Touch Pro Firmware Update
PhoneNews is reporting that Verizon Wireless has approved a firmware update for the xv6850 Touch Pro. As promised by Verizon Wireless late last year, this firmware update will unlock the GPS on the handset, allowing owners to use Google Maps or Windows Live Search instead of the proprietary and costly VZ Navigator. The firmware update also adds Visual Voicemail support to the phone, a feature that requires a $3 monthly fee and EVRC-B codec support which improves call handling. The update is not available through Verizon Wireless or HTC yet but it is being offered early by Phone News. For those Touch Pro owners who have not already hacked their phone to unlock the GPS, hit the read link to obtain the firmware update — at your own risk o...
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Yeah. They are doing this to the reast of PDA phones. They are just not doing them all at once because they want to update everything at once and send it out insted of little ones at a time.
All BlackBerrys have unlocked GPS, now the Touch Pro. Next will be the Touch Diamond, Omina, and Saga.
Omina and Saga will be at the same time I think.
All BlackBerrys have unlocked GPS, now the Touch Pro. Next will be the Touch Diamond, Omina, and Saga.
Omina and Saga will be at the same time I think.
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Are they going to unlock GPS for older phones such as the XV6800?
I had mine working with Valhalla hack, but that stopped around March.
Gregg
I had mine working with Valhalla hack, but that stopped around March.
Gregg
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