Hello everyone,
It's been awhile since I was last here on the forum. I would appreciate it if anyone could help me out. I purchased a Sprint Touch Pro a year ago and was able to successfully convert it over to Verizon (loved the extra RAM). But I've moved on to another phone (and provider) and was looking to reset the phone to its original Sprint condition to sell on eBay.
So the question is this... what is the easiest way to convert my phone back to its original Sprint radio and firmware? I can't lie, I've forgotten most of what I did when I originally converted the phone. The only thing I see on the Sprint website is a link to the HTC website which gives you a maintenance release to the existing software. I'm guessing that's a no-go as I don't have the original firmware on the Touch Pro. I did some searching on the forum and wasn't coming up with much. I know this has been done before, but I guess I'm not pulling the correct terms.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Steve
SteveNYC said:
Hello everyone,
It's been awhile since I was last here on the forum. I would appreciate it if anyone could help me out. I purchased a Sprint Touch Pro a year ago and was able to successfully convert it over to Verizon (loved the extra RAM). But I've moved on to another phone (and provider) and was looking to reset the phone to its original Sprint condition to sell on eBay.
So the question is this... what is the easiest way to convert my phone back to its original Sprint radio and firmware? I can't lie, I've forgotten most of what I did when I originally converted the phone. The only thing I see on the Sprint website is a link to the HTC website which gives you a maintenance release to the existing software. I'm guessing that's a no-go as I don't have the original firmware on the Touch Pro. I did some searching on the forum and wasn't coming up with much. I know this has been done before, but I guess I'm not pulling the correct terms.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Steve
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Simply unlock it and flash back the Sprint stock rom. Tutorial on my signature.
I had given up on trying to do the same thing with my old touch pro when I read that I'd need some original keys that I had never written down. Is that not necessary? I'd hate to re-sell it to someone who would have to jump through special hoops to get it activated on sprint.
A little help... possibly?
mitpianoman said:
I had given up on trying to do the same thing with my old touch pro when I read that I'd need some original keys that I had never written down. Is that not necessary? I'd hate to re-sell it to someone who would have to jump through special hoops to get it activated on sprint.
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Ive never had to flash to another carrier, however, I believe that the #'s you are speaking of will be updated with the Radio... Soooooo.... Unlock the phone via the unlocker, then flash the stock sprint rom (which you should find in the stickies) and the rom should flash the radio, if you prefer, you can then go in and flash your radio also.
Hope this helps.
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I want to upgrade my radio (Tmobile uk stock 1.05, terrible reception), but I'm fearful in case I need the warranty. I know I can't go back if I upgrade to the ones with Bootloader 1.08. Has anyone been refused warranty due to having flashed their radio?
fyi: I have never read anywhere that a warranty was rejected due to wrong radio. By chance if a carrier store would reject it, then I would just take the PPC to a different store.
Although I've never heard of it either I'd say it's a valid concern as the carriers don't offer the radio as a separate flash. Now that the generic TyTN ROM has been released, however, I'd say you could probably make a pretty good argument for having 1.48 installed. Just my .02.
I have had my 8525 replace twice and 8125 (back when I had it) replace once. My radio rom was always different but they never rejected the phones.
Is this the day of the worry worts! First the mediamax thread and now this. I take it for granted that if I mess with my device I void the warranty...however I also would try to submit a claim and be the squeaky wheel to the warranty dept until they honored my claim. I dont think in the case of ATT they check these things for XBM anyway.
Im a newb so excuse me if I missed something, but I sent my phone in for warranty replacement recently and I used Mr. Vanx's guide for downgrading and was able to roll the radio back the version listed in the current Cing/ATT ROM that is downloadable.
Oleschuldad said:
Im a newb so excuse me if I missed something, but I sent my phone in for warranty replacement recently and I used Mr. Vanx's guide for downgrading and was able to roll the radio back the version listed in the current Cing/ATT ROM that is downloadable.
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That's fine if there's an official upgrade for your carrier. TMobile UK haven't released anything and if I flash to 1.50 I will not be able to to go back to the original. To hell with it tho, I'm going for it.
Let me know how it goes
I tried doing it to mine and I've been in the basement for months trying to fix it.
