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

[denasqu]

Originally Posted by FingazFone

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/viru...AK_Generic.001

Overall risk rating:
Low
I'd ignore it.

[negamann]

Originally Posted by FingazFone

never mind... just said f it and did the unlocking/upgrade anyway. if it is a virus... then its eating away at my phone as we speak...

finally did it and now im running the new sprint rom. got a little scared when i couldn't make calls or receive calls (but could use the internet) but I called and authenticated and all was fine.

However, call me retarded... but how do i now flash one of the cooked roms on the touch? I downloaded a rom... someones .rar file. Ive searched all over and can't find an answer of how to run it.

for example...

step 7: let the phone sync and tap to begin...

step 8: run whatever rom you feel comfortable with.

but how do i run a rom?

I feel like the answer is right in front of me or there is one small step that i am missing and i can't find out where its hiding.

Thanks

Download this http://download.ppchaven.com/negaman...0installer.rar Put the RUU_signed.nbh in the folder and run RomUpdateUtility

Question: If I have run the unlocker, it it necessary to rerun each time?

Haven't flashed the radio upgrade or a ROM yet. Getting prepped - have stirred the pot using the PPC kitchen tho...

[btghostown]

question, how do you make the picture caller id bigger? I remember I see it before on my phone where their is 2 buttom accept(Green) or reject (red) buttom, after I upgraded my rom rev c and it is no longer their.? how do I enable it?

Thanks

[cobrasvt]

Originally Posted by btghostown

question, how do you make the picture caller id bigger? I remember I see it before on my phone where their is 2 buttom accept(Green) or reject (red) buttom, after I upgraded my rom rev c and it is no longer their.? how do I enable it?

Thanks

I had this as well. Load your older version of S2U2. Then uninstall it. Then reload it back. This way, you'll only have one copy as you can't uninstall the one that comes w/the ROM until you install the new over it. You may have to delete the old folder with the apps in it.

But you'll have the full page caller ID with the red / green buttons back. That's what I liked best as well.

[negamann]

Originally Posted by rjh20136

Question: If I have run the unlocker, it it necessary to rerun each time?

Haven't flashed the radio upgrade or a ROM yet. Getting prepped - have stirred the pot using the PPC kitchen tho...

No you only have to run the unlocker One time. You have to use the other .40 COKE to downgrade, but that doesnt really apply to us since we can't downgrade radio for the time being.

Thanks to all of you helping in this section Very much appreciated!

[javo419]

Hi guys, few questions about the gps...currently running the 20270 kitchen.

I run the HTC GPS Tool and I can see up to 6 satelites, but I never get a lock. Never get a satelite either using Google Maps.

1. Should I run the ppst.exe? I do recall seeing someone say not to run that for the verizon phone.
2. I dont have the GPS Intermediate option under External GPS in the connections tab.
3. Any reg edits that would help?

Thanks

[snowds]

Props go out to negamann and all the others on this forum who have contributed. I'm a total noob when it comes to mobile platforms. I didn't even know what flashing a rom meant a few days ago (much less IPLs, SPLs, CIDs, RUUs and all the other acronyms), but knew I wanted 6.1 on my 6900 and VZW was slower than a sloth in getting it up. After spending a couple of days reading primer materials, I took the leap and followed the tutorial in this thread. I used the Sprint ROM and then flashed negamann's ROM with Mobile Office. Followed the instructions to the letter, and voila, I'm running 6.1 on my VZ6900. I had to call to reauth my phone, but it was no big deal. I first tried *22800 and it ran through and said my phone was programmed, but I could not send/receive calls or txt until I called them.

GPS works great (locked on to 6 satellites within 30 sec), MS Office attachments work fine, exchange server syncing works fine. I have the dysfunctional Scenarios icon on my Today screen, but I'll tackle that over the next day or two. My only point of confusion was upon unpacking negamann's rom, there were several executable files, and I didn't know which to run. I ran the RUU, and that turned out to be right. I had to remove my Touchpal, which automatically synced back onto the device, but needs a different build when going from 6.0 and 6.1. The 6.1 build works great, and I highly recommend Touchpal.

Thanks everybody for your efforts and sharing of experience. I hope to be able to contribute something useful as I learn a bit more and start doing my own creative cooking.

[ka911]

hi guys, I want to ask if any one had the chance to update to Ball new relase update. RUU_Vogue_4350_BM_WWE_3.08.666.1_Radio3.42.50_Ship .exe

what do you think! is there any differents on this one?


**update**
I did update my phone to Ball new ROM. I flashed the official Bell rom to upgrade the radio, this may not be necessary. Make sure you soft reset b4 the carrier customizations run. and now its working really good! not any update for me anf GPS( I have bad weather today where I live) so I will wait until I have good day to try it on.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...3&d=1218384877

[platup]

Originally Posted by ka911

hi guys, I want to ask if any one had the chance to update to Ball new relase update. RUU_Vogue_4350_BM_WWE_3.08.666.1_Radio3.42.50_Ship .exe

Has anyone else tried upgrading the Radio with the newest Bell ROM? Did it help GPS?