Sprint Official and DCD on Alltel - Success Story

[skny]

Thought I'd make an "Alltel" post for those PPC-6800 user's who want to do the upgrade. I may miss a few steps - but am sure some of this will be helpful to others...

By all means - read some of the sticky's in the Titan Upgrade forum to at least get familiar with what all is going on...and then come back here & give the below a shot!

I had previously been on DCD's 2.26 ROM (I think that's what it was) - so I already had the Olipro 2.40 boot loader on my device. If you don't have it on yet, I'd start there. Should be able to find instructions & the files elsewhere on this forum. You can download it here: http://www.fileshex.com/download.php...a8537925f4c193

Bascially, I followed a lot of the instructions that were listed on DCD's post over at XDA forums. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=376150)

I manually backed up everything on my device to a folder on my PC. Then, downloaded the following and put'em on my pc:

DCD's Kitchen
The Sprint Official ROM (aka RUU_TITAN_SPRINT_WWE_3.35.651.2_RS_TITAN_3.35.04_4 350H_SPCS_AM_Ship.exe)
the .net runtime (aka dotnetfx.exe) <see link above>
the Visual C++ runtime (aka vcredist_x86.exe) <see link above>

I already had ActiveSync installed and running and then connected my device.

I did NOT do a hard reset.

I did NOT do anything special in regards to the Radio component.

I simply ran the Sprint Official ROM - and, when it got to the point where the device said "Tap here" for the screen/stylus alignment - I just left it connected -I DID NOT TAP IT- and started up the Kitchen by running BuildNB.bat

I picked & chose the kitchen items I wanted; I "checked" the following items:

Internet Sharing
Office Mobile 6.1
OneNote Mobile 6.1
Remote Desktop Mobile
Transcriber
Alltel
UC Compatibility
Adobe Reader 2.00.288531
Cyberon VoiceDial 1.2b070905_0
Camera 4.05.29446.00
CommManager - 10 Button Touch
HTC Homeplug 1.12.0.0
HTC Titan Dialer (PhoneCanvas)
HTC QuickGPS 1.00.615.715
HTC Smartdialing 2.5.29097.1 - Titan 3.35
HTC Startup Animation 1.0.814.719
Symbol Pad
HTC X-Button 2.0.31261.1
HTC Zip 1.0.0.1
AND THAT IS IT - NOTHING ELSE WAS CHECKED (yes, I had to actually uncheck a few things. I put this list up for the total noob who has no idea what to start with/choose; this setup may be a good start)

Then I clicked on the green arrow button, let it do its thing - then closed the window by clicking on the X button; This triggered the loadup of the new ROM that I just made. (you can find the actual ROM file in the RUU folder in case you want to put it somewhere for safe keeping for later use)

Next, for grins, I immediately dialed *228 and did option #3 (activate your phone)
Then, I did a *228 and did option #2 (update roaming)

My voice & data, as well as basic texting abilities were all working fine - and no where did anything say "Sprint" on my phone.

Then, I went and downloaded & installed the following which are somewhat necessary, in my opinion:

LennySh_Alltel_Arcsoft_3.0.26.12c.cab <Go to http://www.lennysh.com - then to the Alltel forum and you will find it there>
* * * THIS is what will FIX/ENABLE pic & video messaging * * *

FlashVideoBundle.cab (obvious)

tcpmp.pocketpc.0.72RC1.cab (excellent video player)

HHCv10Final.cab (This is the Home Customizer - go to www.pocketemu.com (I donated a few bucks to this guy - great product! It will download & install the actual HTC Home piece on first run, so you don't have to find & install it until then)

no2chem nueLED_1.5.cab (the BEST way to disable the stupid "service" light - and others if need be http://www.weienterprises.com/nue/ - no overhead - simply run once & you're done)

NoSentMessage.cab (disables the notification after you send a text/pic/video message - you can find it posted somewhere on the forums here)

Standard_Games.cab (cuz I need games to play when i'm on the toilet - bubblebreaker & solitaire)

and PPCimBackup.exe - for future backup considerations (haven't used this yet - but I think it runs right off of your device; just copy it and go)

Lastly - I manually updated my PRL - the list the phone uses for knowing what networks it can work on (or something like that). I went here: http://www.the-answerman.com/sidlist/prl/ and chose 40036

Honestly - this ROM makes my PPC-6800 run fluidly and quickly. Better than the stock, and better than any previous roms. I run TomTom for my GPS - and still need to use the little launcher app to kick off the GPS - but so what. No noticeable time in obtaining satellites or anything, but its never been too bad for me anyway. I've had dedicated GPS devices take upwards of 5 - 10 minutes sometimes. I average about 20-30 seconds on this device.

I don't know what more to say - I think I've said more than enough. I have my device configured exactly the way I want it now - and it works like I expect it to. I am happy.

If you haven't done something like the before - give it a shot. It's really much easier than you may think. Just read everything completely before starting. Its always better to be a step ahead - so you know what to expect and are prepared for the next step.

Besides - Alltel probably won't be releasing a similar update until the end of this year (judging from what they've told me - no eta - and past experience). GPS is so freakin' handy to have right in your phone, everywhere you go - why wait to have it??