Korpse said:
Let me know how it goes
I tried doing it to mine and I've been in the basement for months trying to fix it.
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Seems OK but my 3G is now called H and it runs at 200kbps instead of 800, so perhaps not the greatest upgrade.
anyone know what happened to the upgrade rom from HTC website?? its not hosted there anymore!
Alltel ROM
Found this link on PPCGeeks and it seems to work.
http://216.139.227.226/alltel/RUU_T...S_TITAN_03.37.20_Alltel_2.01_AM_PPST_Ship.exe
Alltel ROM
I currently have a ticket in with HTC to find out that exact question will post what they say when I get a response back.
I saw this addressed on HoFo. Rumor has it that another update is coming from HTC for Alltel this month. Not sure why they would pull the current one though.
answerman said:
I saw this addressed on HoFo. Rumor has it that another update is coming from HTC for Alltel this month. Not sure why they would pull the current one though.
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Well, I know that when I upgraded my friends phone with the stock rom from alltel the phone acted worst that with the original rom. It kept going on roming and the roming icon kept flashing. He had a big problem with it because he lives close to the mexican border and so he could not place his phone to home only. Imagine the roming chargers with international connections...
Hypeo said:
Well, I know that when I upgraded my friends phone with the stock rom from alltel the phone acted worst that with the original rom. It kept going on roming and the roming icon kept flashing. He had a big problem with it because he lives close to the mexican border and so he could not place his phone to home only. Imagine the roming chargers with international connections...
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That's actually a problem on alltel's side. That has happened to me alot while flashing my phone around. You would need to call alltel, and they would need to reset their link to the phone and reactivate it. It works for me...
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That's actually a problem on alltel's side. That has happened to me alot while flashing my phone around. You would need to call alltel, and they would need to reset their link to the phone and reactivate it. It works for me...
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We did that already and it did not help. They just said that since there is not roaming charges that it was ok for him to be like that, but the problem is that he lives close to the mexican border and he roams internationally..
I talked to alltel support earlier this month and was told in no uncertain terms that a new official ROM is forthcoming. They pulled the old ROM because it had some critical bug that they did not disclose to me while I was on the phone.
I was told it would be a week or two before they had the new ROM tested and deployed.
yeah, that sounds like something I would keep an eye out for!!
I have a Qwest Mogul, and from what I can tell, it's the same model as the verizon mogul. My question is, can I flash it with the newest Verizon rom? Do I need to unlock it or do I just flash with the verizon rom and that's it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You might want to follow the instructions to go back to the Verizon stock ROM in the WiKi, then get it working on the Verizon network then you can put on Custom ROM/Radio ROMs. But before you do that I would call Verizon and make sure they will take that phone's ESN. Some of the carriers won't take other carrier's phones even though they are the same model.
Curious
Just curious to see if there was ever any outcome or more official info lately about whether the Qwest HTC PPC 6800 Mogul can be flashed to Verizon service.
I just picked up one of these for a great deal to replace my current VZW phone as it seems to think it is at the end of it's usable life and I don't want to re-contract for two more years just to get a new phone.
I have been in several forums and googled until the letters wore off my keyboard and I keep running into dead ends on this subject.
Figured I had better resurrect the threads and see if anyone ever got anywhere with this request.
trethacker said:
Just curious to see if there was ever any outcome or more official info lately about whether the Qwest HTC PPC 6800 Mogul can be flashed to Verizon service.
I just picked up one of these for a great deal to replace my current VZW phone as it seems to think it is at the end of it's usable life and I don't want to re-contract for two more years just to get a new phone.
I have been in several forums and googled until the letters wore off my keyboard and I keep running into dead ends on this subject.
Figured I had better resurrect the threads and see if anyone ever got anywhere with this request.
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If your motherboard is still good just put that into the Qwest Mogul, and off ya go. That is what I did when my digitizer cracked. I got one like new for $40 swapped the mobos and got a new phone with all of my original info (rom, esn... ect.) 8 baby screws and 2 beers is all it takes.
psychouni said:
If your motherboard is still good just put that into the Qwest Mogul, and off ya go. That is what I did when my digitizer cracked. I got one like new for $40 swapped the mobos and got a new phone with all of my original info (rom, esn... ect.) 8 baby screws and 2 beers is all it takes.
