I got a new phone over the summer (LG Incite CT810). It has Windows Mobile 6.1 on it.

The ROM flashing util from LG is only designed to work on Windows XP. I tried flashing the devices ROM in Windows Vista and it did not work. I then switched to my brother's machine (which has Windows XP on it) and was able to flash the ROM with no problem.

I have since upgraded to Windows 7 Pro 64-bit (RTM) and have been messing around with Windows XP mode. I installed ActiveSync 4.5 on the Virtual Machine and was able to connect to the device successfully via USB.

I'm trying to figure out if I can use the flashing util to flash the ROM through Windows XP mode in a virtual environment. Attempting to do so would put my device into a emergency download state from which I cannot seem to get out of and if it fails, I might brick the phone.

Would anyone recommend against trying to flash the ROM on the phone from a Windows XP virtual machine? Has anyone experience with this?

I could not get my phone to be recognized in the Virtual XP that you can get on Windows 7 Pro.

Edited September 2, 200916 yr by Access Denied

The way to do it is as follows.

Install vmware

setup xp in a vm

connect your phone and vmware should pick it up and enable it for you in xp

install your drivers and active sync

proceed to flash phone

job done

Edited September 5, 200916 yr by demon-knight

Thanks for the responses. I'll give it a try