Quick How-To for gps/rev a flash/upgrade

jim2561 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-21-2008, 03:26 AM

ok well i just made up this list a while ago to help someone out, and have ended up giving it to quite a few ppl now, so i figured i might as well post it here under an appropriate title for all to easily see and access.

i know dharvey wrote a great tutorial, and that there are prob others, but..what the heck. plus this is pretty quick and easy, though i cant say that it is as full and thought out and great as dharvey4651's (thx man!)...

IMPORTANT!!! ONLY SPRINT users follow below steps 5 and 8-11!! Altell users can follow all the steps except step 5 as long as they use a different ppst.exe, not the one mentioned below.

"#1- Backup all pim info and anything else you might want.
#2- Ensure you are currently running your carriers original official oem rom (os and radio) (if you have never flashed it at all then dont worry youre good to go).
#3- Unlock using imcokemans 2.31 unlocker (this for gps roms)
#4- run the sprint leaked rom.exe (here, close to the bottom where it says "original rom")
#5- SPRINT ONLY: allow all customizations to complete and run (i know - it takes a lil while)
#6- flash to desired rom.
#7- after she's all booted up, hard-reset.
#8- download and run cab from here (altell users run your own ppst stuff, non-sprint and non-altell users SKIP TO STEP 12): http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...&postcount=139
#9- allow soft-rest.
#10- navigate to \windows folder and run ppst.exe
#11- allow soft reset.
#12- allow boot-up, customize, restore pim info etc...

credit to boggsie"

jim2561 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 03:35 AM

bump so ppl can easily still see and access... :S

**ScrapMaker** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 08:23 PM

Do you really need to run PPST.exe again? I thought it only helped with the flags in the radio, nothing in the current ROM?

**ScrapMaker** · #4 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 08:30 PM

Hrm, I guess so... weird. It must modify something in the ROM too, because it just fixed my GPS problems. (I was losing it after a few hours.)

jim2561 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ScrapMaker

Hrm, I guess so... weird. It must modify something in the ROM too, because it just fixed my GPS problems. (I was losing it after a few hours.)

well basically i think what it does (besides changing the pri and prl) is changes a couple of reg keys pertaining to gps addresses, so the cab and exe really need to be run everytime you hard-reset/flash and plan to stick with it.