Newbie To The Touch World

[motorcitymadman]

Recently, purchased a Sprint HTC Touch. It has no sim card as far as I can tell. Tried to unlock the unit using two post I read on this forum.

One was using the Qualcomm's QPST method. For some reason Windows wouldn't recognize the unit's drivers when in diagonistic mode. As a result, QPST can't find the phone.

The other method I used was involving Cert_SPCS, EnableRapi, and Touch_Unlock. When notepad popped-up, nothing appeared. No unlock code. Nothing.

Please tell me what it is I'm doing wrong. Also, is it possible to get GPS on my unit? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[bigflavor]

Hey man,

Welcome.

Sprint and Verizon wireless use CDMA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cdma) technology for their wireless radio; while AT&T and T-mobile use GSM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gsm). CDMA does not use SIM cards, but instead has an embedded serial number to identify the phone to "the carrier" called an ESN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Serial_Number) (you got it "electronic serial number"). SIM cars are not exactly equal to an ESN, but carriers use the two to identify the subscriber.

What is your goal? The Sprint Touch aka HTC Vogue ("HTC Vogue" = CDMA version of the "HTC Touch") is already application unlocked.

[motorcitymadman]

After posting, I asked myself that very same thing. Been doing a lot reading of various post and decided flash my rom for GPS/Rev a using what i've learned involving the the work done by ImCoKeMan. Appears to be a safe thing to do as a newbie without seriously damaging my unit. I have the files necessary to do the flash. Will try later in the day when I have time to devote to the process.


Are there any last minute tips I should be aware of before getting started? Every little bit helps.

[derekwilkinson]

After posting, I asked myself that very same thing. Been doing a lot reading of various post and decided flash my rom for GPS/Rev a using what i've learned involving the the work done by ImCoKeMan. Appears to be a safe thing to do as a newbie without seriously damaging my unit. I have the files necessary to do the flash. Will try later in the day when I have time to devote to the process.


Are there any last minute tips I should be aware of before getting started? Every little bit helps.

If you are using Sprint, all you need to do is download and run the ROM found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=403016) in Windows XP, or extract the 2.NBH and rename to VOGUIMG.nbh and run it from your FAT32 microSD card (2GB OR LESS, do this by holding down power/camera/soft reset). If on a Mac, do NOT run it in a virtual machine! (Parallels, VMWare)

[hindjew1]

If you are using Sprint, all you need to do is download and run the ROM found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=403016) in Windows XP, or extract the 2.NBH and rename to VOGUIMG.nbh and run it from your FAT32 microSD card (2GB OR LESS, do this by holding down power/camera/soft reset). If on a Mac, do NOT run it in a virtual machine! (Parallels, VMWare)


Agreed, but keep in mind he has to use a windows machine to initially unlock the phone. Preferably a windows xp machine.

Now using a sprint rom, you don't have to unlock the phone, so the above method should work fine and dandy. Make sure you have atleast 50% charge on the battery.

If you want to use a custom ROM, i suggest you unlock the phone using a windows PC. (u only need to unlock once)

[motorcitymadman]

Thanks for your replies. Believe it or not the responses I've been getting are the answers to the very questions I've been searching the forums for. I've decided to not use a custom rom for now. I'm just going to upgrade my Vogue to Rev. A/ GPS. I am running on Windows XP. That should help.


I was reading ImCoKeMaN's post on PPCGeeks. Step 1 says to download and flash the your carrier's official rom. Then in step 8 download the RUU. So I guess I still need to learn more about flashing the unit as described in step 1. I have the rom to do it with, but hestitant to do it just yet. Am I making too much of this? How do I flash the stock rom onto the unit before proceeding to step 8?

[bigflavor]

1) Hook up phone.
2) Let activesync/windows mobile device center load.
3) Run ImCokeMan's Unlocker (ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Vogue/Users/ImCoKeMaN/Vogue_unlocker_MFG_2.31.exe) (follow instructions closely... you'll need to stop before the last step).
4) Load the new Sprint ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=403016) (unsure if this ROM has the GPS active).
5) Either stop or load another ROM

To load another ROM, if it comes as only an NBH (basically a rom file), you can download ImCokeMan's RUU (ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Vogue/Users/ImCoKeMaN/VogueRUU.rar) (HTC ROM Update Utility)

Custom ROMs really bother me. They're loaded with garbage (which I can load myself thanks :D). I just loaded SBR_L3GION's Stock v2 ROM (ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Vogue/Users/SBR_L3GION/ROMS/) last night. OMJ (ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Vogue/Users/OMJ/ROMS/) is another popular ROM "cooker" (I'd load Sprint Clean) (i've sure you've seen "cooking," "kitchen" etc thrown around now, "chef" is also used).

Just a quick note, I load edup TomTom6 (although 7 is leaked, it won't load on the Vogue) and it didn't find the GPS. In order to use the GPS with some programs, you need to "prime" it (wake it up); which you can do with Google Maps or other software (the COM port is 4 and the baud rate of the GPS is 4800; note that the GPS works through the Windows Mobile GPSID). I'm searching right now for a good primer that is a primer only not a full blow program.

Here's what else I've got going:
1) TomTom6
2) Google Maps
3) Pocket Player
4) S2U2
5) Cube Config Tool

I might load NinoGPSPlot (http://aeguerre.free.fr/Public/PocketPC/NoniGPSPlot/EN/download.php), which is pretty cool.

I came across a GPS Primer called AstroGPSLauncher, but it doesn't seem to work for TomTom6. I'm checking out the GPS - How To (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=24979) right now.


[edit]
I found GPSToggle (http://www.baf.cc/gpstoggle).

[TheChampJT]

bigflavor put it very simply for you! When I first decided to flash I had all sorts of worries, and then when I finished, I thought, man that was simple! So, as a personal suggestion to you, make sure you read so much info you need tylonel!!! For the most part, as long as you follow the steps, you will be good, even if you think you messed up, there is about a 95% chance you can recover. If you have any questions about what your doing, feel free to post, we are all here to help! Trust me, I know it can look confusing at first with all the different terms used.

[harrispotter]

I am able to get the spc code by getspc. But how do I load the PRL for U.S Cellular on the HTC Touch? I am new, it took me two days to get the spc.