotten (errrr wish GPS Viewer would do that)... QuickGPS dont know if it actually works but i update it often. still is the weakest link in the phone. sometimes wont connect. sometimes 2 minutes is fine. always seems to work at home heh, and iffy when u reallly need it in another location.

Quick Menu and LargeStart Menu: the top leftest most side of screen opens a quick view/task manager which is useful. a lil to the right and get the big large start menu.

Random Access: find it easier to find contacts. just press vertical letter which contact u want. havent been able to get it into my Phone contacts. just regular Contacts shortcut. anyone know a way to get it 'into' Phone (so if goto Phone first, then hide Keypad, instead of seeing large list of contacts, u see the list but with Random Access). read a way to do it... didnt work.

SpriteBackup: make a backup of your programs/settings. so u can always reinstall the same rom and reinstate your progs/settings. $$$

Total Commander: for file explorerin', creating shortcuts, easily import .reg files, think it does ftp too

putty: so can do stuff with some websites with ssh login.

remote desktop: i dunno in case i need to log into my computer remotely lol, i dunno if this would even look good, would prob have to scroll like crazy.

PocketIRC: for talking on irc, although this constantly runs even when screen turned off, a battery killer . keeps bugging me to register when start, maybe is free if u dont mind not registering? $$$

Internet Connection Sharing: just plug into my computer and bam, using that connection. Some roms have this working more than others.

fring: free IM program, good for what i provides, other people say Jivetalk beta is cool, but it dont work on alot of roms, so i settle for this.

Opera 9.5 and Opera Mini: i used 9.5 and liked the 'scrolliness' but cant seem to move via just the scrollbar. Make sure 9.5 has setting of Mobile View or everything looks small and crappy... Also been using Opera Mini more (free java app). heck i admit i use IE when i want something quick too.

some people who got in skyfire beta say thats cool. be on lookout for that browser

gmail java app: check my gmail, have it running in background usually. a lil annoying to reenter password everytime, and controls arent too great. but gets job done.

Windows Live: always on my Home screen to update hotmail email

other programs occasionally useful: facebook mobile app looks better than facebook website in a browser. TCPMP for watching vids with codecs MS prob cant handle although i never actually used TCPMP hehe. Yahoo GO 3 for catching up on news quickly. Some calculator skin cuase default calculator is ugly. office mobile eh never really use. adobe viewer, flash.

Simple Settings: usually turn off the Phone Keypad sounds, slows down phone dialing. add a song as my ringtone. add a few quick shortcuts in Menus settings. use the FULL QWERTY keyboard, sometimes the regular keyboard to type. Go into Today and turn off most Home items but HTC Home and Windows Live. Turn some Sound Notifications tweaked, like vibrate if missed call etc.

never really got MMS to work, but have Arcsoft installed in case i try again.

think i got a audio recorder.

tried S2U2, didnt like it so much, i like just quickly turning on my screen, no sliding. looks cool though hehe.[

[rolandroland]

They should really make this sticky. Even though this is a derivative of existing guides almost every sticky is geared towards Sprint (or other) and this will help Verizon users.

Now that I am back from vaca I'm going to start flashing my replacement phone and see if I can get some luck with gps.

[arianhojat]

so negaman, you going to set up voting for best verizon Vogue rom for 'overall favorate'/'for gps'/stability/'not sure what other categories' here or another thread?

[negamann]

I believe you should start it on another thread, and I will put a link to it from the tutorial To be honest, i'm not sure which roms are good. lol i stick with ppckitchen so I haven't much knowledge on the roms floating around these days

[rmobile]

This may be a stupid question, but does negamann's rom have WM6.1 in it? Also I am somewhat hesitant about updating my XV6900 because of the lack of sophistication in doing this kind of thing. Is there anyone in the Detroit area who has updated their XV6900 and could help me out with this?

[negamann]

Don't bother with my rom. It has become a lost cause. It was only a test rom. Every other rom out does have WM6.1. Read the posts, there are suggestions in them. Follow directions and ask questions. You will find it is a quite simplex process.

[ka911]

Hi guys,
I have one Q. and I hope if any one can till me if it work or not!
can we update our xv6900 touch to Diamond rom? what I want to say if some one can have the USA Rom and change or strip all the software that can't be run under xv6900. can be done?

[negamann]

It's already being done. Alot of the rom is useless due to the fact its VGA and our screens are QVGA. but many people have extracted drivers, sys, and bases and have integrated them into their roms. look around. you will find them.

[arianhojat]

so i got the crack everyone seems to be getting on my verizon phone.
steps should be...
get authorization on phone to replace phone.
once that is definate, goto .40, and flash the verizon stock rom i saw posted?

btw anyone longing for GPS on vz want to try this. seems like soemthing new. ill test tomorrow as well:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...887#post358887
read original poster last message, the IP change i think doesnt matter, but he claims rest worked.

[platup]

Thanks for posting the tutorial negamann. Worked like a champ for me and I'm loving the GPS. I went with OMJ's Generic Custom rom and haven't had any real problems.
The only thing I've noticed so far is the top row of pixels is messed up. When I rotate the screen the problem follows. It's almost like the GUI is 1 pixel lower than it should be. Has anyone else seen this?