• sdmdeLevel 3 - Gold Member

    • Post #17
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    To Kasher the Sonim XP5 Verizon ONLY, you need to flash the system image. This is a different process than just removing the browser app. It will fully rewrite the OS of the phone with a new kosher, browserless operating system. Since this is a process
    Here are the steps:
    1) First you need to Enable USB debugging:
    Dial ##2387##
    then go to developers options, find USB debugging, and turn it ON

    2) Once you have control over the device from adb, use the command:
    adb reboot bootloader
    which will restart the device. You should see the bootloader menu appear after a few minutes.

    3) Now your device is ready, you just need to get the image files. Download the files [Login to see the link] , and extract them all to the platform-tools folder. (root directory, no subfolders)
    4) Once its all copied you can run these commands:
    adb reboot bootloader
    fastboot flash boot
    fastboot reboot-bootloader
    fastboot format system
    fastboot flash recovery
    fastboot flash system
    fastboot flash splash
    fastboot reboot
    after a few minutes your phone should boot up, with your new, kosher operating system. Thanks [Login to see the link] for writing this.

      Any other instructions?

      sdmde how does having a certain carrier effect the filterablity of the phone?

          Reifam it does not just since the rom is based of verizon it wont work on any other one you will get band errors

              sdmde Thanks! Are there plans to make custom Roms for other services and xp3 AT&T and Sprint? And although it can't be factory reset, can this be undone by flashing back the original Rom?

                  Techgen if it’s reset it’s still kosher. I don’t have the roms or the phones if you can get me one or the other i can do it. ya if someone had the rom with the browser they can reflash it i believe i can stop that but it’s risky and any taged phone can also be reflash ed

                      sdmde Ok thanks. Tagged phones usually have usb debugging disabled, so how would you be able to flash with fastboot?

                        edl or recovery has fastboot

                        sdmde Can this work on other flip phones(lg exalt)?

                            sdmde can i do this to a phone that is not a sonim but is verizon

                                Nhaaps no but if you send mr the system files i can mod them

                                    sdmde so u can essentially do this to any verizon phone?