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Non-Sprint HTC Hero

I have a non sprint unbranded HTC Hero (through GCI in alaska). Does anyone know if a non-sprint htc hero can flash a sprint rom and still work on a non sprint network? I have been using the leaked modified ROMs such as damage control and fresh just fine but I was told using the sprint one may jack up my phone. Since the customized ROMs are now being based off that I am worried about downloading any new ROMs or the official sprint one. Anyone happen to know?
THANK YOU!

arktik said:
I have a non sprint unbranded HTC Hero (through GCI in alaska). Does anyone know if a non-sprint htc hero can flash a sprint rom and still work on a non sprint network? I have been using the leaked modified ROMs such as damage control and fresh just fine but I was told using the sprint one may jack up my phone. Since the customized ROMs are now being based off that I am worried about downloading any new ROMs or the official sprint one. Anyone happen to know?
THANK YOU!
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This is more or less belongs in the q&a section. But to answer your question yes it will. You will have to get your apn settings and manually program them in your phone. But everything else should work. I would suggest you use the flashrec method and make a nandroid then try apn manager to see if you can just put your apn settings on your new rom

I am still new to CDMA phones. When you say APN settings do you mean the settings the carrier puts in when they program it at the desk. Such as the MIN # and such?
And when you say flash rec method, you mean copying over the ROM file to the SD card and doing the whole power+volume then pressing home and flashing from feature thing?
And if thats the case, does that mean ill have to use one of these custom ROMs here and not the sprint one? (I havent tried installing the sprint one but in the past its usually an executible and runs itself)
Thx for answering all my noob question, someone else did the rooting for my phone and im slowly learning. Never been too great at the phone thing.

I just reread your first post and you say that you've used damages rom and not had any problems then you should be good to use any rom just make sure to do a nandroid backup before you do anything else

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I just reread your first post and you say that you've used damages rom and not had any problems then you should be good to use any rom just make sure to do a nandroid backup before you do anything else
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I've really been doing this whole root thing because I wanted 2.1 early, but now that sprint has released an official one id really like to use it. Do you think its safe to use the official one on my non sprint hero?
Thx again for all your help, im just worried about bricking my phone or making it unusable on my network.

back to verizon

I purchased a phone that was suppose to be setup for verizon, i got it home and found out it had been rooted and set up for criket.
after many hours of reading and searching i have the phone flashed back to factory settings, but, when i dial *228 to program for verizon it still calls criket.
I was told i need to flash the antenna ?? or something like that...
can someone help me with this.. thanks

have you flashed the stock sbf?
follow these instructions
i cant post links, wtf
instead of flashing the 2.1sbf file listed there you can use the 2.2 file from this site
i cant post links, wtf
the radios are also listed there, i've been told you need to flash the radios in order, meaning you can't just start at the last one, you need to flash each one seperately. BUT i have no idea how to flash a radio on a stock phone, so if i were you i'd attempt the spf flash with rsd lite, then root the phone and install sprecovery, then install the radios one at a time.

I had the same issue and went to Verizon today and had them flash the stock Froyo using RSD Verizon software. Make sure you enable USB debugging first.
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OMG... i was told i had to have the phone rooted.. i just got done rooting it again
so... it needs to be un-rooted for me to take it to verizon to get it working on there network ?

No need to unroot; just bring the phone to Verizon and they can restore it back to the original 2.2.

[Q] can i root my appalachian wireless milestone

i only see stuff for one carrier on here, telus. i have my milestone through appalachian wireless. i remember on my hero i rooted it and if you flashed a sprint rom it would mess up your prl and i couldnt get a 3g connection after that. so am i good to root my appalachian wireless milestone?

Yes, you just need to use this tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747598
It's very simple with it

what about my prl and radio settings? when i rooted my hero it messed all of that up

With that application you don't need to flash any ROM, so it won't mess up the things

okay but, is there any rom i could flash that wont mess up anything?

