How to upgrade an xv6800 with the new Sprint ROM

[kcmoney13]

If I want to use DCD Kitchen again because i forgot to include the MMS portion do i need to run throught the whole sprint setups for updating the rom. Or can I just jump right to the DCD Kitchen portion?

[old_school_dave]

Hey I just wanted to say thanks for this thread and simple guide. It gave me the confidence to successfully flash my stock xv6800 to the newest sprint radio and dcd 3.0.1. I'm pretty much issue free at this point. A couple of notes:

After performing the upgrade successfully, the radio suddenly died. A hard reset fixed it. I finally tracked the issue back to installing No2Chem's LED Service Driver cab. I switched to LED Killer 3.1 and everything is fine.

There are a couple of other threads I would recommend having handy while performing this upgrade on verizon.

One is the Easy Guide to Upgrading. This notes (in yellow text) are good to know. I especially liked the part discussing locker/re-locker. I realized I didn't need to re-lock my pure stock ROM first.

The other thread that was valuable was the Stuck in Bootloader thread. Maybe it's more of a security blanket, but after updating my bootloader, I did get stuck at bootloader screen. Having the exit-bootloader utility ready made me feel a lot better those minutes of staring at hot tri-color death.

Anyway, I'm very appreciative, and off to read some more threads and learn more about WM6.1.

[tillieray]

is that same way you upgrade the mogul too?

[Geckotek]

Originally Posted by kcmoney13

If I want to use DCD Kitchen again because i forgot to include the MMS portion do i need to run throught the whole sprint setups for updating the rom. Or can I just jump right to the DCD Kitchen portion?

You can just run the kitchen.

[Geckotek]

Originally Posted by tillieray

is that same way you upgrade the mogul too?

On the Mogul, you need to make sure the Sprint customizations run at least once to program the EPST. After that you can do a hard reset if you like to dump all the extra junk installed....or don't if you like the extra junk.

[Geckotek]

Originally Posted by old_school_dave

Hey I just wanted to say thanks for this thread and simple guide. It gave me the confidence to successfully flash my stock xv6800 to the newest sprint radio and dcd 3.0.1. I'm pretty much issue free at this point. A couple of notes:

After performing the upgrade successfully, the radio suddenly died. A hard reset fixed it. I finally tracked the issue back to installing No2Chem's LED Service Driver cab. I switched to LED Killer 3.1 and everything is fine.

There are a couple of other threads I would recommend having handy while performing this upgrade on verizon.

One is the Easy Guide to Upgrading. This notes (in yellow text) are good to know. I especially liked the part discussing locker/re-locker. I realized I didn't need to re-lock my pure stock ROM first.

The other thread that was valuable was the Stuck in Bootloader thread. Maybe it's more of a security blanket, but after updating my bootloader, I did get stuck at bootloader screen. Having the exit-bootloader utility ready made me feel a lot better those minutes of staring at hot tri-color death.

Anyway, I'm very appreciative, and off to read some more threads and learn more about WM6.1.

Good points! I highly suggest everyone read all the stickied threads and have them ready in case of trouble. But this should be the primary guide you use to upgrade an xv6800.

[fasttommyv]

Help, the install did not work.

When I tried to flash the sprint ROM it stalled at 11%. I did the recovery process several times, and same thing. It fails at 11%. So what the heck do I do now. I did notice that the bootloader says TITA100 & SPL-1.20.Olipro Did I wrongfully install 1.20 instead of 2.40? How do I recover the phone now since it has a 11% flash on it?

Thanks for your help,
Tom

[fasttommyv]

alright i fixed it by installing the stock verizon rom, relocking the phone, reinstalling 2.40, flashing the stock sprint ROM, and then installing DCD 3.0.1. I did have to get a new Akey

[Nickles]

Originally Posted by Geckotek

4) Install the new Sprint ROM
*DO NOT LET THE SPRINT CUSTOMIZATIONS RUN!!! When the flash is complete and you arrive at the Welcome screen it will ask you to tap the screen to proceed, DO NOT PROCEED ANY FURTHER. If using DCDs kitchen you can proceed to flash from here. I can't speak for others although I believe they will do the same.
5) Finally, install the custom ROM of your choice. I am successfully using DCDs 3.0.1 without any issues.

/flamesuit on.
can i install the new Sprint ROM , and load back the regular stock system ROM, and NOT use any of the NUE or DCD custom roms?

[rzande1]

The sprint rom crashes on my system when i try and use it. All it does is load the phone into bootloader and then it terminates. I tried to put it in bootloader and then start it but it will crash before it even gets a chance to start anything.