Verizon XV 6900 - Who's Flashed?

[sputnikkk]

What does "Rev A speeds" mean?

[sputnikkk]

Also ... you guys asking for instructions are looking here right?

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=59

[sputnikkk]

Thats what Im screamin ....

but .. check this guy mhrc4's post in this thread ...

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...525#post298525

[negamann]

In my tutorial there are recommended Roms by users and one I created using the ppckitchen. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=30109

[denasqu]

Well today is another day. I read ppcgeeks for hours last night after my coke unlock failed. Ths is a very humbling experience but now I'm riled up so I'm going to try again.

I had hard reset my Touch last night before I started in hopes of avoiding any conflicts but the one thing I forgot about was the 2Gb SD card that I had in there. After searching the forums I found that SDHC cards can cause the exact problem I was having. Not sure why (maybe the unlocker tries to read/write the SD), but even though my card is not SDHC it is 2Gb.

I also went to my office to use and XP machine instead of my Vista laptop at home. That was my second mistake. I can never get any work done at the office. Besides that machine is connected to W2K3 server, has partitioned drives and all kinds of fancy configs that I'm sure annoyed the coke unlocker.

I'm going to try again here in a few with clean XP laptop and no SD card. Wish me luck... I'm goin' in.

And if this doesn't work, I've got a recently refurbished efficiency apartment that's vacant right now. It's two blocks from the beach in Naples Florida. Perhaps I'll offer a reward of a week or two stay at no charge to the ppcgeeker that can do @#$@# @#$@#% FOR ME!!

[denasqu]

Originally Posted by violentz313

also i read about a issue some users where having where they would have to call verizon and reauthenticate there phones did you have to do this... makes me kinda nervous

They don't intimidate me. Make me mad yes, but not intimidate me. I figure VZW is gouging me $150 per month for a crippled phone so I don't have much loyalty to them.

On the other hand, they did try to intimidate me... or at least is seemed so... when I called in last night to authenticate. "Why did you hard reset?" "You shouldn't need a new A-key after a hard reset". "What had you done to your phone". "I see that you did *228 earlier, why did you do that?". I just basically answered, "look. it was messed up. I reset it. Now it doesn't work. Are you going to help me or do I need to look for another carrier.".

Lord I hope I don't have to call back and get the same VZW tech today.

[negamann]

HAHA nobody give them answers! Like people in the ghetto do to cops! Sounds like they are catching on to us but not quite lol. Either that or they have to do work lately and they don't like that at all. I love it! I wonder how many xv6900 authenticate calls they get a day?

[denasqu]

Originally Posted by negamann

HAHA nobody give them answers! Like people in the ghetto do to cops! Sounds like they are catching on to us but not quite lol. Either that or they have to do work lately and they don't like that at all. I love it! I wonder how many xv6900 authenticate calls they get a day?

Sounds exactly like they're catching on to us.

Do you remember the phone cops episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati"? LMAO

Just because we're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after us.

[bobbravo2]

Originally Posted by denasqu

Sounds exactly like they're catching on to us.

Do you remember the phone cops episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati"? LMAO

Just because we're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after us.

=D> Interesting though that I just replaced my phone - and hacked it again - to find that this time - after upgrading my radio - I DID NOT HAVE TO RE-AUTHENTICATE. My last 2 xv69's had to reauthenticate - so maybe they fixed it or maybe I slipped through the cracks.

Funny story about the tech's catching on:
I bricked my phone b/c the D-pad was broken - I took it to a VZ service person - it booted and the "Press screen to align" came up - and after 2 clicks it hard reset again. Her response "We'll get you a new phone come back in 20 minutes." All they do is plug in the phones to transfer contacts and then activate the phone - they're not going to look at the radio.

[rachbu]

Originally Posted by negamann

HAHA nobody give them answers! Like people in the ghetto do to cops! Sounds like they are catching on to us but not quite lol. Either that or they have to do work lately and they don't like that at all. I love it! I wonder how many xv6900 authenticate calls they get a day?

Every time I do a hard reset, I have to call and re-authenticate my phone. I have done 2 or 3 hard resets with just the stock ROM, no change to the radio, etc., just a standard hard reset.

I just flashed my phone yesterday--thanks to Negamann for the help--and I even changed my ESN to a different phone, but when I changed my ESN back to my Touch, I STILL had to call to re-authenticate.

Regardless, I've never had them question me when I call in.

(The odd thing is that I previously had a Motorola Q, and I never had to call them after doing a hard-reset... this is the first phone I've ever had with VZW that has forced me to do so...)

Anyway (and sorry to ramble), the bottom line is that I don't think anyone should worry about calling VZW to authenticate their phones because whether you do a standard master reset, or upgrade your radio and flash with a cooked ROM, you may still have to call them!