If you choose not to use the Hydros program to flash your Incite, here is a tutorial doing it the "old fashioned" way.



Note: Flashing to 6.1 or 6.5 ROM is the same. You just use different ".dz"  ROM file.


More information available on this thread:
http://www.lg-incite.com/lg-incite-tutorials/windows-phones(not-suppose-to-be-called-mobile-anymore)-6-5-rom-get-it-now!!!!!/msg13459/#msg13459

• Hydros 6.5 ROM (rkirshnan2012):All Hydros ROMs can be found at MediaFire here:
  http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=bc1708220f6cada49bf8d6369220dcabe04e75f6e8ebb871
  
• Spocky's ROM 6.5- http://www.mediafire.com/?ym5tqjgtmgn
• Spocky's Complete 6.1 ROMs- http://www.mediafire.com/?nfykzddmkhn
• Official LG Incite 10x ROM:
  http://mobilephones.us.lge.com/images/support/resources/LG_SmartPhone_SW_Upgrade_CT810_V10x_Ship.exe
• Master ROM Thread:
  http://www.lg-incite.com/rom-dev-and-discussion/lg-incite-rom-thread/

• Download the official LG 10x ROM executable file above and the new ROM file (.dz) of your choice from Spocky.
• Delete all LGMOBILEAX folders from your computer, if they are there already (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\LGMOBILEAX)
• Run the 10x ROM exe file ON YOUR COMPUTER - NOT YOUR PHONE, and wait when it gets to the update screen (with choices to update or not).
• Replace the ROM that was created in the LGMOBILEAX/Phones file with Spocky's, renaming the Spocky's with the old one's name
  
• Get your phone into Emergency Download mode
  
  • Turn off phone
  • Unplug phone from computer (if plugged in)
  • Press and hold down the Volume Down and lock buttons and, while still holding them down, plug your phone into the computer using the LG USB cable that came with the phone.
• Go back to the screen for updating, and click the correct button to update the phone. If you get a message that says that it can't find your phone, unplug the USB cable and plug it back in - Don't touch your phone - keep it in Emergency Download Mode.
• The flash begins.
• When it is completed, the phone will reset – you may need to press the call end button to turn it back on.

If you get a BSOD, don't panic!

Try these steps:
1. Remove battery from device and unplug the device from the computer
2. Reboot your computer and make sure it is in a stable state with NOTHING running except what started when you rebooted.
3. Wait 5 minutes
4. Replace the device's battery and power it on - DON'T PLUG IT INTO THE COMPUTER YET!
5. The device may start without a problem.
6. If not: Put the phone into emergency download mode - it is possible you won't see the "Emergency Download" screen
7. Flash the phone as before to the ROM of your choice. Keep going even if the phone seems "dead".

The Incite has proved difficult to brick - please don't be the first.



Have fun...
You can always flash back to 10x if you don't like the new ROM.

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Background:

• The Incite originally shipped with firmware version 10h.
• LG released a new firmware, 10i, which also addressed the issues users were having with SMS sending
• LG quietly released a new firmware update, 10x, which offered a customizable Home screen toolbar, alert overlay for text and email icons on main screen, Favorites menu usability enhancement, Voice Command usability enhancements, Text messaging enhancements, and other bug fixes
• Spocky and team released a couple of version 6.1 ROMs (Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional) that made the Incite speedier and removed most of the AT&T Crapware
• Spocky and team released a 6.5 ROM (Windows Mobile 6.5), which features Microsoft's new Start menu and Titanium Today screen.

The Windows Mobile 6.5 Today screen has been dubbed "Titanium" (by Microsoft?). So when you update your phone to 6.5, what you see when you boot up the screen is, indeed, "TITANIUM".

In the "stock" LG Incite 6.1 ROM, LG used its own Today screen overlay. In 6.5, the default "Today" screen (Titanium) is shown, which can accept Titanium "plug-ins" (The LG "Today" screen can also be customized via the "Items" selector in the Today settings).

If you flashed to 6.5, you will see the Blue Default Titanium Today screen. You can go back to the LG today screen by going into your Today settings and deselecting "Windows Default" and selecting the today items you want to appear. The Start menu will still be the 6.5 "honeycomb" layout.

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For the record, this method is not my own. It was the method I first used to flash my device to a new ROM. (I am pretty sure either Workingman or Spocky first put out the instructions. I merely tried to organize the method a little more clearly.

Thanks...That's why I posted it

Dan

Actually, I've used this method twice now to flash 6.5...

Cookies are basically just a thank you..

Hey, I tried spocky's 6.5 rom and it worked fine ( except my alarm didn't go off almost making me miss getting my kids off to school ). But I installed M2D, G alarm, s2u2, s2v, clean RAM and that's it. It worked fine all night but sometime today, out of the blue, it froze. So I tried to soft reset and then wham, it just kept booting up and restarting so I had to hard reset...again. So then I thought it's cool but I like the stablility of 6.1 so I figured I try spocky's complete 6.1 rom.....nope. B.S.O.D. Everytime I tried it, so I went back to spocky's 6.5. Why can't I run 6.1? I guess if all else fails I'll go back to V10x but I really wanted something with all the att crap gone.

I'm not to worried about the s2u2, and I see how the s2v style is on 6.5. But I do like how the 2 together gets you the big picture caller id. I neeeeed g alarm. And since my last hard reset I haven't re-installed M2D. Clean Ram I can do without, but it is pretty nifty. I don't know, maybe I'll try try the ultra-clean Hydros 23008 ROM. Thanks for the advise.

i did this method and when i ran the 10x thing on my computer, it said to update to 10x_00 or something, so i did and it started upgrading my phone but stopped at 4% idk what to do now and im afraid to move my phone, whats goin on?

kay so i took out the battery during emergency download mode, and turned it back on...thankfully its still like normal,but what happened did i do something wrong?

You downloaded a bad ROM if you're trying hydro 23008 final!  You should visit http://www.lg-incite.com/rom-dev-and-discussion/hydros-23008-final-edition-get-it-now!!!!!!!!/

DanG,  link error?