***Offical n00b Guide to get new Update to Work***

[shuriken]

does this rom update wipe out everything i have installed on the phone?

[dishe]

Originally Posted by shuriken

does this rom update wipe out everything i have installed on the phone?

all updates reformat your storage.
So, yes. That part is inevitable.

[Tregrad]

Originally Posted by ChristianProgrammer

Even after that heartfelt little warning I gave I cannot believe the questions here....OK I'm just gonna let it go after this because I might need help too later but OMG the questions ...Seriously if you cant format an external hard drive WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO FLASH YOUR PHONE !!! ? ? ?
By the way my MSID IS NOT MY PHONE NUMBER I LOOKED . just for laughs I thought I'd point that out since the verizon guy tried his version at explaining the install.

Theres this guy, in another thread - ffk_pennywise " Have to return bricked 6800. What will they look for?" he's about to fry a perfectly good ppc--so he can return it and PAY for a replacement.....People this is just plain crazy. [Hopefully thats just verizon, cause if sprint tries to make me pay a deductible I'm going to hit the ceiling ..] anyway...Dude needs his phone for daily work ,,dudes freaking out ready to back over the phone if necessary .....

I dont understand..... why would he risk doing the upgrade with the POTENTIAL of causing himself this much stress ? I'm really really sorry, I'm definitely a noob and I appreciate the help everyone here provides, and even people who "" Brick "" their PPC (or think they have bricked their PPC) deserve help,,, but wow ... if you seriously don't have a clue from the beginning, Oh never mind I get it I'm done ranting... how do I change my screen protector... J.K.

This post needs to be reported to the admins here and this person needs to be dealt with.
The person was just asking for help! and you come in here on your high horse thinking your queen crap. to come in here or xda and search every thread possible to find your little "heart felt warning" is near impossible.
JUST HELP THE PERSON OR SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!! its that simple, forums are for helping and "learning"
not all of us are knowlagebale in everything like YOU missy, some of us need help on things that you find easy to do. we come in here for help not to listen to people who suffer from inferiority complexes.

Sorry to the admins for this but i had to.

[BL3SSED1]

First of all I'm no Programmer nor Part of the "L33T". I'm a "computer support specailist", so i know my way around the computer and I also love helping people
(I want to be a teacher).
Althought this is my first POST here hopefully it wil be a valuable one; I did the upgrade to my phone yesterday, so far it works great.

I don't want any credit for the knowledge in this post I got my information from
PPCGeeks.com Users, SprintMogul.net Users and WMExperts.com Users
Also you may want to visit www.SprintUsers.com

FLASHING YOUR PHONE WILL ERASE ALL THE DATA ON YOUR PHONE - PROCEED WITH CAUTION !!

I'm just going to compile their stuff in one post.
[The technique I'll being explaining will work with XP or Vista | pretty much any OS)

------- Preparation -------
First Sync your Phone! If you don't know how search the net on how to sync your phone using Activesync (XP) or Windows Mobile Device Center (Vista)


Other Notes: These directions are for locked / stock bootloaders. If you have made any moddification please revert them back before doing the update, or else it will not work.

You'll need a program called winrar from rarlabs.com (download it for your PC not for your mobile device). Install it on your computer.

Next you need to make sure you have a microSD card that is formatted in FAT32.
Place your microSD card in a card reader thats attached to your computer (if you don't have one buy one, and a microSD adapter). Autorun should popup, click open to view contents ...
Now make a folder on your computer and backup whatever files you have on the card. (I named the backup folder "T mSD 512", you can name it whatever you like).
After you have copied all the files from the card to your folder on your computer, Go to Computer/My Computer right click on the drive that has the card,(Make sure your selecting the right drive or else you may delete files you didn't want to delete ), after you right click a drop down menu will appear and you should see a command that says "Format..." click that. Now you will see the windows format utility. There are several drop down boxes, under file system select "FAT32". (All the contents on the card will be erased - make sure it was properly backed up before proceding) Then click start at the bottom. Windows will format the card to FAT32.

Now download this utility called GetSPC. After you download it, extract the folder GetSPC on your microSD card. you should have three files in that folder.
"GetSPC(PPC 2003).exe"
"GetSPC.exe"
"PPST_KeyGen.dll"

Now place the microSD card back into your phone.

**On your MoguL**
Tap Start --> Phone.
With the key pad up tap the following sequence
##778#
Wait a sec and a new program named EPST should open, Tap View. A bunch of information will appear, the third line should be something called ESN(HEX): There are eight characters here.

