Flashing 6800 to Cricket
I AM NO EXPERT IN FLASHING OR CRICKET. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE READING AND COMPILING INFORMATION FOR FLASHING THE 6800 TO CRICKET. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE LINKS ARE FOR MOGUL/6800. READ TO INSURE THAT I DID NOT COPY THE WRONG ADDRESS.
NEITHER I, NOR SPJ, IS RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY IF YOU BRICK YOUR DEVICE! ITS YOUR CHOICE TO FLASH YOUR PHONE!
FULL DISCLOSURE: This is intended only as a guide, not a “how to” manual. I, frankly, have not flashed my phone since getting it flashed by someone else (which is what got me interested in customizing and flashing). I love the current ROM on my phone (To0_v3 from HOFO) and, quite frankly, have not seen a reason to switch. When I can get my hands on the .nbh file for the ROM that I am currently using (so that I can return to it if I so choose), then I will do some experimenting with other ROMs. If/when I can get my hands on more devices to play with, I will certainly be flashing and testing out the other ROMs. READ FOR YOURSELF THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ROMS LINKED ABOVE AND MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION.
In advance I would like to take a moment to thank the people outlined below (D/\SH, ICEMAN, RyanMogul, PDAJunkie, GaMedic, PPCGeeks, Howard Forums and xda-developers. Without them, I would not be able to create this thread.
Now that is out of the way, this is what I have learned about flashing the 6800 to Cricket. Cricket, because it does not carry any PDA phones or anything really close, does have some quirks that are just par for the course. Some things that will be addressed are the MMS and WAP (Internet settings). I am not going to go through everything here, but will post the links to people who are much smarter than I am and much better at this.
Step 1-DO SEARCHES AND LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN PRIOR TO STARTING.
Step 2-DO MORE SEARCHES AND LEARN EVEN MORE! I have spent probably over 100 hours doing nothing but reading about flashing the Mogul/6800 to Cricket and some of the issues that can come up.
Step 3- Check out the flashing tutorials here on SPJ <Note: The directions are good for the flashing procedure of Mogul/6800 but any ROMs mentioned are typically for Sprint rather than Cricket. Check below for specific Cricket ROMs.>
ICEMAN's Tutorial:
Code
https://www.smartphonejunkie.org/showthread.php?t=163799&highlight=flashing+tutorial
D/\SH's Tutorial:
Code
https://www.smartphonejunkie.org/showthread.php?t=153750&highlight=flashing+tutorial
GaMedic Tutorial from PPCGeeks:
Code
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=37245
I, personally, like the SD flashing method from my own reading, outlined by GaMedic at PPC
Step 3a- Make sure that you have everything needed
<Unlocker> <Link in D/\SH Tutorial>
<Exit bootloader> <Link in D/\SH Tutorial>
<RUU> <Link in D/\SH Tutorial BUT I believe that many of the ROMs have a RUU I the compressed (zip/rar) file>
OR
SD card, formatted to Fat32 and smaller than 2gig....512 MB is probably ideal. You will read about this in GaMedic's tutorial.
<Cricket ROM>
Here are some of the ROMs for 6800 specifically cooked for Cricket that I have found by a lot of searching around. I DO NOT endorse any of them. I take NO CREDIT FOR ANY OF THEM. I take NO RESPONSIBILITY if you brick your device. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT YOU ARE GETTING AND FLASHING A ROM FOR CDMA CRICKET, APPROPRIATE FOR THE 6800/MOGUL. YOU ARE THE ONE HITTING THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON AND CHOOSING TO PERFORM A FLASH.
Many of these ROMs are cooked for fully functioning MMS and Internet. Some may need some tweaks and/or fixes. Keep an eye on the threads for additional information/support.
My personal preference is for a "light" or "clean" ROM. That way I am not wasting storage space or memory on something that I am going to replace.
GaMedic has a ROM for Cricket in his tutorial, linked above
PDAJ's Clean Titan ROM
Code
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=59727
Ryan Mogul Heavy ROM
Code
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=60790
Ryan Mogul Light ROM
Code
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=496982
(*Ryan Mogul provides quite a bit of support in the xda thread to include a hotfix*)
There are other ROMs out there specifically for Cricket. Do some searching and find what you like.
<Links to EPST settings>
Some settings might have to be tweaked a bit. This might involve some registry changes and/ or some EPST changes.
Code
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=61034
<Links to MMS/WAP tweaks>
This is a thread over at PPC which should help get your MMS/Internet up and running, if it isn't already.
Code
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=28849
Additional threads and information and other ROMs can be found by searching at:
FULL DISCLOSURE: This is intended only as a guide, not a “how to” manual. I, frankly, have not flashed my phone since getting it flashed by someone else (which is what got me interested in customizing and flashing). I love the current ROM on my phone (To0_v3 from HOFO) and, quite frankly, have not seen a reason to switch. When I can get my hands on the .nbh file for the ROM that I am currently using (so that I can return to it if I so choose), then I will do some experimenting with other ROMs. If/when I can get my hands on more devices to play with, I will certainly be flashing and testing out the other ROMs. READ FOR YOURSELF THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ROMS LINKED ABOVE AND MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION.