Verizon XV 6900 - Who's Flashed?

[violentz313]

newmtjguy ... what did you tell the customer service had happened to your phone that required reauthentication just curious i dont want to sound like an idiot on the phone with them

[darufryda5]

when i flashed my phone for the first time it asked me to authenticate my phone...i called verizon cust service and told them i had to do a hard reset on my phone and now i cant make or recieve calls....they did something...when i was off the phone with them the phone was working again..

now i use the ppc kitchen and i have not had to reauthenticate my phone yet...and ive flashed about 5 times..

the only thing is..i cannot get GPS to work with the ppc kitchen...it was working when i using omj's rom...but i havent got it to work at all with the kitchen. does anybody know what i can do?

[fredcatsmommy]

Originally Posted by violentz313

newmtjguy ... what did you tell the customer service had happened to your phone that required reauthentication just curious i dont want to sound like an idiot on the phone with them

I, too, had to call VZW to get my phone reauthenticated after unlocking and flashing a new rom the first time. I just played stupid, said I didn't know what happened but now I can't call. No hassles; first they had me do the *228; when that didn't work, they eventually figured out that it was necessary to actually generate an authentication number (a long one) and I had to physically type it in after dialing #776 (I think that's the number). Anyway, since then I've flashed a number of times using the PPCGeeks Kitchen without any further authentication problems.

[Abelis]

Originally Posted by violentz313

newmtjguy ... what did you tell the customer service had happened to your phone that required reauthentication just curious i dont want to sound like an idiot on the phone with them

Never be afraid to sound like an idiot it frequently can work in your favor. Just say you don't know why it did it. After a reboot this happened. All true. They will just have to tweak some settings on their end. Perhaps just reset whatever it is they reset.

Originally Posted by Abelis

I flashed last weekend with success. I have been using the GPS all week without any issue. Sometimes it takes longer then others to lock which having used other BT GPS receivers is just the way it works. In regards to Rev A speeds, my speeds have varied dramatically. When its fast its fast and when its slow it sucks. This can also be a function of the phone processor as well. I am about 25 miles west of Boston. I had to call to have the phone authenticated once and it really wasn't a big deal. The bottom line is I bought the phone from them, pay for their service and can install third party software and modify the phone. They are there to help and I don't think they care if you make modifications. I just told them it crashed and when I did a hard reboot I couldn't make a call.

This was the process I followed as I described in a post under OMJ's ROM which I used:

Re: OMJ's WM6.1 Custom Touch ROM w/ UC, GPS, REV A! Updated 5/16/08
I am certainly no expert but had success following the directions on the first page of this thread as well as the two stickys:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=25335

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=17473

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=24979


That being said, here is what I did:

First step is to tun the unlocker to unlock the phone allowing it to be flashed.

-unlock w/ ImCokeMan's v2.31 unlocker

I then ran the original sprint leaked ROM which also upgrades the radio to the necessary 3.37.15. After running the .exe when the ROM is flashed it will ask you to align the screen and enter the date and time. After which it will count down from 3 to begin provider customization. Perform a soft reboot before this customization begins to prevent the Sprint customization from running.

ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Vogue/Users/OM..._0823_Test.exe

I finally ran OMJ's custom rom for Verizon.

ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Vogue/Users/OM...om.Verizon.exe

The only other comments that I have is that after running it took a while for the first GPS lock with GPS viewer. After that, lock was fast. Also, I had to call VZ customer service to authenticate my phone. No big deal.

I haven't tried any of the other ROM's but I know some Verizon users have had success with some of the others. They vary by what programs they have pre-installed, the UI setup, etc.

I take no credit for any of this, it is only through the hard work of other's like OMJ, Dr. Harvey, jim2561, and many others that I had any clue or confidence to proceed.

The context of the posting was located here:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...323#post296323

just want to give everyone a heads up, this works perfectly. Just got done with it, and worked like a charm. (beware, the quoted links to OMJ Roms dosent work though...)

[fredcatsmommy]

Originally Posted by darufryda5

the only thing is..i cannot get GPS to work with the ppc kitchen...it was working when i using omj's rom...but i havent got it to work at all with the kitchen. does anybody know what i can do?

I've added gps kickstart, the alltel version (attached), even though I have the sprint radio, and mine works great.

[NewMTJGuy]

Originally Posted by violentz313

newmtjguy ... what did you tell the customer service had happened to your phone that required reauthentication just curious i dont want to sound like an idiot on the phone with them

Oddly enough, if you call #8899 from the phone, they can fix the authentication problem right then and you shouldn't have to type anything in manually.

But as far as what I told them, i simply told them it stopped working... but I was ready to play stupid and tell them I was playing around with the phone and I wasn't sure what I did wrong.

[NewMTJGuy]

Originally Posted by darufryda5

the only thing is..i cannot get GPS to work with the ppc kitchen...it was working when i using omj's rom...but i havent got it to work at all with the kitchen. does anybody know what i can do?

I'm using the PPCKitchen and my GPS works. Have you checked to make sure all of your External GPS settings are right and your location service is set to location on instead of 911 only?

[zer0t]

works with sprint. How do I get the GPS activated? I was able to make phone calls wiithout calling verizon. Does this happen when you install the verizon ROM?

[Mikedav]

I did mine successfully. I used OMJ's custom verixon rom after flashing the stock Sprint radio. It was not hard to do and the performance is worth it. WM6.1 has threaded texts, a big plus. Read through this thread. It gives you a very straightforward method and it does work.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=30109&page=1