*Back on your PC*
In your back up folder(T mSD 512), right click within an empty area and make a new text file. Name it "mogul keys.txt".
Double click to open the empty text file. The first line type,

ESN(HEX): [Type Your ESN from your Phone here]
(example: A1B2C3D4; case sensitive!)

**On your MoguL**
Now tap the right soft key (cancel) to close EPST.
You going to go to file explorer under programs, then open your storage card.
In there you should see the GetSPC folder. Open it and run the GetSPC file. Once the program is opened you will see two fields a field called input and one called output.
Type in your ESN(HEX) in the input field. Be sure to remember it's case sensitive! Click the Go button at the bottom and you will see a new number in the output field.

*On your PC*
"mogul keys.txt" The SECOND line you want to type,
ESN(HEX): [You ESN from your Phone goes here]
MSL : [Type here the six numbers from the output field on your phone]
(example: 123456)

**On your MoguL**
Tap OK to close GetSPC on your phone.
Tap Start --> Phone.
Now dial ##[MSL number]# (example. ##123456#)
In the menu Tap View.

*On your PC*
"mogul keys.txt" Add two last lines:

ESN(HEX): [You ESN from your Phone goes here case sensitive!]
MSL : [Type here the six numbers from the output field on your phone]

MDN: [Type the numbers you see on you phone here]
MSID: [Type the number you see on your phone here]

(Note: The last two lines are 10 digits - Might be the same number, might be your cell number)
Save the text file.

**On your MoguL**
click the right soft buton to close EPST
Place you memory card back in your card reader

=D>

------- Updating The Phone: -------
Download the test ROM from one of the following locations.

http://www.djfreake.com/RUU_TITAN_SP...S_NV124(2).zip
http://www.geek-pages.com/rom/RUU_TI...SPCS_NV124.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/86139116...SPCS_NV124.zip

After the download is complete open it, (it should open with winrar now if not thats ok)
Extract the containts of the zipped package to where ever you like. You should have a file named,

"RUU_TITAN_SPRINT_WWE_3[1].16.651.0_435009_RS3_27_00_SPCS_NV124.ex"
you will need to rename that to
"RUU_TITAN_SPRINT_WWE_3[1].16.651.0_435009_RS3_27_00_SPCS_NV124.exe" <--
(missing the last 'e')

Now right click on
"RUU_TITAN_SPRINT_WWE_3[1].16.651.0_435009_RS3_27_00_SPCS_NV124.exe"
In the menu click WINRAR, Then click extract files. (you can extract where ever you like just remember where you have been extracting all the stuff so you can delete them afterwards). In the folder where you extracted the files you will find a file named "3.16.651.0.nbh". This file your going to copy to the microSD card. Once you have it on your microSD card rename it to "TITAIMG.nbh"

Place the memory card back into your phone.


FLASHING YOUR PHONE WILL ERASE ALL THE DATA ON YOUR PHONE - PROCEED WITH CAUTION !!


Just in case you took a break or forgot, Sync your Phone!
Make sure you have a full battery,and charger near by.

------- Final Steps: -------
Now while holding down the power button and the camera button on the right side your going to press the reset button on the bottom of your phone with your stylus.(The reset button is to the left of the usb port, and below the microSD slot). Once you pressed these three buttons the phone will reset and being the update process. If it didn't try again.

You will see a multi-colored screen for a few seconds and then it will eventually ask you to press the power button to start the upgrade. I advise you plug in your charger and then press the power button to start the upgrade. The actual upgrade takes about 4mins.

Once the upgrade is complete it, you will see the black and red boot screen with the message not for sale at the bottom.

Once you complete the intial configuration of the phone, the phone resets and the sprint customization is complete.
Open the phone application, dial ##[MSL number]# (from the mogul keys.txt)
Now when EPST opens select "Edit". Enter your MDN and MSID numbers (from the mogul keys.txt).
Tap the right soft button, tap OK. Tap OK to reset your phone.
After the reset is complete open internet explorer to download you sprint vision services.

[ChristianProgrammer]

I saw the dude's (who couldn't format his SD card ) reprimand about my rant on another guy who was ready to drive over his phone, in order to get a replacement.... and I just wanted to apologize...I really didn't mean any harm...Sorry dude I just find it strange that people who dont know how to format a SD card for example have a desire to flash their ROM..THEMSELVES. I write code every day... I know a little about computers and I'm not trying to flash this thing until..I've read the how to's like 80 times...Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread which I will read and read and read.... and shame on me for laughing at the guy who was freaking out.. and as for the sd card guy...I dont think I directly flamed you but sorry anyway..if appropriate...

