How to upgrade an xv6800 with the new Sprint ROM

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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.