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

[motheus]

Thanks for your reply, quadjacks. I guess I wasn't clear on the exact order of steps between unlocking the phone w/ olipro and flashing the radio ROM via sd card. From where I was in my first post, I soft-reset (by accident) and got back to my starting point. I then started olipro again and went thru w/ no prob. I think I put the sd card in b4 olipro was finished unlocking...

the preceding new issue, enumerated above, still stands, tho'...

Okay, so I worked thru the initial issue. It appears I've flashed the 3.42.40 radio and nueROM-M 201 (keeping it basic, I know). But, as one might guess, I've run into another snag - one I haven't seen repeated yet in this thread or elsewhere: After my call w/ vzw tech supp, I have ingoing/outgoing calls but no internet connection. ...At this point vzw's tech supp appears to be out of ideas...can anyone help me out (or point me in the right direction to help myself)?? Thanks!

[quadjacks]

Originally Posted by motheus

Thanks for your reply, quadjacks.........

In my experience, you must keep calling to get a more knowledgable tech. Sounds stupid however, i always had that issue. One thing i would suggest is to have them strip the device from there servers and re-add it. that seems to be the fix everytime for me, but it sometimes takes me several calls to achieve this result. Hope this helps!!!

[GaMedic]

Originally Posted by motheus

Okay, so I worked thru the initial issue. It appears I've flashed the 3.42.40 radio and nueROM-M 201 (keeping it basic, I know). But, as one might guess, I've run into another snag - one I haven't seen repeated yet in this thread or elsewhere: After my call w/ vzw tech supp, I have ingoing/outgoing calls but no internet connection.

Per GaMedic's tutorial, I gave them the whole hard-reset-no-authorization-now-please-ineedanewAkey business, but this guy wanted to try a 1/2 dz. other tricks 1st, which eventually allowed me to make/recieve calls. I kept him on the line while I tested PIE & got the username/password is wrong error msg. We checked my data network connection (using "verizon" and "myphonenumber@vzw3g.com" as usernames and vzw as pw) w/ no success. We also (prior to the preceding steps) changed some values in EPST, which I am attempting to recall now. I have soft-reset throughout this process and am wondering if I need to re-flash the ROM again. At this point vzw's tech supp appears to be out of ideas...can anyone help me out (or point me in the right direction to help myself)?? Thanks!

I have seen this issue before and I am trying to recall the solution for VZW. I know with Alltel you can dial *228 option 3 to fix this issue. You can try it on VZW but I don't think they have option 3. Won't hurt to try. I will post back if I recall the solution. In the meantime a search may net some answers for you. Also you can go to ppckitchen.org and check the support ticket to see if someone else had this problem and found a solution.

[GaMedic]

Nexvision gave me this answer motheus:

<NexVision> go into mip settings delete both keys install vzw carrier cab reboot force to 1x and try to surf web
<NexVision> at this point he may want to do that shut down phone by going to flight mode so it disco's from network
<NexVision> call tech tell them he needs dmu reset
<NexVision> take out of flight mode try to connect while in 1x
<NexVision> should connect and download dmu keys
<NexVision> switch to hybrid and your good to go
<NexVision> dmu keys arent being rewrittin on vzw's switch for some reason

[motheus]

Thanks, GaMedic and NexVis, for the thorough reply - turned out my tech-sup call the following morning resolved the issue (w/o issuing yet another Akey - interesting). I appreciate the work u guys have put in to making these machines more useful for power-users.

Applied gc14's GPS hackatweaks w/ pleasing results, too

Next step 4 me: ROM gastronomy 101...

Again, thanks tons

[whitefatboy2k]

will this builder of roms work for cricket and get all featurers working and also get 6.1 and gps?.......i am a newbie......
thanks for putting up with the idiot questions i have....but after days of reading (good thing it is slow at work) i have read and searched and i just sorta get more confused.....
thanks

[whitefatboy2k]

i needed to instant email sorry double post

[gixxerr750]

Need some help. Im new here and never done this before and tired it and f*** things up. i have a 6800 mogul from sprint. i put the phone in bootloader and then ran the unlock. as i go back and read this for the millionth time now i see that that was the wrong thing to do and the phone is stuck in bootloader and when i power cycle it it says loading and then no image and goes to bootloader. any help would be great. and one more thing active sync doesnt work any more also.

[whitefatboy2k]

dude no one is showing me no love and being a mentor and im me or pm me for some one on one time....i don't want to brick my phone.....some one will help me or u soon..even tho i neeed 6900 bogue sprint to crciket......

[gixxerr750]

did alot more research and i am good to go now.