[ChristianProgrammer]

Woahhhh ...Tregrad dude calm down I haven't been here in a while and like BL3SSED1 hinted at in his post he's probably more adept in digging around in an OS even a mobile OS than I will ever be...Seriously dude all I said was this process isn't 1, 2, 3. I have no high horse to ride in on I'm just a noob.. That's the point. Because of my lack of experience in PPC Rom Flashing and PPC stuff period... I'm the first to admit I KNOW NOTHING!!! Thats why I wouldn't even try this without reading for a few days, weeks months,,,,, whatever...Wow ,anyway I agree I was wrong..
So again sincere apologies. Missy haha that was funny.....
I'm a dude, wifie kids and this is my first PPC I bought it to learn about writing apps in the Win Mobile OS

[couch-flyer]

tregrad calm down, it appears you need to be reported to the admins here

[bakntyme]

Originally Posted by BL3SSED1

...
Now right click on
"RUU_TITAN_SPRINT_WWE_3[1].16.651.0_435009_RS3_27_00_SPCS_NV124.exe"
In the menu click WINRAR, Then click extract files. (you can extract where ever you like just remember where you have been extracting all the stuff so you can delete them afterwards). In the folder where you extracted the files you will find a file named "3.16.651.0.nbh". This file your going to copy to the microSD card. Once you have it on your microSD card rename it to "TITAIMG.nbh"

Just in case you took a break or forgot Sync your Phone!
Make sure you have a full battery,and charger near by.


Now while holding down the power button and the camera button on the right side your going to press the reset button on the bottom of your phone with your stylus.(The reset button is to the left of the usb port, and below the microSD slot). Once you pressed these three buttons the phone will reset and being the update process. If it didn't try again.
...

Very detailed instructions, I hope it keeps some people from locking up their phones. Since this is aimed toward new users, I suggest you include a clear warning that this will erase all data and programs that were added since the phone was brand new. Also, maybe I missed it, but I didn't see a step to insert the SD card back into the phone prior to putting the phone into bootloader mode.

[BL3SSED1]

Originally Posted by bakntyme

Very detailed instructions, I hope it keeps some people from locking up their phones. Since this is aimed toward new users, I suggest you include a clear warning that this will erase all data and programs that were added since the phone was brand new. Also, maybe I missed it, but I didn't see a step to insert the SD card back into the phone prior to putting the phone into bootloader mode.

Thanks for that important step I missed out, I was getting tired; edit complete.

[carib909]

I am stuck in the multi color screen. No change in 25 minutes.

Originally Posted by Mastanthony89

Hey I am starting this thread to solve tons of problems,

OK well first off my config:
-Vista Ultimate
-Mogul with stock Rom and never updated before.

Now, What do i need to make this update work? Please dont just put any information down. Like if i need a boot loader please explain how to obtain one and a link if you can and how to enable it.

Basically this would be a guide for someone who has no idea (i.e. ME) lol, and yes i did read all the 50+ pages and we just need a guide that compiles all the information into one thread.

THANKS

SO far all i got was this guide:
http://www.modaco.com/content/Window...ltimate-guide/

PS. Best and most complete post i will edit and place in this post for quick reference for all the users/


EDIT********************************************** ************************************************** ************************

Here's how to get your MSL Unlock Code to edit the settings found under "Dialer Codes" (##code#)#) mentioned earlier.
0. Download GetSPC http://rapidshare.com/files/86837140/GetSPC.zip

Instructions:
1. Unzip and copy the extracted GetSPC folder (with all 3 files) to the storage card on your device.
2. Write down the ESN (Hex) number found behind the battery.
3. Power up and run the 'GetSPC(PPC 2003)' executable on your device.
4. In the 'Input' field, enter the ESN number you wrote down but be sure to use ALL CAPITOLS for the alpha values. (Ex: 123ABCD4, not 123abcd4)
5. Hit the 'Go' button. The value in the 'Output' field will be your "Unlock Code".



INSTALL FROM MEMORY CARD********************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************** **********************
To do this there are 3 steps:

First take the .exe file and open it with winrar (its a program, google it). There will be a file 3.16.nbh extract that and rename it to TITAIMG.nbh

Next format a microSD card with FAT 32 (required most are fat16 default) and copy the file TITAIMG.nbh to the root of the sd card(the main page, not inside ANY folders) with a card reader.

Finally place sdcard in device and reset into bootloader mode (HOLD POWER, CAMERA AND HIT RESET AT SAME TIME). The flash will proceed from the SD card and it should work fine. Enjoy!