ROM Updates

[mwheeler2]

I have a Telus P4000 (Titan) that I'm using on the Alltel network... I've had no trouble converting Sprint Apache's to Alltel (for both voice and EVDO), but having little luck getting the P4000 to connect to EVDO on Alltel.

That being said, I've updated the PRL (manually) and done the basic activation and programming already. I'd like to know if there is a way to update the P4000 with the WM6 ROM for the Mogul from Sprint. The two devices are hardware identical, but I'm worried about the protected (not over-written) portions of the operating system...

In other words, will the ROM update give me access to the Sprint data network (which I can easily port to Alltel) or will that portion of the ROM (the NAM, etc.) be locked to Telus? I'm capable of re-programming the MMC/MNC and NAM settings, but I have no clear/concise list of codes or data from which to operate...

I have a P4000 to use for testing purposes, but my first obstacle is finding a way to load the Sprint ROM to the P4000 without generating a country ID error or a "vender" error (yes, it's vender, not vendor in the error report).

Any help from those (Vijay, Buzz, etc.) with the appropriate skills to get a no-ID RUU would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help and advice. And thanks XDA-Developers for giving us a Titan-specific forum... Those of us with both GSM and CDMA devices welcome the changes here.

[92GTA]

You would have to try flashing it and see. The Sprint update does not come with an ExtROM update and the Radio/Data settings are also seperate from the ROM. The ROM just updates the OS, applications, and drivers. If it does work, you shouldn't have any problems. You would also need a modded RUU for the setup app too, that right there would prevent you from even trying. Once someone makes that, you can atleast try.

[mwheeler2]

I've already tried both the Sprint WM6 ROM Update (see first post) and now the Hermes RUU No ID without success...

If anyone has a RUU for the Titan that's ID free (or can construct one), I'd like to try flashing the Sprint ROM update to the P4000. I have a 6700 as my backup, so I'll not worry about the P4000...

Thanks in advance,

Mick

[w0rdie]

How were you able to get a foreign ESN to work on the Alltel network?

[mwheeler2]

Just for informational purposes... Alltel will activate any ESN as long as the handset is compatible.

If you carry a phone into a retail center, the representative will look at a phone and either refuse to activate it or discourage activating it if the handset is not Alltel branded (and occasionally even if it is).

However, if you call Alltel and ask them to activate a handset (after having verified its compatibility) and just give them the ESN over the phone, they have little choice but to activate it. It's your account, you can use whicever handset you like.

I have activated Sprint ESN's, Telus Mobility (Canada) ESN's and Verizon ESN's on Alltel... A bit of PST prgramming is required to provision the handset to use the Alltel data network and an occasional call to data tech support to retrieve authentication keys, but overall it's been a simple process.

The greatest benefit to activating an ESN on the Alltel network (regardless of origin) is that Alltel is contract-free if you provide your own handset. So I've bid goodbye to GSM until their data speeds are comparable to CDMA... and I have no contract.


Hope this helps...

Mick

[mwheeler2]

Anyone... ? Anyone... ? Bueller... ? Anyone... ?

Has anyone found, created or hacked a No ID RUU for the Titan/Mogul/PPC6800?

Thanks in advance,

Mick

[pocketdoc]

Will Verizon activate an Alltel phone? I really like the black 6800.

[SPBOI420]

This phone is killar that's all i can say.. nice and thin too especially for the GPS in it and about GPS someone should post how to get the sprint ROM onto the P4000, the only reason this would wanna be done is for the GPS renableing, i cant believe telus mobility want's us to pay 10$ a month to use the A-GPS mode of this Full Stand Alone GPSone chipset, Please Guys at XDA, get a patch to renable the stand alone GPS chipset on this phone Thank's from Everyone at xda:))