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But again does anyone know if the aristocracy at Verizon will allow another carriers phone on their network?
Qwest Mogul on VZW
cyberhern said:
But again does anyone know if the aristocracy at Verizon will allow another carriers phone on their network?
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I just spent 2 weeks last month to find out that VZW's new policy is to ban Qwest ESN's even if they were allready active on their nutwork.
I was grandfathered in with one of my Qwest 6800's, then I switched service to my 6900, and when I tried to go back it took 2 weeks and 3 level 3 techs to end up finding out that $55.oo an a new 2yr. renual (15mo. into old),
and I got a BNIB XV6800.
Now the TP in on sale for $99.99 with a 2yr., but a $70.00 mail in rebate, makes it 1/2 the price I just paid.
Oh well I don't think the TP is as solid as the TITAN...
Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on this for me. I've read that it is possible to get this phone from Sprint at cost, how hard is it to convert it to be used on the Cricket network?
And if it is possible what functions if any are limited?
I'm trying to find out how feasible it would be to upgrade my lil sisters phone, heres literally is falling apart.
Thanks in advance guys.
I know somebody here has tackled this issue. Theirs too many smart people for it not to have happened.
A little help please.
I have read that someone purchased a Sprint Device and had it hooked up at Verizon. See the link below.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=44663
I am also looking for this. I have 2 Touch Pro's that I need flashed to Cricket. You cant beat the prices...
Any one have any input on this?
Come on now, Help us poor guys out, I have donated in the past when I had my 8525 and my 8125...
Snowreaper said:
Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on this for me. I've read that it is possible to get this phone from Sprint at cost, how hard is it to convert it to be used on the Cricket network?
And if it is possible what functions if any are limited?
I'm trying to find out how feasible it would be to upgrade my lil sisters phone, heres literally is falling apart.
Thanks in advance guys.
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maybe this will work?
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=27074
if u cant figure it out message eRice or DHARVEY on the ppcgeeks forums for help, im sure he will try to help you out....
Yes this can be fully flashed to Cricket. I have one and my wife has one as well. i flashed both of them and they're working great. There is a complete rom on HoFo from "To0" that even a 12 year old can fully flash with. Props to ToO for his great work. It's a Cricket rom and will get everything working with just a successful RUU. Cricket WILL accept the foreign esn, so getting Cricket to accept the esn is no problem. So go and grab your Raphael, and have some fun!!!!
mixpro said:
I am also looking for this. I have 2 Touch Pro's that I need flashed to Cricket. You cant beat the prices...
Any one have any input on this?
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if u are in denver i could help you out
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?p=12020999
here you go buddy
There seems to be a lot of confusion on various threads regarding the activation of a Sprint Touch Pro on Verizon lately. Has anyone done this in 2010 successfully? I would like to get a TP to use on Verizon, but I know the Sprint version is better. Thanks in advance!
They Don't Want To
If your a current customer you may be able to get them to agree to let you use a Alltel Touch Pro, which can be bought used or Brand New from sellers on ebay.
The Alltel unit is identical to the Sprint Touch Pro, except for the Rom and the ESN series.
Good Luck.
There are already enough threads dealing with this topic. Please use them rather than opening new ones. Thanks.
rodwerx said:
If your a current customer you may be able to get them to agree to let you use a Alltel Touch Pro, which can be bought used or Brand New from sellers on ebay.
The Alltel unit is identical to the Sprint Touch Pro, except for the Rom and the ESN series.
Good Luck.
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Nice! I never heard that Alltel TP was the same as Sprint. That might be easier to activate since Verizon now owns Alltel! Now I just need to try to work it without a data plan! And using an Alltel phone on Verizon right now would use all of Verizon's towers, and Alltels combined, wouldn't it?
egzthunder1 said:
There are already enough threads dealing with this topic. Please use them rather than opening new ones. Thanks.
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I've searched quite a bit, and can't seem to find any recent ones, so maybe this is no longer possible.
martyxng said:
I've searched quite a bit, and can't seem to find any recent ones, so maybe this is no longer possible.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540455
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670195
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670501
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=536939
They may not have exactly your question, but the issue is the same "can I use a TP from x with y?"