I hear you on "the more you read the more confused". Jeff's No-Junk is fine for either Sprint or Verizon.

The initial install is to:

*Warning* - those of you who don't sync to Outlook need to find a copy of it and sync - the process below wipes out your contacts, calendar, tasks and notes. BTW I lost my speed dials but didn't care because I dial using Voice Command and don't really use them.

0. Sync to outlook and remove unit from usb connection, cradle etc

1. Hard reset.
- Hold both soft buttons while poking the reset hole once.

3. Choose yes when it comes backup up and press spacebar to reboot (This is where Jeff is talking about not needing to clear storage by clicking OK)

4. It restarts as though its the first time the phone been used.

5. Hold power and record down and poke the reset hole again - this is
referred to as bootloader. The crazy thing about this step is that the backlight doesn't work. You have to tilt the screen to make sure it says Serial.

6. Plug the unit into cradle or serial cable - display will change to USB and the computer will recognize the unit as though you've plugged a brand new USB device in

7. Now run the exe from Jeff (doubleclick on Kirvin_AKU_3.5_NoJunk.exe)

8. Jeff's program will walk you through several steps and tell you exactly what to do. This is where the ROM behind the scenes - the one that the phone will re-install from going forward is replaced (burned).

9. At the end you will be instructed to hard reset again (hold both soft keys and poke reset hole)

10. The phone will come up with a new dark blue screen that credits Hemi_C and other ROM luminaries

11. The phone will see that it needs to be installed and will read that new ROM to install the OS

12. Once its done its VERY IMPORTANT that you hard reset again. I hard reset three times because people mentioned here that subsequent hard resets solved some issues. Don't hard reset until you get to the today screen and it stops doing things EXCEPT if you get a little box that says in 3 seconds it will start installing Verizon (Sprint) customizations. If you see that poke the reset hole (soft reset). In my case the only important thing that doesn't happen when I prevent those customizations from taking place is I have to manually setup the data connection which is detailed in the next step. Preventing the customizations saves space in your Programs memory. I don't use MMS (picture mail) or really any Verizon specific stuff like that.

13. Now you need to setup internet access. I only know the verizon setup which is:
- Start>Settings>Connections
- click on connections
- Manage existing connections under MY ISP
- Click the New button
- Name it whatever you like in the "Enter a Name for the connection:"
- Choose Cellular Line in the "Select a Modem:"
- Tap Next
- Put in #777 in the "Enter the number exactly....."
- Enter your phone number@vzw3g.com (I only know Verizon's)
- Enter password vzw (again only know Verizon)
- Leave the domain slot blank
- Hit next and finish

14. You now have a snappy, crossbow themed 6700