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

[Mylt1]

Originally Posted by adriancox

Quick question, If I sell my phone can the new owner have his number put into the phone with the upgrades or do i have to re-install the stock rom. i tried installing the stock bell rom but it would not let me. it would get to 1% then say the rom is not compatible.

the new owner would only have to call and have the ESN added to his account, then do OTA to program it to his number. no need to change anything.

[Droobie]

Just so the information is somewhere. I had upgraded to the 3.42.50 radio ROM on my Sprint Mogul and ended up having some trouble...

"error code 1012: could not prepare vision services"

Here's what I ended up having to do to fix it. I didn't even have to call Sprint customer service!

1. Run the package for Sprint ROM 3.56.651.0 from HTC/Sprint, which includes flashing back to a Sprint Mogul "released" 3.35.04 radio ROM (included in the installer package)
2. Allow Sprint's customization to run through, resetting your phone when it's done.
3. Connect to web [a quick tap of the IE key], allow the phone to complete provisioning [success!]
4. Download the radio ROM of your choice [xda Titan radio ROMs]- mine was 3.42.50
5. Flash your radio ROM using the SD card method see GaMedic's 5th post in the linked thread.
6. Reboot the phone w/a stylus reset.
7. Connect to the web upon reboot. Success again! Double check your radio ROM by going to Start>Settings>System>Device Information: Radio version
8. Re-flash to the ROM of your choice [I was using Titan_WM6.1_20924 from ppckitchen.org but went back to Titan_WM6.1_20755 because I found 20924 was running slowly and encountered a few bugs with the ROM options I had selected.]
9. Check your data again just to be safe [read=anal retentive], should work now.

[82tarheel]

Tried to unlock and got stuck in bootloader, followed instructions and no longer stuck. Because i got stuck does that mean phone is not unlocked or do I have to repeat then if I did manage to unlock it I have downloaded DCD's latest rom do I just click on it and install? Thank you

[meanfishy]

relaunch bootloader and if the tri colored screen says the un-locker you used then your device is unlocked and you are ready to go

[puff]

Originally Posted by 82tarheel

Tried to unlock and got stuck in bootloader, followed instructions and no longer stuck. Because i got stuck does that mean phone is not unlocked or do I have to repeat then if I did manage to unlock it I have downloaded DCD's latest rom do I just click on it and install? Thank you

like meanfishy said, put your phone back into bootloader to check to make sure you have unlocked you device.
You are lookin for Olipro 2.40 or No2chem 2.47 - if you see either of those, then you can flash your custom ROM

[82tarheel]

Originally Posted by puff

like meanfishy said, put your phone back into bootloader to check to make sure you have unlocked you device.
You are lookin for Olipro 2.40 or No2chem 2.47 - if you see either of those, then you can flash your custom ROM

Okay I am unlocked and went to flash DCD's rom, was in the middle of when I was asked if I had Hard-SPL 2.XX wasn't sure and chickened out. I am trying my best to read all the threads like a good little noob but I think I am confusing myself Thanx for all the help and presumptusously the help i think I will recieve

[BigDiesel07]

Originally Posted by 82tarheel

Okay I am unlocked and went to flash DCD's rom, was in the middle of when I was asked if I had Hard-SPL 2.XX wasn't sure and chickened out. I am trying my best to read all the threads like a good little noob but I think I am confusing myself Thanx for all the help and presumptuously the help i think I will receive

I believe it is asking if you have unlocked your phone... Basically a prompt of "Do not pass this point unless you are sure you have an unlocked phone"... I am not sure though..

[82tarheel]

Originally Posted by BigDiesel07

I believe it is asking if you have unlocked your phone... Basically a prompt of "Do not pass this point unless you are sure you have an unlocked phone"... I am not sure though..

I believe I do have it unlocked according to the previous post. When in bootloader it reads TITA100 MFG SPL 2.40

[puff]

Originally Posted by 82tarheel

I believe I do have it unlocked according to the previous post. When in bootloader it reads TITA100 MFG SPL 2.40

my unlocked titan reads

TITA100 MFG
SPL-2.40.Olipro
CPLD-9

[82tarheel]

Don't want to seem like to much of a spaz but I did it. Thank all of you for your help. Next step cooking my own rom