[Q] Custom Rom on A854 (Want Froyo)

ok guys i have looked EVERYWHERE. I joined this forum just to ask this question, as the name suggests, i was a recent iphone/ipod touch jailbreaker and just recently switched to android, and am currently not very familiar with the terminology and exploits..
I have been using a rooted A854 on Ntelos. It is a pretty locally based company near charlottesville, va. It is quite similar to telus in canada, but with very close ties to sprint in the shenandoah valley.
when i originally tried to root via a vulnerable recovery with rsd lite and a froyo, prerooted version, it kept failing so my friend downloaded and installed universal androot which worked like a charm. The only thing was that nandroid wasnt possible via that method, and i still didnt have Froyo.
Recently, when i installed ROM manager, I was able to flash Clockworkmod's open recovery, and was able to successfully make a nandroid. I am however interested in installing a custom ROM with froyo.
I have looked into Motofrenzy and Cyanogen 6 (unofficial port for Milestone)[/URL] which were available via nandroid restore.
When i was looking it was telling me to put the file for the rom in nandroid/adbrecovery but i have no such location on my sd card.
It also says that in order for me to maintain 3g access, i need the local 3g band file, which is also not available from the rom sites.
if anyone was successful in flashing a custom rom to the A854 via nandroid restore with custom 3g bands, could you please help me.
Also any additional help would be appreciated...
Thanks in advance
~iphoneconvert
Links:
android DOT doshaska DOT net/cm6
dext3r DOT komodin DOT org/

i also have da same phone with ntelos its really a rebranded moto droid not milestone which is a gsm phone so only flash droid roms . in clockwork mod after flashing recovery go to back up current rom and do a nandroid back up . because it only gives da sdcard about 20 sec. to mount it usually say error cant mount just quickly hold down x and power and it will boot into recovery on da second try . go down 2 nandroid do a back up then reboot in clockwork go 2 download a rom and flash away

so your saying that i need to boot into recovery twice? and yeah i know its a rebranded droid but i thought that i needed roms for the milestone (i guess they were referring to the gsm version). Are you sure that any droid rom will work? Because the bootloader is locked down and the roms depend on changing that correct?

OK. i think i found out one of my problems. Since my friend and i were never able to successfully flash a vulnerable recovery, my phones recovery mode kept booting into android default. I had an update.zip with GOTS recovery in it and it would fail signiture verification, but when i booted into recovery through rom manager it would let me into clockworkmods recovery... i updated to it there and it went through so i think i can flash a rom now... if only i werent so chicken

yeah droid1 roms (cdma) i don't know much about open recovery or vulnerable recovery i just used androot 1 click root to get root then used rom manager to flash clockwork mod recovery did a nandroid and been rom surfing ever sense. im on like my 4th 854 and they all have dat boot twice issue it only when u try to like install a rom straight from clockwork

Man, i can not tell you how much you helped me, i have searched everywhere for weeks for what you just told me!
So i can just install roms straight from rom manager and they will all work? freaking beast. Thanks a ton
Oh and btw if you havent overclocked i recommend you do so with an app from the market, milestone overclock... SO HELPFUL, it makes the phone so much faster... i have it set to 1200 mhz and 80 vsel with no distinct loss in battery life.

so which roms have you been using and how did you get froyo

i have da paid version of rom manager so i just flash overclocking kernels from there to go with wuteva rom i flash cause most custom roms max at 800mhz just make sure it says kernels for any rom . i been using a rom i got from the custom rom section on the droid forums called ultimate droid 2.1.0 really customizable if dats a word lol

Ntelos
So you have th ntelos milestone using a custom rom, how did you get your data and mms working ? Do you have the APN setting for ntelos?

I dont have to change those? my data worked but I didn't try mms
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ntelos
Ahh ok I just finished flashing to cm6.1 and it works flawless then you simply go to voice dial and say open apn's and edit the mms setting to be ----mms.ntelospcs.net then all is well, I have voice, data, and mms all working.

so m tried froyo but it wouldn't recognize my sd... I got back by putting in my other sd and installing cyanogen 5 again... i really want cyanogen 6.1... ugh... imma try again to update to froyo but with my other sd
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flash back 2 your stock ntelos rom click on voice dialer it should say " say a command " then you say "open APN's" sometimes it takes a couple of tries but it will show a list of APN settings copy it down on a piece of paper . now when you flash another rom do the same thing with da voice dialer but change da settings from verizon to da ntelos settings you wrote down press menu click save changes . reboot now you should have mms working . hope this helps

Ok guys thanks for all this help for everyone here and especially me. If someone wanted to make this into a non question post with maybe a step by step guide? i suppose i could but im feeling awfully lazy right now so yeah..

Ntelos
Yea not much love for the Ntelos folks here so we need to stick together

yeah we really do
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well today is a new problem, i flashed the liquid frozen yogurt 1.95 and lost my data 3g connection, i can turn it off then back on and it will come on for about 10 mins then 3g will be gone until i turn it off and on again...Any ideas?

well does it switch to 1x or does it just leave... you could also try to toggle airplane mode on/off... every so often my data switches from five bars 3g to 2 bars 1x and toggling airplane mode normally fixes it... but if you lose it completely I recommend you try to either nandroid back to stock or attempt to send mms or call someone and see what happens...
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also try what eboogie said...
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I resolved my loosing data connection, there is a setting in the connections and wireless tab that you can choose Home or automatic and it was set to automatic, I changed it to Home and bingo all good...

Researched And Still Unsure Alltel/CDMA

Hi all, I've researched the hell out of this and have heard many contradicting answers and would like specific help if you would to solve my problem.
I have the following:
Carrier" Alltel Wireless
Phone: Motorola Milestone
Model: A854
Firmware Version: 2.1-update1
Baseband Version: C_01.07.00R
Kernel Version:
2.6.29-omap1
dcn637 at zch45lnxdroid24#1
Build Number:MILER_X1_00.26.1
Phone Number: 440-218-****
MIN: 440344****
PRL Version: 31010
MEID: A000002247****
Network: Unknown
Mobile Network Type: CDMA -EvDo rev.A
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I have rooted my phone using 'Universal Androot'
I want to flash CM6 or 7 (whichever is more stable)
I know I have to install rom manager and clockworks mod and such but here is my issue.
What CM rom will work with Alltel/CDMA and how do I not flash the baseband?
I know I can use 'APN Backup and Restore' for MMS/DATA which I of course will be using.. I cannot brick or lose service although I understand the risks.
I will be making a full backup..
Am I missing anything here? I do NOT want to flash for example a droid rom and get a non-booting phone..
Some people say I can run a droid rom others say it'll stop my phone from booting... due to a locked down boot loader/signing of the firmware.

For one Rom Manager Does NOT work on Milestones, and any of the custom roms under the Milestone Development section will work. This site http://android.doshaska.net/cm7 Has the signed Milestone CM builds. Check the Milestone Android Development section for more custom roms. And your going to want to get Open Recovery 3.3 which can be found here. http://code.google.com/p/androidiani-openrecovery/downloads/list
Also I'm sure this guide will help you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983516

TaintedCross said:
For one Rom Manager Does NOT work on Milestones, and any of the custom roms under the Milestone Development section will work. This site http://android.doshaska.net/cm7 Has the signed Milestone CM builds. Check the Milestone Android Development section for more custom roms. And your going to want to get Open Recovery 3.3 which can be found here. http://code.google.com/p/androidiani-openrecovery/downloads/list
Also I'm sure this guide will help you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983516
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His phone is not a milestone, its a Droid. Backup your radio files before you flash any other rom, else you will never get 3g to work. Nandroid first.
You can flash droid1 roms. They would work.
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Woops your right, I didn't see that :S

Thanks guys,
I actually did it last night, got a little impatient.
1) you can backup specifically the baseband?
2) I went ahead and installed rom-manager pro and installed the cw mod and downloaded/installed the CM6.1.2 rom from Rom manager and it installed just fine and I'm up fully and running...
I have a question though, Rom manager is informing me of the newer CM7 build as an update, if I update does it just well, update?
or is it a full re-flash of the device?
If it is just an update and does not remove anything currently on the phone can I update to the stable cm7? Right now its telling me to update to the nightly build.
Thanks again for all your help..
Quote From Cyanogenmod forum: There are actually two models of the Milestone available. The A853 Milestone is a GSM phone with a locked bootloader, and a stock CyanogenMod ROM will NOT work....ever. The A854 Milestone is a CDMA phone, without a locked bootloader, and is identical in every way to the Motorola Droid. The only difference being the Droid comes with a 16GB SD card, while the A854 Milestone comes with an 8GMB SD card. CyangenMod will load perfectly on it.
So yeh, as you mentioned the CDMA version of the phone is a Droid1 and the bootloader is NOT locked.
EDIT
I did make sure to backup eveything I could
Titamium backup
Rom manager backup
SMS Backup
APN Backup (sucked, but manually fixed it)
and I copied them to the computer for safe keeping

CM7 is a full reflash.
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sileshn said:
CM7 is a full reflash.
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I've been looking into it and alot of people are saying I can update, just dont tell it to remove my data and it should work..
I'll try and post my results, I have a backup of my CM6.1.2 and my Stock 2.1 so I'm not too concerned
EDIT
Semi-Bricked it with Rom-manager so I went in an re-flashed via recovery and its all good...