Step by Step tutorial for unlocking your device and cooking your own ROM!!!

[deboy_001]

Hey GA thanks for the wonderful tutorial and thanks to all the others contributing to this thread. I am yet to do my first flash... I have been wanting to use my gps for a while now, but I was too scared to brick my phone. I decided to wait for the verizon update and was hoping that it would allow other programs to use gps. I am sure you know how that turned out. Long story short... I am finally ready to do my first flash ever (still scary even with a great tutorial like this one), but I have been reading around and now I am nervous because I've read that by flashing the verizon update, I have made things more difficult for myself because it does something to some PRI or some other junk. I've read some speculation of ways to get around this... None of which have been confirmed, and of course, none of which I even understand. You all here seem like very good and patient teachers. I was wondering if you can let me know what my next (first) step should be, and if not, at least point me in the right direction. Oh, one of the options I was reading required a DMU reset or something or switching phones for a little bit. Again, not really understanding, but I don't have another pda phone to switch to, and I don't wanna lose my current unlimited data plan because I don't think it's offered anymore. So a solution other than that one would be appreciated. Thanks in advance all.

Sorry if this is too off topic and isn't what this thread is here for...