Help a noob out????

[ohthebaby]

i dont want to be a pain in the ass can someone link me a tutorial on how to flash roms im very intrested into flashing to a 6.5 rom will read up myself just cant find a stright up tutorial tyia guys btw have a sprint htc touch

[Detroit_Doug]

i dont want to be a pain in the ass can someone link me a tutorial on how to flash roms im very intrested into flashing to a 6.5 rom will read up myself just cant find a stright up tutorial tyia guys btw have a sprint htc touch

OK, as I have a Sprint Touch as well... Here goes...

First go HERE (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=20370) and READ the hell outta it until you have it step by step (BTW use the 2.31 unlocker regardless about the GPS thing)

OK, now that youve read that (happy dance time)
Download the 2.31 Unlocker and a WinMO 6.5 ROM personally I suggest this ONE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3526944&postcount=2378) as it is one I use

And make sure to download the DCD Sprint Carrier cab (http://rapidshare.com/files/223826565/dcd_Sprint_Carrier_20090109.cab.html) and copy it to your SD card as you may need this after the flashing is done (will get back to this tasty morsel later)

OK, now you have an Unlocker and a ROM - now what, hmmmm
Use WinRAR and extract both the files into separate folders
Press and hold the Power button+Camera Button and Stylus in the reset hole until the 3 color screen comes up and it says serial, now plug in your cable and it should change to USB

can you taste the rainbow and it is over the land of USB?? great, now go into the Unlocker folder you created and doubleclick on the RomUpdateUtility.exe (going to be called RUU.exe from this point on)

Follow the steps on the desktop monitor (you might get some errors about sleep4.exe - dont worry about it, just keep hitting enter and it will go away after the 4th or so time
At some point the program is going to tell you to disconnect the phone, sounds scarey doesnt it, losing the connection and all - dont be, be a brave little soldier and disconnect it and count to 10, cant do that, get some help in getting there, its really that important LOL once you (or your friend) gets to 10 plug it back in, does it say USB again? good!! happy dance AFTER you hit a key on the keyboard per the on screen directions

its going to eventually reboot, let it and it will be unlocked, let it start up and do its thing, when its done - go ahead and go back into bootloader mode again (remember power+camera+stylus twister move you did earlier, its back to that again) with the cable disconnected and it had better say SERIAL again.. now go ahead and plug in the cable and it should change to USB

Now go into the ROM folder and double click the RUU.exe here ... and follow the directions that come up on the screen...

Once its done and the phone reboots, wait... wait some more.. still keep waiting.. no not yet ... stop touching it.. it wont help pacing.. just be patient... oh look an Orange screen, ok here comes some fun

Follow the drections to go through the setup, dont worry about it being to accurate and all as it is about to be erased anyway... let the autorun happen once windows starts and it will reboot on its own again - yes it really IS a smartphone isnt it LOL

OK, as it is booting up again when there is a black screen - press and hold the red button+green button+stylus in reset hole (known as a Hard reset) until the screen turns gray - follow the directions again (save you some time "press the Enter key" thats the big silver button in the center of the buttons LOL) and when the progress bar moves all the way to the right, press the end key (the green one)

Again, it will restart (told you it was smart) and now go ahead and do the setup and customizations and do them right this time as your hanging onto them this time (sounds weird but if you dont hard reset after flashing it flying monkeys will swoop in and take your phone and your little dog toto too)

OK, now remember that DCD Sprint Carrier Cab, you do, fantastic .. so to the storage card where you copied it to - you didnt forget that step did you??? good I knew my faith in you would pay off, tap on it and run it - it will install all the Sprint goodies to make your life easy, and your sex life better and even improve that certain area of a .. wait sorry wrong channel again.... just go ahead and tap it, run it and reboot

now you have a Sprint 6.5 Custom ROM

Enjoy :)

Detroit Doug

[ohthebaby]

dude f****** grt lol wow thats a tutorial and a half :P ty ima try it now

[anithinks]

Detroit_Doug,

In NFS Fan's v 6.5 ROM, which GPS registry cab should I use for MetroPCS?

Also, is it true that MMS is not supported on this ROM version?

Will this update my radio to the latest version (Radio version 3.42.30) so that GPS is enabled? I was having GPS issues on the latest Sprint stock ROM after flashing to Metro.

[nomaddmh]

awesome, thank you! heheh, flying monkeys.

[Detroit_Doug]

Detroit_Doug,

In NFS Fan's v 6.5 ROM, which GPS registry cab should I use for MetroPCS?

Also, is it true that MMS is not supported on this ROM version?

Will this update my radio to the latest version (Radio version 3.42.30) so that GPS is enabled? I was having GPS issues on the latest Sprint stock ROM after flashing to Metro.

Yes MMS IS supported on the ROM, but per some steps and depending on your Provider, well that can be the tricky part as they can be a PITA at times

As far as MetroPCS - I really dont know, I personally go to the thread of MFSFANs ROM and do a search through it for MetroPCS (there are a few of you trying to take over the world - I aint skeered though) but there is some info there, I just cant remember every carrier and every issues for every phone - I have my own plans on taking over the world as well you know (are ya skeered???) come on pinky, time to put my plan into action

Detroit Doug

EDIT: Here is the link for MetroPCS - its for the Titan, but ask the person that started the thread - the cab shouldnt matter as it is provisioning data and the like - again ask the posted on the thread, I dont know anything about it - simple search found this as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3609082#post3609082

[Viper Matrix Wireless]

could you find the one for USCC & what does the cab do?

[Detroit_Doug]

could you find the one for USCC & what does the cab do?

If your referring to "what does a carrier cab do" it installs various settings and progs and provisioning data to help you connect to your network for phone, data, internet, GPS, aGPS, etc

As far as finding it - search can be your friend - I dont even know if there is one for USCC or MetroPCS - find whatever carrier is similar/compatible and use it

Detroit Doug

EDIT - amazing a search for USCC Carrier CAB found lots of posts - 5th post through and the preview gave the link you need directly
http://sites.google.com/site/victorbush/htc-6800-1/epst-data-settings