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CDMA Touch gets unofficial GPS upgrade

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Published on: 25 April, 2008 by PhoneArena Team

The release of the new Alltel ROM we brought to you earlier has kept the PPC community busy for the past few days, and the fruits of their labor are now available to the masses. Thanks to a few members over at PPCGeeks and xda-developers, non-Alltel Vogue (CDMA Touch) users can flash their device with Alltel's newest ROM, enabling EVDO Rev A speeds, and a previous hack for the Titan will also enable GPS. Sprint and Verizon users alike are reporting success, though it should be noted that as of now Verizon users will not be able to go back to the stock. Of course, none of this is official so attempt this at your own risk! The process is fairly straightforward, though may be intimidating to first time flashers so user mindfrost82 has put together a simple to follow walk-thru over on PPCGeeks. We know Vogue users have been waiting for this day for a long time, so go get your GPS on!

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anonymous @ 26 April, 2008 12:37:11 AM

God Bless you hackers.

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T-Money3000 @ 26 April, 2008 11:51:29 AM

Let's see how good it is!!!!

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anonymous @ 26 April, 2008 12:49:21 PM

Rumor has it that May 15th all VZW phones will be able to have VZ Nav on them as well.

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BIGGERANDBETTER @ 27 April, 2008 10:07:22 AM

Rumour is your a cock smoker

NOT ALL VZW phones will not have VZNAV. Not all of the phones have Get It Now. PDAs dont and will only the Pearl has the ability for VZNAV. So when you stop reading stupid sites and obtain real knowlodge, come back and talk. Til' then, SHUT UP!

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HazMatt @ 20 May, 2008 06:31:16 PM

In responces to number 4. It is true that not all VZW phones have VZNav, but you need to edu-ma-cate yourself before you announce your ignorance to the world. The BB Pearl (8130), 8830, and Curve (8330) all have VZNav capability. The Motorola Q9c now has VZNav, and the Q9m does vcast video and music. VZW is working with the vendors that supply these services to make them more available for consumer use. If you are a customer service rep, you are the reason I always want to be xfered to Tech Support.

P.S. Please proofread your posts before submitting, or go back to the third grade to properly configure sentences.

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HazMatt @ 20 May, 2008 06:34:31 PM

"NOT ALL VZW phones will not have VZNAV" re-read this statement. Double negatives are fantastic. Again by saying not all vzw phones will not, means they will.

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anonymous @ 27 April, 2008 10:11:02 AM

@9

It's funny that you sit there and tell people to get real knowledge when you go ahead and make a statement saying the Pearl is the only PDA that gets VZ Navigator. The Blackberry 8830 does, and several others will shortly (i.e. XV6800 and XV6900) - so stop being a hypocrite.

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T-Money3000 @ 27 April, 2008 10:16:36 AM

Ok so just a SIDE note.... the hack for the Touch is an Alltel ROM. If you don't know what this means: You are using Alltel's software; not their towers. Once downloaded, instead of "Sprint Vision" or "VZW" (next week) it says "Welcome to Alltel Wireless" or something. Also it downloads some Alltel programs. As for the GPS, you've got to do some major tweeking.

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T-Money3000 @ 27 April, 2008 10:17:44 AM

VZ Nav

Last thing, VZ Nav's gonna be on the new Moto Q9c.

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T-Money3000 @ 27 April, 2008 12:49:17 PM

And the Curve will have it too but that goes without saying.

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anonymous @ 27 April, 2008 03:11:37 PM

there is no tweaking needed to get gps. the first time you use it could take 10-15 minutes to get the initial lock, but thats it

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LessthanZach @ 27 April, 2008 08:57:32 PM

Yeah, this is just the area to have disputes about gay being bad or not. Plus you spelled the wrong form of "YOU'RE". The Pearl of course will not be the only PDA with VZNAV, verizon is not that stupid. Off of that subject now... Is there a way to parse the Rev A and GPS portions of this flash out of the ROM so that we don't have to see the "Welcome to Alltel" screen and download their proprietary software. I work for vzw and I want this Rev A but don't want to get busted by having a phone that displays Alltel

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