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CDMA Touch Pro 2 Unlocked. Let the Custom ROMs Begin!

Posted on Friday, Oct 30, 2009 by Malatesta
 
Filed Under: News; Tags: verizon, Unlocker, touch pro 2, sprint, roms, rom, cdma

Well, many frayed nerves and hours hunched over one of the most popular Windows phones has finally paid off: The "unlocker" which we mentioned a few days ago has been completed, meaning users can now install custom ROMs to their beloved Touch Pro 2s, specifically Verizon, Sprint, U.S. Cellular and all other CDMA versions.

At least for Sprint, it sure beats waiting till "early 2010", eh?

Having this tool now, all the custom ROMs which are literally waiting in the wings (e.g. Energy, Mighty, CFay, Juicy, etc.) can be installed -- this includes WM6.5 and WM6.5.1 builds with all that custom goodness from your favorite 'Chefs'.

A big congrats to everyone for this achievement (donations are in order) and now if you pardon us, we're off for some ROM flashing ourselves! ...

Go HERE to grab the HardSPL!  Here for the SIM Unlock and here for support.

 
 

Comments

Huzzah!
Submitted by Phil Nickinson on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 19:12.

wow u sure don't waste any time!

Submitted by tek818 on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 19:21.
lol, I'm a little excited
Submitted by Malatesta on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 19:28.

What's the point of a SIM unlocker and why are they charging for that and not the HardSPL?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 19:40.
The SIM unlocker lets you use the the Sprint/Verizon TP2 on AT&T's network. The regular "unlocker" (aka hardSPL) allows custom ROMs and different radio firmware. More on the money end of things in the PPCGeeks threads. It's a big bag of hurt, but a sound argument.
Submitted by Phil Nickinson on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 19:50.

I cannot tell you how helpful that comment was! People on forums are such "geeks" they forget that newbies like myself don't understand the basics. Thanks - I was about to pay for the unlocker for nothing. :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 19:41.
Glad to hear it! Hope you listed to us talk about it all on the latest podcast, too.
Submitted by Phil Nickinson on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 20:39.

Guess we know what I will be doing tomorrow. Hold my calls!

Submitted by Big D5 on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 21:55.

That's awesomeee!!

I wish I had one :(

Submitted by LLC23 on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 22:05.

Mal and Phil,

Will this work for the Imagio as well, or is it specific to just the TP2 line of phones? I know that screen rotation for the home screen etc. does not work on the Imagio like it does for the TP2's. Is that an issue or could this unlocker/custom ROM's actually be useful for the Imagio/Pure crowd? I wouldn't mind have the today screen being in landscape mode just for something different.

While we're on the subject, I am a tinkerer. However, I am completely new to Windows Mobile (Windows Phone) and all of this "hard SPL, custom ROM" stuff, its completely foreign to me. I do NOT want to brick my phone. Is there a one stop shop for learning how to do this stuff? Seriously, like a "for dummies" spot on the net. I've seen a couple of posts at XDA about this, but none seem to start from absolute ground zero. I'm a pretty quick learner and its like riding a bike.

The forums here seem to be pretty bare not so active IMO. I know that XDA is more for the GSM crowd and PPC Geeks is geared more towards the CDMA crowd. It can all be kinda confusing.

Thanks,
-Brad

Submitted by Brad (not verified) on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 22:23.

Hey Brad,

I was in your boat a few months ago. I have a Diamond2 (Topaz) and I wanted to flash my ROM with a cooked ROM from XDA. I went over to XDA, did a search on "How To Flash ROM" or something like that and I found a a sticky which explains the process. Just read and follow every step!

Basically you'll need to HARDSPL your phone. This allows (I think) the ability to install "cooked" ROMs on your phone. So once you Hardspl your phone. Go to your phone section and look for ROMS. Typically in the ROM's section, there are steps on how to install the ROM.

I've flashed my phone 4 times so far and haven't experienced a problem.

Good luck.

Schwack

Submitted by Schwack (not verified) on Sat, 10/31/2009 - 10:34.

This Hard SPL is ONLY for RHOD400 & RHOD500 devices. Check the following link where cmonex says she is going to get started on Whitestone/Imagio next:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=91525

Submitted by tek818 on Sat, 10/31/2009 - 00:04.

@tek818 Yep!

@everyone else: Aight. It's been a slow week. Listen for some major custom ROM talk in the next podcast.

Submitted by Phil Nickinson on Sat, 10/31/2009 - 18:07.

Well after a little bit of a struggle I am now all set up and running my first custom ROM on my TP2.

Submitted by Big D5 on Sat, 10/31/2009 - 21:10.

great,CDMA Touch Pro 2 Unlocked. Let the Custom ROMs Begin!that's a good news
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 00:48.

I am a COMPLETE NEWBIE. I am using my boyfriends htc touch as a modem(He still has original 6.0 WinOS) My phone was upgraded by the sprint folks when i took phone in for work. lucky me. so got a new phone (HTC Touch Pro2 and it has CE 6.0 anyway. I want to install this new rom that mal made. it sounds great. now how do i do this without interupting, or downloading it onto my boyfriends phone since it will be hooked up to laptop
(as its modem) there is another USB port, but how would it (the unlocker and new ROM)bypass his phone and go to mine? Would I need to download unlocker and new rom from say a lan line? Thanks so much!

Submitted by flirte38 on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 01:08.

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