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

[negamann]

Originally Posted by krishnajetti

I upgraded my verizon xv6900 to Alltel ROM, but i am having problem with vogue gps 3.02 or the later version as they don't have install exe file. appreciate any reply.

Can you please go into more detail... not sure that made sense

I havent been on in a couple days lol

[negamann]

Originally Posted by arianhojat

I wasnt sure which ones. i thought maybe just generalize them and let users say what versions they using.
maybe add dhharverys rom and option for custom/ppc kitcken.

Im gonna try a few more roms tonight. upgraded to latest sprint dcd rom. omj still not giving me gps locks at all really. will try dharveys and jds clean then go back to ghetto if not satisfactory...

EDIT: dharveys is really different/interesting. but no gps locks or with jds. hmmm its at night here, maybe its cloudy outside. ill test tomorrow with both.
EDIT: sun just came up.... jds clean got a lock in 2 minutes. gonna try dharverys now.
EDIT: dharveys i retested, also took 2minutes. most unique looking rom yet, Vista-ish, but also a little laggy.
EDIT: ghettos didnt lock after 8m, i soft reset and didnt lock after 5m, unusual cause it locked so quick the first time i installed it last month and is my favorate rom... onto the next rom.
EDIT: OMJ's took about 6minutes. feels like forever when waiting this long hehe...
EDIT: now back to JD's clean rom... took about 5seconds. hmmm i wonder if the gps chip remembers where it was based on last roms data? i dunno switching between first few didnt seem that way.
EDIT: testing dharveys again... took about 5seconds.
I think ill settle with dharveys for now unless it does something i dont like...
dharvey had quite alot of preinstalled things and a lil tiny bit laggy. JDs is quick and clean, nothing inside.
I used dharveys: Verizon V1.0 24MB PP and JDs: 7-10-08.a.rar

Thank you very much for the updates sir! Can you please let me know what steps you have to take (if any) to make these completely verizon capable and functional. ex. mms included? tweaks? settings? It's better to let people know so we don't get "It doesn't work" comments by newbies Thanks again!

[arianhojat]

Originally Posted by negamann

Thank you very much for the updates sir! Can you please let me know what steps you have to take (if any) to make these completely verizon capable and functional. ex. mms included? tweaks? settings? It's better to let people know so we don't get "It doesn't work" comments by newbies Thanks again!

hey negaman, i didnt do anything.. just installed the roms, and then add at most Google maps and GpsViewer apps if they arent in Programs already to test. dharveys is a bit chunky i might go back to ghetto's since i backed up my settings or try putting all my programs on JDs clean rom. got a lock under dharveys driving around in about 3-4 minutes earlier today btw. i dont think it locked so quick when sitting in my pocket. had to put on dashboard facing sky possibly

[Jmallit]

This is awesome I was always hesitant to flash my device as a fear of bricking it. I am willing to install any program but anything that can kill the device is another thing. Could not have been easier (except trying to authenticate at 2:30am). I was so brave that I even decided to cook my own rom in BuildOS its extremly easy people click what you want and it creates it for you. Thans to the poster!

[DaddieO]

Today, I followed Negamann's post, and flashed my xv6900 using the New Official Sprint ROM. I then applied OMJ's Verizon ROM. When I first ran the GPS Finder, it showed my GPS on COM 4, and my GPS seemed to be working. Now, when I run the GPS Finder, it states no GPS found.

Long story short... what program do you guys use to verify your GPS is working and to get the GPS to lock?

(sorry for the ignorance... I'm a newbie to the PPC world).

Thanks!

[negamann]

I like gpsviewer. The link can be found in the tutorial. A soft reset fixes most issues due to a problem with the drivers when the phone goes to sleep. No fix for that as of yet, but I feel a fix coming soon!

[DaddieO]

Last Questiion ( I hope ). If I wanted to play with the PPCkitched and try some different ROMS, will I have to reauthenticate my phone again after each flash?

THANKS AGAIN NEGAMANN FOR ALL YOUR HELP! Enabling my vx6900 using your instructions was a piece of cake! You Da Man!!

[negamann]

You should never have to authenticate again. even if a new radio comes out!

[Jmallit]

Those having trouble with the GPS connecting, I was having trouble as well took me from 3 am, when I finally got the curage, or beer brains to actually try this, till 7 PM. I walked out to my front porch stood there for 8 minutes just holding my device to the sky and running the HTC GPS app. Once it picked up the satelites I hit the END KEY, this kept that program running then I opened up Live search and picked right up on my location. Now I have GPS today running and I am sitting in my house typing this connected to 4 satelites. All I can say is be patient and make sure you have a clear area to get connected. Once that happens it should work great.

[Jmallit]

Originally Posted by DaddieO

Last Questiion ( I hope ). If I wanted to play with the PPCkitched and try some different ROMS, will I have to reauthenticate my phone again after each flash?

THANKS AGAIN NEGAMANN FOR ALL YOUR HELP! Enabling my vx6900 using your instructions was a piece of cake! You Da Man!!

I have flashed ROMs at least 5 times today. The only time I had to reauthenticate was after the radio flash.