How to upgrade an xv6800 with the new Sprint ROM

[SephirothWGP]

I didn't read through all of this thread. But has anyone noticed slower speeds with the "Official" Rom. I had been running the leaked rom for a while and saw almost always at least 1500kb/s, now I'm lucky to see 1000kb/s.

[flexpackman]

Thanks Geckotek!

After lurking for so long maybe I can give others my experience to take the leap if a Verizon user.

Just upgraded to the 6800 after using the 6700 for the past 2 years. Kitchen Enhanced of course!

After reading through the many help files, especially yours, I took the "thrill" ride to upgrade my XV6800. Went pretty much uneventful. Some confusion in the bootloader process I think for many is if you come from the 6700 world you are so used to deactivating the USB connections in Activesync for flashing where the 6800 loader needs it. That's were I got scared...

After I flashed the new Sprint ROM, then the Kitchen Build of No2Chem 5060 I didn't have to reload any phone settings as you indicated. I did make a test phone call and received several calls from others afterwards. My data connectivity also worked fine. Set my Exchange Server info and synced all my contacts, calendar, and emails. So far, so good. To set this up, when I am at home, I am roaming in a USCellular area.

Traveling this morning to my workplace, I came into my cell home area with Verizon. After being "very well" in the home area, I was also getting the normal morning filling of my Inbox. Again so far, so good.

Then... I got my first phone call. One ring and that was it. Call ended by itself. When I tried to call the party back I got the evil "Phone not Authenticated" message. As you had eluded to, I called the number the message indicated to call and said I had done a hard reset. No issue with the CSR and they immediately took me through the process of loading a A-Key number. After that, life was and has been good...

So it looks like when the Verizon network seen me, wham-o!

Anyway, thanks again!

[Craig540]

Originally Posted by flexpackman

Thanks Geckotek!

After lurking for so long maybe I can give others my experience to take the leap if a Verizon user.

Just upgraded to the 6800 after using the 6700 for the past 2 years. Kitchen Enhanced of course!

After reading through the many help files, especially yours, I took the "thrill" ride to upgrade my XV6800. Went pretty much uneventful. Some confusion in the bootloader process I think for many is if you come from the 6700 world you are so used to deactivating the USB connections in Activesync for flashing where the 6800 loader needs it. That's were I got scared...

After I flashed the new Sprint ROM, then the Kitchen Build of No2Chem 5060 I didn't have to reload any phone settings as you indicated. I did make a test phone call and received several calls from others afterwards. My data connectivity also worked fine. Set my Exchange Server info and synced all my contacts, calendar, and emails. So far, so good. To set this up, when I am at home, I am roaming in a USCellular area.

Traveling this morning to my workplace, I came into my cell home area with Verizon. After being "very well" in the home area, I was also getting the normal morning filling of my Inbox. Again so far, so good.

Then... I got my first phone call. One ring and that was it. Call ended by itself. When I tried to call the party back I got the evil "Phone not Authenticated" message. As you had eluded to, I called the number the message indicated to call and said I had done a hard reset. No issue with the CSR and they immediately took me through the process of loading a A-Key number. After that, life was and has been good...

So it looks like when the Verizon network seen me, wham-o!

Anyway, thanks again!

So tell me how much better is the 6800 over the 6700, and what made you pick the 6800 over the 6900.
I have the 6700 now and do not know if I should get the 6800 or the 6900.

[nick aguas]

Ok this was the second time ive flashed the Sprint ROM (first time let the customizations run, ended up stock reflashing and sending back to VZ for a refurb). anyway, this time went smoothly and upgraded to DCD's 3.0.4 on Thursday. When i was on radio 3.27.00 and dcd's 2.1.0, had no problem with GPS and google maps. ive been working at it for days now and still no beans. could the reg edits i entered for the bt/beam be affecting this?

edit: got gps working now. tried a few COM ports and 3 was the one that worked. soft reset and works great. most satellites ive ever connected to in so cal too, 7.

