Uscc 6800 Gps, Custom Roms, Downgrading Guide

[maverick351ci]

so mykleh35, i take it you finally couldnt take it anymore and tyred it out! so im guessing all is well with your phone my guide worked, no problems?

everyone that has used my guide thus far please give me feed back as to how to make it better or if you encounter any problems!

[mykleh35]

No I haven't upgraded yet... I'm reading everything over 3 times.. righting down everything I might need... you know the typical anal things... this is my work phone so I want to make sure it gets up and running.... dum questions.... I really don't mind the way my phone works now (lots of people post I hate this, hate that) but want to add GPS to it. what is the best approach to only add gps? I get into this whole kitchen thing and it gets confusiing.. all I reallly want to do for my first attempt is turn on GPS and leave the rest as it is now... know what I mean? then I'll tinker...

[maverick351ci]

i know exactly what you mean, thats all i wanted to add the first time myself and have been working on building a kitchen thats as close to origonal as possible. although there are some handy things in the kitchen that i have added like the "Slide to unlock" and the WMP today plugin and GPStoday. i also have a little cab that will revert the text msg back to individual text messages instead of the threaded type (i hate that) the one thing i wish i could find is the origonal 7 button comm manager but im probably going to have to figure out how to port it into the kitchen off of my backups

Yes, you will need to do another build to remove the selected programs.
When you changed the name in the NAM settings, did they stay after a soft-reset?
I have tried chaning mine and it always changes back.

[mykleh35]

the name stays in the settings its on the screen that is goofy... I'm thinking its hard coded in the front page I'm using.... going to remove some stuff and see if I can get this thing moving I'm at 73% running hardly anything...

I've been told it is set by the sending tower, or something like that.
I've changed mine and it just gets reset afterwards. I think this is a problem with all USCC upgrades at this time. Hopefully someone can come up with a fix for this problem.

[thenuge]

i have a hell of a problem. there was some time lag after i ran the Hard-SPL-MFG.exe and the titan radio 3.35, and now when i try to flash the rom, it gives me an error that the phone is not connected, though the usb is connected and the phone is in the cradle. i am running Vista, and getting the phone to sync in the first was never easy. is there anything i can do or did i just ruin my phone?

*EDIT*

i restarted both the phone and computer with no luck, the exact error i am getting is ERROR [260]: CONNECTION

the upgrade utility cannot connect to your phone. please check that your cradle is connected and the phone is in the cradle.

EDIT # 2

never mind, i figured it out. i did a hard reset (camera button, power button, reset button) and the multicolored screen came up, everything worked fine from there

[puff]

Originally Posted by thenuge

EDIT # 2

never mind, i figured it out. i did a hard reset (camera button, power button, reset button) and the multicolored screen came up, everything worked fine from there

that's bootloader mode

[Miller]

i'm having problems getting bitpim to work correctly, i type in the ##3241 or whatever and windows detects two ports but cannot find any drivers for them. any ideas?

also does installing the new rom/radio delete all the data on my phone? i'd like to back up my phonebook

Yes, do a sync with your pc before you start, your phone will be wiped completly.