[Nickles]

Originally Posted by nick aguas

edit: got gps working now. tried a few COM ports and 3 was the one that worked. soft reset and works great. most satellites ive ever connected to in so cal too, 7.

THATS weird.. com4 is the GPS port.... do you have some port redirector on your phone ? (like GPS Gate) ?
that shouldn't be working !

[nick aguas]

Originally Posted by Nickles

THATS weird.. com4 is the GPS port.... do you have some port redirector on your phone ? (like GPS Gate) ?
that shouldn't be working !

i know ! i was using gps on COM 4 for months with dcd's 2.1.0. COM 4 or 5 would not work, but COM 3 connected to 7 satellites. and no i dont have any redirectors. upgraded to sprints ROM though.

[kcmoney13]

i know i have wrote about this before but I am still having issues with my gps connecting to the sattelites. For some reason it either wont conntect at all or takes 15-30 min to connect. I have tried using GPS view and it still does not fix the problem. My buddy sitting next to me has a sprint rom and his connects within seconds. WHAT GIVES? I am running DCD 3.0.1 and RADIO 3.35.04. Any ideas? anyone?

[nick aguas]

Originally Posted by kcmoney13

i know i have wrote about this before but I am still having issues with my gps connecting to the sattelites. For some reason it either wont conntect at all or takes 15-30 min to connect. I have tried using GPS view and it still does not fix the problem. My buddy sitting next to me has a sprint rom and his connects within seconds. WHAT GIVES? I am running DCD 3.0.1 and RADIO 3.35.04. Any ideas? anyone?

yep, had the same problem. i recommend trying different com ports in settings>system>external gps. try GPS program ports 3,4, or 5. or any of the other ones. under settings>system>external gps>(the tab) access, make sure its checked to manage automatically. you can also try google maps, (i personally do not use GPS view bc it sucks my battery) but make sure that under GPS settings, its set for windows to automatically detect it.

you can pm me if youve got any other problems

**also: you could update to dcd's 3.0.4. it works for me!

[flexpackman]

Craig540,

I had used the 6700 for 2 years and had been flashing with all the custom roms and finally the PPC Kitchen as of lately. I do use it for business purposes. Exchange Email and such. Also use the Remote Desktop program to attach to computers for user help when not with a laptop or other. Really had not had any problems with the 6700 except I have two batteries that were needing replacement. My 2 year contract was up, so I had some discounts to upgrade.

The Windows Moble platform was still a requirement for me as I have many purchased programs as well as some custom .Net programs ( I program Windows Mobile Industrial applications, mainly for barcode readers, mobile terminals, etc.). My business uses Verizon as our carrier. The need for a "real" keyboard pretty much limited me to the XV6800 as well as the need for WiFi. The XV6900 has neither.

I had already got to play with a Sprint unit from a friend and felt satisfied it was the way to go. I have only had the XV6800 for several weeks, but the OEM load from Verizon worked fine for everything I loaded it with. Battery life appears to me to be way better than my 6700 with original batteries.

I finally flashed the new Sprint ROM last week to get the GPS feature. I run between several states for my company and had been using Copilot version 6 on the 6700 with a Bluetooth GPS receiver. So far, Copilot seems to function fine with the Titan GPS hardware.

If you don't need the slideout keyboard or WiFi, I would think the 6900 would be a good choice. Of the reviews I have read, 75-80% are pro. The 6900 has more memory than the 6800 also.

Here are reviews over at Phonescoop. You can also do a side by side comparison to the 6800.
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/use...php?phone=1294

Hopefully not too much rambling....

Good Luck!

[nick aguas]

buceyes, when you start up your phone after updating the radio ROM, do NOT go past the screen that says tap to begin. i went directly into the bootloader from there (camera, power, and soft reset). anyway, i dont recommend going past the tap to begin screen, even though you can. the first time i flashed it, i waited until it said customizing... but it still customized to at&t. had to get a refurb):